Chapter 173: Flesh and Bone
Many people say that it was the most beautiful sight they have ever seen in their lives - the flames that appeared in the sky over the center of Murmansk.
The flames grew slowly from a windowless, lead-gray tall building.
At first, it divided into countless slender, bright vines, winding its way up from the bottom of the building to the wall, as if the fast-growing creeper in the spring moon had been recorded by a camera and then fast-forwarded a hundredfold.
The vines eventually converged on the roof and met, and a bright "fruit" condensed. It was the fruit of a flame that ignited the air in an instant. The space around them distorted and burned, and reddish, transparent clouds of fire slowly spread like ripples in the center of the pond. The hot air that expanded and rose in the heat met the cold air in the air hundreds of meters high, and snow-white clouds and mist also appeared.
Then the fruit of the flame pulled out a bright, small "shoot". The branches grew when the wind blew them, and in the shocked eyes of the people, they quickly turned into a thicker vine, stretching all the way to the clouds high in the sky. The sight reminded many of the story of Jack and the beanstalk, where the evil giant was supposed to dwell in the clouds.
With only one breath, more tongues of fire erupted from the thick vines. However, it is not the unpredictable, slowly dancing tongue of fire that people perceive, but something with a sharp outline, as if sketched with a paintbrush.
It looks more like it is tangible and qualitative, rather than formed by violent chemical reactions.
It all happened slowly and quickly, a minute later. The flames from that tall building had risen into the sky.
So a second sun appeared in the sky over the city of Murmansk. It emitted an uncompelling light, and the brilliant light reflected into a big cross, and the sky and the earth were clear.
Then the thing flickered for a moment, as if it had blinked itself. As a result, the light converged, and only the light that was bright and white remained in people's retina. As for the thing above the clouds - it flew south.
There is a barrier on the far edge of the sky. Although the water vapor in the vicinity had disappeared due to the cold, there was no doubt that it was still there. However, the ball of light streaked across the sky without hindrance, as if it were nothing more than an illusion to it.
Although this ball of light was very different from the image of the "arm" in the intelligence, many people had realized that the two seemed to be the same thing—otherwise it was hard to imagine what other existence in this world could bring them such a great shock.
But so far, at least, they have not been able to really confirm their hypothesis. Because the low temperature still exists, they can't cross the thunder pool one step.
But in that building, or in the ruins of that building. The temperature is not so cold anymore.
The residual temperature is still there.
The residual temperature heats up an entire area of air around it. The "residual temperature" of nearly 100 degrees Celsius makes it unusually dry. And there was a dull sound from the scorched earth, as if it was about to collapse in the next moment.
Li Zhen was still standing there, maintaining that position. He looked like a statue, and not even the scorching turbulence of the air could lift the corners of the gray-and-white coat he was wearing.
He stood there with a numb expression. It took a long, long time before he curled his fingers slightly. Because I kept that position for a long time. Bone friction of the knuckles. Make a soft "gurgling" sound. It seemed that it was because of this movement that he realized that the huge arm in front of him no longer existed. Just a few minutes ago, the massive flesh had melted into the air in a torrent of flames before his eyes. Then seep out of the walls.
He let out a heavy, long sigh and withdrew his arm.
The slight sigh overpowered the whistling wind. The next moment, everything came to a standstill. The flames on the ground slowly extinguished, as if they were afraid of something.
Li Zhen took a step forward and slowly walked underground.
The iron door connecting the first floor to the negative floor has been melted, and the molten iron is slowly flowing. But Li Zhen waved his hand, and the molten iron was separated by an invisible force, revealing a large black hole. He walked into the cave and found the room from memory.
The house was on the second basement floor, undamaged by the raging flames. The heat from the ground has warmed the place, melted water floods the surface, and droplets of water fall from the ceiling. He walked through the long, dark passage in the rain to the door of the room.
The large room was dark, so Li Zhen waved his hand to heat some metal fragments of unknown material on the ground.
