From the end of the world

Chapter 237: Impermanence Sword Helmet 1
Fu Feng glanced at me, and it seemed that not only Ma Zao and I, but even he noticed the mysterious contingency contained therein.

"What a coincidence..."

He frowned and murmured, "Could this also be Master Gua's plan..."

"Senior Fufeng, do you care about our Master?" Dong Che asked.

Fu Feng said cautiously, "Of course. Gua Tianshi is a person who can observe the past and the future, just like a real god. It is said that those who are noticed by him will fall into the web of fate he has woven himself until death - even until death, they are all in his calculations. How can I not care about such a coincidence now?"

Since the fortune teller can predict the future, he can naturally use clever calculations to guide reality to the situation he wants. Many seemingly coincidental events may be the result of such people's behind-the-scenes manipulation.

However, from the perspective of Ma Zao and I, the current coincidence is more likely to be the result of the unlucky star physique, and even the appearance of Dong Che is more inclined to this direction. Although it is impossible to deny the possibility that Gua Tianshi is behind the scenes, it seems that there is still a lack of clues in that regard.

Fu Feng seems to have a psychological shadow and is wary of Gua Tianshi's ability to manipulate fate. Or is it reasonable to be wary of that type of impermanence to this extent?

"Let's get back to the captured researcher. Dong Che, I think the 'suspiciousness' you mentioned should be more than just the coincidence of his appearance, right?" I asked.

"Yes!"

Dong Che nodded vigorously and answered honestly: "After I caught that researcher, I compared it with the wanted list of members of the Humanitarian Department in the Luoshan electronic archive, and found that he was suspected to be the right-hand man of Ying Lingyun, the 'Silver Mask', one of the highest decision-makers of the Humanitarian Department!"

Because the Zhu family had already uploaded the relevant information about Ying Lingyun, it seemed that everyone in Luoshan now knew that the silver mask of the Humanitarian Department was Ying Lingyun.

I noticed a detail: "Wait, you are talking about Ying Lingyun's right-hand man, not Dr. Silver Mask's...'possible clone'?"

"That's right, at least that's what it says on the wanted notice, and his appearance matches. Although he used magic props to disguise himself, I can see through his true face." Dong Che nodded, "This man should have a lot of top-secret information related to the Humanitarian Department and Ying Lingyun. I think it is necessary to interrogate him strictly."

Are there still such characters in the old base of the Humanitarian Division? It seems that I missed a lot of important things when I sneaked in there last time. It's like playing a virtual stealth game only once and missing a lot of collection elements.

Suddenly, the communication device that Fu Feng was carrying rang. He took it out and started talking to the person on the other side: "...Is this the prison area? What's going on? It's just right. You can bring the researcher from the Humanitarian Department that Dong Che captured last night to the interrogation room. I will personally...

"...Wait, what did you say?"

The person on the other end of the communication device seemed to be shouting something loudly, but no one knew what the specific content was. After Fu Feng heard it, he immediately made a surprised sound.

Almost at the same time, we heard the sound of explosions from afar. We immediately looked in that direction. At the corner of the passage, a silver-white "monster" appeared rampaging.

Looking closely, it was not a monster, but a "warrior" about two meters tall wearing airtight silver-white metal armor.

The metal armor was covered with spikes, not only on the shoulders, elbows, knees, but also on the chest and back. If you look closely, you will find that those spikes are actually sword tips, and the entire armor itself seems to be twisted and woven with a large number of sharp swords.

It was obvious that this person was not a member of the Fufeng base, but a hostile destroyer who came from nowhere. The other demon hunters standing in this passage cast a variety of spells to stop this violent armored warrior. Lightning, strong winds, impacts that were difficult to capture with the naked eye, colorful lights whose effects could not be distinguished... various forces swept over. Without even looking, I made the judgment that "all were invalid".

The demon hunters around him were at most at the living level, while the armored warrior emitted a level of mana fluctuations. To say that it was completely ineffective might be an exaggeration. Those spells seemed to have hindered his movements to a certain extent, but none of them could penetrate the armor's defense.

The armored warrior did not fight back, but simply resisted the spells around him, as if he was trying to escape from the pursuit.

Fu Feng put down the communication device, took a look at the chaos in the distance, and said expressionlessly: "The man captured by Dong Che, Researcher Dao Si, just escaped from the prison area. It seems that he secretly hid some powerful props and used that thing to break through the heavy defenses of the prison area."

