Serial number X0?
Angor learned from Reynolds that a serial number "X" meant that Reynolds was an experiment subject.
What surprised him was that there was another "X0" above Reynolds' "X1" number. Reynolds did not mention anything about it, so he probably did not know about the existence of this "X0" either.
Angor looked at the bright red "0". According to the unspoken rules of the lab, the higher the serial number, the stronger the subject was. So this "X0" was not to be underestimated.
As he thought about it, the glass cylinder was opened from the middle. Cold liquid poured out of the cylinder, filling the air with a large amount of frost. The frost mist that had dissipated when the door was opened gathered again.
A figure slowly approached Angor through the thick mist. Every step the figure took was accompanied by a powerful aura.
When the aura reached its maximum level, it turned into an oppressive aura.
Angor knew who it was as soon as he sensed the aura. It was definitely at the level of a formal wizard! Only a formal wizard could have this kind of aura.
It seemed that they had underestimated the adept-level combat power of the laboratory. On the surface, there were only three adept-level combatants, but there were at least six adept-level combatants hiding in the dark.
"Wanna talk, X0?" Zero? "Angor's voice echoed in the silent space.
Not long after his voice fell, a mechanical voice came from 0's mouth. "Confirmed. Authority lower than 99. No soul imprint. The target is classified as an intruder. Threat level is tentatively Level 3. Execution result: Cleared."
Listening to the other party's voice, as well as the sinister but emotionless eyes, Lin Fan felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that it was impossible for him to communicate with X0.
This "X0" was an experiment subject, but it was obvious that its emotion module had been removed. Perhaps it had been modified into a cyborg.
Or maybe it was just a guardian of this place.
As Angor was thinking, a white light flashed and slashed at his neck.
Angor quickly backed away. But as soon as he moved, he felt a chill coming from behind him. Unknowingly, a wall made of ice had appeared behind him.
Phantom limbs flew out from his back and broke the ice wall. Angor leaped backward several times until he was several meters away.
When he regained his balance, he noticed that the white light came from a pure white dagger that suddenly appeared in X0's hand.
This dagger was emitting a biting cold air. It was completely transparent, as if it was made of unmeltable ice.
As an alchemy expert, Angor could tell that the dagger was not made of ice. He could not tell what the dagger was made of, but he was sure that it gave him a familiar feeling.
It reminded him of the chain Nausica released at Specter Dock Island.
It was … Soul Equipment.
X0 did not lose his patience after seeing Angor dodging his first attack. Instead, he turned into a shadow and continued attacking Angor with the dagger.
Every time X0 waved his dagger, there would be waves of cold air. This caused the frost in the room not to dissipate, but to become thicker and thicker.
However, no matter how fast X0 moved, Angor was able to dodge every time it swung its dagger.
Angor also used his phantom limbs to counterattack. The phantom limbs' coverage and attack speed were much faster than X0's. Every time, they could interrupt X0's movements or even send him flying.
However, this did not affect X0 at all. He created several ice floes in the air and stomped on the ground without slowing down at all. Even so, X0 still could not find any advantage against Angor who was faster than him.
X0 seemed to have noticed this as well. After several exchanges, X0 suddenly jumped up and kicked at Angor's chest. He was not aiming to kick Angor. Instead, he created countless icicles under his feet and aimed them at Angor.
X0, on the other hand, retreated a few meters away.
"Target's speed cannot be captured. Threat level increased to 2."
As soon as he finished speaking, the fair skin on X0's body suddenly began to turn red, and there was a gurgling sound in the air, like the sound of boiling water.
As X0's skin turned redder, steam began to rise from his body.
When X0 attacked again, Angor clearly felt that X0 was faster than before. He almost turned into a blur.
To X0's surprise, Angor's speed increased as well. He was not slower than X0 at all.
If someone was here, they would only see the rolling frost and hear the sounds of fighting in the air. As for human figures … they would not be able to see them at all unless they had modified their eyes.
Phantom limbs flew and ice blades clashed.
Shattered ice and sand fell from the air.
"Target's threat level increased greatly. Level 1 is about to be reached," X0's voice came again during the battle.
Angor saw a pure white dagger appearing in X0's left hand.
"Level 2 increases my speed, and level 1 increases my dagger?" Angor mumbled to himself. "So the dagger increases my attack power?"
Soon, Angor saw the effect of the extra dagger in battle.
X0's attack power did increase, but not as much as Angor expected. After the daggers, Angor saw another ability — Frost Mist.
Every time X0 swung her daggers, she could draw a white frost mist in the air.
This white frost mist was very special. It was different from the frost mist that filled the air before. It carried a strange energy that could … freeze souls.
Yes, he was sure that the mist could directly affect one's soul.
As X0 swung his daggers faster and faster, the frost mist that could freeze souls gradually replaced the normal frost mist and began to spread in the narrow room.
The frost mist also reduced Angor's fighting space.
Angor kept dodging, but he was still forced to touch the frost mist due to X0's pursuit and area-of-effect attacks.
However, the frost mist did not affect Angor.
X0 might have lost its emotion module, but it was still surprised by what it saw.
…
Angor, who was studying the main control node, looked up. "Looks like we're about to be discovered."
Toby chirped at the frost mist in the distance as if to say, "Idiot."
Dankros had no idea what Toby was talking about, but he still agreed. "Mister Toby is right!"
