Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Zhuang Xuteng, who thought he could gain extra knowledge from the phenomenon of the gun ring sinking into the tree root, smiled awkwardly - since the ring was pressed in by the Lich Master with brute force, there was nothing to delve into. But he quickly thought of a question: "Master Lich, why did you press it in?"

"Because the Shadow Gun Ring is a threat to me." Master Lich said: "The first time I encountered this weapon, I suffered a disadvantage and was hit by a ghost energy bullet. Fortunately, my body is strong enough. Just a crack, no more serious damage. Very few things could penetrate my protective spell, so I considered it a threat. Combined with the sudden disappearance of the operator - I didn't understand why at the time - it was safe and sound. Considering the angle of the tree, I pressed it into the roots of the tree to make it difficult to pick up."

"Can the shadow gun penetrate your protective spell? This... I really can't imagine it."

"This is the result of different systems colliding with each other, and the defender was caught off guard. If you hit me with the shadow gun now, it will have no effect."

"Really? Let me try." Zhuang Xuteng put on his shadow gun ring, raised his hand and made an obvious aiming action to show that he was not making a sneak attack, and then fired.

The Trailblazer 33rd generation firearm fired blue diamond-shaped ghost energy bullets with great speed and momentum. However, the closer it got to the Lich Master, it seemed to have hit a spring and received increasing pressure, and its speed quickly dropped to zero. Then, it suddenly turned around and shot towards Zhuang Xuteng at the same speed.

Zhuang Xuteng dodged lightly, then tilted his head and looked at the Lich Master: "Can you teach me this protective spell?"

"You have learned how to dodge ghost energy bombs, and your body is tough enough. Even if you take a few bullets, you will not be seriously injured. In this case, you are willing to spend about forty years learning and practicing how to rebound energy attacks. ? Let me remind you in advance that this protective spell can only rebound energy bullets, and it has no rebound function for your newly invented chemical energy firearms."

"Uh... forget about forty years, four weeks or four months is still worth it." Zhuang Xuteng shrugged and said: "Sure enough, only by becoming a lich and gaining unlimited lifespan can you have enough time to learn various spells. Forty years , many people can’t even make up forty years in their lifetime. Master, where should we go next?”

"Two options: go to my mage tower, or take you to visit the Sanliu Charity Foundation's research base here."

Zhuang Xuteng immediately made a choice: "You haven't been back for a long time. Let's go to your house first?"

Master Lich shook his head and said: "You should understand that this world is my home, and I am already at home. At the same time, considering that I have died, this is my grave. No, I changed my mind, I suddenly don't want to Let you pass through the Wall of Sighs. Let’s go to Sanliu Charity Foundation.”

Although I don't understand why the Lich Master suddenly changed his mind, he is always free to take himself wherever he goes. Zhuang Xuteng nodded in agreement, while nimbly dodging Master Lich's grasping hand. "Wait! I want to use this costume. Let's go to Sanliu Charity Foundation and maybe use it as a disguise."

"You already have an invisibility ring, what do you need this for?"

"I'm strong enough, so it doesn't take much effort to get dressed. The stuff from the company's pioneering team is very advanced and should be very valuable. I'm not willing to throw it away. Please wait for me for two minutes while I put my clothes on."

The Lich Master nodded and stood aside waiting. In fact, he knew that there were a lot of this kind of protective clothing in the Sanliu Charity Foundation's base. The yellow uniforms in front of him were for miners. There were also white protective clothing for managers and red protective clothing for combatants. Those were the good stuff. many.

Zhuang Xuteng summoned the tentacles of the resentful spirit to help him change his clothes. He also did not forget to clean up the remains inside the clothes. In the hometown of necromancy, the tentacles of resentful spirits are particularly strong. Whether it is load capacity or flexibility, it is at least three times that in Peicheng. Seeing these changes and enjoying the convenience brought by the spell, Zhuang Xuteng was overjoyed. The Lich Master stood quietly aside, making no movement and of course expressionless, but his heart was not at peace.

There is no experience without experiencing something. It is also the first time for the Lich Master to leave and return this time, and it is also the first time to train a Necromancer in another world. He has been criticizing Zhuang Xuteng, saying that he has poor talent and does not concentrate on his hard work. In terms of necromancy, both in terms of mana strength and skills, he can only barely pass, which is far worse than any of his apprentices.

