Chapter 179 Unsolved Problems

Siberia, Buryat Oblast.

Deeply infected area, Base No. 3.

After Carlos and Merlink had dealt with all the soldiers stationed at the base and the operatives lurking around, Merlink discovered the arrival of another group of people.

If you think he's just someone who survived Eoubs's ravages simply because of his special abilities—that's fucking shallow, bro.

The reason he was chosen as a field agent by the East Xia branch was not because of Silent Poetry's theoretically invincible nature in the inner world. In addition to having the talent to reach the B-level potential, Merlink was also a genius who knew how to use his abilities to the fullest.

Yes, he is that powerful, that defying the heavens. His ability to create a world in the palm of his hand allows him to suppress many people in most situations. As long as he can remember the details of everything in his field of vision, he can imprison the objects that appear on the painting, determine their life or death, and let them do as they please.

For Merlink, acquiring the 'Silent Poem' property was an accident. He was a master painter before joining Eoubs. With his talent in the world... even if you gave him a half-smoked cigarette, he could make a lot of fun with the ash, let alone taboo objects that are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Of course, every ability has its weaknesses; to put it simply, the pre-draw animation is too long. After all, in control missions, even on the battlefield, there's no idiot who'll just stand there and let you finish drawing, then happily wait for you to tear it up and send him to hell.

Therefore, Merlink needed a partner who was good in every way and could be considered perfect—the only one in the Eoubs circle who met the criteria was Carlos, who possessed the ability to tamper with the notebook. As for the latter, although he was a mercenary with decent individual combat ability, you could say he was powerful... but he didn't seem to have any particularly outstanding qualities. You could say he was useless... but that ability to temporarily alter the rules of the universe was ridiculously powerful. You could only say that this guy was incredibly lucky, as his compatibility with the notebook was the highest. Otherwise, he would have been ground to dust and made into hamburgers by the higher-ups of Eoubs long ago.

The reason he noticed the anomaly was that someone had triggered the "defense program" he had set up around his post.

The explanation is quite simple: First, after the deployment, Merlink scattered things all over the ground, including the entire entrance to the repair station, the guardrails and walls of the outpost, as well as the roads, windows, signal towers, power lines, and all the small paths and main roads he had walked along... He threw very small amounts of charcoal ash on everything.

So few of them are they? So few that you wouldn't even notice them if you put them back on your palette.

Of course—some people might ask, "How can such a small amount of stuff be used as a defense mechanism? Dude, are you kidding me?" Yes, it really works. The reason Merlink didn't use any other paint is simply because this little bit of charcoal shavings is enough. He can sense anything left inside the 'Silent Poem'.

Once arranged, these debris will form a connection with him, and he will be able to sense when the tiny amounts of charcoal ash feel other life forms approaching.

Therefore, even though Merlink was inside the hall behind the inner wall of the garrison, he knew that a group of uninvited guests were already standing outside the main gate.

He gestured to Carlos, who immediately fell silent, held his breath, and waited quietly for the next move from the person outside.

Based on the transmitted information, it can be determined that there were only three people who came, and all of them were carrying powerful firearms, including what is estimated to be suppressive firearms against prohibited items.

Moreover, the other party was definitely not Yu Yu and the others, because before the deployment, Merlink had already left a mark on them—although they were in different infected areas, he was still able to know their whereabouts.

As he was thinking this, he immediately checked the locations of the others again, and his jaw dropped – the entire infected area of ​​Siberia was covered in his own dust and debris. This was absolutely unbelievable.

However, just as Merlink was wondering if he was hallucinating, he suddenly noticed that the two people standing at the gate of the outpost also had the dust he had left on them.

"Is this really possible?" he thought to himself. "Could it be Yu Yu and the others? But how could there be so many markers moving around elsewhere... Besides, it's only been less than half an hour since they were deployed. Even if the two sisters flew over, they couldn't have done it that fast. It can't be someone else who planted them, can it?"

Just as he was pondering this, the two people outside the door spoke first.

He wasn't saying it intentionally to them; the voice was very low—only because of the connection of the dust particles could Merlink hear it.

"They, the original nodes, have found new fragments."

"Yes, we just arrived."

"Who knows? There were two of them when they came. I've been wanting to ask them for a while now, are they gay? Anyway... let's put this topic aside for now. Have you run into Gu Heng? He went out earlier and hasn't come back yet. What if he got killed by people from other nodes? Should we wait for them a little longer?"

"Forget it, he won't have time to use time stop. Domain expansion takes time. Unless he records us from the 452 batches of nodes beforehand, that feature is just a burden. That's fine, he's really hard to deal with."

"Save your breath... Have you found Li Lin at the other nodes? That guy has changed a long time ago. I told your sister from the beginning to let you pick a time to kill him. You wouldn't believe me, now you regret it."

"The soldiers stationed on the homeland... haven't several nodes already died? Those people deserved it for not listening to He Yu. By the way, the original node... I see, then I understand."

Merlink processed the information from the conversation between the two outside the door at an extremely fast pace. He noticed many points that were worth considering, but this was not the time for them to sit down and have a heart-to-heart talk, boast, and chat about the future. At this moment, regardless of who was outside the door or whether they knew each other, he was already prepared to fight them to the death.

Click—

Just then, the door to the hall was pushed open.

Without needing any prompting, Carlos understood what the other party was trying to say. Well, there were still some things he didn't understand—like why it was Pandora and An Ru standing outside, and why they were both pointing guns at him.

Anyway, let's start this fucking fight, and I'll fuck your whole family!

Without further hesitation, he became serious and instantly pulled out his most lethal weapon from his notebook.