Chapter 686

Human feelings sometimes deceive themselves. The momentary trance may be a kind of deceptive connection and incoherence, but it may also be a kind of excessive nervousness. However, the change between night and day was definitely not that simple.

There was a simple electronic wall clock in the room. The time on it was 10: 45, but Su Bai knew that he just came back from a night run.

Among them, either his time was stolen, or something happened to him. Vaguely, Su Bai felt that it might be related to the node and Gold. Of course, with the final disappearance of Gold and the collapse of the node, some truths and answers were really difficult to find out in detail.

Su Bai did not bring a lot of luggage. After receiving Fatso's WeChat message and entering Room 233, Su Bai did not have time to rest or do anything else. So when he left, it was very simple. He directly picked up his backpack and opened the door. He did not even need to go through the check-out procedures.

Walking to the elevator, Su Bai saw a man about 30 years old waiting there. It was because the man was standing there without any obvious impatience, nor was he waiting for the elevator. There was even a little bit of humility in his posture. People nowadays were very impetuous, and the listeners were impetuous among impetuosity. Being able to remain so calm in a place that wasn't that fun and not play with their phones or look around already showed that they had a strong sense of purpose.

Moreover, Su Bai could see the strength level of the man at a glance. He was an intermediate Veteran.

The huge changes brought about by the promotion to Advanced Listener required more time for Su Bai to slowly master and familiarize himself with them. However, some changes were very direct. For example, he could see the strength level of a person at a glance. This was really impossible in the past. In the past, Su Bai could only roughly guess based on the aura that the other party revealed.

Su Bai did not change his clothes. He was still in his black sportswear, so Liu Tao recognized Su Bai at a glance. Of course, Liu Tao had been standing here before, staring in the direction of Room 233.

"Sir."

When Su Bai walked over, Liu Tao also bowed slightly and gave a simple salute.

There was a strict hierarchy among the audience, but although the lower-class people had to address the higher-class people as "Lord", it was not really like the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where they had to kneel down and raise their buttocks high. Generally speaking, it was fine as long as it was acceptable. In fact, if one did not intend to cozy up to someone powerful or take advantage of them, one did not even have to address them as "Lord".

Similar to Su Bai, he really did not seem to have called any of his superiors "Sir". Of course, everyone's path was different, and their personality was also different. At least in terms of the general trend, the title of "Sir" was actually quite common. Half of the people wanted to get protection and guidance, while the other half simply thought that it would not hurt them.

For a person who had been through the wind and rain with his head tied to his waist, how could his brain have so many superfluous things? There was nothing that he could not get over.

Su Bai nodded. He did not ask who Liu Tao was. Although Su Bai did not know who he was, it was just as he felt when he was promoted to a Senior Listener. It was not that the Senior Listener was deliberately putting on airs, but it was because the Senior Listener was really not on the same level as the Senior Listeners. It was just like how a normal university student would not discuss academic issues with a primary school student.

"Where is Zhang Bayi?" Su Bai asked.

The "awkwardness" in Liu Tao's eyes was fleeting. He had no choice. He wanted to introduce himself, but the other party's attitude was really cold. In an instant, Liu Tao also understood that although the other party was newly promoted to a Senior Listener, the other party seemed to be too lazy to accept followers, even if he was the administrator of the Listener forum and had a very convenient information channel.

"Zhang Bayi, he is in a Cantonese restaurant outside the hotel. Sir, you can rest in the room for a while. I will call him over for you."

"Forget it, I will go by myself."

Su Bai walked into the elevator and pressed the button. Liu Tao also walked in, and the two of them got off the elevator together and left the hotel. Under Liu Tao's guidance, the two of them came to the Cantonese restaurant. At this time, they happened to meet a group of Listeners coming out from there.

Liu Tao took the initiative to go up and ask questions, while Su Bai stood in the same place. Zhang Bayi was not among the people who came out, so Su Bai could roughly guess some things in his heart.

Sure enough, when Liu Tao returned to his side, the answer he got was similar to what Su Bai had guessed.

Fatso had directly urinated during the banquet and disappeared. He had run away at the most exciting moment of his narration.

Su Bai knew that Fatso did not want to see him again, which was also in line with Fatso's personality. On one hand, this opportunity was something that Fatso had originally yearned for, but Su Bai had taken the peaches. Even though Fatso had helped him successfully advance in the end, Fatso had also said that this matter, as well as all the previous grievances, would be written off. This meant that Fatso had really made up his mind at that time.

This time, it was not like last time. When Fatso left, he even gave him the corpse of a Qin soldier, and the two of them still had some lingering feelings for each other.

