74. If you can't change the world, you can only change yourself
Although he said that he was going to the main temple, he couldn't just set off without making any preparations.
The Isu bloodline gave him knowledge rather than direct combat power, and while the potion did strengthen Mason's body using the Super Soldier Serum as an adaptor, it was impossible for him to become Superman all of a sudden.
Speaking of which, although Mason has never been physically strengthened, he was strengthened once when he joined the Star Society, and then drank the Unicorn Potion, and now he has the improvement of this Isu Potion, although it is not much of this pure power enhancement, but Mason estimates that his current physical fitness can be regarded as a "junior superhuman".
However, this does not affect Mason's all-round efforts in other areas, and his melee skills are still as miserable as Lv1.
He himself said that he always had a sense of insecurity about the melee mode, except of course, when wearing power armor, and Mason's sense of security in that state was simply overwhelming.
At this time, the Assassins and Templars of this world must have been stationed near the Grand Temple, and if they rushed straight at it, they would probably be beaten into a sieve on the spot, so Mason, who had woken up, was busy in his suitcase factory.
Of course, don't forget to connect with your teammates.
"John, are you all right over there?"
Mason dismantled the Precision Rifle Widow Maker in his hand and injected magic into the collar pin as he asked:
"They're chasing you, aren't they?"
"It's okay, it's just that the whole city and the whole world are trying to kill us, what a big deal."
Konstantin's slightly weakened voice came from the other end of the collar needle, and he complained:
"It's like crazy, I never thought I'd be pushed to this point by a bunch of mortal assassins, trudging out of the city in the stinking sewers, what the hell!
What about you?
You okay?
Barbara said we should go to the underground temple outside the city to join you, which I think was a terrible idea, but now that the World Gate is sealed by these guys, we have nowhere else to go but there.
The whole city is theirs.
All communications are being spied on, and the only thing I'm glad for is that these guys don't know magic."
Mason nodded, thinking and then looking at the technical rifle in front of him that had been disassembled into a table of components, which he looked at and the idea of transforming them kept floating in his mind.
The Isu knowledge of technology floated in his mind, and Mason was filled with all sorts of whimsical ideas for a moment, and he pushed the frame of his glasses on the bridge of his nose, feeling confident that he would be able to transform this advanced firearm from 2077 more easily.
After all, compared to the black technology of the Isu, the military level of Night City is indeed a little inadequate.
"You can use the golden apple, John."
Mason picked up the charging module of the Tech Rifle and the multi-purpose engineering wrench at hand, and he blinked to his teammates and said:
"Now take that thing out and let me do it, it will help you escape the Assassins, and then join me at the Grand Temple."
"That's the problem, Mason, we now have a 'guest,'" ….
Zakang lowered his voice and said:
"Still a big man. Albert Wesker, the leader of the Blight Squad of the Council of Twelve, was with us, and he said that the Grand Warlock Mentor had sent him here to search for information.
Hey, he's a top tank of unlucky people like us.
That guy was scared by our message from the Great Temple, but I'm sure he'll grab the golden apple as soon as I pull it out now, and the three of us won't be able to beat him."
"You don't need to fight, as long as you move fast enough, you can definitely scare him, Wesker is a suspicious person."
Mason wasn't surprised to hear Wesker's name, he had seen Claude and Jerusalem at the Castle of the Stars... Ahh Swaggered through the market with Tifa.
Now it's just a little Wesker.
He advised:
"You take it out first, listen
I instruct."
On the other side, in the sewers of New York City, Team K is trudging by the sewage.
Zakham hesitated a little when he heard Mason's words, he glanced at the sunglasses brother who was opening the way in front of him, and after a few seconds, he hooked his finger at the second bucket next to him.
Erkeg stared at him in surprise, and after a few seconds of eye contact, he took out the golden apple from his bag and handed it to Zakang, then pulled out his kinetic pistol and looked at it vigilantly.
Barbara took a step back and formed a cover formation with the two in front of her, her eyes beating with shattered light, allowing several hovering combat Griffin drones to hover next to the trio.
"Huh?"
As soon as the golden apple was taken out, Wesk, who was walking in front of him, immediately turned back, his scarlet eyes under his sunglasses staring at the Isu artifact in Zakon's hand.
There wasn't much of a verbal exchange.
But the atmosphere on both sides changed all at once, especially as Wesker walked towards them.
"Put the golden apple in the palm of your hand, the triangular emblem is the bottom, don't take it upside down."
Mason's voice rang in his ears along with Zakon's magic, and then his captain was heard reminding him in a gentle tone:
"Place your finger on it, and the third center ring will clasp the second and fourth quadrilateral silhouettes to put it into charge mode, and then inject magic into it.
It doesn't need much, let me know when it glows."
Zakang immediately complied, watching Wesker get closer and closer and the latter's left hand began to emit strange heat, and he said:
"This thing glows, and then what? Hurry up, hell!"
