Rebel Demon King

When Cheng Mo and his party arrived at the dock, Jared was leisurely watching a group of soldiers and coolies. With the help of a wooden pulley crane erected on the side, the huge stone statues on both sides of the building were fixed with ropes to four trucks the size of trucks. On a flatbed carriage.

I don’t know whether it’s because the moonlight is brighter, or because the torch-like whale oil street lamps around the pier are exceptionally bright. The huge pier and square don’t look like late at night at all, just like a cloudy evening when the sun is about to plunge into the sea. At this time, the blood-red body was exposed. The bare-chested soldiers and coolies, glowing with oil under the fiery red light, looked like marble sculptures. They shouted slogans with ancient syllables and used simple instruments to place unparalleled huge statues on the copper The car is so majestic that you can truly feel the beauty of raw power.

Even though this kind of power is not worth mentioning in the face of science, it still shocked everyone. They stared at the scene in front of them, temporarily forgetting their terrible situation.

When they slowly walked to Jared, the handsome man in a strict military uniform smiled and glanced at Cheng Mo, who was at the back, as if he was isolated, and said softly: "Wait a moment. We can set off soon." "

Nicholas, the leader, nodded in thanks. The few people were immersed in the majestic scene in front of them. They didn't talk much and stared at the Colossus as it finished loading. Then the soldiers brought over twenty extremely strong short-haired horses. Those horses were almost two people tall and wore silver unicorn helmets on their heads. They were larger than the largest shire horses in the world. They are tall and strong. Their fur is oily and their bodies are strong and high-spirited, like mythical beasts. The soldiers lined up these well-behaved mythical beasts in front of the car. The soldier driving the car waved his whip, and the huge horse team neighed, raised its strong long legs, and dragged the stone statue more than ten meters high and weighing dozens of tons towards the square. The direction is moving slowly. The copper wheels pressed against the stone road, leaving deep ruts and making a rumbling sound that even overwhelmed the sea breeze.

Jared made a gesture of invitation, "I have arranged a carriage for you, just over there in the square."

Cheng Mo looked towards the direction of the square. The so-called carriage was actually more like an ancient chariot. The shape was somewhat similar to the carriage paintings on the Sumerian stone tablets. Four horses in front were dragging a golden-shaped carriage. Just like the drag bucket of a boot, four huge wheels are installed at the bottom of the drag bucket. The wheels are not the common modern radial wheel hubs, but a metal round cake. The center of the round cake is carved with a hieroglyphic-like one-eye, which is also very stylish. Sumer. Placed in this environment, there is a beauty that transcends the limitations of the times.

As the carriage dragging the statue slowly drove away, the soldiers and coolies on the docks and squares gradually dispersed.

Jared led Nicholas and the others toward the carriage that glowed golden in the night. Cheng Mo was still walking at the back, like a ghost trailing behind.

When they walked out of the pier and were about to reach the carriage parked at the edge of the square, several ragged children, holding windmills, crossed the flow of people and ran towards them.

Jared, who was walking at the front, glanced at him seemingly casually, but without hesitation he raised his hand and fired his skill. A ray of purple light cut through the hazy night, and shot through the forehead of the first child running, leaving a wisp of blood. The light splashed out, and the child holding the windmill fell straight to the ground. The light illuminated the severely worn stone road pale, and the windmill, dyed bright red, was rotated by the salty sea breeze.

Jared had no intention of stopping, and as if it was fun, he shot two more purple rays of light at the child behind him.

Rebecca was the first to react. Without hesitation for a second, she lit up the "energy shield" and "teleported" directly to the front of the group of children to protect them.

The purple light hit the white energy shield, like water droplets falling into the lake, causing two circles of ripples, and then disappeared invisible. Light flashed in Rebecca's hand, and two daggers appeared. She held the daggers, her face was livid, and she said angrily: "Are you crazy? They are just children!"

Jared did not continue shooting, but stopped and looked at Rebecca with interest, "So?"

Rebecca looked back at the frightened children and motioned them not to move. Then she looked at Jared and gritted her teeth and said, "You devil, how could you attack a child!"

Jared stared at the flashing red eyes in Rebecca's hand, smiled and said, "Are you going to be my enemy? Do you still want the statue?"

