Infinity: Our Zhongzhou team is really amazing!

Chapter 317 The Newcomer is about to be sacrificed to heaven
The world situation is sliding towards the abyss along the pre-deduced trajectory.

Under the shadow of the High Heaven, the Dark Lord Sauron assembled a dark army that covered the sky and the sun.

The Haradrim's war elephants crushed the riverbed, the wolf riders of the Eastern Barbarians rolled up a dust storm, the tall bodies of the Uruks were wrapped in blessed armor, the cultists were chanting blasphemous poems, and the evil dragon swarms covered the sky.
The dark tide of Mordor's army has reached the southern outskirts of Lake-town, and the Doomsday Clock has begun to count down.

clang!
The bronze bell on the spire of the Lonely Mountain Palace emitted a cry of metal about to tear.

Dwarf craftsmen operated the steampunk crane and slowly lowered two twenty-ton composite armored doors.

Dwarves in safety helmets operated giant gantry cranes, their sweaty beards stuck to the blueprints. They were using four steam-powered robotic arms to ram the ice prisms made by the captain of the Arctic Team into the city wall.

"The damn steam core is overheating again!" Gunnier froze the smoking transmission shaft with his bare hands and watched the modified turret of the Nanyan team being hoisted onto the city wall.

As the down-and-out captain climbed up and down the steel structure, the cold air formed comical icicles on his trouser legs. He muttered to himself as he worked, "The Zhongzhou team must be kidding me! They're talking about preparing for battle together."

The Zhongzhou team used Astartes transformation technology, the Nanyan team used steampunk technology, and the Beibing team used...
Gungnir, who had no technical experience, could only use the ice and snow environment of Lonely Mountain to create sharp ice spikes on the city wall.

"Damn, damn."

"I must accumulate more skills in the future!!"

"I must find a reliable wise man in the future!!"

"Zhongzhou team, feel free to order me around!"

"Who made me a useless captain who can't even protect his teammates?"

In the past few days, the whereabouts of the members of the Zhongzhou team have been mysterious, and no one knows what they are busy with.

Gunnier, Neos and Hofer, who were attached to the Zhongzhou team, had to work like hard labor, 24 hours a day, to supervise various tasks for them in order to demonstrate their worth.

Neos was smart and had professional skills, so he took Hoffer with him to build steam devices, steam cannons, steam cranes, and steam pressure hammers.

With the addition of dwarven craftsmen and Astartes labor, Lonely Mountain entered the steampunk era within a few days.

But people like Gunnier who have no special skills can only do the work of a contractor, running back and forth between various construction sites, working as a plasterer and civil engineer.

The Zhongzhou team members that Gunnir was talking about gathered in the command room on the city wall, where the holographic sand table mapped the entire structure of the Lonely Mountain fortifications.

Chu Xuan's artificial intelligence Zhang Xiaoxue was reporting on the progress of various projects. The entire Solitary Mountain and the area within a hundred miles were presented in detail on the holographic map.

The Zhongzhou team members were clearly not as relaxed as Gunnier. They gathered together, their faces solemn, and the atmosphere was so oppressive it was suffocating.

Zhang Jie, Zhan Lan and Wang Xia had just returned from gathering intelligence outside Lonely Mountain.

Nine days have passed, and there has been no response from Zheng Zha and Zhuang Boshi.

Their two teams disappeared without a trace, as if they were silently swallowed by the dark abyss.

Quantum communication and mental connection fell into silence, with only the frightening busy tone coming from them.

"We still can't find them." Zhang Jie's face was solemn, and his tone was filled with worry that was hard to conceal.

"Zhan Lan and I used our mental powers to scan the Misty Mountains, but we didn't find any trace of Zheng Zha and Cheng Xiao."

"Along with Gandalf and the goblin reinforcements, they all disappeared."

Zhan Lan also looked unhappy. He said helplessly, "We approached Lothlorien, where a strange mist filled the air. It gave me a terrifying and oppressive feeling. As you warned, we did not go in."

"How could that be? They are at the fourth level!" Saito was a little nervous, his voice trembling slightly.

"This matter is very strange. Why did they disappear at the same time, and at the moment when Mordor was about to attack us?" Lingdian frowned and looked at Chu Xuan with a serious expression.

