mysterious forerunner

Chapter 369 Throwing Out a Meat Bone
"The moment voting begins, we will all be pulled into a mysterious scene - no matter how many times we do it!"

Riddick Bowe felt that he was very rational and believed that this was the struggle experience of the superior. Since he lost, he had to end the game immediately. Continuing to entangle would only make himself more embarrassed.

Admit defeat quickly and start the next game, then you may be able to win the next game.

But in fact, Director Zhang wanted to tell him that you were wrong.

If they change to another country, Zhang Qingxiang will be unable to do anything to them.

The North Americans took advantage of the rules to play rogue, so Director Zhang had to think of other ways.

The Aquitus clan was able to descend directly before the secret world and the earth world overlapped because they were "objects".

To be able to bring about mysterious scenes at will, one most critical element must be met: the will to fight.

Albia has been in civil war for decades, and there is a lot of hatred between residents in any place.

Therefore, Zhang Qingxiang can easily pull each campaign group into the mysterious scene by borrowing Aquitus' items.

None of this would be possible without the "will to fight".

Since the vote did not pass, we can only proceed with the second competition according to the previous plan.

Joruus has been very irritable these days and often clashes with others in the group.

Of course, the final result was that everyone else gave in, and Joruus was in the wrong.

Riddick Bowe saw his psychological problems and approached Joruus with a bottle of bourbon at night: "Don't panic."

"I..." Joruus wanted to deny it, but when he met Riddick Bowe's deep eyes, he couldn't utter the fierce words.

He did panic.

He comes from a gang and has never attended high school. What kind of "leadership ability" can he demonstrate?
Aren’t you making things difficult for Fat Tiger?

If there was no rule of randomly selecting team members, and he brought two military advisors with him, Joruus wouldn't have been so panicked.

But now, what if I can’t draw two military advisors?

Riddick Bowe clinked glasses with him and said slowly, "I've applied for a war AI for you. You can carry it with you. If you encounter a situation and don't know what to do, just ask the war AI. Don't worry, it's more useful than a human brain."

Joruus' eyes lit up: "Really?"

Although he does not have a high level of education, he has been brainwashed by the overwhelming publicity because various AI concepts have been hot in recent years. He does not understand why but thinks it is very powerful.

"Although we randomly selected 20 people, except for China and the Russians, the others are all our allies. You don't have to worry about them not obeying our orders. At least most of them do."

Riddick Bowe drank his wine: "The situation over there is exactly the opposite of yours."

"Most of his team won't cooperate with him."

"We have also obtained all the information on He Xu. He has never held a leadership position and may not have any command ability."

"So even though our second proposal, which was a sure win, didn't pass, you still have an advantage over He Xu."

Finally, Riddick Bowe patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are our hope. Hughes is too weak, so we will do everything we can to make you the strongest professional in North America!"

Coming out of Joruus' room, Benita stood guard at the door loyally.

"Director."

Riddick Bowe nodded, and the two left together.

"Do you really think Joruus can win?"

"It's difficult." Riddick Bowe said mercilessly: "This guy is a fool. Our enemies tomorrow will not only be He Xu, but also our allies!"

"Even Neon's ambitions will swell!"

Benita: "So you just..."

Riddick Bowe said helplessly: "If we don't encourage this loser, then we really have no hope."

The conversation between the superior and the subordinate should have ended here, but after a moment Benita suddenly remembered something: "Director, how is the war AI effect?"

Riddick Bowe rubbed his brow in pain and said, "That was the result before the mystery. Before the mystery came, this thing was about to be put into actual combat. The military tested it several times and thought it was very good.

But after the mystery comes, you know, those weird things cannot be understood by our human logic at all.

So this thing is very ineffective when it comes to mystery."

Then, Riddick Bowe sighed again: "I am actually more worried that Joruus has no way of judging when to use the war AI and when not to use it."

Benita said tentatively: "I know that the bureau has a secret camouflage item. After selecting the personnel tomorrow, can we let a military advisor disguise himself as a team member..."

Riddick Bowe's eyes lit up.

……

The next day, all members of the organizing committee moved out of Albia and into the neighboring country of Etania.

Although this place is not as war-torn as Albia, the public security is not much better.

Violent crime is prevalent and gangs of all sizes are prevalent.

