Chapter 498 I can't afford it
It is known that the birth of the Smiling Angel is a quantum state obsession formed by the soul of the Dream Builder after being lost in the depths of the layer and infiltrating the layer and returning. It is inextricably related to the Mage.
It can be said that the upper limit of the path of the Laughing Angel is only the lower limit of the Mage who is exiled by time.
If this kind of Smiling Angel is the first generation species of Smiling Angel, then is the Smiling Angel transformed by Yu Tong... the "second generation species"?
Or...the second generation of the Laughing Angel?
Lin Yi suddenly thought about many things with divergent thinking.
Referring to what Mu Daxian once said to Mao Zi, the government and many mysterious organizations are studying angel sculptures. Perhaps those organizations have really discovered some clues and are trying to study the "Second Generation Laughing Angel"?
But... what surprised Lin Yi was that the night watchman never told him about the existence of this path.
Can the Laughing Angel really be "produced" in this way?
Does the pathway sequence... really exist?
If it exists, it means that there is not the only way to birth the Laughing Angel.
If it does not exist, the commandment also says that "anyone who inherits the power of an angel will eventually become the phantom of an angel".
Contradictory.
It's really confusing... The more Lin Yi thought about it, the more confused he became, his brows became tighter and tighter, and his hand holding Yu Tong became harder and harder.
Yu Tong, who was originally calm, suddenly started to tremble again, as if his heart was tightly clenched.
Lin Yi was deep in thought and did not realize the changes in Yu Tong. This problem was like an unavoidable paradoxical loop, which stuck him abruptly.
The storm of thoughts seemed to be reflected on his face. His brows were getting tighter and tighter, like two hemp ropes tangled together, distorting his entire face.
When his thoughts continued to sink deeper into the quagmire, an illusory vortex seemed to appear in front of his eyes. The vortex was slowly rotating in the void, just like the starry and moonlit night in Van Gogh's painting, an indescribably beautiful thing.
However, in the depths of the whirlpool, he seemed to see groups of laughing angels flying like locusts, and their feathery pupils scattered across the entire world like a violent storm.
What the hell is the Laughing Angel? !
Did the Mage who was exiled from the time room tamper with some "parameters" of the Dream Builder in the time dimension, causing the sequence of the Laughing Angel to undergo various changes?
He thought so that his face was distorted and weird, like a swirling mask...
He crossed his arms and rubbed his chin and nose bridge... Hiss - he has no chin or nose bridge!
There is only a twisted whirlpool-like face!
"Me?!" Lin Yi was so startled that he didn't even care to think about more questions and quickly pulled out his thoughts.
He suddenly came back to his senses and touched his face again. The whirlpool was gone, leaving only a normal Bilian.
He breathed out a shallow breath, feeling much relieved.
He lowered his head and looked at Yutong in his hand. The originally spherical stone had been slightly deformed by his pinching...
The marks were not deep, but they were real.
Fortunately, the secret pattern in Yutong seems to have not failed yet.
He glanced at his watch.
17:01.
This time, it seems that not long ago.
He looked at Lu Zhao and Chen Xue again.
These two people are no longer with him now.
The two retreated a few meters away in tacit agreement, looking at themselves with strong fear in their eyes.
…
Two minutes ago, as soon as Lu Zhao called for help, Lin Yi walked straight to Chen Xue's side.
At that time, Chen Xue was deeply trapped in the distorted layer and could not extricate himself. The perspective was naturally distorted, and everything he saw was chaotic and blurred.
In a daze, she heard Lu Zhao's voice, but after the voice passed through the layers, it was torn and reorganized, forming a call that sounded extremely strange...
Immediately afterwards, a blurry afterimage appeared in her field of vision. The afterimage was getting closer and closer to her, like a dark cloud with a strong sense of oppression.
She wanted to dodge, but was unable to dodge. It was not until the thing grabbed her wrist that she could clearly see the figure protruding from the depths of the mist.
"Xiao, Xiao Zi...?" She was extremely shocked, but Lin Yi remained silent. Before she could react, the latter had already reached out and grabbed her wrist.
