Bu Tian Gang

After eating, Ivan was already waiting outside on time.

As soon as everyone got into the car, he couldn't wait to show an exaggerated and gossip expression: "I heard that you fought with the British and the French?"

He obviously has his own news channel, and he has already heard all the ins and outs. Seeing that Dong Zhi and others are too lazy to talk about it, he can talk happily on his own.

"Honestly speaking, we sometimes hate the British. They love to put on airs and look down on us. They always look superior all the time, but I really don't know what they can be proud of. They have been out for many years. There are not many decent demon hunters left! Last time a practitioner wanted to immigrate to the United States, but they were detained by them, it is simply too ridiculous!"

Seeing that the Winter Solstice and the others lacked interest, Aiwen finally stopped and touched his nose: "Isn't what I said funny?"

Liu Qingbo rolled his eyes: "Staying in that damn hotel, do you think we still have the energy to listen to you after a night?"

Aiwen laughed dryly: "I'm sorry, but that was not arranged by me. If I had the right to arrange accommodation, I would definitely not let you live there! But in fact, the accommodation for the exchange conferences in previous years was not much better. They can be put to the test in harsh environments."

The car quickly arrived at the venue.

Everyone lives in the same hotel, and the time of arrival will not differ too much. When they entered the venue during the winter solstice, the Americans and Russians had already arrived, and other teams also arrived after the winter solstice.

After the meeting started, according to the procedure, each team took turns to make regular speeches, reporting to each other about the situation of each country in the past two years. As the doors of each country opened, the world gradually became one. This kind of monster occasionally ran from one country to another. The situation is not uncommon, and it is against this background that the exchange conference was launched.

Winter Solstice took a glance, and found that the Frenchman George who was injured yesterday, and the British red-haired girl Grace who provoked them just now were gone. The former should be recovering from his injuries. It should be forced to stay in the hotel.

This is actually the best way, the winter solstice and the others are here to participate in the exchange competition, and they don't want to waste their time on irrelevant people.

The speeches were all written in advance, and when it was Dong Zhi's turn, Dong Zhi could just read the script directly, and everyone else was no exception.

There were no accidents in the meetings and exchanges in previous years. It was nothing more than chatting and arguing. Some became friends during the exchange, and some clamored and drew their swords against each other in the competition. But it doesn't necessarily have a mind that surpasses ordinary people.Ordinary people have the strong desire to win, and it may be even stronger for practitioners.

On the Chinese side, Dong Zhi and Liu Qingbo were the main speakers. They were already prepared to have a big fight with the British. After all, Grace in the British team hated them to the bone. People on her team must also see them as bad. pleasing to the eye.

But unexpectedly, with White here, the British regiment was calm and prosperous, and there was no trace of Grace's hatred for the Chinese before.On the contrary, the French team, headed by the team leader Gailan, is like a cockfight. Whenever Dongzhi or Liu Qingbo say something, they will always jump out and object, sneering, for fear that others will not know that they don't like Dongzhi and others.

When the winter solstice mentioned the Phantom Phantom clone, a person from the French regiment popped up and questioned: "Since it is the legendary Desire Demon King Bobeiye, how can even a clone be eradicated so easily? I seriously doubt you It's exaggerating!"

Liu Qingbo refused to give anything in front of him, so he replied directly: "If you believe in it, you can believe it, and if you don't believe it, you will be defeated! Also, your team leader is a brother who is the deputy director of the Guardianship Bureau to become the leader of the exchange team. People, a group of people led by such a group leader, what reliable news can everyone expect from you?"

This information was provided by Aiwen. It can be seen that the mentality of fearing that the world will not be chaotic is really shared by all human beings, regardless of race or race.

The head of the group, Gailan, changed his face and said angrily: "Please pay attention to your words! I was able to become the group leader because of my outstanding ability, and it has nothing to do with any position in my family!"

