Order-Freedom Chapter 2: Mutation
"Is this the winter in the other world?"
Zhang Yun walked out of the cave, stood on the snow-covered ground, looked around at the cold snowflakes flying in the sky, stretched out his hand, and felt the cold air.
"I remember that it was just very cold half a month ago, but there wasn't such heavy snow, right?"
"Yes, Master Summoner, this is the snow that started falling five days ago." Veronica raised her hand, and a red light emanated from it. Then magical elements gathered madly, sweeping across the earth like ripples on the sea.
Super position. Fire magic. Scorching the earth!
Perfect control !
Power reduced! One thousandth! Transformed into heat flow!
Suddenly, Zhang Yun felt that the cold air around her was swept away, and she seemed to be in an air-conditioned room. She did not feel cold at all, but the snow around her did not melt at all.
This is Veronica's new feature "Perfect Control", which allows her to freely control the power of her skills. It is extremely powerful when killing people, and just right when dispelling cold and heat, without affecting the surrounding things.
In the past, although she was powerful enough to deconstruct other people's magic, she was unable to reduce its power. When doing some "delicate" work, she could only use it as a killing weapon.
"alright."
"Veronica, start the teleportation and send us all to the outskirts of the capital of Alberia. Don't get too close."
"Yeah." Veronica nodded, reached out her hand to flip through the magic book, and summoned a teleportation circle.
Then, in a brief flash of light, Zhang Yun and other heroes flew across thousands of miles, from the snow-capped mountains where the ancient ruins were located to a thousand meters away from the north gate of the White Royal Capital.
They did not stop but walked directly to the north gate of the white capital of Alberia, passing through towns covered in snow along the way. It was obvious that the whole of Alberia was getting colder.
"Martial law?"
Zhang Yun was a little surprised because when he arrived at the north gate of the White Capital, he found that it was different from usual. The heavy city gates were closed, the soldiers standing guard on the city walls patrolled back and forth, and there were no footprints on the surrounding ground.
At this time, the soldiers on the city wall noticed this group of uninvited guests, and immediately ran to the edge of the city wall and asked loudly: "Hey! What are you doing ? Don't you know that the capital is under martial law? Why are you running here?"
Seeing this, Veronica turned around and took the initiative to ask: "Do you want me to fly up and talk to him?"
Zhang Yun nodded: "Yes."
He took out the white phoenix badge that Lucina had given him, gave it to Veronie, and said, "Take this, in case the other party fails to recognize us and thinks we are the enemy."
Veronica replied, “Okay!”
Liuli followed silently behind without saying a word, just secretly observing Zhang Yun's every move, especially the way he took out the badge and the tone of his voice when talking to Veronica.
As an avatar, Liuli has no memory of her original body and cannot contact her original body, but she knows clearly that she must go through fire and water and do anything for the man who summoned her. This is the "obsession" that the original body has placed in her mind.
but.
She didn't quite understand this person's character.
That's why she secretly observed Zhang Yun, trying to figure out his personality and preferences so that she could better help him.
after all.
Turnip greens, all have love.
If you don't know what the other person likes or what attitude he or she likes to take, and you presume to give him or her something he or she doesn't like or do something he or she doesn't like, that would be bad.
Veronica took out the badge and triggered the white phoenix circle in the badge, indicating her relationship with the royal family of Alberia. Then she flew into the sky, intending to go to the city wall and ask the soldiers to open the door.
However……
The identity pass that had always worked was actually invalid...
"Magician! Stop your flying magic immediately! Don't come up! Otherwise we will attack you!" Seeing that Veronica wanted to fly to the city wall, the group of soldiers immediately became nervous, took out longbows and feather arrows, and aimed directly at Veronica.
At this time, Zhang Yun also realized that something was wrong and immediately stopped them, "Wait! Veronica! Come back! Don't go up!"
Veronica: “…”
She didn't say much, but landed obediently and cast an invisible defensive magic on herself, protecting Zhang Yun and others.
Then, Zhang Yun stepped forward, took out the loud speaker from his backpack, and asked the soldiers on the city wall: "Friend! What happened? Why can't we enter the city?"
