Chapter 235: What Should Come Will Come
Unexpectedly, when 'Joan of Arc' spoke again, it turned out to be this habit of speaking, Ling Mo was stunned and asked, "What kind of self-proclaimed name is this, are you Zero or Joan of Arc?"
"I'm Zero, and I'm Joan of Arc," Zero touched his neck with his hand, groped his whole body with the other hand, and his tone was a little dumbfounded: "From the beginning, Joan of Arc is me, I am the real saint, and the hanging knight who is with you is an impostor." Zero replied earnestly while confirming his physical condition. β
"What do you mean?" Ling Mo asked, "The Headless Horseman Joan of Arc has existed for more than two hundred years, and he also has memories and obsessions during his lifetime, and you have only been born for a few years, where did you get the courage to claim to be genuine?"
"I also have memories from my lifetime. Zero pointed to his head and said, "It's just that I don't have any obsession with the things in my life, and if I die, I will die, and any sect or golden fortress will no longer have anything to do with me, so I don't bother to mention it." Zero's body function was confirmed, everything was normal, and he replied a little happily. β
Without waiting for Ling Mo to continue to ask, Zero went on to explain:
"Mr. Ling, for a normal person, at least ninety percent of his soul is gathered in his head, as the main birthplace of thinking. The rest of the soul is just scattered all over the body, used to manipulate other organs. The Headless Horseman was also an ordinary person when he was alive, and his head was cut off, and he was affected by the necromantic energy and transformed into a necromantic creature when he was supposed to die, but in any case, when he became a Headless Horseman, the soul in his body was only one percent of the original. β
"Therefore, at the beginning of the birth of the Headless Horseman, they are often confused, and they only know how to act on instinct, which is not consistent with the strength of their birth as a third-level demonic beast. Later, as he hunted more and more, the soul fire grew stronger and stronger, and his soul was gradually repaired, and he would recall more and more memories of his life. β
But no matter how you think about it, due to his congenital disadvantage, his memories will be missing, and these memories that he can't remember will make the Headless Horseman scratch his heart. The more they can't think about it, the more they want to think about it, the stronger the strength, the stronger the feeling of scratching their hearts and lungs, where did the newborn souls in the 'body' of the Headless Horseman endure this torture? After a long time, it evolved into an obsession with the skull. Rummaging through the imposter's previous memories, Zero explained in detail. β
"Is this how the Headless Horseman's obsession with the skull came about?" Ling Mo narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Are those memories that can no longer be remembered so important?
"No, there is nothing important about those memories. β
Zero shook his head: "After accepting the memories of the impostor, and comparing them with my own memories, I found that most of the things she forgot were small things, such as swimming in the river when she was a child and almost dying, stealing the neighbor's hen when she was a girl and being chased to the entrance of the village, bumping into the Pope being crushed under the five big and three rough Templar guards when she joined the Church, happily entertaining herself in bed when she was chosen as a saint, and trying to lift her skirt on the prayer table during a sermon. Zero was a little shy about his black history, and at the same time felt a little embarrassed. β
"Then why ......"
"Then why, the Headless Horsemen are so obsessed with their memories, right?" Zero said with a blank face, "The point is not what the lost memory is, but the thing itself of 'can't remember again', just like an amnesiac person occasionally has a headache and wants to know who he is." In fact, from my point of view, amnesia is amnesia, I have heard before my death, there is a guy named Bu Jingyun in the far east who has lost his memory six times, which can be called a model for amnesia, don't people also live well? Zero wanted to let out a mocking laugh, and pulled the corners of his mouth without success. β
"It's easier said than done, and if the obsession can be let go so easily, it can't be called an obsession. Ling Mo shook his head, not wanting to continue on this topic, and instead asked, "It was obviously you who was defeated just now, why did you dominate in the blink of an eye?"
"No way, after all, I am the body, and when I die, as the 'head' side, I have the vast majority of souls. Zero simply explained: "We are from the same origin, my soul has an absolute advantage, of course I assimilated her." The moment I got the complete body, I also understood what the fate of the so-called Headless Horseman was, not to mention the Headless Horseman who failed all the way to get the head, went through a lot of hardships to find his head, but bringing it was tantamount to suicide, and at that moment, the new soul formed during the Headless Horseman's period completely disappeared. Therefore, since ancient times, no headless horseman has been able to be redeemed. Zero sighed softly. β
"That's really ...... Boring fate. β
Knowing the tragic fate of the Headless Horsemen, Ling Mo just nodded, without any expression, and asked very calmly, "Next, what are your plans?"
