Half past eleven.
Dark clouds are rising, the moon is dark and the wind is high.
Invisible and cold pressure quietly descended near Star Tower.
At first, it was the shadow of the trash can on the street corner that began to squirm and lengthen unnaturally.
Then, pitch-black figures jumped down from the adjacent building, like weightless ghosts, sliding silently like dumplings under the vertical glass curtain wall.
In the sky, underground, in the sewer...
Figures passed quickly in the shadows, disappearing in an instant.
The mysterious visitors walking in the depths of darkness opened their scarlet eyes one after another, and appeared near Star Tower one after another like a tide, quietly surrounding the place.
--[Black Warrior]
Coming.
The security guard of the adjacent building seemed to notice something strange, and looked around suspiciously.
The empty streets reflect the moonlight, like a calm pool. Occasionally, vehicles with their headlights slowly pass by, causing the water to ripple.
It was quiet all around, everything was as usual.
Shivering inexplicably, the security guard shook his head and looked away:
"It just rained yesterday, and the weather has cooled down today. It's time to change out of the mat when you get home..."
However--
Just above his head.
A [Black Warrior] hanging upside down from the ceiling like a spider was silently recording and analyzing his every move with cold red eyes.
In the sight of [Black Warrior], every vital characteristic of the security guard is recorded, and at the same time, like a machine, the threat level of the security guard is assessed.
--Of course, the security threat level is only 0.01.
This 0.01 still comes from the Electric Baton worn by the security guard.
"Woof! Woof woof!"
There were a few barks from wild dogs in the alley, but they soon stopped and there was no more movement.
[Black Warrior] We, these creatures who came out of hell, are well-trained and coordinated to the point of suffocation.
However, not a single sound from them was leaked. Without anyone noticing, the encirclement was shrinking with an efficiency beyond imagination.
Every possible escape route has been blocked in advance, and every nearby valuable strategic location has been occupied in advance.
Heavenly Net has already opened, and the cold murderous intention quietly permeates the Late Autumn late night air, which is bone-chilling and chilling.
"--Pleasant to the eyes!"
Through the perspective of the camera carried by Black Warrior, Major is sitting in the office, admiring the computer screen in front of him.
Lift Champagne Glass with one hand and shake it gently.
A handsome male secretary stood aside and poured champagne for him.
"Come on."
Major adjusted his sunglasses, his cold face remained unchanged, but he patted his thigh lightly.
"Watch with me the end of this farce."
"..."
The newly appointed male secretary swallowed his saliva and did some mental preparation for a while.
"Huh?"
Major glanced here through his sunglasses.
After laughing twice, the male secretary slowly raised his leg and sat on Major's lap, acting obediently and cautiously.
Major took a sip of champagne with satisfaction.
"Now that it's settled, you should take over the work left by Deputy Han, including Black Box Maintenance Department's ministerial position."
The male secretary's eyes immediately lit up:
"Thank you Officer Luo!"
"Officer Luo?"
The young hero raised his eyebrows slightly:
"When you get out of this door, you call me Officer Luo, and I won't pick on you."
"--But here, what should you call me?"
This is a question for an inexperienced male secretary to ask.
He thought hard for a long time, remembered some rumors when Deputy Han was alive, and asked tentatively:
"Luo, Brother Luo..."
"Huh?"
Seeing Major's calm expression, the male secretary felt confident. He took a deep breath and Jiao Didi shouted:
"Brother Luo~"
"Not stupid."
With a chuckle, Major Luo touched the secretary's little hand and rubbed it.
At the same time, a deep magnetic voice slowly came:
"From now on, you will be the new adjutant."
"I will announce this to everyone tomorrow."
The male secretary is wearing a woody perfume, which is the scent designated by Major.
At this moment, Major felt as happy as he had not seen in a long time.
--Pleasant to the eye, how pleasing to the eye!
With the wine glass in hand, the beauty in my arms, and the red sleeves adding fragrance, on this quiet night, I admire the scene of the Chou Family's head falling to the ground.
Bai Zhou must be still sleeping soundly at this moment, completely unaware that a hunt for him is about to begin.
On the computer, as the screen shook, his most proud secret weapon, [Black Warrior], had successfully sneaked into Star Tower and began to perform a Perfect and efficient collaborative operation.
There is no doubt that their next performance--
It will bring a little force deterrence to the ally [Art Club]!
Major Let's wait and see.
The black "tide" seeped into the building.
As they tiptoed through an unremarkable corridor--
There was a "click" sound.