Four years ago, their president was assassinated by a gang.

It is said that the most powerful gang in the country has the firepower to rival the government army.

It sounds intimidating, but in fact, if you carefully study the strength of their government army, you will understand that it is not necessarily that the gangs are so powerful, but that the government army is too weak.

All the mysterious scenes in Albia have been solved. The second test requires a large mysterious scene, so we will go to Etania to find it.

This is still Paris' traditional sphere of influence, but it is not controlled by the Aquitius clan, so the mysterious scene is normal, night falls and fades away at dawn.

After everyone arrived in Etania, they started drawing lots.

Before drawing lots, all professionals took an oath: after entering the mysterious scene, they would abandon their prejudices and fully cooperate with the team leader.

When night fell, news came from the Etanian government: two large scenes appeared.

The Etanian government was supported by Paris, but in fact its control over the entire territory was limited. The places where government orders could be implemented were limited to seven or eight large cities in the northeast near the sea.

Almost everyone believed that there were definitely more than just these two large-scale scenes that occurred in Etania that night.

But you don’t know about other places.

All the candidates drew lots to decide the order, and the top two were Neon and Paris.

Helicopters whisked them to two large sets.

It's really sad to say this, after all, Paris was the homeland of the conquerors of Europe and was once the strongest military power in Europe.

Now we can’t even provide enough helicopters!
A group of North Americans will also be needed to be transferred from nearby military bases.

He Xu smiled and said to Director Zhang: "Paris makes me feel sad."

You are obviously gloating!
Before dawn, Japan finally succeeded in cracking the large-scale scene.

And Paris made He Xu even more "sad". They actually failed to crack the puzzle and had to wait until dawn. The mysterious scene automatically faded away and everyone came out!
Paris had always been ambitious, but this second competition dealt them a heavy blow.

The two groups came back, and both candidates looked unhappy.

Not to mention Paris, the guy from Neon has been fighting almost alone since he entered the mysterious scene!

No matter how solemnly everyone swore an oath before, they would forget it once they entered the room.

North Americans have been the father of Japan for many years, but there are always some Japanese who want to rebel! This time, Riddick Bowe is not only on guard against Japan, but also against all his allies.

The previous proposal to let the allies escort Joruus together was something that Paris, Bavaria and others were very reluctant to agree to.

Now that they have the opportunity, they will definitely compete for the position of principal.

Because of Riddick Bowe's vigilance, he ordered all North American and American agents not to cooperate with anyone, including Paris, Bavaria, Neon...

The candidate put forward by Japan is named Kobayashi Shiji, and judging from his attitude, he is a staunch localist.

He was very excited after being nominated as the candidate for president, thinking that this was a great opportunity for Japan to become self-reliant and gradually break free from the shackles of North Americans.

Therefore, he paid a heavy price and activated an ancient neon spell, raising his realm by two levels, reaching the seventh level.

He was well aware that this would cause his future ceiling to be capped at level eight.

But as long as he can serve as the principal and is given a four-year term, he will be able to train a large number of rising talents for Neon!

These people are the capital for Japan's rise in the future era of pan-cultivation!

Sacrifice yourself for the sake of the country's destiny!

He felt that he was great.

Then I was tortured so badly in the first project that I almost lost my mind.

Not to mention the two perverts Joruus and He Xu, he couldn't even catch up with that bitch Mao Xiong.

When he reached the second level, there were three North American professionals in his team. As soon as they entered the mysterious scene, these three people became uncooperative and always caused trouble for him.

They were only level four, and Kobayashi Zhiji could kill them easily, but he knew very well that now was not the time to turn against the North Americans, so he had been forbearing, and in the end he could only rely on his own strength to crack the mysterious scene.

But after he came out, he was very depressed and felt that he had lost the opportunity to reverse the country's destiny.

All actions are recorded by the recorder on the chest. This level tests leadership ability rather than personal strength.

Kobayashi Shiji knew that his score would be low.

He hid his hands in his sleeves and clenched his fists.

He lowered his head and looked at the ground, flames dancing in his eyes.

No! We can't just give up like this!

I have watched more than 3,000 anime dramas since I was a child, and not one of them told me to give up in times of adversity!

I still have a chance, I must still have a chance! Even if there is no chance, I must create one...

