Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Chapter 560 Chapter 557 Prepare for surprise

Dr. Egghead slowly shook his head, with an imperceptible smile on his lips. He knew very well the reason why Catalina was anxious to return to the headquarters: wasn't it just to quickly install better implants and increase her transformation rate! He had no problem with that. He never hinders others from becoming stronger and moving up, as long as they don't interfere with his own affairs.

"First it was Kaho, then Isabella. If we expand the scope a little bit, Colonel Taft also died in Peicheng. The internal documents about these things are still written in a formulaic way, but I received news, The higher-ups are dissatisfied with these three things. Successive failures have shaken the patience of the top management." The doctor tapped his fingers on the table and said, "In other words, whoever makes another problem will have their future ruined."

"Isn't that right? A suspect..." Catalina said.

"If you carefully read the records of the Kaho and Isabella cases, you will find a problem: Both people violated the company's safety rules and regulations when they died. Kaho went out alone for a private visit without an accompanying team. Activities, investigating abnormal situations alone, and then the people disappeared. Isabella was a little better, bringing a support team and reporting the situation and location at any time, but she still acted alone."

Colonel Marceau Paige nodded and said: "These are all lessons, especially for Isabella. Originally, it was expected that there would only be a gap of ten minutes to temporarily disconnect contact. Can anything happen in this short time? As a result , the person never came back. This time when we act, we must work together with many people, and we are absolutely not allowed to go alone. Doctor, do you want to emphasize this point?"

"No! What I want to emphasize is: fully implement the company's regulations." Dr. Egghead said: "Let's put it bluntly, any loopholes this time will be magnified and held accountable. If the perpetrator can't be found, it can still be explained. If not, Act strictly in accordance with the company's requirements... hum, then you will be in big trouble."

Catalina waved her hand and said: "Then kill that straw man, so that the higher ups won't say anything, right? Can you complete this? You are good at getting information, and it is your job to find such a guy. Son."

"That's what I mean too." Dr. Egghead said: "I am responsible for finding the person, and my team is responsible for killing him, but you have to settle the relationship between him and the descendants of the temple."

"Me? I'm not good at it. Why don't we let our boss..." Katerina rubbed her hands and winked at the "boss" of the investigation team, Colonel Marceau Paige.

Obviously this wink was in vain, Marceau was completely immune to Caterina's overtures. "If I am the one to settle the relationship, then you will be responsible for writing the report, reporting the situation, supervising the progress, and being responsible for all follow-up work?"

After this meeting, Peicheng's middleman-mercenary industry finally ushered in the dawn again, but at what cost? The strongest mercenary in the industry, the best reformed soldier in the army and the best "civilian" family bodyguard in Peicheng disappeared one after another within a week.

During this period, she found Morgana and the two talked for several hours. Although the two broke up on bad terms, Catalina gave Dr. Egghead a "It's done, you can continue to act" notice. She also made the same report to Colonel Paige, and then took her team back to Dingxin Magic's headquarters in Constitution City, the capital. Colonel Paige also left Peicheng two days later, leaving only Dr. Egghead.

Dr. Egghead has one last job left: to find and deal with Scarecrow Nack. According to common sense, in today's world where cameras are widely deployed, networks are available in various places, and information can penetrate all corners, it will not be too difficult to find someone. Moreover, Dr. Egghead is an expert in this field and can expose various identity disguises, making it impossible to find the target.

"It's strange...where did the person go? He is not in any city, and there is no suspicious consumption. Could it be that he has hid in the wilderness?" Dr. Egghead does not believe that a person can disappear out of thin air in the world, and he will continue to search.

Although the middleman-mercenary's methods of disguising his identity were clever, they were still not as clever as his. Based on the practice in life and work circles, he dug out the three identities centered on Naike - Naike, Sen Gang and Zhuang Xuteng.

Marceau Paige nodded with a smile, glanced at the two team leaders, and said: "So, our action plan is decided. Catalina, you go find the descendants of the temple, settle the relationship there, and take responsibility at the same time. Clean up the people on the list; Doctor, if you are troubled, stay for a while, collect intelligence, and eliminate the straw man Naike. If you find some new threats during this period, eliminate them all!"

Zhuang Xuteng was indeed no longer in this world at this time - he came to the shadow world again, and as soon as he entered, he was transported to Master Lich's "old house" and became an otaku again. Fortunately, this time he was allowed to leave the house and take a walk in the deserted village. But he is not allowed to damage the surrounding items, otherwise he will be thrown outside the Wall of Sighs by the Lich Master to die on his own.

