Sha Rou stared at the embarrassed robot. She had a feeling that this robot was different from all the robots she had seen in her life. Perhaps the robots she had seen were more perfect and elegant in appearance, but this robot gave her a very strange feeling. How should she put it? Aside from the fact that it looked like a robot, it seemed to possess a human soul. If it weren't for its mechanical body, Sha Rou would have mistaken it for a shy and reserved child who had come to visit a stranger's house.
However, just like Silin, Sha Rou's expression changed when she saw the gifts A Moon handed her. If she wasn't mistaken, these so-called gifts were the "master's gifts" that they saw the mutants showing off in the train carriage on their way back!
Those mutants were definitely not good people. They were born in the gray world of the civilian district and worked for the slave masters in the city cluster. They had to be powerful people. Not to mention, among the gifts was the gemstone that many people in the train coveted. The owner of the gemstone was not easy to deal with. It would take a long time to deal with those people. How did this robot do it?
Shi Tang didn't know much about these things. Before he could recover from the shock of Huimao and Silin, this robot that was clearly different from the others gave him these gifts. Shi Tang's hands were shaking like they were cramping. He waved his hands and shook his head. "It's okay, it's okay. These are too expensive. There's no need for gifts …"
A Moon shoved the gemstones, bracelets, and rings into Shi Tang's hand and performed an ancient greeting. It was an etiquette from a thousand years ago. It was a little different from modern etiquette, but those who didn't know anything about etiquette wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
Shi Tang didn't know how to react. His palms were sweaty, and his nose was bleeding again. He coughed a few times. As his physical condition worsened, Shi Tang's agitated emotions could easily trigger a series of symptoms. Bleeding and coughing weren't the main problem. In severe cases, he would fall into a deep coma for several days.
Sha Rou quickly brought a bottle of liquid medicine to Shi Tang. Only after he drank two mouthfuls did Shi Tang calm down.
"Eat this." Silin tossed a small bottle of medicine over. This medicine was much better than the one Shi Tang was taking. Originally, Silin was going to give it to Shi Tang and the others after they were taken away for treatment. After all, they had just met, and the other party would definitely be on guard. However, seeing Shi Tang's reaction after knowing his and Huimao's identity, there was no need to worry about that.
Shi Tang didn't care about the 'gifts' in his hands. He placed them on the table and took the medicine bottle from Silin with trembling hands. Then, he drank the water Sha Rou gave him without any hesitation. Not to mention taking medicine, even if Silin asked Shi Tang to pack up and leave right now, Shi Tang wouldn't say a word.
In fact, even Silin himself did not know that his name had unknowingly become the religion of many people, such as Shi Tang. Silin wasn't the best academician in the entire Mist Bodhisattva Empire, nor was he the most authoritative person in the world of academia. However, he was definitely one of the most influential people in the entire empire. There weren't many people in the world who didn't know Silin's name by now. The younger generation, the lower generation, was also going to rise to power in the near future.
A famous historian of the Mist Bodhisattva Empire once said in an influential magazine that Silin would play an important role in the history of academia. He was the person who would lead the academic world to a turning point.
However, at this moment, the man who played an important role in the turning point of history was covering his face with his hands. He was speechless at the shy A 'Yue who was introducing himself to Shi Tang and Sha Rou. As expected, A' Yue was a troublemaker.
After the introduction, Ah Yue tilted his head and looked at Shi Tang and Sha Rou. "Will you be leaving with us?"
Shi Tang looked carefully at Silin and saw that Silin was looking at them. He sucked in a deep breath and said in a trembling voice, "I'm listening to your arrangements."
"Just call me Silin."
Silin suddenly turned to look at Ah Yue. "You're in trouble this time, Yue."
Ah Yue scanned the area with his scanner before looking down and twirling his fingers. "I'm really sorry."
Silin curled his lips. Sorry my ass! Keep pretending, keep pretending.
Huimao had just finished arguing with a couple of old guys in the forum and logged out of the forum. He was about to greet Ah Yue when his ears suddenly pricked up and his mouth cracked into a smile. He jumped onto Silin's shoulder and said, "Are we going to fight this time?"
Sha Rou was confused by their reaction at first, but her eyes suddenly focused and she said to Shi Tang, "Big bro, you go inside first!"
"What's wrong?" Shi Tang looked confused, but he quickly went back to his room and grabbed a couple of modified guns. "It's fine, I'll stay with you."
