Abyss Express

The train continues to move forward, and the journey is not over yet.

After handing over the disease bone to Mrs. Canaan, Xue Ming drove the big truck back to the complex where David Byrne was located——

——He didn't wait for Husben and Meteor, because there were more important things.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, the entire fossil forest was illuminated by King Xin, and the dome of the cavity and the ground were connected into a silver gray. Xue Ming pushed open the door of the office, and saw David and A Feng who had just woken up.

They seemed to have had a good night's sleep, and they were all full of energy. When they heard the sound of the door being pushed, they immediately got up from their chairs and didn't try to go back to sleep.

Mr. Bourne: "Gunsmith."

Xue Ming raised his hand, asking Mr. Bourne to stop talking. He walked up to Ah Feng, settled all the wages of the small workers, and gave a sum of overtime pay by the way.

"Help Mr. Byrne build his activity room, please, I don't have the time to do these things."

Ah Feng was a little dazed, and after he came to his senses, he replied dully: "Oh! It's on me! Boss, are you busy? Do you want to leave early?"

While taking off his coat, Xue Ming talked to the two of them.

"Yes, there is a mission."

Mr. Byrne immediately asked: "What task? Can you."

Halfway through the question, the security officer finally realized that he was talking too much and asked something that shouldn't be asked.

Anonymous's task, how could ordinary people be able to intervene?

Jiang Xueming didn't answer, he grabbed a set of carrying equipment under the weapon cabinet, sent Mr. Bourne's eldest wife and younger wife back, put on a soft body armor, did not take a helmet, and got a rainproof plastic from the closet. cloth cloak, and hid his face in the shadows.

Fangfeng Settlement hasn't had a catastrophe of Mad Butterfly for several years. These spare armaments are all dusty and have a cold and damp musty smell, but if the sun is hot enough, the mold in the nylon material will be quickly killed.

Picking and picking from the weapon cabinet, Xue Ming finally took an antique gun for self-defense. It was a SIG Sauer P210. Looking at the nameplate on the trigger lock, it was an old thing from seventy years ago.

He pulled the slide to hang up, checked the status of the firearm, opened the drawer familiarly, and took thirty bullets from Mr. Bourne's inventory.

After filling the two boxes with bullets, Xue Ming greeted Bourne: "I will return it to you later."

"Hey!" David Byrne wanted to say something more.

Jiang Xueming: "Reluctance?"

Mr. Bourne: "At least you choose a better one!"

Jiang Xueming: "Just enough."

Just as Bourne was in a hurry, he rummaged through the private space under the desk, trying to find some private collections. He usually hides his dearest and favorite wife under the table, so as not to be salted by the two team members next door. Pork hand, wait until he raises his head. The gunsmith disappeared like a ghost.

Mr. Bourne hurriedly looked for it, and lay down by the window to watch the big truck——

——There was no movement in the truck, and the gunsmith didn't intend to drive away, and he didn't want to disclose his next whereabouts.

"Boy, where is your boss? Do you know?"

Ah Feng had a cigarette in his mouth, his face full of confusion: "I was going to get a refreshment cigarette just now, and after lighting a fire, he disappeared, Batman, huh?"

"Oops, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh---)" If he doesn't report to the station, doesn't plan to buy a ticket, if he's running around in the underground world, a reporter will follow him right away ! The gunsmith was missing from me."

The frequency leading to [DD·Death Puppet Organ] is still the TOP5013 express train. Its VIP cabin belonged to David Victor.

But at this moment, Mr. Victor is not here, maybe he traveled to other places to collect materials. Xue Ming picked up the car to evade the fare, changed four stations, sneaked into Mr. Victor's VIP car, and headed towards the Death Puppet Agency.

He left in such a hurry that he left without saying goodbye, avoiding the eyes of the ticketing system and the traffic department—this was all ordered by the BOSS.

The purpose of going to Fangfeng Settlement was to obtain new equipment materials. On the outer layer of the disease bone box, Aohan Mingde delivered a letter to Xueming with a file bag. The content of this letter made Xue Ming impromptu, and wanted to go on the road alone.

