Chapter 287 Skeleton Giant and God!

Put away your doubts about Mark, because this is not a very important thing now. The most important thing now is how to maximize the benefits of this city.

According to the map provided by the system, it can be seen that this city is very remote.

Being biased means... the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.

There are many things that cannot be easily done within the empire, but can be achieved here.

In the end, this group of aliens did not withhold Mark, but returned Mark to Zheng Yu. Of course, there were certain warnings.

For example, "Although you are from the Empire, in our territory, don't try to play tricks."

He also reminded Zheng Yu that if he didn’t give money, they would really deduct the mark.

After going through "friendly" negotiations.

As a smuggler, Zheng Yu followed this group of aliens into the core of Sand City - the material processing factory.

This group of foreigners actually treated Zheng Yu very well. Not only were they polite, they even offered him a car to pick him up and drop him off.

The core of the car in the Skeleton Wasteland is not an engine, but a skeletal creature. It is similar to a carriage, but it is far more advanced than a carriage.

"Tell me about it."

In the carriage, Zheng Yu sat in a precise space and examined Mark.

"say what?"

Mark said pretending to be stupid.

Zheng Yu said with a smile: "If you don't tell the truth, I don't mind dismantling you into parts. I believe that even if you become parts, the people outside will take you away at a high price."

"..."

Mark was silent for a moment, "Didn't you guess it all?"

Zheng Yu: "It's not hard to guess, but it's hard to believe that there is a high-tech skeletal creature like you. It's a bit beyond my imagination."

So true.

So real that...you can eat, think, and have your own philosophical reflections on the world.

Mark raised his head and looked at Zheng Yu, "I never hid it from you, but I didn't expect you to be more ignorant than I thought."

Mark was still speechless.

"They all know my identity. You are the weirdest one. You don't even know about Mark-type skeleton technology."

"You don't even know the three forbidden laws of the empire."

"It feels like you are not ignorant, but... you are not from this world at all."

Zheng Yu did not explain who he was. After all, when they entered the abyss world as professionals, if this abyss world had a complete social system, they would often be asked if they were people from other worlds.

Not knowing anything... is not normal.

Zheng Yu was only interested in the three forbidden laws of the empire, "Which three forbidden laws?"

Mark looked at Zheng Yu with interest, and then explained patiently: "The first prohibition is that you cannot study history, you cannot write history, you cannot form organizations with historical achievements, and you cannot collect collections of historical significance."

"The second prohibition prohibits the development of all Mark-type skeletal creatures."

"I am a second-generation Mark-type skeleton creature. I am one of the most technologically advanced and intelligent skeleton creatures in this era."

"ai?"

Zheng Yu blurted out.

"What is AI?"

"It's artificial intelligence."

"Artificial intelligence?" Mark said with a strange emotion on his face, "Are you sure humans can create truly thinking creatures?"

"..."

Zheng Yu didn't know how to answer, because so far, what Mark said... was actually beyond Zheng Yu's control.

"Our birth is related to the group of skeleton giants in the restricted area of ​​the wasteland."

Hearing the word "wasteland restricted area", Zheng Yu instantly became energetic.

Because the wasteland restricted area is the destination of one of the special missions.

"I am a second-generation Mark-type skeletal creature. The Skeleton Giant is the first-generation Mark-type skeletal creature. Our wisdom, my understanding of the world, and what you call intelligence all come from the first-generation Mark-type skeletal creature. .”

"That is..."

"Skeleton giant."

"The research on the skeleton giants involves historical issues, and the empire is afraid of those group of skeleton giants, so the place where the skeleton giants are buried is a forbidden wilderness area."

"Using the core technology of the Skeleton Giant to create has also become a prohibition."

Zheng Yu asked keenly: "Did you just say... bury?"

"Isn't the skeleton giant alive?"

Mark looked at Zheng Yu with an expression that looked like a fool, "You are so funny. If the Skeleton Giant was still alive, what would be the matter with the empire? It would have been crushed by a long ago."

Zheng Yu didn't bother with this sentence because he found that Mark seemed to have an inexplicable respect for his "ancestors".

