Amidst the sharp sound of bullets colliding with steel, Zhou Li heard waves of metallic vibrations coming from the air in front of him. The whistling bullets hit the two vague silhouettes, sparks and bullets flying.
The two vague silhouettes lurking in the air were also attacked by bullets, and their appearance was briefly revealed in an instant - wearing ferocious wolf-head masks, about two meters tall, and covered with armor that looked like they were made of steel. Iron armor, runes of light lit up from the glorious surface of the iron armor and disappeared in an instant.
At that moment, an energy reaction like an explosion burst out from the bodies of the two steel giants, and they galloped out against the bullets that were constantly being fired.
Although they look extremely heavy, they have a completely unscientific and terrifying speed. They rush out instantly like a gust of wind. Two blades, one long and one short, appear in the hands of the two outlines, and they slash out!
In the blink of an eye, Zhou Li's eyes were filled with afterimages of two figures.
The battle ended in an instant, the sound of the throat being cut continued to ring out from the air, and then blood spurted out from the broken neck at the same time.
In the blink of an eye, the bodies of seven killers who had turned on their defenses were lying on the spot. Even the bombs on their bodies were completely chopped into pieces and could not be detonated.
Hidden in the air, the eyes of two blurry figures lit up with dark light. They scanned the surrounding scene. After confirming that there was no threat, they returned behind Zhou Li, that is, Touteclef's side? !
Tottercliffe looked up at the shoe prints left on his butt. He sighed and asked, "Didn't that kick just now feel good?"
Do you still need to ask? The feeling of avenging private revenge is simply so refreshing!
Zhou Li subconsciously swallowed the answer he was about to blurt out, feeling embarrassed that his little thoughts had been seen through.
Looking at Zhou Li's secretly happy expression, the old man became angry: "You deserved to be hacked to death by the 'Guard of Hades' who activated the defense system just now."
Zhou Li, who had not yet reacted, looked at the steel warrior gradually disappearing into the air behind the old man, and couldn't help but ask: "What is that?"
"Want to know?"
The old man squinted at Zhou Li, who was nodding, and showed the same smile as when Zhou Li cheated Uncle Yun a few days ago: "I won't tell you."
Ignoring the curious Zhou Li, he walked to the front and did not mind the corpses and blood on the ground. He lowered his head and inspected the remaining survivor.
There was only a shallow cut on the man's body, but he seemed to be enduring some great pain, and his muscles were twitching. Has completely lost consciousness.
He casually pulled open the man's collar and looked at the dark Pharaoh's coat of arms. The old man suddenly realized and sneered: "The Black Pharaoh Brotherhoodit's these idiots again."
??I noticed the complexity in Taote's tone. Zhou Li asked: "Do you know them?"
"Of course." Taote said in a low voice: "A group of idiots and wretches who have no place to hide after I exposed the taboo alchemy."
The riot quickly stopped under the suppression of the belatedly arrived special forces. Uncle Yun was furious and all the security personnel in the venue were yelling at him.
After cleaning up the blood and corpses on the ground, they took away the living person and the exhibition chose to continue. The ability users seemed to have become accustomed to this kind of chaos and killing. After witnessing a killing, only a few people chose to leave.
Every year when people with abilities gather together, accidents always seem to happen unstoppably. Even if various security measures are taken, they cannot be completely prevented. This phenomenon of everything going wrong every time something big happens puzzles almost everyone.
The Berlin bombing of 1979. The 1988 Greek attacks and even the recent 2010 Washington stamp bomb case. There always seem to be people who enjoy wreaking havoc on this kind of thing, but there is absolutely no connection between them.
Many people will instinctively think: This is just like destiny? However, this idea will soon be dismissed as a joke, and many people will have fun guessing what troubles and news will happen at the various upcoming events and events.
In order to ensure safety, Uncle Yun had already cleared several dens where he was preparing to plan attacks, and also found a time bomb under the floor on the eve of the exhibition.
The result Day defense and night defense. Still fucking unprepared. This made this old man, who looked to be in his forties, roaring at everyone in the office and swearing like a mad lion.
Before retiring, there was such a stall, but the evening festival is not guaranteed to be second,??If something went wrong with Old Man Taote, then the life that Lu Huaxu had endured with great difficulty would be cruelly cut off.
This is a huge loss that the "relevant departments" cannot bear.
After experiencing an assassination, old man Tote seemed to be calm and calm. As if nothing happened, just hang out and do whatever you need to do.
¡°However, he seemed a little tired.
Purely, Zhou Li only vaguely felt this way, and even he felt a little ridiculous - would this cheap and bad-tempered old man feel tired? What a joke.
However, it was not until this moment that Zhou Li could see a trace of the ordinary old man's demeanor in him.
The exhibition ended at five o'clock, and it was already dusk when we walked out of the elevator of the building. The square outside the building was bustling with people, but it was not dense.
