With the showdown leading up to the finale, do you want to save here?

For some reason, such a thought suddenly appeared in Zero's mind, and what Song Lan said just now was like the system intimately reminding them to save before facing the final boss in the game.

It's just that the one who reminded him was the "Boss" himself.

Since the advent of the new era, military technology has been observing Song Lan's life every day, although the latter's behavior is incredible, but combined with the movements of Qi He, the Rebels, the Eclipse Sect, and the Barossa Group, it is not difficult to conclude that the other party is using this seemingly ordinary life to paralyze them, and in fact, they have planned a scalpel-like and precise sabotage operation behind the scenes.

As long as the devourers that exist as thought collectors everywhere are destroyed, the thought links will be broken, and it will take another span of more than twenty years to re-establish these receivers.

This is a reasonable inference they have drawn based on the information they have gathered.

But just now, Song Lan overturned all their theories.

The reason why he did not take any action after the arrival of the new era was only to give them sufficient time to prepare.

This may also explain why, in the past twenty years, Song Lan has never directly disturbed military technology plans, such as the Eclipse Cult and the events of Atlantis, and his approach has always been to the point.

In the year 2141, with the death of Benjamin Abel as a node, they spent more than two decades racking their brains to solve the puzzle that each other had left behind more than twenty years ago.

Benjamin Abele is a genius.

Although he died young, he brought important inspiration to future generations.

He was the first to suggest that fighting psionic people is like solving a puzzle, and that the key to victory or defeat lies in their ability to see through the secrets of their opponent's abilities.

So what will the battle look like with the final boss in front of you?

As the game depicts in a grand spectacle, the two sides put on a posture and use each other's most destructive tactics to level the entire city to the ground and witness the victory of one side in the devastated land?

They never thought so.

In fact, this particular battle had been going on for more than twenty years, and it was a puzzle that had spanned more than twenty years, both for them and for psionic research institutions.

And not long ago, they finally passed the battle between Song Lan and the "Wild Bone" test and got the final answer.

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry."

Seeing that Zero didn't take a step for a long time, Song Lan kindly reminded, "If you are not ready, I can go home first, and come back when you are really ready, after all, this may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it is a wise choice to consider carefully." ”

He also used to be a gamer.

Before facing the final boss, being prepared is the only way for every adventurer.

Return to the inn in the main city to regain your life, visit the best legendary blacksmiths on the road, get the strongest weapons, and have a good time with each of your companions along the way, making sure that each partner's special plot is completed.

Last, and most importantly.

Before heading to the final battle, take a closer look at the splendid scenery of the game's otherworld.

A new era had just dawned on the other side, and for a long time in the past, he believed that Zero was overloaded every day and every night, and although the general trend was unavoidable, the dying throes of the Council's remaining strength should have brought them a lot of trouble.

And now, when the dust has settled on this change and struggle, it is the time to pause and appreciate the fruits of your efforts.

“…… Let's go. ”

Zero finally took a step forward and stepped out of the elevator first.

The massive mechanical body of the "Wild Bone" still followed like a small mountain.

There is no doubt that all the preparations are in perfect condition now, and thanks to Song Lan's inaction, the successful establishment of Thinking Link has filled in the last piece of the puzzle for this plan that has lasted for more than 20 years.

She knew very well that if they retreated at this moment, then no matter how many decades or even hundreds of years passed, it might be difficult for them to muster the courage to face them head-on.

They had exhausted all the possibilities they could think of, and they could no longer get any more information.

But in the deepest part of his heart, Zero did have doubts.

She firmly believes in the changes she has set off, and everything they do is on the right path, but she is a little puzzled by Song Lan's treatment.

If the other party hadn't lied just now, he wasn't against the arrival of the new era, so why did they have to take the unbearable risk of getting rid of Song Lan?

In any of RT1's predictions, even if they win the war, the price to pay will be extremely heavy.

It's just that this is a command given by the community of consciousness, and it is an unquestionable oracle.

Zero suddenly remembered Song Lan's words.

He said that the changes of the new era are not limited to this, and that there are other purposes hidden by the community of consciousness beyond the information they know.

She was observing Song Lan all the way.

As the two of them deepened, the roads on either side of the corridor changed, from a techno-lab-like style to an incubator capable of contaminating anything.

