Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 2403 No. 23

"So, in the eyes of Wizard Nice, my soul is actually very fragile?" Authority Eye slowly turned his head and stared at Nice.

Because Angor's expression could not be seen through the authorized eyes, Nis couldn't tell whether Angor was speaking ironically with emotion or really asking.

Nice thought for a while and said, "Your soul has very special properties, and can even be immune to most soul attacks. But, can this special ability really be controlled by yourself?"

Angel remained silent, but the answer was obvious.

Nice briefly touched on the particularity of Angel's soul, and stopped talking. After all, this involves some secrets of Angor and even Magic Island.

"Your soul has great potential, and maybe it will become one of your foundations against enemies in the future, but before that, what you need to do is to study it, take care of it, and avoid being broken by someone who is proficient in soul when you are weak." Nice: "The soul arm may be able to escort your soul for a period of time."

Angel still didn't say a word, but his heart was slightly biased.

"So, when you go to the showroom on the third floor, don't just study the magic array, but choose one first." Kanter suggested.

Angel pondered: "Soul armament... still needs more in-depth research."

Although Angel did not directly agree, his reply has actually expressed his attitude.He didn't care about the soul armament before, but now that he wants to study it in depth, it means that he has also given up his mind.

Nice: "Of course, I must first study whether there are any disadvantages, otherwise I will not easily transplant. This is related to the soul."

Because it can be seen that Angel's requirements for soul armament are changing.Therefore, in the following journey, Nice and Kanter suggested to Angelkop some types of transplantable organs that would not enter the internal circulation and be replaced relatively easily.

After introducing them all the way, they followed the direction of the magic pattern and came to a double door.

"Is the sub-control node directly clear this time, don't you need to go through the corridor of death?" Nice looked at the door and said.

Angel shook his head: "The magic pattern points here, but it should not be the end of the sub-control node."

What Angel meant was that the sub-control node might still be in other places, but instead of going through the normal corridor, it would use this room as a transit to go to other places.

Nice nodded knowingly, he didn't push the door directly to go in, but turned to look at Reynolds: "Do you know what's inside?"

Reynolds seemed to recall something, his expression was a little ugly, and he opened his mouth after a long time: "Inside is...the medical center."

"Is there an agency?"

Reynolds: "No, just pull the door out and you can go in."

"There's no agency, it's still a medical center. Why do you have an ugly face?" Nice didn't understand. He shook his head and sighed, and opened the door directly.

After the door was opened, a large amount of white frost mist diffused out just like the showroom.

The cold breath penetrated into the nostrils and tingled slightly in the head.

After a long while, the frost and mist gradually dissipated. When everyone looked inside, they were all taken aback.

There are many people inside.

But none of them are living people, but dead people who are installed in nearly a hundred transparent glass columns and soaked in pure cold liquid.

These dead people were suspended in the cold liquid, and all of them maintained the state at the moment before they died.Some of them died in human bodies, but more of them were mutated in some parts of their bodies and turned into terrifying monsters.For example, some are covered with green mucus, some are covered with tentacles, some have swollen abdomens and blood spurting...etc. Just by looking at the abnormal appearance, ordinary people will probably be scared out of illness.

And these dead people soaked in the glass pillars have a common feature, they have X tattoos on the left side of their faces, and random numbers on the right side, some are hundreds, some are tens, and some are... ones.

Reynolds was standing next to a corpse with a single digit on the right side of his face.

Her number is X7, and she maintains a human shape as a whole, and she looks quite mature and gorgeous, at least in line with Nice's taste in choosing women.But she was cut off from the waist down and disappeared.

"...She is 'Yu'. When I was carrying out a mission to clean up the defectors with her, she died with the defectors, and I...survived. She was also brainwashed by the laboratory, but when she died She seemed to wake up, and told me that she was envious of my name, and that many people agree with the meaning of this name. She has a wish, and she also wants to have a name that can be recognized, even if it is only for a second."

"So, at the moment before she died, I named her 'Yu'. The meaning of this name is the flower spike that will wither before it blooms."

Reynolds lowered his head, seeming to be talking, or murmuring: "Because of this incident, I am very keen on naming my companions. Like the 'tooth' I met just now, 'Sickle', 'Rin' and the 'song' I mentioned before are all selected for them according to their characteristics..."

When Reynolds said this, he obviously paused. He might want to say: But, they don't seem to agree.

