King from scratch

The scene was quiet for a moment, and the atmosphere seemed to freeze into ice in an instant, making people hold their breath subconsciously.

He Xingwen was very surprised: "Do you think this is the first time I have faced this choice?"

Absolutely not.

Both the system and He Xingwen are aware of this.

Life is composed of countless choices, and different choices constitute the final path they go to.

When faced with this choice for the first time, He Xingwen chose to leave room. After countless different choices, He Xingwen chose to leave room.

So, this time the choice will not change.

He Xingwen was surprised that the system would once again emphasize a question that they both knew the answer to.

This is not like the style of the system. He knows the answer to this question, and he also knows that this question is meaningless.

He Xingwen stared at the system thoughtfully, as if seeing the rapidly calculating data in the opponent's body through the blurred light and shadow.

He has never been able to understand the idea of ​​the system, after all, there is an objective dimensional gap between the other party and him.

But at this moment, as if he suddenly felt that the world had become strange before, He Xingwen suddenly understood why the other party deliberately asked a meaningless thing.

"Are you... making trouble?" He Xingwen asked very uncertainly, because the gap between the three words making trouble and the system is too far away.

The system replied quickly: "I just think I should remind you again, but there are other options for this choice."

He Xingwen confirmed his judgment: "You don't like my choice?"

The system denied his judgment: "I support all your choices, and this is the meaning of my existence." The meaning of his existence is to turn He Xingwen's ideas into reality.

He Xingwen understood, and changed the word: "You think I'm too kind?"

The system paused for two seconds this time, he didn't lie to He Xingwen: "Your enemies are not eligible to enjoy your mercy, they are just..." The system thought about the wording: "A group of bad people."

A bunch of bad guys...

The system doesn't even learn how to swear, does it?Or is it because he's programmed inside that he can't use foul language?

He Xingwen guessed casually, followed the system's words, and said firmly: "You are making trouble."

He Xingwen was surprised by this discovery. Being awkward is a manifestation of human nature, and this word is associated with the system, like an illusory light and shadow that suddenly has an emotional figure, and the word system itself is gradually drifting away.

He Xingwen stared at the light and shadow for two seconds, then raised another topic: "Have you decided on your name yet?"

"I think this is a reasonable hint..." The system is still a little bit brooding over He Xingwen's judgment: "It's not awkward."

He explained sternly: "I am an intelligent life, and making troubles is inefficient and meaningless, and it is not feasible for me."

But no matter how He Xingwen thought about it, he felt that the system was obviously making trouble.

He Xingwen: "Because you don't like me being too kind to them, you specifically hinted at me that you don't like it. Isn't this awkward?"

The system's database quickly analyzed it and came to a conclusion: This is a normal behavior that implies that the other party has another option to choose, and has nothing to do with being awkward.

After reaching this conclusion, the system's database deduces itself - why does He Xingwen feel that this normal behavior is awkward?

Additional Abnormal Behavior [-]: I suddenly felt that I was too close. Additional Abnormal Behavior [-]: The frequency of people looking at me suddenly increased by five times recently.

The system library has invested a huge amount of resources in the analysis of this game project.

The database analyzed it, and the system answered He Xingwen's previous question: "I haven't thought about it yet." In fact, he didn't think about it at all. This is not the field that intelligent life is good at, and he knows nothing about this strange field.

He Xingwen was not surprised by his answer. After getting the answer, he abruptly interrupted the business: "So, you have some guesses about the identity of 'those bad guys'?"

"Yes." The system took it for granted, and followed He Xingwen to change the topic: "However, there is too little information to analyze at present, and the accuracy of judgment is extremely low. In order to avoid making mistakes in judgment and affecting your future decisions, I think it is better not to inform you about it." good."

He Xingwen thought for a while: "How dangerous is it?"

"Extremely dangerous."

"Scope?"

"According to current information, the entire continent may be affected."

He Xingwen paused for two seconds: "Yan said, that sea area has been completely emptied."

