The Lost Land of Gold

"What, what's going on?!" Liao Ke in the audience was dumbfounded, "Did Bai Liu really fire that shot?!"

"Yes." Lu Yizhan stared at those golden sculptures in the background of the big screen with a cloudy face for a long time, then suddenly stood up, his tone and demeanor sinking to a terrifying level, "I'm going to the third game."

"Heretic 0073 is in trouble."

"Wait?!" Liao Ke was shocked, "Now? But Georgia, in a match, there's no one who knows you in the third inning who can pick you up, you'd be breaking and entering, something could go wrong!"

"Their defense is tight!"

"And it's almost time for our game, so there's not always enough time to log out and come back!"

"Don't worry about it, I'll find a way to make it quick." Lu Yizhan clenched his teeth, closed his eyes, "I did a heavenly wrong thing ...... I took in the wrong heretic."

Liao Ke froze, "Sheltering the wrong heretic?"

"I shouldn't have taken in heretic 0073." Lu Yizhan took a deep breath, "Because it's not a heretic at all!"

Liao Ke doubts, "0073 is totally heretical."

"No." Lu Yizhan shook his head slowly, "That guy Bai Liu, he lied to Georgia and screwed us all over."

"He deliberately induced me to take in the Gurolum Kingdom in order to collect the pain of a thousand years of gold from the Gurolum Kingdom, and this was simply a setup that he set up long ago in order to collect the pain!"

Liao Ke gets up, pats Lu Yizhan on the shoulder, and sighs, "...... I'll go to the third inning with you."

"Let's pick the closest point to the Gurokai to log out."

By the Gurokai Sea, heresy is dealt with in three bureaus.

After Lu Yizhan logged out, he calmly instructed Liao Ke: "Get in touch with Cen Buming and ask him to expedite the approval for me to enter the third bureau."

"Yes, Captain." Liao Ke answered dryly, and a few minutes later he handed the phone to Lu Yizhan, "Team Cen's on the line, he asked what you're up to."

"It's a long story, and the situation is urgent, so I'll make it short." Lu Yizhan replied calmly, "Senior, I need this approval from you to save the world."

Cen Buming was twistedly silent for two minutes, "...... wait."

He hung up, and almost a minute later, Cen Buming's call came back, and his tone became a bit condensed, "Something's happened at the third station."

"Two days ago, they received a strange teaser letter that said they were going to steal Heretic 0073, and the Third Bureau is now under full martial law, forbidding any outsiders to come in or out, and the temporary authorization won't come down."

"Sounds familiar, doesn't it? It's that monkey's style of stealing, but strangely enough ......"

"This world's Mu Sicheng is playing in the league right now, it's impossible for him to come out and steal Heretic 0073." Lu Yizhan took a deep breath, "If this teaser letter is true, it's bound to be the Mu Sicheng of the other world line, and to be able to make the Mu of the other world line Sicheng to come over, that can only mean one thing."

"--The Evil God Bai Liu has intervened in this matter, he wants to move Heretic 0073."

"I found some special channels to give you another authorization to use Prophet access, saying that you're a special agent here to investigate the matter." Cen Buming's tone was cold, "But it's hard to say if the Third Bureau eats Prophet access or not, after all, it's a special product of the First Bureau, and the Third Bureau doesn't have that kind of position."

A game of special products Lu Yizhan : "...... Thank you Shidi."

Cen Buming gave a cry that was not appreciated and simply hung up the phone.

"Go!" Lu Yizhan jogged, "Cen Buming should have sent over the approval, let's try to see if we can get into the third inning."

"No way." The investigative member of the Third Bureau shook his head gravely, "The approval has been verified by us to be genuine, we can let you into the Third Bureau and learn some information, but I'm sorry, we do not have access to Heretic 0073 as a special agent."

Lu Yizhan softened his tone and spoke in a supplicating voice: "This authorization has passed before, why not today?"

The investigative team member hesitated for a moment and looked at the pleading-faced Lu Yizhan, but still opened his mouth to explain, "Because Captain Georgia said that we have to be on strict defense today, he pulled the alert of the third bureau to the highest level and gave a death order saying that anyone is forbidden to contact Heretic 0073 until he returns."

