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Chapter 576 Taking You to Meet an "Old Friend"

He suddenly remembered that Tian Bufan had indeed said he was going to do something in the Corpse Forest today, but what did that have to do with "puppet"?

wrong! !
Who said it's unrelated!
The Forest of Corpses, the Forest of Corpses, isn't it just a collection of raw materials for puppets?!
He remembered that Old Mo once said that the "Forest of Corpses" was a research result of fanatics, which could be used to assemble the larvae of raging angels, and even repair injuries to replace those injured and necrotic body parts.

And on the other side of the barren land, there are even solidified extraordinary substances that can be used as adhesives!

"What do you want to explore using the 'puppet'?" Lin Yi asked.

Tian Bufan said, "It's not 'I,' it's 'we.' We're taking you to meet an 'old acquaintance.'"

Lin Yi said helplessly, "What kind of old acquaintance do you need to use a consumable like a 'puppet' to meet..."

Tian Bufan smiled mysteriously: "You'll know when you see it. But for the first few pages, it'll probably have to let loose... So you'd better hurry up and make more puppets."

Lin Yi's lips twitched violently. No, it turns out one isn't enough?

Seeing an "old friend"...it's exhausting!
He really wanted to ask, "Young Master Tian, ​​is the old friend you're talking about Dormammu? Are you going to negotiate something with him too?"
As Tian Bufan spoke, he walked towards the "Forest of Corpses" on his own: "You can choose. Your senses are so useful, why not use them?"

"We'll pick whatever you say we'll pick, let's make a couple of 'puppet' paintings first."

Tian Bufan spoke casually, giving Lin Yi the feeling of buying groceries at a market.

Let's just buy some random things and stir-fry a couple of dishes.

"Okay." Lin Yi said, and then used his senses to scan the surroundings like a radar.

"Over there...head."

Tian Bufan understood immediately, reached out to a white bone tree, and plucked a skull from one of its branches.

Just as he was removing the skull, a nearby arm suddenly seemed to come alive and reached out to grab him.

Tian Bufan frowned slightly, but ignored it and violently tore off the skull. The arms that were tightly gripping him were also snapped off by him.

Guided by Lin Yi, Tian Bufan continued to traverse the "Forest of Corpses" and soon gathered enough materials to construct two "puppets".

But Lin Yi suddenly noticed something: "There are no tomatoes here..."

The tomato is the puppet's heart. Though small, it has all the vital organs. This doesn't mean that a disposable item doesn't need an energy core.

"There's no need to worry about the tomatoes," Tian Bufan said. "Judging by the time, Kuai Kuai should be here soon."

"Uh... Kuai Kuai?" Lin Yi was taken aback. "Kuai Kuai got on your pirate ship too?"

Tian Bufan was speechless: "What are you saying, First Mate Lin Yi?"

Lin Yi was speechless, but just then, Kuai Hongji appeared in his perception.

Kuai Hongji rushed over from the direction of the desolate land, like a ghost that had slipped into the shadows. With each movement, he flickered through the forest. If Lin Yi hadn't sensed him beforehand, it would have been really hard to tell whether it was Kuai Hongji or some strange chef.

Soon, Kuai Hongji emerged from the shadows, placed a vessel filled with extraordinary substances on the ground, and also put a few tomatoes aside.

Having just finished doing all that, he seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up at Tian Bufan: "Old Lin is here?"

It seems he already knew all of this.

"Yes," Tian Bufan replied affirmatively.

Kuai Hongji nodded slightly and did not ask any further questions, simply saying, "Then let's begin."

Lin Yi asked curiously, "Where did these tomatoes come from in this desolate wilderness?"

Kuai Hongji seemed unable to hear his voice, so Tian Bufan explained to him, "Don't forget, the Wasteland is the stronghold of fanatics. With Kuai Kuai's skills, borrowing some tomatoes from them is a piece of cake."

"Alright, all the materials have arrived. It's your turn to get started," Tian Bufan said.

Tian Bufan's words gave Lin Yi a feeling of being a plastic geek.

It's like kit enthusiast A saying to kit enthusiast B, "Come on, let me see your skills!"
So Glue Guy B took action... He took over Tian Bufan's body.

The moment he took over, a feeling of being in his element enveloped Lin Yi's senses.

