The train continues to move forward, and the journey is not over yet.
After handing the diseased bones to Mrs. Canaan, Xueming drove the large truck back to the complex where David Byrne was located——
——He didn’t wait for Hasbon and Meteor because there were more important things.
At seven o'clock in the morning, King Xin illuminated the entire fossil forest, and the hollow dome and the ground were connected into a silvery gray. Xueming opened the door of the office and saw David and Afeng who had just woken up.
They seemed to have had a good sleep and were full of energy. When they heard the sound of the door opening, they immediately rolled up from their chairs and did not try to fall asleep again.
Mr. Byrne: "The gunsmith."
Xueming raised her hand and asked Mr. Bourne to stop talking. He walked to Afeng, paid off all the wages of the small workers, and gave him an overtime pay.
"Help Mr. Byrne build his activity room. Please, I don't have the time to do these things."
Ah Feng was a little confused. After he realized what he was doing, he responded dully: "Oh! It's all on me! Mr. Boss, are you temporarily busy? Do you want to leave early?"
Xueming said to the two of them while taking off his coat.
"Yes, there is a mission."
Mr. Byrne immediately asked: "What mission? Can it be done?"
Halfway through the question, the security officer finally realized that he was talking too much and asked things he shouldn't have asked.
How can the mission of the Anonymous be something ordinary people can take care of?
Jiang Xueming didn't answer. He grabbed a set of carrying equipment from under the weapons cabinet, sent Mr. Bourne's eldest and youngest wives back, put on soft bulletproof vests, and got a rainproof plastic jacket from the closet without taking a helmet. He wore a cloth cloak and hid his face in the shadows.
Fangfeng settlement has not had a spiritual disaster caused by the crazy butterfly for several years. These spare weapons are all dusty and have a cold, damp musty smell. However, if the sunlight is warm enough, it will quickly kill the mold in the nylon material.
After picking through the weapons cabinet, Xueming finally took an antique gun for self-defense. It was a Sig Sauer P210. Looking at the nameplate on the trigger lock, it was an old thing from seventy years ago.
He pulled the slide and hooked it up, checked the status of the firearm, opened the drawer with familiarity, and took out thirty bullets from Mr. Byrne's inventory.
After filling the two boxes with bullets, Xue Ming greeted Bourne: "I'll pay you back later."
"Hey!" David Byrne wanted to say something else.
Jiang Xueming: "Can't bear to part with you?"
Mr. Byrne: "You should choose something more powerful!"
Jiang Xueming: "That's enough."
Just as Bourne was in a hurry, he rummaged through the private space under his desk, trying to find some private collections. He usually hid his dearest and most beloved wife under the desk to avoid being scolded by the two team members next door. Pig hand, wait until he looks up. The gunsmith disappeared like a ghost.
Mr. Byrne hurriedly looked for it, lying by the window and looking at the big truck——
——The truck made no movement. The gunsmith had no intention of driving away and was unwilling to reveal his next whereabouts.
"Young man, where is your boss? Do you know?"
Afeng was holding a cigarette in his mouth, with a confused look on his face: "I was going to have a refreshing cigarette just now. As soon as I lit it, he disappeared. Batman?"
"Oops, oops, oops! It's bad now!" Bourne only felt that a disaster was coming: "If he didn't report to the station, didn't plan to buy a ticket, and wandered around the underground world, reporters would immediately come to look for him. ! The gunsmith disappeared from my place."
The train leading to [DD·Death Couple Agency] is still the TOP5013 express train. Its VIP cabin belongs to David Victor.
However, Teacher Victor is not here at this moment, perhaps traveling elsewhere to collect materials. Xueming skipped the train to evade the fare, transferred to four stations, sneaked into Teacher Victor's VIP carriage, and headed towards the Death Puppet Agency.
He left in such a hurry to say goodbye without saying goodbye, to avoid the eyes of the ticketing system and the Transportation Department - this was all BOSS's instructions.
The purpose of going to Fangfeng Settlement was to get new equipment materials. On the outer surface of the diseased bones' box, Ao Mingde delivered a letter to Xueming in a document bag. The content of this letter made Xueming suddenly decide to go on the road alone.
