The predecessor of Melting Shadow was an ordinary fisherman in the land of light in the kingdoms ruled by the blood system of Nemathas, the Flying Flame Land.

As a result of the Empire's biological warfare offensive, the coastal fishing grounds of the Blessed Land were almost completely destroyed, and the fish were wiped out.

A tide of red poisonous algae swept hundreds of kilometers of coastline, his hometown was completely bankrupt, and countless fishermen looked at the blood-red sea and wanted to cry without tears.

While the Terra Ocean's ability to purify itself is unsettlingly fast, the Erythrophora was a biological weapon created by the Empire specifically for the Flamelands, and the Red Tide lasted for nearly a month, severely disrupting production in the coastal areas of the Flamelands.

A month is enough for a lot to happen.

For example, if a family is desperate in a disaster, a fisherman who has to feed his family can only sell himself to the Nirmathas Rough Stone Research Institute and use it as an experiment in exchange for some food and money so that his family can survive.

In the laboratory, he underwent all kinds of cruel trials and tortures, and was finally determined to have a certain psionic talent.

Because of this talent, his mangled body was not dismantled and used as raw material for other experiments, but was sent to the "Psionic Awakening Experimental Group" for further experiments.

And there, he received an extraordinary 'hospitality'.

The Terra countries have their own psychic awakening experiments, and the empire is a "deductive method" that catalyzes the emotions of the "experimenter" step by step through various coincidental encounters, and when it is extremely desperate, or when great sorrow turns to joy, great joy turns to sadness, psionic energy is born.

Yanjiang's "penance method" is to select individuals with psionic talents, and through penance that is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to complete, such as reciting ancient scriptures without sleep for seven days without stopping, and persisting in meditation day and night under the washing of icy waterfalls", in the process of such a mortality rate of more than 80%, it is possible for psionic energy to be born naturally.

Flaving Lands, on the other hand, are very simple. They are the Pharmacy Act'.

The fisherman was injected with more than 300 milliliters of *** ketones, large amounts of serotonin and adrenal hormones, and a large amount of psychedelic stimulants, including cocaine—he fell into a state of extreme excitement, extreme rage, and extreme aggression almost instantly.

Then, in near-death despair, anger and hatred. He awakened psionic powers.

And, the soul is shaped. And then....

The spiritual energy he awakened was just the most ordinary 'Spirit Blade'.

Hindered by imagination, most of the awakening spiritual abilities of adults without much education are like this, neither as strange as young children, nor as delicate and terrifying as the learned elderly and scholars, and even less as fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers and girls because of the exaggeration of puberty, small emotions can be sublimated to the whole world.

He just wants to split the unwillingness in his heart and the enemy in his fantasy. It's embarrassing.

To add insult to injury, he was treated as a defective product and thrown into another psionic experiment to merge with a demon.

Fortunately or unfortunately, he succeeded.

It has become today's 'Fusion Shadow'.

Today's Rongying still has human feelings and memories, and loves his family, but his other half is a cold demon, a demon named "Gluttony".

The blade and gluttony had an unexpected effect, he could pierce the souls of other humans, and then nibble away at others from the inside of their souls, turning others into his own nourishment.

Not only that, but he can even get the memories of others in its entirety, and can perfectly imitate the person who has been devoured by himself.

This is the best spy candidate.

Melting Shadow was originally supposed to be put into the imperial capital or a heavy place on the edge of the empire like Fog Yarn Harbor, but because the Southwest Plains was about to launch a 'big operation' recently, it was also to test the relevant data of the fusion demon, so it was put into the southwest of the empire.

It just so happened that during this time, in the territory of Xia Hui's territory, many shadows who were originally lurking safely were arrested, and without even a single action, the deep moles that had already blended into the city hall were caught.

The intelligence network around the Bison Mountains adds up to a message. "Watch out for Ian Silver

Peak, upheaval is taking place within his realm!

This is a disturbing signal.

At the critical juncture when the Flamelands were planning their autumn offensive, they had to figure out what the Prophet Lord was up to.

And the fusion they sent out was a fusion of demons that would not cause much damage, so it was difficult for even the 'Crisis Prophet' to truly predict his existence.

January in 775 was a very good day.

