Chapter 10 Darkness

Farosa stopped Xu Yang and groped for the darkness around her.

The environment of the underground world is complex, full of strange rocks, and it took a few minutes for her to find a crack in the rock where several people could live. It was extremely concealed and dim.

Xu Yang shared the military rations found on the shuttle. Farosa tore open the package, and a pile of food and ingredients fell out of it, which shocked her.

"Is this a candy bag?" Farosa discreetly distinguished the contents, "So many incredible things fell out. It's hard to imagine people in this era living by eating these things, which have no fragrance at all and are hard. "

Xu Yang looked at the clumsy Farosa and couldn't help but think of her value and potential.

Her power is terrifying, and she has slept for thousands of years and has complete memories of the witch era. Such a super ancient witch will either become a great hope to lead the change of the entire world, or become the ultimate nightmare that will destroy the world.

After the company defeated the witch, there have also been many incidents of witches running rampant. Witches are still the most feared thing in the company, but they can always be born from simple human breeding activities, and even test-tube babies may become witches without any regularity.

The company neither wants nor has the means to completely exterminate witches, and they have great scientific research and commercial value. Capital has its own unique vision. The starting point of all its decisions is to increase its own value and make profits, so capital is not willing to let it go. The witch is extinct, and the control of the witch is still the main thing.

Getting along with Farosa, Xu Yang was inevitably a little nervous.

He doesn't have the means of the company to control witches.

Describing Farosha with a humanoid nuke is a bit too much, but he's at least living with a humanoid monster now.

Want to change the status quo? Live by her side first.

"Are you going to eat this kind of thing to get by?" Farosa poked at a bag of tough beef stew.

"I'm coming." Xu Yang returned to his senses, looked at the instructions on the outer packaging, and quickly figured out how to eat these rations.

He stuffed the beef stew package into a soft pocket, which had reserved a flameless heater. He tore the water bag open, added the water, and fastened the soft pocket.

As the chemical reaction progresses, the soft pocket gradually becomes piping hot.

"You can eat it in a while." Xu Yang said, "There are others here."

He took a flashlight and lit it on the ground. There was a lot of ready-to-eat food scattered around. He picked it up and stuffed it with Farosa, who, as soon as she got it, unwrapped it and ate it.

"It's a chocolate bar."

"Hard."

"Vegetable Biscuits."

"Salty."

"Cheese bread."

"sour."

"corn cake."

"This is tasteless."

"candy."

"So sweet."

"Mayonnaise and peanut butter for..."

"Why is it gone in one bite? I still want it."

This guy eats everything.

Xu Yang took the heated beef stew out of the soft pocket, tore the opening, and handed it to Farosa.

She licked the taste of the soup, then poured out all the beef slices and brisket and ate it.

Farosa had a strange look on her face.

"Amazing!" she announced, "like attending a magician's banquet, except instead of the food coming out of beaks, bunny hats, and dragon wings, it came out of some paper and hot water. of."

"as long as you are happy."

"I forgot... You should have something to eat."

"I eat quickly."

Xu Yang has developed the habit of fast food in the company, and has been doing this day and night for 6 years.

When he saw that the mercenary's food on the battlefield did contain nutritional paste, he opened one and ate it.

Nutritional cream has a uniform taste all over the world, that is, it is tasteless and has no taste, but it quickly makes you feel full, which is the key to improving efficiency.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that it is the most important invention of food science. This thing is nutritious and low-cost, as long as you don’t delve into what it is made of.

Xu Yang suddenly thought that there must be something here that Farosa could not have eaten in ancient times, so he gave her a bag of liquid coffee.

"It's called coffee." Xu Yang said, "It was only after the discovery of Tequila Island."

"What is this... oh!" Farosa quickly finished drinking a bag of coffee, and some star-like spots appeared in her eyes, "It seems that her strength has recovered a little."

This was something Xu Yang didn't expect. He was not very familiar with the mechanism of witches.

Now he saw that Farosa's hands were shining brightly, one as red as blood and the other as gray as a dream.

"Recovered..." Farosa murmured.

The witch is back.

Xu Yang stood up and leaned back against the rock wall.

Farosa silently looked at the marks on her hands and turned to Xu Yang: "Are you afraid that I will kill you?"

Totally cold tone.

There is a world of difference between witches and humans. For them, humans are not the same kind at all. It is as natural for witches to kill humans as humans to kill wild animals.

Xu Yang knew this for a long time, but experiencing this kind of thing in person still made him feel completely cold.

fear.