On the simple scanning screen made by Shi Tang, there were many dots of light surrounding their house. Each dot of light represented a person. In other words, they were surrounded.
The most obvious difference between the civilian area and Old Man Chang's was that the civilian area here was filled with violence and blood. The strong preyed on the weak in this lawless place was the law of the jungle. There were no weaklings here. Even a sickly person like Shi Tang was not a weakling that everyone could bully. He had taken human lives, but he was nowhere near as good as Sha Rou.
Shi Tang handed the gun barrel to Sha Rou and said to Silin, "You can hide in the house for now. There's an energy shield over there. You can activate it after you get inside."
Shi Tang only had one Energy Stone in his possession, and he had always been reluctant to use it as an emergency measure. However, he couldn't care less about it right now.
Sha Rou opened her mouth. She wanted to tell her big brother that this person was much more powerful than the two of them combined. In the end, she held herself back.
In the eyes of the public, how powerful could an academic be? Generally, scholars would be accompanied by a large number of guards when they went out. Therefore, no one thought that an academic could be powerful. If Guan Feng was a special case in the academic world, then Silin was the special case among special cases. In Tuo Sen's words, Silin was a freak.
Silin rose to his feet and stopped Shi Tang from leaving the room. "Since we're the ones who caused this, we'll take care of it. You two just decided to leave with us, so there's no need for you two to show up."
After saying this, Silin looked at Yue who was twirling his fingers. "Yue, let's go take care of the rest."
"Oh."
Yue followed Silin out the door with his head hung low. Huimao was already moving its claws around excitedly.
Outside Shi Tang's house, a group of unruly looking Mutants surrounded it. They had weapons in their hands, including machetes and guns. One of them was the man Yue had knocked out. Yue had taken advantage of the situation at the time, but he was found out later. That was why he gathered a group of people to stop them.
"That's the robot. I saw it run off with your stuff!" One of the Inhumans pointed at Moon, who had followed Celine out of the room.
The blue light on Yue's face narrowed into a thin line. He looked at the person who had spoken. He didn't remember seeing this person around him.
The man's eyes flickered when he saw Yue looking at him. He felt a little guilty. His information should be correct, right?
Silin had already told Yue to explain the situation to him before he walked out of the room. After listening to the story, Silin didn't say anything. He simply looked at the crowd.
Shi Tang didn't hide in his room. He walked out with Sha Rou and his gun. Due to his long illness, he looked a lot thinner than the people outside.
"Yo, the sickly invalid is out?" Someone sneered.
Sha Rou's eyes turned cold. Her silver snake knife was already in her hand. If she had to fight later, the first person she would kill would be this person!
"What are you guys trying to do?!" Shi Tang raised his gun and stood in front of Silin.
Sha Rou stood close to Shi Tang and looked at Silin. She relaxed a little when she saw Silin's calm demeanor. This person was much stronger than she thought.
"What are we trying to do? Hehe, we'll have to ask it. Does it think it can get out of here alive after stealing our stuff? Oh, wait, I forgot it's a robot. It doesn't have to live or die, "one of the aliens yelled. He raised the machete in his hand and pointed the tip of the machete in Celine's direction in a show of force.
Shi Tang was about to ask what it was, but Sha Rou nudged him with her elbow. She didn't want him to ask.
Silin took two steps forward. The moment he moved, Shi Tang tensed up. He couldn't let this person get hurt here. Otherwise, Shi Tang would feel like a sinner in the academic world.
Some of the people in the circle were already pointing their guns at Silin. If Silin made a move, they would open fire.
Pushing aside Shi Tang who was blocking his way nervously, Cillin bent down and reached a hand to the ground. There was a metal plate buried into the ground, and only a small part of its edge was visible. Shi Tang and Sha Rou had tried to flatten the area as much as possible because they couldn't pull out the metal plate that was buried deep into the ground.
But now, Cillin stretched out his hand and easily poked his fingers into the sturdy ground. He grabbed the metal plate, raised his arm, and pulled!
Shi Tang watched as Silin easily pulled out the metal plate that he and Sha Rou couldn't even pull out with their combined strength. The metal plate was seven or eight centimeters thick, nearly one meter wide, and more than seven meters long. Moreover, its density and hardness were relatively high. This kind of metal was not very valuable. It could be seen in many places in the civilian area. Most of them were buried in the ground as a foundation, so everyone knew very well how difficult it was to pull this metal plate out. However, this seemingly useless young man pulled it out with one hand without panting. It was as easy as pulling a carrot.
