Chapter 2420 The Story of No. 01

Although No. 01 found the blood he had longed for, another problem now lay before him.

He did not recognize this magical creature.

In other words, if the blood of this creature was injected into the body, there would be unknown risks.

Blood wizards do have various secret methods to reduce the risk of fusion, but this is based on the premise of known blood. Even if the secret method is used for unknown blood, it may be ineffective.

Therefore, if No. 01 really wants to integrate the blood of this magical creature, he may die on the spot.

But even so, No. 01 did not hesitate. The desire for blood gave him great confidence in his heart, and he felt that he could definitely control this blood.

The final result, as No. 01 expected, he succeeded.

However, he did not know that this also became the beginning of his nightmare.

And the reason is also very simple, the identity of that magical creature is not simple.

This magical creature is a third-class citizen of the City of Phantom Spirits. The reason why it appeared in the coffin in the ruins was that it was recuperating and advancing in the coffin through a secret method. Unexpectedly, it was "eaten" by No. 01 in a semi-daze.

The full name of the City of Phantom Spirits is "Gruzdeward's City of Phantom Spirits". As the name suggests, the City of Phantom Spirits is actually owned by Gruzdeward.

In this city, there are many magical creatures, most of which are collected by Gruzdeward from various worlds, and some of them come to the door for shelter. Gruzdeward divides these magical creatures into three levels of citizens. The top of the pyramid is the first-class citizens, also known as the upper-class citizens.

However, although it is called a city of magical creatures, it looks more like Gruzdeward's private captive garden to outsiders, so the reputation is not good.

Although the reputation is not good, it must be said that Gruzdeward is quite caring for the citizens in the city.

If a citizen is persecuted, Gruzdeward will do everything he can to retaliate.

And No. 01 swallowed the blood of a magical creature as a third-class citizen, which just stepped on Gruzdeward's red line.

For a period of time, nightmares have been hanging over No. 01's head, because Gruzdeward used various means to hunt him down. Although No. 01 escaped every time, it was actually just a cat-and-mouse game played by Gruzdeward. He would not kill you directly. He tortured No. 01 little by little, thinking that he saw hope after escaping successfully, and the next second he would be pressed into the ground by the invisible dark palm.

In despair again and again, No. 01 also thought about joining some large organizations to avoid Gruzdeward's pursuit, but it was useless.

Among the legendary wizards, Gruzdeward is also one of the top ones, and he is close to ringing the sound of miracles.

Facing such a powerful legendary wizard, no organization is willing to confront him, not to mention that No. 01 is just an ordinary wizard who has not even set foot on the path of true knowledge.

Later, by chance, No. 01 joined the Setai Society.

Although the Setai Society has no ability to stop Gruzdeward, it has a wide network of people and knows some special "travelers". Through some means, No. 01 was sent away from the source world and came to the southern region far away in space and time.

Although coming to the southern region does not mean that he is safe, at least in a short period of time, Gruzdeward will not come.

What No. 01 needs is this "short time". In the source world, he was played by various pursuits and had no way to improve himself, nor could he find a way to deal with Gruzdeward's pursuit.

He wanted to take advantage of this time to improve himself, or find a way to block the "pursuit mark".

Decades of time passed just like this.

No. 01 thought he could make good use of the days when he was not hunted, but he overlooked a key point. He was not a gifted wizard. His strength had indeed improved over the past few decades, but the efficiency of the improvement was really limited.

Moreover, the Setei Society would do everything possible to make No. 01 cautious and not cause a big mess in the South Region to affect the progress of the experiment. This also limited No. 01's room for improvement.

In the end, he accomplished nothing. Not only was he stuck in front of the path of true knowledge, but he also did not find an effective way to shield himself from being hunted.

If he still had time to waste, there might be a chance in the future, but the intelligence told him that he was running out of time.

The one who was communicating with No. 01 continuously was an unknown existence, temporarily called "Beast Seal", because there was a beast-shaped mark on the envelope he sent. Beast Seal seemed to be very familiar with the City of Phantom Spirits, and he also investigated the whereabouts of Gruzdewald, the "city lord", very clearly.

