It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

"Really?" Boss Cheng immediately raised an objection: "I think the environment in Eorzea is pretty good!"

"I'm not talking about the environment." Angel pointed to his heart and emphasized, "I'm talking about the human heart."

"Wherever there are people, there is the underworld. How can the underworld not be dirty?"

Wait! No! You two stop!

These two guys, who seemed to be telling a crosstalk, really confused the Warrior of Light and Teacher Guy. Now we are preparing for the final battle, can you two have a sense of crisis?

So, Gaius took another deep breath and continued his speech as planned: "Coexistence painted by hypocrisy. Cities built by deception. False gods created by lies. Eorzea is full of deception from top to bottom. Is there really truth here?"

"Um..." Boss Cheng suddenly raised his hand and asked Gaius, "When you were very young, did your family tell you that you were picked up from a garbage dump, given as a gift when you recharged your phone bill, or exchanged for 5 kilograms of soybeans?"

"Uh……"

In fact, I have spoken about it.

"Then do you dare to say that your father, parents and your family are all fake? Do you dare to say that the Madagascar Empire you belong to has never told lies? Do you really think that letting the people know the truth is a good thing?"

"It's the Garlean Empire!" Gaius emphasized.

"It doesn't matter what the empire is called. What matters is that you dare to say that there is not a single lie in the history of your empire? History is a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone. You should understand what this sentence means, right?"

Gaius tried to suppress his rising blood pressure and took another deep breath. But the boss said before he could speak: "Can you please stop asking questions without answering them? Who are you trying to be so high and mighty?"

"Would you please shut up!" Gaius, unable to suppress his anger, yelled at Boss Cheng.

"Haha, you want me to shut up? That depends on whether you have the ability to do so!"

Gaius was furious, and he aimed the gun blade at Boss Cheng and immediately pulled the trigger. However, the alloy bullet was bounced away the moment it touched the boss's armor, and it didn't even scratch the polished surface of the boss's armor.

"That's it? That's it? That's it?" Boss Cheng smiled and said sarcastically, "When I was 9 and a half years old and practicing shooting, I knew to aim at the gaps in the armor of the Covenant bastards. What, are you getting Alzheimer's or Parkinson's because of your age? But even if you want to aim, you can't, because there are no gaps in my armor!"

Angel, who had been standing next to the boss, silently complained that the Spartan was still the same Spartan, but he was letting himself go more and more. Although he was good at provoking before the battle, he had never been so mean as he is now.

Then, Angel and the Warrior of Light watched helplessly as Gaius, who was completely pissed off, rushed towards Boss Cheng. They also watched helplessly as Gaius was thrown to the metal floor by the boss's judo throw. Then, Gaius, whose helmet had even been knocked off, took three or two big leaps and left Boss Cheng.

(The wrap-up throw is similar to the bridge throw in wrestling. If used in street fights, the minimum sentence is 3 years, and the maximum is death penalty.)

"Haha... You actually have such strength. It's really amazing, adventurer."

"I've already told you, I run a restaurant, not an adventurer!"

But Gaius didn't care and continued to talk to himself: "You have enough power to become a ruler, but you don't understand how to use it correctly. What a pity..."

Gaius ran very fast, and his back was very handsome. Although Boss Cheng and Angel kept telling him to "stop running if you have the guts", no matter how they shouted or scolded, they could not stop Gaius' handsome and determined pace of running away.

"Is he really gone?" Boss Cheng asked in a low voice.

"You can't come back and kill us, right?" Angel asked the Warrior of Light who had been mute all this time, "What did Sid tell you?"

"Sid said that the Ultimate Divine Weapon should be in the deepest part of the fortress."

"Wow, you can talk!"

While the boss was sighing, he also thought of another person who usually seemed like a mute - Kong. They were both the same, they could speak but were unwilling to speak. It was as if their mouths were charged by the number of words.

However, the boss's sigh also successfully earned him a stick from Angel. After being hit by the stick, Boss Cheng regained his serious look and said to the Warrior of Light: "You will be the main player in a while. Show your strength and give the Ultimate God Soldier some opportunities to show off. You and the Ultimate God Soldier should fight back and forth. The more intense and thrilling it is, the better."

"I will help you resist the damage!" Angel pulled out the sword of destruction that had been redesigned by the dwarves and knocked on his breastplate.