No one knows whether they are alive or dead, no one knows their whereabouts, except Katarina. Ding Xin Mo Chuang's "strongest age" enhanced person led the cleanup of these people, leaving no clues for tracing, and no witnesses.

"No, no, no! Those red tape things are such a waste of time." Catalina quickly refused, and then said: "Okay, I'll go find that Morgana and tell her not to worry about what might happen to Scarecrow Neck. . Isn’t he just a man? Just ask her what compensation she needs. What is that sentence called? There is no grass anywhere in the world..."

Considering that Zhuang Xuteng can enter and leave the Wall of Sighs freely, this threat is actually ineffective. For Zhuang Xuteng, the danger outside is meeting the company's reinforcements. If he couldn't hide inside the Wall of Sighs quickly, he would be caught and beaten to death sooner or later. Therefore, Zhuang Xuteng was not prepared to offend the Lich Master. Just take a look at the things in the villages and towns, and never touch them if you can.

After previous time-travel experiments, the items installed in the isolation suit can avoid the erosion of shadow energy and can be safely transferred to the "corporate world". Therefore, Zhuang Xuteng was ready to leave with the "never-ending rice spoon" when he returned this time, thereby permanently solving his eating problem - of course this required him to get another isolation suit. The Lich Master also said that he was going to get some souvenirs to go out, but he only said it verbally and did not see any actual actions. Without the Lich Master, the isolation server would not be available, and the plan could only be put on hold for the time being.

In fact, as soon as the Lich Master came back, he threw Zhuang Xuteng into the "old house", got into the mage tower himself, and started to toss his powerful spells again - this time, he used salt particles to pinch his body again, and it was even better than before. Last time casual. The Lich Master's new body was quite rough, giving Zhuang Xuteng the feeling that it would fall apart if he jumped. Ever since he knew that he couldn't use this body to separate the two worlds from Zhuang Xuteng, he had adopted an indifferent attitude. Although reading the micro-expressions of skeletons and guessing their psychological activities is an extremely difficult task and is practically impossible to succeed, Zhuang Xuteng did not find it difficult when reading the Lich Master. He speculated that the soul-level connection between two people made it easier to understand each other.

Since returning to the Shadow Realm, the Lich Master has obviously entered a state of excitement, becoming very busy and enjoying it. Zhuang Xuteng knew that he was busy completing some important research, but he didn't know that the research was to reshape his body, or to kill the annoying company researchers outside the Wall of Sighs.

You would also find this group of people very annoying if they were doing research outside your house all day long with various drill bits - this is the case with the company's pioneering team. The outside world is so big, with shadow items and shadow energy everywhere, why do you have to keep struggling against a solid wall?

If the company's researchers could believe in his own words, then Zhuang Xuteng really wanted to persuade them to stop working on the Wall of Sighs and do something beneficial to society - it's a pity that such things can only remain in their imaginations. Zhuang Xuteng knows very well that if a company can do things that are beneficial to society, then it is not a company. The company's continuous research on the Wall of Sighs is definitely not to develop technology, but only to learn this defensive ability so that it can be invincible forever.

"They will never succeed," the Lich Master said. Zhuang Xuteng believed in the knowledge of Master Lich, but he did not think that a certain technique could be learned by one person but not by another. Maybe there are no repeated conditions in terms of time, space, and resources, but it is just "the conditions are not met", not "impossible".

Zhuang Xuteng didn't want the company to learn the wall of sighs, not even a little bit. The Lich Master is very strong, and his thoughts are mainly focused on the overall effect of the "Wall of Sighs" spell, and he feels that it is impossible for the company to learn it. But Zhuang Xuteng is a small person, and his way of thinking is to get whatever he can get. He believes that the company has been researching for so many years, and there must be some gains to support their costs. What can be achieved from the Wall of Sighs, even if it is as small as a fingernail, is still a huge mountain for ordinary people in the corporate world.

"It would be nice if we could find a way to stop outside research work."

The Lich Master had given him so much help, and Zhuang Xuteng also wanted to try his best to help him: he began to think from the perspective of a mercenary. With the mission goal of "stopping external research", the actor is limited to Zhuang Xuteng. What method can be used to achieve the goal?

