This weird-looking guy is obviously not from the Xia Kingdom, but a white man with a high nose and deep-set eye sockets. As for the more detailed information about his race, he cannot tell.
Perhaps sensing his gaze, Cao Wei, who had been drowsy while being held by Cheng Lin, suddenly woke up.
In her perception, she only felt that some kind of danger was coming, and her body was instinctively stimulated. She tensed up, raised her face, and stared back with an unkind expression:
"What are you looking at?"
The white man in the wizard's robe didn't know whether he understood or not. He just smiled mysteriously, with a slightly sinister smile, and mumbled something in a vague voice.
Neither of them understood it, and the pronunciation didn't sound like English.
Immediately, under Cheng Lin's gaze, the man turned around and walked along the corridor to another room on the same side, knocked on the door, and walked in.
It wasn't until he disappeared that Cheng Lin looked away, but his eyes were a little solemn.
Even without turning on superpower observation, with the subtle feeling of power in the fifth level, he can judge that the opponent is definitely not weaker than his cultivation level, and is even faintly stronger, that is, the fifth level.
Coupled with the "Holy Grail" pattern on the other party's robe, he immediately realized that this person was from eup.
"eup", the full spelling is "european unionpsioni powe", which translates to "European Union of Superpowers", which is a group composed of European countries that speaks out to the outside world.
Its organizational logo is the "Holy Grail" pattern.
It was not surprising that the eup people came here, but Cheng Lin never expected that the other party actually lived across from them.
"What does this mean? Is it deliberately arranged by the local government?"
This seemed to be the only possibility. The hotel was so big and there were many rooms on floors. The local people assigned Xia Guo and Europe to rooms opposite each other. This was a bit interesting. Cheng Lin always felt that this was deliberately used by the local government to disgust people.
As for this person... Cheng Lin had an inexplicably bad impression of him. He always felt that something was wrong with the way he looked at Cao Wei.
Frowning slightly, Cheng Lin resisted the urge to turn on his powers to detect, turned around and opened the door: "Let's go in."
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The other side.
The white man wearing a wizard's robe closed the door tightly, then stretched out his hand and pressed it on the door panel.
After a moment, he moved away, and a palm pattern that seemed to be printed with fluorescent powder appeared on the door, and transmitted a faint spiritual energy fluctuation, sealing the wall, and warning him if someone tried to invade.
"Deward, you are too careful."
A voice came, with a slightly teasing tone. The "Wizard" looked at the other party coldly and said in English: "It's always better to be cautious."
There were already a lot of people in the room at this time. From a glance, there were actually seven or eight people sitting around the sofa in the living room. Three of them were dressed similarly to Deward, and the rest were wearing ordinary shirts and trousers.
Each one is a monk of fifth grade or above.
"Okay, sit down," the leader said, and immediately glanced at Derward, "Before entering the projection, I hope everyone can minimize contact with the Xia people."
Durward's heart sank, and he tried to defend himself, saying that he just took one more glance, but his lips moved and he didn't say anything after all. He just lowered his head slightly, saluted, and said in the same manner as a real wizard:
"I obey your orders, Knight Commander Byron."
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After coaxing Cao Wei to bed, Cheng Lin came out of the room and carefully closed the door. Then he turned to look at the room opposite. Well... he didn't hear the sound of him opening and closing the door. In other words, he hadn't come back yet? He entered another room.
What is the room used for? Are there meetings?
As thoughts swirled in his mind, Cheng Lin felt inexplicably tense. Before he even started, he already felt that this exploration was very different from the past.
He went back to his room and closed the door. Because he had slept enough on the plane and had more energy, he felt neither sleepy nor in the mood to practice, so he simply turned on the hotel TV.
The default is "Channel News Asia", and at this time the screen just goes to the seaside.
In the dark night, banners were put up on the originally bustling beach to keep tourists out. Inside the isolation zone, some people in uniforms could be seen walking around.
The reporters had already heard the news and the citizens who came to see the excitement crowded outside and talked incessantly. Above their heads was the projected continent that was gradually solidifying.
The projected area this time is also huge, but most of it is still on the sea. Only one corner is pressed near the land beach, which will also become the landing site. At this moment, you can still see helicopters cruising in the sky.
Cheng Lin drank a drink and watched the reporters on the TV speaking fluent English... Suddenly, he let out a sigh and saw a few familiar figures in the corner of the camera... They were the reporters from Reuters.
Evelin was wearing a pair of overalls, holding a microphone and gesticulating to the camera, as if she was live broadcasting from the front line.
"Tsk, here we go again..."
Grinning, Cheng Lin was not surprised. After all, it was normal for Evelin and the others to come over this time when eup came over.
As he was watching, he suddenly heard the doorbell ringing. He opened the door and saw Song Zheng standing outside.
"Is something wrong?" Cheng Lin looked at her, fearing that the other party would take out a small card or something...
