Chapter 9: Boss Heaven

"Do you like tokusatsu films?"

Looking at the live footage transmitted back from the drone, Ross suddenly asked Brother Slow a question.

Brother Slow also understood what he meant: "If you are really interested, I do have a lot of resources to lend to see, but I don't think now is the time to talk about this......"

"How?" Rose heard a hint of worry in Brother Slow's tone, "Could it be ...... Do you think this monster can't even handle the 'hero'? ”

"It doesn't matter what I think, right?" Brother Slow replied in a deep voice, "Anyway, we'll see in a few dozen seconds." ”

This answer is equivalent to saying nothing, but Ross has already heard it - Brother Slow's heart is a little empty.

And it is, and it is.

According to the past performance of the "hero", just the knee hit the past, and the enemy should be crippled if he is not dead.

However, at the moment, the actual situation on the other side of the battlefield is ......

Qi Qi, who was given a top flight by the sudden attack, only flipped half a circle in mid-air, stabilized his body with his wings, and counterattacked.

In this battle, the "hero" has only two advantages: first, the damage caused by the sudden attack and the opportunity it brings; Second, the limbs and joints of humanoid creatures that are more flexible than those of Poor Qilai.

These two points, the former has just been consumed by him, and it has not allowed him to take advantage of too much, and the latter...... It depends on how he plays in actual combat.

On the other hand, on the side of Qiqi, the advantage can be described as quite large.

First of all, the greatest disadvantage of beasts and humans is usually intelligence; However, the transformed Qi Qi is undoubtedly also intelligent, even more intelligent than most humans, and the "hero" who can only exist for one minute is not the kind of human who "can use tools to deal with beasts (such as digging traps and using firearms)...... Therefore, this disadvantage does not exist.

Secondly, in the case of similar body weight, due to the difference in bone structure, muscle strength, vascular tension and many other physiological factors, the ability of beasts to fight in close combat is often many times higher than that of humans.

This is also the law of nature, because the human body evolved to the present day mainly to better use tools, and the bodies of those beasts and predators have always been born to prey.

Brains and nimble fingers allow humans to easily make and manipulate tools that can help them outmaneuver stronger species, dramatically reduce the risk and efficiency of hunting, and put humans at the top of the food chain. It can also help humans enslave other species, produce crops more efficiently, reduce the cost of labor, create environments suitable for their lives, and derive tools for more variety and function......

Predators, on the other hand, have only sharp teeth and claws, brutal bites, and incredible instantaneous explosive power...... It's all in the service of the same thingβ€”to catch their own lively dinner, and quickly subdue and devour them alive.

By the way, no matter which version of the legend is used, the creature "Poor Strange" has one thing in common - it likes to eat people.

If you believe in evolution, you should be able to infer something from this.

To sum up, even though the "hero" is a combat entity that can crush a person with murderous ability on a physical level, when he meets Qi Qi, who also has this strength, he is almost like an ordinary person who has encountered a tiger.

Of course, there are still differences, ordinary people don't have hard skin and self-healing ability like "heroes", and ordinary tigers are not as good at fighting and flying as Qiqi.

Look, on the battlefield......

As soon as Qiqi's wings spread, the wild lan took off, and it flew down from mid-air with a dive, and raised its claws to slap the shoulder and neck of the "hero".

Seeing this, "Hero" took half a step back with his left foot, sideways to dodge, and swung his right fist to hit Qi Qi in the ribs again.

However, the agility of Qiqi in the air is obviously beyond the expectations of the other party, and even when it is rushing, it can adjust its posture at any time, and even change its speed and forward trajectory...... Therefore, the "hero's" response was in vain in the eyes of Qi Qi, and it spun seven or eight meters to the side with one twist, flashed out of the "hero's" fist, changed the angle, put away its claws, bent its head to probe, and bit the "hero's" left arm.

The "hero's" steely skin was no different from ordinary human skin in front of Qiqi's fangs, and the staggered fangs tore through his flesh and embedded deep in his bones; Under the heavy pressure, the arm bones were broken, the flesh was like frost, and the blood was like rain.

Fortunately...... "hero" does not feel pain or fear because he is hurt, because he is the ideal "guardian saint" of Brother Slow, no matter what the situation, the "hero" will not back down, he will fight to the end until the enemy or himself is destroyed.

