Chapter 1206, Farewell

Just as Barrier 144 was in a state of jubilation, on the Gobi wall of the Sorcerer’s Kingdom leading to Middle Earth, the huge Guardian Lizard wee was crawling at an extremely fast speed.

The seemingly desolate Gobi actually had an extremely rich ecosystem and an abundance of species.

For example, wild horses, wild asses, northern ibex, pan sheep, rock sheep, densely spotted lizards, rock chickens, wolves, lynx, foxes, and there are also a large number of rodent(nie)-toothed animals.

Many people thought that there might not be a single animal for dozens of kilometers in the Gobi Desert, but in fact the density of these creatures is greater than expected.

These creatures were originally living peacefully in the Gobi, however the arrival of the early morning hours was like a sandstorm, scaring these creatures hiding in the shadows and sending them scurrying in all directions.

It was as if the animals had taken refuge before an earthquake.

As the wee-wee crawled through the Gobi, the dust kicked up behind it by its huge feet was as terrifying as a sandstorm.

However, what was even more terrifying was that when a wild ass was frightened by it and tried to run away, it was easily chased by the wee-wee and then stuck out its tongue and licked it into its mouth.

Right on Wee Man’s back, Luo Lan and Zhou Qi, Ren Xiaosu, and Yang Xiaoguan were dumbfounded as they watched this scene.

Luo Lan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, “I’ve seen lizards licking mosquitoes, but this is the first time I’ve seen a lizard licking a donkey.”

Zhou Qi muttered, “It’s the first time I’ve seen it too.”

It had to be said that this scene was too shocking.

Luo Lan couldn’t help but think about how desperate the Berkeley family was when they faced such a terrifying creature before ……

A creature like the wee one, regardless of its aggressiveness and size, was enough to shock anyone who saw it.

However, the focus of Ren Xiaosu’s observation was a bit more practical.

The moment the wee-wee licked the donkey just now, even Ren Xiaosu’s dynamic vision nowadays was unable to capture the tongue’s trajectory, which meant that the wee-wee’s attack had already exceeded Ren Xiaosu’s range of reaction.

If it was Ren Xiaosu facing the wee hours, regardless of how strong Lao Xu’s physical quality was or what other cards Ren Xiaosu had, once he was approached by this kind of thing, it would only be a dead end.

The wee hours of the morning just need to roll Ren Xiaosu on the tongue, that strong tongue will be able to immediately Ren Xiaosu squeeze all the blood vessels burst.

This kind of thing would really have to be hit with a heat tracing missile, Ren Xiaosu very much doubted that even a heavy machine gun might not be able to instantly break through the defense of Wee Man’s skin.

Fixedly hitting a patch of area could certainly pierce the skin, but the problem was that this thing wouldn’t stand there and let you hit it.

The weeaboo was still crawling quickly, licking away a sheep or a donkey on the road every now and then to replenish its strength.

However, not to mention the other things, this lizard crawling like clouds and water like silky smooth, four people sitting on its back, actually do not feel the bumps at all.

Luo Lan lamented, “I said in my heart that I’m already very strong after my workout, but now it still seems almost interesting.”

Luo Lan’s ability, in the end, the most useful part is still being able to let people “pseudo-resurrect”, even if Luo Lan himself is no longer powerful, the increase that can be added to the spirits is also very limited.

For example, if the physical quality of the spirits is 3, then Luo Lan, as the caster, can probably increase the spirits’ physical quality to 4 after persistent exercise.

That’s why it doesn’t really make much sense for the Yinglings to have a numerical advantage if they don’t have one, hot weapons can make up for some of the shortcomings, but there’s always a time when the ammo runs out.

Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked, “You also refused the invitation to be a guest in the Northwest, what exactly is it that makes you want to return to the Qing Clan so urgently?”

Luo Lan replied, “That’s not something I need to hide from you, before I went to the Sorcerer Kingdom, the Wang Clan had already passed on an invitation to the Qing Clan, wanting to have my younger brother, Qing Zhen, make a trip to the Central Plains.”

“Go to the Central Plains? Why?” Ren Xiaosu froze for a moment.

“It should be because Wang Shengzhi wants to talk to my brother,” Luo Lan said with a big grin, “Maybe he wants to unite with the Qing Clan to besiege the Northwest? To be honest, if the Qing Clan and Wang Clan really joined forces, then the Northwest is definitely no match. However, who can guess what Wang Shengzhi is thinking, that’s a madman full of idealism, if you’re not a madman like him, it’s impossible to guess what he’s trying to do.”

