“Zard,” Dayu said gently and slowly, “May I ask if I’m stuck in some kind of strange loop?”
As he spoke, Dayu’s tone became heartbroken: “Or did I do something wrong in my past life that I have to be with you in this life? Huh?!”
Now Dayu felt very powerless. In his current state of depleted mental will, he would fall asleep in about two or three days, and Xiaoyu would come out.
Then no matter how far he ran, he would eventually be brought back here by Xiaoyu and Zard.
And he couldn't easily leave Zard, because when he fell asleep, Xiaoyu would come out. Xiaoyu couldn't control his abilities. In order not to be identified, he came out after disguising himself and didn’t bring any of his works with him.
In this situation, Dayu needed Zard to protect Xiaoyu while he was asleep.
In this way, Dayu, Zhong Yu, and Xiaoyu would not die!
“Give me an explanation,” Dayu said coldly.
At this time, Zard cautiously explained: “Actually, as soon as you fell asleep, I encountered that family from the wilderness, who were approaching the settlement. They are very strong, and they seem to have integrated the four major families in the wilderness. They have thousands of people, and I have to return to the settlement to report.”
“What happened then? Did you fight?” Dayu asked.“They only probed a few times, injuring Nangong Yuanyu and others before running away. Luckily, I came back, otherwise, this settlement would be in real danger,” Zard said seriously: “Xiaoyu likes it here very much. Even if we leave, we can’t just watch everyone here die. If Xiaoyu finds out later, he will definitely be very sad, possibly crying for seven days and seven nights.”
Dayu was silent for a while: “Well, I accept this reason. What about next time? We won’t return here again, will we?”
Zard said seriously: “There will be excuses for next time, and they won’t be repeated.”
“Who told you to tell the truth!” Even Dayu, a steady and experienced core member of the Conglomerate, couldn’t control his temper.
He was desperate because he knew that he would absolutely not be able to leave unless he finished building this wilderness settlement.
No matter how many times he left, as long as he slept, he would definitely return here!
It’s really amazing!
“Okay, this time, you and I will join forces with Daybreak and Masonic Lodge to kill this troublesome wilderness family before we leave. Will that work?” Dayu said: “What else do I have to do?”
Zard said: “Xiaoyu also wants to go to Xiuzhu Prefecture. He’s quite curious about it.”
“Is he curious, or are you curious?” Dayu asked.
“While I’m a bit more curious, he’s curious too. There’s no contradiction,” Zard said confidently.
“Well, anything else? Tell me all at once,” Dayu said.
“Also, it is said that there are frequent floods here. The two of us have to go upstream to build a dam, like the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, to ensure that this settlement can irrigate rice while not worrying about floods,” Zard said.
“You can just build the dam. What does it have to do with me!” Dayu complained.
“The ancients said, ‘Dayu controlled the floods’”.
“Using puns is a crime, you know!”
Such a family led by a new king is indeed powerful, but this wilderness settlement is not ordinary either. In the Masonic Lodge alone, more than ten C-Class members were cultivated by Qing Chen using the Purple Orchid Star. Qing Ling, Li Cheng, and others don’t need to be mentioned. They are all growing rapidly under the baptism of the Zhunti Method, and they also have excellent combat skills.
How could these people be defeated by a wilderness family?
Zard said: “That wilderness family was integrated by two brothers. Both of them are A-Class, and they have two Forbidden Artifacts. The elder brother’s Forbidden Artifact can transform his shadow into a physical entity, and the shadow has the strength of an A-Class. The younger brother’s Forbidden Artifact is a revolver. Before each battle, he shoots himself with it, but I don’t know why, there are no bullets in his gun.”
Dayu was stunned: “Forbidden Artifact ACE-055, Fate-Defying Revolver. Forbidden Artifact ACE-026, Silhouette! Are these two brothers chosen by heaven? It’s one thing for both brothers to become A-Class, but they also both possess such powerful Forbidden Artifacts?”
“What are these things?” Zard curiously asked.
Dayu said angrily: “I told you to read the subscription publications of the Hu Family Intelligence Agency. I spent millions to subscribe to them!”
Forbidden Artifact ACE-055, Fate-Defying Revolver, has six bullets. Every day, you must shoot yourself with it, and only once. After shooting, a bullet will be added to the chamber.
Before each shot, the cylinder will rotate rapidly. No one knows what will happen after the shot. It has nothing to do with fate. That moment will be determined by this revolver!
The effects of the six bullets are different.
The first is a blank: shooting it is like nothing happened.
The second is a grand firework bullet: the grand fireworks are like a harmless joke, it won’t hurt anyone, and the fireworks will bloom in the sky.
The third is a freezing debuff bullet: if the host is hit by a freezing debuff bullet, he will move slowly and feel cold all over.
The fourth is an acceleration bullet and a petrification skin debuff bullet: the movement speed will be doubled, the skin will be extremely tough, bulletproof, and even bullets can’t pierce it.
The fifth is a downgrade bullet: if the host is A-Class, he will be downgraded to B-Class for the day. If the host is an ordinary person, he will die immediately.
