After talking to Roy Mustang about the situation he was currently facing, Liu Mengchao had already made plans for the next step. In fact, during the meeting with Roy Mustang, although Liu Mengchao told about the formation of the Philosopher's Stone, he concealed the two most important points.
The first name is about the identity and origin of those artificial people. Of course, they were people who jumped out of the cracks in the stone according to the story, but Liu Mengchao's words did not explain the origin of these people. In addition, Liu Mengchao had already consciously arrived at the scene from the beginning. Mustang's thinking made him think that this matter was just something that the army of the country wanted to do. Perhaps this country is facing such a situation, and only the most drastic measures can be taken to save the country.
But after that, things actually turned around.
The so-called turning point was the person Liu Mengchao met in the wilderness of Dabris in the south, the man named Hoffenheim. He is a figure of the same era as the man in the bottle who created the artificial man. In other words, he can even be said to be one of the origins of everything.
From the very beginning, he had been planning to destroy the villain in the bottle, the plan to turn everyone in the country into the Philosopher's Stone. This plan has been implemented for so long that even Liu Mengchao himself doesn't know when it started. However, if he wants this plan to succeed, Liu Mengchao still has a very serious opinion in his heart.
The so-called plan will be more successful if it contacts fewer people. The so-called conspiracy will not be noticed by others only if it is secret.
Liu Mengchao thought so, and was even prepared to do so. Liu Mengchao didn't know what Roy Mustang thought about turning the entire country into Philosopher's Stone. Although when the two met, every inch of Roy Mustang's face seemed to be filled with emotion. He said he was ready to stop this thing, but what if he knew more about the inside story?
After all, it is the upper echelon of this country. They shouldn't all be thinking about their own selfish interests, right? Why didn't anyone come out to stop it? Are they all blinded by their own interests?
Liu Mengchao felt that this was definitely not the case. There must be a secret that he didn't know about. It is precisely because of these secrets that a country can be completely controlled by artificial people. No, rather than being controlled by artificial humans, it is better to say that they are controlled by the selfish desires in the hearts of these people.
Human beings are like this. Most of the time, they just think about themselves and don¡¯t care about anything.
Thinking of this, even Liu Mengchao himself began to feel a little sleepy. He began to feel his eyelids fighting and looked up at the sky. The moonlight in the sky became hazier than what he had just seen. The thin moonlight fell from the sky, falling like snowflakes on the people around Liu Mengchao.
Liu Mengchao stretched lazily and his steps became more relaxed and casual. He walked very slowly, as if he could enter his dreamland in one or two steps.
It was just at this moment that Liu Mengchao's nose suddenly moved. The nose wrinkled slightly, as if there was an unpleasant smell coming from Liu Mengchao's nasal cavity, swirling in Liu Mengchao's mind.
who is it?
Liu Mengchao's brows instantly frowned tightly, and he couldn't help but look around him. Everywhere you can see. It is a deep alley. The ground of the alley is covered with streets paved with bluestones, with mottled green moss crawling on it. From time to time, water droplets fall from high places, falling after who knows how many years have passed. In the small hole that finally sunk down.
??Is this the power of time when a drop of water penetrates a stone?
Liu Mengchao grinned, smiled, and walked under the protruding eaves. Stretch out your palm. Liu Mengchao's palms have always been extremely white, and under the slightly transparent moonlight, every inch of the palm prints can be clearly seen.
Tick ??tock.
A soft sound. A drop of water rolled down from a height and landed in Liu Mengchao's hand. He raised his head, but did not see the direction from which the water drop came. This drop of water seemed to appear in this world for no reason, and it was so sudden that it made people want to laugh. , but it is unacceptable no matter what.
"Because this is the last thing I see in this world."
It was at this moment that a voice with a proud and even dismissive tone sounded behind Liu Mengchao. Liu Mengchao didn't look back, and he could guess that the person standing behind him must have an annoying face. No matter what, this face must have the word pride written on it.
"Who are you?"
Liu Mengchao asked slowly, lowering his head and looking at his palm again. I thought it was just a drop of water, but now I can see itSuddenly, it turned out to be a drop of blood.
