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He desperately recalled countless past events, skillfully squeezing out a raging fire of anger, and decisively ignited it.
boom!
In that instant, Du Jue's mind cleared. The terrifying explosion immediately shattered a large number of scales, but it also brought a lot of heat in a short time, almost cooking his heart.
The hidden dragon should not be used!
Once in a state of accelerated time, Du Jue grabbed the clerical staff who hadn't yet managed to get away from the falling position and flung them far away.
Anyway, headquarters has regenerable ampoules, so preventing them from being killed is just a way to ensure they won't fall to their deaths.
Even so, the enormous stone tablet above them continued its unstoppable descent.
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Chapter 204 The Prototype of Dionysus.
Boom!
The violent tremors made it incredibly difficult for anyone trying to retreat to avoid stepping into the air with one foot while simultaneously landing firmly with the other, making it extremely difficult to maintain their balance.
The black stone tablet standing silently on the cracked floor suddenly lit up with the same purple light as the writhing heart of the corridor, causing all the employees exposed to it to frown uncomfortably.
We cannot understand them, and they certainly cannot understand us.
Du Jue held onto the wall for support, but suddenly felt short of breath. He then remembered that he needed to breathe hard, and a strange sense of doubt crept into his mind.
He looked at his left palm and couldn't understand how he was manipulating his five fingers and arm. When he glanced at the broken piece of metal at his feet, he felt a wave of dizziness, as if the boundary between himself and it was blurring.
The training department is covered by an unprecedentedly grand blueprint, which makes one reflect on whether one is inherently one with steel and plastic, and whether even the untouchable starry sky and the intimately connected earth are merely a part of the supreme greatness.
An emergency order from Michelle and the alarm for an abnormality's escape sounded: "Attention all personnel! The inhibitors in all containment chambers are rapidly depleting. Prepare to face multiple abnormalities!"
Upon hearing this, Du Jue immediately understood that this test was unusual. The purple light could probably suppress the headquarters' inhibitor, so something bad had probably already happened.
Upon realizing this, Du Jue immediately urged everyone to leave the training department. Then, he stared intently at the huge obsidian monument. Sure enough, the shimmering runes wriggled and gathered, dripping onto the ground like dew and coalescing into familiar figures.
"The tiny cells cannot perceive the grandeur of the whole; teeth and finger bones, though independent, are one. Humans, naturally constrained by reason and emotion, cannot comprehend the principle of cycles; this is an inescapable fact."
The half-body image that was raised was very familiar to Du Jue; it was the attire of the messenger Capet, except that the white floor-length cloak worn by messengers had been replaced with a light purple one.
"In the beginning of time, there was no distinction between life and death; life is merely a branch that appeared yesterday."
clang!
As Du Jue gripped the thorn spear with both hands and slashed down, he felt an immense force blocking his path head-on. Looking down, he saw it was a thin, seemingly fragile sword.
He forced a stiff smile, then swung his sword, sending Du Jue flying. "Did you really think I was playing a game with you?"
Swish!
Du Jue, who was swiftly thrusting again, was filled with doubt and surprise. This guy's strength had actually reached this level. Was it a test, or could it be able to penetrate deeper into the city?
After deflecting the attacks one after another, the half of the body suddenly reached out and swung its hand. The powerful blow, even though most of it was neutralized by the scales, still made Du Jue's chest crack with a crisp sound.
"To all of you, please come to my side."
He spoke with a mocking tone, not even bothering to pursue Du Jue, whose face showed pain.
Ignoring the pain of his fracture, Du watched in disbelief as several clerical staff walked slowly down the left and right corridors. Their faces were purple, clearly eroded by the test, and even Song Ya from the Control Department was among them.
Du Jue was initially afraid when facing the half-body, but after repeatedly breaking through the opponent's descent, he became calm and even somewhat dismissive. However, the scene at this moment still reminded him that the enemy was an unpredictable and unknown entity in the sky, and he must not let his guard down!
"What the hell?! What are you trying to do?!"
Du Jue did not act rashly, but cautiously kept his distance from those people, but he was already prepared to make his own move. He immediately gripped the Thorn Spear with one hand and became alert.
"The longing others have for you is the clue that led me here, and the ladder that brought me here."