This was only the beginning. Silin pulled the metal plate out and looked at it. Then, he placed both hands on the metal plate and folded it into a simple stool.
This series of actions made everyone's eyelids twitch. Shi Tang and Sha Rou's hands trembled. They suddenly felt very weak.
Silin swept the dust off the stool and sat down calmly. He crossed his legs and placed his fingers on his knees. "A 'Yue, are you going to apologize?"
A 'Yue heard Silin's words, but his head was still lowered. He clenched his fists tightly. He looked very nervous. Shi Tang couldn't bear to see him like this. Sha Rou liked this weird little robot, but she knew that a person who could steal something from those people was no ordinary person.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, A 'Yue inched closer to the encirclement and said timidly, "Alright, I sincerely apologize."
As soon as he finished speaking, an arc of white light shot toward the ground.
Two steps away from the encirclement formed by these ill-intentioned mutants, there was a deep arc shaped depression on the ground. Moreover, the depression was still emitting smoke. The soil and metal buried there were instantly burned into smoke.
A timid and slightly innocent voice asked again, "Um, do you accept my apology?"
Everyone: "..."
Accept? How could they not?!
What the f * ck, you even took out a weapon like this. What can we say?! If this kind of attack was used on a human, not even their bones would be left.
The faces of the people who were holding their knives and guns just a moment ago twisted. If Silin's action earlier was only enough to make their eyelids twitch, then A 'Yue's behavior right now was enough to make their livers twitch.
Shi Tang's jaw almost dropped to the ground. As expected, Silin's pets and robots were different from everyone else's!
No one dared to say anything. Some of the people who had formed the encirclement already planned to retreat. They had nothing better to do, so they came to have some fun. Who would want to risk their lives against these people? It was obvious what kind of equipment they had. Going up against them would be suicide! They wouldn't do something so stupid.
"Then, what kind of explanation do you want for this? If you want it, I'll give it to you, "A 'Yue said innocently.
No one answered.
What kind of explanation? Who would dare? Perhaps the next "explanation" would cost them their lives!
A 'Yue looked around. Some people's legs trembled when they saw the mechanical face with the blue stripes. They couldn't help but back away.
"We can't retreat!" Someone in the encirclement suddenly shouted.
It was the person who pointed out A 'Yue. He avoided everyone's eyes when they looked at him, but he still stubbornly said, "Don't be afraid of them. My boss will be here soon! You'll get what you deserve! "
A 'Yue looked at the person and asked, "Who's your boss?"
"My boss is …"
Splat —
Blood splattered.
The person was cut in half at the waist.
"Useless."
A person with a water pattern tattoo on his face appeared behind the person. Blood dripped from the blade in his hand, but it didn't leave any marks.
The people who had been running away retreated when they saw this person. Some started to run, but they only got a few steps before blood splattered everywhere.
People appeared one after another. They were all wearing cloaking devices that could make them invisible. Those people didn't see anyone when they ran, so they didn't even see the person who wanted to kill them.
"They're from Myriad Seas City!" Sha Rou recognized one of them. He was one of the most powerful assassins in the city.
The people who had come before were more or less the same, and they knew each other's strength. However, these were assassins from Myriad Seas City who had come prepared. Even Sha Rou had no chance of winning against any of them. Sha Rou's face turned as white as a sheet when she saw these people.
In the past, these people were only after money. But now, these people were executioners. Sha Rou didn't even have the courage to take a single step forward. Her legs felt like they were frozen in place.
"I'm sorry," Sha Rou said in a low voice. She was talking to Shi Tang and Silin. She must have killed the three people from Myriad Seas City that attracted the attention of these people. She didn't expect them to send out such powerful assassins. Could it be that the three people in Myriad Seas City were much more important than what Parker said?
"They're not here for you," Silin said. "Their target is me."
"You?" Sha Rou looked at Silin in confusion.
"Because they're the ones who've been watching you."
Sha Rou and Shi Tang felt a chill run down their spines. Had these people been watching them all this time?
Clap clap clap clap!
Applause rang out.
A figure appeared on the stage. It was just an image projected by the projector. This person must be watching them from somewhere.
The person in the image looked a little frail. If it weren't for the twisted smile on his face, he might even look like a scholar.