A drop of blood seeped out from the palm of his hand, seeming playful and not wanting others to know his existence.
The blood is very clear and very helpless.
Liu Mengchao slowly narrowed his eyes and looked at the small red blood stain in his palm. He has always been confident in his abilities and absolutely did not believe it. At that moment, he was attacked. After all, the speed of such an attack is too fast, even so fast that I can't react at all.
Why is this happening?
Liu Mengchao frowned subconsciously and looked around for the direction from which the sound came. He just looked back, and there was indeed no one behind him.
"Are you looking for me?"
The voice rang again, full of sarcasm, and it could still be heard clearly even though it was far away.
Liu Mengchao heard it clearly, so the expression on his face was also very interesting. I saw the corners of his mouth curl up slightly, making a nice arc, and then tilted down slightly.
"Pretend to be a ghost."
This is Liu Mengchao¡¯s evaluation and Liu Mengchao¡¯s thoughts. What he said was very simple, but it seemed to directly anger the visitor. The shadows that had gathered around Liu Mengchao, as quiet as the moonlight, suddenly began to tremble. It was as if a puddle of moonlight was suddenly thrown into by a stone, confusing the entire water surface.
After being mixed up, the natural world began to change.
Countless shadows began to shake their bodies, like hard and slender steel whips, springing out from every corner in all directions and attacking Liu Mengchao's face directly.
I see¡¡
Looking at the shadow that was about to hit his face, Liu Mengchao suddenly realized why he had been attacked like that just now. It was obvious that the person who had just attacked him was able to control shadows. Then with the help of a shadow produced when the water droplets fell on the palm of his hand, it instantly pierced his palm.
Everything seems to be such a weird scene. If you look at it from another angle, you can only say that it is nothing more than that.
?That¡¯s the truth.
That¡¯s all.
This was the thought in Liu Mengchao's mind. At this moment, Liu Mengchao's feet suddenly touched the ground, and he quickly began to retreat. He retreated very quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, he was dozens of meters away from the shadows washing towards him.
But this distance seemed to be not enough. More shadows began to rise where Liu Mengchao's eyes could reach. Wisps and clusters seemed to be endless grass. The grass on the grass began to appear one after another. It grew, and then intermittently surrounded Liu Mengchao.
Once you retreat, then retreat again!
Liu Mengchao saw that the shadow was approaching his face, and he no longer hesitated and kept retreating back. He retreated so fast that he almost left an invisible afterimage in the air. It's just that the distance of this afterimage is limited after all, and it stopped in the blink of an eye.
Not for any other reason; just because Liu Mengchao has now retreated to the edge of the wall. He had just appeared in the deep little box, but now he was trapped in the alley.
This alley is not long, but it is so painful.
No matter where you are, you can see the swaying shadows grown by the moonlight.
These shadows are like circles of traps, waiting for a careless prey to walk in, then suddenly curl up, bite the prey's throat viciously, and absorb the blood bit by bit.
This is what Liu Mengchao can see now.
"Trapped beast."
Shadows from all directions shouted coldly at the same time, full of pride and disdain.
Is it wrong to fight even when a trapped animal is trapped?
Hearing these words, the corners of Liu Mengchao's mouth turned up. His face was filled with a disdainful smile, and he opened his eyes to watch the attack that never came.
This is how the same thing?
Liu Mengchao couldn't help but raise his head and look at the bright moon in the sky. It was only now that Liu Mengchao discovered that the walls around him were so high that the moonlight could not enter his side.
In this case, the shadow that was supposed to be born under the moonlight naturally began to slow down and did not appear in front of Liu Mengchao.Before.
Is that so? Liu Mengchao looked at the situation in front of him and raised the corner of his mouth with a slight glance. He originally thought that the artificial man who suddenly attacked could freely control the shadow and reach any place.
"If the whole room is dark, you can't launch an attack, right?"
Liu Mengchao said, looked at the environment around him, and said with a smile.
Sure enough, just as Liu Mengchao said, the expected attack did not come in the end, and just stopped in front of Liu Mengchao. (To be continued)