The Age of Machines

Chapter 835

Several people thought about it seriously.

But they couldn't think of any reason. At that time, they didn't pay attention to it. They didn't have any impression, and they couldn't think of anything after thinking about it carefully.

But the video on the ring is indeed the only convincing evidence to overthrow Manlf's words.

After figuring this out, he didn't bother about what happened to Quinn's hands, and focused his attention on Manlf, to see how he would defend himself.

"You lied to us?" Ukiyo-e smiled cruelly.

Manlf was not in a panic. His eyes fell on the ring in Lollipop's hand, and he said, "I see. The scarlet ring deceived you, and it was designed by Quinn to deceive you. In this way, even if you chase after Now, he can also pretend to cheat and gain trust."

"How can we trust you?" Tanuki always felt that the current NPCs couldn't believe anything they said.Because in this respect, they are in a passive position now, they know nothing, even if they know, they can't tell the truth from the fake.

Totally tricked by an NPC...

"If the ring is broken, there will be a real video. It's a disguise, too," Manroff said.

destroy?
Lollipop looked at the ring in his hand hesitantly, and then squinted his eyes to look at Manlf. This NPC cannot be fully trusted.This ring is a mission prop, and she couldn't destroy it originally.But as soon as Merff opened his mouth, the ring became a destructible ordinary prop again.

Merff thought that Lollipop didn't know how to destroy it, so he hurriedly said, "Crack the redstone on the ring."

The lollipop rubbed the ring in her hand and didn't do it immediately. She looked at the civet cat and the others, made eye contact, and asked for advice.They also looked quite hesitant, the lollipop fell on Wei Shengmo's body for less than a second, and they moved it away silently, or forget it...

Weishengmo doesn't pay much attention to them.

At this time, unexpectedly, I heard the person on the other side say in a cold voice: "Give it a try."

Not an order, but a persuasion.

Lollipop thought about it and decided to give it a try.After all, the task had to be continued, and the president didn't know what he had encountered, and he didn't come back for a long time.Lollipop has no choice but to destroy the ring.

They must know more.

According to Merv, the lollipop shattered the red stone on the ring.The moment it was destroyed, the red light flickered slightly, and then the shape of the ring changed completely.

The original simple ring, except for the red gravel, has become thicker, and there is a strange totem on the outer ring, and where the original gravel is, there is only a black six-clawed spider with four eyes on the spider's back. In red, this spider is extremely realistic.

System prompt: Ding, you have obtained [Spider Eye].

It turned out that this was the original name and appearance of the ring.Lollipop looked at Marf, this man really didn't lie.

At this moment, Merv said again: "You move the spider."

Lollipop does as well.The ring shot out black light, and the projection was played again, but it was completely different from before.

There are not many pictures, and the camera is always upside down, until the camera shakes a few times and the picture starts to blur. After the picture is clear, the whole lens occupied by black gradually recedes, and a familiar face is revealed. The smile after the success is extremely dazzling. Quinn got up slowly, pulled on the cloak, and what he was holding in his hand was the [Book of Punishment].

He placed the ring in the grass, and he entered another door next to the exit of the maze.Until it completely disappears, the recording ends.

Is this the real video?
"Now you can trust me."

Lollipop tossed the ring back into the package, and Quinn's face, which he would never forget no matter how much time passed, was clearly reflected on the video.All this is really controlled by Quinn behind the scenes.If they just want to leave here, then they don't quite understand Quinn's actions.

Just like their request at the beginning, this task can be entrusted to them.But in the end, Quinn took away the [Book of Punishment], and then came here again, and even spent a lot of time hiding his behavior. Why are these?
And now, it was Manlf who puzzled them the most.

Saying this to them just to avoid death is a little bit unreasonable.He could have used other reasons to prevaricate them, and he followed them at a distance and well hidden at first.The reason Wei Shengmo was able to catch him was only because the man was already within the range of the attack, as if on purpose.

According to what Manlf said before, from the moment they entered the island, they met Quinn and began to follow Quinn to monitor them.Then he is a member of Quinn's group, but now he has exposed Quinn's purpose...

"Why do you want to help us?" The civet cat walked up to him, and the corner of its mouth twitched. "You have something you want, right?"

That's why he betrayed Quinn and followed them all the way.

but…

Tanuki straightened up, rubbing his chin and staring at Manlf.What if it was this Merv who was betrayed by Quinn?
Marv's face darkened. "If you hadn't appeared in front of my eyes, I wouldn't be convinced that I was betrayed by Quinn."

Exactly as I thought.

The civet cat then asked: "Then you can tell me, what exactly is Quinn going to do with the [Book of Punishment]?"

Merff was silent for a while, then spoke. "After Gultz fell, these places were cursed and sealed by Meredith. The lives born here cannot leave the abyss of punishment. And with the curse, our lives are not long."

That is, they will die very early.

They must break the curse, and the key is the [Book of Retribution], which is the source of Meredith's power.

"But Quinn wasn't content with getting her freedom and her life."

Ukiyo-e said indifferently: "He wants to obtain the power of that book, right?"

Merff's expression tended to be ferocious and distorted, and he was suppressing his anger. "He wants to resurrect [Meredith]!"

This answer is really unexpected.

It never occurred to her that Quinn wanted to revive Meredith.Ukiyo-e naively thought that this man was just ambitious, wanting to gain power as powerful as Meredith and then dominate this place...

Lollipop remembered that Merv seemed to have said before that that guy came with the power of Meredith.As soon as Merff said, it seemed that Quinn was not simply wanting to gain power.

Merff seemed to be out of control, with resentment and a bit of fear on his expression. "That woman must never appear again. She is a disaster and a devil."

