After confirming that the target was completely engulfed by the bucket-thick blue pulse beam, Booker looked at the explosion flames rising into the sky and directly pulled his right arm out of the burning "Gorgon" hand cannon. come out.
Countless pipelines connected to the arm all fell off, and the condensed gas sprayed from the interface shook the pipelines and danced like snake heads in mid-air, making a "hissing" sound.
Sparks flew out the moment Booker's entire robotic arm was pulled out. Countless burned parts fell off like debris, and the microwave transmitter as the core had already been melted away.
It can be said that the price of this shot is extremely huge.
To integrate a weapon with such astonishing destructive power to the extent that one person can carry it, in order to ensure its normal operation, a lot of safety is naturally sacrificed.
Therefore, the "Gorgon" form of the Aegis Combat Module is equivalent to Booker's last resort in the current adjustment depth - the kind that will not be used unless it is absolutely necessary.
"Is the knot... over?"
Booker confirmed nervously.
If they don't die even from this, then they can basically be declared doomed.
"It's over, probably..."
On the other side, Liao Qi, who was clinging to the warehouse shelf with his mantis knife, looked at the fire and muttered to himself.
At this moment, Jiang Zhou had confirmed the fact that Wutou-23's stand-in program had been completely destroyed through the "hacker's eye" vision.
As Liao Qi's words fell, the countdown in the middle of Booker's field of vision immediately stopped. This made the latter let out a long sigh of relief, and his tense nerves relaxed.
"Then let's do it next..."
Booker said, turning to look at Mr. Paradox beside him.
At this moment, the human figure composed of countless color blocks was still standing in place, making no further movements or speaking.
"Congratulations……"
After several more seconds, "Paradox" slowly spoke.
His tone when he spoke was as joyless as usual, and he sounded a little absent-minded.
Seeing this, Booker immediately shut his mouth and waited for the other party's next instructions.
However, after "Paradox" said those words, he fell into silence for a long time - he just stared back and forth at the battlefield, as if assessing the outcome of this trial. And this made Booker feel even more nervous.
Of course, what Booker doesn't know is that Jiang Zhou is not pretending to be sophisticated at this moment, but is turning his brain crazily, thinking about how he should solve this matter...
They were dragged to the Abyss Dark Web for a "trial" and arranged such a strong "opponent"... But Jiang Zhou was not prepared for equal rewards at all.
You know, in Booker's understanding, the last time Liao Qi came to participate in the trial alone, he brought back several Depth 4 technology blueprints, including two grams of antimatter.
So this time, what do I need to give them as reward to continue to ensure my enigmatic image?
The answer is, no.
Now I only have some weapons and equipment brought from the warehouse of Pluto Deep Diving Company. And finally Aconite-23 gave him the printing permission for the adjustment and transformation of Path of Theseus Depth 2.
These things, as a reward for killing a depth 4 opponent in the trial, are hard to come by...
Of course, I had never promised before that the so-called trial would definitely give me a full reward. In fact, there is no big problem in sending the other self and Booker back like this.
But doing so is undoubtedly inconsistent with the inscrutable image he has actively created before, which may cause Booker to feel something is wrong.
At this moment, Jiang Zhou felt as if he had become the boss of a company with a huge amount of debt and a shortage of cash flow. After the employees under me worked hard to complete a big order, they were speechless in front of the heroes who were looking forward to dividends from the project.
It’s all my fault that when I recruited people the first two times, my tone was too high and the picture was too big...
However, the house leaked and it rained all night. Before Jiang Zhou could figure out a solution, two people were quickly approaching them on the activity map displayed in the eye movement interface.
Black Falcon-136, and Chinatsu Sakura.
They had already moved towards this warehouse a long time ago. Probably because of the movement caused by Booker's previous "Gorgon" shot, they now found the right direction.
Seeing that the two people were close enough, Jiang Zhou could only grit his teeth and said:
"Then now, you can return to the lower realm of the physical layer."
After saying that, without giving Booker any time to notice any clues, Jiang Zhou directly cut off the internet for the two of them.
Less than twenty seconds after they disappeared, Black Falcon-136 and Chinatsu Sakura appeared within visual distance.
Qianxia Ying was waving towards Jiang Zhou, indicating that they had seen him.
…………
As their consciousness emerged from the vast sea of data, both Liao Qi and Booker suddenly opened their eyes and stood up from the recliner.
"Are you really sure that you were just looking at the technology blueprint?"
Winston, who rested his chin on the desk, was looking at them with curiosity.
He spoke in a slurred voice because it was difficult to open his mouth.
Because they really couldn't find any good reason to lay off this technician, when Jiang Zhou and Booker connected the multi-purpose printer, they lied that they were using the printer to check the technology blueprint the organization had just purchased.
However, considering that both of them were sweating profusely after waking up (both of them had sweat glands on their heads), Winston on the side was really confused - it was just a technical blueprint appraisal, as for being so nervous Excited?
"This is quite a load on the brain. You will know when you become an adjuster."
Booker said dryly while unplugging the data cable.
As he spoke, he also winked at Jiang Zhou, gesturing for the latter to follow him.
"No, dear leader, please spare me. I grew up in a Protestant family, so I had this electronic lung. When I got home, my parents would say that I couldn't go to heaven."
Winston protested, tapping his finger on his chest.
In response, Booker and Liao Qi just said a few casual words and left in a hurry.
The two of them were silent all the way, and quickly walked to the abandoned factory where the weapon performance was previously tested. To be on the safe side, Booker also took out a low-power silent realm generator, until all surrounding signals within a radius of 100 meters were blocked. , he opened his mouth and said:
"You feel……"
But before Booker even finished asking the question, Jiang Zhou preemptively said:
"I didn't expect that Mr. Paradox didn't give us any reward for this trial."
By raising this issue on his own initiative, he could at least ensure that the identity of "Liao Qi" would not be suspected.
But at this, Booker was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"No reward? No, no, no, Mr. Paradox has given us a priceless reward."
But this time, it was Jiang Zhou who was stunned.
What?
What did I give?
Seeing the puzzled expression on Liao Qi's face, Booker continued:
"Mr. Paradox, you have told us the location of the second universal printer... This is much more important than giving some printing permissions that we cannot use temporarily."
"Where?"
After hearing what he said, Jiang Zhou quickly asked.
"Theseus Warehouse, Storage Room J-0001."
Booker couldn't hold back his excitement and replied.
(End of chapter)