Nicholas took a step forward, stood beside Jared, and said loudly: "Rebecca, this is in the 'Land of Ruins', not reality. Don't be impulsive!"

"Even in the 'Land of Ruins', I cannot accept such a vicious devil!" Rebecca said coldly.

Magnus also jumped up to Rebecca, took a deep breath and said: "I can't accept it, even if I have to fight him to get the statue. My soul makes it impossible for me to accept this. A devil’s deal.”

"I can't accept it either." Li Rongxuan also said, and she also jumped over lightly.

Seeing that Magnus and Li Rongxuan had expressed their attitudes, Jiabao also said sternly: "The crime of hurting children cannot be forgiven, even if it is a game, it cannot be forgiven!"

Jin Zhuji looked around and saw that only Nicholas, who didn't know what to do, and Cheng Mo, who was like a bystander, were still standing beside Jared. He smiled bitterly and said, "Is this still a game? This is about our lives. !Can you please stop being so impulsive?"

Rebecca raised her eyebrows and snorted coldly: "Coward, what are you afraid of? To put it bluntly, if even Jared can't do it, we won't be able to get out of the 'Land of Ancient Babylonian Ruins' alive. !”

Jin Zhuji sighed and walked over slowly.

"Our time is limited, do we still want to delay here?" Nicholas said earnestly, "It's really unnecessary. Don't you all want to go out?"

"This is a matter of principle!" Rebecca said loudly, "Nicholas, you know, I hate these scumbags who don't even spare children! Even if he is an NPC, I will punish him!"

Nicholas looked at Cheng Mo again, but his eyes were not as sure as before, swaying like candlelight in the wind.

Jared also looked at Cheng Mo, smiled and said, "Silent time traveler, I want to ask you a question." He didn't wait for Cheng Mo to respond, and asked directly, "Does 'error' have no meaning of existence?"

No one expected that Jared would suddenly ask such a question, and still asked silently.

Even Cheng Mo didn’t expect that.

He stood in a reddish glow-like halo where the light and moonlight blended together, as if a black hole was torn open by the light.

This seemingly simple question was so difficult that he felt unable to answer it.

He stood in the damp and cold sea breeze, and the thoughts in his mind were like matches. From philosophy to literature, from reality to absurdity, one after another he lit up, and one after another he threw into the darkness, and burned out in a moment. . He couldn't illuminate the darkness, and the only thing that could illuminate was himself. The moment the burning match fell to the ground, he saw his own reflection filled with "X"s on the vast wilderness like ice.

"Does 'error' have no meaning?"

Cheng Mo thought to himself: "It's ridiculous. People who think about this problem are making the biggest mistake. My birth was a mistake. In order to correct my mistake, my mother left me and went into danger alone. In order to correct my relationship with My mother made a mistake, and my father also left me and corrected it at the cost of his life. What then? Was it a mistake for me to go to the Pantheon? Was it a mistake for me and Xie Minyun to take the K20? In Paris, I killed Is it a mistake to kill so many people and make Xie Minyun pay for his sins with his own life? Is it an even bigger mistake for me to drop a nuclear bomb and create the apocalypse later?"

When Jared asked this question, it was like asking him, "Chengmo, do you think you should exist?"

"I'm not defending myself anymore, it's hard to judge because it may be wrong for some people and right for others. It may be wrong in the moment and right in the future. It It may also contain part of the right and part of the wrong. It may also be wrong in this situation and correct in another situation. Whether 'right' or 'wrong' is the measure of human beings, And human beings change. Going further, who defines right and who defines wrong? Who can decide what is right and what is wrong? Putting aside these things, if we say that there is no 'error' in the world In this kind of thing, can human beings obtain true correctness, or certain eternal happiness? It seems not possible. People cannot lose correctness, so can there be no mistakes? Without mistakes, emotions no longer exist, and most literature Works, artworks, music, and movies will all lose their meaning. Joy, anger, sorrow, love, hatred, and hatred will also disappear. Everyone lives in absolute correctness, never makes mistakes, and is no different from a machine. Once a machine makes a mistake, It will crash. And what about humans? Humans never make mistakes, maybe they will become machines?"

