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She took out another reducing potion, and the liquid in the test tube emitted a faint blue-purple light in the night.

"I brought this here because I intended to use it on William, but I can't use it now." Selene turned her head and said, with a strange emotion on her expression.

Uncle Jiu also stood relaxedly on the steel beam behind him. Hearing this, he couldn't help but frowned, nodded, and asked her, "I guess...you keep it for your own use?"

"That's right. I used to be obsessed with this 'vampire' identity, the power and immortality it brought me, but now I'm getting more and more disgusted... Vampires shouldn't exist in this world."

Selene replied.

Uncle Jiu nodded, but immediately asked another question: "If all the 'vampires' never existed, then the little girl named 'Jibo' was killed by a monster and died long ago? The one of them Will the rest of the world also die at the hands of monsters?"

You said that vampires should not exist, but your existence has indeed saved the lives of others and changed their fate.Isn't this considered "good"?

Who can see the changes in the world?

"...The sage's art of picking people is to 'observe his words and observe his actions'; the common saying talks about personality, and there is also a saying that 'disregarding his deeds regardless of his heart'... To judge whether a person is good or evil, it is best to judge by himself "Behavior" is the criterion, and it cannot be generalized by any group, it is only a partial generalization."

Uncle Jiu persuaded, "There are also many people wearing my Taoist robes who are just charlatans, ignorant people, those who cheat people of money are not bad, and there are even those monsters who deliberately kill people, but I don't think I am It's the same kind of people as them."

After saying this, he nodded, turned around, and disappeared from Selene's dark vision again.

Now that the matter is over, he has to go back to his own world... Qiusheng and Wencai also learned Taoism at Maoshan recently, relying on his face, he had better go back and look after those two boys when he is free.In addition, the coffee in Transylvania is good. I wonder if I can buy some to take home?Elder Amelia is so rich, this coffee should be nothing, right?

Selene looked down at the potion in her hand again, inserted it back into the anti-shock test tube box in her arms, stood up, took two steps back, and entered the darkness spreading from outside the port.

In the security room of Brighton Harbor, the night shift security guard who had just sat in his seat stared at the monitor while turning on the radio.

The broadcast is simultaneously rebroadcasting the live sound of the BBC TV interview program, and the host is asking: "...The audience should be most concerned about the crash of two helicopters in the suburbs. Are terrorists hijacking the military plane?"

"I hereby clarify clearly on behalf of the military that there is no hijacking of military aircraft."

Then came the slightly tired but still strong voice of a certain commander. He first solemnly denied the host's statement, and then explained: "Our response speed is very fast, and our tactical selection is professional and reasonable. The helicopters themselves are very reliable, and they crashed because they were attacked by new weapons that had never been seen before."

"You mean that the terrorists have some kind of new weapon in their hands?" the host asked.

"I'm afraid so. . . . They deployed high-energy electromagnetic weapons in advance in the Islington area, which paralyzed the electronic operating system of our helicopter in a short time, causing the two aircraft to lose control and collide. Our heroic pilots tried their best to save and put The plane flew out of the city, which protected the lives and property of residents in the Islington area."

The host first followed his words and praised the brave and fearless British soldiers who loved the people like children, then changed the topic and asked: "What organization's terrorists have such powerful weapons? If the citizens of London encounter the same type of terror again attack, does the military have a response plan?"

The commander coughed twice, and continued to say seriously: "First of all, this kind of electromagnetic weapon is aimed at electronic equipment, not killing people, and modern high-tech electronic equipment generally adopts external protective parts and lead wire protection. , special filters and other technologies to avoid being destroyed by this weapon. The two helicopters this time will be decommissioned soon, and they are still equipped with the previous generation of electronic operating systems...

"...Secondly, we have designated a more stringent and more effective rapid response procedure for this incident, and put in face recognition systems in key locations in London and even all major cities in the UK to prevent similar terrorist attacks from happening The possibility. In fact, this terrorist attack did not cause civilian casualties, which is precisely because of our well-trained soldiers, quick response, and effective handling.

