Dharma Ring: Selling dung beetles at the border

Greg took his place, and together with Michaela, they opened a small temporary clinic for free clinics, which attracted many people.

The corpse possessed by Shapolili would occasionally come to Mikaela's side, complaining that this was not conducive to the spread of despair.

You are so 'selfless'. Chapolili emphasized the word selfless with a mocking tone.

Michaela ignored him and only said: Be careful of angering the businessman. The businessman has king-level power. If you find the King of Mad Fire and are killed by him, don't cry.

Shapolili was not worried at all. He was very happy when he heard Michaela say that Wuming was very strong.

But he didn't refute and wandered to a hospital bed.

Rom was lying there.

Wuming had pinched his neck for so long that he was paralyzed from the head down and could not speak.

Greg decided to save at least Rom's upper body, hemiplegia.

Greg's reason for saving people is simple - what Rom did was far less serious than his own, and he felt that Rom shouldn't be worse off than he was.

Chapolili walked up to Rom and smiled: It's a pity that they spared your life, otherwise I could have fished your soul out of this cumbersome body.

Roma can now move half of his body and can speak. He said hoarsely:

Michaela is right. The unknown businessman is very strong. No one in the border area dares to say that he can be firmly captured. No one can match his power. If he is determined not to join us, he will fight with us. What to do with the enemy?

Chappoli smiled:

The future King of Epilepsy is of course very strong. And we don't have to worry at all. I can foresee that the junction will be melted down under his leadership, and the lives will be melted into one. The unknown businessman may not be our enemy.

Can we convince him?

Even if you don't convince him, it's okay. Chappoli smiled, As long as you find a way to make him the enemy of others, he will be the sharpest knife and the strongest flame. What if you push him to anger? In his anger, he will only burn down the world. Everything in the world will be destroyed by him - and that is our dream.

Rom murmured: May the flames melt everything and life will never be born again...

Chapolili took over his words with joy and excitement in his tone: May chaos fill the world!

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Tanis was sitting in the dressing room, listening to Patch's confession. She was not as anxious as he was, and her expression was quite calm.

What do you want to do? Tanith looked at the anxious Patch and asked him.

Run away? Patch said, I'm not afraid myself. I'm mainly afraid that something will happen to you.

Tanis thought for a moment and said:

When you were still in the volcano, you tried to escape once. Don't anger him. If you are really afraid that he will lose control, you should have a good talk with him and ease his mood.

Tanis took out the secret elixir of forgetfulness given to her by Larcade: People who are in desperate situations are not far away from blasphemy. If the madness can be stopped before everything is irreversible, many things will be different. .”

Patch looked at Tanis with a wry smile:

You're not afraid.

I have saved my life, what do I have to fear?

What if Laya is also in danger?

Patch stopped Tanis' question with one sentence. He looked at the silent Tanis and stood up:

I'm going to talk to Wu Ming.

Patch clasped his hands behind his back and sighed:

Being with you is like being with a tiger.

“When you marry a chicken, follow the chicken; when you marry a dog, follow the dog.”

Don't call me so gay, no gay, my friend!

I didn't say it was Wuming who followed. Tanis smiled, her eyes turning with admiration, which made Patch's face turn red.

Every old tree comes back with spring. Patch sighed as he left the tent, thinking that he was going to find Wuming. If that guy can find someone important to him, he might be happier. Maybe I should look for him?

When Patch found Wuming, Wuming had already returned to the caravan. In front of him were piles of various caravan data compiled by Serui.

Wuming noticed that Patch was back and said hello casually: He's back.

I came back earlier than you. Patch complained to Wuming in a tone that sounded like the master of the family.

Wuming ignored Patch and concentrated on looking at the groups of data.

How can a wandering businessman have such a big impact on you? Patch said.

It's not because of those... Wuming hesitated to speak.

Patch walked to Wuming and looked at the data.

What is this? he asked.

Brynis is dead, but he still has a lot of legacy left behind, Wuming said.

Are you going to kill people and buy goods? Patch understood, I'm good at it.

This legacy is a legacy in quotation marks. Wuming said, To be precise, it is a mess. There are now a large number of free businessmen in the Lake District and Ningmugefu, and they are all doing very large things.

Nameless said: Actually, Brynis left no assets behind.

With such a black heart, you didn't leave any assets? Patch was shocked, How is that possible? You didn't find it, right?

I asked his former employees, who are also my former employees, the descendants of those wandering merchants. Wuming said, All the profits of Brynis are used for expansion. The runes earned are used to hire more More people, build more factories, earn more runes, then hire more people, build more factories, earn more runes, hire more...

Okay, okay. Patch interrupted Wuming, You are not a priest, and I am just bald and not a priest. I don't want the old monk telling stories to the young monk.

