Albert took a bath in the bathroom of Shachuan and finally washed away the blood and fishy smell all over his body. He breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the shower room. He only saw the cat-man boy Mutt wearing only
I put on a pair of underwear and sat on the bench, doing some stretching exercises.
Tiger couldn't help but glance at Mut. What a soft body. This guy's arms and legs seemed to have no bones. When doing stretching movements, his limbs could also be slightly bent. These whip-like limbs were simply beyond comparison.
The softening skills of ordinary cat people made Tiger wonder whether Mutt's arm bones and leg bones had really been broken into pieces and were barely held together by some magical power.
"What are you looking at?" Mutt couldn't help but become wary when he saw Albert staring at him again.
"It doesn't hurt, meow?" Albert asked in a low voice, "I always feel like it hurts when you extend your arm."
"It doesn't hurt, I don't feel any pain at all." The cat boy replied coldly: "I became numb to the pain in my limbs a long time ago - ever since the limbs were smashed into pieces and put into the [Octopus Pot].
Starting from one day."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to mention that kind of thing---"
"Whatever," the cat boy grabbed a bottle of drink from the bench and threw it to Albert: "Drink your protein drink quickly."
Tiger caught the bottle with one hand and instantly remembered the weird taste of this weird drink. He couldn't help but make a long face: "It's this meow again."
"You have just finished a strenuous exercise. It is very good for you to replenish protein to strengthen your body." Mutter reminded without emotion.
"Okay, I'll just drink it." Tiger didn't bother to argue with the little steward anymore. He opened the cap of the bottle, pointed the mouth of the bottle at his mouth, and poured the liquid down his throat.
The protein drink this time seemed to be thicker than before, a bit like phlegm, and had a vague fishy smell like seafood. In short, it was extremely disgusting. Tiger shuddered all over and finally drank all the drinks.
He swallowed it in his stomach. After drinking this, he wanted to rinse his mouth with water immediately to wash away the nausea that remained between his teeth.
It tasted terrible, but at least it was not poisonous and never gave Albert diarrhea or stomachache. They were about to compete, and at least Mutt would not do anything to harm Albert.
Tiger wanted to look for his jersey in his sports bag, but then he realized that his jersey had been stained with the blood of desert sharks (or even humans) during the battle and had been cleaned. He looked at Mutt in confusion.
But he found that Mutt was in the same situation as him, sitting on the bench with no clothes to change.
"Where are the replacement jerseys?" Albert couldn't help but ask: "Do you want us to keep waiting shirtless like this?"
"It should be delivered soon." Mutt avoided Albert's gaze, and he obviously didn't know what he was thinking: "Just wait patiently before that. Anyway, it's still a few dozen minutes' flight from the destination.
"
The tiger man shuddered, gave the cat man a depressed look, looked around, found a relatively clean-looking bathrobe and put it on. At this moment, Phileos also opened the door.
Walking into the bathroom: "Are you done, Mr. Albert?"
"Hmm...what's wrong?"
"About what happened just now, Father Sphinx wants to talk to you alone." Phileos had a complicated look on his face: "Please come with me."
"Okay." Tiger agreed casually. Regarding the attack by the pirates just now, Albert had long wanted to ask the Sphinx to find out more about it, and it was even more desirable that the lion man would take the initiative to confess.
What makes a group of desperate pirates pursue the Sphinx's sand ship so crazily? What makes those pirates willing to die to prevent the Sphinx from participating in the game? This is obviously just a stupid American football game
It's just a competition, is there any need to be so serious and risk one's life?
Moreover, the man named [Site] is probably the mastermind behind all this. Albert heard it once from Sphinx and Phileos each, although they just let it slip. Could it be that this Seth
Is there any grudge between Te and the Sphinx?
The more you guess, the harder it is to guess. Chanel may have said that the Sphinx was a big villain, the leader of the Communist Party, and a careerist trying to plan a coup. But what is the reality? Albert
I have a unique hunch that the things involved may be much deeper than what appears on the surface.
The ship was rocking, and Albert, who was slightly seasick, walked barefoot on the wooden ship floor, making a harsh squeaking sound. He followed Phileos through a corridor, and then got off.
After going up one flight of stairs, we soon arrived at the luxurious cabin where the Sphinx was.
As soon as the door opened, there was a strong smell of smoke - no, the smell of cigars - coming from the cabin. White mist emerged from the side of the open door, as if to highlight the room or the mystery of the owner of the room.
