Chapter 568 Chapter 565 Blessings and Disasters
Master Lich shook his finger, and Zhuang Xuteng could finally regain control of his body. The wounds caused by the fall have scabbed over, and the muscles that have been in a fixed position for a long time are beginning to ache, but these are only minor problems. The countdown to the destruction of the world hanging above my hometown is the big problem.
According to the irresponsible inference of the Lich Master, the Wall of Sighs will last for another five hundred years at most. Five hundred years later, the Wall of Sighs will shrink into the interior of its basic magic circle in the process of continuous "shrinking". Once the magic circle is exposed, the power of erosion will destroy the magic circle, so the Wall of Sighs cannot be maintained.
When he originally designed and built the Wall of Sighs, Master Lich fully considered the possibility of the protective array being destroyed from within. Therefore, he also designed protective measures for the array itself, which was as strong as the Sighing Array itself. The Lich Master frankly admitted that even if he wanted to destroy the foundation of the magic circle, he would have to use all his magic power to bombard it day and night, every second, and it would be difficult to penetrate it in three to five hundred years.
"Although my spell ability is very strong, my personal power is nothing compared to the mighty force of the collapse of heaven and earth. The power of eclipse seems to me quite clumsy, but its total amount is too large and it can continue. When the whole When the world's destructive power is concentrated on the protective measures of the magic circle, my three to five hundred years of work may be completed in one year. Therefore, I only need to wait and do not need to do anything else."
Zhuang Xuteng asked Master Lich to strengthen the Wall of Sighs, and received a direct, irrefutable and helpless answer.
"In order to preserve the last memory, I have already exhausted all ways to strengthen the Wall of Sighs. If there is still a way, I have tried it in the past hundreds of years. The World Death Curse Array is my biggest failure, but it is not My only failure. I can't slow down the countdown, and I can't speed up the countdown, which makes me feel like a waste. Fortunately, I can live a long time and still have a chance to see the day of destruction."
With Zhuang Xuteng's magic ability, he was unable to have any influence on the Wall of Sighs. Even if he destroys himself and annihilates the Lich Master together, he cannot speed up or slow down the countdown to the destruction of the Wall of Sighs.
"Zhuang Xuteng, you are very smart. You may want to hand me over to the company for research, hoping that the company's research power can figure it out and try to delay the destruction of the Wall of Sighs, or even persuade them to stop all activities in the Shadow Realm." Lich The master shook his head and said: "No matter how you design it, I have no real physical existence, so I can completely destroy myself with just a thought, much faster than you using the disintegration effect."
The Lich Master looked around the last town and said in a calm tone: "A countdown to destroy the world, although it is not as good as revenge with my own hands, but I can accept it, so I have fulfilled my greatest wish and accepted death calmly. I am sure I will never let the company humiliate me again, so you can never use me as a gift or evidence to negotiate with the company..."
Zhuang Xuteng raised his middle finger towards Master Lich and said, "I will think of various ways to solve the problem, but I will not collude with the company, let alone betray you to the company. You can rest assured of this."
"If the company is willing to hand over your brother's murderer and all those responsible, restore his reputation, and give the automotive industry completely to you, will you forgive the company and cooperate with it?"
Zhuang Xuteng was stunned. A proud person would probably deny it immediately and say, "Impossible, no matter how much money you have!" Zhuang Xuteng did not rush to answer, but fully respected the question and thought about it carefully.
"This condition makes me very excited. I will think about it carefully and make the same choice as now: I refuse." Zhuang Xuteng spread his hands and said, "My brother is dead. Since I have the ability, it is mine to avenge him. Responsibility. I will only stop if my brother asks me to stop - I don't have the right to forgive on my brother's behalf. Well... I thought about it carefully just now, and my hatred is not that strong. It just can’t be eliminated or covered up.”
"After your question came out just now, I also asked myself: If the company gives me more, will I be shaken? Is it true that I can never be bribed?" Zhuang Xuteng looked up at the sky and sighed. , said: "Then I realized that I was very stupid: This issue should be left to the company to think about; how can I figure out how to bribe myself for them? I can definitely find a way to bribe myself, but this does not mean that they will pay that price. ”
"You don't call this stupid, you call it sober - it seems that long-term spell learning has successfully improved your wisdom." Master Lich said: "In fact, you don't need to worry about things in five hundred years. In these one hundred years , take good care of your family while you are alive; when you die, I will use your remaining body to take care of them. If you don’t have longevity species, the people you want to take care of now will be gone in the next two hundred years. The people are beyond the scope of your understanding, and you no longer have emotional sustenance and responsibility for them.”