"Team Leader Xing has arrived and wants us to go to a meeting." Song said.
Xing Hong?
Cheng Lin blinked. He had known before that Xing Hong was leading the expedition, but he had come here earlier and did not take a flight together.
"good."
He nodded and walked straight out of the door. He saw that many people were already walking to the other end of the corridor. They were obviously called out. Even Cao Wei pulled on her slippers and yawned as she moved forward.
The meeting location was a luxurious suite upstairs, chosen mainly because the living room was large enough to accommodate so many people.
Entering the room, most of the people were there. Except for a very few like Cao Wei, most of them were wearing uniforms and buttoned up meticulously, as if they were ready to leave in the next moment.
It seems that no one can sleep... With a silent sigh, Cheng Lin found a seat on the edge and sat with Cao Wei, next to He Shu, Song and the others.
"Is everyone here? Okay, let's have a meeting now."
Xing Hong looked serious, sat on the sofa, and spoke.
The room suddenly became quiet, and Cheng Lin clearly noticed that there was a force shrouding the room, blocking the inside and outside, probably as a way to prevent prying eyes.
The fifth-level masters from various departments across the country looked at Xing Hong with serious expressions. Cheng Lin glanced over one by one and found a few more people, such as the bald deputy chief of the second department, Cao Zhang, and Song Xianzhen.
Located here.
Cheng Lin thought and knew that Song Xianzhen must have broken into the fifth level.
I heard before that they brought special weapons, but I didn't see them.
"Everyone must know the whole story, so I won't say more. This exploration operation is quite special. We have to face more than just the unknown risks in the projection... Hehe, many of you are better than me in this regard.
I understand. After all, this department was not responsible for projection before. Everyone is more experienced in this regard. This is one of the reasons why we mobilized manpower from various departments and bureaus.
The lack of manpower in the company is one aspect, and the lack of experience in projection is another aspect. Therefore, in this operation, I am only the leader in name, but in fact, there is no restriction on how to explore and how to act."
Xing Hong has a gentle attitude:
"Afterwards, we will count everyone's main abilities. Then, it is up to you to decide whether to form a team freely or act alone. Of course, I personally recommend forming a team. After all, this time we have to face more than just unknown risks.
And...Europeans."
After the words fell, everyone looked at each other and whispered a few words.
In the corner, Cheng Lin's eyes lit up.
Xing Hong's decision was obviously in his favor, and it was not difficult to understand that although the team could theoretically take care of each other, at first, everyone was from different parts of the country and many of them were unfamiliar with each other. Although they were both in the Special Division, they lacked tacit understanding and harmony.
Understand that forcibly forming a team will not only fail to achieve the effect of 1+1 greater than 2, but may have counterproductive effects.
Secondly, to be able to advance to the fifth level, everyone has their own set of familiar fighting styles, and everyone has some secrets of their own, so as not to have any worries.
Third, because of the special circumstances of this exploration, Xia Guo only sent a few dozen of them. Such a small number of people, sprinkled in such a large projection, is like a drop of water in the sea. If we form another team... the exploration efficiency will be very low.
Too low...
"Many of you here are strong men from various places. They have never been exposed to fighting with foreign monks before. Therefore, it is very important to come to you today to change everyone's thinking. In the simplest terms, that is... this time
, you can fight with ease against eup people!"
Xing Hong said again.
"Before, there were various rules and regulations in the country. I know that according to the regulations of the ministry, when encountering loose cultivators, the main purpose is to capture them. However, this time, it is different. Our division has always been mainly responsible for dealing with these foreign cultivators.
People are at war. You may not know it. Unlike domestic 'peace', the situation among international practitioners is extremely severe.
Murder and death are commonplace. Of course, according to a tacit understanding, the fighting between practitioners from various countries is often hidden in secret. On the surface, a basic peace must be maintained.
But what I want to say is that I hope everyone will not be misled by these superficial friendships. Before, it was just in China. Now when you come abroad, you are facing an organization like EUP. Once you enter the projection, it will be life and death!"
Xing Hong’s tone was extremely serious:
"So, what I want to say is, once you enter the projection, you must not be merciful! If you encounter eup, or practitioners from other countries who have sneaked in, you should take the initiative to attack!
Don't think about anything, like I won't offend others unless they offend me, these rules do not apply in the world!
Over the past year, I have personally fought hundreds of battles with monks from various countries. The entire world of spiritual practice also has its own set of rules, that is, the weak eat the strong, and the winner takes all!
Within the projection, without the constraints of modern social public opinion, this will be further amplified. Every practitioner who enters, the moment he enters, is equivalent to acquiescing to this rule.
This is also the experience and lesson we have learned through blood, tears and death.
To put it bluntly, if there is a devil living in everyone's heart, then I hope you can release it.
Because according to the rules of the world’s spiritual practice world, only devils can survive!”