Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Master Lich shook his finger, and Zhuang Xuteng could finally regain control of his body. The wounds caused by the fall have scabbed over, and the muscles that have been in a fixed position for a long time are beginning to ache, but these are only minor problems. The countdown to the destruction of the world hanging above my hometown is the big problem.

According to the irresponsible inference of the Lich Master, the Wall of Sighs will last for another five hundred years at most. Five hundred years later, the Wall of Sighs will shrink into the interior of its basic magic circle in the process of continuous "shrinking". Once the magic circle is exposed, the necrotic power will destroy the magic circle, so the Wall of Sighs cannot be maintained.

When he originally designed and built the Wall of Sighs, Master Lich fully considered the possibility of the protective array being destroyed from within. Therefore, he also designed protective measures for the array itself, which was as strong as the Sighing Array itself. The Lich Master frankly admitted that even if he wanted to destroy the foundation of the magic circle, he would have to use all his magic power to bombard it day and night, every second, and it would be difficult to penetrate it in three to five hundred years.

"Although my spell ability is very strong, my personal power is nothing compared to the mighty force of the collapse of heaven and earth. The power of eclipse seems to me quite clumsy, but its total amount is too large and it can continue. When the whole When the destructive power of the world is concentrated on the protective measures of the magic circle, my three to five hundred years of work may be completed in one year. Therefore, I just need to wait, and there is no need to do anything extra."

Zhuang Xuteng asked the Lich Master to strengthen the Wall of Sighs, and received a direct, irrefutable and helpless answer.

"In order to preserve the last memory, I have already exhausted all ways to strengthen the Wall of Sighs. As long as there is still a way, I have tried it in the past hundreds of years. The World Death Curse Array is my biggest failure, but it is not My only failure. I can't slow down the countdown, I can't speed up the countdown, which makes me feel like a waste. Fortunately, I can live for a long time and still have a chance to see the day of destruction come."

With Zhuang Xuteng's magic ability, he was unable to have any influence on the Wall of Sighs. Even if he destroys himself and annihilates the Lich Master together, he cannot speed up or slow down the countdown to the destruction of the Wall of Sighs.

"Zhuang Xuteng, you are very smart. You may want to hand me over to the company for research, hoping that the company's research power can figure it out and try to delay the destruction of the Wall of Sighs, or even persuade them to stop all activities in the Shadow Realm." Lich The master shook his head and said: "No matter how you design it, I have no real physical existence, so I can completely destroy myself with just a thought, much faster than you using the disintegration effect."

The Lich Master looked around the last town and said in a calm tone: "A countdown to destroy the world, although it is not as good as revenge with my own hands, but I can accept it, so I have fulfilled my greatest wish and accepted death calmly. I am sure I will never let the company humiliate me again, so you can never use me as a gift or evidence to negotiate with the company..."

Zhuang Xuteng raised his middle finger towards Master Lich and said, "I will think of various ways to solve the problem, but I will not collude with the company, let alone betray you to the company. You can rest assured of this."

"If the company is willing to hand over your brother's murderer and all those responsible, restore his reputation, and give the automotive industry completely to you, will you forgive the company and cooperate with it?"

Zhuang Xuteng was stunned. A proud person would probably deny it immediately and say, "Impossible, no matter how much money you have!" Zhuang Xuteng did not rush to answer, but fully respected the question and thought about it carefully.

"This condition makes me very excited. I will think about it carefully and make the same choice as now: I refuse." Zhuang Xuteng spread his hands and said, "My brother is dead. Since I have the ability, it is mine to avenge him. Responsibility. In this matter, I will only stop if my brother asks me to stop - I do not have the right to forgive on my brother's behalf. Well... I thought about it carefully just now, and my hatred is not that strong. It just can’t be eliminated or covered up.”

"After your question came out just now, I also asked myself: If the company gives me more, will I be shaken? Is it true that I can never be bribed?" Zhuang Xuteng looked up at the sky and sighed, Said: "Then I realized that I was very stupid: This issue should be left to the company to think about; why should I figure out how to bribe myself for them? I can definitely find a way to bribe myself, but this does not mean that they will pay that price. "

"You don't call this stupid, you call it sober - it seems that long-term spell learning has successfully improved your wisdom." Master Lich said: "In fact, you don't need to worry about things in five hundred years. In these one hundred years , take good care of your family while you are alive; when you die, I will use your remaining body to take care of them again. You don’t have longevity species. In two hundred years at most, the people you want to take care of now will be gone. Come back later The people are beyond the scope of your knowledge, and you no longer have emotional sustenance and responsibility for them.”

