Longmen Memoirs

"You know me?"

She narrowed her eyes in confusion and walked slowly around Chen Mo, looking up and down at Chen Mo, acting like a naughty child.

Chen Mo's eyes followed her footsteps. Her left hand was always hidden behind her back. The two strands of red hair on top of her head swayed with her casual pace. She had a pair of rare red horns pointing downward.

This was the first meeting between Chen Mo and the female mercenary codenamed W. It was not a pleasant meeting, and it was a bit of a coincidence deliberately created by a certain mercenary lady.

Of course Chen Mo knew this mercenary. It would be better to say that he had known all the high-ranking mercenaries in Hedley's team. Hedley's new explosives expert had a good reputation, a bad personality, and was difficult to get along with. Good at making and using Originium explosives, they have the inherent characteristics of most Sarkaz mercenaries, but they are more cruel, cunning, and moody, and are keen on teasing enemies and creating traps.

His mind is agile and changeable, but his skills are not top-notch in this industry.

"Remind you, if I were you, I would not take action in this ship, at least not now, facing an unknown opponent."

Chen Mo glanced at her left hand hidden behind her back. There was a dagger hooked on the index finger of her invisible left hand.

His eyes moved up and landed on the young smiling face.

"Hedley never taught you?"

"I've been discovered." She pretended to be surprised, but without any regrets. The smile on her face became more conspicuous. She stretched out her hand behind her back, revealing the knife, and shook it: "Hedley But he has no intention of teaching others this, he will only say, if you want to do something next time, be more decisive, otherwise you will die."

She imitated Hedley's tone and imitated it in a good way.

"It seems you haven't learned." Chen Mo said, looking at the knife she put away again.

"Why?"

"Do you always speak so coldly?"

"Although this ship does not prohibit personnel from carrying weapons, you are not yet a member of this ship. Your behavior just now cannot be called friendly." Chen Mo said: "W——"

"Let me ask, how did you discover my intention?"

"If you want to take action, you shouldn't be able to say this leisurely now." Chen Mo's words were a little colder: "This is not a coincidence, is it? Mercenary."

"You're so confident. You really deserve to be a big shot in leaving the court." She said with a frivolous smile, and then asked with a stern face: "Your last action cost us a lot of people, and even I almost lost my life." ,grown ups."

"So you are here to seek justice for your companions."

"Companion? No, I'm not interested in the life and death of those guys. If you ask me, they should have died long ago. Of course, so would I." She said and pointed at Chen Mo: "It's you, I'm a little interested in you."

"Oh?"

"Do you know how much your head is worth? Sir." A smile appeared on her face again. "Do you know how many people in Kazdare are thinking about your head now?"

"I'm surprised that you can be so frank." Chen Mo said, "So, are you one of them?"

"Why not?" W asked back: "If I can get it, I can become famous overnight and be recorded in the history of the mercenary industry. This is a reputation that many people have dreamed of for a long time, so sir, can you just stand still? ?”

Her fake innocence and smile made Chen Mo laugh. It is undeniable that in Chen Mo's eyes, this mercenary is indeed a rare and interesting guy.

"That's not possible." Chen Mo said.

"I think so, alas." W glanced at Chen Mo regretfully: "After all, no one is afraid of death. Even if I can get your head, I probably won't be able to escape from here."

"Don't worry, if I die and your teammates who stay here are killed, what will happen to Hedley and Ines?" Chen Mo asked patiently.

"Ah, it's a pity that I am a very selfish and despicable guy." W said nonchalantly, "I can't control that much."

"Is it because you know you can't do it, so you say that deliberately?" Chen Mo asked.

Chen Mo didn't know if Ines would go crazy, but the w in front of him undoubtedly looked like a crazy woman.

"You are very interesting, mercenary." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"You too, sir." W replied, and reminded: "But that's what I say, I will not show mercy."

"Wait and see."

Chen Mo said, going around W, but soon he turned his head suddenly, and a dagger holding a knife passed by him. He grabbed W's wrist, and the latter raised his leg and kicked Chen Mo at the waist.

She is a woman who changes her attitude at any time. Rather, she dared to make such a bold move after confirming that Chen Mo would not really involve her own safety.

She's not brainless, she's just paranoid and crazy.

W, who failed to hit the target, quickly took a few steps back. Chen Mo held the knife she let go of in his hand.

"You won't be surprised, right? Sir." W asked with a bright smile. "I remember I warned you before."

"What you said makes me angry even if I don't want to." Chen Mo replied: "Just a correction, if you want to find someone to accompany you to fool around, remember not to find me. The price of doing whatever you want is very expensive, and you..."

He looked w up and down.