Winter in Nanling was supposed to be cold and freezing rain, but before the New Year, the city hall used weather cannons to rain in advance, so everyone could live a seven-day fast and clear holiday.

Rongying carried his bags and walked on the streets of Xiahui City. Around the sun-drenched square, there are bursts of hot shouting. At the exit of the shadow-shrouded street, there were lively human voices. "Hot scones, baked potatoes..."

"The new weaving from the city of Nauman is inexpensive, strong and durable......" Floral juice! It's a local specialty!"

On the contrary, the city in the mountains and forests is full of vendors, pedestrians, and the streets and alleys are full of all kinds of vendors, selling goods, flowers, leather armor and farm tools, and selling insect repellent medicines..... And so on.

--Extraordinary indeed.

Seeing this scene, Rongying couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, even if he was no longer human, he could understand this kind of happiness of ordinary people, which was exactly the life he dreamed of, but no matter how difficult it was.

It is precisely because of this, out of hatred for the imperial people, that the dark emotions in his heart accumulate deeper and richer.

Yes, he also suffered inhuman torture in the Flying Flame Land, but all because of the destruction on the side of the Empire.... From the standpoint of the Flame Lands, the Empire's side is the source of all evil, the source of all suffering.

(If it weren't for the empire destroying my homeland..... Hateful! ）

Finally suppressed the hatred in his heart, and Rongying fell into deep thought: (How can I meet with the officials of the city hall?) ）

Thinking about his mission, Rongying's current performance is typical of a foreigner, walking on the edge of the street, cowering, and vaguely seeing the yearning for a better life.

At this moment, on the front of a high-rise building, the news was being broadcast on a crystal plate as long as two people.

[Qingyue Tower, the capital of knowledge, Dr. Carlo Vikas, chief of the material section, visited Xiahuiling, and the two sides had a cordial and friendly conversation, fully exchanged views, and greatly enhanced the friendship between the two sides. 】

[In the second meeting, Dr. Carlo pointed out that Xia Hui Ling is similar to the capital of knowledge in terms of system, and has quite unique insights in the field of alchemy.... The two sides decided to carry out a certain degree of research cooperation and jointly promote...

Rong Ying didn't understand official and political slang, but he could understand that a tall tower in the 'City of Knowledge' cooperated with Xia Huiling, and the two sides actually had similarities in terms of systems...... What is similar?

Anyway, it's also an important piece of information anyway, write it down.

Staring closely at the crystal plate, a photo of a purple-haired doctor shaking hands with Ian Silverpeak, Rongying suddenly heard a very loud sound of machinery running.

Click, bang!

The sound of something extremely huge, at least five or six tons being put down, sounded on the other side of the street, but the residents of Xia Hui Ling were not the slightest surprised, they just showed happy expressions, and then looked at their friends around them, and cheered, "There is actually a Coke to try today!"

"Hurry, go quickly, if you slow down, you won't have time to queue!"

Almost instantly, the direction of the crowd reversed, heading towards the place where the loud sound came from.

Caught off guard, Rongying was even stumbled, and the strong man who hit him said sorry repeatedly, but he didn't stop and continued to walk towards the entrance of the street.

"What's the situation..."

Rongying was stunned, he couldn't figure out what was going on at all, why the people under the Xia Hui Leader suddenly acted like crazy, it was no different from a cult ritual.

When this happens, Rongying must go over and see the situation.

On the main road, there are two mechanical giant armor that is three and a half meters tall standing like statues at the intersection, these mechanical giant armor has black jade-like armor, scarlet single eyes, and the power furnace heat vent behind it is blowing the twisted hot air visible to the naked eye, and the thick armor makes them look like indestructible mobile fortresses.

It looks similar to the Magnetic Storm Armor in the Flamelands Intelligence, but is smoother overall, somewhat similar to a smaller version of the Giant Combat Unit of a pre-era civilization.

- New Mechanical Combat Armor? This is a big piece of information worth uploading, and that researcher lord is really powerful.

With the information in mind, Melt Shadow's brows furrowed, and he looked at the details of these two new types of battle armor.

Then he froze. "No one?!"

He subconsciously exclaimed in his heart, "There is no one in this armor?!"

From the demon's point of view, the Fusion Shadow can see the souls of all people and creatures, and the mere armor and armor can't block his soul perspective at all.

