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It turns out that although Nanook’s pawns lack active consciousness, can the fragments of their spirits also transform into creatures of the Rift Herd?
This thing is quite tricky. Once a star core is dropped into a battlefield where a war has broken out, the changes in the rift will make the already silent battlefield instantly lively again.
It was not until now that Kong truly understood why the Black Tower had gone to such great lengths to seal the star core in her body. If it was not sealed, her hometown, the Azure Star, would not simply suffer a disaster, but would face a terrifying scene of wandering ghosts competing with the living for air.
Considering that the creatures from the Rift World shuttled through the curtain of the Rift World and did not need to go up or down in dimension when entering the material universe, it can be determined that it should be the product of some kind of regular cancer.
Kong can't say that he is very familiar with this kind of things, but he has seen a lot of similar things.
These creatures from the Rift Valley were even blinder than their real relatives, with an estimated direct vision distance of less than two hundred meters. This huge group of people was not discovered by the Tamperers, and it even gave the Black Tower army a chance to re-form.
"We have found the target, Dr. Kong. The rift phenomenon this time may be because the star core has not been leaking for a long time, so it is only a small-scale outbreak."
Seeing that Kong had consciously left the "female family" team and moved to the front row to observe the battlefield that was about to "arrive" with him, the black tower puppet happily put his fingers together and gestured a pistol shooting gesture towards the creature of the rift, which was quite "childlike":
"Ah, nothing new. The Void Soldiers and Tamperers are just a bunch of fun-loving people. I thought there would be some new faces in the Rift."
"What are you looking forward to? A Doomsday Beast emerging from the Rift? That would be a lot more lively indeed."
Kong said unhappily.
"It's not impossible."
But Black Tower always manages to surprise people with unexpected things: "It would be too funny if two emissaries couldn't kill a Doomsday Beast."
"I suggest you don't treat me as an ordinary messenger. My combat power is fluctuating now." Kong quickly poured cold water on Heita.
Although his current fighting ability is not weak, he is ultimately a fake envoy. If he has to give up his three-minute test qualification in a fight, he will suffer a great loss.
"I understand. Jizi and Walter can handle most situations now. I hope you can give your observations and conclusions from your professional perspective and the perspective of people from another world... After all, Walter never shared his past with me, and I don't know what the world-breaking phenomenon means in other systems, or whether there are similar 'distant relatives'."
"If you ask that, then there are too many. I have seen three types of Abyss Power alone. There are so many space cancerous relics caused by high-level civilization erosion that I can't count them on one hand." Kong complained.
"It doesn't matter. You can say whatever comes to your mind. I have plenty of time to listen."
Black Tower's patience with Kong seemed to be infinite. He even put one hand on his waist and smiled at Kong with a somewhat arrogant smile.
That expression, which may seem quite "arrogant" to outsiders, is actually the most caring smile that Heita can show with all his strength.
"There are 27 pawns in total and two tramplers. Captain Kong, do you want me to raid the enemy or lead the charge?"
Before Heitalu could make a move, Walter arrived beside Kong in advance. While Jizi was debugging the drone and preparing to occupy the high position, he had already set his sights on the largest of the Rift Creatures.
"Do you still need my command?"
Sora pointed at his nose in surprise.
"Why not? It's always better to win quickly. No one would mind an easy fight, right?"
Ignoring the hidden hostility of the Black Tower, Lao Yang glanced back and said, "The original plan was for Belfast to provide long-range bombing support, but I think if it is only this scale, there should be a more energy-saving solution. You don't need to let Lawrence and the others go on the field."
When Kong looked over, he was a little embarrassed by the girls' pride in wanting to help no matter what. Fortunately, Eula and Holhaiya just picked up the particle beam rifles Alan gave them and tried to aim at the virtual soldiers without taking any further action.
Sora's original intention was to hope that Holhaiya and Eula would use their battlefield medical skills to ensure that the wounded could be properly treated as soon as possible...
But after spending a long time with Kong, they are all used to using these more standardized "gun" type weapons. The key point is that shooting does not require any of their own energy, and they can help Kong in combat even if they are not doing logistics or reserve.