"I remember you said you were a historian before? Did you lie to me?"

Mark actually said confidently: "I didn't say it, I was just caught for possessing an item with historical significance."

"what?"

Zheng Yu had wanted to ask before, but now he finally had the chance.

Mark shook his head: "It's long gone. It was the belongings of my dead master. Although I am not a historian, my master is."

"My type of machine is very expensive. Only people from wealthy families in the empire can afford it. In addition, the Mark machine has ended mass production, so I can still be regarded as a relatively expensive collection."

"My master gave me a history book when he died. Later I was captured and the book was snatched away by people from the empire, and then you are now."

Mark's voice became quieter as he spoke, because Zheng Yu had already taken out a wrench and looked at Mark's body, as if he was about to remove him.

"Do you think I believe it or not?"

Mark quickly said: "I'm telling the truth."

Zheng Yu snorted coldly, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

"You said it yourself, you are a relatively expensive collection, how could you be casually thrown into a slave prison?"

Mark was silent.

no answer.

Zheng Yu put the wrench on Mark's eyeballs and found that Mark was not afraid.

Zheng Yu probably understood that Mark... was actually not afraid of death at all.

As he said before, human life is nothing. Mark is not a human being and does not care about life or death, so he said this.

Zheng Yu smiled.

Then drop the wrench.

"Don't you want to witness the future that your master enjoys?"

There was a special look in Mark's eyes, and he looked at Zheng Yu.

Zheng Yu continued: "Don't you want to research your master's unfinished history clearly and then write it down?"

Zheng Yu pointed to himself, "I have this ability."

"I'm not bragging to you. I came here to accomplish something. I am indeed not from this world's...species."

"Just like... those skeleton giants, they don't belong to this world."

Based on Mark's description and Li Chenggong's experience of escaping in the restricted area, combined with the strange technology tree at this time, Zheng Yu can make a 100% judgment.

The group of skeletal giants who brought skeletal technology to this world should be like me and not aborigines!

This must have something to do with God.

It exactly conforms to the law summarized by Nan Muyun, the abyss... must be related to God.

Although Zheng Yu had read the strategies of Li Chenggong and professionals who had entered the Skeleton Wasteland Abyss, there was no description of Mark in their strategies.

The sound Queen Psylocke made when she slapped Mark had already made Zheng Yu suspicious.

A normal head cannot detect the sound of iron objects hitting each other.

In addition, the guard soldiers' attitude of ignoring Mark, and the greedy looks of the aliens in the red fence area towards Mark, all prove that Mark is probably not a human race, but a commodity!

But Zheng Yu has never seen any information about "Mark type skeleton technology" in any guide.

The mission of "Rescuing Mark" has been completed by someone, but there is only one sentence of relevant information.

"The task of rescuing Mark is a basic task in the early stage, but it requires a lot of time to run the map. It is recommended that professionals who are randomly assigned to this task at the beginning give up the task."

In other words, like Zheng Yu, a professional who once randomly entered the task of rescuing Mark at the beginning actually gave up halfway through.

There is only a reward of 1500 CR coins.

Having to carry a skinny old man across thousands of kilometers is not only time-consuming, but also inconvenient.

Unlike the Psylocke Queen, other professionals have to rely on their legs.

In the strategy of this professional who had done the task of rescuing Mark, he once mentioned that the rescued slave Mark would try to escape.

According to Mark's character... Zheng Yu thinks he can do it.

Mark...isn't human at all.

But a special, beyond Zheng Yu's knowledge...a humanoid skeletal creature.

He even has his own understanding of the world and a "philosophy" defined by people.

After receiving Mark's indirect recognition, Zheng Yu finally understood the reason why Mark's understanding of the world and the words he said that seemed like the "protagonist" were so confusing.

Mark's philosophy and Mark's thinking about history all come from his former master.

A Mark who lost his master and could only become a collection of some imperial nobles did not care about life or death at all.

It's actually better to be dead.

Because once caught and used as a collection, it would undoubtedly be more terrifying than death for Mark, who already has self-thinking and life philosophy.

But instead of taking his own life, Mark chose to hide in a remote mine and pretend to be a slave.

