Chapter 3: Conflict

An item that contains a lot of life force?

Zhang Shen tilted his head and thought about it, the "Life Source Crystal" and "Water of Life" that he had come into contact with should have contained a lot of life force, but unfortunately, that was already in the past.

"Sorry, I don't have what you're looking for." With a sigh of great regret in his heart, Zhang Shen shrugged his shoulders, reluctantly glanced at the door of truth for the last time, and was about to leave.

"Huh, wait." The bearded man stopped Zhang Shen and took out more than a dozen bright red stones the size of a cat's eye, "You are also an alchemist, you should know the Sage's Stone." It's a real thing, interested? ”

The Philosopher's Stone is a very "practical" alchemical achievement. In addition to increasing the speed, power, and flexibility of alchemy, it can also "ignore" or "distort" the rules of the world within a certain range, and directly obtain the results that the alchemist wants, which is very convenient and fast for an alchemist like Zhang Shen who often needs to fight.

However, this ability to "defy the sky" comes at a very high price.

Human flesh and soul!

The refining material of the Philosopher's Stone is the flesh and soul of human beings. (Personally, I feel like goblins, orcs, elves and other humanoids should be fine, and even as long as the flesh and blood have intelligence, but for some reasons, it is still designated as a human race)

Refining the Philosopher's Stone requires a large number of living people, but as a guardian, if you go on a killing spree in another world, the consequences are very serious.

However, there are policies and countermeasures, and it is human nature to exploit loopholes.

Clones!!

There are many guardians on the technology side in the space, just like Tang Tian, who sold nuclear bomb controllers before, for them, cloning tens of thousands of people is like playing. In fact, there are not many "human traffickers" like this in the space, and there is no shortage of markets. After all, each power system has a similar branch of the evil path of "the more you kill, the stronger you are". To give a simple example, as long as the "fairy" vein refining and controlling corpses, as long as they are willing to spend money, buy millions of clones at one time, and integrate their flesh and blood into the corpses, even the lowest-level white-haired zombie can be forced into a golden armor corpse or even a drought in a short period of time! Although the zombies obtained in this way are weaker than those evolved from normal programs, the tigers are invincible to the wolves, and if you beat one of three or five, you won't lose.

But, after all, it is a "clone". Despite its "complete" body and simple consciousness and even false memories, its soul is imperfect and is forever missing a piece of incomparably more important than that of a normal human being.

Someone has done experiments, even the most "perfect" clone, even if it is strengthened in all directions with precious heaven and earth spirit materials at any cost, it will not be able to enter the "spirit" realm!

However, if it is only used as a "material" or "resource", the clone is sufficient.

As long as you are willing to spend money, the quantity has gone up, and some flaws can be completely ignored.

Zhang Shen squatted down, twisted one and played with it in his hand, the soft and long warmth passed through the skin and spread throughout the body, he felt warm and very comfortable.

This philosopher's stone is red all over, quite pure, crystal clear, as if it contains a viscous liquid, and when you roll it slightly, you can feel that the liquid is flowing.

Perhaps carrying the resentment of a large number of souls, the glow of the Philosopher's Stone exudes an invisible seductive power, as if it wants to pull the user into hell. If the contact person is not strong-minded, it is very likely that he will gradually go crazy, and finally unscrupulously refine the Philosopher's Stone, thus making the heavens angry and resentful, and bringing death to himself.

As an alchemist, Zhang Shen's temptation was particularly deep and concrete. If it had been a few days ago, maybe he would have really sunk, but after forty-eight days of penance, he was no longer the Amon he used to be.

"A little resentment, and you still want to disturb my mind, ridiculous!" Zhang Shen's eyes froze, and his thoughts were like knives, crushing the strange fluctuations emitted by the Philosopher's Stone into pieces.

The bearded man saw everything in his eyes, and a hint of appreciation flashed in his blue pupils.

"How, it's all high-quality goods, are you interested?"

Reluctantly putting down the small red stone, Zhang Shen showed an apologetic expression: "I'm very sorry, I don't have anything to exchange for now." ”

The bearded man was stunned for a moment, and then laughed heartily: "It's okay, it's okay." You Xia people don't have an old saying, buying and selling is not benevolent and righteous, and there is nothing to care about. "The bearded man is proficient in Chinese and speaks Chinese quite smoothly.

As he spoke, he took out a dark red stone with a cloudy color: "It's rare to see a peer, this Sage's Stone is a defective product, and it is of little use to me, so I'll give it to you." ”

The so-called defective products are not products that fail to be refined, but because of one reason or another, the "purity" is not high, and the effect is very poor, just like the one in the bearded man's hand, the color is turbid, and it is estimated that it can only be used to "offset" the medium-level alchemy. However, it was enough for Zhang Shen to support a small battle.

"My name is Sariva, so let's make a friend." Facing Zhang Shen's somewhat suspicious gaze, the bearded man grinned.

"Well, thank you very much." After pondering for a moment, Zhang Shen smiled slightly, handed out his right hand, took the Sage Stone, and then held the big rough hand, "Zhang Shen." ”

Sareva was quite enthusiastic, and Zhang Shen also took the opportunity to ask a lot of questions about the alchemy problems encountered, and the former answered them one by one, and even told Zhang Shen a lot of skills, so that the latter had a feeling of sudden realization from time to time.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Shen, who was chatting energetically, was interrupted by Bu Lichen, and looked at the latter's gaze, it turned out that the negotiation over there had ended, and Ouyang Tianqi was walking here.

