Chapter 424 Screening

"Are you... crazy?" the penitent asked in her "ventriloquism".

"It seems that I am not an ordinary famous person..." Feng Bujue muttered casually, and then he said to the terrifying undead creature in front of him in a very relaxed tone, "This beauty, you haven't asked me for advice yet. …Who are you?”

"The Confessor." The Confessor replied in her hoarse, weak voice, "I am one of the Nine Leaders of the Undead under the command of King Abyss You."

"Oh?" When Feng Bujue heard the words "Netherworld You King", he instantly became energetic and said loudly, "It's you! I've admired you for a long time." He still spared no effort in front of a creature whose eyes were sewn shut. He clasped his fists and cupped his hands, putting on a flattering face, "You are my idols. I am lucky enough to meet you today. I am truly lucky for the rest of my life."

At this time, Xiao Tan and Matcha Su on the fire truck both had empty eyes and stared at Brother Jue in front of the car with contempt.

"So he calls all the members of the opposite sex 'beautiful'..." Matcha Su muttered softly with the corners of her mouth twitching.

Brother Jue did call Matcha Su this way several times before, but now it seems that these calls to beauty have no credibility at all.

"That's not necessarily true," Xiaotan continued, "He has always claimed that he has an advanced aesthetic that transcends racial and secular concepts..."

"Does that mean the taste is very strong?" Matcha Su continued.

"That's not what I mean, um... How should I put it... For example, when we look at foreigners, we always feel that they look very similar, and when foreigners look at us Asians, they are often easily confused." Xiaotan explained, "And Brother Jue belongs to the other extreme. He is the kind of person who can transform the minions (from "Despicable Me" directed by Chris Leonard). The two protagonists Gru and Dr. Navarro use mutant DNA and fatty acids to A person who can distinguish the appearance and name of a capsule-shaped creature made of mashed bananas)... Even if you put two hedgehogs of the same species in front of him, he can tell which one is more handsome..."

"Oh..." Matcha Su was stunned for a few seconds with an unclear expression, then shrugged and said, "I would rather accept the conclusion that 'praise from crazy people is very cheap'."

Xiao sighed: "Actually, his kneeling is the cheapest... But you can think so."

Just as the two were complaining about Brother Jue's aesthetics, Feng Bujue had already ended the conversation with the NPC. And opened the passenger door.

As soon as he opened the door, he said: "I have two things to explain."

Xiao Tan and Matcha Su looked at each other in confusion, with doubts on their faces, and some ominous premonitions rising in their hearts...

"First, there seems to be something wrong with your body." Feng Bujue first said to Xiao Tan, "To the point where the Confessor mistook you for a time official under the Lord of Time... That's why she suddenly Fight to the middle of the road. Fortunately, she realized that you were just a traveler from another world before launching the attack, and the three of us escaped with death. "

"Hey..." Xiaotan's face became paler and whiter, and he sweated more and more. He turned his head and looked at the penitent standing in front of the car. "What kind of problem is it? Why don't I feel anything?"

"Oh, it's not a big deal. It's just that the time dust that seeped into your left hand more than a month ago has now traveled through your body through your blood..." Feng Bujue curled his lips and said, "Speaking of which... ...At the scene of the death question and answer, the guy named Hephaestus did say to you - 'The [time] belonging to your left hand has been overdrawn. If you don't deal with it, that hand will turn into a Dust' lines like that."

"But I'm obviously fine!" Xiaotan became more and more nervous as he listened, and his fright level steadily increased.

"You are a doctor. You should know better than me...many diseases have no symptoms until they reach the advanced stage." Feng Bujue spread his hands and said.

"But did Hephaestus say 'soon'? More than a month has passed in real time now! And my hands have not turned into dust!" Xiaotan said quickly.

"Well... we have to think about it this way. First of all, Hephaestus is a god in Greek mythology. These guys have a lifespan far longer than ordinary people. The understanding of the word 'soon' may be different from ours..." Feng Bujue replied, "Secondly, no one can predict the impact of the 'system' on you. After you return to the landing space, maybe the wound has been sealed and the effect of the time dust has been temporarily suppressed. But its existence has never been eradicated.”

"What should we do now?" Xiaotan asked.

Before he could finish asking. Feng Bujue handed over a pill of SCP-500 and said: "It's a blessing in disguise. At present, we can't determine what kind of subsequent effects time dust will have on your body, so we'll wait and see for the time being... Anyway, it's good for me." I'll give it to you first, you can use it according to the situation." He was very cautious and deliberately did not name the item, but used the word "medicine" to refer to it to prevent the matcha next to it from being evil.

Of course... Brother Jue is worrying too much at this moment. Matcha Crisp is very unfamiliar with the settings of the SCP Foundation. Even if the word SCP-500 is spoken in front of her, she will not know what it is.

"Okay, let's talk about the second thing." Feng Bujue said immediately, "I'm leaving."

"What?" Matcha Su frowned slightly, and her expression changed, "Where are you going?"

"I have convinced the Confessor, and she agreed to take me to meet the leader of the Nine Dead Souls. If nothing unexpected happens, in this script, I can officially become a member of the Dead Souls Kingdom..." Feng Bujue had a yearning look on his face, as if he had passed the civil service exam.

"Heh..." Matcha Su sneered, "You tried so hard to convince me to form an alliance with you, but you just walked away before we even met the enemy?"

