"Our Father in heaven, may all men be holy in your name, may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth, as in heaven. Our daily meals are given to us today. We forgive our debts, as we forgive man's debts, and will not meet temptations, and save us from evil, for kingdom, authority, and glory are all yours, forever, Amen."

Karachev knelt behind the wall of a whistle tower, facing the rising sun, holding a small hardcover Bible in his hand, and silently chanting the prayer with his eyes closed.

"Hey, Karachev, are you still religious?" At this time, Qi Lin also came to the top of the tower and happened to see Karachev finish reading "Amen" and open his eyes.

"Didn't you ask this knowingly? I was a devout Orthodox decades ago," said Karachev.

"Well... do you believe in the existence of God? Or do you think the so-called "Lord" will really save their believers?" Qi Lin pointed to the Bible in Karachev's arms.

"Salvation..." Karachev was silent for a while, then looked at the desolate wasteland in the distance.

"I never felt that redemption would come upon us." Karachev said, shook his head.

"Then you still say you are a devout believer?"

"These are two different things. Regardless of whether the 'Lord' really exists, it does not affect my private beliefs in my spare time... If you believe in him, he will exist; if you don't believe in him, he will be gone..."

"Okay, I understand... psychological comfort, right?" Qi Lin glanced at Karachev, then looked at the radiant cloud that blocked the entire rising sun behind. If that damn God really existed, with his arrogant personality, it would be absolutely impossible for people to make the earth look like this.

God wants to flood the earth with a flood and clean up the world, yes; but if humans want to destroy the world with nuclear weapons, that's not possible - because all of this is God's creation.

This is really unreasonable.

"Talking about the serious matter, the young master already knows the matter of your duel with Arthur." Karachev took the Bible into his arms and stood up from the ground.

"Oh, what did he say about Cheng Yanqiu?"

"Young Master said that if you can slow down a little, maybe he will have a chance to see how interesting the expression of Arthur Lee's face was when he lost the duel."

"Oh, so he's already on the way?"

"Yes. Moreover, according to the intelligence website of Cheng's Consortium, after launching a duel against you yesterday, Li Arthur asked someone to rush back to the base of Dessau Consortium overnight and took out a stock of [steel mixture]."

"'Iron and Steel Mix'? What is that? It sounds like a prop in a game... Sorry, I almost forgot that we are in the same game now..."

"A rare drug of purple quality requires more than a dozen rare mutant biological materials to synthesize. The effect after taking is simply invincible," said Karachev.

"Invincible? Is this a bit irritating?" Qi Lin pulled the corner of his mouth. This is a realistic game. You can't just put a holy shield like a magical online game like the old era and then start rubbing the Hearthstone so sloppy?

"Of course, Invincible is just an exaggeration. However, after taking this potion that can only be used by evolving above level 2, it will instantly make the muscles and skin of the taker as hard as alloys, greatly increase its defense, increase its strength attribute by two to three times, and will not affect limb movements and other physiological functions. The duration is determined by the quality and purity of the potion. However, according to conservative estimates, the potion taken by Arthur can maintain its strengthening state for at least twenty seconds." Karachev said.

"Does there be any weaknesses? Do eyes and other things become invulnerable?" Qi Lin asked.

"Eyes are indeed a weakness, but in your duel entry, there is no limit on the use of armor. As long as there is no power, you can bring it to the field - even a powered armor with power outage, Arthur Lee will definitely find a way to protect his eyes."

"It's okay, as long as you know that this thing has weaknesses, it's easy to do--"

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When it was twenty minutes away from twelve o'clock, Qi Lin had already arrived at the square of the central fortress of the 147th Post. Here, a circular ring made of reinforced concrete cast by steel and concrete appeared in the middle of the square, and the surroundings were already crowded with players watching the fun.

Arthur Lee had already been waiting on the ring. He was wearing soft armor made of mutant creature leather tanned. The soft armor was pitch black all over, and there were high-strength carbon fiber protective gear on the shoulder pads, knees and elbows.

In addition, although Li Arthur did not wear a helmet, he wore a pair of well-made goggles as Karachev expected. Judging from the luster of the lilac gems on the lenses, it should be polished from a top-grade corundum, and a special metal coating was added to it.

"That is the L2 goggles produced by the 'Qi Mingxing Company' under the Dessau consortium. The lenses can withstand the frontal impact of the bullets fired by the AK47 within 200 meters without breaking. There is also a multi-layer buffer structure in the part where the frame comes into contact with the wearer. It is one of the best goggles in the league. The inventory is very limited and the price reaches 110,000 yuan per pair of resource points." Karachev followed Qi Lin and said in a low voice.

"110,000? The price of this pair of glasses is equivalent to a top sniper rifle from the old era. This guy is really willing to spend money." Qi Lin curled his lips.

"Compared with [steel mixture], these l2 goggles are nothing. It is said that for this steel mixture, Li Arthur overdrawed his six-month internship salary and the dividends of his shares. Because of this, even his father Li Yinian was alarmed."

"Then he really hates me."

"If you need potions, our Cheng Consortium can provide you with some now, but due to time constraints, you can't get the product of that level like [Iron and Steel Agent]. However, I have the second-rate special potion, and I have the potion on the rampage now, and there are several therapeutic needles."

"No need. If you have to take drugs when dealing with a Li Arthur, your young master will make me laugh at for a month... Okay, the time is up, I'm going up."

Qi Lin patted Karachev's shoulder, squeezed out of the crowd, and jumped onto the ring with a light leap.

"I thought you didn't dare to come?" Seeing Qi Lin arrive, Li Arthur opposite said with some contempt.

"You're thinking too much. How can I bear to refuse someone who is willing to send money to my door?" Qi Lin continued - duels of this nature are definitely indispensable for trash words without nutrition before opening.

"I hope you can beg me for mercy in such a relaxed tone later-" Li Arthur snorted coldly and pulled out his weapon.

This is a long sword in the shape of a medieval knight's heavy sword, but from the blade emitting red light and the slightly twisted air around the blade, Qi Lin recognized at a glance that the real name of this "knight sword" should be called "Gao Zhoubo Cutting Blade".

Like the Gaussian sniper rifle, the high-circular cutting blade was also a weapon in the experimental stage in the old era. The most obvious feature of this weapon is the blade that constantly vibrates at an ultra-high frequency of thousands of hertz.

The high-circumferential cutting blade heats the blade body through high-frequency vibrating particles. When it comes into contact with the object, it can automatically peel off the object through resonance at the molecular level. From the perspective of the naked eye, it is almost equivalent to cutting iron like mud.

In contrast, Qi Lin's equipment seemed to be much colder, with only two cold steel tiger claw knives and only wearing a simple combat uniform. As for the dragon scale light armor, it was severely damaged and Karachev asked someone to send him back to China for repair a few days ago.
Chapter completed!