However, with the blessing of the "local native" and according to the changes in the strength of the tentacles of the resentful spirit and the sick lady, Zhuang Xuteng's necromancy spell was not passing but excellent. Although there is still a big gap between him and the top level, Zhuang Xuteng's main occupation is warriors, thieves, and assassins, not a mage, and he also has super-calculated martial arts that involve energy. In terms of results, Zhuang Xuteng can score about 85 points in the 97-point system; if you add "process points" to him, he will be around 98 or ...

'He was put off by the environment there. If you were born here, you would definitely be able to stand out in the magic school, and maybe you would become my apprentice. 'Master Lich thought for a while quickly, and then retracted his thoughts. 'There's no point in assuming that, and there's no point in explaining his true talent. My world is dead, and Zhuang Xuteng has no classmates to compare with. Besides him, the other Necromancer is me. He can only compare with me, and the result of the comparison remains the same: he is still a fool, a little fool. '

At this time, Zhuang Xuteng had already put on protective clothing. He used his wraith tentacles to tighten and seal the crack in his back, making sure no one would notice. Then, he lifted up his helmet, leaving a gap, and let the tentacles of the wraith and the shadow cover the gap. When others look over, they will feel that this is just a circle of shadows, at least their first reaction will not be that it is an opening.

There was no way, Zhuang Xuteng couldn't activate the protective suit - actually he couldn't activate it. After death, the protective suit continued to work in vain, and soon the shadow battery was exhausted and all equipment stopped functioning. Although Zhuang Xuteng could power it with driving assistance implants, he was worried that there would be some communication equipment in these systems that he was unaware of. If that thing secretly activates itself and then sends signals to the outside world, his behavior is not called disguise but self-exposure.

On the other hand, judging from the experience of transplanting the Eye of Kaho, the protective suit must have a supporting underlying operating system to control it, which he did not have. The value of taking this thing back to Nightingale and the Rock Bird Sisters as research material is there, but it has no value in starting up.

The gloves of the protective suit are very interestingly designed, and the index and middle fingers are specially optimized for wearing the shadow gun ring. They fit snugly around the finger and are polished smooth, allowing a normal-sized gun ring to fit in effortlessly. This part is made of special materials that will not hinder the transmission of shadow energy, and there are special buckles to hook the gun ring to prevent it from being thrown out when you wave your hand. Zhuang Xuteng looked at the gun ring that fit perfectly on his finger and began to think deeply. After a few seconds, he asked the Lich Master:

"There are no living creatures in this world. Why do they all carry guns? Are companies fighting against each other?"

"There are still dead things in this world, most of them are some of my old friends. I can use my magic power to support a barrier, and they die slower than others. Because of their powerful magic power, these people's resentment is greatly strengthened. , turned into something between ghosts and shadows. They wander this world and have a great hatred for all living things, so they will attack the company's pioneering team."

"Master, you are proficient in necromancy, can you turn those ghosts back?"

The Lich Master shook his head and said: "Your ideas are naive - this is a compliment; your ideas are also stupid, this is a criticism. Transforming into an undead is destined to lose something. I can't even transform myself back. If you can’t even regain the complete xinxing of the past, how can you change them back?”

Zhuang Xuteng sighed and said, "Then have you tried to let them rest in peace?"

The Lich Master nodded and said: "I am letting them rest in peace bit by bit, but I still lack research on the impact of becoming a god, catastrophe, and your world, and I am not completely sure at the moment. In addition, the company's development The conflict between the team and those ghosts also made them become more and more restless, making it more difficult for me." He clenched his fists, his finger bones cracked, and salt residue rustled down. "My body exploded, I was trapped and then escaped, and some time passed away. I don't know if I can still complete the research and catch up with the speed of their changes."

"Now that you are back, things are going in a good direction, so be optimistic!" Zhuang Xuteng could only comfort him like this.

The Lich Master does not need comfort. His current emotional understanding only knows that Zhuang Xuteng expressed his good intentions, but he will not be moved or comforted by receiving the good intentions. "The transmission is about to begin. Shut your mouth first and check the situation when you get there."

After a brief trance, Zhuang Xuteng left the forest and came to a mountain ridge. This is a tall and straight mountain ridge with a very steep slope and mostly vertical cliffs on both sides. The entire mountain looks like a machete, with the blade resting upward on the ground.

Following the direction of Master Lich's finger, far away in the low hilly area under the mountain ridge, about ten kilometers away from them, a building complex illuminated by searchlights was in full swing. Towering chimneys, huge reaction towers, complex pipeline systems, and traffic lines.

