Xie Yingjie really wanted Bai Wu to provide more evidence, but he had already begun to believe it in his heart.
Because Zhong Xue, the guardian of the Zhong family, is extremely special, there is no need for Zhong Xu to kill Zhong Xue and cultivate a second one who is so loyal, so loyal to the point of being twisted and deformed.
"So... the weird behavior of the Zhong family these days turned out to be due to this. Did you really... kill Zhong Xu?"
The eight immortals have not fought each other for a long time, but they are all sure that the strength of the eight people may vary, but they are definitely at the same level.
Seeing Zhong Xu die suddenly was definitely an unexpected event for Xie Yingjie. He even wanted to call it the "out of control" of history.
What is out of control? It means that the trajectory that should have been developing step by step is suddenly disrupted without any warning.
It was like a monarch who unified the country, but suddenly fell seriously ill and died suddenly when he was full of vigor and vitality. Or in a crucial battle where the outcome was already in suspense, the defeated army suddenly gained the power of gods and demons and began to run rampant.
No matter how powerful Bai Wu said he was, it was not as shocking as Zhong Xue's head.
"Yes, I must say that he was very difficult to kill. The reason I didn't bring his head was because... my bag couldn't hold it. Of course, the most important reason was that he had turned into an evil being and I couldn't bring him back."
The storage bag does not have an overall weight limit, but it does have a weight limit for individual objects. Even if Zhong Xu is still in human form, his head definitely exceeds the weight limit of the storage bag.
Bai Wu's tone was casual.
"You did this alone?"
"I would like to say that I have the ability. But as you said, I am just a 'little guy' with a danger level of seven. Although there are many examples in history of little guys killing big guys like you, there seems to be no such case in the tower. I also have my partners outside the tower."
"Companions outside the tower? Who do you pledge your allegiance to?"
"Why don't you ask who is loyal to me? For that matter, who are you loyal to?"
Xie Yingjie did not respond. Looking at Zhong Xue's head, he finally accepted the fact.
"How do you know that Zhong Xu and I are not on the same side? As we have coexisted for such a long time, Zhong Xu and I may be close friends."
"I am a little disappointed that you asked this question with your identity. Then I would like you to explain why there are no people from the Zhong family and the Qin family in the Order Group?"
Xie Yingjie was silent for a few seconds, then looked at Bai Wu again:
"It seems that you are right. The data cannot effectively analyze you. Although I still think that it is impossible for you to kill Zhong Xu."
"Everyone has his own trump card. You don't need to question this. I don't have the time to deceive the ancestors of a ruler. You can see through me, but I can also analyze you."
Xie Yingjie crossed his fingers:
"You have proved to me that you have something that interests me and that you are qualified to talk to me. What do you want? What is your purpose in killing Zhong Xu?"
When this question was asked, Bai Wu smiled:
"I said I was doing this for justice, but you definitely wouldn't believe me."
"Don't waste everyone's time."
"Then just think of it as a grudge between me and Zhong Xu. As for what I want—"
Bai Wu didn't intend to beat around the bush, he said directly:
"What I need is the support and protection of the Xie family. From now on, the Xie family and I are allies. Not just a plastic ally, but a real community of interests. Zhong Xu is dead, but the forces outside the tower behind him are not dead. We do have a common enemy."
"Ally? I don't know you very well."
"I don't know you either, but you and I both know a person."
Xie Yingjie knew the person Bai Wu was talking about. Since Bai Wu had been to Denglin City and asked to find him by name, and even mentioned a few crucial names, he believed that Bai Wu had met those people.
Jing Si, Jing Liu, and Lao Tao... Many past events flashed through my mind, but they were only fragments.
However, Xie Yingjie could not ignore the feelings brought about by these fragments of memories.
"I want to believe that you had your own considerations when you chose the tower instead of continuing your research with them. I don't believe that a person can remain unchanged for seven hundred years, unless you are evil. After all, the evil people I have met are all quite pure. But you should... still have something left, right?"
Bai Wu's judgment has its own basis.
The rulers were evil, but he didn't think every ruler was like Zhong Xu, pursuing extreme pleasure.
The Xie family has been researching weapons, although in the early years, no one thought that the weapons were useful. They were just a pile of things that would become scrap metal once they left the tower.
But the Xie family’s paranoia itself indicates something.
For seven hundred years, an academic researcher has become a ruler. Naturally, he cannot remain unchanged, but the shining points in his human nature should not be completely wiped out.
