Angel had previously learned through Reynolds that the serial number with "X" represented that he was originally an experimental subject.
What Angel didn't expect was that on top of Reynolds' X1 number, there was an X0? Reynolds didn't mention it at first, and he probably didn't even know about the existence of this No. 0.
Angel looked at the bright red "0" digit. According to the unspoken rules of the laboratory, the higher the number, the stronger the strength. Thinking about it, the strength of this number 0 should not be underestimated.
While he was thinking this, the glass column was opened from the middle. The cold liquid inside flowed out, and a large amount of cold air filled the surroundings. The frost mist that had dissipated due to the opening of the door condensed again.
In the thickening frost and fog, a figure slowly walked towards Angel, with every step carrying a fierce power.
When this kind of power accumulates to the greatest extent, it turns into a force that compels people.
From the moment the pressure appeared, Angel understood the opponent's level of strength, which had definitely reached the level of a formal wizard! Only a formal wizard could possess this kind of intimidating pressure.
It seems that they have underestimated the wizard-level combat power in the laboratory. On the surface, there are only three wizard-level combat powers, but secretly, there are currently at least six wizard-level combat powers.
"Want to chat? No. 0?" Angel's voice echoed in the silent space.
Not long after the words fell, a voice with an obvious mechanical quality came from No. 0's mouth: "Confirmed, the authority is lower than 99, there is no soul imprint, the target is classified as an intruder, the threat level is tentatively set at level 3, execute
Result: Cleared."
After listening to the other party's voice and the sinister-looking eyes without any emotion, Angel understood that it was almost impossible to communicate.
Although this X0 is an experimental subject, it has obviously been stripped of its emotional module. Perhaps it has been transformed into a cyborg.
His existence may just be the guardian here.
While Angel was thinking, a white light suddenly flashed across his neck.
Angel hurriedly retreated, but as soon as he moved his feet, a cold air came from behind. At some point, a wall made of ice appeared behind him.
The phantom limbs immediately flew out from his back and broke the ice wall. Angel jumped back several times and arrived several meters away.
After standing still, Angel noticed that the previous white light originally came from the pure white dagger that suddenly appeared in X0's hand.
This dagger was exuding a biting cold air, and was completely clear, as if it were made of unmelting ice.
But as an authority in alchemy, Angel could tell at a glance that this dagger was definitely not made of ice. As for the actual material, Angel could not judge for the time being, but what was certain was that it gave Angel a very familiar feeling.
a feeling of.
It's a bit like the chain Nausicaa released on Ghost Shipyard Island.
This is...soul weapon.
X0 saw that the first wave of attacks was dodged by Angel. He was not at all upset, turned into an afterimage, rushed forward, and continued to attack Angel with a short dagger.
Every time X0 swung the dagger, it would bring up bursts of cold air. This caused the frost and fog in the room not only to not disappear, but to become thicker and thicker.
However, no matter how fast X0 moves, it is not faster than Angel. Every time he swings the dagger, Angel can dodge it.
While dodging, Angel was also using his phantom limb to fight back. However, the coverage and attack speed of the phantom limb far exceeded that of X0. Every time, it could interrupt X0's movements and even send it flying away.
However, even if he was thrown away, it would not have any impact on X0. He created several ice floes in mid-air and stepped on them. His speed did not slow down at all. However, facing Angel who was faster than him, X0 still couldn't find it.
A little advantage.
X0 seemed to have noticed this. After a series of exchanges, X0 suddenly jumped up and kicked Angel in the chest. His purpose was not to hit Angel, but to create a thorn-like patch under his feet.
The icicles turned into countless ice picks and stabbed towards Angel.
X0 himself retreated and fell several meters away.
"The target speed cannot be captured, and the threat level increases to level 2."
As he finished speaking, X0's fair skin suddenly began to turn red, and a "gurgling" sound was made in the air, just like the sound of boiling water.
