The Spirit World

Chapter 390: Boundary of Time
"But, I feel that this is very powerful... It is not the lost musket in the books at all..." Pylos gestured to Tang Zilong to hand the small thing to him.

He held it in his hand. This "厂"-shaped thing had a gun hole of moderate caliber. Compared with traditional long-barreled muskets, this gun had almost no gaps between parts. On the smooth surface, a spiritual ball flashing with blue light was rotating clockwise like a vortex at the tail of the gun. And then there was this extremely small wrench. If you look closely, you can see that the tiny blue lines were not blocked.

The more I look at it, the more incredible it seems. Although it is just a bottle, the ideas and thoughts in it are truly amazing. If I had known earlier, everyone would have gone to learn magic, or the combination of cold weapons and magic, not to mention something that can be truly controlled by ordinary people. It can even further threaten the status of magicians.

Well, not necessarily. The reason why traditional muskets disappeared is that they were too useless in the face of magic. Now, except for a few people who really can't learn any magic, no one really cares about muskets.

The decline of the musket was almost instantaneous, like a flash in the pan. The explosive light ball of Downton Technology forged an explosive weapon based on spiritual power. The status of the purely physical musket became even more humble, and few people would really study it because there were better weapons to replace it.

The small musket made by Tang Zilong was weighed in his hand. It was quite heavy. If it hit someone's head, it would probably be enough to cause serious injury.

"Who in this world doesn't say they are good?"

There was a loud sound coming from outside the door, somewhat chaotic and low.

He swung his black windbreaker and pushed open the door of the laboratory. His mouth did not move, but the sound came from his waist.

The voice continued: "People say people are the best, demons say demons are the best, devils say devils are the best, you say you are the best, I say I am the best, I only understand this little bit of the truth in this world, but it is enough."

"Tian Mu... why do you always tell some black humor jokes? They are boring to me..." Tang Zilong picked up the broken pieces of the glass bottle, and Malena next to him swept the rest of the pieces with her magic wand, and they fell on the laboratory table.

"Skana, you came at the right time. Come and help me try out the power of this gun." Tang Zilong pulled Skana who had just come in, grabbed his right arm, and pulled him to his side.

Skarner looked at Pylos beside him with a puzzled look, and Pylos shrugged his shoulders.

Skarner was pulled to the wall by Tang Zilong. Although Skarner was reluctant, he still stood there stiffly, as if he was used to it.

"Skana, I'm going to use this fire to hit you now. At this moment, you release the spiritual power wall and see how far you can hit." Tang Zilong took the gun from Pylos' hand, walked away on his own, and stood near the door.

"Tang Zilong, I feel... it's a little dangerous..." Malena was sitting next to them.

"But I really want to try it. There is no better candidate for the test than Skarner." Tang Zilong aimed his gun carefully at Skarner's head. He shook his hands appropriately to make himself feel more relaxed.

"Is this... a bow and arrow? Or a musket?" Pylos finally spoke, but he just kept looking at Pylos and Malena, as if he knew that Tang Zilong would not easily change his decision.

But having said that, he still obediently took out the sword from his waist.

This red rapier has a flat and extremely sharp blade. It emits a cold light under the light, which dazzles everyone's eyes.

"Does anyone really think that this outdated musket can break through my sword formation?"

It was the sword that spoke in a tone of voice.

"Here it comes..." Tang Zilong's index finger was on the trigger.

"Tang Zilong! It's too dangerous!" Pylos became inexplicably worried.

Although everyone knows Skarner's strength, it is still a bit scary to face such a new thing that cannot be controlled.

Although the bottle was indeed shot into pieces just now, no one knows whose head will be shot into pieces one day.

"It's okay." Pylos straightened his posture and took a horse stance in a fighting position.

"But..." Pylos glanced at the broken glass on the table.

In fact, what happened just now shocked him a little. He watched the bullet like a beam of light hit the glass bottle, and in that instant it expanded in the form of energy, cutting the entire bottle apart.

Although the bottle was simply broken, one could feel during the process that the four people here, including Pylos himself, had underestimated the destructive power of this new musket.

There is nothing that can be done about it. After all, Tang Zilong is the kind of person who will do things on impulse.

