444: Chapter 444 Armed Agreement

The strange golden gorilla was exceptionally violent, lunging straight toward Nie Ning and the others.

Nie Ning raised his hand, and a white crystal wall rose from the ground.

'Bang!'

Unprepared, the strange golden gorilla crashed into the crystal wall.

However, it was a fifth-rank creature after all; once the strange golden gorilla scrambled back up, it furiously swung its fists at the crystal wall.

It didn't even hold out for a single breath before the crystal wall was smashed to pieces.

Nie Ning glanced at Amivika.

Amivika shrugged. As the strange golden gorilla leaped over, a powerful wind barrier blasted it away.

Then, Amivika snapped her fingers. A gentle breeze condensed into threads that bound the golden gorilla; no matter how much it struggled, it could not break free from the threads of wind.

At this moment, the armed puppet that had been knocked away flew back.

"I am very sorry for causing you trouble."

Nie Ning waved his hand, signaling that it was fine.

However, it was somewhat strange. The armed puppet's energy fluctuations were stronger than a conventional sixth-rank, so how was it over before they even properly fought?

The armed puppet walked over to the golden gorilla, then took a metal disc from its body and attached it to the gorilla.

In an instant, a net-like red laser grid spread across the golden gorilla's body.

As Amivika dispersed her magic, the golden gorilla lying on the ground let out wails of pain, and burn marks began to appear all over its body.

Soon after, its body began to shrink rapidly, turning into a creature resembling a golden snub-nosed monkey.

"This..."

Hearing the golden gorilla's screams, Korda felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Nie Ning, on the other hand, did not feel much.

After all, wizards used too many experimental subjects for their research; even he had conducted quite a few experiments himself.

While he hadn't lost his humanity, he truly did not feel much pity for creatures of a different species.

In this world, if humans wanted to progress, this was an indispensable link.

One should not show excessive, naive sympathy toward other species.

If one truly felt pity, they should come up with a corresponding solution, such as finding alternative experimental materials to replace the golden gorilla, rather than just lip-synching and shouting about it.

If it all depended on who had the loudest mouth, humanity would probably still be stuck in primitive society.

...

Before long, five humanoid puppets similar to the armed puppet arrived to confiscate the golden gorilla.

Just then, a man wearing a white lab coat rushed over.

"Thank you for your help, which prevented any major losses."

The man in the lab coat adjusted his glasses with an apologetic expression and thanked them.

This was his experimental subject, and it wasn't the first time this had happened.

If he caused too many losses without producing any results, the research institute would probably dismiss him very soon.

Nie Ning smiled. "It's no big deal, just a minor effort."

He could only say that it was indeed worthy of being called the City of Technology; even though the other party was an ordinary person, he didn't seem to have much awe for a Transcendent like him.

"Where are you all heading? Do you need me to take you there?"

The man in the lab coat looked at Nie Ning's unfamiliar face with curiosity and asked.

But at that moment, the armed puppet blocked the man in the lab coat and issued a warning: "This is a severely Corruption-infected individual. We need to proceed with a mental evaluation. Please stay away, Researcher Fitch."

"Severely infected?"

A look of astonishment appeared on the face of the man in the lab coat.

But looking at Nie Ning, who seemed no different from an ordinary person, how did he look like a severely Corruption-infected individual?

After a brief daze, the man in the lab coat did not show any fear; instead, he wanted to approach Nie Ning with an excited look, as if Nie Ning were some rare species.

"Researcher Fitch, please step back, or I will initiate the Armed Protocol and take enforcement measures against you!"

The armed puppet issued another warning.

Upon hearing 'Armed Protocol', Researcher Fitch immediately pulled back his leaning body.

Even so, Researcher Fitch didn't seem to give up. He turned to Nie Ning and said, "Sir, if you pass the mental evaluation, would you like to go out for a drink together?"

Hearing this, Nie Ning couldn't help but take a tactical step back. "I have a lot of things to attend to lately. Let's talk about it when I have time."

Right now, he only wanted to stay far away from these mad scientists.

After all, Transcendents were not invincible either. He didn't want to become some psychopath's test subject.

"Here is my business card. Contact me when you have time."

Being driven back by the armed puppet, Fitch threw a card toward Nie Ning.

The moment Nie Ning caught the card, he burned it, then replied with a polite smile, "Definitely, definitely."

...

As the matter drew to a close, Nie Ning and the others took another elevator heading upstairs.

Nie Ning looked at the armed puppet beside him and couldn't help but ask, "Your strength is so weak. What's the point of you supervising us?"

After all, among those present, except for Korda, who was an ordinary person, and Qian Ning, who was a sickly person, everyone else was a formidable fighter.

Judging by the armed puppet's previous performance, once Nie Ning entered his mutated state, he could instantly smash the other party to pieces.

"Artificial spiritual lifeforms possess the Armed Protocol. Higher-level commands are required to unlock their rank restrictions. Normally, their strength is limited to below the fifth-rank level."

The armed puppet explained.

Hearing this, a strange look flashed across Nie Ning's eyes.

He inexplicably thought of some kind of AI rebellion. Could these guys also develop to that extent?

If that really happened, it would definitely be a disaster for humanity.

Because the rank of an Artificial Spirit was different from that of humans, depending on the spiritual intensity at the time of creation and subsequent maintenance and reinforcement.

One had to know that the Artificial Spirits in the Wizard Towers could control the Elemental Pools.

Although they had to rely on magic arrays, from another perspective, the strength of an Artificial Spirit depended on energy.

In this Transcendent World, controlling energy itself was an advantage.

Even when facing Transcendent-class opponents, as long as one's own energy was strong enough, no matter what Artistic Conception or spell was used, they would all be drowned in the torrent of energy.

Even Nie Ning himself was like this, relying on the god-forbidden ring to forcibly raise his rank, making his pure energy attack power extremely formidable.

...

Moments later, everyone was brought into a room filled with various instruments.

Sitting inside were two men and one woman. One of the men was an ordinary person, while the other two were wizards of the fifth-rank or above.

Looking at the young faces of the two, Nie Ning couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

Although a wizard's age would not be written on their face, their life intensity would reveal characteristics of this aspect.

Because of the world tree leaf, Nie Ning possessed strong control over life energy, so he could naturally read some other information from it.

And these two were definitely no older than thirty-five!

Reaching the fifth-rank or above by the age of thirty-five was a genius-like existence anywhere.

Even for Nie Ning himself, his expectation was to reach the peak of the fifth-rank before thirty, and whether he could break through to the sixth-rank would probably depend on luck.

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