Chapter 36
"The robots in Area 13 have been destroyed."
"The robot interception in Area 12 failed."
"The goal is to break into District 10..."
A series of cold, mechanical reports echoed in a quiet room in Area 1.
On the linear map displayed on the wall, there was a red dot moving towards Area 1 at a terrifying speed.
"It seems your mechanical transformation team failed. The enemy must be very powerful—"
One of the only two figures in the room spoke, his voice carrying the handsomeness and freshness that only a young man could muster.
He then glanced sideways at the other person lying on the hospital bed, crossed his arms, and rubbed his chin expectantly, "Could it be your enemy?"
"Ahem..." The old man on the hospital bed slowly opened his tired eyes. His voice was vicissitudes and hoarse, "I have ordered the mechanical troops to clean the floors indiscriminately."
The electrocardiogram beside the bed fluctuated, and the old man's chest felt like a broken bellows. He paused and said, "If the other party was smart enough, they would have retreated when they saw the difficulty."
"Speaking of which..." the young man laughed, "It seems you have made up your mind."
The old man said, "I don't have much time left. I am unable to suppress this long-planned riot. Perhaps, as you said before, Tartarus will eventually become history."
"That's a shame." The young man shrugged, his golden brown eyes gleaming slightly with gold. "I quite like it here."
"...Kano, do you like humans?" the old man suddenly asked. "You came here through a rift in the abyss several years ago, and have been traveling back and forth between the two sides ever since. Both worlds are strange to you..." He paused. "Is it because you like humans?"
"Hmm?" the young man called Kano replied, "It's more curiosity than liking it. As I said before, I want to understand this world because of someone."
Old Man: "Is that man a human?"
Seeing Kano's acquiescent gaze, the old man sighed, "How incredible! I really want to meet that person if I have the chance. Perhaps... my dream of the future where the two worlds build friendship and live in peace will come true."
"This is the first time I know you have such far-reaching ideas." Kano lowered his eyes and chuckled as he thought of something. "Perhaps you and him will really get along well."
"Haha..." The old man laughed with a strained laugh. "Anyway, you'll have to find a new place to go. Maybe you should find that friend you're willing to help learn about the world for." He seemed to see through the other person and said meaningfully, "You can't keep hesitating."
"...He doesn't need someone like me by his side."
Kano's words were unclear, but he then transformed into two hooks, which served as weapons, and slowly stood up. "Besides, I was born from the thousand winds of the abyss... Wind is the freest and will never stay in any one place... or by any one person's side."
After saying this, as if to confirm this, he gripped the double-hooked crescent blades tightly.
"——Alarm, intruders have arrived at Area 2 on the ninth floor." The cold mechanical voice reminded again.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Kano." The old man collected his thoughts and spoke calmly. Even though the person who was not sure whether he was a friend or foe was close at hand, he was not worried at all.
Because he knew the power of the young man in front of him - when the other party first came to this world and happened to appear in the big prison, he knew that this would be the strongest line of defense hidden in Tartarus and the last garrison.
As long as they are here, no matter how chaotic the prison becomes, the final initiative is still firmly in their hands.
This is also the reason why he, as the chief warden, took in and even hid a visitor from the abyss - this was exactly the contract they established in the beginning, a contract in which both parties got what they needed.
Kano was a man of his word. The double hooks in his hands hummed softly. The young man lowered his head, his golden-brown eyes gleaming with a strange light. "You've been wanting this for a long time, partner. It's time to stretch your muscles."
Then, Kano mobilized the wild and excited energy around him and ordered the display on the wall: "Tell me the current location of that person."
The intelligent program immediately brought up the image of the intruder.
——On the screen, the silver-eyed young man was jumping quickly among the exploding magma. He stepped on the rocks along the way and destroyed the intercepting robots neatly.
With every flash of silver-blue light, at least several robots fell down, and the splashing electricity illuminated the young man's clear eyes, as if he was a king born in the lightning.
The way the strike hit the target so accurately surprised the old man on the hospital bed, "It wasn't Scott or Xiao Lun?"
The old man didn't expect that the person who came wasn't the two most likely candidates he'd expected, but a young man he had never met before. He pondered deeply, thinking about something, when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
——The wind is getting stronger.
The air in the ward, which had been flowing peacefully, suddenly stirred up whirlpools of varying sizes. The IV bottle hanging nearby began to sway, and the empty recliner suddenly creaked and swayed noisily.
