Chapter 294

After squatting in this ghost place for half a month, the artisan can only say, your car inspection process for the modified group is the most outrageous!

When the previous team was tested, the car cover opened, and it was a whole mess of flesh and blood inside.

They didn't even bother to act!

Thick blood vessels wriggled and wrapped around the bone-like car frame, in the middle was a huge heart constantly beating and jumping, and a green eye grew on the engine-like heart looking out, covered in bloodshot eyes, constantly blinking.

Checking it was simply too life-shortening.

It just so happened that when asked, the other party was still justified, taking out a series of patent reports and research records, "We used the latest environmentally friendly biotechnology!"

Come on, brother, this is a rally! What kind of "environment" are you doing here!

If this wasn't the reconstruction of disaster beasts, forbidden recreation, and biological alchemy that skirts the ban, I would slice your car wheels and eat them with soy sauce!

But even if there is a problem, what can you do?

Compared to those behemoths, the race organizing committee is just a small shrimp earning sponsorship, and the artisan is just working to earn money assigned by the Association.

You say it is, then it is, you say whatever it is, then it is.

Anyway, as long as you don't mount two cannons on the roof and say "this is our most advanced kinetic propulsion technology," and can pretend a little, act a little, and get by, it's fine.

"Consider you compliant."

The bearded artisan signed his name sloppily, and then, after pressing a few times on a special computer, pulled out a plastic box like an ETC from the cable on the other end.

"Take this back and install it on the car yourself, remember, don't take it apart, if you take it apart, the results will be invalid, and the same goes for damage."

Before the artisan finished speaking, Ji Jue took it over and started to explore the internal physical properties in front of the other party.

Although it was a bit impolite, but... you can't just install anything on the car, right?

A positioning device that can send and receive signals.

However, there was a closed structure inside, with a spiritual quality lock and a seal formed by the combination of tin and lead, the internal spiritual quality circuit changed, possessing special verification.

And within the closed structure, there seemed to be the ability to receive signals, but it could only receive and not send.

"GPS?" Ji Jue asked.

"Hmm."

The artisan sighed numbly and introduced it bluntly: "Apart from connecting to satellites to confirm the location for easy rescue, there are at least 170 verification points along the way, it will receive and record the keys of the verification points, and each maintenance area behind will check them separately. After arriving at the finish line, if the internal recorded keys are less than one hundred."

Saying that, he handed over a thick rule book.

Ji Jue took it, and flipped through it roughly on the road.

It can only be said... it seems like everything was said, but it also seems like nothing was said.

The general rules are similar to ordinary competitions, but there are too many ambiguous places in the details, which is too vague.

It's not much better than a roll of toilet paper.

"Brother Ji Jue, someone is watching us." An Ning, who was beside him, said.

"Normal."

Ji Jue was too lazy to raise his head, flipping through the rules, reading ten lines at a glance: "From the moment we participated in the race, we have already been the target of public criticism."

An Ning's pupils swept through the wind and snow, lightly staring at faces that were either bright or dark, distinguishing the aura: "Someone wants to kill you."

"Normal."

Ji Jue was still indifferent, closed the book, and told her:

"Because I am the same."

No need to be surprised, and no need to be amazed.

Isn't that exactly why everyone came here?

Under the competition wearing the clothes of civilization and glory, on the long road of more than five thousand kilometers, in the wild and cruel wilderness, what is left... isn't it just a life-and-death slaughter?

Everyone is the same, regardless of nobility or inferiority.

After throwing away the high-sounding excuses, what is left is just pure grudges and revenge, nothing more!

From the wind and snow blowing on his face, Ji Jue laughed silently.

"Precisely because of this, I like racing."

An Ning tilted her head, looking at him, staring at the monster in the cage breaking free from the shackles, and after a long time, she also laughed.

Just humming a song like this, following behind him, stepping on the footprints he left.

Full of joy, following step by step.

Disappearing into the wind and snow.

"Is this it?"

Under the lonely lamp, a hand covered in tattoos picked up the file thrown on the table, opened it, stared at Ji Jue's face and resume in the photo, and smiled softly.

"An artisan? Worth such a big fuss?"

"Not just an artisan, but indeed an artisan." The middleman smoked and said: "The client's request is, be quick, as soon as possible, absolutely not allowing them to reach the finish line alive."

"What about the money?"

"Thirty percent prepaid, already equivalent to the full payment for the Rebirth Rank, the final payment has already arrived, as long as you get the head, you can settle it, and there will be another double bounty afterwards."

The middleman slowly pushed over a bank card, but when the person opposite reached out to take it, he suddenly pressed it down.

"What do you mean?"

In the darkness outside the light, a fierce intent appeared on the face covered in star tattoos.

"Pay attention, this is a bounty order, you are not the only one who took the order."

The middleman reminded: "From north to south, on this line, almost everyone has been mobilized, and you are not the only one named. Just now, the boss told me that people from the hunters have also participated."

"Isn't that just right?"

The man laughed, increasingly happy, and the tattoos on his face revealed faint light: "Dogs bite dogs, wolves eat wolves, the taste of hunters is worth savoring, right?"

From that hungry smile, the thick, fishy blood and the smell of rot spread silently.

Under the light, the beast's eyes were emerald green.

Already hungry and thirsty.

Not just here, from the wind and snow all over the Huangzhou to the endless yellow sand under the night, under the lonely lamp or the scorching sun, photos were distributed from the dark currents.

And countless black dots, like dense marching ants, gathered.

That night, in the middle of the night in Black River City, an alarm sounded suddenly.

Level 3 disaster alert.

