After discussing the current situation with Roy Mustang, Liu Mengchao had already made plans for the next step. In fact, during the meeting with Roy Mustang, Liu Mengchao told the story about the formation of the Philosopher's Stone.

, but it conceals the two most important points.

The first name is about the identity and origin of those artificial people. Of course, they were people who jumped out of the cracks in the stone according to the story, but Liu Mengchao's words did not explain the origins of these people. In addition, Liu Mengchao was already conscious from the beginning.

People came and went again. Mustang's thinking made him think that this matter was just something that the army of the country wanted to do. Maybe this country is facing such a situation, and only the most drastic measures can be taken to save it.

this country.

But after that, things actually took a turn for the better.

The so-called turning point was the person Liu Mengchao met in the wilderness of Dabris in the south. The man named Hoffenheim. He was from the same era as the man in the bottle who created the artificial man.

In other words, he can even be said to be one of the origins of everything.

From the beginning, he was planning to destroy the villain in the bottle, the plan to turn all the people in the country into philosopher's stones. This plan took so long to be implemented that even Liu Mengchao

He didn't even know when it started. But if he wanted this plan to succeed, Liu Mengchao still had a very serious view in his heart.

The so-called plan will be more successful if it contacts fewer people. The so-called conspiracy will not be noticed by others unless it is secret.

Liu Mengchao thought so, and was even prepared to do so. Liu Mengchao didn't know what Roy Mustang thought about turning the entire country into Philosopher's Stone. Although when the two met, Roy Mustang

Every inch of Mustang's face seemed to say that he was ready to stop this, but what if he knew more about the inside story?

After all, the upper echelons of this country shouldn’t all be thinking about their own selfish interests, right? Why doesn’t anyone come out to stop it? Are they all blinded by their own interests?

Liu Mengchao felt that this was definitely not the case. There must be secrets that he did not know. It is precisely because of these secrets that a country can be completely controlled by artificial people. No, it is not so much controlled by artificial people.

It is controlled by the selfish desires in the hearts of these people.

Human beings are like this. Most of the time, they just think about themselves and don't care about anything.

Thinking of this, even Liu Mengchao himself began to feel a little sleepy. He began to feel that his eyelids were fighting, and he looked up at the sky. The moonlight in the sky became hazier than what he had just seen, and the thin moonlight shone from the sky.

It fell down, falling like snowflakes on the people around Liu Mengchao.

I saw Liu Mengchao stretched lazily, and his steps became more relaxed and casual. He walked very slowly, as if he could enter his dreamland with one or two steps.

Just at this time, Liu Mengchao's nose suddenly moved. The nose wrinkled slightly, as if an unpleasant smell came from Liu Mengchao's nasal cavity, and swirled in Liu Mengchao's mind.

Who is it?

Liu Mengchao's brows furrowed tightly in an instant. He couldn't help but look around him. What he could see was a deep alley. The ground of the alley was covered with streets paved with bluestones.

Green moss crawled on it. From time to time, water droplets dripped from high places, falling into the small hole that finally sunk in after who knows how many years.

Drops of water penetrate a stone, is this the power of time?

Liu Mengchao grinned, smiled, and walked under the protruding eaves. He stretched out his palms. Liu Mengchao's palms were always extremely white, and under the slightly transparent moonlight, every inch of the palm prints could be clearly seen.

Tick ​​tock.

There was a soft sound. A drop of water rolled down from a high place and landed in Liu Mengchao's hand. He raised his head, but did not see the direction from which the water drop came. This drop of water seemed to appear in this world for no reason, and it suddenly appeared in the world.

People want to laugh, but they can't accept it no matter what.

"Because this is the last thing I see in this world."

A voice with a proud and even disdainful tone sounded from behind Liu Mengchao at this moment. Liu Mengchao did not look back, and he could guess that the person standing behind him must have an annoying look.

face. No matter what, this face must have the word pride written on it.

"Who are you?"