Moreover, the structure of this building and the appearance of the interviewer Mo Cheng made Bai Wu certain that Xie Yingjie had not forgotten Professor Tao.
After Professor Tao was mentioned, Xie Yingjie said nothing. His face remained tense and the atmosphere in the office became a little depressing.
After a long time, Xie Yingjie said:
"To be my ally, you must not only be worthy of being an ally, but also be sincere. You mentioned some old friends, although I think that even if they are not dead, they have become evil. And you mentioned Jing Si. If you can fight Jing Si and get away unscathed, you won't need my help."
Xie Yingjie stood up and continued:
"The area of Denglin City may be very dangerous now. For at least the past seven hundred years, no investigation reports have mentioned that area. You were able to come back from there because these old friends... recognized you. I am willing to give them a favor, but the relationship between us must be a mercenary alliance."
Bai Wu knew what Xie Yingjie meant. In short, if you work for my Xie family, my Xie family will give you benefits.
"We exchange money for goods. You help me with things, I'll pay you, and at the same time I'll help you solve various problems. Zhong Xu's death will cause a stir, but it won't affect you or the Survey Corps. I'll take care of this matter."
The negotiations have basically been successful at this point.
Bai Wu said:
"What do you want me to do? How long will it take, and what's the reward?"
"I can pay you some compensation in advance. The latest project of this building is called the Exoskeleton Evil Transformation System. In short, it is a portable 'mech'."
"But as far as I know... there is no way to use technology outside the tower."
"Yes, unless these things come from the Mechanical City. The task I want you to complete is also related to the Mechanical City."
Bai Wu raised his eyebrows.
Good fellow, I killed Zhong Xu, the difficulty is at most red level, and you want me to go to the black area? This is a deal.
"The power behind you is the Mechanical City." Although Bai Wu already knew it, he still asked in a pretentious manner.
Xie Yingjie did not respond directly:
"You need to talk about the next project and get a chip back."
"Should I know what this chip does?"
Bai Wu has currently accepted two SSS-level difficulty missions. One is in Jing Si's Heart, which mentions returning to Denglin City and rescuing scientists.
Another mission is the cruise ship that has been drifting for seven hundred years.
Now Bai Wu is taking on the third mission.
"It is something that can give machines some intelligence. This ability is originally possessed by the city lord of the mechanical city. The chip is a castrated version of its ability. But obtaining this chip is a huge leap for human civilization.
My people once went to the Mechanical City and tried to negotiate, but unfortunately, they were all "turned against". Maybe they have become silicon-based life forms now?"
When Bai Wu thought of something that could give machines intelligence, he thought of the Blade Runner in his previous life.
If such a thing really exists, then the creatures in the mechanical city... are they really just machines
For some reason, Bai Wu actually became a little interested.
"Can it give you such precious technology?"
"This is your mission, not mine. I need this thing. Only with this thing can we have deeper cooperation. As for how to get this technology, it's up to you."
Go to the Mechanical City, find the City Lord of the Mechanical City, the leader of the black area, and ask him for the most core technology of the Mechanical City.
This task is very suicidal, it costs extra money.
Bai Wu said:
"Besides the evil mecha you mentioned, there must be something else, right?"
"what do you want?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. I'm about to go to a dangerous place to carry out a mission. I'll probably think of what I need after completing this mission, so let's talk about this for now. By the way, is there a deadline for your mission?"
As long as the NPC for the task doesn't ask me to urge him to do the task, it's the same as if I haven't accepted the task. Bai Wu feels like a deadbeat.
Xie Yingjie gave quite a generous time:
"I'll need this thing within half a year."
In half a year, Xie Yingjie's other project will be completed, and then he will be able to fulfill a promise he made that year.
But all this requires Bai Wu to get this chip.
And this chip is exactly what Xie Yingjie himself... absolutely has no way of getting.
Bai Wu demonstrated extraordinary business capabilities, but Xie Yingjie was just trying it out as a last resort. He believed that the possibility of Bai Wu successfully completing the task was less than 30%.
Maybe soon, there will be a mechanical white mist in the mechanical city.
"The task is heavy and the time is tight, but I am still willing to agree to it."
Bai Wu stood up and prepared to say goodbye to Xie Yingjie. Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something:
"Next time I leave the tower, the Order Team will probably accompany me. You'd better inform Xie Xingzhi, the guardian of the Xie family."