The small, cold thing tumbled and floated from the ground, like a piece of dough that had been kneaded haphazardly by some invisible hand. It heated up sharply as it was rubbed. Tiny pieces of metal turned into clumps of red-hot metal fluid suspended in mid-air, emitting a dazzling light that made the large room visible.
Li Zhen walked over to the biological pod and looked down.
The bones that had been spliced together were still lying quietly, as if they could continue to lie like this for several years.
He stretched out his right hand and leaned over the skeleton.
This time he didn't use that gun. Actually, that thing was no longer on him.
The skin of his fingertips was torn by his fingernails, and a drop of blood was spotted in the middle of the forehead of the skull before the wound healed.
Li Zhen opened his mouth, as if he wanted to speak and stopped. He weighed it again, and finally whispered in the light of a piece of metal, "I don't know if it's worth it." ”
"But that's what I promised you."
He rubbed his hand against the smooth skull and continued, "Just now I knew something. If you can speak now, how I wish I could ask you before I do this, if you want to wake up in this world. ”
He sighed, "How insignificant we are. ”
He was then silent for a long time. When the skull was slightly warmed by his palm, he finally shook his head and whispered, "So...... I give you life. ”
It was like a mantra that echoed through the room.
And the spell worked.
Flesh begins to come back to life. It is first born from the joints of the bones. It's like a tiny red snake. Then the red snakes crept up to the bone, winding and climbing, entangled, and implicated. They slowly come together, and the filaments become the fibers of the muscle. Shriveled blood vessels have also grown, but blood has not yet filled them.
When the flesh and blood completely wrapped the bones, Li Zhen turned around.
He took a few steps back and took off his coat.
There was a slight rustling sound behind him, like a greedy spring silkworm devouring mulberry leaves—it was the sound of flesh growing.
After a quarter of an hour, the sound stopped.
Li Zhen turned around, raised his head slightly, and draped his coat over the newborn body.
His hand accidentally touched his skin, and it felt slippery. It was newborn, baby-like, slippery. And the warm heat.
This means that under the coat is a person. It is a flesh-and-blood, living person.
He looked down.
As a result, it was the clear gaze that met it.
Haruaki Kitagawa had already opened his eyes.
Li Zhen looked at her uneasily, not daring to say the first sentence. For he knew that it was not difficult for the Tao to make flesh and blood from white bones—the Gate of Truth had done it here countless times. What is really difficult is to make this white bone back into the same person it used to be.
Or rather, really difficult. It's to make her regain her old memories...... with the soul.
They stared at each other for three seconds. Li Zhen felt that these three seconds were extremely long.
Until Kitagawa Harumi said-
"It's not cold."
"I feel better."
Li Zhen opened his mouth. I don't know what to say.
In fact, it only took a moment for him to understand these two sentences. Because he deeply remembers that afternoon in the Philippines, when he hugged the gradually cold body in his arms. The last thing she said was-
"But I'm so cold now."
And he hugged her and asked, "Is this better?" ”
Six years later, she answered him.
Li Zhen felt his throat tighten. He gripped the corners of the biopod with his fingers, his lips twitched slightly, and said, "It's good to see you again." ”
Kitagawa Haruaki narrowed his eyes and looked around. Then she frowned slightly, her eyes moving downward. She saw her coat and smelled the burning smell of the room. She also saw the mess around her and the look on Li Zhen's face.
So her chaotic consciousness gradually became clearer, and she realized ......
This is not the Philippines.
It's not that room either.
She heard Li Zhen sigh softly.
"Little North. It's 2020. ”
……
……
When the last drop of water fell from the roof, Kitagawa Harumi finished listening to a long, incredible story.
She looked straight at Li Zhen and asked in a dream-like voice, "So, is this what the current world world is like?" ”
"Yes. It's messy. Li Zhen said.
"We ...... Don't be afraid of species? She asked again.