"...As for where this advanced weapon came from, we are still investigating, but there are only a handful of countries or organizations in the world that possess this technology. We advise those who are willing to use terrorist attacks to bring down Great Britain It is doomed to be impossible and wishful thinking.”

The host asked again: "Are you implying that there is technical support or even direct participation of certain major countries behind this terrorist attack?"

"We are still investigating."

The commander finally responded with only this sentence.

As for what the investigation results will be and when they will be made public, that is another matter. The public's attention will not stay on one matter for so long. Military secrets, and the evidence collection is complicated, and it will take more time" is enough to perfunctory.

Back in the Transylvania castle, in a dark room underground, the death walkers were putting a stack of materials obtained from the "bat" laboratory on the table.

"According to the data, apart from the special force, there are a total of 10 people who have received serum injections, and they are basically funders of the laboratory, and there are also several retired officials."

Selene pointed to the information and said, then turned on the projector and projected the photos of these people on the wall one by one.

...This can be regarded as the biggest difference between her and Marcus. She has never slept in a hundred years, and she is very familiar with modern weapons and electronic equipment.The inventions and creations of human beings have caused earth-shaking changes in the world in the past 100 years, and it is impossible not to adapt.

If it was Selene who was chased by the British army all over the world, then she must have smuggled out of the country long ago. Who would stay there?And to be honest, the British army has not yet used real heavy firepower. After all, what happened at the time was London, which is the political, demographic, and economic center of the United Kingdom.If human beings were forced to do it according to the standard of a small hot war, then Marcus would not survive a day at all.

After the death walkers memorized the names, appearances, and possible locations of these people, Selene continued: "They are different from us...they haven't lived for so many years, and haven't experienced what we have experienced. He only became a vampire in order to survive, to retain his power.

"Not only that, but they also achieved their goal by forcibly extracting the serum from Marcus...

"I don't recognize them as my kind. For this reason... we will hunt them down next. All the death walkers present, if you disagree with me or have other things to do, you can now propose , you can also leave."

She glanced at the "death walkers" sitting opposite, seeing that no one wanted to speak or move, the corner of her mouth raised a slight arc.

"Great... so what I'm going to say next is what I think we should honor, the true 'Blood Honor'.

"First, do not easily expand the population or kill humans. This is to avoid attracting the attention of humans, and it is also for our own survival. We are all vampires who have survived for hundreds of years. I think it is very easy for everyone to do this. Anyone who doesn't know how to trick their prey into trusting them, curb their urge to suck them dry, erase their memories after sucking blood, go to David.

"Second, don't betray your fellow clan, and help each other. We have to discuss and decide everything. From now on, the blood clan will not have 'elders', 'titles' or any other messy things, because what is here now is our only remaining bloodline , Only by helping each other can we continue to survive.

"Third, use wisdom to solve problems. Alexander Corvinus has nothing to do with all of us who are alive here, and no one will cover up the traces of our existence from now on, so do things smartly and use human society Existing rules allow humans to feed us without knowing it.

"The above are my opinions, and you can discuss or modify them. In addition, I have some personal things to say...

"If someone doesn't want to be a vampire anymore and wants to turn back into a human, come to me, and I will find a solution. Also, I may need someone to go with me to fight in a place that is completely different from the present. If you are interested, you can also You can come to me."

Outside this room, Amelia listened to Selene's speech, smiled silently, turned her head and stepped on the floor to the other end of the corridor with a "click, click".

Uncle Jiu was waiting for her with a large bag of coffee powder in his hand and a cigar in his mouth.

"how?"

Seeing Amelia's strange eyes in the dark, he couldn't help asking.

"I just think you're weird... haven't you healed your wounds and learned the 'Tao' again? Why do you still keep smoking and indulge your 'desire for tongue' like this?" Amelia asked back.

"'Tao' is not so strict, and to be precise, I don't want to be a 'fairy' or anything else, I just want to be a human being. Is it normal for a human being to have tongue and tongue desires?...Don't Let's talk, I have to go back."

As Uncle Jiu said, he watched Amelia nodded and walked over, and pulled him to open a certain door next to him.

