Darkness is Coming

Yu Qian's knife is very fast, and it is not much better than the magic weapon described in the martial arts novels with all the brush and ink. Therefore, the section left when Tan Zong's left foot is cut off is extremely smooth, and the silver ring sprays a large amount of it on this smooth section. The blood had left Tan Zong's body before, was held in the air by an invisible force, and flew out of the sterile room.

   The silver ring that was not stained with blood floated in front of Yu Qian and Yang Xiaoqian, and reflected under the light.

   But there is something on the silver ring that shines brighter than that, making the two of them unable to look away at first sight.

On the inside of the silver ring, that is, the ring surface that was close to Tan Zong's skin before, there are dense lines and imprints engraved. The runes are distributed in a random pattern in the complex pattern formed by these lines and imprints, as if embellishing the night. the stars.

   With the extraordinary memory he has cultivated in the past six months, Yang Xiaoqian tried hard to recall the rune data he had carefully reviewed, and found that a few words or symbols overlapped with the incomplete data in Yu Qian's hand.

"This……"

  Yu Qian couldn't hide his shock, and unexpected emotions spewed out of his heart and showed on his face.

  Others—including Yang Xiaoqian—were also surprised that, despite having made this assumption in advance, this windfall came too suddenly.

  The silver ring on Tan Zong’s ankle turned out to be a rune tool, a special rune tool with runes engraved on the inside.

   This way of engraving runes is not new, someone has thought of it for a long time.

   When the Yuanjiao Society first shared the rune technology with the front finger of the corpse, Liu Yuanzhou set up a special working group in Yuanjiang, devoted a lot of resources to research and analysis and tried to apply the rune technology. A group of experts led by professor of semiotics Dai Xin worked day and night to experiment in shifts, and successfully tested a new type of rune tool: the rune dagger through a stupid method like the exhaustive method.

In the process of developing the rune dagger, someone once put forward such a point of view: since the warriors wearing the rune bracelet often leave marks on the rune bracelet due to the collision or inadvertent collision, the rune bracelet is damaged. (Once there are excess marks or cracks in a certain rune or pattern, the rune bracelet will not work and must be reworked), why not engrave the rune on the inside of the bracelet? In this way, even if the rune bracelet worn on the wrist collides with other objects, the rune on the bracelet will not be easily damaged.

It is not uncommon for the rune bracelet to be accidentally damaged by bumping and bumping. For the corpse hunters who belong to the Far Rescue Association, they only need to pay an expensive repair fee to get a brand new charm quickly. Wen bracelet, but for the 258 brigade without Yu Qian, the repair work of the rune bracelet is as difficult as the sky, and the cost is almost as high as the refurbishment.

During the war against corpses that must compete for all resources, any unnecessary waste is not allowed, whether it is material resources or manpower. In order to save the consumption of the repair work of the rune bracelet, some people put forward the idea of ​​​​modifying the rune bracelet , engraving the runes on the inside of the bracelet was the earliest proposed transformation idea, but this proposal was quickly swept into the garbage.

The reason is very simple. The rune bracelet needs to be filled with the brain nucleus to function. When the energy stored in the brain nucleus is exhausted, the brain nucleus will automatically fragment and fall off. At this time, a new brain nucleus needs to be embedded into the bracelet. In the groove, it is like the revolver has emptied the magazine, and it needs to reload the bullets one by one. The rune bracelet also needs to constantly replace the energy core in order to continue to function.

If the rune is engraved on the inside of the wristband, the groove inlaid with the brain core must remain on the inside of the wristband. , then insert the brain nucleus, and then put the bracelet back on. Even if you are skilled with flexible fingers, it will take at least ten seconds to complete this set of actions-obviously, doing so on the battlefield is equivalent to dying.

   In contrast, it is more flexible and convenient to engrave the runes on the outside and replace the brain core at any time when needed. Of course, the original design has a big disadvantage that cannot be avoided, that is, it is easily damaged, so the person who proposed the replacement plan came up with another new method: inscribe the rune on the inside of the bracelet, and each warrior will be issued three pieces Or more than three rune bracelets, refill the brain core in advance, when the rune bracelet you wear becomes ineffective, immediately replace it and put on a spare rune bracelet, which can greatly reduce the number of runes The damage rate of the bracelet can also improve the combat efficiency of the soldiers.

However, this idea has not been recognized. The problem lies in the insufficient production of rune bracelets. The silver itself is not difficult to find. It is difficult to find professional rune carvers. With the production efficiency of rune bracelets in Yuanjiang at that time , It is a daydream to have a rune bracelet for every soldier and corpse hunter on the corpse battlefield, let alone three per person.

If enough rune bracelets can be produced, it is an idea worth trying, because there will be no pressure on logistics. The most important thing on the battlefield of corpses is the brain core, which is a logistics problem that does not need to be solved. , All brain nuclei can be sourced on the spot, and only a complete rune bracelet can ensure a steady supply of energy.

It is a pity that there are not so many ifs in reality. Two promising ideas were just swept into the garbage heap, covered with dust, and no one cares. Until today, it has been proved that the visionary researcher once proposed a correct idea, It's just that no one was able to recognize it at that time due to the "limitations of history".

   "This is rune technology." Yang Xiaoqian let out a heavy sigh, the appearance of the rune tool swept away the depression in his chest, and he was in a good mood. "Or, rune technology."

"This proves that the world Tan Zong came from may also have a certain scale of human civilization, and it is different from our technological system! The human beings in that world are likely to rely on the mysterious runes to come out of a completely different development from ours. The road." Qi Xinwu was also overjoyed and was going to report the matter to Director Liu, but on second thought, Director Liu must have already known about it, but he knew that they would discover the mystery, so he didn't open his mouth to break it.

   Turning his eyes to the left and right, seeing faces with surprise expressions, Qi Xinwu wondered in his heart, "I just wonder if Bureau Liu is too lazy to waste his words, or does he want to keep some surprises for us?"

  Beside Yang Xiaoqian, Yu Qian was still standing there, stunned for a while with his mouth open, and asked inexplicably, "Why does it work without the inlaid brain nucleus?"

   "Haha." Yang Xiaoqian laughed loudly and asked rhetorically, "Why does it have to be embedded in a brain nucleus to function?"