Tower Defense Game: My Kingdom of Eternal Life

"Thank you, teacher..." Cheng Shen struggled for a while but still took the wooden waterwheel. He remembered a detail. Old Qiao Ni knew Carl's family situation, so he also knew that Carl needed this job very much.

If refused...

Cheng Shen didn't want to take even the slightest risk of being exposed.

When he thought about the concept of a moving doll, he suddenly remembered that he did not need to play the role of a crow doctor himself.

Faceless angel.

He has always carried the body he got from Storm Castle with him!

Cheng Shen originally wanted to keep the Faceless Angel in the territory as a trump card for resurrection. If he died in the old city, there might be a one-in-a-thousand chance that he could be reborn with the help of the power of the Crimson Heritage.

.

But he thought about it carefully.

Once he dies.

Everything related to him may be eroded by the curse of the deep sea, or another terrifying curse.

At that time, the backhand he left behind will become the source of disaster to the territory.

He had already made a desperate move this time.

"The new job you are going to do is very simple. Don't put too much pressure on me and worry about embarrassing me. Assef, who helped you get this position, is an old acquaintance of mine who I have known for many years. He can also take care of you there.

"

Old Johnny stood up and said with satisfaction.

"It's...what job?"

Cheng Shen asked.

"Make a doll."

Old Johnny said, "It's similar to what I'm making now, but they make bigger dolls...Since the tragedy in East City, the gentlemen in the uptown area want to replace their servants with safer ones."

The tragedy of Dongcheng...

Karl's memory of this incident was vague, but Cheng Shen recalled another key piece of information from this.

There are three urban areas built in the old city: upper, middle and lower. Among them, the upper city is inhabited by the city's big shots, the powerful people in the city lord's palace, the priests of the Healing Church, and people who control a lot of wealth.

They manage everything.

Rule this city.

The unbreakable class barriers that have been maintained for a long time have completely blocked the upward channels for all civilians in the middle and lower cities. Those people enjoy the richest resources in the city and exploit the civilians wantonly.

The midtown area where Carl lives is not bad.

Close to the inner city.

Many ordinary people can get a decent job.

It is naturally impossible for those noble upper-city gentlemen to engage in labor to produce resources. Most of the necessities for their lives are produced by factories in mid-town, which allows many people to earn a good salary.

certainly.

What's good here is only relative to being able to support a family.

Carl's home is a typical example.

For a family of four, before Cheng Shen came, only Coin's butchering job could make money.

But his salary can keep his family from starving to death.

That's all.

If Margo could go out to work like him, the living standard of this family could probably be improved to the same level as the residents of his territory.

At least you can eat meat every meal.

in other words.

The living standard of Carl's family in Zhongcheng is relatively miserable.

But what Cheng Shen couldn't imagine was that even so, in Karl's impression, their family was much better than those living in the lower city.

dirty,

confusion,

poverty.

These three words condensed all of Carl's impressions of downtown.

The East City Tragedy that Old Johnny mentioned was what happened in the Uptown District a few years ago. It is said that two slaves who were born in the Lower City District and sold to the Uptown District killed their employer's whole family, causing a huge sensation.

But Karl didn't know the specific details.

I just heard that the two murderers seem to have not been caught yet.

"Making large-scale dolls..."

Cheng Shen hesitated.

"You only have to be responsible for the simplest part of carving. As for how the puppets turn into the servant puppets that the gentlemen in the upper city need, you don't need to worry about that. You just need to use what I teach you."

Old Johnny comforted him.

There was a pause.

He said: "You should familiarize yourself with the work here first, and I will take you there early tomorrow morning."

"Um."

Cheng Shen agreed.

Old Johnny got up and took him to another room. It was like a warehouse, filled with discarded wood. The dimly burning oil lamp dispersed the blood cast outside the window lattice, and a fresh fragrance floated in the room.

It's the aroma of some kind of wood mixed with calming drugs.

"There are drawings and materials on the table. You have already learned how to do it. Carve a sample before it gets dark... Time may be a little tight for you. I wish you could come earlier today."

At the end, he gave a gentle reminder.

"Home..."

Cheng Shen couldn't explain to him the fact that Karl was dead.

