In January of the year 568 of the El Tino calendar, the free city of Shangri-La

Another grand concert ended successfully, this time it was Leng Mengxue's final performance at Shangri-La this season, during which wealthy businessmen from all sides sent flowers and gifts to congratulate them, and even His Majesty the Emperor of Altino sent people to send a gold wreath.

After this concert, Leng Mengxue's schedule depends on the arrangement of Tianxiangyuan, maybe to participate in the stage play performance in Shangri-La, or to perform with the touring Tianxiangyuan Troupe, invited by the powerful from all walks of life to perform in Altino or Wulian. Of course, at present, the invitations sent like snowflakes have been stacked as high as a small mountain, and there are even Renes's big celebrities in the daytime, hoping to invite Leng Mengxue to sing and boost the morale of his generals.

has not yet announced the movement after the concert, Leng Mengxue's whereabouts have attracted much attention, and as soon as the concert ended, a large number of media were waiting to listen to the relevant news. It's just that although people squeezed their heads, hoping to break through the guards and see Leng Mengxue, who was supposed to remove her makeup in the personal lounge, no one noticed that on the corner bench behind them, Leng Mengxue herself had just stood up, closed the romance novel in her hand, lowered the brim of her hat, and walked outside.

It is a deliberately cultivated habit to take reading these superficial things as a hobby. Before this, many people made the same advice: "Your expression is too serious, a person who can scare crying children with his face can't be a good artist and a good killer, even if it's pretending, you usually have to practice putting a smile on your face." "It's easy to say, but it's tricky to do, but the last thing that comes to mind is to move a bunch of novels to read.

Superficial things are easier to learn, if there are several lives hidden in every novel, then go through these life experiences, and your state of mind can be a little easier.

Senior Sister Hua scoffed at this kind of behavior, and remembered that when she came to thank her for sending a recipe two days ago, she obviously showed a look of disappreciation, as for her expression...... There must be more children who will be scared to cry by her than they used to be.

"The most undignified of the current Heavenly Rank Martial Artists is probably you idiot. "Senior Sister Hua is actually not really very indifferent, if they are acquaintances with each other, she will occasionally invite someone to stay and share those bitter teas that I don't know what materials are brewed from.

"Isn't it so fun to listen to people? Aren't you addicted to being a bitch? Martial arts are practiced like this, but people have no dignity at all, your master wants you to lick your toes, will you obediently do it?" Senior Sister Hua, who has always been free and does not bend her knees to anyone, is not used to seeing her own actions. However, the answer to this question could not be simpler for yourself.

What kind of thing is happiness?

Abandon the body of a woman, exert your martial arts and talents to the limit, and create a hegemony that makes all men bow their heads. This is the dream I once pursued, and it is also the happiness I believed in at that time.

It's just that changes in life always appear in unexpected places. Little could I have imagined that years later I would be in a dilapidated wooden hut, listening to the tinkling of iron shackles in my hands, looking wearily up at the moonlight through the narrow skylight, hoping that I would not have to breathe or open my eyes again the next morning.

For a long time after that, I didn't have any will to live, and the reason why I didn't take action was just because I had some fetters in my heart, and I couldn't just leave like that.

But that idea slowly changed later. I met some people and communicated with them, but I don't know when the original idea of "it's easier to die" changed to "it doesn't seem bad to live like this".

When you stand on stage and sing, listen to the shouts from the audience, and feel that you are still needed, the feeling of being alive is indeed full of life.

As long as you can grasp this small happiness in front of you, there is no such thing as dignity. Senior Sister Hua's medical skills are admittedly unparalleled in the mainland, but she is not an excellent psychotherapist......

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to your dead face......" For the junior sister's unhesitating answer, Hua Bian Que seemed to realize that he had picked a meaningless question. She is not interested in or want to know what her sister is thinking, as long as she can be sure of her personal happiness.

"Senior sister has traveled far away?" noticing that Hua Bian Que was packing up his things, Feng'er asked.

The level of strength is unknown, but with her mastery of medicine and witchcraft, Hua Bian Que is indeed a person who is qualified to be co-opted by all parties, but she has no interest in these at all, and just walks around the mainland in a low-key manner, doing the experiments she wants to do.