The sixth is an upgrade bullet: if the host is A-Class, he will instantly enter the Demi-God realm.
The most powerful aspect of this revolver is that when you are lucky enough to use it to enter the Demi-God realm, you will leave a mark of fusion with the will of the world. It will be much easier to become a Demi-God in the future.
Because you have already reached the realm that others can’t reach, you know how to go on that path, and the door of the world has been opened to you.
This Forbidden Artifact is what every Awakened One in the world dreams of.
Cultivators can cultivate step by step, but whether an Awakened One can ascend to Demi-God depends entirely on their own fate.
The containment condition of this Forbidden Artifact is: you must shoot yourself in the temple every day, otherwise, a real bullet will randomly replace a bullet in the revolver.
In other words, this revolver can only be aimed at yourself. Otherwise, an extra real bullet will enter the cylinder. One shot will blow even a Demi-God’s head off.
Death is inevitable.
Now let’s talk about the latter, Forbidden Artifact ACE-026 Silhouette:
This is a pair of scissors that can cut off one’s own shadow, allowing the shadow to become an independent individual with the same strength as the host.
Containment condition: It can only be used once within 24 hours, and after cutting off the shadow, it must return to the main body within 24 hours, otherwise, it will develop self-awareness and try to kill the host.
It is said that the extractor was Xu Xianchu, a northwestern army general.
You should know that not all Forbidden Artifacts can be used in combat, but these two brothers not only awakened A-Class abilities but also possessed two Forbidden Artifacts directly used in combat.
No wonder the settlement couldn’t defeat them.
There are two possibilities. One is that the younger brother himself has B-Class strength, and then fired an upgrade bullet, becoming an A-Class for a day, so Zard and others felt the pressure.
Another possibility is that the younger brother already has A-Class strength.
If this is the case, it’s terrifying. If this younger brother suddenly fires an upgrade bullet one day, they will have to face a Demi-God!
Dayu thinks that the latter is more likely. After all, if the younger brother is only B-Class, then both Forbidden Artifacts should be concentrated in the hands of the elder brother to maximize the benefits.
After all, a Demi-God is priceless.
He looked at Zard: “So the other party only probed and didn’t attack you yet. They are waiting for the bullet that will allow him to become a Demi-God! When that time comes, everyone will die, right!”
Dayu felt that it was no wonder that these two brothers could start the process of unifying the wilderness. This combat power basically allowed them to dominate the wilderness!
Other families, encountering this level of opponent, have no choice but to kneel down.
Zard said: “Don’t be afraid, he only has a one in six chance every day. Maybe he won’t get the chance to become a Demi-God for a year.”
“Why are you so optimistic!” Dayu felt powerless.
That’s a Demi-God!
“What do you want to eat in the morning?” Zard asked: “I caught a nest of wild boars for the villagers yesterday. Our family still has a hind leg left. I’ll roast it for you.”
Dayu asked: “Don’t change the subject. I ask you, what will those people do after merging other families? Will they be given autonomy, or must everyone completely obey?”
“It must be complete obedience,” Zard said: “When they sent people over for the first time, they told us to hand over all the women, so that the men could live and become their vassals.”
“Then there’s no possibility of reconciliation,” Dayu nodded: “If they are Wildlanders, they may just obey. Their sense of dignity is not that strong. But there are a large number of city people and Time Travelers in this settlement. They will never accept this condition.”
Dayu continued: “Listen to me, the most important thing we should do now is to gather all our strength to take the initiative to fight them, instead of playing word games here like ‘Dayu controlling the floods’! We must kill them before one of them breaks through to Demi-God, and then seize their Forbidden Artifacts!”
“Ah,” Zard exclaimed like a supporting role: “Good idea.”
“When was their last attack on the settlement?” Dayu asked.
“Inner World, 16 days ago,” Zard said.
Dayu fell into thought. It’s been 16 days, and the other party hasn’t become a Demi-God once? After all, if the other party had become a Demi-God, they would have attacked long ago.
Then there are only two possibilities. The first is that this wilderness younger brother’s luck is too bad.
The second possibility is that the probability of this revolver is problematic. Not all bullets have a one in six chance, but like an Outer World game, they give you a nine-square grid turntable. Even though ‘Thank you for participating’ only occupies one square, you can draw ‘Thank you for participating’ 99 times out of 100 draws.
The last one is still a consolation prize.
In this revolver, the probability of the upgrade bullet must be very small, otherwise, the other party would have come to flatten this place long ago.
Dayu is not a weak, hesitant person. Since he intends to stay here for a while, he must solve this matter!
“Let’s go, find Yang Yang and Nangong Yuanyu. We must take the initiative to attack,” Dayu said as he walked out the door.
Zard’s eyes lit up. Forget the rest, as long as Dayu is willing to stay here, otherwise, he will have to walk for several more days, and then walk back with Xiaoyu.
It’s too tiring.
Xiaoyu even cried while walking.
As soon as the two left the house, Dayu suddenly stopped. He saw an old woman and a young girl ahead. Both of them were wearing gold and silver ornaments, circle after circle around their wrists and necks, making a jingling sound as they walked.
