Chapter 1683 Symbol
Yao Shunyu stared at him, not daring to relax at all. Now he was seriously injured and his left eye was almost blind. If they really fought, he and Li Bai might not be opponents.
"Don't be nervous. If I want to fight, you have no chance to cross the bridge." Lv Zhangyuan looked at the two calmly.
This sentence sounded dragged out, but Li Bai, Yao Shunyu and others tacitly did not deny it. After all, the way to leave was proposed by Lv Zhangyuan.
"I have no intention of hurting you. I am from the secret force under the Night Watch, specializing in handling some difficult incidents. I just can't understand why you two don't choose to serve the country with your skills and abilities, but instead join the beasts of Crimson."
Yao Shunyu was stunned by this sentence, but he quickly realized that Lv Zhangyuan might have been deceived. No, that's not right. His memory was modified. They had similar experiences in the Water Grandpa mission.
Li Bai pondered for a moment and suddenly said: "Lv Zhangyuan, what is the code name of your secret unit in the Night Watch?"
"We don't have code names, only numbers, and my number is 1."
Lv Zhangyuan did not hide this. He really wanted to persuade the two people in front of him to turn over a new leaf. Such capable and kind people should serve the country.
Shao Tong, who was parasitized by the president of the Night Watch, was codenamed Zero, and this Lv Zhangyuan was codenamed 1, which means he was the second-highest person in the second generation of Crimson after the president. Such a person would not be a match even if Yao, Shun, Yu and Li Bai were in their prime.
"Lv Zhangyuan, do you believe me?" Li Bai asked.
Lu Zhangyuan nodded, "You say."
"Have you ever thought about why your code name is the same as Crimson?"
"Because we are trained according to the devil's methods of Crimson, our highest goal is to kill all Crimson." Lu Zhangyuan took a deep breath, "If you want to kill the devil, you must first become a devil. While we have good intentions, our methods are more brutal than the devil."
"But you have been deceived, you are also Crimson, the second generation Crimson, this is the real code name given to you by the Night Watch!"
"The top leaders of the Night Watch have betrayed, they are just using you to achieve their secrets!"
"You are tools, tools that can be abandoned at any time, we have seen you Zero, his name is Shao Tong, he died with the president to save us. "Li Bai paused, the last words Shao Tong shouted and a pale face appeared in his mind, "Of course, it was also to save himself, he didn't want to be a puppet anymore, he wanted freedom."
Lv Zhangyuan frowned, the words the other party said made him feel unfamiliar, "I don't know what you are talking about, there is no Zero among us, my code name is the first.
Li Bai explained quickly, "All of your memories have been modified by the president, you are the second generation of Deep Red, Jiangcheng Wang Fugui and others are the first generation of Deep Red, but they are also poor people, and they are also good people, the information you received and your memory are all false! "
I don't have much hope that Li Bai can persuade Lv Zhangyuan, Yao Shunyu, and it is basically impossible to change Lv Zhangyuan's inherent memory in a short time. He slowly reached his hand behind his back. He also hid a piece of explosives just in case. If things change, he decided to rush over and hug Lv Zhangyuan. At worst, they would die together.
Thinking of this, Yao Shunyu's patience was about to be exhausted, and his expression became more and more ferocious, "What do you want?"
Lv Zhangyuan was silent. He looked at Li Bai with a complicated look in his eyes, "I don't know why, although what you said was incredible, I have an inexplicable trust in you."
"Someone among us must have been deceived. I will go back to find evidence."
Hearing this, even Li Bai was stunned for a moment, "Go back?"
"Yes, I will go back to report to my superiors about what happened in this mission, including the information you fed back. The intelligence must have gone wrong in some link." Lv Zhangyuan's expression became serious, "They also portrayed you as demons who kill without blinking, but from what I can see, you are definitely not evil. "
Thinking of Shao Tong's experience, Li Bai couldn't help but get nervous, "No, you can't go back. If the Night Watchmen know that you have seen through their conspiracy, they will not let you go!"
"Enough, Miss Li, the Night Watchmen are serving the country after all, and the internal situation is not as bad as you think. It's the remnants of the Deep Red, such as Wang Fugui in Jiangcheng, that I advise you not to get involved with them, so as not to harm innocent people." It can be seen that Lu Zhangyuan has also reached the limit of Li Bai's slander against the Night Watchmen.
