Outside the tower, above the mechanical city, the core city.
The anti-virus security team has not been deployed for a long time since the last wave of anger.
The Anti-Virus Guard Team has been deployed six times in the history of the Mechanical City. However, the team was not originally called this name, but was called the Divine Guard Team.
As the name suggests, they are the guards of God.
The members of the Divine Guard have almost identical appearances to humans. Their mechanical paint jobs reveal almost no mechanical traces. Unlike the second and third generation mechanical clans below them, the Divine Guard, who are the fifth generation mechanical clan, have machines on their bodies that are perfectly matched with their flesh and blood.
However, the Divine Guard members still have an interface for data exchange on the back of their necks.
In Zero's works, there is currently no one who can reproduce the next generation. No matter how the original proportions are raised, the mechanical race is always a mechanical race.
All new humans were created by Zero himself. He created them completely according to a certain ratio.
In the entire Mechanical City, the number of old people, children, men and women has remained fixed for the past seven hundred years, but it is undeniable that the Mechanical City is full of vitality, and above the Mechanical City lives their God.
This god rarely appears. So far, only outsiders have seen him. Most of the residents in the inner city have seen his servants.
The captain of the Divine Guard, now the captain of the Anti-Virus Guard, Akas.
In a sense, Akas does not belong to the category of the fifth generation of the mechanical race, because he often sets foot in the core city hall and is transformed by Zero himself.
However, although his mechanical core has been constantly updated and has been ahead of other mechanical races by countless generations, Akas's human appearance has not changed much.
He was a grown man with silver hair, deep ocean-colored eyes, and a rather cool temperament.
Most people in the Mechanical City respect Akasi more than they fear him.
Akas has saved the Mechanical City many times, so they rarely call him by his name, but instead call him - Captain.
Just like what Bai Wu called Wujiu. Wujiu was the most powerful being in the tower. And Akas was the most powerful being in the entire mechanical city, after Zero.
Most of the time, Akas would stand on the edge of the huge suspended island - the core city, just like he is now, looking at the city 1,200 meters below.
The surrounding security team members were reporting to him about the events that had taken place in the past few days.
"The information about the apostle has been released, and all forces are vying for it. Captain, are the armored mechas given to the inner city too powerful this time? They might get into a huge internal fight for this apostle."
The lord of the Mechanical City, the God named Zero, has not left the palace for a long time. Currently, everything in the Mechanical City is under the charge of Akas:
"Don't worry. If the bait is too small, it won't attract big fish. Make sure that before the auction, all the people in the inner city know the power of the Apostle Armor. I have already made the details."
A member of the security team said:
"But the raging tide will arrive in four days. By then, I'm afraid the inner city will..."
"I told you, don't worry. The Mechanical City will face a catastrophe, but it will also usher in a revolution. Apart from the Apostles, is there any other news recently?"
The guard said:
"Six outsiders have appeared, and professions that have never been joined by outsiders have appeared."
"It's the twisted soul corrector." Akas' tone didn't seem surprised at all.
The guard member continued:
"Also, there are rumors in the inner city that a master who is comparable to the one who killed the Supreme Double in those days has appeared."
Double Kill Supreme, Akas frowned when he heard these four words that had a rather mysterious atmosphere.
The inner city is square like a chessboard. Although it is chaotic, it is actually orderly from the perspective of the past seven hundred years. Moreover, this city also accepts outsiders, and Zero has already established all the systems.
However, among these outsiders, there were two powerful beings who climbed into the core city. In the eyes of all the mechanical people in the inner city, the Double Kill Supreme was killed by the Anti-Virus Guard.
But actually... they were just driven away by Zero.
Acas didn't care about the past and said:
"Don't worry about the other six outsiders, but try to collect as much information as possible about the twisted soul corrector without being discovered. The more detailed the better."
The members of the anti-virus security team thought that their captain was a little strange.
The tide of anger was approaching, but the captain was different from before and seemed to not care at all.
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The name of Double Kill Supreme is becoming more and more famous.
No one knew the details of their battle, but according to the descriptions of outsiders, each move was fatal and went straight to the core of the attack.
There were also people from the Eye of Kuros and Dark Night Judgment who were curious about the battle process, but they were solved by Wujiu and Zheng Yue at the same time. This was to maintain the mystery.
Afterwards, the Eye of Kuros was restrained. The top management saw the value of the two and decided not to spy on them anymore.
So far, Wujiu and Zheng Yue have completed four missions and have been successfully promoted to senior security consultant of the Eye of Kuros.
At the auction, they will be responsible for protecting the safety of the participants of the Eye of Kuros auction.
Of course, the several battles between Wujiu and Zheng Yue were not always smooth.
Wujiu also learned about the second weakness of Zheng Yue’s “Mirror Flower and Water Moon”—the uncontrollability of dreams.
