Chapter 145 Running Towards You
"Zero——" Hitting like this will kill people——
Chen Xiao'er screamed and rushed over, barely able to grasp the extended iron rod with both hands.
It was too late. The other end of the stick had already hit Xu Pei's head hard. He didn't even have the chance to "whine" before his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
Boom.
The figure outside the window collapsed to the ground with a loud thud, frightening Chen Xiao'er so much that she burst into tears: "Is he, is he going to die?"
Ling felt the unusual fluctuations and said with certainty, "No."
"Really……"
Seeing Xiao'er's pitiful, puppy-like expression, Ling's heart skipped a beat, and her hand gripping the light spear trembled. She tightened her grip on the light spear, which had transformed into an iron rod, and increased its energy output.
Zizizizi, Ling swung the iron rod wrapped in electric arcs, pushed it into the gap of the sealed door and pried it hard - with a click, the door lock opened.
Very good.
Chen Xiao'er immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She and her senior schoolmate grabbed the broken lock and threw down a large piece of scrap metal.
Creaking... the sealed door opened under the heavy weight, and the lights in the corridor flickered flickeringly, but in the end they didn't dare to turn off, and they just stayed on awkwardly.
Chen Xiao'er rushed out of the door like a cat, ran to the uncle's side, raised a finger tremblingly, and imitated the action in the TV drama to check the breath.
It seems like there's still breath.
There wasn't much blood on his head and face, only a lump on the back of his head.
Should it be fine? If there's a problem, I'll pay for it later. Of course, we need to first settle the factory's kidnapping. I feel like this mess will most likely be resolved through negotiation.
She breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head, looked around, and finally pulled a curtain from the window to cover Xu Pei, muttering to herself as she did so: "Who told you to knock us out first? This is called tit for tat. Think more about your daughter in the future, and don't look for such a weird job..."
Ling stood beside Xiao'er, watching quietly. Based on her past experience, she should have killed the anomaly with a single stab.
But whether it was an order or her own conscience, she kept her distance so as not to affect Chen Xiao'er's mentality.
Chen Xiao'er straightened up and was about to say a few words to her senior sister when she suddenly grabbed Ling's arm and shook it vigorously: "Look over there, look over there~"
Zero followed her gesture and a large amount of data flashed in his eyes.
The mist swirled continuously, the golden hue at the top of the cloud gradually seeping through, coating the red and black haze below with a faint silver-white. A layer of translucent light mist swept up and down, like silk flowing under the rosy glow of the sunset.
Power is tilting, and at the same time...
She narrowed her eyes, examining the messages passed on by her companions.
[The Knights are in place, and the regional strategy progress is 2%]
[Unknown anomaly and anomaly-the train has entered the scheduled point and is expected to break through the inner circle barrier within 1 hour]
She retracted her gaze and held Xiao'er's hand: "Be careful not to fall, they are coming soon."
"Be careful not to sink. They're coming."
“?”Fall down?
She was only about 1.6 meters tall, and the factory walls and guardrails together almost reached her chin. How could she possibly fall down?
Does the “they” that senior sister mentioned include Sister Lan?
Chen Xiao'er carefully leaned against the railing and looked out. She could vaguely see a few lights in the darkness. They weren't lights from the factory, but car lights from outside!
The outlines of cars and motorcycles were vaguely visible, their headlights on, pressing against the gate with a sinister aggression.
I don’t know where Sister Lan is...Oh no!
Chen Xiao'er's eyes widened suddenly. She felt in her pockets first, then quickly grasped the senior sister's waist and fumbled back and forth. With a look of doubt on her face, she cried: "We don't have a cell phone or a telescope!"
I swore not to forget my cell phone.
Damn it, someone must have taken it away when she fainted - she held her head in frustration, glancing out unwillingly, hoping to see Sister Lan waving a flashlight.
Sizzle, sizzle.
