Chapter 152 "Lost Hometown" 7 Is it the past or the future...

Perhaps the reason for the magic is the technology that humans have not yet mastered?

When asked 24 times before whether he believed in God, he knew there were people around him, including Zhuci himself, who had once walked that path.

However, their true feelings are nothing more than ordinary helpless human beings. Due to their persistent wishes and powerless reality, they have become isolated stars.

The remaining will becomes a beacon that illuminates the lives of others and carries out the mission that must be accomplished.

This is a restriction placed on those who possess such powerful power that it threatens the balance of the world.

balance.

Those who possess this power cannot be selfish and have to admit that they were much stronger at that time than they are now. They can even turn day and night upside down or flood the sea backwards.

The only way to express my congratulations now is to just be an ordinary human being.

…

Perhaps because of the attack, the patrol team in the laboratory building has been strengthened.

Zhu Ci waited for the news of the two players, but they did not escape unscathed. It seemed that the NPCs here were indeed difficult to deal with.

"Has the sheriff not returned yet?"

"Now that we're back, we're going to have to step up patrols in the next few days."

"I heard that there will be two more mermaids soon. I wonder if the Lord Governor can come back in time this time."

"Don't worry, that person is out, and it will take some time for him to come back. The Executive Officer will be back today."

Zhushou listened to their conversation.

Originally, he planned to open the underground passage tonight, take a look inside, and then find a way to leave.

If the sheriff they were talking about were to come back, those two players would probably be in danger.

Zhu Ci thought for a while. In fact, it didn't matter whether the two players rescued her or not. What he was more curious about was what would happen to the mermaid.

Zhu Ci planned to move up the investigation. There was a room on the first floor that led directly to the basement, and he could go straight there.

The room that Zhushou had never entered was on the first floor, but it was hidden in a door inside a room.

Zhu Ci put on the patrolman's uniform, and while they were distracted, he sneaked in according to the map in his memory.

Damp water vapor hit my face, along with a familiar, sticky smell of decay in the air.

Zhu Ci had a vague sense of foreboding in his heart.

Zhu Ci looked back and then opened the door.

Rotten eyes, grey whites, and a bare body.

The ground was littered with bones and fresh corpses that seemed to have not even passed the seventh day of death, sleeping side by side.

Zhuci did not see a human leg bone.

He glanced at the freshest one and saw that its neck had been cut cleanly.

All the mermaids on the ground are dead.

It was not the first time he had seen a dead person, but it was unusual to see dead fish all over the ground. Zhu Ci suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He lowered his head again and found that purple scales had appeared on his hands without him knowing when.

The red alarm suddenly sounded.

Zhu Ci fell silent in his heart. He lowered his head and turned over the bones on the bloodstained ground, and found a sealed manhole cover.

The water vapor in the air is still rising.

Zhu Ci took out a knife from the space and started to chisel the lid.

Logically, I should go look for the agency, but now it is obviously too late.

A crowd of people came into the room.

"Mermaid, you must be the masterpiece that researcher mentioned."

Zhu Ci looked up and saw that he was obviously surrounded by a group of NPCs with guns, and the voices were still behind him.

When the man stepped forward, the crowd automatically made way for him.

Yes, Zhu Ci did think that the fact that he was a mermaid had been revealed long ago. After all, the junk scientist was a guy who liked to show off his strength but ended up making him mute.

"Who are you looking for? That guy?" The man looked down at him. "The butcher who lives next door to you?"

Butcher?

Zhu Ci looked at him.

"If it were him, he would have killed you here when you came, just like these on the ground," the man said.

The muzzles of the guns were suddenly pointed at Zhuci. Zhuci calmly stretched out his hands and expressed his surrender readily.

"Don't worry, my goal is the opposite of his. As the only remaining mermaid, I will protect you well." The man's expression was extremely friendly.

Zhuci said: "So..." He paused and found that his voice had returned. It seems that he can speak when he becomes a mermaid, but he is mute when he is a human.

"So you're waiting for me to fall into your trap?"

No wonder he didn't look for the lost things. Besides, Zhu Ci's identity as a mermaid had been exposed long ago. If we look at how he has come to this point, it must be a trap set by the hunter.

Twenty-four's words "Let's look for it again" echoed in his mind again, and Zhuci's brain went blank for 1 second.

The man looked at him with a bit of pity: "He always likes to play some little games. It's okay. Before you really do something big, I will tolerate you. After all, you are also an innocent citizen."

He walked towards the speech.

"Luckily, I got back before that guy killed you. Fortunately, he wasn't there when you came."

Zhu Ci was glad to hear what he said, and suddenly asked, "What did he do?"

The other person's expression was subtle for a moment.

Zhu Ci immediately changed the topic: "What is your purpose?"

"After listening to me, you will definitely support me."

