"This gift, or rather, does not quench the ...... heart"

"What exactly?"

After getting the points he was cheated of, Xiao Huan did get on the return train without anyone stopping him, and it wasn't until he sat on the hard seat, looking at the exquisite gift box placed on his knees, still thinking about this question silently.

When he opened the box, he could see a real heart, with a fine flame burning on it.

It's just strange that this flame has been burning for some reason, but it won't burn this heart to char.

The weirdest thing is that even this cardboard box is fine.

But from the perspective of a stranger, no matter what grotesque things he sees, it is reasonable, so after Xiao Huan looked at this heart for a long time, he also silently closed the lid again, and the three eyes of the Insight flew out, and then worked hard to fuse, destroying the ability of the Insight to the extreme, which is equivalent to switching his perspective to the aboriginal form.

Then, with his heart pounding, he slowly opened the box.

"...... Uproar"

He suddenly closed it again, silently, but vigilantly swept towards the people who came and went around him.

The hairs blew up slightly.

From the perspective of the aborigines, this is still a heart.

It's bloody, I don't know how long it's been plucked, but it still has some kind of activity, a beating heart.

If he saw the mysterious girl before, Xiao Huan would even be startled by the scene in front of him, because from the perspective of the aborigines, everything he saw was realistic and reasonable, only occasionally due to the influence of abnormal spiritual power, some people's unreasonable behaviors appeared, but everything that existed in reality was in line with the world and the logic of reality as understood by normal people......

But this heart is obviously beyond the logic of reality.

Whose heart can be plucked and casually stuffed into a box, and it is still beating after so long?

More critically......

…… Xiao Huan couldn't help but have a big doubt in his mind: "How did you get through the security check just now?" ”

He forced himself to calm down and think silently.

This weird heart is the key element that I want to enter the fourth stage of strengthening.

Only, how exactly is it used?

After the enhancement is completed, what kind of changes will it bring to you?

Everything about this heart, he only glanced at Bai Cheng's computer before, but the text on it did not clearly introduce the role of this heart, neither the ability nor the side effects were mentioned, then, if you want to understand this heart, you can only go back to Heimen City, and ask the will of Heimen City to tell yourself...... Or do you want to strengthen it directly and explore it yourself?

The answer to this question is not easy.

Xiao Huan still remembered that Lin Bo once told himself seriously about the particularity of the fourth element.

Strictly speaking, the current state of oneself is the most harmonious and comfortable state with the will of the city, or in other words, the mysterious source of the Black Gate City, which has given itself the greatest authority and trust, and the well water does not interfere with the river water.

But once you strengthen yourself, you start to take that step beyond the sense of boundaries.

What the reaction of Black Gate City will be is not something that outsiders can predict in advance.

……

……

"Haven't found your question yet?"

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Huan turned around and looked at Lin Bo in the back seat: "Why is Dante's organization so unprofessional?" ”

Lin Bo was already wilting, but when he heard it, he wilted even more......

Spread his hands weakly and said, "I really don't know what's going on......"

"I wonder if the guy who gave me the equipment deliberately targeted us and took something faulty......"

“……”

"He's not going in a good direction......

Xiao Huan was stunned for a moment, and then decided not to tell him the truth.

When the two sides of Night Bottom City cooperated, Lin Bo and the others helped Xiao Huan successfully force the true body of Night City out with the threat of shaking the original spiritual power of the entire city, and had an exchange, but, unexpectedly, the level of this exchange was too high, so except for the chairman Cui of Night City himself, no one else was even aware of the existence of this exchange.

The same goes for Limbo and others.

They also thought that their equipment suddenly had a problem halfway, and they discussed and reflected all the way to the present.

Seeing that Xiao Huan took the initiative to bring up this issue, Lin Bo was also a little weak-hearted, looked at Xiao Huan with flickering eyes, and said, "Although there was indeed a little accident, but we can be regarded as helping with this favor, right?" President Xiao, do you think you have to ......?"