Ling frowned slightly. The moment Xiao'e realized she had no phone, the signal strength between her and the monitoring center dropped by 70 percent. If this continued, communication might be lost.
[0: Chen Xiao'er's cognition seems to be interfering with the communication strength. Please provide relevant suggestions. Thank you.]
…
Milo pondered for a few seconds in front of his laptop, typing away.
【Milo: Tell her the phone is with you. 】
The devil's voice echoed in his mind. ["Oh? That's a good suggestion. Kill three birds with one stone."]
First of all, we can test the new scope after zero evolution: there is still a certain gap between changing the form of matter and creating something out of nothing.
Secondly, Chen Xiao'er has already realized that "the mobile phone does not exist". Emphasizing to her that "the mobile phone exists" is equivalent to testing whether cognition can cover cognition.
The last point is also very important, to test the importance of Zero to Chen Xiao'er, or...influence.
"Zero is very special, very special to Chen Xiao'er."
The devil's voice was like mellow red wine, seeping into Miroku's ears drop by drop. ["However, this special one was created by humans."]
Miroku's fingers tightened, she couldn't argue with the devil.
Ling and Chen Xiao'er's meeting, acquaintance and even "love" all have her shadow, and there is too much deliberateness in it.
The girls' love affairs look pleasing to the eye, full of fateful romance, like blooming flowers.
Yet this flower blooms on the land of nothingness.
No one understood better than Miroku that if Zero were in his current position, this "special existence" could be mass-produced, the church would definitely try to mass-produce it.
The potential shown by Chen Xiao'er has already attracted too much attention. At her current level, she can probably convince everyone to observe patiently and let the immortal apostle slowly guide her growth.
But if Chen Xiao'er's "power" is confirmed, and she gradually moves towards the position of god, will there be a person, or a group of people, who will not hesitate to replace Ling for the position beside the god?
Such behavior would not even affect the Apostolic Project. It is well known that Apostles can withdraw emotionally.
The only thing they cared about was Chen Xiao'er's heart.
It's really ironic. It sounds very beautiful, but in essence it is just for profit.
【“As expected of me.”】You think very clearly.
The devil chuckled.
Milo's teeth gradually pierced his tongue, tasting a hint of blood. Manipulating intelligent creatures to achieve one's own goals—how different was this behavior from that of the devil?
"Are you happy, Miroku?"
"I do this for humanity."
"Of course I am."
"This is a necessary sacrifice to save humanity."
"I'm asking, are you happy?"
“…”
Hahaha, the devil let out an unexpectedly hearty laugh.
If she still had a physical body, her lips, which were always elegantly pursed, must have revealed sharp fangs.
…
"Xiao'e, your phone is with me."
Zero reached into his pocket and slowly took out a cell phone.
Great! Chen Xiao'er took the phone in surprise and pressed the power button.
After the screen lit up, the communication strength was completely restored and even more stable than before.
Ling looked at Xiao'er's focused profile and slowly raised the corners of his lips.
"zero!"
"I'm here." Ling went up to her and gently held her hand.
"Hey." Chen Xiao'er looked at Ling's smiling face and for a moment forgot what she was going to say. It took her several seconds to react and she started to make a call in front of Ling.
Beep,
The other party picked up the phone in less than a second. Lan's voice was rarely filled with anger. "Your call just now couldn't get through. What happened?"
Chen Xiao'er smiled coquettishly, biting her lip unconsciously: "Sister Lan, you are outside now, right? Where is it? I don't have a telescope, so I can't see~"
She hoped that Sister Lan would give a vague location, such as "I'm on the right side of the gate" so that they could wave to each other.
"I'm there."
"Which side is that...eh?!" Chen Xiao'er's silly smile on her face that was glued to the screen froze. She hurried to the railing and stood on tiptoe.
Rumble——
The roar of the engine shattered the darkness, and an extended sports car jumped out from the darkness!
The sports car's shape was incredibly unique, its front end nearly rectangular like an old-fashioned model, while its wings were widened and the body lengthened. Like a locomotive, it burst through the gates, swirling a cloud of silver-gray dust.
