by Chen Ran
In the Weapons Exhibition Hall, Feng and Su were standing in a corner and chatting. These nobles would naturally have staff to entertain them. Furthermore, when it came to discussing business, the two of them knew nothing. Naturally, they enjoyed their leisure.
While they were talking, both of them raised their eyebrows and looked at the door at the same time. Almost at the same time, the door was forcefully split open from both sides. The loud noise made all the nobles in the hall frown. After all, in their common sense, this was extremely rude. But when they saw Charles entering through the door in large strides, the nobles immediately shut their mouths.
Charles. His family was not something that these low level nobles could afford to offend. Thus, the nobles all retreated when they saw his aggressive approach.
The one in charge of leading the public relations team was a middle-aged man named Pater. He had worked in the Black Rose Family for many years, so he naturally recognized someone like Charles. Others could step back, but as the supervisor, he could not step back. He could only bite the bullet and step forward: "Young Master Charles is here, we are truly glorious."
Charles sneered, he did not even look at Pater. A middle-aged man came forward and said, "Call for the manager."
Pater's back was covered in cold sweat. Even a blind person would be able to tell that they were here to cause trouble, but they hated Charles for not being able to call the security guards in. The struggle between the nobles was extremely strange. While openly fighting in the dark, if it was not necessary, they would not fall out with each other. Just like the Three Wealthy Classes, although he would curse his opponent a hundred times, he would still greet him in public.
If Pater called the security guards in here now, it would be equivalent to falling out with Charles. Offending the Lamborston Family was nothing impressive, but the problem was that he had the Herben's family backing him. Therefore, although Pater saw that the man who looked like Charles's bodyguard was extremely rude, he still had to help him out, "I'm the manager here, if Young Master Charles has anything to say, just say it to me."
The guard was very tall and wore a western coloured suit. However, all the muscles in his body tensed, as if they could break this expensive set of clothing at any time. He stood forward and Pater only came up to his chest. The guard revealed a row of pure-white teeth as he laughed sinisterly: "Where does a dog get the qualification to talk to our Young Master? If you don't call the person out now, I won't be courteous."
Pater was just an ordinary person, but in front of this lion-like and tiger-like person, his legs immediately became weak. Seeing that he was about to lose control, he would lose a lot of face for the company. Luckily there was another burst of Qi behind him that blocked the guard's might, causing Pater to not make a fool of himself in front of everyone.
Feng walked up happily from behind, and lightly pulled Pater forward by a step: "I am a shareholder in this company, I wonder what Young Master Charles would like to advise me?"
The guard's pupils dilated before contracting abruptly. He repeated this process three times before backing away. When he arrived beside Young Master Charles, he said in a low voice: "This person's Qi is no matter if it's elegant and agile, he should be a skilled expert in quick attacks. Furthermore, the energy on his body is blood-red. In other words, this person should be someone with a high level ability like the Great Swordmaster. "
"High ranking? This is really surprising. " Charles said softly: "Do you have confidence in defeating him, Bodon?"
The guard stared at Feng and chuckled: "It's hard to say it's a fair duel, but if it's a battlefield, it's just a fledgling."
"Then that's good."
Charles took a step forward, and said to Feng: "This is more like it, I am a big client. I heard that your company's equipment is pretty good, so I came over to take a look. Let me see what kind of people you guys are. "
Feng laughed: "Then let our manager Pater introduce us to you."
Finished, Feng shot Pater a look. Pater immediately ran over to the weapon rack, wanting to get a normal rifle. But after thinking about it, he called for people to bring a bunch of dark blood rifle from the weapons factory. Charles was not someone who could be fooled by normal nobles. Taking out a normal rifle would only cause the company to lose face.
After Pater received a handful of dark blood rifle, he walked over and said: "This is our latest production of a new batch of firearms. "The built-in chip can switch between sniping and chain-fire. There's no doubt about its lethality …"
Listening to Pater's series of introductions, Charles however, was expressionless. He only looked straight at Pater, and in the end, the latter's voice became softer and softer.
"Are you done talking?"
Charles snapped his fingers: "Bodon, try out this so called dark blood rifle."
The big sized guard laughed sinisterly, he strode forward and snatched Pater's rifle away. Pater retreated a little, only to see the guard turning his gun, and actually pointing at his chin from top to bottom.
Everyone was stunned, and Feng's smile froze. Even he had not thought that Charles's so-called gun test would actually be this test.
Pater hurriedly said: "Sir, don't do such a dangerous thing …"
When he finished, Bodon had already pulled the trigger.
There was a series of screams in the exhibition room, as the frightened men backed away and the women screamed hysterically. The people who were closer to him were so frightened that they fell to the ground, no longer possessing any air of nobility.
But, Feng frowned.
The smile was no longer there.
Bodon's head moved back by almost ninety degrees as faint white smoke rose from the muzzle of the dark blood rifle. The new type of weapon was powered by batteries, but it didn't emit the sound of gunpowder from the old era. The white smoke didn't have the slightest smell of gunpowder, but it was purely due to the high temperature produced by the friction of the bullets and the muzzle.
