After receiving the news from the housekeeper, Zhao Rulong quickly rushed back home.
Yesterday afternoon, he successfully received his daughter's soul, but it took some time for him to adapt to the new body, and he just woke up today.
"Luckily I left two days later, otherwise I wouldn't have seen my daughter wake up..."
He walked to the rest room he had specially prepared for his daughter. It was filled with various first aid equipment and looked similar to an ICU.
He felt a little uncomfortable because he didn't see the usual whip made of mutant buffalo leather in the middle of the room.
That whip was her favorite among all the gifts he gave his daughter.
"Dad... woooooooooo~"
Zhao Sisi cried weakly, her eyes filled with fear.
Zhao Rulong hugged his daughter and said, "Don't be afraid, Daddy is here, no one can hurt you anymore..."
"Kill them! Dad, they killed Uncle Rujiao and also killed me... Kill them!
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Zhao Sisi's eyes were filled with resentment, and she roared on Zhao Rulong's shoulder.
She struggled to shake Zhao Rulong's body, but her clumsy movements made her look extremely uncoordinated.
"What!? Ru Jiao is dead???"
Zhao Rulong's face was full of disbelief.
This matter is even more outrageous than the death of his daughter!
Zhao Rujiao is a genuine mysterious fourth-level evolver. Although he has not been told explicitly about his secret ball skills, people roughly know that they are life-saving.
Can three life-saving secret balls be killed by someone
Even a soldier with strong bonuses on the battlefield can't do it, right
"Ru Jiao is a steady person, how could... you saw him dead? Could it be an illusion caused by his secret ball skill?"
"Impossible! I saw Uncle Rujiao self-destruct with my own eyes. All his secret balls were knocked away by those people, and then he was caught and humiliated... Those people are devils! They all deserve to die, you should bring people to kill them... No! Catch them back, I want to peel off their skins one by one with my own hands!"
The resentment in Zhao Sisi's eyes was about to overflow.
Zhao Rulong frowned.
Zhao Rujiao failed to escape after using up his secret ball skill? He finally exploded and died... How powerful must the opponent be
This time he led the team to the front battlefield. The strongest member of the team was a fourth-level intermediate blasting professional. The rest of the people, including him, were only fourth-level beginners, the same level as Zhao Rujiao.
And when it comes to the ability to save one's life... none of the four of them are as good as Zhao Rujiao. His cousin put all his effort into making the secret ball to save his life!
Moreover, even if he had comprehended some escape skills, he could not make them into a secret ball... because an unknown predecessor had already made them, and after overlapping, the secret ball could not be formed.
The secret has been revealed. A magician whose secret has been exposed will no longer be recognized for his magic.
Therefore, all the fourth-level professionals of the Crusade have a confidential file which can only be opened after their death. It is kept in the hands of the leader. It records their secret ball skills. After their death, the fourth-level professionals within the Crusade can check it to avoid duplication when making secret balls.
However, some people and some skills cannot be recorded completely, and duplication may occur occasionally.
"Sisi, tell me in detail what happened to you out there. Who are the 'they' you mentioned?"
There was a look of fear in Zhao Sisi's eyes.
"They... are a group of unkillable demons."
"Um?"
Half an hour later.
Zhao Sisi recounted everything that had happened to her since she entered the battlefield, from joining Xufeng's team to being rescued by a group of strange people, to being forced to hold a strange seal to release skills, to Zhao Rujiao coming to help her get revenge, destroying those people, and seizing a large number of Inquisitor bullets and some strange items...
Later, Zhao Rujiao was hit with a secret ball skill and the other team was wiped out. While recovering from her injuries, she was lured out by someone, and then Zhao Rujiao was also lured out and killed, and then she was also killed...
After listening to this series of incredible stories, even the knowledgeable Zhao Rulong found it... incredible.
He even personally checked his daughter's soul state again to make sure that no inexplicable changes had occurred on the way back, and only then did he completely believe what his daughter said.
"Resurrection? Force you to summon the crow? Contract the bear king? Ru Jiao was lured out after losing a secret ball?"
"right!"
"... ..."
Except for the second one, they are all pretty incredible!
This is something that goes against common sense!
No, the second one alone is even weirder!
"Let me sort it out for a while."
Zhao Rulong himself was confused. He checked with his daughter again before he understood what she had said.
"This group of people... is very complicated!"
His expression became extremely solemn. What his daughter said once again confirmed his previously overturned guess: the other party was not simply the remnant of the Inquisitor, but was using this name to cause trouble!
Even though the Inquisitor inheritance was destroyed by several of their inheritances 50 years ago, there were still friends of the Inquisitor in the Human Alliance. As far as he knew... most of the elderly Inquisitors who had not died were living in the protection of these inheritances, and he had no other way to deal with it.
