Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland.

Chapter 608 Reunion (Combined Chapter)

The cold and cruel words floated in the air, making the temperature in the Black Stone Hall drop by several degrees.

Indeed, since the Bloody Rebellion, Mournhold has experienced decline, and now its only hope for revival is to rely on the power of the Tech Hunters - even if it can never return to its former glory, as long as it can survive a little longer and allow itself and the people around it to live out this life in peace... this is a rare hope.

Just like a drowning person, he will not miss any opportunity to stick his head out of the water.

They will fight to the death with anyone who tries to take away their straw.

——But the same is true for Shandi.

This place has not even achieved the glory that Ai Mine Town once had. Except for very few areas, the major tribes are still living a wandering life, following the water and grass. There are droughts, white disasters, banditry... and the deadliest beast disasters. Without the magnificent barriers left by the imperial city-states, the long-necked beasts will only march in again and again.

Born in the grassland, buried in the wilderness.

This is the life of most herders.

And destiny.

Until the coming of the Red King.

At this moment, all the technology hunters deeply felt for the first time what kind of burden the man standing in the middle of the hall, wearing a black robe and holding the core in his hands, carried on his shoulders - it was the vast forests and grasslands, the life, survival, and future of countless families.

Now the towns of Shan are beginning to take shape. For the first time, they have hope of breaking free from the cycle of birth and death. At the same time, they see the picture promised by the hero in the pastoral song, and they have what they want to build and protect...but everything is still unstable.

If you qualify as a relay station, you can get technical support from technology hunters and even the mechanics behind the scenes. In the process of construction, interactions will inevitably occur, greatly speeding up the project - hard work and enthusiasm alone are not enough to make a magnificent town rise from this barren wasteland.

Who wants to take away this opportunity?

They will fight you too.

The hand that Lu Beiyou handed over the intelligent core also held hope.

"This was originally considered a sacred object of our Ashes Cult, which is why it is placed in the center of this auditorium... Even if I don't consider its scientific research value, I would not give it to anyone else if I could." He studied the sphere, his sight obscured by the brim of his hat, but everyone present could imagine the reluctance in his eyes, "This is a heavy blow to our faith."

"But..." The young man's tone suddenly turned cold, "Some people don't want us to cooperate and are deliberately creating chaos and conflict in Shan... Whether it's to delay time or to sow discord, I don't care - what we need now is a final decision!"

To put it bluntly, the intelligent core can make up for all contradictions.

Deng Li's face suddenly felt stinging... He could tell that the other party was pointing at him.

If tonight's riot were to become a debate over whether it was caused by poor security in Flash or someone within the Tech Hunters, it would only lead to endless buck-passing.

Once a dispute arises, Black Scratch will inevitably have concerns when deciding to set up the station, and the plan will be delayed.

But Lu Beiyou’s statement is very clear.

The truth can be investigated later.

But I want the result of victory or defeat now!
The hearts of the hunters in Ai Mine Town sank to the bottom... When Deng Li stood up and spoke in a provocative manner, although they also felt that it was inappropriate and unreasonable, no one came out to stop it like the two team leaders Romi and Liu Si did.

Because, although the other party was a little rash.

But it is in their interest.

It is in the interests of Ai Mining Town.

No matter what the truth behind the loss of control of the Beaked Ape is, as long as the situation is disrupted, the possibility of completing the relay station will decrease with each increase in the gap between the Flash Land and the Tech Hunters... For this reason, they can even direct hatred towards themselves.

So I just agreed.

Unexpectedly, Lu Beiyou had no intention of solving the case at all.

Instead, he directly took out the trump card.

Nothing is more powerless than seeing hope and then losing it again... The Mine Hunters wanted to argue, but they were speechless.

Yes, just as the other party said.

Reviving their hometown is indeed the dream of these people...but isn't the same hope placed on the Red King?
Who is superior and who is inferior among us?

Why should I give it to you?

By humility, mercy and charity... But before that, who had ever pitied us?

In this world, everyone can have their own dreams... but just like a school of fish struggling in a mud pond that is about to dry up, if you relax a step, you will lose the nutrients you rely on for survival, and in the end you can only step on those shattered ideals, wishes and hopes and move forward inch by inch.

——The only thing the hunters lamented was.

There has never been a person like the man in front of him in the town of Mine, who can shoulder the burden of this ruin... Since the outbreak of the Bloody Rebellion, this city-state has been abandoned.