In the city where he is currently settling, Hua Bian Que has opened a temporary pharmacy in the name of free clinics to help local residents see a doctor for free, and he is really starting to rejuvenate. However, when Feng'er heard the news and visited, she was shocked to find that the senior sister was taking the opportunity of the free clinic to absorb the patient's vitality and small half-soul with evil magic, as if she was planning to refine some magic weapon......

"What you absorb is not in the way, and you can recover after three or five months of recuperation, which is worse than getting sick. ”

This is Hua Bianque's understatement that medical ethics are meaningless for this evil doctor who puts his own needs first, and Feng'er even suspects that the senior sister may spread the virus in this city and make a large number of patients go to her clinic for treatment.

"I'm going to Reyns for a visit. Hua Bian Que said lightly, but made Feng'er almost hang her heart in her chest, "There is an idiot I knew before, and he begged me to help him see a doctor, saying that he was infected with a poison that I would definitely be interested in." There is nothing to do left and right, and the test subjects are almost collected, so it's better to go for a trip. Without further explanation, Hua Bian Que only said this, but it made Feng'er feel extremely uneasy. Reynes was in an eventful situation, and the two sides of the confrontation were in a delicate situation, who was the senior sister going over there to help? If it was Lord Lancelot's side, how could the young lady not tell herself? That would mean ......

This is very tricky! If you want to be hostile to your senior sister, if you want to run into a bunch of Qimen acrobatics outside of her martial arts, you don't even have a chance of winning.

The more she thought about it, the more she had a headache, Feng'er privately entrusted the Qinglou Alliance to send information on Reyns's current situation, and the worry in her heart made her unable to comply with Miss's instructions of "You have fun in Shangri-La, don't worry about anything".

Qinglou moved quickly, and the information was sent immediately, and staring at the piece of paper in his hand, Feng'er was taken aback. Until a few days ago, the situation and conditions between the two sides were stalemate, but now there has been a significant change.

"Bai Qi, the son of the Bai family, is out of the customs, and now he has added someone to the Bai Xing camp...... "Miss Bai Qi had mentioned this name before, he ......

The strong uneasiness suddenly grabbed her entire chest, and Feng'er knew that she couldn't stay in peace anymore.

Several beautiful girls who served as personal maids in Tianxiang Garden came backstage while happily talking about the various things of the suitability concert. They were ordered to be by the side of the attendant Leng Mengxue, so after receiving the order, they hurried over.

"Sister Feng'er, the boss wants us to tell you that you will ...... tomorrow Huh?" In the corner, the book and cap were all left in place, but the corner bench that Feng'er used to use was gone......

"Oh no! Hurry up and inform the proprietress that Sister Feng'er is missing, and the concert scheduled tomorrow ......"

The news of the order from the Ivory White Tower, and the fact that the Taiyan Academy had formed a special team to be responsible for directing everything, set off a wave of discussion in the Jixia School Palace. Soon after, the institute itself issued a statement that although it was supposed to remain neutral in the civil war, it decided to assist Prince Lancelot and put an end to the rebellion in view of the protracted and time-consuming civil war and the great disturbance of people's livelihoods.

For many years, due to many factors, Her Majesty and the Jixia Academy have been the spiritual indicators of the Reyns people, and the Jixia Academy has been the head of the Taiyan Academy, so when the Taiyan Academy announced this news, it was indeed very eye-catching.

Bai Xing, who learned about this, was really surprised. When it was announced that the Institute would be held accountable, it was true that he had expected this consequence, but he did not expect that the little slut who had sworn that he would provide technical support would now run away and be unable to be contacted. Fortunately, God is still on his side, and he ran a dwarf pariah, but there was a hard hand of the Bai family's lineage, not to mention his martial arts, and he was good at the ancient demon way, this is the real talent.

Looking at the large pile of Ancient Demon Dao weapons, which were installed one by one, Bai Xing couldn't help but laugh complacently: Compared to that pseudo-king, there is such a gathering of talents around him, how can a big thing not happen?

Bai Xing, who was immersed in these thoughts, did not realize that his thoughts were already delusional in the eyes of others, and he didn't even realize that the loyalty of his subordinates around him had slowly shifted direction, from not having any hope to giving up completely.

Regardless of the situation of the daytime, the Taiyan Academy, which has regained its vigor and vitality, is very fast.

Under the command of Ailing, the members of the special team are working hard to learn with skills that surpass the previous level.

