The conversation or negotiation broke down.

Because the other party made a request that Mason couldn't agree to at all, this bastard from a dark source or some goddamn cosmic will wanted to take Mason's life.

It is impossible for any normal person to accept such an unreasonable demand.

And as we all know, after the breakdown of negotiations, it is time to tackle the storm.

So Mason pulled out his pistol and shot forward to empty the magazine. This nihilistic Mason is quite reasonable, he didn't deliberately lower Mason's strength, but let the subject remain in full state.

The guy who was born by Mason's wisdom probably guessed that the negotiations would end in a breakdown, and he was ready to use violence to persuade the other party.

Facing the flying bullet, Void scoffed, did not dodge at all, but let it penetrate his body, and reached out his hand to pinch the last bullet lightly in the splash.

In this instant, the gloomy body that had been transformed from a body of water had turned into translucent organic ice in the cold air, just like the form that had been given energy by Black Strange during the fight between Lordworld and Madeleine.

Omega-level power control!

And his light movement of dodging bullets and catching them in his hand is undoubtedly due to the strengthening of the nervous system by the Isu blood and the precise control of time by the Isu senses.

"You guessed it, right?"

Mason of Nothingness tossed the completely undeformed bullet in his hand up and down, and then shaped the magic fire rising in his cold fingers, smelting the small piece of metal into a miniature bust of Mason with unusually precise fire manipulation and throwing it to the captain.

He said:

"I have all your abilities and push their manipulation to the limit within your knowledge, I'm an enhanced version of you, I know your thoughts, understand your tactics and inherit your mind.

You can understand me as the future you

Give up, you don't have a chance to win. ”

"If I am like you in the future, I will kill my mother directly on the spot, but it is just a fake, and you dare to make a big statement in front of me?"

Mason unceremoniously scolded:

"Besides, are you proud to have copied all of my abilities? If you really know my mind, you should know that it's not something to be happy about.

Having all my abilities means that you also have all my weaknesses."

The red alchemy in his left hand flickered, and the magazine filled with leech jamming agent bullets was pressed into the chamber of the gun, and its shell took on a sacred silver-white color.

It was not a solid metal, but a special ceramic structure made by the inscriptionist to imitate the paving slabs of heaven.

Together, these two things are perfect for countering demonic fire and mutant abilities.

Mason was not stunned by the void in front of him at all, because he had absolute confidence, and this arrogant dark fool in front of him could not imitate one of his most basic abilities.

i.e. their own gold finger.

Even with Mason's current level of understanding and attainment of manufacturing techniques, he still can't figure out how this golden finger works.

What you can't even understand yourself, can you expect a clumsy imitation of a fake to understand it more deeply?

"Nice try."

Nothingness Mason shrugged.

He looked at the captain who pounced on him, and the cold air that froze everything rose between his fingers, and the special bullet fired by Mason sparked on the organic ice, and he tried to transform the water body when he couldn't break through the defense, and was easily frozen by the Void Mason.

As the claws that turned into icy spikes pierced through his heart, he was held high in front of the void as Mason's entire body of blood gushed out.

The latter's dark eyes under purple sunglasses stared at his subject, and said:

"Here I can kill you countless times! Not just for defeat, maybe for entertainment.

Of course, in order to ensure that the pain of the spiritual plane does not spread to the material world and destroy my heavenly physical body, I made a promise when I created this spiritual world that neither of us will die here.

However, death and suffering never collide.

You may think you're fearless, but I don't think you have the slightest chance of victory when death is stretched to a length long enough to crush everything.

You've always flaunted your will, so let's see how many killings you have to take before you throw in the towel.

Mason Cooper, you glorious loser! ”

——

"The good news is that the heart rate has stabilized, the vital signs have stabilized, and the subject is out of danger."

First responder Mason let out a sigh of relief, as did the other clones in different costumes surrounding the subject, the shadow of death fading away from them.

But the alchemist, who usually walked closest to the first aid technician, so he knew this guy's evil taste very well, asked with a wooden face:

"And what about the bad news?"

"The bad news is that he's being replaced by nothingness."

The first responder took off his mask, shrugged his shoulders, and said to the other doppelgangers:

"The dark power that is spilling out of his mind is taking over his brain and body, and even the infusion of a large dispel circle and purifying potions is useless.

This thing is not an external entry, it is equivalent to the self-iteration of the data body, and even his immune system does not see this as a threat, so it can't be stopped!

I can't stop it at all. ”

The doppelgangers, you look at me, I look at you, and finally Mason, the collector who usually has the least sense of presence and wears a hunter's outfit, raised his hand on behalf of the others and asked:

"What about us? What will happen to us if nothingness replaces the subject? Will he choose to keep us? ”

"Hmm, this question"

The first aid technician tilted his head and thought for a while, then brought over Zhang Pakla, who was sorting out the data next to him, and asked bluntly:

"Mr. Zhang, you look the most like a normal person among all the people here, so let's ask you a question, if you have the same doppelganger ability as Mason, will you let the rest of you who have full intelligence basically unfettered and free?"