"I still think it's best not to destroy the world." Zhuang Xuteng said: "If it is going to be destroyed sooner or later, it is better to do it later."

Master Lich nodded and said: "I completely understand how you feel, but this matter will not change based on your thoughts. I have learned so many spells and can use my will to distort reality and reverse life and death, but the world is too big. If an individual is too small, the world will not work according to his wishes."

"How I want to reverse the destruction of the world..." Master Lich lowered his head and looked at the square inch of space under his feet. "This idea of ​​mine is so strong that it can even make me, a lich, daydream. I dreamed that I had a choice, and that choice said: If you give up destroying the world, your world will return because of your kindness and generosity. I...I really want to live in that dream."

For the undead, living in a dream is tantamount to denying reality, and the price is death. The Lich Master's body is extremely strong and extremely fragile at the same time. The two states are only separated by his thoughts.

"I can't live in a dream, and neither can you." Master Lich said, "What do you want to do next? How are you going to do it?"

"Find an isolation suit, go out with a spoon, and then go home. It shouldn't be difficult to get another suit, right? This world is under your death curse... Wait!" Zhuang Xuteng suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "Company Development Team They must have died outside, right? Can their implants be removed? I have only been paralyzed for more than a day. As long as the isolation suit does not stop working, their bodies should still be intact!"

The Lich Master's spells only kill living creatures but do not damage objects, so the isolation suits of the pioneer team members should still be intact, but whether they are still working depends on the remaining battery power. When the wearer is injured or sick, the isolation suit can also provide emergency treatment and continuously call for rescue. With such a huge change happening in the film world, the company will definitely send investigators to carry out various operations, including recovering the mine and certainly including recovering the bodies. Now let's see who moves faster.

These implants are collected not for money, but to accumulate power. The pioneering team uses the highest level of implants within the company, which represents the company's highest level of combat effectiveness. There is no other chance to get it except this time. Even if it is not used by himself, it can be used to share the pressure for Zhuang Xuteng by giving it to people who want to threaten and destroy the company. Picking up corpses is a compulsory course for necromancers. It only involves skills and does not involve morality. After analysis, the two believed that although there were many people in the mine, it was too close to the Shadow Realm Passage, and the company's power would be the first to provide support. Moreover, the proportion of high-end combat power in the mine is relatively small, and the collection value is not as high as that of the development team.

If they go to the mine, they will be disappointed that there are basically no bodies to be found. In line with the principle of getting closer first, the Lich Master took Zhuang Xu and flew out of the Wall of Sighs, overlooking the earth from a high altitude, and used the Eyes of Shadow to search for shadow signals. They lock on to their targets effortlessly, far more efficiently than vultures searching for carrion.

Two vultures - no, two men descended upon the body. Zhuang Xuteng took out his armor-breaking hammer and was about to take action, but Master Lich stopped him. "If you destroy the isolation suit, they will be suspicious. I can position the teleporter and send the body directly out."

"Can you only teleport corpses? Amazing! But please don't tell me why you practice this technique. By the way, wait a moment. I will drain the power of the isolation suit first so that it cannot record information." Zhuang Xuteng shook his head. , first use the sensory tentacles to find the shadow batteries in the isolation suit and drain them quickly.

Without energy, the isolation suit immediately stops working, so that it can no longer record various changes in its "contents". The Lich Master then showed his superb control ability and teleported the corpse inside without destroying the isolation suit.

Ever since he installed high-speed and high-explosion implants and gave away several implants to others, Zhuang Xuteng had a few empty containers around him, which were now filled with implants removed from the company's enhanced humans. They dismantled four corpses in total, and the Lich Master used magic to burn the remains, leaving no clues to the company. They believe that the company must know the location of these isolation suits and will definitely come looking for them later. As for what the company's investigators would think of when they looked at the four empty isolation suits, that was not something the two of them could worry about.

After the two people became invisible, they teleported to the vicinity of the mine and found that the company's people had established an advance position based on the shadow portal. They are laying a system of slide rails where researchers will advance. Each researcher has a grappling hook on his waist, which can be hung on the track at any time. He can use the high-speed track to return to the entrance of the Shadow Realm Passage in a short time and perform emergency evacuation.

