Knight Asylum

"My hands are almost numb from all the lottery draws," Red pulled out his phone from his pocket and opened the Alien Game APP interface. He tapped the paid lottery tickets on the lottery interface that had reached the upper limit, "There are only six limited-edition locks available."

The corner of Wu Daoguihu's mouth twitched fiercely.

Today his secretary came to tell him some bad news.

Theoretically, an S-level lock seed that is impossible to be drawn was forced out by someone because now is the most popular time for the Alien game. If the scandal that the drawn lock seed cannot be exchanged in the Alien game is spread, it will have a huge impact on the world competition they are holding in two months.

So after a little hesitation, he asked his secretary to send over the few S-level locks they had. The S-level locks in the prize pool were rare, but not precious. He was not a fool, so how could he really put the precious locks into the pool for the players of the Alien game to draw.

Therefore, those S-level locks are actually the more precious ones among the A-level locks.

Of course, he would never say such a thing.

“This is also one of the truths I am going to tell you next.”

Takatora Wudao let out a long breath, forced himself to change the subject, and took Reid into the elevator.

"The truth," Red put away his phone and sighed, "I heard that you saved the world before?"

Wu Daoguihu, who had just rushed out with the ID card, paused, was silent for a moment, then raised the ID card and swiped it.

"I just knew in advance that the disaster was going to happen, and based on many sacrifices, I barely managed to prevent things from getting worse. Unlike you."

"You have saved the world more than once, and you did it all by your own strength without sacrificing anyone."

"Do you live in the horn room?" Red tilted his head.

Wu Daoguihu was stunned for a moment, then he understood what Red meant. "Saving the world is a great mission that concerns the safety of the entire world. Isn't it normal to demand perfection without any mistakes?"

"...What you said does make some sense," Reid raised his chin and nodded seriously.

Takatora Wudao is not speaking big words as someone who has been rescued, but as a rescuer who has extremely high demands on what he has to do.

"Ding--"

The elevator door opened, and under the leadership of Guihu Wudao, Red came to a laboratory. As soon as he passed through the isolation door, Red smelled the strange fresh air.

Reid narrowed his eyes slightly, walked quickly forward, stood in front of the guardrail and looked down. His dark pupils reflected a huge crack. Unlike the space opened when the lock seed summoned the alien, the green vines around this crack continued to spread around, but every time it approached the edge of the device, it would be burned by the electric current.

"That is?"

"Helheim, the world where aliens live, the malice from another world," Takatora Wudao stood beside Reid and looked down at the cracks in Helheim that were stabilized by machines.

“Have you ever heard of invasive species?”

"Are you saying that the plants in Helheim are invading the earth?" The familiar looking plants made Red click his tongue subconsciously.

He still remembered that when he was fighting with King, this thing appeared and drowned him, causing him to be kicked by King. Although he resisted and absorbed the damage, it still hurt.

"Yes."

"What will happen if the plants from Helheim succeed in invading?"

"You have already seen it," Wudao Guihu raised his hand and pointed at the cracks in Helheim. "That is the world after being invaded by Helheim. It devoured all life and dyed the entire world with its own color. This is Helheim."

“Adapt or die.”

Reid narrowed his eyes slightly.

"It looks exactly like the ruler's stele."

Takatora Wudao didn't say anything.

He did not know the details of the Ruler's Stele, but he had seen the Ruler's Stele's majestic appearance, which was like a rule set by God and could only be admired by all living things, as well as the despair brought by the civilization sweepers, and...

The miracle of Red shattering the ruler's stone tablet with one kick.

If it was Red...

Takatora Wudao subconsciously looked at Reid who was staring at the Helheim rift, and the decision he had made long ago began to waver.

Chapter 526: Suicune, you are the most embarrassing!

"So, what is the connection between the alien game and the invasion of Helheim? Although I am not a scientist, the gate connecting to Helheim is opening repeatedly because of the alien game."

Red stood up with the help of the guardrail and met Takatora Wudao's eyes.

"Don't tell me this will stop the invasion of Helheim."

"There is no way in this world to stop Helheim's invasion."

Although Wudao Guihu did not avoid Reid's eyes, his tone was not as firm as before, and there was a hint of hesitation and wavering in it.

And that moment of hesitation didn't go unnoticed by Reid.

"At that time, someone told me that the Ruler's Stele was the Stele of Creation, and that no one could change the rules of the world."