As he spoke, he twisted his two fingers, his eyes full of anticipation.

"I'm a generous person, since you have helped, I have also successfully obtained the unquenchable heart, of course I will not be stingy."

Lin Bo and the others didn't know the process of Xiao Huan getting the heart that was not extinguished, so Xiao Huan could say it casually.

But he also had some speculation and said to Lin Bo: "But I'm still curious, is it reasonable for you to have a failure in this kind of equipment?" Could it be that when the influence of your element is so great that it touches the will of the city and triggers his rejection? ”

"It won't."

When Lin Bo heard this, he immediately said confidently: "Didn't you see it in your Black Gate City before?" ”

"Neither the invasion of the Hell Organization nor our Void Light has touched the reaction of Black Gate City at all."

"You can understand that the city is a unique life form, and it is not on the same level as us, so there are some forces that we can't imagine, it is easy for it, but there are also some things that it can't interfere with, otherwise, the aberrant creatures born in the city, it only needs to move its thoughts, and it will be wiped out, so why should it expect strangers?"

"Basically, a lot of the problems we've encountered are confirming that."

"The will of the city is to further influence the city itself through strangers."

“……”

Xiao Huan silently noted that for the analysis and study of these phenomena, Dante's organization is undoubtedly the most professional.

And after seeing the mysterious source, these principles can also help him better understand the shape of the city.

"Anyway, although you really didn't perform well, you helped me after all."

My heart was slightly relieved, and I planned to discuss it with Yang Jia later, Xiao Huan's expression, which had been tense since he left Night Bottom City, also slowed down slightly, and said to Lin Bo with a smile: "I said it, I am a generous person, so I still have to give you a reward, although I don't have many points left, but I am still willing to give you three ...... Three thousand points. ”

As he spoke, the pronunciation of the words was accentuated: "As a reward." ”

"Three ......"

Lin Bo and the others were stunned for a moment, and Shicai's sad face was swept away in an instant, and his eyes were shining.

trembled: "Three thousand? ”

"Oh my God, is that generous?"

“……”

In particular, a few team members were already crying with joy: "It's been a long time since we've seen points measured in hundreds......

Even the little four who were resting against the window next to him opened his eyes and glanced at them when he heard the words.

Really, these people with 3,000 points are so happy......

If you have hands and feet, you won't earn it?

Just know that you take advantage of our brother Xiao......

It's still Lin Bo, who is a small leader, and while he is excited, he hasn't forgotten the point: "There is still a little ......"

"I wonder what you've done in Nightfall......"

“……”

Xiao Huan looked at his shining eyes, and nodded, from the beginning, he also planned to give this verification to Lin Bo as a gift, now it looks like Lin Bo is not stupid, it seems that he has long realized what his attempt in Night City is, of course he will give it to him, but it must be to exclude the aboriginal perspective and the mysterious source.

These two are too mysterious, and Xiao Huan is not sure what the consequences will be if they are leaked.

And seeing Xiao Huan's promise, Lin Bo almost cried with joy: "This time I can finally go back and make a deal, for the problem of leading the mysterious road to your Black Gate City, in fact, many people in the Dante organization are particularly dissatisfied with us......"

"Well, although we have also thought it through, there are some hardliners within who don't understand this at all."

“…… You should also be careful in the future, if you encounter them, there may be conflicts! ”

“……”

"Hardliners?"

Xiao Huan was also slightly stunned, and said seriously: "What kind of people are they in the group?" ”

"This ......"

Lin Bo thought about it carefully for a moment and said, "It's the kind of person I showed when we first met but didn't know each other very well. ”

“……”

Xiao Huan recalled for a moment, and instantly felt very three-dimensional: "Understood." ”

"Hey, life is going to be ...... anyway"

Lin Bo asked his subordinates to prepare to listen to Xiao Huan's talk about the one-handed handling based on the research of the elder of the Black Gate City on the aborigine theory and the verification of Night Bottom City, while Xiao Huan was thinking about how to make it up to them without touching the key core, the people on both sides were in a good mood, Lin Bo also shook his head and sighed: "It's good that we can pass this level smoothly, no matter how dissatisfied the above is, it is not good to do things, but Yang Jia, with a thorn like her in front, the hardliners want to punish her, and they are also the first to punish her......"