"I still think it's best not to destroy the world." Zhuang Xuteng said: "If it is going to be destroyed sooner or later, it is better to do it later."
Master Lich nodded and said: "I completely understand how you feel, but this matter will not change based on your thoughts. I have learned so many spells and can use my will to distort reality and reverse life and death, but the world is too big. If an individual is too small, the world will not work according to his wishes.”
"How I wish to reverse the destruction of the world..." The Lich Master lowered his head and looked at the small space under his feet. "This idea of mine is so strong that it can even make me, a lich, dream in broad daylight. I dreamed that I had a choice, and that choice said: If you give up destroying the world, your world will return because of your kindness and generosity. I... I really want to live in that dream."
For the undead, living in a dream is equivalent to denying reality, and the price is to be reduced to ashes. The Lich Master's body is extremely strong, but also extremely fragile. The two states are separated by only a thought of his.
"I can't live in a dream, and neither can you." The Lich Master said, "What do you want to do next? How do you plan to do it?"
"Find an isolation suit, take a spoon out, and then go home. It shouldn't be difficult to get another piece of clothing? This world has been cursed by your death... Wait!" Zhuang Xuteng suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "The people in the company's pioneering team should all have died outside, right? Can their implants be removed? I was only paralyzed for more than a day. As long as the isolation suits don't stop working, their bodies should still be intact!"
The Lich Master's spells only kill living things and don't hurt objects, so the isolation suits of the pioneering team members should still be intact, but whether they are still working depends on the remaining power. When the wearer is injured or sick, the isolation suit can also provide emergency treatment and will continue to call for rescue. With such a huge change in the shadow world this time, the company will definitely send investigators to carry out various actions, including recovering the mine, and certainly including recovering the body. Now it depends on who moves faster.
Collecting these implants is not for money, but to accumulate strength. The pioneering team uses the highest level of implants within the company, representing the company's highest level of combat effectiveness. There is no other chance to get them except this time. Even if they don't use it for themselves, giving it to people who want to threaten and destroy the company can also share the pressure for Zhuang Xuteng.
Picking up corpses is a compulsory course for necromancers. There is only technology involved, not morality. After analysis, the two believed that although there are many people in the mine, it is too close to the shadow world channel, and the company's forces will be the first to support. Moreover, the proportion of high-end combat power in the mine is relatively small, and the collection value is not as high as that of the pioneer team.
If they go to the mine, they will definitely be disappointed that they can hardly find corpses. Based on the principle of proximity first, the Lich Master took Zhuang Xuteng out of the Wall of Sighs, overlooking the earth from a high altitude, and searching for shadow signals with the Shadow Eye. They locked the target effortlessly, and their efficiency was far higher than that of the vultures searching for rotten corpses.
Two vultures-no, two people landed next to the corpse. Zhuang Xuteng took out the armor-breaking hammer and prepared to take action, but the Lich Master stopped him. "If you destroy the isolation suit, they will be suspicious. I can locate the teleportation and send the body out directly."
"Can I only teleport the body? Great! But please don't tell me why I practice this skill. By the way, wait a moment, I will exhaust the power of the isolation suit first, so that it can't record information." Zhuang Xuteng shook his head, first used the perception tentacles, found the shadow batteries in the isolation suit, and quickly drained them.
Without energy, the isolation suit stopped working immediately, so it could no longer record the various changes of the "contents". The lich master then showed his superb control ability and teleported the body inside without destroying the isolation suit.
Since the installation of high-speed high-explosive implants and the sending of several implants, Zhuang Xuteng has had several empty containers around him, and now they are filled with implants removed from the company's enhanced people. They dismantled a total of four bodies, and the lich master burned the remains with magic, leaving no clues for the company. They believed that the company must know the location of these isolation suits and would definitely come to find them later. As for what associations the company's investigators would have when looking at the four empty shell isolation suits, that was not something they could worry about.
After the two of them became invisible, they teleported to the vicinity of the mine and found that the company's people had established a forward position relying on the Shadow Realm portal. They were laying a slide rail system, and the researchers would advance wherever they laid it. Each researcher had a grappling hook on his waist, which could be hung on the track at any time, and use the high-speed track to return to the entrance of the Shadow Realm channel in a short time to carry out emergency evacuation.