Then, the ruler's stele was kicked to pieces by him.

Now Takatora Wudao tells him that there is a way in this world to prevent the invasion of Helheim.

DJ Sagara, who was live streaming the game of Alien, sneezed loudly.

Wu Daoguihu frowned, and there was a hint of severity in his eyes, as if he wanted to tell Reid with his eyes that this was not the time to fight for temporary courage.

But Red's clear eyes were like a mirror. Not only did he not scare Red, he also saw the hesitation in his heart from Red's eyes.

Helpless, Takatora Wudao announced his defeat in the eye contact and avoided Reid's sight.

"So far, no method has been found to stop the invasion of Helheim."

"So? What is the purpose of your Alien Game?" Reid raised his hand and patted Takatora Wudao on the shoulder.

Wudao Guihu's cheeks trembled and he let out a long breath. His eyes suddenly became extremely cold and serious, like a general who had experienced countless wars and no longer believed that peace could be achieved through friendly negotiations.

"In order to... select soldiers who can eliminate the foreigners."

As he spoke, Takatora Wudao's gaze fell back on the world of Helheim's rift.

"Helheim is an invasion, and also a test for civilization. The lives that survive will complete their evolution, gain powerful strength, dominate the foreigners, and become powerful beings that have not become vassals of Helheim, and can even control a portion of Helheim's power."

"They are enemies that absolutely cannot coexist with humans. As long as they exist, there is no way to deal with the invasion of Helheim."

"And those overlords from the outside world are hiding in Helheim."

Wu Daoguihu raised his hand and pointed towards the crack in Helheim. Just then, several people wearing isolation suits appeared and walked cautiously towards the direction of the crack. Reid keenly discovered that those people were holding collection boxes in their hands.

"For humans, the environment in Helheim is too harsh to survive. Just finding those overlords is a difficult task, let alone destroying them."

Reid raised his brows slightly, recalling how those contenders played the Alien Game.

"You...are planning to use the power of the aliens to deal with the dominant aliens?"

Red felt that this idea was just as unreliable as trying to defeat legendary Pokémon with ordinary Pokémon in the Pokémon world.

Even if all the Overlord Aliens are as shameful as Suicune, the divine power of the Overlord Alien is real and is definitely not something that can be won by quantity.

"I'm not that naive," Takatora Wudao smiled bitterly.

"As I recall, Servier Turria is carrying out the Knight Project, right? It combines the power of humans and non-humans to create a being called Kamen Rider."

Reid was stunned, his eyes flickered for a while and then widened slightly. Wu Daoguihu had brought out the Knight Plan, so he was not a fool.

"You, want to combine the power of Helheim with humans to create a Kamen Rider that can fight against the Overlord Alien?"

"exactly--"

A slightly frivolous male voice sounded from behind Reid.

"It is through my device that humans gain the power of Helheim."

Wudao Guihu exhaled lightly and raised his hand to signal, "This is Sengoku Lingma, the technical director of the World Tree Foundation and the developer of the Helheim Lock."

Red turned around and saw the man leaning against the isolation door and waving at him. He was wearing a standard white coat for researchers and had a ponytail tied at the back of his head. There was a conspicuous streak of white in his hair, and it was unclear whether it was intentional highlights or the result of fatigue.

Red remembered what Sid said.

As long as he goes to the World Tree Corporation and meets with Takatora Wudao, he can meet the second boss.

"Do you know that this guy and your subordinate Sid have an unclear relationship behind your back?" Red complained while pulling Takatora Wudao's arm.

Because Red did not conceal the volume of his voice, Zhan Ji Lingma also heard Red's complaints, which were not whispered at all.

Even Zhan Ji Lingma couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Reid, that was definitely intentional.

Wu Dao Gui Hu frowned and looked at Zhan Ji Ling Ma. After thinking for a while, he nodded, "They are all my subordinates."

"Really?" Reid nodded thoughtfully.

"Yes, I'm Guihu's right-hand man and also his best friend," Zhan Ji Lingma spread his hands, then reached into the pocket on the side of his white coat, fumbled around, and took out a lock and threw it to Reid.

Reid raised his hand and loosened his fingers. The lock type lying in his palm was completely different from the lock type in the Alien Game. This was a lemon lock type.

