Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 169: Two Demons Surrender, Clever Little Ai
Mokui believes that his life can be roughly divided into three stages.

The first stage is the stage of gestation in the sword world.

During this period, his mind and heart were in a haze. It was perhaps the longest period he had ever experienced in his life, but he had no memory of it at all.

The second stage was after meeting Jian Yue.

He discovered that outside this dull and boring sword world, there was actually such a wonderful and prosperous world.

For the first time, desire arose in his heart.

Longing to leave!

The following hundreds of years were naturally extremely difficult.

He clearly knew that there was a wonderful world waiting for him, but he was trapped in the sword world and could not leave at all.

Until the man in golden armor appeared.

Mokui's life has entered the third stage.

From the sense of time, Mo Kui knew that he had only experienced a few short days.

But being trapped in this strange space felt more difficult to him than the past few hundred years.

At least, before in the sword world, he was completely free.

There is such a vast sword world for him to roam freely.

But here, he could only huddle in a small space where it was difficult to even turn around.

What was even more unbearable was that the strength in his body was constantly decreasing.

It may seem like just a little bit, but accumulated over a few days, it's already a lot.

The Demon King couldn't even distract himself and ignore such things, because in the strange space, it seemed that everything around him was completely fixed, and there had not been any changes in the past few days.

The reduction of strength in his body became the only thing that changed in him.

Naturally, you will pay attention involuntarily.

He felt himself getting weaker little by little, and even if it was only a few short days, the Demon King felt like each day was a year.

No, every day feels like a hundred years!
It wasn't until seven or eight days later that the man appeared again.

Mokui thought the other party would come looking for them.

But the man just glanced at them and left.

From then on, every day, the man repeated the same action.

Until half a month later.

This person appears again.

But next to him, there was a little girl who looked about seven, eight or nine years old.

"How have you been during this time?"

Zhou Ming asked with a smile.

The demon king fell to his knees like a golden mountain being toppled over a jade pillar, saying, "Please! Please let me go! I will agree to any conditions! Please!"

Zhou Mingdao: "Xiao Ai, how true do you think what he said is?"

The little girl beside him had a blank expression on her face, as if she were just a made-up porcelain doll.

This is exactly what Zhou Ming has been busy with these days.

That supercomputer from the future, after such a long period of gestation through enlightenment, finally formed a complete spirit.

But he has no knowledge of this world or his own abilities.

What Zhou Ming has been busy with recently is teaching her to understand the world.

As the spirit of the computer, she also grew very fast.

Yesterday, Zhou Mingcai used the deification technique to deify him as a subordinate god, granting him the mark and the ability to project.

Today, she has met Zhou Ming's requirements through self-study.

Zhou Ming named it Xiaoai, codenamed Sherry.

"Expression analysis...eye analysis...credibility less than 1%, confirmed to be a lie."

Zhou Ming ruffled Xiao Ai's hair and said, "Look, even a little girl can tell that you are lying. You can imagine how false your words are."

"No, I am not……"

The Demon King argued hurriedly, but Zhou Ming didn't want to listen anymore. He blocked his voice with a wave of his hand and turned to look at Jian Yue on the other side.

"Are you awake?"

"Already awake."

Jian Yue asked, "Where exactly is this place?"

"It's a space similar to the Sword Realm, but the difference is that I can open this space at will, connecting it to the Sword Realm and the outside world."

"Outside world...what year is it now?"

"What year did you enter?"

After Jian Yue answered, Zhou Ming calculated and said, "More than five hundred years have passed outside."

"More than five hundred years..."

Jian Yue's eyes were a little dazed.

In fact, the flow of time in the sword world and the real world is the same, at least that's how he feels.

But after hundreds of years, his mental state began to deteriorate and his perception of time became completely inaccurate.

He knew that a long time might have passed, but he didn't know the exact time.

"I guess... those people I knew are all gone now, right?"

"If they haven't become celestial beings, this is probably the case."

Jian Yue nodded and said, "What do I need to do before you let me out?"

"Surrender."

Jian Yue was not surprised at all. He immediately knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Jian Zong... Jian Yue, I pay my respects to the Lord!"

"Xiao Ai, what do you think the possibility is that he will truly surrender?"