"Anyway, you Black Gate City, what you want to do, just do it as soon as possible!"

"This world may not always be waiting for you."

“……”

“……”

And when Xiao Huan's train began to return from Night City to Black Gate City, a rare meeting was being held in the current Black Gate City, or the Black Forest Biological Laboratory, countless projections were intertwined in the empty and spacious conference room, and they all wore masks on their faces, and even their palms and necks were completely covered by black cloths, only on their chests, revealing their badges.

Only in the very center of the conference room, a man in a black robe, different from the mysterious solemnity of the others, although he also covered his face and wore a black robe, his movements were cynical, and he even wore a pair of slippers on his feet.

"Everybody knows why we're having this dangerous meeting."

The projection in the middle, in a voice that had obviously changed its pitch, said in a cold voice: "We have received definite information, the drug tester zero rushed to Nightfall City not long ago, even in the name of our company's special investigator, what does this mean?" ”

Everyone just listened in silence.

They are reluctant to say a word when discussing things about the motherhood.

so as not to cause unnecessary information leakage and increase the risk of contamination.

In the midst of this silence, he sat in the middle of a large empty conference room, and was the only person in the room who appeared in the meeting as a real person, or rather, the shepherd, and began to smile and speak: "Don't be so nervous yet, this is not the execution of a tainted person, or the desperate information to be released to you...... On the contrary, good news. ”

"I don't know why Zero's drug tester went to Nightfall City...... I really don't know. ”

"But at least from what we've learned so far, what he's doing is beyond our expectations......"

"There are a few things that can be determined: first, he single-handedly fought against the armed forces that had been polluted by Nightbase City, and even in the confrontation with the armed forces of Nightbase City alone, he completely suppressed their ordinary armaments and showed great strength."

"Second, under some unexplained motivation, he helped Nightfall complete the purification of the city."

"Of course, we don't know if this purification is complete, but judging by the reaction of Nightfall, we are simply overjoyed."

"Third, from his traces and performance, it can be analyzed that he should have obtained something and returned to the Black Gate City......"

“……”

The person who forced himself to be silent just now, and didn't want to say a word, suddenly couldn't control it when he heard the shepherd's words, especially the second point, and a low whisper sounded, and even a little signal instability, even if everyone covered their faces, it was still rare to hear a few shocked words: "Purification? ”

"Can you really purify a city polluted by the mother?"

"Is there really a way to fight the mother now?"

“……”

The shepherd was pleased with their reaction, holding the piece of paper in his hand and grinning at them to interrupt his report.

"If he cleansed Nightfall, then the Mother Body of Nightfall and those messengers didn't stop him?"

After a whisper, a majestic voice suddenly spoke: "Why did he purify the polluted armed forces of Nightfall City?" What was his purpose in going to Nightfall? Did he directly fight the Mother Force of Nightfall? ”

Listening to these questions, many people immediately raised their heads and waited nervously.

The shepherd, on the other hand, raised his head, his eyes under the mask full of excitement: "I don't know. ”

“……”

Many people were stunned for a while, and then they were very dissatisfied: I don't know what you are happy about?

"The main thing is that the surprise came too suddenly......"

The shepherd laughed: "All of a sudden, we didn't make relevant preparations, so the intelligence work was also a step slower." ”

But instead of being depressed, there was even more excitement and excitement in his voice: "But you here also know that it is difficult for us to understand most of the logic of the behavior of those crazy people, who can do anything, including killing an innocent passerby without warning, or hypnotizing a multimillionaire to donate all his money to an orphanage......

"When we first became aware of the existence of the Mother Power, we even suspected that it would seize power and rule our world."