However, he saw through the structure of the battle armor, only to find that there was no driver inside the two brand new battle armors at all!

Aside from a strange octahedral crystal terminal, there wasn't even room for people to drive in the armor!

Automated combat armor without a driver? Has the Empire's technology come to this point? Or is it just a good look and can only be simply walked around?

Meltingshadow was shocked in his heart, and he memorized this information in his heart, and understood why the headquarters of Flying Flame Land chose to send himself over to investigate.

Originally, I thought it might be a bit overkill, but now that I look at it, the importance of Xia Huiling is completely worthy!

Gaze back, and after the initial shock, Meltshadow gradually shifted the perspective to the back of the two automated battle armors.

It was boxes of red beverage cans lined up along the street, neatly stacked as bricks. Thousands, if not tens of thousands, of beverage cans.

Two automated combat armor were used to protect the goods, and there was a huge advertising hanging cloth behind it, [Hui Ling-Happiness Brand Coke], and the bright font rolled in the wind in the form of exaggerated advertising, stimulating the enthusiasm of the crowd.

[Each person is limited to two cans of tasting, and those who receive a warning once, and those who are warned three times a month or more will be sent to the 'Re-education Center for 15 days of civic code of conduct study.】

In the battle armor, an undulating electronic voice was heard: [Please line up for citizens who want to try Coke and receive it in turn. If Xiahui Lingxing Happiness Beverage Factory adopts your opinions, it will be rewarded by the City Hall and get the right to free consumption of Happiness brand Coke for life.

After affirming the demand, the two battle armors took a step out of the way, and then the citizens who had already lined up automatically stepped forward happily and received the two cans of Coke in turn.

Melt Shadow blended into the line a little dazed, because everyone picked it up quickly, and there was no dispute or noise, so it didn't take a few minutes to get to the drink can pile, and some nervously picked up two cans under the one-eyed gaze of the two battle armors, and then came to the side.

Seeing that there were many people around happily opening the can and drinking it, he hesitated for a moment, and Rongying also learned from them, opened the zipper on the beverage can, and then aimed to drink.

——The irritating sensation exploded in the mouth, and countless small bubbles burst slightly up and down the tongue, leaving and right, bringing a feeling that was almost "spicy"... But then there's sweetness!

Sugar..... In this era, the rare sweetness of the common class filled the mouth, which made Rongying, who grew up by the sea since he was a child, and had never eaten a sweet snack even after fusing into a half-demon, subconsciously widened his eyes, and then swallowed this "sweet soda."

The sweet but irritating liquid fell down his throat and into his abdomen, and after taking the first sip, Rongying even froze in place for a while.

And then..... With an incredible gaze, he looked at the drink can in his hand. 【Happiness Brand Cola】

「.. Xia Hui Ling, is you rich enough to give everyone candy at will?"

He muttered to himself, his tone full of shock, "This is still a free sample...... neither

I know how much it will cost to sell it in the future!"

He completely understood why the people in Xiahui's territory put down their work one by one when they heard that there was a drink to try.

The owner of the shop is not working, and the vendor who set up the stall asks a familiar friend to look at the stall, and the two people take turns to get it, and everyone smiles.

Yes, simple carbonated sweet drinks, simple happiness and pleasure.... Happiness brand Coke, worthy of its name!

"Why, that's a surprise, outsider?"

And a resident with the hair color of the mountain people, who knew at a glance that it was Xia Hui leading the locals, came over enthusiastically and patted the shoulder of Rongying, who had not yet subsided with a shocked face.

His enthusiasm was a little beyond Rongying's expectations, and he had already begun to talk: "Believe me, choosing to come to Xia Hui Ling is the most correct choice in your life!"

"We don't have a big place, and it's not very lively at the moment, but trust me, as long as you stay here, you will definitely feel happy!"

"And this Coke, after you drink one can, you can not drink it directly, but go and burn some chicken thighs and chicken wings.... Our territory has reached a cooperation with the chicken farm in Nauman City, and there is often cheap chicken to buy! 「

"Listen to me, it's delicious!"

Although the tone of this local resident was full of pride and pride, this made Rongying wary.

- What's going on? Why are you so enthusiastic?

Shouldn't Xia Hui Ling add addictive substances to his drink to control the people in the entire territory?!