Liu Qingbo raised his eyebrows: "Really? Then you ask each of your team members, do they believe it? Even if they believe it, do everyone here believe it?"

Winter Solstice said: "Why don't we discuss the prank yesterday? I heard that besides us, there were two other teams that were victimized, right?"

"Every exchange conference has a welcome ceremony. This kind of joke is very common. It's rare for you country bumpkins. Besides, you have seriously hurt our companions, what else do you want!" Someone in the French group said.

Liu Qingbo rolled up his sleeves: "It's okay, I think I can still send you to the hospital to be his companion, what do you think?"

Dong Zhi got up and stopped him, and said hypocritically: "Forget it, we are civilized people, don't quarrel with barbarians like them."

France has been the center of European culture for a long time, only they discriminate against others, and they have never been called barbarians. Gailan and the others are furious at the moment.

The team that was teased by them yesterday, as well as some Americans who watched the excitement, also followed suit. The topic was successfully transferred from the demon avatar to the French. For a while, Gailan and the others became the target of public criticism, and they were besieged by all kinds of languages. Khan, finally had to bow his head and apologize, and explained that it was just a joke made by an individual in the team and could not represent the team.

However, it was too late, and everyone was aroused by their so-called "joke", and they all spoke sarcasm. The Russians directly turned yesterday's grievances into practical actions, fought with the French, and the free discussion escalated to Fighting and fighting, Liu Qingbo was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and he was still pulling the wrong hand from the side, the scene was not to mention chaotic.

With Winter Solstice and Liu Qingbo around, Li Haner, Liu Si and other people enjoyed watching the play, they didn't have to slap the table and stare at all, the opponent was already half dead from anger, even Zhang Song felt that Liu Qingbo's mouth was just useful for dealing with outsiders The land of martial arts, and the winter solstice, these two people sang together, it was almost like the rhythm to drive the Frenchman to death before the game.

But this exchange is not without good things, at least I met my old acquaintance Kenta in the winter solstice.

After the death of Master Xinchai, this big disciple of Xinchai naturally inherited the mantle of his master and attended the meeting with the heads-down masters in Southeast Asia. However, due to his qualifications, he is currently unable to serve as the head of the group.The head of the group is an old man, probably the oldest among all the practitioners present, but no one dares to underestimate him, because this old man is said to be the most famous white-robed head-down master in Malay, of course, he does not participate Competitive session.

When old friends reunited, it was inevitable to have a few more conversations. Kenta told Dongzhi that as the deputy team leader, he would lead the team in the competition. It's not about winning the championship, but it's mainly about gaining knowledge through experience. He also hopes that Dong Zhi and others can successfully defeat other teams and win the championship.

"I think you are the strongest among these people, and the people you lead are naturally the strongest. No one can beat you." Kenta said sincerely.

Dong Zhi had been with him for a while, and knew that this guy had a straight temper, he would say whatever he wanted, and he was definitely not a game of flattery, so he smiled wryly and said, "Although I'm glad you think highly of me, but this time the other teams are also very respectful." It is still unknown whether he can win the championship."

Kenta patted him on the shoulder and said frankly: "I said you can, and you can!"

The three-day meeting and exchange ended in an atmosphere of flying dogs and dogs. Americans complained that this was the most chaotic exchange meeting ever, but they thought it was quite good during the winter solstice. After all, they could argue with the French if they had something to do Quarreling, the other party can't win the fight, and the quarrel may not be too strong. It's quite interesting to watch them suffocate, especially at night, it will be more lively.

Ever since Li Han'er took care of a pervert, the evil spirits didn't dare to harass her anymore, and the rest of the room had Longhushan's exorcism amulet pasted on it, so they could sleep soundly; Somehow, the evil spirits didn't dare to go to that floor; the Japanese lived on the fourth floor, and onmyojis and priests were also good at dealing with evil spirits; the Americans seemed to use some kind of shielding interference device.