It feels like walking on thin ice, and even a rash move will lead to disaster.

Xu Yang stared at Farosa's eyes, as if facing an unknown beast in the deep sea, his hair stood on end.

It's too easy for her to kill those mercenaries, even a biochemical warrior with professional training and body modification can't do it so neatly.

"Ha," Farosa laughed lightly again, "your death is all bad for me, and I won't kill you."

"That's the most utilitarian explanation."

"Only utilitarian rhetoric can convince you," Farosa said. "You don't believe that there is any real emotion between witches and humans. I treat humans like tools and animals."

Farosa looked at Xu Yang calmly, and for a moment he realized what Farosa meant - she really did not have malice.

There is no deep hatred between us and there is a basis for cooperation.

He packed up his things and flashed his flashlight out.

"I heard that some mental stimulation will restore the witch's power," Xu Yang said, "but I'm not familiar with it."

Just as he was about to set off, Farosa caught up again and took Xu Yang's hand.

"If you're so vigilant," she said, "let's use the miracle of the oath."

"The miracle of the oath?"

"A power that can't be betrayed." Farosa recited the miracle silently, the air twisted, and the shimmer turned into a golden symbol. There were originally several nicks on it. Once summoned, those marks disappeared. .

"There are other traces..."

"It's a few witches who made a vow with me in the past. The traces disappeared, indicating that they are all dead, and their magic power cannot escape their lifespan. And you are the first mortal to share the vow with me."

She pressed her hand to the golden rune, and one of the nicks expanded into the shape of a cat.

"These are the miracles that the children of the beasts devised long ago, before they perished," said Farosa. "They traded their souls to the Lord of the Forest to form these eternal runes, and those who share the same oath cannot betray each other. , let alone hurt each other, otherwise the soul will be devoured by the forest lord."

"Lord of the forest? Does that thing still exist? It won't perish with the felling of trees."

"It is something that breathes with the earth and the sky, as evidenced by the miracle that I can conjure it. Its palace is hidden from human knowledge and only accessible to dreaming children and elderly widows."

"It's amazing."

"Anything from my era is amazing now, and I've eaten goblins. What animal do you like? Put your hand on it, and the nick will become the animal with the best temperament for you."

Xu Yang put his hand on the rune.

There was an extra notch on the rune, and it stretched out in the shape of a soaring bird.

"Flying birds." Xu Yang said.

"Bird? I look like a goose, a swan."

"And you're a cat, and cats are stubborn."

"As long as it doesn't follow the rules, I like it."

After the notch was formed, Xu Yang looked at Farosa, and indeed had a strange feeling in his heart.

It seems that there is some kind of mandatory fetters that restrict him from doing all kinds of harm to Farosa.

"Let it all take effect," said Farosa solemnly, "let us share the same oath, like the same will that connects us, that we will never fight against each other, never slander, never betray, never A secret."

"This thing must not be obtained by the company." Xu Yang said, "There is no way to even defect from the company."

"Companies are more afraid of this stuff," Farosa said, "and what if there's a concerted effort to oppose it?"

"That's weird. It's normal for people to be submissive. Many people try their best to get into the company."

"That way, you don't have to worry about me blowing your head off," Farosa said.

"It's weird, why? What if I do something you don't like?"

"My mother told me to repay my gratitude. The teachings of my childhood are often difficult to discard. Ah, in retrospect, it was because my mother was a human being that I let so many people die."

She kills without blinking, and maintains certain principles.

"It turns out to be the case. Since I am bound by this mysterious oath, I will not hurt you or do anything subjectively malicious to you."

"Me too, just don't be so tense. Hey, come on, you've seen my body, let me see yours too."

"Were you so open in the past?"

"During the drowsiness, some 'changes' occurred to my body." Farosa blinked, "I'll tell you later."

"Since your witch's power is restored, can't we run rampant." Xu Yang pretended to be relaxed.

"The duration is very short and there is very little spare power available. Only a negligible part of the recovery can be said."

"One more bag."

Farosa didn't want to regain her strength, she found more coffee, tore a corner and poured it into her mouth.

She tasted the content carefully and felt the changes in her body.

"There's no growth," Farosa said. "It seems to be a means of emergency, not a means of recovery. It seems that only God can really help me."

If her magic power is restored a little, it seems that she can use the law of recovery to repair the damage to her prosthetic body? Xu Yang guessed. But I don't know how her ancient magic will interact with the modern implants on him. Missing it is a thousand miles away, and you can't take this risk with your own safety.