Under the shining of the setting sun, people have a strange association - the original brand-new day is quickly fading until night comes and ends completely.
Unceremoniously instructing Zhou Li to queue up to buy coffee for him, Toutecliffe sat on a bench in the square, humming a song from somewhere he didn't know, crossed his legs, and looked at the place not far away. A quarreling couple laughed unsympathetically.
If Wei Zai hadn¡¯t stood in front of the angry man, the old man would have been beaten.
Zhou Li looked at the increasingly proud and arrogant old man and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Putting the coffee into his arms: "Has anyone ever said that you look like you deserve a beating when you smile?"
"Of course, I have been since I was a child Human beings always don't like people to find their own flaws. Although they know that they are not perfect, they want to pretend to be perfect enough."
The old man did not conceal the gloating in his tone. He took out a cigar from his pocket and gestured to Zhou Li: "Want one?"
"Stop doing."
"Tsk, you didn't learn any skills by following him. You'll learn 10% by pretending." The old man sneered and took out his cigar cutters and lighter, not caring about the no smoking sign not far away.
Zhou Li sat a little further away. Through the vague smoke, he always felt that the old man's expression was a little lost and gloomy.
Smoking a cigarette, Taote suddenly asked: "I've been looking around all day today. What have you discovered?"
Zhou Li thought for a while and finally said the biggest question in his mind today: "Alchemy actually imitates abilities, right? Weapons, armor, runes, or other strange abilities are all like Made to achieve the effect of the ability"
Taote glanced at him sideways: "It seems you are not as stupid as I thought. Isn't it obvious?"
Zhou Li was speechless. The old man seemed to like destroying his self-confidence. It was best not to speak at this time. Otherwise, you will definitely be the one who suffers in the end.
"You are right, the essence of alchemy is the exploration of abilities - it is precisely because of the study of life patterns that runes appeared; it is precisely because of the study of the 'energy circuits' of high-level ability users that the emergence of runes" Alchemy circuit'Alchemy has appeared from the very beginning to achieve the same effect as abilities.
Able to imitate part of the effect. We call them alchemy weapons. If they can fully reach the level of 'power', they are called 'apocalypse weapons' Unfortunately, since the Middle Ages, humans have been completely unable to produce them. They can only be made through subspace exploration and Archaeological excavations. "
A wisp of blue smoke came out of Taote's nose. He laughed as if mockingly: "Do you find it strange? Although most alchemists are ability users, their ranks are usually not too high.
The first and second stages may be the highest achievements they can achieve in their lives, including me Some people even now only have potential, but have never been able to acquire their own abilities. "
"Why did it become like this?"
"Some people say that high-level ability users can easily interfere with the runes and alchemy circuits being produced. This is actually only part of the reason, but the most important thing is that they already have power.
It¡¯s strange, isn¡¯t it? People with power can never imagine the desires of the weak, nor will they embark on a path that takes a lifetime to explore in order to gain power. "
Taut flicked the ashes off his cigar and whispered: "Alchemy is a crutch for the weak. The strong do not need such a thing."
From beginning to end, Zhou Li listened silently without speaking. He always felt that Tao Te wanted to say something.
"Everyone wants to become stronger, but there is no way. This is a limitation of talent."There is no way to make up for it. There are always some people who are destined to be weak by birth. Living in this hierarchical world of ability users, they can only become the lowest member of the pyramid structure.
The most cruel thing about God is that he created human beings, but did not give them the talents to match their ambitions. "
Taote whispered: "Talent, this is the cruelest word. Ninety-nine percent of the sweat is meaningless without one percent of the talent."
"Talent"
Zhou Li silently chewed on this word that was full of bitterness and complexity. He suddenly recalled Zhou Jianan's words and couldn't help but murmur in a low voice: "the more scheming humans are, the more they will feel Your talents are limited.¡±
After finishing, he felt the old man's complicated eyes on him, as well as his angry look. It was the first time that he saw Taut looking so angry, like an old horse whose mane had been plucked, with scarlet and restless eyes.
It wasn't until a long time later that he withdrew his eyes, showed a weird self-deprecating look, and laughed softly: "Ha, why am I angry? Talent You are right, people's talents are limited. I¡¯ve understood it a long time ago, but too many people don¡¯t.¡±
Looking at the burning cigarette in his hand, he sighed in a low voice: "The ambition to pursue power will not stop due to the limitations of one's own talents, but will become stronger and stronger You don't understand that kind of desire. The flame of jealousy and unwillingness Burning my soul day and night until I am completely crazy."
¡°As if recounting past events, but also describing himself, Taote said: ¡°Because I was unwilling to accept my limited talents, I became an alchemist, so I wanted to use external objects to make up for myself.
