power level zero

Chapter 282 The Purpose of the City Lord

Lu Mo's Team 35 is on a mission again, and it's a regular one.The number of dragons was attracted appropriately, and no one was hunted down.Even when they were handing over to the Ranger Corps, Lu Mo and the others kindly asked someone to notify them in advance.Lu Mo and others made this mission, which is called a standard, and it can be said that it is completely impeccable.

"Captain, we don't have to be so cautious, do we?"

"Yeah, I think even if we hunt and kill a few, I don't think the city lord will mind, right?"

"Forget it, let's listen to the captain. You forgot that you were sent to search for Zhilong before? Do you still want to go?"

At this time, everyone had completed their task and returned to Sin City. They stood at the gate of the city and looked at the battlefield outside the city. They all felt sorry for not being able to hunt and kill a few dragons near the water tower.But remembering that this is a task assigned by the city lord, everyone can only be extremely cautious.For Lu Mo who said that Squad 35 was a dangerous team, everyone has been in Squad 35 for so long, and they have already felt it.

As early as when everyone received the mission notice, Lu Mo told everyone that this time everyone was not going on a mission, but was being used by the city lord.Unless there is an accident in the 35th team, Lu Mo has every reason to believe that the city lord will definitely have a plan.Therefore, at Lu Mo's request, everyone almost completed the task according to the textbook standard, in order not to be caught by the city lord.

"Captain of Team 35, Lu Mo, the city lord is here to invite you, come with me."

An adjutant of the city lord's mansion appeared behind the crowd, and straight to the point stated his intention of coming.What surprised Lu Mo was that although the visitor was wearing the uniform of the adjutant of the City Lord's Mansion, Lu Mo did not know this person.Lu Mo suddenly discovered that the city lord had replaced many adjutants back and forth, and these adjutants who were replaced, Lu Mo never saw them again, which made Lu Mo very vigilant.

Lu Mo glanced at Xi Chen, Xi Chen widened his eyes and shook his head slightly, Lu Mo frowned slightly, and followed the adjutant of the City Lord's Mansion.When Lu Mo was called away by the city lord, everyone except Xi Chen felt a chill in their hearts.After all, it is impossible for Lu Mo to say a lot about the city lord in front of Xichen. Everyone in Team 35 was praying that nothing would happen to Lu Mo.

"Are you sure the city lord asked you to bring me here?"

"Yeah, what's the problem?"

"No, I'll just go in by myself, please lead the way."

Lu Mo looked at the room in front of him. Lu Mo had never been here before. In the past, when Lu Mo came to see the city lord, he was always in the city lord's office.But Lu Mo didn't know where the adjutant who had never seen before brought him to this room today.

Lu Mo knocked on the door and pushed in, only to find that the city lord was in the room.Lu Mo looked around unobtrusively, and found that the layout of this room was unexpectedly interesting.There is a stone table and two stone benches. The surface of the stone table is carved with criss-cross grids, which is clearly a chessboard that can be placed on the table.The city lord was sitting on the stone bench, holding a chess box in his hand.

"The city lord... did you ask me to play chess?"

"You should."

"Yeah, but I really didn't expect that the person that senior said was you, the city lord."

Lu Mo showed a look of sudden realization, and came to the opposite of the city lord in words, reached out to pick up the chess box on the stone bench, Lu Mo took out a chess piece, and placed it on the chessboard carved on the stone table.Lu Mo looked at the city lord opposite, and sat down on his own.

The moment Lu Mo saw the layout of the room, he felt very familiar, especially the stone table and bench. If the city lord could pour Lu Mo a cup of tea at this time, it would be very similar to Lu Yu's side. .Seeing that the city lord could play chess and be sure of him, Lu Mo knew that the city lord in front of him was the one Lu Yu had mentioned, the one who built a tomb for himself just like himself.

Seeing that Lu Mo made a move first, the city lord didn't care about who should go first, so he also raised his hand and dropped a move on the chessboard.Lu Mo glanced at the chessboard and then looked at the city lord, but without the slightest hesitation, he quickly placed another piece on the chessboard.Lu Mo and the city lord played silently like this, and from time to time, they took advantage of the timing of the chess game to observe the opponent's reaction.

"Lu Mo, are you calm this time? Is it because you didn't have any problems during your previous missions?"

"That's right, City Lord, I haven't left any excuses, you can't blame me, can you?"

"Hehe, in fact, what I want is for you to perform tasks in a regular manner. Haven't you thought about the purpose of my assigning you to perform tasks at this time?"

The city lord's words made Lu Mo's heart tremble, and Lu Mo's eyes widened unintentionally, and then Lu Mo sensed that something was wrong, and decisively concealed his surprise.The city lord actually said that what he wanted was to be well-behaved. Lu Mo had been wary that the city lord would deliberately make things difficult, so he carefully set out the mission in a well-regulated manner.But I didn't expect Lu Mo to be clever but was mistaken by his cleverness. Does the city lord's last move require Lu Mo to perform tasks in a regular manner?

