Volume 3: The Nameless Chapter 77: You dare to get mad at me in my territory? I give you face!
The sudden change in weather did not cause any trouble for Team K's rendezvous. When the first drop of rain fell, Mason successfully found his teammates.
They were in good spirits, and no one was injured except Zha Kang who looked a little pale.
However, when Mason jumped off the motorcycle, he saw Zha Kang hiding in the shadow of the cave holding the golden apple, muttering to himself, looking like he was high.
"He has been acting strangely since a while ago. He held that thing in his hand and wouldn't let us get close."
As soon as Mason came in, Ertong came running over to "complain".
He looked at Zha Kang who was mumbling to himself with a sad expression and whispered:
"I feel like that thing has bewitched him, or worse, it's changing John's mind just like it blocked the minds of those assassin saints."
“This is normal.”
Mason flexed his fingers and explained:
"He doesn't have Isu blood, so he can't withstand the Golden Apple's mind field. This thing is not meant for pure-blooded humans. But don't worry, he can still be saved."
As he spoke, the young man stepped forward and patted Zha Kang on the shoulder.
The latter turned around abruptly, holding the glowing golden apple in his arms, and pulled out a cherry wood wand in an angry tone, and shouted at Mason:
"Stay away from me! Stay away from my treasure! You are not allowed to come near me! You must want to steal my treasure! No, this is my treasure! The treasure that can make me the king of the world!"
"It's just a golden apple that needs to be charged, you idiot! Give it to me!"
Mason rushed forward and grabbed the golden apple in Zha Kang's arms. The latter howled and fought with Mason as if he had lost his mind, but was pulled away by Ertong and Barbara.
"Beat him! Physics calibration consciousness!"
Mason took the golden apple in his hand and pressed a few times to close it. He looked at the scumbag Constantine who was howling like a pig being slaughtered in front of him, made a gesture, and Ertong immediately punched Constantine in the eye socket.
It's obvious that there's some personal grudge involved in such a ruthless move.
This friendly punch knocked the insane dark wizard to the ground, but it was very effective and he seemed to wake up all of a sudden.
"Stop hitting me!"
Zha Kang screamed and squatted on the spot with his head in his hands. He raised his head again and showed funny panda eyes. He looked at the golden apple in Mason's hand with great fear.
He said:
"Keep that thing away from me! Damn it, I feel like it's talking to me and trying to impart knowledge to me, but I don't understand. What the hell is this thing?"
"I just told you that the Golden Apple is a controller created by the Isu to control human thoughts and actions. It is a whip in the hands of slave owners."
Mason tossed the closed golden apple up and down in his hands and said:
"People without Isu bloodline cannot resist its brainwashing. You are not bad. You have been holding it for nearly six hours and have not been 'converted' into a loyal Isu servant. It seems that you have made obvious progress recently, John."
"Then why are you okay?"
Zha Kang rubbed his eyes and took the potion handed by Mason. He drank it all and looked towards the cave entrance again. He said viciously:
"What's with that blonde chick over there? Did you pick her up?"
"That's a companion...well, a companion for now."
Mason hesitated for a moment, but still introduced Magik to his teammates. He said:
"This is a spy sent into this world by the Swordsman, one of the three great mentors. She has the same mission as us and Wesker. I saved her.
Don't worry, she is injured and weak now."
"Mason, there's a strong data signal underneath the rift, but I can't interpret it."
Barbara walked forward, rubbing her aching forehead, and transferred the mysterious information received by the brain interface into the microcomputer on her arm, which displayed very strange and simple geometric symbols on the screen.
She said to Mason:
"This is the signal that has been invading my mental firewall, but it seems to be unmanned. We can't understand these mysterious words, but I personally think it should be a code or warning left by the ancient Isu.
I have six cracking programs running at the same time, give me another half an hour and I will crack it."
Mason glanced at the Isu text on the microcomputer, then said with a strange expression:
"It says 'air conditioning system fault, vent 3 closed', and I'm not kidding, that's exactly what it means."
"etc!"
Ertong suddenly shuddered, looked at Mason, and said:
"How can you understand these ancient texts? And you can also manipulate the Golden Apple! Barbara, remember the information we found in the Abstergo database?
Those legends about the ancient Isu who were reborn through the bodies of others..."
"Shua"
Gryffindor's sword of revenge was drawn out, shining with magical light. The sharp blade with cold light and sand was pressed against Mason's neck. Ertong protected Batgirl and Zhakang behind him. He shouted vigilantly:
"Who the hell are you? What did you do to Mason!?"
"puff"
Seeing this scene, the swordsman lady who was hiding from the rain at the cave entrance covered her mouth and laughed out loud. She looked at the scene in front of her and said:
"Oh my, the way your team gets along is really interesting. If I didn't already have a team, I would definitely apply to join you.
Mason boy!
Look at how your teammates disrespect you, beat them up to show your authority as a captain."
"Stop it."
Mason reached out and grasped the sharp sword of revenge, pushing it away, and said to his companion:
"I just made some strengthening potions for myself to drink, unlocking some of the Isu's heritage, but on the other hand, there is indeed an Isu's memory filling my mind.
