The Witch's Taste

"Suzuna Tsukinomiya." Xia Zili said irritably, "If the Empire really intends to assassinate him, they will never contact my sister. If there is anyone in the world who least wants him to die, then apart from you and me, they will only is her."

"How funny!" Tsukimiya Suzuna retorted with disgust, "The facts are all on your face, and you still have this inexplicable illusion and trust in her? Let me tell you, the high-level escort team was purged by her before After a while, her people were put in!"

"Perhaps it was the assassin she arranged to suddenly detonate the anti-matter battery compartment while you were not paying attention!"

"I was closest to the antimatter battery compartment!" Xia Zili said angrily, "Can I not know if it was the fault of the members of the escort team?"

"Maybe you know." Tsukimiya Suzuna said quietly.

"What do you mean?" Xia Zili narrowed her eyes.

"I don't think I need to explain." Tsukimiya Suzuna replied.

The two looked at each other for a moment. Although there was no expression on each other's faces, Chen Ziang had already noticed that something was wrong.

Like an overburdened dam, there was a sudden cracking sound from above...

The next second, his vision suddenly changed.

He was transported to a basement.

The reason why it is judged to be a basement is because there are many pillars here, but there are no windows. It is obviously an underground fortress secretly developed by a pirate warlord, used as a temporary refuge in response to riots or orbital bombing.

Because of this, the surrounding decoration can be described as magnificent.There are soft knitted carpets everywhere underfoot, and there are many sofas and cushions around, representing that the pirate warlord once placed his concubines here.

Across the hall is an indoor bath, made of beautiful Mediterranean mosaic tiles, and the bathing water inside is still steaming.The door in the distance is open to the outside, and you can see the luxuriously decorated large bed inside, as well as the holographic online game console beside the bed.

If it were a resort, this would undoubtedly be an excellent location, but Chen Ziang only pondered for a moment before looking at Suzuna Tsukinomiya, who was pretending to be calm next to him.

"Senior." Tsukimiya Suzuna whispered, "This is a secret stronghold that I accidentally discovered during my sweep yesterday. Knowing that everyone here is dead, there is no safer place than this place on the ruined planet. Shelter."

"Is this house arrest?" Chen Ziang asked in a deep voice.

"No, this is to protect you." Tsukimiya Suzuna bit her lower lip, showing a pleading look, and whispered, "Senior, you have also seen that there is a force behind you who wants to plot against you, and Xia Zili Choose to side with that bitch.”

"Wait a minute." Chen Ziang immediately felt a headache and interrupted her, "There is no evidence yet that Xia Qingyu did it. You can't directly assume that she is the murderer."

"But we can't rule out her suspicion, can we?" Tsukimiya Suzuna immediately shouted, her voice suddenly rising an octave higher, "If she is the murderer, senior will undoubtedly put himself in danger if he continues to be exposed. Only living in this basement is the safest..."

Her words stopped abruptly because Chen Ziang gave her a merciless blow, hitting her forehead.Tsukimiya Suzuna stumbled backwards and sobbed, and heard Chen Ziang say angrily:

"Don't be stupid! Even if this is really the case, there is no reason for me to hide here. Do you think that if you don't find the murderer for a day, I will be locked up here by you for a day?"

"Then, let's stay for half a month." Tsukimiya Suzuna immediately hit the snake on the stick and bargained, "Give me two weeks, and I will clean the starship thoroughly until all dangerous elements are eliminated, and seniors can Go back to the starship."

"That won't work either." Chen Zi'ang waved his hand and said, "After missing for two weeks without any reason, there will definitely be chaos on the starship."

"How about a week?" Tsukimiya Suzuna threw herself into his arms and said with a tearful voice, "Please, senior, don't wander around outside. This happened once, and I almost got scared. My soul is gone, if it happens again, my mind will collapse and I will turn into an inhuman monster!"

These words reminded Chen Ziang.From the witch's point of view, even if he has the ability to protect himself, as long as an attack occurs, everyone will be scared to death... Collapse down.

In other words, if the enemy wants to deal with the witches of the starship humans, they don't need to do anything extra and directly target themselves and attack fiercely. They will have to save themselves at all costs.

Ultimately, it's still not strong enough.If you could possess the power of a witch, why would you need to worry about assassins?

When Chen Ziang thought of this, his expression suddenly froze, as if he heard some kind of secret voice.

"What's wrong, senior?" Tsukimiya Suzuna was in his arms, and Rika raised her head like rain.

"I may have to live here for a while." Chen Ziang said concisely, "Of course, the main reason is to avoid getting involved in danger and making you worry."

"Really?!" Tsukimiya Suzuna burst into laughter and wiped away her tears.

"But I have a condition." Chen Ziang continued, "You can seal this place off, but the premise is that you have to stay with Zili Qingyu and the others, and tell them that I am in a very safe and private place, not The two of us were under house arrest by you day and night - otherwise they would never be relieved."

Tsukimiya Suzuna blushed a little, because she brought Chen Ziang to this basement. Apart from safety considerations, she also wanted to take the opportunity to monopolize him.

