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Chapter 520 The Curtain Opens
The moon and the stars were obscured by hazy clouds, and the vast hall was illuminated by brilliant lights.

Busy staff come and go, filling the round table with sumptuous food.

Among them are many local delicacies of Jordan, famous dishes of the Tia Empire, and dishes of Middle Earth.

The gray-haired man sat in front of the dining table, raised his hand to look at the mechanical arm inlaid with gems on his wrist, and turned his head to look at the bright moon just covered by clouds and mist outside the window.

The time passes by minute by second in the rotation of the pointer.

The staff were still filling the table with dishes. They walked neatly and moved in unison. With such frequent walking, the sound of footsteps was so soft that it was almost invisible, and no one said a word.

An eerie silence enveloped the brightly lit hall, only the sound of the clock ticking.

It seems that time is also blurred in this silence.

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I don't know how long this silence lasted until a shrill siren covered the entire hall.

An old-fashioned train drove into this wide hall abruptly, startling the surrounding staff back.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the front of the train opened, and a young man with black-rimmed glasses jumped out from behind the door.

The train behind him didn't stop at all, and plunged into the void of chaos again.

He Ao tidied up his clothes and walked to the sumptuous dining table.

"Mr. Hao Yi, you are here."

The gray-haired man raised his head, looked at He Ao, with a smile on his face, and said in Middle dialect, "Let me introduce myself, my name is Rhodes, and I am the general manager of Moonlight in Jordan, codenamed 'Secret Explorer'. "

"Mr. Rhodes, it seems that you have done a lot of homework."

He Ao glanced at the meals on the table, saw those classic Middle-earth dishes, and smiled softly.

In fact, many people in the Western Earth and the Tia Empire are not used to authentic Chinese dishes, and many dishes have undergone localized changes.

As a result, many Chinese dishes that are famous in the West have never been heard in China.

At the moment, what Rhodes puts on the table are all authentic Middle-earth dishes, and there are no weird things that are only popular in the West.

Of course, He Ao is not only referring to these Middle-earth dishes, but also the space above his head.

Moonlight's Ruodan headquarters is a pointed tower like a castle, and at this moment, the space above the first floor of this tower has been sealed off, as if deliberately guarding against the breakthrough of the Verola.

"Since Mr. Hao Yi appears in the world as a Middle-earth person, he must have some special feelings for the Middle-earth, and some small thoughts. Of course, some extraordinary props that are not worth mentioning are also used in this."

Rhodes smiled, and then he looked up at the staff who were still serving food in an orderly manner, "It's still early, so some dishes haven't been served yet, if Mr. Hao Yi doesn't mind, we can chat while eating, I heard that the cooperation between China and Turkey is finalized at the dinner table."

Props that can block space are not small props.

The "Missing Person Notice" issued by Moonlight, the agreed time is nine o'clock, but it is less than eight o'clock now.

He Ao's advance time seems to be somewhat beyond Rhodes' expectation.

"So Mr. Rhodes came to me, what do you want to cooperate with me?"

He Ao did not sit on the chair, but leaned on the back of the chair and looked at Rhodes with a smile.

"Mr. Hao Yi, you must already know." Rhodes still smiled, "The channel of the ruins will be opened in Ellen City, which is a very important thing for all major organizations in the world. I think Mr. Hao Yi also came here for this matter."

He paused, "Generally speaking, the relic passages belong to the local forces, but Jordan is in the border area, closer to the headquarters of World Tree than to the headquarters of Moonlight, it is not peaceful, and we do not have the strength to fully control it this passage."

Speaking of this, he smiled, "And as you know, Moonlight had a little friction with the research institute before, which resulted in damage to the cutting-edge combat power. At present, the headquarters does not have the energy to take care of us,"

He stared at He Ao, "So we now need the 'support' of a strong person, as a partner, we can give you one-third of the final quota for entering the ruins.

"And what Mr. Hao Yi needs to do is to help us in the event of a B-level end.

"Of course, we have also taken your personal preference into consideration, Mr. Hao Yi. You don't have to worry about conflicts with the research institute. According to the research institute's long-standing strategy, they will not intervene in things that are too far away from China, so we The probability will not meet the B-level of the research institute."