But when will we make up for it? What counts as perfection? "
"After creating the Philosopher's Stone, which causes miracles, they then want to create the 'dissolver of all things' that destroys everything; after they want the perfect material, they create 'Star Antimony'. They also hope that one day they can create a 'god' ' There are never limits to the path and ambition to pursue power, but there are limits to people themselves."
Recalling the behavior of many people once again, Taote recalled the past. But he showed no mercy with a sharp and sarcastic look: "Many people don't understand that breaking through one's own limits does not mean transcending, especially when you don't know the way forward. If you step in the air, you will fall. But when they fell, they were still holding on to the whole world."
Zhou Li was silent for a while and said, "There are not that many lunatics in this world."
Taote turned to look at him and shook his head slowly: "Don't be so sure. One day, you will find that there are no less of them than you thought. The most desperate thing is that such people are in the 'Foundation' and 'Dogma College' ', can be found everywhere in The Alchemist.
"The Tree of the World", "Creation of Gods", "Creation of Fate Patterns" since when did humans forget to keep their duties and arrogantly thought that they could touch the realm of gods? "
Taut raised his head and looked at the clouds that were rendered into burning colors in the dusk, and laughed softly: "There is no way, because God is dead. So everything has become terrible. This is our 'Black Iron Age', you It takes getting used to.¡±
"Okay, having said so much, I just want you to understand one thing."
Taote raised his hand, supported Zhou Li's shoulders and stood up, looking at the young man in the long coat. The arrogance and ridicule on his face seemed to disappear, and his somewhat cloudy eyes reflected Zhou Li's shadow.
"Okay, little bastard, listen to me clearly what you're going to say next. I'll only say it once."
He took off the cigarette from the corner of his mouth and no longer recalled the past, but just looked at the eyes in front of him: "I know you want to become stronger, but strength is never as important as you think.
Maybe you will sneer at my words, but don¡¯t try to exceed your own limits. If you want to live a long life, you must learn to guard your reason and use it to control your ambitions. "
After a pause, he patted Zhou Li on the shoulder: "Don't be like those poor people from the 'Black Pharaoh Brotherhood' today. For the sake of strength, they became lost dogs. In the end they have nothing."
Zhou Li looked into the old man's eyes, but for the first time he had the urge to look away - as if he had understood everything about him. Although this unreliable guy always looked disliked, but He saw it clearly than anyone else, and understood Zhou Li's desire for power better than anyone else.
Because of this, Tao Te was worried that Zhou Li would become like those lunatics, and he waited for Zhou Li's answer with a serious expression. It wasn't until Zhou Li was silent for a long time and nodded silently in agreement that he smiled again.
"Okay, let's go. It's time to have dinner." The old man patted Zhou Li on the shoulder and said from his mouth.He took out a small thing from his pocket and threw it into Zhou Li's arms: "As a reward for listening to my wordy words for so long, I give this to you."
Zhou Li took it with his backhand, only to find that the thing in his hand was a kerosene lighter that had been used for some years. On the smooth and smooth shell that had been rubbed, there were still characters that had been clumsily carved with a knife.
Zhou Li looked at the handwriting on it and murmured doubtfully: "ca
Diem? "
Walking in front, Taote laughed softly: "That's right, ca
Diem, a Latin proverb, translated into Chinese, means ¡®carpe diem¡¯. "
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, looked at the little thing in his hand, and couldn't help but laugh: This is really a very suitable word for Taote.
After taking one last look at the remaining traces on its shell, he put the thing into his pocket and followed.
Time is the most powerful force, enough to make everything lose traces of its existence, and there are always some forces that cannot be eliminated by time that will remain in some things and be passed down.
Even if the recipient is still ignorant, it still exists and can emit burning light in the darkness.
That is the past that is engraved in the memory, even if not many people remember it anymore.
Many years ago, a group of bad students who thought they were mature enough got together because of the same bad habits, established the first secret brotherhood of Dogma College, and decided to write a program for it.
After scratching his head and thinking hard for a long time, Planchenko established the first rule, keeping secrets.
After Constantine took the pen, he thought for a moment and wrote the second article, "Know yourself."
And Touteclef grabbed the pen that was supposed to be given to Mr. Laps, wrote the last entry - Carpe Diem, and then led everyone to party all night long and drank up all the wine in the college that day.
Until now, Planchenko has become the taciturn strongest, Constantine ran away angrily because of the ideas he insisted on, and Lord Laps became the rebellious 'Emperor' Everything has been changed beyond recognition by time, but Taote .Clive is still the same prodigal boy as before.
Even though he has accepted his aging and transformed from a handsome and burly young man into a wizened and strange old man, he still maintains a bad character, such as liking to call for takeaways in the middle of the night and then closing the door and watching them. Being soaked in heavy rain and never getting tired of it.
Although it is a bad thing not to learn to change, he seems to have decided that it is bad enough to die.
Diem, enjoy yourself in time, that¡¯s all.
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