The old man personally sent Su out of the Crimson Castle. Whether it is the long, deep corridor leading to Guò or the frighteningly empty hall, wherever the old man walks, the lights are extinguished one by one, and even the faint red light that originally emanated from the walls and floors has completely disappeared. With the old man as the boundary, there was a brilliant splendor in front of him, and behind him was darkness and dead silence. And the light in front of him simply could not penetrate that invisible boundary and illuminate the world behind the old man.

Su immediately noticed the vision, but searched through her memories and couldn't find any ability that could have caused it. The two men walked all the way, and the darkness followed behind, and when he walked out of the gates of the Crimson Castle, the entire castle was plunged into darkness.

Outside the gate, Peperos waited there. It was raining heavily outside the castle, and she was already drenched. Despite her strong body, her face was sickly pale and pale green due to prolonged exposure to cold, radiation-filled rain. The towering façade itself could shelter some of the wind and rain, but instead of standing in the rainless area of the few meters in front of the castle gates, Peperos insisted on standing in the rain, even if he was already shivering uncontrollably.

As soon as Su walked out, two gates that could not be weighed were slowly closed behind him, locking the old man and all the darkness in the castle.

"Let's go, let's go back." Peperos shook off his head and turned to walk towards the docks.

The rain was heavy, and after just standing in the rain for a short while, Sue's whole body was already soaked. However, neither the cold nor the radiation posed a threat to him, and the slightest change in the internal structure of his body formed an efficient insulation layer on the surface of his body, which could effectively maintain his body temperature, and this kind of ice water near zero degrees was definitely not a threat. And the radiation, no matter how strong the radiation is, seems to have no effect on Su, except that the nuclear materials cannot be touched, the radiation in the wild Su has no feeling. Peperos wasn't afraid of the cold, either, but she had to use most of her body to deal with the radiation, the damn radiation rain.

The two of them walked in the rain and walked all the way to the dock. No umbrellas, no raincoats, nothing to shelter from the rain. Halfway through, Peperos was already shaking a little. She suddenly turned around, looked at Su who was silently following behind her, and said, "You don't need to get drenched in the rain." ”

Sue just mumbled and didn't speak.

"I made a mistake, and getting drenched in the rain is the way to punish, quite a generous punishment." Peperos said expressionlessly. Although I don't know what mistake she made, since she didn't mean to say it, Su didn't ask. After a few words, Peperos was in better spirits and strode towards the docks.

Su followed behind her and suddenly asked, "Who is that old man?" I haven't asked his name yet. ”

Peperos looked back at Su a little strangely, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Avida, who retired ten years ago and has lived in Crimson Castle ever since. ”

She paused before saying, "...... Before retiring, he had a nickname called the Dark Spreader. ”

Su simply hummed, then fell silent, and followed Peperos into the speedboat, sailing into the endless darkness.

After Sue left, the old man walked alone into the depths of the castle. As soon as the two gates closed, the Crimson Castle immediately turned into an absolutely dark world, without a trace of light. But in this darkness, the old man seemed to be able to see a qiē, passing through the corridor and room, and then passing through several heavy doors in a row, and finally came to a deep and vast space full of darkness and indescribable feelings.

An ethereal, soft, but powerful voice rang out in the space: "How does it feel to the little one?" ”

"Very good, Your Majesty, and very potential. His potential...... If I had to describe it, it would be perfect. The old man's tone was like chatting with an old friend.

The Spider Empress muttered for a moment in the darkness and said, "If so, maybe a million is not enough......"

"One million is not much, but it is enough to force out his potential, even if it is only a part, he must be able to break through the critical point." The old man looked calm.

"Hopefully he'll be able to pass the first test."

The old man smiled and said, "Judging by his attitude towards the young lady, I don't think we need to worry about that. However, we also need to make some preparations for the choice after three months, and some materials are not easy to find. ”

"It's fine."

Although the Spider Empress's voice faded, the old man stood still, as if waiting for something.

After a while, there was a sudden light in the space. In the faint light, a face full of classical beauty emerged, and it was none other than Lanaxis. However, the height of her face was already more than thirty meters, and she was floating in the boundless darkness, and the old man, standing in the void at the tip of her nose, was as small as an ant.

The Spider Queen's lips opened slightly, and she spat out a slightly shiny blister, and then like an invisible hand in the air, she floated to the old man's hand.