"A fourth-level bear king... is not something that anyone can command. It is impossible for a team without a fourth-level shaman to have a fourth-level bear king without the help of shaman heritage."
"Those southern barbarians may claim to be peaceful, but they are secretly doing so many little things. Don't think I can't see it!"
Zhao Sisi nodded bitterly: "That's right! Last time, there was a young shaman who looked strong and healthy. I asked him to come to our Little Fairy Guild's party, but he rejected me. His words revealed the aura of a reactionary. From what I could tell, these shamans are definitely not good people!"
Speaking of the gathering of his daughter's small association, Zhao Rulong had heard about it. It was not a serious gathering. He frowned and didn't say much.
The most important thing right now is to find out who the enemy is!
The headquarters church of the Christian Church was attacked in public, and the murderer has not been caught yet. They have lost all face!
If they still don't figure out who the enemy is, they will be in a very passive situation!
"Oh, right... You said they captured you, took you to the security area outside the soldier base, and then lured Zhao Rujiao out?"
"Yes! Although they blindfolded me when they did this, when I opened my eyes, I was there. Uncle Zhao Rujiao had already come. They surrounded Uncle Zhao Rujiao and tried to use me to make Zhao Rujiao surrender."
"We must not surrender at this time! Ru Jiao is doing the right thing."
Zhao Rulong is well aware of this strategy. If he doesn't surrender, Zhao Rujiao will not die, and Zhao Sisi might not die either. But if he surrenders... both of them will die!
At this moment, he remembered the battle report from Yinglong Military Base a few days ago.
When the fourth-level warning mine was triggered, Zhao Rujiao, Ji Cha and two professionals from the soldier base were sent out to check. Then the soldier who was traveling with Zhao Rujiao said that Zhao Rujiao had activated the secret ball to chase someone.
"Did you see any of the soldiers at the time?"
"No!"
"Damn it! Damn the soldiers! They betrayed you!"
When the information from both sides matched, he knew that it was the soldiers who betrayed Zhao Rujiao.
Given Zhao Rujiao's cautious character, he would definitely not take the initiative to attack after losing a secret ball skill, which means he was sent out by soldiers in the official name.
In addition to the soldiers' nonsense, Zhao Rujiao's secret balls are all life-saving skills, and it is impossible for him to chase zombies!
The battle between the last four-level professionals was so noisy, but the soldiers did not provide any support... They were obviously accomplices!
"The other party has great ambitions, and the soldiers and shaman heritage have most likely been persuaded to join... I'm going to be out for a while, daughter, you should take good care of your injuries and adapt to this body. I promise... I will avenge you and create a new body for you!"
"Dad... Kill them and bring back the one called 'Xufeng'. I will torture him to death bit by bit!"
"Dad will avenge you!"
Zhao Rujiao patted his daughter on the back and immediately went to the Christian church.
On the way, he still had a few questions that he couldn't figure out.
"What on earth is this group resurrection Sisi mentioned? They can't all be clones, right? That's not right. Sisi said they all used skills from various inheritances. Clones are mechanical bodies. How could they learn this?"
"Something's wrong... Very wrong!"
"I can only think of one person in this world who can encourage so many people to participate at the same time..."
The meeting hall on the top floor of the Cross Church.
Gurgle~
An old man slowly slid in in a wheelchair.
Phew~
A bright red cloak flew down from the wall and draped over him smoothly. The collar was very high, covering half of his face.
Zhao Rulong: "Your Excellency the Cardinal, Zhao Rulong has something important to report!"
"explain."
After he told the whole story from beginning to end, he also shared his own guess.
"You mean... this could be the action of Chthon?"
At this moment, Zhao Huangwu no longer had his usual amiability. He was wearing a red cloak, and under the high collar, his face was half dark and half bright.
Zhao Rulong: "I can find so many successors to work for him... I can't think of anyone other than the former leader of the Human Alliance, Hades."
Zhao Huangwu pondered for a moment, but in the end did not express his opinion.
"Aren't you going to the northern battlefield the day after tomorrow? When you get there, investigate it yourself... If it involves deeper matters, it's not something you can participate in at your level."
Zhao Rujiao lowered his head in shame.
"It's because I haven't cultivated enough."
"Spend less time on unimportant things, go out more often, and look for inspiration to make a new secret ball. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach the fifth level in your lifetime..."
"yes."
"I've been teaching the younger generation at the headquarters these days. I want to see who is planning what..."
He didn't move, but the wheelchair moved by itself and slowly slid out of the conference hall with him.
Zhao Rulong respectfully watched Zhao Huangwu's wheelchair leave.
A low voice came from behind the wheelchair.
"I always feel that the opponent's strength... is not that high."
Zhao Rulong also sighed.
"Yeah, they couldn't even trigger our alarm, yet they dared to sneak attack our lobby? There was no further movement afterwards, so what was their purpose? It was as if they were deliberately trying to disgust me..."