"As expected of one of the top five most influential people in the world of academia. It's a pleasure to meet you, Silin," the person said.
Silin glanced at him but didn't say anything.
The person wasn't angry at Silin's silent response. He continued, "If I didn't happen to have some free time today, I wouldn't have noticed that an honorary scholar of the Royal Academy of Sciences would show up in a small place like this."
"You've been watching us?" Shi Tang asked. Shi Tang was having a hard time holding back this question. Shi Tang's first impression of the person in the image was disgust!
"I've been watching you? You're not worthy! It's just that one of my subordinates discovered your talent by accident, so I secretly helped you out. But from the looks of it, you didn't even get the final results. "
It sounded like his subordinates saw a stray dog on the side of the road and threw a few leftover bones at it from time to time. Shi Tang trembled in anger.
It had to be said that the person's' help 'did help Shi Tang's research to a certain extent. It wasn't much, but it did save him a lot of time searching for the necessary ingredients. That drug did prolong his life a little too. However, Shi Tang and his sister weren't slaves, nor were they livestock. The way the person spoke and looked at them made Shi Tang want to beat the crap out of him.
Celine was still sitting in the same posture as before. She said in a calm tone, "It seems that you are also a member of the academic world. Your secret charity is just for Shi Tang's research. Moreover, although Shi Tang did not completely succeed in obtaining the results, didn't you steal some of the research results at some stages? So, in reality, he doesn't owe you anything. "
Shi Tang abruptly turned to look at the person in the video. His research was stolen by someone else a long time ago? He had been working hard all this time for these people. His illness was also for these people! He had been fantasizing about selling his research to the people in the research department even if he couldn't get the final results. That way, his sister could live a better life after his death. But it was all just a fantasy.
These people wouldn't allow him to do that! When he couldn't hold on any longer, Sha Rou would be killed as well, and the research department would use someone else's name! If they didn't care about him, why did they have to take away his last hope?!
"Why? Why are you …" Shi Tang was gradually losing control of his emotions. Other than his sister, the thing he valued the most was his research. For a researcher like him, his research was like his own child. Even if he had to trade his health and lifespan for it, Shi Tang was willing to do so. However, what right did these people have to deprive him of this little bit of hope and wealth?!
The world had never been fair. Shi Tang and his sister, who lived in this violent and bloody civilian area, knew this very well. But Shi Tang couldn't accept this. He couldn't accept this!
Shi Tang thought back to when he first started browsing the forums, and the people there had posted the extremely controversial words in Cillin's report.
"This world is strange when it comes to giving rewards. It tends to give rewards to those who are already famous …"
"The background of honor leads to the uneven distribution of honor results. This unfair effect caused many unknown researchers to not be recognized by the academic community for a period of time or for a long period of time after they made contributions and had good results. Some outstanding people even quit the academic community …"
"… There is a phenomenon in the academic community of the empire. Those who already have a lot want to give them more. They would rather let them have more, and those who are already short on money want to take away even the last straw in their hands …"
"…"
So this was all true.
Shi Tang's mind replayed the words, and every single one of them made him feel suffocated. His violent emotions made him cough again. Blood flowed out of his nostrils.
Sha Rou couldn't care less about the people outside. She hurriedly went into the house to fetch some medicine for Shi Tang to drink.
Silin looked at Shi Tang and injected him with a syringe. The medicine wouldn't be effective immediately under the influence of his emotions, so he had to inject the medicine first.
Shi Tang's condition improved after the injection. Silin asked Sha Rou to take care of him while he turned around to look at the person in the video who was looking at them with a sneer.
"Are you not going to let me go as well? You don't plan to let me go in the first place, do you? "
The person in the video raised his chin. "That's right. Why do you, Silin, deserve so much attention? It's just because you have a good mentor that you can fool those lowly commoners. Do you really think you're some big shot? In my eyes, you're just an ant that doesn't know who you are! "
"Is that so?"
Silin snapped his fingers.
Pfft, pfft —
Sounds came one after another.
Some people appeared in the originally empty place. These people were the assassins of Myriad Seas City who had yet to reveal themselves. The 'puchi' sound came from these people. Their cloaking gear was broken, so they revealed themselves one after another. However, they were already dead by the time they showed themselves.
Under the astonished gaze of the man in the video, the subordinates he sent, whether invisible or not, fell one after another. However, they couldn't detect the people who were hiding even deeper than they were.
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