On the second day, the Etanian government only found one large scene for them, one on the third day, and finally two on the fourth day.

On the fourth day, it was China and North America's turn.

The heavy armed helicopter took off and sent them to the location of the mysterious scene.

The North American helicopter arrived in just one hour, while the one assigned to China was Paris's helicopter, which not only had a small load capacity but also had a slow speed, and took more than two hours to arrive... This was very disadvantageous, as it meant that He Xu had more than an hour less time than Joruus to deal with the mysterious scene.

"Hurry up--"

As soon as He Xu jumped off the plane, he made a tactical gesture, ordering all the team members to form a tactical formation and quickly advance into the mysterious scene.

But right behind him someone screamed "Ouch!" and everyone turned around and found that one of the team members had twisted his foot when jumping off the helicopter.

He was sitting there hugging his ankle, rolling around in pain.

Looking more closely, I saw that he was indeed a North American professional.

He Xu's face twitched a few times. You are really smart. You actually thought of such a good way to delay time.

You are all level three and level four professionals. The helicopter was hovering at an altitude of about ten meters. You said you sprained your ankle when you jumped down?
He Xu asked coldly: "Can we still move?"

"No, I need to rest." The other party answered without hesitation.

You are all level three and level four professionals, and you said you just sprained your ankle and are unable to move?
He Xu waved his hand: "You stay where you are, and the rest of you follow me..."

"No!" Another North American professional in the team stood up and said, "We can't abandon our comrades. This is not the tradition of us North American soldiers!
This place is too close to the mysterious scene, it's not safe, we must take him with us!"

He Xu pointed at him and said, "You stay and take care of him!"

"Everyone else, follow me!"

The two North American professionals were dumbfounded: "Huh?"

Then he subconsciously objected: "This won't work..."

"Why not?" He Xu glared at the two men: "I am the captain, this is my order! Do you want to disobey orders? Is this the tradition of you North American soldiers?"

The two racked their brains to come up with an excuse.

You said we can't abandon our comrades and it's dangerous here, so it's okay for you to stay and protect him.

Bringing him along would slow everyone down and might even get everyone involved.

They couldn't think of an excuse, so the two of them used the "blame-shifting method" commonly used in North America.

"No, we must take him with us, don't you think?"

North American professionals ask others.

What are allies (xiao) and (di) used for? Aren’t they to take the blame at critical moments?

In He Xu's team, there are two Chinese professionals, two Russian professionals, and the others can be considered North Americans.

Although the allies are not honest at this stage and want to push their own people to fight for it, they also don't mind helping to hold China back.

Then more than a dozen people agreed: "We should bring it."

"It's not appropriate to leave them alone."

"If we leave them here, we won't leave." At the critical moment, it was the filial son Da Ying who had the final say.

If it was He Xu from the late period of universal cultivation in the previous life, he would certainly be able to handle the current situation with ease.

But He Xu was still a juvenile at this stage and lacked some experience.

Moreover, because of the "residual influence" of the past few decades, He Xu did not dare to easily break off relations with the North American side in public.

He Xu was filled with anger, but he seemed helpless standing there.

At this moment, his ears suddenly moved. No one outside knew it. Someone spoke something into a small earphone hidden in his ear.

Among the two Chinese professionals in the team, one is Zhang Qingxiang in disguise.

No matter which team draws which person, Zhang Qingxiang will disguise himself as one of them.

Unless He Xu is extremely unlucky, there won't be a single Chinese person among the 20 people he draws...

After receiving instructions from Director Zhang, He Xu suddenly became more confident.

I don’t care about North America, I’ve even snatched away the [Half Face of the Emperor] from North America!

"This is a large mysterious scene." He Xu pointed ahead. The area of ​​more than ten kilometers was shrouded in a thick darkness.

"There are many powerful monsters in there, which means there are many precious resources."

"With my rank, I can definitely crack this scene."

“If everyone works together and shares the credit for solving the scenario equally, everyone’s reward will be very generous.”

"And I can promise that all the rewards from our Chinese people can be given away and shared among everyone!"

"Including my share!"

He Xu paused here deliberately: "Think about it carefully, my reward is at least a seventh-level secret item!"

Everyone's breathing became heavy, including the two North American professionals.

