Chapter 177 The Real Winner
Li Qing was waiting nervously, this was the last step in his plan.
Thomas was also looking forward to it nervously. This was also the last step in his plan.
The front legs were thrown out and grenades flew over.
Like all the "cargo" transported by "Mission Accomplished", this grenade flew towards its target unswervingly.
It only locks on the target, not the person.
And this time, the target it locked onto was... Li Qing's left front leg!
It was the left front leg that had been separated from the body and thrown away by Li Qing.
“Success!”
The small black shadow that flashed past his eyes made Li Qing realize that he had won the gamble.
Everything was happening just as he thought.
The destination Thomas set for this grenade was Li Qing's left front leg. Even if this front leg had been separated from the body, it would still chase after it relentlessly according to the set target.
Just like that, the pig's trotter flew out, and the grenade flew past closely behind it.
And this was just the beginning of Li Qing's counterattack.
This is also the biggest reward that Li Qing can get after winning this bet:
"That place is the sewage outlet of this pig farm."
The pig's trotter drew a parabola in the air and soon fell into a deep ditch where filth was flowing.
“Behind the sewage outlet, there are underground pipes.”
Just as Li Qing smelled, the foul-smelling sewage here slid directly into the pipes leading to the underground.
The pig's trotter that was separated from the body also fell into the sewage.
"The underground pipes are connected to a large septic tank directly below this pig farm."
Maybe it’s because the pig farm itself is a substitute.
Unlike most pig farms that place septic tanks outside the building, the septic tank and pig house in this pig farm are completely integrated.
The septic tank, which is also part of the pig farm, is part of the substitute for the supervisor.
"There is a lot of high-concentration methane gas accumulated in the septic tank."
"If a grenade were dropped into that sewage pipe, the flames from its explosion would..."
The pig's trotter fell into the pipe.
The grenade immediately followed the location of the marker and fell into the underground pipe full of sewage and methane.
Then, the next second, the delay fuse ignited the explosive.
High-temperature flames bloomed underground, and the blazing flames ignited the flammable methane in the pipes, and eventually...
"Detonate the entire septic tank!"
An unprecedented vibration came from the ground beneath his feet.
The explosion instantly destroyed the underground septic tank, and the resulting violent shock wave spread in all directions to the ground, walls, and every part of the building.
"You said before..."
"This pig farm itself is a stand-in for the head of the technology team."
"Then, if harm is done to the pig farm itself, the supervisor as the main body must also be able to cause harm."
Amid the violent vibration caused by the explosion, Li Qing raised his head with difficulty and looked at Thomas, who was also unsteady in his standing due to the vibration.
Still a pig, he couldn't speak, but his sparkling eyes could still clearly declare his victory:
"If the damage is severe enough, the main body will not be able to maintain the existence of the stand."
"That is to say, as long as the plan succeeds, this pig farm will disappear from the earth in no time!"
The facts were just as he thought.
At the moment of the biogas explosion, the supervisor who was hiding in the machine room and secretly monitoring everything felt the damage reflected by the stand-in.
As a real behemoth, the size of [Pig Factory] is far beyond the reach of an ordinary humanoid stand-in.
The damage done to the stand will indeed be returned to the original body, but how could human attacks harm a magnificent building that is tens of meters high and hundreds of meters long?
But it's different now.
What the [pig factory] is experiencing now is a methane explosion of unprecedented scale and incredible power.
The shock wave of the explosion almost destroyed the foundation of the building, and then reacted proportionally to the main body.
The supervisor didn't react at all, or rather, by the time he realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
His stomach was suddenly blown apart by the feedback damage, and his intestines and flesh were rotten and twisted into a piece, slowly flowing out from the wound caused by the explosion.
Under such a heavy blow, the supervisor immediately collapsed weakly in his seat.
He could barely muster the strength to keep breathing, let alone maintain his Stand's abilities.
So, just as Li Qing expected...
At this moment, the pig farm disappeared.
The huge building disappeared from the earth in an instant. The walls, the ground, the pigsty, and even the machinery and equipment turned into nothingness in that short moment.
The ground beneath my feet turned into a clean grassland.
The sky above my head turned into a clear blue sky.
There is only a small building standing alone on this empty grassland - this is the real residence of the technology team.
The field of vision was almost unobstructed. Giorno and others, who had just dealt with the troublesome minions a few hundred meters away, instantly saw Thomas and Li Qing on the other side.