When he took full control of Tian Bufan's body, he was shocked to discover that Tian Bufan's physical abilities were actually comparable to his own!
Tian Bufan also has a golden skeleton inside his body, and his flesh and blood have also been reshaped by ashes!
"Young Master Tian, ​​your body...?!" he exclaimed in shock.

Tian Bufan's voice echoed in his mind: "Old Lin, don't forget, we share pollution, we share dreams..."

"Even so, the idea of ​​sharing the gains from cultivation... is too abstract, isn't it?" Lin Yi couldn't help but say.

Tian Bufan said calmly, "Don't worry, you didn't lose out. Alright, let's get down to business."

Lin Yi was completely confused, but Tian Bufan didn't give him any room to ask questions, and seemed to have no intention of answering his questions on this matter.

Lin Yi looked at "his" body, clenched his fist, and felt the power of Tian Bufan's body. He had a feeling that his own body had descended here.

The only difference might be that his appearance had changed to Tian Bufan.

He suddenly realized that when his body was controlled by some kind of "instinct" with higher authority, it might have been because his future "self" had been empowered by the dream boundary.
Just then, Kuai Hongji suddenly spoke up: "Old Lin?"

Lin Yi was taken aback, then, controlling Tian Bufan's body, he said, "Kuai Kuai, it's me."

Kuai Hongji nodded and then fell silent.

Lin Yi then raised his hand, but just as he was trying to summon the secret rune, he suddenly remembered that he had given that rune to Wei Shan, and then Wei Shan attacked Tian Bufan when he went berserk, and Tian Bufan crushed it...

So that means the secret patterns he used to evolve the kitchen knife are no longer there.

Seeing Lin Yi's attempt to grasp at the air but unable to produce a single fart, Tian Bufan immediately saw through Lin Yi's thoughts: "Last time you used unevenly shaped burial rootlets, so they needed repair. Now these are decent materials, do they still need repair?"

"Uh... what you said seems to make sense." Lin Yi slapped his forehead, chuckled awkwardly, and then began to construct the puppet.

Tian Bufan reminded them, "These are all things that will be scrapped soon, so just mess with these two."

Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat, then he nodded: "Okay."

That's what he said, but he still constructed the two puppets very carefully.

About twenty minutes later, two faceless puppets stood in front of Tian Bufan like mannequins in a shop window.

“Not bad.” Tian Bufan walked around the “puppet” twice, nodding repeatedly. “It’s obviously a fine piece that’s been scrapped.”

"I can't tell if you're praising me or making fun of me for a moment," Lin Yi said helplessly. "Of course I'm praising you," Tian Bufan said. "Not a bit more or less, just the right amount of cannon fodder puppet. To be honest, you're the one who sets up the cannon and plays the cannon fodder."

Lin Yi pursed his lips. If Wei Liang had said the same thing, he would have laughed and cursed back. But if Tian Bufan had said it, he felt that Tian Bufan was implying something.

"So what are you going to do next?" Lin Yi asked.

Tian Bufan said, "You come with me and channel your will into the 'puppet.'"

"Huh? I can do that too?" Lin Yi asked in surprise. "I transferred a portion of my will from the classroom here, and then I amplified that will from here?"

He felt this approach was highly improbable, but it was Tian Bufan who suggested it.

"I feel a strange sense of familiarity with what you're saying... it's like that... something..." Lin Yi gestured, a small, square box popping into his mind, but he couldn't quite recall the technical term.

"Router, junction box, Wi-Fi?" Tian Bufan asked.

"Ah, right, right, right!" Lin Yi said repeatedly, "It's that switchboard branch line, so it's really feasible?"

"Whether it works or not depends on the flow rate," Tian Bufan said. "Rivers, lakes, and seas can continuously divert water, but if it's just a small river, even if it can divert water, it won't be able to create any variety."

"So you mean I can divert the flow in multiple segments and continuously infiltrate?" Lin Yi asked.

Tian Bufan said, "It wouldn't have worked before, but it's almost there now. Plus, with the 'Ouroboros Ring,' it's enough."

"Besides, this is just an appetizer. Let me familiarize you with things first... so that when the main event comes tonight, you won't have to deal with it all at the same time."