After saying that, Lu Zhangyuan bowed to Li Bai, Yao Shunyu, and said, "You two, goodbye, see you later!"
"Farewell, see you later!" Li Bai also bowed in return.
But it was Yao Shunyu's turn, which was much more embarrassing. He broke one arm, leaving one hand hidden behind his back holding a bomb, and he couldn't pull it out for a while.
"See you later, and have a good trip! "Yao Shunyu pretended to bless loudly. He didn't dislike Lu Zhangyuan. What he rejected was his identity as a second-generation deep red.
Fortunately, Lu Zhangyuan didn't care. He said goodbye and turned away. He went into the woods and disappeared in a few breaths.
Li Bai, Yao Shunyu didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Lu Zhangyuan's figure completely disappeared. The two understood that according to Lu Zhangyuan's character, he would definitely not ambush them and wait for an opportunity to attack.
After a moment of silence, Li Bai retracted his gaze and looked at Yao Shunyu with complexity and regret in his eyes, "You said that Li Maochun was also deceived. Until the end, he was thinking about killing us. I remember his eyes. He was not afraid of death. He just regretted not killing the two of us before he died. "
Recalling Li Maochun's final performance, Yao Shunyu didn't know what to say for a moment. The night watchmen really deserved to die. Those second-generation deep reds whose memories were modified thought they were punishing evil and upholding justice, but they didn't know that they were just tools. They were deceived until they died.
Shaking his head, he temporarily suppressed the complicated things in his mind. They had more important things to do, "By the way, how do we leave here?"
The bridge has been broken, and now there is a forest in the night in front of them.
"Let's go. Since the Goddess of Injection has fallen into the water and died, this deadlock has been solved. I think we can find Wang Fugui and others in Jiangcheng no matter which way we go. Let's reunite first." Li Bai didn't worry too much about this.
As soon as the voice fell, Yao Shunyu suddenly turned his head to look at the river. The river was pitch black and very calm, and a waning moon was reflected in the water.
"What's wrong?" Li Bai suddenly became alert.
"I felt like something was staring at me, just a moment ago." Yao Shunyu hurriedly explained, his eyes still searching the river surface, and the broken bridge piers were not spared.
Looking at the dark river surface, Li Bai also had a bad premonition. He pulled Yao Shunyu's sleeve and urged: "Don't dawdle any more, let's leave here first and make plans."
Then the two of them went into the mountains and forests together and disappeared soon.
The river surface, the riverside, and the bridge piers were all quiet. After Li Bai and Yao Shunyu left, it seemed that all living things had been lost here for a while, and it was very deserted.
But after about 10 minutes, Yao Shunyu slowly poked his head out from under a big tree. He stared at the lake with an increasingly strange expression, "Nothing."
Under the other tree was naturally Li Bai. She pulled Yao Shunyu towards the depths of the forest, "Okay, don't think too much. Let's go find Wang Fugui of Jiangcheng. To be honest, I'm still quite afraid of that guy called Wu, but if I don't see him during the mission, I'll be very panicked."
Wu's combat index is obvious to all. Those who can fight back and forth with him for such a long time are all top-level weird, and they can be counted on one hand. As long as Wu wakes up, their lives will be strongly protected.
"I don't know what's going on with Wang Fugui of Jiangcheng, and Tang Qisheng and Zhu Jie. They correspond to the information of Wang Fugui of Jiangcheng, but they..."
As Li Bai, Yao Shunyu and others trekked through the forest, none of them would have thought that at this moment, a waning moon was floating on the Black Water River.
The waning moon is like the reflection of the moon in the sky, but when you look up at the sky slowly, there is no moon in the sky. Large patches of dark clouds are very low, blocking the stars and the moon. After looking at it for a long time, it even makes people feel depressed, as if something big is going to happen.
Zooming out and raising the perspective, not far from the waning moon in the water, there is a place in the dark lake that is obviously different from the surrounding color. There is a dark blue color, which is motionless, as if a huge monster is lurking.
The night has already fallen in the former Zhijie Temple, now in the Qingyun Temple. This is the first time that the three have seen the temple at night, and they can't help but feel novel.