He sat back on Mr. Victor's workbench, picked up two sterling silver paperweights, and twirled them in his hands, following the bright electric light source, turning them round and round.

Opening the file bag again, he read the autographed letter left by Aohan Mingde again.

"Jiang Xueming, I hope you can go to the core area of ​​[Death Puppet Agency·Royal Court]. After years of repeated surveys by David Victor, there are such a group of people in the inner city and the royal court ruins."

"They are Stardust Warriors, and since the establishment of the Philosophers Foundation, the people who have remained on the front line of the battlefield in obscurity in the United Nations' underground world exploration project."

"Perhaps you have already heard about these fighters from Jessica and Nanami, but these two sisters can only be regarded as security officers in the ironworks area. They know very little about Stardust Warriors. I hope you Being able to have close contact with this group of people.”

"There are twelve barracks in the inner city. Victor didn't go all over the area. After going deep into the royal court ruins, in addition to the flower gallery greenhouse where King Meadows is located, there are bullrings, a large bathhouse, an observatory, and a bronze bell tower. And Pancrasin Palace, in this ancient ruins, there are still many grotesque and terrifying creatures imprisoned by dead runes."

"We don't know who the owner of this palace is, but historians and paleontologists, as well as researchers of the secret library, agree that it is most likely a mountain giant who escaped from Muspelheim or elsewhere. "

"It set up a palace here, became the emperor of mankind, and became the god worshiped by the dwarves."

"However, the death rune on it affects all creatures in the area. The natural disaster caused by the Death Puppet Mechanism was not caused by Salary King Meadows. It was just the giant's lingering and dying struggle before his death, which caused the earthquake to last for many years. "

"The mountain monsters that serve it are all its offspring, and the mountain monster hybridized with various wild beasts and gave birth to many Chimera hybrid beasts. This is also the origin of species in the natural ecology of the underground world. It is the mad butterfly. One of the holy blood essences that the Holy Cult lives on."

"Before this mountain giant died completely, it had already begun to rot while it was still alive—the dead runes emitted outside polluted all creatures in the royal court, and their time was fixed on a certain day."

"The disaster soon began to spread, and more and more humans became undead. They stayed in the city and lived in it. In order to maintain the original appearance of the city, they had to fight against the monsters in the royal court who lost their sanity and were dominated by the fear of death— —like the Soviets who stayed at the Red Star Hill frontline base."

"They themselves cannot be killed, and the same is true for monsters. Warriors have to deal with monsters with huge size, speed and strength far surpassing that of Homo sapiens. At first, with the support of equipment, these monsters can be sealed in the ruins area, but metal, stone and steel will always rot. A day of decay."

"These warriors began to use primitive tools to fight against monsters. Without them, the Death Muppet Institute should have become a no-man's land more than fifty years ago. This trade transfer station will not only be reduced to abbreviation, it will lose all value , removed from the map."

"Except for Victor and Midas, no expedition team has ever seen them. The city of the Death Puppet Agency is very large, and the people bound by the dead runes call them Stardust Warriors. I only suggest that you go to In this place, learn the combat skills of subduing demons with these warriors—it is not a mandatory requirement."

"The engineers of the ironworks can forge magical weapons for you, because they have been engaged in the metallurgical industry for nearly a hundred years, and the special environment of the death organization has created this unique skill of forging steel - the Stardust Warrior cannot leave the death organization, and the monster's attack Hunting skills are naturally perfect, and you need skills in this area to fight against the demons of Shambhala."

"The immortals sow the seeds of power among the leaders of the Mad Butterfly Sacred Cult, and the psionic catalyst they use is the egg of chaos. When it comes to this meatball, I have to talk to you about some digressions."

"About the legend of the Cauldron of Dagda, the holy grail that can help people fulfill their wishes does exist, and I once got it."

"But it's not like what you think. It's not a vessel, not a twelve-pyroxene golden cup, but the contents of the golden cup. It's a huge aggregate of psionic energy, and it's the long-cherished wish of hundreds of millions of living beings."

"The power of the common cause of all beings is very powerful, compared with the individual is so small, in the mortal world, there are many spectacular projects, many great discoveries, are the result of the joint efforts of countless people - the cauldron of Dagda is like It is a psionic energy collector, and the original salary king saw its power, so he adopted the same configuration to simulate the sun."

