Dharma Ring: Selling dung beetles at the border

When Patch and others saw Michaela coming over to ask, they didn't answer immediately. They first raised their index finger to their lips, and then pointed not far away.

There were two people lying on the bed, one was a burnt corpse, and the other was a witch dressed as a magician.

This witch is quite beautiful, and she must not be very old. She is lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her chest wide open.

The witch and Coke were lying side by side on the bed, and Serui stood at the head of the bed, carefully cutting open the chest of the Coke figure.

Peeling away a layer of ashes, a layer of charcoal, and a layer of pus-oozing tissue, I finally found a bleeding source of gemstone in the depths.

At the core of the source stone, a fetal-like shape is slowly squirming.

Serui took out the source stone, placed it in the chest of another witch, and then closed the wound.

After a moment, the witch opened her eyes, revealing starry eyes similar to Serui's.

The witch immediately sat up. Just as she stood up, she realized the difference in her body's functions. She raised her hand to look at the palm prints and then looked at the charcoal beside her, and she suddenly realized.

It turns out it was scorched. Se Lian clapped her hands, No wonder this body feels younger and healthier.

Se Lian covered her fair neck:

My shoulders are no longer stiff, my stiff neck seems to be better, and my waist is no longer sore...

Ser Lian turned around and saw Ser Rui, smiled and said:

Thank you, my daughter.

Patch came over:

Let's chat later. What happened before you were killed?

what happened……

Hearing Patch's question, Se Lian showed a look of reminiscence.

How is Wuming doing? Se Lian asked.

It is indeed him. Patch said, You will know how he is.

Pachi took Se Lian out and nuzzled in the direction of the golden tree.

Without Patch's finger, Se Lian noticed that the surrounding environment was obviously much darker. The surrounding air is still cold and thin. This is obviously a snow-capped mountain, and it is impossible for a snow-capped mountain to be so dim.

Se Lian looked in the direction of the golden tree. A huge black sun had replaced the crown of the golden tree.

What is this? Se Lian became interested.

Not long ago, it was just a fireball, a mushroom cloud. After expanding for a while, it swallowed the crown of the golden tree. Patch pointed at the black sphere, I have reason to believe that it is Wuming.

Is that Wuming? Se Lian was surprised, How did he do it? It feels like it can provide a lot of ideas for the evolution of the Star Children.

This is what I want to ask you. Patch said, Millicent said that Wuming was staying with you, and then you were bombarded. Obviously you have the most front-line information and have seen his last moments. Change. What did you do?”

I didn't do anything... Se Lian recalled, I saw that he was in a bad mood, so I took him to see the sun.

It's quite considerate. Patch nodded, Then what?

Then I discovered that the sun that could have been observed was gone. Se Lian continued, I was so excited that I left him to sort out the data.

Patch's eyes widened:

The sun has gone out, have you gone to do research?

Yes. Se Lian.

Patch raised his head slightly, seemingly shocked by Se Lian's eagerness to learn.

After thinking for a while, Patch asked Serui:

I remember that Wuming also built a stargazing platform next to Longfeng Church.

We have moved to Yatan some time ago. Serui said.

But the most basic test should still be there. Patch said, Over there at Longfeng Church, is the sun still there?

Se Rui paused for a moment, seeming to be checking information, and then replied:

It has disappeared, and the sun can no longer be seen in Longfeng Church.

Because the sun has disappeared, has that guy lost control? Patch murmured, What kind of thing is this...and how could the sun disappear? Is it possible-

He started to burst into flames and melted through my new observatory, Se Lian said, but it wasn't like it was now.

Then how did you get blown away? Patch said, Half of your body was turned to ash.

Se Lian said: The unknown explosion occurred after a boy wearing a pot on his head passed by. He was holding a meat ball in his hand, saying it was the contents of Alexander.

Alexander is dead?! Patch and Michaela lost their voices at the same time.

Michaela had been listening in and had a big reaction when she heard the news of Alexander's death.

Well, the one from Huoshan before, Se Lian said, died as a soldier.

Se Lian looked at Michaela:

Do you know that Warrior Pot too?

Michaela's face suddenly looked a little bad:

I'm sorry, but I'll excuse you for a moment. I'll take a look at it after you have compiled your conclusions.

What's the matter? Patch said, If you have any information, it's best to share it.

I had expected that my body was being targeted, Melina knew the truth, and even Wuming would lose control. Mikaela said, But the vision caused by Wuming's loss of control was a solar eclipse, which was beyond my expectation. , I neglected one thing. The Warrior Pot reminded me.

Chapolili? The truth? Patch was confused, What is it?

Hu Village. After Mikaela finished speaking, he disappeared from the spot.

Serui took over from Michaela and completed the next report:

A distress signal was sent from Hucun. They were attacked. The attackers used epileptic fire.

