Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

A series of actions by Moat Company not only scratched the itch of the Pioneer Project, but also poked the pain points of the gangs. No matter how much the gang wants to protect the interests of the company - aka Kingpin Dad - it can't possibly buy an execution puppet. To put it bluntly, execution puppets are often more useful than ignorant gangsters. It is impossible for the gang to replace the low-level gangsters who account for [-] to [-]% of its number: that would make it instantly disbanded.

Regardless of profit or social benefits, cooperation with Moat Company is a better choice. At this time, several gangs were tortured by Zhuang Xu. One by one, they started to fight based on emotions rather than orders. . Even if several gang leaders have secretly communicated with Qu Gang to de-escalate the situation, there are still those who are sincere and dedicated to causing trouble here.

Zhuang Xuteng's actions were the main factor, and the accumulated conflicts between gangs were the secondary factor. But there was another unexpected main factor that turned out to be chemical energy weapons. In the past, everyone used shadow guns to fight, and only a few "chefs" could make it. The shipment volume was not large, and the quality was not good. Most of the gangsters had to fight with weapons such as sticks and swords. Even if you are given the Shadow Congqiang Ring, it still requires physical fitness. Weak guys can't fire a few shots at a time and have to breathe for a long time. It's too dangerous to use sticks. If they can't defeat the Shadow Cong guns, they can only be used as cannon fodder. If they can't kill the important characters on the opposite side, they won't get any credit.

Nowadays, chemical energy firearms are very popular. You don’t need to be physically strong to use them, and their operation is much simpler than sticks and swords. Basically, as long as you know which side is the muzzle of the gun, and watch others use it once, you can use it yourself. The replacement of weapons has made gang members more inclined to use weapons. Speaking the truth requires eloquence, and citing scriptures requires historical knowledge. What do those gangsters know? In the past, when they could only use sticks, they were not good at playing, and they were afraid of bricks and kitchen knives; now that they have chemical energy firearms, they are not getting weapons at all, they are simply growing courage and eggs, and giving birth to hands and feet, and they can't even use them. Hurry up and do it for a while?
  This kind of situation keeps coming up one after another, and of course it will turn into a melee. Unless all the gangs act in unison at this moment, put away all the guns below, and establish strategic mutual trust with each other... Forget it, if you think about it, you will know that it is impossible, so let's continue fighting. After many deaths, I can finally have a head...

Zhuang Xuteng has personally caused quite a few deaths, and this list of deaths extends from the snow-covered winter to the blooming of spring. The citizens are protected by the PCPD who are gradually regaining their courage, the wealthy are protected by the Moat Company armed with chemical energy firearms and execution puppets, while the gang members have been enjoying the care of Zhuang Xuteng, and the people at the crematorium are so busy that they curse their mothers.

The large number of deaths provided Zhuang Xuteng with sufficient resentment for cultivation, which not only enhanced the power of the "curse" of resentment transfer, but also improved the effects of all the spells in the Resentment series. Wraith tentacles can extend further, shadows can be created more, Wraith Jelly is more sensitive, and the power of Wraith Servants has also been enhanced a lot.

Traditional necromancers strengthened their powers by creating and experiencing death - something that was later defined as evil and gradually banned. The emerging necromancers also learn from other "good and neutral" mages, improving themselves through study, research and practice, and thus being re-accepted by the mage world. This has resulted in a low success rate of Necromancers and a smaller number of Archmages. The only ones that can support the scene are those old and immortal antiques, such as the Lich Master.

The Lich Master still remembered the skill of improving himself by creating and experiencing death, but he did not teach it to Zhuang Xuteng. It's not that he is hiding something, but that Zhuang Xuteng's main development direction is martial arts and shadow follower implants, not necromancy. To put it bluntly, Zhuang Xuteng's progress in necromancy did not satisfy the Lich Master, and he was evaluated as "not even as good as a rigidly learned mage." Since learning methods did not limit Zhuang Xuteng's progress, there was no need to use older methods. After all, the Lich Master didn't want Zhuang Xuteng to be too provocative and cause problems.

If he followed the pace of life of ordinary mercenaries, who would only occasionally injure people's lives, Zhuang Xuteng would never be able to experience the rapid advancement of necromancy in his entire life. In the past two months, he has killed more than [-] gang members, more than half of whom were mid-level cadres. This speed is too high for a mercenary. Even during the company war, the most intense period of fighting, which side's army was strengthened It is also difficult for soldiers to kill this number.