However, Li Qing's mentality was somewhat explosive:
"how so?"
"Why didn't I change back immediately?!"
The supervisor was badly injured, and the [Pig Factory] disappeared, but he was still in the body of a pig.
It's not just him. None of the hundreds of pigs in the farm turned back into humans.
Without the restraints of the pigsty, they looked stupidly at the grass and blue sky that suddenly appeared in front of them, completely unaware of what had just happened.
"it's useless."
Thomas suddenly said with a complicated expression:
"People who are turned into pigs by their supervisors can never recover - either physically or spiritually."
Although the system judges [Pig Factory] as a control skill.
But from Thomas's perspective, this ability is more like an absolutely deadly attack:
It attacks the target's body and soul simultaneously, turning the body into a pig while causing irreparable damage to the soul.
Once you are infected, there is no way to recover. The victim can only be a pig-like idiot for the rest of his life, and he has no idea how to resist.
This is why Thomas is so afraid of his supervisor.
But Li Qing was different. Only his body was hit, but his soul survived that wave of attacks.
His soul is still intact and his consciousness is still there.
However, this would not allow his body to instantly transform back into a human form, even if the Pig Factory disappeared.
"It's over..."
Li Qing's expression, if a pig's face had an expression, would immediately become very ugly:
It’s not a big deal if the body doesn’t change back.
The vibration from the explosion just now has helped delay the time for a few seconds, and Li Qing can now restart the digitization at any time.
As long as the [Pig Factory] no longer exists and is not under continuous control, his digitized body will automatically be freed from the negative state after a while.
However, in just such a "short" period of time, the enemy could take his life.
"Damn it, I can't use my skills if I can't change back."
"My left front leg has been completely blown to pieces. The regeneration of my digitized body requires blood... In other words, even if I restart the digitization, I will only have 10% of my blood at most."
If he could recover his agile and powerful body, and have system skills to use, Li Qing would have the confidence to evaluate the remaining 10% of his health and deal with the enemy.
But now, he is still a pig without any skills.
With only 10% health left, how can you survive the enemy?
It is very likely that Giorno and the others have not yet realized that this pig is Li Qing, and even if they did, they would not be able to help as they are several hundred meters away.
All Thomas needed to do was throw one more grenade, or load the gun and shoot, and Li Qing's life would be over.
This is simply a desperate situation.
He had tried every possible means, but still couldn't change his fate of impending death.
At this moment, Li Qing really didn't know what to do.
However, just as he closed his eyes and waited for death, Thomas smiled:
“Hahahaha…hahahaha…”
He laughed heartily, like a bird that had escaped from a cage.
Tears quietly overflowed from the corners of my eyes during this laughter.
Then, Thomas threw away the shotgun in his hand and gave Li Qing a grateful smile:
"I didn't expect that you could actually cooperate with me to this extent."
"Thank you...you didn't let me down, Li Qing!"
"Um?"
A strange look suddenly appeared in Li Qing's eyes.
He couldn't help but think of something, and his eyes suddenly became shocked.
“Finally came out.”
Thomas looked up at the long-lost blue sky, breathed in the fresh air without any odor, and looked intoxicated.
He said to Li Qing with increasing gratitude:
"With just a thought, the supervisor can turn me into a pig forever."
"Under his surveillance, I simply couldn't do anything that went against his wishes."
"So, only with your help, I was able to throw the grenade there right under the supervisor's nose - after all, it was because of you that the grenade 'accidentally missed'. Even if the explosion failed to knock the supervisor down, he would not realize my betrayal."
Hearing this, the shock in Li Qing's eyes became more intense:
indeed…
Now that I think about it, the habit of only hitting the left front leg was indeed very deliberate.
The reason why he was able to get close to the sewage outlet and had the opportunity to detonate the biogas tank was because Thomas used his stand ability to throw him here.
And the previous reloading error...
If Thomas hadn't dropped the bullet on the ground in such a panic, there would have been no way he could get close to him.
Could it be that Thomas had really been thinking of getting rid of the supervisor with his own hands from the very beginning?
Li Qing was stunned for a moment, but at the same time he did not relax his vigilance against the enemy.
It was not the first time he had seen false surrender. To trust an enemy easily would only bring huge risks to himself and his companions.
"Don't worry."
Thomas understood the vigilance in Li Qing's eyes.
He looked up at the blue sky and sighed with sincerity:
"I am a human being now, not a pig in a pen."
