Chapter 67: The Miserable Xiahou Xuan
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The sky was filled with afterimages and dull knocking sounds continued to ring out. If you listened carefully, it seemed to have a strange rhythm.
With a bang.
Lin Luo suddenly landed on the ground, creating a big hole. The ferocious-looking mace pressed his mental clone, whose mind was already scattered, to the bottom of the hole.
In just a few minutes, Ursko's clone was on the verge of collapse and almost beyond rescue.
Lin Luo retracted the Divine Demon Thousand Machines, clapped his hands, and felt refreshed.
He glanced at Chu Li and smiled gently, "General Chu, you can take this guy back. Remember to set up aura isolation magic to prevent it from contacting the original body."
Although Ursco's real body has already fled back to another world, there is no guarantee that he will not come back again.
"Ah? ...Oh!" Chu Li was stunned for a moment, then nodded hurriedly, "What if he sets himself on fire while we're interrogating him?"
Somehow, the Chu official felt inexplicably guilty.
In his opinion, Lin Luo’s smile was... a little scary.
"Don't worry, the suppressing effect of the 'Spiritual Barrier' can last for at least more than a month." Lin Luo said easily, just as relaxed as he felt at the moment.
He continued, "During this period of time, the magic power he can mobilize can only allow him to use mental power to transmit sound."
"That being said..." Chu Li took a deep breath and said seriously, "But it's still best to hand him over to General Xia. After all, Ursko is involved with the Su Consortium, and it's not appropriate for me to intervene."
There seemed to be a hint of reluctance in Chu Li's words.
He understood that Ursko represented not only an alien creature, but also a humanoid encyclopedia of the alien world.
If he were to be handed over to the military for interrogation, those high-ranking officials who were obsessed with the other world would definitely reward him with a considerable achievement.
"If Lin Luo wasn't here, would you, old thief, still be so humble?"
Xiahou Xuan guessed what Chu Li was thinking, but he couldn't help but retort, "Chu Li, you are also a member of the Chu Group, so why are you afraid of the Su Group?"
The Chu official glanced at Xiahou Xuan and retorted, "It is precisely because I am a member of the Chu family that I don't want to interfere.
And...I understand the situation I'm facing."
After all, he knew very little about the distribution of power in the Central Plains. In addition, the so-called "method of immortality" and "name of the god of death" had already been spread throughout Dongzhou by the Su family.
Now, the "God's Messenger" who was highly expected by the Su family fled back to another world because of "force majeure".
Lin Luo is in a disguised way cutting off their way to survival. Will those dignitaries who want to live another life and desire eternal life get anxious?
The Chu official did not dare to interfere easily, and even his eagerness to win over Lin Luo had cooled down.
Faced with a life-and-death feud, the Su family and those involved forces could not sit idly by.
"The arrest of Ursko may implicate high-ranking officials in the cabinet or military. You must proceed with caution."
Chu Li said sternly, "Once interests are involved, even if Ursko does not openly belong to any faction, they will retaliate by any means necessary."
Some people may be trying to please Ursko himself, while others may be having their minds controlled. He Ning is a typical example of someone being controlled!
"Speaking of revenge... I wish they would have more people."
"Then it will be perfectly legitimate to take their experience points." Lin Luo said sincerely, "I'm the 'weaker' party. Counterattacks in self-defense don't violate imperial law, right?"
"No...it doesn't violate the rules!" The Chu official spoke from his heart.
Lin Luo nodded. He was not actually seeking Chu Li's consent. He just wanted the military to show an attitude and not to protect the Su family.
He continued, “But in my opinion, those people are more likely to focus on fighting for Ursko’s spiritual clone.
The only ones who really want to target me are probably the Su Group."
Ursco was not a stupid person. The moment his mental clone was caught by Lin Luo, he cut off the connection with the clone and ran away.
It seems that Ursko is acting cautiously and will definitely hypnotize the top management of the Su family.
However, Lin Luoke was not so kind as to help Su break the hypnosis, as it would be a thankless task.
"There may indeed be problems with the Su family's senior management. We will report this to the military." Chu Li nodded in agreement, his eyes solemn.
The Empire agreed to spend a huge amount of money to promote the senior personnel of these forces, also with this idea in mind.
