End of Mystery

"This gift, or rather, does not quench my heart..."

"What exactly is it?"

He got all the points he was defrauded of, and Xiao Xiao did get on the return train without anyone stopping him, until he sat on the hard seat and looked at the exquisite gift box on his lap. , still thinking about this problem silently.

Opening the box, he could see a real heart with a fine flame burning on it.

It's just strange that the flame keeps burning for some reason, but it doesn't burn the heart into charcoal.

The weirdest thing is that even the cardboard box is fine.

But from the perspective of a foreigner, no matter what grotesque things he sees, they are all reasonable. Therefore, after sizing up the heart for a long time, Xiao Xiao silently put the lid back on, and the three The eyes of the seer flew out, and then worked hard to integrate, destroying the ability of the seer to the extreme, which is equivalent to switching his perspective to the form of the aboriginal people.

Then, suppressing the beating of his heart, he slowly opened the box.

"Wow..."

He suddenly closed it again, calmly, but vigilantly swept towards the people coming and going around.

The hairs were slightly blown up.

From the perspective of the aborigines, this is still a heart.

Bloody, I don't know how long it has been picked off, but it still has some kind of activity, a beating heart.

If he had seen that mysterious girl before, Xiao Xiao would have been taken aback by the scene in front of him, because from the perspective of the aborigines, everything he saw was realistic and reasonable, but occasionally due to the influence of abnormal spiritual power, There are unreasonable behaviors of some people, but everything that exists in reality is in line with the world understood by normal people and the logic of reality...

But this heart is obviously beyond the logic of reality.

Whose heart can be taken off and stuffed into a box, and it is still beating after so long?

More importantly...

... Xiao Xiao couldn't help but have great doubts in his mind: "How did I pass the security check just now?"

He forced himself to calm down and think silently.

This weird heart is the key element for him to enter the fourth stage of strengthening.

Just, how is it used?

After the strengthening is completed, what kind of changes will it bring to oneself?

He had only glanced at Bai Cheng's computer before, but the words on it didn't clearly introduce the function of this heart, neither the ability nor the side effects were mentioned. So, if you want to know For this heart, I can only go back to Heimen City, and ask the city will of Heimen City to tell me...or directly strengthen it and explore it by myself?

The answer to this question is not easy.

Xiao Xiao still remembered that Lin Bo once told himself seriously about the special nature of the fourth element.

Strictly speaking, my current state is the most harmonious and comfortable state to get along with the will of the city, or the mysterious source of Heimen City. Heimen City has given me the greatest authority and trust, Water does not violate river water.

But once you strengthen yourself, you will start to take a step beyond the sense of boundary.

How Black Gate City will react is not something outsiders can predict in advance.

...

...

"Haven't found your problem yet?"

After thinking for a while, Xiao Xiao turned around and looked at Lin Bo in the back seat: "Why is Dante's organization so unprofessional?"

Lin Bo was already wilted, but when he heard it, he became even more wilted...

Spreading his hands weakly, he said, "I really don't know what's going on..."

"I wonder if the guy who gave me the equipment deliberately targeted us and took something with a fault..."

"..."

"His direction of thinking is not bad..."

Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then decided not to tell him the truth.

When the two sides of Yedi City were cooperating, Lin Bo and others helped Xiao Xiao successfully force out the real body of Yedi City by threatening to shake the original spiritual power of the entire city, and they communicated with each other. Unexpectedly, the level of this kind of communication is too high, therefore, except for the President Cui himself from Night Bottom City, no one else even notices the existence of this kind of communication.

The same is true for Lin Bo et al.

They thought that their equipment suddenly had a problem halfway, and they discussed and reflected all the way to the present.

Seeing that Xiao Xiao took the initiative to bring up this question, Lin Bo also felt a little guilty. He looked at Xiao Xiao with flickering eyes and said, "Although there was indeed a little accident, at least we have helped, right? Chairman Xiao See if you have to..."

As he spoke, he twisted his two fingers, his eyes full of anticipation.