“And then?” Ren Xiaosu frowned, “Did Qing Zhen decide to go or not?”

“Of course I can’t go,” Luo Lan said, “Who would dare to go to the Central Plains at such a juncture, what if you’re not allowed to return? Although everyone says that Wang Shengzhi is the last gentleman in this wasteland era when it comes to personal virtue, but look at the things he has done, they are cold-blooded and ruthless, as if he can sacrifice anything for his ideals. Facing this kind of opponent, who would dare to put their life on the other party’s character?”

Ren Xiaosu sighed in relief, “It’s good that he refused.”

At this time Ren Xiaosu was suddenly thinking, in fact, he had already encountered quite a few idealists, Wang Shengzhi was like this, Yang Anjing was like this, and even P5092 and Jiang Xu were idealists in the strictest sense of the word.

It’s just that everyone’s paths have never been the same. The reason why Wang Shengzhi and Yang Anjing are easily repulsed by people’s hearts, while Jiang Xu and P5092 are loved by those around them, is precisely because the former always sacrifices others to fulfill their own ideals, while the latter doesn’t do so.

But when it really comes to whether Wang Shengzhi was wrong, Ren Xiaosu is always a little complicated inside, making it difficult to give a very clear answer.

Ren Xiaosu said to Luo Lan, “Then what are your plans for going back this time?”

“What other plans can there be,” Luo Lan said gruffly, “Wang invited Qing Zhen to go over there, and even though Qing Zhen refused, the other party definitely won’t give up. That’s why I’m returning to my brother’s side first, just in case Wang makes any more trouble. As you know, Wang Shengzhi is not someone who will give up easily.”

“It always feels like you still have some hidden worries,” Ren Xiaosu said.

“Of course there is,” Luo Lan said, “You know about the loss of all of Qing’s nanobots, right, and the two thousand nano warriors who went to Zuo Yun Mountain together to support the war have all disappeared as well, they should have been controlled by someone.”

“You mentioned this,” Ren Xiaosu nodded.

“What we’re worried about now isn’t the nanobots, but, we don’t know how many more of our military systems have been compromised by that AI,” Luo Lan said, “Although we’ve already made a lot of precautions before this, and even Qing Zhen might have anticipated that there would be such a day, so a lot of the military systems exist independently, but the AI is so powerful that it might be even more terrifying than we imagined.”

Ren Xiaosu froze, “You’re worried that Qing’s military systems are being manipulated by artificial intelligence?”

“Theoretically yes,” Luo Lan said, “Although we’ve all done physical isolation, Qing Zhen said it’s still not enough insurance. I actually don’t know much about this, but never underestimate artificial intelligence.”

At this time, Ren Xiaosu, who had recovered all her memories, recalled a piece of pre-disaster news: a program called NitroZeus, in which the implementers would use thousands of military intelligence personnel to participate, and then launch cyberattacks on infrastructure and nuclear facilities in hostile countries.

Ren Xiaosu didn’t know much about the internet, but his father, Ren He, did; after all, the predecessor of the Green Harvest Group was a huge internet empire.

At that time, Ren Xiaosu had asked Ren He: nuclear facilities should be independent systems on the physical level, how can the other side invade such independent networks?

At that time, RenHo replied: there are many methods, but what NitroZeus plan to use is a method called “ferryman”: a military base, no matter how closed it is, will also need external information or equipment, for example, bring computers and other equipment to enter, even printers and other things.

The person who carries the equipment into the military base does not know that he is carrying something problematic, and this person is called the ferryman.

These devices will definitely be closely examined before entering, but whether or not they can be detected depends on who among each other is more skillful in their means.

As for how to make a person a ferryman, that was another complicated project, and at that time, Ren Wo didn’t launch into much conversation with Ren Xiaosu.

Ren Wo only said that there is never an absolutely safe system in this world.

Then Ren Xiaosu asked Ren He: Dad, how do you know the method they plan to use?

Ren Wo replied: of course I saw it by invading their military system ah ……

So, judging from this incident, Luo Lan and their worries were not empty.

Zero must have far surpassed all the information technology experts in the world in terms of technology, and its computational and learning abilities were incomparable to those of humans.

If Zero really took control of the Qing Clan’s military system, it would mean a complete collapse of the Qing Clan’s military system.

