Chapter 194 77. You dare to argue with me in my territory? Give you face!
The sudden change in weather did not cause any trouble for Team K's rendezvous. When the first drop of rain fell, Mason successfully found his teammates.
Their spirits were pretty good, and no one was hurt except for Zha Kang who was a little pale.
But when Mason jumped off the motorcycle, he saw Zha Kang holding the golden apple and hiding in the shadow of the cave, mumbling something, as if he had eaten too much.
"He hasn't been normal since just now. He won't let us get close to him with that thing."
As soon as Mason came in, Ergong came to "complain".
He looked at Zha Kang who was mumbling to himself with a sad expression, and whispered:
"I feel like that thing bewitched him, or worse, it was reshaping John's thinking like it was blocking the minds of those assassin saints."
"This is normal."
Mason flexed his fingers and explained:
"He doesn't have Isu blood, so he can't withstand Golden Apple's thinking force field. This thing is not meant for pure-blood humans, but don't worry, he can still be saved."
As he spoke, the young man stepped forward and patted Zha Kang on the shoulder.
The latter turned around suddenly, holding the shining golden apple in his arms, and pulled out a cherry wood wand with an evil voice, shouting at Mason:
"Stay away from me! Stay away from my baby! Don't let you get close! You must want to steal my baby! No, this is my baby! The baby that can make me the king of the world!"
"That's just a golden apple that needs charging, you idiot! Get it!"
Mason rushed up and grabbed the golden apple in Zha Kang's arms. The latter howled and fought with Mason as if he had lost his mind, and was pulled away by Ergong and Barbara.
"Beat him! Physics calibrates consciousness!"
Mason took the golden apple in his hand and pressed it a few times to close it. Then he looked at Zha Kang who was howling like a slaughtered pig in front of him. He made a gesture, and the two barrels immediately punched Constantine in the eye socket.
It seems that there is a bit of personal grudge involved in the ruthless attack.
This friendly fist knocked the unconscious dark wizard to the ground, but the effect was very good, and he seemed to wake up all of a sudden.
"Stop fighting!"
Zha Kang screamed and squatted on the spot holding his head, then raised his head and revealed his funny panda eyes, looking at the golden apple in Mason's hand with great fear.
He said:
"Get that piece of shit away from me! Damn it, I feel like it's talking to me and trying to impart knowledge to me, but I can't understand it. What the hell is this?"
"I just told you that the golden apple is a controller made by the Isu people to control human thoughts and actions. It is a whip in the hands of slave owners."
Mason tossed the closed golden apple up and down in his hand and said:
"People without Isu blood cannot withstand its brainwashing. You are not bad. You have held it for nearly six hours and have not been 'converted' into a loyal servant of the Isu. It seems that you have made great progress recently, John. ”
"Then why are you okay?"
Zha Kang rubbed his eyes and took the potion handed over by Mason. After drinking it, he looked at the entrance of the cave and said viciously:
"What's going on with that blond girl over there? Did you pick her up?"
"That's a companion. Well, a companion for the time being."
Mason hesitated for a moment, but introduced Mysterio to his teammates. He said:
"This is a secret agent sent into this world by Lord Swordsman, one of the three great mentors. He has the same mission as us and Wesker. I saved her.
Don't worry, she is injured and weak now. ”
"Mason, there's a strong data signal underground in the Rift, but I can't decipher it."
Barbara stepped forward, rubbing her aching forehead, and transferred the mysterious information received by the brain interface to the microcomputer on her arm, which displayed very weird and concise geometric symbols on the screen.
She said to Mason:
"This is the signal that has been invading my thinking firewall before, but it seems to be unmanned. We can't understand these mysterious words, but I personally think it should be a password or warning left by the ancient Isu people.
I'm running six cracks at once, give me another half hour and I'll crack it. ”
Mason glanced at the Isu text on the microcomputer, and then said with a strange expression:
"It says 'air conditioning system malfunction, third vent closed', uh, I'm not kidding, that's what it means."
"Wait!"
Er Tong suddenly got excited, looked at Mason, and said:
"How can you read these ancient texts? And you can also manipulate golden apples! Barbara, do you remember the information we found in the Abstergo database?
The legends about the ancient Isu people’s rebirth with the help of other people’s body consciousness.”
"唰"
Gryffindor's Revenge Sword shining with magical light was drawn out, and the sharp blade with cold light and sand was pressed against Mason's neck. The two barrels protected Bat Girl and Zha Kang behind him. He shouted vigilantly:
"Who the hell are you? What did you do to Mason!"
"Poof"
Seeing this scene, Miss Swordsman, who was hiding from the rain at the entrance of the cave, covered her mouth and laughed. She looked at the scene in front of her and said:
"Oh my, the way your team gets along is really interesting. If I didn't already have a team, I would definitely apply to join you.
Mason kid!
Look how disrespectful your team members are to you. Beat them up to show your dignity as a captain. ”
"Don't make trouble."
Mason reached out and pinched the sharp revenge sword, pushed it away, and said to his companions:
"I just made some strengthening potions for myself to drink, which unlocked some of the inheritance of the Isu people, but on the other hand, there is indeed a memory of the Isu people filling my mind.