--That's what that teaser letter led to.

Lu Yizhan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "...... From what I know of Captain Georgia, he wouldn't easily be so wary of a teaser letter of unknown origin."

This world line of Georgia simply did not contact the thief Mu Sicheng, and things have always been stable, not so much in the case of not yet investigated the other side of the origin of the situation, to a preview letter on such a rise, do Dora to the red second level of alert, it is unlikely to be the highest.

--The highest level of security in the Third Bureau is the "Judge" level, and Georgia has never used this level of security since he was in charge of the Third Bureau.

The investigator paused, "Since you hold an approval for prophet authority, you should know that there are people in this world who can dream, or foretell things in the future."

Lu Yizhan opened his eyes, that foreboding feeling in his heart getting heavier and heavier: "...... you mean?"

"Captain Georgia and Captain Armand both had precognitive dreams a few months back." The investigator looked up at Lu Yizhan, "You should be well aware that those of us who watch over the heretics are the most heavily influenced by the heretics, and sometimes we do manage to pass through that influence, and from the heretics we will get some vague revelations, some of which will take the form of dreams."

"Both Captain Georgia and Lieutenant Armand dreamed of this teaser letter and they thought that the person who sent it would be a great threat to the Triple Game, and after we discussed it, we felt that such a dream was informative as it manifested itself in both captains."

Lu Yizhan's heart sank to the bottom.

...... dream, Bai Liu's favorite method of seduction.

It was a tightly knit setup that Bai Liu had been setting up since months ago, and he'd left the Heresy Authority unaware.

"One last request, can you determine the current status of the crew guarding Heretic 0073?" Lu Yizhan looks up.

"Just made contact, no problem." The investigator nodded, "We'll make another contact now."

After an interval of less than a minute, the investigator returned with a pale face, "......The team members who guarded Heretic 0073, are lost."

Lu Yizhan exhaled a cloudy breath from his chest, "You're sending a new crew over there right away, I can wear the surveillance ring, can you make an exception and let me follow this new crew to the island?"

...... If we don't suspend the thousand-year gold deal with Bai Liu and the Gurolun Kingdom, so that [Mu Sicheng] really opens up 0073 in reality and spreads the powder of the dotted gold stone to the whole world, then all creatures will be turned into gold sculptures at that time.

Heresy spreads across the world, the match between the prophet and the evil god ends in defeat, and Bai Liu will endlessly collect pain in this last world line.

And the moment the heresy opens, the people of the Gurolum Kingdom will ......

You have to fill the sand funnel of time to terminate the transaction.

Lu Yizhan looks down at the coin hanging over his heart and grips it tightly - Bai Liu, the new prophet, do you have an idea yet?

Where do the tears come from that have to be able to withstand the pain of a thousand years of gold congealed?

In-Game.

After Liu Jiayi exited the game, Bai Liu calmly turned his gun around and aimed it at Bellock and More, who were trapped in Tang Er's fight, and fired again.

Kris grits his teeth and puts a shield made of non-Newton fluid over the front of Bellock and More.

Shortly after Liu Jiayi exited the game and her Poison skill timed out, Kris's non-Newton fluid turned white again without the Poison enchantment, i.e., restoring the [Shield] function.

But with the shield clearly in front of Bellock and More, Bai Liu continued to fire his gun indifferently, pulling the trigger one after another and emptying an entire magazine into the flowing solid shield.

Kris was confused - her shield was 100% immune to aggressive behavior like bullets, so why was Bai Liu still wasting skills attacking her shield?

And this person ...... just killed the most precious member of his team, right?

Even when Bai Liu does something to benefit her team, it's not just Kris who's confused and questioning - what the hell is Bai Liu doing?

Tang Er fighting trapped in a birdcage also frowns.

He had hit this [Non-Newton Fluid] shield of Kris's, and was basically certain that bullets wouldn't be able to get through it, not even if they were pulled up to his highest attack, and he didn't understand why Bai Liu had to hit it again when he knew it.

