Chapter 166: Changes in the Park
"...Have you discussed this matter with Wengerson and the others?" Nino asked after a long silence.

"Not before I was captured by you. Of course, I couldn't ask directly about something that would expose my position. However, some of my little actions seemed to have been noticed by Wengerson, otherwise he wouldn't have privately commissioned you and that Anti to investigate this matter."

After all, there is no such thing as a "ghost" in essence, and catching a ghost is completely nonsense. The reason why Nino and Anti were still used privately was obviously that some of Navida's actions were noticed.

The New Zhuyang Project has entered a critical period, and Navida is still operating under the guise of the original plan. Wengerson has some doubts but is also concerned that a tough approach to Navida may result in a lose-lose situation, so he plans to just send people to delay.

Perhaps he also considered giving Nino, who had just been fired, some credit.

Although Wengerson had a keen sense, his handling of the matter was not decisive enough, causing him to be a step slower than Navidad.

But what really ruined Navida's plan was Anti, who entered the scene as an outsider.

Navidad could only sigh that Wengerson was really lucky to find a capable person like Anti.

"So, it was Wengerson who killed you."

"According to my plan, I should commit suicide in front of him. It's hard to control the miracle of reverberation based on his homicide, so I will commit suicide directly in the name of apology and keeping it secret."

"As for..."

"Before that, I will confirm his thoughts one last time. If I really die by suicide in the end, then it will be confirmed that they have made up their minds. I left this mirror after I heard that Wengerson had commissioned you. Considering that you should have a chance to get to know my truth after I die, I also arranged for someone to take away my extracted inspiration and secretly deliver it to you after confirming my death."

Although Nino accidentally became the first person to discover Navidad's death, he took away the inspiration without using that secret help.

Perhaps Navidad had not considered that the honest Nino would discover the anomaly but not report it.

Navidad continued to explain everything calmly, and his expression in the mirror was calm.

In essence, he is just a shadow imitated by a miracle. Naturally, he has no feelings about the death of his real self. He is just a record.

Nino didn't speak for a long time and fell into a daze.

Navidad was not surprised to see him like this: "I will destroy it half an hour after starting. The time is almost up. Nino, the future of Sun City has nothing to do with a dead man like me. Where this ship will go in the future is up to you living people."

"Sun City will become the domain of the Wandering God, and the Wandering God of Zhuyang will protect this pure land. Or, the Zhuyang Empire and other forces will unite to attack the Wandering God, and the city itself will be destroyed in the war. The choice is left to you."

After saying that, the mirror in Nino's hand suddenly shattered, and Navidad's figure inside disappeared. The mirror surface turned back into an ordinary mirror, reflecting the shattered figure of Nino.

……

It is still that classic reception room.

Salomo pushed open the door and saw Nino, who looked a little dazed.

"What did you find out?" He wanted to say something to comfort Nino, but in the end he felt it would be better to tell him the real business directly.

Nino raised his head, exhaled, and told Salomo everything Navidad said in the mirror.

Salomo's brows furrowed more and more as he listened.

When Nino finished speaking, Salomo tapped the table irritably and said, "We need to go to Wengerson to ask for an explanation."

"If we go up to them like this, not only will we not get any explanation, we can't even guarantee our own safety." Nino said dully.

With his temperament, he should have gone directly to Wengerson to question him, but he thought of this and chose to go back to Salomo first.

"Fuck!" Salomo cursed. He seemed gentle and polite on the surface but was actually a hot-tempered old man. After so many bad things happened recently, he could no longer hold back after hearing the truth of this matter.

"When we heard that Sun City was in trouble and that the New Sun would be beneficial to the world, our sanctuary invested a lot of money in it. But now you tell me that the money we invested was used to support wandering gods!? What a joke!?" Salomo was furious.

Nino glanced at him and sighed, "You should have just assigned the craftsman as a consultant."

Salomo also sighed immediately: "We sent consultants at first, but they withdrew after confirming that there were no problems. After all, we don't know much about Zhuyang."

"We need to inform the other envoys about this, especially Kimio. We need him as a backer so that we can have the confidence to talk to Wengerson." Nino said after thinking for a while.

Salomo nodded in agreement: "The parade of gods has touched the bottom line of the current era. Although the belief in parades of gods does exist in many remote places, it is definitely not a good thing."

At this time, it was late at night, but neither of them felt sleepy at all and prepared to go directly to the diplomatic corps.

But it was discovered that none of them were resting in the scheduled accommodation.

Nino asked the reason and got the answer that Lord Wengerson invited the diplomatic envoys to inspect the completed New Zhuyang in advance.

Nino and Salomo immediately felt something was wrong.

Xin Zhuyang only made a shell and did not complete it at all. Before that, the craftsmen of the delegation were temporarily separated due to a confidentiality agreement.

And now they are actually inviting the envoys to visit the new Zhuyang?

Something is wrong!
Nino and Salomo looked at each other and hurried towards Zhuyang Industrial Park.

