After a while, there was a "dong dong dong" knock on the door.
Before Zhang Fan could speak, Hu Xiaoguo walked in happily.
"Lord Barbarian King, are you looking for me?"
Zhang Fan nodded.
"I came to you because I want to improve your ability level."
Hu Xiaoguo obviously didn't expect that Zhang Fan would tell her this directly. She was stunned for a moment, unable to react...
Zhang Fan saw Hu Xiaoguo staring with her eyes open and her mouth slightly open, looking surprised. He couldn't help but laugh and tease her.
"What? Don't you want to?"
Hu Xiaoguo came back to his senses and quickly shook his head.
After shaking his head, he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Yes! Of course I am willing!"
Zhang Fan casually reached into the air with his hand. When he opened his hand again, a huge crystal core appeared in his palm.
Hu Xiaoguo’s eyes lit up when he saw it!
"Take it and raise your level. Wait for my notification with Xiao Lingwei tomorrow."
Hu Xiaoguo hurriedly took the crystal core and immediately absorbed the energy of the crystal core.
When he opened his eyes again, he was already at level five!
"Lord Barbarian King! It's level five! I'm going to level five immediately!"
Zhang Fan naturally didn't think anything was wrong. He had originally asked Hu Xiaoguo to rise to level five.
"Has there been any change in the superpower?"
Hu Xiaoguo carefully examined his panel attributes.
I found that in addition to strengthening the basic skills, there is also a new skill.
【determination】
[This skill is an active skill. After the selected object is turned on, the next words spoken by the other party will be judged as "true" or "false"! The result of this judgment must be correct! 】
Hu Xiaoguo truthfully informed Zhang Fan of his newly added abilities.
Zhang Fan raised the corners of his lips in surprise.
"Sure enough, it's pretty much what I thought."
Hu Xiaoguo was a little surprised when he saw that Zhang Fan seemed to have expected this.
Her own ability is an information mark, which An Zou Kai said is equivalent to a monitor in the team.
However, this ability also has many restrictions.
For example, it must be someone she has met in person and interacted with.
In addition, the amount of tagged information is not unlimited as she previously thought.
In fact, in her own experiments later, she discovered that there can only be a maximum of twenty information tags for a person!
Now that it has been upgraded to level five, there are only ten more items.
As for the content of the mark, it was naturally not anything she had thought.
Death cannot be marked! Even if it is forcibly marked, it will be of no use.
Because any sign about death appears gray.
Under normal circumstances, the correct ones are marked in black, and the incorrect ones are marked in red.
The gray color represents an invalid mark.
Hu Xiaoguo only figured out everything about his abilities through his own experiments over and over again.
Zhang Fan, on the other hand, seemed to know that he would have this new skill after upgrading his abilities.
Hu Xiaoguo felt a little incredible and asked.
"Lord Barbarian King...did you know that this skill would appear from the beginning?"
Zhang Fan laughed out loud.
"Of course I don't know what abilities will definitely appear. However, it is a reasonable guess. I have thought about it."
"So, Brother Fan, you thought from the beginning that she might evolve this kind of skill?"
Daiyu sat on the side of the sofa and looked at the little feet and asked.
Hu Xiaoguo also looked at Zhang Fan expectantly.
Zhang Fan nodded.
"That's about it!"
Then he turned to look at Daiyu and suddenly mentioned it.
"There is a person in the Arknights team. I wonder if you still have memories of him?"
Daiyu blinked, puzzled.
"Who? What kind of person?"
"He is short, has a big head, and wears a big hat."
As soon as Zhang Fan said this, Daiyu thought about it.
"Oh, Brother Fan, you mean that person... I remember, I remember... he whispered to the captain from time to time!"
Zhang Fan nodded, "You may not have noticed that every time he said it, he only said a few short words. And as soon as he finished speaking, Hu Xingguo seemed to have the answer in his heart!"
"Ah? Really? I only remember him whispering, but I didn't pay attention to what he said?"
Zhang Fan saw Daiyu staring at him stupidly and asked, and he sighed silently in his heart.
Still can't expect too much from Daiyu.
Although Zhang Fan thought so, he still explained patiently.
"I guess what he said is probably true or false."
"Lord Barbarian King, are you saying that you already have such a power?"
Hu Xiaoguo was surprised.
Zhang Fan didn't think there was anything wrong. He still spoke calmly.
"This is just a conjecture of mine. There may be someone on the other side who has the ability to distinguish between true and false. It is normal to have similar abilities. Even if they have the same kind of power, it is normal."
