Chapter 287 Skeleton Giant and God!

Put aside your suspicion of Mark, because this is not a very important thing now. The most important thing now is how to maximize the benefits of this city.

According to the map given by the system, it can be seen that this city is very remote.

Remote means... the emperor is far away.

There are many things that cannot be easily done within the empire, but can be done here.

In the end, this group of aliens did not detain Mark, but returned Mark to Zheng Yu. Of course, there were certain warnings.

For example, "Although you are an imperial, don't try to play tricks in our territory."

They also reminded Zheng Yu that if he didn't pay, they would really detain Mark.

After a "friendly" negotiation.

Zheng Yu, as a smuggler, followed this group of aliens into the core of Sand City - the material processing plant.

This group of aliens was actually very good to Zheng Yu. Not only was their attitude polite, but they even picked him up and dropped him off.

The core of the car in the Skeleton Wasteland is not the engine, but the skeleton creature, which is similar to a carriage, but it is far more advanced than a carriage.

"Tell me."

Inside the carriage, Zheng Yu sat in a precise space, examining Mark.

"What?"

Mark pretended to be stupid.

Zheng Yu smiled and said, "If you don't tell the truth, I don't mind disassembling you into parts. I believe that even if you become parts, the group of people outside will take you away at a high price."

"..."

Mark was silent for a while, "You guessed it all."

Zheng Yu: "It's not hard to guess, but it's hard to believe that there are high-tech skeleton creatures like you. It's beyond my imagination."

Too real.

So real... can eat, have thoughts, and have their own philosophical thinking about the world.

Mark raised his head and looked at Zheng Yu, "I have never concealed you, but I didn't expect you to be more ignorant than I thought."

Mark still spoke in a sly way.

"They all know my identity, but you are the weirdest one, you don't even know the Mark-type skeleton technology."

"You don't even know the three prohibitions of the empire."

"It feels like you are not ignorant, but... you are not from this world at all."

Zheng Yu did not explain who he was. After all, if they were professionals entering the abyss world and this abyss world had a complete social system, they would often be asked if they were from another world.

Knowing nothing... is not normal.

Zheng Yu was only interested in the three prohibitions of the empire, "Which three prohibitions?"

Mark looked at Zheng Yu with interest, and then patiently explained: "The first prohibition is that you cannot study history, write history, form organizations with historical achievements, or collect collections with historical significance."

"The second prohibition prohibits the development of all Mark-type skeleton creatures."

"I am the second-generation Mark-type skeleton creature, the most technologically sophisticated intelligent skeleton creature in this era, no one else."

"ai?"

Zheng Yu blurted out.

"What is AI?"

"It's artificial intelligence."

"Artificial? Intelligence?" Mark showed a trace of incredible emotion on his face, and said: "Are you sure that humans can create real thinking creatures?"

"..."

Zheng Yu didn't know how to answer, because so far, what Mark said...actually exceeded Zheng Yu's control.

"Our birth is related to the group of skeleton giants in the wasteland restricted area."

Hearing the word wasteland restricted area, Zheng Yu instantly became energetic.

Because the wasteland restricted area is the destination of one of the special missions.

"I am a second-generation Mark-type skeleton creature, and the Skeleton Giant is the first-generation Mark-type skeleton creature. Our wisdom, my understanding of the world, and what you call intelligence all come from the first-generation Mark-type skeleton creature."

"That is..."

"Skeleton Giant."

"And the research on Skeleton Giant involves historical issues, and the Empire is afraid of that group of Skeleton Giants, so the place where the Skeleton Giants are buried is a wasteland restricted area."

"Using the core technology of Skeleton Giants for creation has also become a forbidden law."

Zheng Yu asked sharply: "You just said... bury?"

"Skeleton Giants are not alive?"

Mark looked at Zheng Yu with a look of looking at a fool, "You are so funny, if the Skeleton Giants were alive, what would the Empire have to do with it? They would have been trampled flat long ago."

Zheng Yu did not dwell on this sentence, because he found that Mark seemed to have an inexplicable reverence for his "ancestors".