There was a grinding sound in my ears, which was particularly obvious on the first floor of the silent building.
"Wow!"
The ceiling in front suddenly fell off.
A thing composed of several sharpened Steel Rebars, resembling a Buddha snail, rotated and flew down, with a "whirring" sound as it broke through the wind, and quickly rotated towards the Black Warriors.
"Not good!"
The few Black Warrior who were in front of them reacted extremely quickly. They immediately did some backflips on the spot and quickly retreated behind them.
At the same time, the two Black Warriors behind them stepped forward, and their scarlet eyes actually bloomed with Lasers, shooting directly at the giant top.
"Buzz--"
Steel Rebar quickly melts the molten iron of the painting when faced with Laser.
The edge that was carefully polished by Bai Zhou seemed powerless when faced with Black Warrior.
Major, who saw this scene on the computer, laughed happily.
"Funny trap!"
"It can work for Ordinary people, but Bai Zhou knows nothing about extraordinary people and black weapons!"
Major said softly:
"After experiments, each Black Warrior has integrated part of [Black Box]'s abilities, and his body is constantly transformed by [Black Box]'s pollution, and his physical quality is different from ordinary people."
"They were the only lucky ones to survive out of a hundred people in the experiment. Although they lost most of their sanity, everyone has the strength to fight the Extraordinary. It is even more terrifying when they work together as a team."
"--And, absolutely obey my command!"
Looking down at the male secretary who was looking up at him with admiration, the corners of Major's mouth slightly raised,
"Faced with this Killing Machine, you say, that Bai Zhou..."
Major hasn't finished speaking yet.
There was a loud noise from the computer.
The "gyro" was destroyed, and the core device Ritual was triggered.
A Explosion Ritual.
Then, there was a "boom" -
The computer screen was flooded by the rising fire.
"Asshole!"
Champagne Glass shattered in response.
The furious Major stood up from the office chair and cursed:
"What a sinister beast!"
... In fact, an explosion is not enough to cause much loss to the Black Warriors.
Only the nearest one, Black Warrior, who was releasing Laser, was blinded on the spot, his skin and flesh were torn, and he lost his combat effectiveness.
There are no major problems with other Black Warrior.
This is an acceptable loss.
But the key is that Bai Zhou succeeded in disgusting everyone.
Stealth was declared bankrupt.
Black Warrior begins a strong attack.
But even if they attack by force, they have changed from their previous confidence and become cautious to prevent new traps from popping up somewhere.
Sure enough, it didn't take long before they discovered a new trap on the way upstairs -
The entire wall was densely covered with sharp Steel Rebar, blocking their way.
"Is this...?"
The Black Warriors carefully identified them under the instructions of Major, and sure enough they found tiny detonation runes on each Steel Rebar.
"The old tricks are repeated, but the Guizhou donkey is exhausted!"
This fugitive fugitive who has been causing explosions, what else would he order besides explosions?
Major, who is serious, has already predicted Bai Zhou's behavior.
So, he issued wise instructions to Black Warriors:
"Don't destroy these Steel Rebar, take a detour and cross over--"
Black Warriors strictly implemented this order.
"Swish" a few times.
A series of dark figures jumped out of the stairs, jumped directly to the upper level, and stretched out their hands to grab the edge of the upper platform.
There is no need to take the stairs, their jumping ability is enough to support them to jump to the upper floor.
Then, they held their fingers on the edge of the platform and clearly felt that the floor tiles on the edge sank downwards quickly after being stressed.
All Black Warrior could hear it clearly, and the sound of "click, click, click" continued to reach their ears.
It's like... the floor tiles on the edges of these platforms have turned into raised infantry mines.
Black Warriors. "?"
Major:"?"
Are you waiting here?
Bai Zhou predicted their prediction?
The mechanism was triggered.
The side wall opened in response.
"Boohoo, boomboo--!"
A series of short and sharp sounds pierced the air.
See you again Steel Rebar!
A dozen large, sharp Steel Rebar, one to two meters long, looked like flying arrows shot from a crossbow.
They shot straight towards these Black Warriors that were hanging in the air and unable to flip, with a murderous intent!
This scene reminded Major, who was far away at the base, of the game he played on a game console when he was a child, in which a pink pig rides on an elevator and uses a javelin to shoot the balloon on which the big bad wolf is riding.
... Fortunately, Black Warriors are not as simple as the big bad wolf.
One after another the figures turned and moved.