Hearing him suddenly mention this, I understood what he meant: "You mean, this guy in armor is..."

Dong Che looked carefully at the distance, as if sensing something, and then made a judgment: "He is the researcher from the Humanitarian Department."

That berserker-like posture doesn't look like that of a "researcher" at all.

As he was speaking, the fugitive wearing heavy armor in the distance had already run out of the concentrated fire area.

Unfortunately, he was running towards us. Our section was probably the least tense in this passage.

Although I can easily subdue this fugitive, the owner of this territory is Fufeng after all, so it is better to let him subdue him. In fact, Fufeng seemed to have this intention as well, and he had already raised his hand.

Dong Che was also eager to try, so he took a step forward and said, "Senior Zhuang Cheng, Senior Fu Feng, I'll leave this to you..."

But before he could finish his words, another person who was also planning to take action, but without saying a word, took the lead.

This person was none other than Ma Zao. She summoned a phantom kukri out of thin air and moved forward without any delay. In the blink of an eye, she crossed a long distance and was about to collide with the fugitive in heavy armor.

I was very surprised. After all, this fugitive was a level 100, and in terms of pure strength, he was probably comparable to the monster maker in the past. A level 100 Ma couldn't even last a single round in front of him.

However, since Ma Zao took the initiative, it means that she has a chance of winning. At least I never thought that she would rush into battle without any confidence. And I also noticed another abnormality - at this moment, her movement speed far exceeded the peak value when she fought the Shadow Change Monster before.

The heavily-armored fugitive did not hesitate when he saw someone blocking his way. He quickly raised his hand armor, which seemed to be formed by countless twisted and woven swords, and was about to smash it down on Ma Zao's head.

Ma Zao then read out two words to the enemy.

"Do not move."

As the words rang out, the violent heavily-armored fugitive seemed to be hit by a spell, and even his forward momentum was abruptly stopped. However, Ma Zao's movements did not stop, and she slashed at the enemy with a phantom kukri.

The blade landed on the side of the heavily armored fugitive's torso, just like a giant hitting a sandbag with a stick with all his strength. The heavily armored fugitive was hit hard and slammed against the wall next to the passage.

If it was the wall of an ordinary building, it would be smashed through easily like tofu. I don't know what material the wall of the passage in Fufeng Base is made of, or what kind of strengthening process it has gone through, but this time it didn't break at all, only a huge dent appeared, and the cracks touched the ceiling and floor.

In addition, unfortunately, the opponent's armor was not directly torn by this slash, only the side part was slightly broken and cracked. And this seemed to help him break free from the state of petrification. He fell to the ground, and then, as if wanting revenge, he rushed towards Ma Zao murderously.

Ma Zao withdrew the phantom kukri in his right hand, turned around, and chanted the last "spell" at the same time -

"All phenomena are impermanent, and all phenomena that are tainted are suffering."

Then, the battle was over.

It took me two seconds to figure out what was going on. In the past, Mazao had used the power of regression to recreate the black mist vortex portal that had appeared in the "clinic" of the monster maker; and just now, she did the same thing, but what she recreated was not a portal, but her own slash.

At the moment she recited the spell, the "slash" that had been inflicted on the heavily armored fugitive appeared out of thin air again. And it did not just appear once, but at least a hundred times. It was as if countless invisible soldiers were swinging invisible blades around him. The heavily armored fugitive who wanted to attack Ma Zao from behind could no longer move forward. More than a hundred invisible slashes bombarded his entire body in an instant. The seemingly indestructible silver-white metal armor suddenly collapsed.

The slash not only destroyed the armor, but also penetrated the fugitive's flesh and bones, spurting out blood like juice. The fugitive, wearing prison uniform and in pieces, fell from the armor, fell to the ground with blood dripping, and became motionless.

Ma Zao looked towards Dong Che, and although her face showed no emotion, I felt as if she wanted to put her hands on her hips, as if to say, "How is it."

"Hey?" Dong Che was confused. "Did I do something?"

Ma Zao then looked at me, seemingly waiting for my reaction.

"Ma Zao, you have become so strong..." I cooperated and made an exclamation sound.

Ma Zao nodded modestly, with a faint happy expression on her face, and she seemed very satisfied with my reaction.

"Um... can I say something?" Fu Feng said tactfully, "Did the important source of intelligence get killed?"

Ma Zao was petrified instantly.

(End of this chapter)