On the other hand, although they had lived together for a long time, the relationship between them was also very obvious. When Su Bai first joined the Terror Broadcast, Fatso's strength and qualifications were stronger than his. Before, they were both veterans, so it was reasonable to say who was stronger and who was weaker. After all, everyone had their own specialties. But now, Su Bai was already an Advanced Listener. With Fatso's competitive personality, if he did not break through to the Advanced Listener level, he probably would not appear in front of Su Bai again, nor would he give Su Bai the opportunity to meet him again.

Even if Fatso became an Advanced Listener, the relationship between the two might not return to the feeling of the past.

The word "friend" in a friend was two strings of money. Only when the money was equal, could they be on equal footing as friends. The biggest reason why Su Bai's relationship with Chu Zhao and Xun Er was so much more distant than when he established the Assassin Club was actually because of this. Su Bai had never denied it.

But no matter how good a friend was, if they did not keep in touch often, when they met again in the future, they could still have a drink if they were more ideal, but if they were less intimate, they might really just be acquaintances who nodded while walking on the street.

"Sir, this is my business card. My contact information is on it. If there is a day when you need my help, you can ask me directly." Liu Tao handed over a business card.

Su Bai glanced at the business card and said with some surprise, "Listener forum?"

"Yes, sir."

"Mm." Su Bai nodded and turned to leave. Since Fatso had left, there was no need for him to stay. Last night, he had just come out of the node and was a little excited about being promoted to an Advanced Listener. That was why he chose to run at night to relax. Now, there was no need to continue being unreasonable. Moreover, what happened last night, Su Bai himself did not know.

After getting into a taxi, Su Bai first used his mobile phone to buy an afternoon flight ticket to Shanghai. When he was about to light a cigarette, his phone rang at this time. It was actually a WeChat call from Jie Lin.

"Hello." Su Bai answered the phone.

"Congratulations." Jie Ling congratulated him while yawning.

"It's okay."

"You are really calm. When you return to Shanghai, let's find a time to get together."

"You didn't take the initiative to ask me out when I was in Shanghai."

"Hehe, you should be able to understand that feeling now. If you are not an Advanced Listener, you really don't have the qualifications to talk to me on equal footing."

"See you later."

"Okay, see you later."

Jie Lin should have learned about his promotion through the public account. Su Bai thought about it. In the circle of Advanced Listeners, Jie Lin seemed to be the only person he really had contact with. In the past, he had met a few Advanced Listeners, such as Yan Huihong and Thunderbolt. These two people left a deep impression on him. Yan Huihong was overbearing and had a bit of a chivalrous temperament, while Thunderbolt was gloomy and sharp. These two people were already Advanced Listeners before he became a Veteran. Now, if he were to be optimistic, they would probably be breaking through to the level of Dao Validation. Of course, it was also possible that they were still hanging around as Advanced Listeners.

Jie Lin hung up the phone and threw it on the sofa. Liang Sen, who was sitting opposite him, held a cocktail in his hand and smiled.

"Our detective neighbor has also been promoted to Advanced Listener?"

"Yes, it's really fast." Jie Lin also felt a little sad. When they first met, he was already an Advanced Veteran while Su Bai had not fused with his Life Weapon. Now, both of them were neck and neck.

"You didn't tell him about it? After being promoted to Advanced Listener, he needs a quiet place to get over some of the knots in his heart. This is because the first stage of the upgrade in the level of life brought about by the promotion is the improvement of the body's resonance with the surrounding environment. This is completed when the promotion is successful. The next step is the promotion of the soul level, which may be troubled by the demons in his heart. Usually, it takes a week to get over it." Liang Sen took a sip of wine and looked at Jie Lin with a faint smile. "Are you a little emotional?"

"Not really. I've interacted with him more than you do. His mental fortitude is incredible. Even if I don't remind him, he won't have a problem."

"That's not necessarily true."

…

The taxi stopped in front of the Baiyun Airport terminal. Su Bai got out of the car. He bit the cigarette in his mouth for a long time without lighting it. At this time, he lit it again. There were still three hours before the plane took off, so Su Bai stood outside to enjoy the wind for a while.

An adult who had been promoted to Advanced Listener was now carrying a bag and squatting next to the trash can in front of the terminal's entrance. He was smoking while playing with his mobile phone. This scene was indeed very out of place. However, perhaps only Su Bai himself knew that becoming an Advanced Listener was just the first threshold he had crossed. His goal was not simply to enjoy the pleasure of the promotion after the promotion. What he wanted to do, even if he was now an Advanced Listener, was still not qualified.

The road was long, and Su Bai now had a deep understanding of it.

After finishing the cigarette, Su Bai stuffed it into the trash can, stood up, and was ready to enter the terminal. However, at this time, a leisurely cry came.

"Son … Son …"