The moment Lin Yi grabbed her wrist, the swirling lines in the space suddenly became sluggish, and the originally distorted picture gradually returned to its natural state.
Before Chen Xue could react, Lin Yi had already peeled off the coat from her hands.
Chen Xue felt as if her entire arm had been pulled out of the quagmire, and she gradually regained consciousness.
"Thank you..." She thanked Lin Yi in shock, but Lin Yi didn't notice him at all. Instead, he focused all his attention on Yu Tong, wondering what he was thinking about.
Chen Xue looked at the feather pupil in Lin Yi's hand, with a strong look of fear in his eyes.
Lu Zhao hurried over, took her hand and moved away.
"Old Lu, what about that feather, that thing?" Chen Xue didn't understand why the feather pupil became as motionless as a real stone as soon as it came into Lin Yi's hand, but as soon as it came into her hand, it became as manic as a bomb.
Lu Zhao smiled helplessly and said: "From now on, this Xiao Zi hides a terrible secret that none of us know... William's reminder is right. If we were tough just now, we might be 'annihilated'."
After all, there are too many factors that affect the outcome of a battle, and conclusions cannot be drawn solely by guessing the combat power.
She did not dwell on the issue of whether the group would be destroyed or not, but frowned and said, "What about Yu Tong? Give it back to him?"
"Otherwise, what else can we do?" Lu Zhao was helpless, "Do you still want to feel the horror brought about by layer distortion again?"
Chen Xue quickly closed her mouth.
Suddenly, Lu Zhao seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly looked at Lin Yi, his brows suddenly furrowed.
Just when Chen Xue wanted to ask Lu Zhao what he had discovered, Lin Yi over there had already recovered and turned to look at them.
…
X May 10, 2023, 17:01, bookshelf area of Class 2, Group B.
With six eyes facing each other, Lu Zhao and Chen Xue were a little at a loss for a moment.
"That..." Lin Yi raised the feather pupil in his hand and confirmed again, "Do you really don't want this thing?"
Lu Zhao shook his head and said frankly: "Forget it, never force anything in your life."
How could he not want it? But that thing should be packed in an Alshed box. Unfortunately, they don't have that kind of box.
At first, he saw that Yutong was a stone that had no reaction, so he desperately wanted to get it, but now he realized that Yutong only had no reaction when he was around Lin Yi.
For something that he cannot effectively control, he will not risk the lives of his teammates and try to obtain it without overestimating his capabilities.
They have their own tasks, and it is best if they can get additional benefits on this basis. If not, they can only seek stability and retreat.
"I'm sorry you said that." After hearing this, Lin Yi said politely, but his hands were honest. He took the jade and put the feather pupil back into his pocket.
Lu Zhao shook his head and said: "That Jade, just think of making friends with classmate Xiao."
"The boss is so generous!" Lin Yi stopped being polite and smiled like a bitch.
After speaking, Lu Zhao stopped talking nonsense and took Chen Xue directly to the bookshelf on the side.
"Hey, Mr. Lu, wait a moment!" Lin Yi stopped them.
Lu Zhao turned around in confusion.
Lin Yi said: "I'm a little curious, what do you think I look like when you just saw me?"
Lu Zhao looked puzzled: "Why do you ask that? Isn't that you? Is there anything else I look like?"
Lin Yi smiled: "Oh, it's nothing, nothing."
After that, he continued to pick up the book.
The three of them parted.
Lin Yi frowned slightly. This Lu Zhao was really a fox. As soon as he found out that there was no way to benefit from him, he immediately stopped farting.
But fortunately, he still obtained some information.
He took out the jade, played with it in his hand, and then secretly poured extraordinary power into it...
"Crack..."
As soon as a little bit was injected, cracks immediately appeared on the surface of the jade.
Lin Yi's mouth twitched hard.
It’s over!
Is this jade so brittle that it will crack?
Lin Yi felt a little distressed.
It's not that I feel sorry for the extraordinary power, but I feel sorry for such a piece of jade, which could have been exchanged for a lot of money, but it was broken by my own extraordinary power...
It must be worthless now...
