New Year's Eve night.
The lights around Shushan are brightly lit. Shushan High School, Kaifu Temple and other areas are all rolling up their sleeves and working hard.
The top of Shushan Mountain is also brightly lit.
In the middle and upper floors of the Palace of Purity, about a hundred people were sitting behind a long and sumptuous table. They all had their heads lowered and their eyes closed, not knowing what they were doing.
In the aisles between many long tables.
Young girls in cheongsam and muscular men in black suits were walking back and forth holding trays.
Some of the trays are placed with dishes, while others are placed with tobacco, alcohol and other items.
These things were placed on the table one by one by the waiters.
If it were in the past, someone might have taken the opportunity to touch a passing waiter and make some obscene remarks, causing other people present to applaud, laugh and comment.
But since a few days ago, the high priest killed a middle-class female who wanted to have sex with a handsome man while she was drunk, everyone has acted honestly.
Afterwards, the high priest also educated Fan Zhong: In troubled times, heavy scriptures should be used!
Time passed slowly, and everything was placed on the table, including food, drinks, and cigarettes.
But everyone who was seated still maintained that posture and remained motionless.
It wasn't until there was a sound of scraping iron doors coming from the weather observation station at the top of the viewing platform that everyone opened their eyes and looked sideways at it.
The high priest, wearing a towering hat and holding a long staff, slowly walked out of the weather observatory that had been transformed into a meditation auditorium.
Behind him was an expressionless bearded man: Fan Zhong.
"The master of the palace has given orders, we can start celebrating!"
The high priest raised his scepter and his voice rang in everyone's ears: "Praise the Lord of the Temple!"
Everyone who heard the sound bowed their heads and closed their eyes in unison again: "Praise the Lord of the Palace!"
Then when he opened his eyes again, the viewing platform suddenly became lively.
The banquet turned from quiet to a noisy vegetable market in an instant. The high priest said softly: "Fan Zhong, please go take a seat and have a few drinks with the directors of each department on behalf of me."
Fan Zhong nodded and walked towards the banquet crowd.
The high priest walked alone to the edge of the viewing platform.
Until he came to the seat where Qi Lin often sat.
The high priest then stopped and silently took out a piece of compressed biscuit from his arms and chewed it alone.
Everyone in the Palace of Purity knew that the high priest never ate with them.
The high priest only eats two meals a day, both of which are compressed biscuits and mineral water.
This kind of dietary treatment is not even comparable to the middle-level armed personnel down the mountain who are not qualified to go up the mountain.
At the beginning, some people were secretly commenting on the high priest: The high priest is not a human being!
Except for occasionally going to the Jade Lady Division to listen to music, everyone in the Palace of Purity could not find anything to criticize about the high priest.
And even if he goes to listen to music, the high priest still spends contribution points.
Never do it for free.
The high priest's example-setting behavior, coupled with the planning and establishment of various hope projects for tomorrow, have been unanimously praised by believers.
But the high priest had a quirk.
In addition to going to the meditation hall to pray and ask the hall master for enlightenment.
The high priest likes to eat standing on the edge of the observation deck, chewing compressed biscuits and drinking mineral water.
After finishing the meal in about a minute,
The high priest would put one hand behind his back and hold a staff in the other and look quietly towards the center of the city.
No one knew what the high priest was thinking.
Except Fan Zhong
Fan Zhong knew where the high priest's various behaviors came from.
All of this is the high priest imitating the skeleton!
Speculating about skeletons!
Imitation is to become stronger and to be valuable to the skeletons.
Presumably, this is to prevent the day of reckoning from coming.
When first going up the mountain, the high priest discovered it by counting the supplies.
Among the materials that were sorted and coded, compressed biscuits and high-calorie foods were all taken away.
However, a series of supplies, such as roasted chicken and beer, were all left behind.
After all, he escaped from the mountain to the mountainside, and he knew what supplies were on the mountain.
In the eyes of the high priest, this shows one thing: skeletons are not greedy for material enjoyment.
Moreover, the high priest also discovered that there were footprints left by bronze bones on the ground at the edge of the observation deck!
He didn't know that the footprints were left by Qi Lin when he was dealing with the disguised corpse beast.
The high priest only knew that there were footprints there, and that there were a few marks left by arrows on the cement floor about a few dozen meters away from the entrance to the descent opposite the footprints.
It means that someone was killed by the arrow, and then the skeleton on the edge of the observation deck rushed to finish the shot.
What are the skeletons on the edge of the observation deck for?
That's the fringe, why are there skeletons?
If it's for protection, you should stand at the entrance to the mountain, right?