"I remember you said you were a historian? Did you lie to me?"

Mark said confidently: "I didn't say that. I just got caught with an item of historical significance."

"What is it?"

Zheng Yu wanted to ask before, and now he finally has the chance.

Mark shook his head: "It's gone. It was my dead master's item. Although I'm not a historian, my master is."

"My model is very expensive. Only people from wealthy families in the empire can afford it. In addition, the Mark machine has stopped mass production, so I can be considered a relatively expensive collection."

"When my master died, he gave me a history book. Later, I was caught and the book was taken away by the people of the empire. Then you are now."

Mark's voice became smaller and smaller, because Zheng Yu had taken out a wrench and looked at Mark's body, as if he was going to take him off.

"Do you think I believe it?"

Mark quickly said: "I'm telling the truth."

Zheng Yu snorted coldly, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

"You said it yourself, you are a relatively expensive collection, how could you be casually thrown into a slave prison?"

Mark was silent.

no answer.

Zheng Yu put the wrench on Mark's eyeballs and found that Mark was not afraid.

Zheng Yu probably understood that Mark... was actually not afraid of death at all.

As he said before, human life is nothing. Mark is not a human being and does not care about life or death, so he said this.

Zheng Yu smiled.

Then drop the wrench.

"Don't you want to witness the future that your master enjoys?"

There was a special look in Mark's eyes, and he looked at Zheng Yu.

Zheng Yu continued: "Don't you want to research your master's unfinished history clearly and then write it down?"

Zheng Yu pointed to himself, "I have this ability."

"I'm not bragging to you. I came here to accomplish something. I am indeed not from this world's...species."

"Just like... those skeletal giants, they don't belong to this world."

Based on Mark's description and Li Chenggong's experience of escaping in the restricted area, combined with the strange technology tree at this time, Zheng Yu can make a 100% judgment.

The group of skeletal giants who brought skeletal technology to this world should be like me and not aborigines!

This must have something to do with God.

It exactly conforms to the law summarized by Nan Muyun, the abyss... must be related to God.

Although Zheng Yu had read the strategies of Li Chenggong and professionals who had entered the Skeleton Wasteland Abyss, there was no description of Mark in their strategies.

The sound Queen Psylocke made when she slapped Mark had already made Zheng Yu suspicious.

A normal head cannot detect the sound of iron objects hitting each other.

In addition, the guard soldiers' attitude of ignoring Mark, and the greedy eyes of the aliens in the red fence area towards Mark, all prove that Mark is probably not a human race, but a commodity!

But Zheng Yu has never seen any information about "Mark type skeleton technology" in any guide.

The mission of "Rescuing Mark" has been completed by someone, but there is only one sentence of relevant information.

"The task of rescuing Mark is a basic task in the early stage, but it requires a lot of time to run the map. It is recommended that professionals who are randomly assigned to this task at the beginning give up the task."

In other words, the professional who once randomly entered the task of rescuing Mark like Zheng Yu actually gave up halfway through.

There is only a reward of 1500 CR coins.

Having to carry a skinny old man across thousands of kilometers is not only time-consuming, but also inconvenient.

Unlike the Psylocke Queen, other professionals have to rely on their legs.

In the strategy of this professional who had done the task of rescuing Mark, he once mentioned that the rescued slave Mark would try to escape.

According to Mark's character... Zheng Yu thinks he can do it.

Mark...is not human at all.

It was a special humanoid skeletal creature that was beyond Zheng Yu's knowledge.

He even has his own understanding of the world and a "philosophy" defined by people.

After receiving Mark's indirect recognition, Zheng Yu finally understood the reason why Mark's understanding of the world and the words he said that seemed like the "protagonist" were so confusing.

Mark's philosophy and Mark's thinking about history all come from his former master.

A Mark who lost his master and could only become a collection of some imperial nobles did not care about life or death at all.

It's actually better to be dead.

Because once caught and used as a collection, it would undoubtedly be more terrifying than death for Mark, who already has self-thinking and life philosophy.

But instead of choosing to end his own life, Mark chose to hide in a remote mine and pretend to be a slave.