But, with the bullets already out, Bodon did not leave even the slightest bit of blood.
A few seconds later, the guard pulled his head back. He was completely unharmed!
Charles laughed and said: "This is your so-called new weapon, gentlemen. Did you see that? At such a close distance, it can't even kill my guards. What do you want to order this garbage for as decoration? "No, no, no, I don't think they even have the value of ornaments because they're so fragile."
When Charles's voice came out, he pulled the both ends of the rifle hard. Immediately, the dark blood rifle that was made of the new material exploded into pieces on the ground.
There was complete silence in the exhibition hall.
Feng's gaze became incomparably cold. What he had done had already exceeded the bottom line that he could endure. The strength of the dark blood rifle was unquestionable because it was capable of killing normal soldiers. Even those with low cultivation would be afraid of it. However, to a powerful expert with high defense and high attack power, it was indeed like a toy that was not worth mentioning.
Charles found such a high-level capable person to be his guard, and also used a crafty method to belittle the products of the Zero Point Company. Their intentions were self-evident, and just as Feng was thinking about how to get back at them, a lazy voice came out from outside the door.
"The reason the dark blood rifle did not display its original strength is because your servant, Young Master Charles, does not know how to use it. If Young Master Charles doesn't believe me, I have a normal model handgun that I just produced. If your subordinate can block my gun's attack, Zero Point Company will immediately close the door. But what do you think we should do, Young Master Charles? "
Charles turned around with a cold face, and saw Ling Qing Yu playing with the automatic pistol. The gun in Zero's hand was ordinary. It was obviously a pistol from the old era. Let alone dealing with Bodon, even Charles himself could block one of its attacks. The reason why Zero took the
gun was because he told Bodon to belittle the dark blood rifle.
Faced with a tit for a tat situation, Charles could not refuse such a proposal no matter what. He looked at Bodon, who nodded. Charles then revealed a smile: "So it's Mr. Zero. However, I don't believe that you can injure my guard with a small pistol. If Bodon is unable to stop it, all the orders here are all taken by my Langston's house! "
"It's a deal." A faint smile hung on Su Ling's face, and she said: "Then let us invite this Mr. Bodon to come out and test our spears. I do not wish to accidentally injure any of these Sir or Madam here."
Hearing that Zero was concerned for their safety, all of the nobles present, regardless of whether they were men or women, revealed an expression of gratitude. In comparison, Charles's provocation of them without restraint and without caring about them in a dangerous situation made them unhappy. Although these people were from the lower nobility, if they were to join forces, they would have a certain amount of influence. He knew that he had achieved his goal.
Gathering sand into a pagoda.
Su Ling recalled Theon's words when he left: Don't underestimate anyone. When power is gathered together, it is also an enormous power. For matters like politics, those who were in a position of power had absolute authority. However, if enough people objected, then it was a force that had to be valued.
With a simple sentence, Zero had already won the favor of nearly a hundred nobles in the hall. Perhaps these good feelings didn't provide any immediate benefits, but one day, they would become zero's wealth.
Wealth is not just money.
When they arrived outside the empty base, Zero and Bodon were exposed in the cold air without any worries. It was already late at night, and the temperature was only -25 degrees Celsius. Ordinary people would not be able to stand at this kind of temperature for a while. Furthermore, if one was exposed to the air that was filled with radiation for too long, it would cause irreversible damage to the omnipotent beings. Only people with a high level of ability like or zero would be able to completely ignore the effects of the harsh environment.
Thus, many people were gathered in the hall, watching the two people on the ground through the French windows. Charles crossed his arms across his chest with a cold smile on his face. He was very confident in Bodon. Bodon was no ordinary guard, but one of his father's personal guards, the commander of the Langston's house's guards. On the surface, Bodon's power was at the seventh stage of cultivation and defense, but at the same time, he was also a demon dweller of mutation domain.
Bodon's transformation was from a tyrant of darkness, a terrifying demon dweller that used all kinds of dark attributed energy. It was not an exaggeration to say that Bodon was like an army!
Therefore, Charles never thought that Bodon would lose, especially to those small handguns with no power at all!
On the empty ground, the magazine s who had pulled out their pistols, withdrew their bullets one by one. When there was only one remaining magazine, he waved his hand in front of Bodon: "Look, there's only one bullet inside, so I won't shoot you twice."
"Cut the crap, let's start. I was in a hurry to go back to sleep." Bodon did not place the gun in his eyes at all. Even if this thing were to hit him in the eyes, it would not be able to hurt him at all.
Zero pushed the magazine up, turned on the safety and asked, "So, where are you going to receive your gun?"
Bodon laughed and took a step forward. He stretched out his hand to grab Zero's gun and pointed it at his forehead. "Shoot right here."
Zero let out a smile that was full of danger. "Are you sure?"
Instantly, the aura of zero changed.
Blood red energy that could be seen with the naked eye overflowed from his body and circulated as it converged towards the bullets in the gun, forming a terrifying might according to a special rule.
Bodon's expression changed. He had come in contact with the aura of death and destruction from that kind of aura.
It was no longer a bullet, but an energy storm!