During the most recent battle, some strange things appeared in Zheng Yue's dream... such as a woman's long white legs.
The whole dream was filled with the smell of hormones, many indescribable things, and some indescribable props.
Later, Wujiu found out that Zheng Yue had had an erotic dream.
Although he can control the content of his dreams most of the time, there is still a certain chance that some uncontrollable things will appear in his dreams.
At this moment, Wujiu and Zheng Yue were in the hotel. Wujiu said:
"Why don't you go to the bar in the Mechanical City to vent your anger? You'd better not have such a dream next time."
"I'm a normal man too." Zheng Yue was listless and obviously didn't think it was strange that he had had a wet dream.
But Wujiu is very serious and earnest.
"Why don't you just cut it off."
"What?" Zheng Yue was so frightened by this sentence that he lost all sleepiness.
"During the battle, some huge and strange props suddenly fell from the sky, and they were close to my body, which greatly affected my operation."
"..." Zheng Yue was speechless, so he decided to change the subject:
"We have to find other people. But this mechanical city is pretty easy to get around in. I'm sure with Yan Zizai's ability, he can do just as well as us."
Wujiu thought so too. Of course, he had the most confidence in Bai Wu.
"No need to look for it, just wait for Bai Wu to find us. The auction is about to begin, and that mecha will attract many forces to fight for it, so let's prepare for it now."
"You seem to be very committed? Speaking of which, life here is really good. You can consider leaving the tower."
Seeing that the topic was successfully changed, Zheng Yue narrowed his eyes again, as if he was half asleep.
Wujiu said seriously:
"My subordinates have taught me one thing: if you devote yourself to some small things before you have any clues, you may gain convenience from the details of some insignificant things."
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Machinery city, inner city.
Men are afraid of choosing the wrong career.
In Zheng Yue's eyes, Yan Zizai should have already possessed status and reputation in the Machinery City.
But the reality is that Yan Zizai took on an assassination job, and the target of the assassination was a woman with mechanical limbs.
This female mechanic is an unarmed machine and is just a beggar in the inner city.
To kill this female mechanical creature, Yan Zizai only needs one knife to blast its fragile shell.
But when Yan Zizai was about to take action, the female mechanical clan member started crying and begging, saying that she saw and heard nothing last night, and begged Yan Zizai to let her go.
Bai Xiaoyu and Yan Zizai both realized that this female mechanical beggar must have witnessed a crime in progress, and the criminal might have been unable to take action at the time for some reason.
There are many mercenaries in the Mechanical City, and it is very easy for employers to issue tasks. Mercenaries are different from gang thugs. They do not serve a certain company, nor do they need to know the background of the employer. They will do the job for money.
This is very similar to a killer, so much so that mercenaries often do the work of a killer.
In Yan Zizai's eyes, the mechanical race is not a living being, and he has no moral burden towards these people.
But Bai Xiaoyu blocked Yan Zizai's way:
"My Lord... they have souls too. Please let them go and we will take on other tasks."
"If we don't kill it, it will die anyway. You should have seen that there are four people who have accepted this mission."
Yan Zizai looked at Bai Xiaoyu coldly:
"Do you really want to keep it with you? If you have this mentality, you'd better go back to the tower as soon as possible. There are so many dirty things in this world."
Bai Xiaoyu was silent for a few seconds and then said:
"I can't save it, and I know I can't take care of all the injustices, but this thing is wrong. At least we can avoid doing wrong things."
After Bai Xiaoyu finished speaking, she glared at Yan Zizai, and the female mechanical race ran away. Although she was missing an arm, her legs and feet were intact, and she disappeared in no time.
If Yan Zizai really wanted to do it, he could easily kill the female beggar, but in the end he did not do so.
Looking at Bai Xiaoyu's ferocious expression, he actually found it a little funny.
The mercenary journey of the two seemed to have taken a turn from this moment on.
Originally, if Yan Zizai were alone, he would quickly become a famous mercenary, but most of those missions were very criminal.
Under Bai Xiaoyu's obstruction, the tasks Yan Zizai took on every day were all very trivial.
For example, he helped an old mechanical man find his lost mechanical dog. He went to a bar in the southern part of the city to have a drink with a lonely old rich woman. After that, he went to a car modification shop to repair the car. Although he didn't know how to repair the car, he could help carry heavy objects, or take care of the daily life of a disabled mechanical man.
The mercenary career went completely astray because of Bai Xiaoyu's existence.
If Yan Zizai recalls it in the future, he might feel ashamed, but he will not regret it.
It was a very strange feeling. When Bai Xiaoyu saw those in need getting help, the smile on her face was very healing.
