Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 187: First on the Double List, Smart Xiaoka's 4 Ideas (k)

The excitement on the minotaur's face suddenly froze.

The horse-headed man laughed twice after being frightened, wiped his forehead, and nudged Yuan Qingzhuo with his shoulder: "Little brother, this is a good joke! Well, the atmosphere is lively enough, it's time to tell the news!"

No, this doesn't seem to be a joke...

The minotaur's eyes moved from the top of Rush's photo to the top of Yuan Qingzhuo's head - there was clearly a bunch of identical, pure black spiral horns there, as if carved from the same mold.

And they are of similar age.

The minotaur's head, which was much smarter than the centaur's, thought silently for a while - if the queen was the Demon Grand Duke, one of the permanent members of the Royal Court.

Then there is no reason why this "brother" should not be one.

In other words, the person standing in front of them now is a Grand Duke of the Royal Court who is at the top of the "List of People Who Must Not Be Provoked".

Even if it's just childhood!

Although! What Yuan Qingzhuo said might be false, maybe he is not the brother of the "Queen"!

But just now he was holding the queen's hand - even if he was not a grand duke, he must be an earl, or the queen's attendant or something like that.

And there’s…

The minotaur's eyes moved.

And he and Xiao Ma are just two minions at the sublimation level.

No matter which situation it is, no matter whether what Yuan Qingzhuo said is true or false...their current situation does not seem to be good.

Thinking of this, the Minotaur couldn't help but shudder. Seeing the Centaur who was still trying to get close to Yuan Qingzhuo, he suddenly became furious.

"Ask, ask, ask, why are you asking your mother?"

The Minotaur raised his hand and punched the Centaur on the head, causing him to collapse to the ground and temporarily shut his stinky mouth that was spitting out nonsense.

——Fuck, this is fucking outrageous. There must have been at least seven or eight groups of people who took photos of the queen on the road, if not ten. Why did they choose us?

He was wailing in his heart, but the Minotaur did not stop at all.

He immediately bowed to Yuan Qingzhuo, shouted "I'm so sorry", and then presented the photo of Rush that he had just taken with both hands.

Yuan Qingzhuo looked at the extremely nervous minotaur with beads of sweat on his shiny forehead, and then looked at the centaur with a confused face.

He shook his head and chuckled, then took the photo:

"You're quite sensible. Where's the device used to take this photo? Don't tell me this is the result of the spell you two drew with your hands."

The Minotaur immediately kicked the Centaur in the side, causing the latter to scream, "Brother, what are you doing!"

"Idiot! Didn't you see that this gentleman asked you to hand over the [Record Crystal]?"

"We just bought this stone yesterday. It's so expensive, and we haven't used it many times..."

The horse-headed man was very reluctant and looked at Yuan Qingzhuo who was half-smiling: "Besides, big brother, why are you suddenly afraid of this little brother? To put it bluntly, aren't we and him..."

Before the horse-headed man could finish his words, he finally realized something was wrong.

Because it's too quiet around here.

It was so quiet that it didn't seem like we were in the bottom of Kabbalah with more than 10 million people floating around every day.

The horse-headed man swallowed his dry saliva with difficulty and looked around - it was still clear in the first second, but by the second everything was blurry.

Being able to set up this kind of barrier without anyone noticing in a busy city...

The horse-headed man felt that he was about to become a headless man.

Looking at the expressions of the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons, Yuan Qingzhuo spoke at the right time:
"So what you two mean is that you can give me the photos, but you don't want to give me the tools used to commit the crime, right?"

“——No no no!”

The horse-headed man reacted immediately, and at lightning speed he pulled out a finely crafted diamond-shaped crystal from his bag:

"Sir, no! Your Excellency! Please keep it!"

Is this the "camera" in the abyss?

Yuan Qingzhuo fiddled with the crystal, peering into the intricate patterns within it - he had never seen this before, perhaps this kind of camera was a specialty of the Triple Abyss?

After spending a full two seconds to understand its principle and how to use it, Yuan Qingzhuo poured spiritual essence into it and found that there was indeed a backup of Rush's photo left in it.

He glanced at the timid Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demon again and said casually, "I'll take this thing. I think you guys don't mind."

"No! Absolutely not!"

The two shook their heads at the same time, causing Yuan Qingzhuo to nod with satisfaction:
"——Then let's talk about that list in detail."