"Are you kidding?"

Mr. Zhang replied with an unhappy and cynical face:

"You think I'm having too much fun with my life, so I'm going to give myself a little bit of intensity? Even if there is only one all-intelligent clone of mine, I will lock him up in pain, lest he run out and cause trouble.

Not to mention that you still have so many quirky quirks, I can't understand why Mason wants to keep you, I can't imagine his daily mental state.

Maybe he's crazy, right?

Well, maybe he'd been crazy a long time ago, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to explain how he and Harley got along so well. ”

"Look, that's how ordinary people treat us obnoxious guys."

The first aid technician spread his hands and said to the other doppelgangers:

"So once the subject is engulfed in nothingness, the first thing to do after replacing the personality is to gag us all.

The dark will does not have a manufacturing system, and there is no need for him to retain our proficiency in the various skills of the coolies we do for him, and he will not tolerate our various willful little demands because of this.

So to sum up, I think we still don't expect everyone's life to be better after the main body is replaced.

Why don't you leave a few suicide notes or something for each other now? ”

"Are you kidding?"

Engineer Mason shook his engineering wrench and roared:

"It means that we can't do anything now, so we can only give our chances of survival to the rookie of the main body? Wow, that's irresponsible, right?

You have to hold your own life in your own hands. ”

"Waiting is death, resisting is also death, since it's all death, it's better . Give it a go? ”

The jeweler who was cutting the gem of the mind turned back to the others and said:

"Actually, although we usually complain about the main body and don't do personnel, but if you think about it carefully, in addition to frantically squeezing our labor, he is very good to us.

I don't know if he told you or not, but in fact, he has commissioned me to make us a water elemental core that will last for a long time.

He also promised me that he would separate us from the subject when this was done.

It's the kind of separation in the real sense, except that everyone is still connected to the subject's life, and it's basically an independent individual. He's going to take it as a surprise."

"More than that!"

Mason, the alchemist, took off his pointed hat and grabbed it in his hand, hesitated for a moment, brushed his hair that was obviously thinner than the other doppelgangers, and whispered:

"I secretly flipped through his diary while I was checking the subject's body before, and he also had a 'plan for the disbandment of the manufacturing group', which means that as long as the skills in charge of each of us reach the full level of Lv12, we can break away from the Mason manufacturing group and go out on our own.

He's not kidding, as he's already working on this plan when the Engineer got the trick up to Lv10. ”

"Isn't this a painting pie?"

Mason, the grim-faced engineer, waved his wrench and shouted:

"If others don't know, can I not know? It's a long way to reach Lv12, and after Lv10, you won't be proficient in making ordinary artifacts for a long time, unless you go deep into the regular level.

For example, it is possible to push the long progress bar forward by studying things of the level of causality and numerical rates and the knowledge of multidimensional cosmic space systems. ”

"But promises are better than nothing, right?"

Mason, the forger, rubbed his chin and said:

"I actually think it's good to have a main body as a backing, not to mention anything else, if we accidentally get into trouble when we go out to explore the rivers and lakes in the future, we can also find the main body to wipe our butts."

"It's a to think so much now!"

The tailor waved two X-metal sharpened needles in his hand, poking them in the air like some Oriental undefeated, and he cried out:

"Don't fantasize about the good days in the future, we all have to die if the main body hangs!

Guys, grab your guys and get ready to help in the fight! We are all personalities and emotions separated from the subject, and theoretically we can return to his mind.

Perhaps he was preparing for the current situation when he created the Mason Manufacturing Group, just like Batman would have an 'anti-self' tactic.

It is impossible to think of it with the character of the subject, so now it is time for us to play a role. ”

"The one-time mind gem is almost polished."

The jeweler wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and he said:

"This thing can turn us back into human beings and return to the main body, so you guys hurry up and get ready. Well, in fact, there is no need to prepare, the conceptual body can't bring anything into the material world in the mental world at all.

So you don't have to bring anything, just bring your own brain and knowledge. ”

"But what if the subject cheats?"

The inscription master, who had not spoken, shook the carving knife in his hand and said:

"What if he doesn't plan to release us out after it's over? Aren't we just going to throw ourselves into the net? ”

"Look at what you're saying! Do you carve yourself stupidly by carving stones every day? ”

Mason the Enchanter shrugged off the inscriptionist's concerns, and he said in a long voice:

"Without us, would the subject have to allocate time to practice so many branching techniques every day? Now all skills have generally reached about Lv8, and they have entered the deep water area of manufacturing upgrading.

Any little bit of progress requires 10 times more energy and 100 times more effort.