Xiao Ai's eyes moved slightly: "Analysis... the possibility is as high as 90%."

"Well."

Zhou Ming used the art of deification to condense a subordinate mark and sent it to Jian Yue.

"Don't resist at all."

"Yes!"

The mark penetrated into Jian Yue's brow and disappeared.

Zhou Ming then waved his hand, clearing the turbulent space around him and setting Jian Yue free.

Seeing this, the demon leader on the other side kowtowed repeatedly.

Zhou Ming turned off the sound shield on his side and asked, "Same conditions, surrender?"

"Surrender, I surrender!"

The Demon King quickly said, "This time, I am absolutely sincere."

"Ok."

Zhou Ming sent out a mark of the God-conferring Technique. Naturally, the Demon King did not dare to resist at all and allowed the mark to enter his body.

"Is there anything you didn't bring with you from the Sword Realm?"

"No." Mo Kui immediately shook his head.

Jian Yue said, "My sword is still in the sword world."

"Okay, then let's go back to the Sword Realm."

Zhou Mingdao, without any intention of asking for their opinions, directly opened the portal to the sword world and took the two back to the sword world.

Returning to this world that he had long been tired of, Mo Kui felt that his weakened strength suddenly recovered a little.

This actually made him feel a little more favorable towards this world.

After going back and forth, he has come to understand that he is a product of this world. If he leaves this world, his strength will be weakened, but if he returns to this world, his strength will naturally recover gradually.

"Interesting... If you were in the outside world and completely weakened your power to nothing, would you still exist?"

Zhou Ming said with great interest, "If you leave the Sword Realm for too long, will another Demon Lord be born in this world?"

The Demon King panicked and said quickly, "No, absolutely not. I am also a special creature born by chance. My birth cannot be replicated at all."

"Really?"

Zhou Ming didn't say anything else, which made Mo Kui feel a little relieved.

Of course, his words were complete lies. He himself didn't know whether a second Demon Lord would emerge within the Sword Realm.

But he knew very well that he was now a subordinate of the person in front of him, so he had to demonstrate his value and uniqueness.

If Mo Kui can be reborn again, it means that his value can be replaced.

This is naturally very disadvantageous for him.

"You will stay here for now until your strength is fully restored. Don't worry, I will keep the portal open."

"Yes……"

"Jianyue, where is your sword?"

Jian Yue brought Zhou Ming to a mountain. The mountain was called Wanjian Guizong, which naturally referred to the Wanjian Guizong swordsmanship.

The Sword Sect has two unique skills, one is the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect, and the other is the Yuantian Sword Art. However, Jian Yue has mastered both of these skills at the same time, which shows his aptitude.

"What's the name of your sword?"

Zhou Ming was quite interested in this.

Because in the original comic plot, Jian Yue's sword is the key to open the sword world, and it is called the First Emperor Sword.

Needless to say, the origin of the name.

But in this world, it is impossible to be called by this name.

As expected, Jian Yue said, "It's called the Ancestral Sword. It's said to be the first sword born in this world."

"is it?"

"That's what the legend says."

Legend has it that in ancient times, Yanhuang and Chiyou fought a great battle.

Chi You called himself the Lord of War and the God of War. He created more than ten kinds of weapons. With these weapons, he defeated the Yanhuang coalition forces again and again.

In order to fight against Chiyou, Huangdi summoned all the immortals to collect copper from Shou Mountain and forged a new weapon, which was the "sword".

According to this legend, the number one sword in the world should be the Xuanyuan Sword.

But Jian Yue said that the Ancestral Sword in his hand was the best sword in the world.

"Analysis...The Ancestral Sword may be one of the research targets of the ancient immortals." Xiao Ai suddenly said.

Zhou Ming's eyes lit up: "Yes, that makes sense."

Huangdi summoned all the immortals with the goal of creating a new weapon to deal with the more than ten types of weapons created by Chiyou.

Shouldering this task.

Perhaps at that time, the weapons conceived by the immortals were not just one kind, but many kinds.

So all these imagined weapons were forged and tested one by one.

Finally, I found that the weapon "Sword" is more effective.

