The owner of the Ninth Ruins was a generous old man.
At least, that was what Tang Ling knew.
Although the puppet that was given as a gift didn't have much offensive power, its powerful resistance to attacks was amazing.
One thing worth noting was that Tang Ling's weapons were grade B alloy. He had to use his full strength and the grade B alloy dagger to cause some actual damage to the puppets, but it would not affect their movements.
The puppets were scarier than zombies.
Tang Ling calculated with his Precise Instinct. If the grade B alloy dagger was not damaged, he would need at least five minutes to destroy one of the puppets.
It was a terrifying number.
First of all, the grade B alloy dagger would be damaged during the process of attacking the puppets.
Moreover, Ro Li could control the puppets, so the puppets would not just stand there and wait for him to attack them.
Therefore, in a real battle, Tang Ling would need at least 15 minutes to destroy a single puppet with his current combat strength.
If all the puppets swarmed him, he would not be a match for them.
With that in mind, how could the old man not be generous? A dozen puppets were more powerful than an elite warrior battalion of the Hope Barrier.
Tang Ling was referring to the elite warrior battalion that was fully armed according to the establishment of Safety Sector No. 17. The battalion consisted of 300 soldiers.
"So, we can finally catch a breather." Ro Xin pushed the door at the end of the corridor open.
A slightly dazzling ray of sunlight shone in. When the door was pushed open, it was indeed the backyard of the house.
It was strange because the balcony on the second floor led to the backyard.
"Bro, is it hard for you to control the puppets?" The three of them stood in the backyard. After deciphering the second layer of the formation, they could go to most of the places in the Ninth Ruins.
"It's not hard at all." Ro Li was delighted.
Ro Xin rolled her eyes at him. Tang Ling, on the other hand, thought Ro Li should be delighted. When Ro Yan mentioned Ro Li's talent back then, Tang Ling could not understand what kind of talent it was.
A sixth sense? A mutated spirit? Or soul power? Judging from the description, it should be soul power, but it must be built on the foundation of a person having a soul.
Tang Ling did not know that the talent that Tang Feng valued was that simple.
"Ro Li, how does it feel to control these puppets?" Tang Ling could not help but ask. Maybe it could help him understand Ro Li's talent.
"Yeah, it's like a dozen of me. Do you know what it feels like?" Ro Li did not try to hide the feeling, so he shared it with Tang Ling.
That was amazing. A doppelganger? Furthermore, it was such a powerful clone! Tang Ling was a little envious.
Could it be that this blockhead's combat power had suddenly become stronger than his?
"Is it difficult to control a dozen at once? Will it cost you anything? "Tang Ling asked again.
This was a very important reference for his next plan.
"It's not difficult, but I can feel that my limit is controlling thirty puppets. Also, after controlling it for more than five minutes, I feel a little dizzy. "As Ro Li spoke, he scratched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly.
If he could control it without limit, he would be even stronger than a Purple Moon Warrior.
"If that's the case, this is what we'll do next." Tang Ling stretched his body and started to explain his plan.
**
The Ninth Ruins.
There were two major formations. The second formation was hidden in the center of the first formation.
The first formation had a total of three levels of access. Deciphering one of them would allow one to go deeper into the Ninth Ruins.
Three days had passed since then.
Whether it was Tang Ling's group or the Stardust Council, all of them had deciphered the second formation.
Then, a battle began in the Ninth Ruins.
It was a strange battle. Throughout the battle, Tang Ling's group did not show their faces. All they saw were monsters in cloaks.
The attacks of these monsters were very powerful. At least to the soldiers led by Draconic Seven, they were extremely powerful.
Each of their punches could deliver one to two bulls of force.
If that was all, it would not be a big deal. The key was that the monsters did not know fatigue and their resistance to attacks was terrifyingly high. The firearms that the soldiers brought with them could not do much damage to the monsters.
However, once the monsters got close to the soldiers, they could easily kill a dozen of them.