Li Zhen was silent for a while and said, "You can think like this. ”
The two of them were silent for a while in the deep darkness, and Kitagawa Harumi said, "You...... How did you save me? ”
After a long time, Li Zhencai said softly: "I gave you something." ”
Kitagawa could tell from his voice that the other party didn't want to talk about it—as if she knew that Li Zhen had hidden a lot from herself in the narrative just now. But curiosity prompted her to continue asking, "Can you tell me about it?" I want to know the way...... What the hell have you sacrificed for me. ”
Her tone was tactful, but her will was undoubtedly firm. Li Zhen could hear the firmness in his words.
A feeling of guilt made him sigh softly, and he realized that he seemed to be happy to share the secret with someone—subconsciously.
So after a few seconds of silence, he whispered, "I communicated with that thing." ”
Kitagawa accepted the abrupt shift and listened quietly.
"So now I've figured one thing out. The so-called 'last day' refers to it. Li Zhen's voice echoed through the empty room, "It's a terrifying, ancient creature. Its history can even be traced back to when the Earth was just forming...... You know, our textbooks say that the origin of life on earth is because of ......"
Li Zhen paused and smiled: "No...... Let's get to the point. The point is. The Longinus spear in my hand is actually its little finger bone. Ying Long told me that I could save you with this gun, and I finally knew what I meant by that sentence - I returned its phalanges to it, and it lent me some strength. ”
"You know, the kind can transform an ordinary person into a disciple—by giving some kind of ability."
"Then I can also create my own disciples."
After a while, Li Zhen said, "So...... You are not a pure human being. ”
"I'm sorry."
Kitagawa Harumi let out a soft sigh. Li Zhen felt the moist and warm air flow in his ears.
"But you said before that you had the virus and you had to have that gun to keep you from getting sick," she asked. ”
"It healed it. That's what it was. ”
Kitagawa nodded in the dark. And he said, "So." What you mean is that you are now a pure species. ”
Li Zhen tugged at the corners of his mouth: "I'm not racist. ”
After a few seconds, Li Zhen heard Beichuan's chuckle: "Then I don't have either." I don't mind. ”
"Thank you, thank you for spending so many years doing this for me."
Li Zhen felt a sense of relief in his heart - because of Kitagawa Qingming's attitude. He knew that this was the real her—the kind of cold and reserved character. Such a personality will cause pressure and misunderstanding to many people, but for him it is a pot of crushed ice in the middle of summer.
They didn't ask what it was, for example. What is the connection between that thing and species and humans?
She didn't even ask what kind of agreement she had made with that thing.
Li Zhen felt grateful for her tolerance and understanding. This caused a warm current to rise from the bottom of his heart.
So he was even in the mood to make a joke: "Which one are you?" It's Haruaki Kitagawa. Or the Lord of Ice, Snow and Wind? ”
"Both." Kitagawa said with relief, "We're alone now. ”
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……
Froude felt like he was dying.
In fact, when he threw himself into the door of truth, he thought about his own way of dying - thinking about the cause of his death when the threat of death was far away and slim away from him, in a sense, it was actually quite enjoyable.
He had thought of countless tragic or heroic ways to die, but he never thought that one day he might be frozen to death.
Now he is trapped in a building. Through the window, you could see black smoke rising five blocks away, and just half an hour earlier, something made of flames had appeared there, then rose into the clouds and fled.
For a moment he thought that even being burned alive by those flames was better than freezing to death. But then he realized that maybe he would have a different idea when the time came.
So he couldn't help but smile because of his "rationality".
Christina on the side kicked him weakly: "You can still laugh?!" ”
Froude turned his head to stare at her for a few seconds, and Christina glared at him as well—a surprise in his eyes.
Then the little girl blinked violently, grabbed a piece of crushed ice beside her, and knocked him on the head, but Froude hurriedly reached out and shook it in front of her eyes—and Christina's hand hung limply, looked at the piece of ice in her hand, and shook her head in confusion.