He stood on the ice of thought that could not be melted and thought for a long time, but could not get an accurate answer, so he replied softly: "Mistakes do not need to be meaningful, but people need mistakes to be meaningful."

Jared smiled and said, "So should errors exist?"

Before Cheng Mo had time to think clearly about the answer, Rebecca interrupted the conversation between the two and said impatiently: "Don't think you can get away with saying some weird things!" She pointed her dagger at Jared. , "I will not forgive you!"

Jared sighed and said, "It seems that the suspicions and misunderstandings between people will never be eliminated. Just like mistakes, mistakes will never disappear."

Cheng Mo lowered his head and said nothing.

Jared raised his eyes and looked at the tower that pierced the sky. "You see, my poor king worked hard to build this tower that reaches the sky just to eliminate misunderstandings between people. But those smart people People and confused people collectively wanted to destroy it, and at the end of the day, he was the most misunderstood."

Cheng Mo thought of the evaluation of "Nebuchadnezzar" in the "Sacred Classics", saying that he was a tool of the Creator to punish the lizard people. He said that he was punished by the Creator in his later years and went crazy seven times. He was covered in hair and could not speak of human beings. Yan turned into a devil. Various history books spared no effort to slander him, saying that he was cruel and ruthless, that he was indulgent and ecstatic, and that he went crazy in his later years and wanted to build a "Tower of Babel".

In fact, Nebuchadnezzar was exactly the opposite.

"Greatness is destined to be misunderstood." Cheng Mo said.

"So, it's a cruel joke."

Before Jared could finish his words, Rebecca's dagger pulled a blue light and threw it like a dart, piercing Jared's face. Jared raised his hand, waved his finger, and with a flick, the lightning-fast dagger pulled the blue light like a rope, swirling and flying into the sky.

He looked at Rebecca and said with a smile: "Okay! Okay! You win." Then he bowed to Cheng Mo, caressing his chest, "Then I'll take my leave."

"Don't run!" Rebecca waved the blue light, and the bright silver dagger stopped spinning, turned downwards in the sky, and struck Jared like a bolt from the blue, "Truth: Thunder of Purgatory!"

Without even taking another glance, Jared disappeared into the air, leaving behind a lavender water-like ripple in the air. The short sword carrying powerful power penetrated the remaining purple water waves, and inserted into the rocky ground with a "ding" sound. Then, the blue light tied to the hilt like a rope expanded outward and turned into a thick beam. The rising light pillar immediately engulfed the purple water waves that had not dispersed, until it pierced the sky-like dark clouds and lit up the entire square. The downward beam of light instantly penetrated the rocky ground, leaving behind a regular circular pipe with deep seawater visible.

However, no matter how gorgeous this "SS" skill seemed, it was all in the air, and Jared had disappeared.

Rebecca identified the direction in which Jared was escaping, pulled the blue light, and retracted the dagger. Just as she was about to catch up, Nicholas grabbed her arm and teleported over. She tried to break free while shouting angrily: " Bastard, if you have the guts to kill a child, don’t run away!”

"Rebecca!" Nicholas shook Rebecca's arm hard and shouted her name. As if he was trying hard to wake her up, he lowered his volume, "I know you are angry, but you are not angry now. Time. There are only 36 hours left. Whether we are taking the 'Way of the Cross' or taking the outer route, time is very tight. We don't have a minute to waste."

"Yes!" Magnus nodded and said, "As long as you can get out, it's time to teach Jaredo a lesson. He won't run away in the ruins. When the time comes, come in more times and kill as many as you want. times. I’m going to brush this bastard a hundred times anyway! Not even once less.”

"Now is really not the time to pursue these matters, not to mention this is still a place of ruins. There is no need to get too involved." Li Rongxuan also advised.

Cheng Mo also shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. When the child was hit, I felt energy fluctuations." After a pause, he said, "This means that there is some kind of energy device on the child." Rebecca looked at Cheng Mo with red eyes, "You defend the devil, you are not a good person either."

"Those children are missing." Jin Zhuji shouted in surprise, "And the body is also missing!"

Several people looked back one after another, and there was only one windmill left on the ground, lying in a pool of sticky blood and being blown around by the sea breeze.

"They continued to chase the carriage transporting the statue." Cheng Mo whispered.