He sat back on Teacher Victor's workbench, picked up two sterling silver paperweights, and spun them around in his hands, following the bright electric light source, spinning them around and around.
Reopening the document bag, he read the autographed letter left by Ao Mingde again.
"Jiang Xueming, I hope you can go to the core area of [Death Puppet Agency, Royal Court]. After David Victor's repeated surveys over the years, there is such a group of people in the inner city and the Royal Court ruins."
"They are Stardust Warriors, and they are also the people who have been on the front lines of the battlefield in obscurity during the United Nations' exploration project of the underground world since the establishment of the Philosopher Foundation."
"Perhaps you have already heard the information about these warriors from Jessica and Nanami, but these two sisters can only be regarded as safety officers in the ironworks area, and they know very little about the Stardust Warriors. I hope you Being able to get up close and personal with this group of people.”
"There are twelve barracks in the inner city. Victor did not visit all the areas. After going deep into the ruins of the royal court, in addition to the flower gallery greenhouse where King Medesin lived, there were also a bullring, a large bathhouse, an observatory, a bronze bell tower, and a courtyard courtyard. And Pankrasin Palace, in this ancient ruins, there are still many strange and terrifying creatures imprisoned by the dead runes."
“We don’t know who the owner of this palace was, but historians and paleontologists, as well as researchers from secret libraries all agree that it was most likely a mountain giant that escaped from Muspelheim or elsewhere. "
"It set up a palace here, became the emperor of mankind, and became the god worshiped by the dwarves."
"But the death runes on it affect all creatures in the area. The natural disaster in the Death Couple Agency was not caused by King Mads. It was just the giant's lingering and dying struggle before his death, which caused the earthquake to last for many years. "
"The mountain monsters and giant monsters that serve it are all its descendants. The mountain monsters hybridize with various wild beasts and give birth to many Chimera hybrid disaster beasts. This is also the origin of species in the natural ecology of the underground world. It is the crazy butterfly. One of the holy blood essences that the holy religion relies on for its survival."
"Before this mountain giant died completely, it had already begun to decay while it was still alive - the dead runes emitted outside polluted all the creatures within the royal court, and their time was fixed on a certain day."
"The disaster soon began to spread, and more and more humans became undead. They stayed in the city to maintain its original appearance, and fought against the monsters in the royal court who had lost their minds and were dominated by the fear of death— — Like the Soviets who stayed at the Red Star Mountain forward base."
"They themselves cannot be killed, and the same goes for monsters. Warriors have to deal with monsters that are huge, fast and powerful that far exceed Homo sapiens. At first, they had the support of equipment to seal these monsters in the ruins area, but gold, stone, and steel always decay. A day of decay.”
"These warriors began to use primitive tools to fight monsters. Without them, the Deathpuppet Mechanism would have become a no-man's land more than fifty years ago. This trade transit station will not only have its abbreviation downgraded, it will lose all value. , removed from the map.”
"Except for Victor and Mads, no expedition team has seen them. The city area of the Death Puppet Agency is very large. The people bound by the Dead Runes call them Stardust Warriors. I am only suggesting that you go there. In this place, learning combat skills to subdue demons from these warriors is not a requirement.”
"The engineers at the Iron Works can forge magic weapons for you because they have been engaged in the metallurgical industry for nearly a hundred years. The special environment of the Death Puppet Mechanism has created this unique skill of forging steel - the Stardust Warriors cannot leave the Death Puppet Mechanism and are immune to monsters. Naturally, you must be proficient in hunting skills, and you need this skill to fight against the demons of Shambhala."
"The Eternal One sows the seeds of power among the leaders of the Crazy Butterfly Holy Cult, and the psychic catalyst they use is the Egg of Chaos - speaking of this meatball, I have to tell you something off-topic."
"About the legend of the Cauldron of Dagda, the Holy Grail that can help people fulfill their wishes does exist, and I once obtained it."
"But it's not like you think. It's not a vessel, not a golden cup of twelve pyroxenes, but the contents of the golden cup. It's a huge aggregate of spiritual energy, and it's the long-cherished wish of billions of creatures."