Zhang Fan spoke slowly and then continued.
"Since the other party may have this ability, every time we meet, it is equivalent to exposing our every word and deed to the other party. But we don't know whether the other party's words and deeds are true or false."
"This is obviously not good for us. Therefore, we have to talk to them tomorrow and we must find someone with similar abilities. With the attitude of giving it a try, I found you. Sure enough, you also have the same ability.
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After Zhang Fan finished speaking, Hu Xiaoguo was obviously very happy.
He hurriedly asked with a smile on his face, "So, Lord Barbarian King, I am still quite important, right?"
Zhang Fan was amused by Hu Xiaoguo's question.
But looking at Hu Xiaoguo's expectant face, she still chose to nod.
"Yes, it is quite important."
As expected, Daiyu pouted again.
"Brother Fan! What about me? What about me! Am I not important?"
Although Zhang Fan knew that Daiyu was just acting coquettishly, he still couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart.
But on the surface, he chose to reach out and touch Daiyu's head.
"You are important too. But..."
Daiyu received a satisfactory answer and narrowed her eyes with a satisfied smile.
Zhang Fan had a smile on his face, but his eyes were a little cold.
"From now on! Don't ask stupid questions like this again!"
Daiyu was startled and clearly felt Zhang Fan's emotions.
He immediately lowered his head and nodded.
"Yes. Lord Barbarian King..."
Zhang Fan sighed secretly but said nothing more.
In fact...
Regarding Daiyu, his mood has been very complicated recently.
In the past, Daiyu had a timid personality and was occasionally boring.
But he is well-behaved and obedient, never talks too much, and never causes trouble.
Since bringing her to the west of the city, Daiyu seems to be changing every day...
Especially after Xu Sulan's death...
She became cheerful and laughing, and became a joy to those around her. This was originally a good thing.
But at the same time, she also seemed to be less sensible and obedient.
Will do some things without authorization and get jealous at every turn.
At first, Zhang Fan thought she was cute, but over time, the seeds of irritability took root in his heart, and now they are slowly sprouting and growing...
Zhang Fan shook his head and put these thoughts out of his mind for the time being. In the end, he chose to compromise and pulled Daiyu into his arms.
He said softly, "Just remember that you are different from them."
Daiyu lowered her head and shed tears.
Trembling.
"yes."
The next day, Huo Xiaoyu and Black Lotus King had already led their respective people to move forward in secret on the road!
Xiao Lingwei spent half a day yesterday to select the elites in her mind from more than 20 people.
Zhang Fan naturally believed in Xiao Lingwei's vision, and Zhang Fan upgraded all those people to level five without Xiao Lingwei opening her mouth.
Liu Yining gained much more than Xiao Lingwei. It only took half a day to select 70 or 80 people.
Zhang Fan selected ten more people to upgrade first.
In addition to Hu Xiaoguo, Zhang Fan also took forty people and set off for the Arknights team's camp.
After walking out of the misty forest, Zhang Fan asked Xiao Lingwei to take the people under her control to the Arknights team's camp by other routes.
He took Daiyu, Hu Xiaoguo, Liu Yining and ten of Liu Yining's men and took the shortest route.
When Zhang Fan led his people to the entrance of the camp, Hu Xingguo was already waiting here.
Standing at the entrance of the camp with Hu Xingguo were more than ten senior management members of Arknights.
"Captain Hu, I've been waiting for a long time!"
Zhang Fan raised a smile and reached out to hold Hu Xingguo's hand.
Hu Xingguo naturally smiled and extended his hand to greet him.
"Where there!"
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Zhang Fan took stock of the people standing with Hu Xingguo.
The big-headed little man I saw yesterday is not here.
At the same time, Zhang Fan secretly asked Hu Xiaoguo to pay attention to the words and deeds of these people.
"Brother Hu, the mysterious person you talked about yesterday should be introduced to us today, right?"
In the crowd, a rather handsome man spoke with a smile.
Zhang Fan knew in his heart that Hu Xingguo had not revealed his identity yet.
Hu Xingguo clasped his hands behind his back and laughed.
"Jingtao, don't be in a hurry! No matter who comes, they are all guests. We will let you all get acquainted with each other slowly during the dinner later!"
Zhang Fan nodded.
"The guest does as the host does."
At the same time, messages were secretly sent to the other three people who had arrived.
"Pay attention to concealment and act according to instructions!"
"receive!"
"receive!"
"receive!"
Black Lotus King, Huo Xiaoyu, and Xiao Lingwei all replied.
Zhang Fan and thirteen people followed Hu Xingguo into the Arknights team's camp.