But people on other floors were not so lucky. For the next two days, they spent every night in the wonderful ups and downs of exorcism and exorcism, so that an Italian said that the next meeting will be held in southern Europe, and he will It is suggested that the organizing committee find the cemetery with the most evil spirits in all of Italy, and then pack all the Americans there, let them live there every day, and experience what it means to be lively.

The three days passed quickly in these small episodes. The Japanese were surprisingly low-key this time. They didn’t even take the initiative to find fault like the French, and they didn’t even have an overly high-profile performance. They existed like invisible people for three days. , if you don't pay close attention, you won't even find this team.But Dongzhi doesn't think they are friendly. In the competition, every team is a potential opponent, even the allied Americans.

On the last night of the meeting, everyone was called to the hotel conference room, where a middle-aged woman with blond hair and black-rimmed glasses was waiting for them.

"Good evening, everyone. You can call me Lisa. I am one of the staff members of the organizing committee. I have been assigned to explain to you the competition that will start tomorrow."

Lisa is not young, but she has a unique affinity when she smiles, and people can't help but listen carefully to what she says.

The organizing committee of the exchange conference is a cultural institution affiliated with the United Nations, and Lisa is also a member of the organizing committee.

Different from other international events, the exchange conference has no spectators, no applause, only practitioners from all over the world. Although it is a competition, it is very different from ordinary competitions, because what they are about to face is the other side of the fantasy and gorgeous world .

"Compared to all of you who are extraordinary, I'm just an ordinary civil servant who can't be more ordinary, so please be gentle, even if you like me or want to applaud me, don't suddenly throw a fireball at me, or Conjure a lion, and I'd be scared."

Everyone heard her opening remarks intended to reconcile the atmosphere, and they all laughed.

Lisa thoughtfully slowed down her speech so that the interpreter could get her words right through the earphones to everyone's ears.

"Tomorrow, you will be sent to an archipelago in the north of the Atlantic Ocean. The archipelago is called the Sun Luo Islands. It is shrouded in fog all year round, and it is difficult for outsiders to find it. But the Sun Luo Islands have very wonderful landscapes and creatures. Those of you who have been there Absolutely no regrets."

"However, since it is also the research base of Group 51, the organizers have placed a lot of things there in order to perfectly reflect the theme of the competition. Maybe you will be surprised or frightened."

"There are four islands in the Senluo Islands. Each island will arrange two to three teams. The landing locations are scattered, but for the sake of fairness, the islands are determined by lottery. Now, please come up and draw lots."

Lisa picked up the box next to it and motioned for everyone to reach in and take it.

The order of the lottery is sorted by the first letter. Even if it is not arranged in this way, the Americans who are the hosts are also eligible to be the first to draw.

Their group leader was a woman named Lilith. The other party took out a golden ball from the box, unscrewed the ball, and there was a note inside.

"I got Full Moon Island."

Lisa smiled and said, "Congratulations, that is an island with a beautiful name."

Lilith shrugged: "I hope our luck is as beautiful as it is."

After the winter solstice, the French got Princess Island.

The winter solstice draws Diana Island - the names of these islands are more and more dreamy, and the winter solstice once suspected that these names were all chosen by a 17-year-old girl.

Coincidentally, they did not share an island with the French, nor did they share an island with the Americans, but in the end they got an island with the Japanese instead.

Winter Solstice and the head of the Japanese team looked at each other, and they probably felt the same at that moment, that is, Encounter Road is narrow.

Lisa said: "For this competition, you need to get one item, the golden apple. It may be in any corner of the islands, in the sky or underground. After 20 days, the team that gets the golden apple will win. In addition, some people on the island There will also be special silver coins in creatures or specific places. If no one can get the golden apples after 20 days, then the top three will be determined by the number of silver coins each team gets. I say this, can you understand?"

Someone asked: "The archipelago is so big, how do you find a small golden apple? Isn't there any clue?"

Lisa shook her head: "I don't have any clues, but I promise, you have definitely experienced it, it depends on whether you pay attention or not."