He has a clear understanding of his own abilities. He believes that no one except Chu Xuan can solve the difficulties encountered by Zheng Zha and Zhuang Boshi.

And Chu Xuan must have some estimation of their situation.

Now that I think about it, Chu Xuan’s decision to split up the team when he first entered the Lord of the Rings was a bit too hasty.

"Don't worry, this is part of the plan." Chu Xuan pushed his glasses, and a cold light flashed in his eyes behind the lenses.

The Supreme Heaven's men finally couldn't help but take action, which was something he had anticipated. He had initially split up his forces into several groups, with the intention of testing them.

If they hadn't done it themselves, it would have been impossible to trap the two fourth-level warriors who had overcome their inner demons.

But from another perspective, the two fourth-level strongmen also successfully restrained the two evil gods, which also reduced the pressure on Gushan.

Chu Xuan looked towards the south. There were dark clouds, and the army of Mordor was like a group of ferocious beasts with bared fangs and claws, revealing their bright red fangs.

“Those things couldn’t help but strike.”

"That's a good thing."

"But...will we be able to defend this place?" Saito Yi was still a little worried. Without Zhuang Boshi and Zheng Zha, he felt a lot less confident.

Especially without Zhuang Boshi's support, he felt quite lost and at a loss as to what to do.

Fortunately, Chu Xuan is still here. If Chu Xuan is gone...
Saito shuddered.

Chu Xuan said bluntly: "You must understand that our main mission is to sever the connection between the Supreme Heaven and the world of Arda, not to defend the Lonely Mountain!"

"The Lonely Mountain was never a fortress we had to defend, but a battlefield we chose."

After hearing Chu Xuan's words, everyone fell silent for a moment.

clang!
The second tone of the bell rang out, and the surface of the bronze bell on the palace spire was covered with blood vessel-like cracks.

Perhaps due to age and decay, the bell's sound, which should have been heavy and distant, now revealed a harsh and sharp sound, like the strange cry of some bird.

Chu Xuan looked at the big clock that was constantly shaking on the spire of the palace, and a fleeting smile appeared on his face.

Chaos was indeed as arrogant and confident as expected.

Through the window, Liu Ziqing, a newcomer to the Zhongzhou team, saw many stones larger than houses being transported outside the city by huge steam equipment.

Gululu.

The wheels had left two deep ruts on the street, which intersected with each other, like the crawling tracks of some huge monster.

Staring at the traces, Liu Ziqing couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"It's really too noisy." He stopped observing, shook his head, and closed the window.

Fortunately, the windows have good sound insulation, which blocks out a lot of the rumbling sounds of the renovation work in the city, but the bells from the inner city are still very clear.

Liu Ziqing shook his head and sat down on the rattan chair, looking at Li Wen who was quietly eating a piece of compressed bread.

"Li Wen, you are still eating this?" As the only two newcomers in this session, it is no surprise that the two of them started to form a group.

To be more precise, it was Liu Ziqing who took the initiative to find Li Wen to join forces.

This is understandable. It is human nature to stick together in an unfamiliar environment, especially when all the senior people are busy and have no time to pay attention to them.

"Isn't it tasted okay?" Li Wen said contentedly, gnawing on it gracefully like a little hamster.

"Okay, okay, you are so easy to satisfy. Don't be so naive after entering society. You will be easily deceived." Liu Ziqing pretended to be helpless.

Then he naturally put his hand on Li Wen's shoulder and patted her gently.

Although this girl cannot be compared with other goddesses of the Zhongzhou team, she is also a very pretty girl in the real world.

It's his thing.

"But it's not good to eat this all the time. What if you upset your stomach?" he said with great concern.

"Hey, I'll ask the captain for you later to see if there is any richer food. We are different from them. We don't have such strong physiques." Liu Ziqing gently pinched Li Wen's shoulder, then withdrew his hand very naturally.

As a veteran in the workplace, Liu Ziqing knows very well how to deceive such young girls who are not very worldly-wise.

You just need to put in a little thought, show some intentional concern, and add some sweet words, and you will definitely win her over.

Unfortunately, now is not the time.

The pale red sunset seeped in through the cracks in the stone window, cutting broken spots of light on the faded tapestry.

Liu Ziqing walked to the table and poured a glass into the wine glass with the wine jug.

