Chapter 716: To alert the snake (two-in-one super large chapter, please vote for me)
At present, He Ao has only two clues about Newland City State, the entire Newland branch of the research institute is missing and the suspected need for Dawn B-class personnel.
These two things can lead to two conclusions respectively.
1. There may be some kind of strange item in the city-state of Newland that can ‘abduct’ people without affecting them.
Second, Dawn's B-level deputy leader may be doing something near the city-state of Newland that is in urgent need of manpower.
Viewed separately, these two incidents were not considered to be "big things" that would make people very vigilant. However, the fact that the two incidents occurred in the same area made He Ao feel that something was wrong.
This feeling of something wrong does not come from his experience in the main world, but from his experience in the copy world.
The core point of these two things is 'people', whether it is the abducted transcendent or the manpower needs of Dawn's 'deputy leader'.
In the dungeon world, there is usually only one thing that is related to transcendence and requires a large number of 'people'.
‘sacrifice’.
A qualified FBI agent will immediately realize that something is wrong when he discovers a large number of missing persons cases within his jurisdiction, especially cases of missing extraordinary persons.
Of course, that was a dungeon world where evil gods were frequently active.
Strictly speaking, He Ao didn't want his conjecture to be true, but since he had discovered this sign, he still had to take a look.
Anyway, my clone has nothing to do now, so I just want to go on a trip.
He lowered his head and glanced at the substitute's cloak in his hand.
He had never used the full capabilities of this cloak, so he just wanted to test it out.
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Newland City-State·Ocean
The brilliance of the morning sun spreads from the rippling sea to the old fishing boats.
The man with curly brown hair sitting in the cockpit held the steering wheel in one hand and picked up a bottle of brandy in the other.
He held the mouth of the bottle with his hand and pushed it up with his fingers. The cork of the bottle of high-altitude distilled liquor was directly pushed open and flew into the corner of the cockpit.
He stared at the hazy island in the distance, raised the strong wine in his hand, and poured it into his throat like white water.
The city-state of Newland is not a land city-state, but a joint city-state composed of multiple islands close to the mainland of the Theia Empire.
There are only two ways to get to the city-state of Newland, one is to take a boat from Velen City and arrive across the sea, and the other is to take a direct flight.
The phone screen on the console lit up, showing a new incoming call. The man reached out and answered the call.
"Lenk, where are you now?"
Another hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Right away, almost there."
The man called Lenk took another sip of wine.
"Lunke, you didn't do a good job this time."
The voice on the other end of the phone softened slightly.
"It's none of my business,"
Lenk spat, "I'm just an errand boy. I came here to join you. You arranged for me to run errands. You also asked me to go to Velen City to contact Hu Wen's forces. You asked people for help without giving you anything, and they didn't refuse you.
That’s weird, idiot.”
Having said this, he paused and said, "Oh, I didn't reject you. I asked the deputy chief to negotiate in person, so are you going to find the deputy chief now? Oh, if the deputy chief is willing to end, you won't ask me to come back.
It’s a useless thing.”
"Lunke······"
The tone on the other end of the phone was stagnant, and he said sternly, "You are one of us now."
"If it weren't for the fact that Hu Wen's place breaks so many rules and doesn't allow random killings, would I come here to join you?"
Lenk took a sip of wine and glanced at the corpses of the crew members stacked up behind him. The dried blood was stepped on under his feet.
"I've been running around for you for half a month, asking for money or women, but it's your turn for a loser to sit on my head and point fingers? Are you worthy? When I was wanted, where were you feeding me?
.”
"Lunke, you..."
The person on the phone seemed so angry that he choked on his words.
"If you don't like me, come and have a one-on-one duel."
Lenk took another sip of wine and said, "I will give you one hand, but I will leave you with a whole body in the end."
The person on the phone was completely choked and fell into a brief silence. However, he did not agree to Lenk's duel invitation and hung up the phone directly.
"Courageless thing."
Lenk pulled out a dagger from his waist, made a sword dance, and stuck it on the dashboard.