About three minutes later.

Yuan Qingzhuo flipped through the physical copy of [This Year's Martial God Festival·Seed List] in his hand and roughly figured out what these lists were about.

——Although the list was not compiled by the official Wushen Festival, the forces behind the list were huge and the intelligence was reliable, so the initial list was very close to the facts.

As a result, its authority and credibility became stronger and stronger, and the list continued to function.

In short, there will be three lists in total.

They are the strong contenders for [God of War] and [God of War List] - although there are as many as fifty people, this is also the list with the strongest entrants.

Moreover, the Martial God List does not consider whether one is on the list or not, whether one has participated in this Martial God Festival.

This has sparked a lot of discussion among countless people...

After all, those who are not on the field are always the strongest.

Then there is the [Champion Candidates], this list is generally divided into two categories: youth and adult, listing two types of champion candidates, and there are generally thirty candidates.

Finally, there is the [Seed List] in his hand.

And the number... is only ten!
This is the first time for all of them to participate in the Martial God Festival - that's why there's still so much attention on this even though everyone knows that the people involved probably won't win.

Because the seed list is always a brand new group of people, who are players with extremely high potential, while the changes in the above two lists will not be too big.

"There are two more. Give them all to me."

After getting the complete three lists, Yuan Qingzhuo smiled at the Ox-Head and Horse-Face who were still trembling and sweating profusely.

Just as the two of them were worried about each second, the sound of the bustling city rang out beside them again, along with Yuan Qingzhuo's voice that was gradually fading away:

"Remember, this is the last time..."

Yuan Qingzhuo did not take any action against the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Demons.

This is of course.

——If we kill the Bull-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons, can we successfully prevent the spread of news about Rush?

Stop kidding, how is this possible...

Just along the way, even small characters like Ox-Head and Horse-Face discovered this scene, not to mention the intelligence systems carefully cultivated by those big forces and the guys who make a living from it.

Not to mention that they just secretly took a picture of Rush's back from a distance and wanted to hype it up to make money. It's not a big deal, just let it go.

"——But this temporary base is really cool."

Yuan Qingzhuo looked at the interlocking and intertwined spells stacked up to at least a hundred thousand layers on the outer wall of the base, and couldn't help but marvel at them.

——With a wall of this strength, even a legendary figure himself might be helpless.

He thought again of the walls of the Second Abyss front base that were engraved with thousands of layers of spells - damn, whoever could bring such a thing out must be a rich man.

That’s right, when Yuan Qingzhuo saw the temporary base for the first time, he realized that this thing should be a "magic weapon" that can be enlarged or reduced at will, just like a mobile city.

Theoretically, it should be able to shrink to the size of a fingernail.

Stepping onto the snow-white steps and letting his body pass through the surgical film, Yuan Qingzhuo felt that the noisy world behind him was leaving him in an instant.

Instead, there was a calm and solemn atmosphere.

——The Inquisitor who was maintaining his weapon, the Purifiers who were all silent, and the Knights who were like tin cans and whose whole bodies shook when they spoke.

There were also the telepaths who had to use spells to cover up their voices when they spoke, the solemn and grand prayers coming from deep within, and the strategic priests in front of them who almost had the words "I am strong" engraved on their foreheads.

Oh boy, it’s done.

It is indeed a cult, the style of painting is different from that outside.

——If we exclude the two girls not far away who were jumping around like prisoners out of their cages.

"Rush, just let me out. What's the point of gathering intelligence? You can wait until we start to say no!"

"Please control yourself and let me go - wuwuwu, my neck is going to be torn off, it's really going to be torn off!!!"

The former was able to control the volume of his voice appropriately, while the latter was simply screaming heart-wrenchingly.

Its echoes bounced around in this hall of thousands of square meters.

Rush, who was sitting on the steps, had his eyes light up, and then he nonchalantly pursed his lips at Caroline, who had been circling around him for more than a dozen times:
"Brother Zhuo is here, go ask him."

Yuan Qingzhuo walked through a pile of tin cans and asked, "Do you have any disagreements?"

Caroline stuck out her tongue and turned around to make a face. "Yes, I finally got out and saw these things I've never seen before - but little Rush wouldn't let me go out and play!"