The first time he entered the decision-making center, Ailing understood many new things and had deeper doubts.

Because he knew that there was also a technical team of the Ancient Demon Dao on the side of the day, Ailing asked the elders about how far the other party could go, and Bai Junze, who was the chief elder of the Taiyan Academy, replied proudly.

"Our Taiyan Academy has attached great importance to secrecy since thousands of years ago, and will never let secrets leak out, although there are a number of traitors on our side in the daytime, but what they learn is extremely biased, and they only specialize in their own own disciplines, and there is no way to become a climate. ”

"However, there are a lot of first-class talents who go out, and they add up what they know, which should not be underestimated!"

"It's absolutely impossible, the ancestors have this in mind, so the direction of the researchers' cultivation is specially designed, once they leave the Taiyan Academy, they can't use the resources of the academy, they can't do anything. ”

“...... I'm really skeptical, are you really an educational unit?" Compared with the White Deer Cave, which pays attention to the inheritance of Taoism, the Jixia School Palace has always been free and unrestrained as the purpose of education, but as the apex of the Jixia Taiyan Academy, it has stifled education for the sake of secrecy, and any important joints are kept secret.

In any case, now that I have taken on this responsibility, let's try to do it and try to change some of the current situation!

Under Ailing's command, the production of the new weapon "Fairy Law Song Screaming Slippery and Slippery Bullet" progressed rapidly.

The basic idea is very simple, just hide the powerful magic spell in the chaos fire crossbow, and at the same time, the original explosion lethality will be replaced by the operation of magic.

The simple idea uses technology that has not been seen in the past by the Taiyan Academy, and the difficulty in many places makes the researcher seriously consider whether he should borrow a general from the Wizard Guild and ask one or two wizards to take command.

The number of members of the task force is limited, and the researchers who were not selected have been invited to join the many practical departments that support the task force, hoping to be as close to the office of the task force as possible.

To be able to create such an attraction, of course, it is not only the personality that is inspired, but also the strength of Ailing is the main key. The more they followed Eling's side, the more everyone was amazed by Dr. Einstein's amazing craftsmanship.

She is worthy of being the only descendant of the sage of the day, and many of the techniques she has displayed are far beyond the level of the current Taiyan Academy, follow her around, listen to her self-talk, study her works, and gain something new every moment.

Huang Taiji is worthy of being the first person to study the ancient magic way, and the artifacts made according to its design drawings involve the conversion of several kinds of energy in many places, even if the equipment and technology of the Ether Research Institute are today, they are often put together wrongly, or because of the numerical calculation deviation of many digits below the decimal point, and the explosion and fire are caused again and again, for this reason, the Taiyan Institute has been in constant fire for several days, and everyone is curious to ask the leader.

"Lord Einstein, we know these are all designs left behind by the Sun Sage, but are these things really possible? We mean...... Have you tried this before?"

"Don't worry! I've done all of these things before. Ailing, who had braided her red hair and was busy with tongs in her hand, had become the focus of attention of the researchers around her.

"How? Did you have enough equipment in your previous lab?"

"Ahh ”

"That's it...... Is that all?"

"Actually, it's more than that, there are some miscellaneous things...... "Take the towel handed next to him, wipe the sweat from his forehead, Ailing smiled and said the aphorism inherited from his famous craftsman's father, "But in short, it's a sentence, both hands are omnipotent!"

"You...... You're a genius! It's amazing. In the face of the adoring eyes of everyone, Ailing was actually a little weak-hearted. Since I got my master's codex and assembled it according to the design above, the number of failures is really incalculable, and the accompanying explosions and misfires are really innumerable, if it weren't for the fact that before every trial, I stole a bunch of magic tools from my father's studio as a self-defense, and dragged my brother with strong martial arts as an insurance, I would have died thousands of times.

At this moment, being alive to show off in front of everyone is the result of the blood and tears of many victims.

Keeping any important technology in her hands, keeping it a secret, this is not Ailing's personality, if she can, she actually wants to make the master's codex public to the Taiyan Academy, so that everyone can have the same learning foundation as her, but unfortunately because of a reason, Ailing has never dared to share this codex with others.

Huang Taiji, who is known as the Sage of the Sun, is very different from his name as a sage in terms of the subject matter of his research, specializing in some dark subjects that are considered taboo, and the best of them is the creation of organisms that combine the two techniques of ancient magic and magic.

