"We've been keeping an eye on things for you, no problem," the clone replied from the side.
Qin Ze looked around. "Why are there only three of you?"
For jobs like this that involve going out of the city, usually seven or eight people work together.
The clone scratched his head awkwardly. "Just now... two more guys were stubborn and insisted on testing their strength. So..."
Qin Ze twitched the corner of his mouth.
Don't you have any self-awareness or sense of your own limitations?
The clone added, "Although we didn't figure out the opponent's strength, we did let them discover other things."
"Look there."
Qin Ze looked in the direction the clone was pointing and saw an iron tower.
The tower is about ten meters tall and is located in the center of this temporary camp.
The tower looks a bit strange; its structural supports appear crooked and twisted, yet they are surprisingly harmonious.
Starting from the bottom of the tower, star-shaped hanging lights form a ring that ascends all the way to the top.
It gives the impression of a progress bar.
Qin Ze observed carefully and found that the temporary campsite was also quite well-constructed.
Two large tents are located on either side of the tower.
More than twenty martial artists stood in a triangular formation, guarding the innermost tower.
The clone continued, "That rather artistic tower is very important to them."
"The old guy just wanted to touch it."
"As soon as he managed to sneak into the tower, he was slapped to death by a master who suddenly appeared from a nearby tent."
Qin Ze asked, "How skilled is he?"
The clone thought for a moment, "That aura... Peak of Level Seven."
Qin Ze clicked his tongue in amazement.
This lineup is really impressive.
Peak of Level Seven player leading the team.
The remaining twenty-odd people were all Intermediate Martial Artist.
Even in the Abyss, they would be considered an enhanced squad.
Qin Ze's gaze fell upon the strangely shaped tower.
It looks familiar.
Let me take another look.
Qin Ze gasped.
From a certain perspective, it looks a lot like Apocalypse Launch Tower ), doesn't it?
It's just that Apocalypse isn't as artistic.
The Apocalypse Launch Tower was developed by Shelter No. 20 from an ancient technology over a period of four hundred years.
Judging by the timeline, the company should have already unearthed this ancient technology from the Otherworld No. Zero by now.
They just didn't have as much time Shelter No. 20.
In an extremely limited time, they created such a "work of art".
The clone next to him asked, "Should we throw those two old Self-Destruct Squad over there and blow up the tower?"
Qin Ze shook his head. "Let's wait and see what they're planning."
At the same time, a burly man with a thick beard came out of the large tent in the camp.
"How's the debugging going?"
The burly man asked a few staff members who were operating computers in front of the tower.
The staff member replied, "Everything is normal; we're just waiting for the experimental signal from headquarters."
The burly man nodded. "This is of utmost importance; we absolutely cannot afford any mistakes."
He then went to the guards in front of the tower.
"Have you checked the identities of those troublemakers?"
The guard shrugged. "They were caught and immediately self-destructed, leaving not a trace."
"There's another head you smashed; we can't even investigate it now."
"But don't worry, it's probably just petty thieves from the mountains. There have always been thieves around here."
The burly man said in a deep voice, "That had to be the case. If the contents of this experiment are leaked, we'll all be in deep trouble."
The guard asked curiously, "So what exactly is the experiment?"
The burly man said nonchalantly, "How should I know?"
The guard chuckled. "That's why we don't know, and neither do you. Even if a Level Nine Martial Artist were to hang us up and interrogate us, let alone petty thieves, we wouldn't be able to divulge a single detail."
The burly man kicked him in the butt. "Trying to talk back to me, huh?"
"Stand at your post properly."
"Wait for me when the experiment starts; I'm going to get some sleep first."
The burly man stretched his neck and returned to the main tent.
Qin Ze and the others on the hillside were getting a little impatient.
"What exactly are they up to?"
"Look!" The clone next to him handed over his arm, which had a large mosquito on it.
"It can't break through my defenses!"
Qin Ze was speechless. "It's just an ordinary mosquito. It would be a miracle if it could bite through the skin of a martial artist like you."
The clone said with great interest, "The little thing is actually quite cute after looking at it for a while."
" Qin Ze, I want to keep it as a pet."
Qin Ze continued looking at the camp, "You could treat it like your father and nobody would care."
Snap
The clone slapped the mosquito to death. "Forget it, raising just one of you is exhausting enough for us."
These bastards will climb up any ledge they're given; Qin Ze couldn't be bothered arguing with them.
As midnight approached, some activity finally took place in the camp.
The burly man emerged from the tent again, and the staff in front of the tower were also very busy.
The operator said, "Headquarters has given instructions that the experiment can begin."
The burly man nodded. "Then let's begin."
The operator's hands flew across the keyboard.
Then, the "star lights" on the tower were lit up one by one, starting from the bottom.
Upon seeing this, the clone said, "I know, it's a Christmas tree!"
Qin Ze shook his head.
What a load of rubbish!
After the last "star lamp" on the tower was lit, a bright ball of energy gradually condensed at the top of the tower.
The operator looked at the data on the screen and said in a deep voice, "Same-frequency long-distance energy transmission is stable, transmission efficiency has reached 78%, and the data has been transmitted back."
Although the burly man didn't understand, he nodded seriously, pretending that he knew a lot.
"Well done."
"Once this job is finished, I'll ask my superiors for a bonus for us."
The guard quickly said, "Boss, please don't say such unlucky things."
The burly man slapped him on the head. "You think I'm trying to take credit for you guys? You've got the wrong idea!"
The operator continued, "At the current transmission efficiency, it is expected to last for eleven minutes and three seconds."
"The experiment has met the predetermined requirements; energy release will now commence."
On a distant hillside, Qin Ze and his three clones sat obediently in a row.
"You know what, it's actually quite beautiful at night."
"I know now, they're new energy streetlights!"
"I have a bad feeling about this..."
Before the third clone could finish speaking, a beam of energy suddenly shot out from the top of the tower, blasting the old man to smithereens.
Following the path of the attack, the people in the camp spotted Qin Ze and his two remaining clones on a distant hillside.
Qin Ze never expected that sitting so far away as a mere bystander could lead to such an undeserved misfortune.
"Would you believe me if I said I just happened to be passing by and watching the commotion?"
The burly man looked closely and saw it was a familiar mask again.
"Don't let them escape! Kill them all!"
The warriors in the camp immediately swarmed forward.
The burly man immediately asked the operator beside him, "How much longer will it take for the equipment to shut down?"
The operator replied, "Ten minutes."
The burly man grinned maliciously. "Enough to kill them eight hundred times over."
Qin Ze, standing on the hillside, released a group of clones behind him.
"Gather together, prepare for team fight!"