"The configuration of life itself is also the same. They do not conform to the laws of thermodynamics. In our behaviors such as breathing, eating, sleeping, and giving birth, it is actually the collection and arrangement of energy, which is the reduction of entropy. But the birth of intelligent life and It brings about an increase in entropy, which is paradoxical."

"The entropy of the sun is much lower than that of the earth, so it shines on all things and all beings are equal."

"The same is true for the Cauldron of Dagda. It brings together complex spiritual energy and turns it into pure wish power, allowing me to complete a small ceremony."

"I said this before the wishing cup - I hope that everyone in the world can be happy, healthy and happy."

"That wish seems absurd now, doesn't it?"

"Then if I told you that before I made my wish, the average lifespan of a dwarf was less than thirty-five years old, the child mortality rate was 70%, and the death rate of women in dystocia was about 50%, would you still Do you think so?"

"It seems that nothing happened. The cauldron of Dagda didn't respond to me. The pyroxene on the twelve-stone gold cup lost its spiritual power and turned into powder."

"It's a bit funny to say, I always want you to get rid of superstitions, get rid of superstitions, but it's hard for me to fight against this inner demon. I have always believed that something must have happened. The moment I made my wish, there must be Something has changed!"

"I don't know how many years have passed. Looking at this wish today, it seems that it has always been effective, but the process of realizing it is a bit slow. From the perspective of my lifespan and the time scale of a beast, to observe this matter, It doesn't seem like much—but to humanity itself, it's a big lie."

"Let's talk about this egg of chaos."

"It is exactly the same as Dagda's Cauldron and Salary King's elemental configuration. This unlucky bastard has been pursuing [the truth of life] before. If the beast also has a personality and a personality, it is a complete riddle man. It likes to A chaotic environment, people who like to confuse right and wrong, complicate simple things, and confuse good and evil—it used to make troubles in the mundane world, was sanctioned, and was beaten back to its original form by unknown enthusiastic people.”

"As you know, it has now become a flesh-and-blood POS machine. Its talent and magical powers can support the financial transaction system of the entire underground world. Its computing power can replace bloated banks, allowing people to pay for goods without hindrance and quickly. flow to a distant place to complete the settlement.”

"This is its way of seeking Tao, and it is also how it will serve its sentence after being sanctioned—money is the most powerful symbol in the world. It is a psychic prop in modern society. Payment is a ceremony."

"The currency in your hand is not currency. It has been upgraded by people into various desires and various substances."

"The purchased consumer goods have also become a meeting of resentment and hatred, love parting, not getting what you want, greed, hatred and ignorance."

"The immortals quickly noticed this kind of universal essence with powerful psychic power, which is controlled by the seed of chaos. They look like cults, but they are actually commercial companies, and they can't achieve the characteristics of commercial companies. If there is a large amount, it becomes a small workshop or a regional gang.”

"All kinds of desires are mixed together, fermented by the props to realize the desires, and turned into various human flesh businesses."

"But why does the general equivalent, why does this money have such a great magic power?"

"I won't talk to you about any complicated theoretical knowledge here. To put it in plain English——Jiang Xueming, the immortals are indeed very close to the wishing cup. Perhaps in Shambhala, they have already gathered the necessary information for the contents of the Holy Grail. Materials. The enemies you have to face are demons and ghosts who use the eggs of chaos as their source of power."

"That's why I suggest you come to this place and look for the Stardust Warriors. Your killing efficiency against humanoid creatures is extremely high, but that doesn't mean you can deal with monsters who have completely lost their minds and don't know what fear is."

"My railway cannot extend to the other side of the ocean, and my blessings will be useless in that barren and savage land. Lady luck will no longer favor the brave."

"This journey, you have to be prepared to never return. It's cruel, really cruel."

"Your children are only seven years old, aren't they? It seems a little rushed, you are only thirty years old, and I hope you can rest for a while, but the reality seems to not allow it—Pellerini Tuon's head The Holy Grail in the novel will not lie, these immortals really want to use this power to make a comeback. It is like a ticking time bomb, which will explode at any time."

