mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 986 I have a bold idea
The mirage and the earth are completely different civilizations.

However, Xingyue possesses both the civilizational characteristics of the "Code of the Old Gods" and the thinking of Earth civilization.

Xingyue said: "Leave the inside and return the outer shell, and give it a try."

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the fragments on the table and thought about it. Since the outer shell of the living stone contained iron, he used the Old God's Crucible Mark to melt the cracks in the outer shell and reassemble it.

The internal materials were preserved.

Send the glued shell back and continue to open the "Code of the Old Gods".

[I pushed a cart of living stone corpses to the recycling plant, but I was in no hurry to leave.]

[The outer realm apprentices there counted the number of living stone corpses and poured them into the furnace.]

【I was about to take a closer look, but was driven away. 】

[I had to go back and get a second truckload.]

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes sparkled.

The outer-world apprentices at the recycling plant will check the number of living stone corpses, but will not investigate whether there are any missing parts inside.

As for what they were going to extract, Zhao Chuanxin had no idea.

But at least he has a chance to pass himself off as the real thing.

When the Fearless Pioneer transported the second vehicle, Zhao Chuanxin took out twenty living stone corpses at once, dug out their insides, and glued the rest back together.

[I transported the second truck to the recycling plant. After the apprentices from outside the recycling plant unloaded the truck, I returned again to transport the third truck.]

Zhao Chuanxin took out another twenty living stone corpses as usual...

[When I arrived at the recycling plant, the apprentice from the outer realm who was working there suddenly called me: No. 555, wait, why are the living stone corpses on the last truck of poor quality? ]

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

I wonder, there are a lot of live stone corpses in a truck, and he was discovered after only taking out twenty of them?
What exactly are they extracting?
Previously, Zhao Chuanxin thought that they were recovering gold and other metals from the shells of the living stone corpses, but now it seems that there is more to it than that.

[I pretended not to know: I am only responsible for delivery, otherwise you can count carefully to see if the quantity matches? ]

[Outer Realm Apprentice No. 59 frowned and counted once, and found that the number was just right. He scratched his head and said: This is really strange, let's see again this time. ]

Cheating is the privilege of earthlings.

[I pushed the car away with a guilty conscience.]

In the fourth car, Zhao Chuanxin only took five living stone corpses.

Xingyue suddenly said, "Wait, there's someone inside who's not dead yet."

Zhao Chuanxin picked up a living stone that was not completely dead on the table and took a closer look. As he was studying it, a stream of rainbow particles suddenly and silently spurted out from the end of the living stone.

Zhao Chuanxin failed to hold it, and the living stone jumped out again.

"when!"

Until it hit the wall and fell to the ground.

Xingyue said: "This time I'm dead."

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

Xingyue said: "We need a living rock for research. This thing will be very useful."

Installing it on the Destitution Arrow would solve the problem of propulsion fuel.

If the energy is sufficient and installed on the second-generation dragon, Zhao Chuanxin can even make the second-generation dragon an amphibious vehicle on land, sea and air.

But the living stone hit itself to death, and Zhao Chuanxin had no choice but to "kill the chicken to get the eggs."

[When I was delivering the fourth car to the recycling plant, the foreign apprentice No. 59 stopped me and said: There was also a problem with the previous car. Don't leave yet. Wait until we finish inspecting this car.]

[I couldn't help but feel uneasy. Could they find something strange? ]

[They not only counted the number, but also smelted it.]

[After a while, the foreign apprentice No. 59 frowned and said: There is a slight mistake this time, but it is roughly correct. You can go back to work.]

[I told him: I hope you can work more seriously and not make me worry.]

[Foreign Apprentice No. 59: …]

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth.

I didn't learn anything else, but I learned how to put the blame on others.

In this way, Zhao Chuanxin worked little by little, with a maximum of 5 and a minimum of 3 on each car, until the Fearless Pioneer stopped working.

Unfortunately, there is no more half-dead living stone to load.

In the end, Zhao Chuanxin had collected a lot of organs and passages of living rocks.

He asked Xingyue: "What should I do with them?"

Xingyue said, “Put it away before observing the living stone.”

If according to Xingyue's statement, the spraying of rainbow particles from live rocks is excretion, then training live rocks is the same as training for targeted excretion, right?
[Outer Realm Apprentice No. 1088 is here again. 】

[He said to me: I will take you to the Live Rock Farm restaurant and apartment first.]

[I was assigned to live at the top of a 26-story tower. There was no elevator, so I had to walk up.]

