Devouring the Starry Sky begins with the battle of geniuses

Chapter 96 It’s you who came back, so Old Man Huo is dead
I have to say, Zagarad expected it well.

This is a good show that was carefully calculated half a month ago.

No matter Zagarad himself, or Old Man Huo and others who are humble and humble in Zagarad's eyes, they are all marionettes without distinction to Qingzhen.

At this moment, the nobility and inferiority of the race lost their distinction in the hands of innocence, and true common equality was realized.

It all started nearly two months ago. During a simulation, Hun Zhen noticed the evil intentions of Old Man Huo and others.

Based on the principle of keeping a low profile, Hunzhen naturally planned to resolve this matter with as little impact as possible.

The plan he finally chose was to lure Old Man Huo and others outside the city and bury their bodies in the wilderness.

Just as he continued to plan carefully and let the sim realize it step by step to the point of perfection, it happened that the sim met the lucky Zagarad.

And just as Hunzhen had said in his heart before, he had originally wanted to find a good opportunity to have a tentative contact with members of the two royal families in this abyss.

So, the next development was a matter of course.

At first glance, there are unnecessary operations along the way, but they all contain innocent truths.

The reason why Hun Zhen cooperated with Old Man Huo and others to act out such a chase scene was because of course he was not in a hurry.

Under his deliberate guidance, the group had already entered the exploration range of Zagalad.

The first is not to scare away Zagarad, the second is to make him think he is in an absolutely dominant position.

Without any of the conditions, Zagalad will remain vigilant and it is impossible for Hunzhen to completely observe the scene of his devouring.

In several simulations, basically as long as the Sims kill Zagarad, they will eventually be chased by their companions.

No matter how meticulously the simulator carries out the finishing touches and leaves no clues, he cannot escape the result.

After actually "fighting" with Zagarad and positively assessing the opponent's strength, Hunzhen understood his specific combat power.

At the ninth level of the universe, the life gene multiplier is less than four times, and the understanding of the law has reached the threshold of the law of time and has taken a considerable distance.

In addition, the black demons are naturally close to the law of time, and with the understanding of the law at the threshold of the law of time, the power of the secret combat method is comparable to that of ordinary human beings with the same genetic multiplication.

And the black sword, the life weapon that is like a secret gift...

With such strength, one must have at least a comprehension of the laws of Tongtianqiao level five or above to be able to fight against it. (If there is no special encounter, otherwise there will be a compatibility bonus, and the life multiplier is basically 1 times)
However, any member of the virtual universe who dares to take on the training mission of the Purgatory Abyss must at least understand the laws of Tongtianqiao level seven or above.

This kind of difficulty is far less than 100 million points, and it looks like giving it for free.

Therefore, Hunzhen had already expected that there was something not simple inside.

The ability to draw revenge from other companions after death is apparently one of them.

Once the target is killed and the abyssal core is captured, it will attract a large number of cosmic-level abyssal royals who are at least as powerful as Tongtianqiao's fifth-level consciousness to attack and pursue them endlessly, and the danger level will rise sharply.

Not to mention, each of the "lower races" are the lackeys of the royal family. They will be wanted after this, and after a period of time, city lord-level powerhouses will also join in the encirclement and suppression.

Moreover, the Abyss Royal Family on the first level of the Purgatory Abyss does not only have the strength of the ninth level of the universe.

Once the domain lord-level abyss royal family takes action, the universe-level members of the Ordinary Virtual Universe Company cannot even escape.

Almost immediately after killing Zagalad, this "information sharing" will spread to the entire first level of the abyss.

Letting the spaceship take off immediately after killing Zagarad and obtaining the abyssal core was a way for all the abyss royal family to directly discover the target, allowing those Domain Lord-level figures to directly identify the target.

Even the Silver Ghost Clan, which is hostile to the Black Demon Clan, will join in the encirclement and suppression of the Sims.

Hunzhen has no specific information and cannot know the details of the strength of these domain lord-level royal families.

Judging from the results of the simulation records where the simulated people had to expose their Domain Lord level strength, these guys are by no means ordinary Domain Lords.

Fortunately, at this time point, the two royal families fighting on the first level of the abyss were not the core of the royal family, and the simulator finally managed to escape.

But it also announced the early end of the training mission.

Even Hun Zhen, a top figure who leads the genius battle in the same period, needs to rely on the strength of the domain lord level to break the game. This can also be seen from this, how dangerous the Purgatory Abyss is.

Just killing a royal family will trigger a "channel broadcast", just like killing a chicken in the countryside in "X-Scroll" and attracting the whole village to hunt.

It is so brutal that it deserves the title of the training mission with the highest death rate.

With this advanced knowledge, Hunzhen had to find another way and try to kill Zagalad using other methods.

Since Virtual Universe Company dares to take obtaining the abyssal core as its "main mission", it means that there must be a way to obtain the abyssal core without disturbing the "channel broadcast".