For the first time, the old man looked solemn, stretched out his hands, and condensed an unimaginably soft darkness on his hands, softly holding the blisters. If you look closely, the blisters Lanaxis spits out have a thin, almost transparent membrane, and the pale yellow and soft white color swirls inside, and it is impossible to tell whether it is a mist or some kind of liquid.

Spit out such a small blister, the Spider Empress's face immediately turned a little pale, almost bloodless, and even her voice was tired: "This is for Medirli." In these three months, it's just a matter of tiring you. ”

The old man bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured." With that, he was engrossed in holding the bubble that could burst at any moment, and walked towards the place where he had come.

After taking a few steps, the old man paused slightly and said, "Actually, you don't have to worry too much, even if that little guy doesn't break through the critical point this time, after knowing what kind of choice he is facing in three months, he will definitely choose to break through." As long as the tipping point is crossed, evolution is inevitable. ”

Lanaxis sighed softly and said, ", remember the book we saw ten years ago?" ”

The old man smiled and said, "Of course I do." It's just that in his smile, there seems to be a little heaviness.

As the old man was gone, the boundless space fell into darkness again. Lanaxis's countenance sank into absolute darkness like the sea.

At this time, the old man's mood was not as relaxed as his steps. Of course he remembers that book, and he can forget anything about jì, but he will not forget the book that made him live in seclusion. On the title page of the book, there is a sentence written here:

"The root of evil is ability and evolution."

Hell, it's an old-time book.

At this time, Sue, who was standing in the violently bumpy speedboat, was not in a relaxed mood or heavy. After seeing Medirri's body with his own eyes, all that filled his heart at the moment was cold, as cold as the sea and this rain.

In Su's heart, almost all of his mind was calculating the meaning of one million. A million is not much, it is only a fraction of Persephone's past net worth, and it is only a tenth of her current debt. Carefully calculated, even in the almost year since joining the Dragoon, Su himself has almost earned a million.

However, a million is definitely not a lot. This money not only allowed the Soviet Union to arm its three subordinates, but also built an army of nearly 100 people, and fought it out, then rebuilt, and then fought again, and now it has become a team with nearly 30 people, more trained and slightly less equipped. One million, if you add a little more, you can exchange it for a gene repair potion that Su used to save lives. One million is equivalent to thousands of new-age weapons, equivalent to a dozen high-precision artillery, equivalent to eight heavy guns, six main battle vehicles, five power armor, or equivalent to five hundred evolutionary points of primary-level potions. The value of the Dark Dragoon's one million is of course completely different from the thousands of strange currencies that are popular in the wilderness, at least when it comes to preserving their value.

However, Su is also very clear that in the Dark Dragoon, money is closely linked to authority. With his current status, he can exchange for seventh-order ordinary ability potions, with prices ranging from 150,000 to 500,000. Although the price of the formula ability above the eighth order is less than 500,000, it does not have the authority of the colonel, so it is not necessary to exchange it. Heavy equipment such as heavy artillery, main battle vehicles, and even area fire suppression systems must be in the hands of someone who has the ability to control heavy weapons at the fifth level or higher. And power armor is such a thing, without a certain combat domain foundation and the ability to manipulate complex weapon systems, it can't be driven at all. As for the primary-level potions that can generate evolution points, most people will develop drug resistance after hitting ten of them, and they need advanced potions with stronger potions. But after reaching the limit of what the body can bear, the consequence of a few more injections is a genetic breakdown.

Therefore, money is not necessarily good if you have it, but it must not work if you don't have it, which has never changed from the old times to today's turbulent times.

But to make a million in three months, it is not ordinarily difficult, and even Persephone may not be able to do it. The reason why Su made so much money before was that the main income actually came from Malim's body, as well as the intelligence and equipment of the Calamity Scorpion, and this kind of thing could not be repeated.

Su was very smart, and although he had very little knowledge about economics, he had calculated with his strong computing power that there was no other way to make this money within the specified time, either by equipment manufacturing, or by war and plunder. Su didn't have her own factory, not even a handicraft workshop. N958 is a good base, but it is full of equipment from the previous era, which is very comfortable to live in, and can only produce some gunpowder-based ammunition and mechanical firearms for production, at most with Quinn's personal ability, small batches of precision parts, but this is only a drop in the bucket, to no avail.

Therefore, in front of Su, there is only war left.

War, and only war, can amass a lot of wealth while destroying it.