Volume 1 The Age of Chaos Chapter 36 The Coming Tide of Monsters
The next day, in the reception room of the Martial God Temple in Breeze City.
Bishop Hong Xuanwu held a stack of paper that had just been printed out by the robot in his hand, his expression was solemn and deep in thought, and his brows were locked tightly as iron when he was scratched by the scars.
As an experimental assistant robot disguised as a hotel service robot, it has a simple printing function, so Qi Wanli described it as a machine that observes and collects data in front of Hong Xuanwu, and at the same time demonstrates its function of "printing analysis reports".
This analysis report, of course, was printed out by the dark element after invading the robot's main control system.
Of course, this report is much simpler than the one Qi Wanli read last night, and it is a revised version by him and Dark Yuan.
At this time, Hong Xuanwu said with some difficulty: "Master Wanli, this ...... This text is very difficult to say.,I can probably know that this is something related to monsters.,But I can't fully understand it.,And ask the master to interpret it.。 ”
Qi Wanli nodded and said seriously: "It took me a night to understand it thoroughly yesterday. ”
Originally, the complete analysis report contained a huge amount of information, but most of the dark elements also said that it was impossible to give a specific characterization without more relevant attachments. To put it simply, this robot originally belonged to a laboratory specializing in creating biochemical monsters, and the monsters that now roam the world are the product of that laboratory.
After the end of civilization, the laboratory continued to operate for some reason, and in the absence of humans, it was programmed and machined to produce a steady stream of test subjects, and these test subjects came to the ground for some reason. Therefore, Qi Wanli guesses that there is such a ...... in every corner of the world Laboratory.
It would be a coincidence to say that one or two laboratories were escaped by monsters because they operated according to their own procedures for a hundred years after there were no humans. But if the whole world is full of monsters, the meaning behind it is too exaggerated, and the current Qiwanli doesn't think he has the ability to explore at all.
And putting this kind of information to the Martial God Temple, I am afraid that it will bring immeasurable consequences, and now he doesn't want to do this multiple-choice question, so he suppresses the matter.
The content he gave to Hong Xuanwu was related to the recent monster movements.
According to the analysis report, the lab hiding here on the East Coast was running out of energy for some reason, so it triggered a series of programs to start creating more and more monsters, and indulging monsters to mutate wildly.
According to the analysis of the dark element, the work log provided by this robot is probably more than five years ago, and the monster manufacturing cycle depicted in the work log is almost five years, which is why the monster's activities have been abnormal since the beginning of autumn this year.
To put it simply, this will not be the ordinary huddle behavior of monsters in the famine years as before, but it will really appear in a short period of time, and there will be a huge number of monsters, and a lot of high-level monsters.
In this case, hiding in a cave deep in the mountains like the White Bear Tribe may be able to avoid disaster, but a human settlement like Breeze City standing on the ground will inevitably face the attack of the monster tide.
And Qi Wanli thought that Fang Bajiu had mentioned at the beginning, "Monsters are put into the world by external gods", so this laboratory was portrayed as a factory where external gods hid in the world and quietly made monsters.
"Therefore, it was the human creation of this glorious era that probed the monster factory hidden in the world of the outer gods, analyzed and extracted the contents, and obtained a ...... Will there be a conclusion about a monster tide in the near future?" Hong Xuanwu finally made a high summary.
"That's right. Qi Wanli let out a long breath and finally understood.
Hong Xuanwu threw the stack of materials printed out by the robot in his hand on the table, crossed his hands on his chin, closed his eyes slightly, and fell into deep thought.
Qi Wanli didn't say anything, he turned sideways to look out the window, there was no good scenery here, only people trying to make a living in a small town rebuilt from dirty, dilapidated abandoned buildings.
It wasn't until the tea in the small cup on the table became cold that Hong Xuanwu opened his mouth leisurely.
"The Martial God Temple will send someone to discover this first...... Well, the robot probes in the monster lair. Master Wanli, I wonder if you are interested in accompanying you?"
Qi Wanli knew that this was because Hong Xuanwu had not fully believed in this.
But this is human nature, and such a big thing must be handled carefully. When he investigated the case himself, when he found particularly important and key evidence, it was impossible to directly use it, and he had to check it repeatedly.
He thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Lord Hong, Qi is just a passing traveler who set up a stall in Breeze City to make some money, and I will leave soon." Besides, my strength is weak, I'm afraid I can't help. ”
Hong Xuanwu's brows furrowed again, and he said in a deep voice: "Master Wanli doesn't seem to be a martial god believer?"
Qi Wanli had already prepared for this, and he smiled slightly: "Yes, I am not a believer in any god, I just exchanged materials with some tribes for the method of forging the body of divine power, and then I deduced the third-order secret method according to what I learned, but it is difficult to advance at this point." ”
Seeing that Qi Wanli's response was neither salty nor light, Hong Xuanwu did not deign to plead a few more words, he nodded, no longer retained, but said that he would soon send someone to send the appraisal fee to the hotel.