The only ones who could fight the monsters were Draconic Seven and a few of his elite subordinates.
However, the monsters were very cunning. They never appeared in groups and always split into several groups.
Harassing the Stardust Council's troops back and forth exhausted Draconic Seven and his men.
They did not even pursue the results of the battle. Whenever there was a possibility of being captured, they would retreat and disperse into different alleys.
The battle lasted for almost two and a half days. Draconic Seven's troops had lost more than a hundred men, but he did not capture a single one of the monsters.
On the contrary, the frequent appearance of the monsters made the soldiers anxious. No one knew what they were and their hearts were filled with fear.
"Hmph, let's stop searching." Tang Ling opened the blinds a little and looked outside with a cold grin on his face as he said calmly, "What are you waiting for?
He knew it was only a matter of time before Draconic Seven deciphered the second formation.
What was the first thing he would do after that? He would definitely search for the three of them.
Tang Ling never thought that the puppets would be able to stop Draconic Seven and his entire army.
However, this kind of harassment tactic could disrupt their search and make Draconic Seven hesitant to search the entire town on a large scale.
Moreover, he could order Ro Li to use the puppets to harass Collow's team, which meant that Draconic Seven and his men, who could fight the puppets, would have to protect Collow's team.
The common soldiers would not be able to stop the puppets.
Without the protection of Draconic Seven and his men, the common soldiers would not dare to come out and search. Their morale was already in chaos.
It seemed like Tang Ling's method was very effective.
On the fourth morning, Draconic Seven gave up on searching for Tang Ling and his men. He gathered all his men and occupied the biggest building in the town, the government office, to defend it.
"Do we need to go there and kill a few more of them?" Ro Li's eyes were filled with excitement. The two and a half days of battle made him feel like he was a god as he killed more than a hundred of the enemy's troops.
"No need. We have to race against time." Tang Ling rubbed his swollen forehead and said to Ro Li, "Didn't you notice that your puppets consume energy to move?"
Inside the office was a naked puppet that Tang Ling and Ro Xin purposely kept for research.
It turned out that on the thin body of the puppet, there was a small cover that could be opened at the part that corresponded to the human heart.
After the cover was opened, the complicated internal structure of the puppet could be seen. It had some mechanical craftsmanship from the old civilization and some mysterious technology that complemented each other to form the internal structure of the puppet.
What was this mysterious technology? Tang Ling and Ro Xin could not name it either. All they knew was that it was a key part of the puppet's structure. It was the key technology that allowed the puppet to move freely like a human.
It was a crystal that looked like a rune symbol and was installed at the joints of the puppet.
More importantly, these puppets also had hearts. They were rhombus-shaped, and there was a small Universal Source Stone embedded in the heart. This Universal Source Stone was the energy source for these puppets to move.
After two and a half days of battle, Tang Ling noticed that the Universal Source Rock had dimmed a little. He used his Precise Instinct to calculate that the small Universal Source Rock could only support the puppet for 10 days at most.
It meant that the puppets were machines that burned money. The Universal Source Rock was a precious energy source.
"They can self-destruct. If they run out of energy, I can detonate two of them. I'll make sure that Draconic Seven … "After controlling the puppets for two days, Ro Li had a deeper understanding of the puppets.
He clenched his fists tightly. Whenever he mentioned Draconic Seven, his eyes were filled with rage.
Tang Ling tapped Ro Li's shoulder and said, "If it's not necessary, don't waste these puppets. You should know that the materials that make them are the most precious. "
As he spoke, Tang Ling walked to the naked puppet and skillfully removed its limbs from its joints. He adjusted the angle and opened the small door at the heart. He then pressed the two buttons behind the door.
The puppet's head automatically shrunk into its body and four slots appeared on its bamboo-like body, which fit the four limbs. After the four limbs were in place, the puppet's body shrunk and became thinner.
After a series of changes, the puppet became a stick that was half the length of a man and as thick as an arm.