But since the senior rarely gives in and is willing to stay in this basement to avoid risks temporarily, it seems that she can only make corresponding compromises to prevent the negotiation from returning to the starting point.

"Okay." Tsukimiya Suzuna gritted her teeth and said, "But senior, I also have a condition..."

"No." Chen Zi'ang said decisively, "You can't negotiate terms with me. Go tell Zili right now that I'm fine. Right now, right now!"

"Ugh!" Tsukimiya Suzuna was at her wits' end.

Ever since they established an intimate relationship, she felt like a dried plum soaked in sugar water. The more she indulged in such happiness, the less able she was to be tough on her senior.

Unconsciously, the original bottom line has been compromised by more than half.She had already agreed to share her senior status with Xia Zili, and even played games together. She also convinced herself to temporarily put aside her hatred for Xia Qingyu and stop thinking about killing her... She felt like she was almost not her original self.

Now he finally took advantage of the opportunity when his senior was attacked and took the opportunity to forcefully walk away alone.But as long as Chen Ziang persisted in his opinion, she still couldn't muster the courage to force her senior to submit.

To put it bluntly, she is still a soft girl after all, and she cannot be completely yandere towards the one she loves...

"Senior, you are really my nemesis." Tsukimiya Suzuna sighed secretly in her heart, then grabbed his belt and showed her last stubborn look:

"Okay, then it's settled. Before I leave here, senior, please pay the deposit."

"What deposit?" Chen Zi'ang asked in surprise.

Tsukimiya Suzuna didn't say anything, she just pushed him down to the edge of the bathtub.

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After paying a deposit of several hundred million, Suzuna Tsukimiya was finally satisfied and began to use her shadow power to completely shield the refuge.

Although I promised my senior, precautionary measures must still be taken.Next, whether the senior tries to leave or any force tries to invade here, it will touch the shield and alert her, so that she can rush here as soon as possible.

In a strange whirlwind of chaos, Tsukimiya Suzuna's figure disappeared.

Chen Ziang lay in the bathtub. After slowly washing his body, he changed into the clothes next to him.

Then, he looked at his Mandala Sword.

Putting the Mandala Sword on his knees, Chen Ziang closed his eyes and tried to sink his thoughts into it.

Unconsciously, he suddenly opened his eyes and found that he was in a huge room.

There are many bookshelves in the room.To be precise, almost every wall is occupied by tall bookshelves that reach the ceiling and stand on the floor. Exquisite and gorgeous large crystal chandeliers hang overhead, and the mysterious patterns on the floor below are dizzying.

Nishikawa Mie is sitting on the bench, shaking her legs in boredom; Takano Seiko is sitting on the small coffee table, reading with glasses on and taking notes; Mizuhara Saori is standing on the small ladder, reaching for the books at the top.

"Welcome to the inside of the Mandala Sword." Mihui Nishikawa snapped her fingers, "Look, this is where we live."

Chen Ziang looked around the inside of the room and commented:

"Not bad."

"Indeed." Mizuhara Saori climbed down from the ladder, "Would you like to try to stay here for the rest of your life? Or shorten the period and try to stay for a few years first?"

"Ahem." Chen Ziang said awkwardly, "First of all, I didn't lock you in on purpose; secondly, compared to death, this is at least still alive, isn't it?"

"We don't blame you for this." Takano Seiko looked up from his book, "I just want you to come in and take a look."

"So, what about the 'secret that can make me stronger' that you just mentioned?" Chen Ziang muttered.

"There's no need to worry about that." Mizuhara Saori waved her hand and said, "He will be here soon."

"He?" Chen Ziang asked warily, "Who is it?"

"I don't know." Nishikawa Mie shook her head and said, "He is a cruel, vicious, and inhumane guy. You will know it after you have seen him."

Chen Ziang didn't dare to find a place to sit down. He just stood silently in the corner with his back pressed against the bookshelf.

He found that the three witches were all reading. Even Nishikawa Mie, who was not interested in reading at all, had an impatient expression on her face at this time, turning the pages of the book randomly and taking notes.

What does it mean?Do these books inside the Mandala Sword contain valuable knowledge?

Or is this knowledge the key to making me stronger?

Just as he was thinking this, he saw flowers suddenly growing on the floor.

It was a coquettish and beautiful mandala flower, its vines crawling like snakes, extending towards the three witches.

Takano Seiko did not resist and allowed the vines to wrap around her ankles; Mizuhara Saori hugged her knees and the vines wrapped her up; Nishikawa Mie subconsciously struggled for a moment until the vines strangled her body.

"These disgusting things!" she screamed and complained. "They always force us to absorb knowledge and then absorb it all!"

Chen Ziang was stunned.Facing this weird thing, he subconsciously wanted to take out the Mandala Sword and chop it, and then he realized that this was the inside of the Sword.

The mandala's flower vines tightly bound the three witches, and then stretched out a branch, twisted and walked in front of him. On it, an orange-yellow fruit was growing rapidly until it was the size of a small tomato. Full and crystal clear.

It exudes a certain "eat me" temptation.

388. Chapter 383 Mandala Temple

The mandala magic sword can absorb and plunder the power of any strange thing at the moment it stabs it.