Patch frowned: Don't we have defensive measures in Hu Village?

It's not perfect and rigorous enough. Serrui said, This attack has been planned for a long time, and the caravan's protective shield near the study has been breached. The method and reason of the breach are still being analyzed by obtaining more information.

When? Patch said.

Just now, Serui said, it almost happened at the same time as the vision of the golden tree.

Elepsy, Hucun, Chappoli...

Pachi thought about the affairs of Hu Village, made a simple assessment, looked at the increasingly oppressive black sun in the sky, decided to consider the immediate situation first, and asked Se Lian:

Didn't you say anything else before the nameless explosion?

It exploded directly. I could only see a lot of fire coming out of him. Se Lian said.

Didn't you see the result... Patch looked at the distance of the railway track, and Millicent was coming back from the other side.

Millicent's clothes were burned to pieces and she shook her head at Patch:

The initial location of the explosion has turned into a river of lava. There is nothing left. The temperature is too high and it is inaccessible.

Se Lian pinched her chin and looked serious:

It seemed... there was some sound. I seemed to hear him say something, but after the air around him was distorted by him, it didn't sound like a sound.

Serian thought about it, rearranging and analyzing the audio information shattered in the wind in her mind, and said uncertainly:

What he said seems to be...if we are destined to betray our relatives, we must at least earn enough runes.

What kind of remarks are these? Millicent also heard what Se Lian said, and her expression was strange, How could the teacher say such things? And it doesn't fit the occasion, right? Why did it turn out to be earning runes? so?

It should be true. Patch looked at the black sun, I probably know what he is thinking.

Patch said: He longs for Runes, longs for the power behind Runes, longs for light and fire. This should be the ultimate expression of this desire.

This doesn't look bright at all. Millicent looked at Black Sun, still unable to accept the speculation that the thing was made by her teacher.

The thing that longs for light the most and pursues all light is darkness. Patch said, The meaning of that sentence is that he no longer wants to share the light, but keeps all the runes and all the power to himself.

Patch said: How do businessmen make money? By continuous proliferation. Use the profits to hire more people, more stores, more factories, and make more profits. Continuously expand, spreading and eroding the surroundings like a flame. . And that guy doesn't need to be 'like a flame' - he has always mastered the most extreme method of making money - directly swallowing all light and runes.

Patch pointed at the black sun:

Where is the greatest concentration of runes? It's not in our treasury, not in the treasury of the Royal City and Kallia, but in the golden tree. It's in the golden tree that spreads blessings and runes to the entire border area.

A drop of cold sweat dripped from his bald forehead:

An efficient way, and when he completely gnaws away the bones of the golden tree, all of us will usher in complete darkness, as well as random coldness and panic. By then, there will probably be less than 20% of the people in the border area left. .”

Teacher wouldn't do this... Millicent couldn't believe it.

You won't do this? Patch smiled, Indeed, it's not just this. Do you think it's over after eating the golden tree? After swallowing this trunk, the rest will naturally be to continue to attack other entities rich in runes. .What’s next? Our rune treasury, the little golden tree, or...the demigods with big runes.”

He can't finish the golden tree. Melina walked out of the portal, riding a spiritual horse, looking at the snow-capped mountains with one eye, her expression serious, The golden tree has a seal of destined death and will not die.

What we need to think about is how to separate him from the canopy and how to... kill him, Melina said.

Melina covered her left eye with her palm:

I have the power of destined death, and it exactly corresponds to the destined death of the person who accompanied the fire. Maybe I can kill him.

Kill the teacher? Millicent said, Is this the only way? Is there no other way? Mr. Patch, please think of a way.

Millicent looked at Patch, only to find a faint smile on his lips.

Do you really have any idea? Millicent asked.

Patch shook his head: There's nothing I can do. I'm at my wits end with that guy. I think this little girl's idea is too naive.

Melina looked at Patch, waiting for him to teach her.

Patch said: Who says he has to eat the golden tree before he can move on to the next step?

Patch spit out spider silk from his abdomen and wrapped all the branches:

The golden tree continues to emit blessings and light. It only needs to wrap up the entire energy source, intercept all light and heat, and naturally it can be regarded as swallowing it. He can slowly digest it. Anyway, all the power emitted by the golden tree will only It's going to go to him. This guy isn't a sun at all right now, he's a fucking Dyson sphere.

What ball? Melina asked.

That's what I just said. Patch said, How did this guy become like this...

Could it be Chappolili's conspiracy... Melina pondered.

What do you say? Patch asked.

Melina told what Shapolili had done: That Brynis is Shapolili, and the caravans from all over the country also contributed to the trouble. Michaela released him.

Ms. Michaela is very powerful, but we don't want to take all the credit on him. A person spoke beside the crowd and chuckled, I was not released by him.