That's right, disguise.

This is the only reasonable explanation that Zheng Yu guessed based on Mark's behavior.

This kind of behavior is completely opposite to the attitude of not being afraid of death that Mark showed just now. It can only mean one thing... Mark, an out-of-print skeletal humanoid creature, still has unfinished dreams.

Combined with the "messy" philosophical words that Mark said before, it can be judged that Mark's dream... is probably the unfinished business of his former master, that is, the historian.

Mark's reaction also told Zheng Yu that he had guessed correctly again.

There was some hesitation when seeing Mark.

Zheng Yu struck while the iron was hot and said: "Let's start with this city and do an experiment. I have plenty of strength, but I know nothing about this world."

"And you... are weak as hell, but you know better."

"cooperate?"

"In other words, what are you worried about?"

Zheng Yu really needs the history that Mark knows, which will be very helpful for him to pass the customs, and Zheng Yu believes that that history must be related to the skeleton giant and the god behind the skeleton giant.

Under the imperial prohibition, the only person who could understand this period of history and dare to tell him about it was probably the skeletal creature of Mark, a former historian.

Mark hesitated for a moment. He didn't want to say it, but he saw Zheng Yu's tone that he didn't want to lie.

I thought I had experienced Zheng Yu’s madness before.

Mark also knew very well that anyone who dared to go against the empire must be a madman.

Obviously, Zheng Yu fits this kind of mental state, and Mark really believes what he says.

But Mark still had concerns. He thought about it again and again, and then saw his somewhat stiff knees, which seemed normal to outsiders.

Only he knew that this was the aging of the skeleton.

He couldn't hold on for much longer.

Thinking of this, Mark put aside his hesitation and said to Zheng Yu: "Do you know why you were able to receive this task and find me?"

Zheng Yu shook his head.

He didn't even know how he received this task.

Mark smiled and said, "Because someone once said the same thing as you."

Zheng Yu said, "Is it the person who issued this mission?"

Mark nodded, "When I knew that this mission was issued from Free City, and the place you were going to take me to was Free City, I knew it must be him."

"Did he lie to you?"

"Not really, but he is not strong enough, and his courage is not enough. He can't do what he promised. I can't give him the book written by my master, so... I ran away."

"Didn't you say it was gone?"

Mark snorted, "Don't pretend. You used my master's dream to induce me, isn't it also for that book?"

Zheng Yu didn't pretend, "I really need it, and it should be more urgent than the person who caught you in Free City. After all, if such an important thing is really gone, you can't have the motivation to live."

Mark looked at Zheng Yu, "Do you know who that person is?"

"Tell me."

Zheng Yu also wanted to refer to the other party's strength.

Mark said, "It's the deputy city lord of Free City."

"Oh."

Zheng Yu nodded thoughtfully.

Mission target, got it!

Zheng Yu boldly guessed that the deputy city lord of this free city was most likely the important person who activated the second special mission.

Seeing Zheng Yu, who could still laugh after hearing the identity of "deputy city lord", Mark felt that he had really met a madman.

But... isn't this also good?

In this world, I'm afraid only madmen would do these things.

"By the way, you just mentioned two prohibitions, what is the third prohibition?" After Zheng Yu set the goal, he brought back the topic that Mark had not finished before.

Mark stared at Zheng Yu, "The third prohibition..."

"Once a creature that does not belong to this world is found, it must be reported to the empire as soon as possible. If it is hidden and not reported, it will be regarded as harboring."

"Death penalty..."

"In fact, this prohibition has always been regarded as a joke that can be ignored. After all... how can there be people from other worlds."

"Three prohibitions, it becomes two prohibitions."

"Until... I met you."

"Tsk."

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Two chapters in one, I get off work late tonight, and I don't have time to divide the chapters, so let's just leave it like this.

I would also like to thank "Human Game", "Ren Laodao of Erlongshan" and "Jinwu who likes bamboo chicken grass" for their gifts to the King of Gifts. Thank you, big guys. As for adding more chapters... I will definitely add more chapters when I have time during the holidays.