The two exchanged glances, and Yuan Qingzhuo understood what Lash meant, so he said, "Lash means that you can play, but you also need to collect intelligence about your opponent and prioritize."

The girl sitting behind Caroline nodded, confirming Yuan Qingzhuo's summary.

"Isn't our reliable little Rush here?" Caroline crossed her arms, her face surging with excitement. "And there's also her brother Yuan Qingzhuo~"

She snorted, "Forcing a guy like me with strong limbs and a simple mind to help will only make things worse."

Rush blinked and frowned slightly - it seemed to be true when he thought about it carefully.

Intelligence gathering is a meticulous job that requires patience, and having Caroline here, not to mention helping, is a good thing as long as their information isn't leaked all over the streets.

Not to mention her violent temper, which makes it easy for her to come into conflict with others.

Caroline's words are indeed very pertinent.

Thinking of this, Rush actually nodded seriously at Yuan Qingzhuo.

——She admitted what Caroline said!
But Yuan Qingzhuo knew that this was just another sudden inspiration of Xiaoka.

She was certainly not good at interpersonal communication, but when it came to last-minute ideas, Caroline was very quick to react.

So essentially, Caroline just wanted to go out and wander around for three days.

If we let this guy collect intelligence, he will probably just be another lazy worker. It might even be better to just find a trustworthy remote intelligence officer.

"Forget it then...You can go wherever you want to play, but just remember not to cause trouble."

Yuan Qingzhuo looked at the dragon girl who couldn't help but curl up her lips, and reluctantly took out three lists: "But before that, let's finish reading this first!"

"Huh? What is this?"

Caroline casually pulled out a book, her expression froze, and she looked at Rush, who was shaking his calves and knew nothing about it.

Just like the dozens or hundreds of casual glances around.

It's just that Caroline's gaze stopped moving.

Then, Caroline looked at the words on the [Seed List] in her hand again and pursed her lips without laughing.

Sequence One, [Queen] Rush!

——The Demon Duke, a permanent member of the Royal Court Council.

——It is said that he has been recognized by many standing directors and may be a candidate for the future Demon King (doubtful).

——His major achievement was that when he was two and a half years old, he killed Ronghe, the leader of the Ronghe Legion, alone in the second abyss, and incorporated the entire Ronghe Legion!
——It is said that after killing Ronghe, he abandoned the army of ten thousand people that he had temporarily assembled on the battlefield and suppressed an abyss bone dragon alone (doubtful).

——To sum up, Rush possessed the strength of the peak of the Sublimation Stage when he was two and a half years old, and now Rush is ten years old, and it is very likely that he has the combat power of the peak of the Core Casting Stage, so he is ranked first!

Caroline secretly poked Yuan Qingzhuo's waist twice and scratched the [Main Achievements] part with her fingertips twice.

The dragon girl asked softly, "You said you were Lashi at that time... So this is why?"

How could I have thought of this.

Yuan Qingzhuo spread his hands: "I just want to help Rush gain some fame."

“That’s not a success!”

Caroline chuckled, not caring that her record was snatched away by Rush. She ran to Rush and spread the seed list in front of her.

This made Rush, who had originally had a calm expression and had already begun to clasp his fingers tightly together, say "hmm" in confusion.

Caroline pointed at something, and Rush's eyes moved to it involuntarily...

?

The girl opened her mouth in astonishment, and understood the purpose of those gazes that "accidentally" swept over her from all over since she entered the temporary residence.

Nothing, just curiosity.

"This...what is this?"

Rush pointed to his "exquisite portrait" in the booklet and asked - since Rush rarely appeared in public, his original highlight photo was replaced by a hand-painted portrait.

"Oh, that's what I was going to ask."

Caroline looked at Yuan Qingzhuo who was holding two other exquisite booklets, and reached out to pull out a book called [Champion Candidates]. After opening it, her eyes widened.

Sequence One, [Sun] Andesia.

——Belonging to the cult, the last in the Knights Templar, at the peak of the Core Forging Stage!
The most important thing is... he won the championship of the Martial God Festival for three consecutive years!
"what happened?"

Yuan Qingzhuo asked doubtfully.

Caroline raised her hand and pointed at a blond man who was smiling warmly and smiling as he was doing paperwork for the monastery friends not far away. "He looks exactly like the guy standing over there!"

(End of this chapter)