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Chapter 738 - 340: The Scapegoat Turns Out to Be a Security Guard - Part 2

Chapter 738: Chapter 340: The Scapegoat Turns Out to Be a Security Guard - Part 2

Feeling this sudden change, some Zealots started to panic, and that eerie Art Teacher also looked around frantically, a look of dismay appeared on her somewhat grayish face under the cloak.

But it was Old Mo who, upon perceiving the Matrix’s alteration, burst into laughter immediately: "Did you guys break this Matrix?"

The eerie Art Teacher angrily retorted: "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Old Mo chuckled: "It seems you didn’t know, well...after all, you were ’voluntarily dispatched’ here."

"You!" The eerie Art Teacher’s anger turned to a burning rage, but she refrained from lashing out because the Fanatic Leader was beside her, seriously engaged.

And the Fanatic Leader’s expression changed as well, but he had no mind to address Old Mo’s mockery, continuing instead to harness the power of the Matrix.

Old Mo released his grip on the Pig-killing knife, crossed his arms before his chest, and watched with interest the amusing scene unfolding before him.

Perhaps benefitted from previously using "Field of View Insight" to observe the general "appearance" of the Desolate Land, Lin Yi could now easily sense the changes underground even in his normal state.

In his current perception, the entire Matrix seemed like an engine running on water fuel, continuously trembling with a "kuku" sound, even emitting black smoke, but failing to start completely.

No wonder Old Mo said they had broken the Matrix.

The eerie Art Teacher also kept a grim face, remaining silent. Revealing this incident would indeed be a great humiliation; a bunch of Zealots gathered together, yet someone managed to steal under their noses and tamper with the Matrix right in front of them.

Not only tampered, but in the end, the Matrix was even detonated, many amongst them under their cloaks were actually in a battered state, and if not for their clothes that concealed their injuries, would appear even more pitiful.

The most suffocating part was that even now, they did not know when exactly the other party had accomplished the sabotage, let alone find the culprit.

It was during the activation of "Field of View Insight" just now that Lin Yi discovered, this Matrix "hacked" by Kuai Hongji, the Zealots had no way to repair it—it had already become a lost cause, and the current task of the Fanatic Leader was to sort out the "relatively less problematic" part of this mess.

But from the looks of it, even just sorting out that part seemed to be giving him enough headaches.

"Is it working... If not, just forget it, I’ll just destroy the whole Matrix," Old Mo said as he touched the Pig-killing knife, feeling rather eager to try.

Upon hearing this, the Fanatic Leader immediately panicked, asking you to balance the accounts, how come you started thinking of tearing the ledger—a risky thought?

"Don’t don’t don’t... It’s not easy to create a Matrix; can’t you consider our efforts?"

Old Mo sneered: "How many lives were harmed to build up this Matrix, and you still talk to me about ’effort’?"

"I reiterate, these were necessary sacrifices!" the Fanatic Leader exclaimed angrily.

"Ouch, raising your voice, eh? Thinking of reasoning with me?" Old Mo reflexively gripped the handle of his Pig-killing knife at his waist.

In that moment, Lin Yi distinctly sensed all the surrounding Zealots jolt into action, while the eerie Art Teacher and Fanatic Leader instinctively took a step back.

"Don’t don’t don’t... You are the logical one, can’t I just listen to you?" the Fanatic Leader quickly capitulated, "Let’s all talk nicely; it’s wrong to pull out tools at every turn, right? So let’s do it this way..."

As he said this, he gradually retracted his hand from the giant plaster figure in front of him.

"I’ve tried my best to save part of the Matrix... The rest that are still running have gone haywire, just ’even it out’ for me, if anyone asks, I’ll say you did it, we tried everything but couldn’t stop it," the Fanatic Leader negotiated weakly.

Old Mo glanced at him: "I can’t always take the fall for you, let’s stick with the old rules instead; just say it was a lost Security Guard, chasing a Rage Angel here, and then... just make something up."

Upon hearing "old rules," Lin Yi’s eyelids twitched violently, damn the routine deception...

So the Security Emperor is actually the real scapegoat?!

Watching the Fanatic Leader’s demeanor, Lin Yi could almost foresee the Fanatic Leader and surrounding Zealots conniving together and responding to their superiors.

"It’s also irreparable anyway, might as well not fix it..."

"If anyone asks, just say it was destroyed."

...

"What? Could it have been broken by us from the start?"

"How on earth could that be possible?"

"It was directly conquered by the enemy!"

"We did try our best, but it was no use, we couldn’t stop them..."

"You know it too, Security Guard! Security Guard!"

"Such a huge Security Guard! With a lamp in the left hand and a baseball bat in the right, he went straight for the Rage Angel, chopping away. If it hadn’t been for our matrix activating just in time, we definitely would have been wiped out in one fell swoop!"

"What? How could the Security Guard come to our side?"

"If I had known earlier, I would have prepared in advance, would I have ended up like this?"

"It’s just this last part, we tried so hard just to preserve it."

"Ah right right right, yes yes, we also suffered heavy losses..."

"Sigh, not exhausting, not exhausting, it’s okay, it’s okay... Ah yes yes... right right... no worries no worries, we can still manage to handle it again..."

...

That whole scene vividly appeared in Lin Yi’s mind, he even imagined the eerie art teacher replacing her outfit with professional attire, then like a little secretary, followed around by the Fanatic Leader nodding and bowing to the boss above.

Damn, times are tough, even the workplace of Zealots is this terrible?

On the other side, the Fanatic Leader also wiped his sweat, murmuring: "Security Guard... it’s not impossible, anyway, it’s almost the same."

Old Mo was very satisfied with this answer: "The matter of the pot, oh no, the matter of responsibility is resolved, let’s talk about the compensation?"

"This time there are quite a lot of bad debts, about the compensation... we need to add a bit."

"I will consider increasing it," said the Fanatic Leader.

"Is it even your place to ’consider’?" Old Mo scoffed, stretching out his hand, "Pay half first."

The Fanatic Leader’s mouth twitched: "After so many collaborations, you still afraid I’d default on the payment?"

"It used to be minor nuisances, now with so many accounts I am genuinely worried."

"You..." the Fanatic Leader bared his teeth, "Alright then!"

He gritted his teeth and reached under his cloak, fumbling around.

As he fumbled, his already somewhat unnatural ashy complexion suddenly turned a deathly pale, to the uninitiated it might seem like he just got hit in the kidneys.

Lin Yi watched with palpitations, instinct telling him that under the Fanatic Leader’s cloak there seemed to be something "off", and this process of retrieving something seemed not as simple as just taking an object out.

In the end, the Fanatic Leader slowly drew a few peculiar stone slabs from under his cloak.

These stone slabs overall had the milky white appearance of suet jade, diamond-shaped overall with a bit of a shuttle stretch, with some slight protrusions in the middle, looking like fragments of some sculpture.

But upon closer inspection, one might realize those "fragments" had surprisingly smooth edges, without any cracks at all.

"Oh, it’s not fragments... those are a complete whole." Lin Yi narrowed his eyes, trying to see more clearly, "Hmm, this looks like... some kind of scale?"

"Three pieces?" Old Mo raised his eyebrows.

The Fanatic Leader gritted his teeth: "I only have four pieces on me total, I can’t give all of them to you."

Old Mo sized him up, then with a smile that was both insincere and joking yet not quite joking said, "Knowing this, wouldn’t it be better if I just slaughtered you instead?"