Bodon hesitated.
"It's still too late to change your mind." Zero said with a faint smile.
Bodon clenched his teeth and retreated ten steps. He thought about it again, then took another twenty steps back. However, at this distance, the might of the gun was still like a maggot attached. It was then that Bodon remembered that Charles had shown him the information regarding zeros when he first arrived. At that time, he just didn't take a glance at his and didn't take it to heart. Now that he tried to remember, the information regarding zero was immediately drawn out.
In his memory, there was a line of "Shadow Wanderer" written on the column with "Zero".
Then, was it 'Death's Critical Strike'? Damn, I was careless. Bodon thought.
The Death Strike was a special ability of the Shadow Wanderer. Those who had the ability would add an energy storm to the bullet. When the bullet hit the target, the energy storm would instantly fuse and release an explosive power that was comparable to that of an infantry missile.
To the Shadow Wanderer, bullets were just a medium.
Right now, Su Yun was using this ability to deal with Bodon, but in the eyes of outsiders, it was indeed just a bullet!
This was exactly the same as how Bodon used his own seventh stage defense to take on the dark blood rifle's attack at close range. It's just that what he did was left no trace, but it was much better than Bodon's.
After another moment of hesitation, Bodon retreated again.
This time, it was a hundred meters!
"Looks like your guards are very afraid of the small pistols we produce."
This sentence sounded out from behind Charles, followed by waves of low laughter that carried a sense of ridicule. Charles turned his head back in anger and saw Feng winking at him.
Towards his enemies, Feng had never been stingy with his venomous tongue.
Charles turned his head in anger, looking at Bodon who was in the air, he quietly clenched his fists.
"Bring it on!" After he made his defensive stance, Bodon shouted to Su Yun.
Zero didn't answer. He simply pressed the trigger.
On the empty ground, he only saw the muzzle of the gun spitting out flames. The bullet had already left the muzzle. The energy that was wrapped around the warhead drew a clear trajectory in the darkness!
The spectators were naturally relaxed, but to the participants, Bodon only felt that the small warhead had a berserk yet ferocious might similar to that of a fierce beast. It was as though what was fired was no longer a bullet, but an infantry missile!
The flow of time slowed down, and the oppressive aura brought about by the death blow came crashing over like a mountain. Bodon first raised one hand, then the other hand was also raised and crossed in front of him. However, the moment the bullet touched his body, Bodon let out a loud roar, and rolled towards the empty space to the left.
He didn't dare to take the critical hit from Zero.
If it was on the battlefield, Bodon had undoubtedly made the right choice. But now, it was naturally different.
It was just that Bodon did not think too much into it when he was just about to die. However, when the bullet flew past his original position and disappeared into the darkness, there was no sign of the energy storm to release it.
In the empty space, only the wind still blew. The wind whistled, as if mocking Bodon's stupidity. Bodon's expression changed several times as he stared angrily at Zero.
Zero said lightly, "What I have attached to it is only the power of the death blow and a bit of its energy."
It was very obvious that Bodon had been tricked. The death strike with zero water caused him to be extremely ugly. Bodon's entire face twisted, this was the biggest disgrace he had ever suffered in his life. However, what Bodon did not know was that not all Shadow Wanderer were able to use their powers to perfection.
Charles's handsome face paled, the result was already very obvious. He only felt that the gazes behind him were fille
d with mockery, and he could not stay here for a single moment longer. Charles snorted, and led the other guards to push open the door and leave. Behind him, Feng's voice sounded once again.
"Respected Young Master Charles, those orders …"
Charles turned around like a tornado, and almost shouted out, "Bring the order to my house, I won't lose a single cent of your money!"
After he finished speaking, he left in a rage. However, the figure that left carried the scent of a stray dog.
Chapter 375 - Misestimation (I)
In the wilderness, a car was silently driving. It left the zero point technology's base, turned onto a short road, and then headed into the vast wilderness. The chassis of the automobile has been modified, raised and reinforced to accommodate the complex and varied environment. In the car, Charles was frighteningly silent.
After leaving the zero point technology, Charles did not speak, which made Bodon, who was sitting opposite to him, feel hot on his face. After all, he had lost Charles's face.
"Stop the car."
Charles suddenly said indifferently.
The driver knew that his young master was in a bad mood, so he didn't ask for the reason and immediately stopped the car. Who knew how many mutated organism were staring at the direction of the cars in the dark night? Although the car had been modified to be very strong, the function of the car was not to fight, and no matter how strong the car was, it was not as strong as the Tank car.
Therefore, the driver could only hope that the young master would not let his car stay in the wilderness for too long.
Charles looked at Bodon, and enunciated each word clearly: "I'll give you a chance to redeem your honor. Tomorrow, I hope to see the news of zero point technology's eternal disappearance. As for the consequences, that's none of your business. "
Bodon spat out a stream of heat from his nostrils, and said in a deep voice, "Rest assured Young Master, I will make them completely disappear into the wilderness. This is not the Asgard, it is normal for people to die here. The Hall of Heroic Spirits cannot blame the Langston's house for this. "