Froude let out a long sigh of relief—he had forgotten to use his abilities because of the cold.
He met Lee Jin when he was taking Christina out of town.
At that time, he was surrounded and protected by a group of executives, trying to escape from the frozen sea of the north by the Chinese. Two of the more than ninety people have the ability to influence the temperature - one can manipulate the flames, and the other can create a vacuum.
Such a configuration would rival any well-trained and well-equipped regular army with no more than 1,000 men. It's a pity that when he met Li Zhen, the people who swore half an hour ago that they would never betray him rebelled one after another, and almost tore him alive.
He clearly knew that the other party had a power called "power", but he didn't expect that he would be unlucky enough to bump into him. In fact, as long as he was five minutes late, he could jump into a passage in the frozen ocean and slip away with these people.
Lee Jin disbanded his team on the spot and carried him and Christina to the building. He then threw the two into an office. "I have something to do." If you're not dead in an hour, I'll take you away. ”
So Froude and the little girl relied on the burning heat of the wooden desk and chair in the office for an hour and nine minutes.
But this level of heat could not withstand the cold, and the two people shivered and leaned against each other, feeling the vitality of life rushing through their bodies.
Froude couldn't feel his feet anymore. So he looked down to make sure they were still properly attached to his legs. His lips trembled slightly, and he looked at the window as he pondered a question—
What am I?
So far, he hadn't figured out why the elders would choose to take Christina with him.
He knew that the little girl beside him was the most valuable asset in the organization, so there should be someone who had enough ability to be worthy of this kind of responsibility to carry out this task. But between the three of Ajosu, Vivien, and herself......
He felt that if he were Longinus, he would not choose himself. In fact, the abilities of those two are more suitable for escaping - on the premise that the other party has a monster like Li Zhen.
At least both of them can really take Christina away and "fly", and their mobility is several times better than their own.
He felt that there must be a reason for this. And that Great Elder must have chosen himself for that reason.
Froude shuddered and added a few more legs to the fire. Insert your hands back into the cuffs.
As for this reason......
He thought about it for a while, and his brow finally relaxed.
It's stupid. A smile appeared on his face, and he said to himself, "This little princess and I are still alive and staying here......
Isn't that the reason?
The guy has "the speed of a leopard" and "the eyes of an eagle" - which means it's hard for anyone to escape from the area right under his nose...... Whether it's yourself. Or Vivien is very likely to be caught by him.
In fact, this is almost a certain thing - after killing that one, Li Zhen did not rush into the city. Instead, they stayed on the outskirts of the city. Finally blocked himself.
And then......
Froude smiled with an inexplicable meaning on his frozen face—
That's the only thing you can do—
Neither An Ruosu nor Vivian will be like themselves when facing Li Zhen......
Cry and shout "Heroes spare your life"!
Froude breathed a sigh of relief—was it because the Great Elder had long expected that he would always be caught, and he had long expected his reaction. Just give this task to yourself?
- After all, you can't escape, so ...... Just think about what happens after you get caught.
Despite his reluctance to admit it, Froude sadly realized that he was indeed the best person for the task.
I don't have the courage to look at death, nor do I have the stupid arrogance. As long as there is a slight opportunity......
I don't want to die.
He thought about it a few more times, and felt that his reasoning was simply unassailable. However, when he solved this problem, he felt that he had fallen into another mystery - the Great Elder did this......
It seems that he is "sending" himself and Christina to Li Zhen instead of those Chinese soldiers.
Is there any difference between the two?
In fact, at the moment, it seems that there is indeed a difference.
Instead of leaving himself and Christina in the custody of the soldiers, Li Zhen imprisoned them here - the extreme hypothermia turned into loyal and competent guards.
Froude sighed again. But if he doesn't show up again...... Nothing makes a difference. He's a little sleepy right now, and he's going to get more and more sleepy. Once you fall asleep in this environment, you will never wake up.
Froude narrowed his eyes and looked out the window again.