Perhaps the real idea of ​​Virtual Universe Company is to let core members join the core of the royal family, or join the ranks of top city lords, and obtain the abyssal cores that have become stockpiles through a more down-to-earth method.

But in the same way, the path to obtain the crystal core through direct killing will most likely exist.

The first thing that Hun Zhen thought of was "killing with a borrowed knife" and "killing with circumstances".

To kill someone with a borrowed knife, the first requirement is that the knife is sharp enough to kill someone.

In the case where the inferior races are inferior to slaves, it is obviously unrealistic to borrow the sword from a city lord with domain lord level strength. Most of the time, the only way to borrow it is through the power of the enemy royal family.

The only sword with the power to kill is the Silver Ghost Clan, which is hostile to the Black Demon Clan.

Maybe meeting a lone Black Demon Clan is just a matter of luck, but meeting a Silver Ghost Clan who can be leveraged is almost impossible in the short term.

The focus of Hunzhen is naturally on "environmental killing".

Apart from anything else, during this period of time he naturally did not give up trying to find out why there were so few "scavengers" and the risks faced by such a high-income profession.

In order to conceal the fact that he was an extraterrestrial visitor, he ruled out direct questioning.

There is only a risk in asking directly, and it can even be avoided as much as possible through simulation. However, considering that the simulation can only estimate ten years, if clues are revealed when he launches the plan to seize the body much later, and someone traces the source to this level, it is inevitable. More risks.

He could still afford to spend this little time, so he chose the safer and slower side tapping method.

During this time, he gradually pieced together the pieces from the words of his fellow scavengers, the residents of Black Rock City, and the actual scavenging process.

The results obtained all point to two things - "monster" and "big hole".

And by constantly changing time and place, he finally waited for the "wind-eating phenomenon" to arrive.

Of course, Zagarad didn't actually know the name of this phenomenon until he blurted it out.

Killing Zagarad during the Devouring Wind phenomenon will not trigger "channel broadcast" - that is, "mass resonance".

However, in the simulation recording, a dramatic scene happened.

The simulator has obviously escaped the royal family's pursuit.

It seems that they only briefly mentioned their "missing" companions to the leaders of the lower-level races on the first floor.

However, the Lord of Black Rock City did not know where the information came from, from the conflict between the Simulator and Old Man Huo to the location of the incident.

Relying on clues that the location was close to the location where Zagarad disappeared and the time was relatively consistent, he directly confessed the truth without searching carefully.

Needless to say, the follow-up results are as long as the identity is exposed and the job is over.

Before escaping from the Abyss of Purgatory, the Simulator neatly killed Nash, the Lord of Black Rock City, to vent his hatred.

After various attempts, Hunzhen came to the conclusion that using almost no power of his own and just completing the kill by influencing the Devouring Wind would delay the outbreak of the incident the longest, and would be the least likely to have anything to do with him.

At the same time, a biting wind blew near Zagarad.

Thousands of kilometers away, a Territory Lord-level black demon suddenly frowned. "That guy from Zagalad, he just wanted to hunt down Nofelik, but he was actually involved in the Devouring Wind?"

As a Domain Lord, his perception ability is far superior to that of the cosmic-level black demons, so he naturally confirmed Zagalad's "disconnection" immediately.

The so-called resonance of a large group is similar to a local network connected by the group subconscious.

Once a nearby group member encounters a special situation, members within the local area network will be notified immediately.

Death is also one of the highest priority situations.

However, in the area swept by the Devouring Wind, it is equivalent to being physically disconnected. The consciousness of the abyss is greater than everything and forcibly blocks everything. No matter how high the priority is, it must be delayed a little.

It is common for the Black Demons to leave the group and go out hunting alone. Those who lead the team are not nannies. In addition, the Black Demons have no fear of death, so naturally they will not care about the safety of their subordinates at all times. (When chasing Sims, what matters is not the death of companions, but the offended authority or hostility towards extraterrestrial visitors)
It was already a week later when the Domain Lord-level black demon noticed that Zagalad was not temporarily disconnected from the Internet, but had completely lost contact.

And this was also the time when Hunzhen returned to Black Rock City.

Even though Old Man Huo has a good reputation in Black Rock City, this evaporating situation still didn't attract many people's attention.

When he was alive, his intelligence and survivability were worth using, but it was a different matter when he was dead.

After returning from this day, Qingzhen was taking a break in her dining room when she received an uninvited guest.

"It's you who came back, so the tiger fish is dead."

Xing Luo, who pronounced Old Man Huo's death, still looked calm, but gave people an unpredictable feeling.

"Why did you go out of your way to confess this to me?"

Hun Zhen's eyes were deep, and the dark red sword was already in his hand: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you and silence you?"

The matter of killing Old Man Huo is actually harmless, but the key point is that this incident will have a greater relationship with the death of Zagarad!

Xing Luo smiled and said, "Hunzhen, don't scare me. You won't kill me."

Xing Luo did not elaborate on his basis, but the facts were as he said.

