Chapter 37: Undercurrents
"We, what's next?" Although she promised Lifa to help her, Ren Xing still had no clue what to do next.
"Do you need to ask? Of course, it is to destroy the time of the narrows, as you saw last night, those time demons have absorbed more and more of the power of time, and some individuals have mutated and developed to such a powerful level, if they don't destroy the time of the narrow as soon as possible, this world will face disaster. Lifa responded.
"How do you destroy that? Do you have a plan? In other words, we don't know what the narrow time is or what it looks like. Ren Xing scratched his head.
"We don't really know, but someone does." Lifa told Ren Xing.
"Who?"
"My brother, Tim Kieran."
"So you still have a brother?" Ren Xing was a little surprised, originally he thought that she was the only one left in the Lifa family.
"There were, but now we don't." Lifa shook her teeth and said to Ren Xing.
Ren Xing didn't quite understand what Lifa meant, so he didn't say anything.
Lifa continued, "My brother is a traitor to the family, and he teamed up with Hilfa to reveal the location of our family members, so that Hilfa was able to allow Hilfa to deal such a serious blow to our Timewalker clan in one day. ”
"What! Why did he do it! Ren Xing was also very angry, he didn't understand what kind of interests could make a person do such a thing as destroying the family.
"Strength." Lifa trembled and said, "We time walkers have the power of time stored in their bodies, and this power can be deprived, and the Narrowness of Time is made by depriving our people of the power of time in their bodies through human experiments. ”
"And my brother, who is also a time walker, can naturally absorb the power of time for his own use, and he made an agreement with Hilfa that he will absorb half of the power of time. In other words, in the extermination incident, the person who benefited the most, except for Hilfa, was him. ”
Lifa bit her lip tightly, in fact, she still didn't want to believe that her brother, who once loved her so much and cared for her people, would betray her family.
"Where is he now? Let's go settle accounts with him!" Ren Xing was also angry about this, and he couldn't forgive people who ignored his family and friends for his own selfish interests.
"Northern Empire, Confessional."
【Please accept the side quest: Gentle Judas】
【Side Quest: Gentle Judas】
Quest content: What made Kieran, who once loved his own people, become Judas under Jesus, and what secrets will be hidden behind him, the journey is arduous, to the Northern Empire Confession City, to find Lifa's brother Kieran, and learn the truth of the matter.
Rewards: 500 deconstruction points, 50% intelligence about the Temporal Narrows
The mission of the system was also released, and Ren Xing decisively embarked on a journey with Lifa to find Kieran.
Walking through the streets of Clock World, the most striking thing is the variety of clocks and clocks that are so precise that the thousands of clocks in the city keep the time in every minute.
In addition, there is another place that Ren Xing cares about very much, that is, the quiet residents of the city, these people are like clockwork robots, walking in a hurry, without greeting each other, and even buying items in the small shop are put down the money and left, unwilling to say even a word.
This alone is not surprising, what really attracts Ren Xing's attention is the number of street patrols, obviously the people in the city are so peaceful, but there are indeed many patrolmen patrolling the streets in full armor, and many patrol officers will cast vicious eyes when they see Ren Xing and Lifa walking together.
"This is actually a kind of ban on Hilfa, because the demons are raging, and there have been many rebels in various places, so the patrol police here are very strict about private gatherings and exchanges." Lifa saw Ren Xing's doubts and explained to Ren Xing in a low voice.
"But if Hilfa was so unpopular with the people, shouldn't he have been overthrown by the people long ago?" Ren Xing asked, this truth has been practiced many times in human history, and it is not strange for Ren Xing to ask.
"Do you think it's that simple? Hilfa had a monopoly on how steam mechs were made, and in this era, without steam mechs, ordinary people could not break through the empire's armies even if they gathered thousands. Lifa reluctantly explained to Ren Xing, who had no common sense.
"Steam mechs? Is it that strong? Ren Xing asked.
"For a monster like you who can beat the time demon away by relying on your body, the improvement may not be so great, but for ordinary people, whether or not you have the combat power of a steam mecha is completely two concepts." Lifa Baileng glanced at Ren Xing, in this world with no superpowers, Ren Xing's physical fitness is indeed like a monster.
"3cm thick steel plates, excellent steam power system, changeable weapon installations, do you know what that means? This means absolute dominance on the battlefield. Riffa said, "The steam mecha was one of the two trump cards that Hilfa relied on to conquer the Southern Empire at that time, don't underestimate these iron lumps. ”
"Okay." Ren Xing tilted his head, it seems that he still has a lot to learn about this world.
"But the revolutionary army should still exist."