As X0's skin became redder and redder, streams of steam rose up from his body.
When X0 attacked again, Angel clearly felt that X0's speed had become faster, almost turning into an afterimage.
But what X0 didn't expect was that Angel's speed had also increased, and he was no weaker than him.
If someone were here, all they could see was the rolling frost and mist, and they could hear the crackling sound of battle in the air. As for the human figure...unless they had modified their eyes, they would not be able to capture it at all.
Phantom limbs fly and ice blades clash.
Broken ice cream fell in the air.
"The threat level of the target has been judged to have increased significantly and will soon be raised to level 1." During the battle, the voice of the X0 sounded again.
As the words fell, Angel could clearly see that there was a pure white dagger on X0's left hand.
"The level 2 threat is to increase the speed, and the level 1 threat is to have one more dagger?" Angel muttered in his heart: "So, the increase in daggers is to increase the attack power?"
Soon, Angel saw the combat effect of having an extra dagger.
The attack power of X0 has indeed been improved, but not as much as expected. After the two daggers, another ability has been improved - frost mist.
Every time X0 waved his double daggers, he could draw a white frost mist in the air.
This kind of white frost mist is very special. It is obviously different from the frost mist that filled the air before. It carries a strange energy and can... freeze the soul.
Yes, after Angel's judgment, he can confirm that frost mist can directly affect the soul.
As X0 wielded the double daggers faster and faster, this kind of frost mist that could freeze the soul gradually replaced the pure frost mist and filled the narrow room.
The spread of frost and mist also compressed Angel's fighting space.
Even though Angel kept dodging, he was still forced to encounter the frost mist during X0's pursuit and this range of attack.
However, the frost mist was of no use to Angel.
Even though X0 had lost his emotional module, he was stunned for a moment when he saw the scene in front of him.
…
At this time, Angel, who was studying next to the main control node, raised his head: "It seems that he is about to be discovered..."
Toby chirped softly at the frosty mist in the distance, as if to say: "Idiot."
Although Dangros didn't know what Toby was talking about, he still echoed: "Master Toby is right!"
Angel ignored the confusing conversation between the two little guys, but turned to look at the frost and mist in the distance. In his field of vision, he could clearly see two figures in the frost and mist.
One is X0, the other... is Angel himself.
In other words, it is the illusion left by Angel.
Before X0 came out of the glass column, Angel released a large number of illusion nodes around him. The spread of cold liquid caused frost and mist to grow, which provided a more hidden place for the illusion nodes.
As soon as X0 came out, Angel had already constructed the illusion and arrived near the main control node.
The one who fought X0 later was a complete illusion.
"This X0 talks about quantifying the threat level, but his judgment is so poor. He doesn't even think about it. At that speed, he didn't even make a single cut. There must be something fishy." Dangrosz
Tutted.
After he finished speaking, Dangros felt a chill around him. When he looked back, he saw Angel looking at him with raised eyebrows.
Dangros was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses, coughed twice and said: "I'm not saying that Mr. Pat is not fast, it's just..."
Although Dangros is stuck, what he said is actually correct. Judging from the fighting method, attack intensity and other details, X0 is a blood wizard with enhanced speed. Before Angel activated the gravity veins, his speed was
It certainly cannot exceed X0.
If you are facing a normal bloodline wizard, you will probably start to feel suspicious after a while: the enemy is so fast, but he does not use his speed advantage to fight back, but controls a phantom limb to fight. This is obviously wrong.
But X0 is not a normal wizard. He has lost his emotional module, and judging from the current situation, he has also lost his normal logic. Both behavior and judgment are based on rigid quantification. This may make him more
Being calm is easier to control, but facing an illusion wizard like Angel, he is defeated to death.
If it weren't for space limitations, even if X0 had soul-freezing frost fog that could spread, Angel would be able to walk around with his illusory body and he wouldn't be able to find him.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
One good thing about X0 is that without emotional interference, although his judgment has declined, he has become more decisive.