If planning to solve Old Man Huo outside the city could still cover it up, then the death of Xing Luo, a guy with an obviously extraordinary status, could not be concluded hastily. Instead, it would expose things in him that should not have been exposed.

On the other hand...

"You solved the problem earlier than I expected. Hun Zhen, I have a suggestion——"

Xing Luo stretched out his hand to Hunzhen and said in a sincere and serious tone: "Do you want to partner with me?"

"Companionship?"

Hun Zhen raised an eyebrow.

Xing Luo nodded gently: "Let's go to the depths of purgatory together."

To go to the depths is to get a ticket to the lower levels.

Needless to say, Hunzhen himself did not hide this purpose at all during his activities in Black Rock City.

But what about Xing Luo?

According to Xing Luo's past deeds, he has been on the first level for who knows how long. Why is it such a coincidence that he dives in the same group as himself?
If this was just the first coincidence, Hunzhen would not mind so much.

But this isn't the first time.

"Is it possible that the first person I met in the Purgatory Abyss was Xing Luo...isn't a coincidence?"

A terrifying thought arose in my heart.

If so, Xing Luo's ability is definitely not as simple as the ninth level of the universe level that he initially judged!
At this moment, a strong impulse and tremor emerged in Hunzhen's heart: let the simulated attack the man in front of him by killing him, and find out his true identity!
However, this is an assumption that is destined to be impossible to realize.

The moral bottom line of innocence is not high, but killing people who are kind to him, express goodwill to him, and have not been disadvantageous to him from beginning to end, this incident still touches his bottom line to some extent.

And here comes the fatal problem. Looking at the simulation records, on average, for some unknown reason, the moral level of the simulated people seems to be a bit higher than myself...

No matter how much you hint at it, this bottom-line issue is analogous to the difficulty of making a sim commit suicide, which is basically unworkable.

Because he himself is unwilling to violate this inner norm.

The scene in front of me was not omitted from the simulation record.

During this period of time, in addition to threats to life, the Simulator has tested Xing Luo more than once.

Even resorting to violence after self-suggestion and repaying it a hundred times later...

Even so, Xing Luo never showed anything wrong.

The scope of testing has basically reached its limit, and the only remaining method is to "take action" - to kill.

But it cannot be executed.

If Xing Luo hadn't been unfavorable to the simulated person in so many simulations since entering the abyss, Hunzhen would have directly chosen to attack Xing Luo without hesitation.

But there is no if.

All the evidence says that Star Luo has no ill intentions towards him.

They just resonated with each other and got close naturally.

It seems like everything just happened by chance.

In the past few months, among the countless possibilities that the sim has experienced, if Xing Luo had malicious intentions, he had the opportunity to assassinate the sim more than once.

Is there really a villain who can disguise himself so perfectly?

There is no doubt of guilt.Hunzhen's malicious suspicions about Xing Luo are completely presumptions of guilt based on inserting the target first and then making the target.

Putting it into reality, if someone interacts with people like this, they will most likely not be able to make friends.

But until this moment, he had never completely let down his guard.

So, stay away?Or close?

He put away the sword and asked in a deep voice: "Xing Luo, I heard that you have been searching for treasures in the garbage mountain for hundreds of thousands of years. Why do you want to dive this time? Or come with me? Your mentality, why Has there been such a big change?”

The innocent expression said that without a reasonable explanation, he would not be able to believe that Xing Luo did not have hidden evil intentions.

Unaware of Hunzhen's complicated mood, when faced with Hunzhen's question, Xingluo looked up at the sky and sighed softly: "Since that day, when the meteor crashed to the ground and found nothing, I have actually had this idea."

"Meteorite?"

Hun Zhen raised his eyebrows, wasn't that his own arrival?

Xing Luo said lightly: "Hunzhen, I haven't found new materials and more advanced objects in the garbage mountain for a long, long time. My dream of building a spaceship that breaks through the sky has reached its bottleneck."

"Perhaps you have guessed that I have a relationship with the royal family, to be precise, a master of the Silver Ghost clan. Before, I have had more than one opportunity to rely on this relationship to conduct research on flesh and blood technology. But my heart is towards the sky, and flesh and blood Technology will always serve the abyss and is not the path I seek.”

"I have been in a bottleneck for a long time, with almost no progress. I hoped that the arrival of the meteorite would bring me an opportunity to change. But in the end, it was another whim... Such a long period of time was almost equivalent to waste. Now I feel It’s time to let go of the grudges in my heart and reconcile with the past me..."

"Perhaps by studying flesh and blood technology and flesh and blood materials science, relying on the collision between different technological civilizations can bring me new sparks of inspiration. Just like the feather ship under our feet, I have never even thought about it in the past, but it is possible that I cannot rely on this Change the spacecraft design with some more advanced materials? Based on this, maybe my scientific research level can reach new heights."

Xing Luo paused and said, "This is the explanation for your first and third questions."

(End of this chapter)