"Fifteen years ago, I was going to go to Zhongjing to take the Jinshi exam, but I found that I had fallen into a demon. ”

Qiu Zhengren led Gao De and the two through the long corridor and walked towards the next floor. This layer displays all dead things, mainly elegant things, and the value is more reflected in the magicians who process materials. What truly reflects the value of Tonggushan Mine is still those "living tools", and whether the living tools are good or not depends on whether the "base materials" are properly cultivated.

On the way, Qiu Zhengren said that he was completely defenseless against Gaode, and seemed to be really eager to restore contact with the organization.

"Looking back now, most of it was the spiritual book that my family bought at a high price to get me into the devil. At that time, I didn't know the ins and outs, and I was scared, thinking that this life was over. Fortunately, my master took a hand, but he had already fallen into the devil, and it happened that he was sent to the state and county outside the organization, staring at us to see if there was any cultivation value. ”

So under the guidance of the teacher, I gave up the idea of the imperial examination and concentrated on tempering in the state and county. Slowly accumulating qualifications, seven years ago, under the care of adults, he was promoted to the head of foreign affairs of the Ministry of War, presiding over the Tonggushan mine. ”

Listening to Qiu Zhengren talk about his own business, Gao De only felt creepy. With the help of the bureaucratic imperial examination, the secret hand blood tower spread out all kinds of black industries in the local area or secondly, could it be that in the entire Ming Dynasty, only Zhongjing is the world, and out of Zhongjing is hell?

Look at what is made here, drenching ordinary mortals into demons, and then taking their flesh and bones to make ink pigment chess pieces and strings. This is just a "dead weapon", and the so-called "living weapon" does not know what an evil thing it is.

"Speaking of adults, my master has been in Beijing for ten years, and he has also become an adult in the tower. ”

Qiu Zhengren sighed, "I was taught by him under the tower a few days ago, I thought he would live with other adults and Tianqi, but I didn't expect to say goodbye to heaven and man so soon." I wasn't there when the organization had an accident, but the taste of the collapse of the magic tower and the burning of the soul was very real, and it really lost a lot of vitality. ”

"I've tried a few times, but I can't get into the Gray Realm, it's a Flame Hell. He began to inquire about the news: "What is the state of the organization now, and which adults have escaped and moved to the sorority?"

"I heard that the Brotherhood's gray realm is exclusive to evil demons, and before and after the empress ascended the throne, the evil demons were exposed because of the throne, so I shouldn't have built a magic tower there, right? ”

"You should know that we, the people under the tower, and the adults are all one-line contact," Gao De could only perfunctory, "I don't know about the other adults, but Chu Niangzi is still there, and I belong directly to Chu Niangzi." You should know that Chu Niang is here, and the organization is there. ”

"Yes, is it?" Qiu Zhengren said. Immediately smiled more enthusiastically: "I didn't expect it to be really bad? Fang Cai is too rude. ”

Descending the spiral staircase as deep as a well, Gao De took advantage of the situation and asked, "I have been staying in Zhongjing?" Not sure about the state and county? I really didn't know it was like this...... Lax. Wouldn't you be afraid of being seen by making mortals into demons and then killing them to get materials? Even if there are no Yu Linwei and Xingtian in the state and county? There are also brocade guards. Ministries ...... For example, isn't there a military department that has people in charge of such affairs to inspect the place?"

"Of course you're worried?" Qiu Zhengren's answer made Gao De slightly relieved? If he answers, "Do you need to worry about this kind of thing?", then he really thinks that his pension is ...... No, this Daming pill is gone.

"After all, there is an organization to cover up, and I'm directly under the Ministry of War? Even if there are some traces? As long as they don't overdo it and affect the future of state and county officials, they won't take the initiative to ask. ”

Qiu Zhengren paused, and then corrected Gao De's words: "In addition, I want to be bad, all the materials, including the materials used for the dead weapon?" It's not about killing demons. If the demon's soul dissipates, so will the magic dissipate? And how can it accumulate in the bones of the body? All kinds of materials are prepared when he is alive and then removed? The craftsman will prepare it on the spot, and you can recuperate after you finish it. ”

"Demons? Even severed limbs can regenerate. How long will it take for a low-level demon to recover from its original state? But even if a demon can only sell one arm bone a year? I also have tens of thousands of gold dragons to earn here. Giving the demon three to five hundred golden dragons, he doesn't have to work all year round, it's the best of both worlds. ”

Gao De suddenly realized, how could he forget that the demon man is an extraordinary person, and the lack of arms and legs is not a problem at all!

