Li You and his party took the queen and three attendants and returned to the clock room through the time guardian's portal. The three attendants were still tied tightly, but the queen herself was simply taken away from her weapons and followed Li You. When they walked out of the portal, the Alchemy Dolls of the Time Keeper and the Collector were already waiting here. The Queen saw the Time Guardian at a glance: "...it's you." The Time Guardian bowed slightly: "Queen." The queen looked at the Collector's doll again, with obvious murderous intent in her eyes, causing the Collector to take a step back subconsciously. Then he spoke: "...Your Majesty the Queen, you still hate me so much." The queen ignored him and looked at Li You: "Can you tell me what your purpose is in bringing me here?" Li You thought for a while and said: "Actually, there is no complicated purpose. We just want your origin cells. The collector believes that with enough origin cells, he can create a panacea." The queen glanced at the collector again: "I have no interest in the messy alchemy this man said, and I don't believe it at all. If it weren't for his appearance and his mistakes, this island would not be what it is today. A look.” Li You also glanced at the collector and did not refute the queen's words. Although the leakage and spread of the disease should be more due to the failure of lower-level soldiers to carry out orders, the collector is indeed its source.
Of course, he still persuaded the queen: "At this point, we can only place our hope on him. The guardian of time has seen the future, and it is possible for the collector to create a panacea." After hearing this, the queen also looked at the guardian of time, and Shi Code replied: "I have indeed seen a vague future where he created a panacea, but at the end of that future, there seemed to be an accident, and we lost it again. A panacea.” The queen was noncommittal, and then looked at Li You again: "If that's all, there's no need for you to bring us here. If you kill me, you can get the cells... What else is your purpose?" Li You waved his hand and said, "I don't have any agenda. I just respect a leader like you, so I don't want to kill him. If I had no choice before, I would do it." "If you have any thoughts, I just want to tell you that there is no need for you to stay at the lighthouse. Because...the epidemic has already spread to the outside world." The queen, who was originally very calm, suddenly stood up when she heard this: "What did you say!?" Li You didn't show off and said, "You should be able to tell that I am from outside the island. The disease has already spread outside the island. If you light the lighthouse, you can see ships occupied by infected people sailing to the island. ” The queen's tall body could not help but sway. She thought for a moment, then suddenly looked at the guardian of time and asked: "How many times have you reset time so far? Tell me!" The Time Guardian was silent for a moment and then said: "...it has been a large-scale reversal of time, more than ten times." The queen was momentarily lost in thought. "...Because of our negligence, we actually brought the disaster to the outside of the island. Such things..." It was obvious that the queen was deeply affected. Li You planned to take the opportunity to persuade him, but before he could speak, the queen suddenly raised her head. "In that case, that's another story." She looked at the collector's doll: "Alchemist! Are you sure the panacea can cure the epidemic?" The collector replied: "...I'm not sure, but this is the last resort I can think of." This time the queen did not blame her: "Well, as things have come to this, we must try every possible method, otherwise our sins will never be made up for." She looked at Li You again: "Outsider, I have to ask, what do you want? Why are you willing to help us?" Li You said: "I have already arrived on this island. Of course, I must either wait to die, escape, or solve the problem. I just chose to try to solve the problem."