At the same time, Salomo directly contacted the sanctuary to make preparations, and if anything went wrong, he might have to use force directly.

Just as the two arrived at the industrial park, a violent explosion accompanied by a loud bang was heard from deep within the park in front of them.

The ground shook violently, as if there was an earthquake.

Cracks appeared on the ground in the park. Before the two could see what was happening, the ground beneath them suddenly collapsed and they fell directly down into an underground building.

The fall was not very deep, and with their strength, they were able to escape unharmed.

"We have arrived at the Xinzhuyang Engineering Base that fell underground...what happened?" Nino said anxiously, looking at the black sky above his head.

Salomo closed his eyes and sensed it carefully, then suddenly opened his eyes: "There is a faint and special heartbeat, it might be the Heart of Light!"

"Heart of Light?"

"The power of the wandering god in the Zhuyang Hammer! Kimio used the Zhuyang Hammer here, they must have encountered something!" Salomo replied quickly.

Then he found the right direction and ran over, with Nino following quickly behind him.

Soon, a dazzling white light appeared in front of their eyes, fiercely competing with the constantly jumping light waves.

The source of the seemingly beating light waves was exactly the Zhuyang Hammer in Kimio's hand.

The source of the dazzling white light was a strange pale pillar.

The white light was dazzling and cold, but looking at it made people feel dazed.

[I am... Zhuyang... I have stood firm for countless years... I will continue to protect... I will continue to stand firm...]

A cold mechanical voice kept whispering in my ears.

Salomo patted his head with a calming hand, and Nino quickly reacted and used calmness to calm his mind, then his face was grim: "That thing is...!"

"It's a node of Zhuyang! But it has become its projection incarnation!" Salomo quickly replied.

Suddenly, a shout was heard from the side, and a figure suddenly rushed towards Nino and the others.

Nino grabbed him and threw him to the ground, only to find out that he was just a craftsman!
Salomo then knocked out a guard on duty.

Not only were they attacked. Except for Kimio who was fighting against Zhuyang's forces, the other members of the delegation were having a headache dealing with the harassment from the surrounding craftsmen and stationed guards.

It can only be regarded as harassment. For the diplomatic envoys, these people's strength cannot do anything to them. However, these people are obviously bewitched, so the diplomatic envoys cannot take strong measures directly.

But more and more people are gathering here and the situation is getting worse.

"Nino? Why do you still have to get involved in this matter... You have done everything you should do. Wengerson gave you so many opportunities, but you insisted on digging your way into the quagmire."

At this time, a man discovered Nino and couldn't help but say to Nino.

He was the captain of the inner city guards whom I had met before.

He looked at Nino with complicated eyes, and his tone revealed disappointment and even jealousy.

"Cobo..." Nino looked at him and said, "You know what's going on in the city."

"Of course I know that this is a choice we made together. Whether Sun City can rise again depends on this battle. Acting lukewarmly will only lead to a slow death! Nino, you still have a chance. Wengerson really thinks highly of you. Now join us in suppressing them and let them realize the greatness of Zhuyang!" The captain of the guard named Cobo said fanatically.

Nino shook his head with a complicated expression: "Where is Wengerson? Let him come over and talk in person!"

"...Then there is no other way. If you cannot experience Zhu Yang, then bury him here."

As he spoke, the opponent rushed over with a glow on his body and started fighting with Nino.

As soon as they started fighting, Nino's expression suddenly changed.

His strength was originally on par with Cobo's, but the miraculous power that Cobo unleashed at this moment was far superior to his and directly overwhelmed him!
Salomo came up to help, but could only barely improve the situation. In the end, both of them were beaten by Cobo alone.

"His miracle is wrong! It's the blessing of light!" Salomo said, looking at the floating pillar.

The two were defeated and were forced by Cobo to the vicinity of the diplomatic mission.

The guards on duty were quickly covered by the amplification of the pillars, and then the miracles in their hands were performed, and a large number of attacks covered them, directly forcing everyone into a miserable state.

Click——

Suddenly, some mechanism in the base was triggered.

Several arcs of steel appeared and assembled into a ring around them, including the envoys, Nino, and Salomo.

The pillar directly emitted a ray of light into the ring, and the ring quickly opened a white translucent barrier, imprisoning them inside.

Kimio raised the sledgehammer and smashed it hard on the barrier, but it was easily bounced away. At the same time, the Zhuyang sledgehammer flashed a few times like a light bulb with poor contact and then went out.

Kimio looked grim: "He actually used similar strength to block the Zhuyang Hammer!"

Cobb stood outside the rampart and wiped his hands with a handkerchief.

"Although I cannot let you feel the beauty of Zhuyang directly, it doesn't matter. You can think quietly here. When Zhuyang's power fully blooms at noon after dawn, I believe you will all change your minds."

After saying that, he turned and left, and the craftsmen and guards around him also left without even looking at the people here.

(End of this chapter)