Chen Xiao'er took a deep breath and put her hands to her mouth: "Sister Lan——"
Countless security guards rushed out of the gatehouse and threw things at the car. Others ran over holding various objects, trying to block the sports car with obstacles such as metal fences.
But it's too slow, you are all too slow!
Buzz buzz buzz...the sound of the engine explodes and the shining lights burn fiercely like a brilliant flame.
The person in the passenger seat suddenly stood up and raised his right hand in the pale light.
Light and darkness intersected and swirled around her, outlining her tall and graceful figure, like a knife piercing the sky.
“…”
Chen Xiao'er slowly lowered her hands, her eyes filled with spots of light from the car lights.
Now that Sister Lan is here, everything will go well.
Because it's Lan, because it's... the sister who will protect me no matter what.
It was unclear how many security guards were around. They were holding up all kinds of weapons, but they were unable to hurt Sister Lan. The gap in strength between the two sides was so huge that few could even get close to the sports car.
The driver, whose face could not be seen clearly, was still driving. Sister Lan was waving a weapon that was either a hammer or an axe, smashing the guys who were rushing towards her one by one.
"Zero." Chen Xiao'er withdrew her gaze, but there was still a glimmer in her eyes.
She held Ling's hand and continued running deeper into the corridor: "Let's go find the evidence of the factory director's crime before they destroy it!"
This is often played out in TV dramas.
Every time the righteous people break into the base in an upright manner, the bad guys always escape in advance, which is a good opportunity to destroy the evidence.
I can act whatever I want on TV, but I can't let Sister Lan bear the blame. If there's no evidence of her actions at the factory, it's definitely illegal trespassing and provoking trouble.
"Okay." Zero looked at the road stretching out under the girl's feet and followed firmly until he was shoulder to shoulder with her.
…
Milo stared at the screen, silent.
Her laptop can see the large screen at the monitoring center, but after an extra round of filtering, a lot of information is lost. For example, the pixelated figures are simplified into stick figures, losing a lot of details.
But the situation was clear now, and she didn't need the devil to remind her to understand what the scene on the screen meant.
[“After Chen Xiao’ai woke up, the power became even more skewed.”]
The devil spoke eloquently, like a dedicated commentator. ["Now it's its turn to defend. It doesn't want Chen Xiao'er to find a flaw... Alas, it's no use."]
"It's too late." Mi Luo crossed his fingers and echoed sincerely, "Chen Xiao'er is now obsessed with finding the so-called evidence of the crime. No matter what the Lord wants to hide, she will dig it out."
This is the outcome of losing the bet on [Power], and the rules will completely stand on Chen Xiao'er's side.
The stick figures representing Chen Xiao'er and Ling held hands, and a straight road stretched out beneath their feet. Even if the Overlord had prepared some obstacles, they would be easily overcome.
Not to mention that there was still a fierce exchange of fire at the "gate", and its few defenders were simply unable to stop the three knights and two big guys.
Shalala.
An hourglass appeared on the screen, with red and black sand flowing from one side to the other, suggesting that the Overlord was calling upon power.
Hmm? It didn't continue to harass Chen Xiao'er, nor did it strengthen its defenses. What on earth did it invoke?
Miroku looked at the corner of the screen, and belatedly remembered that the students were also working on the strategy here simultaneously.
Judging from the changes on the screen, the Overlord used these forces to devour the students' chess pieces first, saving some energy invested in land and anomalies, and also gaining some benefits from the eaten "chess pieces".
The small screen monitoring the students vibrated slightly, and the monitoring center's detection artifact quickly detected the newly emerged rules.
This is a classic fear-related question type. The channel will show the students' greatest fears, and they will use their imagination and past experiences to defeat them.
But--
She had a face that was neither funny nor sad, and even the devil made a surprised sound.
[“Hey, but there’s a devil among the humans?”]
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