Chapter 556: Atlus Returns, WWE Preview Begins

Li Nuo received a call from Ting Ge.

"Are you done having fun with the succubus?"

"Don't say it's useless!"

Brother Ting's tone was extremely urgent, as if he wanted to hit someone.

"Brother Ting, why did your voice become so... so charming?"

Even Brother Ting himself didn't realize that his voice had changed.

Very mature and stable, with a particularly masculine charm.

"I became a succubus."

"Well, poof!"

Li Nuo couldn't hold it back.

"Let's get down to business." Brother Ting said, "Does the nuclear bomb on Tanggula Mountain have anything to do with you?"

Li Nuo immediately thought of the nuclear bomb magic he planted in Tanggula Mountain with the [Legendary Staff].

"No, it has nothing to do with me."

"It seems it's you." Brother Ting has become accustomed to Li Nuo's appearance: "You are against the sky."

"Tell me what's going on."

"The nuclear bomb is still a ghost now. I took a look. It is most likely to be a 'little boy' level. It is not very powerful. But who knows what unexpected things will happen. The succubus said that it is estimated that the nuclear bomb will be ready within a day or two. It will fall, and then Tanggula’s group of monsters will be difficult to control.”

"Hmm...can it be transferred?" Li Nuo said, "I'm going to hunt down the evil spirits now. You guys can see if there's any way to transfer them near me."

"Let me think of a way." Brother Ting is still very capable of doing things.

"By the way, can you take a photo for me to look at?" Li Nuo asked.

"You can't take a picture of it, you can only see it with magic. If you don't believe it, look at it."

Brother Ting took a photo and came over.

"Brother Ting, if I guess correctly, the face in this photo is Sephiroth."

"That's me."

Li Nuo hung up the phone directly. He felt that he had been mentally shocked.

Cha Bai tapped his shoulder.

"We're here."

It was already night when the airboat arrived at Cross Village.

You can't tell the time from the color of the sky. The evening is still gray, and the world has no distinction between day and night.

The village of Clos was formerly known as the village of Reims.

In the story of "Ys", it is located within the Kingdom of Ys. Over time, it has become a small border town.

The village was in ruins, completely different from all the cities Li Nuo and the others had visited before.

Dilapidated houses, twisted alleyways, muddy dirt roads, dim bonfires, and closed doors.

After Li Nuo and the others set up the airboat, they went to a high place on the edge of the village to look out.

The villagers were emaciated and had no color on their faces.

Hunger has always been with the village, and panic has always followed.

The illustrated book now gives the reason why the city is so dilapidated.

【Cross Village】

[During the war seventy years ago, this village was designated as a frontline supply station. After the war, many craftsmen stayed in the village]

[However, with the problems arising from the evil ruins, this village has been exiled by many countries outside the national borders, and it is a countryless land without one.]

[With the rise of the company's leading group, the guidance technology has been streamlined into production. The guidance craftsmen in this village are not popular, so even the final value has been lost]

[Although it does not conform to the current market system, the craftsman skills of this village are indeed unique. The reason for being eliminated is simply that they cannot match social production capacity]

The explanation given in the illustrated book is only one of the reasons for the village's defeat.

The upgraded illustrations of Huo Liuli represent the rhetoric of large companies and national governments to the people, and are not the whole truth.

The real reason is actually far away from the village.

Li Nuo and Cha Bai stood like nails.

Their eyes were all looking at the tower.

Dam's Tower.

This tower was built by Warcraft thousands of years ago as a medium to contact the Ysu Kingdom that was still high in the sky.

Now it sinks into the ground.

There is a beam of light on the top of the tower flowing into the sky. It is absorbing the energy of this world and is the culprit of the destruction of the world.

Cha Bai said uneasily: "There is a particularly thick shield on the outside of the tower that we cannot penetrate."

Li Nuo knelt down and observed the tower carefully.

"It's so scary. All the scary things are inside the tower."

"Can you see it?"

"There is a slight increase in insight after 500. Coupled with Dinisha's ability to perceive monsters, she can probably smell a smell that makes people want to go there with a bomb and explode themselves."

Cha Bai put on his glasses to read the task line.

"There's nothing there...the tower is just empty."

She glanced around the village again.

[Side mission: Guidance Craftsman]

[Task difficulty: lv? ? 】

[Mission reward: 5000 experience points, the best guidance equipment (obtained during the mission)]

[Mission details: This city has been surviving in dire straits. The village is full of outstanding craftsmen, but they insist on manual skills and have been eliminated by the times. Give them a good reason to regain their original intention of being craftsmen]

In the central square of this village.

A stout orc stood in the center of the square. He had wolf-like ears. His name was "Kevin" and he was the best craftsman in the village.