But it's definitely not the kind of rebirth that you think of. How about we share some secrets to verify our identity? ”
The young man coughed, stared at Ertong in a long voice and said:
"For example, during your training, you had some super-friendly relationships with a certain black elder? Do you want me to tell you the details? Er Tong?"
"唰"
The sharp blade is sheathed.
Er Tong, who had to compromise in order to avoid being executed on the spot and resulting in social death, said expressionlessly:
"Okay, confirm your identity, don't talk about those damn things anymore."
"You said there is an Isu consciousness in your mind?"
Zha Kang circled around Mason in amazement, then pointed to the road leading to the rift valley ahead, and said:
"You should know everything about the situation there?"
"Well, the details are clear, just like going home."
Mason nodded and said:
"This great temple hides the 'salvation device' left by the ancient Isu people. They call it the 'Aurora Device'. Over the past tens of thousands of years, that device has been protecting this world from the parallel world system. In addition, they escaped two crises
It was not that the Stars Society discovered this world, but that this world took the initiative to turn off the aurora device and exposed it to the Stars Society in order to find a way to resist the doomsday.
Barbara and Ertong should have told you this. ”
"Awesome, no wonder the three great mentors have sent people here. Such an 'Aurora Device' that can protect the world is worth the return ticket."
Zha Kang sighed in admiration, then glanced at the entrance of the cave where the mysterious guest was eavesdropping, and made a silent gesture towards Mason.
He coughed and said:
"Hey, yellow-haired girl of unknown origin, how long are you going to eavesdrop? Look, our captain is a kind-hearted guy, he may believe your words.
But I'm a badass.
I've seen too many scumbags pretending to be friendly people. Maybe even your name was deceived by us. After all, I never saw you in the Continental Hotel!
Come on come on.
Take out your Star Club employee card and let me see it. ”
Zha Kang's request made Mysterio's expression change.
As a grand mentor, she can disguise the completeness of the tattoos on her arms. This is easy, but the "employee card" produced through the Stars Association system cannot be disguised.
Her identity will be revealed as soon as the Grand Tutor-level crystal card appears.
If she had been exposed before, it would have been exposed. She was so careless that she never cared about such things. But it's different now. From the little information revealed by Mason just now, she already knows the supreme secret of the existence of this world.
It's impossible for her to let go now, even if her brain is indeed not very bright.
"Boom"
Just when Miss Swordsman, who was not good at using her brain, was thinking hard about how to solve this problem, a loud noise suddenly sounded in the passage leading to the rift beside everyone.
Then a curtain of light exploded in the heavy rain, and a layer of pale light emerged from the ground.
It swept through the cave, causing everyone except Mason to feel something like an electromagnetic shock.
The hair on Er Tong and Zha Kang's arms stood up, while Barbara and Mysterio's long hair instantly turned into a hedgehog-like "explosion".
"What's going on?"
Zha Kang roared, and Mason glanced over there and said:
"Wesker is attacking the seal of the Great Temple, and that idiot triggers the defense device. These high-energy particle beams will become stronger and stronger until they melt all life around them.
But this great temple is directly connected to the continental shelf.
Unless he can dismantle the continental shelf, there is no way he can enter without a golden apple.
Come on, let's go help him. ”
He took the lead, and Team K followed closely behind. No one cared about Miss Swordsman, but she couldn't miss such a thing, so she followed him holding her bleeding belly.
Now she finally understood why the hunters paid so much attention to the rookies like Team K.
These guys are really capable.
"Pa"
When rushing into the main building of the rift valley where the light shines, Mason punched a stone carved with mysterious geometric runes. Then an ancient storage room was opened, containing several silver-gray full-coverage items. Armor and a few shiny weapons.
"Go put it on and wait five minutes before going in."
Mason said to the players:
"This is the uniform of the staff of the Grand Temple. It comes with temporary permissions that will not allow you to be attacked by the suppression system. Don't touch anything after entering!
The device installed by the Isu here is a photon computer, which has no entity.
And this! ”
He escaped from his arms and handed the phoenix egg, which was twice larger than an ostrich egg, to Zha Kang and said:
"Find a way to make it hatch, John."
"This thing will drain me dry."
Zha Kang frowned and took it, saying:
"What do you want to do?"
"I'm going to burn some 'dirty stuff' here."
Mason glanced at the direction of the temple. He pushed the sorting hat and said in a cold tone:
"If you miss this village, you won't have this shop. After all, you don't often have the opportunity to crush an A-level personnel."
"Wesker?"
The three members of Team K looked at each other.
But Mason didn’t explain much, he just stamped his feet, pointed to the ground and said:
"Don't worry, this is 'our' territory now! The God of Fire and Forge will bless you."
After saying that, he turned around and rushed into the increasingly bright high-energy particle beam ahead. Barbara rubbed her increasingly painful head and said to Er Tong and Zha Kang:
"Every time I go out with Mason, it's a big scene. I think I have to take a few days off after going back this time."