"I understand." Old Qiao Ni gently interrupted, "You go first, I'll be right up front. If you have anything you don't understand, you can ask me. If you are qualified for this job in the puppet factory, you may be able to leave your family as soon as possible.

"

"..."

Cheng Shen could only nod silently.

Old Johnny turned to leave. When leaving the door, he suddenly reminded: "If you hear any strange noises, don't be distracted. That's a test I set for you. You need to adapt to different environments."

Ding!

The heavy warehouse door slowly closed.

In the warehouse, Cheng Shen was the only one left in silence. The swaying firelight enveloped a few meters including the work table, shining on him, lengthening his shadow and submerging it into the darkness where he couldn't even see his fingers.

"Strange sound..."

Cheng Shen's eyes turned.

He didn't release his spiritual perception in the puppet shop. Old Johnny, who could make moving puppets, had already been labeled by him as an extraordinary person by default.

This was one of the reasons why Cheng Shen suddenly changed his mind.

He was not even sure whether the old Johnny who left the warehouse would be like Margo, lying outside the door and staring at him...

Take a look at Carl's memories.

This mysterious puppet maker whom he accidentally came into contact with had no reason to be kind to Carl. He helped Carl transform his body in order to prevent him from dying early after long-term consumption of the poisonous food made by Mag.

Although his current state is a mess.

But in fact, if it hadn't been for old Johnny's help, Karl would have been killed by Mag.

So it’s not without reason that Margo hates him...

Hate,

Then why not prevent them from meeting?

Cheng Shen inexplicably felt as if the two men were fighting with his body through the air...

This is a doubtful point.

Carl was convinced of the kindness of old Johnny, but Cheng Shen did not believe that there could be such a good person in the world who was so selflessly willing to help others.

Especially in this twisted city.

What purpose would he have?

Cheng Shen thought about the miniature doll that tried to escape just now. She was probably a living person...

If you can avoid old Johnny's sight and find her, communicate with her.

Maybe we can learn the truth behind the doll shop...

He put this idea back in his mind, glanced around in the surrounding darkness, and then looked at the materials in front of him. There was a piece of rough oil paper on the work table, and on it was a drawing of a puppet arm.

[Obtain: Demon Doll Making Drawings (Right Arm)! 】

[Tip: The golem production blueprint (right arm) can be supplemented with the flesh golem forging technology (incomplete). Do you want to fuse it immediately? 】

…

"Um?"

Cheng Shen's eyes widened and he looked at the blueprint in his hand, but he couldn't find any similarity with the Flesh Demon Puppet forging technology.

But the system prompts will not be false.

The two actually have the same origin.

Flesh demon puppet...

Cheng Shen suddenly thought that his current state was not a simplified version of the flesh puppet? A combination of flesh and machine... But Old Johnny's transformation method was even more subtle, and he could actually regenerate Carl's life in a puppet!

Fusion!

Cheng Shen's eyes quickly swept over and absorbed the contents of the drawing into his mind.

then.

The contents of the two documents gradually merged.

That incomplete technology has been supplemented to some extent, but not all of it.

"Old Johnny must still have many drawings like this in his hands..."

Cheng Shen felt strange.

If he wanted to repair Karl's body, it was indeed the most suitable technique to choose the flesh demon puppet. The rune for constructing the demon puppet was originally discovered by him on the flesh demon puppet made by the abandoned people of the temple.

Doing this will also transform Carl's body into a stronger one.

Combat effectiveness is second.

The main reason is that if you live longer, you will be more resistant to negative effects...

Margo might become insane one day and give him a sudden dose of poison. Without a strong body, it would be difficult to survive in that home...

Cheng Shen quickly picked up the wood and carving knife and started carving.

It is not difficult to carve a puppet arm, but it is not a task. The more delicate the carving, the higher the reward. Cheng Shen only needs to carve a finished product according to Karl's level.

Benedict!

He held the carving knife in his hand and carved steadily towards the wood.

It was at this moment that Cheng Shen's subtle senses could clearly detect that the atmosphere in the warehouse had changed.

rustle……

There were some faint scraping sounds in the silent room, like mice being disturbed and running in the dark. It was impossible for Karl himself to hear this sound, so Cheng Shen continued as if he hadn't heard it.

Bang!

It seems like a heavy object was pushed over in the warehouse.

The sound was as loud as thunder.

Cheng Shen trembled all over.