If those in power are of low rank, they can easily be manipulated by those with ulterior motives.
In this way, even a huge empire may fall apart in an instant.
The old fellow Su Haicheng is only at the early fourth level. Although he specializes in mental power, he will definitely not be able to resist Ursco's hypnosis.
He Zixin slowly walked over and stood beside Lin Luo, analyzing: "The mental strength of this clone is close to that of a level 45 mage. The strength of Ursko's original body is probably close to level 6!"
"How about... just let Lin Luo hand it over, and I won't get involved in this mess, right?" Xiahou Xuan's Adam's apple moved, but he didn't say it out loud.
If I told him, Chu Li would definitely laugh at me for being cowardly.
At worst...
With a smug look on his face, he hid beside Lin Luo every day.
"Then I'll have to trouble General Xia to handle this matter. Give me the experience and you take the performance. How do you think?"
Xiahou Xuan had a sad face, but he forced a smile and thought to himself: "I don't care about the performance, how can I refuse this?"
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Chu Li and Chu Xiong ordered the guards from Southern Xinjiang to carry the flying beasts, and the alchemists from the Magic Research Institute put magic chains on them one by one.
But it is only effective against low-level fourth-order monsters.
Lin Luo was on the sidelines, alert to possible accidents, and at the same time, he was studying the mental clone in the system.
According to the system's annotations on skills:
[Spiritual Magic Skill: Energy Clone (Purple)
It can condense magic crystals and store part of its mental power and soul in the crystals, synchronizing its thinking with its body.
If the clone goes offline, it will switch to its own thoughts, which can last up to one month.
"That is to say... if the spiritual clones are out of the control of the main body, they will have their own independent thoughts, but these thoughts are also based on the divergent thinking of the main body.
Therefore, the actions taken by the clone can represent a choice made by the original body in certain circumstances.
For example... after being wronged, would you curse in public?"
Lin Luo's eyes showed joy. If the mental clone could be improved further to the point where it was indistinguishable from the real thing, then the operability of this skill would be greatly improved.
However... the shortcoming of needing to rely on soul fragments to condense the spiritual clone must be eliminated.
After Xia Yuyan and He Zixin exchanged a silent glance, they walked gracefully to sit beside Lin Luo, bringing with them a gentle fragrance.
The girl stared at him with her sapphire eyes, wondering, "Why didn't you just take down Ursko's body? That way you would be much safer than you are now.
You can also use the 'God's Envoy' to command all forces, and there won't be so many small troubles."
“I want to…” Lin Luo smiled and shook his head, saying helplessly, “But my tracking technique is only a green-level technique, which is barely enough to scare Ursko.
If we really want to be too picky, it will be impossible to achieve the purpose of tracking."
Fortunately, Lin Luo used his powerful strength to intimidate Ursko's clone in the first place, causing him to fall into a misconception and believe that Lin Luo could really do it.
Otherwise, the subsequent questioning would not have been possible.
"These past few days you and she..."
"Nothing." Lin Luo interrupted. He seemed to have a smile on his face all the time, and he was gentle and elegant.
"Then..." The girl pursed her red lips, as if preparing to continue.
"Captain, hurry up and practice. There are still many spatial cracks in Southern Xinjiang." Lin Luo winked at him and said softly, "I will take you to the fifth level."
Xia Yuyan: "..."
"You all know that's not what I want to say!"
The girl snorted softly and pulled Xu Xiaorou, who wanted to get close to Lin Luo, away.
Although there was still some anger on her pretty face, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised in a beautiful arc.
"Big pig's hoof!"
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Lin Luo looked at Xia Yuyan and the others who were practicing attentively, then closed his eyes, activated his skills, and magic power continued to flow into his body.
In fact, everyone knows that time is extremely precious to them now.
As for talking about love...
It's not something they can afford now.
In the next period of time, Lin Luo needs to spend time studying the whispers in his mind.
After all, in addition to being used to increase attribute points, it also has a second use... it can detect whether someone has malicious intentions towards you.
Although I cannot confirm who the other party is through these whispers, there is always a chance of something happening.
What if we can follow this sound in the future?
Just like high-level tracking magic, it can rely on part of the target person's mental power or soul fragments to guide the main body's location.
It's not impossible for me to do it, but it may take a long time.
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