The Codex is described in such detail that Ailing, who is looking through the Codex, widens his eyes more than once and is speechless. What is recorded in this codex is by no means an empty theory, but a finished product that has been confirmed by full clinical experiments.

For Huang Taiji, who has half of the demon blood in his body, the reason why he stood on the side of the human race during the Kyushu War was only because he happened to be in the human realm at that time. All the heavenly masters have a tendency to despise human life, and it is even more serious in Huang Taiji, originally in his opinion, these well-fed and unaware of the so-called human beings, living for a long time and living a short life are the same, rather than spending time looking for mice and monkeys to experiment, it is faster to catch people directly.

The Codex has revealed more than once that "screaming for hundreds of thousands of lives is not enough to be a scientist"

Huang Taiji did not adopt the words that scholars often say, "Our research will be beneficial to future generations, so for the sake of the future of all mankind, we must sacrifice a small amount at this moment", but directly stated that "for the sake of one's own success, no matter how big the sacrifice of others is, it is not worth mentioning."

Such selfishness as if no one else was around often made Ailing's scalp tingle. When I was in Alembat Mountain, the old man I knew was very kind and kind, and when he taught himself the knowledge of the ancient demon way, I don't know how many times, he emphasized that academic research should not deviate from human nature, otherwise the more successful the work, the more harmful it would be to others.

With such an old man, it is really hard for Ailing to imagine that he and the author of this codex are the same person. I heard Sister Hua say that when the old man met his group, he was already seriously ill and couldn't control his thoughts and behaviors many times, is it because of this that his mentality when he wrote the codex was the same as later? Or did he just not show the dark side of his personality to himself?

What the answer is, Ailing himself does not know, but it is really strange to think about it, what kind of standard is used by human beings to measure, and to actually make such a person a sage? This question is difficult for him to understand for about another thousand years.

Ailing knew that she didn't have the ability to study the parts of the codex that were on the dark side and related to magic, so she copied them all and gave them to her godsister Hua Bian Que. She had always been indifferent, but when she flipped through the manuscript, her eyes lit up, and she was obviously excited, and then shook hands with herself again and again to express her gratitude...... Well, wouldn't doing it yourself be a bit like giving a sharp murder knife to a murderer?

(But...... It's too late to say no, Sister Hua's expression at that time was so terrifying, woo woo woo, the god of Xiande Fage, you have to bless Xiao Ailing...... ）

The mind was full of thoughts, and the empty eyes made all the subordinates understand that she was absent-minded, but what was amazing was that she was still moving fast in her hands, and the screwdriver, pliers, and wireless keypad were staggered to complete the complicated work one by one, and the subordinates next to her were dumbfounded.

"Oh, that's amazing, Einstein is amazing. For the leader's magical means, everyone admired, but her ability is not just in the hands, sometimes when some small sounds, mixed with many mechanical sounds, Ailing will be shocked, sober up from thinking, and then do not even raise her head, while working and talking.

"Which of you is going to stop the manipulator in the 16th district, and by the way, tell the Youth League that he made a mistake in the calculation of the connection part just now, if you don't stop it quickly......

"That'...... What will happen then?"

"It's going to explode. ”

“......”

A few minutes later, several small-scale fire alarms rang the fire alarm bell of the Taiyan Institute again.

"Don't make such a stinky face, it's just a fire, I'm used to this kind of thing, it's better like this, if the fire alarm goes off again, let's rest and go to dinner...... Uh, how can it be so fast?!"

Compared with the Taiyan Institute, which has a constant fire and is about to use the alarm as a clock, the technical team of the daytime camp can be said to be much quieter, and the Bai family, who advertises "zero error in calculation", has a meticulous command attitude, and must make the whole team complete all the work with the highest efficiency, having such a boss is a happy thing for the whole team, but they soon understood that there is a considerable gap between zero error in calculation and zero shortcomings in work.

I don't know if it's a lack of tendons or what, once the Bai family concentrates on a certain work, it will appear careless in other aspects, the most obvious example is that Han Te came to the work site extremely tired after a special training, ready to report the training status to the evil dead dwarf, at that time, Bai Qi was poking half of his body into the shell of the chaotic fire crossbow, and noticed that someone was coming, and then asked: "Is it slave armor?"