He turned his head and looked into the darkness where the voice came from, and asked with a trembling tone: "Who... who is there..."

No one responded.

Cheng Shen seemed to suddenly realize that this was a "test" specially arranged for him by Old Qiao Ni. He resisted the idea of ​​exploring and continued to carve.

Wow...

Boom...

The sound of heavy objects being dragged in the darkness became more and more frequent, as if someone was pushing the statues. Cheng Shen's keen sense could hear some more subtle friction sounds of joints, which were very similar to the sounds he made when he moved.

It's a puppet...

There are puppets playing tricks in the darkness.

one,

two,

Three...

Cheng Shen looked flustered on the surface and secretly counted the number of steps in his mind.

Where did these guys come from? When he came in, he only saw a lot of discarded wood in the warehouse, and the door in and out was always closed... The key is what was the purpose of old Johnny asking him to come here? To simply scare him?

Or is it really just to help him practice his courage?

...Time passes by in seconds.

When Cheng Shen was halfway through carving the wood, the sounds in the darkness were already extremely noisy. The clanking footsteps sounded like a group of puppets playing around him, and the messy sounds seemed like they were decorating.

What's strange is that in such a noisy environment, there is no human voice.

The silence is so nerve-wracking.

call!

The lit candle on the workbench suddenly shook.

Cheng Shen looked up and saw a face painted with colorful dyes flashing past the edge of the firelight.

It wants to put out the candle...!

Cheng Shen's heart tightened.

He resisted the urge to release his senses and see clearly those weird things in the darkness, and reached out to move the candle in front of him, protecting it tightly.

At this time.

Suddenly a hand pulled him hard from behind!

"who!"

Cheng Shen asked in fear.

moment.

All the noisy sounds in the entire warehouse disappeared.

But the atmosphere became more terrifying.

Cheng Shen could feel that those guys had not left, but they seemed to be enjoying themselves because of his shout. The countless peeks in the darkness made him feel uncomfortable.

Creak...!

A sharp and piercing sound suddenly came from outside the warehouse, as if the iron sheet wrapped around the warehouse was scratched by someone's fingernails. There was only one horrifying sound at first, but soon it started to sound one after another and surrounded all directions!

"hey-hey……"

A joking chuckle suddenly sounded in Cheng Shen's ears. He suddenly turned his head and saw a face painted with bright red dye behind him.

The fire spread.

Its body moved backwards.

But that clear malice had already appeared in Cheng Shen's perception.

It's going to kill itself!

This is by no means a test!

Old Johnny wanted to take this opportunity to kill himself!

Thoughts of warning emerged in his heart, and Cheng Shen immediately thought of his second main mission. The kindness shown to him by Old Johnny almost made him ignore the existence of the main mission. He would be in danger all the time!

here,

It is also part of the main mission!

Cheng took a deep breath and immediately couldn't help but take action to kill these things that were playing tricks in the dark.

But in an instant.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Does the danger come from the darkness, or is it the old Johnny who hides deeper in the darkness and controls everything?

How will old Johnny treat him if his identity is exposed?

With the thought coming together, Cheng Shen immediately gave up the idea of ​​taking action. It might be easy for him to kill these unknown things in the darkness, but facing an ignorant old Johnny, he might not have a chance of winning!

Besides.

If old Johnny really wanted to kill Carl, why would he go to such trouble!?

This is a test...

It’s also a test!

Cheng Shen's thoughts changed in an instant, and he had already thought clearly about his current situation.

But that doesn't mean the items in the warehouse aren't dangerous to him.

The warning in the second main quest is not without reason.

If he cannot reveal his true strength, he will most likely be killed here!

"teacher……!"

At the critical moment, Cheng Shen pulled his neck and shouted, Old Qiao Ni wanted to test him, but Cheng Shen failed to do as he wanted! Calling his parents when he was in danger was a normal thing for Carl, who was still a teenager!

Cheng Shen didn't even care about the wood in his hand. He protected the candle and groped towards the door of the warehouse.

What test,

It's all nonsense.

Cheng Shen would rather fail to complete the wood and leave a bad impression in the eyes of Old Qiao Ni than put himself in danger. Even if Old Qiao Ni is disappointed and refuses to give him a job, he still has the path of Doctor Crow.

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