Necromancy is about to begin, and even if Zhuang Xuteng does not deliberately guide it, it is growing spontaneously. In recent days, Zhuang Xuteng has clearly noticed that there seems to be a breakthrough in necromancy. The effects of his Wraith Servants, Shadows and other spells are more "vivid" than before. He often does not need to use magic means to micro-manage, as long as he thinks of something. Those guys did it themselves.

The final kick was right in front of him, and Zhuang Xuteng felt that it was like a breakthrough in super-calculated martial arts from three to four, six to seven. During this critical period, he must seek the guidance of Master Lich to ensure that he can break through smoothly.

The Lich Master has been busy studying the problem of possession - he still can't forget Brother Flathead. After analyzing Zhuang Xuteng's situation, Master Lich confirmed that this was a sign of an imminent breakthrough, but it was definitely not a guarantee of a breakthrough.

"You have a very good mentality. When you killed those gang members, you felt calm, calm, and perhaps a little joyful. This is the correct mentality for a necromancer to treat experimental subjects. It seems that you don't need my teaching. You have found the right path yourself, which shows that necromancy likes you."

The Lich Master continued: "If you continue to kill for a while, then I will teach you how the ancient necromancer improves his magic power. Hey, what are you looking at me with? You always say that you are not a killer, Assassin, I don’t want to always accept commissions to kill people. I fully respect your idea. When I was training, I killed faster and more than you for a period of time. My success was paved with corpses."

Zhuang Xuteng frowned and said, "How many have you killed? Innocent people?"

"Hmph! I kill more, but I'm not as ruthless as you, and I don't kill the same kind." Master Lich said: "There are many kinds of intelligent life in my world, unlike you where there is only one kind of human being. Necromancer needs Harvesting death needs to be produced by intelligent life. It must understand the meaning of death. It is best to be able to clearly feel the coming of death and have a great fear of death. My favorite target is the kobold: fast reproduction, large number, weak , afraid of death. I admire you for being able to use human gang members to achieve the current level of killing."

Zhuang Xuteng squinted his eyes and frowned, expressing his inner dissatisfaction - he didn't want to be labeled as "murderous", even if he had indeed stained his hands with blood recently. "Get down to business," he told the Lich Master. "Focus on practical matters."

"Oh, that's right, just focus on practical matters." Lich Master said: "Necromancers try to control death by understanding death. There is a difference between real death and the death experienced in books, which forms the antique school. The gap with the Study Sect. Among them, the emotion of the deceased is a very important factor, especially it has a significant impact on the formation, quality and quantity of the resentful spirits. You should be aware of this."

Zhuang Xuteng nodded and admitted that Master Lich was right.

"Emotions are very important - remember this key again - not only the emotions of the deceased, but the emotions of the person experiencing them are equally important." The Lich Master said: "Some necromancers are becoming more and more willing to kill people, but they just don't pay attention to themselves. Emotions are brought in, and the results become more and more extreme, and gradually become abnormal. You are in a good mood, and carry out your actions very purposefully, not for venting or for fun, but at the same time, you are serious and devoted. , maintaining a relatively neutral and stable mood. Your state is actually very similar to my current state, which is the state of abandoning the body, glands and hormones."

"Are you complimenting me?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"No, it's just a very common narrative. There are advantages and disadvantages to your state, so it's not a compliment." Master Lich explained: "You improve your magic power by cultivating stronger resentful spirits, so you have to remember, The grievance spirit uses grievances collected from the surroundings, but it essentially originates from you, that is, grievances come from the outside world, and the spirit comes from you. When collecting grievances, you must filter out the emotions of others and not let them affect you - this You do a good job. And their spirituality is the emotion when executing killings and creating death. It is either generated by you, or by you observing other killers and imitating their emotions." The Lich Master said: "You are currently He always acts alone and is personally responsible for killing people, so only the deceased has complex emotions, and the killer is too single. Communicate more with others and understand how others feel."

Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head and said, "You mean, let me watch how others kill people and understand and imitate their state of mind?"

"Yes, the truth is correct." The Lich Master finally gave him the answer: "On the operational level, you mix the killer's resentment with the resentment of the deceased, don't filter it, absorb it separately, and then use the Wraith Servant Inside. Use the methods I give you to stabilize it, tame it, and finally gain complete control over it..."

After listening to this, Zhuang Xuteng summed it up. To put it bluntly, he wanted to find a killer with strong emotions and rich emotions to make up for his lack of being too calm! He just had a ready-made helper in the form of Doyle.