Each Steel Rebar was blown up by the Black Warriors on the ground.
Even if Steel Rebar explodes, they are prepared in advance.
However, there was no explosion as expected.
Steel Rebar in the air is also more "fragile" than imagined.
--Because these Steel Rebar are basically hollow!
"Pfft--!"
Steel Rebar exploded.
The white powder suddenly exploded like a smoke bomb, instantly covering the entire area.
It's Lime!
--Limes were flying all over the sky, and even though the Black Warriors didn't feel pain, they still temporarily lost their eyesight.
At this time, a fire ax was suddenly ejected from a mediocre Fire Safety Glass Cabinet next to it by some kind of Powerful Spring Device!
"Puff" was heard twice, and two heads rolled to the ground.
The spinning fire ax struck the ground, causing sparks to fly.
Black Warriors cannot see this spark for the time being.
However, across the computer screen, Major caught the bright red Flames in the gray screen at a glance.
"Not good!"
Major screamed secretly.
As we all know, when the dust concentration reaches 63-86g/m, a dust explosion will occur when exposed to an open flame.
The next moment--
There was a bang.
Explosions filled the sky and the raging Fire Wave completely submerged the first floor of Star Tower.
Before the sparks completely overwhelmed Major's computer screen.
In the gray screen, the last thing Major saw was blurry--
It's the Fire Glass Cabinet that is held open by springs, with the safety slogan "Fire detected early, small fire can be extinguished"...
Similar traps emerge one after another.
Without even seeing Bai Zhou in person, the invincible Black Warriors continue to suffer "non-combat attrition".
Even if Level 3 Extraordinary is standing in front of him, Black Warrior can fight one-on-one and fight for a long time with his weird abilities.
Once they join forces, even the two aces "Painter" of [Art Club], who are at the peak of level 4, feel scared the first time they see them.
But this Killing Machine has suffered so much in front of the endless Mechanical Traps that it has never regained its original coldness and mystery.
--Fifty Black Warrior, in the end only 37 survived.
There are still 15 of them who have been surrounding and guarding the outside of the building.
Only 22 Black Warrior came to the top.
... Behind every Black Warrior is the accumulation of human lives and the life-long efforts of Major.
A rough estimate shows that in just a short period of time, Major lost at least 50 million Federal Coin, which is higher but not lower.
The monthly salary of a Eastern Federation normal civil servant is two thousand Federal Coin.
"Kick! Kick, kick..."
The footsteps were heavy.
When the Black Warriors, whose clothes were blown to tatters and whose bodies were either gray or black and charred, came to Final Floor covered in thick smoke and with scarlet eyes.
Bai Zhou's tense and cold expression almost failed.
He coughed lightly, opened the window, and turned his back to the moonlight outside the window...
Bai Zhou stood in the shadow, made himself look expressionless again, and whispered heavily:
"You actually found my hiding place..."
"It seems that you are more capable than I thought!"
Black Warrior were silent.
The voice that answered Bai Zhou came from far behind the group of Black Warrior.
"--You are also very powerful."
"With so many things arranged in your Stronghold, you are not afraid of accidentally touching them."
"It's hard to imagine how insecure people can sleep peacefully on so many traps."
Along with a group of Black Warrior, move to both sides.
Two figures wearing Black Cloak slowly walked towards them with an almost solid sense of oppression.
At this time, another "Black Cloak", a mature female voice spoke slowly:
"But that's it!"
"Are you...?"
Bai Zhou's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Our identities are irrelevant." The woman shook her head, revealing Painted Mask under her cloak, with Three Crowns vaguely engraved on it.
"Because we don't need to identify ourselves with the dead." The man took up the topic again.
"It took these Black Warrior half an hour to climb from the first floor to the 20th floor."
The man looked up at Bai Zhou, and Painted Mask was also exposed under his cloak.
"You are very smart. You knew there might be someone squatting outside and didn't take advantage of this time to go out and bump into the two of us."
"--But this can only give you half an hour more life."
As he spoke, the man snapped his fingers.
The air rippled faintly, surrounding the entire building.
Nothing happened, but something seemed to have happened.
"I know, you are good at explosions."
"--He's simply very good at it."
"But you don't fall into the same pit twice... well, three times."
The man looked at Bai Zhou, as if he wanted to see a slightly nervous look on Bai Zhou's face.
"I guess you also arranged a lot of Explosion Ritual here?"
"Just like last time, when we faced that idiot [Van Gogh]!"
As he spoke, the man looked around.