Liu Qingbo said: "If the golden apples are hidden in the stomachs of monsters, we can't just cut open their stomachs every time we kill a monster, right? How much time would that be wasted?"

His words aroused the echo of many people.

Lisa thought for a while and said, "Okay then, let me give you a hint: the goddess shrouded in clouds and mist will eventually take off her mysterious veil."

Everyone: ... What kind of hint is this?

Seeing everyone's confused faces, Lisa couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't worry if you can't guess the reminder. Since the golden apple is the key to winning the championship, it must be in a conspicuous place so that you can all notice it." Don’t worry, we won’t throw the props into the sea and let you fish them!”

"What about the silver coins? Silver coins should give some clues, right?" Someone said dissatisfied.

Lisa refused to reveal more: "The number of silver coins is not one or two. Don't worry, you will always find them."

"There are any monsters or difficulties on the island, you can always tell, right?" Everyone asked the question, not letting go of any hints.

Lisa smiled embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I really want to tell you, but I don't know, but I heard that this year's difficulty will be greater than previous years, which means that this competition may be life-threatening."

Everyone's face was calm, and there was no unexpected reaction to this.

Originally, every competition session would kill people, the only difference is more or less, the appalling rules of the game in the mundane world are nothing to practitioners, those who are afraid of danger and dare not go all out will not sign up Well, the strong team is naturally more confident, and the weak team may not have a chance to win as long as they work together.

The winner won not only the reputation of the country or region in the end, everyone will also become famous in one fell swoop.For example, Kenta, whom Winter Solstice met, if they can win the championship this time, then after returning, Kenta will become a well-known head-down master, and he doesn't need to be crowned as a disciple of Xinchai to be known.

Fame and fortune are the intuitive benefits that exchange conferences can bring. Practitioners are also human beings. Their pursuits are different from ordinary people, but it does not mean that they don’t care about what ordinary people care about. Human nature is still connected in essence.

"There will be a considerable number of speedboats on the shore of each island. If it is really unbearable, you can take the nearest speedboat to leave. The speedboat has an automatic navigation system. You don't need to operate it. It will take you out of the archipelago area and return to the island. Until the ship that has been staying on the high seas to pick you up, it is safe there. But I want to remind you that as long as one person chooses to leave midway, then the team that person belongs to will automatically give up the right to participate, no matter No matter how much other people in the team have achieved, all the results will be considered invalid."

Lisa looked around and said solemnly: "I hope that you are all safe and sound, and I also hope that you can fully consider your teammates, because this game is not only your personal show, but also represents the honor of your team. Finally, Wish ya'll good luck!"

On the last night of staying at the Franklin Hotel, those troublesome evil spirits were finally wiped out a few nights ago, and everyone was quiet. However, it is unknown how many people could not sleep on the eve of the competition.

Dong Zhi picked up the phone before going to bed, opened the dialogue window with Long Shen, watched it for a few seconds, and then turned off the phone.

If there is no accident, the other party should already be in Japan now, I don't know if they have found Otowa Hatohiko's lair and killed them, Long Shen and the others must have used a disguised identity, so this number is also temporarily invalid, he sent a message No one will reply.

But Winter Solstice still sent a message: Master, everything is going well, and I will work hard.

After sending the message, he smiled slightly, as if he had strength in his heart.

In the early morning of the next day, the organizers sent people to pick up and drop everyone off to the airport, where they boarded a flight to the eastern United States, and then took a boat to their destination from there.

The one responsible for picking up Winter Solstice and the others was still the old face Ivan these days. He seemed to be worried that Winter Solstice and the others would never return. He was so angry that he had to send Carlos a brief email in the car.

"Honestly, Aiwen, are you sure we won't come back?"

Ai Wen smiled: "How could it be? In my mind, you are the strongest. Dong, you must bring back the golden apple. If I can be interviewed by Carlos, I will invite you to dinner to celebrate."