Doyle has a revenge to take, and his target is the senior member of the Canghuo Gang, Cohen "Night Sang". Zhuang Xuteng has almost mixed up the gangs in Peicheng. He no longer needs to maintain the crazy state of attacking three times a day. He can spend some experience and make careful selections. During these days, Doyle followed him around, helped collect information, and did a lot of work. He should be thanked. So Zhuang Xuteng called Nightingale and Yanque to have a meeting and announced that the operation had entered the second phase.

The two beauties have been very tired recently, especially Yanque, who is still using low-quality implants, as if she is running a marathon every day. In other words, the dormant martial arts possessed by Zhuang Xuteng could deflect the side effects, otherwise she would have collapsed long ago. When the two sisters heard that they could reduce the frequency of attacks, they breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly felt that spring was really coming.

"High-intensity attacks are not only tiring, but also have low returns. We have to go in and out quickly every time. It's been a long time since the three of us have made any real money." Zhuang Xuteng's words immediately ignited the passion of the two sisters. Fighting spirit. "There is no money in the middle level, so we have to find a few high-level people to take action. Anyway, the gang has already been involved with the Moat Company, and the PCPD has also ended, so let's help relieve the pressure on our family. Do you two have a suitable target candidate?"

In a hurry, where did the two people come from? So Zhuang Xuteng took the opportunity to name Cohen "Ye Sang", the 17th-ranked senior cadre of the Canghuo Gang, and confessed that this candidate came from Doyle. He told the two sisters about Cohen's basic situation and asked them to investigate while paying attention to safety.

Although the investigation team still controls Peicheng's information network, in the past three months, as the Moat Company has gradually become an important part of the Pioneer Plan, the pressure on the middlemen has been reduced a lot, and operations can be resumed. By hiding themselves in the actions of the middleman intelligence officer, Nightingale and Rockbird can also end the disconnection.

So, one afternoon, when Cohen was receiving care from an implant hygienist at home, Zhuang Xuteng took the opportunity to sneak in secretly. He knew that most people needed to receive implant maintenance under anesthesia, and Cohen must be most vigilant at this time. So he just entered the house and hid without taking action immediately.

Zhuang Xuteng waited until the maintenance was completed, the health nurse left, and Cohen and the people around him relaxed a little, then Zhuang Xuteng took action. This time, he no longer pursues "style", but directly uses the "cultivation" successes of the past three months: first kill two guys with implants, through direct contact-that is, putting his hands on the deceased On the skin - absorb the resentment to the maximum extent, and then pour it into Cohen.

Cohen Night Sang is a proficient shooter, good at shooting coldly while ducking between bunkers - this style is completely restrained by Zhuang Xuteng. Zhuang Xuteng touched him all the way, but he didn't notice it. It was only a second before Zhuang Xuteng's palm touched his skin that he realized in surprise: Why was there someone behind him?

With a lot of resentment poured into him, Cohen Ye Sang's body functions were immediately severely "challenged". Although he did not install many implants - compared to his status - his quality was indeed very good, but Zhuang Xuteng would not relax just because his resentment took effect, and at the same time removed his limbs and jaw ( Dislocate, not cut).

For Doyle's sake, he did not kill Cohen immediately, but chose to take him out. On the one hand, Zhuang Xuteng ordered the spirit servants to get into Cohen's body, lift him up, walk like a puppet, and dress him in the clothes of the killed bodyguard. On the other hand, Zhuang Xuteng put on Cohen's clothes, covered his face slightly, then imitated Cohen's body posture and walked out of the room.

Since the alarm never sounded, no one realized that Cohen was in the hands of others. According to the map provided by Nightingale and Yanque, Zhuang Xuteng came to the garage, used Cohen's key to drive Cohen's car, and also used Cohen's car to load Cohen himself, and drove out in a swagger.

The bodyguards at the door were stunned and a little at a loss. At this time, Yanque issued a "release" order through their internal communication station and a synthesized voice. In the past three months, Yanque has practiced this trick to perfection, and the success rate of misdirection has been quite high.

Therefore, Zhuang Xuteng brought a living Cohen to Doyle, and experienced the emotions of an Avenger all the way around him. This revenge was long and torturous, and so was Cohen's death. The grievances of the deceased and the grievances of the avengers combined to make up for Zhuang Xuteng's shortcomings and became the "spirit" of his resentment.

So, he created a ghost, the most bizarre and difficult one among all kinds of ghosts - the revenge demon.

(End of this chapter)