Whew-

In the next second, the "hero's" right hand turned into a fist and came through the wind, directly taking Qiqi's left eye.

This move put Qi in a dilemma...... It didn't have enough time to completely bite off the hero's left arm or pull out the tooth embedded in the opponent's arm, which meant ...... hero's arm became a piece of bait that stuck in Qiqi's teeth, and its entire head was confined.

This is one of the ...... "advantages of humanoid creatures" mentioned earlier, flexible arm joints and five fingers allow humans to have more choices in attack posture, angle, technique, etc. in combat, especially in this kind of "counterattack", animals tend to be completely suppressed after a part of the body is bitten, but humans do not.

After a breath, this eye-piercing blow hit with precision, smashing the left eyeball of Qiqi.

Stimulated by the pain, Qi Qi also burst out with a vicious force, biting off the left arm of the "hero".

This round of offense and defense ended with one side losing its eyes and one side losing its arm......

An injury like this, which is enough to cause permanent disability, must be very serious for ordinary people, but for Qi Qi and "heroes", it is only a temporary injury; It only takes a while for Akiki's eyes to grow, and the "hero's" arm will heal the next time he is summoned.

Of course, in the eyes of those few onlookers, the scene just now was definitely a vicious battle.

People generally have the impression that giant creatures move slowly, but the movements of these two in front of them are so fast that people's eyes can't keep up; Just this rush, flash, bite, poke, break...... It all happened in just three seconds.

The wind pressure brought out by the two struggles is like a strong typhoon that sets off locally, and the surrounding ground, buildings, trees, and vehicles ...... They were all scattered, and they clearly did not deliberately destroy the environment, and they had already made a mess within a radius of 100 meters.

At this time, the FCPS armed forces agents who were still some distance away from them had already begun to retreat to the rear with great interest, after all, no one wanted to become a "pond fish" and die in vain.

…………

At the same moment, a kilometer away from the scene of the incident, on the roof of a building.

"Still can't ......" Uncle Xue looked at the battle in the distance and said to himself, "Look at this posture...... If you keep fighting, the giant will lose. He sighed, "Ah...... Then this time I can only try to get Ross to call in a stronger master from other counties, or...... Shall I simply change the layout? ”

"I think you'd better save it." Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind him and picked up his words.

This change surprised Uncle Xue very much, because in the previous backtracking of "there was a battle", he had stood in this position to watch, but in those timelines, no one had ever noticed him, let alone approached his back so quietly.

When he heard this, Uncle Xue cautiously turned around and turned around.

As a result, he saw a face that could be said to be "long-awaited".

It was a man of decadent temperament, who looked to be in his twenties and thirties, with messy hair; He was dressed in a black casual suit with a black shirt underneath, an open neckline, no tie, and in general...... A raunchy look.

"Is that you?" Uncle Xue's eyes immediately became solemn, and his body instinctively tensed, as if he saw something terrifying that would devour him at any time.

A few years ago (here refers to real time, if you count Uncle Xue's subjective experience of going back, he has spent more than ten years), when Uncle Xue saw this man for the first time, he had the same reaction, as if ...... There was something deep in his soul that reminded him to stay away from this man.

"It's not me." As he spoke, the man in black had already walked to the guardrail, he leaned his waist there, and said lazily, "I told you the 'price' of your ability at the beginning, just to make you use it less, but now it seems that ...... You kid seems to be taking my reminder as a deaf ear? ”

Uncle Xue looked at him for a few seconds and replied, "I didn't question whether your words were true or false, I just ...... Even though I knew that going back in time would consume my life, something ...... I still had to do it. ”

"Hah!" The man in black laughed, "Hahahahaha......"

He laughed, laughed, laughed maniacally.

"What are you laughing at?" After waiting for a while, Uncle Xue asked.

The other party restrained his smile a little and replied, "Huh...... There is only one person in this world who can say, 'There is something I have to do,' but that person is not you......" he paused, "you, and most of the people in this world, what you have done...... What seems to you to do whatever it takes to accomplish is meaningless.

"You do it or you don't do it, it happens or it doesn't happen, and today there is one person or ten thousand people dead in this city...... It won't have any impact on the world.

"Nothing you do matters (nothing_you_do_matters), your existence is a lie (your_existence_is_a_lie).

