Chapter 361: Being inferior to others
"Are you sure?"
Lin Xian was a little surprised. The Divine Revelation organization had never revealed its true identity. Apart from knowing that this organization was a group of fanatics who admired the power of darkness, they knew very little else.
Having just received the instrument that can detect forbidden objects, Lin Xianben felt that this organization was not only mysterious, but also knew the characteristics of so many forbidden objects better than the Phoenix Order, the Federation, and even the Crimson World. They must have some means.
Unexpectedly, the 'Old Ghost', the Holy Revelation member who controlled Zhou Lei, was caught by Monica without any splash.
However, when he thought that the other party was a member of Holy Revelation and possessed the power of forbidden items, Lin Xian also exchanged glances with KIKI cautiously.
KIKI understood and immediately used his telekinesis to search the man's body. Sure enough, he found a special metal box on the man. When he took it out and looked at it, Lin Xian's pupils shrank suddenly, because this box was the same type as the flash bullet that Hu Lushou gave him before!
"Interesting, it seems that this divine revelation has indeed done a deep study on forbidden objects, and even has a special storage device for them."
Lin Xian picked up the box and opened it. Suddenly a dark light radiated from the box, making the originally bright train compartment seem to be covered with a layer of gray. He looked up and even the red lips of Monica opposite him seemed to be a shade lower, which looked very strange.
And in the box, quietly lying was a black candle that was less than 10 cm long and as thick as a finger and looked half-burned. Except for the burnt metallic color of the fuse, it was just an ordinary candle.
In this day and age, candles are a rare product. Apart from being used as art ornaments or collections by special enthusiasts, they have basically no practical use.
Seeing the candle in the box, Zhou Lei, who was trapped in the isolation cabin not far away, almost popped his eyes out. He pointed at the black candle in the box and said anxiously with slurred words: "It's... it's this thing. I found it in the underground warehouse, but it was stolen by those guys!"
Because of the flashing bullet, Lin Xian did not touch the black candle directly, but took it close to observe it carefully, and said
"Didn't you say that you would die if this thing went out? It doesn't look like it's still burning."
Zhou Lei was obviously stunned: "Oh, yes, that's what this guy told me. This candle was always lit before!"
"It's very simple." Monica signaled to a subordinate standing behind Lao Gui with her eyes. The subordinate immediately turned the knob on the electric gun and poked it directly at Lao Gui's ribs.
hiss!
A painful hissing sound was heard, and the old ghost who was being held shuddered and screamed in an instant.
"ah!!"
He suddenly woke up from his daze with a scream, and found himself in a train compartment, which was airtight, with his whole body held up and unable to move. He looked at Lin Xian and others in front of him angrily, but when he saw Zhou Lei who was locked in the isolation cabin, his expression changed instantly, as if he had seen something terrible. Then his eyes kept flickering, and after a while he looked at Lin Xian and said,
"Who are you and why are you arresting me?!"
"Hey, pretend you don't know me." KIKI crossed her arms and took a step back: "Look carefully, do you know this person?"
The old ghost shook his head and denied it immediately: "How the hell do I know this fat guy named Zhou? Who are you to arrest people for no reason? I am a legal resident of Silent City. I want to complain. It's a mechanical inspection!!"
After these words were spoken, Lin Xian and KIKI's pupils trembled. Why did this guy look... not very smart?
"Old Ghost! Don't you fucking recognize me?! Are you kidding me? I'd recognize you even if you turned into ashes!" Zhou Lei was very emotional and his nerves were on edge. He was afraid that Lin Xian would think he was lying and crush him to death with one finger, so when he saw Old Ghost lying with his eyes open, he immediately lost his mind and exploded.
"You're such an idiot!" Seeing this, the old ghost winked at Zhou Lei frantically: "Why did you give me away? You forgot the first article of the doctrine of divine revelation. How can I save you now?"
