Chapter 285: Reading memories?
In the evening, the last ray of sunset glow lingered on the horizon.
This small southwestern city was once again immersed in the evening fireworks; even the evening breeze from the ruins carried a hint of the fragrance of dinner.
The wild grass rooted in the cracks of the cement slabs stretches in the wind, with its leaves fluttering as if embracing freedom.
Mercer stood on a collapsed tower, leaning on his cane, his black tuxedo spotless, the weeds beside him swaying in the wind. He looked into the distance at the setting sun sinking into the horizon, silent, like a thoughtful gentleman.
He has been waiting here for a long time, and time has passed quietly with the wind.
In the distance, on another abandoned high-rise building, Fan Lu's face was ashen, and he was wearing a specially made black combat uniform.
This battle may end in a brief battle, or it may be a matter of life and death.
Facing the mysterious and powerful Moser, even though they are both level five creatures, Fan Lu does not have much confidence.
Now, the war was about to begin, but Moser didn't even look at him. Instead, he turned his back to him and looked at the distant horizon. This already explained a lot.
Mercer didn't consider him a qualified opponent at all!
"You will pay the price for your arrogance and conceit!" Fan Lu gritted his teeth and whispered to himself.
He tightly grasped several life-saving devices carried on his combat uniform, and his expression looked much uglier than usual.
Beside him, several pub members looked worried.
They have already sent a message to the headquarters, but the headquarters just asked them to solve the problem on their own and not to make a big deal out of it, and everything should wait until the negotiations are over.
"Solve it yourself...it seems like the problem is a bit serious this time."
"Merser is a close confidant of the Overlord. His anger, to a certain extent, represents the anger of the Mechanical Race."
Several people frowned, feeling a strong pressure.
The legendary Mechanical Overlord has not yet been born, but one of his close subordinates can cause them so much trouble. It is really lamentable.
The power of the mechanical race is too strong.
"If we had known this would happen, we shouldn't have created trouble at this time," said one of them.
"Who knew that Moser would come in person?" another person sighed. If they had known it would turn out like this, they should have stopped Fan Lu from the beginning.
If Fan Lu had not attacked Su Xia, Yu Tuo would not have been lured out, and he would not have been faced with this dilemma.
wrong……
Shouldn't have gone into that pharmacy in the first place!
The pharmacy was just a hook.
The failure of this expedition made Mercer extremely angry. Even after slaughtering two resistance organizations and clearing out two tavern contact points, and even launching a purge throughout the city, he was unable to quell his anger.
He wanted to continue attacking, but he needed an excuse.
Fan Lu and his group just happened to run into the trap, giving Moser an excuse.
They were all very worried. What if Fan Lu was no match for Moser? Judging from Moser's current anger, he might kill Fan Lu.
"Boss, if you see that the situation is not going well, immediately flee to the tavern branch." A member whispered, "We haven't torn our faces apart yet. As long as we flee to the tavern, Mercer won't be able to do anything."
"What do you mean?" Fan Lu looked grim. "Do you think I will definitely lose?"
"No, I just think about failure before I think about victory."
"I won't lose!"
"Boss, I'm just saying..."
The member was helpless and couldn't persuade Fan Lu.
Right now, they can only place their hopes on Yu Tuo. After all, Yu Tuo can still make some sense.
As long as we defeat Yu Tuo and have a good talk with him, we should be able to suppress this incident.
Outside the ruins, more and more players gathered to watch. The news had spread, and many internal groups and forum discussion groups were discussing this incident.
Many players simply gave up the monsters they were fighting and jogged all the way here.
In the past, high-level NPC battles occurred randomly, but this was the first time that a high-level NPC battle could be fully recorded. No one wanted to miss it, and even players who were leveling up in the suburbs hurriedly took taxis over.
"Who do you think will win? I heard that the Zero Point Tavern is very powerful. My brother became a trainee killer in this organization. He said there are many high-level NPCs in it."
"No matter how powerful they are, they are not as powerful as robots. Look at that robot with its back to us. It's really too impressive..."
