Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?
Chapter 652 - 654: The Pocket Watch Embedded in Flesh

Chapter 652 -654: The Pocket Watch Embedded in Flesh

Taotie did not ask too much, nor did he insist that Sun Zhen and the other person follow him. After all, they had a mission to attend to and he had no reason to stop them. Instead, he took the cage forged by his parents and loved ones and left on his own.

“Taotie, the guy really can eat anything. It’s a pity he can get bloated, though. He once said that he ate a moon,” said Sun Zhen.

“Oh, can he still do it now?” Qin Muye looked up at the eleven moons in the sky. The fall of the purple moon was still three days away, so unless he lingered, there was no way to witness the massive impact caused by the fall of the purple moon.

“Those aren’t moons, they’re Abnormalities. I’m talking about a real moon, the satellite of our planet…” Sun Zhen rolled his eyes, there’s a difference between moons and Abnormalities.

“What he ate was not just the second moon but also its corresponding concept. It’s said that people’s cognition of that moon was consumed as well, so we only think there’s one moon. In reality, there could be two, or maybe even more, after all, who knows if some bizarre Abnormality has done such a thing.”

“You should know that someone has shot down nine suns before as well.”

Listening to Sun Zhen’s words, Qin Muye felt this story sounded awfully familiar—so Taotie had also played the role of a ‘Tengu,’ otherwise why would he eat a moon for no reason?

Considering that Taotie resembled a member of the canine family, playing the role of a ‘Tengu’ wasn’t really a big deal.

“Shoot the sun? That’s quite the distance,” Qin Muye expressed his doubt. If Taotie ate a moon, he could believe it since the other party consumed something intangible like a concept or cognition, but shooting the sun seemed a bit too much. After all, the act seemed to involve physical shooting.

“It’s true but only a part remains. Before, there were clear records that there used to be ten suns, and the one who did the deed was the last Human Emperor, who is still alive today—I have even met him,” Sun Zhen claimed.

“It seems that due to the backlash from shooting the sun, he suffered severe burns on his entire body. The left side of his body was missing, including his left arm, part of his throat, a portion of his face, and apparently a significant part of his internal organs. The wounds exhibit extremely high temperatures but do not spread to other parts of his body or the surrounding area.”

“Moreover, he was fully conscious, and I even communicated with him for a while.”

Sun Zhen spoke with calmness. The Abnormality’s security level was incredibly high; even its name was not disclosed.

The individual was only half of the whole; the complete entity also included the Abnormality used for shooting the sun. Initially two separate individuals, they became a new entity after the event, which is why he survived and has lived for so long.

“The All World Protector Organization really hides a lot. Aside from Taotie, there’s the sun shooter, plus Emperor, and maybe even the Human Emperor is within some containment base,” Qin Muye joked.

But one wrong move and the whole game is lost.

The All World Protector Organization’s trump cards might be plentiful, but if they can’t be used, they are of no use at all.

“About this category, I don’t know too much. Some could actually be fitted into mythological stories. Those weird tales, the characters in them, are likely to be Abnormalities,” Sun Zhen explained.

As for the people from Ge Wu Fu or the All World Protector Organization? They would naturally be hidden, just cleanse the memory and it’s done.

Thus only those characters and events passed down by word of mouth are left to be altered.

Modern ghost stories, for example, might be real, but under the arrangement of the All World Protector Organization, the truth could be turned into fiction.

Through his discussions with Sun Zhen, Qin Muye also learned quite a bit. It was entertaining for him, but it was really of no use to his real self.

“If we go back to the cooldown of the pocket watch, we should arrive before Emperor’s loss of control, three days earlier. At that time, I will contact Dr. Ma first,” said Sun Zhen.

“Oh, then do you want to get rid of these things beforehand? Otherwise, there might be trouble,” Qin Muye pointed to the Biological Master Sun Zhen was holding, along with the miniature missile and various other pieces of equipment he had brought with him.

Even though these items were taken by Sun Zhen, once they returned to before Emperor’s loss of control, they would all belong to items officially registered. Especially that mini missile—if it went missing, it would definitely cause a huge problem, not to mention the Biological Master, which would directly constitute a containment breach event.