Tentacles and sprouts crawl all over the walls, like an endless corridor, and the deeper you go, the closer you get to death.

According to the predictions given by the psionic research institute, the strength of the reflex force field set up on this stretch alone is enough to make any six-star rescuer feel so weak that it is difficult to maintain the strength to walk.

But on the other hand, Song Lan looked as usual, and his relaxed pace was like walking on the road where he usually went out to buy vegetables.

As for behind them......

Zero was stunned.

She had never seen such an eerie sight, the path they had traveled had become ethereal, the corridors, walls, and ceilings blurred together, and from a distance, it seemed as if they had been refracted from a magic mirror.

The effects of the time warp were being refracted in a way that could be seen, which also explained why Song Lan was not affected by the anti-spirit ability field in the slightest.

They are walking on the road to the deeper layers of military technology, but it is as if they are in another space.

Zero realizes that after the final confirmation, there is no turning back from this final showdown.

This is one of the answers to the puzzle.

"Time and space are misaligned, this is the means to evade attacks, and theoretically, even if a tactical nuclear bomb is detonated next to you, it will not have any substantial impact on you."

That's what she came to from a researcher's point of view.

This conjecture is no secret to the Military Technology and Psionic Research Institute, but it has not yet been admitted by the ability holder himself, "The anti-spirit ability field in the 'reality dimension' naturally cannot affect you in another time and space." ”

But that's to be expected.

If Song Lan was an opponent who could be defeated by stacking up the strength of the anti-spirit ability field, they would not have to gather wisdom and strength to prepare for this battle for more than twenty years.

Song Lan was noncommittal.

At the time of the Bones riot, he had shown this ability in front of Zero's eyes in an understandable way, and he believed that the latter's wisdom would be able to discern some ways.

Unconsciously, the flesh and blood tentacles had crawled all over the floor and walls, and the three of them were like walking in the belly of some kind of monster, among these tentacles full of malice, Song Lan had a familiar feeling, and the glimpse after the end of the sacrifice also made him feel the same way.

It is different from the pure biological instinct of the Devourer, but a chaotic malice that is mixed together by countless flesh and blood, thoughts.

The Gene Lord, whose true body was hidden somewhere, had finally crossed the plane and appeared in front of his eyes at this moment.

At the end of the Flesh Corridor is another elevator.

The transparent structure, through the absces-covered glass, can clearly see the structure of the military technology underground.

The space below is incomparably vast, and I am afraid that the migrant workers who are still working hard upstairs at the moment would never have dreamed that such a flesh-and-blood creation existed under their feet.

A budding flower of flesh and blood occupies the height of a dozen floors.

The elevator went all the way down, and the number of each floor was no longer marked.

At the bottom of the floor was greeted by an altar full of religious rituals, with only a path leading to the flesh flower, and the budding flower bones looked undoubtedly the god being worshipped at the moment.

As for the sides of the road, there is an abyss that cannot be seen at a glance.

In the deep darkness, you can faintly see the swaying tentacles.

In traditional religious sacrifices, fanatical believers threw the sacrifice downwards and let their flesh and soul feed the new gods they worshipped.

This is also the first time that Zero has been here in person.

Before she could get closer, her sight was already occupied by the flowers of flesh and blood, and countless whispers poured into her brain, guiding her to keep closer.

If it weren't for RT1's tailor-made processing system, she felt like she would have been driven crazy by the whispers that went straight to her mind in an instant.

She had also seen those early unsuccessful test subjects, who, after being driven insane, would begin to mutate irregularly under the control of this crazy thought, and eventually become an aberrant construct that lost their minds and could only retain their biological instincts.

But that's a thing of the past.

They have developed a means of dispersing and suppressing the whispers, and completely eliminated the negative effects of mutation.

Before they reached the Flower of Flesh, there were already people waiting there.

It was a completely dark human figure whose face could not be seen clearly.

According to the theories put forward by the Psionic Research Institute, this is the state of the consciousness that has completed the promotion ceremony, their psionic energy is more pure and powerful, and the weak physical body can no longer be their weakness to be exploited by the enemy.

She didn't know the identity of the consciousness, and she didn't know anything about the specifics of the battle.

She was given a mission to bring the final enemy of the New Age to this place of end.

"Finally met."

As soon as the consciousness body spoke, Zero instinctively covered his ears.