Thinking about it like this, it is even more secretly palpitating, the Aurora people are no different from the people in the previous life, and the brains are very useful. It's just that in the previous life, there was no chaos and you couldn't turn into a demon, and mortals here can become a demon. Since you can become a demon who is not afraid of being disabled, it is natural to sell your arms, legs, feet and even organs.

It's a win-win business for the Majin forces.

"Some of the materials do have to kill people," Qiu Zhengren continued, "but it is also necessary to obtain the consent of the demons, and he will fully cooperate." For example, the skull, which was made out of the world, was made by a demon who had signed a death contract. This kind of person is already in danger of seizing the soul of the demon, and he has to cooperate so that the magic power will not get out of control and then give birth to the demon. This kind of demon is also very rare, it is hard to find, and the value is quite high. We spared no expense, from showing kindness to his family to fulfilling some of his wishes, so that he passed away satisfactorily. ”

"Of course, this kind of food is only available in places like ours where we make high-quality ingredients. Some of the kilns are indeed as rough and direct as the poor think, and they make a lot of things. Most of them have been solved by the state and county themselves, and other troublesome ones can't escape our report, in short, they won't let the news spread to the big people in Zhongjing. ”

The spiral staircase was five or six stories high, and at the bottom of it was another gate with two guards. Qiu Zhengren waved his hand, and the door was pushed open, revealing a corridor similar to the one above. But not only are the corridors much wider, but the doors are also much less.

"There's a big question," since he was an uninformed Zhongjing guy in the eyes of the other party, Gao De used this character to ask the key directly: "Can mortals really be impregnated into demons on a large scale? I have never heard of such a thing in Zhongjing." ”

"Hehehe......" Qiu Zhengren tried to smile gently, otherwise it would be really ridiculous. "Shangcha, you are in Zhongjing. There are Zhongjing Mansion, Liubu and Jinyiwei below, Yulinwei and Xingtian in the middle, and there are empresses and people from the Holy Mountain above, everyone only dares to say that demons will change themselves due to fate, and they never dare to say that as long as mortals are disposed of in accordance with the regulations, there is a high chance that they will take the initiative to become demons. ”

"Didn't Mrs. Chu talk about this matter? uh...... It should be a special situation, and I haven't had time yet. In short, as long as you become a person under the tower, the adults in the tower will tell this story well, so that everyone can recognize the world. ”

The next words are full of irony, but the object is not Gao De, but more like mocking the world.

"Aren't demons just mortals? Originally, there were only people who entered the demons, or those with extraordinary abilities, and there were no demons who could enter the gray realm to cultivate, they were all naturally impregnated. But someone created the Gray Realm and taught mortals to enter the Gray Realm to resist chaos, so there were demons. “

In order to expand the number of demons, they also researched how to quickly imprenate a large number of mortals into supernatural beings and send them to the gray realm. The method is very simple, and that is to work for a long time near the magic machine. Note that this is a demonic machine, not a model machine as everyone knows. After cleaning it with the special artifacts provided by the Holy Mountain, the magic machine becomes a mold machine. ”

"Although the method is simple, the details are a big piece of learning. What kind of magic weapon is suitable, how to distinguish the degree of immersion, how to avoid the personal differences of mortals are too great, some have not been impregnated for a long time, and some quickly take over the soul, this is all particular. They provided a very detailed method, even after the change of dynasties and even the destruction of the chaotic world, such a method has still been handed down, and the upper difference should be able to guess that it is naturally inherited by the demons through the gray realm. ”

"Guess who researched these knowledge?" Gao De actually knew the answer when Qiu Zhengren asked rhetorically, "Of course it's the Holy Mountain, the Gray Realm and the Demon Man are the creations of the Holy Mountain, but the funny thing is that the Holy Mountain now regards the Demon Man as evil and a disaster." ”

When Gao De had contact with Shen Zechu Niangzi and others before, he had already heard similar remarks, but he didn't say it so clearly as Qiu Zhengren. It's no wonder that when Xiaoli and Ai Tosaka talk about the relationship between the Holy Mountain and the demons, they either change the topic or are impatient, and there is such a root.