People in the mirage have good physiques, and perhaps the meniscus in their knees is made of metal.

[Outer-realm apprentice No. 1088 gave me a key and took me to the restaurant.]

[After entering the restaurant, No. 1088 wondered: Why is the restaurant so quiet today? ]

[I saw that the people in the restaurant either kept their heads down and said nothing, or whispered to each other, and then there was a faint black smoke.]

Zhao Chuanxin was shocked.

With this speed of transmission, wouldn't the virtual world of Haishi be destroyed soon?
[When we were picking up the food, the apprentice who distributed the food waved to the two of us and said, "Come closer, I have something to tell you."]

[I retreated instead of advancing, and said loudly: If you have anything to say, please speak up. I have always been an upright person and never do those shabby things! ]

【Distribute food to apprentices: ……】

Zhao Chuanxin, the number one believer of the God of Time and Space, followed him for several years and finally learned a little from him.

[We got our meal and returned to our seats to eat.]

[There are apprentices nearby who are trying to get close to us. ]

[I shouted loudly: I am not here to make friends, I am here to work, the meaning of life lies in work, please don’t come near me. ]

[The expressions of the nearby apprentices changed, and they finally did not force their way in. ]

[While eating, a group of people came outside, led by the No. 41 Virtual Realm Striker from the Mission Management Office. ]

[Virtual Realm Striker No. 41 patrols the entrance of the restaurant and says arrogantly: Now, everyone stand up and line up. I want to test your bodies.]

【Silence in the restaurant.】

[No. 41 Void Realm Striker pointed at me and No. 1088 Outer Realm Apprentice: You two go first.]

[He held a silver metal stick and said to me: Number 555, blow into this stick.]

Zhao Chuanxin: Checking for drunk driving? ?

[Seeing my hesitation, No. 41 Void Realm Striker said: As everyone knows, the rune I master is Food Transformation. I have developed a method to detect this disease. As long as you are sick, blow on a metal stick and the metal stick will turn black. No. 555, are you feeling guilty?]

【I naturally felt no guilt, so I stepped forward and blew. 】

[As expected, the silver metal stick did not change color. ]

[It was No. 1088's turn to blow, but the silver metal stick still did not change color.]

[It was only when the third person blew air that the silver metal stick quickly turned black. When he stopped blowing air, the silver metal stick returned to black.]

[No. 41 Virtual Realm Striker points at the infected: Take him down.]

[At this moment, the infected person exploded, roaring and rushing towards the No. 41 virtual realm striker, his face becoming ferocious.]

[No. 41 Virtual Realm Striker easily dodged and elbowed the infected person in the temple, knocking him to the ground. Then he raised his leg and kicked him, causing the infected person's face to collapse.]

[My hair stood on end when I saw this. The physical fitness of No. 41 Virtual Realm Striker was so strong that he surpassed me in strength.]

[No. 1088 explained to me in a low voice: The food rune is based on the second singularity axiom - transformation, and is specifically aimed at the relationship between food and the physical structure of living things. No. 41 knows the ultimate way to maintain health. His physical health is second to none in the sea city virtual realm, and his strength is naturally unrivaled.]

[Unexpectedly, the infected person whose face collapsed did not lose his fighting power. He stood up again and intended to continue attacking the No. 41 virtual realm attacker.]

[Virtual Realm Striker No. 41 held down the infected person's head with both hands and pressed down hard, causing the infected person's head to hit the corner of the metal table.]

【puff……】

[Half of the infected person's head was shattered, and he finally died.]

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

This power is a bit scary.

[No. 41 Virtual Realm Striker said: Next person.]

[The people behind began to retreat.]

[No. 41 Virtual Realm Striker said arrogantly: Those who dare not test will be considered infected. ]

[He thought he could threaten everyone, but he didn't expect that dozens of people in the restaurant would retreat first, then move forward together and surround us.]

[No. 41 Virtual Realm Striker panicked and shouted: What do you want to do? ]

[I said to him: Is there a possibility that they are all infected? ]

[No. 41 Virtual Realm Striker hastily retreats: All apprentices, listen up, block the door, don't let anyone out.]

【At this time, the infected people in the restaurant rushed towards the door frantically. 】

[All kinds of strange weapons appeared. I saw ropes made of insect silk, a meteor hammer with a deformable front end, and two rotating blades...]

[But the foreign apprentices in the restaurant also had weapons, and the apprentices blocking the door outside were few in number, so they were soon able to break through.]