"Including the royal court area of ​​the ancestor's palace, that is also an extremely dangerous unknown land. I hope you can keep a low profile and don't tell anyone where you went. For the passengers, they will always follow the VIP's ass In the back, there is no fear of death threats at all.”

"I won't talk about this matter with 9527. Before you come back, no one will know that you are going to study and practice. This journey will be very lonely, only your soul power will accompany you."

"I saw FE204863 again in the combat records of Shinto City, which made me wonder whether this high-dimensional creature has become your patron saint—he is like a doting father, always Correcting your world line. Perhaps the journey to Shambhala is also safe and sound, which is the best result."

"But who knows? We can't keep asking the gods to bless us, can we?"

At the end of the letter, only questions were left, and it seemed that the BOSS was not sure about the journey.

It was rare for this cat to talk about the past in such a serious tone. Xue Ming always thought that BOSS positioned himself very accurately, as a comedy mascot character similar to a comedian.

It can be seen from this letter that Aohen Mingde is still too conservative, and his words are very restrained. I hope Xueming can understand the seriousness of the situation, and I don't want him to have mental pressure.

But when the term Dagda cauldron came out, it was like a nuclear bomb.

It can almost change the history of mankind, although the whole process is very slow - BOSS also said that this Holy Grail is probably fake, but who knows if it really took effect? What if it is true? Can a dwarf in the underground world come out of the crypt and become a dominant creature in the underground world, can it be fulfilled with just one wish?

This matter itself is full of nihility, as if all the efforts of Homo sapiens are arranged by heaven.

Jiang Xueming thought that his brain was not working well, so he automatically blocked these words. Focus all your attention on the Eternal.

These guys use the power of chaos. In the poor mountains and rivers, Wood Plaque came from here, and Luo Pingan also came from here. Their soul power and combat skills are terrifyingly strong. It can be seen that Shambhala's Local demons are not good at anything.

He must follow the instructions of the BOSS and go to the royal court to practice a level - he has not beaten the Incarnation Butterfly for too long, and for the derivatives of the Incarnation Butterfly, the last time he beat the apostle was two years ago.

He couldn't refuse this kind of task. You must know that there are many VIPs in the station system. Although these psykers have soul power, they also have to distinguish their functions. Not all of them are suitable for combat—that's what Anonymous does.

Thinking of this, he called Ah Hao.

"Xiaohao."

"Ah! Teacher! I"

"Don't talk first, I don't blame you, I took so long to contact you, because I think, the defeat in the Luna Cup should affect your mood."

"Hahahahaha! No! No! No!"

On the other side of the phone, Shao Jinghao smiled and started crying.

"Hahahaha. Ha ha ha ha ha! Why are you hurting me!~"

Jiang Xueming smiled and apologized: "Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned this, haha"

Ah Hao's cries intensified: "It's my fault! My fault! I'm too weak!~~"

Jiang Xueming: "Hao, let me say something."

Ah Hao finally regained some energy: "Yeah."

"I also want to play a training match with you, so we can learn from each other." Jiang Xueming said, playing with Teacher Victor's paperweight all the time. Sitting in this position, he could finally fully understand David Victor's mood.

Brother Hao immediately refused: "No! Every time I lose to you, I feel so unwilling! It seems that I am only a little bit away! I can win by a little bit! It is like this every time!"

"Actually." Xue Ming felt a little speechless, he licked his lips, thought for a long time and finally said: "Actually, I hope you can win."

Shao Jinghao seemed to feel the anxiety in the teacher's heart, but he hadn't had time to ask.

Jiang Xueming immediately added: "I hope you can win. You are twenty years old. I really really hope you can win—you are the future."

Shao Jinghao: "Teacher, where are you?"

Jiang Xueming casually reported a site: "I'm in District 71. Listen to the sound of the cold wind. This place is too cold. I feel bored outside alone, so I'll call you one by one."

"Teacher, you are so weird!" Brother Hao hung up the phone before he finished speaking.

Jiang Xueming dialed Daniel again——

"—how is your recent schoolwork and practice?"