He continued to move, and this time he thought of something, so he planned to go directly to some history books to read
...
On the other side, Lu Zhao and Chen Xue stopped acting after walking a little further, and picked a book from the bookshelf, and then left the bookshelf area.
Until he returned to his seat, Lu Zhao's brows remained in the shape of the word "Chuan".
Chen Xue finally couldn't help but say: "Lao Lu, have you made any important discoveries?"
Chen Bing and Jin Jiuyao also looked over.
Lu Zhao glanced at everyone, and then slowly said: "That's so weird!"
"Stop being so secretive, speak up quickly!" Jin Jiuyao urged.
Lu Zhao asked: "Xiao Jin, when did you know that rough stones are of extraordinary value?"
Jin Jiuyao was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Lu Zhao asked himself such a retarded question, but he still replied: "Since I can remember, my parents have told me what rough stones are...Why do you ask such a strange question?"
Lu Zhao glanced at Chen Xue.
Chen Xue's expression changed. At this moment, she also knew why Lu Zhao's expression changed drastically!
Each federation has its own currency, and the exchange rates often fluctuate between them. However, physical minerals such as rough stones and certain rare extraordinary metals are themselves a kind of currency, and they are even the currency itself.
This is all common sense, it is impossible that no one knows it.
Ke Lin Yi didn’t know.
It’s so strange!
Lu Zhao slowly placed the backpack at his feet, and the yellow chain slipped off naturally.
"That Xiao Zi, he doesn't know the value of rough stones at all... It feels like he only knew those concepts after I gave him a popular science! No, the "feeling" should be removed, he only knew it from my mouth!"
Jin Jiuyao was puzzled: "A person who knows nothing about currency changes is indeed strange."
"This is not the strangest thing, the strangest thing is..." Lu Zhao lowered his voice and spoke out the two-level change of Yutong in Chen Xue's hand and Lin Yi's hand, "That Yutong is a It immediately became agitated when it was away from his surroundings, but became dead silent when it was in his hands."
The expressions of Jin Jiuyao and others became serious - although they did not realize what the problem was, this abnormal phenomenon was in itself a strange thing.
Lu Zhao slowly guided their thinking: "Just imagine..."
"There is a creature, some of its concepts are out of touch with today's society..."
"It can destroy the dead body of the Laughing Angel sculpture..."
"It can also suppress the explosion of Yutong and make it a stable state..."
"Is this kind of thing...still a human being?"
"I'm sorry..." Jin Jiuyao's hair stood on end and he stroked his arm subconsciously.
The twin sisters' faces are also a little pale.
"Did we see ghosts during the day?" Jin Jiuyao asked in fear.
"At that time, our organization had not yet sprouted, and the Chinese official had already sent personnel to investigate here..."
"The operation code name at that time was "S1" or what..."
"The first season?" Jin Jiuyao said subconsciously.
"I'll hit you!" Lu Zhao shook his fist and really wanted to slap him hard, but he was still thinking about those B games.
Jin Jiuyao quickly shrank his neck.
And Lu Zhao continued: "I remember that operation. Among the officially dispatched operators, only Yuan Lijian left the campus alive, and the rest were wiped out."
"But what does this have to do with Xiao Zi?" Chen Xue was puzzled.
Official information about that operation was top secret. The only way for all organizations around the world to obtain information was from Yuan Lijian, a living resource.
Hence, the information they received was very limited, even one-sided, and they did not know how true it was.
Lu Zhao glanced at her, and his expression suddenly turned gloomy: "Why haven't you thought... could this Xiao Zi be one of the people who entered the campus in 1999?"
"How can this be..." As soon as Jin Jiuyao started to speak, he was violently interrupted by Lu Zhao.
"Don't interrupt!" Lu Zhao's expression was more solemn than ever before, "He has been trapped since he entered the school in 1999...even he himself doesn't know that he is no longer a human being."
Lu Zhao’s tone was low, as if he was murmuring an ancient commandment:
""In the abyss of fog and darkness, lost souls pursue phantoms...""
"He - Xiao Zi... may be one of the lost souls."