He stood halfway up the stone tablet, spreading his hands, and said, "As long as Kaji and Ganjian are still alive, you will never have a peaceful day."
These words caused Du Jue's expression to change drastically. He had never thought that the other party would use such a thing to define him. It was too abstract. Besides, not to mention Gan Jian, wasn't Kaji already dead and left with only a card?
"However, I don't really mind damaging these icing on the cake clues; killing them would weaken my power here."
He tilted his head back contemptuously, as if he were not speaking to Du Jue at all, and said, "To everyone, kill him."
He was immediately surrounded by the approaching employees, but fortunately, there weren't many of them at the moment, so he was still able to control his strength. However, after glancing at the clerical staff entering the training department one after another, he immediately began to think of a countermeasure.
Chi Chi Chi!
"Stop it, you also need to leave. More and more corrupted employees are converging on the training department, and we plan to release a large dose of calming gas."
Gabriel's cold voice came through the radio.
If it were useful, Du Jue would certainly not hesitate, but this half-body creature was coming for him, and there was no point in running away. He immediately dodged Song Ya's slash and explained succinctly, "No! Its target is me!"
"What do you mean? Has your understanding also been eroded?"
Gabriel's voice carried a hint of urgency, "Stay calm! The rest of the departments are on their way to provide support."
Hey!
It seems only he can hear what this idiot is saying!
call!
The rapier that attacked from the side forced Du Jue to dodge by flipping over, and he anxiously took out the Dionysus Vine Crown from his dimensional leather gloves.
"It seems you really don't want to see me, you're quite fast."
He tossed aside his messenger's cloak, using it to wrap the blade of his rapier, making it resemble a purple clay scabbard. "Then let me sweep away these pebbles that are bothering you. After all, I am your only friend."
Du Jue's eyes widened immediately. Instead of drawing his sword at him, the other party turned to Song Ya on his right, instantly drawing his slender sword with a purple shadow, clearly intending to behead him.
"You son of a bitch!"
The crusher's serrated teeth bit into the rapier, instantly sparking a shower of sparks that illuminated half of its face, which was filled with malice.
"To all you useless folks, you may commit suicide."
"Cut your head off!"
The Dionysian crown, a symbol of self-expression!
The illusory sardines passed through the mysterious and deep purple light and instantly gathered into Du Jue's body. Then, the scales on his body shattered inch by inch, and countless grapevines grew out of them. Small purplish-red grapes even grew on the corners of his eyes and earlobes.
The training department, which was originally filled with purple light, suddenly became an open-air theater surrounded by grapevines, with countless wailing and frenzied audience members sitting from top to bottom like folding fans.
At this moment, Du Jue felt that the golden goblet that suddenly appeared in his hand was filled with an unbearable tragedy, but the wine it contained had a crazy passion that covered up his depression. Even the heavy pressure and gloom in his heart were replaced by the fanatical indulgence of the prototype of Dionysus.
Everything flows; nothing remains unchanged!
Strive to remain rational and resist the temptation of this prototype, and avoid the feeling that you might fall into it as deeply as the prototype of Lord of the Rings if you are not careful.
As the wine was poured out with a mixture of suppressed elation and wild joy, the ethereal purple light emanating from the massive stone monument condensed into dew, and the cheers of the spectators drowned out all other sounds.
Even the corrupted employees were liberated and reveled wildly. The purple on their faces faded, replaced by a sense of relief after liberation.
Its half-body surveyed its surroundings with remarkable human-like innocence. It seemed it hadn't expected that Du Jue could trigger such a drastic change; the situation it had been firmly in control of had instantly spiraled out of control. "Are you even human?"
The rapier and cloak he held even twisted and danced with the sound of the wine flowing.
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Chapter 205 Gabriel.
Swish!
Without a second thought, he grabbed the glass and splashed the wine forward, the golden liquid flying everywhere and suddenly forming a flowing curtain.
His retreating half-body couldn't dodge in time, and his right arm was stained with the golden liquid. Instantly, his clothes and arm deformed like stretched clay, and he couldn't even hold onto the twisted rapier.
"Anomalies? Kuh..."
His speech became slurred and unclear in just a short while, simply because his upper and lower lips began to droop and curl.
