Chapter 209 Black Cat Team Leader

Heavy Metal John asked everyone if they were the chosen ones and asked them to answer them one by one. Because they were not sure what John intended for this question, everyone was worried and inexplicably.

John finished asking Will, and it was Lin Zaishan's turn.

"Dear Mr. John, please forgive me for my poor English. Can you explain the definition of the chosen one for us?" Lin Zaishan looked respectful and polite.

"The so-called Selected One is the one who comes to save the end of the world by the mysterious power of the highest and superiority. The Selected One has extraordinary temperament, they have extraordinary abilities, and they will create various miracles wherever they go. Their light may be temporarily obscured, and they will not even realize the mission they undertake, but anyone who has been by his side for a long time can feel his peculiarity. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

"Then answer me, are you the chosen one?"

"I never believe in the myth of the Chosen." Lin Zaishan replied resolutely: "I firmly believe that the fate of the world is determined by the efforts and struggle of us ordinary people."

Heavy Metal John refused to say anything and turned his eyes to Jimmy behind Lin Zaishan. Jimmy said: "I hope I am a chosen one, but there has never been a miracle in my life. Except for the jewellery theft that had been missed before the end of the world, I was caught by 10 police cars and intercepted me. I am very glad that I would not have seen your great heavy Metal John."

John nodded slightly with a smile on his face, and then asked Robert. The clumsy-mouthed Robert shook his head and said he was not.

"I feel like I should be a chosen one." replied a tall and well-developed slave, "for I always dream of God talking to me."

John and the robe beside him looked at the slave with interest. Lin Zaishan couldn't help but prick up his ears and listen, wondering if the other party often encountered black and white shadows in his dreams like him.

"What is the god in your dream?" asked the robe Lord in a hoarse voice.

"She is a beautiful goddess with plump breasts and perky buttocks, and she is pleasant to speak on the pillow."

The robe retracted his gaze in disappointment. John then asked the next one.

In this way, it took more than half an hour to ask all the servants. John said to the robe king: "Wild Fridge, what do you think?"

The robe named Fridge shook his head.

"Then I'll make a decision." John suddenly launched several sound waves to kill all the three slaves who claimed to be the chosen one, including the man who claimed to "date" the goddess in his dream every day.

The slaves learned their lesson this time, and they stood there, none of them dared to shout.

"You all listen. On my territory - I am talking about not only this castle, but also the entire city of Luo, not only now, but also the future - absolutely not allowed, and there is no God-Selected One at all. Whoever thinks he is the God-Selected One or worships the God-Selected One will be executed without mercy! Have you heard it clearly?"

"It's clear!"

"Very good, go down and fulfill your obligations as slaves." Heavy Metal John jumped out of his seat and left.

Robe Fridge glanced at the audience with his reddish-brown eyes under his hood, his eyes stayed on Lin Zaishan for 1 second, and then left with John.

"I bet right again," Jimmy murmured to himself.

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After accepting John's "admonition", the slaves were scattered and taken to various parts of the castle. Lin Zaishan was taken by staff to a basement of the fortifications in the north of the castle and handed over to Heimao, the head of the pipeline team of the maintenance department, for management.

"There are a few wooden boards and nails on the processing table. You use them to assemble a stool in the shortest time." The black cat just glanced at Lin Zaishan, and continued to sit on the high pedal and drink water.

Lin Zaishan didn't talk nonsense. He picked up the tool and flew his hands. He assembled the stool in just over ten seconds, which looked smooth and sturdy.

The black cat couldn't help but lit up. He had never seen anyone with the hand speed of 1051 in front of him. He didn't know that this was actually the result of Lin Zaishan's intentional slowdown when he was only 30% of his strength.

"It seems you have some talent." The black cat pointed to the wall behind him. "The wires on it just happened, which made some tools that require power supply unavailable. Please repair it."

Lin Zaishan concentrated his mind and quickly found out the problem. He pretended to test it back and forth, and finally cut off the line segment where the problem was fine and replaced the new one. As soon as he completed the connection operation, a indicator light on the wall was on.

"1051, I forgot to tell you that the power supply is not turned off." The black cat's wrinkled face was filled with a sly smile.