"The unsealing of the ice blade failed and the soul of the intruder was not detected. We began to review the battle and conduct energy screening."
"The screening results have been obtained. More than 60% may be affected by illusion."
"The threat level of intruders has begun to fluctuate, and the current threat has been raised to level 0."
As the words fell, No.
A lot of blood fell to the ground.
The blood beads slowly seeped into the ground as if they were being pulled. Then, a burst of red light began to flash from the ground.
In the red light, the lines of the magic lines can be clearly seen.
The red light kept flashing... flashing, and flashing again.
But until the end of the flash, there was no change.
X0 was stunned for a long time, wondering what happened. Why did he activate the magic pattern with blood, but the other guardian didn't appear?
Yes, there is another guardian here.
X0 is the guard on the surface, and the other guard is the hidden power. When X0 cannot resist the intruder and the threat level reaches level 0, the magic pattern on the ground will be activated through blood and the guardian in the secret will be called out.
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But now, X0 is confused.
The magic pattern seemed to be activated, the red light was flashing, and he was bleeding. Why didn't the guardian appear?
X0 is a cyborg with a fixed mindset. Whether he has self-doubt is another matter, but he definitely has a "downtime" situation.
He was now standing in the frost and mist, not knowing what to do.
Should I continue to fight? I can't beat him.
Or should we wait for another guardian to appear? But the red light flashes, but no one comes.
After a while, X0 said in a daze: "There was a program error and the level 0 threat could not be activated. The intruder threat was reclassified to level 1."
After the words fell, X0 continued to chase and slash at the illusion... He actually wanted to slash Angel's real body, but he couldn't find it, so he could only attack the illusion.
"Is this the legendary self-deception?" Dangros looked at what happened in the illusion and continued to be a commentator.
Dangros looked at it for a while, but lost interest. He turned to look at Angel: "What was that red light just now? What did he want to activate?"
Angel shrugged: "I don't know either."
Dangelos showed disbelief in his eyes, but Angel was not talking nonsense. He really did not know what X0 was going to activate.
He didn't discover the magic patterns hidden under the floor at first, because the floor was made of a special type of material that could silently shield the senses.
However, Angel, as a master of enchantment, has a very good understanding of magic patterns. In addition, he did not fight X0, but directly created an illusion to play with X0, so X0 did not activate the ground magic energy array immediately.
, which gave Angel time to study the main control node.
Angel looked at the main control node for a while and immediately discovered a strange magic pattern line.
This magic pattern line seemed to appear out of thin air. It did not connect the past and the future, but was directly connected to the magic energy array.
It was like a red dot on a piece of white paper, and Angel immediately noticed something was wrong with it.
After some research, I discovered that the magic pattern was connected to the floor. The reason why it seemed to "appear out of thin air" was because the floor material was special and blocked the magic pattern lines.
Angel studied for a while and understood the mechanism of this magic pattern, which required some kind of blood to activate.
Once you look at the activation conditions, you can tell it’s not something fun.
Although he didn't know what effect the magic pattern would have in the end, based on his judgment of the crisis, Angel directly used an external slate to temporarily suppress the magic pattern.
This is what happened over there, No. X0 was unable to activate the magic energy array.
It can be said that this is some kind of coincidence. If Angel didn't know magic patterns, if Angel didn't take the lead in studying the main control node, there is a high probability that he would not have discovered this matter.
But there is no if in the world.
All kinds of coincidences have made this inevitable.
Angel turned his head to look at the two figures who were fighting again in the frost and mist. He rubbed his temples, which were a little sore from studying the magic energy array, and lightly tapped the ground with his knuckles.
A head emerged from his shadow.
"Early, go and control X0."
If there was no frost and mist that froze the soul, Angel would not mind continuing to walk X0. But now that the frost and mist has appeared, the main control node's space is limited, and it would be bad if it drifted over.