System: "The Holy Guard fulfills your orders and kills the enemies who pose a threat to the safety of the kingdom's people."

He Xingwen lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, an extremely dangerous enemy that spread across the entire continent?

It is difficult for He Xingwen to find an existence that meets this condition. Among the intelligent races that do not belong to this world, He Xingwen can find an existence that meets these two conditions-players.

He Xingwen did not come to the result of his thinking, but he clarified another point.

He re-entered the demiplane and restored the shackles of the Holy Guard to their original form, prohibiting them from attacking enemies outside the kingdom.

System: "You made the same choice."

He Xingwen rubbed his eyes: "I don't want to wake up one day and find that there are only intelligent creatures on the kingdom's territory left in the entire continent."

He Xingwen was not sure what the consequences of an extremely dangerous enemy that would affect the entire continent would be, but he could be sure of the worst outcome that the Holy Guard could cause.

Unable to communicate and irrational, they are doomed to lose control at any time.

A small dispute encountered by a kingdom's citizens outside the country may cause the demise of a civilization.

He needs to try his best to protect the safety of the kingdom's people, but not in this way.

After the danger Yan faced was lifted, He Xingwen couldn't think of any reason to continue loosening the shackles of the Holy Guard—of course, the system didn't like him being too merciful, maybe it was one.

But if you are awkward, just coax it.

Thinking of this, He Xingwen stretched out his hand towards where the light and shadow were.

While analyzing what He Xingwen wanted to do, the system continued to analyze the deduction that had not yet been answered.

He Xingwen's outstretched hand touched the illusory light and shadow, and the insubstantial light and shadow were easily passed through, and a strange touch came from the nerve endings again.

The system was taken aback for a moment, and before he understood the purpose of He Xingwen's behavior, he noticed that He Xingwen patted... him?

Should I say something at this time?

He Xingwen patted the air while thinking, but didn't think of what to say, so he simply gave up the plan, and after patting the air a few times, he withdrew his hand very naturally, as if he hadn't done anything.

In the calculation deduction, an abnormal behavior [-] was silently added: and suddenly came into contact with me.

He Xingwen withdrew his hand, and put these chores to the back of his mind, and the topic jumped back very naturally: "Although there is no holy guard, there are also necessary safety measures."

It wouldn't be possible for Yan to continue exploring the depths of the South China Sea with a few players, right?

That's not exploration, that's death.

A mermaid kingdom can make Yan and the others fall to this level, if they continue to go deeper, I am afraid it will be a lifetime of death.

He Xingwen thought for a few seconds, then looked sideways at the other two people who remained silent in the room.

His eyes paused on Huang for two seconds, then looked at Zhe who was beside him.

Zhe understood, and handed the thick stack of documents in his hand to He Xingwen: "I had a preliminary communication with the Druid about the Everfree Forest, and there are currently disputes in these places..."

Zhe opened the thick materials and pointed out a few lines: "The extremist druids have a very strong awareness of nature protection, and they are not willing to give in."

He Xingwen glanced at it, and saw clauses such as "Forbid the people of the Kingdom to enter the Everfree Forest"...

Is this a peace negotiation after being defeated?No, this is overreaching.

He Xingwen recalled the style of the extremist druids, and he was not surprised at all. It is indeed too high to expect this group of low-eq, plant-minded guys to know the ways of the world.

He Xingwen didn't go back and handed the information back to Zhe, and gave him four words: "It's absolutely impossible."

"Either accept our request, or fight another round." He Xingwen said: "Besides that, Druids have no third choice."

Zhe understood He Xingwen's attitude.

It is a bit overkill for Zhe to negotiate with the druids-in the style of extreme druids, there is no possibility of negotiation at all.

He Xingwen made a judgment and continued: "Let others follow up on this matter. I have a new task for you."