As a person from the Flame Land, it is understandable that Melting Shadow thinks so, after all, the Empire is the same thing in the eyes of the Flame Land as the Flame Land is in the eyes of the Empire people.

But in reality, Ian is really simple, he is just handing out sugar water, supplementing the territory with simple and happy carbohydrate drinks.

Of course, sugar is also an addictive substance, and that's true.

As the agricultural building addresses some of the basic crop and vegetable needs, the Ministry of Agriculture began to construct some completely new agricultural building structures to grow a large number of polysaccharide crops including corn, sugar beet, short sugar cane and sweet root, in addition to various legumes.

This was followed by simple refined sugar and syrup workshops, oil mills and protein powder workshops.

The only thing Rongying sees now is Coke.

But in fact, Ian took out a variety of different drinks such as orange juice, herbal tea, and sweet fruit wine.

These delicious, sugary, dopamine-stimulating drinks have been synonymous with obesity, addiction, diabetes, fatty liver and many other diseases on Earth in the past.

But in this place of Terra, not to mention that everyone is a pre-era civilization transformed person, it is difficult to get fat.... If you can really get fat, isn't that proof that life is extremely rich in material things, and people don't have to worry about food, clothing, or enjoyment?

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And Ian doesn't have the slightest idea of making money in this regard.

Either it's free, or it's sold at a low price..... Because Ian didn't plan to use these drinks to be a drink tycoon, making money with cheap sugar happiness.

What he wants to do is to make a name for himself - let everyone in Nanling, and all the people who drink drinks in the future of Terra, know about Xia Hui Ling, and know his name of Ian Silverpeak.

As a madman who has already begun to think about how to rule Terra in the future, Ian is now starting to build his fame and prestige.

Although it is not known why, the future empire will be divided, and other countries will have all kinds of problems within themselves, and with the outbreak of world war, the whole of Terra will be a pot of porridge.

Taking advantage of this chaos to farm and unify Nanling, he flew directly to Jupiter's Star (a giant gaseous planet) in Terra, borrowing the relics of the previous era civilization to build a fuel base.

The path proved to be of little use, so this time Ian was ready to conquer all of Terra.

At that point, being ruled by someone who has heard in the past and still has a good feeling, and being ruled by someone who doesn't know the reputation, may be very

Tyrannical human rule, those are two completely different feelings.

Of course, Rongying couldn't figure out the doorway behind this.

He simply couldn't understand the situation in Xia Hui Ling's current situation.

It's not like any city in Terra..... Not appearances, not wealth, not people who live ....

The logic here seems to be completely different....

Why do the lords here give out these drinks for free? Why are the people of this place so happy and happy?

The half-demon, who had borrowed the form of someone else, looked around the surrounding streets, a place where people came and went, but their movements were orderly.

One or two thousand people lined up at the entrance of the street, but there was not even a single queue cut._. The worst behavior is nothing more than a foreigner who has just come to Xiahui City like himself and wants to secretly queue up again and get one more Coke.

He was quickly spotted by the automatic battle armor, and the giant more than three meters tall suddenly moved, pinched the back collar of the man's clothes with precision, and then threw it aside with a gentle technique, making a thunderous announcement: [Warning once]

- Can these battle armors really distinguish the appearance of people?! The movements are still so subtle and delicate?

At this moment, Rongying completely understands why the spy in Xiahui City has disappeared.... This is a matter of course, Xia Huiling, who has mastered this automatic identification technology, if he doesn't use some special means, it is basically impossible to be infiltrated by spies!

But how were those shadows who didn't do a single action on weekdays discovered?

Rongying didn't know this, but the anxiety in his heart began to grow again... He drank the "Coke" in his hand in one gulp with some annoyance, thought about it, and put the remaining can of Coke in his pocket.

The people of the empire are guilty, but Coke is not guilty.

With this in mind, he began to take a step and continued to walk in the city led by Xia Hui.

He's going to complete his mission and find a town hall official", then try to "eat him" to get his memories and lurk inside the Xiahui Territory.

Only after he has figured out the secret behind the Xia Hui Leader will he devour the others and leave this place with their bodies.

And what Rongying doesn't know is.

Ever since he entered the city of Xiahui City, there had always been a gaze that was high above the city and locked on him, staring at him.

It was a round of sun...

A round of silvery-white, icy sun.