Chapter 74: The Dark Side of the World

Mobius was furious, but Ryan felt a twisted sense of pleasure. It was a pity that he didn't see the expression on her face in the end. It was just that he had important things to do now and didn't have time to magnify this feeling of pleasure.

That night, the Fifth Institute experienced an emergency power outage, but power was restored a few minutes later. The people from the security department called and asked a few questions but no one took it seriously. Mobius would cause problems from time to time.

During those few minutes, they didn't even think about protecting anyone. They just stared at the entrance nervously, aiming all kinds of guns and cameras, fearing that a monster would run out.

It was by utilizing the unique characteristics of the Fifth Institute that Ryan quietly drilled out from underground and saw the sky again after more than a month.

The Gobi Desert was vast and desolate. He took a deep breath of the dry air, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, they were a little colder, as if he had switched from a scholar to a killer.

Mobius lair is a good place for training. During this period of time, he has initially mastered the authority of the Herrscher, and now is the time to put it into practice.

"Five hundred kilometers, traveling can also be a good exercise."

The electromagnetic force spread, causing his entire body to float, and then, like a maglev train, it sped up faster and faster until it was "flying" over the pitch black Gobi Desert.

The night wind made his hair messy, and Ryan expression became more and more excited. He felt like he had stepped on the accelerator, and his heartbeat and speed continued to accelerate.

Huge rocks and cacti kept passing by on both sides. In order not to leave any traces, he did not rush forward and just passed by these obstacles.

The whole person was speeding away, making sudden stops, changing directions, and then accelerating. His skills were becoming more and more proficient, which made Ryan more and more satisfied.

'Before, I could only condense the Honkai energy into a pedal to stop for a short time. When I encountered a high mobility target, I was inevitably passive and attacked. Just relying on this skill alone has made a qualitative leap.'

The same energy can produce more miraculous effects under the influence of authority, and can also be combined with previous abilities.

Ryan slowed down, spread out his right hand, and purple lightning radiated like the cry of a thousand birds, but soon the jumping electric sparks stabilized and turned into a long sword.

Without a sound, the huge rock in front of him was instantly split into two halves. Before half of the rock hit the ground, it was pierced through by the elongated lightning spear. Then the spear exploded, turning the huge rock into nothingness.

"It consumes a lot of energy, but the effect is also very good. I don't use instinct to control authority. I also have theoretical knowledge and skills. Combining them is enough to explore a new path."

The feeling of becoming stronger makes people excited, and the process makes people happy physically and mentally. Putting aside the collapse, this pre-civilization is really suitable for me.

"I have to have a chance to touch the core of the Ruler of Reason and the Ruler of Void. If I can gain something, then wouldn't that be another end for me?"

With all the authority of the Herrscher gathered in one person, the only difference left was the amount of effort put in. As long as time was sufficient, perhaps the fate of the world could really be changed.

But only time...

Ryan sighed, thinking that he shouldn't be so optimistic. In addition, he had a vague feeling that his "wings" were bigger than he thought. The words "outsider" said by the Third Herrscher before his death were like a thorn that could not be pulled out.

We still have to take it one step at a time and try to do the best.

He raised his head and could see the city in the distance through the morning and evening sandstorms. There were no tall buildings there, just the dark red Gobi Desert. Car taillights could be vaguely seen on a few roads.

This place was once famous for its iron and coal mines. In its heyday, it was full of steel mills. Later, when the resources were exhausted, it switched to being a "flour" transit station.

There was a rusty iron sign on the roadside, with the following words written on it in white paint:

Welcome to Montpellier.

It's so desolate. Is that guy Vil-V hiding here?

Even if the girl is a magician, she cannot escape the all-pervasive Fire Moth intelligence network, so the coordinates should be correct.

Ryan wandered outside the city for a while, thinking about what he should do.

Try to hide your identity as much as possible, find Vil-V, dig out the people behind her, and then the power will do the rest.

I just want to reintegrate the research department of the Fire Moth, implement the Mantis Program early, and then add Vil-V into it. As for how you divide the cake, that has nothing to do with me.

Anyway, you will spit it out to me sooner or later.

Jump off the cliff and land silently on the side of the road. There is no need to disguise yourself like in the movies. Just walk into the city.

The southern part of Mu Continent is very barren, and the few surveillance cameras malfunctioned when Ryan walked by, as if the chips were short-circuited and burned out.

He had seen Vil-V hacking abilities. If the latter had been using the municipal network, then the enemy would have been alerted by now. If not, he would not be in a hurry. After all, Montpellier was not big and would be turned upside down soon.

"You're really good at hiding, run to a place where no one will come."

Ryan felt a sense of desolation as he stepped into the town. In fact, Honkai was only one of the troubles of mankind, and the killing of each other due to poverty was more common.

This is a paradise for illegal immigrants and flour dealers. After the third Honkai attracted global attention, the local government was too lazy to even do the superficial work.

