"I said... Do we have to take such a detour? ”

North America, Texas, walking on the desert where birds don't, Fu Shuai looked up at the sun in the sky and wiped the sweat on his forehead...

This was the first time he had doubts about Lu Ziqiao's behavior as a professional in the past few days, but he was more curious than complaining.

After all, although the reincarnators have spaceships equipped with refractive engines, the distance is of no practical significance, but after all, this is the third time that they have run back to the Americas, no matter how good the reincarnation engine is, Fu Shuai also noticed that the fuel gauge is already a little unbearable.

With the positioning of the reflex engine design, the applicable spatial scale under normal circumstances, and the consumption of this energy, with the level of the 21st century, to make an inappropriate analogy, it is almost equivalent to driving an Airbus A380, not taking off, starting from the entrance of the community with the wheels of the landing gear, driving along the mud road after the rainy day to the People's Square, and then turning around the entire urban-rural junction, and then deliberately rushing back to the first 3 buildings of the community 402... It's just a waste of a broken brain.

"yes, it has to be." Before Lu Ziqiao could speak, Xiao Hei directly picked up the conversation, "You really don't know about this kind of common-sense level thing?" ”

Fu Shuai's head shook like a rattle.

Xiao Hei sighed, "What is the essence of the Holy Grail War?" It's a ritual... Tell me, what is a ritual? ”

"Uh... Is it used to deceive people? ”

In the face of this kind of answer, Xiao Hei didn't have any disappointed reaction, or strong complaints, in the past few days, he has become accustomed to Fu Shuai's head dropping the chain at that critical moment, just habitually resigned to fate, and then explained: "You say that it is a kind of deceptive thing, in a sense, it is indeed true, rituals have been used by rulers since the beginning of human civilization, and they are the means used by rulers to deceive the people." ”

"Ritual is to demand or prove something to some non-existent existence through complicated procedures, unjustified beliefs, and to do things that are not necessary at all..."

But it is undeniable that whether it is Zhou Tianzi's sacrifice or the salesman's awkward dance, it is a kind of reinforcement of group consciousness... And magic is a bit idealistic in itself. ”

"So, when the concept of ritual was introduced into the system of magic... Let me tell you this, the simplest understanding is that the more complicated the ceremony, the more troublesome, the more unbelievable, the more the participants themselves hurt so much that they want to scold their mothers, and the more energy can be mobilized in the end. ”

"And that kind of reasoning?!" Fu Shuai, who heard this logic for the first time, couldn't help but complain.

Lu Ziqiao was standing on a certain sand dune, doing the work of searching for dragon points, and when he heard the layman's complaint, he added without looking back: "It will not necessarily have an effect, there are still many rules to master, but he doesn't understand it himself, it's just that the layman sees the excitement, so he can only explain so much." ”

"Hey! Don't dismantle my platform!! ”

After a few days, the three people, who originally belonged to two teams and only gathered together for some common purposes, gradually formed a little tacit understanding and this relaxed atmosphere of gags.

It's just that Lu Ziqiao is a little special, if his previous image can be said to be that the experience after becoming a reincarnation has made him mature a lot, and he is no longer the prodigal young man in the love apartment, then he now seems to be like a huge stone in his heart, not smiling, cautious, even Xiao Hei feels a little strange...

But Xiao Hei is also willing to believe that Lu Ziqiao, who is now burdened with many things that he can't understand, is even more reliable than ever!!

"Found it, keep up." Lu Ziqiao waved the sleeves of his robe, and the whole person floated in the air, heading towards a certain direction to resist the wind, although the golden nightgown on his body really made people unable to contact the four words of the fairy wind bone, and the other two also knew that this was just the effect of a pair of enchanted shoes.

If you just look at the strength of the feet, Fu Shuai is the fastest among the three, Xiao Hei is the second, and Lu Ziqiao is the slowest one, so the two of them still quickly caught up with Lu Ziqiao's footsteps, and even had the strength to look around.

Lu Ziqiao jumped onto a bare red rock that didn't show anything special, and said with certainty: "That's right, this is it." ”

Efficiency is paramount, Lu Ziqiao immediately took out all kinds of pigments and powders, and quickly started his work, but at this time, Fu Shuai, who was completely a layman, suddenly waved his hand and stopped his movements.

Lu Ziqiao frowned, "What's wrong?"

Fu Shuai put his finger to his lips, made a silent gesture, and then closed his glasses and listened...

"At seven o'clock, there was a sound... Two cars, and... Mecha!"

"The car is in front, the mecha is in the back, and it is rushing towards our position...