"yes, boss, I just finished training ......"

"Don't say so much, you can do me a favor. See four thick pipes down there? You connect two of them now. ”

"It's connected, and then what?"

"Don't let go if it's connected, be careful, the other two are very dangerous ultra-high voltage cables, if the electricity arrives, it will be very troublesome to treat. ”

“......”

Han Te, who escaped temporarily because of his luck, could only lament in his heart, he must have done too many bad things, and God sent this freak to punish him, which is really retribution.

However, it is no wonder that many staff members have been in a hurry recently, and some even stood upright, their eyes wide open, and they were foaming at the mouth and losing consciousness and carrying them out on stretchers. Working with this dead dwarf, every minute and second is hovering on the edge of life and death!

The working groups on both sides were rushing to work, and despite the different atmospheres, the level of effort was the same, and the results were presented to each other two days later.

The first to launch was the side of the Taiyan Academy, perhaps they had great confidence in such a weapon, and they even directly attacked under the blue sky and white sun. At that time, tomorrow was in the sky, and the soldiers of the daytime camp had just had lunch and were about to take a break, when they heard a strange scream passing through the sky.

"Muddy...... Chaos Fire Crossbow?"

In the end, it was the Reyns people, and they had heard some rumors about the ancient demon dao artifacts, and when they saw those cone-shaped objects in the air, they recognized that this was the most powerful chaotic fire crossbow in the ancient demon dao weapons, and they were all shocked.

Of course, the technical team of the daytime camp was also aware of this. Unlike the panicked team members, the Bai family's commander, who was sitting firmly at the table, had already sensed the enemy's attack almost the moment the Chaos Fire Crossbow left the launch pad of the Taiyan Academy.

Staring at the many members of the group who were almost anxious to become ants on a hot pot, he slowly stood up.

Unlike the Taiyan Academy, which was well-equipped with hardware, in the face of dozens of chaotic fire crossbows that broke through the sky, the technical team on the side of the day had no way to form an interception network with the ancient demon dao weapons. The Chaos Fire Crossbow is so powerful that if it were to explode in the army, it would definitely cause heavy casualties, and if these Chaos Fire Crossbows were still loaded with nuclear energy, it would be a devastating catastrophe.

He ...... Are they crazy? With a nuclear warhead at such a close range, it is impossible for them to be fine......" imagining the tragic situation after the explosion of the Chaos Fire Crossbow, a technician said with a pale face.

Unlike his reaction, Bai Qi just stared up, with an expressionless face, and no one could guess what he thought in his heart.

"Have you finally made up your mind? It's good, that's exactly what I'm looking forward to...... Hey, it's loaded with ......" Through the almost unbelievable Heavenly Heart Consciousness, Bai Qi had already detected what was contained in the Chaos Fire Crossbow in an instant, and at this time, a trace of anger on his face disappeared in an instant.

"Where's Slave A?"

The technician who was waiting next to him was stunned for a moment before he heard that he was asking Hunt, and snorted: "Son, Mr. Hunt should still be in the training seat, and everyone heard him screaming a few minutes ago......"

I couldn't guess what the eldest son was going to do, and the next moment, the researcher only felt a sinking in his hand, a hat was thrown in his hand, and the Bai family was already nowhere to be found.

(Magic missiles? I want to win with this kind of child's play, I underestimate this war!)

The thought flashed through his mind, and Bai Qi had already leapt hundreds of feet into the air, facing the dozens of chaotic fire crossbows that were attacking. These Chaos Fire Crossbows sensed the presence of interceptors in front of them, and immediately dispersed, and each Chaos Fire Crossbow violated the general physical inertia, jumping forward in an arc like a frog to avoid interception.

Originally, this was designed to avoid the enemy's arms interception net, but in the case that the daytime traveler was unable to assemble an interception net, it was a redundant design, and it became a source of laughter in someone's eyes.

"It's really ridiculous...... Several ways to deal with the current attack flashed in my mind, and the most labor-saving one was naturally to use divine skills to suck these chaotic fire crossbows over at one time and deal with them intensively, but for some reason, Bai Qi vetoed this idea and adopted a more laborious method instead.