"What? Can't figure it out? If you can't see through this little scene, how can you guess my purpose?"

"Purpose?"

Lu Mo was taken aback by the city lord's question, and the city lord asked himself to guess his purpose. Lu Mo knew something about the city lord, but this didn't mean that Lu Mo could guess the city lord's purpose.And the purpose of the city lord...does it refer to the matter of letting Lu Mo go on a mission this time, or something else that Lu Mo knows.Artificial Zhilong?Secretly supporting leftists?Lu Mo knew too many things, so he didn't know what the city lord was referring to.

"What? You have guessed who I am, have you never guessed the purpose of my work? Or do you know too many things and can't guess which is my motive, so naturally you can't guess my motive. Purpose."

"..."

The words of the city lord directly silenced Lu Mo this time. Although Lu Mo knew that the city lord would notice, he really didn't expect that the city lord was very clear about the situation he had.However, the words of the city lord just now confirmed Lu Mo's guess. The city lord is indeed Zhou Yiming of the Zhou family, the direct descendant of the Zhou family who knows nothing except the Zhou family.

"According to what the city lord said, Zhou Yiming is the city lord's name."

"Oh, sure enough, I knew you already knew it. There's no need for you to be sure about it. Let me tell you what guesses you have."

"Since the city lord admits that he is Zhou Yiming, then I would like to ask the city lord, do you know someone named..."

"..."

This time it was the city lord's turn to be silent. The city lord always felt that Lu Mo was in control, but the city lord never thought that Lu Mo would ask this question.Lu Mo held a chess piece in his hand, and stared at Lu Mo intently. After a long time, the city lord dropped the chess piece in his hand calmly.

"This matter... I think you should still use your powerful reasoning ability. If I tell you like this, don't you think it's boring?"

"It's true, but I know a lot about the city lord. Speaking of your purpose, the city lord, I'm really not sure for a while."

"Oh, what if I tell you that all the possibilities you think of are my purpose? Will you be frightened?"

All of them are the purpose of the city lord. Based on Lu Mo's understanding of the city lord, the city lord is a person with a very clear purpose. Although the city lord has done many things, Lu Mo feels that his purpose must be only one. The things the city lord mentioned, either None of them are the purpose of the city lord, or they are the necessary conditions for realizing the purpose of the city lord.

What Lu Mo currently knows about the city lord, man-made intelligent dragons, changed the structure of the sin city, and even took advantage of Lu Mo's opportunity to escape back to the pure land, the city lord sent some signals to the pure land that Lu Mo did not know.These things are definitely not all, and if these are the necessary conditions for the city lord to achieve his goal, then no matter what the city lord's goal is, it is a very ambitious goal.

"The purpose of the city lord is really big, but I have never understood why the city lord knew that I knew this, not only didn't let me go out, but even used me again and again. Doesn't this mean that I have exposed more information? ?”

"Excluding your benefits...it's not as big as taking advantage of your benefits. I even think that after you figure out some things, you may become my helper."

"A helper? A helper like Xichen? Or a helper like Zhang Gongying?"

"Hehe, you know quite a lot, but... Even a discarded pawn has its uses as a pawn."

The city lord said that he placed the chess piece in Lu Mo's advantage area, but as the discarded chess piece fell, the whole chess game changed immediately.Lu Mo has been paying close attention to the chess game, and now seeing the city lord's puns, and demonstrating it to himself very realistically, Lu Mo feels that he may have hit the road again unintentionally.

There was nothing wrong with Lu Mo's thinking. Lu Mo was indeed completely swayed by the city lord unintentionally.As early as when Lu Mo's 35th team came back, the city lord had already issued an order, strictly based on the situation of the 35th team's mission.This is equivalent to the 35th team at this moment, which has offended the other teams of the Door Breaker Corps.

"Don't waste your efforts, I think you should do what you should do now."

"What should I do?"

"Yes, what you should do, when you are helping Xichen, maybe you may know my purpose."

The city lord said with a smile and made a move. With the city lord's move, the chess game between Lu Mo and the city lord came to an end.Lu Mo collapsed in an instant, and before the city lord fell, Lu Mo had always had the advantage, but in a blink of an eye, the world turned upside down, and Lu Mo lost in such an inexplicable way.

"My purpose... has always been only one... the pure land, or the gods..."

The city lord looked at the chess game left by Lu Mo, and suddenly smiled. The city lord saw it. Although the two of them were playing hand after hand, Lu Mo didn't know what was going on. There were obviously more chess pieces left in the chess box than the city lord. .

"It seems that Lu Mo really understands the true meaning of the chess game... It's just that the chessboard is getting bigger and bigger, and who has enough pieces?"

(End of this chapter)