"Go in." Phileos winked at Albert, but he seemed to have no intention of following him in. There seemed to be only the Sphinx in the cabin. After Albert entered, he was probably going to be with Sphinx.
Phinks met face to face and had a detailed one-on-one discussion, which made Tiger a little nervous - Sphinx was not a good man, and if he was not careful, Albert's plan might be discovered by the other party.
The tiger walked into the slightly dark room and saw the lion man sitting on the big luxurious leather chair. He nodded to the Sphinx and sat in front of the small leather chair facing the big chair.
He sat down on a chair, with only a table between him and the Sphinx.
"You're here." The Sphinx seemed to chuckle, although it was difficult to see his face immediately in the darkness. The lion man shook the lit cigar on the ashtray on the table.
Drop some soot.
Albert took the opportunity to look at the "ashtray" as a matter of course, but found that it was just a paper cup filled with water. It was very incompatible with the luxurious decoration of the room, and it was obviously used temporarily.
By the way, the Sphinx just threw the ashtray on the table here. The ashtray passed by Mutt and penetrated three desert sharks chasing behind Mutt. Save
Now that I think about it, he punched through (or even directly smashed) three sharks with just an iron ashtray. How terrifying is the arm strength of the Sphinx!
Albert was about to speak, but Sphinx spoke first: "I know you have a lot of questions to ask, but please calm down first and let me tell you a story to calm down the shock."
"story?"
"Yes, it's just a story, please don't care about its authenticity."
The Sphinx hummed and began to tell his story.
"A long time ago, a long time ago, it was an era when [God] created everything in the world, and everything must be thanked and surrendered to [God].
The gods created humans, and the gods also enslaved humans and used humans as tools.
The gods are few in number and are gradually declining.
On the contrary, the number of human beings is large and increasing day by day.
The gods knew that their own era would inevitably end, and that the era of humans would inevitably come. The gods were afraid that humans would rebel, so they created more races. They were basically enhanced races created based on humans.
Among these races, some are ordered to manage the tools left by the gods and exist as the gods' right-hand men; others are ordered to manage humans and prevent riots. Of course, the number of strengthened races is very small, and they are hidden in the body.
They must obey the gods absolutely. In addition to being slaves, they are also the loyal dogs of the gods and will faithfully perform the tasks assigned to them.
With the help of these right and left hands, the gods thought that their rule would last forever. However, all this was in vain.
The demise of the gods is not due to human rebellion, but because their time has come. Everything in this world has its own lifespan, and no species can truly live forever. Such is the law of nature, perhaps even the gods cannot disobey it.
.
However, in the days approaching their demise, the gods divided into three factions.
One of the factions believed that they should not die, so they tried their best to extend their lives. They failed, and they even caused [darkness], an unforgivable disaster that brought destruction;
The other group believes that their time has come and they should not continue to be selfish, and should leave all the technologies and treasures they possess to their descendants, that is, humans;
But the last group is constantly looking for opportunities to resurrect, hoping to be reborn in the bodies of their descendants tens of thousands of years later.
Among these three factions, the gods of the first faction have been completely swallowed up by darkness, and they are probably all dead;
However, the gods of the second and third factions are constantly fighting, holding each other's throats before they die completely. Who among them survives, how many survive, and how many are waiting for an opportunity to be resurrected
, we don’t know.
What we do know is that the second faction, the pro-human one, left a lot of hope in a world that should have been destroyed long ago.
"
Hearing this, Albert couldn't help but frowned: "For example...the wall of the world?"
"Perhaps." Sphinx said ambiguously: "However, all this is not over yet. There is actually [Despair] hidden in [Hope]. -
-----Having said that, let’s talk about another thing.
It is said that among those [enhanced races] created by the gods, some are given the task of [protecting the world]. Of course, they cannot protect the world. At best, they are just guardians, responsible for guarding a certain kind of [protecting the world].
Devices of the World].
This device is mainly maintained by two gatekeepers. Both of them are "outlaws" who are endowed with special powers among the enhanced races. Both of them possess all the characteristics of that enhanced race and are the most powerful among the races.
The most powerful existence.
They are the [Origin] and the [End]. They can activate the device that protects the world, and they can also shut down the device. Together, they protect the device, and at the same time they also protect the balance of the world.