"Let Ai Zhijin inform all the forces on the continent," He Xingwen said, "An extremely dangerous unknown creature has appeared in the South China Sea, which is suspected to be able to suppress Du Duolan. The race and specific condition of the creature have not yet been confirmed, and the race has not yet been confirmed. Whether it can only survive on the bottom of the sea, I hope that all continental creatures will be more vigilant..."

Just now, Huang, who was still trying to persuade He Xingwen that his enemy is very dangerous: It doesn't seem to be so dangerous, right?

Huang hesitated for a moment, and interrupted the conversation: "At present, we are not sure whether it is so dangerous. Isn't it a bit too grand to just inform other people?"

He Xingwen glanced at Huang, perhaps because he was used to cleaning up the mess for Yan, and his thinking mode was obviously more inclined to deal with the aftermath.

Zhe glanced at him, took over the conversation, and wrote lightly: "It's just a notice, what's so grand?" Zhe didn't pay attention to other existences except the kingdom at all: "The king doesn't need to care what they think .”

But in case something happens...

Huang and Zhe had different ideas, but did not argue with Zhe.

Their responsibilities are different and overlap, but Zhe is always the main and he is the assistant. This is the most distinctive feature of NPCs. They abide by the order and never cross the line.

Human beings have many uncontrollable behaviors born of desire, but npcs don't.

The scene returned to calm after this episode.

He Xingwen continued: "Send people to the mages, dwarves, druids, and Ai Zhijin. The kingdom is preparing to form a large expedition to further explore the South China Sea and the unknown creature. Let them send people to participate."

Zhe responded one by one.

He Xingwen: "Let Jin contact Tuo Er Jin to discuss the matter of hiring more dragons to protect the people of the kingdom."

He Xingwen went over his own arrangement, and after making sure there were no omissions, he turned to Huang Dao: "Let Yan and the others come back first, it's okay to go deep into the South China Sea, but they can't just go hastily like this."

Huang Yingxia, took the communication tool and went out, ready to communicate with Yan.

Zhe Lue thought for a while, and found a certain race that He Xingwen had missed: "The devil... since it took the players to set off, it seems that there has been no news."

Speaking of this, He Xingwen couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth: "He got lost."

Through these four short words, Zhe instantly understood the current situation that the devil is self-inflicted and unable to live. He couldn't help but deepen his smile and said, "Then should we invite the devil to join the expedition?"

He Xingwen is not familiar with the rest of the demons except Nubida—in fact, the entire kingdom is probably the same.

All the things related to the demons are Nubida jumping up and down, and the demons other than him, the half-human, half-goat Kenti has a little sense of existence.

But should Kenti be involved?

"Since Nubida has already intervened, I'm afraid the other demons won't do it again." He Xingwen said: "Forget it."

Moreover, the relationship between the demons and mages, dwarves, and druids is not very good. Let them act together, and I am afraid that the expedition team will have to fight halfway.

At this moment, the demon is still floating on the sea.

Although Nubida modified the destination, changing it from the place where the expedition team died to the kingdom, but things like getting lost... don't just change the location and suddenly become clear.

Nubida's ship was constantly spinning, and had already deviated from the original channel and penetrated into other directions in the South China Sea.

As an incomparably vast ocean, the South China Sea has enough unknown areas for the lost to stray into.

"It can't go on like this."

Seeing that there was no change in the boundless sea, the players couldn't help whispering again.

"If you get lost, you will get lost. Hurry up and find someone who knows the way. If I look at this sea, I will feel physically sick."

"People who know the way... Do you think there are people who know the way here?"

"Then it's not good for space teleportation?"

"Didn't it mean that space transmission in the South China Sea is easy to mislocate?"

"That's better than wandering around on the sea."

"The most hateful thing is that there is actually a temporary resurrection point here, so I can't even use the omnipotent free return to the city."

The players looked at the demon while whispering.

Nubida squatted on the top of the sail, as if he didn't hear anything, and looked for the way back to the kingdom in a serious manner.

The hull shook.

"What kind of underwater creature passed by?"

"Stop making noise, and go around quickly."

