"Bo, doctor..."
"Lorca! Lorca!!" Continuous roars from Farm brought the shocked Dr. Lorca back.
The current leader of Kaleva has completely lost the temperament of a leader, and he has lost the pleasant look he had just shown to Luo Ka. The burly man now grabbed Luo Ka's collar with great anxiety.
"Don't be in a daze! Wake up! What should we do now!" Farm shouted in the doctor's ear.
Although when Kaleva began to secretly build a factory to study the "Relics of the Great", Farm was already mentally prepared to play with fire and burn himself.
But when the moment came, he still tried to save it.
The "Scarlet Star" in the core of the boiler was trembling more and more violently, and the innermost isolation shield was completely shattered.
Although there are still several spare isolation covers on the outer layer that are struggling to support it, judging from the cracks that have appeared on the cover, it is only a matter of time before it collapses.
The Kaleva gang members at the scene, after experiencing the initial confusion and sluggishness, all came to their senses and began to run towards the exit in a swarm as if fleeing for their lives.
If there is anything more terrifying than nuclear radiation in this world, it should be the leakage of evil.
Once the "Scarlet Star" pollution spreads in the boiler, a high concentration of turbid red mist will cover the entire factory in an instant. At that time, the miserable end of the personnel inside will be a tragic outcome that these gangsters have seen countless times. .
In the transparent experimental room before, the unfortunate man who went crazy and lost his mind and eventually turned into a "turbid corpse" had not yet cooled down.
The huge factory was already in chaos at the moment. Dr. Lorca was very smart. He immediately shouted angrily to the researchers at the control console:
"Idiot! What are you doing! Activate the emergency evacuation device and sink the "relic" into the ground! "
When Lorca originally designed this boiler device, he must have considered this unexpected situation, so there was an emergency button on the console.
As long as it is pressed, a tunnel will open under the boiler that is more than ten meters deep underground, allowing the "Scarlet Star" to fall directly.
"I...I pressed it several times, Doctor! But...it doesn't work! Not only this button, the entire console is malfunctioning!"
The researcher was on the verge of tears.
At this time, Luo Ka realized the seriousness of the problem. It was obvious that the [isolation shield] collapsed too quickly. In less than half a minute, the evil red mist released by the "Scarlet Star" had already been released. , penetrated into the entire boiler machine along the cracks, contaminating all the circuit components of the equipment, causing it to completely malfunction under the turmoil.
Damn it!
That's the only last resort left now.
"Farm! Hurry up and get your people to the bottom of the boiler. There is a manual safety device on the right rear side. Pull the switch and you can send the "relic" underground! ! "
The reason why Dr. Lorca had to tell Farmer all this in such an urgent situation was because of a very cruel question.
Who is going?
Anyone who is not a fool should be able to see that the closer you get to the boiler, the more dangerous it is. Even near the boiler, a lot of turbid red mist has already leaked out.
At this moment, approaching to pull the manual safety device is tantamount to risking death. Even if this major leakage is successfully prevented, there is no way he can come back alive.
Is anyone willing to sacrifice themselves for Kaleva's factory?
Obviously Dr. Lorca and Farm, as the leader, are unwilling.
The gang members who were swept by these two eyes either turned around and ran away, or were trembling with fear and rejection in their eyes.
Not to mention running over to get the insurance, I'm afraid I'd be frightened back halfway.
In response, an angry Farm directly took out his gun and pointed it at his men.
"As the doctor said, go quickly!"
The leader of Kaleva roared that in his heart, no matter how many lives he lost, they could not equal the importance of this factory and the "relics of the Great" that they hoped for.
No matter how much sacrifice is made, it is worth it to get through this accident safely.
However, before Farm was ready to kill one of them to scare the monkeys, there was another commotion, and several nearby men suddenly shouted excitedly:
"Chief... Chief! Someone has passed! Someone is already heading towards the boiler!"
What!
Both Falm and Dr. Lorca were overjoyed and hurriedly looked towards the direction of the boiler again.
And they saw the person their subordinates were talking about almost at a glance.
after all.