"I just think his mental state is not stable."
Zha Kang rubbed his chin and said with a strange look:
"Although he keeps emphasizing that he is sober, a normal Mason would not say any nonsense about God blessing us. Well, don't waste time.
Get changed quickly, we'll go help.
Barbara, where are you going?
Just change it here! I won’t peek at you, even my own family, right? It’s not like you’re not wearing underwear.”
——
The dark-glassed Wesker had now found the sealed wall leading to the underground temple. He raised his hot fists and smashed them against the wall covered with geometric Isu characters in front of him.
Every punch will cause the surrounding area to vibrate.
Due to the transformation of life forms by the virus, he could feel that there was a huge space behind the mountain wall. Judging from the clues he got from the warlock, there must be an ancient building left by the Isu people here.
"Stop smashing it! If you smash it again, the defense system will start a more advanced killing process, and you will kill us all here."
Mason's voice came from behind, making Wesker look back at him warily.
But the young man didn't care about this guy's gaze.
He quickly passed through the high-energy particles that were enough to scorch flesh, pressed his hat close to the door, then took out the golden apple that Zha Kang got from his arms and put it into the groove in the wall.
It's like a key being inserted into a lock.
But that was not enough. There was another groove on the door for a golden apple. Mason took out Odin's golden apple and placed it under Wesker's surprised gaze.
Then, with the clicking sound of the mechanism, the surrounding high-energy particle beam quickly dimmed, and the high-temperature aura emitted from the spot exposed the closed road to the two of them.
"Dear A-level personnel, please come first!"
Mason made a "please" gesture and took the two golden apples in his hands. Wesker pushed up his sunglasses without saying much, and strode into the great temple that had been sealed in dust for tens of thousands of years.
When he first stepped into it, the dark place was like welcoming a visitor. Blue lights lit up from above and below, illuminating this ancient facility deep underground.
This is a disordered space.
It is dotted with strangely shaped stone pillars and some stone slabs and high platforms suspended in mid-air in special shapes that completely violate the laws of physics.
There are also some crystal-like objects that have exhausted their energy scattered on the ground, covered with a thick layer of dust like a gloomy tomb.
However, the temple looked completely different to Wesker than to Mason.
When Mason stepped into it, his eyes blinked a few times, as if he had entered a special "observation mode". A large number of Isu phantoms were busy back and forth in this space.
Only visions can be seen but shadows cannot be heard.
Like the last traces of a group of ghosts that have long since disappeared in time, Mason even sees "himself" in those apparitions.
That is, the figure of Hephaestus the Isu.
He was standing on a stone console high up, manipulating the mysterious instruments here to do some debugging work, and above the darkness was the optical projection of a complex star system.
Not the framework of stars.
Rather, it is derived from the simulated structure of parallel worlds in the multiverse, arranged with the knowledge of the Isu people, and outlines this ultra-ancient civilization's understanding of the mysteries of the stars.
Mason could see them clearly, though to others there were only ruins left in the underground temple.
"Do you know how to activate it?"
Wesker's deep voice sounded from the front. He turned back to stare at Mason and said in a low tone:
"Please get to work, C-Class."
"Wait a moment, the console key should be nearby."
Mason stepped forward and followed the past images reflected in his eyes, reaching out somewhere under the main body of the photon computer close to the Aurora system and flicking it.
As the stone opened and closed, something was pushed in front of Mason's eyes.
It was a golden-gray sphere, almost identical to the golden apple in Mason's hand, but the slightly dim Isu inscription on it meant that it was not a control item.
Mason breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to touch it.
It was like opening up the temple that had finally fallen asleep. The dark place suddenly became brighter, and the pale beam of light began to outline complex patterns in the space above the temple.
That's what the photonic computer looks like when it's turned on.
And at the same moment, hot snake-like tentacles snaked from behind and bound his neck and body, lifting him into the air.
Wesker, who still maintained his human form but his left arm had turned into an indescribable snake-like synapse, reached out and swung the useless Mason. He was knocked against the mountain wall and rolled to the ground.
He saw Wesker reaching for the "key" he had found.
Then, as he expected, when Wesker came into contact with the Isu Orb, he roared as if he was being attacked and threw the thing away, as if he was holding a piece of hot magma.
"Isu Forger Access Code: YGH-1-103."
Mason, who was lying on the ground, shouted in the ancient Isu language. A blue light instantly hit him, and the next moment there was a gentle electronic sound:
"The biogenetic information certification passed! The concentration of Isu blood meets the standard! The access code is correct! Welcome home, Your Excellency Hephaestus, the World Tree Host-Grand Temple split program is waiting for your instructions."
"The hazardous material expulsion system is activated! In front of the target, expulsion mode: kill!"
Mason grabbed the dim orb that fell to his hand and stood up, touching his neck that still had scorch marks. The stones under his feet were like an elevator, lifting him up into the sky.
He looked at Wesker who was holding his head and yelling on the ground.
Whisper:
"World Tree Host, do me a favor and burn this piece of garbage. The entire star sea will thank you for it." (End of Chapter)