"Of course, this is the condition we set out," Rhodes looked at with a smile. "If Mr. Hao Yi has other requirements, you can also mention them. I believe that we will finally get a solution that both parties are satisfied with."

The conditions offered by Rhodes are actually extremely generous.

The two B-levels of World Tree, Ruo Deer was seriously injured, and they should be still recuperating at this time. As long as He Ao came forward to be the moonlight platform, then World Tree would not send B-levels to come head-to-head.

And as long as they don't tear their skins apart, the superficial allies of World Tree and Moonlight are still there, and Li Ming will not dare to act rashly, and will easily be flanked by World Tree and He Ao.

From the standpoint of Moonlight, abandoning the previous suspicions and seeking He Ao's cooperation is a matter of no harm.

After all, the Moonlight Headquarters only lost a B-rank, and at this time it was completely incapable of crossing the sea to support Ruo Dan.

When the B-level appeared in this competition, Yueguang, who was dominant in Ruo Dan, was actually the most disadvantaged one.

Moonlight's original plan should be to rely on the superficial peace with World Tree, and the two will share this relic passage without sending out B-level.

But with the appearance of He Ao, the situation was different for Grade B.

What Rhodes said about giving He Ao one-third of the quota should actually be to divide the quota of this passage into three parts, one for Moonlight, one for World Tree, and one for He Ao.

This is the best way to unite everyone and form a community of interests, and it is also the way to ensure that Moonlight will not be kicked out.

Of course, if He Ao really gets involved, World Tree may not be able to get one-third of the quota. With the B-level and the control of Ruo Dan, Moonlight has already formed a clear advantage, so it doesn't matter. Care about the world tree.

And from Moonlight's point of view, Rhodes should have also considered the relationship between 'Hao Yi' and the research institute, and wooing He Ao also eased the relationship with the research institute to a certain extent.

Give up part of the interests to ensure your status as a 'cake sharer'.

For Moonlight, it was indeed an ingenious solution.

If the one who proposes cooperation is really Moonlight,
"I only have one question, is it Moonlight or the one I'm working with?"

He Ao looked at Rhodes, holding the back of the chair with his hand, smiling, and paused for a while, "The mysterious shadow?"

Rhodes' complexion changed slightly, he looked at He Ao, and said with a soft smile, "Mr. Hao Yi, what does this mean?"

"In fact, until last night, I always thought that the puppeteer was the leader of the mysterious shadow primitive sect, and his performance seemed to be in line with this conjecture."

He Ao lowered his head and glanced at the wine glass on the table, "Miss Rose, the puppeteer's deputy, has become the main force of spreading pollution, and the entire World Tree Rhodes branch has become a hotbed of pollution, which is easily reminiscent of World Tree The Jordan branch is where the mysterious shadow primitive sect is located, and the puppeteer is the leader of this primitive sect."

The staff member next to him with a decanter came over and poured half a glass of red wine into his glass. At this moment, his hands shook, and some red wine spilled on the table.

The staff member took out a towel and wanted to wipe off the drinks, but He Ao stopped him.
"no need."

Howo blocked the staff, then continued to look at Rhodes,
"But I found a footprint in the Jordan branch of the World Tree. It is extremely slight and hidden in the dark shadows. If I hadn't observed a little more carefully, I might not have found this footprint."

He Ao put his fingers into the red wine scattered on the table,
"This footprint came from a powerful C-level. His control of strength is almost perfect. Obviously, he came to World Tree to 'provoke' or 'demonstrate'. At that time, this footprint made me curious, who will come to the world Tree branch demonstrations? And during this recent period?"

He Ao's fingers started to swipe on the table, the red wine left traces on the white table,

"The most important thing is that this footprint is very new. I don't know if it appeared before or after the pollution of the Jordan branch of the World Tree.

"However, some doubts surfaced in my heart at that time. This doubt reached its highest level when I was fighting the puppeteer, because I didn't see one of my 'old acquaintances' from the performance of the puppeteer. trace.