They were wearing navy blue short-sleeved shirts and knee-length skirts, and they were also wearing ethnic-style tall hats.
And beside these two women, there were actually two golden corpses.
Golden Corpse!
Dayu’s scalp tingled. How could he have run into Lian Tribe people directly? Wasn’t it said that they usually don’t leave Xiuzhu Prefecture?
Moreover, the Lian Tribe cultivates corpses, divided into copper corpses, silver corpses, and Golden Corpses. Being able to control Golden Corpses is the highest level, equivalent to A-Class Metahumans in the outside world!
But these two women were strolling through the settlement nonchalantly. Some Time Travelers would take out the medicines they brought and try to exchange them for some specialties from Xiuzhu Prefecture.
Such as herbs, small animals, and insects.
They would even carefully teach the Time Traveler girl how to use insects, which ones can cure diseases, which ones can poison people to death, and which ones can strengthen one’s body.
When Dayu stared at the two of them, the two Golden Corpse old men turned their heads to look at him.
These Golden Corpses had clearly developed intelligence!
The old woman and the girl turned their heads, but the girl’s eyes lit up: “Grandma, help me grab him!”
Dayu: “?”
This Lian Tribe is indeed dangerous. They want to kidnap people and fight as soon as they meet!
Dayu became vigilant!
The old woman patiently said: “Lianhua, you can’t grab people here. It’s different from our place. We should follow local customs.”
Zard chuckled beside him: “It’s okay, don’t be polite to us. I can offer a dowry.”
Dayu glared at him. This is nonsense.
But the old woman and the girl Lianhua continued to stroll through the streets. The girl would occasionally look back at Dayu, as if she still remembered him.
The old woman whispered: “Lianhua, don’t stare at him. If you really want him, let’s secretly come over and feed him Red Heart Gu tonight.”
“But my Red Heart Gu isn’t ready yet,” Lianhua said dejectedly.
“It’s okay. Let’s wait. When your Red Heart Gu is ready, we’ll come and ambush him. When he’s infected with Red Heart Gu, he’ll be yours,” the old woman said with a smile, speaking extremely ferocious words.
Luckily, Dayu didn’t hear it, otherwise, he would have packed his bags and run away that night.
In the settlement’s meeting hall, Dayu looked at Yang Yang, Sun Chuci, Nangong Yuanyu, Qing Ling, and Li Cheng and said: “We must take the initiative to attack. Before the other party’s Forbidden Artifact takes effect, we must kill the brothers. Otherwise, if they create a Demi-God, everyone will suffer.”
Yang Yang said: “I think so too, but the problem is that they only probe, and once Qing Ling and Li Cheng go out to scout, the other party runs away again. The other party is different from ordinary Wildlanders. They are not reckless at all. I’ve called for help from Black Spade’s companions, but it will take some time for them to arrive.”
Dayu frowned. What should we do? We can’t just wait to die, can we?
Fifty kilometers east of the settlement, the Gao brothers were gathering the Liu Family, the Tuoba Family, the Zhou Family, and the Wei Family to discuss strategies.
Thousands of Wildlanders set up a temporary camp here, and nearly a hundred Off-road Vehicles were parked outside the camp, with people guarding them with crude firearms.
The big shots gathered around the bonfire, each wearing wolf skins and mink skins, and their clothes were also made of animal skins.
The Gao brothers looked to be about forty years old. The elder brother is called Gao Long, and the younger brother is called Gao Hu.
Gao Long was holding a lamb leg and cut off a piece of meat with a small knife and put it into his mouth.
The leader of the Liu Family asked: “There are experts hidden in that settlement. We have probed several times and have been repelled. Moreover, the scouts in that settlement are all cautious, like the Federation’s army. Why don’t we just give up? If we really fight, everyone will suffer heavy losses.”
He chewed while saying: “It’s simple. That settlement must be taken. Let alone the tens of thousands of people, and we can set aside the beautiful women. The Time Travelers in that settlement are what we need the most. You know Time Travelers, right? They are people who can travel between two worlds. They appeared in the wilderness before, but Gao Hu killed them all.”
“Time Travelers?” the leader of the Wei Family asked: “What can they do?”
“They can bring medicine, salt, and sugar. With them, the lives of our families will be guaranteed,” Gao Long looked down at everyone: “Everyone, don’t worry about the experts in that settlement. When the time is right, Gao Hu and I will naturally be able to deal with them. After we take it down, I’ll take half of the women in the settlement, and you’ll divide the rest.”
However, at this moment, two strong men escorted a ragged, mud-covered boy: “Dad, this kid was going to join the settlement’s production base to work, but we intercepted him.”
Gao Long looked at the boy: “What’s your name?”
“Xiaotu,” the boy said fearfully.
“Why did you defect from the production base?” Gao Long asked.
“The Chen Family wants to take us to test the Forbidden Zone. My parents covered for me, and I ran away, telling me to run south, where there is a Wildlanders settlement,” the boy said tremblingly.