The three people, Jiangcheng Fatty Ye Qiutang, walked on the small road in the Qingyun Temple, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
"What's the reason for this?" The fat man couldn't help complaining, "Look at that Taoist Xuande, that is, Monk Huide before being affected. I think the two are the same kind of stuff. Why can't I explain the big truth after saying it over and over again!"
The experience just now kept flashing in the fat man's mind, and he was so angry that he couldn't breathe.
Just now, they sneaked to the Taoist accommodation they had visited during the day. Monk Huicong, now called Monk Xuancong, was recuperating here. Xuancong was said to be the only disciple of Lingxiao Taoist who survived the disaster.
Lingxiao Taoist explained that Xuancong had a demon-suppressing picture tattooed on his back, which saved Xuancong's life in times of crisis.
Just now, they also sneaked into the room while the guarding monk went to relieve himself, but before they could ask any questions, they were caught by Xuande Taoist who happened to come to check the room. It was a coincidence that Xuanming and other old acquaintances were also there, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.
Just as Ye Qiutang said just now, there is no such coincidence in the world. They observed for a long time before finding an opportunity to sneak in, and they had scouted around in advance, and there was no one at all. Xuande and Xuanming seemed to have drilled out from underground.
Even the fat man saw that there was something wrong. Xuande Xuanming seemed to be keeping them away. He turned his head to look at Jiang Cheng, and saw Jiang Cheng frowning slightly, clenching and unclenching his fists. After spending a long time with Jiang Cheng, the fat man knew that he was thinking about something, and the process was not going smoothly. There were disagreements to a large extent, and he was making a decision.
"Don't think about it yourself, talk to us." Ye Qiutang was also anxious. After all, there were only three of them left tonight, and if nothing unexpected happened, this would be their last night in Qingyun Temple.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Cheng looked at Ye Qiutang, "Did you see the picture behind Xuan Cong?"
Ye Qiutang was furious when he thought of this, "No, you were the only one who could see it a little bit clearly at that time. I was about to see it when Xuan De and Xuan Ming appeared and drove us away."
The scene was tense at that time. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Xuan Cong in dishevel. The most important thing was that Jiang Cheng was pulling Xuan Cong's clothes hard. Xuan De and Xuan Ming exploded at that time. No one expected that he would lose his temper so much, and the two sides almost clashed.
"Doctor, if you hadn't stopped me, we would have fought just now. Do you remember that Xuanming? That guy is not a good guy. He had a knife in his arms. It was not big, but I saw it when he reached in to touch the knife." The fat man emphasized.
Jiang Cheng frowned and his voice became louder, "I don't mean to say this. The angle you were standing at just now was wrong. I saw the tattoo on Xuan Cong's back. Although I didn't see it carefully, the tattoo has definitely changed."
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Cheng continued to recall, "The Taoist tattoo has become bigger than before, and I can vaguely see a symbol under the Taoist tattoo."
"Yes, that's right, it's that symbol!" Jiang Cheng nodded very confidently.
"What symbol?" Ye Qiutang asked with wide eyes.
"It's the cross pattern of Buddhism, just below the demon-suppressing map of the Taoist gate." Jiang Cheng recalled.
As soon as these words came out, Ye Qiutang's face changed instantly. Xuan Cong was a Taoist priest, and there was a Taoist demon-suppressing picture behind him, which could be explained, but the cross pattern of Buddhism was strange.
"Could it be that Xuan Cong had converted to Buddhism before joining Ling Xiaozi?" Ye Qiutang's tone was strange, and she obviously felt that this statement was untenable.
However, Ye Qiutang couldn't figure it out, but the fat man seemed to understand a little. He slowly opened his eyes, and then looked at Jiang Cheng with disbelief, and the latter nodded to him with an ugly face.
The fat man's heart "clicked" if this was true, then tonight would be complicated, what monks and Taoist priests, none of them could be trusted.
"Do you think this looks like a competition?" Jiang Cheng said, "Whether it is Abbot Fu Ji or Ling Xiao Taoist, they are all competing for the body of Monk Huicong."
"And the means by which they compete is to gain our trust." Jiang Cheng added.
"So, Taoist Lingxiao and Abbot Fuji are all fake. They are actually two evil spirits!" Following this line of thought, the fat man suddenly felt that everything made sense.
Shaking his head, Jiang Cheng corrected with a serious expression: "They are not evil spirits, but two weird creatures that have become powerful."