"The company's response speed is so fast..." Zhuang Xuteng couldn't help but sigh, and then followed the invisible Lich Master into the mine factory. He used the same trick again, and after finding the isolation suit, he first sucked out the battery, and then teleported away with the clothes. Anyway, the isolation suit without energy can also play a protective role in a short time, and it should not be a problem to take a spoon out.
Zhuang Xuteng stood in the dirty culvert again. After recovering from the dizziness of teleportation, he opened his helmet and took a deep breath. There was not only a real stench in the air, but also an ethereal smell of rusted metal, which came from an old clock that was counting down for five hundred years. Zhuang Xuteng waved his hand, hid the exit, and then left the culvert. He looked up at the gray sky, trying to distinguish it from the dead silence of the shadow world. He found that it was a bit difficult.
"I must have eaten too much porridge." Zhuang Xuteng took off his isolation suit, packed up his belongings, and destroyed the isolation suit according to the method used last time. After that, he secretly jumped onto a container transport truck entering the city by the road, hid in the shadows, and drove to the capital Constitution City.
There was no way. If he wanted to go back to Peicheng, he could only go to the city to find long-distance transportation.
Although it has been more than eight months since he left Peicheng, and it feels like the past events should be over, Zhuang Xuteng still thinks that he should not make a fuss about it. Without knowing the specific situation, it is not a good idea to take a train or a plane. Driving back is a better choice. Whether in Peicheng or in the capital, the used car industry is always ready to provide services. Zhuang Xuteng did not need to look for it specifically. On the way into the city, he saw a used car shop of a decent size on the side of the road, so he jumped out of the car directly.
"Hao Zai Lai Vehicle Appreciation Center? Talented people, they actually gave it this name..." Zhuang Xuteng came to the gate of the yard where various vehicles were parked, looked around, and saw no one. "It shouldn't be! The lights are on, the yard is quite clean, and it's noon, why are there no customers and no service staff?"
It can't be a trap set by the company for him, right? Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and shook off this overly narcissistic idea. He searched for a while and found the comprehensive service room of "Hao Zai Lai" - a tin house with an area equivalent to twelve containers - with a neon sign hanging crookedly on its outer wall. Only one-third of the light was still on, and the lit and unlit parts together said a few words: For service, press the button.
It seemed that the sign was not installed firmly and fell down, and it was only because of the tension of the wire that it did not fall to the ground. This piece of wire left the last light on the sign, and successfully led Zhuang Xuteng over. At the corner of the outer wall support column, Zhuang Xuteng found the button and pressed it hard.
The resentful spirit jelly told him that a "refrigerator" in the house that was originally completely closed was opened, and an executive puppet walked out. It was wearing an orange-yellow work suit of "Hao Zai Lai", and its dress was the same as the employees in the photos on the wall. It was just that the employees in the photos all had enthusiastic smiles full of professionalism, while the entire head of the executive puppet was completely covered by a helmet with seven or eight antennas erected on the helmet.
"Welcome to Hao Zai Lai, I am the number one sales consultant, dedicated to providing you with service." The executive puppet pushed open the door and walked out. After finding Zhuang Xuteng, he approached while speaking, and his voice was mechanical and clear. "Please state the service you need. If you need manual intervention, please say you need manual intervention."
"You need manual intervention." Zhuang Xuteng looked around and confirmed that this was not an ambush, so he called for manual intervention.
The execution puppet said please wait a moment and began to whistle. Its whistle level was very average. Zhuang Xuteng tried hard to distinguish it, but he was only 70% sure that it was "The Generation of Gunfire" by Bai Moji. Accompanied by the poor whistle music, the execution puppet would say "Please wait a moment, trying to connect. If you don't want to wait, you can always let the execution puppet serve you."
About twelve minutes later, the execution puppet suddenly stopped whistling, its body trembled, and the antenna on its head flashed lights. With apparently uncoordinated arm movements, the puppet straightened his chest and took a "deep breath", then said to Zhuang Xuteng: "Ah, sorry, the signal is not good, the connection speed is slow, I am a little late. Sir, how can I help you?"
"I want to buy a car and go on a spontaneous trip." Zhuang Xuteng said: "I don't want complicated procedures to delay my time, and I don't want unexpected situations on the road to affect my mood. Do you have any good recommendations?"