"Done?"

The moment Xiao Huan's consciousness returned, he exhaled violently and looked down instinctively.

The heart in the box is gone, his chest is intact, and his skin is still very white......

Of course, that's not the point.

In the process of Xiao Huan's deep breathing, he could feel that the heart in his chest was moving heavily, powerful, warm, he seemed to be in a much better spirit, and he felt an abnormal power, and he didn't know how to prepare to describe this feeling, it was like the core of some complex machine had been replaced, and the appearance looked exactly the same, but it already had a different level.

It's just that......

…… How is this enhancement done?

Xiao Huan thought about it carefully, but he only felt a little dazed.

He remembered the process of strengthening other elements before, even including the purchase of some special elements, but this time, he seemed to be in a trance, his consciousness jumped instantly, and when he returned, the reinforcement was already completed.

But he didn't know anything about the process.

"It doesn't matter......"

Xiao Huan thought silently in his heart: "Anyway, it can't be tore open my chest and stuffed it directly." ”

According to his own understanding, some bloody things at the level of strangers are actually not like that at all from a realistic point of view, such as the red-eyed Ling Ping, his eyes were transplanted from others, but at the reality level, this is just his spirit constructed into someone else's spiritual circuit, and the effect is applied to his own eyes, so it looks like.

But those eyes are essentially his eyes.

It can be understood that seeing a person's eyes, unusually sharp and majestic.

So through learning and training, I also learned this kind of look.

Although I don't know what the specific thing is about, I think it is similar to the transplantation of this eye.

I slowly passed this section in my heart, but I suddenly thought of a question:

"How did my clothes get torn?"

“……”

In the depths of his perception, he also faintly felt that he was in a trance, and it seemed that a shadow appeared around him, but because the memory was too vague and difficult to form a whole, he tried hard a few times, and then he could only give up and slowly fasten his buttons.

"You're done?"

At this time, Lin Bo also walked over with a nervous face, and looked at Xiao Huan fixedly: "How is the strengthening?" ”

"Did you generate any new abilities?"

“……”

"Abilities?"

Xiao Huan frowned slightly, felt it, but was a little dazed, and looked up at Lin Bo: "This shouldn't be asked of you?" ”

"Not extinguishing my heart can allow me to enter the fourth stage of intensification, you said it."

“……”

"I don't know, I'm not in the fourth stage."

Lin Bo was surprised: "The unquenchable heart is the fourth stage of the insight's research, which was calculated by our mentor, and I only know this answer, I don't know what it looks like, on the contrary, I am still looking for you to understand the specific changes brought about by the enhancement, as my data...... Our tutors should love this specific data. ”

"You didn't know what would change, so you recommended it to me?"

Xiao Huan vaguely felt that something was wrong.

After completing the third stage of reinforcement, I originally thought that this enhancement was almost over, after all, there are a large number of lord-level powerhouses, and they will not force themselves to enter the fourth stage of strengthening, anyway, the points saved can buy some powerful weapons, you can train people for yourself, or more to "pollute" the aborigines in power, so that you can control the city more deeply.

Only a small number of people will choose the "fourth element".

I wanted to choose the fourth element in order to understand what had happened before.

But because he didn't know anything about how to enter the fourth stage, he asked Lin Bo at Yang Jia's suggestion, and after getting Lin Bo's answer, he didn't doubt it at all, and even went to Night Bottom City happily as if he had obtained a treasure.

But now I suddenly found that it seems that Lin Bo is not so familiar with this unquenchable heart?

He just knows?

…… This kid can't be using himself as an experiment, right?

"Don't worry, I can feel the change, but I still need to try......"

Thinking in a daze, he was a little irritable, and waved his hand: "Tell you when I understand it......"

"Uh-huh......"

Lin Bo was in a good mood and couldn't help but high-five: "Now not only Dante's organization will be happy, but even our mentor will praise me." ”

His happy appearance made Xiao Huan very unhappy, and suddenly looked at Lin Bo fixedly:

"But ......"

"I've just finished a report for you, wouldn't it be a loss if I gave you this report again?"

“……”

Lin Bo couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said, "Brother, I got your heart for you." ”

Xiao shouted: "But as a reward, I have already given you three thousand points, as well as that parent research material." ”

Lin Bo was a little overwhelmed: "But I also helped you in Black Gate City......"

Xiao Huan immediately said: "That's because you lost the bet." ”

Limber was almost a little crazy: "But we are friends anyway......"

Xiao Huan looked at him deeply and said, "If it weren't for the fact that you couldn't do anything about me, you would also be a hardliner, right?" ”

“……”

When Lin Bo heard this, he wilted, and said, "What's the ......?"

"Can't I give you back the 3,000 points, right?"

“……”

Seeing his unhappy appearance, Xiao Huan finally became a little happy, sneered, shook his head and said:

"Not really."

"After all, 3,000 points is still too little......"

“……”

Lin Bo was a little dumbfounded when he heard this: "But when you gave me these three thousand points before, didn't you say that......"

Either way, let's go back to Black Gate first......