Lin Zaishan thought to himself: "Fortunately, I have superpowers to detect the power state, otherwise I might have been electrocuted if I accidentally operate it with electricity. This guy clearly knew that he just didn't remind me, and he was worthy of being called Black Cat, so black!"

"Congratulations to you 1051, you have passed the job interview. From today on, you can work in the pipeline team of the maintenance department." Heimao asked, "1051, do you think you are a lucky person?"

"No, on the contrary, I'm a bad guy."

"Then remember, if you want to live in Luo City, you should never hope that the goddess of luck will be a lover with you."

"Thank you for the reminder."

"Our maintenance department pipeline group is the fifth highest in the entire heavy metal John Kingdom department, and the highest in the treatment of various types of jobs, second only to John's expert consultants, hunting department, R&D department and defense department. With one day of vacation a week alone, we can get over others eight streets. Do you know why?"

Lin Zaishan said: "Are we all senior professional titles?"

"Because our mortality rate is high!" Black Cat sighed: "The underground pipelines in the end times are not smooth, and all kinds of dangerous animals are ambushing everywhere: mice are frequent visitors, spiders, cockroaches, centipedes, snakes, etc. are common. Occasionally, mutated cats and weasels come to play guest appearances."

"Is there any slug?"

"What is a slug?"

Lin Zaishan gave a brief introduction.

The black cat shook his head, "Luocheng hasn't heard of that terrible creature. In fact, we've never heard of the alien-like Zerg you're talking about."

Lin Zaishan thought to himself: "Does there be no Zerg in the United States? Is Zerg actually my exclusive 'treat' for China?"

The black cat continued: "The animals in the underground pipeline are quick to move and are more likely to raid under the cover of darkness. Once they get the chance, they will bite off your peanut seedlings without hesitation."

Lin Zaishan smiled and said, "Are all the animals in the end times so obscene?"

"They are more than just being naughty, they are simply shameless! Their favorite attack strategy is sneak attacks, especially good at stinging anal attacks." The black cat said as he grabbed Lin Zaishan's butt, which scared the latter to ache.

"Then why don't we go down to work in our mechas?"

"The underground environment is complicated and many mecha personnel can't get through." The black cat paused, took off a set of heavy shorts from the wall, and said proudly: "So, I recently invented a protective gear specially prepared for underground pipeline workers - Superman Shorts. Although it will weigh 10 kilograms on it, it can at least avoid being bitten by a hateful animal at the first time. However, I only have one set at this moment. If you want to get such Superman Shorts, you either buy it from me or make it yourself. I will not complain that you have infringed on my patent rights."

"I'll make it myself, and I'm still a penniless pauper to this day."

"You have 30 minutes to prepare, you can use the tools and materials in this room as you like. We have a routine inspection task for underground pipelines right away."

"I don't understand one thing very well." Lin Zaishan said: "Since the underground is so dangerous, why don't we fill the pipeline?"

"In fact, John has ordered a lot of pipes to be filled. But several pipes must be retained to obtain clean water from nearby water plants while keeping sewage discharges open, and to provide a passage to all over Los Angeles without disturbances."

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30 minutes later, the black cat came back from outside and asked Lin Zaishan, "What equipment have you prepared for yourself?"

Lin Zaishan showed the rope at his waist, grab hooks, homemade nail hammers, and a small crossbow-bow and a bucket of crossbow arrows in his hand.

"It seems that you have good skills in making weapons. I will help me build a long-range weapon." Black Cat ordered. He pointed to the hat with a headlamp hanging on the wall and the vest with many pockets. "These two things are necessary for us to get down the pipe."

The two of them wore hats and vests, and stuffed hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, scissors, electrical testers, spare fuses, wires, flashlights, etc. into the vest's pockets. The black cat didn't forget to wear his Superman shorts.

"Bring all the usual equipment is at least 30 kilograms, which does not include weapons. John has regulations that slaves are not allowed to carry weapons such as firearms, but your small crossbow can be carried when going to the pipe; and I have my loyal old friend Rut guards." The black cat said as he took out a special pistol from his waist and lit it in front of Lin Zaishan. "Rute is powerful, has low noise, has fast firing speed, and has reliable performance. He loads 20 rounds of magazines and is equipped with high-quality armor-piercing bullets, which can shoot through the flesh of level five plus zombies and mutant rats. My life depends entirely on it."

