The day after the Second Legion arrived, Torea also came to Dusk Forest.
In fact, she was confused at the time. Inexplicably, she was suddenly thrown into Zhou Li's camp by Magnum III. Originally, this was something that she should be angry about, but Torrea noticed that Magnum III and Zhou Li Li's dirty deal made her have mixed feelings for a while.
Torrea also knew that Magnum III would not harm her. On the contrary, he must have had his own intentions in throwing her over to Zhou Li, and it was probably to his benefit. But the problem is that all this happened so suddenly. I who had been eating melon suddenly became a fresh and sweet melon, and no one could handle it.
But Torea still accepted this fact. Of course, Magnum III, like Zhou Li, hated the Riddler the most in his life, and he did not hide any imperial tricks. Just when Torea was packing her things and preparing to leave. , Magnum III summoned her.
"I know you feel uncomfortable."
Magnum III lowered his eyes slightly and his shoulders were slumped. In fact, Torrea had never seen Magnum III like this before. In her impression, when talking to anyone, Magnum III would look directly into the other person's eyes, with his body as straight as a tight bowstring. Let him be full of majesty on weekdays. But today, he seemed to be deliberately avoiding himself.
"This decision is indeed a bit sudden."
Looking at Torea, who was frowning and not knowing what she was thinking, Magnum III said slowly: "The time is too short, I don't have time to inform you."
"You wanted to send me to Zhou Li before, right?"
Torea raised her head, a trace of doubt flashed in her red eyes, "Why? Aren't you hostile to him?"
"No, we are no longer hostile."
Magnum III shook his head and said calmly: "He, like me, is a person who pays attention to interests. When there is no conflict of interest between us, we are friends."
"Does this count as a friend?"
Thinking of the exact harassing phone calls in the past few days, and the portrait of Magnum III hanging behind Zhou Li in the video, a look of astonishment flashed across Torea's face, "Can you and Zhou Li be considered friends?"
Tolea, who has a pure mind, attaches great importance to the word friend. In her eyes, Liya Ke's kind companionship is a true friend.
Zhou Li? Magnum III?
What kind of tornado can blow out this kind of friendship?
"No, the friend I mean is different from the friend you have in mind."
Magnum III shook his head and explained: "The emperor's friends only have the concept of interests. People who are beneficial to me are my friends, and people who have no interest in me are strangers, and those who have conflicts of interest with me Yes, he is my enemy."
Hearing this, Torea was stunned.
Wow, his concept of friends is so pure.
The collision of two extremely pure concepts of friends shocked Torea. She thought of something, and a trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes. Then she raised her head and asked with some hesitation: "Then am I your friend?"
"No, it's not."
What Torrea didn't expect was that after a moment of silence, Magnum III, whose expression was unclear, shook his head and said slowly: "You are not my friend."
"Um?"
Tolia was stunned. She was not disappointed, just confused. Obviously I have an interest in Magnum III, and it is still beneficial to Magnum, but why am I not his friend?
An indescribable expression flashed across Magnum III's old face. He looked at Torea, with some hope in his cloudy eyes.
"I don't want to describe you with benefits."
After a long time, Magnum III spoke, an old and hoarse voice sounded, "You are my only sustenance."
Hearing this, Torea was in a trance. She could hear the fatigue in Magnum III's voice. This was an expression she had never seen on a man who was made of iron.
As if he noticed something was wrong with him, Magnum III gently hammered his chest and returned to his former indifference.
"The key to becoming a brave man has never been how many achievements you have, nor how much reputation you have gained, nor how great your power is."
Magnum III tapped his knuckles on the armrest and made a slightly dull sound, "The brave can create miracles, relying on recognition, twelve moments, twenty-four professional unions, and the recognition of the four major countries. Only they recognized it. You, you can become the second brave man."
"You are not like Zhou Li. He has the reputation accumulated by the previous brave men. The Twelve Moments who belong to the gods are naturally close to him. During his trip to Yingnan, he gained the respect of Yingnan. The twenty-four professional unions have regarded him as a The savior, other countries also like him because of it. But you are different."
"You are the duchess under Magnum III, and you have political overtones. No matter what, other countries and Twelve Hours will not recognize you. Even if Zhou Li gives you a guarantee, he cannot erase the politics in you. color."
Staring into Torea's eyes, Magnum III sighed: "Torea, the gods asked me to train you into a righteous warrior. I admit that I have my own selfish motives in it. I want you to go further. , becoming the second brave man will be an extremely difficult road, and this is also a reflection of my selfishness."
Torrea blinked, she wanted to say something, but when she saw the exhaustion that Magnum III had never seen before, she suddenly fell silent.
"I said before that emperors don't have real friends, but Zhou Li is different."
Thinking of Zhou Li, who was full of obscenities and had good etiquette but always had a hateful yin and yang aura, Magnum III smiled complicatedly, "Even if he wears the crown of an emperor, he is not an emperor." A qualified emperor."
"He has feelings, his own emotions, and he has real friends. So, he doesn't care about the crown."
"I don't know what will happen when you are by his side, but you will definitely learn a lot. I have reached an agreement with him. He will do his best to protect you and let you be recognized by other countries and Twelve Moments. , to become a true brave. All you have to do is learn."
As if he had said too much, Magnum III stopped talking and took a few deep breaths. He raised his eyes and said slowly: "The dispute between me and Zhou Li at the gate of the city a few days ago was the only opportunity to hand over you and the Second Army to Zhou Li without being seen. I didn't have time. I’m informing you that I’m sorry.”
When she heard the words "sorry", Torea was shocked. She had been with Magnum III for at least several months, but she had never seen Magnum III say the words "sorry". In Torea's impression, Magnum III's mouth was tougher than Zhou Li's. This apology was like Zhou Li's change of heart, which made her feel incredible.