That's right, disguise.

This is the only reasonable explanation that Zheng Yu guessed based on Mark's behavior.

This kind of behavior is completely opposite to the attitude of not being afraid of death that Mark showed just now. It can only mean one thing... Mark, an out-of-print skeletal humanoid creature, still has unfinished dreams.

Combined with the "messy" philosophical words that Mark said before, it can be judged that Mark's dream... is probably the unfinished business of his former master, the historian.

Mark's reaction also told Zheng Yu that he had guessed correctly again.

There was some hesitation when seeing Mark.

Zheng Yu struck while the iron was hot and said: "Let's start with this city and do an experiment. I have plenty of strength, but I know nothing about this world."

"And you are... weak as hell, but you know better."

"cooperate?"

"In other words, what are you worried about?"

Zheng Yu really needs the history that Mark knows, which will be very helpful for him to pass the customs, and Zheng Yu believes that that history must be related to the skeleton giant and the god behind the skeleton giant.

Under the imperial prohibition, the only person who could understand this period of history and dare to tell him about it was probably the skeletal creature of Mark, a former historian.

Mark hesitated for a moment. He didn't want to say it, but he saw Zheng Yu's tone that he didn't want to lie.

I thought I had experienced Zheng Yu’s madness before.

Mark also knew very well that anyone who dared to go against the empire must be a madman.

Obviously, Zheng Yu fits this kind of mental state, and Mark really believes what he says.

But Mark still had concerns. He thought about it again and again, and then saw his somewhat stiff knees. To outsiders, this was a normal condition after old age.

Only he knows that this is the aging of the bones.

He couldn't hold on much longer.

Thinking of this, Mark put aside his hesitation and said to Zheng Yu: "Do you know why you were able to receive this mission and find me?"

Zheng Yu shook his head.

He didn't even know how he got this mission.

Mark smiled and said: "Because someone once said the same thing as you."

Zheng Yu said: "Is it the person who issued this mission?"

Mark nodded: "When I knew that this mission was issued from Free City, and that the place you were taking me to was Free City, I knew it must be him."

"He lied to you?"

"Not really. It's just that his strength is not good enough and his courage is not that good. He can't complete what he promised. It's impossible for me to give him the book written by my master, so... I ran away."

"Didn't you say it's gone?"

Mark snorted, "Stop pretending, you used my master's dream to induce me, wasn't it also for that book?"

Zheng Yu stopped pretending, "I do need it, and it should be more urgent than the person who caught you in Free City. After all, if such an important thing is really gone, you won't have the motivation to live."

Mark looked at Zheng Yu, "Do you know who that person is?"

"Tell me."

Zheng Yu also wanted to take a look at the opponent's strength.

Mark said: "He is the deputy city lord of Free City."

"oh."

Zheng Yu nodded thoughtfully.

The mission goal is there!

Zheng Yu boldly guessed that the deputy city lord of the free city was very likely to be the important figure in activating the second special mission.

Seeing Zheng Yu who heard the identity of "Deputy City Lord", he could still laugh. Mark felt that he had really met a madman.

But... isn't this pretty good?

In this world, I'm afraid only madmen would do these things.

"By the way, you just mentioned two prohibitions, so what is the third prohibition?" After Zheng Yu set his goal, he brought back the topic that Mark had not finished talking about before.

Mark stared at Zheng Yu, "The third prohibition..."

"Once a creature that does not belong to this world is discovered, it must be reported to the empire as soon as possible. If it is hidden and not reported, it will be regarded as cover-up."

"death penalty……"

"Actually, this prohibition has always been regarded as a dispensable joke. After all...how can there be people from other worlds."

"The three prohibitions have become the second prohibitions."

"Until...I met you."

"Tsk."

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Two chapters in one, I got off work late tonight and don’t have time to divide it into chapters, so that’s it.

In addition, I would like to thank "Human Game", "Ren Laodao from Erlong Mountain" and "Jin Wu who likes Bamboo Chicken Grass" for the gifts. Thank you, boss. As for adding more updates... I will definitely add more updates when I have time during the holidays. .