"I'm a generous person. Since you all helped me and I managed to get the Unextinguishable Heart, of course I won't be stingy."

Lin Bo and the others didn't know the process of Xiao Xiao's obtaining the Unextinguishable Heart, so Xiao Xiao could speak casually.

But he also had some speculations, and said to Lin Bo: "But I'm still very curious, is the failure of your equipment reasonable? Could it be that when the influence of your elements is too great, touching Affected the will of the city and triggered his rejection?"

"It won't."

Upon hearing this, Lin Bo immediately said confidently: "Didn't you see it in your Heimen City before?"

"Whether it is the invasion of the hell organization, or our illusory light, it has not touched the reaction of Heimen City at all."

"You can understand that a city is a unique living body, which is not on the same level as us, so some powers that we can't imagine are easy for it, but there are also some things that it cannot interfere with. , otherwise, the deformed creatures born in the city can be wiped out with just a thought, so why should they count on foreigners?"

"Essentially, a lot of the problems we're having, it's confirming that."

"The will of the city further affects the city itself through foreigners."

"..."

Xiao Xiao silently remembered that the Dante organization is undoubtedly the most professional in the analysis and research of these phenomena.

And after he has seen the mysterious source, these principles can also help him better understand the shape of the city.

"Anyway, although you did not perform up to standard, you helped me after all."

Feeling slightly relieved, he planned to discuss with Yang Jia later. Xiao Xiao's expression, which had been tense since he left Night City, slowed down slightly, and he smiled and said to Lin Bo: "I told you, I'm a Generous people, so I still have to give you what should be rewarded, although I don't have many points left, but I'm still willing to give you three... three thousand points."

As he spoke, the pronunciation of the words was accentuated: "As a reward."

"three……"

Lin Bo and the others were stunned for a moment, and the sorrow just now disappeared instantly, and their eyes were shining.

Trembling: "Three thousand?"

"My God, is it so generous?"

"..."

Especially a few team members were already crying with joy: "It's been a long time since we've seen points in units of hundreds..."

Even Xiao Si, who was resting next to him by the window, opened his eyes and glanced at them upon hearing this.

Really, these people with three thousand points are so happy...

Those who have hands and feet won't make money by themselves?

Just knowing that it takes advantage of our Brother Xiao...

It was still Lin Bo, who was a small leader after all. While excited, he did not forget the main point: "There is one more thing..."

"I want to know what you did in Night City..."

"..."

Xiao Xiao looked at his bright eyes and nodded. From the beginning, he also intended to give this verification as a gift to Lin Bo and the others. Now Lin Bo is not stupid, it seems that he has already Realizing what his experiment in Night Bottom City was, of course he would give it to him, but he must exclude the aboriginal perspective and the mysterious source.

These two are too mysterious, and Xiao Xiao is not sure what the consequences will be if they are revealed.

Seeing that Xiao Xiao agreed, Lin Bo almost wept with joy: "Now we can finally go back to work. Regarding the issue of leaving the mysterious guide in your Black Gate City, many people in Dante's organization are actually very special to us. Dissatisfied..."

"Well, although we have thought it over carefully, some internal hardliners don't understand this at all."

"...you have to be careful in the future, if you meet them, there might be a conflict!"

"..."

"Hardliners?"

Xiao Xiao was also slightly taken aback, and said seriously, "What kind of people are they?"

"this……"

Lin Bo thought about it carefully, and said, "It's the kind of person I showed when we first met but didn't know each other very well."

"..."

Xiao Xiao recalled it for a while, and instantly felt very three-dimensional: "Understood."

"Hey, life is just getting along anyway..."

Lin Bo asked his subordinates to prepare to listen to Xiao Xiao's account of the first-hand experience based on the research of the aboriginal theory by the old president of Heimen City and the verification of Night City, while Xiao Xiao was thinking about how not to touch the key core of the situation. I made it up for them, and people on both sides were in a good mood. Lin Bo shook his head and sighed: "It's good that we can pass this level smoothly. No matter how dissatisfied the higher-ups are, it's just a failure to do things. It's Yang Jia who has a thorn in her side." In the front, the hardliners want to punish her, and they are the first to punish her..."

