Chapter 36 Chapter 36 The Third Wish
People were filled with anger for a long time, and only went home after dark.
In the wee hours of the morning, System 05 sat by the window, the map of the Holy City still spread out before him. Outside, it was already pitch black, and today's darkness was especially restless. He heard the sounds of people fleeing the Holy City at night, but they quickly vanished. System 05 leaned against the wall, one hand resting on his face, his fingers tracing the edges of light and shadow. The Avenger in the darkness stared at him.
He sat there until dawn, then immediately set off for the Ross Palace. After informing himself, he was quickly led into the previous room. The city lord was neatly dressed and looked like he had not slept all night.
Those people were determined not to leave. The apparent reason was that they believed the Holy City would defeat the Avengers, but the real reason was that they could not give up their property here.
With yesterday's reaction, they can only look for the next solution.
"I've arranged the team. If anyone wants to leave, we can still send them off." The City Lord paused, his gaze becoming more determined. "If we want to fight the Avengers, the Church and our own strength alone won't be enough. We must rely on the power of the Worm Mother. We need to summon her."
He changed his plan without hesitation, a complete pragmatist.
System 05: "The Worm Queen was injured earlier. I wonder how she's doing now."
The City Lord said: "I'm responsible for this. We can't just rely on the Worm Queen to solve the problem. I have good news. There is a living pharmacist in the city. It's your responsibility to find him and have him make a potion that can kill the Avengers."
He gave System 05 an address. System 05 looked down at it for a moment, and then Chen Mu jumped out and said, "I know that place. I'll take him there."
The city lord glared at him and asked, "What's your business?"
Chen Mu insisted, and System 05 awkwardly smoothed things over, agreeing to take Federer with them to the pharmacist. After the two left Ross Palace, System 05 casually remarked, "Federer and the City Lord seem to have a good relationship."
"Probably." Chen Mu said, "When I was possessed, I couldn't get all the information like you did."
Of course, I am a formal channel after all, and you are just a smuggler. System 05 thought about it and realized that this seemed to be the first time Chen Mu talked about how to possess a person.
He wanted to ask Chen Mu how he chose his target, how he communicated with the original host, and how he left the host, but he always felt that he would lose if he asked, so he took a deep breath and held it back.
The two followed the address given by the city lord and came to the edge of the holy city. After passing through a narrow passage, they saw a dilapidated house at the end. It was particularly lonely and cold here, and the house and the ground were covered with a layer of dust. It looked like no one had lived there for a long time.
System 05 knocked on the door, his fingers leaving two clear marks on it. After a long moment, he heard slow, heavy footsteps and a hoarse voice from inside: "Who?"
"Master Pharmacist, I'm here to visit you on the orders of the City Lord."
"Who are you?"
He spoke with great effort, each word drawn out with pause, as if he might lose his breath at any moment. System 05 said, "Weber, an employee of the Investigation Bureau."
The door was opened, and System 05 saw a dwarf who was only about one meter tall. His beard was as long as he was, dragging on the ground and tied into a knot.
Most importantly, he looked very, very old.
"Come in." The pharmacist said, then waved his hand at Chen Mu: "He is not allowed to enter."
"He is my little follower, a paladin of the church, and the city lord's younger brother."
"I only saw one person." The pharmacist looked at Chen Mu suspiciously: "No matter who he is, I don't like the smell of him."
System 05 coughed twice and said, "Since you don't like it, then let him wait outside."
The pharmacist slammed the door shut. Chen Mu touched his nose, smiled slightly, and turned away.
The room was low, befitting the pharmacist's dwarf status. System 05 walked in, hunched over. The pharmacist said bluntly, "I know why you came to see me."
System 05: "The Holy City needs you."
"The Holy City doesn't need me." The pharmacist sat down, making his beard look even longer. "I'm one hundred and twenty years old. I've fought in two wars against the Avengers, and I'll soon be waiting for the third."
As he spoke, his beard trembled slightly. Although it was lush, it was dry and pale, like weeds growing in a desert.
"Yes, they are coming. With you here, our chances of winning are better."
"Chances of winning?" The pharmacist hissed, his laughter full of sarcasm. "On what? That greedy insect queen?"
"Thanks to the unity and resilience of the Holy City, they all knew about it, but they all chose to stay and fight for the Holy City."
"You speak very nicely."
System 05 smiled and said, "Master Pharmacist, you have already protected the Holy City twice. Would you like to hear my advice?"
He sat up straight, looked into the pharmacist's cloudy old eyes, and whispered, "Maybe you can save it a third time."