The blood-red liquid slowly flowed down the wall of the cup.

"Would you like a drink?" He looked at Li Wen.

"It is said that this is the dwarves' fine wine from three hundred years ago."

Li Wen shook her head: "I don't drink."

"It's a good habit, but this is good wine. You can't drink it in reality." Liu Ziqing said with a smile, shaking the silver goblet, and the red wine formed a red velvet curtain on the wall of the goblet.

This was the tenth day of his survival in the Middle Ages. His body, full of urban diseases, began to get used to the primitive life without the Internet and all the conveniences of modern society, but he could not get rid of his thirst for desire.

He is a person who likes to enjoy beautiful scenery, fine wine, delicious food, and beautiful women. He pursues all the beautiful things in the world.

As a playboy with no face and no money, he relies on his extraordinary ability to read people's expressions and his flattering words to move around among the girls and is also a frequent visitor to nightclubs.

Now that I think about it, they were all vulgar people.

He took a sip of the sour wine. The curves of the elven beauty under the leather armor that he had encountered by chance during the day were now twisting before his eyes under the catalysis of alcohol.

His fingers unconsciously stroked the relief on the rim of the cup. It was the emblem of the Turin family, but the contours of the surface made him fantasize.

"I really should have brought a Polaroid camera, those beauties." He chuckled into the void, his Adam's apple rolling as he swallowed the last half of his presumptuous fantasy. The walking fairies of the Zhongzhou team, each glance enough to put so-called stars to shame, his heart racing at the first sight.

But when he caught a glimpse of Zheng Zha's hands crushing granite like foam, all his fantasies turned into cold sweat.

From then on, he didn't dare to look at her any more and never overstepped the boundaries.

He has been cautious all his life and is very good at adjusting himself to his situation.

In school, he knows how to build good relationships with top students and class teachers, and in the company, he gets along well with the leadership.

Because Liu Ziqing knew from a young age who could control his destiny.

Especially in this dangerous world, he needs the protection and tolerance of the seniors.

The effect was quite good. Since he was deliberately keeping a low profile, the senior person did not continue to test him.

After arriving at Lonely Mountain, the seniors settled them in their residence but did not let them participate in the mission.

Liu Ziqing was puzzled but also happy about it.

After all, this place was full of man-eating monsters. The fear of being approached by the terrifying invisible monster for the first time in the cave and having his head almost bitten by its sharp teeth still lingered in his heart.

He couldn't help but feel a sense of fear and worry. This world is very dangerous and one must be wary of the temptations of certain beings.

If there is anything, it is best to report to the senior person.

The bronze candlestick suddenly burst into a spark, which made the blood in his pupils surge.

The wine brought a rusty aftertaste at the back of the tongue, and in a trance, the elf girl's leather armor was turning into liquid and flowing, revealing her perfect curves.

Then, the worry and fear slowly subsided.

"Tsk tsk tsk." He let out a meaningless humming sound, and the wine-red mist in his eyes slowly expanded.

He closed his eyes and drank the remaining wine, letting the imagined pure white soft hand caress his knees and explore upwards slowly and gently.

The dangers are faced by experienced people, and this world may be very exciting.

I heard from senior people that the Lord God also has the ability to create humans. What kind of woman should I create? It’s really exciting.

[Congratulations, lucky guy, you found the blue item: Wine of Desire]

[Reward: Mage's Hand]

what!
Liu Ziqing's hand shook and the red wine in the silver cup spilled on him.

Li Wen, who was chewing compressed bread, looked up and glanced at him, then continued to study the four ways to eat bread.

He hurriedly placed the wine glass on the table, cold sweat soaking the lining. The veterans said that those contaminated by Chaos would hear inexplicable whispers.

"It's a hallucination. It must be a hallucination." He pinched his knuckles until they turned white.

The first thing he thought of was whether he was also affected by chaos.

He should have shouted loudly, should have asked Li Wen beside him for help, and should have gone directly to the senior person and told everything honestly.

But he hesitated.

is this real.

Would you like to give it a try?

Then a large amount of inexplicable knowledge poured into his mind, and he suddenly found a strange energy appearing in his mind.

The copper wine jug on the corner of the table suddenly moved horizontally nine centimeters and stopped precisely on the edge of the table.