This seems to be a kind of benefit other than contribution points and prestige points. Although Yan Zizai did not treat Bai Xiaoyu well, he even said with contempt:
"Childish and boring."
After this kind of task continued for a few days, Yan Zizai received a big task.
This great mercenary, who was buried in trivial matters, received a commission requiring him to come to the twelfth floor of Luozang Building to escort his employer to an auction in the eastern part of the inner city.
When this task appeared in Bai Xiaoyu and Yan Zizai's list, the following words appeared -
This mission is only visible to you and Bai Xiaoyu. The mission difficulty is S level.
This mission is only visible to you and Yan Zizai. The mission difficulty is S level.
Bai Xiaoyu and Yan Zizai looked at each other. Yan Zizai said:
"A mission that only we can take? Will we take it?"
"Escorting the employer doesn't seem like a bad mission... Why don't you take it?"
Yan Zizai accepted the task.
However, the content of this task is displayed in many steps.
Hello, I have been observing you for a long time. Thank you for accepting this mission. Before you complete this mission, I must tell you that this mission is very dangerous. Now please go to this place first. I have marked it on the mission map. You will get a set of equipment there.
Looking at the text information in the task list, Yan Zizai looked around.
"It seems like we have been under constant surveillance these days?"
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Bai Wu and Xie Xingzhi are very busy these days.
The two of them were like ordinary workers rushing to produce in a factory assembly line, constantly treating people with damaged bodies and infected with the Lawu virus.
However, hard work pays off. Bai Wu now has a lot of prestige points, and his prestige level has reached the level of "industry leader". Xie Xingzhi is not bad either, having reached the level of "inner city elite".
For many of the people treated by Bai Wu, their emotions were transformed into data. The data could not be deleted and instead piled up to become bloated.
This also confirms his view on the Lawu virus, which is the incompatibility between machines and souls.
The mechanical core believes that once these emotions are possessed, the body's owner will do things that harm itself.
Some are anger, some are shame, and some are sadness and fear. In short, without exception, they are all negative emotions.
Although the contents of everyone's inner world are inconsistent, after Bai Wu enters, he can always easily find things that correspond to reality and find the three rooms at the same time.
Bai Wu’s idea is to slowly accumulate data and then be able to enter the core city.
He and Xie Xingzhi also heard some news these days. Most of the tasks Xie Xingzhi received were to treat gang members, including those from the Eye of Kuros, Mog Company and Kroll Company.
They are giant weapons manufacturers, all vying for a spot in the auction.
Bai Wu didn't want to participate and planned to avoid it, thinking that less trouble is worse than more trouble. Although he still learned about fantasy topics such as the return of the Double Kill Supreme and the birth of the World Destroying Mecha through the patient's narration during this process.
Bai Wu just listened to the story and didn't take it too seriously. He was more concerned about treating the Rawu virus. Although he was now very good at it, he had not encountered a severely infected person so far.
The virus seems to be lurking, waiting for the season of anger to arrive.
This is Bai Wu's intuition, and his intuition has always been very accurate.
On the fifth day after he and Xie Xingzhi came to this world, three days before the angry season of the Lawu virus, Bai Wu received a special mission.
The mission is of level S difficulty. Go to Yinhong Community in the East City District and treat the auctioneer. This mission can only be accepted by you and Xie Xingzhi.
The mission is S-level difficult. Go to Yinhong Community in the East City District and treat the auctioneer. Only you and Bai Wu can accept this mission.
Bai Wu and Xie Xingzhi had been staying in the hotel these days. They had just finished a busy day and were planning to find something to eat.
"I have different professions, how come I received the same task?" Xie Xingzhi was puzzled.
"It is obvious that this person's body and soul have been damaged."
Xie Xingzhi felt something was wrong. After all, the highest difficulty level of the mission he had accepted before was only B.
In that mission, he repaired the target machine during the fight between the two groups, which was extremely dangerous.
He couldn't imagine the concept of S-level. But when he saw the auctioneer, he knew that this task was probably related to the big event that had been making a lot of noise in the inner city these days.
Bai Wu was thinking about the Lau virus-infected patients he had treated in the past few days. They all had one thing in common: there were many rooms in the three houses, and one of the rooms was closed.
But in the closed room, there is actually someone hiding. Thinking of this, Bai Wu said:
"Let's go. Head to the mission location."
"You're going? Aren't you not interested in these things?"
Xie Xingzhi was referring to the upcoming auction.
"I'm really not interested, but they came to us on their own initiative. I don't know why this auction has attracted so much attention, but I think... this might be a setup."
"It can't be a bureau targeting us, right?"
"Of course not. We are just minor characters to Zero."
"Why are we talking about number zero..." Xie Xingzhi frowned and began to think.
Bai Wu said:
"It's hard to tell right now, but maybe a big guest will come to the Machinery City."