Of all the possible answers, only one that the High Priest felt was the most true: Skeletons like to stay at the edge of the observation deck!
There are also some heavy blood stains remaining near the edge of the observation deck.
The high priest judged that it should be caused by the accumulation of corpses.
Although the high priest has never gone up the mountain, from these traces, he can roughly judge that the skeleton likes to stay at the edge of the observation deck.
The high priest has been thinking about a question: Why?
Why do skeletons like to stay here?
Isn't it cold here?
Some time ago it happened to be a busy day at Weird University. Why did he stay at the edge of the observation deck?
"Could it be."
The high priest stood in front of the place where Qi Lin once sat, silently looking at the city center in the distance. He looked up and saw the thick white fog blocking it.
He was moved in his heart and murmured: "Could it be that there are hills and valleys in my heart, and mountains and rivers in my eyes?"
"really!"
"Extraordinary people really cannot be judged by common sense!"
For a moment, a hint of emotion appeared on the high priest's face. He felt as if he was getting a little closer to the skeleton!
This is a good thing!
In fact, the high priest’s speculation was completely wrong;
What he didn't know was that Qi Lin was sitting here just for safety.
Because this is just the end of the observation deck, and there is a steep mountain below. If there is an enemy attack, most of them will come from the main road up the mountain, which is the opposite end of this location, or from the other two directions halfway up the mountain. Touch it up.
Among the four directions, only this direction is safer.
That's why Qi Lin sat here. By the way, he could look at the direction of the city center and deduce the progress of the army through the explosions and flames there.
This is the reason why Qi Lin has been sitting here.
But the high priest obviously didn't think so at the moment.
He felt that the skeleton must have a deep meaning sitting here!
That is: there are mountains and valleys in the heart, and mountains and rivers in the eyes!
The high priest, who was trying to take another step forward with the skeleton man, suddenly thought of the young man who said, "Please come down from the mountain."
The high priest had met Qi Lin before. When Qi Lin said: Please come down the mountain, even though Qi Lin was wearing a mask and a hat, the high priest could still see the outline of his face and eyes.
Just by that glance!
Just that one look!
The high priest judged that he should be a young man!
I am too old to reach my early twenties!
But his eyes, which were covered with red bloodshot eyes, felt full of anger.
He doesn't look like a young man who has just entered society.
Instead, he looks like a middle-aged man who has been at the bottom of society for a long time but has not lost his fighting spirit.
At first, the high priest had guessed that the young man was the skeleton man.
But later, this speculation was rejected by the high priest.
The reason is simple, those skeletons have melee and ranged abilities.
If it is the chosen one, it can only mean that he is lucky and has two skills!
Not to mention that the high priest never believed in luck, he only believed that seeing is believing.
Moreover, these two kinds of skeletons will evolve!
Those with swords, those with swords and shields, those with bows and arrows have more arrows in their quivers!
Most people don't know the existence of professionals. They only know that someone has touched the golden ball of light and has legendary and enviable talents.
In addition, professionals, hidden professionals, god level, etc. are not things they can know now.
The high priest, trapped in the information cocoon, quickly determined that the young man was not a skeleton.
"Looking at the behavior of those skeletons carrying his sedan chair, they must be the horse boys chosen by the skeletons!"
The high priest frowned for a moment, "No, I have to work harder. I can only be the spokesperson of the skeleton! If necessary, assassinate that horse boy!"
"The various expansions of the Palace of Purity and contacts with other forces must also be accelerated!"
"People must have existence value so that they will not be liquidated."
While the high priest was thinking, a gunman wearing black clothing with two stripes on his chest came to report.
The military is coming!
The high priest was overjoyed when he heard the news.
The military that gave Dongxi Laoguangliang another gift of wealth!
The gunman looked at the high priest and gasped with excitement: "It's a major general!"
Be good!
It’s so wise to follow the Palace of Purity!
Major generals from the military came to visit!
Looking at the entire southern Zhili, who is so honored? ! !
The military must be here to deliver something again this time! ! !
The gunmen looked excited and proud.
It was as if the military had come to visit him.
Halfway up the Shu Mountain, the high priest ordered some trees to be cut down and a new platform built.
The high priest inherited Qi Lin's fine style. Except for major events, only senior officials of the Palace of Purity can go to the top platform.
The rest of the people, without permission, broke into the top of the mountain and were shot without mercy!
At this moment, a thin man in military uniform was looking around with interest.
Many defense fortifications were erected around the platform halfway up the mountain, followed by heavy machine guns and other weapons sent by the military. Behind each fortification were three armed men in black clothing on standby.