Ren Xiaosu asked, “Do you think there is a majority probability of this happening?”

Luo Lan spread his hands, “Fifty percent? Eighty percent? Who knows …… The point is, from a human perspective you can hardly really speculate on how tough an AI really is, just like you can’t speculate on what level of civilization the real aliens are.”

In Luo Lan’s world, he was directly classifying AIs to that level of aliens.

Ren Xiaosu took a deep breath, “Now that we know it’s possible, we have to be more careful.”

“Well,” Luo Lan said, “It will be, and it’s because of this speculation that it’s all the more reason why I need to hurry back to Qing Zhen’s side, so that in case there’s anything that requires a charge, I can rush to the top.”

Ren Xiaosu froze for a moment, he realized that those most dangerous things of Qing’s had always been Luo Lan stepping in ah.

Going to Li Clan to seize the nanobot splicing neuron technology was like this, going to Yang Clan as a hostage was like this, and going to the Central Plains to join forces was also like this.

It seemed like all the dangerous things were done by Luo Lan, which seemed a bit unfair to Luo Lan.

Luo Lan glanced at Ren Xiaosu and suddenly said, “Don’t get me wrong, I’m not stupidly being pushed out to charge, just like you and Yan Liu Yuan, the older brother always has to charge in front for the younger brother, right?”

At this time Luo Lan cheerfully laughed, “Of course, you’re much stronger than me, although Little Six Yuan has grown to become a party of majesty, in the end, he’s still no match for you. I won’t be able to do so, I’ll just peacefully be a companion to Qing Zhen, this younger brother of his, is much stronger than this older brother of mine.”

For a while, Ren Xiaosu didn’t know what to say.

This time, Ren Xiaosu’s insistence on sending Luo Lan back to the Qing Clan’s territory was also due to another consideration.

This kind of behemoth like the wee hours of the morning could definitely not be brought back to the Northwest, just by looking at the amount of food it had, it would be able to lick up all the sheep in the Northwest in a few months, right? The key is that those sheep are collective property, you can’t just eat them.

Before leaving the Sorcerer’s Kingdom, Ren Xiaosu also specifically turned back to Mei Ge and explained: “In the future, if you are not doing anything, don’t use summoning magic, eat less of our 178 fortress sheep, or else you will lose sheep in the future and put it on your account, and when I come to the Sorcerer’s Kingdom next time, I’ll let you spit it out with interest.”

Xiao Mei’s entire body was confused at that time, originally he was quite happy when he saw Ren Xiaosu come back to him.

As a result, who would have thought that this Major Marshal of 178 Fortress would be thinking about those few sheep day in and day out!

Now, Ren Xiaosu had to send Wee Wee to a place suitable for it to live before he could return to the 144th Fortress.

In the future, if he wanted to see Wee, he could just call out to him with a summoning spell, and it wouldn’t be that troublesome.

Ren Xiaosu had seriously thought about the fact that wee and dusk had lived in the crater of the Realm Mountain for more than two hundred years, and he hadn’t seen them eat the Realm Mountain bald.

So he was thinking that the wee and dusk should be able to maintain their needs by absorbing heat, and there just happened to be a suitable place in the Lianzhuan Mountain Range over in the southwest, Zhou Qi had been there before.

The four of them sat on Dawn’s back, and in just a few hours they traveled all the way across the next door to the vicinity of Kei’s 93rd Barrier.

When they arrived here, Ren Xiaosu suddenly realized that Yang Xiaoguan was much quieter.

This used to be Yang Clan’s control area, Yang Xiaoguan had also been here many times, and now that she was revisiting her hometown, it would always bring back some memories of the past.

Dawn came to a factory warehouse in front of the silent stand, that factory guard forces and workers see this behemoth are almost scared urine.

The workers went in the opposite direction of the wee hours of the morning, some ducked back into the workshop, others hid in underground shelters, and still others ran towards the wilderness.

The wee one surveyed the people curiously, but it remembered that its master didn’t let it eat people, so it didn’t stick out its tongue to lick them.

Ren Xiaosu asked Luo Lan, “Where are your people? Wouldn’t it be better to send you directly to Barrier 93, why do you have to come to this factory?”

“Wait a moment,” Luo Lan whistled at the factory’s warehouse, only to see that the factory’s warehouse door was suddenly opened, and more than a dozen SUVs actually drove out from inside, as if they had been waiting there for a long time.

