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Chapter 368: Resistance and End [I]

Ten minutes later.

In the bright and spacious conference room, two figures, a man and a woman, knelt in front of Hu Qi.

These two people were Lu Shan and Lu Hong who were at the rotten leaves gathering place before.

At this moment, their expressions were filled with awe and a hint of nervousness.

"…We heard that you were here, so we came to look for you."

Lu Shan explained in a low voice, with her head lowered and an extremely respectful look, but she was secretly observing Hu Qi out of the corner of her eye.

Hu Qi still looks the same as before.

With his current strength in this world, he no longer needs to use the distorted light to disguise his body shape and appearance, which is why the two were able to find him.

He has white hair, blue eyes, and a tall and sturdy body. Compared with before, he doesn't seem to have changed much.

however.

The strong feeling of oppression on their bodies still made Lu Shan and Lu Hong's heart beat faster and their palms sweat.

After listening to their explanation, Hu Qi understood the reason.

After he left.

The three evolvers easily conquered the nearby black stone gathering place.

Afterwards, it lay dormant to increase its strength and gradually annexed several surrounding settlements.

In just three years, the original rotten leaf gathering place has expanded from a small gathering place to a medium-sized gathering place with tens of thousands of people.

Not long ago.

After accidentally seeing Hu Qi's photo when he came to the City of Dawn.

Only then did they learn that the lord of the City of Dawn was actually Hu Qi, and the two of them rushed over immediately.

As for Tong Chang, according to the two, he accidentally died in an attack by a wild beast.

However, seeing that Lu Shan had an unnatural look on her face when she said this, perhaps there was some hidden story behind this.

However, these three people were originally brought together by him just to test his hypothesis.

He doesn't care about life or death.

Also.

After three years, Lu Shan's faith was refined to the level of a mid-level believer.

And Lu Hong is still a junior believer.

It seems that the two still need to be influenced by their faith.

However, in comparison.

What Hu Qi cares more about is their strength.

Compared with before, the two have changed significantly.

It is not difficult to understand that Lu Hong reached the peak of the third level from the first level. Hu Qi stimulated the essence in his body, although it caused him to lose thirty years of life.

However, his physical qualities are far superior to those of ordinary people, so it is normal for his life level to be transformed at an accelerated pace.

But what Hu Qi didn't expect was Lu Shan, her strength actually surpassed Lu Hong and reached the early fourth level.

Although the aura she displayed showed that she had just broken through not long ago, it was still astonishing enough.

According to the normal improvement speed of ordinary evolvers in this world, it is normal to advance from level one to level two in five to ten years.

Only those who have awakened congenitally can be promoted to the second level within five years. Those with strong qualifications may be able to touch the threshold of the third level, but that's all.

But it is almost impossible to break through the fourth level.

Lu Shan's improvement speed has already surpassed those innately awakened evolvers, which is really abnormal.

Think about this.

Hu Qi's figure flashed and instantly appeared in front of Lu Shan.

His sudden action startled the two of them.

"My lord, you...you...?"

Hu Qi ignored him and put his hand directly on Lu Shan's head.

Feeling the warm and large palm on her head, a hint of unnaturalness flashed across Lu Shan's face.

Now that her strength has improved and she has reached the fourth level, the red mark on her face is still there, but it has faded a lot, leaving only a thin pink mark that is difficult to detect without careful observation.

The fading of the red marks made her already pretty face even more pretty and charming.

However, Hu Qi naturally had no intention of paying attention to these.

The moment his hand touched Lu Shan's head, a mental force flowed along the palm and penetrated into her body like a silk thread.

In an instant, everything going on inside Lu Shan's body appeared in Hu Qi's eyes.

"Well, I really didn't expect that there would be such a change?"

A strange look flashed in Hu Qi's eyes.

Then he withdrew his hand.

Lu Shan felt the warm hand above her head leave, and a faint reluctance welled up in her heart.

As if she realized the strangeness, she quickly put the feeling behind her.

After Hu Qi withdrew his hand, he did the same thing again and touched Lu Hong who was next to him.

Although Lu Hong didn't know what Hu Qi meant by this, he didn't dare to resist.

A few seconds later.

Hu Qi withdrew his hand and closed his eyes slightly.

Waited for a while.

He opened his eyes.