"LookSeed, a fixed lock seed, is different from the lock seed that summons foreigners from Helheim. This lock seed can materialize the power of Helheim into armor. No matter who it is, as long as they wear the belt I made and use the lock seed I made, they can gain power beyond that of humans."

Zhan Ji Lingma raised a finger and bent it towards Red, then turned sideways and raised his head in the direction of Helheim Rift.

"Do you need me to show you the production process? As it happens, they have already collected the stuff."

It was at this time that Zhan Ji Ling Ma remembered that the method of making the lock seed was a secret of the World Tree Consortium. Even if he was the developer, he could not show it to others, especially a terrorist wanted by the government.

So Zhan Ji Lingma turned his head and looked at Wu Dao Guihu to ask for Wu Dao Guihu's opinion.

"Is it okay, Guihu?"

Red also turned his head to look at Guihu Wudao.

He was still quite curious about the production principle of the lock.

Wu Daoguihu pinched the bridge of his nose tiredly, "It's okay, I didn't intend to hide it from the beginning."

"Thank you for your understanding, Red. My personal research room is right here."

Zhan Ji Lingma clapped his hands, smiled meaningfully, turned around and raised his hand in the direction of another isolation door.

Chapter 527: Golden Fruit, Deformed Body

Takatora Wudao originally wanted to go to Sengoku Lingma's laboratory with Red, but halfway there he received an emergency call and left in a hurry.

Although Takatora Wudao deliberately walked away and answered the phone in a low voice, Reid, who had super hearing, still heard the content of the call.

It seems that a crack in Helheim was discovered somewhere in [S·L].

The person on the other end of the phone spoke in an urgent tone, as if he was about to report something, but was interrupted by Wu Daoguihu with a sentence, "I'll be there right away."

Reid looked at Zhan Ji Lingma who was rummaging through the collection box, thought for a moment, and then asked quite straightforwardly.

"The aliens from Helheim will come out of the cracks and attack the citizens, right?"

"Well, of course, they are just a bunch of irrational monsters, but that's not the most troublesome thing."

As if he had picked out the material he liked, Zhan Ji Lingma shook his bangs and took out a fruit that looked like a padlock from the collection box.

"The most troublesome thing is the plants in Helheim Forest. Once they are allowed to get in through the cracks, they will grow wildly until the whole world is dyed with the color of Helheim. If that day really comes..."

"This is the only thing that all living things on earth can eat. The fruit of Helheim Forest."

"Can this thing be eaten?" Reid frowned.

The Helheim fruit in Zhan Ji Lingma's hand exuded a strange temptation. After just looking at it for a while, he had the urge to eat it.

"Of course. The nutrients contained in this fruit far exceed any food on Earth. It is enough to meet the nutritional needs of an adult for two to three days. As the only food source, it is excellent."

"I see. What's the price? Will I become an alien?" Reid crossed his arms.

"Hey, do you understand a lot?" Zhan Ji Lingma's face was full of surprise, but he was only surprised for a moment and then continued to play with the fruit in his hand.

"That's right. Nutrition is only secondary. This fruit contains the power to rewrite the DNA of life and allow life to evolve to a higher dimension. If you can't control it, you will become an irrational monster like the aliens. If you succeed, you will become the dominant alien."

"Is it the same routine again?" Red let out a long breath.

"I often feel this way too. It seems that fate has run out of ideas. The trials given to mankind are always the same with different names," Zhan Ji Lingma laughed and fiddled with the Helheim fruit for a while. With a flip of his hand, the fruit turned into a durian.

Reid walked a few steps to the side. There was an extra belt under Zhan Ji Lingma's white coat. There was a groove in the middle of the belt, which seemed to be able to hold the shaped lock. There was also a small fruit knife on one side of the belt, and the blade just cut from the position where the lock was installed.

Zhan Ji Lingma opened his arms generously and even proudly, allowing Reid to observe the belt around his waist.

"The Sengoku Driver is my masterpiece. As long as you wear the Sengoku, you can easily modify the form of the Helheim Fruit."

As he spoke, Zhan Ji Ling Ma picked up another Helheim Fruit from the collection box. Under the influence of the Zhan Ji driver, the Helheim Fruit transformed into a fixed lock seed as before.

This time it's strawberry.

"Whoever wears your belt can use the power of Helheim," Red glanced at the collection box.

To be honest, he couldn't see any difference between these fruits, but after transformation they looked like durian and strawberry. What is the principle behind this?