So all the immortals had a common goal, and finally collected the copper from Shou Mountain and forged a sword for Huangdi.

That is the Xuanyuan Sword.

Perhaps Xuanyuan Sword is the first famous sword in the world.

But the first sword in the true sense of this world should be the one forged by the immortals during the experimental process.

That is the Ancestral Sword in Jian Yue's hand.

The sword world was created by the thoughts of countless swordsmen in the world and is closely related to the development of kendo.

Then it makes sense that the first sword in the world, the Ancestral Sword, is the key to the sword world.

The Ancestral Sword is as transparent as crystal. It doesn't look like a sword, but more like a work of art.

"What material is this sword made of?"

"I do not know either."

Jian Yue shook his head.

In ancient times, gods and demons coexisted, and even if the immortals only used materials for experiments, the materials they used must have been extremely precious treasures from heaven and earth.

Then it is forged with the skills of the immortals.

Although it has no spirituality, it is still a top-notch magical weapon in the world.

Jian Yue said, "Hundreds of years ago, this sword was actually a metal that looked like gold. But after entering the sword world with me, it seems to have absorbed the power of the sword world and gradually turned into this."

"I see."

Zhou Ming nodded.

The Sword of the First Emperor in the original novel actually has very little background information and is very mysterious.

And the ancestral sword of this world seems even more mysterious.

From the change from metal to crystal, the Ancestral Sword has a deep connection with the sword world.

Shortly after.

Pei Mansion.

The golden portal opened and Zhou Ming walked out, accompanied by Jian Yue and Xiao Ai.

However, neither of them is the real body.

One is projection.

The other one is also a projection.

Although the deification technique guaranteed their loyalty, it was impossible for Zhou Ming to send their real bodies out of the portable space.

Needless to say, Xiao Ai.

Zhou Ming's expectation for her was to let her take over, organize and monitor all the current marks, and the main body naturally could not be moved at will.

As for Jian Yue, it was because Zhou Ming needed his real body for projection, and he also could not let him leave the portable space.

However, Zhou Ming gave him the ability to project, allowing him to project himself.

Although the power of the projection will be weakened, the body's feelings, what it sees and hears are all 100% real.

For Jian Yue, there is no difference.

As for strength... Jian Yue's strength is very strong. When he first entered the sword world, he was already a grandmaster. Later in the sword world, he gradually honed his skills to the second level of grandmaster, the Wuxiang level.

Unfortunately, he had been in the sword world for too long, which caused him to have mental problems. As a result, his realm had been stuck there, without any improvement for hundreds of years.

Even so, the projection of 30% of its original strength still possesses the combat power of a grandmaster.

The most important thing is that the projection he controls can use his own martial arts!
At the same time, Zhou Ming was also able to project his true body elsewhere.

It can be said that it accomplishes multiple things with one stone.

"Where do you want to go now?"

"I want to... go back to the Sword Sect..."

"Okay." Zhou Ming agreed directly.

Anyway, his real body is still in the portable space. If there is any task that needs him to do, he can just put the projection somewhere else.

"Do you want me to give you a ride?"

"No need, I can walk back by myself."

Jian Yue said: "It's a good opportunity to get familiar with this strange world."

"it is good."

"My subordinates say goodbye."

After sending Jian Yue away, Zhou Ming turned to look at Xiao Ai: "Xiao Ai, is there anything you want to do?"

Xiao Ai shook her head expressionlessly.

Although she has intelligence that is not inferior to anyone else, her body is a futuristic computer that is countless years ahead of its time. Moreover, Ai, who is only less than a month old, has learned knowledge that most people in the world will never learn in their entire lives, but she is still blank in terms of emotions.

Zhou Ming didn't force it, as this kind of thing needed to be cultivated slowly.

As an intelligent creature, Ai will sooner or later develop her own emotions.

And in the portable space.

Xiao Ai's real body was rapidly processing billions of marks. After making simple judgments on all the marks, she divided them into different levels of attention.

The highest level is ten and the lowest level is zero.

Such a busy work did not prevent her from playing outside with Zhou Ming.

Multithreading is a basic computer skill.

In addition to being busy with all these, she even had time to scan the sea chart and help Zhou Ming find the location of the nameless island.

(End of this chapter)