The pharmacist stared at him suspiciously. System 05 took out the map he had been studying and placed it on the ground.
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After Chen Mu finished his business outside, he returned and waited for a long time. He heard whispers coming from inside, and it seemed that the two were having a pleasant conversation. It wasn't until dusk that Chen Mu knocked on the door. Soon, System 05 came to open the door, then turned to the pharmacist and said, "Thank you for your hard work today. I'll see you tomorrow."
The pharmacist's voice came from inside: "It's getting dark, you should leave quickly."
System 05 smiled at him and closed the door. Chen Mu saw the smile on his face and couldn't help but lean over and say, "I've waited so long, and you don't have any way to show your appreciation?"
"What are you waiting for?" System 05 rolled his eyes. "You ran away right from the start. Don't try to get something for nothing."
"It seems you've been keeping an eye on me too." Seeing that System 05 was about to take action, Chen Mu immediately changed the subject: "Did you reach an agreement with him?"
"Yes." System 05 nodded slightly.
"...Have you thought of a way to save the Holy City?"
"It's just an idea." System 05 nodded briskly.
Chen Mu paused slightly and asked, "Do you really want to save the Holy City? We all know how the Holy City came about."
"Of course, that's my job."
"Won't you hesitate at all?"
"Only humans hesitate, not systems." System 05 also stopped and said, "Systems only calculate."
"What if it was the Lord of Avengers who made the wish?"
"Then I would help him use his power to destroy the Holy City that very day, leaving no one alive." System 05 spread out his hands. "That way, I could complete the mission and return to the main interface that same day. Unfortunately, this isn't the case."
When they returned, they saw that the crowd was gathering and attacking the evacuation team and those who were about to leave with torches, shouting that they were traitors and preventing them from leaving.
System 05 and Chen Mu watched this scene silently, no one spoke, and then left in a hurry.
Darkness gradually swept in from the horizon.
After System 05 returned home, Chen Mu also left. The city lord had been stricter with him in the past two days and hardly allowed him to leave the palace.
System 05 thought about the plan again, trying to make it more feasible. When he had thought it through, he felt a vague sense of drowsiness. He lay on the table. From this angle, he could see the bloodstains in the center of the study. It was the blood that Weber had shed when he committed suicide.
If the Lord of Avengers were to make a wish, would his wish be stronger than Weber's?
This assumption is meaningless because through that experience, System 05 already knows that the Lord of Avengers does not need to make a wish, he will eventually be able to realize his wish. Even if he fails this time, he will be resurrected again until his revenge is completed.
After the city lord announced the end of the evacuation time, he immediately issued another announcement in the center of the square, preparing for an all-out war with the Avengers:
"This time, we will completely eliminate them and protect our home!"
"Thank you for your perseverance. Your unity and courage will be the greatest force in defeating the Avengers!"
"The Holy City is invincible!"
The crowd erupted in frenzied cheers, while the city lord remained calm as before. Chen Mu stood beside the city lord, a mysterious smile on his face. He spotted System 05 at the edge of the crowd and winked at him.
System 05 left the crowd and went to find the elderly pharmacist.
Although the room was low, it was large and well-equipped, which was more than enough for the pharmacist to conduct experiments.
"Didn't you take a break yesterday?" asked System 05.
"There's not enough time, and an old man like me doesn't sleep much anyway." In just a few days, the pharmacist had become much more relaxed with him. "And I don't know why, but I always feel so energetic when I'm working, even more efficient than when I was younger."
That was because System 05 had used the Concentration Card on him. System 05 walked over, looked at his face, and confirmed that the pharmacist could still hold on. The Rest Card in his hand was useless.
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
"I'm just waiting for you to come and work. Go and help me record the data." The pharmacist said bluntly.
System 05 took out his notebook and worked for a while before suddenly asking, "Master Pharmacist, what do you think of the current City Lord?"
The pharmacist narrowed his eyes and managed to recall, "I don't know who the current city lord is... I've already gone through five city lords and have long since become too lazy to care. The last city lord I remember seemed to have been killed by his own son."
System 05 said nothing.
"My only concern now is whether our idea can be realized."
System 05 looked down at the data: "It will definitely work."
He has a very expensive skill card in his hand that can increase the probability of success of probabilistic events.
For example, the probability of producing high-quality elixirs when refining, the probability of catching big fish when fishing, and the probability of picking up treasures when picking up waste. The higher the probability of improvement, the more points are consumed.
【Lucky Item】
"It would be great if I could succeed. I've lived long enough, but I haven't died yet." The pharmacist sighed deeply, closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time before saying, "Maybe it's because I'm waiting to do one last thing."
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