The skinny man's cheeks were extremely pale, with heavy dark circles under his eyes.
If outsiders saw him for the first time, they might be malicious and think that he was overindulging in sexual pleasure.
But beside the major general, a strong and powerful man holding a Tang Hengdao knew that this was not caused by indulgence.
It is caused by fatigue.
In the two major security zones of the military, everyone only knows Major Qin Youde, the God of War.
But no one knew that this little-known young general and Qin Youde grew up in the same compound.
Moreover, as a confidant among his cronies, the strong man also knew that the young general's contribution since the disaster was no less than Qin Youde's, or even much greater.
In his view, the Major General is the hope and future of mankind.
The strong man glanced at the two armed men blocking the way up the mountain and snorted: "I actually asked you to wait here! This high priest is really arrogant!"
"Without the skeleton, he is nothing!"
The major general covered his face and coughed twice, then waved his hand to stop the man.
"He's not as miserable as Zong Hengyan said."
Hearing what the Major General said, the strong man immediately looked at his nose, his nose and his heart and said nothing.
The major general looked at him and smiled slightly: "When we came, you also saw the busy construction sites around us."
"There are vegetable fields, breeding, chickens and pigs. Even a pig farmer can live in various well-decorated villas, and his elderly parents are lucky enough to have escaped the transformation of corpses into beasts. When they are tired after going out for a walk, Maybach will come to pick you up."
The burly man didn't think much and sneered: "They have a lot of fuel."
The major general smiled: "This is not just a matter of fuel, it is a matter of belonging."
“Everyone needs basic necessities such as food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Let’s just talk about housing.”
“In the past, when it came to real estate in major cities, young people couldn’t afford to buy a house, so they had to rent a house, and they couldn’t even afford a decent one.”
"On the other side, there are a large number of newly built houses that cannot be sold and are left vacant. This is a typical example. Cats are hungry and thin, and fish are smelly."
"But now, the end has come, and everything has changed."
"This high priest is a smart man and is willing to use some at the beginning."
As the young general was talking, the high priest led Fan Zhong slowly up the mountain. He then fell silent and showed a kind smile on his face.
But Zong Heng frowned a little, looking unhappy.
They had contacted the Palace of Purity several times before, and each time they sent a lot of things.
Even the special bullets and firearms distributed by the Demon Seed Research Institute were given to them in large quantities.
But every time when he wanted to see the skeleton, the high priest would always use various excuses to say that the master of the palace was busy.
I have taken things from the military so many times, but the skeleton never sees them!
Zong Heng tolerated these things because the major general he admired most said: Those who achieve great things, regardless of trivial matters, will always be side by side one day.
Until this time, when the Major General came in person, he still didn't see the skeleton.
This time Zong Heng finally couldn't bear it any longer.
You took so much stuff from us, and now our eldest brother is here, why doesn't your boss come out?
He held the straight black Tang Heng Dao and asked angrily at the approaching high priest: "Why don't you see your palace master?"
"Our Major General has condescended to come here in person, but your palace master still hasn't shown up?"
"You don't take our Major General seriously!"
While Zong Heng was talking, the young general just looked at the high priest calmly and silently, without any intention of stopping him.
The high priest did not show any timidity in the face of Zong Heng's questioning. He took two steps forward, put his scepter on the ground with a thud, looked at the young general with a solemn expression and said: "This general, what an unlucky thing!"
"Our palace master went to the mist to explore the reality of the demon species."
When Zong Heng heard this, his neck turned red with anger. The military once sent people into the fog to investigate, but no one survived.
Zong Heng took a step forward, glared at the high priest and said: "You"
"Zong Heng." The Major General coughed and waved his hand for Zong Heng to step back: "Don't lose your etiquette."
"Hmph!" The unwilling Zong Heng snorted coldly, and then retreated behind the general. He held the Tang Heng Dao in his arms and looked at the high priest without saying a word.
The major general chuckled, and the space ring flashed with his hand.
Amid the ripples in space, ten pieces of light armor appeared under the high priest's feet.
The high priest lowered his eyes slightly, and his left hand behind his back trembled, but his face remained calm.
Those ten light armors have magic patterns flowing on them!
It's all enchanted armor!
The high priest's heart was filled with waves, but he still calmly raised his head and looked at the young general, waiting for what the other party would say.
Maybe the Major General was pressed for time, but he didn't look at him and waited. He just smiled and said, "This is your first mountaineering visit. Just a little care."
"I hope the high priest won't dislike it. Please pass it on to the temple master on my behalf."
While the Major General was talking, a burst of birdsong came from the sky.
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