"According to the ability of my 'acquaintance', it is impossible for him to find the Jordan branch of the World Tree, and it is impossible for him to be unable to determine who the leader of the primitive sect is. I thought that what was waiting for me was an ambush, but nothing happened. No.

"That's when I realized there might be something missing in my analysis."

He Ao finished drawing a triangle on the table, looked up at Rhodes, and continued, "After that, I thought of an interesting thing, 'Gade'.

"When I killed Rose, the puppeteer gave up the body of the puppet Gade in order to protect himself, and this body fell into the hands of 'Moonlight', and he retrieved the body intact afterwards body.

"All this seems reasonable at first glance, but how does the puppeteer know that the moonlight is coming soon? You know, he gave up his body at the beginning of the battle, before your people even appeared in my field of vision.

"And why can he be so confident that the moonlight will not damage Gade's body, or directly dissect Gade, and he can get the body back smoothly?"

"Of course." Having said this, He Ao smiled, "You gave a perfect explanation, 'the ghost appeared in the moonlight', and then you blocked the headquarters of Ruodan in the moonlight in the name of ghost Chane."

"With the help of the inner ghost, it is reasonable for the puppeteer to complete these things. All of this is so logical, and there is no flaw in it,"

He Ao lowered his head, dipped his fingers in a little red wine again, and continued to draw on the white tabletop,
"But just this morning, I went again to the places where 'murder cases' once occurred, and then I found that some of the crime scenes still had contaminated minion monsters active, and their behavior was very orderly , seems to be perfecting a certain ritual.

"In this world, extraordinary people don't have the concept of the exact gods, so they don't know that gods generally don't control polluted servant monsters. Only the gods' agents in the world can control these servants. That is, the leader of the primitive church.

"And there is also a small knowledge of occultism, the bottom line of strength that can completely accept the oracle, most of the time is 'B-level', although the puppeteer has gained the power to control B-level, but he has not really been promoted to B-level , His own soul strength is not high enough.

"In other words, he is not enough to bear the oracle of the mysterious shadow.

"So, on the night when the power of the mysterious shadow descended and the Rhodean branch of the World Tree was polluted, there was another extraordinary person present. This extraordinary person was the strongest existence there at that time. Similarly, he also obtained the mysterious shadow With the most 'gifts', he can smoothly advance to the B rank, and then be able to accept the oracle."

He Ao's fingers made the last stroke, and a symbol with a triangle at the top and a cross at the bottom was completed on the table, and there seemed to be an invisible force in the air converging towards it, making this symbol emit a faint gleam.

Howe looked up and smiled at Rhodes,
"Although the Ruodan branch of the World Tree is well hidden, it is not difficult to find it for a transcendent who has the ability to explore the unknown. Am I right? Mr. Mystery Explorer, or, "

He paused slightly, "Mr. Pope?"

Rhodes' face was slightly stiff.

In fact, only based on the above, He Ao did not completely confirm the identity of Rhodes, so he showed the portrait of Rhodes to the two thieves rescued from the World Tree Branch, and finally confirmed the identity of Rhodes .

Of course, he was able to save the two thieves because he caught the puppeteer by surprise, otherwise the puppeteer would never have left him alive.

The special symbol in front of He Ao exudes a glimmer of light. This is the emblem that was once engraved on Lyanna's brow. He Ao estimated that this is a mystical symbol pointing to the mysterious shadow, so he drew this symbol here.

The glow of this symbol means that the power of the gods is so strong around that anything that points to the gods will get a feedback.

At the same time, twisted and crazy ravings flooded He Ao's mind.

For ordinary extraordinary people, in this kind of place, this symbol cannot be scribbled, and it is easy to be polluted if it is drawn.

As for mental resistance, He Ao still has a little, so he doesn't worry about it.

"Sorry, Mr. Hao Yi, I don't know much about the mysterious shadow, the World Tree branch, and the knowledge of mysticism that you are talking about."

After a very short silence, Rhodes smiled in surprise, as if he was shocked by what He Ao said just now, and couldn't understand what He Ao said at all.