"Actually...I have no objection to your decision."
At this time, Torea tilted her head slightly and said, "The instructions I received are to listen to your orders. In fact, you don't need to explain to me."
"Ok, I know."
Magnum III nodded. Just as he was about to say something, Torea spoke again:
"But that's not why I listen to you."
Zhou Li's change of heart and Magnum III's apology, if there is one thing in this world that can rival the rarity of the first two, it is Torea's smile.
She exhausted what she had learned throughout her life and twitched the corners of her mouth. A slightly weird, but very cute smile appeared on Tolea's face because of her beautiful appearance.
"I think you are my friend."
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"Old friend, how have you been lately?"
Zhou Li, who was far away in the Twilight Forest, also met an old friend today.
This old friend is incredibly experienced. It can be said that even Lin Zi and Ling Hai are not as senior as this brother. In front of Zhou Li, he saw a ball of blue solidified matter sitting on a solid wood sofa, holding a dust bag in his left hand, and inserting a straw into his brain in his right hand, constantly sucking in the glitter dust.
"Gululu! Very good!"
It seems that he has become a little nervous after taking this addictive substance for slimes. He is fluent in four languages and has superior intelligence. Du Lulu, the king of slimes, collapsed on the sofa and praised Zhou Li with a Tang syndrome look. : "We, slimes, finish eating, finish eating. This kind of day is great!"
Looking at the slime king in front of him, Zhou Li couldn't help but think of the heroic appearance of the slime king who resisted the atrocities of the gods in the twilight forest in his previous life, raising his sword and facing the gods. He looked at the paralyzed Slime King in front of him, who did nothing but suck, and fell into silence.
Does this count as me becoming a plaything for him?
"you…"
Zhou Li was speechless for a moment. In fact, this kind of slime was the best slime for him. After all, for the boss, an employee who can do things but has no brains is the perfect employee. Employees who don't question themselves and can continuously produce surplus value for themselves will be ashamed of the street lights outside their doors if they don't exploit them.
"Forget it, just be happy."
Zhou Li sighed. He didn't want to dissuade him. After all, he had understood that the dream of these slimes was this kind of life. Working hard to make progress was too much for a creature that relied on self-division to reproduce. Some are too far away.
"By the way, I'm here to ask you about something."
At this time, Zhou Li remembered that he was not a capitalist who came to observe the surplus value. He looked at the king of slimes, Dululu, and asked seriously: "Dululu, do you know about soul glue?"
"hold head high?"
Feeling a little dazed, Dululu put down the bag full of glitter dust, scratched his head and body, and after thinking for a while, hesitantly asked: "Is it the kind of miserable green you are talking about? You can put that Grow white wood glue?"
"Yes, yes, that's it."
In the Gospel, Zhou Li found a way to separate Kaya from the Holy Crown Tree in her body, and the most important prop was the soul glue produced in the Dusk Forest. But no matter in his past life or this life, Zhou Li didn't remember that he had heard of this name, so he had to come to the Twilight Forest Encyclopedia for help.
"Um, what do you want this for?"
Du Lulu used the slime body to vividly express the emotions of "shyness, curiosity, and shyness", which gave Zhou Li a vague premonition.
"I need it to separate the artifact within a soul."
Working hard to organize language, Zhou Li described Du Lulu in an easy-to-understand way: "I have a friend. For special reasons, her body is condensed from an artifact, and the artifact is also integrated into her body. Now I want to separate her from the artifact, and I need this soul glue."
After listening to Zhou Li's narration, Dululu fell into silence for a while. After a long time, he raised his head (?) and said solemnly to Zhou Li: "The soul glue you mentioned..."
"I can actually make it."
"Really?"
A look of surprise appeared on Zhou Li's face, "That's great, how to make it? What do you need? I'll buy it for you right away."
"Do you still remember the white spirit tiger at the western entrance of Dusk Forest?"
"Ang, of course I remember the white spirit tiger that can produce soul fluctuations."
After hearing Zhou Li's answer, Dululu fell into silence for a while. After a long time, he sighed, broke the jar and said, "Actually, the soul glue is the substance obtained after the fusion of the king of slimes and the king of white tigers."
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
I fucking got it and I was shocked.
Zhou Li suddenly felt an unprecedented absurdity. At this moment, he was like Mr. Shu holding a cigarette in his right hand on the field ridge, wandering under the sunset. He felt that the person who asked this question was like the hero in League of Legends who exploded four boxes after death, the existence in poker that controlled everything, and the old enemy in Gotham City who wrestled with the man in tight black clothes and chin.
"No, this..."
Now, it was Zhou Li's turn to lose the ability to speak. He opened his mouth with a look of disbelief on his face, "You, this, is not reproductive isolation??? Don't you follow biology?"
"ah?"
Du Lulu was stunned. He scratched his head and asked in confusion: "Is this rare in the eyes of you humans?"
"Don't these things have to be done between two different races?"
After listening, Zhou Li fell silent.
Indeed, reproductive isolation can only occur between different races.
But you didn’t comply either? ?
"I can't help it. After all, we are old friends. I will definitely help you with your matter."
Du Lulu cheered up, patted Zhou Li on the shoulder, and said proudly: "Isn't it just a bite from it? It will take a few days to recover. Zhou Li doesn't have to worry about me, don't worry!"
"Ah good."
Zhou Li, who had not yet come out of the shock, nodded. Then he suddenly reacted and asked in surprise: What? Take a bite? "
"yes."
Du Lulu nodded and said matter-of-factly: "Let the White Spirit Tiger King swallow me, and then I will penetrate into the [Spirit Gland] in his body and mutate the ordinary gel. What comes out in the end is the evolved soul glue." .”
"ah?"
ah.
A sudden relieved smile.