"The power of common deeds among all living beings is very powerful, but the individual in comparison is so small. In the mortal world, there are many spectacular projects and many great discoveries, which are the result of the joint efforts of countless people - the cauldron of Dagda is like A spiritual energy collector, the original Xinwang saw its power, so he adopted the same configuration to simulate the sun."
"The same is true for the configuration of life itself. They do not conform to the laws of thermodynamics. In our behaviors of breathing, eating, sleeping, giving birth, etc., it is actually the collection and arrangement of energy. This is the reduction of entropy. But the birth of intelligent life is also It brings about an increase in entropy, which is very contradictory.”
"The entropy of the sun is much lower than that of the earth, so it shines on everything and makes all living beings equal."
"The same is true for the Cauldron of Dagda. It gathers complex spiritual energy into one place and turns it into pure will power, which allows me to complete a small ritual."
"I said this before the wishing cup - I hope that everyone in the world can be happy, healthy and happy."
"Now that sounds like a ridiculous wish, doesn't it?"
"Then if I tell you that before I made my wish, the average life span of dwarves was less than thirty-five years old, the mortality rate of children was 70%, and the mortality rate of women in childbirth was about 50%, what would you still say? Do you think so?"
"It seems like nothing happened. The Cauldron of Dagda did not respond to me. The pyroxene on the twelve-stone gold cup lost its spiritual power and turned into powder."
"It's a bit funny to say that I have always asked you to get rid of superstitions and superstitions, but it is difficult for me to fight against this inner demon. I have always believed that something must have happened. The moment I made my wish, something must have happened. Something has changed!"
“I don’t know how many years have passed, but when I look at this wish again today, it seems that it has always been working, but the realization process is a bit slow. Judging from my lifespan and observing this matter with the time scale of a ferocious beast, It doesn’t seem like much – but to humanity itself, it’s a big lie.”
"Let's go back to this Chaos Egg."
"It is exactly the same as the elemental structure of Dagda's Cauldron and Xinwang. This unlucky guy has been pursuing [the truth of life] before. If the ferocious beast also has personality and personality, it is a complete Riddler. It likes A chaotic environment, people who like to confuse right and wrong, make simple things complicated, and blur good and evil - it once caused trouble in the mortal world, was sanctioned, and was brought back to its original shape by unknown enthusiastic people."
"You also know that it has now become a flesh-and-blood POS machine. Its innate magical power can support the financial transaction system of the entire underground world. Its computing power can replace bloated banks, allowing people to pay for goods quickly and without any obstacles. flow to distant places to complete the settlement.”
"This is its way of seeking truth and its method of serving its sentence after being sanctioned - money is the most powerful symbol in the world. It is a psychic prop in modern society. Every time it is purchased and consumed, every time it is borrowed and repaid, Money is a ritual."
"The currency in hand is not money. It has been upgraded by people into various desires and various materials."
"The purchased consumer goods have also become the association of resentment and hatred, love and separation, lack of desire, greed, anger and ignorance."
"The Eternals quickly noticed this universal essence with powerful spiritual energy, controlled by the seed of chaos. They looked like a cult, but in fact they were commercial companies in nature and could not function like a commercial company. If you don’t measure it, it becomes a small workshop or a regional gang.”
"All kinds of desires are mixed together, fermented by props to realize desires, and turned into various human flesh businesses."
"But why do ordinary equivalents, why does money have such magic power?"
"I won't tell you any complicated theoretical knowledge here. In plain English - Jiang Xueming, the immortals are indeed very close to the Wishing Cup. Perhaps in Shambhala, they have gathered the necessary contents of the Holy Grail. Material. The enemies you have to face are demons and ghosts who use the eggs of chaos as their source of power."
"That's why I suggest you come to this place to find the Stardust Warriors. You are extremely efficient at killing humanoid creatures, but that doesn't mean you can deal with monsters that have completely lost their minds and don't know what fear is."
"My railway cannot extend to the other side of the ocean, and my blessing will be ineffective in that barren and savage land. Lady Luck will no longer favor the brave."
"On this journey, you have to be prepared to never come back. This is cruel, really cruel."
"Your children should be only seven years old, right? It seems a bit rushed. You are only thirty years old. I also hope that you can rest for a while, but the reality does not seem to allow it - Pellelini Tuon Head The Holy Grail inside does not lie, these immortals really want to use this power to make a comeback. It is like a time bomb that will explode at any time."