When Xiao Huan was carrying out the unquenchable heart strengthening, the train did not stop, it was running in a huge flesh-and-blood network, rapidly approaching the Black Gate City, Xiao Huan could feel the endless flesh and blood outside the window, and the abnormal lifeforms hiding behind the abyss or cascading flesh and blood, they were not real creatures, but they really existed around.

When I left Black Gate City, I was still in the happiest state with Black Gate City.

When I went back this time, I had a heart in my body that would offend her.

So, what will she do to herself?

Xiao Huan couldn't get an answer to this question, but he faintly looked forward to it.

……

……

"Look at the time, they should be almost there!"

At this time, at the train station of Heimen City, they learned that Xiao Huan was coming back, Yang Jia, Soft, and red-eyed Ling Ping had also come to the station to wait, knowing that Xiao Huan had already obtained the unquenchable element, and also understood that he would strengthen it before returning to this city, so they would also come to guard it in advance, after all, they didn't know what Heimen City would do to Xiao Huan, who had already been strengthened.

In the records of Dante's organization, there are not many people who risk the dissatisfaction of the will of the city to strengthen the fourth element, but these people are also divided into several situations, some of them are the elements they need, and they are in their own cities, and there are the least problems after this strengthening, but if they get the fourth element from outside the city and strengthen it, the consequences will be a little bit unknown.

Some cities don't care, or even show much reaction.

There are also some cities that show a certain amount of rejection, but can be appeased by spending points.

In others, the city showed serious resistance, directly depriving it of the lord-level contract as punishment.

The most serious is that he was directly executed at the moment of returning to the city.

In the last case, not many were actually executed, most of them lost the protection of the city and began to wander.

Whatever you do, the last result is rare.

But Yang Jia and the others had to prepare in advance, especially, in Yang Jia's opinion, Xiao Huan was originally a little different from others, so it was really hard to say what kind of reaction Heimen City would make when he returned with the fourth element.

"Here ......

It was also in an office on the third floor of the train station at this time after Yang Jia and others entered the train station.

The shepherd, who had changed into a suit and didn't even wear a mask, was sitting quietly on the sofa, and a certain monitoring instrument beside him suddenly issued a silent alarm, and the dazzling light attracted the attention of everyone around, and they were all a little panicked, and an assistant reminded in a low voice: "Mr. Shepherd, those madmen also came to the station, and caused the distortion of the mental force field." ”

"Wouldn't it be dangerous to be in such a space with them?"

“……”

"Don't be nervous."

The shepherd smiled when he heard this, put down the newspaper in his hand slowly, and said: "Since those people have decided to give me back the rein, then I can tell you some things, first, don't call them 'crazy' in the future, you can choose the code name 'stranger', after all, they are not crazy, they just live in a different world from us." ”

"In their world, we're crazy."

"Second, you don't have to worry so much about being polluted by them, because among us, there will always be only a few people who will be polluted by them, and you can understand that they are not willing to pollute us casually, or you can understand that they are ...... They can't use this polluting power as they please, and for every person they pollute, they have to pay a certain price, a big price. ”

"So ......"

He couldn't help but smile and said, "Actually, those people wrap themselves tightly every day, it's not too necessary. ”

The assistant next to him was a man in a suit who had met Xiao Huan once, and when he heard this, he suddenly became a little nervous, and hurriedly whispered:

"So how can it be avoided...... Or rather, how difficult it is to increase your own pollution? ”

“……”

"Work hard, get a promotion, get a raise!"

The shepherd smiled and replied, "The higher your status and the greater your power in this city, the harder it is to be polluted." ”

"Also, in my experience, the more secrets you have, the harder it is to be tainted."

“……”

The man in the suit couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "But before us, we were all deep, and the stronger our will, the harder it was to be polluted......"

"Fake."

The shepherd laughed: "The will of the individual is vulnerable in the presence of the mother. ”

"No matter how strong-willed you are, the mother body will only look at you, and you will have completely fallen."

“……”

"That ......"

The man's voice trembled slightly: "Isn't the mother body able to easily pollute our entire city?" ”

"Nope."

The shepherd firmly denied it, and said in a low voice: "The will of the individual is weak, but the will of the collective is strong, the mother can easily pollute everyone, but it cannot pollute the city built by many people, this is the key you need to understand!" ”

"This ......"

The man in the suit obviously knows this truth, but the question is not solved:

"How does that person protect himself?"

“……”

The shepherd's brow furrowed, and he patted him on the shoulder, accentuated his tone, and said again:

"Work hard, get a promotion, get a raise!"

“……”

The man in the suit listened to his expression distorted, damn it, is the mother from a capitalist?

……

……

There are a large number of trains entering the station every day, but Yang Jia and others accurately captured the trip that Xiao Huan took.

They didn't even check the train table, but when Xiao Huan's train began to approach the city, they keenly felt the changes in the city, Yang Jia suddenly turned around, and saw the city behind him, which was slowly squirming and melting, and the city body that was originally displayed in front of him with the situation of the station was rapidly turning into wriggling flesh and blood at this moment.

The train drove into this huge mass of flesh and blood, and Yang Jia was also alert.