The queen pondered for a moment, and then said: "That's true... As the queen of this country, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your help." "Then, let us work hard together. If we can finally solve the epidemic, then I promise that I will give you the reward you deserve." Li You smiled and did not refuse: "Okay." After setting the policy of cooperation, Li You naturally untied the restraints of the attendants and returned the weapons to them. The Time Guardian, Collector, Queen, and Li You immediately began to discuss how to deal with it next. The most critical question before everyone now is how to deal with the escaped Cell Man? Li You briefly described the cause and effect: "My original plan was to take him to the lighthouse, use his blood as fuel, light the lighthouse, and prove to the queen that what I said was true." "It's a pity that the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and there were many accidents. In particular, he seemed to have noticed something, or he remembered his previous memories and understood that I wanted to use him. "So, before I kicked him off the lighthouse, he tried to stab me in the back. After failing, he immediately jumped into the sea. It was obvious that he had no intention of returning as a collector." The Collector also nodded and said: "My equipment has not detected his return to the prison. It seems that he does not intend to have any contact with us anymore." "What a pity, he has a lot of cells on his body..." The queen showed no mercy: "Then there must be something wrong with the work of the alchemist over there, right?" The Collector shouted: "Absolutely not this time! I'm pretty sure I've cleared his memory, only more, not less!" Li You waved his hand and said: "Judging from the previous situations, there should be no problem on the collector's side. I am more inclined to another possibility." "When we went to the lighthouse this time, we met a tentacle monster wearing a yellow raincoat on the road. He had some communication with that guy. Maybe he told the cell people about many things. "Anyway, it's useless to talk about this now. Let's discuss how to deal with it." Sister Tokimori raised her hand and spoke, and the content was simple and direct: "Find him and kill him." The collector added: "It's better to capture it and clean up all the memories. Even starting from scratch is better than killing it directly. I still need more ordinary cells." The queen said: "...The key is to find where the other person is. He jumped into the sea at that time." Li You looked at her and asked, "Do you have any ideas?" He asked this question to test whether the queen recognized the identity of the cell man. The queen was silent for a moment and replied: "...If he doesn't recall his previous memories, then I don't know where he will go. But if he recalls everything, then what he wants to do most is to go back to where he should be and get what belongs to him something.” Li You understood that Wang Hou had indeed figured out the true identity of the Cell Man from various details. This is not surprising. Li You thought about her words for a while and said: "At present, he should only have memories after becoming a Cell Man, but since we don't know how he recalled the memories that should have been erased, we should prepare for the worst." He looked at the queen and said: "I threw his original body at the Collector's Star Observation Laboratory. If it is convenient, I hope you will go there as the last line of defense." The queen nodded: "Okay." collector:"???"
"Wait a minute? Why should she go? It's enough to have the Hand of the King guarding the throne, right?" Li You glanced at him with a look that looked at a fool: "The Hand of the King has been defeated several times, and it's up to him to defend it? This matter is settled." collector:"……" Queen: "I don't want to be in the same space as you, but the overall situation is the most important thing." Collector: "...Okay." Li You then looked at the Time Guardian: "I will be responsible for searching for traces of that guy on the island, and collecting some cells by the way. Time Guardian, I still need to trouble you." The Time Guardian said: "Let's cooperate well, we can't let that guy run around without control." With the course of action now agreed upon, the Queen took Euterpe and the others to the Star Observation Laboratory, while Li You took his companions to search along the coast for traces of the Cell Man. The Time Guardian still stayed in the clock room, paying attention to Li You while also searching for the movements of the Cell Man. The Collector obtained the Queen's origin cells, plunged into the observatory, and continued his experiments. The queen originally wanted to send three of her attendants to Li You to help, but he refused. If the Cellman is at full firepower, the queen alone may not be able to stop him. Euterpe and the others must be added to ensure that if the Cellman attacks, he will at least be delayed. However, although Li You rejected the queen's suggestion, before she left, he also warned the queen through Aiji and asked her to keep an eye on the collector. Although the current development is very different from the game plot, if the collector still goes crazy and wants to suffocate the refined elixir himself, then the queen will need to stop him. After arranging everything, Li You and his companions searched along the beach, killing monsters and collecting cells. … Two days passed quickly. What Li You didn't expect was that the Cell Man didn't show up for two whole days. In the past two days, he searched the beach and surrounding areas, but could not find the location of Cell Man, only his broken body. The guardian of time looked at the whole island, but could not find any trace of him. It was as if the Cell Man had really fallen to his death while jumping from the tower and disappeared. But Li You knew very well that he must still be alive. If he dies, there will definitely be movement in his main mission. But the question is, where is he? Where can I hide? In the past two days, if nothing else, he had collected a lot of cells. [Achievement: Cell Tycoon. 】 [Achievement content: Collect a total of 10,000 ordinary cells (8848/10,000). 】 Coupled with the previous gains, this achievement is almost completed. There are several other achievements that can be collected, but Li You didn't bother to confirm the content of the achievement. Li You sighed, took Yuzi and Aiji, and continued searching. …