Now, once again.

The originally pale moonlight shone through the well-designed dome of the hall, appearing extremely holy. The young man in the black robe just stood there, the corners of his clothes fluttering in the wind, the ember patterns on them gleaming… They were only a few steps away from each other, but they felt that the real distance between them was far away.

The first fire illuminated the land of Shan.

But not including them.

Silent night, silent.

"I think there should be no objection." Lu Meng's tone returned to its usual calm, but it still tore through the atmosphere like a blade. "Tomorrow morning, I will send you off and head all the way to the Black Scratch, along with the intelligence core - carried by the wolf cavalry."

Such a precious thing cannot be handed over to a group of outsiders, and the leader of the team will also be someone he trusts.

The reason why the intelligent core was not sent directly to Black Scratch was, on the one hand, that he needed the recommendation of Romi and Lius, two high-level technology hunters who supported him, and on the other hand, it was a bit unpleasant to say but straightforward: no matter what, since he chose to put the dispute aside, those technology hunters who accepted the hospitality through Flash must also be "escorted" out safely.

Otherwise it will not look good.

After saying this, he pretended to put the blue sphere back into the prismatic compartment. The stone pillar where it was located was as tall as a person, so it would be effortless to embed an intelligent core into it.

Lu Meng clapped his hands this time.

With a mechanical creaking sound, the stone pillar slowly descended. If it had sunk into the ground, there would be almost no difference from the outside.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Liu Si, who had been silent, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't want to see the expressions of the mourning mine hunters - as their leader and former companion, he didn't want to take pleasure in their loss.

From then on, all they could do was stare at the slowly descending stone pillar.

I couldn't help but think in my mind: In order to realize such a mechanism, there must be a linkage and sensor for receiving sound waves hidden under the floor... Has their mechanical level developed to this point?

Is it the credit of the intelligent core’s interpretation?

The areas covered by the intelligent core are often linked to the ancient technologies lost in the local area.

That combined with the characteristics of the swamp.

It should be a field related to biology and agriculture. I haven't heard of any mechanical engineering miracles there...

Just as the tech hunter was thinking idly, a voice suddenly broke the silence: "Wait!"

Everyone's eyes turned to him.

"Click." Lu Meng stomped his feet again, and the stone pillar stopped falling, and the blue sphere on it also stopped floating in the air.

——It’s Deng Li.

The hunter from Aikuan Town was no longer impatient and blushing. He looked calmly at the young man in the black robe.

Lu Meng: "Anything else?"

"Mr. Lu... no, Red King." Deng Li said slowly, "I only have one last question."

"explain."

"If you are really willing to hand over the intelligent core to the headquarters, then we will accept the loss." Deng Li said slowly, and suddenly pointed his finger: "But how are you going to prove that this intelligent core is real!"

Following his gesture, the light blue sphere stayed quietly in its stone pillar compartment like a work of art.

The moonlight is gentle.

The words of the technology hunter are very powerful.

……

……

"You mean..." Ji Hai stroked his chin, "At the beginning, you, the Tech Hunters, were resting in the White Tent, and then you were attacked by the Beaked Orangutans. You just happened to escape during that time... because you had already discovered something strange when you were on guard before that."

"That's right." Chad nodded. "I was on night watch and found traces of an abnormal creature. I immediately determined that it was a beaked gorilla that is common in the Bone Wasteland. Then I took out the poison gas bombs I had exchanged in advance from my backpack and chased after it."

“At the time, there was only one.”

Since Chad handled it, the other teammates didn't take it too seriously.

As a result, he escaped the danger of being captured by the tribe led by the old gorilla.

"Then what?" Ji Hai asked.

"I caught up with the gorilla and killed it..." With biological weapons and Chad's skills, it was not a difficult task, "but... it was not an ordinary beaked gorilla."

"Its fur is pure black."

It is larger and stronger than the ordinary white-beaked gorilla... but far inferior in intelligence. It can be said to be full of wild brutality.

"Logically, this black-beaked gorilla only appears in a small area east of the Gray Shelf, close to the ancient ruins..." Chad's expression became serious, "This is not their range of activity."

Hearing this, Ji Hai's face changed slightly.

He recalled that when the orangutans were provoked and rioted, he tried to use his abilities to pacify and tame them, but to no avail.