The stick was sturdy and could be used as a weapon in times of emergency. More importantly, it was easy to carry and light. Ro Li was a burly man, so carrying a dozen sticks on his back was not a problem at all.
Tang Ling wanted Ro Li to take the puppets away so that he could gain a foothold in Darkness Port in the future.
How could Tang Ling bear to let Ro Xin self-destruct two of the puppets? It would be a waste of resources!
As for the Universal Source Rock, after he deciphered the last layer of the formation, he should be able to find a big one!
Then, he could think of a way to take some away.
With that in mind, Tang Ling turned around and looked at Ro Xin. She was still busy calculating the formation that even three generations of the Ro family had failed to decipher. Now that it was handed over to Ro Xin alone and time was of the essence, she was under tremendous pressure.
Fortunately, Tang Ling was there. He was a genius in formations, even though he said it was related to his talent.
Ro Xin still could not understand what kind of talent was related to formations.
"How much longer do you need?" Tang Ling squatted down and asked.
"As long as you can compare the last three sets of symbols, I'll be able to pinpoint the starting point of the third formation. But I have a bad feeling about it. "Ro Xin looked up and leaned against the wall to rest.
Calculating for such a long time exhausted her.
Tang Ling took the three sets of symbols from Ro Xin and started to compare them quickly. With his current understanding of formations, he no longer had to blindly copy the symbols. Instead, he could add in his own deductions to speed up the process.
Ro Li opened the blinds.
The morning light that never changed shone into the room. There was a big lawn, neat roads, red roofs, and white wooden walls. There was a church in the center and a small square. It was a typical western town.
At this moment, the town was so peaceful and peaceful. The people who were walking around the town made it so lively.
However, the troops of the Stardust Council were afraid of the people. After being harassed by the puppets for a few days, many of the soldiers believed that the people were ghosts.
With that thought in mind, Ro Li could not help but feel funny. He leaned against the window and started to snore.
Tang Ling finally wrote down the result on the paper and passed it to Ro Xin. "Now that I've done the comparison, I can pinpoint the starting point of the third formation. It's hard for me to believe this result though. "
He rubbed the swollen spot between his brows and pointed at a spot on the complete formation map.
Ro Xin opened her eyes and looked at the spot with a bitter smile. "As expected, this is the result I didn't want to see."
The spot that Tang Ling pointed at was in the middle of a small square in the town.
The square was simple with a few big trees, a few benches, and a stone tablet.
The starting point was actually that stone tablet.
It was a very common stone tablet with a square pillar and a sharp tip. No one knew what it represented.
However, the simpler the starting point, the stranger it was and the harder it was to decipher.
It was because it did not have a path or a specific direction. Most importantly, if they were to break the formation, it would mean that they would have to face the Stardust Council directly.
There was nowhere to hide.
"What should we do?" Ro Xin looked at Tang Ling.
"Since we've come this far, we have to decipher the third formation." Tang Ling stood up and inhaled deeply.
In the past three days, he had been learning about formations and Ro Xin had explained a lot to him, so he made up his mind.
"If we're racing against time, I'll decipher this formation. Do you trust me? "Tang Ling looked at her. He could not explain his Precise Instinct to her in detail.
As a matter of fact, with his Precise Instinct, he might not be as good as Ro Xin when it came to setting up formations, but he was faster than her when it came to deciphering formations.
He did not even have the heart to tell her that a few hours ago, he had already figured out where the starting point of the third formation was.
However, in order to protect Ro Xin's strong pride and to familiarize herself with the notes of the third generation of the Ro family, he kept it to himself. He also wanted to clear the formation in his mind.
"Are you confident?" Ro Xin asked seriously.
"Around 40%. More importantly, if I can decipher it, it'll be faster. "Tang Ling was not joking at all.
"Great, I'll leave it to you," Ro Xin agreed.
However, everyone knew that the next step would be the hardest. They would have to face the people from the Stardust Council.
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