This time, he finally saw a figure appear in the sky in the distance.
No...... It's two figures.
Froude struggled to prop up his upper body so that he could see more clearly.
Then he saw that just below the two figures, something was rising. It was the remnants of bricks and tiles, ice and snow on the ground.
Below them was the warehouse, the size of an entire football field. Now there was a small whirlwind in that area, and the things were rising, spinning, and converging in one place because of the force of the whirlwind. It became......
A tornado.
Froude blinked. It was in such a moment that the wheal, which seemed to be weak and weak just now, had grown rapidly - growing into a huge gray-white funnel nearly ten meters high and swaying straight into the sky.
Before the two figures completely disappeared into the eye of the massive tornado, Froude noticed that they were not fighting. Then an incredible thought suddenly appeared in his mind—
If I didn't guess wrong, one of them was Li Zhen.
And the other one......
He is the king of snow and wind.
He was stunned for a moment, not figuring out how the half of the skeleton in his memory had become a living person again. They did "copy" a lot of "Kitagawa Harumi", but in his opinion, those clones were "walking dead" - they had human intelligence and could learn and understand many things. However, there is always a lingering "dead air" in their eyes, and their expressions are always stiff and numb, like an immature and injured wild cat.
But now the force that appeared in the distance—the force that could summon an earth-shattering tornado......
Who else but the Lord of Ice and Wind can do it?
Froude stared at the massive funnel for a moment.
Such a short period of time. It's grown bigger. It emerges from the ground. The tail is as thick as a football field. But this was only the end of it—further up, it grew larger and larger, and eventually it caught up with the clouds in the sky that had not yet had time to completely dissipate, obscuring the entire Murmansk sky.
It was the biggest, weirdest tornado he'd ever seen in his life. Because the big creature hadn't moved—in fact, it could have leveled the city with all its strength now. Any tall building that is next to it will turn into a fragile cardboard box. In a matter of seconds, it was torn to shreds and thrown into the sky.
But now the big creature was just shaking in place like a gray mushroom, making a loud rumbling sound that caused a slight pain in the eardrums.
Froude also heard the wind—the terrible suction that caused the wind to converge in all directions towards the huge funnel. The flames in the campfire in front of him were shivering with the cold wind that came through the crack in the door. Falling in the direction of that tornado, it seems that it is also going to go with it.
That's because the tornado is sucking a huge amount of air away – throwing it thousands of meters into the air.
As a result, a vast depression zone formed near it, and air was replenished from all directions. Trying to fill that huge "gap".
After more than ten seconds of doubt, Froude's eyes showed the joy of the rest of his life.
No matter what Lee Jin intends to do to them, no matter how that Kitagawa Harumi is resurrected......
At least for today, they are not going to die.
The giant vacuum cleaner created by the Lord of Ice and Wind is throwing extremely cold air into the air, so that the not-so-cold "hot air" from the south and north will fill the area around Murmansk.
The two of them are changing the local climate in such incredible ways.
- These two terrifyingly powerful guys!
This joy refilled Froude's body. He shuddered and moved his arm, tossing the nearby pieces of wood into the campfire. The various chemical coatings on the wood were suddenly burned into a pungent smell, which made him a little dizzy. But Froude knew that he didn't need to think about "saving it" anymore.
Now he had to get himself back to life and get warmer a little faster.
Maybe the resurrection of the Ice King will dazzle Li Zhen's mind, and maybe the two of them are hiding in the eye of the tornado right now. Froude thought, then maybe there would be a chance to find an escape after the temperature warmed up slightly.
He brought himself closer to the campfire, and he didn't forget to pull the little princess with a blue face beside him.
The heat from the flames quickly seeped through the heavy clothing, and he felt like his feet had regained some sensation, but it was also itchy enough to make him feel the urge to cut them off and throw them into the fire.
He looked out the window as he lit the fire—no one had rushed out of the giant funnel. And I don't know if it's a psychological effect, he feels that the temperature around him has indeed risen.