Someone pointed at Mercer. Mercer stood on the ruins covered with weeds in the setting sun, with his back to everyone.
As we all know, those who turn their backs to others are basically masters.
In the eyes of players, Moser is the same as Fan Lu, with all panel data being “?”, and only one name can be read.
As time went on, the news spread more and more widely.
Not only the players, but also the natives of Coral City got the news.
After learning the details, many people were shocked.
"For Su Xia and that small pharmacy, City Lord Yutuo actually took action himself?"
Not only Yu Tuo, there is also a big boss behind the scenes named Moser who many people didn't know before.
Both of them attacked at the same time.
"How much does the city lord value that pharmacist?" someone exclaimed. This is too unbelievable.
"Are you willing to break off relations with another large organization in order to protect Master Su?"
There were bursts of exclamations from all directions in Coral City, and many people began to look at Su Xia and the small pharmacy in a new light.
After this incident, who in Coral City would dare to show any disrespect to Su Xia?
Even Qi Lang doesn’t dare, right?
In the office building in the city center, Wu Zhonggui was stunned when he received the news, and his expression changed.
Beside him , Sijidao's face looked as ugly as if he had eaten a fly.
The two of them have done so much for this city, serving the mechanical clan, running around like two loyal pugs, but they have never been treated like this.
Even if they were praised by Yu Tuo , they would be excited for half a month and would bring up the matter every day when they had dinner with their colleagues.
"Those guys from the Midnight Tavern just happened to run into the gunfire!" Wu Zhonggui felt extremely complicated and could only comfort himself in this way.
He said this, but he was nervous inside.
Ever since Su Xia became his assistant, he has never been kind to Su Xia and has never given Su Xia any important information.
Under his arrangement, the entire intelligence department, from top to bottom, marginalized Su Xia.
Su Xia is a smart man. Although he didn't say it, he definitely knew it in his heart.
Will he hold a grudge?
Now that he is in power, will he come back for revenge?
"If I had known this, I shouldn't have treated him like that." Wu Zhonggui rubbed his brows and felt a headache. "I need to think of a way... How can I ease the relationship with him? Oh, I should take him to social events more often in the future."
"Sir, there is no need to do this!" Sijidao's face turned pale. "He doesn't care about this position, so what does it have to do with us? Even if Yutuo City Lord asks for punishment, we have a reason to respond."
"Why are you so naive?"
Wu Zhonggui's face changed slightly, and he scolded him: "If Lord Yutuo wants to deal with us, no matter how many reasons he has, it will be useless! This is the world of the mechanical race, not the world you are in, remember your position!"
"I……"
Sijidao gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, but he couldn't say anything.
He suffered one defeat after another today and almost lost all his confidence.
Why is Su Xia paid so much for his teacher who also betrayed him? Is it just because he is a genius pharmacist?
At the same time, in another office on the first floor of the office building, the human city lord Qi Lang was also a little anxious.
He tightly grasped the teacup in his hand, sipped the tea, and asked the secretary worriedly: "Xiao Chai, will Lord Yu Tuo ask me to give up my position to that pharmacist?"
"Sir, why do you think about this kind of question all day long?" Chai An chuckled.
"What can I do?" Qi Lang sighed, "I have offended too many people in this position. I don't know how many people want to kill me. Once I am driven out, the result is predictable."
"Don't worry, sir, you are doing well so far. The mechanical tribe will not replace people at will."
"But I'm afraid..."
"Don't be afraid. That pharmacist was previously appointed by Lord Yu Tuo as the second-in-command of the intelligence department, but he has been absent for more than ten days this month." Chai An opened the Coral City employee system for Qi Lang and found Su Xia's personal information.
Among the entire Coral City government’s staff system, Su Xia is the one who is absent the most.
No, only Su Xia was absent.
The situation is so tense recently, who among the other employees would dare to be absent from work?
Even if someone died in the family, I wouldn't dare to ask for leave.
