In the middle of the City of Ashes, a tower that has not collapsed.

This is the highest point in the area.

Shen Yi and Pandora each sat on the steel pipe at the top of the tower, like bored watchmen on the watchtower, looking at each other, and Pandora looked at Shen Yi with a completely incomprehensible gaze.

"What?" asked Shen Yi with a smile.

"Nothing. Pandora shrugged: "I just can't figure out why you made this decision at this time." ”

She did have a reason to be confused.

You must know that Shen Yi's decision is tantamount to giving up his biggest advantage at present - the door of return.

The Gate of Return is not only a prop that makes the colonel jealous and dare not act rashly, but also a prop that makes the evil emperor jealous.

If it weren't for the existence of the Gate of Return, how could the Evil Emperor pay attention to Shen Yi's statement of returning to the city and trading again, and let Pandora teleport him over at that time.

It is precisely because there is a door to return that Shen Yi can force the evil emperor not to come, and everything will return to the city. If the Evil Emperor didn't listen and forced Shen Yi back to the city immediately, then what was waiting for him would only be Shen Yi's lion mouth.

This is also the most important reason why Shen Yi did not hesitate to waste a demon god transformation, but also to get a team rally order before the battle of Netherworld Valley - he not only had to think about how to get the box, but also what to do after getting the box.

It was at that time that Pandora realized how important this second team assembly order was to the Broken Blade team, and realized that this guy had already thought about everything that followed.

However, now Shen Yi has divided the team.

That way, as soon as Pandora turns on the location teleporter now, the Evil Emperor will appear immediately. Even if Shen Yi had a return gate, it would be impossible to gather everyone in a short period of time, and the escape effect of the return gate would no longer be meaningless.

If the colonel arrived at this time, he would be able to kill Shen Yi immediately by surprise.

This made Pandora very puzzled, she didn't believe that Shen Yi would make such a stupid mistake, and instinctively suspected that there was a trap in it, so she didn't dare to greet the evil emperor, just looked at Shen Yi, expecting him to give herself an explanation.

At this moment, Pandora was no longer thinking about how to fulfill the evil emperor's entrustment, but wanted to see what kind of medicine this guy was selling.

Instead, it was Shen Yi, who let out a long breath: "I know you're wondering what kind of conspiracy I'm playing again." Then what if I tell you that I don't have any conspiracy, but I just want to test my teammates' ability to face difficulties and dangers on their own, cultivate their spirit of doubt and independent thinking, and let them learn that they can solve problems perfectly without me...... Do you believe it?"

Pandora snorted, but ignored it.

Shen Yi smiled: "I don't believe you can try it." Call the Evil Emperor at once, and ask him to force me to hand over the box, or give me a low price that I have to agree to, or kill me. ”

"That's enough!" Pandora interrupted Shen Yi's words, "I know you want to test me. But a deal is a deal, as long as you are willing to transfer the Eye of Hades, I guarantee that the Evil Emperor will give you a good price, and you don't need to make excuses on purpose. ”

"Make excuses, what excuses?" Shen Yi was puzzled.

Pandora snorted, "Of course it's an excuse to terminate the deal." As long as I pass the Evil Emperor over and ask him to make a move against you, you'll have an excuse to end the deal, won't you? I would never believe that you were a man who would put himself in a desperate situation. The return gate on the team rally order may not be the only one, if I'm not mistaken, you've killed at least one Berserk herd and obtained a Berserk Claw before you fought in Netherworld. There's also a return door on that berserk claw. So you can leave with the Return Gate on the Raging Claws for as long as you want, while the rest of your team members can leave with the Return Gate on the Team Rally Order. Of course, your players are divided into two teams, but that may be because you have something else to gain I don't know. Anyway, the current situation is that it doesn't make the slightest sense for me to pass him on, but it will give you an excuse to terminate the deal or ask for a skyrocketing price, right?"

Shen Yi's eyes narrowed slightly.

He nodded: "So that's what you think. ”

He laughed: "There are so many lies that no one will believe even if they tell the truth." Bad deeds are absolutely done, and no one accepts even good deeds...... It seems that I have been so scheming that no matter what I do, others will think it is a trap. ”

"It's your excuse that's too bad. You are making your team members take unnecessary risks, with your strength, as long as you continue to develop step by step, you can definitely go to the end, there is no point in taking the risk of disproportionate investment and return! Just to exercise their independent ability, it is absolutely not worth taking such a risk!"

"Then what if I tell you that I am doing this because I find it very, very difficult to leave this world, perhaps far more than we think, even if I become a marshal. So I need to train all of us to be truly powerful, even if it's at great risk...... Would you believe it?"

Pandora exclaimed, "How is this possible? As soon as we enter the Tower of Babel, we can leave! With your abilities and potential, this is definitely not a difficult task!"

Shen Yi looked at Pandora playfully, thought for a while, and said, "But what if that's a lie? If I tell you that until now, no one has ever really been able to leave this world, do you believe it?"