The deterrent effect might not be enough, but Kong believed that they only needed to express their willingness to participate in the battle and make themselves feel satisfied.
…Sometimes Sora finds the “sense of participation” troublesome, but when it comes to a female companion, he has to think differently.
"Why not just get rid of them before they react?"
Heita snorted, and the row of puppets behind her took out sledgehammers from under her skirts or somewhere else, and turned into a torrent of girls, charging towards the creatures of the Rift.
In a moment of distraction, Eula's gun line was completely blocked by the torrent of puppets. What was even more terrifying was that all the puppets rushed over with hammers raised high. With the hammers flying everywhere, the machine gun could not even see the upper body of the virtual soldiers, let alone their scalps.
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
Lian Kong was frightened by the sudden agility of the Black Tower Army. He pulled Lao Yang and lay sideways, turning into a gourd that rolled twice before barely avoiding death in the stampede.
“Bang bang bang bang bang!!”
Between the sparks of the heavy hammer, the pretty face of the black tower figure spun wildly like the blade of a meat grinder, illuminated by the disintegrated fragments of the virtual soldiers, with a kind of inorganic beauty, which also made Kong's face slightly pale——
This guy has violent tendencies?!
99. Jizi: Afraid of the Iron Chicken
"Ms. Kurota clearly represents wisdom...but when she took action, I couldn't see any wisdom at all."
Looking at the mess on the ground, San Yueqi, who had not had time to join in the cleanup, couldn't help but complain.
"Whether it's intelligence or destruction, it makes little difference at the moment of violence."
The "flagship puppet" of the Black Tower carried the giant hammer on his shoulder: "There is only a difference between efficient and inefficient. Moreover, by creating so many puppets that can attack together, I have already won a lot over the great lords."
Upon hearing this, Kong glanced back at the Black Tower meaningfully - her argument was very similar to that of some warmongers in the "Society" who instigated scientists to use neutron strikes on target planets, except that the latter was for political purposes, while the former did not care about the means at all.
Or why did the Interstellar Peace Company feel so nervous about cooperating with her at that time?
If this guy didn't have that shaky bottom line and needed research funds, he would probably become the same as the genius who exhausted the rangers.
"I disagree, Ms. Black Tower. Violence is the last resort, so it must be inefficient. If violence is too efficient, the world will fall into chaos."
But this time, it was not Ji Zi but Walter who jumped out to refute Heita.
Although he seemed to have no intersection with the Black Tower, in fact, the Black Tower had been coveting his existence for a long time - but Lao Yang never allowed the Black Tower to study him and refused to give him any room at all.
"Oh, Walter, you are making sense. Do you want me to help you apply for the Peace Messenger Award of the Peace Company?"
"If you feel it is necessary."
"Tsk."
Heita pursed his lips and changed his tone: "I was just joking, why do people always refute me but no one refutes you, Dr. Kong?"
"Because you will teach your children bad lessons, Heita."
Kong helped Esta pick up the box containing the Rift Fragment and agreed with Old Yang's evaluation: "Esta has already learned the difference between right and wrong, but the other children still need to spend more time learning."
Kong was already telling Heita not to teach Sanyue bad things, but her attention was quickly drawn away by her own brilliant ideas that were like a light bulb -
"Dr. Kong, what do you think of this proposition? I suddenly have an idea. When the Envoy of Wisdom and the Envoy of Destruction use violence at the same time, who will be closer to Nanook's original power? This will definitely be a good research topic."
"The title of the paper is too long to read."
"Hey!! Why is this happening?" Heita unconsciously responded to Kong's perfunctory attitude with a coquettish look.
Hearing the noise coming out of Heita's throat, Ji Zi, who was about to take a break, just took out the coffee machine, but her hand that was pouring the beans shook and a few beans fell out.
"Think carefully about who I am, and then consider whether there is any point in writing this stuff." Kong simply rolled his eyes. It sounded like he was scolding himself, and the teasing didn't sound fake.
"Oh, it seems so."