"Including the royal court area of the ancestral palace, it is also an extremely dangerous and unknown area. I hope you can keep a low profile and don't tell anyone where you have gone. For the passengers, they will always follow the VIPs. Behind the scenes, we are not afraid of death threats at all.”
"I won't talk about this matter with 9527. Before you come back, no one will know that you are going to study and practice. This journey will be very lonely, with only your soul power by your side."
"I saw FE204863 again in the mission combat record of Shinto City. This made me wonder whether this high-dimensional creature has become your patron saint - he is like a father who dotes on his baby. Correcting your world line. Maybe the journey to Shambhala is also a near miss, which is the best outcome."
"But who knows? We can't keep asking for blessings from the gods, right?"
There was only a question at the end of the letter. It seemed that BOSS was not sure about this journey.
It was rare for this cat to talk about the past in such a serious tone. Xueming had always thought that BOSS had positioned himself very accurately, as a comedy mascot character similar to a comedian.
It can be seen from this letter that Aohen Mingde is still too conservative, and his words are very restrained. He hopes Xueming can understand the seriousness of the situation, but does not want to cause him mental pressure.
But when the word Dagda's Cauldron came up, it was like a nuclear bomb.
It can almost change the history of mankind, although the whole process is very slow - BOSS also said that this Holy Grail is probably fake, but who knows whether it is really effective? What if it were true? The dwarves in the underground world can come out of the crypt and become the dominant creatures in the underground world. Can this be accomplished with just one wish?
This thing itself is full of meaning of nothingness, as if all the efforts of Homo sapiens are God's arrangement.
Jiang Xueming thought that his brain was not very good, so he automatically blocked these words. Focus your attention on the Eternal One.
These guys use the power of chaos. In that remote area of barren mountains and rivers, Wood Plaque comes from here, and Luo Ping'an also comes from here. Their soul power and combat skills are terrifyingly strong. It can be seen that Shambhala's The local monsters are no good either.
He must follow the BOSS's instructions and go to the Royal Court to practice a level - it has been too long since he beat the Incarnation Butterfly. As for the derivatives of the Incarnation Butterfly, the last time he beat an apostle violently was two years ago.
He couldn't refuse this kind of mission. You must know that there are many VIPs in the station system. Although these psykers have soul power, their functions must be distinguished. Not everyone is suitable for combat-that's what Anonymous Doe does.
With this in mind, he called Ahao.
"Xiao Hao."
"Ah! Teacher! Me"
"Don't talk for now. I don't blame you. I took so long to contact you because I think the defeat in the Luna Cup should have affected your mood."
"Hahahaha! No, no! No!"
On the other side of the phone, Shao Jinghao smiled and started crying.
"Hahahaha. Hehehehehehehe! Why do you want to hurt me!~"
Jiang Xueming smiled and apologized: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned this, haha."
Ahao's crying became more and more intense: "It's my fault! My fault! I'm too weak!~~"
Jiang Xueming: "Hao, let me tell you something."
Ahao finally regained some energy: "Yeah."
"I also want to have a training match with you so that we can learn from each other." Jiang Xueming said this while playing with Teacher Victor's paperweight. Sitting in this position, he could finally fully understand David Victor's mood.
Brother Hao immediately refused: "No! Every time I lose to you, I feel so unwilling! It seems like it's just a little bit close! I can win just a little bit short! It's like this every time!"
"Actually." Xueming felt a little speechless. He licked his lips and thought for a long time before finally speaking: "Actually, I hope you can win."
Shao Jinghao seemed to feel the teacher's anxiety before he could ask.
Jiang Xueming immediately added: "I hope you can win, you are twenty years old. I really really hope you can win - you are the future."
Shao Jinghao: "Teacher, where are you?"
Jiang Xueming casually reported the station: "I'm in District 71. Listen to the sound of the cold wind. It's too cold here. If I feel bored outside, I'll call you one by one."
"Teacher, you are so weird!" Brother Hao hung up the phone before he finished speaking.
Jiang Xueming dialed Daniel again——
"——How are your recent studies and practice?"