Winter Solstice: "As an American, you expect us to win?"

Ai Wen winked at him: "Of course, they didn't write me a recommendation letter!"

The winter solstice was speechless, and I said to my buddy, you are really sincere.

They took a plane for nearly ten hours, arrived in Norfolk from Los Angeles, and departed from Norfolk on a passenger ship to the legendary Senluo Islands.

Each team lacked the tit-for-tat or false response stories of the previous few days. As soon as they boarded the ship, everyone found their own cabins, recharged their batteries, and prepared for the competitive journey in the near future.

As if to carry through the Encounter Road to the end, the winter solstice and their cabins happened to be adjacent to the Japanese. This time, four people came from Japan, three men and one woman. They were the smallest and most low-key of all the teams. They lived together for several days. They haven't even had a face-to-face with the solstice until now.

The ordinary-looking young man walked towards him, and seemed surprised that Dongzhi lived next door to him. The two nodded to each other as a greeting, but they didn't say a word.

After the young man entered his room, Liu Qingbo also came to Dongzhi's room on his back foot.

"Few people came here this time. It doesn't look like they are going to win the championship. It's a bit strange. Could it be that they are coming for us?"

Winter Solstice said: "There is no evidence now, and it will be too late for the country to check their identities, but Fujikawa Aoi plays an important role in Japan's yin and yang world, and we have formed such a big relationship with him. It is also true that he sent some disciples and grandchildren to trip us up. normal."

Liu Qingbo curled his lips: "There are also the British and the Americans. The city government has a lot of scheming. The Americans say that they are allied with us, but in fact they must know more information than us!"

Winter Solstice: "It's impossible for us to reveal the truth to them. How can we expect them to give us their hearts and souls? No one is a fool, everyone just takes what they need. I think it's just the French who are a little bit stupid this time. Ghost spirits, Yang Shouyi and the others are all focused on the competition, let's pay more attention."

Although the room is small, it has all internal organs. It can be seen that it is trying to provide the guests with a comfortable environment as much as possible, but they can only sleep or read a book. It is impossible to practice swords in it. , being surrounded by people and having nothing to do, they simply practiced breathing and breathing on the bed with their legs crossed. Liu Qingbo and the others were also in a similar situation. Everyone tried to reduce the number of times they went out to eat. People don’t have much friendship at all, hypocritical and polite words are a waste of time, it’s better not to say it, secondly, no matter how big the passenger ship is, it’s still a ship after all, it’s not as comfortable as land, and there’s nothing to do except watch the sea.

The ship traveled across the vast sea, heaving on the waves, and after several hours, it finally sailed into the white fog ahead.

As soon as you enter the sea of ​​fog, your vision becomes blank and you can’t see anything. During the winter solstice, I heard from William, an American, that the fog that shrouds the archipelago seems to have magical powers, and it does not disperse all the year round. The enchantment is average, the magnetic field is very strong, and the radar is prone to failure. In the era without radar, countless ships were blinded by the thick fog and strayed into this area. As a result, they ran aground and sank.

After Team 51 discovered this place, they used it as a test base, but William himself only heard about it from his predecessors, and he himself had never been here.

Looking around, all the dangerous and unpredictable mysteries seem to be hidden behind the white mist, waiting for them to uncover.

The Changshou sword beside him vibrated slightly and made a slight buzzing sound. Dong Zhi noticed it and held it in his hand.

This is not the first time Changshoujian has had this kind of situation. There are only two times in the memory of the winter solstice. One is when we deal with Wuzhiqi under the Huai River, and the other time is when we go to Xianda Village to find the Heavenly Demon. , an extremely dangerous experience, and now the Changshou sword is shaking again, indicating that it has sensed the difficulty of the enemy ahead.

He held the sword tightly and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, if there is any difficulty, we will face it together."

Seemingly feeling the warmth and comfort from his master, Chang Shoujian gradually calmed down and returned to normal.

