Chapter 552 Rule Bug (5K big chapter, please subscribe, please vote monthly)
Zhuge Liang's elegant temperament suddenly changed, and black smoke filled his body. In Lin Yi's perception, the pressure Zhuge Liang put on him at this moment was actually stronger than the pressure on Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the five tiger generals.
At this moment, the center of Zhuge Liang's forehead slowly cracked, and a vertical eye gradually appeared.
When the vertical eye was fully opened, the pressure on Zhuge Liang's body instantly soared, making him breathless.
What's even more weird is that several pitch-black tentacles emerged from behind Zhuge Liang. They were waving freely in the air, as agile as living creatures, with an indescribable weirdness and terror.
"General Zhao, what did you mean by the prime minister you just mentioned? Where did the term prime minister come from here?" These cold words were in sharp contrast to Zhuge Liang's usual gentle and elegant image, and seemed extremely abrupt.
When Zhao Yun heard the sound, his expression suddenly changed, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.
Because this sound did not come from Zhuge Liang's mouth in front of him, but from the back of Zhuge Liang's head.
Zhuge Liang then began to turn his head in a slow and weird way.
Accompanied by the creepy sound of bone cracking, his head turned 180 degrees until the back of his head was completely aimed at Zhao Yun and Lin Yi.
But what is shocking is that when the back of his head turns around, what is shown is not a head covered with hair, but a face that is exactly the same as Zhuge Liang.
This face is very cold and stiff, completely different from the gentle and elegant Zhuge Liang shows every day.
Beads of cold sweat kept falling from Zhao Yun's forehead, soaking his shirt.
Although Zhao Yun was brave and good at fighting, he once entered and exited seven times during the siege of Cao Jun, and made great achievements in battle.
But facing the strange and inexplicable sight in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a sense of fear in his heart.
This was the first time for him to see Zhuge Liang, who was beyond common sense and seemed to be possessed by a demon.
In his nervousness, Zhao Yun inadvertently revealed a flaw in his previous words.
And this tiny oversight was immediately caught by the demonized Zhuge Liang, who noticed Zhao Yun's abnormality.
Zhuge Liang looked at Zhao Yun with his unusual eyes, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
There seemed to be endless teasing and ridicule hidden in that smile, as if it was mocking the helplessness and fear of this battle-experienced general at this moment.
"Since General Zhao doesn't want to say more," Zhuge Liang said slowly, with unquestionable determination in his voice, "then I will find out the answer myself."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Yun felt an irresistible invisible force tightly wrap around him, his limbs seemed to be locked by iron chains, and his whole body was unable to move.
Zhao Yun tried to struggle, but the power was very strange. No matter how hard Zhao Yun struggled, he could not break free from the opponent's control.
The rules he saw when Adou was a baby suddenly flashed through Zhao Yun's mind, and one of them came into view clearly:
[Rule 2: When someone is possessed by a demon, do not refuse any of his requests. 】
It seems that every request made by the demonized Zhuge Liang in front of him is equivalent to an irresistible "request".
Under the restrictions of the rules, Zhao Yun could not break free from this shackles.
Zhao Yun watched Zhuge Liang approaching with wide eyes, his heart filled with fear.
Seeing Zhuge Liang getting closer and closer to Zhao Yun, Lin Yi knew it was time to take action.
As the light flickered, a purification technique was thrown onto Zhao Yun's body.
As the power of the purification technique penetrated, Zhao Yun suddenly felt his body light up, and the previous invisible feeling of restraint disappeared instantly.
Zhuge Liang's arm was already close at hand, almost touching Zhao Yun's chest. Zhao Yun could already feel the cold temperature of the other person.
A cruel sneer appeared on Zhuge Liang's face, and he couldn't wait to hold Zhao Yun's heart in his hands.
At this critical moment, Zhao Yun suddenly pulled out the green sword hanging from his waist.
There was a flash of sword light, and the sharp sword edge cut off Zhuge Liang's outstretched arm in an instant.
Zhao Yun gasped, his heart filled with joy.
Fortunately, it was after the Battle of Changbanpo that the Qingzhi Sword in his hand was obtained from Cao Cao's confidant Xia Houen.
This green sword was extremely sharp, and now it saved his life at a critical moment.
"Strange, how did the general break free?" Zhuge Liang looked down at his broken right arm, with a trace of doubt on his face.