There is a traitor on one's side in the enemy camp, and this experience is always a pleasure for Bai Wu.
Especially Xie Xingzhi's sequence ability... Bai Wu is very greedy.
"I'll let him know."
Xie Yingjie had a blank expression on his face. After the white mist left, he sat back in his original seat.
Then Xie Yingjie had a pen in his hand. He used it to draw a rectangular pattern on his arm.
The arm seemed to have suddenly undergone a material change, and the skin within the rectangular pattern... was opened by Xie Yingjie with his other hand like a shell.
With a click, the piece of skin fell on the table, making a crisp sound.
What was exposed under the skin was not flesh and bones, but an incomplete chip.
Today Bai Wu mentioned a few old friends, and the names of those old friends popped up in Xie Yingjie's mind.
He felt something he hadn't felt for a long time: guilt and determination.
But eventually, as memories fade, these emotions and feelings slowly fade into nothingness.
He always felt that he had forgotten something, and what happened just now could stimulate him to remember these things.
But he couldn't remember.
The pen continued to tap the chip, and a bar graph appeared in front of Xie Yingjie.
"Memory...full."
"Computing power... maxed out."
"Don't worry about power consumption, all neural system algorithm values are maxed out!"
The originally uneven data were instantly filled up.
Everything in Xie Yingjie's eyes seemed to have entered a molecular state. If Bai Wu was in front of him at this moment, he could even see the composition of the blood in Bai Wu's body.
Of course, if Bai Wu saw Xie Yingjie in this scene, he would probably understand what Xie Yingjie meant by “becoming a silicon-based life form”, perhaps including himself.
Xie Yingjie still couldn't remember it in the end. No matter how fast his brain processed, no matter how detailed the things he saw were, he just couldn't remember what he couldn't remember.
Of the precious memories of the past, only fleeting faces and names from the old times remain.
And the emotions brought about by those long-abandoned names.
…
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After Xie Yingjie finished his business, Bai Wu began to prepare to leave the tower.
Bai Wu doesn't plan to bring Wang Shi, Shang Xiaoyi, Lin Wurou, Yin Shuang, Qin Lin, Bai Xiaoyu and others with him when he leaves the tower this time.
The battle that took place in the Food Domain made Bai Wu realize that facing an enemy that was too powerful, Lin Wu Rou and the others were temporarily unable to play their respective roles.
Lin Wurou and the others also realized this, and no one wanted to be a burden that held them back. Especially since this was the seventh team, they were the team with the highest frequency of leaving the tower before the white mist arrived.
Without Wujiu and Bai Wu, Qin Lin and Bai Xiaoyu joined, and the vanguard group still consisted of six people, with Yin Shuang as the leader. These six people also applied for an investigation outside the tower and headed for the blue area.
Bai Wu approved.
It is worth mentioning that the order monitoring team also sent Wang Su, Zheng Yue and Pang Li to monitor Lin Wu Rou and others.
The real purpose of the Order Group is to ensure that no one in the Investigation Corps is secretly disrupting the family business.
Bai Wu didn't care. Wang Su, Zheng Yue, and Pang Li were all much stronger than Lin Wu Rou and others. On the surface, as long as the investigation corps did not violate the rules, they were in a cooperative relationship.
Three people from the order group stared at Lin Wurou and his group, while the other three stared at Bai Wu and Wujiu.
Liu Hu, Xie Xingzhi, and the banquet are free.
Upon learning that Bai Wu and Wu Jiu were about to leave the tower, the other three members of the Order Group prepared to act together with Bai Wu and the others.
It appears to be cooperation, but in reality it is surveillance.
Bai Wu didn't care too much. The reason why Hong Yin felt troubled was probably not the ordinary meaning of "the evil is very strong and dangerous".
There are many strange stories hidden in that deserted village, and solving them is his specialty.
Just like in some facilities of Baichuan Middle School, no matter how strong and powerful Yan Zizai and his people are... they have to submit to the rules.
What's more, these three people are quite powerful. If we bring them together, we might be able to make use of them.
However, this time, the lineup for helping Hong Yin was even more lively than Bai Wu had imagined, and there was another person waiting to leave the tower with Bai Wu.
Jiang Xuan, former officer of the security department of the third squadron of the Gaota Town Imperial Army.
His real name was Cain.
(There will be more in the evening.)