The biggest problem with their current investigation is that they can't find the right direction. The Crusaders have many enemies, but there are only a few who dare to take action... in the central city.
The other party only destroyed their church hall and killed a security guard, Uncle Qin... It had no impact on the Christians. The evolvers who were proficient in architecture could restore it to its original state within a day.
Now that the security guard Uncle Qin is gone, we can still look for Abin and Sister Bai from the logistics department, they can both take over.
Zhao Rulong couldn't figure out the other party's purpose at all.
"Purpose... to disgust you?"
Squeak~
Zhao Huangwu's slowly moving wheelchair suddenly stopped. He turned around, and his old eyes became bright.
His years of experience taught him a truth: Sometimes too many interference factors will affect your judgment, but just remember one thing... If you don't know the enemy's purpose, then look at who is the ultimate beneficiary.
"The biggest impact of this incident is that... the joint law enforcement team of you and the Superhuman Association delayed the operation by two days."
Zhao Rulong thought for a moment and suddenly realized!
"It's the group that killed Ru Jiao! They are delaying my arrival! Damn it! I should have thought of it earlier!"
"How did they know about me so quickly?"
"Also, the other party knew the location of our internal cameras so well, but they didn't capture any useful information at all!"
"Could it be... there is a traitor?"
The original meeting was held here, and many Christians saw it, so it would not be surprising if they heard some news.
Zhao Huangwu: "Not necessarily... There are soldiers in the Extraordinary Association as well. It would be normal for them to tip off this group of people claiming to be judges, but they acted too fast."
"If they are really that group of people... they will definitely leave some information. Rulong, tell me Sisi's experience from beginning to end without missing a word."
"good!"
After hearing a detail in the first half of the story, Zhao Huangwu's face suddenly turned dark.
"You mean... Sisi was forced by that group of people to use a seal to release his skills?"
"Yes! I'm also confused. Although Sisi has a bad temper, it's normal for the other party to teach her a lesson... Why did they suddenly ask her to summon crows?"
Zhao Huangwu took out a blank skill seal from his pocket.
"What she said... might be this thing. The other party's people... are stealing her skills! Take it back now and let Sisi take a look."
"good!"
When Zhao Rulong returned home, Zhao Sisi recognized the seal engraving skill at a glance.
"That's it! Dad, where did you find it?"
...
Cross Church, second floor.
Skill practice room.
The Clown King was still practicing the skills Zhao Huangwu taught him in there as usual.
He would put his mouth to his wrist from time to time and chat with other players in the central city.
Clown King: "@God rewards hard work, stop playing with the young woman, she's wearing away your will every day, you don't have the fighting spirit anymore!"
God rewards hard work: "I am conveying the Lord's care to them... They will feel warm and fulfilled. This is called realm. You know nothing. Just study your skills well!"
The only thing you can't let down is the succubus: "@God rewards hard work, why don't you choose a shaman as your second specialization? I can help you train a succubus, isn't that more fun than those female NPCs?"
God rewards hard work: "Fuck you, I can get anything from mature women to lolita, but I can't deal damage across species. You can keep it for yourself. As for the second specialization... I'll copy one when they develop a good routine. Anyway, I don't need it now. Oh, by the way! I suggest you get a succubus for the lord. He may like to play with it, and then I can increase your favorability..."
Only the succubus cannot be let down: "Okay, I'll try it later, I'll put my own money in his pocket to send him a girl!"
Clown King: "Vulgar! Boring! A real man should fight! I have copied the Life Devouring Seal and its extended skill Destruction from the old man. This set of damage is damn high! And it can also suck blood. Zhao Rujiao used this to kill so many of our summons. The skill seals were placed in the sub-base yesterday. If any of you like to play the Vitality School, go to the sub-base and learn it."
God rewards the hard work: "Oh! Let me add that many third-level mystic believers know this set, and there are special staffs and books that increase the Life-Devouring Magic Seal sold in the weapon shop inside the church. If you want them, let me know and I'll buy them for you. After all, I'll have some face as a brother."
Clown King: "Awesome! And exclusive equipment! But I don't follow this style, what a pity... Eh? Someone is coming, let's talk brothers later."
When the Clown King heard the sound of a wheelchair outside, he quickly pretended to be practicing his skills seriously.
"Teacher, are you done?"
Zhao Huangwu looked at Wang Chou with complicated eyes.
He had originally intended to train this mysterious and gifted successor as his last disciple, but he never expected...
He raised his hands slightly, and countless thick red energies turned into tentacles, instantly binding the Clown King.
"Hmm? Teacher, what are you doing...?"
The Clown King's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Something bad happened!
Zhao Huangwu looked into his eyes:
"Wang Chou, I don't understand one thing. How did you deceive Lord Dreger and obtain the skills he passed on in his dreams?"