"I'll help you two take a video. Even if it's not a good video, it will definitely not be bad."

"You...what are you going to do?" The Warrior of Light was frightened and said another word.

"We don't have any bad intentions."

"Since we can't just bombard them with warships, we plan to help the main controller develop two new maps."

"Sweet Cheese is out there in the Pelican scanning the terrain and buildings. Once he's done scanning, he'll have to collect some samples of the enemy's special weapons and armor."

"I will help you resist the damage for a while. You will be responsible for fighting the Ultimate Divine Weapon for 300 rounds. Boss Cheng will be responsible for recording the battle process, especially the combat characteristics of the Ultimate Divine Weapon, and then find a way to capture it."

"Capture the ultimate divine weapon?" The Warrior of Light asked in confusion.

"Ah!" Boss Cheng admitted decisively, "I gave Angel a trick. After the trick is done, the reward will be divided equally between the two of us... no, the three of us! Then I'll find someone to make a set of bird armor for your Carrot (the name of the Light Chocobo) that can reach supersonic speeds, and by the way, I'll find a dwarf to make you a set of super cool armor. How are your feet?"

"How's your foot?" Guangdai asked again.

"Hydaelyn has agreed." Boss Cheng explained to Guangdai, "She said that as long as you are the main person in the next adventure, we can do whatever we want. Otherwise, how could I dare to place an ether crystal in front of my hotel? What's more, that big crystal was promised to me by Hydaelyn."

"Promise?"

"Yes, the reward for killing the big fat dragon."

At this moment, Guangdai once again remembered that it was this bald man in a full-face helmet who destroyed the Dragon God Bahamut, and reduced the losses of the Seventh Umbral Calamity to a level that all of Eorzea could tolerate.

Angel also explained to Guangdai: "In fact, as early as when I was exploring the Whispering Manor (the famous haunted house in FF14), I started to help the event organizer collect map information. I collected information for the exploration challenge and the Barbarian God crusade, and the collection was very successful."

Yes, it was quite successful! Eorzea alone has contributed more than 20 high-quality challenge maps and 8 crusade challenge maps to the event organizers. The main controller also creatively launched the corresponding rules for 4-player and 8-player teams for these challenge maps.

However, these maps are still in the testing phase, and because the challenge is too low, they are only open to low-level leagues for the time being. After all, with the strength of the participants in the high-level leagues, the gods of earth and wind will be killed as soon as they appear.

"Now all we need is someone who knows Eorzea, has a vivid imagination, and knows how to brag to come up with some ideas for the tournament organizers."

"It's no use talking to him now." Angel waved his hand at Boss Cheng, and then emphasized to Guang Dai: "Just think of it as a way to ensure that you have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life. I don't think you want to live a life where you have to rely on being a community security guard, taking odd jobs, and stealing batteries to make a living after the adventure is over, right?"

"That's right! You have to strive to achieve financial freedom during the adventure period!" After that, the boss asked again: "Do you know what financial freedom means?"

Guang Dai thought for a moment and replied, "With so much money, you can do whatever you want?"

"Wrong!" Boss Cheng corrected him righteously, "Financial freedom means you have so much money that you can do whatever you want! No one and nothing can make it difficult for you when it comes to money! This is called financial freedom!"

0350 I'll have a chance to treat Hai Ma to a meal

"The color of life swirls, the seven-fold gate appears in the world, and the tower of power reigns over the nine heavens! In the end... cough cough cough."

He was only halfway through the spell, but he coughed. The Black Snake Sacred Stone, which was praised as "so powerful", still stayed obediently in the stomach of the Ultimate Divine Weapon.

Don’t blame “Shadowless” Lahabrea for his sudden cough; it’s really not his fault.

Because just now, in the final stage of the battle between the Warrior of Light and Angel against the Ultimate God Weapon, Angel had used a plasma grenade to blow up the Ultimate God Weapon. Although that successfully stopped the Ultimate God Weapon's next move, the metal paint on the surface of the Ultimate God Weapon's armor was also heated to sublimation by the high-temperature plasma.

So now the air is filled with a choking metallic smell. Angel, who knows how to protect his body, has put on filter masks for himself and the Warrior of Light. The armor of Boss Cheng has its own gas filtering function. Gaius, who is inside the Ultimate Divine Weapon and acts as the pilot of the weapon, is even less affected by it.

