The huge underground tunnel system was like a huge maze. No. 13 walked around it for a long time without figuring out where to go. Lady Luck seemed to be no longer with him at this moment. He seemed to be really lost...
No. 13 couldn't help but give up.
For some reason, he recalled that he had just teased the artificial intelligence girl. He knew that the other person was artificial intelligence, so he teased her like that, but in the end... the girl looked at him as if she was looking at a dead person.
It's obviously just an artificial intelligence, so how could you let yourself have such an illusion?
Yes, an illusion, it must be an illusion...
No. 13 kept comforting himself in this way.
Buzz buzz——
The vibrating ringtone of his cell phone made him tremble.
He always thought that there were instructions at the end because his employer was joking with him.
Because the voice on the other end of the phone wouldn't respond no matter what he said before, he guessed that either the other party was too cold and didn't want to talk to him, or it must have been a pre-prepared recording, but even if it was a recording, the other party was indeed talking to him at the time. The recording played during his call.
But this place was already deep underground. He didn't know how many meters he had descended, but how could there be a signal in an underground facility like this fortress?
In short, theoretically speaking, it is impossible for anyone to call here unless it is a ghost.
No. 13 swallowed and carefully took out his cell phone.
Fortunately, there is no caller ID on the screen. It seems that this is just a scheduled recording left by the employer on this work phone.
But it still seemed weird to think like this. He didn't understand how his employer could accurately predict that he was here and needed help?
Soon, the voice in the recording broke the silence, as if the other party had already guessed that he would be confused, so he left the answer in the recording.
"Don't be confused. This is indeed a recording. Everything is according to our plan. Judging by the time, you should have been lost for a while."
"Tsk...you know I'll get lost...you know me quite well?" No. 13 curled his lips and muttered to himself.
The strange thing is that the next words are exactly the same as his complaints.
"It's not that we understand you. Without a map, everyone would be lost down there."
"..."
No. 13 was silent, feeling a chill on his spine.
It was obviously a recording, but the other party was able to answer his questions just right. It seemed like what he just said... everything was really in their plan, and this 'everything' refers to his every move!
This made No. 13 feel a sense of fear in his heart for no reason.
The voice in the recording continued without any ups and downs: "Next, please press the '#' key on your phone, and you will get a detailed structural diagram of the underground floor."
No. 13 heard the words and subconsciously followed the instructions.
Sure enough, when he pressed the button, a complete map of the underground structure appeared on the screen of the mobile phone. The structure below was as complex as a spider web. The strange thing was that the mobile phone seemed to have a positioning function, although he was completely He couldn't figure out how to locate his position in this underground space with no signal at all, but at this moment his position was indeed marked with a flashing red dot on one of the layers of the structure map.
The name of this layer is marked on the corner - 'Three Goddesses'.
"The three goddesses of fate?"
I read Nordic mythology when I had nothing to do on the 13th. Among the gods in Nordic mythology, there are three sisters. Among them, Ulder spins the life thread, Beludandi pulls the life thread, and Shikodi cuts the life thread. They are the three goddesses of fate, weaving. Destiny of all things in the world.
Looking at this cobweb-like map again, No. 13 seems to really feel like he is walking on the web of destiny woven by the three goddesses.
This feeling made his skin stand on end. Because the red dot marked on the map, which is where he is, happens to be at the end of the 'Beludandi' area, and it only takes one step to enter the 'Shikodi' area. The thread of fate has been pulled and measured by Beludandi, waiting for Shikodi to cut it. And destiny being cut off means the end, which is the common end of everything in the world.
It seems like... I'm on a dead end road?
After realizing this, No. 13 began to become nervous.
That creepy feeling didn't seem to be an illusion. His sixth sense was a keen one. In the tasks he had accepted, he relied on his keen sixth sense and the help of Lady Luck to be invincible. But now... Lady Luck is not here. The reason seems to have been found. This is the territory of the goddess of fate, and he has strayed into the depths. The goddess of luck cannot save him...
"Please go to the 'Shikodi' area, leading to the final secret. The bounty for this mission is doubled."
People die for wealth, and birds die for food. After hearing this reminder, the fear in No. 13's heart instantly decreased a lot, and he even began to feel energetic.
Did he remember how much the previous bounty was? Five million dollars! Doubling that would be 10 million US dollars! Isn't he doing this just for money? I originally planned to retire after completing this vote, so who would object to a larger pension?
"Damn it, done it!"
"Remember, after arriving at the destination, you must see the target with your own eyes. You must look directly at the target to confirm it. You do not need to bring the target out. Your report is worth ten million dollars. When you take a photo of the target with your mobile phone, There will be final instructions. Good luck, the 13th."
The voice echoed faintly in the corridor.
"ha?"
The recording ended here, but the last words left No. 13 puzzled.
"What do you mean? You don't need to take it out?"
He was stunned by this strange instruction, thinking to himself, weren't their mission this time to steal something? Steal with your eyes? What the hell...
"Wait a minute... Just writing a report can cost ten million... If I take it out..."
After thinking about it, No. 13 suddenly became more excited.
Since that thing is so valuable, and just a report is so valuable, if he takes the thing out, will his employer increase the reward for him? No...it doesn't matter even if you don't mention it. To put it another way, even if the employer really doesn't want the thing in the end, can't he just sell it himself?
One mission, two gains! It’s such a huge profit! ?
With the secretion of adrenaline, the last fear in No. 13's heart was instantly forgotten.
He put his cell phone back in his trouser pocket, picked up the shotgun and continued to move forward.
He has always been a materialist, and the truth is now within shotgun range in his hand! Driven by money, he felt that even if Mako jumped out in front of him now, he could kill her into a hornet's nest with one shot.