"Of course, but they are only operating underground, and they seem to be called the 'Gate Organization' now, and their purpose is to close the floodgates of time, so that the power of time in the narrow space of time will not be leaked. But I don't know much about it, and I don't even know if this organization still exists. Lifa replied helplessly.
"One last question, did you know that the Demon of Time is still divided into categories? What do their categories represent? ”
Ren Xing also just thought of this problem, in the plot introduction, Zhi Brain only told himself that there was a demon of time in this world, and when he killed the demon of time yesterday, the prompt given by the system added a suffix such as the type of Wu after the demon, which made Ren Xing very concerned.
This time it was Lifa's turn to look confused, and her white eyes were full of puzzlement, "I don't know this, but the time demon yesterday is really different, the time demon I met before is at most two meters tall, and there is not so much fat on the belly, but I only think it is a mutant." ”
"In other words, the Time Demon will mutate, right?" Ren Xing became excited, this is very important, since there is already a Wu type, then presumably a stronger time demon will also appear, this must be taken into account.
"Actually, it's more appropriate than its mutation, the word evolution, the time demons were the same when they were born, but now the interference of time in the narrow time has led to the leakage of the power of time is too large, and some of the time demons have evolved through this, so some mutants have appeared." When Lifa saw Ren Xing excited, she was also a little uneasy in her heart.
Hearing this, Ren Xing slowed down, thinking about what kind of point the time demon has evolved, if the mechanism of evolution really exists, then in this trial world, there must still be a hidden time limit, when the leakage of the power of time reaches a certain level, the time demon side is likely to evolve a variant that he is unable to deal with.
Lifa followed behind Ren Xing, not wanting to disturb the contemplative Ren Xing, so she stood on tiptoe and held Lan Lan who was sleeping on Ren Xing's shoulders in her hands, playing with this cute little animal.
Even if she is saddled with the family's mission, Lifa is a playful teenage girl after all, scratching the soft fur of the koala, Lifa temporarily leaves all her troubles behind.
At this time, in the time rift, the four time demons sat together, and in the center of them, there was a crystalline egg-like object held up by blue smoke, and it could be seen that there were already cracks on the eggshell, and the life fluctuations in the eggshell were gradually active.
The four Time Demons looked no different from humans, the only difference was their pale skin and glowing pupils, all four of them exuded a formidable momentum, and their bodies stored a high concentration of time power.
Upon approaching, it can be observed that the four demons have black Chinese characters printed on their right eyes, which are written "want", "three", "two", and "one".
The time demon with the left eye is "wanton", a woman, wearing a black tights, with a hot body, showing a charming posture in her every move, she clasped her hands to her chest, stared at the egg in front of her and muttered: "It's been so long, big brother, when do you say 'Zero' will hatch." ”
"Don't worry, the power of time sent in is not enough, in time, the king will inevitably reappear in the world, lead us to rule the world." Shi Mo, who has "one" in his left eye, said, his white hair is draped around his waist, his facial features have a strange handsomeness, he is holding a giant sickle in his hand, and his eyes are full of awe.
"I heard that the fifth brother was killed outside, eldest brother, I'm so sad, I'm so scared." The time demon with the "three" in his left eye wiped his tears, he was still a child, but the sharp teeth in his mouth showed that his strength was extraordinary, and although he said sad and sad on his mouth, his mouth drooled greedily.
"You're afraid of a bird, if you want me to say, go directly outside and snatch back the power of time, so wait for it, the knives are dull, and when I think of the sweet smell of those humans, I can't help but kill them." The figure of the time demon with the left eye of "Er" is the most bloated, and the beheading knife several meters long on his shoulder is even more eye-catching.
"Yes, yes, it's really delicious, especially that group of time walkers, it's just delicious, that rich power of time, it's enjoyable to think about." , "wanton" echoed, his expression was intoxicated, and he licked the corners of his mouth with his tongue.
"You guys, settle down." ", one" scolded sharply, and the other three all shrank their heads and lost their voices, which can be seen that their status among several people is high.
"But it really needs to go out and plunder some time and come back, just rely on these that flow into the rift every day, without a hundred and eighty years, the king will not be born." , Hearing the words of "One", the eyes of several time demons lit up again.
"If you want to do it, we'll do it!" , "One" paused, and then said, "In this world, two points store 80% of the time power of this world, one is in the time gap of the imperial city of the Northern Empire, Deyo City, and the other is stored in the body of a time walker hiding in the shadows. ”
"Since we have to do it, we must take these two points into our pockets, needless to say, in the narrow period of time, we must store them in the city of Deyo, and we are bound to get this."
"And the other point, the time walker who carries the power of time, I have also found his place." With that, One pointed to a spot outside the rift in time.
"Northern Empire, Confessional."