Urban Sims

Three days passed quickly.

Zhou Ming came to this villa again.

The scene was silent for a while. Looking at Xiute and others in front of him, Zhou Ming asked: "How is it? Have you made a decision?"

"Your Majesty the Emperor, we choose to surrender to you."

Shute took a step forward, knelt on one knee, put his hand on his chest and said.

"Oh, a wise choice, what about you?" Zhou Ming looked at Atlam and others next to Xiute and asked.

"Your Majesty, we also surrender to you."

Atram, Pikel, and Elias all stepped forward, knelt down on one knee, and expressed their surrender to Zhou Ming.

"Hahaha! Okay, okay, your choices are very wise, hahahaha!"

Zhou Ming laughed heartily, feeling very happy, and also felt a little surprised.

He originally thought that the probability of conquering these people was only 50%, and the probability of killing people with blood was at least 60%. However, he did not expect that all four of them compromised and surrendered.

This made him a little overjoyed and slightly relieved.

After making the choice of "surrender", what were Xiute and others thinking in these three days?

What kind of process did they go through in their hearts, what kind of struggles did they have?

At the beginning, no matter who it was, Shute and the others did not want to surrender. The consequences of betraying the union were very miserable, with more than 99% probability of death.

But if they don't surrender to Noctis, they will die in three days.

What about escaping?

Can they find a way to escape from this palace?

During these three days, they certainly thought about escaping.

He even turned his thoughts into actions and made at least 5 escape attempts in three days.

However, several attempts ended in failure. The 20 Magic Network Walkers who monitored them seemed to be like gods and could always predict their escape actions in advance.

The probability of successful escape is 0.

The four people who felt desperate began to convince each other or themselves that they might as well temporarily surrender to Noctis, save their lives first, gain Noctis's trust, and then speak out their bitter advice to prevent Noctis from going against the union. .

"Noctis is a smart man, probably much smarter than me. He should know how to assess the situation and not do stupid things that overestimate his capabilities. If he knew that he could not defeat the Blue Hand, he might be able to do it in time. Stop and don't go down the road of self-destruction."

"We still have a chance to convince him!"

Shut said that Noctis has not openly challenged the Blue Hand yet, which shows that Noctis is not the kind of impulsive and reckless person.

"I think so too. Even if we surrender to Noctis, he can't immediately go against the union. He can't be an opponent of the union."

Atram said that in his heart he just wanted to survive. Now that he had a good excuse in front of him, he just went down the slope.

Not to mention Elias, she has a child in her belly and she wants to give birth to the child.

The only one who is more difficult to deal with is Pickel, who is a citizen of the Orunian Empire but is also a member of the Blue Hand Guild... He doesn't know what choice to make.

However, although Pickel was born in this empire, he knew in his heart that none of the hundred empires could be an opponent of the union. To surrender to His Majesty the Emperor would be to choose to perish... If possible, he would still prefer to stand on the side of the union.

But the reality is that if he insists on this position, his life will be marked GG in three days.

Shute apologized to him for this, saying that he was the one who dragged Pickle into the water. If Pickle hadn't helped them complete their mission, he wouldn't have ended up in such a bad situation.

After apologizing, Shute said to him: "Pikel, you are a good person, and you are our most trusted friend. We don't want you to be killed because of our affairs! In this way, you are just like us. , first pretend to surrender to Noctis and save his life, and then try to get close to him and persuade him not to go against the union."

"If persuasion fails, Pickle, we will rescue you, no matter what the cost, we will rescue you...even if it costs our lives."

"Pikel, we really don't want to lose you as a friend."

Shute patted Pickle on the shoulder, his eyes were deep and his tone was solemn and sincere.

Feeling this friendship and sincerity, Pickel was quite moved, nodded and said: "I know what to do, my friend."

In this way, the four reached a consensus and decided to temporarily surrender to Noctis.

…

Looking at the four people kneeling in a row in front of him, doesn't Zhou Ming understand their true thoughts?

Of course he understood that expressing surrender was just an expedient measure for the four of them, and it was impossible to truly surrender.