Now his excitement is obviously due to the fact that such a powerful experimental target is here, allowing him to conduct experiments unscrupulously. Is it crazy?
"Coming!"

Tang Zilong repeated it. The feeling now was unexpectedly good to him. He certainly believed that Skarner could block it and even remain unscathed.

But he just wanted to see how far he could go.

"Okay." Skarner responded, and the sword in his hand opened with a humming sound. A high red wall suddenly separated them. At this distance, there was a thin red sword formation barrier. As long as Tang Zilong pulled the trigger, this sudden experiment that Tang Zilong had on a whim would have results.

Marlena frowned, also confused about the matter.

Pylos shook his head.

【Snapped! 】

[Ding——]

Like an understatement,

There were just two crisp sounds that rang out at once, like a mosquito flying past your ear, buzzing once, and then becoming silent again. When you try to look for it again, no matter how hard you try, you can't find it no matter how hard you look up or down.

"That's it?" Tian Mu smacked his lips, looking very contemptuous.

"Ah... I knew it wouldn't work..." Tang Zilong put away his gun in disappointment and pulled out the blue spiritual energy vortex on it: "I know why the musket has fallen into disuse... If there is such a powerful magic, who would still carry a musket with them..."

"No... Tianmu is too strong..." Pylos put away his rapier and looked at Tang Zilong's gun.

"You shouldn't take this kind of thing too seriously, Xiao Tang." Tianmu's voice was somewhat joking: "Let's not talk about whether it's threatening if you take this kind of thing out. Even if you take it out first, you'll be laughed to death by others."

"No, no, no, I don't mean to make the enemy laugh to death..." Tang Zilong laughed softly and took a piece of white cloth from the table to wipe the gun: "This is still in the experimental stage. It's normal to be embarrassed. Experiments... Failure is normal... I'll go back and improve it..."

It seemed like he was not the most excited person just now.

"Huh...Skana, what are you doing here? Is there a new adventure?" Pylos breathed a sigh of relief, put the things on the table into the box, opened the pocket of his suit, put the things in, and patted it gently.

"Well... I found news about the crow." Skarner came to Pylos and took out a folded piece of letter paper from the pocket of his black windbreaker.

There was something scribbled on it.

"My dear...Skarna..." Pylos read out the contents of the letter. The first sentence made Pylos frown and look at Skarna with interest.

"Crow is still as... incomprehensible as ever... haha... woman..." Tang Zilong came over, picked up his book, and sat down quietly.

"Hey, Tang Zilong, I'm still here..." Malena came to Tang Zilong's side, picked up the gun on the table with an unhappily look, and put it close to her ear to listen to the sound like a child.

This gun may not have any effect on my own.

If it was used, the solidity of the tuojin would increase the ejection force dramatically, and the situation just now might be different. If this experiment did not use tuojin, then what did Tang Zilong use tuojin for?
"I don't care what she calls me." Skarner said this, and no one would refute him, nor would they think he was lying, because his name was Skarner, and that was it... serious, and that was the case with everything.

"Well, [If you're willing, I have a grand carnival here, and I invite you to attend] Hmm? The location..." Pylos looked at Skarner with a puzzled look: "It's not written?"

"This is half a letter..." Polos looked at the letter over and over again, but there was no mark under the light.

"There's nothing else..." Skarner stood there, with no intention of handing over anything.

"I am getting more and more confused about what this woman is thinking..." Pylos touched his chin and glanced at Tang Zilong who was holding his forehead beside him. This man suddenly became sad... That's the feeling, and then he patted him on the back.

"Crow... is he a member of the Red Gold Adventure Group? Did you have a fight with them?" Malena asked from the side. In fact, she herself had no idea what they were talking about.

But after eating too much pork, you always want to see how the pig runs.

"Well...Filia Solan...if it's more accurate, she prefers to be called Crow." Pylos answered, watching Marlena's hands groping for the gun.

“Please read the contents of the letter carefully...why are you looking at me..." Malena shook the gun in her hand and listened carefully to the sound. Her eyes were indeed looking at the ceiling.

"There's nothing unusual, at least in front of a magic idiot like me..." Pylos continued to fumble with the paper that looked like an "invitation letter".