Daniel was still in the bathroom. As soon as his waterproof smart watch lit up, the phone indicated that it was a gunsmith, and he immediately ran out with a bath towel.

"Teacher! Have something important to tell me?"

The young man looked serious, picked up the phone, and guaranteed the best call quality.

Jiang Xueming: "Little Flagerak, I'm on a mission outside, so I just want to call you and ask how you are doing?"

"Oh" Daniel looked dull, and immediately said: "I have never been able to control the muzzle beating of the young eagle within nine degrees, it is like a fierce horse, teacher, I am even a little depressed, you made it for me The weapon seemed to be insulting me, it was laughing at me, I felt like a piece of shit."

Jiang Xueming: "You need some patience, and you must remember to sleep. The human brain is amazing. If you don't rest well, you won't be able to form muscle memory. It's like learning to play a musical instrument, the piano, or the guitar. This gun is very suitable for your hand shape—— I can't make a mistake."

Daniel: "Yeah"

Jiang Xueming: "There are a lot of homework. It doesn't mean that you will become stronger immediately after you practice. We will get a good night's sleep, and we will feel subtle changes in the next day. Don't worry, it will be faster if you take it slowly."

Daniel: "Can I beat Marley Perot? Teacher, I have been replaying the Luna Cup report before, and the more I look at it, the more powerless I am."

Jiang Xueming: "I hope you can win."

Daniel: "Really!"

Jiang Xueming: "I hope you can beat me, little Flagerak, I only hope you can beat me. Don't compare yourself to Mali, you are different."

Daniel was thoughtful, and before he could ask, the phone hung up again.

Jiang Xueming called Hedland Hotel——

——The front desk is transferred to Mrs. Keli, the accompanying waiter.

"Mrs. Currie, can you pass the phone to Marley for me?"

"Oh!" There was a baby crying on the other end of the phone. It seemed that Little Barton had just woken up. The crying sound was very strange. It was an eight or nine-year-old child who was still babbling. Mrs. Keli handed the phone to the entertainment room. in Marley's hand.

This kid lost an arm, and took the initiative to seal the power of the eye of the storm. Pellerini's naked eyes never left his body, and he spurned this superpower.

Marley Perot was surprised when he received the call from the gunsmith. When he received the freezer, he didn't understand what was in it at first, but he saw the fingers and the letter from the gunsmith. , And hid in the VIP private room and cried for a long time.

His tone was trembling, he didn't know how to address the gunsmith, he had never been personally instructed by a gunsmith, but in the end he said——

"--teacher"

Jiang Xueming: "Adapted to the environment in Hedland?"

Marley: "I don't know. I'm not sure"

"Strange places are always scary." Jiang Xueming put down the paperweight, and continued, "The holy blood in your body will make you overly sensitive, and you will get better soon."

Marley: "Me, me."

Jiang Xueming: "Don't let fear destroy you, Marley. I didn't give you the chance to survive, but you saved yourself—I think you should have a more important mission."

Marley: "Can I do it? Teacher, I don't know. I heard from Mrs. Keli that I will stay here for eight years. Even if I perform well and get a reduced sentence, it will be at least five years. What will I become after five years?" ?”

"It's up to you." Jiang Xueming interrupted, "Next time there is a knight competition, I hope you will do your best. Don't ask me to borrow a gun to commit suicide."

"I'm sorry." Marley lowered his head, even if the gunsmith couldn't see him, he still acted submissively.

Jiang Xueming: "I hope you can win, Marley Perot—I hope you can win. Even I can't win. I have to go to the underground world to find rare treasures, to revive your loved ones, and to have a sense of self. Tell me, it's probably very difficult, I can't bring the dead back to life, you have to win me, and then go see the outside world."

Without waiting for Marley to reply, Jiang Xueming hung up the phone ahead of time, pulled out the SIM card, and put them together in Mr. Victor's desk. In order to avoid being traced to the specific location by the communication network of the station.

He stuffed the rest of the cigarettes into it too. After the expedition era was over, when he was waiting for the fish to bite by the fish pond, anxiety forced him to have a bad habit of smoking-this time he had to put down the cigarettes and put down the short-lived lust .

Waiting quietly, waiting for the train to arrive at the station.