Chai An continued, "This pharmacist is obsessed with refining medicine. Even if Lord Yu Tuo asked him to become the city lord, he might refuse."
"He wouldn't dare to refuse Lord Yutuo, right?" Qi Lang was still worried.
"Sir, don't look at pharmacists with the eyes of ordinary people like us. Most of the pharmacists who can be called geniuses are paranoid and eccentric people. In order to refine the medicine, they can do anything."
"oh……"
Yu Tuo felt relieved and loosened his grip on the teacup.
He scratched his hair, opened the financial system, looked at it for a few seconds, and then sighed worriedly: "Hey, Xiao Chai, those refugee resettlement houses you mentioned have only been completed for the first phase, and there is not much money left. Why is our city so poor?"
"Sir, the construction of the refugee resettlement housing cannot be slow."
"But we really have no money." Qi Lang spread his hands, "Not only this, but other projects are the same. Let alone buying materials, we can't even pay the wages."
"No need to pay wages." Chai An said.
"Huh? You don't pay them?" Qi Lang was stunned. " Let those workers work for nothing?"
Chai An explained: "Sir, there are many adults in the refugee gathering place. Just recruit them and feed them."
Qi Lang was puzzled: "But, but, if we feed those damned untouchables, will they have the strength to resist us?"
Chai An: “…”
With mixed feelings, he picked up his teacup and moistened his throat.
After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "Sir, who would want to cause trouble if they can have enough food?"
"Okay, Xiao Chai, what do you think we should do?"
"We provide them with jobs, so that they have something to do and have enough food to eat." Chai An narrated slowly, "Not only the refugee resettlement houses, but also the roads, water conservancy projects in the city can provide a large number of jobs..."
"But, but I still have no money."
"There are a lot of vacant land in the city. Those lands were bought at low prices by certain people after the war." Chai An slowly induced, "With so much land, how can we not use it?"
"Let those people spit out the land? I'm afraid they won't agree." Qi Lang said worriedly.
"There's no need to make them spit it out for now. Let them bleed a little first."
"Why is it bleeding?"
"Land tax."
"ah?"
Qi Lang's face changed . This was an area he had never dared to touch because it involved the interests of too many people.
Even though he didn't understand a lot of things, he knew that he must not touch this aspect, otherwise something bad would happen.
"No, Xiao Chai, change direction." Qi Lang immediately shook his head.
"Sir, do you understand? The reason why the city government is so poor is because the money is in the hands of other people."
"It still doesn't work..."
Qi Lang looked embarrassed and refused to touch it no matter what.
Chai An said calmly: "Sir, don't be afraid. Give me the power and let me kill a group of people first!"
"ah?"
Qi Lang shuddered and looked up at Chai An.
How could this gentle secretary with glasses say such bloody words?
Qi Lang clenched his teacup again and said with difficulty: "Xiao Chai, enough people have died today."
Chai An shook his head: "It's not enough. We have to kill some people until they are terrified. Only then can we make drastic changes to this city."
Qi Lang said: "We don't need to change, just maintain the status quo."
"No, it can't last much longer." Chai An was firm. "If we continue like this, what happened to the masked man that night will happen again, and more people will join the riot."
"Yeah, if that day really comes, Xiao Chai, what should we do?" Qi Lang was worried.
"I don't know." Chai An shook his head.
"Ah?" Qi Lang was surprised. "Xiao Chai, you don't know? Why?"
"By then, I might be among the rioting crowd."
“…”
The topic was immediately killed.
At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the door and brought the latest news from the ruins in the south of the city: "Lord City Lord, a fight has broken out!"
"What? So soon?"
Both people in the office were shocked.
Before anyone could react, a loud bang was heard from the south of the city.
“Boom—”
The sound was so deafening and terrifying that even the office buildings in the city center shook and the glass in the windows vibrated as if they were about to shatter.
The teacup on the table was shaking, and large ripples were created in the cup.
Prior to this, Chai An had arranged personnel and hired a group of resurrected undead to transmit the scene images back to them.
The players who received the task were overjoyed.