The construction in the camp is already very good.
Hu Xingguo walked away and introduced Zhang Fan.
From time to time, we meet ordinary people. There is no doubt that everyone is working.
Everyone was surprised when they saw strangers coming, not one or two but dozens of them.
Some people would even blatantly look at Zhang Fan and his group while greeting Hu Xingguo.
"Our Arknights team hasn't had a stranger come in for a long time. Brother, don't be surprised."
After Hu Xingguo greeted the residents again, he spoke again.
"It's okay, I understand!"
Zhang Fan naturally didn't care at all and was completely focused on the surrounding environment.
After all, he couldn't completely guarantee that Hu Xingguo wouldn't play dirty tricks with him at all.
At this time, another person asked Zhang Fan directly.
"Brother, I still don't know what to call you?"
Zhang Fan looked at Hu Xingguo with a smile in his eyes. Although Hu Xingguo kept the same smile, Zhang Fan could feel Hu Xingguo's bitterness.
Zhang Fan smiled.
"Just call me Zhang Fan."
Zhang Fan spoke frankly, and as expected, someone else answered immediately.
"Hey! This name sounds familiar."
Zhang Fan looked over and saw that the speaker had a donkey-like face, and the look he looked at Zhang Fan showed undisguised mockery.
"Third brother, I'm afraid you don't remember. There was a big shot in the Sky City list before, and his real name seems to be Zhang Fan!"
This time, a fat woman took over the words of the donkey-faced man.
People with donkey faces smile when they walk.
"You said that I have heard of that man. He seems to be the Barbarian King, one of the true kings!"
The fat girl nodded, and her saliva splashed out with excitement!
"That's right, that's right! It's King Man! I've heard that King Man is two meters tall, looks exactly like Yanzu, and is as tall as Tyson!"
"I've also heard that not only does the Barbarian King look like this, but he also has a famous female general named Huo Xiaoyu. She is also extremely tall and tall, but her appearance is extremely exquisite. She is known as King Kong Barbie!"
Another little boy chimed in with bright eyes.
Huo Xiaoyu, who was far outside the camp, was caught off guard and sneezed loudly.
"Captain, someone is talking about you!"
Someone under Huo Xiaoyu immediately whispered.
Huo Xiaoyu rubbed her nose.
"I'm afraid some bastard is scolding me! Maybe it's that bad boy from the Black Lotus King!"
"Ah──ah sneeze!"
The Black Lotus King rubbed his nose vigorously.
"Someone must be thinking of me!"
Seeing the Black Lotus King talking to himself, the people under the Black Lotus King only dared to secretly cover their mouths and laugh.
"The captain is really selfish..."
In the camp, Zhang Fan felt a little complicated as he listened to the people from the Arknights team chatting happily.
Hu Xingguo cast an apologetic look.
A few people praised the bravery of the Barbarian King and boasted that Arknights was not bad either.
Only then did the man with the donkey face talk to Zhang Fan again.
"Brother, don't think too much. Although you have the same name as the Barbarian King, there is a big difference, but you don't have to feel inferior. Speaking of it, having the same name as the Barbarian King is pretty good."
Zhang Fan smiled.
"Don't feel inferior, don't feel inferior. As a human being, it's enough to be more than your superiors and less than your inferiors!"
The man with a donkey face smiled and patted Zhang Fan on the shoulder.
"Hey! You are aware! Little brother!"
Zhang Fan smiled and looked at the hand on his shoulder.
It was obvious that he could sense that the hand on his shoulder, this donkey-faced man known as Third Brother, was secretly exerting force.
But maybe this force is too small.
Even if Zhang Fan could sense it, he couldn't feel how powerful this power was.
If you can't feel it, it means your opponent is too weak, and there is no need for Zhang Fan to compete with him.
Zhang Fan smiled and put down the hand on his shoulder.
"This brother seems to have some strength in his hands."
The donkey-faced man looked at Zhang Fan in surprise after Zhang Fan easily put down his hand.
He indeed used force on Zhang Fan's shoulder deliberately, and even if this force was applied to a level 5 superpower user, it would make the other person groan!
But Zhang Fan remained calm and took his hand off easily!
This means that the person in front of him is even more powerful than him!
Of course Hu Xingguo knew Qu San's little tricks.
Basically all the newcomers in the team have been punished by Qu Sanxiao.
Although Qu San looks average in appearance, in terms of strength, he is definitely the strongest in the Arknights team!
Obviously, judging from his expression, he didn't take advantage of Zhang Fan!