A corner of the island, a swamp of abandoned people. This is the place where the kingdom once exiled infectious diseases and heretics, and is where wanderers gather. They are a group of homeless people who have to stay here. And to avoid poisonous swamps, they live in trees. In a wooden house on a hollowed-out tree trunk, a female abandoned person with a bloated figure, wearing a hood and wrapped in bandages, was patrolling back and forth with a wooden spear. She looked normal, no different from the abandoned guards wandering here, so naturally no one paid attention to her. But if you take off her hood and pull off the bandages on her face, you will see the ghost-like head. Cell man. It must be said that although his body has turned into a pile of green algae, his brain is still working well. As early as the second time he met the fat house tentacle monster whose true identity was unknown, he began to doubt his memory. And the subsequent contact with Li You also made him gradually determine that his two inexplicable deaths earlier were mostly related to this person. After all, he could retain the memory of death at other times, but those two vague memories, isn't it obvious that there is something fishy? So, when he finally met Li You and others, he seemed calm on the surface, but he was actually alert and ready to stab Li You in the back. Unfortunately, the backstab was not successful. He did not regret it, and immediately jumped into the sea to avoid being caught again and having his memory cleaned. And this time, just in case, he did not return to the prison to rebirth. He also guessed that the time when Li You could tamper with his memory was when he was in the green algae state. And Li You probably had a way to monitor his movements. So he carefully occupied the bodies of different people and monsters along the way, and finally came to this swamp he had walked through before, possessed a female abandoned person, and thus mixed into their group. This trick really worked, his memory was still there, and no one else came to the door, and his whereabouts were not exposed. After all, the time guardian who was responsible for remotely searching various areas on the island did not expect that the cell man would be so shameless as to possess a female abandoned person. The cell man successfully escaped the pursuit, but this was not a solution. He judged others by himself, and thought that if he could not find anyone, he might choose to kill one area after another until he killed the right target. Although he knew that Li You might not do this, he still had to be prepared for the worst. Hiding here was just waiting to die. So, the cell man had been thinking about how to get out or even fight back. That afternoon, when he was patrolling, a familiar tentacle suddenly emerged from the ground and approached him. The cell man saw the letter rolled up in the tentacle at a glance. After looking around vigilantly and calmly, he took the letter. There was no doubt that the letter was written by his fat tentacle monster friend, and the content was also very simple. "I heard that you are in trouble, my friend? As it happens, because of the failure of the escape plan, I am still trapped here and bored. Why don't you come to me, maybe I can provide you with a little help?" "If you are interested, come to the altar in the center of the swamp tonight to see me!"
The cell man quickly read the letter, then quietly tore it into pieces and scattered it into the swamp. ... At night, the altar on the top of the ancient tree. The cell man controlled the body of the abandoned woman and came here. The altar was built in the trunk of the ancient tree, and the object of worship is the mother goddess of the swamp residents, the mother of ticks, who is also the early boss of the game. There is a believer guarding the altar all year round, and other swamp dwellers come here from time to time to worship and sacrifice, so the behavior of the cell man here is very normal. But when he opened the door, he saw his fat tentacle monster friend, who was sitting carelessly beside the altar, and the believer on duty was lying at his feet, with his body torn apart. Seeing the cell man, the tentacle monster immediately smiled and said, "Welcome! My friend, long time no see." "Oh, are you talking about this guy? I was just waiting for you here, but he insisted that I offer a pious sacrifice to their mother. I was so annoyed that I killed him and put his head on the altar. "Don't tell me, the mother seemed to accept it, hahaha, it's really interesting!" The cell man glanced at the corpse on the ground, without any reaction, and asked, "What do you want to do by calling me over? We'd better make it short. The people chasing me may have the ability to monitor remotely. " The tentacle monster waved his tentacles and said, "Don't worry, it's just that little girl. She can't see me." The cell man didn't doubt it, and asked, "So what do you want to do?" The tentacle monster laughed, "Just like what I said in the letter, I was bored and happened to see you avoiding being chased." "We are old friends, so I thought, come and help you." The cell man looked at him, "How can you help me? Do you know what I'm facing?" The tentacle monster replied, "I can provide you with a body for resurrection, help you improve your physical ability, and even provide random resurrection point services... and all these only require a little cell." The cell man finally showed a look of surprise: "You? Just rely on yourself?" The tentacle monster laughed, "That's it! How about, if you need it, I can also give you a piece of information?" The cell man looked at him for a while before saying, "...So, what's the price? You can do so many things, you can't just want to do some cells, right? What do you want me to do?" The tentacle monster chuckled this time and said, "It's very simple, huh? I just want to see what a person who once had everything but lost everything can do in this situation." "After all, I'm really free recently." After hearing his words, the cell man only thought for a short time and raised his head: "Deal." The tentacle monster laughed and waved his tentacles, saying, "Great! This is what I want to see you like." As he said, a tentacle reached behind his back and took out a man-made body like a magic trick and placed it in front of the cell man. The cell man did not doubt it and directly released his main body, abandoned the old, ugly and gender-incorrect abandoned body, and drilled into the broken neck of the man-made. Then, a familiar flash of lightning flashed, and the cell man stood up again. The tentacle monster casually took out a few weapons from his back and threw them to him, then pointed to the center of the island: "The first place you should go is there."
"--That towering bell tower."