Fifteen minutes passed, and he tried to stand up.
Shook it. The station froze.
At this time, he noticed that the "snowflakes" on the ground that had been blown up by the strong wind were rapidly melting - those were solid carbon dioxide. This means that it was not his illusion before, and the temperature in the city of Murmansk has now risen to at least minus 60 degrees Celsius.
Froude seized the time to stomp his feet and wave his hands, speeding up his blood flow. It made him look like he was dancing, as if he had gone crazy. And the current Christina must have listened to him very much, so she also danced like him, and the two seemed to have lost their minds and gone crazy together.
"What is this doing?" A voice asked suddenly.
Froude stopped moving, thinking he was hallucinating. But when he turned his head, he found Li Zhen appearing at the door. The sound of the whistle wind drowning out the sound of the door opening, and the other party shouted this sentence loudly.
He realized that his plan had failed, but he didn't feel too frustrated—because it was a temporary idea.
Froude shrugged. Pat Christina's hand. So the girl obediently stopped. looked at him with adoring eyes.
"I was going to run away—" Froude said with a sigh, "I don't think I could run away." ”
Li Zhen closed the door and walked into the room, waving his hand. So the wind in the room stopped, and only the choking smell of smoke remained.
Froude felt a sense of relief—everywhere Li Zhen went. Everything is warm again. But he only looked at Li Zhen's eyes and didn't speak. Let Christina obediently stay by his side.
Li Zhen also looked at him intently. Find a chair and sit down.
After a while, he said, "I was in a hurry to leave before, and I didn't have time to ask - you are in charge of the specific cloning project?" ”
Li Zhen's voice was calmer—at least it sounded like that. Froude swallowed and foamed. After hesitating for two seconds, he said, "Yes." ”
He knew what the other party was referring to as a "clone" - a clone of Kitagawa Harumi.
Li Zhen nodded and beckoned: "Come here." ”
Froude was less than two steps away from him. He looked at Christina beside him, took a soft breath, and said to his little princess, "Go over there and close your eyes and sleep." ”
Christina is still controlled by his abilities, and Li Zhen does not use his powers. So without hesitation, the little girl turned and walked to the other side of the room, squeezed one by one between the two iron chests, and closed her eyes.
Froude slowly took a step towards Li Zhen and said, "......"
But before he could say anything, he felt his head dazed, and then flew back two meters away in a daze.
The pain was felt after a few seconds, and Froude sat up from the floor and covered his mouth in pain. Li Zhen punched him firmly in the face, and he felt like he had at least two of his back molars knocked out. And his head was still buzzing, his left cheek was sore and hot, and he soon lost consciousness again.
But Froude endured the pain and looked at Li Zhen—he was still sitting in his chair staring at him expressionlessly, and ......
Seems intent on getting up.
So at a moment Froudford to his heart, a sentence blurted out again-
"Heroes spare their lives!"
Through his blurred vision, he confirmed that Li Zhen did not stand up. It seemed that he had planned to get up and walk over to himself again, but this sentence made him change his mind and sit down again.
Li Zhen had a strange look on his face - it was the kind of state that wanted to laugh but felt that he shouldn't laugh, wanted to be angry but had nowhere to go, but he had to be tense after all.
He looked at the gray-faced Froude, and after a long while, he turned his head and spat out: "Why are you such a person?" ”
He himself couldn't tell whether his words were a sign of disdain, admiration, amazement or helplessness—
If the person in front of him is not the "First Saint" of the Gate of Truth, but a random street thug, then he is despised from the top.
If the person in front of him was the "First Saint" and at the same time held back a fierce and fearless energy like An Ruosu or Vivian, and looked at him coldly, he would not hesitate to harvest a life.
But the key is ......
This thing doesn't seem to care about his "identity" at all, and what he does makes him feel inexplicably intimate and familiar......
This strange contradiction made him not know what to do with it.
Maybe it's also because of ...... I was already hesitating to kill them.