Bang-bang-bang-
A slow and crisp knock sounded outside the door.
As soon as Lenk stopped drinking, he gently placed the wine bottle in his hand on the table, then reached out and carefully pulled out the dagger, silently crossing the cab and walking to the door.
Then he leaned against the wall beside the door and slowly reached out and opened the door.
squeak——
As the old metal door was slowly opened, no one appeared and there was nothing outside.
Lenk was stunned for a moment, then realized something. He grabbed the dagger and immediately turned behind him and stabbed out.
A pair of eyes as calm as water suddenly appeared in his field of vision.
"I'll lend you my destiny."
As the calm and slow voice sounded, Lenk felt a huge force suddenly tearing his body apart. His stabbing arm froze in place, and some invisible force was devouring his flesh and soul.
.
The severe pain made him arch his body unconsciously. He wanted to open his mouth and scream, but he couldn't make a sound.
The next second, his body disappeared suddenly as if erased by an eraser, leaving only a complete set of clothes wrapped in a small piece of bone, which fell to the ground.
He Ao lowered his head and stared at the clothes left by Lenk.
At this moment, countless information is gathering in his mind.
Those are Lenk's broken memories and the techniques for using Lenk's special abilities.
Lenk is Class D, his talent sequence should be 'Champion', and his physical ability is towards the flexibility and flexibility of 'Gymnastics'.
He was originally a transcendent of the World Tree, and completed the D-level promotion in the ruins, but something seemed to go wrong when he was promoted. His mental state tended to be crazy, and he could get pleasure from killing.
During a mission, he killed all his teammates, took the mission target, the dagger in his hand, defected from World Tree and became a wanted criminal.
After defecting, this guy has been staying in the Western Kingdoms, making a living by killing and robbing. Recently, he was really forced to do nothing by the siege of World Tree, so he left the Western Territory and joined the Dawn.
The fishing boat he robbed near the city-state of Newland at the moment was a fishing boat he had robbed near the city-state of Newland. He sailed from Newland to Velen, where he contacted Heao's forces, and then sailed back to Newland from Velen.
This guy likes killing and blood, and did not dispose of the bodies, leaving the bodies of the killed crew members piled in the cockpit.
However, this fishing boat was discovered by Nordin's men and reported to He Ao. He Ao found it by looking for traces of the fishing boat.
"This guy is not trusted and has not entered the core?"
He Ao picked up the dagger on the ground, thoughtfully.
At this time, his phone vibrated and received a new message, a message from the director of the institute, ‘Li Cheng’.
It seems that his plan needs to be adjusted a little.
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Newland City-State·Core Island
Accompanied by the sound of a roaring train passing by, a young man wearing black-rimmed glasses and wearing ordinary Middle-earth clothes walked out of an alley.
This is exactly what 'Hao Yi' looks like.
He looked up at the noisy crowd around him and walked into the crowd like an ordinary tourist.
The city-state of Newland is not only a prosperous commercial city-state, but also a city-state with a prosperous tourism industry.
The city-state is mainly composed of five adjacent large islands and some scattered small islands.
The five large islands are connected by slender cross-sea bridges and form the main body of the city-state. More than 95% of the city-state's population lives on these five large islands.
This unique island city-state structure attracts many tourists and is famous throughout the main world.
The core island where Heao is currently located is the largest of the five large islands, and it is also the most prosperous island in the Newland city-state.
He walked on the noisy street and watched the people coming and going around him.
This is the pedestrian street with the most people in Newland city-state, and it is also the place with the most tourists.
He Ao walked leisurely along the road and bought a bunch of seafood meatballs that seemed to be a local specialty. Then he ate leisurely while shopping and looking at the special products in the store.
"Buy...buy...sir...sheng..."
A young, stammering voice in Chinese sounded behind him.
He turned around and saw a little girl, a little over one meter tall, holding a bamboo flower basket on her head and holding it with both hands, trying to stop him from behind.