The Fire Moth will not protect such a worthless place. The flour flowing out of this area makes people half dead, which is even more hateful. If a collapse occurs, it can be regarded as eliminating harm for mankind.

The frequency of Honkai outbreaks is now an order of magnitude higher than before, and the Fire Moths are simply too busy to handle it. Each branch has compiled priorities within its jurisdiction. For example, a small city like this, which has not collapsed and will slowly rot, is naturally an E-level one.

The power vacuum allowed crime to become more rampant, and then when the last conscientious police officer died in the line of duty, things became completely lawless.

Just in this short distance into the city, he encountered two robberies, a gang fight and a flour deal.

Gang members wearing gold chains squatted on the roadside, communicating cordially in a language full of F, staring at the young people passing by on the road with wolf like fierce eyes, and then whispering.

Wearing a white shirt, casual pants, and frameless glasses, Ryan looked like someone from another world. At least he shouldn't have appeared on the streets of Montpellier so early in the morning.

A very disgusting look.

Ryan felt that being too sensitive was also a problem. He could feel the impulse of the robber, the eagerness of the prostitute, and the cunning of the scammer. None of their looks were kind.

But just as humans would not get angry because of the gaze of ants, he only thought of Elysia, the girl who was always full of love.

In her travels around the world, has she ever been to a place like this? Order is gone, everywhere is filled with the stench of desire and the evil of human nature, and there is not a single positive thing to be found.

clatter.

Ryan stopped and looked at several naked people hanging under the viaduct, both men and women, with a sign on their chest that read:

"This is not a place for journalists."

"I didn't pay the ransom on time."

"I shouldn't touch Boss Hesong stuff."

The corpses swayed in the morning light, just as rotten as the rusty guardrails. Coupled with sporadic gunshots, Ryan felt that this place was even more miserable than the ruins of Canghai City.

"Young man, if I were you, I would find the fastest car and get out of here before you are targeted."

Ryan turned his head and saw an old man sitting on the steps, wearing a cowboy hat and holding a bottle of wine.

"Have all the local police disappeared?"

"Haha, I didn't care much before, but I was paid to do things back then. I heard something called 'Honkai' on TV, and now I've even closed my other eye. Did you see that female reporter? She always thought she could find the truth, but the higher-ups didn't care at all."

Ryan took a breath. The third Honkai brought a huge impact to the whole world, but in this small town, the impact seemed small. He also knew that the world was full of scams and threats.

What doomsday ark, silver party enjoyment, accurately corresponds to every human instinct.

"Have you ever thought about leaving?"

"I've lived here for sixty years, and I'm used to it. Besides, the housing prices in those big cities have gone through the roof, and there's no place for the Fire Moth office." The old man gulped down two sips of wine and continued drunkenly:

"Don't be fooled by Montpellier depressed appearance. In fact, the contraband business is booming. The demand has increased greatly in all parts of Mu Continent. People will die sooner or later. What's the difference between dying in a fight or at the hands of a monster? For me, the happiest thing is to fall asleep drunk and never wake up again."

The old man talked a lot, but his words were simple and reasonable, and he also let Ryan see what the people at the bottom of society were thinking.

Heroes are always a minority, most people just go with the flow. If he has no destiny, he would be one of them. He is probably throwing crazy money parties right now and dying of kidney deficiency.

Ryan looked at the corpse under the viaduct again. He was unlucky. Unlike his predecessors who traveled through time and space and spent every day with female heroes, flirting and sending love letters, he had to see the most real side of the world and see the struggles of human nature that were not even counted in statistics.

It's quite interesting. No wonder the Herrscher is full of twisted ideas. In a place like this, it's not too much to say 'humanity will be destroyed', but ah——

She turns evil when she sees evil and turns white when she sees light. What kind of middle school character is this?

The footsteps were approaching. The old man was already drunk. He heard the sound of cigarettes being loaded and the smell of body odor penetrated into his nose.

"Why think so much? Just do the work first."

Ryan seemed to feel nothing and just slowly raised his right hand.

"Put your hands on your head and turn around. If you move, I'll shoot you to death." The black man raised his gun with a smile, thinking that he was lucky today as he met a fat sheep early in the morning.

But the fat sheep seemed not to hear it. Just like a ghost in a movie, he suddenly disappeared from sight, and two muffled sounds were heard in his ears.

Bang—bang—

The slightly warm liquid splashed on the black man face. He subconsciously turned his head and saw his two brothers lying straight on the ground, but their heads were missing. There seemed to be two big tomatoes thrown on the graffiti covered wall behind them, and red and white sticky liquid was slowly sliding down.

The black man was still holding the gun, his facial muscles shaking uncontrollably, staring to the side blankly. The black-haired young man was shaking off the blood stains on his fists, his white shirt was spotless.

"You peed."

Ryan glanced at the dirty jeans and gently took off the pistol for him, with a gentle smile on his face.

"I want to find someone. Could you please lead the way to meet your boss?"