"Then point it at Wesker, thinking to himself that he would kneel down and call you Daddy!"
As Mason said this, the Dark Wizard immediately lifted the golden apple in his hand.
In the next moment, the light flowed, and the dazzling shattered light burst out from the golden apple in Zakang's palm like fireworks, and the voice of a yellow bell Dalu also exploded in Albert Wesker's heart at this moment.
"Get on your knees! Call Daddy!"
It's like some kind of magic that acts directly on the mind, and it suddenly breaks the heart defense so fast that people can't react at all, and Brother Sunglasses' legs instinctively bend downwards and have opened his mouth but he is holding it up, and flashing out like a teleporter.
Then he looked at Zakang and the golden apple that was obviously awakened in his palm with a wary face.
He couldn't comprehend what was happening, but he was sure that Konstantin, the famous "engine of annihilation" in the group of stars in front of him, had mastered how to use the golden apple. ….
"Holy! This thing is awesome!"
Zakang's face was full of surprise.
As a spellcaster, he had just felt a very clear blast of energy burst from the golden apple, as if this strange thing had suddenly become a carrier of some kind of evil mind magic.
"Just to scare him, it's not as powerful as you think."
Mason explains:
"Isu artifacts like the Golden Apple were designed to manipulate the will, body, and spirit of standard humanoids.
This thing has an irresistible power for ordinary people within 200 feet, but for a 'virus person' like Wesker, the effect is very poor, and it is difficult for you to control it precisely without Isu blood.
So stop playing.
Now inject magic into it again, snap the glowing thread in the second central ring and let it enter the 'mind rewrite, programming.
In this mode, golden apples can generate a mind field.
Any human who sees its light will fall into a distraction and coma, which will be less effective for those of Isu ancestry, but enough for you to escape from the Assassins.
The mind force field can last up to six hours at a time.
But don't use it for anything bad when running for your life, John, you're a standard humanoid as well, so you'll be corrupted by the mind force field. This thing was designed for slave owners, and it was a blasphemy to be held by slaves now.
It's just as dangerous for you, so you'll have to hurry."
"Roger."
At this time, Zakang held a glowing golden apple in his hand, and he was as majestic as an incarnated god.
He also handed the thing in the direction of Wesker in a manner, and easily transmitted his will to Sunglasses' mind in the way of a "heart hammer".
"You want this, huh? Then come and get it, dear Wesker."
"What was that?"
Wesker is not afraid.
He just looked at the golden apple in Zakang's hand hesitantly, and couldn't understand why this K-team had suddenly mastered the use of such a dangerous Isu artifact.
"Evil slave program."
Za Kang snorted, pretending to have a great advantage, and said:
"The golden apple is an artifact used by the evil Isu to enslave the humans of this world, and we have been commanded to take it out of this world, and we studied it before we came.
It's like you, you dare to run to death without knowing anything.
It's not that I'm bragging, but as long as I want to, I can turn you into the most obedient cutie and let you *** dress up and go to Luo to attract the attention of those assassins...
Well, what scares you isn't as scary as you think.
It's nothing more than a psychic blast that turns you into a drooling fool when you're about to do something bad, so you'd better keep your hands in check."
Zakang glanced at the two teammates beside him, holding the golden apple and swaggering forward to find the nearest passage out of the sewers.
And Wesker looked at Konstantin and the golden apple in his hand with a suspicious gaze, the kind of "body manipulation" that went straight to the heart just now couldn't be faked, it seemed that this K-team really had some power that he didn't know.
In this way, they shouldn't be deceiving him by going to that great temple, maybe there really is a way out of this world? ….
"Mason, we managed to scare him."
Zakon had been watching Wesker's movements, and the dark wizard let out a sigh of relief when he saw Sunglasses follow them twenty meters behind them without saying a word.
He addressed Mason through the Eyes of Hell:
"What happened to you? Why are you so good at these things all of a sudden?"
"It's just that I accidentally found some lost knowledge, John, it's not as amazing as you think."
Mason, who was still in the suitcase factory, had his fingers flying, and the original tech rifle had been reassembled by him, and there were more components on the table.
Apparently, Mason had adapted the gun based on his understanding with his newly learned Isu knowledge, adding a [Quick Charge] and [Energy Convergence] enhancement entries.
He made a shooting motion with his new precision rifle against his shoulder, and at the same time told his teammates:
"Don't rush in when you approach the rift of the Grand Temple, just wait for me outside, the Isu have disguised the temple, and it is likely that there are assassin saints in ambush inside.
When we meet, we're moving on to the next step.
Also, if you are unfortunate enough to meet a brunette girl in a suit with braids, a gold bracelet on her wrist, and a mouth fetish of 'Maraka', don't resist and don't try to tease her to death.
Do whatever she tells you to do.
If she attacks you, tell her, 'Hephaestus wants to talk to the falconer, and she will understand what it means.'"
"So who's that?"