There was a flash of surprise and realization in his eyes.

Sure enough, the two things confirmed what he expected.

The reason why the two of them had such an astonishing improvement in strength was that the runes he transplanted into their bodies had undergone some unknown changes.

Hu Qi had already constructed and absorbed the runes in the bodies of the two people.

Moreover, with Hu Qi's memory, he had already memorized it, so there was no question of forgetting it.

But just checked.

The runes in the two people's bodies are now different from when they were transplanted. There are many more lines and they have become more complicated.

If I have to describe it.

The transplanted runes are like seeds and the human body is like the soil. After the runes enter the body, they will begin to grow over time.

It’s just that the degree of growth progress varies from person to person.

Like Lu Hong, the growth of runes is about one-fifth.

Although the runes in the body have changed, they cannot compare with Lu Shan.

Lu Shan has reached three-fifths of the goal.

Perhaps, this is the reason why the two people's progress in cultivation is different.

The more complex the rune, the faster the evolver's cultivation speed.

but.

What Hu Qi cared about was not this, but that the grown runes were different from the original runes and could increase the completeness of his unknown runes.

perhaps.

He can increase the number of evolvers through artificial intervention.

Thereby improving the completeness of the unknown talisman.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face.

He looked at the two of them and said.

"Very good, you two really lived up to my expectations. I have something I need you to do."

A few minutes later, I watched the two of them leave.

The smile on Hu Qi's face gradually faded, and his expression returned to calm.

……

The sky became increasingly gloomy, and fine raindrops fell like silver threads, continuously.

The City of Dawn is located in a corner near the outer city.

The air was filled with a damp smell mixed with a hint of rottenness.

At this time, at an intersection.

A group of ragged and dirty people were holding worn-out bowls, standing in an untidy line, quietly waiting to receive porridge.

However, most of the people queuing are the elderly, the weak, women and children.

The rest are people with limb disabilities.

"Hey, I'm talking about you! Why are you here, young as you are, to join in the fun and collect relief porridge?"

Suddenly, a stern reprimand broke the silence at the scene.

Immediately afterwards, a young man with disheveled hair was suddenly pulled out from the crowd by a tall and strong guard, like a chick.

"Sir, please spare my life! I will never dare to do it again!"

The man begged for mercy in a crying voice.

It was not until then that everyone was able to see his appearance clearly.

Although his messy hair covered most of his face, judging from his voice, he was no more than 20 or 30 years old.

"Get out! Don't let me see you again!"

The guard looked disgusted and threw the man out.

The man rolled on the ground several times, felt dizzy and cried out in pain.

But when he met the guard's eyes that were as cold as a frozen pond.

He woke up instantly, stood up, and fled in panic.

After dealing with all of this, the guard's hawk-like sharp eyes swept over everyone present.

Everyone lowered their heads unconsciously, not daring to look him in the eye.

“I remind you once again: Anyone who is over 16 years old and under 60 years old and has healthy limbs should not come to receive relief porridge in the hope of gaining something for nothing.

There are many job opportunities in the city. Everyone can earn points through work and exchange the points for food.

If such people are found to be illegally collecting emergency food again, they will be severely punished and their legs will be broken! "

Feel the coldness emanating from the guard.

Everyone lowered their heads in silence.

soon.

The team is reduced.

Basically everyone gets their own food.

However, after receiving the food, these people did not leave in a hurry, but found a place to sit nearby.

There are guards here. Once you leave, you will easily be robbed by those who are unwilling to work and idle.

Even though the City of Dawn has complete laws and patrol guards, it is still unable to completely stop this kind of behavior from happening.

……

"Brother Hao, that city lord is a really good person. There was no such good thing in the Maple Forest Gathering Area before."

The person who spoke was a little girl wearing light yellow clothes and with loose hair.

Her little face was dirty. She was eating food from the bowl in big mouthfuls, while looking vaguely at the thin boy beside her.

Meng Hao wanted to say something after hearing this.

However, when he saw someone passing by, he just nodded.

"Yes."

while speaking.

He looked at the food in the bowl.

It was just a bowl of porridge with some vegetable leaves and small pieces of meat sprinkled on it.

To be honest, the food in the bowl was not very filling.

But this ensured that people like them did not starve to death.

But he didn't want to keep living like this, relying on others for charity. He wanted more.