"The company's response speed is so fast..." Zhuang Xuteng couldn't help but sigh, and then followed the invisible Lich Master into the mining factory. He repeated his old trick, after finding the isolation suit, he drained the battery first, and then teleported away with the suit. Anyway, an isolation suit without energy can provide protection in a short period of time, so it shouldn't be a problem to bring a spoon out.

Zhuang Xuteng stood in the dirty culvert again. After recovering from the dizziness caused by the teleportation, he opened his helmet and took a deep breath. There is not only a real rotten smell in the air, but also an ethereal smell of rusty metal, which comes from an old clock that is counting down to five hundred years. Zhuang Xuteng waved his hand, hiding the exit, and then left the culvert. He looked up at the gray sky, trying to distinguish it from the dead silence of the Shadow Realm. He found that this was a bit difficult.

"I must have eaten too much porridge." Zhuang Xuteng took off his isolation suit, packed his belongings, and destroyed the isolation suit as he did last time. Afterwards, he secretly jumped on a container truck heading into the city on the side of the highway, hid in the shadows, and drove towards Constitution City, the capital.

There is no other way. If you want to return to Peicheng, you can only go to the city to find long-distance transportation first.

Although it had been more than eight months since he left Peicheng, and he felt that the previous events should be over, Zhuang Xuteng still felt that it should not be made public. Taking a train or a plane is not a good idea without knowing the specific situation, driving back is a better option. Whether in Peicheng or the capital, the used car industry is always ready to serve. Zhuang Xuteng didn't need to look for it. On the way into the city, he saw a decent second-hand car shop on the side of the road and jumped out of the car.

"Come to the Vehicle Appreciation Center again? What a talent, you actually came up with this name..." Zhuang Xuteng came to the gate of the yard where various vehicles were parked, and looked around, but there was no one in sight. "It shouldn't be! The lights are on, the yard is clean, and it's noon. Why are there no customers or service staff?"

It can't be a trap set by the company for him, right? Zhuang Xuteng shook his head, getting rid of this overly narcissistic thought. He searched for a while and found that the comprehensive service room of "Hao Zai Lai" - a tin house with an area equivalent to twelve shipping containers - had a neon sign hanging crookedly on its outer wall. Only one-third of the light is still on, and the parts that are on and off are the following words: To serve, press the button.

It seemed that the sign was not strong enough and fell down, and it was only the pull of the wires that kept it from hitting the ground. This wire left the final light on the signboard and successfully attracted Zhuang Xuteng. At the corner of the outer wall support column, Zhuang Xuteng found the button and pressed it hard.

The Wraith Jelly told him that a "refrigerator" that was originally completely closed in the house opened and an execution puppet walked out. It is wearing a "Hao Zai Lai" orange overalls and is dressed the same as the employees in the photo on the wall. It's just that the employees in the photo all have professional and enthusiastic smiles, and the execution puppet's entire head is completely covered by a face-covering helmet, with seven or eight antennas erected on the helmet.

"Welcome to Hao Zailai. I am the sales consultant No. 1 and I will serve you wholeheartedly." The execution puppet opened the door and walked out. After finding Zhuang Xuteng, it approached as it spoke. Its voice was mechanical and clear. "Please describe the service content you need. If you need manual takeover, please say that manual work is required."

"Manpower is needed." Zhuang Xuteng looked around to make sure this was not some kind of ambush, and called for manual intervention.

The execution puppet said please wait a moment and started to whistle. Its whistle level was very average. Zhuang Xuteng tried hard to distinguish it, but he was only 70% sure that it was Bai Moji's "A Generation of Gunfire". Accompanied by crappy whistling music, about every minute, the execution puppet will say "Please wait, trying to connect. If you don't want to wait, you can always let the execution puppet serve you."

About twelve minutes later, the execution puppet suddenly stopped whistling, his body began to tremble, and the antenna above his head flashed. With obviously uncoordinated arm movements, the execution puppet puffed up his chest and "took a deep breath", and then said to Zhuang Xuteng: "Ah, I'm sorry, the signal is not good, the connection speed is slow, I'm a little late. Sir, can I How can I serve you?"

"I want to buy a car and go on a trip at once." Zhuang Xuteng said: "I don't want complicated procedures to delay time, and I don't want unexpected situations on the road to affect my mood. Do you have any recommendations?"