"Other than this life, I don't see a price you can pay."

"Keep it in mind," she said, but the next moment her smile froze on her face.

"I will inform Hedley about this matter," Chen Mo said

The expression on W's face was very much like someone who had made a private agreement not to leave after school. After waiting for someone in the woods after school, he saw that guy actually walking over with his teacher.

treachery……

Kelxi's eyes fell on the knife that Chen Mo put on the table after he came in.

Chen Mo, who noticed her gaze, opened his mouth to explain.

"W, I met her on the way here." Chen Mo said, glancing at the knife he put on the table: "This is a small gift that the enthusiastic mercenary lady gave me when we first met."

"She is very dangerous." Kelsey reminded, walking over with a syringe, and the blood vessels under the cuffs and wrists that Chen Mo took off were exposed.

"I am also very dangerous, but to you, I think she is a very interesting person." Chen Mo said.

The crimson and slightly golden blood slowly filled the syringe with the movement of Kelsey's hand. Kelsey's expression was as focused and indifferent as ever.

Chen Mo did not mention the conversation between him and Theresia.

"Compared with last time, is there any progress, doctor?" Chen Mo asked as he took the cotton swab handed over by Kelsi.

"I compared the samples you left last time. There is a big difference in the numerical values ​​of the two samples' laboratory reports." Kelsey said: "I believe you have discovered it yourself."

"Ah."

"I don't ask what the reason is. You just have to know it in your own mind. However, further experiments cannot be carried out until the equipment on Rhodes Island is re-debugged and activated."

"how long?"

"I will urge the Engineering Department as soon as possible." Kelsey said: "If Theresia's condition had not deteriorated, it would have been possible to wait until these procedures were completed at Rem Billiton before transferring Rhode Island to Kazdale. Instead of being so hasty as now, there are many things that are too late to prepare.”

"Plans always fail to keep up with changes and cannot be delayed any longer, doctor." Chen Mo said: "Whether it is the situation in Kazdaele or Theresia itself, we don't have much time."

"We can't delay it any longer." Kelsey sighed softly: "Some changes have taken place in the situation in the east. It was the doctor who was supposed to tell you this, but now you are here."

"Flame Kingdom?"

"One of Yan's frontier troops stationed in northern Xinjiang has recently been transferred to the western defense line, which happens to be facing the eastern part of Kazdaele."

"That is to say..."

"That is to say, they may intervene in Kazdare. At the same time, Ursus's third army is also urgently mobilizing. Judging from the limited intelligence collected by the Tower of Babel, their spies have also obtained information from the Yan Kingdom military. The deployment trends were not covered up by the transfer of Yan’s border troops this time.”

"So it's not aimed at Ursus?" Chen Mo thought for a while: "But the Ursus people don't think so. The two sides have had a lot of friction on the border in recent years. They will speculate whether this Yanguo military deployment will be We want to bypass Kazdaele, after all Kazdaele doesn’t have the energy to stop an army from bypassing the border.”

"What does the doctor think?"

"You have to ask him about this." Kelsey said. He took off the sample and put it into the refrigerated instrument. He turned around and leaned against the workbench behind the research room.

"One move can affect the whole body." Chen Mo sighed: "But this time the two powerful neighbors have taken action. Will the domestic forces think so? There are also people standing behind certain forces. I think Tracy Casimir and Letania, as well as Lateran, which are adjacent to Kazdaele on the western front, will all react to the actions of Yan and Ursus."

Chen Mo tapped lightly with his fingers.

"Concentrate on Kazdale..." After thinking for a moment, he looked at Kelsi: "Which army is being mobilized over Yan?"

"Why do you think I would pay attention to this?" Kelsey asked. Chen Mo looked at her and said nothing.

After a few seconds, Kelsey slowly spoke:

"There are not many clues that can be collected from the Tower of Babel. There is news that it is an army affiliated to King Wu of the Yanbian Army."

Chen Mo was stunned.

Chapter 19 Studying medicine can’t save Kazdale

[If people don’t have the will to understand the truth, even if the truth is spread on the streets, no one will see it]

Sacrifice is inevitable. I don’t know when I started to take this sentence for granted. Maybe when I was watching those people die one after another, I was also thinking that I was going to become one of them. I should be with them. They are side by side. Death is not scary. What is scary is not knowing why you are living. What is scary is that there is nothing that can even make you fight for your life.

...how sad that would be.

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"There are not many clues that can be collected from the Tower of Babel. There is news that it is an army affiliated to King Wu of the Yanbian Army."

Chen Mo was stunned.

Kelsey noticed Chen Mo's absence and walked up behind Chen Mo with a new syringe in her hand.

"You know the name?"