Melina turned her head suddenly when she heard the familiar tone.

A black figure covered in charcoal came out of the room and leaned against the door frame.

The humanoid moved its body:

I have possessed so many bodies, but I have never seen a body so stiff. It is harder than a corpse that has been frozen in the frozen soil for thousands of years.

Jiao Tan put his arms towards his face:

It's very fragrant. It's full of my king's power. Ah, I'm going to explode when I smell it.

Then a piece of tissue on the charred corpse exploded, leaking out yellow pus.

Chapolili and Melina looked at each other:

Just to correct you, Chapolili has never been locked up, and your mother doesn't have the ability. Michaela's request is that I can't break the seal by killing Mongot and bring him fire. . And he helped me find the new king - from my point of view, I was at a huge loss, after all, I had found the whereabouts of my king a long time ago. Of course, Chappoli would not be at a loss, he did help me ——Help me advance my king’s madness.”

Shapolili looked at Patch again:

And the reason why my king has become like this, I think, is the result of fate, and it is all of you who have turned him into this.

My lies are misleading. Melina said coldly.

Chapolili smiled:

You have been brainstorming here for a long time, just to figure out my king's mind, right? Why? Because you are not him, and you are separated from him, so you need to speculate and guess.

The same goes for my king. He cannot know the existence of things that are not his. When he is troubled by the prophecy that glimpses his doomed fate, he will become more sensitive. And you, those individuals who are loyal to your own desires, will be more sensitive to This sensitivity reacts and makes the choice to escape from my king, which will make my king even more suspicious. This wonderful gap will make people more alienated and more painful. My king wants to unite and harmonize the border areas, but It's useless, no matter how many runes there are, lives will still eat and kill each other. So my king will choose to be that 'one'. It is you, including my king, all of you, who caused this ending . And this is destined. As long as individuals still exist, barriers will exist, and this destined fate will usher in.

Melina said with hatred: It's ridiculous, you must be the one fueling all this.

That's right, it's me, Chapolili. Jiao Tan opened his hand, Chapolili is the embodiment of the barrier, the chaos itself. I will eagerly wait for the day when all things merge into one, if If it doesn’t work this time, I will dormant in your gap again, waiting for the true king to appear - the prophecy is infallible, everything will be unified, this is a destined destiny.

Coke lay down, hit the ground, and completely shattered into pieces.

When Chappoli came out and made a phone call, everyone became somewhat silent.

Only Patch smiled: I see, I kind of understand Wuming's thoughts. He has stayed in poor places in the last days for a lot of time, but he has felt all kinds of warmth and beauty. The border area is healthier, but people are cruel and indifferent to each other. , I don’t feel much warmth. I’m afraid that guy doesn’t think that everything will be better when the world is on the verge of destruction.”

How is it possible? Millicent said, This is an idea only a madman would have.

Wu Ming's brain has never been normal. Patch smiled.

How can you still laugh? Millicent said, Is there anything you can do? We are now facing a crisis of annihilation.

You, you are the ones facing it. Patch corrected, he looked at the majestic solar eclipse leisurely,

A long time ago, I have said many times that namelessness is dangerous. But no one cares about my opinion, and many people even laugh at me. No one has come up with any measures to limit his rune consumption. I have nothing to do, You can solve it yourself. This is a story you started by yourself. You let him earn too many runes and gain too much power. He is indeed your good boss, and you personally fed him... the most terrifying thing The boss.

Millicent suddenly became angry:

That Chapolili is talking about your mentality! Everyone keeps to themselves and hangs high!

Yes. Patch nodded, That's the kind of person I am, and I want to correct one thing. I brought two people with me this time.

Patch's spider silk entangled Tanis and Laya, and there was a roar from the sky, and an iron-gray steel giant fell from the sky.

The giant has a pair of dog-legged inverse feet. Although it falls quickly and violently, it quickly cushions and stabilizes it.

Patch, Tanis and Laya, quickly climbed onto the strange-looking steel giant and entered through an entrance.

After a moment, the giant steel doll of a model no one had ever seen moved, waved to everyone, and Patch's voice came out:

Goodbye everyone, I'll moisten it first.

The giant puppet jumped up, with fire lighting up behind it, soaring into the sky, surpassing the cauldron of flames, and soon turned into a small black dot.

Then, outside the outline of the black sun, a fire whip was thrown out, catching the firelight on the giant puppet and absorbing the firelight.

After a while, the black spots slowly grew larger again.

The steel giant landed for the second time, but this time it landed headfirst.

A hatch of a mechanical structure opened, and Patch pulled two cocoons, crawled out in disgrace, scratched his bald head, glanced around, and met the eyes of the people around him.

Patch smiled again, the dust at the corner of his mouth showing some embarrassment:

Ahem, um... let's think about how to solve the problem.