Only the shadowless Lahabrea, who was floating in the air and kept mumbling, was breathing the polluted air with excessive heavy metals. So, just as he was mumbling a lot of words and chanting spells at the most critical moment, he finally choked and coughed.

"Although you have taken over someone else's body, you shouldn't just keep killing them." Boss Cheng said to Lahabrea in mid-air, "I have some radiation-removing medicine here. Do you want to come down and get an injection? This medicine can not only help the body metabolize radioactive pollutants, but also help you clean up the heavy metals deposited in your blood and organs!"

But Lahabrea, who had stopped coughing, asked Boss Cheng: "Are you stalling for time? Why?"

"To wait for someone."

"Oh? Waiting for someone? So you have reinforcements. But it doesn't matter! Let me see how powerful the Eorzean Alliance (Federation MS) is!"

"Don't get me wrong, they're not reinforcements, they're an investigation team." Boss Cheng explained, "This is the rule we established when our department was founded. Once we find any signs related to the Warp or Chaos, even if it's just a suspicion, we must report it immediately."

"Yes, we both smelled the scent of chaos on the Ultimate Divine Weapon." Angel also said: "This smell is very familiar, but I am sure it is not the smell of Nurgle and his followers."

"It's not from Khorne. From what I know about them, if it was really Khorne and his minions who wanted to cause trouble, they would never be so slow. It's definitely not from Slaanesh either. This thing of yours (referring to the divine weapon) doesn't even conform to Slaanesh's aesthetics."

"So there is only one possibility left!"

"Yes, his behavior is very similar to that of Tzeentch."

"So can you tell me? Did you get your Black Serpent Holy Stone from Tzeentch or his followers?"

But the problem is that "Shadowless" Lahabrea doesn't understand what the two are talking about. After all, the so-called Black Snake Holy Stone is just a "relic" he got from his deceased wife. And even if Lahabrea is as wise as he is, the depth of his research on the Black Snake Holy Stone is limited to "this thing can release the ultimate magic".

As for the deeper stuff...

It has not been thoroughly researched.

But even for ancient people, it is normal that they cannot understand things in the chaotic world. If he could really explore the secrets hidden deep in the Black Serpent Sacred Stone, he should be helping that guy jump into the big pit in Tzeentch's territory now!

A few minutes later, the Chaos Affairs Disposal Team and the Combat Team of the Internal Affairs Investigation Department arrived. The members of the Disposal Team turned on the detector, and the Combat Team rushed forward and grabbed Lahabrea, who was floating in the air.

After a brief moment of confusion, Lahabrea once again chanted the spell to activate the Black Snake Holy Stone. And this time he did not deliberately slow down his movement speed just to show off, but instead chanted the spell in less than a second at a speed comparable to that of a rapper.

Then, a burst of shining light burst out from the chest of the nearest divine soldier. The Warrior of Light and Angel were firmly protected by a layer of light blue protective shield. The Chaos Affairs Disposal Team also took out similar energy absorption devices and rushed towards the center of the impending explosion.

The next second, the ultimate magic exploded. The Chaos Affairs Disposal Team successfully absorbed most of the energy of the explosion with an absorption device. Angel and the Warrior of Light also survived the crisis safely under the protection of the protective shield.

Only the boss was dumbfounded and got blown up by the ultimate magic.

"No, you all took adequate protective measures, but left me out there alone to get bombed. I think you are really too mean!"

"You're fine, aren't you?" the leader of the disposal team said with a smile.

"That's because the Uru alloy in my armor can absorb magical energy! If it weren't for my armor controlling the Uru alloy to absorb the ultimate magic, I would have been blown to death long ago!"

But the other party obviously didn't care whether the boss could be killed or not. Instead, he asked him: "Can you absorb magical energy? Does this mean you don't have to be afraid of Minister Raizo's five-stroke lightning whip anymore?"

Then...

Through energy scanning and magic element scanning, the so-called Black Snake Holy Stone is indeed related to Chaos. However, the disposal team is still unsure whether this thing is native to the subspace or created in this world.

Lahabrea was also taken away by the Internal Affairs Investigation Department on suspicion of "rape", along with his possessed body Thancred.

Also taken away was the Ultimate Divine Weapon inlaid with the Black Snake Sacred Stone, but Gaius, the pilot, was asked to leave the cockpit of the Ultimate Divine Weapon. However, Gaius refused to leave, and was finally carried out of the cockpit, and the Ultimate Divine Weapon was successfully transported away.