Za Kang asked with some confusion:
"Is it the leader of the damned Assassin Sages? Sounds like a dangerous person to your ears?"
"People? No, that's not a man, John."
Mason sighed and said:
"Barbara should have told you what we had discovered, that there is something in this world that cannot be measured by common sense, and that you should understand her as a 'living demigod' like Wonder Woman.
The only difference between the two is that with the combat experience of the big sister Malaka and the degree to which she is strengthened by the Isu bloodline at this time, it is estimated that she can wear it
Anna Prince pressed and pounded on the ground.
If we want to leave this world, it is impossible without her permission.
So you'd better pray that big sister who is over 2,000 years old is kind enough to us."
"!"
Zakang scolded, and he complained:
"We're here to top the tank for Mr. Hunter, and there are all such things that are slaughtered here with the door blocked, and the three mentors don't want to save them?
Let's go and fight against a world and a powerful demigod!
Those guys really don't have a conscience."
"It's better to wait for them to come to the rescue than to wait for death, at least death will come sooner or later."
Mason complained:
"Or is our great John Constantine willing to pin his hopes for survival on the conscience of a group of great transworld villains?
And to be honest, as far as I know about the Isu and Big Sister Malaka right now, even if Mr. Hunter does come, it's not certain that the guy will be able to get out of it.
It's the home of people. ….
Anyway, you act as soon as possible, and I'll join you here with some armament.
John, take care of Barbara and the two barrels.
This desperate situation is where you come into play, isn't that what I invited you to K-Team for? Work hard, it's good for you to get out alive this time.
Really, I don't lie to you."
Good words to appease Zakang to work hard, Mason frowned after the communication was cut off, he didn't expect that there would be an A-class personnel to come and get involved in this matter.
"If it's Albert Wesker, then this little water gun probably won't work."
Mason looked at the technology rifle in his hand that had just been modified by himself, and thought about it for a while, thinking that even if the kinetic energy bullet was used to fight the "virus man", it was a little unsightly.
He needed a little more deterrent "heavy firepower".
In the next moment, Mason's eyes fell on the swarthy anti-superman armor that was hanging from several chains in the transformation workshop, which was still in the repair process since beating the cleaner in the old spider world before.
Mason has a lot of ideas about it.
But before, he was forced to not have enough knowledge and couldn't really put it into practice, but now that he has the Isu inheritance, the Isu Sao idea in his head is just taking this opportunity to overhaul this battle armor.
Originally, engineering was at Lv5, but now the [Mental Dexterity] talent unlocked by the Isu Inheritance has been added a little more.
Lv5+1's engineering is just enough to complete the technical level of the transformation of the anti-superhuman warframe, and it just so happened that his beloved Batmobile was blown up by John Wick with Isu weapons, so he removed the weapons on the car and added them to his own armor.
The energy system is then rearranged with the Isu's unique understanding of the energy cycle.
As for the energy core it is missing...
"Huh"
With a flick of Mason's finger, the Ark Reactor jumped into the palm of his hand, and although the Kite Man and Captain Jack's palladium collection in the world of Hogwarts was not over, Mason had a palladium plate on hand to start the reactor.
Unfortunately, the all-out combat is estimated to last only about 2-5 hours.
But the good news is that the Isu Bloodline has a +1 skill break, so Mason has unlocked the blueprints for the reactor he has at hand, and he can "wholesale" it when he has enough materials to spare.
Or even better!
Remake it with the Isu's prowess for energy manipulation!
"Well, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't have the ability to repair you right now, it would have been perfect to use you as a 'Machine Heart.'"
Mason reached out and flicked it, and the cracked Life-Binding Rat's charm swirled around his fingertips.
This magical object that can give life to all dead things is the perfect energy source in Mason's mind.
The reason for this is simple.
You see, the number one tactic against mechs is always the power source of destruction, but if my mech
There is no energy source at all, so isn't this Achilles heel non-existent?
This combination of magic and technology is the perfect tactic for Mason's imagination, and the only pity is that his jewelry processing skills are now at lv2 with the blessing of Isu blood.
If you want to repair or make twelve spells, it's a long way off.
"Why do you say it's only 24 hours a day?"
Mason rolled up his sleeves and picked up the oddly shaped engineering wrench, walked to the workshop to start an overhaul of his anti-superman armor, and complained fiercely:
"Why can't my day be 48 hours? It's not enough to break every minute into two petals, how good would it be if there were two of me?
Well?
Two mes?
Yes!
Two mes! Why not?"
The young man blinked, and pulled the Yin-Yang Tiger Charm out of his pocket.
He suddenly had a bold idea, if he couldn't be strong enough to change the law of time, then it seemed that he could only start with himself.
Now it seems that after the K-Team escapes from this world alive, the next phase may have to focus on jewelry processing and inscription branches?
In the field of Isu inscriptions, which is associated with a large part of Isu knowledge, e, this idea is worth considering.
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