The main body has to allocate three hours a day for Harley and Quinn 24 hours a day, and in the future, when the rain and dew are all wet after taking Ciri, will they not have to come for another two hours of leisure company?

Where did he get so much energy to work on so many projects at the same time?

Therefore, unless he wants to give up the ideal of becoming a craftsman, our existence is a must, and the job is here, this is an iron rice bowl!

Instead of worrying that you will lose your job, you should worry more about how to break through the technical problem that is bothering you now. The subject is a good person, and it's good that you know that.

He won't leave us. ”

"Wonderful!"

The other clones applauded in unison for the enchanter's wonderful speech, and sure enough, he could see it clearly, and the enchanter nodded frequently in the applause, looking like he was hiding his merits and fame.

Talents who have mastered core skills are so proud!

But where the boss dares to say "you don't do it, some people do it", this kind of shameless, the real talents dare to pick on the spot, irreplaceability and scarcity have always been more effective than all the unspoken rules of the workplace, and no matter what era works the rules of survival.

"What are you doing here?"

In the midst of applause, an expressionless black strangeness quietly descended.

He watched a group of doppelgangers surround the unconscious subject Mason and applaud wildly, just like some cult scene, and suddenly his eyes narrowed to show an unkind expression.

Is this the doppelgangers celebrating the end of Mason's evil enslavement to them in advance?

Is it such a?

If this man is not dead, you will celebrate, and if he is really dead, you will not blow and blow the black man to carry the coffin at the scene?

"Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding, big guy. ”

Seeing that Black Strange was about to roll up his sleeves to help Mason clean up the portal, the alchemist hurriedly stepped forward to explain their plan, which made Black Strange stunned for a moment.

Can doppelganger magic still do this?

But after personally checking Mason's situation at this time, Rao is black and strange and well-informed couldn't come up with a better way for a while, as the first aid doctor said, this is a dark infection from the inside out, and it does not belong to the interference of external forces, except for forcibly returning to the furnace to rebuild, he can't help if he wants to.

"Let's get started!"

Black Strange took the disposable mind gem polished by the jeweler, admired it for a moment, and then said to the clones:

"I'm going to use this thing to send you all into Mason's mind at once. Uh, this thing is of good quality, I'll make a set when you get back, I'll be useful. ”

"Oh, okay, big guy."

The jeweler nodded in agreement.

Hey, isn't that the business coming?

As for the remuneration or anything, he didn't mention it at all, could a scene person of the level of Black Strange have less money for the craftsmen? No, you can't! Although someone is powerful, people still want to face after all.

"Get ready, it's time to go!"

The big guy began to cast spells, and the clones stood hand in hand, forming the main body in a circle.

The moment the energy burst of the one-time mind gem wrapped them, there was a splash of water that collapsed, and as the water returned to Mason's body, the clones disappeared in unison.

And at the same time, in the world of the mind.

Mason, who had been tortured and killed by Nothingness many times, was still fighting back, but he was at his wit, and in his breath he looked at the Nothingness with a triumphant smile on his face, and asked:

"How strong are you?"

"Well, I guess it's more than ten times yours."

Void Mason sneered and said:

"It's ten times the constant, no matter how strong you are, I'll only be stronger than you! This may be the Achilles' heel that you have been ignoring the growth of power.

If you don't respect power, power will punish you! ”

"Ahem, let me state one thing, I'm not disrespecting the forces"

Mason, who had been beaten down again, struggled to get up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said:

"I'm just afraid that I won't be able to withstand the temptation of power and become a crumb like you. ! Why did you come, Lao Tzu waited for you to wait until the flowers were almost grateful!

This guy tortured and killed me dozens of times just now, it's really terrible! ”

"What are you shouting? It's good to be here, it's a desperate thing. I'll rub it! What the hell is this thing across from you? You've made a new clone behind our backs?

Hey, you need to let us know in advance, right? ”

In the engineer's unhappy response, the alchemist, first aider, enchanter, blacksmith, inscriptionist, tailor, jeweler, and collector jumped behind Mason in unison.

They are dressed in different ways and are armed with their own "Qimen Blades".

Although they have the same face, their personalities, temperaments, and even their outfits are completely different, they look like a postmodernist impressionist crazy men's group that they have pieced together casually, and it looks like a large collection of high-quality comics that the main Mason has spent a long, long time accumulating.

"You say you're ten times stronger than me?"

The main Mason stood up straight, replaced the gun in his hand with a new magazine, and surrounded by a group of brothers who shared the same hatred, he reached out and rubbed out a beating fire, which also suddenly appeared on Mason's shoulder, and turned into the figure of the wild phoenix Fawkes, who had been summoned impatiently.

He said to Mason of Nothingness:

"Isn't that right? We guys have exactly ten, and if you count Fawkes and Black Death Sword. Tsk, man, if you're interested, it's time to throw in the towel. ”

(End of chapter)