So what is there to be afraid of? Just do it!
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Hall of Valor, in the hall.
Caesar Gattuso, President of the Student Union of Kassel College, is standing quietly in front of the window.
Through the window glass, he could clearly see the end of Odin Square in the distance, in the direction of the academy gate, where three figures were leaning boredly against the doorframe that no longer had a door.
"What are those three guys doing?" a student union cadre asked behind him. This was probably the same doubt in Caesar's mind at the moment. "Professor Schneider clearly ordered us to set up defenses in the Hall of Valor and the church, and they ran to the door to squat. What are you doing here? You can see the entire place at a glance, so there’s no need to go there and guard it, right?"
"No, the three of them are just freshmen. They are not qualified to participate in the operation without passing the survival practice class." Caesar responded calmly.
"Then shouldn't they follow the instructions and go back to the dormitory for safety?"
"Who knows? Maybe he is guarding the intruder from escaping?"
Caesar shrugged helplessly, turned the handle of Dictado's knife in his hand, and turned away from the window.
He also didn't understand the meaning of these three guys guarding there. If they were really guarding to prevent the group of intruders from escaping, then there was no need. After all, were there so many of them so shameless? There are about 700 mixed-race elites who can use the word spirit in this academy at the moment. No one can cross the wide square and leave from the main entrance under the eyes of so many of them.
"Chu Zihang, what are you doing now?"
Caesar asked over the intercom.
He was more concerned about what his rival was doing than what the three guys outside wanted to do.
"I don't know. There's nothing to do. Now I can only wait."
Chu Zihang responded calmly, just like marching to war. As the coach, he and Caesar must sit in the most important base camp. The search work outside can only be left to other students. All they can do is wait. Waiting for someone to find the intruder, or for the intruder to come to their door. After all, according to Professor Schneider's judgment, the church and Hall of Valor they guard may be the only way for those guys to reach their destination.
So in fact, like Caesar, he was also paying attention to Sun Haoran and others who were guarding the door. The only difference was that he and Caesar had different views.
Caesar had never seen the monster-like man turn the tide with his own eyes, so he had no idea how terrifying that man was.
After that night, the operational details of the Bronze City exploration mission had been sealed as confidential files by his mentor Schneider. Only the principal was qualified to view them, but he happened to be beside Professor Guderian at the time and was with him almost throughout the process. Schneider also had connections with companies in China, so there was no need to use information to understand what happened at that time.
In his opinion... this man is powerful but not stupid at the same time. Even in such a crisis situation, this man always looked confident at that time. With his powerful strength, he even achieved the real physical meaning. Strategize and plan for victory thousands of miles away.
So he won't be as naive as Caesar and think that this man standing guard at the entrance of the college just has nothing to do. In tonight's incident... this man must have noticed something, maybe it was a detail that they didn't notice. As for what exactly What, he couldn't think of it at the moment.
But the result will probably come soon, because his 'guest' has already arrived.
"No more chatting, my guests have arrived."
"What a coincidence, it's the same here."
Caesar responded with a smile, turning his head to look at the open door of the Hall of Valor.
"Who will end this fight first? Do we want to bet something?"
"On Freedom Day, you lost the sports car and I lost the knife. Both bets have not yet been handed over to the winner, Lu Mingfei. Is it necessary to continue betting?"
"It seems so. The loser does not have the right to act as if nothing happened."
Caesar shrugged helplessly, but the smile on his face showed that he actually didn't care much about the failure.
But he remembered that the bet had not yet been handed over to Lu Mingfei. The Bugatti Veyron should still be in his garage. Originally, he had planned to have Lu Mingfei agree to join his student union at the dance and stand next to him on stage. He came up with a plan to solve the problem freely, but the intrusion of this group of intruders ruined his plan.
He was very confident, so he never thought that Lu Mingfei would refuse to join this matter. It was understandable that the three people in the company refused. After all, they were the people brought back to the college by the principal. Of course, they had to be watched by the principal himself. After all, they were The people in the company were very special, but Lu Mingfei had no reason to refuse his invitation.
So now, he should blame everything on these intruders.
"Let me solve the matter at hand first, and then find an opportunity to hand over the car keys to Lu Mingfei."
With that said, Caesar hung up the phone, his eyes lit up with gold, and he stared in the direction of the door with a smile.
He knew someone was there. Although he couldn't see it, he was coming in from the door in a swaggering way.
Now it seems that maybe it was a wise move for the three people in the company to guard the door, because there seems to be someone among this group of people who has the ability to hide his body and make it difficult to detect. If it weren't for his extraordinary hearing, Even if you are keen, I am afraid it will be hidden.
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"Attention, everyone in group C evacuates, everyone evacuates from the church!"
Schneider's voice sounded on the public frequency.
"yes."
The members of Group C responded quickly to the order.
All students have long been accustomed to obeying orders. This academy has never been a serious academy, but a military fortress. In the army, orders are absolute.
The church was very quiet at the moment.
Behind a screen with withered flowers is the confession room of Kassel College. In fact, the confession room is just a decoration. Very few people in this college will confess, but at this moment, Chu Zihang is quietly staying in the confession room. .
But he is not here to repent, but here to wait for the 'guests' to arrive.
There was no one in the entire church except him. The Group C mentioned by Professor Schneider actually refers to the students of the Lion Heart Club led by him, but he was not included in the order just now that was required to evacuate.
This is a tacit understanding between him and his mentor.
The order was merely for those who would not take part in the upcoming battle in the church.
In other words, he is the only combatant on this battlefield. In other words, the reason why Schneider issued such an order is simply because it is enough for him to guard here alone. If there are more people, it will get in the way.
