No matter how painful and desperate they are, there is no way to change the fact that the guardians still have to consider themselves after all.
If given the choice, no one would want to go to destruction.
Tang Zhen's warning made the silent guardians make a choice, and they wanted to continue struggling.
Apart from trusting Tang Zhen, there is no other way.
"Although Your Excellency has spoken out frankly about what we need to do, you will definitely not hold back any efforts wherever you can."
A guardian spoke first and expressed his attitude. The number of places may be limited, and the sooner you join, the safer it will be.
The same goes for other guardians, who expressed their willingness to join in and obey Tang Zhen's arrangements.
There are still some guardians who are still hesitating.
"After ten breaths, I will disconnect my spiritual thoughts. This is your last chance."
Some hesitant guardians finally made a decision and expressed their intention to join the cooperative camp.
There are still some cautious people who have not expressed their stance yet.
Unexpectedly, after only three breaths, Tang Zhen had already cut off the connection with his spiritual thoughts.
"If you want to join, one breath is enough to make a choice. If you are still hesitating in three breaths, there is basically no possibility of joining."
Tang Zhen said coldly, while the other guardians remained silent.
This statement is correct. Those who are hesitant obviously have no intention of joining.
Time was so tight, there was no need to waste time on them. Tang Zhen's decisive approach actually made the guardians applaud.
As for those who have not joined, no one cares about what they are thinking at this moment.
"What you have to do now is to provide some clues. Have you found anything unusual in the city?"
After hearing Tang Zhen's order, the guardian naturally cooperated actively, and some clues were constantly thrown out.
Tang Zhen analyzed and organized, silently deduced and experimented, and gradually came up with some new ideas.
"I also encountered something, and I still haven't figured out what happened until now."
Another guardian told his story.
"In the city I protect, there is a young man who doesn't seem to have anything special about him.
But one time, this kid sank an entire street while he was sleeping.
Everything inside the city can be said to be extremely solid, and ordinary residents have no way of destroying it.
I was very curious and asked this guy how he did it, but he said he had no idea.
I just said that I dreamed of danger in my dream and caused the street to collapse in desperation, but I didn’t expect that such a thing would actually happen.”
When Tang Zhen heard this, an idea flashed in his mind.
He found that his cracking plan did not involve ordinary city residents, which may be a major omission.
If you go in the wrong direction, you will never succeed.
Perhaps the key to solving the problem lies in these residents, who must be given great attention.
Tang Zhen's eyes became brighter and brighter, and more thoughts kept bursting out. It seemed that after a long night, he finally saw a glimmer of hope.
Tang Zhen originally thought that the existence of these city residents was strange, but now it seems that there is something very interesting about it.
Is it possible that the existence of these residents is related to some hidden function?
In other words, these residents also have the ability to control artifacts.
The God-King is just a server, and the residents are the real masters and an indispensable part.
If you want to crack the artifact, you must start with the residents instead of excluding them.
If all the residents die, it means that the chance of cracking is completely lost.
The more Tang Zhen thought about it, the more he felt that this might be the case.
Guardians are the controllers of the city, but they are subject to various restrictions. City residents are just ordinary people, but they can have unknown effects on the city.
This hidden relationship is actually very difficult to discover unless someone deliberately looks for it.
Thinking of this possibility, Tang Zhen immediately released his spiritual thoughts and began to explore the residents of the entire city.
He first needs to know whether all city residents are at fault, or are there only a few that have problems?
The soul power covers the city, leaving no place untouched. Every resident is under Tang Zhen's investigation.
Based on the guardian's story, Tang Zhen decided to create an opportunity for these residents to express themselves through dream stimulation.
Simulate various environments and create terrible crises to activate hidden potential.
Moreover, the scenes simulated in the dream are closely related to this city.
It didn't take long for Tang Zhen to look happy. Sure enough, one of the residents behaved abnormally.
When the flooded city was simulated, this resident was so frightened that he actually closed the city gate.
After the city gate was closed, floods naturally could not flow in. This was what happened in the dream, but it also happened simultaneously in the real world.
The abnormal situation occurred and immediately shocked the guardian. This was obviously his authority.
His eyes flickered, and he immediately thought of some possibility, and looked at Tang Zhen next to him in surprise.
"That's true!"
Tang Zhen laughed heartily and instantly lifted the resident to his side, observing it as if he were looking at a treasure.
The residents were panicked and didn't know what to do, but when they saw the city lord beside them, they quickly calmed down.
"Follow my orders and restore the city to its original shape."
Upon hearing Tang Zhen's request, the residents were slightly startled, confused as to what was going on.
I was obviously still dreaming just now, but here I am in the blink of an eye, and I am still being made such a strange request by a stranger.
"How can we restore the city to its original shape, and what does it look like?"
The residents were really confused about Tang Zhen's request, which touched upon his blind spot in knowledge.
Just like the guardians, city residents also have little access to knowledge and skills in a closed environment.
They know nothing about many things.
"Sir, I don't know how to do it. Can you teach me?"
The residents were a little flustered. He was really not good at this kind of thing, so he could only ask for advice.
"You can imagine that this city is under your control and you can make it whatever you want it to be.
Now it is in an unfolded state, you can imagine what it looks like when closed, maybe it can become as big as a fist, maybe it can be put into the body, in short, everything is up to you."
Tang Zhen not only guided with words, but also instilled some scenes into the other person's mind, allowing the resident to understand what a monk should be like.
Moving mountains and reclaiming seas, the scenery is ever-changing and you can reach the ends of the earth in an instant.
The heaven and the earth are chess pieces, and all living beings are the pawns. They are not restricted by the constraints of ordinary responsibilities.
Escape from all diseases, live forever, and simply enjoy boundless happiness.
In a short period of time, the expressions of the residents changed rapidly, and they even looked a little ferocious.
Indulging in the scene described by Tang Zhen, the residents' eyes shone and their temperament gradually changed.
What was originally a pure thought has become complicated, and at the same time there are more desires.
This kind of psychological change is exactly in line with Tang Zhen's expectations.
Once you have desire, you will become greedy and try every means to plunder.
The practice of monks is to go against heaven and seize the essence of heaven and earth to improve themselves. When the great opportunity is presented in front of them, it is absolutely impossible to remain indifferent.
Especially when Tang Zhen told the other party that this city was a powerful artifact and that one could gain endless benefits by controlling it, the resident's eyes immediately changed.
"What's mine is all mine, no one can take it away!"
The residents roared, then stretched out their hands to grab it.
At the same time, a shocking scene happened. The huge city shrank instantly and became smaller and smaller.
The residents of those cities actually shrank and became like ants and bacteria.
A huge city disappeared in front of our eyes, and a miniature city model appeared in the hands of residents.
"Hahaha, I control this city, I am the master of this artifact!"
When Tang Zhen heard this, he smiled.
"Yes, but from now on, I will also become your master!"