"It's not easy to have an armor that emits electric light on its surface. What do you two want from me?"
The brigade leader sighed softly and asked.
"Hello, brigade commander, there is something I would like to ask you to cooperate with in investigating."
Li Fan responded.
"Well, the situation can't get any worse anyway."
After shaking off the broken tiles, the brigade leader put his cowboy hat back on his head and pushed down the brim of the hat.
"Is Pavilion Mantis related to the Hunter Brigade?"
Li Fan started asking.
"That's right."
The brigade leader said frankly.
Li Fan and Di Lu were both a little surprised.
But what surprised Li Fan was why the other party would admit it easily.
What surprised Di Lu was that this matter was actually related to the brigade leader.
The brigade commander leaned against the freight cart and lit himself a cigarette.
"Hey~ What's the progress of the guild's investigation?"
guild?
Li Fan realized that the other party seemed to have misunderstood something.
But in order to find out the truth, I tentatively gave out the information I had just deduced.
"The guild has found out that Pavilion Mantis was brought to the ancient ruins city by the legendary hunter of the brigade."
"After all, I can't hide it anymore."
The brigade leader lowered his head and sighed.
"Do you admit it?"
"Yes, but can you not erase her?"
the brigade leader tried to ask.
"She? Erase?"
Li Fan was immediately confused.
"It's very complicated to talk about."
Boom! Boom! Boom!.
As the brigade leader was talking, the shell of the Giant Snake Market City at the end of the street collapsed and collapsed into the city.
A circular impact carried a large amount of dust and scattered it towards the surrounding area.
"Quick! Hide behind the truck."
After the brigade leader gave the instructions, the two men and the cat came to the back of the truck and pressed their backs against the carriage.
Huh~huh!
In the streets engulfed in smoke and dust, a large amount of flying gravel hit the wooden cargo boxes, making bursts of crackling sounds.
Soon the wooden box was penetrated by gravel, and there was a crisp cracking sound.
"My Craft Vase"
The brigade leader, who was leaning against the carriage and looking upwards, showed an extremely heartbroken expression.
As the smoke and dust dissipated, the brigade leader quickly climbed to the roof of the car and threw all the cargo boxes that had been shot through to the ground.
A large number of vase fragments were scattered out of the partially cracked box.
"The brigade leader seems to be just rescuing goods, meow."
Di Lu whispered her guess.
"But he admitted that Mantis Mantis was related to the Hunter Brigade, and said that the matter was very complicated."
"Ah meow! What's wrong with you, Li Fan! Even the past of the missing legendary hunter can be inferred to draw conclusions. Why do you automatically ignore her when you think of her!"
Dilu clenched the cat's paws, closed her eyes and shouted.
"who is she?"
"He is also a member of the Hunter Brigade."
"Be careful Dilu!"
When Li Fan saw a cargo box hitting Di Lu, he quickly swooped down.
"Uh, it's saved, meow, it hurts so much!"
Dilu, who was thrown to the ground, suddenly noticed orange electric sparks on the cat's fur.
After observing for a while, he discovered that electric light was flowing and flashing on the surface of Li Fan's armor.
"I'm so sorry! I turned around and accidentally kicked him."
The brigade leader quickly jumped out of the truck to check the situation.
"Are you okay Dilu?"
Li Fan said with concern.
"It's okay, meow."
Dilu said thoughtfully.
"Then let's continue the investigation. Since the brigade leader has admitted it, let's continue."
Li Fan immediately started thinking.
Something's wrong! Something's very wrong, meow!
Di Lu deeply felt that there was an unknown force pulling Li Fan, making him ignore Sophia's existence.
But what they couldn't understand was, if this force was really so powerful, why did they meet the brigade leader again.
Seeing the lightning flashing on the surface of Naruken's armor, Dilu suddenly thought of a possibility.
"Tell me, brigade leader, what is the complicated inside story?"
"The legendary hunter brought the Pavilion Mantis here with the intention of letting it protect East Doruma."
"Um"
Li Fan was somewhat shocked.
"Later, apart from a bunch of legends, he disappeared completely. There was no one who could control Mantis. The only one was Sophia who didn't approve of his disappearance. She seemed to still be communicating. Strangely enough, your guild had noticed it a long time ago.
An abnormality was detected, but nothing was found."
"wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"The Pavilion Mantis does not need anyone to drive it. It can also protect Dongdoruma by itself. It only needs a triggering condition."
Li Fan explained.