"Hiss—" Lin Yi's scalp tingled, and his brows furrowed. He felt as if dark clouds were gathering in the already dim sky, creating an ominous scene of dark clouds pressing down on the city.

Will tonight be a fierce battle?

"Are you kidding? Every single day is one of them?" Tian Bufan said without hesitation.

"Uh... if it's just the intensity of what I felt when I came back from the art building that day, I think I could definitely give it a try," Lin Yi said.

Tian Bufan chuckled softly: "More or less."

"Is that really all the intensity?!" Lin Yi exclaimed in surprise, as Tian Bufan had been lying to him about this.

Tian Bufan said, "Tonight's crisis, for your current strength, is like the 'High-Ranking Alien Angel' from that night—for you, it was like that night."

"Then wouldn't I be facing a near-death experience?!" Lin Yi exclaimed in horror.

Tian Bufan said, "To be honest, if we're lucky, it's a nine-out-of-ten chance of death."

"What if you're unlucky?"

“There’s no such thing as bad luck,” Tian Bufan said. “This is the closest we’ve come to success after countless simulations.”

"If we fail... many people will die."

"I'm not saying this to put pressure on you to save the world, but to tell you that we are among the few who have the opportunity to do so."

"Many people don't even have the right to step into this place."

Lin Yi paused for a moment, then said, "I understand. It's going to be a fierce battle."

“That’s right, and it won’t be an ordinary battle. You have to be prepared for that,” Tian Bufan said. “However, you don’t need to be too pessimistic. No matter how bad things get, Fusheng Weiliang Tianzun will give you a chance to make a mistake.”

“Damn, Liangzi is so outrageous, is he selling cheats? Surely he can’t be… some kind of ‘Conceptual God,’ right?” Lin Yi said, puzzled. “Besides, Liangzi isn’t here right now, and you don’t need to call him such an embarrassing nickname as Fusheng Wei Liangtianzun.”

Tian Bufan remained silent, only saying calmly, "His eccentricity is just a facade, but regarding Fusheng Weiliang Tianzun, that's all you need to know..."

Lin Yi pursed his lips, and the image of Wei Liang's smug face involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

He shook his head, clearing his mind of the image, and then said, "But, it seems our mission isn't to fight, is it?"

“Necessary battles are to avoid unnecessary trouble,” Tian Bufan said. “Moreover, the so-called ‘battle’ may not necessarily be a physical battle; it will unfold more at the layer level…”

"Layer level?" Lin Yi's heart tightened. "Is this something I can participate in?"

"You still have more than half a day to grow."

"Is half a day... a long time?"

"It's short, but for you, it's actually quite long." Tian Bufan paused. "You know about Saiyans, right?"

"of course."

“Saiyans experience a qualitative leap in strength after each near-death experience… and so do you.”

"Hiss... Am I a golden gorilla?"

"..." Tian Bufan said, "I don't really want to communicate with someone of your intelligence. Just channel your will into the 'puppet,' don't waste your time."

As Tian Bufan spoke, he sat down on the ground, and Kuai Hongji stood beside him like a protector.

Next, the faceless "puppet" twitched slightly and emitted a dry, hoarse voice: "Speed, Old Lin."

With a thought, Lin Yi's will surged into the "puppet's" body.

"Tell me, Mr. Tian, ​​don't we look like the mecha pilots in 'Pacific Rim'?" Lin Yi suddenly had a whimsical idea.

Tian Bufan's voice immediately followed: "Bad luck."

Lin Yi was taken aback, but he immediately realized that in "Pacific Rim," one of the brothers who piloted the Gipsy Danger had sacrificed himself.

"Are you ready? If you are, I'm about to set off," Tian Bufan said.

"Alright, but what are you going to do?" Lin Yi asked. He suddenly realized that he still didn't know Tian Bufan's purpose in having him create puppets as cannon fodder. He only knew that it seemed he was going to see a so-called "old friend".

Just... an old friend?
Do they still have any old friends here?

He couldn't even imagine who they might meet here.

He thought about it carefully. If he had to say, he knew Night Watchman-02. If he didn't know him, there would be no way he would have made any deposit or final payment.

But what else...?
"Could it be someone I knew from that 'lost memory' again?" Lin Yi couldn't help but ask.

(End of this chapter)