From just now until now, everything Bai Liu did was incomprehensible to him, but on the field of play, he, as a main attacker, would never question Bai Liu's actions - even if the other party did something as outrageous as killing a healer.

The silver bullets spiraled and spun, as if in slow motion, striking into the milky-white liquid shield -

--and then it traveled through as smoothly as if it had hit the air, striking Bellock and More, who were hidden behind their shields and looking stunned beyond belief, with pinpoint accuracy.

The bullet shot into his chest, spattering a blob of blood that melted into the fluid, creating a bloody red tattoo.

Kris: "?!?!"

Kris's brain was blank for a moment, she subconsciously opened her system panel to see if there was a mistake in her skills, and after double-checking, she confirmed that the description of her skills had not changed at all - it had a certain shielding effect on all offensive behaviors, especially on firearms-type physical attacks.

As long as it was an aggressive behavior, or even a normal behavior with an aggressive mentality, her shield was able to provide some protection, and there had never been this weird situation where bullets hit and the high thickness shield she had piled up was as if it didn't exist.

It was the same as when this guy had just shot through her shield and killed her own healer ...... It was as if the shield she had protected her team members with countless times had completely failed in front of this man, in front of this strange tactician.

Obviously, it was a top-notch shield that could defend against even psychological aggressiveness, so why would it fail in front of this person?

If her [Shield] is completely ineffective ...... In front of this kind of tactician who would brutally brutalize even her own team members...

Kris shivered, feeling a twinge of uncontrollable fear.

More and Bellock, already battered and bruised from their confrontation with Tang Er, their bodies showing signs of protective gold sculpture, slow and stiff, and now completely incapacitated by Bai Liu's shots, lay on the ground, holding their legs where Bai Liu had hit them, and screaming at the top of their lungs at Kris: "Escape! Kris!

Kris grits his teeth and rips off the last layer of shallow shield fluid protecting his body, and does his best to stack the thickness of the shield to the thickest circle possible, enveloping both team members completely.

There was blood coming out of the corner of her mouth, and Kris, who had no shield, blocked in front of the shield without taking a step back, her eyes staring deathly at Bai Liu high above her.

If [Shield] fails, she is the last shield for the team members - this is the awareness and duty of the [Shield] position players.

Bai Liu slowly and leisurely changed the magazines as he took a step down from the heights of the mine, the casings crashing under his feet with a crisp clatter, and after changing to the magazines he raised his hands once more, aiming the guns at the two team members in the shields.

"Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang--!!!"

The bullet grazes past Kris, hits the shield behind Kris, and then, as before, goes through as smoothly as if it had hit air, and the breathing of Bellock and More inside stops.

Kris's pupils constricted.

[System alert: Player Bellock's life value is zero, he's out of the game.]

[System alert: Player More's life value is zero, exit the game.]

Blood flowed from the underside of the shield and her fluid shield was completely reddened.

"Why ......" Kris dropped to the ground in a trance, her fingertips and ankles began to turn to gold as well, the tears that fell from her eyes brought out a glittering sheen like gold dust as she looked with a choked speech at her head as she walked up to her and pointed the gun at Bai Liu, "Why did [Shield] fail?"

"[Shield] is for guard, for protection, [Shield] exists to protect those close to you from harm."

"My desire to protect everyone has not changed one iota, so why is my [Shield] failing?"

Kris's tears turn to scattered gold dust as she cries, "The Golden Dawn exists to protect."

"As the [Shield] of the Golden Dawn, the desire I want to protect cannot be invalidated! Why are you able to penetrate my [Shield] to kill the one I want to protect!"

"Your desire to protect never fails, or more precisely, it is because your desire to protect never fails." Bai Liu held up his gun and smiled, "It was only because my bullets penetrated your shield that I managed to kill them."

Kris looked up out of nowhere, the goldenization of her torso had spread to her heart, which made the words that came out of her mouth stutter and harden, "...... Why?"

"Your desire to protect is very strong, as strong as your Captain Georgia's." Bai Liu lowered his eyes, a very light layer of gold dust hanging over his eyes, "Your shield blocks even the non-aggressive behavior made by a person with a malicious mind, a very powerful shield indeed."

