Volume 19 Chapter 234 Crisis Equals Opportunity

The two Mobile Angels I just threw out are not the models currently used by our guild, but the original experimental Mobile Angels that were earlier than the first generation of Mobile Angels. This style of mobile Angel is an engineering prototype, and only ten units were produced in total. Three of them were irreparably damaged during the experiment, two of the remaining seven were stored as physical data backup in the experimental area, and three of the remaining five were placed in three different locations within the guild. They appear as exhibits in display buildings, and the last two are kept here.

As soon as the two mobile angels appeared, they immediately turned to look at me. The performance of these guys' artificial souls was too poor and they had no self-analysis ability. If the third generation or even the second generation mobile angels in use now have the ability to self-judge the current situation, but these guys can't. They need me to give orders, otherwise they can only perform some extremely simple offensive and defensive actions.

Seeing the two mobile Angels looking at me, I immediately ordered: "Pull me out of here, leave and get a bug."

After hearing the order, the two mobile Angels immediately stepped forward, grabbed me and dragged me out. Although the traction force of that gravitational field is not small, my own strength is enough to resist it. Now that there are two more mobile angels carrying me, I will naturally not be sucked back by it.

The Statue of Liberty became anxious when she saw me running away, but she still insisted on the benefits and refused to let go. It seemed that she would never agree to take back that damn gravitational field if I didn't agree to give me some benefits.

When this bug grows up in the future, the first people to be threatened will be American players and the Liberty Protoss. Since the Statue of Liberty is not in a hurry, then I am even less anxious. After being dragged five hundred meters out of the central range by the mobile angel, I clearly felt that the gravity on my body suddenly dropped a lot. It seems that this gravitational field is a gradual change in stages, that is, it is in a gradual state within a certain range, but when it leaves a certain range, there will be a sudden change in stages. Now that I am five hundred meters away from the center, the gravitational field is obviously much smaller. Even without the help of the mobile angel, I can barely move with support. But since I don't plan to care about this anymore, there is no need to delay here. I just let the mobile angel lift me out of the range of one thousand meters. I only took it back when I felt that the gravity was so small that I could hardly feel it. Motorized Angel.

Looking back at the inside of the valley, the bug and the Statue of Liberty were blocked by the mountains and could not be seen at all. Although I am a little worried that this bug will be difficult to deal with when it develops in the future, but since the Statue of Liberty refuses to let go, I am not so cowardly that I can send it to help others.

After taking a final look at the direction of Bug Valley, I directly summoned a flying bird to jump on, and then rushed towards the Gun God's Paladin headquarters at full speed.

"Why are you back so soon?" When I saw the Gunslinger at the headquarters of the Holy Spear Alliance, it was already an hour after I arrived here. It's not that the Gunslinger is a big guy, it's just that he wasn't in the guild when I arrived.

Seeing that the Gunslinger was back, I called him directly to my side, and then whispered: "Are these people around you sure they are reliable?"

The Gunslinger originally thought that I came back to him just to hand over the task, but he didn't expect that I would ask him seriously if the people around him were reliable. Feeling that something was a bit fishy, ​​the gunman instantly stopped joking and turned around to the people who came in with him: "Send two drinks to my office." After ordering his men, he gave me a final invitation gesture. I immediately followed him and left the reception room.

The Gunslinger's office is an independent area in the Paladin's headquarters building, surrounded by dedicated isolation walls, which means there are two layers of walls between this room and other rooms.

After entering the office, there is a secretary's room first. This seems to be arranged like this by foreign companies. The Holy Spear League, which looks like a gun god, is also established according to the company's model, so his office is similar to the president's office of a large company.

After the Gunslinger and I walked into the secretary's room outside, the Gunslinger said directly to the beautiful woman sitting behind the desk: "Unless the guild is attacked, no one will be allowed in unless I call you."

The beauty nodded, then came over and opened the door to the inner room for us. After we entered, she turned around and closed the door, drove everyone around the gunman outside and closed the door to the secretary's room.

The Gunslinger walked to his desk, picked up a piece of fruit, turned around and threw it to me, then sat on his boss's chair and asked, "What's so mysterious about this time?"