Think of this.

His gaze turned to the tall evolver guards and the bustling interior of the City of Dawn in the distance.

"If I could become an evolver, maybe my parents and my elder brother wouldn't have died!"

Meng Hao’s eyes were numb.

There was a gloomy look on his face that was completely different from that of a man of his age.

"Unfortunately, I can't even gather the most basic materials for the awakening ceremony..."

He sighed inwardly.

Most of the fifth-level wild gods in this world have been dealt with by the city lord.

But wild beasts of levels one to four still exist.

For ordinary evolvers and survivors.

The world outside Dawn City is still dangerous.

Ordinary people can still barely deal with a first-level wild beast.

After the second stage, only heavy weapons can be used.

However, this kind of heavy weapon is usually only installed on the inner and outer walls of the gathering place, and ordinary people cannot carry it at all.

If you want to deal with wild beasts, you still need to rely on evolvers.

But it is not so easy for ordinary people to awaken.

The method of the awakening ceremony has been made public long after the establishment of the City of Dawn.

Anyone who has the ability can give it a try.

pity.

For an orphan like him, if there was no subsidy from the City of Dawn.

Just wanting to survive is a problem.

How is it possible to have the ability to capture wild beasts for the awakening ceremony?
Perhaps the only hope is to wait until I grow up a little bit, and then go out to find wild beasts and fight them.

suddenly.

Just as he was deep in thought.

The girl on the side pulled his clothes.

"What happened to Xiaomo?"

He just asked.

Then I saw the girl pointing forward.

"Brother Hao, there are so many people over there..."

Look in the direction the other person is pointing.

Sure enough, there was already a large crowd gathered at the street corner ahead.

He is no stranger to that position.

It seems to be a place usually used to post notices.

Thinking of this, he drank the porridge in the bowl in a few mouthfuls, then stood up and walked over with the girl.

At this moment, a guard in iron armor was standing in the middle of the crowd.

A notice was posted on the bulletin board nearby.

However, most people are illiterate and do not understand its meaning.

I could only beg the guard to explain.

In this regard.

The guard on the side did not refuse.

He glanced at everyone.

He spoke.

“You are so lucky to have obeyed the orders of the great city lord.

Now we need to recruit 10,000 people to carry out a new awakening ceremony.

Once you succeed, you can become an Evolver! Moreover, all the wild beasts needed for awakening will be provided by the City of Dawn!"

The guard's words were like a bombshell, instantly causing a huge stir among the crowd.

"My Lord, I am willing to participate!"

"Count me in, there's me!"

……

Everyone shouted impatiently, their voices rising one after another.

Becoming an evolver means having no worries about food and clothing and enjoying a respected status. Who can resist such a good thing?
"Quiet!"

The guard snorted coldly, and the sound was like a bolt from the blue, exploding in everyone's ears.

Many people were shaken so much that they almost collapsed to the ground, and the scene fell silent in an instant.

“This is not something you can participate in just because you want to.

Listen carefully, this recruitment is only open to healthy people between the ages of twelve and twenty-five, and the younger the age, the more priority will be given. "

Speaking of which.

He paused.

He glanced at the crowd and saw that it was not as noisy as before, and nodded with satisfaction.

Then, he pointed to one side and said:

"If you meet the requirements, go over there and sign up."

I saw that there was an awning over there at some point, under the awning there was a table, and behind the table sat a man wearing glasses.

It looks like it is specially registered for people.

Everyone listened.

Suddenly, the enthusiasm on most people's faces faded, replaced by disappointment and loneliness.

Obviously, they don't meet the age requirement.

However, there were still a small number of people who ran over to sign up.

Meng Hao is one of them.

He knew this was the best opportunity.

Once you miss it, there will be no place to cry.

As someone who had once migrated from a medium-sized settlement, he knew well the horrors of the wilderness outside.

His family died in the wilderness.

This is when there is a dedicated evolver leading the way.

Therefore, he actually had no hope that he could hunt a wild beast with his own ability and gather all the materials for the awakening ceremony.

And now that the City of Dawn offers the wild beasts to help awaken, it is naturally impossible for him to refuse.

Although this so-called new awakening ceremony has never been heard of, there are dangers in the awakening process.

But this is nothing compared to the huge temptation of becoming an evolver.

(End of this chapter)