"But accordingly, if a person engages in aggressive behavior, but he has no intention of harming you, your [Shield] will not be able to stop it."

"Like right now." Bai Liu laughs softly and aims the gun at Kris' temple, her lips are starting to turn gold, "I'm going to kill you, but I'm not even thinking I'm going to hurt you."

"What I'm thinking is that I'm not killing you-"

"--rather, I'm saving you."

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang--!!!"

Kris collapsed to the ground moments before he was about to be transformed into a golden statue.

The birdcage that trapped Tang Er's fight disappeared, and Bai Liu handed over the gun with a smile, "It was an emergency situation, and I needed a long-range weapon, so I borrowed it for a bit, thank you Captain Tang."

Tang Er, who had been forcibly borrowed, hit a helpless pickup, "Say, what have you found out again."

"I can't believe I sent Jiayi out of the game with a sudden shot, that's messed up too ......"

"And what not bring offense killing theory." Tang Er hit the gun tucked into the back of the waist, turned to clench his fist and choked and coughed twice, sighed, "...... This is what and what ah, I use a gun for so many years, I have not seen someone kill without aggression, not with aggression how to kill?"

"You're fooling people again, aren't you?"

"No oh." Bai Liu shrugs innocently, "I really wasn't lying this time, I really did kill them to save them."

He smiled with an arched brow and a gentle face, "Just as good a reason as killing Jiayi."

"I might as well kill you to save you later, Captain Don."

Tang Er hit the ground running and looked over with a raised eyebrow, "So Tactician White, what do you know again that you can explain to a bewildered lead attacker?"

Bai Liu was just about to open his mouth when the system alert went off.

[System alert: Player Mu Ke's life value is zeroed out, exiting the game.]

Bai Liu's eyes narrowed as he took out his communication tool and saw the last message Mu Ke had sent him-[Palace, Gold Dust, Tears].

"Indeed." Bai Liu stroked his chin thoughtfully, "It's consistent with what I deduced."

Tang Er fought helplessly and held out his hand in front of Bai Liu's face, "Seeing as how you don't look surprised, Mu Ke's being cleared out of the game now is something you've set up, isn't it?"

"Yes." Bai Liu replied with a slight smile, "I told him to clear the brothers Georgia and Armand out of the mine, whatever it takes."

"One against two, or the two most favorable people on the other side." Tang Er fought frowning, "To be able to drag it out until now, Mu Ke is truly remarkable."

"You're trying to say that Mu Ke isn't the best person for the job, right? Because there's a key thing that only he can do, let him go." Bai Liu smirked, "I told Mu Ke to tell Georgia that he had the means to fill the hourglass."

Tang Er hit stunned, "You knew how to fill an hourglass that early?!"

"Of course not." Bai Liu shook his head honestly, "I lied to Georgia."

Tang Er hit frowned: "Georgia into the copy should be brought lie detector props, and he as three ...... Golden Dawn origin, the hands of the lie detector props should not be scales that kind of low level things, how did you fool him?"

"Oh, this." Bai Liu said calmly, "I lied to Mu Ke too."

"I told him I really knew how to fill an hourglass, and he believed me, he really thought I did, and so he went ahead and towed Georgia with a lot of trust, and also because Mu Ke really believed that I did, that abject trust, which I thought was going to fool Georgia's lie detector props, and let him go."

"Because out of several players, if I come into the game and I tell you guys that I know how to fill an hourglass, you should all plow through it a little bit, and if I don't, you should all suspect that I'm cheating, but that's not going to be the case with Mu Ke."

"All I had to do was tell him that I knew, but that now was not the time to tell you, and he would have believed it completely and carried out the mission without asking a word more."

"Mu Ke will blindly obey me and blindly trust me one hundred percent, so he's the only one who can accomplish this task and the best person for the job."

Bai Liu rubs his chin, "He should have been faithfully convinced that I really knew how to fill an hourglass while he was being interrogated by Georgia and Armand to the point of zero life points, which is why Georgia chose to spend so much time with him until now."

"......" Tang Er typed from his heart, "Bai Liu, you're such an animal."