"You? Save me?" Zhou Lei had an opened-eyed expression and sneered, "Does divine revelation have anything to do with me? Didn't you say that I was your servant? You caught me and I served as a spy 32 times in 7 days. I was sent to explore all kinds of zombie dens and weird nests to help you find taboos. I even had to take off the rotten pants of some female zombies for you. Now you're talking about doctrine to me? You come to save me, you really take me for a fool. With your character, I don't even think it's strange that you said it was the smoke exhaust pipe of this train in the future! Idiot!" Zhou Lei became more and more excited as he spoke. If there was no isolation cabin between them, there was no doubt that he was going to rush up and spit.
"Zhou Lei, fuck your mother!" The old ghost's face turned red when he heard that and he fought back angrily.
"Fuck the chimney, Teddy is lighting a candle and pretending to be a fucking idiot!" Zhou Lei showed no sign of weakness.
Suddenly, the two of them started to curse each other passionately. Lin Xian's eyes twitched when he heard the words. Even Monica couldn't help but frown. He stripped the tattered pants of a female zombie and fucked the exhaust pipe of a train. This guy is really a talent...
"Ouch, shut up."
KIKI couldn't help it anymore, and pinched Laogui's mouth with two fingers, instantly quieting him down, leaving only Hongwen's angry roar.
Zhou Lei was not so panicked at this time. The black candle and the old ghost were caught, and the candle was still extinguished. This meant that the old ghost was very likely to have lied to him before. So he would not die for the time being. In terms of situation, the old ghost was in more trouble than him. What was there for him to worry about?
Lin Xian was also observing Zhou Lei. Judging from the resentment on this guy's face just now, what he said was very likely true. He was curious about the true characteristics of the black candle. If he acquired this ability, would he not be discovered by zombies and monsters to some extent?
"Are you done arguing?"
Lin Xian walked up to the old ghost, raised his hand and made a metal stool with shackles, then asked Monica's two men to handcuff him, and then asked them to leave the car, and began to ask the old ghost
"Did you confess voluntarily or passively?"
The old ghost watched Lin Xian create a metal stool out of thin air, and couldn't help revealing a deep shock in his pupils. He sat on the cold stool and looked at the chain on his hand, and argued in a panic: "What do you want to explain? Hey, brother, I don't have any grudges against you, right?"
"Really?" Lin Xian turned around and looked at KIKI and Monica.
“Strictly speaking, we have never dealt with people from divine revelation,” Monica said.
"But since they are cooperating with Crimson World, they are definitely not good people and can be killed!" KIKI said proudly.
"Then we are also cooperating with the Phoenix Society!!!" Lao Gui immediately argued loudly: "And... we are also cooperating with the Federation. We are even cooperating with the North American United Front. What does this mean? We only care about taboo objects and disaster plants. We are not the ones who do things that are against the will of heaven and earth!"
"Oh?" Lin Xian frowned when he heard this: "So the Merlion statue in Star Abyss No. 5 has nothing to do with you?"
"certainly!"
The old ghost refuted without hesitation: "We are only responsible for testing the characteristics. We can't contain that thing. What does it have to do with us if the Crimson World uses it to harm people?"
"How do you know the characteristics of a forbidden object?" Monica asked.
"How can I tell you that!" The old ghost puffed out his chest and said disdainfully, "We naturally have unique ways of divine revelation. This is a trade secret. Can you tell others your trade secrets casually?"
"Captain Lin!"
Hearing this, Zhou Lei directly counterattacked: "Don't listen to his nonsense. No one in the Divine Revelation is a good person. He is an accomplice to the evil and regards the strange body as a god. Do you think this B thing looks like a good person?"
"You you you fucking..."
"Shut up." Lin Xian directly stopped the old ghost's counterattack and said impatiently: "So you are not going to confess voluntarily, well, Monica, do you have any good ideas?"
Monica glanced at the old ghost with a cold gaze: "Simple, castrate him first."
The old ghost shuddered when he heard this, and his face turned pale immediately: "No, no, no, let's talk it over, don't do it!"
Lin Xian glanced at Monica and thought to himself that this woman really hit the nail on the head. From what Zhou Lei said, it was obvious that this old ghost was a lustful person. This one word directly turned the old ghost into a eunuch.
"Let me explain first, what are you looking for here?"
Lin Xian took out the detector and asked him.
The old ghost licked his tongue, glanced at Zhou Lei, and said guiltily: "Of course I am looking for taboo objects. This instrument is used for this purpose. I really have no hostility towards you..."