Because of too many capsized ships, the players finally changed from rolling all over the ground at the beginning to maneuvering the ships to divert their faces without changing their faces.

Facts have proved that human beings can only grow through bloody lessons.

Even ignorant, stupid, and superficial players can quickly evolve into old sailors in the process of life and death.

The ship turned to avoid the marine life passing below.

But then, the ship shook again.

Players are a little confused.

"Not quite right? Did we avoid it?"

"Is this intentional to hit us again?"

"Aiming at us?"

The emotions of the players gradually became excited, and they began to call the devil: "Nubida, here comes the short-sighted..."

"Kang Bang Bang" hit three times in succession, and the hull began to tilt slowly amid violent shaking.

Nubida withdrew his gaze from the sea, looked at the chaotic deck, and sensed the etheric fluctuations below.

Strange, at some point, all the small fish and shrimps below disappeared, leaving only a group of creatures with strange ether fluctuation frequency, hey, there are quite a few of them.

It's troublesome to kill so many.

Nubida didn't bother to go into the sea anymore, squatting on the top of the sail and getting a little impatient with the players shouting, he reached out and took out something from his personal space.

An invisible cover enveloped the entire ship.

The sound of the impact and the shaking of the ship disappeared in an instant.

The players climbed up from the deck, and the knowledgeable players saw its origin at a glance: "The etheric space of Aizhijin! The best equipment for self-protection, I have seen it in the closed beta video."

The player on the side seemed to think of something: "Oh, it's the large-scale mission to find the lost treasure of the dwarf kingdom, right? The equipment used by Aizhijin on the top of the mountains?"

Another player interjected: "The whole mountain collapsed, didn't it hurt Ai Zhijin and the player's equipment?"

As an invisible existence, this equipment is difficult to distinguish, but when players get close to the ship, they can clearly see a boxy shape sunken under the ship. This is the specific presentation mode of etheric space against external forces.

All attacks were carried out in etheric space, and the ship and its occupants remained unscathed.

"The devil is rich and powerful! I remember the astronomical figure was reported for this equipment!"

"As expected of a demon who can offer such a generous reward!"

The players took advantage of the wind and immediately praised Nubida.

Nubida remained unmoved, and even wanted to laugh a little. It was left over from the devil's game to play around with the wind, but objectively speaking, the player did have a bit of a devil's demeanor for being so shameless.

All of them are good seedlings suitable for being demons. Nubida's thoughts unfolded here, and he thought about the scene after the player became a demon, and successfully dispelled this idea.

Although the hull no longer swayed, the creatures attacking the boat under the sea didn't just give up.

Amidst the players' twittering, at some point, densely packed long arms and legs quietly emerged on the surface of the sea, just like octopus, but more, longer, and more flexible than octopus arms.

The players looked up and watched those arms and legs slapped on the "ether space", and there was no sound.

Not just one arm, but countless arms and legs sticking out from the sea, flying on the sea, and coming towards them.

The sound of "papapapapa" can be heard endlessly, it is the sound of one arm after another slapping the etheric space.

"Is it a bit dark?"

"It's a bit..." Another player answered the question in a soft voice, and then he reacted in the middle of the sentence: "Fuck! Those claws... No, what's that called? Those tentacles almost cover the entire ether space Already!"

"Fuck? Where are we? Where are there so many octopuses?"

"Fuck? How about playing Cthulhu next time?"

"Is there something wrong with the planner's mind! This whole thing scares the players?"

"These tentacles are so big, how big are these monsters!"

"Nubida! Help!"

Xiong Da was thoughtful: "Why do I feel that this scene looks familiar?"

"Familiar? The Calamity of the Python or the Calamity of Cthulhu?"

"No, those bald heads we met before... It's quite scary to appear on the stage, and they really capsized our boat as soon as they came up..." Xiong Dayue said more and more familiarity, and suddenly realized that he turned his head to look Devil: "Damn it! These are the same batch as the ones we encountered before!"

Nubida reacted very quickly: "What the hell? Isn't what you met a mermaid?"