"As you can see, they are not actually interested in power, and at most they pollute a few people with great power to lurk so that they can do things conveniently, but the kind of things that pollute all the high-level and hold the power of a city tightly in their hands are very rare."

"Of course, the pollution is going on all the time, and it's going to get worse."

“……”

Speaking of this, the shepherd paused and said with a smile: "I know the reason why you have given so many resources to the Black Forest and supported us so strongly...... Or their research is to find a way to effectively curb or purify these pollution, but unfortunately, there are not many results in this area, and the Black Forest has developed many unexpected weapons, but none of them have worked. ”

"These weapons can kill some strangers at most, but they are simply powerless against the mother."

“……”

The atmosphere was a little depressing, and some people even made a soft "hum" sound in their noses, obviously dissatisfied with this.

The Black Forest, with its other laboratories, is nothing short of spectacular.

There is an almost endless supply of resources and permissions, but until now, it has not given satisfactory results.

"But who would have thought?"

There was obviously more joy in the shepherd's voice: "There are so many plans that seem to be reliable, but none of them work. ”

"But the pioneer project, which had been abandoned, suddenly gave us such a big surprise."

"As you have seen, although we do not understand the actions of Drug Zero, several of his characteristics have been clearly demonstrated in his current operation: first, the ability to purify the city, which is the goal of your dreams. Second, the ability to confront the mother, which we have no evidence for, but can analyze through their behavior. ”

"There may be a few others, but this plan has been put on hold for so long that even I don't have accurate data."

"However, at present, it can be determined that the pioneer program is the only way that can give us hope, right?"

“……”

His voice of joy and excitement echoed through the empty conference room.

Those who were projected, some had low eyes, some were excited, and some were thoughtful.

"We need to admit that what you say is true."

At this time, someone spoke: "However, the drug tester zero seems to be an isolated case. ”

"You can't prove the Pioneer Program, and there are success stories that can also be found to be regular......"

"So, if the Pioneer Project is restarted......"

“……”

"No ......"

The shepherd didn't wait for him to finish before he interrupted, smiling, "Now, the most important thing is not to restart the Pioneer Program. And needless to say, you can also see the background information, 100% of the concentration of Potion 0 has been used up, we can restart the Pioneer Project, but we can't create another Sequence 00 test subject, so I'm not interested in this project anymore. ”

When everyone around heard this, they were all a little surprised: "Then what do you want to say?" ”

"What I want to say is ......"

The shepherd smiled and suddenly said, "Shouldn't you ask me to come back and continue to preside over this work?" ”

"If you are willing to give me back this power, then I think the second step of the Pioneer Project can officially begin."

“……”

“……”

"Coming back?"

Also at this time in Black Gate City, Yang Jia and Softening, as well as Red-Eyed Ling Ping, were sitting on the third floor of the Red-Eyed Club, and when they learned that Xiao Huan had begun to return, Yang Jia's expression was unusually surprised: "It only took less than two days, how did he directly complete the transaction with that group of misers...... It can't be just something that kills everyone and robs it directly? ”

"Just thinking about it for two days......"

The red-eyed Ling Ping also frowned: "This president is so efficient?" ”

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang" "Bang" "Bang"

During their discussion, Squishy kept typing on the keyboard, staring at the screen, and couldn't help but stare wider and wider, and at the same time "hiss".

Yang Jia hurriedly said: "What's wrong?" ”

Soft lowered her voice and said, "Before he went, how did you tell him?" ”

Yang Jia frowned and said, "I just told him to keep a low profile and try not to kill people." ”

"There are people in Nightfall on the forum who say he didn't kill anyone...... At least not all of them were killed. ”

The soft voice trembled slightly: "However, he single-handedly tore apart the perfect defense system of the entire Night End City, snatched the unquenchable heart worth 100,000 points, extorted 200,000 points from others, and killed people one by one with a chainsaw if he didn't give it, and finally ......"

"Even the will of the city beat people to tears......

(End of chapter)