"Really?" Lin Xian smiled and pointed directly at the black candle: "Then tell me, what is the use of this thing?"
"This is a taboo!" The old ghost suddenly looked serious, and said solemnly: "Take this thing and light it to contain it. Then you can hide in the shadows. It will be difficult for others to find you. Even the invasion of darkness will be reduced, and the probability of being discovered by the weird body will also be reduced!"
"Hey, then how come you can hide your tracks without lighting it?" KIKI asked directly.
"It...it doesn't need to be lit all the time, just light it once...that's it," the old ghost explained incoherently.
Zhou Lei, who was in the isolation cabin opposite, almost popped his eyes out when he heard this, and immediately shouted, "Fuck, didn't you tell me that people will die after the candle burns out?"
"Nonsense, if I didn't say that, would you listen to me and go into Xingyuan?" The old ghost's eyes flashed with some fierceness.
"Fuck you..." Zhou Lei was about to start talking passionately on the microphone again after hearing that, but Lin Xian raised his hand to interrupt him.
The old ghost looked at this scene, looked at Zhou Lei jokingly and said, "This guy is not a good person either. Are you going to make trouble with us because of this guy?"
"So if I light this candle, I can hide my tracks, right?" Lin Xian looked at the black candle in the box and asked in confusion.
"Yes, yes, yes." The old ghost nodded repeatedly and said very seriously: "But there are side effects. I suggest you don't try it lightly."
"good."
After hearing what Lao Gui said, Lin Xian simply closed the box and put it away.
"Hey, don't you want to try it?" Lao Gui didn't expect Lin Xian to listen to advice so much. He said he would not try it if there was no suggestion. Why didn't this guy play by the rules?
Being invisible in the apocalypse, this ability is so amazing, can anyone endure it???
"Didn't you say there were side effects?" Lin Xian smiled.
“My…”
Unexpectedly, before Lao Gui could come up with a reason, Lin Xian in front of him suddenly raised his hand and produced a pistol. He pointed the black muzzle at Lao Gui's brow, and then pulled the trigger without hesitation.
The old ghost didn't expect Lin Xian to suddenly attack. His pupils shrank and a hint of coldness flashed across his eyes.
Bang!
The sound of gunfire was heard in the carriage, but no bullet was fired. It was a blank bullet. However, as the gunshot was fired, the old ghost who was originally sitting on the stool and shackled disappeared, leaving only an empty stool.
"Huh, it disappeared?!" KIKI exclaimed.
Monica, who was standing by, subconsciously looked around and found that the old ghost had really disappeared without even a sound.
"Holy shit, could he be able to move to another space?!" Zhou Lei was stunned.
But Lin Xian, who saw this scene, had a calm expression and said leisurely: "What do you mean by transfer space? Isn't this guy sitting right in front of us?"
After saying that, he raised his hand and swallowed the pistol, then grabbed the air, and the hanging shackles suddenly burst out with a high-voltage arc, instantly flashing a blue-gray transparent figure, and then the old ghost appeared again with a horrified expression on his face, and this time, his eyes no longer had the panic and playfulness just now, but looked at Lin Xian with extreme fear, and said tremblingly
"You...how do you know?"
"Don't pretend." Lin Xian said in a deep voice: "If lighting a candle can contain him, then this candle belongs to Zhou Lei. It seems that you are just tricking others into lighting the candle to form some kind of deterrent control. The real containment method is definitely not like this, am I right?"
In fact, Lin Xian felt strange at the beginning. How come the candle picked up by Zhou Lei was controlled by someone else? Could it be that the taboo objects had some subordinate relationship? This logic didn't work at all.
Zhou Lei was immediately panicked when he heard this. He reacted and said, "Fuck, this bastard is even more sinister than me. I really thought he had some special way to control taboo objects. It turns out that this candle was originally his. Damn it!"
The old ghost looked at Lin Xian with a vigilant look, and his expression suddenly became anxious. He tried to break free from the shackles and said
"Mr. Lin, we have no grudges against each other, so you'd better let me go. Otherwise, when our people come after you, you won't be able to keep the three forbidden items in your car!"