The old man's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously looked at the person who had caused all this.
“…”
—An expression as if he had been struck by something.
The incarnation of the storm, which had been eager to fight, was like an army that suddenly stopped fighting. Its golden-brown eyes, which had originally glowed with golden light, were now staring at the picture on the display screen out of focus.
"Boom——" A small sonic explosion suddenly sounded in the sky.
The old man suddenly felt a little cold on his head. He looked up and saw that it was the ceiling shattered by the hurricane, which was whistling past from above with a cloud of powder.
elder:"……"
Finally, the young man with golden-brown eyes slowly looked at him.
But the clear hesitation in those eyes immediately made the old man's ominous premonition reach its peak.
The warden's old face twitched, veins popped out of his forehead, and his tone suddenly became sharp, "You're not thinking of escaping without a fight, are you?"
“…”
Chief Warden: Dirty words.jpg!
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On the other side, Lu Mi, who was on his way, stopped in front of the last valve.
Area 1.
A large sign on the door reads.
"This is it." He waved his silver spear, breaking through the dark smoke rising from the molten lava.
As time passed, the entire ninth floor looked more and more like an erupting volcano, and the billowing smoke had reached the point where it completely blocked the view.
"call--"
As the last door was completely opened, a violent wind suddenly rushed in from the depths of the passage.
The howling wind passed by like a roaming dragon.
The corners of Lu Mi's clothes fluttered violently in the wind. He subconsciously stretched out his hands to block the view in front of him. The thick smoke around him roared and rushed out of the passage like a driven beast, clearing up the surroundings.
Lu Mi looked back at the strong wind that cleared the passage, seemed to find it strange, and frowned slightly.
"Bang--!"
At this moment, a door in the passage was kicked open and pressed straight towards Lu Mi.
He fired a shot through the door and flung it behind him. Ignoring the loud bang of the door hitting the wall, he looked directly at a tall figure slowly walking out of the passage.
——Another robot?
No, that's not right.
Lu Mi keenly noticed that this "robot" was different from those he had seen before. His eyes fell on the joints of the robot, and he always felt that this body seemed to be covered with armor.
"No passage ahead." A cold electronic synthesized voice came from the robot.
Lu Mi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Ha, these words...
"I don't think you can understand." He looked at the huge machine in front of him, "But I'm here to see the chief warden. Tell him that Xiao Lun wants to see him."
"Who is Xiao Lun?" The robot asked as soon as the silver-eyed young man finished speaking.
For some reason, Lu Mi detected an inexplicable sense of unhappiness in the electronic sound. He looked over curiously, "Can you think for yourself?"
“…”
As if realizing his own gaffe, the robot immediately gathered power in both hands, but it was not a laser cannon like the previous mechanical troops, but a double blade deformed from its wrists.
Then, the airflow around the robot suddenly became violent, and it rushed towards Lu Mi in an instant like a runaway hurricane.
The double blades and the tip of the gun suddenly collided, and they remained deadlocked in the air for a second. The silver gun slid along the blade all the way to the front of the robot.
As the distance shortened, Lu Mi heard an unstable breathing sound from the robot. He seemed to be stunned for a moment, "You..."
The other empty blade blocked the silver-eyed young man to the side, and Lu Mi had to jump back from his spot. He landed on a nearby rock, turned his wrist and stood with the gun in his hand.
At this moment, chaotic footsteps could be heard from behind. A gigantic griffin and a wild snake appeared at the entrance of the passage, looking towards them.
The griffin flapped its wings, breaking through the molten lava that spread to its feet, and said in human language: "Why are you still wasting time here?"
The barbarian snake rolled its eyes at the griffin. It deserved that no one wanted it since it was so bad at talking.
Perhaps sensing the other's contempt, the griffin was about to explode when the barbarian snake calmly ignored it and turned to Lu Mi, saying, "Malta is starting to fall towards the eighth floor. Beyond the upper three floors, there's no material that can withstand the intense heat. At this rate, Tartarus won't be able to hold out for much longer. If you have anything else you need to do, do it as soon as possible."
After saying that, Manshe took the first step forward and glanced at the robot in front of Lu Mi, "We can help you block it."
“…”
Lu Mi keenly noticed that the breathing inside the robot suddenly quickened.
Ah, you are angry after all.
"No need." Lu Mi turned the tip of his spear and seemed to sigh softly, "I can deal with him quickly."