Seeing him turn around, the little girl continued to stammer in Chinese, "Lucky...lucky..."
He looked at the contents of the flower basket on the little girl's head.
It was filled with 'talismans' that seemed to be woven out of some kind of tough grass blades. The whole thing was in the shape of a diamond, with beautiful patterns in the middle.
He Ao glanced at the little girl's cheek and asked in Tiya, "Did you make this up?"
Hearing his words, the little girl was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes widened for a moment. She seemed not to have expected that Heao's Tiya language was so fluent, and then she quickly replied, "My grandma and I made this, Newland's straw weaving."
Talismans are very useful. They keep you safe and lucky. Brother, do you want to buy one? It's not expensive, it's a gold shield."
The gold shield is the currency of the Theia Empire, and one Chinese earth coin is approximately equal to 2.5 gold shields.
For He Ao, it was equivalent to 40 cents each.
"Let me have one."
He Ao stretched out his hand, took a talisman, and left a gold shield in cash.
The last time he came to buy milk powder near the Tia Empire, he exchanged a lot of gold shields.
"Thank you, brother. Yin Na, the goddess of storm and luck, will protect you. Brother will definitely make a fortune in the future."
The little girl took the money and said excitedly.
Yin Na is a god believed in near the city-state of Newland. For the Newland people who often go to sea, the goddess who controls the storm also controls their 'luck' whether they can return home alive.
"Then I hope you get rich too."
He Ao took away the amulet and smiled.
Hearing these words, the little girl was stunned for a moment. She looked at He Ao and nodded seriously, "Thank you, brother."
He Ao smiled, waved goodbye to the little girl, turned and walked out of the street.
Turning out of this pedestrian street and crossing a few alleys, a simple small building appeared in He Ao's field of vision.
This is the institute's branch in Newland. This branch has been isolated at this moment, and several people who look like members of Moonlight are guarding the outside of the branch.
It seems that Wu Lan hasn't arrived here yet. After all, she still has to gather people and arrange the handover before she can come over.
Moreover, flying is not as fast as the Velora.
He Ao paused here for a moment, then withdrew his gaze and continued to wander forward.
The sun continued to climb up in the sky, and He Ao found a restaurant and ordered a grilled steak. When he was about to have lunch, a middle-aged blond man who looked elegant and wore old-fashioned glasses sat down in front of He Ao.
"Oh, you came early."
He Ao glanced at the man in front of him and smiled casually, "Would you like something to eat?"
"No."
The man shook his head quickly, "My name is West, I am the person in charge of Moonlight in Newland,"
He paused and asked hesitantly, "Mr. Hao Yi, do you have any business in Newland?"
"Nothing,"
He Ao cut the steak in front of him and said slowly, "I'm just here for a trip. Is there a problem?"
“No problem, no problem,”
West wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Do you have a place to stay? The Maple Leaf Hotel in Newland is the most scenic and tallest building in Newland. I have arranged a presidential suite on the top floor for you..."
"Need not,"
He Ao smiled and shook his head, "I've finished shopping. Why don't you recommend another nearby place suitable for traveling?"
"ah?"
West glanced at He Ao, hesitated, and continued, "How about Willen? It's surrounded by mountains and has a different style than Newland, which is spread over the sea."
"Okay, thank you."
He Ao nodded slightly, and then he continued to cut the steak slowly and stopped talking.
West understood that this was seeing off guests, he nodded, bowed slightly and stood up, "Then eat slowly."
After saying that, he turned around and slowly left the shop.
The moment he walked out of the store, the sound of a train passing by sounded behind his ears.
He immediately looked back.
The seat where the young man originally sat was now empty.
——
"'Hao Yi' has left?"
In the magnificent room, the person sitting in the main seat asked in a low voice.
"According to our intelligence, someone saw him in Willen."
The person on the left side of the main seat whispered, "The Velora is indeed a good thing. It comes so suddenly from such a long distance."
"What does this 'Hao Yi' mean?"
The man in charge lowered his head and said in a deep voice.