Orcs are a symbol of manual workers in this world, and their numbers are relatively rare. Most of them are concentrated in another country overseas. If compared to reality, they may be similar to migrants on the African continent.

At this time, Meri and Dust stood behind Kevin.

"That...boss?"

"Back?"

Kevin turned his head and glanced at the pair of stupid thieves behind him with his wolf-like eyes.

Merry smiled and said, "We found something incredible!"

Daxter nodded, "Really, it's a powerful monster."

Kevin frowned slightly.

"Can it destroy the world?"

"It can drive."

"What?"

"And it can transform into... God?"

Daxter became less and less confident. He can drive, but when Malger turned into a god, he didn't look like a god.

"What god?"

"The god of 'Soul of Steel'..."

Kevin frowned. He knew the temperaments of Dust and Merry very well. Although they were usually not very good, they were very reliable. Their craftsmanship alone was the best among his students.

"Soul of Steel..."

Kevin found a blind spot.

"Soul of Steel!"

He grabbed Dust by the collar and lifted him up with one hand.

"Let's not talk about whether it is a beast or not. Did you offend the Soul of Steel!"

In this continent, the name of the Soul of Steel is comparable to that of the devil.

"No, no one knows what we did."

Merry explained quickly.

"It's right there..."

On the way here, Merry released Maljie. Knowing that they were coming to this village, Maljie cooperated honestly and followed them all the time.

However, Kevin saw Li Nuo and Cha Bai.

"Are these two divine beasts?"

Daster and Merry were stunned, looked back, and trembled with fear.

"Oh my god, they are chasing them!"

"The divine beast is raised by them!"

Kevin immediately covered Dust and Merry's heads with his big hands, pressed them, including himself, and bowed down to apologize.

"Sorry... These two children are my apprentices, usually..."

Li Nuo: "Ah no, the problem of the dead dog is not a big deal."

Kevin: "Ah? Dog?"

Li Nuo said while touching his pocket: "It's like this... We are employees sent by Miss Huo Liuli, and now we want to promote this village..."

He took out his mobile phone, dialed Huo Liuli's number, and made a video call.

Huo Liuli on the screen was still full of tears.

"Well... what are you doing?"

Li Nuo pointed the mobile phone at the village for a circle.

Huo Liuli still has some professional skills, and immediately put on a face of social elite. Li Nuo had colluded with her on the way here. As for how to make the people in this village cooperate with the work, it is actually very simple.

"Hello, Mr. Clos Village, I am from the "Ancient Fossil Research Company"..."

Please...collect 6...books...!

"Miss." Kevin looked at Huo Liuli on the screen coldly, with a bad look: "I remember you."

Many years ago, Huo Liuli's father sent people to the ancient ruins here to move the crystals, resulting in the loss of an industrial chain in Clos Village. This matter was recorded by the villagers, and since then they have been irreconcilable with big companies.

"Two million liras."

Huo Liuli directly offered a price.

"What?"

"This money is used for us to purchase the intellectual property rights of Clos Village."

"Hey!"

Kevin was unhappy. The technology of the guide craftsman has been passed down since the war with the evil demons that year, and it is not something that can be measured by money.

Because of the appearance of "two million", many villagers looked at us with bright eyes even though they were hungry.

"The village is near the Tower of Dam, which is a little dangerous. If you are willing, those with skills can come to our company to work. Although the salary is not high, at least you can have enough food. Also, if you are willing, we can contact the government to build a new resettlement area for everyone. The most important thing is the household registration issue. Because Rocks Village is sandwiched between several countries and has historical problems, everyone is an unregistered person without a household registration. If you join our company, from technicians to cleaners, you can solve the household registration problem."

"Of course, sir, everything has a price. Please discuss the specific situation with my agent."

"I'm waiting for your good news."

Huo Liuli turned off the communication. She knew how to play hard to get.

The villagers who heard the content of the phone call were all fixed in place, looking at Huo Liuli's agent, Li Nuo, as hungry as wolves.

Merry and Dust widened their eyes, and the two were a little at a loss.

The purpose of this pair of stupid thieves to capture Maljie was to sell the dog that could drive, get money, and then use their connections to migrate the people in the village. The two of them could only sell the stolen things on the black market, and they dared not show the money they got on the table, which resulted in the inability to effectively transform the stolen things into useful assets.

The main problem of this village lies in the national border. If the country accepts the scope of the village, it will have to accept the aftermath of the Tower of Dam. The village is very small, with a population of only a few hundred, and no resources. No one cares about it. It belongs to the Blue Sea Country in name, but it is actually an exiled foreign land.

Huo Liuli solved all the problems in one sentence.

This is the power of the power class.

The problem that ordinary people struggled with was just a matter of opening their mouths for the rich lady.

"Do you agree?" Li Nuo put away his mobile phone and asked.

"I fucking agree." Kevin did not hesitate. Who would go against money and household registration?