"What do you mean?" Li Rongxuan frowned.

"I mean, maybe they don't want us to take the statue away." Cheng Mo added coldly, "They are lizard children."

"FXXK, why didn't you tell me earlier!"

Magnus took the lead and ran towards the carriage transporting the statue, followed closely by Nicholas, and the others followed suitably.

However, it was already too late. At the intersection between the square and the town, a bloody light burst out. This light was not red, but an expanded semicircular light group filled with red blood mist. Under the light of the blood moon, it showed a sickly dark red color. This icy cold color that blends bright and dark is not in any color spectrum or spectrum, like a dark flame erupting from hell.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

One after another, several balls of blood exploded on the ground, as if analyzing an ominous fountain at midnight.

"SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!"

As Magnus cursed, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter, changed their expressions, and accelerated towards the location of the incident.

Cheng Mo was not in a hurry. He admired the magical realism of the "Land of Ancient Babylonian Ruins" and walked leisurely through the stone-paved square. Under the red light and the warm whale oil lamp, all the buildings were displaced, including the embankment made of boulders on the seaside, the houses made of white stones, the coolies running on the road, the soldiers holding spears and shields, and the broken pieces in the Waves on the rocks. The horse's neighing echoed in the sea breeze, like a sad note passing through the fog of history.

"That is eternal hatred. It lasts longer than love, and it is more inciting to the group."

He walked through the center of the square, where there was a fountain. There was no statue in the center of the fountain, just a huge circle. If viewed from a high altitude, the olive-shaped square is decorated into a giant one-eye. Not only the square, but also the lighthouse standing on the side is like an eye.

However, their shape is not so much the "All-Seeing Eye" as it is a combination of the "Eye of Horus" and the "All-Seeing Eye". The two can be said to have the same origin, but their meanings are different. The former is the Creator's eye that monitors human beings. It symbolizes the Creator's omnipotence and his ability to perceive everything in the world. The latter is the eye used by the sky god to distinguish good from evil and protect health and happiness.

And those in the ruins of ancient Babylon are of course the third type.

The third theory is that the "all-seeing eye" originated from Nebuchadnezzar (NIMROD). The name Nebuchadnezzar comes from the Hebrew word "MARAD," which means "rebel." The reason why Nebuchadnezzar was a rebel was because he was the one who built the Tower of Babel and organized all mankind to rebel against God.

The meaning of this eye is that Nebuchadnezzar will gaze at the whole earth with his all-seeing eye from the Tower of Babel, making all his subjects live in fear and panic.

Cheng Mo looked up at the "Tower of Babel" deep in the sky. The eye under the blood moon was exactly the same as the black hole. He seemed to hear a voice asking: "Which eye do you want?"

"Which one is it?"

Under the gaze of that eye, he walked to the exit of the square. Here was a three-way road, a narrow stone road to the right leading to the historic town, and a much wider stone road, which was where they came from. The road leads to the foot of Babel Tower. The tragedy happened at this intersection. The wheels on one side of the four carts were blown off and they fell to the ground. The statue holding a flute also leaned on the ground, like a giant lying on its side. The big "one-horned" horses pulling the cart in front all fell to the ground. Some were blown to pieces, and some were suppressed by the statues and could not get up. They raised their long necks and let out mournful screams. A thick layer of blood mixed with dust and mud spread towards the seaside. The lingering blood mist spread with the wind, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of rust. Several paper pinwheels covered with blood spots, like dandelions, hovered in the cold wind.

Nicholas and Rebecca stood in silence on the stone embankment a little higher than the road with gloomy faces, like a line of expressionless clay sculptures.

"I don't understand why." Rebecca wiped away the non-existent tears and said mentally and physically.

Cheng Mo knows why. When you are familiar with the history of the lizard people, you will know that when it comes to playing 'terrorism', those fanatical believers who fly planes into buildings are not even the younger brothers compared to the lizard people. . He is the real originator and master of terrorism. Speaking of which, the Lizardmen are really miserable and ruthless. There is basically hatred against the nations on this continent. Nebuchadnezzar, who captured Jerusalem, destroyed the temple, and caused the Lizardmen to roam everywhere, was one of the people the Lizardmen hated the most.