They recalled the images of women being burned at the stake in the murals.

"Don't you call her [God]?"

Merff suddenly looked up at the lollipop with a terrifying expression. "And, she is the chief culprit of all disasters. [Meredith] didn't belong here originally, she came from another mysterious world, where she was called [Snake of Disaster]."

After Manlf's explanation, they gradually understood what happened in Guerz.

[Disaster Snake] has a beautiful appearance and the ability to bring about great disasters.Only a few hundred years will a curse snake appear. They are all females. When they reach a certain age, they will choose powerful males of other races to mate with, just to procreate and to continue their abilities.

At the beginning, they didn't know that [Meredith] was an existence called "Snake of Sin", and they knew nothing about "Snake of Sin".When the moon descended on the Retribution Abyss, they ushered in disaster, death, and everything here was being destroyed.

And the moon has a cycle of appearance.Before that, the Abyss of Retribution was no different from other places, and there were still normal day and night.Until one day, the bloody moon broke the tranquility of this area, and the killing began.

The appearance of Meredith made the blood of the moon fade away, and only she could stop the power of the moon. Their ancestors did think that this beautiful woman was sent by the gods to save them without abandoning them.

At that time, this area was in a chaotic war. Because of different races, they competed to divide the territory and caused wars. The appearance of Meredith merged all races into one, and the Abyss of Punishment was no longer the Abyss of Punishment, but Guerz.

Except for the shortest lifespan of human beings, other abandoned races still have a very long lifespan.Goulds, didn't exist for very long.The race is updated, and even the elves who have been deprived of their blood can exist for about 200 years.

From generation to generation, only Meredith is immortal.People revered her even more, and when the moon came down, she became the most powerful god.The [Book of Punishment] in her hand is regarded as Gultz's [Most Precious Treasure].

People respect her, love her, pay tribute to her all kinds of rare treasures every year, conquer all directions for her, and seize countless territories.

The most glorious Goulds, comparable to a country.

They are high-spirited, even if they were expelled from their original race, they seem to have regained the dignity of living here.They wished to declare war on all races, but Meredith prevented it.

She doesn't want to leave here.

Guerz's race could not resist her order, so they had to withdraw their troops and return to the abyss.Indeed, if they really start a war with several major races, they have no chance of winning.Gultz's race is not large in number, and their strength is not comparable to those of the orthodox blood.

What's more, every time the moon appeared, even though Meredith was resisting the power, their lives were still being absorbed.

Year after year, day after day.The moon has become their greatest weakness, and it has also become the death scythe that harvests their lives.

They had to find a way, they had to expel the moon.

Meredith has always been unclear about this matter, and has even led them to the wrong place.They bear the fear brought by every abnormal night. The night when the moon exists is like a nightmare. Life is lost in the body bit by bit, strength, youth...

Therefore, the lifespan of people in the abyss is much shorter than that of people in the outside world.

"We tried our best to escape from here, but we escaped from the abyss, and there was no shelter outside. Therefore, we must destroy the moon." Manlf's eyes were venomous.

"Meredith has been lying to us."

Just when they were still searching for Meredith's words, the appearance of a wolf broke everything.

"That's a metal wolf from [Elzia]."

"Al... Alzia?" A name I've never heard of before.

Rashomon always felt that this name was somewhat familiar.

Merv said in a deep voice, "It's a messenger sent by Alzia, because Meredith stole their [Mechanical Codex]."

Rashomon was startled, "Wait, you said [Mechanical Canon]?"

Marv looked at Rashomon suspiciously, has this human being heard of this before?

Rashomon still wanted to ask, but Ukiyoe patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "Let him finish talking before asking."

Rashomon suppressed the excitement in his heart, and then said to Maerfu: "Go on."

"The [Book of Punishment] is the [Sacred Book of Mechanics]. Meredith uses it to suppress her own power. In this way, she can not only prolong the time for the moon to appear, but also weaken the moon's ability to absorb."

So it created the illusion that she could suppress the moon.

The moon appeared because of her existence, and the evil snake has the ability of disaster. She can't stop the moon from appearing, but she can rely on external forces to suppress her own strength.

When Bane Snakes are fully evolved, then they can control their abilities.That's why the moon appeared less and less after that, but they thought it was Meredith's function.

Little did they know, all of this was because of that woman who was constantly absorbing their power.The reason why they are immortal is because they draw strength and life from them.

But they naively thought that this woman was the savior.

How ridiculous.

So Aihoqi launched a rebellion, but the group of ignorant and loyal dogs headed by the elves did not believe their words.In the end, there was chaos inside, and killings continued.

"Master Nuen and Ihochi chased and killed Meredith who wanted to escape. We don't know what happened in the end. [Book of Punishment] was sealed in the depths of Gulz, and Meredith's life and death are unknown. After that, Juling Island fell into a curse."

Meredith pursed her lips, "Meredith should be dead. From that day on, there is no night or moon here anymore."

So Quinn was really lying to them by saying that Moonfall.

"It is said that [Worse Snake] was born from the moon and has the ability to reverse the cycle of the moon. They control the blood moon and can destroy a country in just one night."

"Quin wants to resurrect her, but also wants to bring the disaster to this devastated place of punishment."

"Why did he resurrect [Meredith]?" Lollipop was puzzled.

Did he fall in love with Meredith?
"Meredith's blood can make a man live forever."

Just for this?
Ukiyo-e sneered: "Is he capable of manipulating Meredith? He is not afraid of being killed by Meredith after resurrection."

Marv sighed. "That book has the power of manipulation. It only needs a drop of blood to become a beast in the book, and it can never be separated from it."

(End of this chapter)