Liu Mengchao asked slowly, lowering his head and looking at his palm again. He originally thought it was just a drop of water, but now he could see clearly that it turned out to be a drop of blood.

A drop of blood seeped out from the palm of his hand, seeming playful and not wanting others to know his existence.

The blood is very obvious and also very helpless.

Liu Mengchao slowly narrowed his eyes and looked at the small red blood stain in his palm. He had always been confident in his own ability and absolutely did not believe it. At that moment, he was attacked. After all, this was the case.

The speed of his attack was just too fast, so fast that he couldn't react at all.

Why is this happening?

Liu Mengchao frowned subconsciously and looked around for the direction of the sound. He just looked back and found that there was indeed no one behind him.

"Are you looking for me?"

The voice sounded again, full of sarcasm, and it could still be heard clearly even though it was far away.

Liu Mengchao heard it very clearly, so the expression on his face was also very interesting. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, making a nice arc, and then curled down slightly.

"Pretend to be a ghost."

This was Liu Mengchao's evaluation and Liu Mengchao's thoughts. What he said was very simple, but it seemed to directly anger the visitor. The shadows that were originally gathered around Liu Mengchao, as quiet as the moonlight, suddenly began to tremble. Like a pool of water.

In the moonlight, someone suddenly threw a stone into it, confusing the entire water surface.

After being mixed up, the natural world began to change.

Countless shadows began to shake their bodies, like hard and slender steel whips, springing out from every corner in all directions and attacking Liu Mengchao's face directly.

I see……

Looking at the shadow that was about to hit his face, Liu Mengchao suddenly realized why he had been attacked like that just now. It was obvious that the person who had just attacked him could control the shadow. So with the help of water drops falling into the palm of his hand

A ray of shadow created at that moment instantly pierced the palm of his hand.

Everything seems to be such a weird scene. If you look at it from another angle, you can only say that it is nothing more than that.

This is the fact.

But that's it.

This was the thought in Liu Mengchao's mind. At this moment, Liu Mengchao's feet suddenly hit the ground, and his whole body began to retreat quickly. He retreated very quickly, and almost in the blink of an eye, he had left those who were heading towards him.

The washed shadow was dozens of meters away.

It's just that this distance seems to be not enough. More shadows begin to rise where Liu Mengchao's eyes can reach, wisps and clusters, like endless grass, and the grass on the grass begins to appear one after another.

It grew, and then intermittently surrounded Liu Mengchao.

Once you retreat, then retreat again!

Seeing that the shadow was approaching his face, Liu Mengchao stopped hesitating and kept retreating back. He retreated so fast that an invisible afterimage almost slipped in the air. It was just this afterimage.

After all, the distance was limited, but it stopped in the blink of an eye.

It's not for any other reason; it's just because Liu Mengchao has now retreated to the edge of the wall. He just appeared in the deep little box, but now he is trapped in the alley.

This alley is not long, but it is so painful.

No matter where you are, you can see the swaying shadows grown by the moonlight.

These shadows are like circles of traps, waiting for a careless prey to walk in, then suddenly curl up, bite the prey's throat viciously, and absorb the blood bit by bit.

This is what Liu Mengchao can see now.

"Trapped beast."

Shadows from all directions shouted coldly at the same time, full of pride and disdain.

Is it wrong to fight despite being trapped?

Hearing these words, the corners of Liu Mengchao's mouth turned up. His face was filled with a disdainful smile, and he opened his eyes to watch the attack that never came.

What's going on?

Liu Mengchao couldn't help but raise his head and look at the bright moon in the sky. Only now did Liu Mengchao realize that the walls around him were so high that the moonlight could not enter his side.

In this case, the shadow that was supposed to be born under the moonlight naturally began to slow down and did not appear in front of Liu Mengchao.

Is that so? Liu Mengchao looked at the situation in front of him and raised the corner of his mouth with a slight glance. He originally thought that the artificial man who suddenly attacked could freely control the shadow and reach any place.

"If the whole house is dark, it's hard for you to attack, right?"

Liu Mengchao said, looked at the environment around him, and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!