When the two white cylinders made a clicking sound, Lin Sanjiu's heart suddenly tightened. She asked anxiously, "Wait a minute! What is the final form? "
"Are you trying to stall for time?"
Mayor Orlean glanced at her with his sharp eyes. His cheeks were raised high, and his face was glowing with health as he stood in the midst of a pile of debris and rubble. Just when Lin Sanjiu thought that he was not going to continue, Mayor Orlean opened and closed his mouth a few times. Then, as if he couldn't hold back his smugness, he said, "But it doesn't matter. I can keep your limbs for a few more seconds."
Ironically, in Peanut Town, the only people that Mayor Orlean could confide in were these two Evolved Beings who were his enemies. He had a plan that was about to succeed in his mind. If he couldn't share it with others when he was so proud of himself, it would be like walking in the dark in brocade clothes. It was understandable that he couldn't help but say it out.
"You might think that this is just a dream … a pocket dimension in a dream," Mayor Orlean said as he licked his teeth. His voice was trembling slightly. "You guys are too naive. You can't see the big picture. Our dreams have collided, and now, we have formed the foundation of a great future … "
"What foundation?" Lin Sanjiu seized the opportunity to ask, "What's the use of rearing the townspeople of Peanut Town like pigs?"
Mayor Orlean took a few breaths before he spoke again, "Those townspeople without hearts are useless, but at least they can provide energy for the black mountain. I don't know why, but I noticed that the fatter they eat, the more energy they provide … "
When he said that, his thick lips parted, revealing a mouthful of teeth.
"Every morning, when they report to me, the black mountain will absorb all the energy from the top of their heads. In the beginning, not much energy could be absorbed because they were thin and few in number. But now, things are different. I don't know how much work I've done, how many orders I've given … Every day, the energy is increasing rapidly. You have no idea what it feels like to possess such a vast amount of energy. "
He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his cheeks flushing red.
"What happened next?" Lin Sanjiu wanted him to continue.
When she opened her mouth, Yu Yuan slowly leaned back and rested his arm on a piece of cement. The piece of cement was lying horizontally on top of a pile of debris, and half of it was squashed under his body.
"Then? From the large amount of energy I collected, I only need to spend a small portion — a very small portion — to create all the materials they need for food, clothing, housing, and transportation. " Mayor Orlean paused for a moment, then said with a smile, "You've all seen it. I can take anything out of thin air, and I can do it. However, the energy isn't just for feeding pigs … "
Yu Yuan didn't have an arm to support his body, so he had to use his abdominal muscles to push himself to the side. In the time it took for him to say those words, he had already moved a distance away and exposed the piece of cement.
Under Mayor Orlean's gaze, Lin Sanjiu did not look at him. Instead, she seized the opportunity and asked, "What else can it do?"
"I share the energy with the Black Mountain. The more energy I have, the bigger the Black Mountain will be, and the stronger I will be."
He smacked his thick, dark red lips, and his eyes glowed brighter and brighter. "Very soon, this town will become a battery for me and the Black Mountain. Nothing will be able to stop us from moving forward and interacting with more people's dreams. Don't you guys understand? My storyline is to conquer everyone's dreams and become the supreme commander of all Reverie Libretto! "
His voice grew louder and louder, and when the last word was like a heavy gong being struck, he suddenly turned the cylinder in his hand, and a black bullet suddenly shot out from the mouth of the cylinder, shattering the cement block that Yu Yuan had raised his hand to throw at him into countless flying debris that splashed in the air.
Lin Sanjiu did not even try to dodge. Instead, she braced herself against the tumbling rocks and turbulent air currents and reached her hand into the rubble. Just then, Mayor Orlean's furious roar echoed through the half-collapsed corridor, "Do you think I didn't notice your little trick?!" "What?
His cheeks were quivering, and his face was getting redder and redder as if he was being roasted on fire. "Let me tell you, I am not a white glove. I am the true Supreme Will —"
Before he could finish his sentence, Lin Sanjiu had already pulled out the rifle from under the pile of rubble. However, before she could take aim, Mayor Orlean suddenly moved the cylinder. Just as she ducked to the ground, a black bullet shot out from the pile of rubble.
The bullet pierced through the air above Lin Sanjiu's head and pierced through the wall behind her. Half of the wall collapsed as if it had lost its connection with the wall. Lin Sanjiu knew that she had to keep moving at all times. She rolled in the rubble and dodged another bullet. She had no idea what kind of weapon it was, but a single black bullet could blow up half of the corridor and raise a cloud of dust several meters high.
The smoke blocked Lin Sanjiu's vision, and the white cylinder was silent for a moment.