Chapter 28 The Burning Sea

On the edge of the Indian Ocean and the Java Sea, there was a faint sound of thunder in the dark clouds in the sky, but it was still covered by a series of rumbling guns nearby.

Dozens of warships shuttled through the turbulent wind and waves, blasting shells at the opposite camp from time to time; the captains of the two groups looked very similar, and the sky was dark, and the crew on both sides could hardly see the opposite ship clearly. It's the enemy or one of our own, but at this moment, I really can't stop, if I don't want to beat someone, I can only get beaten.

This was not the case at the beginning. The two teams of ships still maintained a basic line of battle when they met at sea, but they didn't care so much after the fight.

The team with fewer boats and less guns wanted to win and had to rush into the opposing battle line, trying to close the distance and fight to offset the opponent's firepower advantage; just at this time, the wind direction changed, and the team with more boats hadn't waited to turn. When he crossed the sail, he was bumped into by the opponent.

The helmsmen turned the steering wheel to the full, and were sweating profusely from exhaustion. The sailors on the deck didn't care about pulling the cables and adjusting the angle of the sails. Holding a weapon, he fought with the people who jumped over from the opposite side, and the whole scene was extremely chaotic.

On the largest ship in the middle, a tall and strong man with a shaved head, scars all over his face, and a few treacherous beards held a long knife in his hand, and just chopped a guy who jumped over shirtless into the sea. Wang spat into the sea and shouted: "Which ship is the flag of that stinky bitch on? Show me!"

The men who were also fighting bloody battles next to him took a sneaky look up, first forced the opponent away, then quickly pointed to a certain direction on the side, and shouted: "Over there, boss, a few ships away!"

"Turn the rudder and lean over! If there is anyone in the way, just smash it away!"

The "boss" yelled, gritted his teeth with a ferocious expression, and rushed back to the deck.

With his joining, the "insiders" on this ship had the upper hand and drove all the enemies down. Finally, they had time to adjust the sails and turn the rudder, and rushed to the middle of the battle group according to the boss's order.

They were originally the dominant side, with many ships, big guns, and absolute superiority in numbers, and they were lying in ambush in the nearby uninhabited bay, and suddenly rushed out when the opponent passed by. Why did this battle turn out like this? , they themselves do not understand.

However, the people on this side are just like the boss, they are all suffocating, needless to say, they have to take down the other party's flagship.

The battle has reached this level, and everyone has almost forgotten about me.

At the end of the direction they were heading, on the enemy's "flagship" that was heavily besieged by them, there was a man with a black and round bun, painted his face with powder, and put on bright red lipstick. A ghostly woman was holding a knife in her hand, sitting on the master chair in front of the captain's cabin.

She is about forty years old, but she has been exposed to wind and sun at sea, so her face can't help but look a little old.Judging by the attitude of the people on board towards her, she is the leader of this flagship, and even the entire fleet.

"Old sister-in-law, we can't beat it, let's retreat!"

Someone nearby said that obediently meant her husband's brothers and friends.

The woman glared, revealing her dull pupils, and immediately cursed: "Get out! Once our boat turns around, we will only be beaten. Everyone's boats are similar, so how can you outrun others?" ?”

After repelling the ignorant subordinates, she raised her head to face the front again, raised her neck slightly, gritted her silver teeth, and said in a low voice: "My boy, Xiao Feng, it was me who fell into your ambush. If you act carelessly, we have underestimated you, but even if you can kill my old lady today, you still have to cut off a few taels of meat to be buried with her, so don't even think about leaving whole!"

The people on the side were in a mess, and she yelled, "You are a bunch of fucking cowards, I am not afraid of a woman, you are afraid of farts! Hold on, we hit the sky just now, The following team will arrive in a while, then we will catch Xiao Feng alive and hang him on the mast to dry his salted fish!"

After finishing speaking, she tore off the long skirt she was wearing for business talks, revealing her hard attire underneath, kicked over the chair, pulled out a long sword hanging upside down from her waist from behind, and pulled out the other hand from the belt. Inserted pistol.

