Last Totem Novel - Chapter 225

Chapter 225 Cold Storage

“A friend asked me to look for a blind old man in the old street.” Tie Zha said straightforwardly.

“He must be talking about me. I am the oldest and most famous old blind man in the old street.” The old man boasted and then asked, “What can I do for you?”

“I have some questions I want to ask …” As he spoke, Tie Zha looked at Xiao Yue. The latter immediately understood and said to the old man, “Old Master, take your time and chat. Xiao Yue will go out first.”

“Go, go.” The old man raised his skinny hand and swung it outwards like he was chasing flies. Xiao Yue then lifted the curtain and walked out. The moment the shade cloth was put down, the light in the room returned to dim.

After a moment of silence, Tie Zha slowly said, “My friend mentioned the ability to insectivate.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man’s right hand on the low table trembled imperceptibly. The old man shook his head and waved his arm. “Young man, you found me right. I know everything. The so-called insecticidal ability is the innate ability of an insecticide. What kind of muscle, pump circuit, beetle endurance, insecticidal regeneration, male ant glands and so on do you want to ask?”

Tie Zha did not answer, only quietly looking at the old man. The slight tremor just now did not escape his sight. The other party was obviously pretending to be stupid, as if he wanted to conceal something. After half a minute of silence, the old man said to himself, “There are countless people with ant-like muscles. Those with pump-like circuits are agile, those with beetle endurance are strong, those with bug-like regeneration recover quickly. As for those with male ant glands …” The old man shook his shoulders and laughed dryly. At the same time, Tie Zha’s pupils suddenly shrank. In the dim light, he noticed that the old man’s left hand was sinking slightly, as if he was doing something small.

Seeing that the other party had ill intentions, he could not help pulling out the Merrill Lynch revolver, pushing the safety bolt away, pointing at the old man and saying in a low voice, “You’d better be honest.”

The old man hurriedly raised his hands and said, “Young man … Don’t be impulsive … If you have something to say, say it properly … I’m just a blind old man …”

“Looks like you’re not blind.” Tie Zha grinned and said.

The old man said, “Young man … who sent you here? I think … we probably don’t have anything in common …” Just as Tie Zha was about to reply, the former suddenly sank and disappeared into thin air. In an instant, Tie Zha narrowed his eyes and rushed out of the hut.

However, when he rushed out of the room, he quickly looked around. Little Yue had disappeared without a trace and was replaced by dozens of mechanical modifiers with steel bodies. These reformers wore canvas trousers and their upper bodies were exposed to the air. The power furnaces in front of their chests were glowing with crimson light as they spun at high speed. From the fine gears and neat pipelines, it could be seen that their mechanical bodies were all the latest models, possessing combat power comparable to that of Tier 2 psionic energy practitioners.

At this moment, some of the reformers were blocked at both ends of the alley, while the other was standing on the roofs of the alleys, completely sealing off his path.

Tie Zha secretly took a deep breath and bent his arms, assuming a fighting posture. The remoulder who was close to him took a step back and put on a defensive posture. Seeing that the situation was on the verge of exploding, the man in red military pants at the front turned his face towards the iron slag and said in a stiff mechanical voice, “Sir, what is your purpose here?”

“I already said that my friend recommended me to come.” Tie Zha looked around and said slowly.

“Young man, this is Bug Transformation’s territory. According to the rules of Sand Wind Castle, a traditional evolver shouldn’t be here.” At this moment, a broken gong suddenly sounded from above. Looking sideways, he saw the blind old man standing on the roof and talking to him.

“So what?” Tie Zha narrowed his eyes and grinned.

“Explain your intentions.” The old man threatened, “Otherwise, I guarantee that you won’t be able to walk out of the old street alive.”

“Is that so?” Tie Zha shrugged and said casually. With just a few words, the negotiations reached an impasse. The alley was completely silent, as if even time had stopped …

Moments later, Little Moon returned to the hut with two large paper cups in her hands. She quickly noticed the unusual atmosphere at the scene and looked at the two sides with a surprised expression. She asked in surprise, “You … what happened to you?”

“Child, quickly go home.” The old man standing on the roof hurriedly said.

“Old Master, he’s a good person. Did you misunderstand him?” Xiao Yue stood not far from Tie Zha and raised her head to ask.

“What does a child know? Let’s go!” The old man shouted loudly.

“I’m not leaving. He’s my guest. I want to take him back.” Xiao Yue walked to Tie Zha’s side and said stubbornly.

“Friend, I am not your enemy.” The next moment, Tie Zha put away Merrill Lynch’s revolver and spread out his hands.

“Young man, you’re not an insect. You shouldn’t have come here.” The old man repeated.

“Who says I’m not?” Tie Zha asked.

“I’m sorry, I can’t tell you’re an insecticide.” The old man narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.

“What makes you think I’m not?” Tie Zha asked.