Zero was slightly stunned: "Mr. Ling, do you believe me so much? Don't you plan to avenge your companion?" Zero tried to express his surprise and asked in surprise. β
"It doesn't matter, for me, as long as I fulfill my old friend's instructions," Ling Mo waved his hand: "It's you, or the Headless Horseman, it doesn't matter to him, as long as the 'Holy Maiden' is still alive." He doesn't care, I'm not nosy, but then again, you haven't told me yet, what are your plans for the next step?
"I haven't thought about it yet, but I don't think I'll be staying in the village anymore. Zero lowered his head and thought: "First of all, the first step is to find those remnants of the sect, and after returning, see if you can compete for the position of the sect pope, even if you can't get the position of the pope, you can restore the status of the saint first, there should be no problem at this point, after all, my strength has broken through to the seventh level, which is definitely a big help for the current sect." After careful consideration, Zero said cautiously......"
Before Zero finished speaking, Ling Mo suddenly burst out laughing, laughing Zero was a little inexplicable, standing in place, looking at Ling Mo suspiciously, as if asking: What's wrong? Is there anything funny about what I said?
Ling Mo finally stopped laughing, pointed to Zero and said, "I swore so much just now that I have completely assimilated that Headless Horseman's Joan of Arc, what is your performance now? Don't you continue to guard your dear father here? Isn't it the Headless Horseman's wish to return to the Obedience Sect to set things up anyway? When did it become your wish? It is actually more important than your father?"
"This ......"
Zero froze suddenly, she really didn't notice this! What happened to herself just now? Naturally, she took the wish of the vanished Headless Horsemann as the highest priority, could it be that the previous assimilation was not complete, and she was still more or less affected by the Headless Horseman?
"Mr. Ling, perhaps it is true that as I told you, my thinking has changed, and I have not won a big victory in this battle. After standing there for a while, Zero shook his head slightly, looked directly at Ling Mo and said:
"But what does it matter? For me now, returning to the sect is my greatest wish, as long as there is a goal to guide me forward, as long as this goal is from my own heart, why do I have to go back to the roots? β
"Your strange way of talking...... Forget it," Ling Mo wanted to say that, but felt that it was unnecessary, so he said instead: "Have you thought about it, after you leave, that father of yours will almost definitely die under my hands, don't cry and regret it when the time comes." β
"Let it go, let it die. With a smile on his face, Zero's words were extremely cruel, noticing that Ling Mo's eyes were a little strange when he looked at him, Zero explained lightly: "Mr. Ling, you have made a mistake, after the fusion is completed, what is now resurrected is neither the Headless Horseman Joan of Arc nor the Zero Experimental Subject Joan of Arc, but the complete, two-hundred-year-old me, Joan of Arc." It's just a habitual self-proclaimed number zero. β
"That monster isn't my father, and while I'm grateful that he's kept my head for so long, that's about it, and besides, Zero has done more for him than the other has done for Zero, so we don't owe each other. After a sober analysis, Zero came to a very fair conclusion. β
Hearing Zero say this, Ling Mo didn't say much, just as he was about to ask Zero about some secrets about Dalong County, Zero's hands suddenly began to form complex seals, and there were words in his mouth, and the free energy around him quickly converged towards her side, like the tide of the sea!
As the voice of her chanting became louder and louder, the tide of energy became more and more surging, and finally, she clasped her hands together and shouted softly, a complex magic array appeared in front of the two of them, and a huge amount of energy traveled between the arrays, lighting up the patterns on the magic array one by one, and finally, the entire magic array was full of blue light, flashing and disappearing, leaving a portal shining with colorful vortices in place!
Ling Mo subconsciously asked, "So urgent?"