What is the mechanism behind this?

In the mysterious world, pursuing the underlying nature of a certain phenomenon in detail often leads to extremely dangerous results, so Chen Ziang did not delve into it in detail in the past.

It wasn't until he ate the fruit condensed for him by the Mandala Sword that he gradually understood some information.

The origin of Magic Sword is analysis. He believes that the essence of all things is actually information, and material entities are the protective shell of information, similar to the existence of a firewall.

The killing mechanism of the Mandala Sword is that when it pierces the opponent, it can use viruses to penetrate this protective shell, thereby directly plundering the information inside and deleting it.

Once the information is deleted, the constructed shell ceases to exist and turns into what Chen Ziang calls "tinder". Its essence is "some kind of information compression package" and is the condensation of massive information.

In this universe, both the laws of physics and the power of gods are composed of nearly massive amounts of information.In other words, as long as you have enough fire, even if you want to permanently distort the laws of physics or steal the authority of the gods, you can theoretically do it.

This also explains why the three major camps in the abyss use the three fires as their own currencies - because it is indeed a "wishes-granting machine" that can be used by both gods and lower races.

In other words, sister Chen Xiaozhu's disease can also be treated with this fire, as long as a method of using fire can be found.

Of course, knowing this doesn't change the situation.

Another news that the Mandala Sword brought to Chen Ziang was the existence of the Mandala Temple.

This magic sword has had many owners in history, and most of them were not humans, but lower-level races from other planes, and there was even a prosperous alien civilization.

This civilization worships the so-called "Mandala Goddess" and believes that the magic sword is an artifact given by the goddess to the agent.In order to worship this artifact, they even opened up the "Mandala Temple" in the abyss to store various things plundered by this magic sword.

Now this civilization should have been lost in the long river of time. Otherwise, how could the Mandala Sword fall into his hands?From the perspective of that civilization, the current "Mandala Divine Envoy" should be himself. Chen Ziang thought that he really had to go to the Mandala Temple to see if he could find the legacy of the previous owners of the sword.

The easiest way to get to the Mandala Dharma Hall is to teleport from inside the Mandala Dharma Sword.

Chen Ziang pondered for a moment and looked at the mandala flower blooming in the center of the floor again.

The vines had let go of the three witches, slowly curling up in the center of the room, and then coiled into a mysterious arch.

This frightened the witches, because Datura Flower usually kept them here and forced them to study various mysterious knowledge. How did they ever tell them that they could leave this room?

Sure enough, this guy treats tenants and landlords differently.

"I'll go take a look first." Mihui Nishikawa couldn't wait and took the lead through the arch.

"Let's go." Chen Ziang looked at Mizuhara Saori and Takano Seiko.

Since you want to explore the Mandala Temple, and you are not sure whether the other side is safe, of course, the more people you bring, the better.The downwind team can be used as a boost, and the headwind team can also be used as cannon fodder. Anyway, they will not die in the true sense.

The three of them passed through the archway made of vines and quickly disappeared.

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The search on the ruined planet continues, but the two witches who were originally responsible for leading the team have stopped the work at hand.

Then start arguing.

"I didn't lock him up." Tsukimiya Suzuna explained patiently, "If I really did this, I would never appear in front of you again. Wouldn't it be good to live in seclusion with your seniors in a place where you can't find him?"

"You must take me to see him." Xia Zili said coldly, "Unless I confirm with my own eyes that he is safe and sound, it will be useless even if you talk nonsense."

"I won't stop you from meeting him, but you must first prove that you have nothing to do with the mastermind behind the scenes." Tsukimiya Suzuna said bluntly, "The problem now is that I have no way of trusting you."

"He and I were husband and wife in my previous life!" Xia Zili said angrily, "If there is one person in this world who loves him the most, it would be me, not you! Make your identity clear, Tsukimiya Suzuna!"

"I don't want to quarrel with you." Suzuna Tsukimiya waved her hand vigorously, interrupting her subsequent accusations. "You claim that your sister has nothing to do with this matter. How do I know that you won't accidentally leak the secret to her?"

Xia Zili was stunned for a long time before she realized that the mistress' suspicion and hatred towards her sister had reached the point of being almost crazy.

"Okay, let's go find her on the Forever." She made a decision quickly, "You confirm with her yourself."

Tsukimiya Suzuna naturally would not refuse, or simply said that she wanted it, so the two returned to the bridge of the Forever and met Xia Qingyu who was reading the report.

The witches had keen eyesight and soon saw the contents of the report, which was exactly the explosion that had just occurred on the planet's surface.

"Xia Qingyu." Tsukimiya Suzuna said indifferently, "Senior was attacked by an explosion in the subway tunnel. The imperial forces arranged this incident. Didn't you foresee it in advance?"

Her question was a hypothetical question, that is, "I first acquiesce to a certain fact, and then ask questions based on this. If you don't deny the fact itself, it is equivalent to acquiescence."

How could my sister fall into such a blatant trap?Just as Xia Zili was thinking this, she heard Xia Qingyu ask coldly:

"so what?"