There are very few awakened subjects like 'Yu', maybe other people will awaken before death, but what's the use of this?
Everyone listened to Reynolds' narration. Although the stories he told were not ups and downs, nor as tragic as they imagined, they were as plain as the stories of supporting characters in a storybook.However, it made everyone understand something.

Why is Reynolds so obsessed with trying to eliminate the sequence marks of the soul body, that he is even willing to join forces with Nausicaa to break into the laboratory and steal data together?

Because what he wants to get back is himself.

This self is not just a name, but an "I" in a certain idealistic sense.

Only when he finds "I", can he truly abandon the past, embark on the road to the future, and find the freedom he yearns for... freedom.

For him, this is more important than everything else, even more than the value of life.

In this world, everyone has their own story, and the little people in the big era also have a past. This is Reynolds' past. Even if everyone can't empathize with Reynolds, at least they have begun to understand his beliefs.

Because of Reynolds' narration, the atmosphere was slightly silent.

It wasn't until a "click" sounded that everyone came back to their senses.

When Reynolds raised his head, he found that Nice, Kanter, and even the skeleton knight standing not far away were gone.

After taking a closer look, I found that Niss was moving quickly beside the glass pillars, while Kanter was standing in the distance doing nothing.

A few seconds later, Nice stood in front of a glass pillar.

Reynolds thought for a while and walked over.

"My lord, what happened?" Reynolds asked respectfully.

Nis pointed to the person floating in the glass pillar in front of him, and asked, "Who is he?"

Reynolds looked up and found a man with charred half of his body inside. At first glance, it was similar to other glass pillars around him, but if you look closely, you will find that the sequence of numbers on this man's face is similar to that of other glass pillars. different.

Everyone else has an X on the left and a number on the right.But his left face is 2 and his right face is 3.

"Serial number 23! How could it be him!" Reynolds: "He's here? Isn't he a doctor in the experimental center? Why did he die here?"

"Dead?" Nice sneered, "This guy is not dead."

After Nisi's voice fell, the man in front of him opened his eyes suddenly, and stared at Nisi firmly with his muddy brown eyes.

"This glass column cuts off the breath. I didn't notice it for a while. I thought it was full of dead people. But this guy made some noise before, otherwise it would be really difficult for us to find him."

What Nice said made Reynolds realize that the "click" sound just now was caused by No. 23?
"Huh, huh, huh, cough——" the man number 23 said, he seemed to want to laugh wildly to express his madness, but under the pouring of the cold liquid in the glass column, not only did the "haha" laughter turn into "哗哗" , was also choked.

After a while, he was relieved.

He learned to behave himself this time and stopped laughing, but the gloomy expression did not disappear: "Number 1, I didn't expect you to become a traitor too... You should be obediently presented to me just like the other goods... Here. This is where you belong."

Reynolds snorted: "It is you who is locked in the cage now, this is your home, not mine."

No. 23's shadowy eyes stared at Reynolds: "It won't be long, you will come in too..."

The words on the 23rd made Reynolds suddenly have a bad feeling: "What do you mean?"

No. 23 evoked an evil smile: "What do you mean? You'll know soon... Jie Jie Jie Jie vomit..."

Reynolds turned to look at Nice with a worried face, but Nice didn't speak, as if he was waiting for something.

After a few seconds, Kanter walked over from a distance.

Kanter didn't speak with the psychic belt, and said directly: "He should have activated a certain switch just now, and wanted to send a message to other people."

That "click" sound is the sound of the switch.

Now that he has been found out, No. 23 did not hide anything. He covered his coughing throat with a sore throat, resisting the discomfort and said, "Even if you know, it doesn't matter. Soon, the law enforcement sequence and the hunting sequence will come soon." , when the time comes, you guys will be finished, buzzing..."

"Is that so?" Nice sneered: "Unfortunately, your thoughts will be shattered soon. The law enforcement sequence should be your fighters. They all went to the lair. It seems that you don't know it yet. This also includes The three official wizards in your laboratory, by the way, No. 03 did not go, but he has been locked in the flame cage."

"As for the hunting sequence, those mechanical puppets who are not even qualified to tickle us, what can we do? Of course, if you have enough authority, you may still know the hunting sequence of the first 5 numbers. Unfortunately, their sub-control in the magic circle In the node, if it is not triggered, it will not appear actively."

What Niss said stunned No. 23. He didn't know if what Niss said was true, but Niss could even point out the position of the hunting sequence with the first 5 numbers. Perhaps it is more likely to be true?