Lin Xian's eyes turned cold when he heard this: "Do you know that there are three forbidden items in my car?"
Seeing Lin Xian's expression, Lao Gui knew that he had spoken hastily and committed a serious crime. He could only bite the bullet and said, "So what if I knew? Otherwise, how do you think you were so coincidentally swept into the Xingyuan by the Merlion?"
"Did you design Aksai?" Lin Xian's tone gradually turned cold.
The old ghost cursed himself inwardly with his eyes closed. Seeing the growing murderous intent in Lin Xian's eyes, he began to threaten incoherently: "So you know how powerful we are, right? Our boss can wipe out your entire army with just a little trick. If you know what's good for you, let me go now and I'll pretend nothing happened. You guys should also run away quickly. Maybe you still have a chance to survive."
"Oh, you have set your sights on my forbidden object, so you joined forces with the Crimson World to drag us into the Star Abyss, intending to annihilate us and retrieve the forbidden object. And now you come to me in person, and are going to threaten me to let you go, wait for you to go back and report, and then continue to cause trouble for me?" Lin Xian looked a little confused, and he repeated the old ghost's words very seriously.
"I... this..." The old ghost swallowed his saliva dryly at this time, obviously panicking: "Aren't you afraid?"
Monica stood aside, looking at the old ghost coldly, her eyes full of excitement.
"I'm really surprised to see someone so good at negotiation. The Divine Revelation organization is really full of hidden talents."
Zhou Lei, as a bystander, was shocked by what Lao Gui had just done. He muttered, "I was actually controlled by such an idiot... It's really unlucky."
Lin Xian slowly stood up, raised his hand, and his fingertips mechanically deformed. A bright energy ray began to gather energy and aimed at the old ghost's brow.
"Then thank you for giving me such a good reason to kill you."
“No, no, no!!!”
At this moment, the old ghost seemed to really smell the breath of death. His face turned pale instantly, and his whole body trembled like a sieve. He shouted hurriedly: "If you kill me, you will never know how to store this candle!"
"I know. Just kill you." Lin Xian said calmly.
"How do you know?" The old ghost was stunned.
"Are you here because you are curious about why Zhou Lei is still alive even though the candle is out?" Lin Xian asked again.
"How do you know?!" The old ghost began to doubt his life.
"Guessed." Lin Xian blurted out.
"Lin Xian, I'll fuck you..."
call out!
The mechanical energy cannon directly pierced through the old ghost's forehead. Just as he was about to greet Lin Xian's family, his eyes went dark in an instant, and he said goodbye to this world completely.
"Finally..." Seeing this scene, Monica seemed to be relieved.
Lin Xian clapped his hands: "You are worried that I will ask you to help me lock this guy up again."
Monica looked at the old ghost's body with indifference: "Although I don't mind helping you, I am really worried about the exhaust pipe of my Queen Mo."
KIKI frowned in disgust when he heard this, and turned to look at Lin Xian: "Lin Xian, how did you know how to store this candle?"
Lin Xian shrugged, looking helpless: "When will you listen to me seriously? Didn't I say it? I was just guessing."
"Ah? You really guessed it?" KIKI looked incredulous. At that moment just now, she felt that Lin Xian was a god.
drop.
The surveillance inside the car captured Zhou Lei's presence at this time. Monica used the power armor radar to scan and found that Zhou Lei no longer had the ability to hide, which meant that the power of the black candle had disappeared.
"This guy is already unconscious, so I just wanted to trick him to find out his true intentions. I didn't expect that I was right." Lin Xian said
The last two questions, although not casually asked, were indeed guesses. The first was because he knew that the candle could not be contained by lighting or touching. Before Zhou Lei picked up the candle, the black candle had already been contained by the old ghost. He guessed that the old ghost used this method to make Zhou Lei his slave.
Another point is that although Lao Gui knew that there were three forbidden objects and detection devices on the Infinity, he came to Queen Mo to find Zhou Lei first. But the problem was that there were no forbidden objects on the Monique, so Lin Xian guessed that Lao Gui might be able to sense Zhou Lei's existence through some connection with the black candle. The most likely reason for his coming here was that he wanted to confirm whether Zhou Lei was dead. This was extremely important to him. It was the shock that Lao Gui showed when he saw Zhou Lei for the first time that made Lin Xian have this idea. Unexpectedly, he was right.