Well……
I didn't want to use the speaker...
After all, the distance between the city wall and the ground was very high. Although the other party could hear me talking, the shouting voices of the group of soldiers were very small, so it was inconvenient to communicate...
But now Veronica couldn't go up, so there was nothing she could do. She could only use the prop she had taken out to communicate with the other party and ask them to open the door...
Liuli next to her blinked thoughtfully.
Very polite.
You just don't like getting into trouble?
It seems that I can’t argue with others easily and cause trouble for him in the future!
At the same time, the captain of the soldiers guarding the city asked in confusion: "What? You don't know what happened? Then how did you get here?"
Zhang Yun explained: "I'm sorry, I was in the mountains before and just came back. I don't know what happened in the past few months."
“…”
After hearing this, the captain of the soldiers guarding the city frowned. He didn't want to explain and just wanted to send them away, but when he saw the glowing white phoenix in Veronica's hand, he thought these people might have special circumstances.
So, he said, "Oh...then wait, I'll ask the others to report to the higher-ups, and someone will come to check you out later. If there's no problem, you'll be allowed in!"
Zhang Yun replied: "Okay...but could you please tell me what happened? Why is there martial law? Even people with the white phoenix emblem are not allowed to enter the city?"
The captain of the soldiers did not explain, but turned around and gave a few instructions to his companions before leaving the city wall. The rest of the soldiers continued to hold their weapons high and looked at Zhang Yun and others outside the city with a wary look on their faces.
"have to!"
"It seems like a big problem, huh?"
After saying that, Zhang Yun sighed helplessly and stopped paying attention to the situation on the city wall. Instead, he opened the map and system bar to look for any abnormalities.
However, there was no red dot on the map, and there was no warning message on the prompt bar. Everything was the same as usual, which meant that nothing had happened.
There was no way. The system didn't give any prompts, and the soldiers in the royal capital refused to say more. Zhang Yun had no idea what was going on.
He could only make another plan. If the group of soldiers did not open the door for him, he could leave temporarily and then use teleportation magic to go directly into Lucina's bedroom.
You can also summon a stealth hero and send him to sneak into the capital and deliver a message to Lucina in the palace.
In short.
There are many ways.
There was no way they could stop Zhang Yun, who had already won the title of "Hamster King".
Not long after, the captain of the soldiers who went to report the news ran back, explained something to the soldiers on the city wall, then opened the city gate and trotted out.
There were three other magicians traveling with them. They were wearing red magic robes and had old faces. They were obviously in their fifties or sixties.
They came to Zhang Yun and the others and asked seriously, "Who are you? Why do you have a certificate from our Western royal family? And what happened recently... don't you know?"
After hearing this, Zhang Yun was about to explain when she saw a ray of light suddenly falling from the sky, landing on the four people, entering their bodies and disappearing.
"careful!"
Veronica and Liuli came to Zhang Yun at the same time, carefully staring at the four humans invaded by the light, with magic elements and void power flowing through their bodies, ready to use their skills at any time.
The four people said in unison: "Hey, don't be nervous, it's me, the Siren Goddess!"
A familiar voice sounded, and Zhang Yun was not surprised at all. However, Veronica and Liuli, who arrived later, were not aware of it, so they did not relax their vigilance and continued to stare at the "Sea Goddess" coldly.
Zhang Yun could only stop her and said, "Stop it, she is one of us, and she has no hostility."
“…”
After hearing this, Veronica and Liuli looked back at Zhang Yun, and they tacitly let go of each other's hands and returned to Zhang Yun's left and right sides, guarding him like stone sculptures.
The Siren Goddess asked, "Zhang Yun, you summoned all these people, right? Can you take them all back so I can talk to you alone?"
Zhang Yun: “?”
The Siren Goddess explained: "Don't get me wrong, it's just for safety reasons. You should collect them and make sure they are all your own people."
"Oh, by the way, I have put everyone on the wall to sleep, and I am also controlling these four people. No one will see it, so you can use your abilities without any worries."
Zhang Yun frowned: "Okay..."