No. 23 glared at Niss with cold eyes. He is a doctor and a researcher at the medical center. He doesn't know much about the wizarding world in the Southern Region, and he doesn't know Niss.But from the calm demeanor of the other party and the disrespectful words towards No. 03, we can know that the strength of the other party is not bad, maybe it can really be comparable to No. 03.

In other words, the other party may be an official wizard.

Thinking of this, No. 23's expression became even uglier, no matter what he said was true or not, but an official wizard broke into the laboratory, this is definitely not a small accident!

"It doesn't matter whether what you say is true or not, but even if they are not here, you will not be able to escape. The noble, great, and invincible existence is still sleeping. As long as you confirm your threat, he will wake up and use the power of divine power to wake up." Sanction you!"

On the 23rd, he spoke normally at first, but now he clearly smelled of madness, like a fanatic of an evil god.

However, his attitude came to an abrupt end in Kanter's words.

Kanter: "The button for you to transmit information is at your feet. It is associated with a broken magic pattern block. It will bypass all the glass columns and transmit it to the sub-control node through the white metal door behind. Then Use the feedback from the magic circle to let others notice this, right?"

No. 23 asked in a daze, "How do you know?"

Kanter smiled slightly: "Of course... I understand magic patterns. By the way, your information transmission has been cut off."

No. 23 shook his head violently: "This is impossible!"

Kanter shrugged indifferently: "There is nothing impossible in this world. If you don't believe it, you can continue to press the button under your feet and try."

No. 23 hesitated for a moment, and pressed the button under his feet according to what Kanter said, but it was exactly as Kanter said... There was no response.

"Now you understand your situation. Well, next, I will ask you to answer."

No. 23 wanted to refuse, but the pattern of the sun and the moon suddenly appeared in Kanter's eyes. No. 23 stared at this pattern, his eyes gradually became blurred, and he was about to be hypnotized.

But when No. 23's thinking gradually became rigid, he suddenly bit the tip of his tongue, and as the blood on the tip of his tongue filled the cold liquid, it seemed that some kind of switch had been activated. After a burst of red light, No. 23 screamed and lowered his head.

Everyone: "..."

Reynolds: "He appears to be dead."

Nice: "It doesn't seem to be, it is indeed dead. The symbol just now is the text of Quest's world... Forcibly breaking the hypnosis, but the price is death."

Kanter looked at the dead No. 23 and didn't say anything else. He just turned his head and took a deep look at Reynolds: "The brainwashing in your laboratory is quite deeply rooted in the hearts of the people."

No. 23 is obviously very sincere to the laboratory, even committing suicide forcibly, and is unwilling to disclose any information.

This made Kanter have some doubts.

Now that the brainwashing in this laboratory is so successful, can Reynolds really maintain his true self?
Of course, Kanter doesn't doubt Reynolds. At least from the current point of view, Reynolds doesn't have too many doubts, and there are no traces of brainwashing.

Kantor was thinking about something else: Why didn't the lab brainwash Reynolds?

This goes back to the previous question. The two consecutive ambushes were all aimed at Reynolds.

Reynolds obviously has some special status in the eyes of the high-level lab.

Nice also thought of this. He didn't say it out loud, but he had a thought in his heart. When negotiating with No. 03 before, Reynolds didn't show his face from the beginning to the end.If Reynolds appeared, maybe No. 03 would change to another way to deal with it instead of passively hiding in the core of the Mechanic.

However, whether it is good or bad for Reynolds to show his face is actually still unknown.But the current situation, at least in a controllable state.

While Nice was thinking this, Kanter hurried out.

"Let's quickly find the sub-control node on the third floor, otherwise we will lose control!" Kanter said quickly.

Nice was stunned: "Ah?" What do you mean?
Kanter: "The transmission of information is not so easy to be truncated. Just now I have suppressed the speed of information transmission according to what Angel said. But with my magic pattern level, this suppression will soon fail. I want to completely To solve the problem of information being transmitted to each layer, we must immediately find the sub-control node and go there to control the block of information transmission!"

Nice's heart skipped a beat. He naturally understood what Kanter meant. Once the information here is known to others, the consequences will be very serious!

Maybe the items in the showroom will be blocked, so his income will be gone!Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the people in the laboratory may disconnect the external corridors in order to catch the intruders. At that time, the third floor will become an isolated island without entrances and exits. Can't leave!Unless the magic circle is destroyed, how can such a super-large magic circle be so easily destroyed, and it is easy to be backlashed.

There is really only one way now, to quickly find the sub-control node and prevent the information from being transmitted!
(End of this chapter)