"Didn't you also say that mermaids are not so aggressive?" Xiong Da retorted, "Who knows if that is a mermaid?"

Among the frightened sand sculpture players on the side, Li suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute, the aggressiveness is very strong. Have you heard this word somewhere?"

The sand sculpture players beside him said: "Ahhhhhh! It's scary!"

"I want to go home!"

"What the hell is this (broken sound)"

No one talked to Li.

Xiong Da did hear what he said, but he really didn't find the word familiar.

Li touched his head, racking his brains to think about the source of the familiarity: "It's strange, I seem to have heard it somewhere, which video is it from? Is it a video related to holographic games? I remember wrongly?"

The players on the scene staged all kinds of life, and the only demon with attack power reflected on himself again.

How can this be to join in the fun?This is obviously the fun that brought him together.

Ai Zhijin's equipment is very reliable. Under the siege of countless tentacles, there is still no trace of brokenness, and it provides an extremely reliable security guarantee for the panicked scene.

On the contrary, after repeated attacks to no avail, those tentacles seemed to have come to some conclusion, and began to change their behavior patterns, no longer attacking the etheric space.

The players stared at the sky with their heads probed: "Stop?"

"Who can see this..." Another player gave up on himself, lying flat on the deck and said: "These tentacles have filled the entire ether space, there is no light at all, who can see what they are doing!" what?"

Indeed, the whole ship was plunged into pitch blackness, and the etheric space shrouded the ship like a hood, and those sea creatures had covered the cover with a layer of airtight tentacles.

"Is it my illusion, or what?" Another player lying on the deck turned over and listened intently to the sound of the sea water: "Are we moving?"

"Fuck!" The players who were lying in twos and threes jumped up again, and hurriedly called to Nubida: "Nubida! These guys want to take us back to the lair as trophies!"

"This is not the custom of underwater creatures." Nubida was a little strange: "Theoretically speaking, if they can't beat them, they should give up."

"These guys have violated their nature time and time again." Nubida thought thoughtfully.

"No? Uncle? Are you still thinking about these things? Isn't the most urgent thing now to find a way to deal with these enemies?"

Nubida was very surprised: "Why are you so anxious? You will not die."

Players complained about this.

"I won't die, but I don't want to be floating in the sea forever."

"Nubida, listen to my advice, let's ask someone who knows the way to go back to the kingdom, the guy who can defeat Du Dolan is still in the South China Sea."

"I want the kingdom, I want to swim, I want...the mission!"

Nubida naturally filtered out the voices of the players, and said to himself, "I'm very interested in them."

The player really doesn't understand the demon: "Aren't you afraid of the enemy who can defeat Du Dolan now?"

Nubida stared wide-eyed and said in surprise, "When have I ever been afraid?"

You didn't look like you were in a hurry to return to the kingdom... the player slandered.

"Just kidding you, do you believe it?" Nubida taught the players confidently: "You are too naive to believe in a demon's performance."

Having said that, Nubida has no sense of accomplishment.

This group of players is definitely the most stupid and sweet intelligent creature that the devil has ever encountered. They have never doubted the devil's performance from the beginning to the end, so that the devil is quite frustrated by winking at the blind.

Deceiving people is interesting only when they are seen. It is no fun for a fool who is deceived and does not know it.

Li continued from the bottom of his heart: "But I think you are really cowardly."

Look, there are still so many fools here, the devil sighed.

In the banter between the demon and the player, the ship trapped in the etheric space is pushed towards a certain destination by countless tentacles.

At the same time, Yan and the others were galloped across the South China Sea in the claws of Tor Jintila, running against the demons.

After Zhe conveyed He Xingwen's arrangements, the kingdom quickly became lively.

Mage, dwarves, and druids came one after another. Besides, some people brought back greetings from afar.

In just a split second, the entire continent became lively.

Ai Zhijin once again proved their ability to the king, and they notified the king's warning to the entire continent in a very short period of time.