"No, I don't know much about Yan's condition." Chen Mo said. Looking at the doctor who was leaning slightly in front of her, she could only see the doctor's gentle side face, which no longer looked cold.

He hesitated, but ultimately failed to tell Kelsey what happened to the black shadow.

"Doctor Kelsey..."

"Huh?" Kelsey raised her head: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Chen Mo looked away and landed on the knife on the table. "I occasionally think about what will happen if we fail. Doctor, if that day comes, will you still stay in the Tower of Babel?"

"Why did you mention this suddenly..."

"Just curious, that's all."

"I can't answer your question, Chen Mo, but if you don't want to fail, then try your best to avoid it happening." Kelsey said, slowly pulling up the injection with her thumb.

"I didn't expect you to say such a thing." Chen Mo asked, stunned.

"Because I seem to have a cold personality, so I don't think I would say something like this?" Kelsey took out the needle: "What makes you think you know me well enough?"

"Is it because of His Highness?" Chen Mo asked back.

"Maybe." Kelsey pursed her lips and said calmly without retorting: "Theresa can indeed easily influence the people who come into contact with her."

"Even you were influenced by her." Chen Mo smiled.

"I don't deny it, it's not just me, I'm just one of them." Kelsey stood up, holding the filled syringe in her right hand: "Okay."

Chen Mo glanced at the syringe in her hand, untied her tied hands, clasped his fingers, and pulled down the cuffs.

"When the equipment on Rhode Island is put back into use, I will send someone to notify you to come over for a comprehensive examination so that you can keep track of the changes in your body." Kelsey reminded, her voice as cold as ever.

"If I were still here at that time." Chen Mo stood up and picked up the knife: "Then, I'll take my leave first, Doctor Kelsey."

Kelsey watched quietly as Chen Mo's figure disappeared at the entrance of the laboratory. It wasn't until the footsteps were gone that she returned to the instrument and took off the syringe in her hand.

The freezer opened and cold air came out. She took out a sample stored inside and typed on the keyboard with both hands. A series of complicated data streams slid across the screen. After a while, Kelsey slumped down in the chair.

Two completely different samples were stored quietly in transparent test tubes.

[Experiment Log Record/Date: 1090.5.21]

"Seven controlled experiments were conducted to extract the blood of Doctor and Chen Mo for comparison. There is an obvious difference between the two. It is impossible to confirm where this difference comes from. Doctor is special. I know this, but the latter's sample There are also huge differences between the data and previous experimental samples, especially after he returned from Longmen, the corrosive power of the samples increased by several levels."

"I tried to fuse the doctor's and Chen Mo's past blood, but there was a strong rejection reaction between the two, but... thankfully, after Theresa's retained sample came into contact with his blood, the original blood contained more than The critical source stone crystal concentration has a visible attenuation."

"My theory is correct, although I am still not sure whether the substance retained in Chen Mo's own blood can be adapted to the human body. In the early experiments, the biological samples infected with the Originium Disease all died without exception. But I guess that maybe I haven't mastered the appropriate dosage yet, and there must be a certain point of agreement... Maybe I should conduct human experiments in advance. No, Theresia will definitely stop me. I have to do this. Do it secretly.”

"Attachment 60: After I had five contacts with experimenter Chen Mo's No. [-], I began to suspect that he might come from the same place as the doctor. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the logically rigorous words he implied, which were different from mine. The information previously learned in ruins and ancient documents is extremely similar."

"Appendix [-]: I don't think Chen Mo and the doctor belong to the same type of people. Although his body is still special, he has obvious post-era sub-human genes. After comparing their blood, I overturned my previous guess. But The paradox is, if this guess is true, how to explain his understanding of the old era? Given his age and experience, he does not have enough time, energy and resources to access the incomplete documentary information... What did I miss?"

"Attachment [-]: He is still extremely wary of me. He has not deliberately hidden his distrust of me. Of course, I am the same. Although Theresia is willing to accept him, for me, for Babel For Towers, he is still an extremely unstable factor, and I must be prepared to prevent any accidents from happening."

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Later, even long after the past.

Chen Mo still couldn't forget what W said at the beginning. She said: In Kazdaele, people like her deserve to die, but the more they cannot die, the stronger they will become, and the stronger mercenaries they become. The more valuable it is, the less likely it is to die. The more immortal it is, the more valuable it is, the more likely it is to die.

A vicious cycle that sounds very appropriate, but it is undeniable that this short sentence represents the current situation of Kazdaele.

Cities are divided, mercenaries are rampant, and policies are broken. Kazdare is a paradise of chaos and poverty. Every Sakaz in Kazdare is naturally free and cheap.