After Qi Wanli left, Hong Xuanwu still did not leave his position, he picked up the stack of materials again and looked at it for a long time, and suddenly said to his subordinates who had been guarding beside him: "Go and invite Vice Bishop Ning to come." ”
The subordinates took the order and left, and soon after that, there was quietly one more person in the reception room, this person was only a second-order martial artist realm, wearing an elegant gold-rimmed glasses, he was not as muscular as most martial artists, he was just well-proportioned, and his height was only about one meter eight, but it was a bit like Qi Wanli's figure.
This person was none other than Ning Xiaolou, the deputy bishop of the Martial God Hall of Breeze City, and while he was looking through the materials at this time, he asked Hong Xuanwu, "Why didn't you leave that Master of Ten Thousand Miles behind?"
"I think he's dangerous. Hong Xuanwu said calmly.
Ning Xiaolou was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed, pushed his glasses, and teased: "The head of the Nanlin Peninsula Diocese, a dignified fifth-order venerable, would actually think that a third-order grandmaster is very dangerous?"
Hong Xuanwu didn't smile, he raised his chin and looked at the ceiling, and asked: "Ning Xiaolou, you are the son of the Ning family, the largest family in Zhendong City, you are knowledgeable and well-read, so you can sit in the position of deputy bishop with the realm of a second-order martial artist, let me ask you, can you do what Qi Wanli did?"
Ning Xiaolou shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In the past two days, I have also taken a look at this master of Wanli, and I asked myself about erudition and knowledge, I am too far away from him. ”
Hong Xuanwu nodded and continued: "I have checked his background, the White Bear Tribe, which is a medium-sized tribe under our rule, has developed very vigorously in the past few decades, but it is definitely impossible to produce such a peerless genius. ”
"Didn't he say it himself, the cultivation method was exchanged with materials and the tribe?" Ning Xiaolou said, "Then the White Bear Tribe should also be an identity cover made by him for the convenience of his actions." ”
"What's more, you didn't see him in front of me. Hong Xuanwu shook his head and said, "He didn't regard me as a Martial God Hall bishop at all, his attitude when talking to me was exactly the same as when talking to ordinary mercenaries, very polite, but with alienation." ”
"In addition, not only was he not afraid of me at all, but he was even ...... He was still looking at me, very, very vaguely, but the first time I saw him, I could feel that he was looking at me and assessing my strength, like a hunter looking at his prey, which is my instinct from countless fights. ”
"Out of an abundance of caution, I did not force him to stay. ”
Hong Xuanwu said these words calmly, ignoring Ning Xiaolou's slightly surprised expression, knocked on the table and changed the topic: "What do you think of these materials?"
Ning Xiaolou shook his head, temporarily shook his head at Hong Xuanwu's evaluation of Qi Wanli just now, and said: "The authenticity is very high, the types of monsters mentioned in it, the main mutation directions, the activity area and the number, etc., are not much different from what our Martial God Temple has summarized itself over the years, and even the information on this information is more accurate." ”
"Hmm. What do you think?" asked Hong Xuanwu with an unchanged expression.
Ning Xiaolou laughed: "Brother Xuanwu, haven't we already prepared for the situation that there will be a tide of monsters? How much have the monsters on the Nanlin Peninsula increased in the past six months? If it weren't for the fact that our Martial God Temple regularly purchased a large number of low-level monster materials, the price of those materials would have fallen to the ground long ago, who would kill low-level monsters? How can we control the number of monsters? So, we have been prepared for these things. ”
Hong Xuanwu nodded first, then sighed and said, "I'm just afraid, this kind of preparation is not enough." ”
He turned his gaze to the materials on the table, and on the top page was a photo and information of some kind of monster that appeared to live in the sea, and was a huge creature in outline, with a large "S" in the upper right corner of the photo and "extremely dangerous" at the bottom.
Ning Xiaolou noticed his gaze and comforted: "Relax, at least we can be sure of one thing, no matter how strong the monsters are, they all mutate step by step from the low-level monsters below the third order, so controlling the number of low-level monsters must be one of the most effective means at present, let's also explore that lair, but I suggest you don't get your hopes up." ”
"That's all there is to it. ”
Hong Xuanwu stood up and walked to the window. Through the window, it can be seen that Qi Wanli has already set up a stall again at the door of the mercenary union.
"Wan Li, that Lord Hong, he's looking at you. Bai Qiyu whispered beside Qi Wanli and said.
Qi Wanli tilted his head, and he could indeed see the figure of Hong Xuanwu standing in the window of the small building to which the Martial God Temple belonged in the distance.
"The potion needed for the talisman has been handed over to the Black King to make, and you can help me tattoo the Sky Walker's talisman tonight. Suddenly, he said, "Tomorrow we'll leave Breeze City." ”