However, what the Holy Mountain has done does not mean that you, the operator who soaked mortals into demons and then cut off their limbs and sold them for money, are still qualified to be cynical.

Gao De secretly sneered, didn't ask any more questions, and followed him into the first door in the corridor.

The space in the door is much larger, quite like the old ancient place, the spacious but dim space is placed by a few iron cabinets, like a closed assembly line of machinery, this is naturally a mold machine. Depending on the size, it is either a general artifact or a spirit sword that makes a large machine.

"The molds here are all controlled by living machines," Qiu Zhengren walked over to a mold and knocked on a metal shell that was stronger and more resistant to erosion than clay steel, an ancient artifact that was tens of thousands of years old. "The living weapon that controls the mold machine is the specialty of our Tonggu Mountain mine, and with the living weapon transformed by the demon, the magic weapon can be used normally without having to hand it over to the Holy Mountain for disposal, which is no different from ordinary mold weapons. ”

He smiled, spread his hands and said, "This is a statement to the guest officer, but there is actually a difference." After using it ruthlessly for more than ten years, it had to be replaced, and after all, it didn't pass through the hands of the holy mountain. ”

"Not only have the living machines been scrapped, but the mold machines themselves are no longer operational, so we put them here for display. ”

He snapped his fingers, and two craftsmen-like people came in from outside the door, fiddling with a large wrench and pliers a few times, and removed the shell somewhere in the middle of the mold machine.

Gao De's mind was still a little confused when he heard Qiu Zhengren speak, and when the craftsman pulled out the metal drawer as big as a coffin from the inside, he saw a dried corpse lying inside, and a number of cables were connected to his head, and he finally understood it.

What a living device, in fact, is a wet piece!

Under normal circumstances, the Majin unearthed the mold ...... No, at this time, it is still a magic weapon, and it has to be handed over to Yulin Weina, and the holy mountain will purify it, so that the spirit of the mold weapon can be restored to its original state, so that mortals can operate it. However, after the disposal of the holy mountain, it must be registered in the file, or there is some means to monitor it remotely, so that the means of production cannot escape supervision.

So the demons developed a way to evade detection, that is, to add the "living weapon" of the demon to the magic weapon, so that he could absorb the demon power in the magic weapon to replace the tool spirit, so this magic weapon became a "black model weapon" that was not under the supervision of the holy mountain. Of course, this person has also been bound to this model for the rest of his life, and has become an existence similar to a brain in a vat. If the use strength is high, it only has a life span of about ten years.

There is no need to ask if the demon who has become a living weapon is voluntary, Qiu Zhengren said just now, as long as the price is right, those poor mortals from the countryside can even accept it as a dead weapon, let alone a living weapon that can live for a long time. Gao De also guessed that the demon who made the living weapon was not only voluntary, but also spiritual...... The consciousness is still in a very comfortable state, otherwise it will affect the operation of the mold machine.

"Such a living weapon," Gao De felt that Zixuan's throat was unusually dry at this time, "How many golden dragons can you sell?"

"Look at what kind of mold machine it is used for," Qiu Zhengren knew everything, pointed to the disassembled mold machine and said: "Generally, it is calculated according to the annual output value, like this mold machine that makes a small steam engine, it can make about 30,000 pieces a year, and according to each 30 gold dragons, it is nearly a million gold dragons." ”

"I maintain more than 6,000 substrates here all year round...... That is, the miners, who are only one percent of the finished material every year, have sixty demons that can be used. Not everyone can make a living machine, at most one-third. Roughly calculated, how much output can I have here every year?"