I didn't answer the Gunslinger's question directly. Instead, I first threw all the mission scrolls I had done before to him and said: "There is one mission I didn't complete, and it will be counted directly in my reward. The remaining missions belong to me." I have already paid you, and these are all yours."

The Gunslinger didn't even look at the scrolls piled on the table, but looked directly at me and asked: "You can't just let me get rid of all my men just for this little thing, can you? Just tell me what happened? Just now?" I heard you say that there is a mission that has not been completed, and given your strength, you have not completed the mission. Does that mean that the failure of this mission is related to this matter?"

I nodded and said: "What I want to tell you is part of the mission itself. However, I feel that I am not obligated to tell you this information, but because of our cooperative relationship, I think you can pay for it."

The gunman was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed. "They say your wife is stingy, and I don't think you are any worse. But your credibility is pretty good, so I choose to believe that your information must be valuable. Tell me, how much do you want?"

"Help me get ten souls of the gods."

The Gunslinger, who thought I was going to ask for money, almost fell off his seat with a crash. "What are you talking about? The souls of the gods? Ten more? Do you think the gods are sheep and you can kill them if you want?"

"Is ten a bit too much?"

"It's not a question of whether there's too much or not. I can't get that thing at all, okay?"

"No, use your brain. I didn't specify that it must be the soul of the Free Gods. I'm quite optimistic about your strength."

The Gunslinger frowned and thought for a long time before speaking: "We are all sensible people, and there is no point in wasting time by bargaining. I will tell you directly, there are at most three divine souls, and there is no way for one more."

I smiled slightly when I heard the former god's words, and then said directly: "The last mission in the Valley of Worms requires you to find something in the cemetery, but the mission scroll does not mention what exactly you need to find."

"The results of it?"

"As a result, we found an obsidian sarcophagus from the bottom of the tomb. The surface of the sarcophagus was covered with dense ancient magic scripts. When we opened the coffin, a mummy jumped out from inside. The guy was very fast. He moved like a monkey, but he only took two moves with us before he died."

"With your strength, killing a mummy is not a trivial matter?"

"That's the problem. I didn't kill that mummy."

"Didn't you do it? Is there someone else in the cemetery?"

"No, there was a bug in the mummy's belly. Just after we released him, the bug seemed to have fully awakened, and ended up eating the mummy from the inside. Then the bug broke through the mummy's body and came out. Outside the body, after eating the entire mummy, the guy gnawed away the entire obsidian coffin, and then even the marble coffin that was sealed outside the obsidian coffin was eaten away."

"A bug that eats everything?"

"To be precise, it was an insect that looked very much like an ancient giant centipede. After eating the coffin, that guy ate all the bugs in the tomb and gnawed through the tomb and ran outside. During this period, the guy's size kept changing. Long. After following the research for a while, we confirmed that this guy can increase his size by eating various energy sources."

"It's not a big deal even if it's just a growing bug, right?"

"No, this bug is very troublesome. In order to prevent him from attacking us in the mausoleum, we placed a defensive barrier around him, but he actually ate the magic barrier."

"What? He can even eat magic barriers?" Now the Gunslinger started to really pay attention to my words.

I continued: "This is not the end yet. Then, just when we were planning to capture the bug and go back to study it, the Statue of Liberty actually appeared with a group of subordinates, and their target was clearly that bug."

"You mean this mission scroll involves the Free Gods?" The Gunslinger is also an advanced player, and he must have done a lot of various missions, so he basically knows the mission characteristics that I know. As soon as I said that the Lady of Liberty and the others were here for this bug, he immediately guessed that the Lady of Liberty and her party in the mission appeared as mission NPCs. This also explained why I failed to complete the mission. After all, we are related to the Free Gods. No, it's definitely impossible to hand the bug to the Statue of Liberty. But having said that, this also reflects from the side that the game "Zero" does have tasks tailor-made for each player.