Daniel was still in the bathhouse, and when his waterproof smart watch lit up and the call indicated it was a gunsmith, he immediately ran out with a bath towel in hand.
"Teacher! Do you have something important to tell me?"
The young man looked serious and held up his mobile phone to ensure the best call quality.
Jiang Xueming: "Little Fragelak, I'm on a mission outside and just wanted to give you a call to ask how you are doing."
"Oh" Daniel looked dull and said immediately: "I have never been able to control the muzzle jump of the young eagle within nine degrees. It is like a fierce horse. Teacher, I am even a little frustrated. You did it for me. The weapon seemed to be insulting me, it was laughing at me, and I felt like a waste."
Jiang Xueming: "You need some patience, and you must remember to sleep. The human brain is very strange. If you don't get enough rest, you won't be able to form muscle memory. It's like learning to play a musical instrument, playing the piano or playing the guitar. This gun is very suitable for your hand—— I won’t get the wrong person.”
Daniel: "Yeah"
Jiang Xueming: "There are many, many lessons. You will not become stronger immediately after practicing. We can only feel the subtle changes the next day after a good sleep. Don't be anxious. It will be faster if you take your time."
Daniel: "Can I beat Marley Perrault? Teacher, I have been reviewing the match reports of the Luna Cup before, and the more I read, the weaker I am."
Jiang Xueming: "I hope you can win."
Daniel: "Really!"
Jiang Xueming: "I hope you can beat me, little Fragelak, I just hope you can beat me. Don't compete with Marley, you are different."
Daniel was thoughtful, but before he could ask, the phone hung up again.
Jiang Xueming called the Hedland Hotel——
——The front desk transferred the call to the attendant, Mrs. Kelly.
"Mrs. Kelly, can you hand the phone to Marley for me?"
"Oh!" A baby's cry came from the other end of the phone. It seemed that little Barton had just woken up. The cry was very strange. It was an eight or nine-year-old child who was still learning to talk. Mrs. Kelly handed the phone to the person in the entertainment room. Marley's hand.
This kid lost an arm and took the initiative to seal the power of the eye of the storm. Pellerini's physical eyes never left his body, and he despised this super power.
Marley Perrault was surprised when he received the call from the gunsmith. When he received the freezer, he didn't understand what was inside at first. He saw clearly the fingers inside and the letter written by the gunsmith. , and hid in the VIP private confinement room and cried for a while.
His tone was trembling, and he didn't know how to address the gunsmith. He had never received personal instruction from a gunsmith, but in the end he said -
"--teacher"
Jiang Xueming: "Are you adaptable to the environment in Hedland?"
Marley: "I don't know. I'm not sure."
"Strange places always make people feel scared." Jiang Xueming put down the paperweight and continued: "The holy blood in your body will make you overly sensitive, and you will get better soon."
Marley: "Me me."
Jiang Xueming: "Don't let fear destroy you, Marley. I didn't give you the chance to survive. It was you who saved yourself - I think you should have a more important mission."
Marley: "Can I do it? Teacher, I don't know. I heard from Mrs. Kelly that I have to stay here for eight years. Even if I get a reduced sentence for good behavior, it will be at least five years. Who will I be in five years?" ?”
"You have the final say." Jiang Xueming interrupted: "Next time the knights compete, I hope you can do your best. Don't ask me to borrow a gun to commit suicide."
"I'm sorry." Marley lowered his head. Even if the gunsmith couldn't see it, he still had this submissive look.
Jiang Xueming: "I hope you can win, Marley Perrault - I hope you can win. Even I can't win. You have to go to the underground world to find rare treasures, resurrect your loved ones, and have a sense of yourself." Explain, I'm afraid this will be very difficult, and I can't bring the dead back to life. You have to win over me and then go see the outside world."
Before Marley could reply, Jiang Xueming hung up the phone in advance, removed the phone sim card, and stuffed it into Teacher Victor's desk. To avoid being traced to the specific location by the station’s communication network.
He stuffed the remaining cigarettes into it. After the expedition, while waiting for the fish to take the bait, his anxiety forced him to develop the bad habit of smoking - this time he had to put down the cigarettes and the short-term pleasure. .
Waiting quietly for the train to arrive.
(End of chapter)