He looked back at Zhou Lei and couldn't help but chuckle.
This guy is really lucky. Even after the candle went out, he was still alive. Lin Xian could think that it might be related to the Star Abyss Space Travel they experienced, but it was not known whether it was because of the Silver Dragon Shiwan Mistakes or the Merlion Colossus. However, now that Zhou Lei has lost that characteristic, it just means that he has escaped the influence of the black candle.
At this time, Zhou Lei, who was standing in the isolation cabin, was also stunned. Looking at the old ghost's corpse, he was a little dazed. Just because the other party had a taboo, he was such a smart and cunning person, but he was caught by such a fool. Thinking of this, Zhou Lei couldn't help but want to laugh, but he couldn't laugh. Then he looked up at the surveillance in the car, and laughed again when he thought that he had escaped from the threat of the candle. But in an instant, he remembered that he had lost the ability to hide. Not only did he become an ordinary person again, but he also became a prisoner. He couldn't laugh again.
KIKI looked at this guy who was laughing and not laughing at the same time, rolled his eyes and said to Monica: "Another crazy one, you are right, this organization is really full of people."
Click.
Monica snapped her fingers, and the isolation cabin where Zhou Lei was imprisoned instantly turned black, blocking out vision and sound. Then she said to Lin Xian:
"It seems that he is no longer of any use. What are you going to do with him?"
Lin Xian scratched his head and said immediately, "He has been monitoring those clones in White City for so long, he may know a lot. This guy is a bit evil to have survived all the way here. Let's lock him up first. If it's inconvenient for you, I'll hand him over to Shinji Mochizuki. There are many cells in Silent City."
"Then let's keep him here." Monica crossed her arms and said, "I like to keep all the uncertainties under control."
"Okay then."
Lin Xian looked at the box in his hand and the old ghost's body and took a deep breath, "Now it's clear. Divine Revelation and Crimson World are targeting us. We are so honored."
"If they are targeting you, then they are targeting you." KIKI said coldly, "These Adventists are the enemies of all mankind, so they deserve to die."
"I agree." Monica looked at Lin Xian and said with interest: "Lin Xian, now the human continents are under the siege of Xingyuan, from chaos to order, the darkness has forced humans to stick together, and the thugs' caravans that plunder and act independently are getting fewer and fewer. In the face of an absolute survival crisis, intrigue is meaningless. Any normal person would like to cooperate with each other to form a force and rush to the poles. The European Storm Alliance, the North American United Front, the Dawn City, the Silent City, the Arctic Wind Alliance, and the Wanderer Alliance are all the same. The Phoenix Society represents the direction of the end of the day, so don't you have any interest in forming your own force?"
Lin Xian turned around to look at her and said with a smile: "Do you really want to join me? You don't seem to be someone who likes to be inferior to others, do you?"
Monica smiled and said, "First of all, you are someone I recognize. In addition, I am very interested in the Sky-class giant train that can fly to the stars."
After saying that, she walked towards the car. When she passed by Lin Xian, she stopped and whispered
"Also... who says you have to be inferior to others? If so, you will be very happy."
Lin Xian looked back at Monica's graceful figure getting out of the car and smiled silently.
I really can't understand this woman. She's usually the queen, so why is she happy when she's under me?
After getting off the Queen Mo, Lin Xian put away the black candle and prepared to go to the upper transport ship berth to find Lao Hu with KIKI. If he used the Dragon transport ship to devour, at least the nuclear-powered engine and propulsion equipment on it alone could increase several thousand mechanical source points. This would most likely greatly improve his Mechanical Heart, and it is not impossible to even upgrade it directly to LV.6 to complete the second awakening.
Next they have to go to Jinhai, which is already the territory of Dawn City. In addition, as Zhou Lei said, the headquarters of the Crimson World is also very likely to be there. A city of such a large size cannot fail to be noticed, so he must take advantage of the two days of hiding in the Silent City and seize every minute to upgrade the Mechanical Heart.
Ask for monthly ticket~
(End of this chapter)
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