He will have to take some measures in the future to improve the loyalty of the four of them... Zhou Ming has arrangements and plans in his heart.

So what’s next?

Now that Xiute and others have surrendered, what should Zhou Ming do next?

First, Zhou Ming ordered the four people to be lifted from prison and the 20 Demon Network Walkers responsible for monitoring them were removed.

In addition, their treatment was improved, the number of servants serving them in the other courtyard was doubled, and they were allowed to move freely in some areas of the palace... but they were not allowed to leave the palace yet.

"That means we have to continue to live in this villa? We can't go out?" Atlam asked.

"It's not that I can't go out, it's that I can't leave the palace for the time being."

"Then how long do we have to live here? The environment here is too depressing. I want to go out and take a breather."

"Why are you anxious? Just give it another month. After one month, when your injuries are healed, I will reconnect the magic network for you." Zhou Ming said.

"Reconnect to the Magic Network? Our souls have been severely damaged, can we connect to the Magic Network again?" Xiute felt a little unbelievable. The Magic Network is broken, and it is not that easy to connect again. Most people must at least recuperate. It takes five to ten years to reconnect.

"I will collect the soul strings you have left in the magic network for you. No need to extract additional souls to connect again."

"Can the broken soul string be reconnected? I have never heard of such a thing." Atlam shouted, feeling unbelievable.

"Okay, shut up. After a month, your power will be returned to you. I will not raise trash. I need capable people to do things for me."

In this way, the four of them spent another month recuperating in the other hospital.

Then Zhou Ming had someone call them over. After some operations, he repaired the broken soul string for Xiute and others and reconnected the magic net.

However, after reconnecting to the magic network, Shute and the others suddenly discovered that the position of the magic network connected to the end of the soul string had moved and reached the end of a certain magic string.

In addition, all the magic units originally stored in the magic network were cleared, and a translucent template that had never appeared before appeared in his mind.

A lot of information is displayed on the template, and the data of many items becomes 0.

Especially after the "Character Level" item, Xiute found that his level was displayed as "Level 1 Demon Network Walker".

"I used to be a level 5 magic net walker, how come I have become level 1 now?" Xiute asked in surprise.

"Yes, I have also become level 1." Atram also shouted.

"Dear Your Majesty, why have our levels become the lowest level 1? What's going on?" Pickel asked Zhou Mingdao.

"If you retain your original level and regain all your strength, wouldn't you run away immediately? I have cleared all your levels. Of course, you can quickly improve your level by completing a series of tasks, and then use your Basics, the upgrade will definitely be faster than the average person.”

"In addition, don't think about taking some small actions, reporting to the senior management of Blue Hand, or taking other actions to harm my interests. It's impossible. Every move you make is under my control, even yours." I know exactly what is going on in my mind. If anyone dares to make a small move, I will immediately let them know the serious consequences."

Zhou Ming glanced over with warning eyes, Xiute and the others lowered their heads in guilt, and then each one of them made a promise: They will never betray His Majesty the Emperor!

Zhou Ming nodded and then assigned two tasks to the four of them.

The tasks are as follows:

Shute, Atram, and Pickel joined the "Central Floating Port" project northwest of the imperial capital and joined the brick-making team. They first made bricks with everyone.

"What? Our noble magic network walkers are going to engage in lowly brick-making work?" Atram couldn't help but screamed.

"What's wrong with making bricks? My network walkers, don't you start with making bricks? Atram, your brick-making task is more important. You can't complete 5 million stone bricks. Don't even think about choosing other tasks."

Following Zhou Ming's serious words, a mandatory completion task suddenly popped up in the task panel in Atram's mind: 5 million stone bricks had not been completed, and all other tasks were in gray status, and he could not take any of them.

"Oh my God, please spare me!"

Atram screamed in pain.

Shute and Pickle immediately shut up and did not dare to complain.

As for another important task, Zhou Ming left it to Ilyas to complete alone... Ilyas was pregnant, and for humanitarian reasons, Zhou Ming could not bring her to the construction site.

After learning the specific content of this task, Ilyas was quite surprised and stared at Zhou Ming for a long time.