Gaius, who had fallen from a height and was completely dazed, was still confused. After all, what had happened in the past hour was too magical. Even as the commander of the legion, Gaius had never seen such a bizarre scene. Fortunately, Boss Cheng and Angel were pretty good people, and they told Gaius about the warp and chaos.

"That is to say, if the Warrior of Light is defeated by the Ultimate Divine Weapon and that thing is allowed to run wild, who knows what kind of monsters and demons will be attracted. By then, not to mention Eorzea, even your Gamilas Empire will die with it."

"It's the Garlean Empire," Gaius corrected.

"Oh……"

On the other hand, thanks to the disposal team and Boss Cheng absorbing the energy of the Ultimate Magic, the Garlean Empire's Magic Castle was not seriously damaged. Compared to the base and its surroundings, which should have been bombed to the effect of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the explosion only opened a skylight in the main building of the fortress that was almost as big as the fortress itself.

Of course, if you want to call it a big unveiling, that's fine too.

However, the energy leaked from the explosion still caused huge casualties to the Garlean soldiers and researchers inside the fortress. So it was not until then that Gaius truly realized that half of his 14th Legion had been killed by the ultimate magic.

More than half of the other half had been beaten back by the Eorzean coalition, and a small number were retreating from the outskirts of the fortress back into the bombed-out magic city to begin rescuing their companions who might have survived the explosion.

"Can I discuss something with you?" Boss Cheng asked the disheartened Gaius: "Can you sell me the armor?"

"Are you humiliating me?"

"Don't get me wrong, I really don't mean that. I just think that your legion commander's armor is quite special, and I want to make a set to put in my base. Besides, the bosses who make the maps also need equipment of the corresponding level. If you don't agree to sell it, I can also exchange it with you. I have a large inventory of armor and a variety of types. If you don't believe me, you can ask Angel, he can prove the depth of my wealth!"

Angel nodded and admitted: "In terms of the richness of the equipment, the boss's collection is indeed refreshing."

Afterwards, Angel and the Warrior of Light left the fortress of the Magic Castle as victors and returned to their companions who were waiting for them.

The boss stayed and made a secret deal with Gaius. Maybe Gaius felt ashamed of his status as the legion leader, or maybe he wanted to change his status or way of life. Anyway, he agreed to exchange the legion leader's armor with the boss for another style. And as an additional condition, the boss had to send Gaius out of the Magic City and to a place far away from the battlefield.

"In fact, apart from the stupid move of the Ultimate Divine Weapon, you did nothing wrong in other schemes and strategies, as well as your conciliatory policy towards Eorzea."

"What?" Gaius asked.

"If you continue to use soft tactics to get the Eorzeans used to your presence, you can secretly divide their loose alliances. Then use various means to create friction between countries, secretly support the weaker ones, and let them fall into continuous internal friction. It is estimated that in about ten years, your Gagarin Empire will be able to incorporate Eorzea into its territory."

"It's the Garlean Empire."

"Oh……"

"But why are you telling me this?"

"Because as of now, I don't think you are qualified to be the culprit for destroying human civilization in this world. On the contrary, that Wuying is a greater threat to your world."

"I'm sorry, I don't understand you."

“Those who do not threaten the planet, the world, or human civilization are not our enemies.”

"I'm sorry, I still don't understand."

"I don't understand it either." Boss Cheng shook his head and said helplessly, "Hydaelyn has never told us what enemy forced her to ask us to be the last insurance for this world, even at the cost of losing its independence."

"Hydaelyn? You..." Gaius asked in shock, "Have you really seen Hydaelyn?"

"I've only seen her in her big crystal form. From the tone of her request, it's not hard to tell that she really cares about this world, or the people of all worlds. If I have the chance to meet her, I will definitely treat her to a meal. I'll treat her to boiled Chinese cabbage, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, braised pork elbow, and king crab in butter and garlic sauce!"

0351 The Pure Gold Sucker

Whether it is well known or not, the Warp is extremely dangerous. Not only because there is chaos in the Warp that terrifies any creature, but also because the Warp is not as diverse as the multiverse. In fact, there are less than 10 Warps observed by the Arena World!

Of course, it is not quite accurate to say that there are less than 10 subspaces, because each subspace also has mirror images that are slightly different but not very different.