But it's definitely not the kind of reincarnation you think of, how about we tell some secrets to verify the identity?"
The young man coughed, then stared at the second barrel and said in a long voice:
"Like some super-friendly relationship you had with a certain black-haired elder during your training? Do you want me to give you the details? Two barrels?"
"Shua"
The sharp blade is sheathed.
In order to avoid being executed on the spot and thus causing social death, Ertong, who had to compromise, said expressionlessly:
"Okay, now that we've confirmed our identities, let's stop talking about those damn things."
"You said there's an Isu consciousness in your head?"
Zha Kang circled around Mason in amazement, then pointed to the road leading to the rift ahead and said:
"You should know the situation there?"
"Well, the details are clear, just like going home."
Mason nodded and said:
"This great temple contains a 'world-saving device' left by the ancient Isu people. They call it the 'Aurora Device'. Over the past tens of thousands of years, the device has been protecting this world from the parallel world system, allowing them to escape two crises.
It wasn't that the Star Society discovered this world, but this world took the initiative to shut down the Aurora device in order to find a way to resist doomsday, exposing it to the eyes of the Star Society.
Barbara and Ertong should have told you this."
"This is awesome! No wonder the three great mentors are sending people in here. Just this 'Aurora Device' that can protect the world is worth the return ticket."
Zha Kang exclaimed in admiration, glanced at the cave entrance and the secret agent who pricked up his ears to eavesdrop on this side, and made a gesture to Mason to keep quiet.
He coughed and said:
"Hey, you little yellow-haired girl, how long are you going to eavesdrop? Look, our captain is a kind guy, he might believe your one-sided story.
But I’m a big bad guy.
I've seen a lot of scum pretending to be friendly people. Maybe even your name is a lie to us. After all, I've never seen you in a mainland hotel!
Come come come.
Show me your Star Club employee card."
Zha Kang's request made Secret Agent's face change.
As a grand mentor, she can disguise the completeness of the tattoo on her arm, which is easy, but the "employee card" produced by the Star Society system cannot be disguised.
The appearance of a Grand Master-level crystal card would expose her identity.
It would have been fine if it had been exposed before, as she was carefree and never cared about such things. But now it was different, from the little information Mason had just revealed, she had already known the supreme secret of the existence of this world.
It is impossible for her to let go now, even if she is not very smart.
"boom"
Just as the swordsman lady, who was not good at thinking, was racking her brains to think of how to make this happen, a loud noise suddenly sounded in the passage leading to the rift valley beside them.
Then, in the heavy rain, a curtain of light appeared, and a layer of pale light emerged from the ground.
It swept through the cave, causing everyone except Mason to feel something like an electromagnetic shock.
The hair on Ertong and Zhakang's arms stood up, while Barbara and Mysterio's long hair instantly turned into a hedgehog-like "Afro".
"What's going on?"
Zha Kang yelled, Mason glanced over there and said:
“Wesker is attacking the seal of the Grand Temple. That idiot has triggered the defenses. These high-energy particle beams will become stronger and stronger until they melt all life around them.
But this great temple is directly connected to the continental shelf.
Unless he can remove the continental shelf, there is no way he can get in without the golden apple...
Let's go and give him a hand."
He took the lead, followed closely by Team K. No one cared about Miss Swordsman, but she couldn't miss such an opportunity, so she followed, covering her still bleeding stomach.
Now she finally understood why the hunters were so concerned about the rookies in Team K.
These guys are really capable.
"Snap"
As he rushed into the main building of the rift valley that was shining brightly, Mason punched a stone block engraved with mysterious geometric runes. Then an ancient storage room was opened, containing several silver-gray full-body armors and several shining weapons.
"Go put it on and wait five minutes before going in."
Mason told his team:
"This is the uniform of the Grand Temple staff. It comes with temporary permissions so you won't be attacked by the suppression system. Don't touch anything after you go in!
The device that the Isu installed here is a photonic computer, which has no physical body.
And this! "
He took out the phoenix egg, which was twice as big as an ostrich egg, from his arms, handed it to Zha Kang, and said:
"Find a way to make it hatch, John."
“This thing is going to drain me.”
Zha Kang took it with a frown and said:
"What do you want?"
"I'm going to burn some 'dirty stuff' here."
Mason glanced in the direction of the temple, then he pushed the Sorting Hat and said in a cold tone:
"If you miss this opportunity, you'll never get it again. After all, the chance to crush an A-level person doesn't come often."
"Wesker?"
The three members of Team K looked at each other.
But Mason didn't explain much, just stamped his feet, pointed to the ground and said:
"Don't worry, this is 'our' territory now! The God of Fire and Forging will bless you."
After saying that, he turned and rushed into the increasingly bright high-energy particle beam ahead. Barbara rubbed her increasingly painful head and said to Ertong and Zhakang:
"Every time I go out with Mason it's a big scene. I think I need to take a few days off after I go back this time."
"I just think his mental state is not stable."