After saying that, he looked up at the cold machine in front of him, his eyes seemed to see something clearly through the body, then his silver eyes moved slightly and a smile appeared on his lips.
"Enchantment—"
The silver wind suddenly wrapped around the silver spear in his hand, and it danced wildly and unrestrainedly like floating silk.
The robot in front of him suddenly froze and didn't move.
But the silver-eyed youth didn't give the other party a chance to react. He held his spear across his chest and said, "Thousand Winds' incarnation, Kano, lend me your power—"
If I call upon your name, you shall give me your strength.
This was the original contract written in the Book of Keys, but—
"You can refuse, that's fine. I prefer that knowledge to using your power, so it's not an iron rule that must be followed."
Later, the youth clarified this once: if they refused, their power would not be forcibly requisitioned...
If they refuse...
However, the next second, the silver spear that gathered the strong wind exploded with unprecedented energy, and the name that was called responded to his expectations.
The wind swept through everything around them. The Griffin and the others had to squint their eyes to resist the overwhelming sand and gravel. Even the Savage Snake exclaimed, "What an amazing energy!"
The magma on the ninth layer was swept aside by the hurricane in an instant. With the energy at the tip of the gun almost condensed into substance, Lu Mi swung it straight at the robot in front of him.
Time seems to stop at this moment.
Until Lu Mi's voice sounded again, "...Will Qianfeng's demon be killed by the wind?"
"Ah..." There was a sound in the air, not sure whether it was a response or a sigh.
In the robot shells scattered on the ground, a figure lay quietly among the messy parts. He gently covered his forehead with one hand and looked against the light at the silver-eyed young man who slowly walked towards him.
"I don't know." The man with golden-brown eyes murmured, his mouth curling up in frustration or excitement, "But maybe I can be killed by you."
Lu Mi's expression relaxed. He put the silver spear behind him and leaned over to reach out to the young man on the ground.
Kano grasped it without hesitation, using the other's strength to stand up, and then leaned against him as if complaining, "You're too rough."
Lu Mi didn't push him away for the time being, "Didn't you lend it to me?"
He knew that this power was used to hit him, yet he still gave so much - no matter how you look at it, it's not him who has the problem.
"..." A sharp gaze suddenly came from behind.
Lu Mi turned around and explained to the many aliens who looked confused and confused, "This is a friend I know."
Of course, the aliens noticed that after Kano took off his robot body, the powerful aura on his body was no longer hidden, and even every gust of wind in the air was filled with oppressive power.
The griffin looked a little bit unacceptable: "Why would a high-ranking demon from the abyss appear here..."
However, Kano didn't seem to want to explain until Lu Mi cast a curious glance at him. Lu Mi then said, as if reminiscing, "It's been a long time since we last met. I thought you were still traveling around the abyss."
Lu Mi has contracted with many demons, each with a different personality, and Kano is one of the very independent ones.
Perhaps because he was born from the wind, Kano is not always by Lu Mi's side. He is more like a friend from a distant place. He will suddenly appear when passing by your house one day, accompany you to watch the stars and taste fine wine, and then set out on the journey again the next day, waiting for the next chance to meet again.
However, thanks to the other party's elusive comings and goings, Lu Mi's time with the other party was relatively short but more natural, and closer to the way "friends" get along between humans.
"That's a long story..." Kano fiddled with his clothes, frowning in distress at the lapels torn by the wind blades. "Don't look at me like this. I'm the ace of this prison now."
Lu Mi continued walking across the messy ground, heading deeper into Area 1. Hearing this, he tilted his head slightly, "The person who hired you must be regretting it now."
"Oh, no way..." Kano followed in a few steps, put his hands behind his head, and didn't care about the skin texture exposed under the cut clothes. "Except for you, I have never lost to anyone else."
When Lu Mi arrived at the deepest room in Area 1 and saw that this place, which was arranged like a hospital ward, was now extremely dilapidated and looked like a hurricane had passed through, he couldn't help but cast a deeply suspicious look at the person behind him who turned away guiltily.
Lu Mi: "Did you attack your employer?"
Kano: “…No.”
The warden groaned as he stretched out a hand from his hospital bed, pointing tremblingly at the machine that had been overturned by the wind in the corner. "Help! Someone help me turn on the ventilator...!"
Lu Mi:……?
Kano:!
The author has something to say: The big prison in the eyes of others: hell on earth!
The big prison in Lu Mi's eyes: gradually becoming his own home.
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