Summon space!
open!
Instantly, all the heroes returned to the summoning space. Zhang Yun was the only one left in the vast snowfield. He looked at Siren with a puzzled look on his face: "What happened?"
Siren snapped her fingers and summoned an energy barrier like a pyramid, covering herself and Zhang Yun and blocking out all sounds outside the energy barrier.
"problem occurs!"
"My kind... the other Outer Gods you mentioned, have already discovered your existence and realized the threat you pose, and they intend to destroy you."
Zhang Yun frowned. "When? Half a month ago? Or the day I locked all the Ancient Evil Gods back to the ancient battlefield?"
Be good!
The more you don't want something to happen, the more it will happen!
Can't you just give me a break? Why do you have to add one trouble to another? No time for me to grow?
The sea goddess Siren said: "Half a month ago, an extremely powerful energy suddenly appeared and spread beyond this world and spread to other Outer Gods. They then discovered that something was wrong."
"According to my understanding, this energy can only come from you. It cannot come from any other inheritor. So it means that you have been detected by other Outer Gods."
Well……
I knew it……
I guess that was the reason for my coma that day...
The sea goddess Siren continued, "Originally, they wanted to come and check this world and find the source of that energy, but something unexpected happened."
Zhang Yun asked: "What's the accident?"
The goddess of the sea said solemnly: "Your power has also attracted a group of strange things. They invade every world like locusts, destroying and devouring everything they see, but constantly hiding themselves."
"Right now, the other Outer Gods are busy exterminating the strange creatures in the world they are observing. They have no time to come to me, so let me search for your whereabouts first, and then deal with you when they are free."
Zhang Yun noticed the key words in the topic and asked, "Are you saying that this world has also been invaded by those strange creatures? That's why the soldiers in the capital imposed martial law to prevent those creatures from sneaking into the city?"
The Ocean Goddess said, "Yes, these creatures are different from humans, but they can transform into anyone's appearance and sneak into the city disguised as normal humans."
"So I sent down an oracle to order all cities in Alberia to be under martial law, not allowing anyone to enter or leave, and then to investigate the group of strange creatures that might have transformed into humans."
"And I asked you to take back those summoned people just now and confirm their identities in order to prevent any accidents."
"Now it seems that your side is normal, without those strange creatures."
Zhang Yun asked in confusion: "Besides Alberia, what about the other kingdoms? How did the Great Xia Dynasty handle it?"
The Ocean Goddess shook her head and said, "Then I don't know. My observation range is only in Alberia and the desert of the Land of Chaos. Other kingdoms and continents are not within my surveillance range."
"However, a long time ago, the gods who were watching over the East and South Seas left this world due to some events... Without their command, those weak humans would definitely not be able to deal with this group of strange creatures. I think the current situation is very bad."
Well?
Leave this world?
No wonder you dared to let Ajid roam around the world before?
However, Zhang Yun knew that now was not a good time to confirm the Ocean Goddess's original plan.
So, he didn't ask about it, but changed the subject: "What's Lucina's situation now?"
The goddess of the sea said, "She is in charge of the overall situation in the capital."
"Iroha, Otoha, Kuura, and other members of the Divine Punishers are guarding other important cities to prevent those things from sneaking into the city..."
"oh!"
"correct!"
"And one more thing!"
"Those strange creatures are just like you!"
"Every time they kill a creature, they become stronger. The stronger the creature they kill, the faster they become stronger!"
"So... I am more convinced that you created that power, and you also attracted these strange creatures."
"It's just that they can't seem to find your location, so they destroy everything."
Zhang Yun: “…”
A monster with a gaming system?
Or is it simply the ability to devour? For example, a necromancer can increase his level of death energy by killing people?
If it's the former, that's a bit troublesome!
And why were they drawn here? Did they come for me? Or for Liuli's void power? Do they also possess void power? Are they above level 50?
The key is……
The group of Outer Gods have now realized that something is wrong. They may come at any time. I must make some preparations in advance to avoid being caught off guard by them...
Um……
Looks like we need to find a way...
Get some information about the Outer Gods from the Ocean Goddess...