So, in the midst of the repeated exclamations of the Bai Xing camp, the soldiers looked at a thin figure, moving at a super high speed, as if hundreds of doppelgangers were everywhere in an instant, preemptively intercepting all the chaotic fire crossbows, and punching at the front of the fire crossbows.

"Good...... That's amazing. ”

"Isn't this the legendary photoelectric leg of our Bai family?!"

The soldiers were amazed by what they saw. The Chaos Fire Crossbow that was hit by Bai Qi did not explode, but after a slight pause, it turned around and shot straight into Jixia City in the same bounce way. And the soldiers who saw the superior methods of their own strongmen, who were stunned below, burst into applause even more shockingly.

It's just that if Haunt, Lancelot and other heavenly masters are here, they will definitely be surprised by Bai Qi's technique. It is true that the Heavenly Consciousness is infinitely useful, and they also know that in the future, when the Heavenly Consciousness is cultivated to a certain extent, they can use it to peep and change the minds of others, but in the end, it is still for living creatures, and to change the internal direction of these chaotic fire crossbows, it is a difficulty that they can't figure out.

"A bunch of guys who don't talk like that, I was expecting a little bit from them, but now it seems that it won't work without warning......

Instead of his own wishes, Bai Qi showed his strength before the ten thousand armies, and the challenge he sent was to mercilessly hit the city of Jixia, and nearly half of the chaotic fire crossbows flew towards the position of the Taiyan Academy.

"Lord Einstein, oh no, our Cinderfa Song is squirming and ricocheting, and it has all been hit back by the enemy, and now it is shooting at the Taiyan Academy!" In order to remember the long and strange name of this weapon, this researcher, who had a very bad face, could barely breathe after finishing speaking.

"Is there such a thing? What kind of defense network does the enemy use? How can it do this?"

Unexpectedly, the enemy only used "manual" defense, and Ailing frowned and ordered the defense system to be activated.

Compared with the camps on the two sides, the Taiyan Institute itself has a very complete air defense interception system, and it is not difficult to destroy these chaotic fire crossbows, but helplessly, everyone has forgotten a very important thing......

"No! Lord Einstein, this ricocheting missile was originally developed for the interception system of the Taiyan Institute, and our interceptor net can't hit it at all!"

"Ah...... I forgot about that. Okay, let's think about how to update the defense system of the Taiyan Academy tomorrow!" Ailing clapped his hands and said with a smile: "However, the Immortal Law Song can completely crack the defense system, isn't it?"

Apparently not, because all the researchers had a "shouldn't be happy about this kind of thing now", and one of the leaders boldly asked: "The defense system is useless, and if you are directly hit by a ricochet, it will be very shameless, Lord Einstein, what should we do now?"

"Well...... Since the electronic system didn't work, we had to switch to manual work. Ailing nodded and said, "It's time for you to play, use your most proud martial arts and light skills to shoot down these ricochets!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other. The speed and impact of the Chaos Fire Crossbow are comparable to ordinary secret weapons, and the ingenuity required to intercept it without detonating it requires even a heavenly master, even if it is Lancelot, when he first encountered the Chaos Fire Crossbow, he was also fishy, not to mention these researchers whose cultivation has not reached the peak of the realm.

It was difficult to explain for a while, and in the face of the girl's expectant eyes, everyone had to whisper ashamedly: "Lord Einstein, if you want to take the Chaos Fire Crossbow without detonating, I'm afraid only a heavenly master can do it." ”

"Well, then send a Heavenly Rank Master, hasn't our Taiyan Academy always advertised that it cultivates both civil and military affairs? With so many people practicing the Bai Family's Divine Skills, it should be enough to send seven or eight Heavenly Rank Masters out!"

“...... We're here...... There doesn't seem to be that kind of person......"

This awkward conversation didn't last long, because when all interception methods failed, twenty-six Chaos Fire Crossbows exploded in the Taiyan Academy without deviation, and the thick white smoke spread out like covering the sky and the earth.

"Don't worry, start the steel gate, turn on the exhaust fan, and we will be safe. ”

“...... Mr. Einstein, when you first made the ricochet, you said that because the enemy was in an open area, you added a special potion that would not blow away and the door and wall would be difficult to stop......"

"Oops. How can people forget about it? So, even the exhaust fan doesn't work, our work is really powerful!"

"Now...... Wail...... It doesn't seem to be ...... Croak...... Proud of this kind of thing...... quack quack ......"