Daxter whispered, "Boss... but some old people don't want to leave."

Merry glanced at him and said, "Knock them out and take them away by force."

Li Nuo: "That's it, we're going to fight the evil spirits, please help us transform our things."

Bang bang bang! The sound of doors closing one by one rang out.

The children on the street were carried back to the house by their father, and the windows were shut tightly.

In an instant, only a few people from Li Nuo were left in the square.

Kevin said bluntly: "Are you here to play tricks on us?"

Li Nuo glanced at Merry and Dust.

Merry immediately said: "They are capable... Dast and I have seen it with our own eyes. They were the ones who gave the city-state of Beria..."

Li Nuo: "Ah, that was the first step for Miss Huo Liuli to create a new industry. Now it is the second step, so what happened in the village?"

Kevin sat on the bench at the edge of the square and lowered his head helplessly.

"You have also seen Dam's Tower. It used to be a battlefield. Later, when the demon's minions appeared, they first arrested people from our village to work as craftsmen. My master died in the tower. Later, they began to do some work on taming monsters. Research and use our village as a guinea pig.”

"So you are still alive, which means there are other factors."

"You're pretty smart."

Kevin paused.

"The purpose of those guys is actually to find out whether there is a goddess protecting us."

He looked at the statue of the Twin Goddess in the center of the square.

"It was said that she was the goddess who protected us, but in the end we never saw the goddess appear."

Cha Bai stood in front of the goddess statue.

"The twin goddesses from Ys..."

The statue is at least a thousand years old and is covered with mottled marks. This is no longer the country of Ys a thousand years ago. The reason why the statue is preserved is because the villagers need a place of faith. Also, during the war, someone moved the statue to the village. , trying to summon the twin goddesses to appear and punish the evil spirits, but there are no goddesses at all.

"It's all lies."

Kevin's sharp teeth chattered.

"I even suspect that the story of Adol is also a myth."

Li Nuo poured him a cup of tea.

"Is there any legend or something like that, the kind of legend that can summon the goddess?"

"No."

"have!"

It was Dust who shouted.

"We saw a secret at the ancient ruins of Qibel..."

He took out a photo from his pocket. The picture showed a stone tablet, the text was blurred, and on the back was a description that Dast had translated after research.

[Adol leaves different anchor points in this world as traces of their existence. If the anchor points can be activated, Adol and his lover will appear]

Li Nuo remembered a bell Nanami got from the idiot couple not long ago.

Nanami's narration at the time was that the idiot couple needed to use the bell to establish an "anchor" before they could come from other worlds.

Li Nuo muttered in a low voice: "There is something wrong with the idea that the bell establishes the anchor point. It should be the bell that connects the anchor point... Then the anchor point should actually be what Pippen and Aita left behind in this world..."

He took out the "Empress Figure" he got in Qibel Town from the box.

Kevin looked at him strangely.

"How about playing?"

"I wonder what you can do to help me?"

Li Nuo smiled while playing with the figures.

"What Miss Huo Liuli said is true. We really want to fight the evil spirits. As for the force-guiding equipment, we rely on your help."

Although Li Nuo didn't understand force-guiding equipment, he knew how to apply talents.

Cha Bai put the big bag he was carrying on the ground, opened the zipper, and let Kevin see the guidance parts they got in the Silufus Building.

"Are you serious?"

Li Nuo nodded: "It's true, but it's done in a media way. Someone will record the whole process. Regarding how you make things, these prefixes will be played on the screen, which is a wave of publicity for everyone. There is nothing we can discuss in this regard. Yes, everything is up to us.”

All video equipment is stored in the airship, guarded by Butterfly.

The staff dispatched by Huo Liuli are on their way.

Li Nuo planned to kill two birds with one stone, killing the demon and solving the WWE's mission at the same time. However, there is a shortage of actors now. As for who can be an actor, he has an idea in mind.

First of all, they must be very powerful, extremely powerful, and all the leading actors must be able to serve as BOSS in a script.

Secondly, it must be multiple protagonists, each of whom needs to be more or less connected to the world.

Li Nuo placed the "Empress Figure" in front of the statue of the Twin Goddess.

On the old statues, the voices and faces of the goddesses are lifelike, as if they are still alive in a certain corner.

Fina and Leia, the goddesses who founded the ancient country of Ys, once guarded the highest point of the people of Ys, the winged people, and the gods. All the explanations are meaningless, because one of these two is already a player.

Li Nuo rang the bell in front of the statue.

The soft ringing sound is pleasant to the ear.

The voice is soft.

But it traveled through time and space.

In that world, Aita looked at the sky, and Pippen's hair was faintly red.

On this day, Adol and Fina returned to the ancient country of Ys.

They came back when the world was about to be destroyed.

The only ones who greeted them were the Warriors of Light.