"Anyway, you Heimen City, if you want to do something, do it as soon as possible!"

"This world may not always be waiting for you."

"..."

"..."

And when Xiao Xiao’s train started to return from Night Bottom City to Heimen City, a rare meeting was being held in Heimen City, or the Black Forest Biological Laboratory, with countless projections intertwined in the empty In the spacious conference room, they coincidentally wore masks on their faces, and even their palms and necks were completely covered by black cloth, only their badges were exposed on their chests.

Only in the very center of the conference room was a man in a black robe, different from the mysterious and solemn others. Although he also covered his face and wore a black robe, his movements seemed cynical, and he even wore a pair of black robes on his feet. slippers.

"Everyone knows why we have this dangerous meeting."

The projection in the middle, with a voice that has obviously changed its pitch, said in a cold voice: "We have received definite news that drug tester No. 0 rushed to Night Bottom City not long ago, even under the guise of our company's special investigator's name, What does this represent?"

Everyone just listened in silence.

They are unwilling to say a single word when discussing matters concerning the matrix.

So as not to cause unnecessary information leakage and increase the risk of being polluted.

Instead, in this silence, sitting in the middle of a huge empty meeting room, and the only person in the meeting who appeared in the meeting as a real person, or the shepherd, smiled and said: "Don't So nervous, this time it’s not about executing a polluted person, or releasing some desperate news to you… on the contrary, it’s good news.”

"I don't know the reason why tester zero went to Night Bottom City... I really don't know."

"But at least judging from the information we have so far, what he did is simply beyond our expectations..."

"A few points that can be determined: first, he fought against the armed forces that had been polluted in the night bottom city by himself, and even completely suppressed their ordinary armed forces in the confrontation with the armed forces of the night bottom city alone. Demonstrated great strength."

"Secondly, under some unknown motivation, he helped the night bottom city to complete the city's purification."

"Of course we don't know whether this purification is thorough, but compared to the reaction of Night Bottom City, we are simply overjoyed."

"Third, from his traces and performance, it can be analyzed that he should have obtained something and returned to Black Gate City..."

"..."

The person who had forced himself to be silent just now and refused to say a word, suddenly couldn't control himself when he heard these points mentioned by the shepherd, especially the second point, and whispered softly. When I got up, there was even a little signal instability. Even though everyone covered their faces, they could still hear a few shocking words: "Purification?"

"Can it really purify the city polluted by the mother?"

"Now there is really a way to fight against the matrix?"

"..."

The shepherd was very satisfied with their reaction, held the piece of paper in his hand, and let them interrupt his report with a smile.

"If he had purified Night Bottom City, didn't Night Bottom City's matrix and those messengers stop him?"

After some whispering, a majestic voice suddenly said: "Why did he purify the polluted armed forces in Night bottom city? What is his purpose for going to Night bottom city? Did he have any contact with Night bottom city's mother body?" A direct confrontation of strength?"

Listening to these questions, many people immediately raised their heads and waited nervously.

The shepherd raised his head, his eyes under the mask were full of excitement: "I don't know."

"..."

Many people were stunned for a while, and then they were very dissatisfied: I don't know why you are so happy?

"The main reason is that the surprise came too suddenly..."

The shepherd smiled and said, "Suddenly, we didn't make relevant preparations, so the intelligence work was a step slower."

But instead of frustration in his voice, there was even stronger excitement and excitement in his voice: "But all of you here understand that it is difficult for us to understand the logic of most of the actions of those lunatics. Everything they do has a purpose." Possible, including killing an innocent passer-by without warning, or hypnotizing a multi-millionaire to donate all his money to an orphanage..."

"When we first noticed the existence of the maternal power, we even suspected that it would seize power and rule our world."