Lin Zaishan smiled slightly. No matter how powerful the guns were, he could quietly destroy their firing devices with a sense of air at close range to ineffective. If he restored his strength at his heyday, the guns within 50 meters around could be controlled as they pleased.

"Black cat, I remember you reminded me that you should never believe in your luck."

"Yes, compared to the illusory and mysterious luck, we Americans believe in the weapons in our hands more."

"I'm afraid that sometimes weapons are not reliable."

"If even the weapons in your hand betray you, you can leave the world without regrets."

The black cat led Lin Zaishan out of the maintenance room, passed through several open spaces, and came to an entrance to a heavily guarded basement. The guards put a slave collar on Lin Zaishan that could prevent violent destruction and then let it go.

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The two of them entered the underground passage along a narrow entrance, and the humid and rotten smell came to their noses.

"I smelled the mice, they were nearby." Lin Zaishan reminded.

"Rats are always around us. They may be watching when we are born; they may be staring at each other when we are burping."

Black Cat said: "Our mission this time is to routinely check the water supply pipeline. If we leave the tunnel and travel more than 1 kilometer, we will reach the water supply plant by the river. We chat with Ramos there until 17 o'clock, and then take a shift vehicle on the ground to return. If it goes well, the whole process will take 3 hours, otherwise it will take a lifetime."

The black cat turned on the headlight and ordered: "1051, I want to tell you an unwritten rule for the tunnel: the two of us take turns to head in front every 1 minute, and the distance between us is no more than 10 meters. Have you remembered it?"

"It sounds very complicated. If you encounter a group of rats, no matter who starts, it will be a dead end."

"There shouldn't be a group of rats. John will send a hunting team to clear the tunnel every week; in addition, the water supply pipes and many important locations are painted and juice that disgusted the mice. Normal mice will not stay here for a long time."

"Well, I hope we're all mentally ill mice."

"Ms. First, 1051, come and take the lead."

Lin Zaishan was ridiculed as a monkey and is now nicknamed as a lady. He shook his head helplessly and walked to the front.

While walking, the black cat beat the water supply pipe rhythmically with the small hammer in his hand, and listened to the sounds made with his ears.

Lin Zaishan has a clear ear and eye, and a high IQ. After only a few minutes of observation, he has learned to distinguish a lot of useful information from the sound, especially whether the nearby water pipes are intact, whether there are foreign objects, blockages or abnormal flow.

There is a crystal energy lamp nailed to the ground every 100 meters in the tunnel. These lamps have become popular with the mass production of crystal energy batteries. For low-power lamps, a first-level crystal is enough to continue to illuminate for more than a week.

"What is this?" Lin Zaishan pointed to a special stain on the water supply pipe to the black cat path that was heading in front.

"I just checked it, there is no problem." Black cat replied disapprovingly.

"But I smelled a strongly corrosive substance, which was most likely left by a high-level mutant beast." Lin Zaishan vigilantly investigated, "If there is enough corrosive substance, it is possible to penetrate the water supply pipeline and pollute the water source."

"You don't think of some ordinary rust spots as corrosive substances?"

"The smell of rust spots does not look like this." Lin Zaishan used the ability to touch the pipe, "it contained complex organic matter, not rust spots."

"Ha, 1051, do you think you are a top student who has been to college? Even if it is, it is better to be low-key. People who are too anxious to show that they don't live long."

As soon as the black cat finished speaking, Lin Zaishan suddenly shot a crossbow arrow at the top of his head. The crossbow arrow flew past the black cat's headlight and nailed it to the tunnel jade. Then a strange scream came from behind the black cat's head.

The black cat hurriedly squatted, avoided a big step, then pulled out his pistol and turned around to check. He saw a centipede more than 1 meter long twisting and wriggling on the tunnel jade. The centipede's neck was nailed to the tunnel jade by Lin Zaishan's crossbow arrow. Lin Zaishan kept moving in his hand, and fired two crossbow arrows in succession, nailing the huge centipede tightly.
To be continued...