Now almost all the gangsters in the factory are running outside. Only the two "members" of Kaleva are running in the opposite direction, approaching the boiler in the opposite direction to the flow of people. This makes They are extremely conspicuous.
And judging from their appearance, they were very calm, especially the young man at the head. It couldn't even be described as "calm".
There was no trace of fear or panic on the young man's face. If I had to describe it, it would be so extreme that it even gave Falm a feeling that the other party was still strolling in an environment where evil and pollution could break out at any time. sense of absurdity.
But anyway.
Farm was slightly relieved. The leader of Kaleva secretly vowed that if the young man and his companions could successfully reach the boiler and pull down the emergency device, then he would definitely give them a large bonus. And directly promoted to leader.
Of course, the premise of all this is that these two people must come back alive.
It's a pity that what Falm doesn't know is...
The two Kaleva members they now regard as the hope of the factory are actually the culprits of the "Scarlet Star" leak disaster.
At least... one of the young men will definitely not be able to escape.
"Old, old antique, what happened? What are we doing now...? And I...I have a very bad feeling about that thing!"
A girl's uneasy voice came from behind.
However, Liao Ji did not turn around to comfort him, but said bluntly:
"If you still want to find your mother and rescue her, just... follow me."
Under the young man's voice, Yilin looked at the scarlet star not far away. They were getting closer and closer. The girl felt a subconscious trembling feeling from deep in her heart. She no longer had to have the instinct of a scavenger. As long as she was not blind, You can all see the turbid red mist that has overflowed around the boiler, as if dancing wildly in the air.
It felt like there was an abyss of fire pit in front of her, and what she was doing at the moment was to follow the young man and jump into it.
Yilin answered Liao Ji with actions.
The girl gritted her teeth and overcame the fear deep in her soul. With only a ray of faith supporting her, she chased the back of the young man in front of her step by step, following closely behind him.
This is not only her obsession with rescuing her mother, but also a feeling that seems to be deeper, a feeling that a girl cannot express. Maybe it is a stubbornness. She...doesn't want to learn from Liao Ji. "Left behind" here.
Twenty meters...ten meters...five meters...
As Liao Ji shortened the distance between him and the "Scarlet Star", the frequency of its tremors became more rapid, and the impact of evil it released became more violent. It seemed that every time it vibrated, all the factories would be shaken. The heart of the person inside also twitched violently.
one meter...
Finally, the tremors of the Scarlet Star reached its peak. In an instant, everyone present, including Yilin who was following Liao Ji, were enveloped in intense dizziness.
The girl felt that her heart felt as if it would explode in the next second. All the blood rushed straight to her brain. There was a buzzing sound next to her ears. Her neck felt like someone was pinching her. The deep suffocation even made her almost faint. .
This is turbid pollution.
Class B pollution.
And all this until...
Bang!
Wow!
First there was a sound like a heavy object smacking, followed closely by the sound of a large area breaking. After these two sounds, all the discomfort disappeared, and the diffuse red mist also seemed like an illusion. , without a trace.
Because of this, when everyone came to the shore like a drowning person, gasping for breath, they came to their senses.
No one could believe the scene in front of them.
The leader of Kaleva, Falm, was as if he were petrified and stagnant, and Dr. Lorca next to him was even more exaggerated. He kept rubbing his eyes and even slapped himself hard.
Snapped!
But the pain coming from his cheek told him that this was not an illusion.
The picture in front of me is real, it is reality!
I saw.
At the core of the boiler, the protective cover used to isolate the "Scarlet Star" has been completely broken into a large hole, and the culprit causing this broken hole...
It turned out to be the young man they had high hopes for half a minute ago!
Of course, that's not really the point.
The point is...
The young man stretched out a hand and grabbed the scarlet star inside the [Isolation Barrier].
Hold on... Hold on.
Holding this terrifying B-level pollution source in the palm of his hand, Kaleva had to carefully study it for decades, and even built an entire secret factory to preserve and place the "relics of the Great" to... Got a grip?
And it seems from the young man's expression that it's as simple as eating and drinking? An ordinary little gesture?
thump...