Anton, the Russian who was also staying in the room, was also looking up at the vast fog outside the window.

Suddenly, his eyes widened.

In the gray-white mist, there seemed to be a few wisps of black air mixed in. The black air slowly drifted away, and then slowly gathered together, more and more, finally converging into a group of black mist the size of a human head, which was particularly conspicuous in the white mist.

Anton stared blankly, he didn't feel anything strange from the cloud of black air, but smelled a sweet smell, which made him involuntarily relax his mind and body, staring at the cloud of black air, unable to look away.

The black mist was not blocked by the porthole, it seemed to have found Anton, and was gradually approaching him, and even penetrated through the porthole and entered the room where Anton was, like a plate of freshly baked strawberry muffins, spreading in front of him. Steaming and sweet.

Anton's eyes became a little blurred, but another voice in his mind was desperately preventing him from stretching out his hand towards the black mist.

"What are you?" he heard himself ask.

"I am you." Black Mist replied. "I am a part of you. I am what you want, and I am what you are afraid of."

Anton frowned, struggling and tangled on his face, and muttered to himself: "No, I don't need it, I smell killing from you, you leave quickly, or I will expel you..."

The struggle became more and more intense, sweat dripped from his forehead, Anton's chest rose and fell, he was panting unsteadily, he clenched and loosened his fists, repeated several times, and finally raised his hand slowly, stretched out a finger, and pointed towards The black mist hovering in mid-air approached.

"You need me, your timidity needs me to overcome, all your desires, I can satisfy, I will make you the most powerful person in the world, let everyone kneel and surrender at your feet, you are no longer That despised psychic is a deity who needs to be worshiped by others!"

The bewitching voice echoed in his ears, and Anton's fingers finally touched the black mist!

In an instant, he seemed to see fireworks exploding in his mind, directly blowing him dizzy, various scenes flashed by in front of his eyes, and it seemed that hundreds of people were talking in his ears at the same time, and he couldn't help covering his ears in various languages. Close your ears, moan and roll on the bed.

"I like your physique, and I like your weak willpower even more, especially, people like you who are always complaining and dissatisfied!"

In a trance, he heard a voice that did not belong to him, but that voice was indeed spoken by him.

Anton opened his eyes wide in horror, as if he had a clear mind but was being manipulated like a marionette involuntarily.

"This body is a bit weak, but forget it, it can only be like this temporarily."

Anton has typical Eastern Slavic characteristics, tall and pale. At the age of 40 or [-], he has not bald and is in good shape, which is very rare. He heard that someone disliked his poor health, but the voice still came from his own mouth, and he couldn't refute it at all.

"The new journey has just begun, Anton, from now on, I am you."

Do not……

Anton struggled desperately. He wanted to resist, and even used the last of his consciousness to curse out the worst words in the world, so that this lonely evil spirit that came out of nowhere would get out of his body. As a psychic, he He knew hundreds of ways to exorcise evil spirits, but that didn't include the situation that the demon was in his body right now.

Tuk Tuk Tuk!

There was a knock on the door outside.

It was just a momentary distraction, and all Anton's consciousness was swallowed by a bloody mouth.

His... body...

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After all the practitioners worked day and night, the hotel was finally cleaned up.

Fierce spirit A was biting a handkerchief at the corner not far from the hotel: Hey, I dare not go back.

Fierce Spirit B: Forget it, they are leaving. I heard that they are going to a very dangerous place this time, and there will be something more powerful than us to torment them.

Fierce Spirit C: I checked the Internet just now, and there is a good hotel nearby, do you want to go there?

Fierce Spirit A: No, I'll accept the bed. Forget it, I'll bear it any longer. These people are leaving today.

The evil spirit D came to report: They are leaving!Those plague gods are gone!

All the evil spirits cheered: To celebrate, let's go to the bar all night tonight, attach a few more people, and drink a few more glasses of wine!