Truth can be found in wine.
Stepping forward, one must avoid crushing the gathered dew. As the water splashes, a rich aroma of wine explodes in the air, tempting one to abandon reason and raise the glass for another sip.
call!
It was just a small wine glass that could be held in the palm of your hand, yet it spilled enough wine to cover half the theater.
Chi Chi Chi!
The purple glow of the inscriptions on the obsidian stele was extinguished, and then the orderly unknown characters began to twist and become disordered. Even the stele itself slowly melted like soft mud.
Bang!
Du Jue laughed wildly and slammed the wine glass down on his head, instantly washing away both of them with a large amount of wine, taking away all reason in the theater.
"Yo-ho!"
The half-body, speaking in incomprehensible words, suddenly attacked, its human form collapsing instantly, crawling frantically with limbs that were completely incomprehensible.
With his last shred of reason, Du Jue raised his glass again and slammed it down. "Drink it!"
Boom!
The ultimate frenzy caused half of his body to completely disintegrate, and countless fragments and small balls that burst out excitedly on their own.
"Well!"
Covering his head, Du Jue, having just eliminated the enemy, suddenly couldn't remember what to do next. He looked down at the wine glass in his hand, about to open his mouth to taste it.
spread!
He exerted all his strength to shed the Dionysian prototype and collapsed to the ground. He felt as if his head had been completely submerged in industrial alcohol, and even thinking about raising his hand required staggering and considerable thought.
"Uh, Angela? Minister?"
Despite the dizziness, Du Jue managed to get up, only to realize that the alarm had changed.
He hurriedly looked at the employees slumped over beside him and breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that they were just exhausted from dancing. Luckily, he hadn't used them as shields, otherwise he would have dissolved his colleagues in his daze.
Some of the props used for part-time jobs were so difficult to control that they almost drove the senses of elimination into a semi-out-of-control state.
Well done, Dujue, you just passed the final test.
However, Chief Gabriel of the intelligence department just believes that you seem to have some connection with the test and wants to obtain your file from the supervisor.
I rejected it and destroyed his intelligence analysis of you, so the minister entered the core suppression phase as planned.
Do you still have the energy to carry out a special crackdown right now?
Of course, I could also use the old tactic of stalling for time. After all, emotions, like flames, seem to burn out, and it would be easy for the minister to return to normal then—provided nothing unexpected happens.
"Isn't this arrangement a bit too rushed?!"
Du Jue clutched his head, feeling a splitting headache like after a hangover, and said, "Angela, give me some treatment."
Fortunately, the welfare department is now fully open and can provide you with both physical and mental healing bullets.
Currently communicating with the supervisor.
Suddenly, a section of the ceiling in the corner of the training department popped open, and a gun barrel emerged, quickly aiming at Du Jue on the ground.
"Holy crap! What is this thing?"
call out!call out!
Two consecutive injections accurately hit his exposed right arm, instantly making him feel refreshed, and even the fracture in his chest had completely disappeared.
The employees, who arrived late, tidied up the department in an orderly manner.
Ilya's energetic command rang out over the loudspeaker: "All personnel evacuate the Intelligence Department and return to their respective departments to treat the wounded and suppress the anomalous entities! Training Department, please await reinforcements from Security Department."
Shaking his head, Du Jue, now fully awake, heard the department's announcement system switch to Michelle's voice.
"All employees, please guard the department lobby... prioritize treatment, and suppress the anomaly once reinforcements arrive."
Cameras sometimes don't record everything, especially since headquarters is full of weird things like anomalies and trials, so I can't be sure of your current situation.
If you feel very tired, then you can take a rest.
As my direct subordinate, I'm happy to offer you some assistance, since a relationship based on mutual benefit can easily break down due to one-sided demands.
I didn't expect artificial intelligence to be so humane. But I wonder if this convenience means marking itself as unconscious or exhausted in the manager's interface?
Avoiding the mental strain of leaning against the wall to recover from self-presentation, she asked curiously, "Since Minister Gabriel has noticed my unusual behavior, Miss Angela, aren't you also wondering about the changes I've brought about?"
"After all, no one is more familiar with headquarters and the Seed of Light than you. You should be able to notice even the slightest changes."