"This woman is so mean. She told us that something big happened... but didn't tell us the location... Hahahaha." Pylos laughed out loud at his own inexplicable thoughts.

Tang Zilong stood up and went to pour water into the large cup beside him. He looked gloomy and it was obvious that he was not in good condition.

"Did she already tell you...but you didn't know?" Tang Zilong joined the topic, raised his head and drank the water in one gulp.

"Not really...but I don't know her very well, you should ask Skarner..." Pylos turned his head and looked at Skarner who had been standing.

Skarner was also in deep thought.

"No... obviously I don't know... However, the crows will definitely not really leave us no clues to a place. That place may be known to everyone and can be understood without being told. And it is particularly easy to guess..." Skarner expressed his guess.

"That's right." Pylos nodded: "The biggest event that happened in the country recently is Wenti County... It has been blocked for almost half a year... If the crow asked us to go there, we should have gone there a long time ago, and we wouldn't have waited until now... It is very likely that this is the place where something big happened recently, or even is happening..."

"Did today's morning paper report anything big?" Malena happily placed the gun on the table.

"It seems... not... but some wizards in the Principality have once again initiated the Lastal Convention, otherwise Tang Zilong would not be here." Pylos shook his head.

"Then... when did this letter arrive?" Malena continued to ask, sitting on a chair together, and the four of them sat around the big table.

Pylos looked at Skarner, and Tang Zilong took his gun in his hand and looked at it from left to right.

"Just now." Skarner said with certainty.

"Just now?" Everyone looked at him in shock.

"No more than ten minutes. I rushed over...but I couldn't understand the letter..." Skarner added.

"In front of a magic idiot like me, this ability is truly powerful... Crow's spies are almost everywhere... No wonder she was able to survive the explosion in the Golden City and become the chief of Hatulin... We underestimated her back then..." Pylos looked at the letter in his hand.

"Then what should we do? Can this question stump you three geniuses?" Malena's words were by no means a joke, but were spoken in a very positive voice.

She looked at the three grown men who didn't seem to care much about this "humble invitation" and started fiddling with her reagents.

"What should I do? Even a good cook cannot cook without rice..." Pylos spread out the letter on the table and looked down at the scribbled words, hoping to find some raised characters or coherent patterns.

However, although the handwriting was sloppy, it was in a very formal format and really looked like an invitation letter.

Maybe... Hatulin really doesn't have enough money to buy better paper... maybe...

Thinking of this, Pylos frowned hard.

"It's common that there are no clues... Since the crow placed the letter at our feet, it will definitely lead us to the performance site of the "Grand Carnival"... Otherwise, it would be a shame for the crow's reputation for being so meticulous..."

"Tang Zilong, what do you think?"

"What do I think?" Tang Zilong put down his gun.

"Yes, what do you think we should do?" Pylos handed the letter to Skarner.

"Wait...what can I do?" Tang Zilong put away his gun: "Didn't you say it? It's hard for a young woman to be urged by corn juice."

"Stop, stop, stop. Why are you talking so mean? Are you stupid?"

"You are stupid... I'm leaving... I have something else to do..."

Tang Zilong stood up suddenly and rushed to the door.

"it is good……"

Everyone present knew where he would go.

"Wait, is also a way to deal with it..." Paros touched his chin again, took the cowboy hat in his hand and carefully dusted it off.

Actually, there is no dust. This somewhat old-fashioned hat is very clean.

"Hey... why are you here?" Tang Zilong just opened the door and bumped into a man who was breathing heavily.

He was about to knock on the door.

"Well...it was exactly as she calculated." Polos put on his cowboy hat and stood up. He looked at Tang Zilong standing at the door, and the man who was still gasping for breath and resting on his knees.

“No…no…no…ha…ok…ha…” The man spoke intermittently, making the sentence seem endless.

"What's the matter?" Pylos straightened his hat, and Skarner stood up, with his right hand on the hilt of the sword.

"Long...ha...long...xu...ha...gong..."

"What happened to Longxugong? Did something big happen?"

"Mr. Longxu...ha...was...assassinated..." The man finally caught his breath, but this sentence left everyone stunned.

"What!!"

(End of this chapter)