"Even if you do manage to reduce the number of casualties by a few hundred or a few thousand today, are you really doing something good?

"To whom is this 'good'? To those who survived? To the federal government? To the human race? To the planet? Or is it about this universe?

"At the end of the day...... Someone who is subjectively able to find the so-called 'meaning' in this matter...... Yes, and only you.

"Even the people you saved won't notice anything, because they don't know that they would die without your interference, even if they knew what you did...... Nor do they understand the purpose of this life-and-death difference.

"It's you who 'want to save people', so 'someone is saved', and the result of 'someone is saved' makes you ...... An individual in this sinful race...... Feel the impact of the change of cause and effect on the 'sin' you are carrying, and shallowly interpret it as a 'meaning'. ”

He finished saying these words in one breath, and Uncle Xue listened to them all, but it was a pity that ...... I don't really understand.

"Uh......" After thinking for a few seconds, Uncle Xue muttered, "Then what do you mean...... Let me stop going back in time and let that monster wreak havoc? ”

The man shrugged, and it seemed that Uncle Xue's reaction was not unexpected, because he didn't expect Uncle Xue to understand his original intention from the beginning: "Don't worry, that monster will leave immediately." ”

At the same time as he said this, Qi Qi in the distance really flapped his wings, took off into the air, and flew away from the battlefield......

Seeing this scene, Uncle Xue was also speechless.

"You're pretty good, but you don't know what you're doing." After a while, the man in black spoke again, took out a black card from his suit pocket, and handed it to Uncle Xue.

Uncle Xue hesitated, but still took the card.

The card, which is about the size of a business card and is exquisitely crafted, has a white reverse cross printed on the front and a single number on the back - "7".

"Is this ......" Uncle Xue looked at the other party suspiciously, and asked tentatively.

"It's a daycare ticket, where you can hang out with some imps like you." The man's tone sounded like a joke, but it didn't seem like he was lying.

With that, he left the railing and stretched, as if ready to go.

"You're not going to tell me who you are this time?" Uncle Xue looked at the other party's distant back and asked again.

"Hmm......" the man thought for a moment and replied casually, "You can call me ...... 'Boss Tian'." He turned his head and glanced at Uncle Xue again, "Put away that card, we'll meet again soon." ”

Uncle Xue can also understand the title of "boss", because when he first met "Boss Tian" a few years ago, he was in a bookstore.

At that time, Uncle Xue's ability had just awakened, and the time for which he could go back was still very short, and he didn't know a lot about the ability.

So, he tried to look up relevant information on the Internet, but found that there were too many useless interference information, and it was difficult to distinguish between true and false; Later, he went to the federal public library, but found that when he searched for the keyword "superpower", he could only find books of this kind, but could not find anything of the investigation and research category (due to government control, such books could not be published through formal channels).

It was during that period that one evening, Uncle Xue was walking on a small street that he didn't often visit, and he happened to see a bookstore...... He had a flash of inspiration, and thought that he might be able to find some useful "crooked books" in this kind of small shop, which even collects old books, and went in.

As a result, he had a relationship with this "heavenly boss".

On the same day, after being instilled with a lot of information by Boss Tian's clouds and mountains, Uncle Xue returned to his residence and thought about it for a night; The next day, when he came back to the street, he found that the bookstore was gone......

Uncle Xue went to inquire about the surrounding businesses and residents, and even went to the city management department to inquire about the address, but he didn't find any clues.

This "urban legend" like an experience became a pimple in Uncle Xue's heart, and his final conclusion was-"There is a 30% chance that I was drunk or ate something unclean and hallucinated, and there is a 70% chance that I met a person with a strong ability." ”

Today, on Uncle Xue's Nth Friday on the thirteenth, he finally met "Boss Tian" again.

Although he has a lot of questions he wants to ask the other person, he can feel ...... In front of this person, even if he used time back, he couldn't get even a word out of the other party's mouth.

Therefore, Uncle Xue did not keep Boss Tian, but just silently watched the other party leave, and ...... As Boss Tian said, he didn't go back in time.

This is the end of the day's cycle.

But a new mystery has germinated in Uncle Xue's heart.

In the afternoon sun, he looked down at the black card in his hand, expecting ...... This will be the key to all answers and ends.