"this"
The brigade leader was surprised at how Li Fan knew so clearly.
"If it were me, I would use the ground vibration as a trigger condition. When it reaches a certain intensity, Pavilion Mantis will take the initiative to attack."
"Why?"
"Because for Dongdoruma, the Laoshan Dragon is a permanent threat. As long as Pavilion Mantis can resist the Laoshan Dragon, even if other threats arrive at the same time, the guild can concentrate its efforts to deal with them."
"That means that the Pavilion Mantis is not here to attack the city. It has felt the corresponding intensity of the shock."
"No, it's the intensity of the shock after being artificially induced."
Li Fan responded.
"Li Fan! Well done, meow! Keep up the reasoning!"
Seeing that Li Fan's reasoning ability had recovered again, Di Lu praised him highly.
"There is only one person who has the ability to do this and sufficient motivation, and that is."
"That's Sophia Meow!"
Di Lu, who hid in the damaged container, answered quickly.
"ah?"
Li Fan looked at Di Lu in confusion.
The brigade took a long sigh and said with emotion: "I only suspected it was her, but I didn't expect you to even deduce the entire implementation method."
"Uh no"
"It's Sophia Meow! It's Sophia Meow!."
Dilu looked around and found that there was no threat, so she started to read quickly in the cargo box.
Li Fan, whose impression was constantly strengthened, vaguely remembered something.
"Well, even if that's the case, there's one thing I still can't figure out. Since she can induce Mantis to attack, what about the prophecy of the Dragon Worship Cult?"
Li Fan said doubtfully.
"Yes, although Pavilion Mantis is a species of beetle, if it really protects East Doruma, the Dragon Worship Cult will definitely publicize it. But not only did the other party not reveal it, but it was also clearly mentioned in the prophecy that Pavilion Mantis was the one who destroyed East Doruma.
The queen of Doruma has created a preconceived image of hostility.”
The brigade leader made an inference.
"This prophecy is also inducing, but the target is the guild. That is to say, there is a person who not only seduce Pavilion Mantis, but also sends wrong information to the guild."
"It's Sophia Meow! It's Sophia Meow!."
Delu was hiding in the box and continued to shout repeatedly.
"It seems that she is the only one left, but why don't you want to agree with it?"
Li Fan covered his head with his hands.
Sophia is like a blocked option in his mind.
"Could it be related to the stone guard?"
the brigade leader asked.
"What's the meaning?"
Li Fan asked puzzledly.
The brigade leader looked around, found a cracked cargo box, kicked one side of the box to pieces, crouched down and hid in it.
"Well, my foot was pricked by debris."
The brigade leader said with a pained look on his face.
"Then come out quickly."
"Forget it, the pain just makes me more awake. Let's just say that before the legendary hunter disappeared inexplicably, he left Sophia a protective stone. The protective stone was made using the alchemy of destiny. Except It seems that the legendary hunter himself doesn’t even know what abilities the refiner, Monk Zheng, can inspire.”
The brigade leader recalled.
"Dius also mentioned this matter. What are the characteristics of the protective stone that was said to be a reward for defeating the Heavenly Huilong?"
Li Fan asked.
"I remember that the protective stone was purple, with the word "misfortune" written on one side and the word "blessing" written on the other."
"It's about turning misfortune into blessing"
Li Fan immediately took out his PSP and checked his status.
An icon named [Turn disaster into blessing] 50↓ is flashing rapidly.
"It's Sophia Meow! It's Sophia Meow!."
Di Lu, who was in the next box, saw that Li Fan was hesitant again and immediately gave a reminder.
"No need to reread Dilu, I understand what's going on."
"Really, meow!"
Di Lu jumped out of the box and came to Li Fan.
"Who is the mastermind behind the scenes?"
"Without a doubt, it's Sophia."
"That's great, meow, I'm afraid you'll never come back."
Seeing that Li Fan had returned to normal, Di Lu was about to hug Li Fan's thigh when she saw the electric light flowing and immediately retreated.
It happened to me. Will Patch feel the same way when he thinks of his missing master?
No, although I will ignore Sophia, as long as I can face her existence under forced reminder, I can't ignore her.
And for the completely erased Patch master, it may bring about even more complete forgetfulness.
Strange, this is the first time I have encountered this twisted feeling, why does it feel so familiar?
"Thank you Di Lu, if you hadn't been guiding me and reminding me, I might not have been able to come out."
Li Fan said thanks.