"Then, it doesn't matter if I destroy the ceremony that your body built on the top floor?"

Ho smiled.

Rhodes finally had an obvious expression change on his face. He stood up slowly and said with a smile, "As the 'boss' said, you are indeed a difficult opponent, and your knowledge far exceeds that of this world. everyone."

At this moment, his body collapsed into a pitch-black shadow, and his cold voice echoed throughout the hall, "So, please stay here forever."

The staff who had been standing around turned their eyes to He Ao at the same time, their eyes were cold, like mechanical puppets.

Rhodes recalled the members of Moonlight to the Moonlight headquarters not for the purpose of finding Neigui, but for assimilating all Moonlight's superhumans.

These people may have been implanted with contaminated seeds by Rhodes long ago, allowing the seeds to take root in their bodies.

It's just that Rhodes temporarily allowed them to maintain their own sanity, so that they can behave like normal people and not be noticed.

As the person in charge of Moonlight, Rhodes himself is the biggest ghost.

Thinking about it this way, before Rhodes sent the other two C-levels of Moonlight to besiege He Ao's body, I am afraid that he wanted to use the hands of He Ao, a researcher, to weaken the combat effectiveness of these two C-levels, so as to better pollute .

It's just that he didn't expect that these two C-levels would be cut off directly.

And the two C-levels newly sent by Moonlight are probably too strong and the time is too short. He can only pollute one, so he sent the other one out to investigate the World Tree.

When the mysterious shadow descends, that C-level may end up with a dead end.

It has to be said that the mysterious shadow picked the right time and polluted the city's top transcendent in one fell swoop.

The three extraordinary organizations in Ellen City, Moonlight, World Tree, Dawn or the 'boss' faction in Dawn.

Both Moonlight and World Tree are polluted, and the 'boss' doesn't care about the life or death of the city at all.

And here is too far away from Middle Earth, the research institute can't get involved at all.

This was originally a dead end with no obstacles at all.

Mysterious shadows will descend upon the countless corpses of the city.

He Ao raised his hand and tried to summon the Verola, but there was no response from the surrounding space.

A powerful force blocked the space, making it impossible for the Verola to break through the space and enter the building.

However, this situation was also expected by He Ao.

Since Rhodes has a way to block the upper layers, he naturally has a way to block the lower layer.

Of course, what he relied on should not be any extraordinary props, but the power of the mysterious shadow.

In fact, He Ao didn't know where the core location of Rhodes' arrangement ceremony was. Most of his last words were 'deceived' Rhodes.

And the basis for his speculation is that since Rhodes has sealed off the upper floors, there is a high probability that the core location of the ceremony is on the upper floors, most likely on the top floor with the longest path from the ground.

So he directly stated his guess and 'cheat' Rhodes.

Of course, Rhodes can have such a big reaction, based on He Ao's previous rigorous foreshadowing.

All his analysis just now, how to discover clues step by step, and determine Rhodes' identity step by step, has established an image of seeing everything in Rhodes' mind.

That's why when He Ao said that Rhodes' body was constructing the ceremony on the top floor, and he guessed right, Rhodes lost his composure and started to do it directly.

If you really want to take the time to investigate the location where Rhodes held the ceremony, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time, and it may arouse Rhodes' vigilance.

But now, He Ao didn't have so much time.

So he had to venture into this building, use some language skills plus observation and analysis, to defraud the real location.

It's a pity that Rhodes' image here is just a shadow, otherwise he could directly put a mark on Rhodes.

Next, go up to the top floor to find Rhodes' body that held the ceremony.

But to go up to the top floor, you have to break through something.

The bright lights shattered in an instant, and the staff standing in the hall were distorted into indescribable shadows in an instant.

Silent darkness enveloped everything, and chaotic murmurs exploded in He Ao's mind.

If you want to get information quickly, you need to pay some price.

For example, take the initiative to step into the trap that Rhodes set for him.

A terrifying and trembling atmosphere filled the entire hall, and the ground seemed to be wriggling.

He Ao slowly pulled out the Shadowless Sword pinned to his waist.

　power outage, later
　
(End of this chapter)