Da Ming is really a pill!

Gao De didn't have to count or want to count at all, this thought was churning in his consciousness.

"However, the organization has changed, and my business has also been affected. Qiu Zhengren's tone turned to frustration again, "In the past, the business was led by the adults in the tower, but now it's all messed up." ”

He reluctantly smiled: "Fortunately, the errand is finally here." ”

Seeing that this was actually enough, Qiu Zhengren put on a posture of invitation: "There is another place to ask for a business trip, it is more important there." ”

When he went out, Gao De had already figured out why he didn't know these things in Zhongjing, even if he had checked the files in the elephant training center for so long, he had no impression of it.

Because Zhongjing is a place where the Holy Mountain and the Imperial Court are firmly controlled, although the demon forces have become the same as the bureaucrats and magnates and merchants, this kind of deliberate action to break free from the shackles of the Holy Mountain and the Imperial Court will not dare to be placed in Zhongjing after all. Therefore, the demon forces in Zhongjing, the members and industries are all developed around the organizational level, and the real "business departments" are distributed in local states and counties. By the way, the Haita Club should be more domineering, and the workshops in the three ports, especially the lower port, may be using living weapons.

did not come into contact with the production process, nor did they go deep into the circle of literati and ink writers to vassal elegance, from Gao De to Wang Kunlun, and even Grandma Sun Lao Gu Plush and others, how would they know the existence of these "demon industries". And for Chu Niangzi, these things are both natural and trivial, and she naturally disdains to communicate with the people below.

Gao De suddenly had a distracting thought, the empress and Ai Tosaka should know these things, don't you know if Xiaoli knows? If you know and have an understandable attitude, then it is really ...... It's a bit of a disagreement.

Entering the next room, the distractions were suddenly struck away by the sudden expansion of the sense of space, which was wider than the basketball court and three or four stories high. The walls are still rough and unadorned, and they have been dug directly into the rock formations.

Not far from the door, there sat something that couldn't tell whether it was a battle armor or a mechanical puppet, and the style was somewhat like the Xingtian War Armor. The pair of huge shoulder armor only had a large protrusion from the left shoulder, and it was far wider than the armor used by Xingtian, and at first glance it looked a bit like a steel two-headed ogre with its head tilted. There is also a hammer on the ground, and the purple silk and edamame are both large and long, and the spikes on them are enough to tie the two into a string of barbecue maces, which is quite compatible with Gao De's "at first glance".

"It's also a living machine on the shoulder, it's still good. Qiu Zhengren said: "You can see how the living machine is used." ”

Gao De was very curious, what is the principle that the demon can actually act as a machine spirit.

He took two steps forward with Edamame, and suddenly there was a bang behind him, and a heavy steel plate fell to seal the door.

Qiu Zhengren had disappeared, and only his voice could be faintly heard.

"It's rare for you to pretend to be a bad ......"

Qiu Zhengren smiled: "You deceive me and don't know that the magic tower is Chu Niangzi, and if the tower destroys her, she will definitely die?"

"The organization is over!" he raised his voice: "Without the magic tower, the adults in the tower will definitely be finished! You are indeed a remnant of the Sisterhood, but if you want to use the guise of the organization to deceive, is it really not as good as a child?"

Still seen through by this guy......

But fortunately, he only saw through the first layer, but he didn't know that Gao De was on the fifth layer.

"We should seek our own future!" Qiu Zhengren continued to shout, as Gao De expected, his ambition had already germinated, "If you are willing to bow your head, join hands with me and be my eyes and ears in Zhongjing!"

"You're so bold!" Gao De said coldly, "What if I say no?"

There was a rattle, and the steel two-headed ogre staggered to its feet, and three terrifying monsters as tall as purple silk and five as wide as purple silk and edamame beans picked up the meteor hammer and spewed thick white smoke from between the helmet and the gap between its body.

"Then I'll beat you to a pulp!"

Qiu Zhengren laughed: "With your rank, even if you become a meat puree, you can't die, and it is just used to make a high-grade living weapon!"