A translucent square in the shape of a doorframe appeared in front of her, and she stood behind it, looking coldly at the city.

But the next moment, a soft whispering voice sounded: "It's coming!" ”

"Plop" "Plop"

When Xiao Huan walked out of the station, he felt the heavy beating of his heart.

I even felt that my body was slightly hot, as if there was some kind of power that was pouring into my limbs through this heart.

It's back.

He also knew that returning with the fourth element might cause changes in his relationship with the city, so he prepared in advance, but in any case, he didn't expect that the moment he returned to the city, there would be that overwhelming emotion.

However, it is not a negative emotion......

He only felt that the moment he stepped out of the station, he felt a strong sense of familiarity.

Warm, firm and down-to-earth.

All his previous worries and tensions disappeared at this moment, but it was like a person waking up from a nightmare and returning to reality, with a strong sense of security, he could hear the beating sound of his heart, and this beating sound was actually consistent with a certain frequency of the city, and there was a vague feeling that he was forming one with the city.

"What is this?"

Xiao Huan was dumbfounded, and stared blankly at this huge and boundless city.

Shouldn't I be ostracized or hostile?

Similarly, when the sense of familiarity and stability that he couldn't accept at once overwhelmed him, Yang Jia and the others also nervously greeted him, and while observing Xiao Huan's appearance, they turned back and looked at the flesh and blood city vigilantly, as if they were facing a great enemy.

It is rare for a city to see such a turbulent change, which makes them a little worried.

Could it be that Black Gate City's rejection of Xiao Huan will be the strongest one?

If this is the case, Xiao Huan can only be sent out of the Black Gate City and wandered in the sea of mist......

But in the end, it was Xiao Huan who suddenly shook his head at them after a strange look of surprise flashed on his face.

"I'm fine."

“……”

"I didn't say you had something, the point is the city's reaction......"

Yang Jia interrupted him directly, nervously looking at everything in the surrounding station, turning into flesh and blood.

"I'm talking about cities."

Xiao Huan also interrupted her again, reached out and put his hand on her shoulder, signaling her not to be so nervous, and said in a low voice:

"She's welcoming me......"

“……”

Yang Jia's expression was instantly stunned, and she looked at Xiao Huan in disbelief.

But Xiao Huan just felt the emotions of the city, surprise, stunned, relieved, and sighed......

There's nothing wrong with that.

Although I didn't expect it at all, the city is indeed welcoming itself.

……

……

"They're really nervous......"

At this time, in the office not far from Xiao Huan in a straight line, the shepherd looked at the monitoring and could clearly see that after Xiao Huan walked out of the station with a few people, Yang Jia and others immediately greeted them, they seemed to be very nervous, and immediately surrounded Xiao Huan inside, looking at the crowd flowing around, as if they were alert to something terrifying, and their worries were overflowing.

But at this moment, Xiao Huan showed an unexpected expression, and with a smile, he took the initiative to merge into the crowd.

The few assistants who had just been drawn under the shepherd's hand were very surprised, and asked in a low voice.

"Nervousness is inevitable."

The shepherd laughed, "The strangers are the messengers of the mother, they are the ones who have been chosen and transformed by the mother, so they will have the power of the mother, and they will always live only for the mother, but what if they have the power beyond the control of the mother?" ”

"It's like an obedient person suddenly becomes disobedient."

"Then those who are in authority will be provoked, and those who try to resist will also be uneasy."

“……”

The man in the suit was stunned for a moment, pointed to Xiao Huan in the surveillance, and said, "Then why didn't he react like this?" ”

"Probably because the mother didn't directly express her hostility towards him?"

The shepherd laughed, "Anyway, it can't be because his personality is higher than the mother, right?" ”

The expressions of the people around him were faint, and no one thought it was a funny joke, and the shepherd nodded and said no more, but put a black envelope on the table, and said to the man in the suit: "Now, carry out your first work order after you have been transferred to me, go and give him this invitation, in person, and do not hide your identity." ”

"Me?"

The man in the suit was a little panicked for a moment, and said in disbelief: "You asked me to reveal my identity and send him an invitation?" ”

"So what?"

The shepherd laughed, "I'm even ready to have dinner with him!" ”

"Why?"

The man in the suit was more surprised than he was to let himself take the risk: "You have just been authorized to lead the pioneer project, and you are going to do such a risky thing?" Once you're contaminated by Tester Zero, all our efforts will be in vain......"

"Tester?"

The shepherd gave him a strange look and smiled, "It's time for you to change your thinking." ”

"In the beginning, he was really just used as a drug tester, or rather, just as an experimental subject, absorbed into this project, or the kind of test subject who knew that the success rate was extremely low from the beginning and was ready to abandon it at any time, but when he had come out of this experiment, showed unexpected potential, and even proved his usefulness......"

“……”

He paused, and looked at Xiao Huan in the surveillance with appreciation: "He is no longer an experimental subject." ”

"It's a collaborator."

"The whole Black Forest, and even the whole world of normal people, must learn to cooperate with him, with respect."

"And I'm going to be his first normal human world...... Friend! ”

(End of chapter)