Li Rongxuan whispered: "Because the ancient Babylonians destroyed the Zuan Kingdom and imprisoned their king and elites, it was called the "Babylonian Captivity" in history."

"Rebecca, don't get too involved. This is just a place of ruins. It's not the same as history. It's just a game." Nicholas took a deep breath. "The most important thing for us right now is how to solve the problem." The statue was delivered to the entrance of the Tower of Babel.”

Jin Zhuji's face turned pale, "It seems that the carriage is gone in the guide. It seems that no one can complete the task of transporting the statue to the Tower of Babel?"

"Yes." Nicholas nodded, "Because the human tow truck not only consumes energy, but is also easily attacked by soldiers. Fortunately, we have tokens that can avoid being attacked by soldiers. This can reduce a lot of burden."

"Can we still find some horses?" Kim Joo-ki asked.

"It's definitely not a version that's not 'Blood Moon'." Nicholas said, "I can't be sure about the version that's not 'Blood Moon'."

"Maybe we can ask those soldiers." Li Rongxuan said, "Or it would be best to find Jared."

Jin Zhuji smiled bitterly, "Will Jared still pay attention to us?"

Rebecca whispered: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I'll go and think of a solution first." After saying that, she immediately turned into a shadow and pointed towards the guard captain who was standing not far away.

Jin Zhuji sighed, "If we can't find the horse, can we only drag the cart manually to the bottom of the Tower of Babel?" He asked again, "Can we destroy the statue here, and then talk to Instructor Vergo and the others?" Let’s meet up and walk outside the Tower of Babel?”

Nicholas said in a deep voice: "No, because we have not received the task of destroying the statue. If we destroy the statue, not only will we not be able to pass the sixty-sixth floor, but the passage of the Stations of the Cross will also not be opened." After a pause, he said, "If we can't find horses, we can only rely on manpower to drag the statue. This will test our energy reserves and recovery speed. Like me, one person drags the car at full speed. The advance can last for up to half an hour and a few minutes.”

Magnus and Jin Zhuji were surprised in unison: "The energy consumption is so high?"

Nicholas nodded, "Luckily we still have the token. Without the token, we would be in big trouble."

Jiabao, who had been silent until now, suddenly shouted: "We are in bigger trouble now than if we don't have the token."

Everyone looked at Jiabao.

Garbo said softly: "We can no longer contact Instructor Vergo and the others."

"What?" Magnus's features all came together, "Isn't it possible? It doesn't make sense!"

Several people opened the communication system one after another. Under the bloody moonlight, their faces became increasingly gloomy and heavy.

After a long silence, Magnus asked: "What do you mean they turned on the blocking mode?"

"What's the point of asking? You don't want to communicate with us." Jin Zhuji smiled bitterly, "They want to ambush us."

Magnus shook his head and said, "I don't understand. Is it necessary?"

"Remember what Jared said just now? Suspicions and misunderstandings between people can never be eliminated. The Tower of Babel was built by Nebuchadnezzar to eliminate misunderstandings between humans." Li Rongxuan said, "Although we know that we We can destroy the statue and walk outside with them, but they don’t know if our mission is to complete the restoration of the statue.”

Garbo, who looked pale, said: "In other words, we are not sure whether their mission is to destroy the statue and kill us."

"So this son-of-a-bitch 'Blood Moon' is still a place of ruins with a central idea?" Magnus grinned and said, "Is it possible that after we pass, we still have to do some understanding and analysis in order to get a high-level evaluation?"

Jin Zhuji laughed at himself and said: "The premise is that we can pass." He looked up at the Tower of Babel, "Actually, even if we can contact instructor Vergo, the hope of passing is very slim. There are only 34 hours left. If we go outside, we don’t have enough time.”

Several people looked at each other in silence.

In the dull atmosphere, a gust of cold wind blew away the heavy smell of blood, and Rebecca came back with a dull face. She stood beside Nicholas, waited for a few seconds, and then said angrily: "The car can be repaired, but it can't be repaired." A draft horse capable of dragging such a heavy statue."

"Then let's drag it ourselves! It's not a big problem. We work in pairs and take turns." Nicholas looked around half a circle and said, "If you have anything else to do, we'll talk about it on the road."