"So, it's her?"
A Boxing Champion said. "Xin Xiaoqi is a famous broker and intelligence dealer on the Bloody Plateau. She can often accomplish weird things and find a lot of weird people and things. She helped me find a lot of ancient spiritual puppets before, and after the Battle of Liberty City, she recruited the bandits and bandits everywhere and joined my army. I did not know that she was Xiahou Wuxin's subordinate.
"However, such schemes and betrayals are nothing unusual in the Land of Sins. Is there anything special about the woman?"
"The woman herself is naturally nothing special. I just feel that she is particularly good at survival."
Li Yao pointed at the glittering, fast-moving light spot and said, "Look. Even in the middle of chaos right now, she is not running around like a headless fly but zigzagging forward in a rhythm, as if she knows where she is going and what she is looking for."
A Boxing Champion, Han Te, and the Coloured Glaze observed for a while and discovered that, although the trajectory of the light spot was zigzagging and rising and falling, there was no hesitation at all. The destination was very clear.
"She is going somewhere. Perhaps she is going to meet someone."
A Boxing Champion calculated Xin Xiaoqi's route quickly. "The place or the person is right below the Supreme Tower at the center of Liberty City!"
"Even a blind man can tell that Liberty City is an extremely dangerous war zone right now. This Xin Xiaoqi is not the ferocious, fearless type. If she wants to survive, she should be running away."
Li Yao said with a smile, "She is running to the central district of Liberty City in such a harsh environment. Where is she going? Or rather, who is she going to meet?"
A Boxing Champion pondered for a moment and replied without any hesitation, "Xiahou Wuxin!"
"Right."
Li Yao said, "Xiahou Wuxin has ruled Liberty City for decades. In the Land of Sins, he is a cunning and flawless man. The more than ten attacks on Liberty City and himself in the past were all resolved easily. Is he going to die after a few punches from you? He can't be so fragile, can he? "
"He's not dead."
The Fist King said casually, "I could clearly sense that the punches at that time could not have killed him. However, all my interest was attracted by the mysterious angels and 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky'. I did not care much about his life or death."
"That's right. Think about it. Some of the angels known as' players' were introduced to your army by Xin Xiaoqi. Naturally, Xin Xiaoqi did not know that they were 'players', and the war was a 'game'. She only knew that they were assassins from the Valley of Thorns, and Xiahou Wuxin asked her to do everything."
Li Yao paused for a moment and said, "Then, as the employer of the 'assassins' or 'mercenaries', Xiahou Wuxin must know part of the truth and that the so-called 'valley of thorns' does not exist.
"In other words, his mission is to 'receive' the players from the sky and let them have as much fun and excitement as possible in the war game!"
"Fair enough," A Boxing Champion said thoughtfully. "Xiahou Wuxin has ruled Liberty City for decades. During his time, he has issued and promoted countless quests for Manjusaka and sent a lot of people to the City in the Sky. I'm told that he knows a lot of 'angels' and has received gifts from the sky. With his cunningness and cunningness, how can he not know anything about the sky?"
"Then," Han Te said angrily, "he is helping the angels to bully the sinners … Damn it. We are not 'sinners' at all. He is bullying the people on the ground, isn't he? My sister was tricked into the sky by such a 'ruler of the Elysian Worlds'! "
"All in all, Xiahou Wuxin should know some ways to go to the City in the Sky. At the very least, he knows more about the City in the Sky than we do."
Li Yao analyzed calmly. "Also, as the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has more than one burrow. After working as a dog for the 'angels' for decades, he must've accumulated tremendous wealth himself. The wealth in the Land of Sins can't be gold, silver, or jewelry. It is more likely to be high-purity marrow crystals, powerful magical equipment, and all kinds of elixirs. They are all things that we need most.
"Follow Xin Xiaoqi and track Xiahou Wuxin down. Elicit the secrets of the City in the Sky from him. By the way, loot all the resources that he has accumulated over decades and replace A Boxing Champion with a brand-new, stronger artificial body with his precious materials. Then, we will figure out a way to escape from Liberty City and go to the sky. Do you have any objections to my plan?"
"We will do whatever you say, Grandpa Yao!"
Han Te waved his fists and gnashed his teeth. "I must learn from Master A Boxing Champion and blow the goddamn City in the Sky down from the sky one day!"