After Kong's reminder, Heita remembered that strictly speaking, Kong was also an Order of Destruction - it's just that he was an Order who only ate the benefits and did nothing.
Logically speaking, Kong is the eighth Lord of Extinction, but so far none of his peers have bothered him, and no one from the legion has come to report a message or anything. It seems as if Nanook tacitly agrees that it's okay for Kong to continue slacking off, because one day he will bring destruction to himself.
If this idle life can lead to destruction...
The Black Tower felt like it was about to grow a second brain, as if some things were about to be condemned to the fate of nothingness, but the two were actually in conflict, because destruction was equally meaningless to nothingness.
"...If you can't fix the simulated universe recently and you don't have any particularly important research projects, you might as well take some more philosophy courses." Kong Jian Heita actually fell into deep thought over a question that seemed very boring to him, and couldn't help but complain.
"Am I not 'philosophy' itself?" Black Tower, whose thoughts were interrupted by Kong, still asked arrogantly.
As she got to know Kong better, she was no longer afraid that her "socially anxious" remarks would offend Kong.
It may also be that she really likes the feeling of being criticized but always being able to learn new things.
"Using other people's way of thinking to solve your own problems can sometimes work wonders. For you, 'occasionally' is enough. I recommend you try studying Taoist thought."
"let me consider it."
Black Tower didn't refuse.
"...Would you like a drink?"
Ji Zi's surprise at Heita's overly "submissive" remarks had gradually faded away, and she raised her glass to Lao Yang.
"No, I'm afraid drinking black coffee will cause me to lose calcium too quickly."
Lao Yang also used a very high emotional intelligence statement to reject Ji Zi's gift, as if he was really old:
"We have already eliminated all the Rift Creatures in this section, and the Rift has been contained. Is there any reason for us to continue to stay here?"
"No, I just suddenly felt like having a drink... and thinking about what to do next. Originally, I was planning to let a few small fish and shrimp slip through for Sanyue and Danheng to practice with... but the Black Tower was too heavy-handed, and the remaining rift is not large enough. If I want to train them, I have to find another time."
"I'm sorry, if it wasn't for me provoking Ms. Black Tower's confrontational emotions, she wouldn't have been so anxious to take action." Lao Yang pushed his glasses, just like the villain boss in the game.
"She just wanted to show off in front of Captain Kong... She was a little too hasty."
Thinking of Heita's inexplicably "excited" behavior just now, Jizi's mouth twitched, and she had to turn her gaze to the two people who were discussing philosophical questions, and to Ester behind them, whose cheeks had puffed up without her knowing.
Then she moved her gaze upwards and back to Old Yang, who had no intention of sitting down to rest. It was obvious that she had something important to ask him.
"…Instead of fighting against the rift monsters, why not let the captain train them? He is very good at this."
As a dirty adult, Lao Yang roughly understood Ji Zi's request without her saying anything.
Although he was already very passionate and capable, because of Kong's existence, he decided to push the job to Kong after careful consideration.
There was no other way. He was the only male senior in the car before, and now that Kong was here, of course he had to help share some of the burden.
Moreover, Walter remembered that Kong was very good at using bows and spears - although he didn't know why he had switched to a two-handed axe as his main weapon, he must not be weak in his old profession, so he could teach Sanyue and Danheng a lesson.
"What else can't he do?" Ji Zi was a little surprised.
“You won’t ignore children in need of help?” Old Yang said with a smile.
Jizi could only sigh: "Then go back and discuss it with Kong."
"Wouldn't it be more meaningful if the navigator went in person to ask for help?" Walter would occasionally have bad intentions.
"...After seeing the look on Black Tower and Ester's faces, I'm a little scared...It's only been a few days?"
Ji Zi put down the cup: "What if I get trapped in it? Hehe..."
"You don't have to worry too much about this. His attitude towards you may be somewhat similar to mine." Walter held the cane in both hands, his smile slowly faded, and he regained his seriousness and earnestness.
"Yes, he told me everything. But I was afraid that I couldn't control myself, not that I couldn't control him."
100. Very rare