"As a result, you have also seen that they are actually not interested in power. At most, they pollute a few powerful people who are lurking, so that they can do things conveniently, but the kind of pollution that pollutes all high-level people tightly holds the power of a city in their hands." few things."

"Of course, pollution does happen all the time, and it's going to get worse."

"..."

Speaking of this, the shepherd paused, and said with a smile: "I know that the reason why you have given so many resources to the Black Forest and strongly supported us...or their research is to find a way to effectively contain, or purify These methods of pollution, unfortunately, have not achieved many results in this area, and the Black Forest has developed many unexpected weapons, but none of them have any effect."

"These weapons can kill some foreigners at most, but they are completely useless against the mother."

"..."

The atmosphere in the venue was a bit depressed, and some people even let out a soft "hum" sound from their noses, obviously expressing dissatisfaction with this.

The Black Forest and some laboratories that have the same function as it are simply the favored ones of heaven.

Almost unlimited resources and permission support can be obtained, but until now, no satisfactory results have been given.

"But who would have thought?"

There was obviously more joy in the shepherd's voice: "There are so many plans that seem reliable, but none of them work."

"However, the Pioneer Project, which has been abandoned, suddenly gave us such a big surprise."

"You have seen that although we don't understand the behavior of tester zero, several of his characteristics have been clearly displayed in this operation: First, the purification of the city Ability, this is the goal you dream of. Second, the ability to fight against the mother, this is the result that we can analyze through their behavior, although we have no evidence."

"There may be some others, but this plan has been shelved for too long, and even I don't have accurate data."

"However, at present, we can already confirm that the Pioneer Project is the only way to give us hope, right?"

"..."

His joyful and excited voice echoed in the empty conference room.

Those who projected over, some had downcast eyes, some were excited, and some were thoughtful.

"We need to admit that what you said is indeed true."

At this moment, someone said, "However, tester zero seems to be an isolated case."

"You can't prove the pioneer plan, and there are also successful cases where you can find the law..."

"So, if the Pioneer Project is restarted..."

"..."

"No……"

The shepherd interrupted him without waiting for him to finish, and said with a smile: "Now, the most important thing is not to restart the pioneer plan. And I don't need to say, you can also see the background information, the 100% concentration of No. 0 potion has been used It's over, we can restart the Pioneer Project, but we can't create another 00-sequence experimental body, so I am no longer interested in this project."

When everyone around heard the words, they were all a little surprised: "Then what do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is..."

The shepherd smiled, and suddenly said, "Should you ask me to come back and continue to preside over this work?"

"If you are willing to return this power to me, then I think the second step of the Pioneer Plan can officially begin."

"..."

"..."

"Are you coming back?"

At the same time in Heimen City, Yang Jia, Ruan Ruan, and Red Eyes Ling Ping were sitting on the third floor of the Red Eyes Club. When they learned that Xiao Xiao had already started his return journey, Yang Jia's expression was unusually surprised: "This It only took less than two days, how did he manage to complete the deal with those miserly people...couldn't he just kill everyone and just grab something?"

"I just thought about it for two days..."

Ling Ping with red eyes also frowned: "Is this president so efficient?"

"Crack" "Crack" "Crack" "Crack"

During their discussion, Ruan Ruan kept typing on the keyboard, staring at the screen, and couldn't help but stare bigger and bigger, and at the same time let out a "hiss".

Yang Jia hurriedly said, "What's wrong?"

Ruan Ruan lowered his voice and said: "Before he went, how did you tell him?"

Yang Jia frowned and said, "I just told him to keep a low profile and try not to kill anyone."

"On the forum, someone from Yedi City said that he didn't kill people...at least he didn't kill everyone."

Ruan Ruan's voice trembled slightly: "But, he alone tore up the perfect defense system of the entire night bottom city, snatched someone's unquenchable heart worth 100,000 points, and blackmailed him with 200,000 points. Killing people one by one with a chainsaw, and finally..."

"It even made people cry..."