Like this mission, I wasn't the one who originally took the mission. If the person who took the task did it himself, then the task process should actually be that the person opened the coffin, and then he had to withstand the attack of the mummy for a period of time. As long as the person doing the task persists until the time set for the task, the bug will fully wake up and then bite the mummy to death and eat it. The player will then have two choices. One is to go directly up to catch the bug, and the other is to wait until the bug has eaten the coffin and other bugs in the tomb before catching it. Both of these choices will affect the subsequent task process and rewards. Of course, there is also the player's strength factor in this. That bug didn't attack me at first because he felt that the difference in strength between him and me was too big, so he didn't dare to attack me. If the player doing the task is of average strength, the bugs will attack him immediately after eating the mummy. Of course, if the player is strong enough, the bug will decide when to attack him based on the strength comparison between the two parties in the subsequent growth process. But no matter when the fight happens, the players and the bugs will definitely have to fight anyway, and there are only three outcomes after that. First, the player defeats the bugs and catches the live bugs. After that, the Statue of Liberty will come to take back the bugs and give him a reward. The second is that the player defeated but killed the bugs. At this time, the Statue of Liberty will still appear to take back the dead bugs, but the reward will definitely be discounted. The last one is that the player is defeated by the bugs, so there is no need to think about any rewards.

The above process is the normal process for ordinary players after receiving a mission, but because of my special identity and special strength, the entire mission has changed.

The Gunslinger was quite surprised that my mission involved the Protoss. After all, only ordinary players took on missions before, and the Protoss usually did not appear directly in the missions of ordinary players. Although many of the tasks players usually receive are related to the gods, they usually follow the instructions of the gods to collect something, kill a monster, or prevent something from happening. In short, although this kind of mission is assigned by the gods, the gods will not appear in the mission. To be honest, it is very rare for a protoss to directly participate in a mission like this.

"This mission not only involves the Free Protoss, but is also directly related to them." I said in the surprised eyes of the gun god: "I don't know who released that bug, but the Free Protoss obviously knew about it. They We will collect the bug at the end and give it a mission reward. But you must have thought that the value of a bug that can be favored by the gods is definitely not comparable to the mission reward."

After hearing my words, the gunman nodded first, and then suddenly shouted: "You didn't catch the bug yourself and didn't give it to the Statue of Liberty, did you?"

"I didn't give it, but I didn't withhold it. I said I wouldn't give it at the time, but the Statue of Liberty seemed to be very eager to get this bug. In the end, she didn't even give up her face and started grabbing it openly. . You also know that I never suffer losses. The fact that the Statue of Liberty snatched it up shows that this thing is of extraordinary value, so I started a fight with her."

"You were beaten away in the end?"

I shook my head and said: "I don't know why the Statue of Liberty was so weak today. Her strength seemed to have been greatly damaged just now. When she came today, her strength was only at the level of ordinary high-level gods, and it was not like her normal state at all. And She is particularly unlucky today. I have a familiar that can use the Arrow of Destiny, you know that, right?"

"You mean that Victoria?"

"Yes. Today she shot an arrow at the Statue of Liberty, which sealed all the skills of the Statue of Liberty. As you know, I have the attribute of God Killer, which doubles my defense against the attacks of the gods. Moreover, the suppression of divine power by the Gods is of no use to me. The Statue of Liberty is a mage-type deity. After her skills were blocked, she turned into a waste, making me chase her all over the field. The men he brought were also like a bunch of people. This kind of thing is no match for my magic pet."

Hearing this, the Gunslinger suddenly covered his mouth in surprise and said, "You won't kill the Statue of Liberty, right?"

"Do you think I'm that strong? Even if I don't know why my strength has dropped so much, the Statue of Liberty is the leader of a group of gods. There can't be any less things to protect her life, right?"

"Then what information are you trying to tell me?"

"The information is that worm." I said seriously: "During the battle, the Statue of Liberty used a gravitational field that can attract living things. As a result, everyone except herself and even her men were controlled by the traction field. . However, although she was not affected by the force field, she was chased all over the place by my flying sword and had no time to deal with us. However, due to the effect of the gravitational field, the insect that was already controlled by me was accidentally sucked. Arrive at the center of the gravitational field. Then my flying sword happened to kill a free god while chasing the Statue of Liberty. After the guy was cut in half, he was sucked into the center of the gravitational field before he died, and as a result, he was sucked into the insect. Caught him red-handed."

"You mean that bug ate the gods of the Free Gods?"

I nodded firmly and said, "Yes, they did eat it, and not even the armor or weapons were left. That insect truly eats people without spitting out bones."