Although he has become possessed and his mind has been affected to a certain extent, his innate wisdom has not diminished.
As a man known for his resourcefulness, Zhuge Liang was still able to discern and understand the rules even after becoming possessed.
In a brief confrontation with Zhao Yun, he caught Zhao Yun's omissions with just a few words, showing his almost demonic insight.
He stared at Zhao Yun, as if he wanted to find the answer from this familiar General Zhao.
"Interesting." Zhuge Liang said softly, "General, you really make me more and more interested. Obviously, you have some information that I don't know yet."
As soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, the vertical eye in the center of his forehead suddenly opened completely, emitting a strange red light.
When its gaze swept across Zhao Yun and Lin Yi, both of them felt that they had been seen through.
"Huh? There is another friend here." The vertical eyes on Zhuge Liang's forehead locked tightly on Lin Yi's hidden position, with a bit of surprise in his tone, "Why don't you show up and see him?"
"How did you find out?"
Lin Yi did not reveal his figure. At this moment, he was in the demon camp. Any rash move may cause unpredictable chaos.
Lin Yi didn't dare to gamble, so he only communicated with Zhuge Liang through voice.
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and explained: "To be honest, Liang doesn't know the specific reason, but suddenly, I can see you."
Under Zhuge Liang's gaze, the red figure next to Zhao Yun was particularly obvious.
Just as Lin Yi was preparing to evacuate with Zhao Yun, the surrounding environment suddenly changed dramatically.
Amid flying sand and rocks, the two were caught in a violent sandstorm.
"No, this is the Prime Minister's Eight Formation Diagram!" Zhao Yun felt nervous as he looked at the unpredictable scene around him.
He knew very well that the power of these eight formations was infinite. In the battle between Shu and Wei, the Shu army was able to defeat many with less, largely because of Zhuge Liang's miraculous eight formations.
Zhao Yun clearly remembered that Cao Cao's 50,000-strong army was trapped by this formation for three days and three nights.
When the formation dissipated and the army escaped, most of the 50,000 soldiers had been lost, leaving less than 10,000 horses.
The remaining soldiers lost their way in the formation and killed each other.
"Don't panic." Lin Yi said calmly to Zhao Yun, while he tried his best to improve his perception ability to capture the key energy nodes of the surrounding formations.
These energy nodes were constantly moving, but under Lin Yi's perception, they gradually formed a clear Nine Palaces and Bagua shape.
Although Lin Yi does not have a deep understanding of the profound aspects of the Nine Palaces Bagua, he still knows some basic concepts such as the door of life and the door of death.
He felt it silently for a moment, and gradually began to think about it.
"Follow me!" Lin Yi decisively pulled Zhao Yun and headed northeast.
At this moment, the formation energy node there is relatively weak. According to the principle of Bagua, that should be the location of the Shengmen.
When they rushed into the northeast direction, their vision suddenly became blurry, and the surrounding scene changed rapidly.
When they opened their eyes again, they were already in the military camp of the Shu army.
The two people who successfully escaped from the Eight Formation Diagram couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's interesting that you were able to decipher my Eight Formations so quickly." Zhuge Liang looked at Zhao Yun and Lin Yi who was invisible behind him, with a hint of approval in his tone.
But a strong appetite suddenly surged in his heart.
Zhuge Liang has a special hobby after becoming a demon, that is, he likes to eat the brains of smart people, and the performance of Zhao Yun and Lin Yi has undoubtedly aroused Zhuge Liang's appetite.
Zhao Yun felt Zhuge Liang's strange gaze, and his heart tightened. In his haste, he remembered the previous conversation, and asked tentatively: "Military advisor, you previously ordered Zilong to refuel the seven-star lamp. I wonder if this instruction is still valid?"
As soon as Zhao Yun finished speaking, Zhuge Liang's reaction was indeed strange.
He was stuck in something of a stalemate, with two different consciousnesses fighting within him.
"General Zhao, you need to go to the Seven Star Lamp to add more lamp oil." A voice said firmly.
"No, I want to eat the wisdom of both of them." Another voice was full of greed and desire.
"Military orders are like mountains and must not be violated."
The scene in front of him was quite strange. Zhuge Liang's head kept turning, as if he was struggling between two completely different impulses.