"That's a direct compliment, nya, but it's not entirely my fault. Narukami Armor is also working very hard to help you."
Dilu informed.
"You are right."
Li Fan suddenly realized.
The [Strong Luck] inspired by [Thunder Patterns Congruent] also produces substantial effects by disturbing cause and effect.
If [Turn disaster into blessing] ↓ affects oneself, [Strengthening Luck] will definitely have a certain corrective effect.
But Li Fan quickly thought of something that was not quite right.
Judging from my own performance, [Turn disaster into blessing] ↓ should have been applied when I first met Sophia.
But to this day, apart from ignoring Sophia, I have not suffered any negative effects from causal disturbances.
If in the past it was always [Strong Luck] that was offsetting it.
So when you wear bear pajamas, who is protecting you? Could it be that bear pajamas also have the ability to inspire?
It's obviously impossible.
Moreover, when [Strong Luck] is fully activated, the surface of the Narukami Armor will enter a state where electric light flows and overflows. There was no similar behavior when wearing it before.
Since both fortune-like abilities are passively activated, it means that the triggering conditions have been reached at the same time.
If I go to Sophia to investigate and find out that [Strong Luck] has a certain boosting effect, then she may bring some benefits to me.
From this point of view, the triggering conditions for [Strong Luck] are established.
But at the same time, I was influenced by [turning disaster into blessing]↓ and ignored her existence.
The triggering conditions for [turning disaster into blessing]↓. Disaster is approaching!
In other words, Sophia is good luck to me, but I am disaster to her.
That’s why the two fortune abilities are entangled with each other.
The moment he figured it out, the lightning on the surface of Narukami's armor dissipated.
Li Fan checked the PSP again, and the negative status of [Turn Disaster into Blessing]↓ was also gone.
The entanglement between the two fortune powers stopped.
What happens? When someone can touch the truth, will the ability of fortune lose its effect?
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As the sound of the cannons stopped, the remains of the giant snake that fell to the ground fell into deathly silence.
The sound of Lao Shanlong's heavy footsteps hitting the ground was clear again.
Cah! Crash!.
In a small space supported by a piece of debris, a dusty pavilion mantis slowly climbed up from the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Feeling the tremors coming from the ground, two purple lights lit up in the dark bottom of the wreckage.
Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh.
Some of the golden worm threads scattered on the ground are tightening rapidly, while others are untying the wreckage.
The artillery fire stopped and roared again, but the ruins of the city, which was rebuilt in the black smoke, were built inside the remains of the giant snake.
And because we were in the city, many components were directly sourced from local materials, and a large number of city-state wreckage left over from the battle were dragged into the body of the giant snake.
"What exactly is it going to do? Can it add more firepower?"
In the Great Old Hall, Zuda said anxiously when he saw Ge Mantis reorganizing the market city.
"All firepower deployment has been completed. The biggest problem at present is that the Mantis is relatively close to the warehouse of the material reserve group, so the artillery attack will be subject to certain restrictions."
The combat commander in the city responded.
"Material Reserve Group Warehouse"
Zuda looked horrified.
Under the wreckage, a mantis with hooks and sickles on both sides covered with insect silk is observing the patterns on the steel beams with the purple light emitted by its compound eyes.
From time to time, I would tilt my head and think about it, as if I was planning the installation and deployment.
Vaguely, many dusty memories emerged from consciousness.
There once was a hunter who came to find him carrying a stick.
The initial communication was writing on the ground, and then various drawings.
He would also feed himself a lot of delicious food. Later, when he saw the living body, he suddenly realized that it was a male of his own race.
But it doesn’t matter to me, as long as it’s delicious and nutritious.
After that, the other party started to teach him how to build a lair, saying that with his talent in building, he had a chance to become the strongest monster in the world.
The next step is to take yourself to various areas to observe the appearance of monsters, or to observe them with pictures or skeletal models.
He warned not to be noticed by humans close to him until the critical moment, because humans here are very sensitive.
Later, he was taken to a dusky desert, where there were many assembly parts.
Through continuous disassembly and construction, the construction ability has gradually developed and matured, but it cannot carry out large-scale activities, so it is not yet proficient in control.
Every time he sees himself growing, he will be very happy.
I once asked him, what is the strongest form of the ruined city?
His answer was Humanoid Gundam.
I asked in confusion, humans are not the strongest creatures in this world.
He didn't respond, just looked at the city-state in the distance.
Until one day, the other party said he was leaving.
He drew a question mark on the sand with his sickle.