We can only rely on the Skeleton Group's military force to suppress it.

At that time, Ji Hai thought that he failed because his ability was far inferior to that of the Red King, and he forced himself to keep a straight face in order not to show his weakness... Now it seems that there is another hidden story.

Although Chad is not a Shandi animal trainer, he has traveled all over the country, especially deep into the Gray Shelf, so he has more say in this regard.

After he killed the black beaked gorilla and returned, he found that all his teammates had been ambushed by a group of white beaked gorillas. He didn't know the reason, so he could only rescue them first.

What happened during this period?

"Such important news," Ji Hai grabbed the Tech Hunter's collar and shook him vigorously, "Why didn't you tell our people earlier!"

"Wait a minute!" Chad was physically strong, but he couldn't bear it. He said quickly, "I came here to find you, but at that time I had no idea whose tribe these people from Shem were from... What if they were from your father or the Merchant Guild? Wouldn't that mean I'm walking into a trap?"

Blocked by animal disaster.

They were unaware of the incident in Shem at that time.

As for later, Chad mistakenly thought that the leader of Shandi was an evil human-skin machine...it was even more impossible for him to leak a single word.

After hearing the explanation, Ji Hai was stunned and let go of his good friend - memories flooded his mind:
"... Lukin, Chad... they should all be your friends."

"I met a friend named Chad in the Depression Lagoon. He is a technology hunter..."

It was Chad, who, with the convenience of being a technology hunter and being born in the Ai Mining Town, told Ji Hai some of the truth about the Bloody Rebellion.

When Lu Beiyou took him away from the big tent, he promised to help him find those friends who had escaped from pursuit together in the past... He was saddened by the news that Lu Jin was imprisoned, and Chad's whereabouts were uncertain, and he went to dangerous places. To be honest, he didn't feel any hope of seeing him again, and just regarded it as a consolation from the other party.

But I didn't expect it.

It would be great to see one of my good friends again in this way... and as Chad said, if his father, Wu Ma Bai Mei, had not been able to see through the Chamber of Commerce's plan and let Shandi still be under their control, even if he came, the two of them would most likely miss each other and encounter many difficulties.

This is also... is it good for you?

he thought.

That man never lies.

"You and Lukin, both of you, caused trouble and didn't know how to cover it up. As a result, you are all wanted by the United City... If it weren't for my loyalty, I would have tied you up and exchanged you for the bounty. There would be no need to work so hard like this." Chad, who usually doesn't like to talk, was reunited with his friend after a long time. He was speechless for a moment, "Do you remember the laboratory we found in the town of Ai Mining? It is most likely related to your illness. I have already put the materials inside..."

Ji Hai didn't know whether he should be touched or sad. He suddenly remembered something and stopped the chattering Tech Hunter again: "Wait for this matter for a minute! Chad, have you told other teammates about your discovery of the black beaked gorilla?"

Chad paused: "No."

He intuitively felt that he shouldn't do this.

The members of the Tech Hunter team this time were complex (including himself), and it was difficult for him to distinguish the positions of all of them... and because of the ancient martial arts, Chad could feel that there were many powerful masters in the team, and their vitality was no less than his own... but they were successfully ambushed by a group of beaked gorillas, which was also very strange.

"Come to think of it, can you get these big bats down..." He bared his teeth, and the two big land bats beside him exhaled synchronously, "...They are quite heavy."

Ji Hai's physique is completely inferior to Lu Meng's. If it weren't for these land bats, his appearance would not be able to support the First Fire Robe.

The technology hunter also felt emotional in his heart.

This friend's animal taming ability seems to have become stronger ever since they accidentally broke into that laboratory...but he has contracted a strange disease again.

I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse.

"No."

Ji Hai pondered for a moment and said casually: "You almost killed our beaked beast. I want to bring you to justice—"

"Hey, why are you so ungrateful?" Chad said anxiously. "Besides, if you hadn't come in so quickly, I would have tried to withdraw my hand after I had poisoned this monster and not only had I fled to the wall, I didn't even have time to grab the can... To be honest, you are also half responsible!"

"You didn't tell anyone the news, that's good!" Ji Hai interrupted Chad directly. He sorted out his thoughts and completely understood Lu Beiyou's intentions. So he quickly relayed the last step he was told to the technology hunter word by word: "Don't worry about anything else, just do what I say next..."

(End of this chapter)