In a recent letter, the Beast Seal told No. 01 that Gruzdeward mentioned the wanted criminal No. 01 again at the recent citizens' meeting and had already located No. 01's whereabouts.

Although Gruzdeward did not say what action he would take next, No. 01 knew that his comfortable days were over.

He would return to the endless despairing wasteland and survive between pursuit and escape.

After enjoying a quiet life for decades, No. 01 was... crazy when he thought about facing the dark time in the past again.

No. 01 knew that using his own energy to fight Gruzdeward was simply a battle between a mayfly and a big tree, without any suspense.

Even the Setei Society could not compete with the huge Phantom City.

After realizing that he had nowhere to escape and no way to survive, No. 01 made a decision:

Since he would eventually die, he had to die meaningfully. He had to go crazy before he died, so that the arrogant Gruzdeward, who was high above him, could also taste the pain of flesh.

And he had a way to do this.

During his time in the South Region, although his strength had improved to a limited extent, it did not mean that he had gained nothing. He learned a secret message here, which was related to Gruzdeward.

The Devil's Sea was called a restricted area not only because of the violent celestial phenomena, but also because of some inexplicable extraordinary disasters. While investigating the Devil's Sea, No. 01 discovered that the reason why the Devil's Sea had extraordinary disasters and was listed as a restricted area was actually a magical creature.

This magical creature was named, Xizi.

It was the king of the sky, the overlord of the sea, and the beast of disaster that brought disaster!

In the era when Xizi lived, the Devil's Sea was completely occupied. Even the legendary wizards in the South Region at that time did not dare to step into the Devil's Sea easily.

However, one day later, Xizi suddenly disappeared.

Because of the disappearance of Xizi, the Devil's Sea has also changed from a closed state to the current semi-forbidden zone.

There are many rumors about the reason for Xizi's disappearance in the South Region, but no one knows the inside story. However, as a person who has a certain understanding of the Phantom City, No. 01 guessed the truth behind it.

Although the Phantom City has three classes of citizens, upper, middle and lower, there are actually more detailed divisions in each class. Among them, the upper-class citizens who are most favored by Gruzdeward will be awarded the title of "Diamond Citizen".

And No. 01 happened to know that there was a diamond citizen in the Phantom City, named "Xizi".

It seems that Xizi was "captured" by Gruzdeward when he left the Devil's Sea.

After learning that Xizi of the Phantom City left the Devil's Sea, No. 01 became interested in Xizi's nest. After all, Xizi is a powerful extraordinary life. He thought at the time that he might be able to find treasures that can improve himself in its nest.

In the end, No. 01 did not mention whether he found the treasure or not, but he found a sea beast cub.

According to various clues and details, this sea beast cub is most likely the bloodline left by Xizi.

At this point, it is clear what No. 01 wants to do.

Since he has no way to survive, he will destroy the bloodline of the descendants of Diamond Citizen. With Gruzdeward's attitude towards Diamond Citizen, he will definitely feel painful.

With more letters from the Beast Seal, No. 01 learned that the hunting team was approaching, so he started to take action.

Using the organs of the Xizi cub as the final subject of the experimental research, No. 01 summoned all the combatants and attacked the nest.

...

After reading the letters from the Beast Seal and No. 01, Angel finally understood why No. 01 suddenly became radical and abnormal, and why he pretended to obey the Setei Society.

Because the external pressure forced him to make this choice.

He no longer cared about the consequences.

He just wanted to go crazy and bite off Gruzdeward by killing the Xizi cub.

But is it actually useful? Could it be that everything was just No. 01's own imagination, and Gruzdeward actually didn't feel any pain? The answer is unknown, but what we know is that No. 01 has completely ignored it. Even if it is an imagination, it doesn't matter.

Angell felt a little emotional about No. 01's fate, but that was all.

Putting down these letters, Angell opened the mind band and prepared to tell Nice and the others about the situation here.

After all, No. 01 was going to hunt the Siz cubs. If Gruzdeward was really angry about this, they'd better stay away from here as soon as possible and never get involved.