After saying a word to Sariva, Zhang Shen and Bu Lichen Li Jing greeted Ouyang Tianqi.

"How, did you come up with any results?"

Ouyang Tianqi shook his head: "There was a dispute. Some suggested starting with the Ark, some thought it would take direct control of the upper echelons of the coalition government, and others felt that building a few large shelters in the shortest possible time would try to preserve the human population. ”

"Well, what about the end? Is it possible to do their own thing? ”

That's what it means. However, no matter which one you choose, the hurdle of a coalition government must be crossed. ”

"You're saying they're going to take control of the coalition government first and then split it up." Bu Lichen was thoughtful.

Ouyang Tianqi nodded slightly.

"The current coalition government headquarters is in Washington, so we all have to go to Washington first?" Li Jing was a little excited, her original dream was to travel around the world when she grew up, and Washington was one of her goals.

Washington is not far from Manhattan, and the people present are not ordinary people, and the next goal was determined, and Long Tao and others immediately showed the demeanor of senior guards.

Painting boats, spaceships, flying carpets, luxury carriages, etc., each of which has the functions of flying, invisibility, etc., at the same time, Long Tao's painting boat and the incomparably luxurious carriage also contain heaven and earth, enough to accommodate more than 200 people present.

From the outside, with the small building, the painting boat is less than ten meters high, and the deck is only more than four meters wide, however, when Zhang Shen stepped into it, he suddenly felt as if he had entered the spacious and bright Great Hall from a cramped rental room, and suddenly a sense of relief arose.

Since the interior of the painting boat was the most expansive, 222 people entered it. Immediately, the entire boat flickered, and a huge aura shrouded it.

The invisible boat slowly rises and appears in the sky over Manhattan, and Zhang Shen stands on the side of the ship and looks down, taking in the entire view of Manhattan Island at a glance.

Looking down from above, you can see that the small Manhattan is circled into three areas, and there are many people inside, and there is a faint noise. Two of the areas used to confine down ordinary American citizens exude a different kind of atmosphere.

It was an indescribable feeling, and it made everyone in the boat a little uncomfortable. It's like suddenly coming to Beijing from the deep mountains and old forests, and at the same time plunging headlong into the haze in the sky, feeling uncomfortable......

"Hell place!" Someone scolded softly, looking unhappy.

Zhang Shen noticed that Ouyang Tianqi's body suddenly shook, and then his eyebrows were furrowed, and he clenched his teeth, looking very painful.

"Ouyang (Apocalypse), what's wrong with you?" Bu Lichen and Li Jing also noticed that something was wrong with him and asked with concern.

Ouyang Tianqi didn't answer, just clenched his fists, trembling lightly, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his pale face.

"Hey, brother, are you addicted, come on?" A flirtatious voice sounded in the ears of the three people, and Zhang Shen looked back to see that a young Caucasian man wearing a peaked cap came over, with a playful face, and his right thumb and index finger pinched a pack of white powder and swayed.

Zhang Shenyi frowned, his eyes were cold, and he was about to open his mouth to drink it away, but he heard Li Jing's angry scolding: "Get out, idiot!" Drug-addicted garbage, get out of the way!! ”

The anger and disgust in Li Jing's words made Zhang Shen stunned for a while, he had never seen such an angry Li Jing. Immediately, he seemed to understand something, and his gaze at her became softer and more loving.

Bu Lichen also thought of something, took her hand, and passed on his comfort.

The white-skinned man was not malicious, but he was a little stunned by Li Jingyi's roar, and then became angry: "Hey, woman, I didn't talk to you again, why are you in a hurry." Besides, does my fandom have anything to do with you? ”

"Trash! Dregs! Get away from me! Li Jing's face was full of disgust, and his body trembled slightly, "People who take drugs are all shit and scum!" It's the superfluous garbage of this world! ”

"Hey, little girl." A black man walked over with a displeased face, "You have a grudge with him, please don't involve anyone else." ”

"That's it, be careful when you speak, otherwise, hum." A young man who had dyed his hair red and yellow with five or six rings on his head sneered a few times, and looked at Bu Lichen and Li Jing, and his eyes flashed with an obscene light.

There seemed to be a lot of people on the deck who were looking for "excitement", and the voice of Li Jing under the excitement spread, and their eyes were a little unkind when they looked at this side.

"How else?" Zhang Shen took a step forward and blocked the gaze of many condensed malice in front of him, his expression cold.

Zhang Shen's-for-tat anger angered the few people who spoke out, and the young man with several rings on his head bared his teeth and sneered, step by step, slowly walking towards Zhang Shen, and at the same time, wisps of blue light that exuded a cold aura poured out of his body.

锵~~!!

Suddenly, accompanied by a clanging sound, Sen Mang appeared suddenly, drawing a line in front of Zhang Shen.

"Whoever crosses this line, die!!"

Ouyang Tianqi's eyes were like water, holding a sword in his hand.

"Enough, don't make a fuss!"

The majestic power fell from the sky, and Long Tao and others, who were watching the excitement on the sidelines, saw that they would continue to fight each other, affecting the next plan, so they released coercion to stop the further escalation of the conflict between the two sides.

[PS: Last week's collection was almost 150, hmm...... Even if you do it, add more]

[PS2: It's obviously on the classification and strong push, but Mao's results are still so bleak?? 】