"He has always been close to the institute. I'm afraid he came to give the institute a platform,"
The person on the right side of the main seat said, "This is putting pressure on 'Moonlight' to cooperate with the investigation. The appearance of Class B from the institute will trigger a strong rebound from Moonlight. His appearance here will not cause so much trouble. After all,
On the surface, he is still neutral."
"No matter what his purpose is, the appearance of this guy will probably seriously affect our plans,"
The person on the left side of the main seat whispered, "When a B-class appears, it will attract the attention of other B-classes one after another, leaving us little time to do things."
"It seems we have to move faster."
The person sitting in the main seat whispered. He glanced at the person on the left, "Hu Wen rejected our request?"
"Yes,"
The person on the left nodded slightly, "Lunke, who was sent to contact Hu Wen's forces, has returned."
"Is that Lenk a D-class?"
The person in charge continued to ask, "How are you?"
"Bloodthirsty and violent, he is a villain who kills people indiscriminately and for no reason."
The person on the left commented.
"This is the kind of person who fits our teachings,"
The chief nodded, "Send someone to contact him. We are in urgent need of manpower now."
"Do we really want to speed up the process?"
The person on the right asked in a low voice, "The Velora is so fast, what if 'Hao Yi' comes back halfway?"
"The arrow must be fired when it is on the string,"
The person in charge raised his head and looked at the sea and city outside the window, "It's just an ordinary B-class. Even if he has the Verora, it's easy to kill him."
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Middle-earth·Northern Capital
"Hao Yi has already been to Newland City-State?"
Li Cheng, the director of the institute, who was sitting in the office, was slightly surprised.
"Dean, wasn't it you who contacted him?"
Wu Lan in the remote video was also a little surprised.
"I was the one who contacted him, I just didn't expect him to move so quickly,"
Li Cheng rubbed his brows, "But he has shown his face in Newland City, so the people over at Yueguang probably won't give you any tricks. Yueguang now has no confidence to offend a neutral B-level anymore. This
That's good news, you should feel a lot more relaxed."
"So Dean, what did it cost you to ask him to come forward?"
Wu Lan asked curiously.
"I don't know either,"
Li Cheng shrugged, "He said he would ask me to do him a favor later."
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Newland City State·Vinland Island
This is the third largest island in the Newland city-state, and it is also the most chaotic, most populous, and poorest island.
As a free commercial city-state, Newland's personnel control is not strict, which allows many people to easily sneak into the city-state.
These people without clear identities and resumes gathered on Vinland Island.
Violence and hurtful incidents can be seen everywhere here.
A man with brown curly hair walked through the messy alley step by step in the falling twilight, and stopped in front of an old single-family house.
Because it is an island city and is often visited by storms, the buildings in Newland City-State are not high, and there are many single-family buildings with one or two floors.
And this single-family house was a mansion that was 'given' to Lenk after he defected to the deputy leader faction of Dawn.
Compared to other areas of Vinland Island that are full of gangs, the area where this mansion is located is considered quiet and peaceful, and the surrounding neighbors are relatively normal working people.
At this moment, Ho Ao, who was wearing Lenk's face, took out an old key from his pocket and inserted it into the door lock.
After a period of simple exploration, he had gradually figured out the ability effects and limitations of the 'Substitute Cloak'.
First of all, the person he selected as a 'substitute' would be directly killed and erased. This was something that was not included in the news that the cloak gave him when he first obtained the substitute cloak. However, he had already expected this situation, so
I found a villain to do the experiment.
Secondly, after being reborn, He Ao will obtain some of the key memories of the selected person, and can directly possess the person's habits and combat skills. He Ao even feels that the occult symbols pointing to this person will also point to him.
, and as a price, this person's cognition will also interfere with He Ao.
However, He Ao also took this opportunity to test his resistance to cognitive impairment.
He has experienced eleven dungeon characters, each with their own memories and lives, but the lives of these people do not seem to have particularly affected his self-perception.