"For corporate behavior, costs and benefits are the benchmark for all its activities. If the benefits are far greater than the costs, the company can ignore all other rules and pursue benefits. If the costs far exceed the benefits and cause losses to the company, then regardless of this matter Whether or not it makes sense in other ways, companies are not going to do it. Until companies can figure out how to bend the rules: either reduce costs or forcibly plunder the profits.”

In the Wall of Sighs project, the company can obtain new technologies, discover new methods, and inspire new ideas from the Wall of Sighs. This is the company's initial benefit. Subsequent benefits are reflected in the product profits that these technical methods and ideas can transform. Cost is what it costs to maintain a research project, including materials, personnel, and time. Zhuang Xuteng first eliminated time - he could not consume it indefinitely, and he did not have the ability to change the flow of time. In terms of materials, the company's production capacity is very strong and can be transported in continuously. The effect of damaging the equipment should not be good.

Then deal with people. Although Zhuang Xuteng does not admit that he is an assassin, he is indeed proficient in killing skills. This is an ironclad fact. It's just that in the current environment, the usual killing methods are not easy to use.

In the pioneering team, even the scientists who focus on research are equipped with defensive implants of a considerable level, at least the level of the riot control squadron, and this is already the lowest combat effectiveness among the pioneering team. To be honest, Zhuang Xuteng could only guarantee victory over the scientists, but he was not sure about defeating the others head-on.

Assassination seems to be the only feasible method, but first you have to figure out how you were discovered last time. The method of clapping to generate sound waves and airflow for detection seems impossible to crack, but fortunately it is not a conventional method. If more people could be hidden from the beginning and no one would use the "Applause Radar", then assassination would still be possible.

As for how to kill someone, Zhuang Xuteng actually already had an idea. The environment of the shadow world can kill people. As long as they find a way to introduce the environment of the shadow world into their isolation suit without letting them notice it, then they will die when the time is up. Zhuang Xuteng already has the two major laws of Wraith Tentacles and Dormant Martial Arts, but which part of the Shadow Realm environment is lethal and whether this lethality can be successfully transferred remain unanswered for the time being.

"Perhaps Master Lich knows the answer." Zhuang Xuteng immediately thought of the smartest person around him. "However, the Lich Master has never used the environment to kill everyone close to the Wall of Lament. Is this method not easy to use, or does he disdain to use it, or does he not think of this?"

If taking out the Wall of Sighs harasser is a gift to the Lich Master, it's best to turn it into a surprise. So Zhuang Xuteng decided to figure it out on his own first, without bothering Master Lich. Well, after setting the policy, Zhuang Xuteng started taking action. The first step is the simplest: he needs to actually enter and leave the Wall of Sighs to determine whether he has the conditions to attack.

He put on the invisibility cloak, opened the Thousand Eyes Cloak, cautiously approached the Wall of Sighs, and slowly moved out. He thought he could "pass through" the Wall of Sighs, and that he could have half of his body on this side and the other half on that side. But in fact, as soon as he touched the Wall of Sighs, he was teleported to the other side, with only half a second of shaking and Slightly dizzy. The Wall of Sighs is mainly composed of space spells, and teleportation is its most basic ability. Zhuang Xuteng was allowed to enter and exit, so his way of entering and exiting was by teleportation.

Zhuang Xuteng was lucky. There was no one on the outside of the wall where he was, otherwise he would have been discovered. As mentioned before, Kaho's invisibility cloak can only be used in a simple environment where it is stationary and at the lowest possible speed. If the surrounding environment changes suddenly, it cannot change immediately - at least the flat-head brother's computing power cannot do this. When Zhuang Xuteng went out, he was wearing "village camouflage", which was incompatible with the ruins and desert environment outside. For at least three seconds, the invisibility cloak had the opposite effect. Zhuang Xuteng noticed this immediately, and quickly touched his back, and was teleported back to the inside by the wall of sighs.

The environment reconstruction calculation just now has not been completed, and Brother Pingtou has received new calculation requirements, which is directly overloaded. Fortunately, it is military equipment with relatively high design standards. When encountering this situation, it immediately activates self-protection and forcibly reduces the calculation speed, so that it does not stop smoking.

"It's very convenient to get in and out, first get in and out and then sneak in." Zhuang Xuteng turned off the invisibility cloak and took off the flat-head brother to let it slowly dissipate heat. "The response speed when entering and exiting is very fast, which is good news. But what is the maximum speed of this kind of teleportation? Can it also pass under high-speed and high-explosion conditions?"

(End of this chapter)