"Of course, this kind of thing, it's better to be in a hurry, anyway, I'm a seventh-level demonic beast now, and it's not a big deal to use my body to directly pass through the space gate. Zero smiled, and there was a slight change in his complexion: "I completed the internal integration of the Obedience Sect earlier, and there may be one less tragedy like Dalong County on this continent, so I have to hurry." Zero remembered what had happened in the past few years and said with a little emotion. β
"You are under the influence of the Headless Horseman Joan of Arc, far higher than I imagined," Ling Mo looked at Zero's back, and suddenly said, "Promise me one thing, when you see the new generation of saints who obey the sect, no matter how angry you are, please spare her life." Well, count it as the reward for what I've taught you for the past two days. β
Zero didn't look back, just waved his hand back as a response, and then tied the hair on the back of his head into a ponytail, like a knight about to go to the battlefield, walked into the teleportation array with his head held high, and the colorful light was distorted, covering the figure of Zero, and the space door flashed, and the next moment, Zero's figure disappeared directly.
Ling Mo stared at the teleportation array for a while, and said to the Demon Eye Elf with some interest: "Friends of the water, the person who can talk to me is gone again, and now I have resumed my life as a shadow, I am probably born with loneliness." β
In the live broadcast room, there was a large barrage of comforting Ling Mo, such as Mr. Ling, I am your true love fan, Mr. Ling, I want to give you a monkey or something, Ling Mo smiled faintly, disapproving, and occasionally a few barrages asked Ling Mo, why don't you leave Zero, she must be very clear about the situation in Dalong County, and leaving her will definitely help a lot in the next thing?
Seeing these barrages, Ling Mo couldn't laugh or cry: "Some sailors, maybe overestimate my recovery ability, fusion and headless horseman, now Zero's strength has broken through from the peak of the sixth level and reached the realm of the seventh-level Warcraft, people with a little common sense should know that although the difference between the seventh level and the sixth level is only one level, but in fact there is a world of difference, I want to leave the zero, but my current strength, I can't beat her at all......!
Before he could say 'unless', he suddenly closed his mouth, with five points of disbelief, five points of anticipation, raised his head and looked at the vast sky! Ling Mo's expression was extremely complicated, and he couldn't help but mutter:
"It turns out that you are really not targeting me, it turns out that this is your real mission!"
As soon as the words fell, above the nine heavens, two pillars of searchlight shot out of nowhere pierced the sky, no matter where you are on the continent, as long as you raise your head, you can see these two white lights across the sky!
Immediately, a grand, emotionless mechanical synthesized sound rang out, resounding throughout the rotten land!
"Allogeneic invasion. β
"The target is locked. β
"Threat levels are being confirmed. β
"It has been confirmed that the threat level is B. β
"Automatically enter the fourth sequence to respond to events. β
"IN PROCESS, NOLOADING ......"
"The annihilation system is being activated..."
"Annihilation system, successful start. β
With this familiar voice broadcast, the main stars of the strongest zodiac sign of the zodiac, the 'Clock Constellation', all lit up in the sky, exuding an incomparable brilliant light! Everything in the heavens and the earth fell silent, leaving only a grand mechanical synthesis rumbling, as if coming from a distant heaven, and as if it was ringing in the ears, announcing the destruction of everything!
"Dongfeng Express, the mission must be achieved. β
In the next second, a torrent of golden energy poured down from the main star of the Clock Constellation, and bombarded towards an unknown corner of the continent! Ling Mo couldn't see what kind of damage this blow had caused, he only knew that the portal in front of him, which was about to close, opened again, and with the roar of bursting the eardrums, Zero's tattered body came out of the portal again, and fell into a coma when he fell to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead!
"Failure to detect an allomorph in a primary environment. β
"Detecting ......"
βNOLOADING...β
"The detection was successful, and the allomeric was in a secondary environment. β
"The secondary environment is not protected, so the threat level is reduced to zero. β
"Allogeneic clearance is successful, and the alarm is over. β
"The fourth sequence of events has been resolved. β
"Standby. β
After listening to the mechanical voice broadcast of the Golden Fortress from beginning to end, and then looking at Joan of Arc who was falling to the ground and gradually losing his vitality, Ling Mo's eyes became brighter and brighter, and the look on his face became more and more excited, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore, raised his head, and laughed!