So He Ao has been thinking about whether the system handles it well or whether he has related resistance.
The conclusion is, both are.
After the cloak becomes a substitute, when He Ao pretends to be someone else, he will feel a more obvious obstacle to self-awareness, not strong, but there, not enough to particularly affect He Ao's self-awareness.
This shows that the cognitive impairment of the dungeon character has been dealt with systematically. At the same time, He Ao's own cognitive impairment resistance is also very strong.
In addition to killing people and obtaining information on behalf of others, the substitute cloak also has restrictions.
It cannot select people who are too strong. They can only be C-level at most, and they must be C-level without divine contamination. If they are particularly strong C-level, they have to be beaten to near death. At the same time, the talent sequence of the person being replaced will not be
is inherited, but will be directly extracted.
Moreover, it has a cool-down period of almost two days. After using it, you cannot choose another person to be a substitute within two days, and you can only have one substitute identity at the same time. After changing the substitute identity, you cannot use the previous substitute identity.
But even with so many restrictions, directly inheriting memory, appearance, identity, and even mystical orientation, this power is still very terrifying.
This ability will probably become even more terrifying after it reaches the angelic level.
He Ao inserted the key into the door lock and unscrewed the lock cylinder.
"elder brother!"
At this moment, a young child's voice sounded behind him.
He Ao turned around and looked behind him.
A little girl carrying a plate appeared in his field of vision, "Brother, have you eaten? This is our new apple pie. Grandma said that you moved here not long ago, and the tableware and other things in the house may not be complete, so let's
I'll bring it to you."
This little girl is the little girl who sold the He Ao amulet in the morning.
She happened to be Lenk's neighbor, and her house was much smaller than Lenk's. When Lenk came in and out, she and her grandmother could often be seen sitting in front of the door, weaving grass amulets.
To be precise, it was precisely because of this little girl in Lenk's memory that He Ao talked to her today.
He Ao lowered his head and glanced at the girl's thin calloused hands, squatted down, and asked curiously, "Little guy, where are your parents?"
"ah?"
The little girl was stunned for a moment and seemed to hesitate. After a while, she whispered, "My parents are missing. They went out to buy things and never came back. The military police uncle said that they are most likely dead."
Hearing this answer, He Ao was stunned for a moment. He asked softly, "Aren't you afraid that I will be a bad person if you tell me like this?"
"My brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts nearby all know that my parents are missing,"
The little girl glanced at He Ao, who was crouching down and trying to be eye-level with her, and added, "And brother doesn't look like a bad person."
"oh."
He Ao took the apple pie from her hand.
The reason why he had an impression of this little girl was because Lenk was planning to kill the two young and old men who "looked like trouble" when he came back from Velen and nailed them to the wall.
There is no reason, 'Lunke' just doesn't like the way these two people work hard to weave amulets.
"Thanks,"
He Ao glanced at the apple pie on the plate and said, "Goddess of luck will bless you."
"hey-hey,"
The little girl scratched her head and said, "The goddess of luck will also bless her brother."
Then she said goodbye to He Ao and skipped home.
"I thought you would kill this little girl and cut her into pieces."
Suddenly a sneer came from behind.
stop--
The sharp dagger was pulled out instantly, dancing in the air and making a sound of cutting through the void. In the blink of an eye, the sharp tip of the knife stopped steadily in the air, right in front of the throat of the man behind him.
The tip of the knife only needs to be pushed forward a little to pierce the man's throat.
"Shh-"
A soft voice seemed to be asking the guests to keep quiet.
He Ao raised his head, looked at the red-haired man behind him, and opened the corners of his mouth, revealing slightly bright red gums, "Want to eat apple pie?"
The surrounding air fell into a dark silence, with only the sound of the man swallowing deeply, but he did not dare to make any big movements, because the raised Adam's apple was rising and falling, and it was easy to touch the knife parked in front of his neck.
tip.
A trace of cold sweat ran down the man's forehead. He looked at He Ao and whispered, "The boss wants to see you."