"Have you lost your mind?" Lin Sanjiu shouted at the top of her lungs as she reloaded her rifle. "What's the point of being the Supreme Will? This is just a dream. You can't stay here forever. Your body will deteriorate sooner or later! "
The thick smoke lingered in the air, turning her vision into a grayish yellow. She couldn't see anything clearly. Without waiting for her to finish her sentence, she leaped up and threw herself backward. As soon as her feet left the ground, the place where she was lying was blasted into dust by another black shadow.
Her chest was full of smoke and dust. She resisted the urge to cough and leaned her back against a wall. It seemed that Mayor Orlean was still hesitant. His shot was not aimed at the source of the sound but slightly off. Lin Sanjiu's quick reflexes had saved her from getting hurt.
"I might not be able to do that now, but that might not be the case in the future!"
Mayor Orlean roared with laughter. His voice was so loud that dust fell from the ceiling of the corridor. His voice was trembling, and he sounded a little deranged. "Once I can extract energy from posthumans and use it to nourish myself, not only those heartless mannequins, but all of you posthumans will also become my property!"
Lin Sanjiu hid behind the wall of an office. She stuck her rifle out, but she couldn't see her target clearly because of the smoke. His voice was so loud that it reverberated in the air, making it hard for Lin Sanjiu to tell where he was coming from.
"When that time comes, the endless stream of posthumans who enter the Reverie Libretto will become my wallet, my battery, and my engine. The Black Mountain once told me that when I become the supreme commander of the Dreamlands, I will even gain the ability to walk between reality and Dreamlands. The entire Twelve Worlds will become a dream that belongs to me!"
Lin Sanjiu and Lin Sanjiu did not know if they were shocked by his words, but for a moment, neither of them moved.
"This is the grandest goal in the history of Reverie Libretto. I will also receive a reward that none of you can imagine … No, that's not right … When that time comes, no one will be able to reward me. I will be the one to reward others!"
Just as he shouted, the smoke finally subsided a little. Lin Sanjiu quickly raised her gun again. However, before she could aim at Mayor Orlean, she saw something moving in the smoke not far away from her. A tall figure leaped up from the ground and pounced at the figure not far away from her.
"Yu Yuan!" Lin Sanjiu shouted, but it was already too late. There was a flash in the cylinder, and a loud bang rang out. A black bullet hit the tall shadow, slicing off half of his leg like a sharp blade.
Lin Sanjiu bit her lip. She did not even look at Yu Yuan's broken body. She stared at the spot where the flash came from and fired another shot.
Mayor Orlean shrieked in pain. Then, she heard the sound of something falling to the ground. Lin Sanjiu pulled herself together and fired another three or four shots in that direction. Then, she quickly retreated behind the wall. A black bullet grazed past the door of the office and destroyed the stairs and the wall at the end of the corridor.
"You … You think …" Mayor Orlean's panting voice could be heard coming from the corridor. "Do you think you can do anything to me with a stupid gun?"
Another person spat. Then, she heard Yu Yuan's feeble laughter.
"Can't do anything to you? Didn't you get hit in the chest? "
Lin Sanjiu felt a little regretful that the bullet did not hit the left side of her chest. She should have moved a little more to the right.
"This injury will be over soon."
She heard Mayor Orlean say with a chuckle. Now that Yu Yuan was severely injured, he might not be able to protect himself. Lin Sanjiu had to —
Before she could finish her thought, the ground suddenly shook.
Lin Sanjiu froze for half a second. Another tremor jolted her back to her senses. The light that shone through the crack in the wall suddenly dimmed, as if something had blocked the sun from the outside.
"The black mountain is here," Yu Yuan's roar came from the corridor when Lin Sanjiu came to her senses. "Kill him!"
The outside world had turned pitch black. Half of the wall of the town hall creaked under the pressure of the black mountain. Dust, gravel, and steel bars rained down from the ceiling. Amidst the violent shaking, Lin Sanjiu rolled on the ground and fell forward.
The black mountain crushed the wall and shattered the windows. The town hall was shaking under its weight, and it looked like it was about to crumble into dust. As soon as Lin Sanjiu showed herself, a few more black bullets shot out from the cylinder toward her.
Lin Sanjiu crouched low and stuck close to the ground. At the same time the cylinder fired, Lin Sanjiu fired all her bullets at Mayor Orlean.
She wished she could be in Yu Yuan's shoes. She had fired all her bullets, but she had no idea whether she had hit her target or not.
Amidst the thick smell of gunpowder, she narrowed her eyes and looked at Mayor Orlean, who was still standing straight, and her heart sank. By then, the black mountain had already swallowed everything in its shadow. It was spreading its body along the wall of the town hall, as if it was going to swallow the two of them whole. Just then, Mayor Orlean fell to the ground like a log that had been chopped off.
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