"Wait." The Gunslinger finally realized what I was going to tell him. "You said before that the bug grows through devouring power. Does that mean that it will change after eating the gods...?"

"You guessed it right. He grew up after eating the Protoss, and became very powerful. Later, there was a Free Protoss who tried his best to launch magic and physical attacks before he died, but all the magic was eaten by him. The one who attacked physically was even worse, his weapon was eaten directly."

"That bug can even eat attack magic and weapons?" The Gunslinger couldn't sit still at all. He walked directly to the desk and asked in surprise: "Wait a minute, you just said that it was the Free Gods fighting before they died. Attack with all your strength? Could it be that the insect later ate other protoss, and more than one?"

I nodded again and said, "That's right. Not only has he eaten several protoss, but at this rate, I estimate there won't be many left of the protoss under the Statue of Liberty."

When the gunman heard my words, he grabbed my shoulder nervously and asked, "How big is the bug now?"

"When I left, the bug was just a little thicker than a bucket. It was about a few meters long and not too big. But at that time, its energy level was no less than that of a god. And during this period, I also discovered this Guy’s got a certain intelligence.”

The Gunslinger didn't care much about that guy's intelligence, but asked: "Why don't you stop it? This thing can eat all the gods. When he grows up, won't he eat up the entire United States? You don't Do you think you don’t have to worry about it since it’s not in your own country? Once it eats us, sooner or later it will eat you.”

"Do you think I don't know?" I pushed away the excited Gunslinger and said, "I had already thought that the growth potential of this bug might be unlimited, so keeping him would always be a disaster. At that time, I told the Statue of Liberty that we should first A truce to deal with the bugs, but that Statue of Liberty is so ignorant that she actually asked me for a favor fee."

"So you ran out in anger?"

I nodded and said, "Anyway, I can't defeat that bug unless the Statue of Liberty removes the gravitational field. There's no point in staying. After I leave, the Statue of Liberty can concentrate on dealing with the bug."

"Let Lady Liberty deal with bugs, doesn't it belong to her? Are you so good at giving bugs to Lady Liberty?"

I laughed again when I heard the gun god's words. "Hahahaha, of course I won't give her the bug for nothing. The reason why I left is because I know that even if the gravitational field is removed, the strength of the people around the Statue of Liberty will not be able to deal with the bug at all. The Statue of Liberty's own If her strength does not return to normal, she is no match for that bug, not to mention her current skills are blocked by Victoria. The reason why I left early was just to give the Statue of Liberty a step to remove the gravitational field and lead her own people. Leave quickly. In this way, the bug can only eat the bugs in the valley without the nourishment of the flesh and blood of the gods. Compared with eating the evolution of the gods, if you eat bugs, the bug will not grow too fast, so you still have enough time. Go and destroy it." At this point, I deliberately smiled evilly and approached the gun god and said, "Of course, if I were you, I wouldn't want to deal with that bug first, let it grow bigger, so that I can recover more."

When the gun god heard this, he suddenly exclaimed: "You mean to let me take advantage of the opportunity when the bug comes out and destroys everywhere to make money?"

"Making money is the second priority, and attacking competitors is the first priority. Are you not stupid? Why are you so short-sighted?"

"Yes, yes." The gunman told me that he was so short-sighted that he didn't care at all, because he was excited about the benefits he might get in the future. As for how to deal with the bug in the future, it doesn't seem to be a problem. As long as you don't continue to eat the gods to evolve, this bug won't grow too scary. With the gun god's super attack power and long-range attack method, it is exactly the way to restrain this insect's attack. Besides, the Gunslinger has already thought about it. At worst, he can just invite me over as a foreign aid. After thinking about the stakes, the gunman couldn't help laughing. "Hahahaha, it's not expensive at all for three souls to buy such a piece of information. President Ziri's reputation is really good."

"Hey, mutual benefit? But you'd better hurry up. This news is valuable if you know before others that the bug is going to come out to cause chaos. It will be too late to act when the bug is discovered by everyone. . However, the flow of people in the Valley of Worms is very small, and at the beginning, people probably didn’t know that this bug would crawl out of the Valley of the Worms. At most, some people thought that there was a very strong boss here after being attacked, but Once that guy eats all the bugs in the Bug Valley and crawls out of the Bug Valley, the news will definitely spread. According to my estimate, this process will take about one to two days, which means you have at least two more days. Fourteen hours to lay out your plan.”