While talking just now, the brother next to her had already told her that Xiao Feng's boat was coming this way, and that bastard was holding a knife, as if he was eager to try... Even if it was going to be hand-to-hand combat, you thought my mother would be afraid Did you? !

Anyone who begs for a living at sea has never been in the field of life and death. Those who wield knives and guns are commonplace.

Xiao Feng, who was bald and covered with scars, looked at her from a distance, laughed, and shouted: "Sister Zheng, you are almost the age of becoming a grandmother, why are you still hanging around at sea! The wind and the sun are so hot!" Yes, don't dry the powder on your face, and go back to the shore to hold your grandson and enjoy the blessing!"

Aunt Zheng's face on the opposite side darkened, and the fire in her heart burst out.

This Xiao Feng is not just shouting randomly, he is also used to rolling in the wind and waves all the year round, let alone the skills under his hands, he is also famous for hurting others, he has a hot temper, a bad mouth, and is mad at a single garlic , Do not let the small pepper.

The powder on Mrs. Zheng's face is neither for beauty nor for sun protection.Her man left early, she had no children, and she didn't have any brothers around her. Under everyone's persuasion, she had to shoulder the heavy responsibility and use her body as a woman to perform martial arts and tricks. eat.

Usually, she is skilled, resourceful, and fair in dealing with things. Everyone obeys her, but when she goes out to rob a ship or negotiate with others, she is inevitably looked down upon by others. It's not like there are no faces.Even if she is ruthless and has to behead every time she strikes, no one is afraid of her.

So she painted a set of makeup by herself. Her pale face was boiled with ashes and mixed with pearl powder. Put on some pink rouge, and when dressed up, it looks like a paper figurine specially burned for the dead.

But anyone who can speak Chinese in the East and South Seas area should be terrified when they see her face.

Just like the great general Di Qing in the past, she only did this to frighten people and discourage them.Over time, this attire has become her symbol, and as her reputation has spread far and wide, who knows her Mrs. Zheng, who doesn't know?

That is to say, those foreign devils, those guys who couldn't even get her last name right, and called her "Mrs. Qing"... They thought it was a high-end Chinese makeup.

Of course Xiao Feng also knew the origin of this set of makeup, but the inside and outside the words, not only talking about her strange clothes, but also sarcastically ridiculing her for being a dead man and having no children, which is unbearable!

When it comes to swearing, her sister-in-law Zheng can do [-] sets without repeating the same.

But at this time the two ships were already close enough, so she didn't waste her saliva, raised the short gun in her hand, heard Xiao Feng's shout from the opposite side, and fired a shot in that direction with a bang.

Seeing her raising her hand, Xiao Feng felt something was wrong, and quickly fell back. The round bullet just happened to swipe past his forehead with a "swish", so that he didn't lift his celestial cover.The wind brought by the projectile was so sharp that it drew a bloody gash on the top of his head, not to mention that he lost his center of gravity, turned into a rolling gourd, and fell off the bow.

The brothers below quickly caught him and helped him up, yelling "Boss, Boss".

Xiao Feng, who was almost shot to death by a blind woman, became so ashamed that he stopped playing tricks. Seeing that the two ships were about to meet, he immediately swung his knife, and a group of people screamed and jumped onto the other's flagship.

Naturally, the people on the opposite side did not eat dry food, and flocked desperately to the deck on this side, trying to intercept those who were dangling from the cables and jumping directly in mid-air.The people on the opposite boat also took hooks to hook the side of the boat here, and also took a lot of long guns and firearms, etc., stabbing and shooting this side, and blood was scattered on the two boats for a while, and it was impossible to tell who was hurt. Injury, who lost his head.

Mrs. Zheng's side had fewer people, so she was at a disadvantage. Her brother had lost a lot. Hearing the screams, she felt anxious and wanted to find Xiao Feng's trouble as soon as she raised her sword.

Xiao Feng also had this intention, and before she could move, he roared like thunder on the ground, frightening the few people in front of him, he stepped on the side of the ship, and jumped suddenly.