This is a task assigned to them by the city lord's secretary, so you can imagine how generous the reward is.
After a while, the players sent him messages about the scene.
"Boss Chai An, can you see it?" A player standing on a high place asked loudly when he saw the camera was aimed at the ruins in the south of the city.
"Yes, you continue and pay attention to your own safety." Chai An said.
"Haha, don't worry, we won't die!"
"You still have to be careful. I heard that every time you die, there will be losses."
Chai An turned on the projector and projected several cleaning images into the office.
In the center of one of the pictures, there is an extremely terrifying big hole, which looks like it was blown up by some kind of bomb. I think it is the source of the loud noise just now.
Fortunately, it was in the ruins in the south of the city.
If the war broke out in a residential area, I don't know how many people would have died in the explosion just now.
"Hey, Lord Moser hasn't moved yet. Was the explosion just now caused by Lord Yutuo?" Qi Lang stared at the screen closely.
He guessed correctly. Moser and Fan Lu had not moved yet. What happened just now was just the result of a fight between Yu Tuo and several other people.
The battle was over quickly, faster than anyone expected.
Those people were all level four creatures, but they had no power to fight back against Yu Tuo's attack and could only resist hard.
Their previous idea was that they would work together to quickly defeat Yu Tuo, and then sit down and have a good talk with him.
However...the opposite happened.
Several people were defeated and looked miserable, and one of them had half of his hand blown off.
Yu Tuo is simply a mobile arsenal.
He didn't even use his psychic talents and skills, didn't reveal any cards, and just started bombing as soon as he appeared on the scene.
No matter how powerful the defensive skills, shields, and life-saving devices are, they cannot withstand the continuous terrorist explosions.
"Lord Yutuo is stronger than before." Qi Lang was shocked.
A level three creature like him might not even last a single round if he faced Yu Tuo head-on.
Now that I think about it, the masked man was simply a freak. He was able to escape from Yu Tuo when he was not even a level 4 creature.
"Strange, why is Lord Yutuo's clone here too?"
Qi Lang was startled and suddenly saw an ordinary robot among the crowd of onlookers.
Others may not know, but he knows that it is one of Yu Tuo’s incarnations!
"It's that pharmacist!" Qi Lang was shocked and his eyes widened. "Lord Yu Tuo actually protected that pharmacist to watch the battle?"
this……
What kind of treatment is this?
Qi Lang held his breath. He couldn't even imagine such treatment!
"It's him." Chai An frowned. His attitude towards this pharmacist was the same as before towards Zhao Si.
He felt uncomfortable just looking at someone who betrayed his teacher.
Before they had time to think, a new round of battle had already begun.
The battle between Fan Lu and Mo Se is the highlight of today.
Both of them are level five creatures, it is hard to say who is stronger and who is weaker.
"Merser!"
On the screen, Fan Lu jumped up, shouted angrily, and immediately used his strongest ability.
The blue light in his eyes turned into a pair of whirlpools, so deep that it seemed to suck in everything in the world.
[Psychic Talent: A Sad Dream on a Midsummer Night! ]
This is Fan Lu’s second talent. He has killed countless opponents with this talent.
The people watching the fight were caught off guard, and someone accidentally saw the deep blue vortex in his eyes and fell to the ground the next second.
“Boom…Boom…”
As if some kind of chain reaction was triggered, the people watching the battle outside the ruins fell down one after another. Hundreds of people fell down in a moment. The scene was extremely shocking.
Faced with powerful level five psychic creatures, these people were as fragile as ants.
Even the players were affected and fell to the ground in piles, falling into a coma.
"Why do I see scenes from my childhood?" A player suddenly exclaimed. He had a very special defensive item and managed to hold out for a while.
He just felt drowsy and dizzy, and vaguely saw his childhood, as if he was in a dream.
It was a tragic experience in his childhood.
He has always been reluctant to recall it, but today he actually remembered it in the game.
"Something's wrong, get off the line!"
"Can this gaming device read our memories?"