[I activated the Light Blade, slashed left and right, and tried to open the Holy Light Channel to move, but found that the Old God's Altar was ineffective here. It's not that the Holy Light Channel can't be opened, but the Holy Light Channel seems to be opened in a place I can't see, so I can't pass through. ]

[Other outer realm apprentices had their guard up, but I had no guard up. Wherever the sword passed, there were only broken limbs and debris.]

[This quickly attracted the attention of No. 41 Void Realm Striker, who said: Very good, No. 555, you are not soft-hearted. I will suggest No. 38 Outer Realm Apprentice to assign you a better task.]

Zhao Chuanxin became anxious. How can you collect the living stone corpses if you are assigned to another place?

He quickly wrote: [I said: I am just a brick in the virtual world of Haishi. I can be moved wherever I am needed. I am the same everywhere. There is no need to adjust my position.]

[No. 41 Virtual Realm Striker: …]

[He said: Don't pretend to be noble in front of me, it's decided. ]

Blanch!
It really is the kind of thing that cannot be led away and will only go backwards.

The more you don't want to do something, the more he asks you to do it.

[We had limited manpower and suffered heavy casualties. In the end, we were unable to stop the infected people in the restaurant, and some of them escaped.]

[Virtual Realm Striker No. 41 said: I must report to the Axiom Master. Things have become out of control.]

【After that, he asked us to go away. 】

[I walked alone on the tangled and complicated road, with shops lined up on both sides, more prosperous than the Rune City. The economic development is amazing.]

[I walked into a rune fragment store, where various high-level rune fragments were piled up in the booth without any hesitation.]

[I pointed at a fragment of the Order Rune and asked the shopkeeper: How much is this in gold coins? ]

[The shop owner said: 30 gold coins per piece.]

[I was surprised and asked: Why is it so expensive? ]

[In the Rune City, a mother sequence rune fragment costs 10 gold coins, and a sub-sequence rune fragment costs 3 gold coins. But this set of a mother sequence rune fragment and a sub-sequence rune fragment costs 30. ]

[The shop owner said as a matter of course: Because of the suspension of production, due to the spread of plague and demon virus, the Sea City Virtual Realm Specialist ordered to stop the production of various rune fragments. Soon, the price will rise even higher. ]

Zhao Chuanxin suddenly had an idea.

In the mirage, he cannot use space-based storage, but he can teleport.

The mouse has fallen into the rice jar, so how can it come back empty-handed?
He opened the divine light channel and entered into it.

No wonder the Fearless Vanguard and the Elf Scouts felt that the Mirage was too powerful to resist.

Even Zhao Chuanxin, a man from the future who had seen a world with tall buildings, airplanes flying in the sky, and high-speed trains whizzing by, was shocked when he saw the mirage.

It’s the same feeling as Li Hongzhang after he went to the United States.

A promotional poster whose pattern is drawn on paper but moves.

A road that is more 3D than a mountain city.

Tall buildings can even be deformed at any time, connecting with each other at different time periods and changing their layout.

There are also construction puppets nearby that replace human labor.

The huge mobile prison was emitting beautiful rainbow particle tail flames from below and was slowly moving in the sky.

Zhao Chuanxin was dazzled.

The shop owner asked him, "Do you want to buy it? If not, please don't delay my business."

Zhao Chuanxin spat: "What? You're not letting me see it even if I don't pay?"

The shop owner was speechless, but not very convinced, and muttered, "Why look at it if you can't afford it?"

"It's not that I can't afford it, I just see if it's more cost-effective."

"..."

Zhao Chuanxin walked out with his hands behind his back, and the owner kept staring at him.

When he reached the door, Zhao Chuanxin used the "key" to teleport away an anti-force rune fragment and an order rune fragment on the booth.

Because the owner was staring at him and didn't notice what was going on in the booth.

However, just as Zhao Chuanxin was feeling proud, he heard a shrill alarm.

It was a rising-pitched knocking sound that echoed throughout the store.

The shop owner's expression changed: "Who stole the things?"

Because he had been staring at Zhao Chuanxin, he did not think the thief was Zhao Chuanxin, but instead looked at other people.

At this time, Zhao Chuanxin hurriedly slipped out.

There should be some kind of mechanism on the booth, which will be activated when the rune fragment is removed, and the alarm will sound.

He went out, jumped onto the loop on the upper level, and went into a materials store to avoid the wind.

So exciting.

Below, the shop owner gathered people to block the customers' way, and several apprentices from other places who were in charge of security patrols swarmed over.

Zhao Chuanxin thought that if he went any slower it would be difficult to escape.