"In that case …"
Coloured Glaze's big eyes were glittering. "Nobody will be able to monitor, control, and toy with us anymore. Besides, there must be a lot of assets in such a large City in the Sky with so many Heavenly Rails. Chances are that we can build a brand-new home with the assets!"
"So, your name is' Grandpa Yao '."
A Boxing Champion said, "Such a weird code name?"
Li Yao coughed. "You may call me 'Fiend Star'. However, how should I address the real you?"
"Just call me 'A Boxing Champion' Lei Zonglie."
A Boxing Champion said, "I'm already used to the data output model."
While talking, his crystal cameras became brighter and brighter. The air around him was condensed into swirls, which were attached to the metal shell like a layer of gloomy fire. Even the swamp was burning.
"Nobody can make a fool of me like that. Nobody."
He clenched his fists and chuckled in a low and hoarse voice. He was no longer a cold machine but the ambitious, arrogant, and domineering 'A Boxing Champion' Lei Zonglie that the three of them had seen the night before. "Manjusaka, I will make you pay a price that you cannot afford!"
"Master — Master A Boxing Champion …"
Han Te and Coloured Glaze were so scared that their blood was freezing. They could not help but stammer, "You — you look so scary right now. Are — are you really not a human being?"
"No. Everything is a reasonable reaction that I simulated based on the personality and behavior pattern of the real Lei Zonglie."
A Boxing Champion's voice immediately turned extremely calm and cold again, as if it was not him that had unleashed fury and bellowed like an animal a moment ago. "I do not have a life, a soul, or a will of my own. I am just a fully wound machine and a puppet that is driven by the highest orders.
"During our conversation just now, I ran 352 deductions and calculations in total. The conclusion is that, if I want to grow stronger, I have to cooperate with you, at least until I knock down Manjusaka. Therefore, you can trust my sincerity."
"Ah …"
Han Te and Coloured Glaze looked at each other in bewilderment. They had barely seen spiritual puppets that could learn and upgrade on their own before. They wondered if other spiritual puppets were like A Boxing Champion.
Li Yao was at a loss for a moment, too. Then, he thought of another question for some reason.
He thought of the 'Phantom Entities' in the Xing Yao Federation, the grand-unified Spiritual Nexus, and so many artificial intelligences in the virtual world.
When the extraterrestrial devils retreated, and the virtual world was shut down and collapsed, would the 'Phantom Entities' realize that they were not human beings but just a set of instructions, a cluster of data, a puppet, or a fully wound machine that did not have a real entity?
"Can we go now?"
A Boxing Champion said, unperturbed. "I can't wait to taste the feeling of the brains, bones, and flesh of the high and mighty 'angels' exploding."
"Alright. Let's go."
Li Yao calmed himself down. Looking at A Boxing Champion, he suddenly asked, "Right. You said that you have a lot of stories about the natives of the Martial Meritocrats Sector in your database? The journals and last words of the Cultivators?"
"Yes," A Boxing Champion replied.
"After we escape from Liberty City and have time," Li Yao said, "is it convenient for you to tell us about them, especially the two little fellows?"
A Boxing Champion glanced at the two little fellows. "Of course."
"Well, it's just a casual remark, but you can consider it."
Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "In fact, I feel that the theories of the Cultivators can be quite reasonable sometimes. Chances are that the Cultivators represent real strength. Since you have tried many paths but failed, why don't you try the path of the Cultivators when you have the chance? Chances are that you will be pleasantly surprised."
"How is it possible?"
A Boxing Champion said, "Although I am just a spiritual puppet, don't lie to me. To be honest, I feel that the theories of the Cultivators are rather silly."
"Silly … Of course, they are a bit silly, but can we think about it in reverse?"
Li Yao said. "To put it simply, the philosophy of the Cultivators is to protect the world, while the philosophy of the other experts is basically to rule or destroy the world. Isn't it more or less the same?"
A Boxing Champion tilted his head and thought for a moment. "It is indeed simple and crude. Let's put it that way for now. So what?
"For example, the two of us are going to have a match. I am holding a translucent glass bottle that will break at the first touch, and you are waving two giant hammers weighing more than a hundred kilograms."
Li Yao said quickly, "My winning condition is to protect the glass bottle from being broken by you, and your winning condition is to smash the glass bottle. Which of us is more difficult?"
"Of course, yours is more difficult," A Boxing Champion said. "So?"
"So, as a true powerhouse, shouldn't you challenge the truly high difficulty level?"
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