The roar of the machine can be heard clearly even ten kilometers away. Enhanced hearing can also identify some human voices coming from the radio: The possible level of the black shadow attack is D. The current work progress is two days behind, and various departments have to...

"What are they working overtime for? Mining?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

Master Lich nodded and said: "The so-called mine is soil. Through screening, crushing, and processing, they found various levels of shadow servants from the soil. The last and least valuable product, the shadow servant battery, is made of slag. Produced. There is a stable shadow channel near here, you can see it if you look along the road."

It's really easy to find. The company not only paved a road, but also illuminated it with dense street lights, leaving no shadow on every inch of the road. Zhuang Xuteng also noticed that any lighting facility outside the camp area emits omnidirectional light, including street lights. They are not only responsible for lighting up the ground like their counterparts in Peicheng, they also light up the sky. This is……

"Ghosts are afraid of light. Such street lights can reduce the possibility of being attacked." Zhuang Xuteng knew that he had guessed correctly when the Lich Master nodded. Along the illuminated road, a container truck was speeding. The huge metal box should be filled with Yingcong products. And at the end of the road, a gray vortex rotates under the arch, which must be the shadow realm passage.

"It's such a big entrance and exit. Not to mention a car, even two trains coming side by side can easily pass through. Well, why don't they just lay the tracks and use the trains?"

"I don't know. I'm not interested in this issue either." Lich Master said: "That is the camp of Sanliu Charity Foundation. The daily staff is around thirty or forty. You can..."

"Only thirty or forty? So few? Mining requires a lot of workers!"

The Lich Master did not stop talking. "You can try to sneak in, but I don't think much of you, because there are too few people there, and everyone knows each other, and it is difficult for you to get through. I don't know how your makeup skills are. If you can disguise yourself as an execution puppet, maybe you can Hope that.”

The master's words were equivalent to answering Zhuang Xuteng's question. That's right, the company's execution puppets are already available for sale on the market, so there's no reason why they shouldn't be in the film world. Inanimate shadow artifacts are not affected by the grievances here, and execution puppets must be more tolerant and able to provide more labor than company employees. In this way, the entire mine is mainly focused on executing puppets.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have been so surprised just now." Zhuang Xuteng apologized. Master Lich was noncommittal, maybe he didn't care at all. So Zhuang Xuteng continued his investigation, taking a clear look at the layout of the mines and guessing their functions.

The mine in the distance has very complete facilities for life, work, scientific research, and a more important role: defense. Zhuang Xuteng discovered that there were quite a lot of searchlights in the camp, far exceeding the number required for normal lighting, about four times more. These lights can completely illuminate each other, and can also add a third on this basis.

Some lights are just big light bulbs that shine in all directions, while others are enhanced spotlights mounted on mechanisms that can control rotation. Zhuang Xuteng guessed that these were attack weapons against ghosts, or at least had suppression functions. Thicker cables are used on these lampposts, which consume more energy and are certainly brighter.

If it was too bright, neither ghosts nor humans could stand it, so he began to understand the reason why his protective suit and helmet had four layers of light-shielding panels inside and outside. "Your old friends are very good at fighting. They can force the company's strongest force to this point. Eh... eh... it's a bit weird."

Zhuang Xuteng looked beyond the mine to places farther away. He found that apart from a road leading to the Shadow Realm Passage, there were no other radiating roads from the mine base.

"How long has this mine been?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"I don't know. They were already there when I first came here. I didn't understand your language at the time, and it was impossible to arrest one for interrogation, so I didn't care about this information."

"Are they just going to keep digging here and not expand outward?"

"Very good, you have discovered a feature of the shadow slave mine." Master Lich said: "Except for the top shadow slaves you call active shadow slaves, other shadow slaves will gather here. Shadow slaves are a This is a kind of flowing energy, and the shadow slave mine is just the body they are attached to. This is the depression where the shadow slave flows, the place where energy gathers, and the shadow realm channel is also the product of this gathering effect. In your mine, dig, refine and then backfill, By digging in a certain cycle, just like crop rotation in the field, you can continue to harvest.”

"Their mine is not mine." Zhuang Xuteng touched his chin, but was blocked by his helmet. He said: "This shadow is really strange. What is it?"

"It is a collection of all the vitality, mana, divine power and death resentment in our world. It is the remains of the soul and intelligence. It is the oil and coal produced in an instant. It is ashes and corpses." The Lich Master said: "It is what I once The meaning of all existence.”