After all, I can't use flash.

He asked Xingyue, "Is there any True Vision Crystal around?"

It would be troublesome if there was surveillance.

Xingyue said: "No."

Zhao Chuanxin asked the material store owner: "Is there a material that is very strong but very light?"

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and replied, "There is a metal that has this property - soft gold. It's just a little more expensive."

Zhao Chuanxin shook his head: "What about materials that are lighter than soft gold? It doesn't matter if the strength is slightly lower."

"That's the black tree resin, but it requires extremely high temperatures to make tools. The heat source gems alone are too much for ordinary people to afford."

The owner pointed to a certain place in the booth.

Zhao Chuanxin saw black blocks arranged neatly.

He looked at the price tag, which read: 14 gold coins per piece.

Zhao Chuanxin said without hesitation: "I can't afford it, I'll just take a look."

The shop owner went to greet other customers.

This time, Zhao Chuanxin did not teleport directly, but walked over and picked up the black tree resin.

The alarm sounds.

The shop owner turned around suddenly: "What are you doing?"

Zhao Chuanxin put the black tree resin back: "I told you, just take a look."

The shop owner frowned, and Zhao Chuanxin left the shop happily.

"Boiled!"

Unexpectedly, there were alarms in every store.

Zhao Chuanxin can't keep stealing, otherwise anyone with a little bit of common sense would find out that there is something wrong with him, the Outer Realm Apprentice No. 555.

At this time, a man walked out of the shop, with the badge on his chest clearly reading - Apprentice No. 3492.

Apprentice No. 3492 said to Zhao Chuanxin expressionlessly, "Do you want cheap black tree resin? I have it, and it only costs half the price."

At this time, Xingyue whispered: "There is a 75% chance that this person is infected."

Zhao Chuanxin coughed and said, "Half the price? How about 100 gold coins? Okay, it's a deal."

14 gold coins, half the price is 7.

Zhao Chuanxin offered 100 gold coins, just to find fault.

However, Apprentice No. 3492 shook his head expressionlessly: "No, but I can sell it to you for 1000 gold coins."

A normal person would definitely be angry at this time, but Apprentice No. 3492 from the outer realm remained indifferent.

Zhao Chuanxin narrowed his eyes: "Okay, then where should we go to trade?"

Apprentice No. 3492 looked blankly towards a tall tower under renovation in the north and said, "Go there."

Zhao Chuanxin walked into the renovated tower with him, and the construction puppets outside did not stop them.

Entering the sixth floor of the tower, Apprentice No. 3492 stopped, turned around and said to Zhao Chuanxin: "The things are here, but there is something I need to tell you, come here."

Zhao Chuanxin grinned: "There's no one here, just tell me directly."

Apprentice No. 3492 frowned: "Do you want the black tree resin?"

"Take it out first and let me have a look."

Apprentice No. 3492 had no choice but to take out a piece of black tree resin from his body.

He really does.

Then he said to Zhao Chuanxin: "Bring the gold coins here."

Zhao Chuanxin shook his head and said cheerfully: "I don't want to give money, but I still want the black tree resin."

Apprentice No. 3492 looked at Zhao Chuanxin sinisterly: "That's not impossible. As long as you come and get it, I'll give it to you."

"No problem." Zhao Chuanxin walked towards the Outer Realm Apprentice No. 3492: "Give it to me."

His hand speed was amazing. As soon as he approached Apprentice No. 3492, he suddenly made a move and snatched the black tree resin directly.

Apprentice No. 3492 from the outer realm was caught off guard and his black tree resin was snatched away, causing him to become furious.

Zhao Chuanxin was prepared. He jumped up from the spot, lightly leaped to the height of a person, raised his leg and kicked the foreign apprentice No. 3492 in the face, causing him to fall with his head tilted back.

Zhao Chuanxin did not kill the man because there were witnesses.

He flipped back onto the ground and said to Apprentice No. 3492, "You are infected. Now the Sea City Void Realm has the means to detect the demon virus. I will take this piece of black tree resin. If you don't say anything, I won't report you."

Apprentice No. 3492 from the outer realm: “…”

Zhao Chuanxin walked backwards and out.

Only when he reached a safe distance did he jump down.

Apprentice No. 3492 from the outer realm did not stop him.

"Xingyue, I have a bold idea..." Zhao Chuanxin said after landing.

Xingyue said: "The Haishi Void Realm also has a complete set of criminal laws."

Zhao Chuanxin said cheerfully: "Without the victim, all criminal laws are useless."

(End of this chapter)