Pandora suddenly felt a chill, she glared at Shen Yi, and said word by word, "What evidence do you have?"

At that moment, it was as if Shen Yi would immediately get angry as long as she couldn't produce evidence.

Looking at Pandora's angry eyes, Shen Yi sighed softly.

Of course he knew why Pandora was so angry.

For those who struggle and struggle to survive in this world, the Tower of Babel is their hope for freedom.

Hope is the goal that people strive for and strive for.

It's like when you do business, you want to be a boss, when you become a civil servant, you want to be promoted, and when you write a novel, you want to become a god.

Hope is the motivation for people to move forward, and without hope, there is no motivation.

No adventurer can accept the fact that hope is shattered, Pandora can't do it, gentle waves can't do it, not even Colonel Shen Yi!

Looking at Pandora's eyes and her body trembling slightly with excitement, Shen Yi sighed.

"I don't have any evidence," he said...... Just casually talking. ”

Pandora exhaled.

She glared at Shen Yi fiercely.

Obviously, with his denial, his charge of "luring the evil emperor to attack and trying to terminate the transaction" was completely confirmed.

Shrugged helplessly, Shen Yi chuckled.

Pandora reminded him angrily: "If the evil emperor doesn't come, the colonel will come." If he knows that you divide your troops, then he will at least try to attack you and your people. If you don't want to be driven back to the city too soon, it's best to gather your team. ”

Shen Yi closed his eyes, leaned on the steel pipe, and replied casually: "Don't worry, at least he won't come over today." Time is the best weapon to wear down vigilance, and he only has one chance, so he will try to attack when our vigilance is at its weakest. ”

"And when do you think he'll do it?"

"It's impossible to predict, but it's not too long. ”

"Why?"

"Because he also doesn't have a lot of time to waste. Shen Yi smiled: "Just as I won't be willing to waste the rest of my time, he won't be willing either." For him, this waiting time will be very difficult. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Yi laughed narrowly: "If you can't beat him, it's good to make him uncomfortable." ”

Pandora froze.

This is the first time she has heard Shen Yi say such hurtful words that are harmful to others and not beneficial to herself.

This guy seems to have changed suddenly.

It becomes more difficult to fathom.

She asked, "What the hell are you thinking?" Shen Yi!"

Shen Yi smiled.

He replied slowly: "Thinking about fate......"

"Fate torments us, fate plays tricks on us, fate saves us, fate deceives us...... Fate also favors us. ”

"I just want to see how much fate still has a lot of attachment to me before we go to the real battlefield......"

"In a world without hope, our only option...... It's about creating hope. ”

As he spoke, Shen Yi closed his eyes and said nothing.

He's had enough to say tonight.

That's enough to make some people fidget.

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In the days that followed, the Broken Blades officially began their hunting life in the Ashen Capital.

Compared to the ubiquitous beasts of the wilderness, the undead creatures turned from dead adventurers are obviously much harder to find. They rarely appear in public, always hiding underground, in ruins, or in the shadows.

They are elusive, swift as the wind, and most importantly, they never fight to the death, and run away when the situation is bad. It's easy to deal with them, but it's hard to kill them.

This makes Gentle feel like they are back in the world of the X-Men, they have to keep searching, hunting, hunting, and the only luck is that this is not a mission, and there will be no punishment for failure.

At the end of the day, they encountered three adventurer immortal raids, but only killed one adventurer zombie, and at the same time did not gain anything - there is no 100% reward for wilderness adventures, even if it is an ant queen or a berserk leader, they only have a relatively high chance of giving an item, but it is not 100%.

This made Hong Lang complain: "I think we might as well hunt Berserk beasts, at least four or five groups can be killed in a day, even if we can only get three berserk claws, it is still a C-rank, and there is no risk." ”

"Come on, do you really think that the wilderness is your back garden where you can go and pick fruit? King Kong said.

"It's better than working all day and getting nothing. ”

"It's better than getting what you get and then you die before you have time to enjoy it. ”

Hong Lang said: "What do you mean by this?"

King Kong was silent for a moment, and then muttered, "The boss is a little strange." ”

"What's wrong with him?"

King Kong didn't answer, just looked at Shen Yi on the tall tower in the distance.

Since climbing the tower, Shen Yi has never come down.

He sat there, as if thinking about something.

Occasionally, he would do pull-ups by grabbing suspended steel bars at a height of 124 meters - if he missed, he would not die if he fell from this height, but injuries were inevitable.

But most importantly......

King Kong muttered to himself, "It's the first time I've seen him do something so meaningless. ”

Looking back behind him, Gentle was also looking at Shen Yi on the tower.

An irrepressible doubt arose in the hearts of the two of them at the same time - why did Shen Yi split the team?

He didn't seem to care at all about the colonel who was dormant in the shadows.

What the hell was he thinking?