This distance was just right so that the shadow of the spout pointed towards him.

"Ha!" He squeezed a short laugh from his throat, digging his nails deep into his palms.

The stinging pain in my palm was incredibly real, and the dark blue runes swirling in my head couldn't be explained by drunkenness.

"Hahahaha" He suddenly laughed softly and looked at his hands.

But then, an expression of struggle appeared on Liu Ziqing's face. He was not a fledgling college student.

As an adult who has worked hard in society and is able to gain a foothold in a first-tier city, he never believed that he could gain strength by drinking a sip of wine.

The more generous you are, the more invisible pitfalls you will encounter.

There must be a ghost here!
However, the power is real and he can feel it.

This world is not as warm and loving as it seems, and the Zhongzhou team is not a utopia.

Only by mastering the power can you control your own destiny!
The instincts he had developed in the workplace at the age of 30 began to run at high speed. When the financial director handed him the shady contract last year, he also calmly weighed the pros and cons.

Risk also means opportunity!

How to choose!
At this moment, the cold voice appeared in his mind again.

[Go to the city wall, record the city defense layout, and reward spell: Eye of Prescience]

Liu Ziqing was stunned, then sneered.

Hahaha, there is such an eager person behind the scenes. Does he think I am a fool?

The more you act like this, the more problems you have.

It seems that these things are nothing more than that, obvious traps and rhetoric full of loopholes.

He couldn't help but murmur with pride, and then a spark of thought suddenly burst out in his cerebral cortex.

Now that I have mastered the first spell, I will go for a walk around the city wall later. After obtaining the second ability, the third task will be triggered. If I don’t complete it, I will immediately find a senior person to state my problem.

Wouldn't that help me get rid of those who are watching me and improve my status in the eyes of those senior people?

And you can get two abilities for free, and even if there are problems with the abilities, just don't use them.

Kill three birds with one stone!
Just one more time, and I'll be satisfied if I gain just one more ability!
Doesn’t the storybook say that the devil who trades with people will only come to take the trader’s soul on the third time?
Isn’t this what those programmers call a card bug!
I'm a genius!

But he didn't understand one thing: what defeats human will is never stupidity, but greed.

Liu Ziqing stood up, ignored Li Wen's strange look, and walked out the door.

But Liu Ziqing did not notice during this process. A blue feather fell on him and penetrated deep into his body, causing a flash of blue in his eyes.

Similarly, a blue feather landed on Li Wen beside him, and after entering——

Stone sinks into the sea.

Li Wen didn't react at all, but just shrank back in fear.

clang--

When the fourth bell rang and tore the eardrum, the tip of Liu Ziqing's leather shoes was already touching a shriveled corpse.

The old man's cloudy pupils reflected the firelight from the city wall, and his wrinkled neck was twisted at a strange angle.

When it was pushed just now, the sound of the old body breaking bones was as light as the cracking of an eggshell.

[Illusion Technique Unlocked]

He squatted down and wiped the blood from the old man's mouth and nose with his sleeve.

This action stained the dial of the Lord's Watch with blood, and time was beating in the blood drops like a countdown.

"It was an accident. It was a complete accident."

Liu Ziqing's Adam's apple moved up and down, not because it was his first time killing someone, but because he was worried about being blamed and punished by the seniors.

After he completed the task of recording the city's defense layout, the voice in his head rewarded him with the Eye of Foresight and issued the third task as expected.

Kill any human in the city to gain a powerful illusion spell.

But he didn't want to kill anyone, he just wanted to hand the matter over to the senior person as soon as possible.

But the old man stopped him at the foot of the city wall, and was about to die, and begged him for deliverance.

Liu Ziqing felt that things were becoming increasingly strange, and he refused to agree. During the scuffle, the old man fell to the ground and died.

"hehe."

"It turns out that a human life is very valuable." Liu Ziqing said to himself.

He looked up at the city wall, where the senior members of the Zhongzhou team were, but he was a little hesitant.

He didn't know what consequences would await him after he was honest.

Will the seniors really help me as expected?
Or, consider yourself as bait?
He wasn't sure about the future.

He thought of the skill he gained from the second mission, the Eye of Prescience, which could briefly predict the future within three minutes.

Otherwise, give it a try.

Let’s see what the future will be like.

(End of this chapter)