Zha Kang stroked his chin and said with a strange look in his eyes:
"Although he keeps emphasizing that he is sober, a normal Mason wouldn't say anything like God bless us...Okay, don't waste time.
Change your clothes quickly and we will go to help.
Barbara where are you going?
Just change here! I won’t peek at you, even my own family, right? It’s not like you’re not wearing any underwear…”
——
Govisk, wearing sunglasses, has now found the sealed wall leading to the underground temple. He swung his burning fists and smashed the wall in front of him that was covered with geometric Isu characters.
Every punch causes the surroundings to vibrate.
The virus's transformation of life forms allowed him to feel that there was a huge space behind the mountain wall. Judging from the clues he got from the sorcerer, there must be an ancient building left by the Isu people here.
"Stop smashing it! If you continue smashing it, the defense system will activate a more advanced killing program, and you will kill us all here."
Mason's voice came from behind, causing Wesker to look back at him warily.
But the young man didn't care about the guy's gaze.
He quickly walked through the high-energy particles that were enough to burn flesh and blood, and approached the door with his hat pressed down. Then he took out the golden apple that Zha Kang had obtained from his arms and placed it in the groove of the wall.
It's like a key fitting into a lock.
But that was not enough, there was another groove on the door for the golden apple. Mason took out Odin's golden apple and placed it under Wesker's surprised gaze.
Then, amid the sound of clicking mechanisms, the surrounding high-energy particle beams quickly dimmed, emitting a high-temperature aura on the spot, exposing the closed road to the two people again.
"Distinguished A-level personnel, please go first!"
Mason made a "please" gesture and took the two golden apples in his hands. Wesker pushed his sunglasses and walked into the great temple that had been sealed for tens of thousands of years without saying much.
When he took his first step inside, the dark land seemed to welcome visitors. Blue lights lit up above and below, illuminating this ancient facility deep underground.
This is a disordered space.
It is filled with strangely shaped stone pillars and some stone slabs and platforms that completely violate the laws of physics and are suspended in the air in special forms.
There were also some crystal-like objects that had exhausted their energy scattered on the ground, covered with a thick layer of dust, like a gloomy tomb.
However, the temple looked completely different in Wesker's eyes than in Mason's.
When Mason stepped in, his eyes blinked a few times, as if he had entered a special "observation mode". A large number of Isu phantoms were busy moving back and forth in this space.
You can only see the illusion but not hear the shadow.
Just like a group of ghosts that have long disappeared in time, they are the last traces left in this world. Mason even sees "himself" in those phantoms.
That is the figure of the Isu Hephaestus.
He was standing on a stone console high up, operating the mysterious instrument to do some debugging work, and in the darkness above was an optical projection of a complex star system.
It is not the framework of the stars.
Instead, it originates from the simulated structure of parallel worlds in the multiverse, arranged according to the knowledge of the Isu people, outlining this ultra-ancient civilization's understanding of the mysteries of the stars.
Mason could see them clearly, although to others only ruins remained in this underground temple.
"Do you know how to activate it?"
Wesker's deep voice sounded in front. He turned his head and stared at Mason, and said in a low voice:
"Please work, C-Class."
"Wait a moment, the key to the main console should be nearby."
Mason stepped forward, following the past images reflected in his eyes, and lightly flicked his hand somewhere below the main body of the photon computer near the Aurora system.
As the stone opened and closed, something was pushed in front of Mason's eyes.
It was a golden-gray sphere, almost identical to the golden apple in Mason's hand, but the slightly dim Isu inscriptions on it indicated that it was not a control item.
Mason let out a long breath and reached out to touch it.
It was like opening a dormant temple that had finally been awakened. The dark place suddenly became brighter, and pale beams of light began to outline complex patterns in the space above the temple.
That is the posture of the photon computer when it is turned on.
At the same moment, hot snake-like tentacles snaked out from behind, bound his neck and body, and lifted him into the air.
Wesker, who still maintained his human form but whose left arm had turned into indescribable snake-like synapses, swung his hand, and the useless Mason was knocked against the mountain wall and rolled to the ground.
He saw Wesker reach out and grasp the "key" he had found.
Then, as he expected, when Wesker touched the Isu Orb, he roared as if he was attacked and threw the thing away, as if he was holding a piece of boiling magma.
"Isu Forger Access Code: YGH-1-103."
Mason, who was lying on the ground, shouted in ancient Isu. A blue light instantly hit him, and the next moment a gentle electronic sound rang out:
"Biological genetic information authentication passed! Isu blood concentration meets the standard! Access code is correct! Welcome home, Lord Hephaestus, the World Tree Host - Grand Temple Clone Program awaits your instructions."
"Hazardous substance expulsion system activated! Target in front, expulsion mode: kill!"
Mason grabbed the dim orb that had fallen to his side and stood up, touching his neck which still had burn marks on it. The stone under his feet lifted him up into the air like an elevator.
He looked at Wesker, who was holding his head and yelling on the ground.
Whispered:
"World Tree Host, do me a favor and burn this piece of garbage. The whole galaxy will thank you for it."