Angell opened the mind band that had been shielded for a long time, and heard the voice coming from it at the first time.

But it was not the usual talkative Nice, but... Reynolds.

"It feels like this again, moving... Hey, it seems to be above us." Reynolds said.

"Above us, do you mean the first, second, and third floors?" Nice said in surprise.

"It seems so." Reynolds: "How could he move by himself?"

"Did Angle take it away? After all, Angle was on the fifth floor before." Kant said.

Nice: "It's possible. Ask Angle. Toby, are you there? If you are, call Angle..."

Before he finished speaking, Angle said: "I'm here. What happened?"

"You were here? Didn't you hear it?" Nice said in surprise.

Kant: "Let me explain. It was Reynolds. He suddenly felt more deeply aware of his body just now. He felt that his body seemed to be moving. At first, it was on the lower five floors, but now it seemed to have moved to the upper floors. Angle, did you take his body away?"

As Kant's voice fell, a series of thoughts suddenly flashed through Angle's mind. These thoughts were all those he had skipped before, and now they burst out at the same time.

Yes, Reynolds' body!

He always felt that he had overlooked something before, and now he thought that it was Reynolds' body!

But why did he overlook it?

Angel frowned and put this question aside for the time being. What he should think about now is what happened to Reynolds's body?

Angel sorted out his thoughts a little.

Before he came to the fifth floor, the main control node checked it thoroughly and did not find Reynolds's body.

Moreover, there was no other living life on the fifth floor except the shadow demon... No, there was another one, the mist shadow.

The mist shadow could possess a body.

Reynolds said again that the body was moving, from the fifth floor to the first floor.

Angel suddenly realized... Reynolds' body might have been occupied by the mist shadow.

"Hmm" Angel couldn't help but take a breath. After killing the Shadow Demon, he thought he could rest easy. The mist shadow couldn't find a living thing to possess, but he didn't expect that he had forgotten Reynolds.

Reynolds' body is still active, so it is considered a living thing. The mist shadow can completely possess Reynolds!

"Mistake." Angel rubbed his temple and told his speculation.

Nice: "You, you actually forgot Reynolds' body?"

Angel himself was also very surprised. Why did he suddenly ignore this matter?

Kant: "These are not important. Now that the mist shadow has possessed Reynolds, we should find a way to find it as soon as possible."

Nice: "What's a bit troublesome is that the mist shadow seems to be able to explode at any time. Didn't it explode when it possessed the fire scale familiar before? Even if Angell finds Reynolds, the other party is likely to explode. Even if he doesn't escape, Reynolds's body is cold."

Nice pointed out a key problem, which made Reynolds' face turn pale.

Looking at Reynolds with an ugly expression, Nice smiled and said: "However, it doesn't matter if the body dies. The soul is the real beginning. Follow me when the time comes, I will let you understand what the climax of the soul is."

Ignoring Nice's ridicule, Angel said: "How to solve the problem of skull explosion, wait until I find it first. I will go back to the main control node on the first floor to see."

Paused: "By the way, I have one more thing to tell you. I found some letters in the hidden room of No. 01."

Angel was about to tell them the contents of the letter while returning to the first floor.

However, when Angell said the contents of the "letter", he subconsciously turned his eyes to the envelope, which was placed on the experimental table... The next second, his eyes were attracted by the experimental table in front of him.

There was an empty rectangular area in the middle of the experimental table, and the letter was swept to the side.

This empty space... seems to be just enough for one person?

When this thought came to mind, Angell thought of another thing. When he entered this hidden room, a large amount of white frost mist floated out, and the room was very cold.

And Maya's prediction of the whereabouts of Reynolds's body clearly stated that the place where Reynolds's body was located was very cold.

Thinking of the fact that he did not find Reynolds's body at all when he monitored the fifth floor at the main control node, and the only place on the fifth floor that could not be monitored was the hidden room, at this point, the answer was already obvious.

Reynolds's body had actually been in the hidden room, and it was placed on this experimental table!