Zhu Ci nodded and smiled: "Of course, the Lord Executive must have his own difficulties." It is not difficult to guess the identity of this person. However, Zhu Ci did not expect him to come back early.

However, the strange thing is that Twenty-Four and he seem to have completely different ideas, but they can coexist peacefully.

…

Governor Hill, the youngest governor in history, is committed to calming the rising sea level and allowing people on the mainland to live and work in peace again. This is the person's self-introduction.

"So, you're saying that the core is the curse of the mermaid, and the curse can only be appeased by pouring the blood of a real mermaid into it?" Zhu Ci asked.

"The core causes the seawater to rise. Only by mastering its power can we control the seawater to fall and let the sky city fall back to the ground."

In a strange room on the first floor, Hillary explained his intentions to Zhuci.

Zhu Ci was soaking in the water tank. Hearing this, he said a calm and flattering word: "It is my honor to serve you, but I am not the only mermaid. If my blood is not enough, I can draw theirs to make up for it."

Xilai glanced at the end of the speech and smiled, "No, you are the most perfect product I have ever seen."

Zhu Ci said: "I know, but I also want to witness the day when the world returns to normal. Just in case, let's call them along."

【“The anchor started to drag people into this.”

"This executive officer is definitely not a good person. The kind of scene that requires blood drawing is enough to suck a person dry."

"Hahaha, the three of them were in jail together, and I thought some of them would be flexible, but who would have thought that they would all be wiped out."

"But you can't blame them. The NPCs in this instance are really too clever. Not only are they extremely powerful, they can also play tricks on people. Who knew that the clue would become a bait? And they are really good at lying."

"Here they come. The top three of the top ten are here. The rest of them need to work harder too."

"Come on, will you end up in jail? Why am I so excited to see the big boss get into trouble?"】

…

Xie Tianhua and Xu Qiao stood side by side. When they were pushed in, they already had some alienated features on their bodies.

If they were sent here now, they would think they were sent here to die.

Xie Tianhua did open the barrage, and at this time he saw the laughter of people whose names were hidden on the barrage, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The two men looked into the huge water tank.

Zhuci looked at them and greeted them silently.

Mermaid? The two did not recognize the identity of the player who gave the speech.

The atmosphere was eerily quiet, not because people couldn't talk, but because they were in no mood to talk.

Laboratory Building No. 001 is definitely a place that will make players depressed.

"Well, follow me now." Hillary's tone was quite gentle.

"Who is this?" Xu Qiao asked puzzledly.

Under the halo of equality of all people in the ceremony, everyone is so average that you can't tell who is who. You can only look at their clothes and so on.

So Hillary introduced herself again in a good-tempered manner.

"Then I'll get ready?" Zhu Ci said. The fish tail shape was still too troublesome.

…

Surrounded by a dozen bodyguards, they took an elevator directly to the core of Sky City.

A glowing sphere surrounded by a halo.

There seemed to be a noisy and harsh sound in Zhuci's ears.

He sensed familiarity acutely.

[Trigger the hidden mission, activate the core, and sign a contract with blood to obtain this god-level item. ]

The sound of the system rang in my ears.

God-level props?

After saying this, he looked towards Xu Qiao and Xie Tianhua subconsciously.

Both of them turned their attention to the congratulatory speeches.

Zhuci noticed something unusual in their tacit understanding. No, if it was the same system broadcast, they would not look at him.

So, what did the system tell them?

"Then come on," said Hillary, "it will all be over soon."

Zhu Ci nodded, and the next moment, something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, a knife appeared in his left hand. With lightning speed, he grabbed Hillary with his right hand, threw her on the ball, and then nailed her with the knife.

The moment blood and screams rang out, no one reacted, especially the bodyguards, so they were greeted by gunshots.

Xu Qiao glanced at the handcuffs on his hands. Xie Tianhua beside him had already rushed out and kicked several NPCs away with just his legs.

Before I could react, the NPC was already killed.

[“I’m impressed. This is the strength of the top ten.”

"Awesome, this speed."】

…

"You guys..." Xilai's blood melted into the sphere, and he was still struggling, "You won't be so proud for long."

"Zhu Ci, that's a game." Zhou Nian's voice suddenly rang in Zhu Ci's mind, "But it's not the real body. He wants to trick you into signing the contract."

Zhou Nian had been sanctioned by the system before, and it seemed that Zhu Ci's blow had hurt the game.

Zhou Nian was able to find a way to plot against Youxi, and Youxi also wanted to take Zhuci's soul into his pocket.

"His body is somewhere else, you can't kill him, but there is indeed a switch here that only mermaids can turn on, which will make the sky city fall back into the ground. Only then will the core of the game appear, that is, the props."

"Games are props?"

"Everything has a spirit. Once you have delusions, even a stone on the roadside can harm you."

"So is this world the future or the past?"

"It's the past." Zhou Nian's voice echoed in Zhuci's mind.