Angor ignored their strange conversation and looked at the frost mist in the distance. He could clearly see two figures inside the mist.
One was X0, and the other … was Angor himself.
Or rather, it was Angor's illusion.
Before X0 came out of the glass pillar, Angor had already set up a large number of illusion nodes around the area. The spread of the cold liquid caused frost mist to form, which provided an even more concealed location for the illusion nodes.
Angor already created an illusion and approached the main control node as soon as X0 came out of the glass pillar.
The fight with X0 was a complete illusion.
"This X0 said that he was quantifying the threat level, but his judgment is simply too bad. He didn't even think about it. At that speed, he didn't even manage to hit a single slash. There must be something fishy going on." Dangros clicked his tongue.
Dankros suddenly felt something cold beside him. He turned around and saw Angor looking at him with a raised eyebrow.
Dankros cleared his throat. "I'm not saying you're not fast, Mister Padt. It's just that …"
Dankros did not know what to say, but he was right. Judging from X0's fighting style, attack power, and other details, it was obvious that X0 was a Bloodline Wizard who strengthened his speed. Angor could not outrun X0 before activating the sequence of gravity.
A normal Bloodline Wizard would have grown suspicious after fighting for a while. The enemy was so fast, but he did not use his speed advantage to fight back. Instead, he was using an illusion to fight. Something was wrong.
However, X0 was not a normal wizard. He had lost his emotion module, and from what Angor could see, he had lost his logic as well. Both his behavior and judgment were based on rigid quantification. This might make him calmer and easier to control, but it would not work against an illusionist like Angor.
If it were not for the limitation of space, Angor could use his illusions to beat X0 even if he could spread his Soul Freezing Mist.
Unfortunately, there was no "if".
The good thing about X0 was that without emotional interference, although his judgment had decreased, he was more decisive.
"Ice Blade Unseal failed. Intruder's soul is not detected. Reviewing battle and performing energy screening."
"Results obtained. Over 60% chance of the intruder being affected by illusions."
"Intruder's threat level increased. Threat level increased to 0."
As soon as he finished speaking, X0 stopped attacking. Instead, he stood where he was, took out two daggers and slit his neck. Blood gushed out.
A large amount of blood dripped onto the ground.
The blood slowly seeped into the ground as if it was attracted by something. Next, a red light flashed from the ground.
Angor could clearly see the lines of runes in the red light.
The red light kept flashing … and flashing … and flashing …
But in the end, there was no change.
X0 was stunned. He did not know what was going on. Why didn't the other guardian appear when he activated the runes with his blood?
Yes, there was another guardian here.
X0 was the guard on the surface while the other guard was the hidden power. When X0 was unable to defend against intruders and the threat level reached Level 0, it would activate the mageweath on the ground through fresh blood and summon the hidden guard.
But now, X0 was confused.
The runes were activated, the red light was flashing, and he was bleeding. Why didn't the other guardian appear?
X0 was a cyborg with a fixed mindset. It was another matter whether he had self-doubt or not, but he definitely had a "shutdown".
He just stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.
Should he keep fighting? He could not.
Or wait for the other guardian to appear? But the red light flashed, and no one came.
After a while, X0 spoke in a daze, "Program error. Level 0 threat cannot be activated. Intruder's threat level has been reset. "
X0 continued to attack the illusion. He wanted to attack Angor's real body as well, but he could not find it, so he could only attack the illusion.
"Is this the legendary self-deception?" Dankros continued to be a commentator as he watched what happened in the illusion.
"What's that red light? What's he trying to activate?" Dankros looked at Angor again and lost his interest.
Angor shrugged. "I don't know."
Dankros did not believe him. But Angor was not lying. He really did not know what X0 was trying to activate.
He did not notice the runes hidden under the floor at first because the floor was made of a special material that could silently block one's senses.
However, as an enchantment master, Angor knew about runes very well. Besides, he did not fight X0. Instead, he created an illusion to play with X0, so X0 did not activate the magic array on the ground right away. This gave Angor time to study the main control node.
Angor studied the node for a while and quickly found a strange pattern.
The mageweath seemed to have appeared out of thin air, and was directly connected to the Mana Array without connecting the front and the back.
It was like a red dot on a piece of white paper. Angor noticed something wrong with it at first glance.
After studying it for a while, he realized that the pattern was connected to the floor. The pattern appeared out of nowhere because the floor was made of a special material that blocked the pattern.
Angor studied it further and found out that the pattern needed some kind of blood to activate.
One look at the activation conditions and he knew that it wasn't anything good.
He did not know what effect the pattern would have, but based on his judgment, he used the stone slab to temporarily suppress the pattern.
That was why X0 was unable to activate the magic array.
It could be considered a coincidence. If Angor did not study runes, and if he did not study the main control node first, he probably would not have noticed it.
But there were no "ifs" in this world.
All kinds of coincidences led to the inevitable outcome.
Angor looked at the two figures fighting again in the mist. He rubbed his temples, which were a little sore from studying the magic array, and knocked on the ground with his knuckles.
A head popped out from his shadow.
"Elmi, go take care of X0."
If it were not for the soul-freezing mist, Angor would not mind walking X0 around. But now, the main control node had limited space. It would not be good if X0 drifted over.
It was better to keep X0 under control.
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