Sometimes he looked at Zhao Yun and Lin Yi with his front face, ordering them to go to the seven-star lamp to add more lamp oil; sometimes he turned the back of his head towards them, expressing his strong desire to eat their brains.
The conflict between the two sides' orders caused Zhuge Liang to fall into a stalemate, just like a sophisticated computer program encountered an irresolvable logical conflict, leading to the emergence of a "bug".
This inner struggle externalized in a ridiculous and terrifying way. Zhuge Liang's head turned faster and faster, just like a high-speed rotating electric fan.
Lin Yi looked at Zhuge Liang's movements and thought, "Is this guy's neck so good?" After spinning for so long, my head didn't even fall off.
After a minute of stalemate and struggle, Zhuge Liang's face was finally firmly pointed at Zhao Yun and Lin Yi. The vertical eye on his forehead gradually closed, and all the chaos and abnormalities calmed down as the vertical eye disappeared. .
The Zhuge Liang in front of him seemed to have turned back into the wise man Zhao Yun knew well, the military advisor who could always guide them to victory at critical moments.
"Are you... General Zhao?" Although Zhuge Liang's voice was weak, the intimacy and familiarity contained in it made Zhao Yun's heart warm.
Zhao Yun's eyes couldn't help but moisten when he saw this scene.
What he saw was the Zhuge Liang who had weathered the storm with them and fought hand in hand, the wise man who had pointed the way for them countless times in danger, not the strange and terrifying existence before.
"Military advisor, are you okay?" Zhao Yun stepped forward quickly and carefully supported Zhuge Liang, fearing that he would fall.
"My neck hurts a little, but it's nothing serious. Now that I'm a demon, this little injury is nothing to me." Zhuge Liang tried his best to smile, and then turned his eyes to the direction where Lin Yi was hiding.
"Little friend, you can show up now. I have dismissed all the soldiers here before, and there is no one else here now." Zhuge Liang's aura seemed particularly weak at the moment, and he looked like an ordinary person.
Lin Yi looked around and after confirming that there were indeed no soldiers around, he removed the optical camouflage.
However, the power of shadow is still distributed around Lin Yi. If there is any disturbance, Lin Yi can immediately escape into the kingdom of shadow.
This world is full of unknowns and dangers, and Lin Yi dare not take it lightly.
He was not even sure whether the shadow plane of this world was safe, which was why he had not chosen to enter the shadow plane before.
"Zilong, because of your question just now, the demon in my body fell into silence temporarily, so my consciousness was able to wake up briefly."
"But this time won't be too long. What I say next is very important. You must remember it."
"The light of the seven-star lantern can temporarily restrain these demons and prevent them from causing harm to the world. But the power of the seven-star lantern is not infinite. Forty-nine days later, if the lights are extinguished, the hundreds of thousands of demons sealed here will wreak havoc on the world."
"You must find out the truth, time is running out." Zhuge Liang's voice became more and more urgent.
As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes were covered with blood again. He pushed Zhao Yun away suddenly and staggered towards the camp.
Zhao Yun looked at Zhuge Liang's retreating figure, bowed deeply, and then led Lin Yi to the direction of the Seven Star Lantern.
The importance of the Seven Star Lantern is now clear to the two of them. Its function is to trap the hundreds of thousands of Shu troops who have been possessed by the devil.
Once the light of the seven-star lamp goes out, these demons will wreak havoc in the world, and the whole world may fall into the prey of demons.
Arriving at the room where the seven-star lantern was, Lin Yi saw the seven-star lantern array that Zhuge Liang mentioned.
The seven-star lamp faintly emits a pale yellow light. Under this light, Lin Yi and Zhao Yun both felt a lot calmer in their hearts. It seems that this is the effect of the seven-star lamp.
"General Zhao, why are you here."
Just as the two were carefully observing the seven-star lantern, a woman walked into the room gracefully.
She has a beautiful face, her skin is as white as snow, and her eyebrows are as delicate as a painting.
Wearing a gorgeous Shu robe, the collar and cuffs are inlaid with sparkling gold threads, and a jade belt is tied around her waist. The tassels sway gently with her steps.
Her hair was pulled up into a high bun, and the hairpins were filled with jewels and emeralds, shining dazzlingly under the light.
As soon as Zhao Yun saw this woman, he immediately put away the weapons in his hands and saluted her respectfully.