Luo Lan smiled and explained, ”Of course caution is the main thing at this time, who knows if there are any spies in Barrier 93. After I meet up with them here, I’m going straight to Barrier 111, that’s the safest route.”

Everyone climbed down along the back of the wee one, and someone from that off-road vehicle team immediately rushed out, holding an instrument to test Luo Lan for a while, just to make sure that Luo Lan was healthy now.

Ren Xiaosu was shocked to see this scene, Luo Lan was also a bit helpless, “This was arranged by Qing Zhen.”

Ren Xiaosu said, “Since you’ve arrived safely, I’ll be leaving.”

When Luo Lan heard this he pushed away the medics around him, he hugged Ren Xiaosu gently and said, “Take care brother, we won’t know when we’ll see each other again.”

“Definitely will see you again,” Ren Xiaosu smiled, “If you don’t come to the Northwest to look for me, I will go to Qing to look for you.”

Luo Lan thought about it and laughed, “It’s a deal.”

“I hope that at that time, everything will be settled and everyone will never have to fight or kill again,” Ren Xiaosu said seriously.

At this time, Luo Lan suddenly became solemn, “I want to ask you for something.”

“What is it?” Ren Xiaosu was curious.

“If one day Qing Zhen encounters danger, please help him once,” Luo Lan said, “Although my brother’s brain is very good, but everyone’s calculations will be wrong at times, there is no one who can truly calculate everything.”

Ren Xiaosu looked at Luo Lan, this bastard was still thinking about how to put another layer of insurance on his brother until the moment of parting.

“Okay, I promise you,” Ren Xiaosu said.

Saying that, he took out a red Eye of True Sight from the storage space and handed it to Luo Lan, “You’ve seen this before, the Eye of True Sight, it’s for you to save your life.”

“Life preservation?” Luo Lan was stunned for a moment, “I don’t know sorcery, didn’t I say that sorcery has to be practiced for a long time before it’s useful.”

“Opening the Gate of Keys doesn’t require practicing,” Ren Xiaosu told Luo Lan how to open the Gate of Keys and where some of the secrets of the Gate of Keys lay, and Luo Lan’s eyes immediately lit up.

“You’re saying that by dropping blood and then twisting it ten times, you can open a spatial door and go to the place you want to go the most?” Luo Lan exulted.

Previously, Luo Lan was especially envious when he saw the Sixth Field Division pass through that iron gate, feeling very magical.

But he didn’t expect that he would be able to master this method one day.

Luo Lan wasn’t a fool, he knew very well how useful this Eye of True Vision and Key Gate could come in handy.

“Yes, it can only be opened once in a person’s lifetime, so it must be cherished, this thing, when it matters, can save your life,” Ren Xiaosu said seriously.

“Thank you, Xiaosu,” Luo Lan suddenly lamented, “Every time after I owe you a favor I want to return it to you in a hurry, but it’s like this favor can’t be paid back.”

“Do we still need to talk about this between us?” Ren Xiaosu laughed.

“By the way, does Miss Xiao Ge have the Eye of True Sight yet?” Luo Lan politely said, “Why don’t you give her this red one?”

“You don’t have to worry about that, she has a better one,” Ren Xiaosu said.

“Ao……”

Speaking of this, Ren Xiaosu suddenly thought that Yang Xiaoguan still lacked the materials to open the Key Gate.

It wasn’t the lack of the Eye of True Vision, but the lack of a door.

Immediately after that, Luo Lan and Zhou Qi and the others watched as Ren Xiaosu walked to the entrance of the warehouse, then hardened the warehouse’s large iron door and cut down half of it, loading it into his storage space.

All the people present at the scene were all messed up, originally those who came to meet Luo Lan thought that wee was the most terrifying existence, now they think that they might have thought wrong, this person in front of them who cuts down half of your big iron door at the drop of a hat is the one who is really terrifying, okay?

Ren Xiaosu was also a bit embarrassed, he said to Luo Lan, “I’ll bring this for Xiao Ge to use to open the Key Gate, sorry sorry sorry.”

After saying that, he pulled Yang Xiaoguan to climb back onto Wee Man’s back, and then drove Wee Man to run towards the Lianzhuan Mountain Range in the southwest of the Qing Clan.

Zhou Qi was stunned for a long time, “This is the legendary escape by taking the door, isn’t it, the ancients honestly don’t deceive me.”