After hearing my analysis, the Gunslinger immediately said, "Do you have anything else to do? If not, I will arrange an action plan right away."

I shook my head and said: "I have nothing to do. Just remember to collect the souls I want and send them over as soon as possible. Oh, by the way, let me remind you again. Don't make too big a move in the deployment of your guild. , if you let others prepare in advance, you will not gain anything."

"understand."

After the gunman sent me away in a hurry, he couldn't wait to prepare his plan. As for me, I returned directly to China. I'll have to deal with that bug sooner or later, but certainly not now. Compared with dealing with that insect, it is more important to build the faith collector first. As long as this thing can be successfully operated, the divine forces of our Frost Rose Alliance will grow rapidly, and when they grow enough to confront the heavens When the time comes, we no longer need to be restrained by heaven. Of course, before that we still have to continue to maintain a good relationship with Heaven.

After rushing back to Isengard impatiently, I ran to the Eleventh Yama Hall through Huangquan Road as soon as possible, but I was stunned as soon as I crossed the Naihe Bridge. "This, this, this... what is going on?" Pointing to the large construction site in front of me, I pulled the ghost man next to me in surprise and asked.

When the ghost saw that it was me, he quickly said: "Report to Lord Hell, this is the order of your newly appointed Lord Hades. The Lord said that the underworld needs to be rebuilt, so all the original underworld was demolished and rebuilt."

"I...!" I wanted to say that it was not Hades' fault, but when I thought about it again, it seemed that this was my own problem. It seems that I only told Hades before that I wanted to build a Yama Palace in their style, but I forgot to tell him that the original one should not be moved. But since it has been demolished, it will be demolished. Anyway, it doesn’t make much sense to keep the original Yama Palace, as long as the Heavenly Court doesn’t take this opportunity to cause trouble for me. After thinking about it for a while, he swallowed back what he was about to say, and then asked: "The Yama Palace has been demolished, so where will everyone work now?"

"Isn't that right?" Gui Cha pointed casually, and I followed his gaze, and sure enough I found a large newly opened space in the sea of ​​flowers on the other side of the Naihe Bridge. It is now filled with various desks, filing cabinets and so on. , and then there are a large group of ghost servants working together with the gang of hell gods brought over by Hades. Unfortunately, there is neither rain nor sun in the underworld, so there is no need for a roof to block the sun and rain. Otherwise, Hades and the others would build a few thatched sheds here, and it would be like a post-disaster reconstruction on-site headquarters!

I let go of the policeman next to me and headed straight for the shabby office area over there. Anyway, there was neither a house nor a wall here, so it became easier to find people. There was no obstruction, so I took a quick glance and saw where Hades and the others were. However, he was not dealing with the ghost problem, but instead was drawing a design sketch on a large blackboard with a few necromancers with a piece of chalk.

"Hades, what are you doing?"

Hades turned around quickly when he heard my voice. After seeing me, he smiled and said, "It turns out the president is back. Just in time, have you found the soul?"

"I've found it, but can't you first tell me what's going on in the ruins over there?"

"Oh, that's what you're talking about. That's right. Because Miss Rose has already sent someone to deliver the materials, I want to start construction ahead of time before you come back. Anyway, we won't need souls for the initial construction."

I originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but it was clear from Hades's attitude that he took the reconstruction work seriously. But I understand it when I think about it. The Olympus Protoss is one of the three opposing forces, so Hades is like the lords of the feudal lords in ancient times. They do not need to inform the emperor of their country about anything. They can make decisions on matters within their territory. . Although Hades knew that this Kochia belonged to Heaven, he was already accustomed to the rules, so he thought that small things like remodeling a house did not need to be concerned. Anyway, I had already reported to Heaven, so he started working directly without waiting for my reply. This is not because he is arrogant, but because his ideological form has not changed yet. However, this is not a problem that can be solved in a short time, so I am not going to talk about him anymore.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. I have found the soul. You can see if you can use it first. To be honest, this soul is a bit abnormal." I said and took out the fused soul I got before. "How about seeing it?"