"Let's not talk about it... If I didn't offer you the opportunity to form an alliance, you would have already turned into points... For now, you don't have any losses, right?" Feng Bujue replied, "On the contrary, you also got a very powerful vehicle and a reliable thug." He paused, "Anyway... If you believe me, you and Xiao Tan continue to move towards the source of the explosion. I will be back to meet you soon, don't worry, I will definitely find a way to find your location." As he spoke, he observed the changes in the other party's expression calmly, "If you want to break up with us, that's fine. I can give you Golden Maggot No. 1, but 'our agreement' will be invalidated, and we will go our separate ways."

After Brother Jue said this, Matcha Su fell into silence...

Feng Bujue is very good at persuading others, because he has a talent, a talent that all first-class counselors have since ancient times - settling accounts. Count your own accounts, your boss's accounts, your friends' accounts, your enemies' accounts, and the accounts of the world's people... The same thing has different meanings for different people. Only by calculating other people's accounts clearly can you guess the other party's bottom line and find the possibility of cooperation.

The more thoroughly you understand the other party's inner thoughts. The greater the room for mediation. From the perspective of negotiation, you can be invincible.

"Hmph... okay... I'm already on the pirate ship, and I don't plan to get off." Sure enough, more than ten seconds later, Matcha Su pretended to be helpless and replied.

Jue Ge knew that she was unwilling to break up. Matcha Su's bottom line was undoubtedly the ownership of Golden Maggot No. 1. She was absolutely unwilling to give this powerful fighting machine to others. And it was meaningless for her to drive the car away alone, because only when there were people in the driver's seat and the gunner's seat could the power of this thing be exerted.

"Very good. I'll go first, the two of you be careful." Feng Bujue finished explaining the matter and stepped back. Before closing the car door, he was still frowning. In a self-proclaimed cool and cold voice, he said: "i_will_be_back."

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At the same time, in the blockade area, on the top floor of a building.

Tuntian Guixiao, Shiva, Feichai Uncle, and Shidao Weiwang, these four seeded players were gathered together. They looked furtively at a crossroads in the distance.

The scene there was not much different from other places in the city. The streets were dotted with corpses and skeletons, and the buildings were covered with strange vines and blood stains. The only difference was...a black spherical space-time rift was suspended in the sky above this place.

"What is that? Some kind of operable black hole?" Feichai Uncle asked.

Shidao Weiwang continued: "You two don't play well, and you force us to come here...just to let us visit this?"

"No..." Shiva stretched out his hand and pointed to the distance, "Look over there..."

Feichai Uncle and Shidao Weiwang followed the direction he pointed and moved their eyes together.

But on the street below the rift, a tall, half-human, half-beast creature was walking forward. On its shoulder, it was carrying a player (there was a club badge on the back of its clothes, so it was obvious that it was a player). The player did not struggle and was almost motionless. Perhaps his physical energy had been exhausted... Soon, he was taken to the bottom of the explosive tunnel.

In the middle of the intersection, there stood a woman. She was wearing a set of gray clothes and pants. She looked very ordinary, just like the passers-by in those sandbox games, with no special features.

"Why does this monster capture players?" Corpse Knife King thought, "Wait... this monster is actually able to knock down the players in this scenario?" His expression changed slightly, "With such strength, it must be a direct subordinate of the Four Pillars God."

"No." Gui Xiao continued, "It's a derivative."

"What?" Corpse Knife King turned around, "Isn't that a rumor on the forum?"

"Hey... that derivative killed someone." When the useless uncle used the telescope, he still didn't take off the sunglasses on his face. God knows how he could see the scene in the distance clearly.

Corpse Knife King heard this and cast his eyes back to the street.

At this time, Ruth had already killed the player. The method she used was very simple. First, she pointed at the opponent's head with her right index finger in the air. Then, her finger suddenly turned into mercury and grew rapidly, piercing the opponent's skull like a cone.

It was an understatement, killing with one blow.

"What's going on?" asked the King of Corpse Knife. "If they were going to kill, why did they capture them in the first place?" He looked at Gui Xiao and Shiva in confusion. "Could it be that the beast-like derivative wanted another humanoid guy to gain experience?"

"According to our observation..." Shiva replied, "That woman seems to be doing some kind of screening..." His expression was very solemn, with a hint of fear between his brows. "Her men helped him capture the players, and then brought them to her, and she made the final decision."

"Screening what?" Waste Uncle turned his head and said.

"I don't know." Gui Xiao replied, "We only know... So far, no one has met her requirements."

Uncle Feichai pondered, "That is to say... all the captured players were killed..."

"I say... does this matter have anything to do with us?" Corpse Knife King said, "There is an NPC force in this script that specializes in hunting down players, so what?"

"It's not an NPC, it's a derivative." Gui Xiao corrected.

"Okay... derivatives." Shidao Weiwang continued without comment. In his opinion, no matter what those things were called, they were just virtual characters in the game, and there was no essential difference. "I just want to say that your actions are very puzzling to me. Even if you know these things, just make sure you don't get caught. Why bother to inform others? Don't you want to win this game..."

"Have you not figured out the situation yet?" Gui Xiao's face was very bad, and his tone was very depressed. He interrupted him directly and said in a low voice, "Look at the dead man..."

Shidao Weiwang and Feichai Shu looked at the street again, but saw... the player's body did not turn into white light and dissipated, but lay straight on the ground, with brain matter and blood gradually flowing out of the wound and covering the ground.

The derivative strengthened by the beast seemed to have a few words with Ruth, and then he picked up the body and threw it aside like throwing garbage.

At this time, Shidao Weiwang and Feichai Shu realized...the bloody corpse on the corner of the street was not a scene on a script map. Those...are all the contestants in this peak competition...(To be continued...)