The old man hesitated for a moment before he suddenly waved his hand and dismissed the remoulder. Then, he said to Tie Zha, “Friend, come in and talk.”

Tie Zha nodded and returned to his room. Not long after, the old man walked out with a candle in his hand and lifted the curtain of the inner room.

“Young man, do you have a diamond array?” As the old man spoke, he placed the candle on the low table and sat down cross-legged.

“Yes.” Tie Zha nodded.

“I need you to prove your identity.” The old man stared at him with empty sockets and said seriously, “There are too many liars these days.”

“The ability to insecticide is the secret of every insecticide. It’s impossible for me to show it to you.” Said Tie Zha.

“Who told you to come?” The old man asked. Next, Tie Zha told the old man everything he had encountered that day in the “Passenger’s Plaza”. After listening to his narrative, the old man was silent for a long time, and then said, “Alright, I trust you for the time being, but you must prove your identity.” After saying that, the old man stood up and picked up the candles on the table. As he walked into the room, he said, “Young man, please follow me.”

Then, Tie Zha followed the old man into the inner room. Under the flickering candlelight, it was still very small, with only a simple wooden bed and a large wardrobe, and a small round table and a small stool in the corner.

The old man came to the wardrobe and slowly opened the sliding door of the wardrobe. Then, he opened the clothes inside and searched the wardrobe for a while. Then, he seemed to have found a switch and pressed it.

With a light “shua” sound, the inner panel of the wardrobe quickly separated to the two sides, and a clean and tidy metal passage with lamps installed on top of it unexpectedly appeared. After the entrance opened, the old man blew out the candle and walked into the passageway. Tie Zha followed behind and looked around curiously.

The passageway was slanted downwards, about two meters tall and one meter wide. The walls on both sides were embedded with smooth stainless steel plates. The ceiling was neatly covered with white-glowing lamp tubes, and the ground was covered with water-rippled stainless steel plates.

“My name is Edwin Burns. I’m from the Southern City of the Northern Wilderness Continent. Everyone calls me blind.” The old man said.

“My name is Sa Jia Qi. I’m from the War Bear Temple.” Tie Zha introduced himself.

The old man stopped and slowly said, “Young man, lying is not a good habit.”

“I grew up in the Northern Wilderness. How about this?” Tie Zha spread out his hands and said. Since the other party was from the Northern Wilderness, he could naturally tell from his accent.

The old man nodded in satisfaction. As he walked forward, he spat out a mouthful of saliva and chattered endlessly, “Although I can’t see, I know the laws of heaven and earth. I can see through all the illusions and illusions in the world. The so-called mountain flowers against the sea of trees, the scarlet sun against the sky, the great water rushing towards the Dragon King Temple. I can’t see the uneven drawing of sabers …”

The two of them walked for thirty to forty meters before arriving at the end of the passageway. There was a metal door here. Old Blind searched the wall for a while, found a mechanism, and pressed it down.

With a whoosh, the metal door opened to both sides. Walking in was an elevator. The old man pressed a few times on the page and the metal door closed again. Then, the elevator sank down and started running slowly.

About a minute later, the elevator stopped and the metal door slid to both sides. The moment the metal door opened, a deep cold air rushed over, freezing Tie Zha to the point of being cold and quick-witted.

After walking out of the elevator, there was a very long passage in front of him. It was about seven or eight meters wide, and the two sides were not satisfied with the metal pull rings. It looked like large drawers. Raising his head, he saw metal pipes, covered in white frost, emitting traces of cold air.

“This place is called the cold storage. It is the place where the corpses of the insects are stored.” The old man introduced. Tie Zha instantly understood that the corpses of the frozen insecticides would be preserved in order to preserve their insecticidal abilities and wait for the later ones to plunder their genes.

“My talent allows me to see the abilities of most insecticides, so I can sort their corpses into categories and preserve them.” With that, the old man took out a pamphlet from his bosom and handed it to Tie Zha. The latter took over, looked at him, and then flipped through it.

The first page of the booklet reads:

Basic Level, Red Spectrum 500 Gold, Cyan Spectrum 800 Gold, White Spectrum, Orange Spectrum, Green Spectrum 300 Gold, Purple Spectrum 25000 Gold.

The red spectrum is strength amplification, the cyan spectrum is agility amplification, the white spectrum is five senses amplification, the orange spectrum is endurance amplification, and the green spectrum is vitality amplification.

“What does the color spectrum mean?” Tie Zha asked as he watched.

“I can only use the color spectrum to determine the ability of the insecticide. In short, I can only see the tendency of the ability, but I can’t know the specific details, such as the name of the ability.” The old man explained.

“If I’m wrong, what should I do?” Tie Zha asked.

The old man smiled embarrassedly and said awkwardly, “Leave it to fate …”

Tie Zha rolled his eyes and pointed at the purple spectrum in the booklet. “What kind of ability is this? Why is it so expensive?” He asked.

Facing his question, the old man revealed a mysterious smile, appearing extremely vulgar.