As expected, various dense Ritual patterns can be seen everywhere here.
Even these can only be seen here.
Perhaps there are more invisible Ritual arranged in the hidden corners of this building.
"--But this time, Officer Luo specially invited Ritual Master to completely decipher the structure of your Demolition Ritual, and researched the corresponding reverse curse!"
"Now, the reverse curse has taken effect, covering the entire building."
"No matter how many bombs you put in this building, it's just a bunch of useless graffiti now."
The man's voice paused here.
He brought a greeting from Major to Bai Zhou:
"--You have nowhere to escape!"
"..."
As a man wishes, as Major wishes.
In front of everyone, Bai Zhou's expression showed panic and surprise.
But this panic is quite exaggerated, even Bai Zhou himself thinks it is exaggerated.
Therefore, after coughing twice, he quickly put away his panic and regained his calm expression.
"Indeed, no one will fall into the same pit twice."
"Unless--"
"There's more than one pit here."
"...?"
After a moment of silence, Major behind the computer and the two "Painter" frowned at the same time.
Bai Zhou's reaction far exceeded their expectations.
The man's tone was wary:
"... what do you want to say?"
"Don't worry, there really isn't any Explosion Ritual here."
Bai Zhou waved his hand to reassure everyone:
"Actually, I always thought that you would come up with countermeasures against Explosion Ritual earlier."
"But, a friendly reminder, there's something else here."
"--Because I have recently been very interested in a certain traditional skill of Eastern Federation, about Alchemy Ritual."
"... Alchemy?"
Everyone was shocked and confused, not knowing why.
"Hmm."
Bai Zhou scratched his head and suddenly became a little embarrassed:
"But I am particularly unskilled in those Alchemy Ritual. After all, there is no reliable inheritance."
"I only have some very old and simple Ritual."
"So, mistakes are common, or there are times when there is no success at all."
"But this time, I had a sudden idea and combined the concept of "Alchemy Furnace" with some of the structure of this building."
"An interesting experiment."
"--Of course, it also failed."
As he spoke, Bai Zhou, who was squirming, inadvertently leaned against the window.
The watery moonlight shone in, illuminating everyone's alert and gloomy faces.
Bai Zhou's voice reached their ears like a picture:
"As you know, failed alchemy refining can have all kinds of strange consequences... for example, you can produce some strange things, candies that turn into frogs, and pills that can poison people."
"But the most common and easiest thing to happen is..."
The words that followed came to an abrupt end.
While everyone listened with vigilance,
"Crash" sound--
Taking advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, Bai Zhou turned over and rolled straight down from the window on the twentieth floor.
Only a distant sound is left;
"Everyone--"
"See you soon!"
The expressions of the two "Painter" changed immediately, and their figures immediately flew forward and then disappeared.
"Is he crazy?"
Bai Zhou's sudden behavior was beyond everyone's expectations.
From the height of the 20th floor, for Level 3-4 Extraordinary, who cannot fly, jumping down will only turn him into a puddle of meat!
But what if we keep climbing like this?
In this process, Bai Zhou will become a living target for everyone!
--How dare he?!
"Clatter!"
The footsteps were chaotic, and Painter and Black Warrior came forward one after another.
But a "wow" sound came suddenly--
A huge black shadow rose up from the wind just in front of their eyes and passed by the window.
"What...?"
Open your trench coat like a bat.
It's Bai Zhou gliding under the moon.
"Quick! Beat him down!" Male Painter shouted sharply.
"... Wrong!"
But the girl Painter's face suddenly changed drastically, she reacted quickly, and jumped out of the window as if she was desperate.
Before anyone could react.
The next moment--
"Boom!!!"
A loud noise that was completely different from any chemical or runic explosion, suddenly erupted!
Sulfur Accompanied by the thick smoke, there was also the faint light of Mercury flashing, and the raging Fire Wave drowned everything.
"Boom!!!"
-- Another explosion!
But this time, it's not an unfinished villa in some suburban area that no one cares about.
But in an economically prosperous area.
What exploded was an entire building.
The burning building shook the entire Tinghai City North District.
The moment Fire Wave surged up, the top of the building was lifted, as if the lid of Alchemy Furnace was kicked high into the air.
Those who didn't know thought it was a monkey born.
At the last moment when Fire Wave devoured him, Bai Zhou's unfinished words echoed in everyone's ears in a daze.
Failed alchemy--
The most common and most likely situation...
... Of course, it's the frying pan!