The visitor was none other than Liu Bei's wife, Mrs. Mi.
In her previous life, Mrs. Mi chose to commit suicide by throwing herself into a well in order not to drag Zhao Yun down. Her sacrifice was remembered by Zhao Yun.
Being able to see her again now is undoubtedly a long-lost comfort for Zhao Yun.
"Madam, the military advisor ordered me to come here to get lamp oil." After Zhao Yun saluted, he explained his purpose to Madam Mi.
But this sentence seemed to touch a certain sensitive nerve of Mrs. Mi.
Her face suddenly turned pale as paper, as if she had heard something that frightened her extremely.
Mrs. Mi sighed deeply, and then began to unbutton her gorgeous robe, leaving only a few pieces of underwear.
"Since my husband passed away, then Uncle Guan and Uncle Zhang... Now, is it finally my turn?" Mrs. Mi said sadly, her tone revealing deep helplessness and sadness.
Zhao Yun couldn't help but frowned after seeing Mrs. Mi's performance. It could be seen that Mrs. Mi's current behavior was very abnormal.
Zhao Yun calmly put his hand on the hilt of the Qingzhi sword at his waist, just in case of emergency.
"Madam, what do you mean?" Zhao Yun asked tentatively while observing Madam Mi's reaction.
After previous contact, Zhao Yun discovered that the strength of these demons was not too strong, but their abilities were extremely strange.
Just like Zhuge Liang suddenly asked him to dig out his own heart before, the ability of a possessed person to request is indeed difficult to guard against.
"Has General Zhao also noticed something strange in the military camp?" Mrs. Mi showed a wry smile and pointed to the Shura field-like scene outside the camp.
When Zhao Yun heard Mrs. Mi's words, he almost dropped the gentian gun in his hand.
Mrs. Mi was the first person he met with whom he could communicate normally after waking up, so his emotions inevitably fluctuated.
However, Lin Yi did not immediately believe Mrs. Mi's words.
He cautiously took a step back, preparing to detect Mrs. Mi's true situation.
[The intelligence attributes of both sides are being compared..., the comparison is completed, our intelligence is 2.3 times that of the other side, and we have obtained 70% of the other side's information (detection eye increased by 20%). 】
Name: Mrs. Mi
Race: Human/? ? ?
Health: 100%
Mana: 8800/8800
Strength: 11
Agility: 12
Vitality: 35
Intelligence: 68
Charm: 84 (True attribute)
Skill 1: Benevolent Shelter (Active Skill LV.30): Consumes 150 mana points to apply a shelter effect to surrounding allies that lasts for 10 seconds. During this period, the damage received by allies is reduced by 30%, and Restores 50 health points every second.
Skill 2: Heroic Heroine (passive skill LV.25): Increases the attack power and movement speed of Mrs. Mi herself and surrounding allies by 15%. When the health of allies is below 50%, this effect is increased to 30%.
Skill 3: Rejuvenation (active skill LV.20): Consumes 250 mana points to instantly restore 500 health points to the target ally, and provides an additional rejuvenation effect that lasts for 5 seconds and restores 100 health points per second.
Skill 4: Boost Morale (Active Skill LV.25): Consumes 200 mana points to inspire surrounding allies, reducing the cooldown of all their skills by 20% in the next 10 seconds and increasing their critical hit rate by 15%.
Skill 5: Virtue of Maternity (passive skill LV.30): When Madam Mi is present, all allies will recover an additional 10 points of mana per second, and for every enemy defeated, all allies will recover 50 points of health and mana.
Skill 6:? ? ? :? ? ?
Skill 7:? ? ? :? ? ?
Like the soldiers who were investigating before, it seemed that Mrs. Mi in front of her was probably possessed.
"Zilong, Mrs. Mi is possessed by a demon."
Lin Yi's voice was very weak, but the two were very close at the moment. Lin Yi could notice that Zhao Yun's body trembled slightly after hearing this, and then nodded, holding the hilt of the Qingzhi Sword tightly in his right hand, obviously ready response.
"My husband and others have obeyed the fate of fate and can still have a body of firewood and ash after being burned, but I am afraid that there will be nothing left for a weak woman like me."
After saying this, Mrs. Mi smiled miserably, and then ran towards the seven-star lantern.
(End of chapter)