Patch said: Brynis... that guy didn't show any fear before he died. I don't know if he was really not afraid, or he was beaten to death too quickly by you. It's not like he was trying to earn runes... just like you.

I just want to earn runes. Wuming said.

What are you earning runes for? Patch said, You are trying to save people.

In order to hire more people, earn more runes, and then hire more people... Wuming started again.

Patch lost his temper due to Wuming's words. Wuming's current state was obviously not normal. He didn't dare to say more or ask more questions.

Patch didn't dare to ask, but Wuming started talking to himself:

We have more competitors. The jobs we have added to our employees can only continue and cannot be cut.

There is no way. It is the job of the king and the God of Law to curb this kind of thing. Patch said, You are just a businessman.

Wuming shook his head: What I want to say is that Brynis is right. He did help me. The border area seemed to be ignited, and they grabbed the golden runes much faster.

Patch was silent, not sure how to respond to Wuming.

He couldn't tell what Wuming was thinking now. He seemed to be following Brynis's style?

Wuming continued: Didn't you notice that what Rom and Brynis did in those places did not attract opposition and suppression from those in power?

On the way back, I talked with Greg and took a look around the lake area. Wuming said, To put it simply, both Full Moon and Neferi have acquiesced in these things. Because it is indeed very profitable. As for The cost... the number of dead we saw along the way was only a few dozen, not as many as a knight slaughtering a village during the war. The babies were born with broken fingers, but there were not even babies born in the past.

Wuming looked at Patch:

Lenalara and Neferi are both people who have experienced cruel battlefields. Compared with past wars, people were just forced to work hard. It is really not a big deal, but it can help the country recover quickly. I don't think it's serious, you see. Come out, I killed Brynis not because of justice, but actually... it was just a business war.

Patch nodded: When you are truly righteous, what you talk about is making money.

I want to earn runes. Wuming said, Being a businessman is just to earn runes.

I don't remember you being such a boring person. Patch said, What do you really want? I asked you once before, but you didn't answer. It's time to tell me.

Wuming hesitated: I don't know.

I don't know, I won't work so hard to earn runes, Patch said.

Wuming murmured thoughtfully:

Fire will go out. In order to continue the flame, you can only keep adding firewood to the fire. Runes are firewood, and they are essential to ignite the flame.

But the flame will eventually go out. It is better to say that fire cannot escape the fate of being extinguished. Patch said.

So I'm looking for a way to escape this fate. Wuming said, Creating new flames, reducing the consumption of light and heat... Previous generations have tried various methods, and they have all failed. No matter how prosperous it is, In this era, no matter how great a dynasty is, it will come to a gloomy end and finally retire.

Wuming raised his head and glanced at the golden tree:

Like this giant tree.

What's the solution you came up with? Patch asked.

Do you know my teacher, the one who taught me spells? Wuming said, Her mother, the old witch, once tried to create a new flame, but failed and turned into a seedbed of chaos, the devil's Ancestor. The longing for flames and the fear of flames form the core of the fire spell. But I think... the old witch may not be wrong, or that her direction is not wrong, she just... failed.

Patch narrowed his eyes:

You want to create fire too?

I want to be the sun. Wuming said, There is also a sun in the border area, but it is too dim and too small. I think maybe by accumulating more runes, the sun can return.

Patch said: When making the sun, if you are not careful, it will be a disaster.

But that's the sun. You also said that people will come close to the sun for warmth, but if they get too close, the sun will burn their wings and they will fall into the sea and die.

Patch thought for a while, shook his head and said:

This is not your idea, at least not at the beginning. You only discovered the sun at Longfeng Church, and before that, you were already a businessman.

I said, I haven't figured out how to do it yet. Making the sun is just a thought formed during the process.

But how is this possible? You are desperately trying to get Rune for no reason? Patch said, Don't tell me, it's just because you are hungry but don't want to kill people and seize treasures.

In order to continue the formation of the times and continue the flame, people chose to invest firewood to maintain the flame, chose to hide in paintings to reduce consumption, chose to embrace the darkness and no longer rely on the flame, and chose to create their own flames. Wuming said,

I don't choose darkness, because I have seen the age of fire, the prosperous world, and happy people. Even if the time of having fire is only short-lived and the era of abundance is fleeting, I still want to see the light of fire.

Wuming smiled: So I said, Menggert is very similar to me, he is just not as lucky as me, nor does he have my talent.

Wuming continued: Regarding the fire, various plans have been thought of, but there is one that seems to have not been tried yet.

What? Patch was fascinated by this and wanted to see what Wuming was going to do.