“No need, these items can serve as evidence. Besides, under normal circumstances, half a month earlier, I would have been training at the original base and couldn’t possibly appear here—itself an abnormal event,” Sun Zhen understood, his actions would indeed cause misunderstandings.

But with the lack of evidence and coupled with his intelligence, there would likely be no issue.

“Fine, as long as you’re happy, that’s what matters, but I still think we should rewind one more time, we’d have a better grasp on the situation, a half-month’s preparation is definitely more ample than three days, cutting it close with time is not a good thing,” Qin Muye said.

Sun Zhen was silent for a moment, Qin Muye made sense.

“It’s just your lifespan…” Sun Zhen sighed.

Truth be told, this is a total of ninety thousand years of lifespan we’re talking about, not to mention, the All World Protector Organization might really not be able to afford such a compensation, even if they could, they wouldn’t fully compensate.

“No big deal, I got it for free anyway, I’m not worried, what are you worried about?” Qin Muye said nonchalantly.

For him, it really was just that.

“Wait, why does it seem like the pocket watch can’t be taken off?” Sun Zhen suddenly noticed something wrong with Qin Muye’s hand, the pocket watch seemed to have fused with his flesh and blood.

He hadn’t noticed this before.

“It’s just overuse, when it’s over I can have a small surgery to remove it.”

“Shouldn’t be a big deal, after all, the price for using this thing is deduced from one’s lifespan, other issues should be just minor details.”

Qin Muye didn’t care at all, it was indeed due to overuse that had led to this situation, especially since he only used his left hand to hold it, each time he overexerted himself in twisting time, it would create a special kind of power, and with too many overloads, it would become like this.

Use it a couple more times and it might embed itself into the bones of the hand.

But he was just an incarnation, embedding into the hand bone was not a big deal, even if it were to embed into the skull.

If there were any real trouble, his original body would have already intervened, since this is related to the decision-making process of accessing the sea of information.

As for devouring worlds… well, that’s another story.

“It’s fine, if worst comes to worst, I’ll get an amputation, with the technology of the All World Protector Organization, regenerating a limb for you, boss, wouldn’t be a big issue,” Sun Zhen said with concern, but also understood that it wasn’t the right time to address this.

Fortunately, limb regeneration wasn’t a big issue within the All World Protector Organization, sometimes they could even accomplish resurrection from death, so limb regeneration was essentially one of the benefits of the Special Task Force, which Sun Zhen had also enjoyed several times.

Containing abnormalities was a dangerous task, and naturally, one couldn’t always come back unscathed.

“Can’t you say something more reassuring? Going straight to amputation…” Qin Muye had a deadpan expression, this kid really had issues.

“Ah, well… With your situation, if not amputation, do you really want to wear that pocket watch forever? If one day you accidentally move the hands, it could deduct a thousand years of your lifespan, boss, tell me, wouldn’t that be a loss?” Sun Zhen couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the peculiarity of the situation.

“We’ll deal with this matter after we sort out this crisis,” Qin Muye shifted the topic, then looked at the pocket watch on his hand that was gradually returning to its original state.

Less than half an hour to go, there’s really no way to interfere with the cooldown time, three hours is remarkably rigid.

“After we resolve this crisis, why don’t you join the All World Protector Organization, boss? With your abilities, you’d be at least a Director level,” Sun Zhen broached the topic after thinking over his words.

“Join? That won’t quite work,” Qin Muye mulled it over briefly, if he were to join, he would be contained instead of becoming a base director for the All World Protector Organization. Even if he wanted to, they wouldn’t let him.

Who would let a nuclear bomb conduct experiments? Especially after the incidents involving the Emperor and the Dragon Vein, the All World Protector Organization would definitely reform its methods of containing abnormalities and all other aspects, to prevent another terrifying containment failure.

This time, it was a genuine scare that nearly caused the extinction of human civilization; they were sure to learn from the lesson, to ensure such an event wouldn’t recur.

With crises of this magnitude, usually one experience is enough to teach a painful lesson, rather than committing the same mistake knowingly again.