According to satellite detection, the weather has changed, and it is expected that within three to five days, a strong cold air current will come from the eastern sea, bringing a new round of snow and extreme cold.

All cities in the Huangzhou will take emergency disaster measures.

Two hours later, after an emergency discussion by the Wild Sea Rally organizing committee, the conclusion was reached—the weather change does not affect the race schedule and event arrangements, the race continues.

Rejected the joint delay application of six teams.

Although limited by weather reasons, the live broadcast will be affected, but considering the audience's voice and the insistence of most teams, the race will proceed on time.

At the same time, the organizing committee approved the temporary change of drivers and navigators for seven teams including Snow Mountain, Xinyuan, Bailong, Dihu, and Echo, and completed the changes.

Further away, in the Ink Sea outside the snowfield, the storm galloped over.

A storm thousands of miles away caused the butterfly in Cliff City to fall from the branch, spinning wildly, falling into the stagnant water, struggling among the mosquitoes and mantises.

"It's chaotic."

Tong Ting frowned, the fishing rod in his hand retracted, staring at the empty straight hook, sniffing the water vapor and rot on it, his expression gradually gloomy:

"Everything is chaotic."

"Normal."

On the rocking chair under the shade of the tree, the old man with the teapot didn't bother to raise his eyes: "It's better not to read dead books, it's better not to listen to lewd sounds. This kind of thing should have been expected."

He said: "You are still too shallow."

If you want to target the Ether Dao, then you must first disrupt the phenomena, only in muddy water can you fish.

Otherwise, no matter how many locked-room murder cases are arranged, the name of the murderer on the first page would be marked in red, where would there be room for reasoning and suspense?

Now it's just tearing off a few pages, at least the first half is still there, not thrown into the shredder and ground into pieces.

Precisely because it is Ether, it must be knocked down from omniscience.

Precisely because they fear the Ether attainments of the Tong family, they would go to such great lengths, not knowing how many mirror-system Chosen Ones were dispatched behind the scenes to create illusions and noise, disrupting observation and phenomena.

And not knowing how many peers are still hidden, laying a net under the disrupted water surface.

It is just like a vast fog that came suddenly, everything that was once clearly visible and so distinct suddenly became a reflection in the mirror and a moon in the water, no longer clearly visible.

"If you can't see clearly, then you can't see clearly."

The old man's fingers stroked the rough purple clay, saying slowly: "Things like plots, omniscience is not beautiful, sometimes, chasing and guessing is also a kind of fun."

"No wonder others say Ether people are riddle-makers." Tong Ting sighed helplessly: "I get angry when I hear it, can't you speak more directly to me?"

"No."

The aged Heavenly Human mocked: "Others can, but you can't, you must 'listen'—otherwise, why is the Tong family's title 'Heavenly Listening' and not 'Heavenly Eye'?"

He raised his eyes and glanced at his successor: "Why aren't you called Tong Guan."

Tong Ting was silent.

【Initial Six, Child's View; the petty person is blameless, the gentleman is stingy】

Its general meaning probably refers to the gentleman reflecting on his true nature, while the petty person is ignorant and lost, unable to reflect on himself. The meaning of "Child's View" here is like a child's vision, short-sighted and childish, biased toward one corner, unable to look at the overall situation.

The name "Tong Guan" is instead derogatory.

As for the difference between Heavenly Listening and Heavenly Eye...

"Generally speaking, Heavenly Listening is always much worse than Heavenly Eye. Within the Ether Dao, the Tong family, as an upstart, lacks foundation and is always a head lower than the enemies in the Central City.

After a long time, everyone feels this way—"

The contemporary one reached here and sneered: "But do you think the blind old lady of the enemy dares to say this in front of me?"

The Ether Dao does not take glory in prominence and force, but focuses on long-term survival and prosperity. Therefore, it never appears on the stage, exists behind the scenes for a long time, is kind to others, rarely makes enemies, and turns hostility into friendship.

Proud of foresight and prophecy, those who are good at fighting naturally have no glorious achievements.

From this point of view, the enemy known as "Heavenly Eye" is naturally a step higher than Heavenly Listening.

There is a difference between eyes and ears, the listening of the ears is destined to be inferior to the direct observation and clarity of the eyes.

But precisely because of this, everyone will habitually pay attention to and rely on that pair of eyes that are most easily deceived.

But because of this, they forgot that when the storm strikes, in the chaotic scene full of killing intent, in the life-and-death darkness, ears are much more useful than eyes!

The deaf are good at seeing, the blind are good at listening.

The essence of the Heavenly Listening Dao lies in placing pieces in the dark and taking the lead in chaos!

Or to put it in simpler words, that is "peers killing peers"!

"It's just walking in the dark, others have already built the stage for you, and I, the old thing, am backing you up behind the scenes." The old man sneered, "What are you still hesitating about?"

Tong Ting was silent for a moment, sighed: "I really don't have any certainty."

"No certainty? No certainty is right."

The old man looked down contemptuously at the viscous darkness spreading from the night, but from the gaze of those pupils, the endless darkness seemed to boil, disturb, and surge.

Just like an invisible hand roughly disrupting everything, disturbing the stagnant water, stirring up the spread of mud, the scattered phenomena and clues entangled in a thousand threads, turning into a mess that no one could untie.

Thus, even the last wisp of starlight was swallowed by the dark clouds.

Ten thousand miles of silence.

Only the fearful sound of insects rang out.

"Now, no one has any certainty."

In the darkness, a mocking sigh came: "The night is dark and the wind is high, hanging the car and binding the horse... on a dead road, what does it matter if a few more unlucky ghosts fall from the cliff?"