The voice was boundless and majestic.

She looked up at the scene in front of the Flesh Flower of Consciousness, and felt that this picture had a somewhat sacred meaning, like the scene of the birth in a religious portrait.

"Oh?! Are you ——! ”

When the consciousness body said the opening remarks, Song Lan suddenly showed an expression of sudden realization.

The long-lost meeting with my fellow villagers was again at such an important moment.

Out of politeness, he should have treated the other party with enough respect, the only problem was that this otherwise smooth opening conversation had encountered some minor crises.

The downside of consciousness is that under normal circumstances, they appear to be dark and vague humanoids, with little to no obvious recognizability.

An unprecedented sense of tension surged into Song Lan's heart, and in the face of this upcoming final battle, he felt extremely strong and suppressed for the first time.

He maintained the posture of extending his right hand and pointing at the other person.

It was as if time had stopped at this moment.

After about a minute, a sweaty Song Lan had to compromise with reality, he quietly took a step closer to Zero, and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "What's his name?" ”

“…… I don't know. ”

This question also touched on the blind spot of zero knowledge, but what made her even more puzzled was that Song Lan could ask such a question on such an occasion.

"Isn't he your boss?"

"I haven't seen him before."

"Then it can't be helped."

Song Lan's eyes froze, she took a deep breath, and made the same movements as before, stretched out her right hand, pointed her index finger at the other party, and suddenly had complex emotions of reuniting with her old friend, "It's you, Boss A!" ”

……

"My name doesn't matter, it's just a mark left by the losers of the previous era."

The pitch-black consciousness broke the awkward opening.

Such a reunion was also expected by him.

After all, who would remember the name of a deserter?

In that battle that swept the entire upper world, he chose to flee, and it was he who voluntarily abandoned his name and everything related to the upper world.

He thought he would be able to adapt to life without the upper world, but the memories of the past lingered like nightmares.

And at this moment, the root of the nightmare stood in front of him.

This decisive battle is also a process for him to transcend the past.

It's just that even he never thought that Song Lan would walk into their carefully arranged trap so unsuspectingly, which was a happy thing, but it also made those past memories revive in his mind.

Last time, the devil in front of him also calmly accepted the invitation of the others, and rushed to the Hongmen feast unsuspectingly.

He couldn't help but wonder if those consciousness bodies of the upper world thought they were ready for everything, just like he was at the moment.

"Don't describe yourself like that."

Song Lan still maintained the same posture, "Past failures can't decide anything, I believe that sooner or later you will be able to surpass your past self." ”

Zero is in a trance.

Listening to the conversation between the two, she suddenly felt that the altar full of spiritual pollution in the surrounding scene had been transformed into a cozy tavern that she didn't know which world existed.

And in front of her is a senior who cares about new adventurers.

Thanks to Wang Zhenzhen for the 100 book coins!

The small theater of its three hundred and fifty-six:

Tuesday of a certain month, late at night

Back pain, inconvenient legs and feet, these are all symptoms of old age, and now these symptoms have all appeared in Song Lan and Lu Xiang.

After returning to the room provided by the Iris Foundation, Lu Xiang took off his shoes, put his legs on Song Lan's thighs, and said pitifully, "My legs are numb, and I can't use any strength." ”

This is not the first time that Lu Xiang has claimed leg numbness in front of her, from a scientific point of view, Song Lan feels that this can be called the duality of leg numbness, which can be demonstrated by practical examples.

On a dark and windy night in a certain month, Lu Xiang, who claimed that his legs were so numb that he couldn't walk, happened to encounter an armed gangster, and smashed the gangster's leader's head into the concrete floor with a slash in front of him, and when he was sent to the hospital, the gangster leader forgot who he was.

"I called the head maid on an internal phone, and I heard that all the maids of the Iris Foundation have learned massage techniques."

"No way!"

Lu Xiang's eyebrows were horizontal, and his pitiful appearance suddenly disappeared, "This leg numbness, it is a little special, only if you come to help me press it, it can be relieved." ”

"How does this work?"

"This is the second lesson."

Lu Xiang's waist twisted, and her two arms hung on Song Lan's neck, this action fully demonstrated her amazing waist and abdominal strength, "Properly pretending to be pitiful is an important flirtation method between lovers!" ”

(End of chapter)