Dr. Luoka had the biggest reaction. He immediately collapsed and knelt down. He seemed to be in a daze. His eyes were fixed on Liao Ji, staring at the man in the hands of the young man who no longer trembled violently, and who was about to leak out just now. There's a world of difference when pollution breaks out, it's simply docile... as docile as a kitten's Scarlet Star.
Under this scene, Luo Ka felt as if something was breaking in his mind.
That was the worldview he lived with for decades.
Just... just...
So simple?
Yes.
It's that simple.
Hold the "Scarlet Star" in... Oh no, sorry, it should be called more professionally by its real name now.
[The source of evil (damaged)]
[Quality: ★★★★ (disaster level)]
[Rarity: Epic]
[Effect: After using it on a doomed person with a quality of four stars and below, its level will be increased by one star]
[Disaster bias: When released against a four-star doomed person, there is a 40% chance of failure and the level will be reduced by one star. When released against a three-star or below doomed person, there is a 40% chance of awakening "special" skills]
(The ants who sealed me...the dirty rats who took away my power...will have to pay a heavy price...)
(Cut off their limbs! Tear their souls apart! Cut open these filthy bodies! Chop them into pieces! Let them feel the... anger that has been imprisoned for five hundred years!!)
The Essence of Evil is a precious and rare prop in "The Fall". As shown in its effect, it is a valuable "star-raising" prop.
You must know that there has never been a doomed person who has been born with six stars. Even Liao Ji, who has perfectly cleared the game for a week, among the five wives he raised, is the initial star of the most talented supernatural succubus "Leina". The level is only five and a half stars.
Among them, "Sxiutia", the one with the lowest talent and the first to follow Liao Ji, only had four initial stars.
But the reason why they all later became top six-star "disaster level" calamity transformers was because Liao Ji kept feeding them [the calamity essence] to increase their potential, release their shackles, and rise to the stars step by step.
Of course, as [evil transformation source material], there are also high and low quality. The later the star rises, the higher the quality and quantity of the source material required.
Since this source of matter was dug out of the [Relic Cave], and this area, on the Zhoumu world map, belongs to the early stage of land reclamation in the Liao Ji, the natural storage of things in reserve is not an exaggeration.
The source of essence in his hand now belongs to the lowest level, and can only upgrade the doomed ones with four stars and below.
And it looks like...
Liao Ji read the additional content of [Zhuohe Deviation] again, and the reason for this was clear at a glance.
There was a "broken" entry behind the source material. Liao Ji, who was holding it in his hand, could also feel that the power in the source material had really been lost a lot, and maybe only... Less than 40%?
Also...
Liao Ji glanced at the notes in brackets at the bottom of the panel. This usually belongs to the game and provides players with additional information about the background story and history of the equipment/props. But now...
All right.
Not only from these words, he could also faintly feel the anger and grievance that the source material in his hand was constantly conveying to him.
These all seemed to outline to Liao Ji what this source of matter had experienced in the five hundred years since he disappeared.
Now, it is finally back in the hands of its true owner.
Finally someone can harness its true power.
It only wants to do one thing now.
revenge!
However, the source material itself is not a weapon or other equipment, it is just a star-raising prop, so its way of revenge can only be through one way.
The doomed one.
This [Essence of Evil] has already sensed that there is someone nearby who has the owner's "contract".
Only those who possess the "contract" of the Great Emperor are qualified, worthy, and allowed to use themselves.
Liao Ji sighed.
This may be the difference between the game and reality. In the game, he can calm down and constantly analyze the benefits from a God's perspective, maximizing the benefits at every step and not wasting any resource.
But at this moment.
Liao Ji, holding the "Scarlet Star", turned around under everyone's gaze.
And when he saw the girl who was still following him, who had not flinched from the evil pollution that had just erupted from the source material, and who had not been "left behind" by him, the stubborn girl, Liao Ji shook his head.
He seems to understand now why the attribute of luck value on Yilin's panel was E.
So, should we say she is lucky or unlucky?
But anyway.
Since Yilin persisted to this point and followed her, he had to give her such an opportunity. This was what the girl deserved and what she had fought for.
so...
Liao Ji stared into the girl's eyes and asked softly:
"Irene..."
"Do you long for power?"