They are all level three and level four. If I have the chance to get a level seven... my life will take off!

As for how to divide a seventh-level item among so many people, there is no need to think about it so much now.

The reality is that there is indeed such a precious opportunity in front of us.

And even if they can't get a seventh-level item, everyone can at least get a fifth-level item.

The professionals of the allies immediately defected.

We contribute to North America, but personally, we can foresee no benefit.

"I think...leaving one person to take care of the wounded is an appropriate way to handle this."

"We are willing to follow He and solve this mysterious scene."

"There are tens of thousands of people trapped inside. We must get in immediately. One minute late could mean hundreds of lives will be lost!"

"We are here to rescue!"

He Xu nodded, thinking that Director Zhang was indeed very clear-sighted. These rabble were like flies smelling rotten meat when a little benefit was thrown to them.

But He Xu still felt a little regretful: it would be a waste to share such a good seventh-level secret item with these guys.

Zhang Qingxiang seemed to be able to see through He Xu's heart, and whispered: "Let them in first and make them cooperate with you seriously.

After the mysterious scene is cracked and the rewards are given, you can tell them: "We are sorry, everyone, the rewards this time are much lower than our expectations. Just give them a level 5 item and let them divide it among themselves."

The rewards for mysterious scenes usually appear in pockets or backpacks and will not be directly displayed in front of everyone.

So whatever He Xu says is what it is.

Could it be possible that these people could be stripped naked for inspection?
He Xu is now at the ninth level. If these people really dare to do this, He Xu will happily beat them into pigs.

He Xu laughed in his heart, it's me, Director Zhang! You are so shameless, it really suits my taste!
From this moment on, He Xu was looking forward to cracking the mysterious scene, then taking out a fifth-level item and throwing it to them. Twenty or so people would share one fifth-level item... and see how they divided it!
"We want to go in too!" the two North American professionals shouted.

"But you are injured and can't move easily." He Xu said, glancing at them.

The one who sprained his ankle jumped up and hopped twice on the ground: "I'm fine now. Please don't underestimate the physical fitness of a fourth-level professional!"

He Xu smiled and said, "Okay, let's move forward together!"

"Go! Go! Go--" The two North American professionals roared and even rushed into the mysterious scene first.

They have no psychological burden for their betrayal.

We have set up obstacles for He Xu according to the director's orders, but we failed.

Now that we have faithfully carried out the order, is it okay for us to consider our personal interests next?
From the perspective of North American logical thinking, there is indeed no problem.

……

boom!
As everyone rushed into this mysterious scene, a strong cold wind blew towards them.

Everyone shuddered together - but otherwise there was no harm.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, because that gust of cold wind contained a very powerful mysterious energy, which should not be so "much ado about nothing".

He Xu made a gesture and everyone stayed on standby.

He Xu began to observe the environment here.

The urban construction of Etania is very poor. According to the information provided by Paris, the city has a population of about 1.3 million, but it looks even smaller than a small town in China.

The ground was still a dirt road, and at a glance there were only scattered lights in the city.

The houses within sight are low, and many are made of adobe and thatched roofs.

A green light floated in the sky. When it was more than a hundred meters away, everyone could finally see clearly that it was a ghost spider about ten meters in size!
On each of the spider's eight legs, there was a string of bloody human heads hanging!
The head had been chopped off not long ago, and blood was still dripping, but the eyeballs had been gouged out, leaving only two horrible bloody holes.

That green light was a crystal-like object under the spider's belly.

Buzz——

After flying closer, the green light from the crystal suddenly burst out and spread everywhere, scanning everyone.

Then twenty-one of the human heads hanging on the spider's legs were dropped.

shhhhhh...

Every time a head fell to the ground, green light gushed out, and the head turned into the appearance of one of the professionals.

They attacked stiffly and mechanically.

The two North Americans were in the front and were the first to engage the enemy.

As soon as they started to use it, they realized something was wrong and exclaimed, "This thing knows all my secret skills!"

He Xu shouted in a deep voice: "Use the secret object!"

A North American professional immediately pulled out an old-fashioned revolver, similar to the one in the movie "Django Unchained".

But just as he took it out, another green light swept out from the crystal under the spider's belly, and an identical pistol appeared in the hands of the monster fighting with him!

(End of this chapter)