With a good body and great strength, he jumped over a distance of more than ten feet in the middle, rolled on the opposite deck, waved his arms and swung his knife all the way, forcing back the enemies around him, and then stood up. Take Mrs. Zheng directly.

Although Mrs. Zheng is female and blind, she has excellent hearing and is not afraid at all. She swung her sword and fought with Xiao Feng like this.

The two sides were fighting, when suddenly a person who didn't know which side called out: "There is a boat! It's a big boat! A three-sail ocean boat!"

...Because one party came out to discuss business, and the other party also deliberately ambushed, so the two gangs, Xiao Feng and Mrs. Zheng, really didn't bring any large ships out. Just the cabin.

At this time, on the horizon under the cloudy clouds in the distance, suddenly there was a shadow of a ship, which was indeed a three-sail oceangoing vessel.

At this time, Luo Sanpao was standing on the helm of the Interceptor, gritting his teeth and rushing over here.

He doesn't have to get involved in this battle... It's just that before returning to the waters near China along the ocean current from the other side of the earth, he must first stop and get enough supplies on the mainland before he can set off.Plus the time spent staying beside the dotted islands in the middle of the ocean, the Interceptor was affixed by the British.

These British soldiers may have been really stimulated by him at Port Royal, and they seemed hysterical and overly persistent in the pursuit, and even chased them all the way here.

The fresh water on board was about to run out, and he had to go ashore for supplies in the past few days, but the British army was chasing him too closely, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

At this time, seeing the two gangs of boats fighting together, Luo Sanpao couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and shouted to his brothers to move:

"Man Fan, go for me! The disaster-stopper is coming!"

Chapter 29 Drag into the water

When they saw the warship formation consisting of more than a dozen ships following the Interceptor, even the two groups who were fighting selflessly couldn't help slowing down their knives.

What the hell, those ships are flying British flags, aren't they?Has anyone messed with the East India Company lately?

Even Xiao Feng took the time to glance over there, feeling his heart beating.Could it be that someone under his hand betrayed him, and the British came here to reap the benefits?

It stands to reason that it would not be... The place where he set up an ambush is full of reefs, and there is also a small island made of rocks, so that his ship can hide in it without being found.Those British ships had large hulls and were too deep in the water, so they couldn't rush over at all. It didn't seem like they came here on purpose to catch them all.

Taking advantage of the moment when he was dazed and his movements slowed down, Mrs. Zheng on the opposite side made a sudden attack. The long sword passed over the back of his saber, and was about to use the momentum to stab his arm.

He hurriedly fought back to block the attack, and said unforgivingly: "Sister Zheng, you still have some skills. Do you want to come to me to be the captain, and I will serve you all day long!"

[68. No. 68]

Mrs. Zheng listened attentively, snorted coldly, and cursed back: "Just you? You don't even have a wife. You have raised so many women and have no children on the island. Are you dead? I said Why is your beard in such a strange shape, could it be glued on?"

The two men were fighting fiercely, and suddenly they heard another cannon fire.

The middle cabin of the Interceptor opened the cover plate of the gun position, and the bow gun fired directly at this side. The shell hit a ship on this side with a bang, smashing the sideboard, and the sailor who hit it head-on All of them had their bones broken, and the worst ones had no human form.The iron ball and the splashing sawdust cleared a path of death on the deck, leaving only blood and rotten flesh on the straight line.

"They came after us!"

Someone from the two groups shouted again.

They didn't know that Luo Sanpao fired their cannons here to drag them into the water, and they didn't even know that although Luo Sanpao's ship was a British ship, it was full of Chinese and pirates like them.

From the perspective of these two groups, the Interceptor and the large ships behind were in the same team, and the British must be coming to destroy them.

The least surprised ones are Xiao Feng and Mrs. Zheng. They are the unyielding overlords of this sea area, and of course they have dealt with the British East India Company.As long as the other party's merchant ship pays tolls, they will generally let it go, and they may not necessarily kill people and rob ships...

On the one hand, the other party's goods are all colonial specialties, which are not easy to sell. On the other hand, they are also afraid of the British navy that is rampant all over the world.