After what happened before.
Froude was keenly aware of Li Zhen's current state, so he sat on the ground and replied vaguely: "Those who know the times are Junjie." ”
Li Zhen gritted his teeth and looked at him for a while. coldly squeezed out a sentence: "You speak Chinese quite slippery." ”
"Under is the Chinese special eight." Froude replied quickly—this time he spat out two bloody teeth, and the words were clearer.
Li Zhen still looked at him coldly and stopped talking.
Froude secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
He realized that his life was not in danger for the time being.
That's it—he felt like he was getting to figure out how to get along with this man. He realized that the other party was obviously a guy who ate soft rather than hard and had a slight mental cleanliness.
If he dresses up as a tough guy, he will obviously let himself go. But if you don't use those clever means or ideas to provoke him - this guy named Li Zhen is a very good person to get along with.
Froude sat on the ground and didn't dare to stand up, while Li Zhen stared at him. After a full five seconds of stalemate, Froude said sincerely: "I don't want to die, I'm afraid of death." ”
The corners of Li Zhen's mouth twitched.
Froude then said, "Truly—you know, the First Saint can also be counted as a profession...... When I didn't have a job, Longinus met me and said I was a talent. Then tell me he has a job there that pays $30,000 a year—"
He sensed that Li Zhen didn't seem interested in his past. Hurriedly changed the subject: "Actually, I'm just in charge of cloning - in fact, I've also strongly disagreed with that...... I think ......"
"I've heard about you from Qingqing." Li Zhen interrupted him.
Froude closed his mouth and breathed a sigh of relief. Because he felt that at least he hadn't abused the little girl before, and that Vivien had made up the story she had told her.
After another two or three seconds, Li Zhen finally sighed: "Do you recognize a person named Yu Ziqing?" ”
Froude shook his head cautiously.
"Then you two should really get to know each other." Li Zhen said.
Froude finally cried out in his heart thoroughly, deeply, and with joy.
The other party let himself go.
So he tried to stand up. Wipe the blood off your mouth. Li Zhen did not object. Instead, he looked at him intently. But it's more like thinking about something.
Froude took an inch and sat down in a chair far away, resting his hands on his knees. Put on a posture of knowing everything and saying everything.
Li Zhen's gaze refocused on Froude's face and said slowly: "It is expected that in an hour, the temperature will rise to about minus forty degrees Celsius. That's when reinforcements came in. ”
"So the next period of time will determine whether you will spend the rest of your life in the Empire's Class A prison."
"I know it." The left side of Froude's cheek was already high and swollen, which made him speak with a big tongue, "You have something you don't want others to know about me, and maybe you need me." ”
Li Zhen smiled coldly: "It seems that you have been somewhat prepared." So I asked—what else do you have planned? ”
In Li Zhen's opinion, the raid went too smoothly – though others may not think so. He felt that the door of truth should not be so fragile, and that this victory would have been too easy. After all, this was once a huge organization, and even if it experienced a heavy blow five years ago, even if there were all kinds of unexpected factors mixed in this time, they should not be so weak.
But this time, Froude did not answer immediately.
He looked at Li Zhen and then Christina, and after a long while, he whispered, "Indeed...... There is a follow-up plan. We call it A-Scheme. ”
"Actually, we knew that we couldn't hold it here—since we knew that you weren't really dead. So five years ago, we started to prepare for both hands, ha, ha, take precautions......"
"But it's not a big deal, you should know all about it—" he shrugged again, and said lightly, "I know that Wang Meng has fled to you, which is the plan related to them—we have created some new humans, and this is the real 'chosen one.'" The original intention was that once the test of the 'elect' came to fruition, we would all be transformed into that form—strong, intelligent, and long-lived—so that we would slowly replace the old human beings in this world......"
"I'll ask you again after the last question, what other plans do you have?" Li Zhen interrupted him, and his voice became a little colder.
Froude fell silent. (To be continued......)