"My Nima#¥%&**#" Lu Ziqiao instantly came to a quality triple, "Don't you give people a way to live?!" With this luck, I'm really early... ”

Although the dirty words in his mouth kept stopping, Lu Ziqiao's movements were not sluggish, he waved his staff, and set up an invisible force field casually, wrapping the three of them inside, and at the same time, Xiao Hei also used the Great Prophecy Technique to create a holographic image, showing the distant scene in that direction.

"Well, it looks like a local drug dealer, is... Fu Shuai was originally the most vocal on this occasion, but his tone was suddenly full of doubts, "Huh? What are those mechs doing? ”

On the other hand, Xiao Hei also saw that something was wrong, "In just a few seconds, they have at least three chances to surround people... ”

"A game of cat and mouse?" Fu Shuai said his guess uncertainly.

"I don't care what you are... Lu Ziqiao, who is usually a little cultivated, was already bursting with green tendons on his forehead at this time, "Is there still an end?!" On Lao Tzu's turf... ”

Fu Shuai once again exerted his ability to speak out of place, "That, judging from the logo on the stage at the head... It seems to be the royal family of Britannia, so it should be on their territory, right? ”

Lu Ziqiao pinched his eyebrows with his fingers.

It's not the first time this has happened, and it's not even the second time, including Cornelia's.

Within a few days, in all corners of the world, four times in a row just in the way of the march of the great army, it was not even possible to suspect that Britannia was specifically looking for trouble with them, because one of them happened in the Chinese Federation.

The probability of several times is superimposed, and the degree of this kind of bad luck is almost equivalent to the moment before the Qing army was about to enter the customs, a meteorite smashed on the outside of the city gate tower of Shanhaiguan, and the whole family of Aixin Jueluo, even if they were not present at the time, all died suddenly because of a genetic disease that had never been discovered...

What's even more weird is that the last time this happened, although Lu Ziqiao had already prepared and used large-scale illusions in advance to shift the route of the entire army, and there was time to do it without leaving a trace, but after the dozens of mecha bypassed, they actually turned a corner... If they hadn't made up their minds to kill them all before the third turn, the trio even suspected that the group would have made a few laps around their expected node.

At that time, in order to quickly resolve the battle, at the same time, they had to ensure that their hands and feet were clean, so that the opponent's reinforcements did not focus on the laid nodes, and they had to get the nodes done before the rest of the troops who noticed that something was wrong.

"It's the sixteenth prince." Lu Ziqiao closed his eyes and used the illusion he had already perfected to read a little bit of the thoughts of those ordinary people, "They call this 'hunting', deliberately let a few criminals with a little ability, and then chase and play when they are happy, it seems to be very popular among the nobles in this area... I'm Gan! Are all the nobles of Britannia so idle?! ”

Fu Shuai glanced at the pickup truck running at the front in the image, driving a brown-skinned young woman, with a hot figure, a bewitching face, and a hideous tattoo on her arm indicating that she was not a character to be messed with, her lips were biting, and her whole face was unwilling to show her despair, but she didn't want to show even a trace of despair... Wait, huh?

After carefully filling in the rest of the details, Fu Shuai thought to himself, isn't this really fun? Why did you say that your brain was broken? This kind of strong and stubborn soul should not be ...

Fortunately, in this regard, he was still able to keep his mouth shut and didn't say what he was thinking, otherwise it wouldn't have taken so many years, and it is estimated that he would have to play himself to death early.

Lu Ziqiao complained and complained, but finally sighed, "Let's work." It must be done before the evening, otherwise the front is all in vain. ”

As the ritual progresses, the time constraints become more and more demanding... To be honest, even he was suddenly not confident in the smooth deployment of the entire Holy Grail system now.

But... Lu Ziqiao raised his head, not knowing whether he was looking at or thinking about something that did not actually exist in that piece of the sky, and a layer of morbid confidence and fanaticism suddenly surged up on his face.

"I'm going to use another big lie."

"You're crazy?!" Xiao Hei immediately jumped up and grabbed Lu Ziqiao's neck, as if this would really make him sober up a little, "Use it on this kind of?!" I don't care if you're dead?! What about my sister-in-law? Are you going to let her stay alive and widowed, or do you want someone to burn a hat for you... Huh? ”

Xiao Hei suddenly found that his hand was not pinched on Lu Ziqiao's neck at all!!

And as soon as Lu Ziqiao waved his staff, several phantoms that looked exactly like him suddenly appeared around him, picked up the enchantment materials on the ground, and began to draw a sophisticated and complex magic array with an assembly-line efficiency!!

This guy not only wants to use that trick again, but he is also ready to multitask?!!

"I've got the hang of it... Lu Ziqiao smiled, "A few more times, you can control the backlash in... ”