That is to make the fire burn more vigorously. Wuming said, Let the flame burn more fiercely than ever before. Since beauty is fleeting, let it disappear faster.

Patch shrank his neck and his expression was a bit hard to explain: What is this method? Because you are going to die sooner or later, why not die sooner?

No, burning is for better burning, and violent burning is for more violent burning. Wuming said, The flames of the old witch can melt everything and burn rocks and giant trees. And when she further increases the temperature, a An abnormal phenomenon was detected - the flames began to grow and rage on their own.

Patch said: Then she couldn't restrain that power, and the former king soul holder turned into a hotbed of chaos, and was eventually killed and devoured by you - Okay, no need to talk about it, I have tasted enough After your death, your legend spread all over the world, although it was soon forgotten. Everyone was unwilling to believe that the savior was a humble dwarf.

Wuming said: The old witch can't withstand the flames, but I think maybe I can withstand it... Maybe when the flames are strong enough to reach a certain point, things will turn around.

Wuming said: Does it sound a bit similar to what Brynis did? He said he was helping me, which is actually true. His approach does coincide with my ideas. It's just... After all, this is the past There is no guidance in front of me on a road that no one has ever traveled, so I can only grope my way forward in the dark. Once I fail, it will lead to disaster for everyone. And I have no confidence that I can succeed.

Wuming looked at his hands:

What Brynnis did can only be considered mild compared to what I want to do. I would choose the latter between letting the world slowly rot and letting the world explode like fireworks. But...

But too many people will become miserable. You are still hesitating, right? Patch understood. What Brynis did is a kind of reflection, or a warning.

Patch said: Isn't this the old witch's route? She also failed. Why should she say that no one has tried it before?

The old witch relies on increasing the intensity of the flames. I am going to rely on scale to achieve it. Wuming said, The old witch didn't have enough flames in her hands, so she could only do this. She failed, but we don't know if all the flames will be used. If all the flames are thrown into it, will the situation be any different?

It's easy to lose control. Patch asserted. Your method, I tell you clearly, is indeed feasible, but it is also dangerous. Everything in the world will be squeezed out as quickly as possible, but it will always be on the verge of destruction.

But I don't want to give up, I won't give up. Wuming said, I have witnessed the outcome of other choices. Imagine if the power of this world is slowly exhausted and all methods are proven to be unfeasible, we will There is no way back.”

Wuming slowly clenched his hands into fists: For this, we need to earn enough runes...

The more a drowning person clings to an opportunity, the more likely he and others will fall into the abyss, Patch said.

I also let go, but the abyss still came. Wuming knocked on his chest.

Patch looked at Wuming, he was here to persuade Wuming, and wanted Wuming not to be so nervous. But after this conversation, Patch became even more nervous.

What he was originally afraid of was that Wuming had turned into a bomb, but he didn't expect that it was a man on fire who was developing a bomb.

I... Patch hesitated.

Huh? Wuming looked at him.

Patch was scared and wanted to resign directly to Wuming, but he was too scared and dared not say anything. He remembered Tanisi's reminder to him and didn't dare to provoke Wuming anymore.

Wuming looked at Pachi's expression and smiled:

I know, I'm very contradictory, right? In order to continue the world, I have to push the world to the edge of destruction. In order not to make people suffer so much, I have to make them suffer more now. For the illusory happiness of the most people in the future, But it requires many individuals today to make sacrifices.

So I said, I haven't thought about it yet. There is no guidance in my eyes, and I don't know what is right and what is wrong. I don't want to see people suffer, but I am anxious about the obvious future of decline. I dare not hold on so tightly, and I’m afraid that once I let go, everything will disappear in an instant.”

At this time, I will also be a little envious of those who can see the guidance. Just like me who once went on a pilgrimage, I can walk fearlessly on the road that I think is bright. Wuming knocked on his head,

But although I have no guidance, I do have a vague feeling. One thing I think is unmistakable - get more runes.

Patch touched his bald head:

I see that you are indeed too nervous. Let's go out for a walk and relax.

No. Wuming said, Telling you this has already wasted too much of my time. I have to find a way to deal with the scattered businessmen surrounding Yatan. They will definitely continue Brynis' strategy and continue to compete with me. .What to do...or kill them all...

Veins popped up on Patch's forehead:

It's better to relax, your thinking is starting to go wrong.

Oh, why are you acting like an old woman? Wuming was a little impatient.

Seeing that Wuming was still unmoved, Pachi had a headache for a while and said:

Well, you go out and do more activities and bask in the sun. I'll tell you how to solve the problems of those businessmen.

What can you do? Wuming looked over.

Those businessmen are just a group of people who take advantage of people's hearts and are coerced by people's hearts. Patch knocked on Guang Liang's forehead, Our brains are better than theirs.