"Why? Could it be … that this is really a dream? "
As time passed, the throbbing of her mind became increasingly difficult to control. The Conjurer's accurate grasp of time instead turned into the sound of blood flowing after a cut wrist. Drop by drop, it fell into the lake of her heart, allowing the ripples of death to ripple.
Snake Tongue floated woodenly in the clouds. The vitality and vital energy she had expected were nowhere to be found. The core of her spirit body, which had just recovered, had a clear feeling of weakness.
This was like a tired long-distance runner whose physical strength was exhausted. If they kept running half-dead, they might be able to persevere by relying on the power of habit. But once they rested for a moment and let go of their energy, it would be very difficult to pull themselves together again.
Snake Tongue was in such a situation now. She was relying more and more on this vital energy to support her. She could no longer imagine what would happen if she lost this vital energy and this hope again.
"Stupid, I am too stupid!
"I should have expressed my attitude to that person in time. I actually wasted such a good opportunity on meaningless probing.
"If I miss the opportunity, perhaps I will completely miss it!"
Countless thoughts were born and extinguished in Snake Tongue's mind. Each one seemed to be able to transform into a viper, biting at her will and injecting venom.
If, if there was another chance, Snake Tongue swore that she would not hesitate to beg that powerhouse for mercy, even if she had to beg like a dog!
But would there really be another chance?
High in the sky, the wind whistled and blew. Her spirit body flashed and extinguished. It could scatter into the clouds at any time, almost out of shape. Snake Tongue's mind gradually fell into a trance. The thread of clarity and decisiveness that she had always maintained for half a year seemed to be melting away.
As a result, the Veil of Silence that had always covered her spirit body immediately reacted. This seemingly formless strange object suddenly tightened and seeped down layer by layer.
Snake Tongue awoke in horror. She wanted to summon her remaining strength to struggle, but she had already missed the best opportunity. The defensive dam silently collapsed. The Veil of Silence's pressure penetrated and scattered her vital energy. It intertwined and fused with her spirit body, becoming one.
In an instant, everything had reached a point of no return. Snake Tongue was still desperately trying to reorganize her defensive line to protect the core structure of her spirit body. But this was only a desperate struggle. With her reorganizing speed, she could not keep up with the powerful erosion of the Veil of Silence. Even the preset Jade Shattering secret technique was delayed and wavering …
Then, time seemed to have paused for a moment.
At the very least, the process of the Veil of Silence's infiltration had paused for a moment.
It was this slight difference that made Snake Tongue's desperate efforts truly worth it. She promptly reorganized her defensive line. Even though she was still in a precarious situation, she was still able to block the seeping pressure of the Silent Yarn outside the core structure of her spirit body.
A faint sizzling sound rang out. Because of the loss of control from before, at least a tenth of the Snake Tongue Spirit's body had been vaporized and shattered. It shrunk in size and became even more hazy. However, compared to the fate of becoming an Artifact Spirit Puppet, it was still much better.
"That was close … the heavens didn't give up on me.
"No, if I really had the protection of the gods, how could I have fallen to such a state?
"There's a problem, a big problem!"
After walking the line between life and death and returning, Snake Tongue's rational core gradually appeared amidst her frightened and despairing emotions. She saw through the details that shouldn't have appeared in the situation where she had almost fallen into the abyss.
The Veil of Silence should have been able to completely refine her, so how could something have gone wrong at the last moment?
That was because … because he still couldn't hide it!
With a single thought, she connected all the previous links one after another, forming a logical chain that was gradually becoming complete.
At first, Snake Tongue pondered, but then she suddenly began to chuckle. The sound of her laughter became louder and louder, shaking the sky and striking the clouds. It spread far and wide. At this point, the fluke heart hidden in despair and hope vanished into thin air. However, a new thought sprouted, and a large number of roots and branches sprouted, supporting the frail spirit body and channeling new power.
"What's wrong? My mind is in turmoil! "
In the midst of Snake Tongue's unbridled laughter, a thought suddenly cut in. The clouds in front of her rolled and soared, and the structure of the void hummed and shook. A second later, Gong Qi's face appeared in the collapsing clouds.
His ice-cold willpower pulled out a little more, and the power of an Extraordinary would be able to sweep Snake Tongue's frail spirit body into ashes. However, Snake Tongue didn't pay him any attention. Her laughter didn't stop, and she was very happy.
Gong Qi's face was calm, as if he had just moved back from afar and didn't know what had just happened. He didn't seem to mind that he had just missed a good opportunity to collect Snake Tongue, nor did he care about her current extremely rude attitude. He only spoke neither quickly nor slowly.
"When encountering a major event, one must remain calm. Especially when hope is in front."
In this way, there was almost no difference from twenty hours ago. But now, Snake Tongue heard more meaning.
Snake Tongue floated up and laughed in response. "I've been trapped here for half a year, but this is the first time I feel that Secretary-General Gong truly cares about me and doesn't want me to vanish into thin air. Oh, now you don't even want to be restrained by the Veil of Silence! "
"About this …"
"When did Secretary-General Gong discover this?"
"Which?"
Gong Qi still wanted to feign ignorance, or perhaps he didn't want to make things clear and cause more trouble, but how could Snake Tongue do as he wished?
The outline of Snake Tongue's nearly shapeless spirit body pressed back against her chest. "Of course it's the one Secretary-General Gong cares about the most! The matter is clearly laid out there. You're a senior with a high position. What's the point of going back and forth like this and that? "
Their gazes and wills crisscrossed and collided. Although there was a difference in strength, in terms of willpower, Snake Tongue didn't fall into a disadvantageous position for a short time. This was a situation that had never occurred since the two of them had come into contact, but it still happened.
One wrong step, and every step was wrong … but he had no choice but to make a mistake!
Gong Qi muttered to himself for a moment and finally nodded. "That's right, there's nothing to hide. Snake Tongue, I'm very interested in the life force accumulated at the core of your spirit body … the channel through which it came. "
As expected!
Snake Tongue laughed silently. Because of the life force transmitted through the "unity of spirit and body", it would inevitably change the spirit body's natural weakening trend. Sooner or later, it would accumulate to the point that Gong Qi couldn't ignore it. This day would come sooner or later. Snake Tongue had tried to conceal it, but she only hoped to escape this cloud prison before Gong Qi sensed it. Unfortunately, in the end, she hadn't made it in time.
Gong Qi, this old bastard, naturally didn't slow down because he cherished Snake Tongue's life. Instead, he had misgivings. He had misgivings about the fleeting channel that was connected to her spirit body.
Clearly, the words he had said before about the collision of space-time and the loosening of the structure were too much of an exaggeration. Gong Qi didn't have the confidence. At the very least, this old bastard didn't have the confidence to return to Earth after escaping this world.
So Gong Qi specifically mentioned the traces of the space-time Earth was in. In this old bastard's calculations, she was a kite. A kite with a string on the other side of Earth …. No matter what, the string couldn't be broken.
But was the string really still there?
What was the plan of the powerful being who was far away on Earth, the one who dominated her life and hope?
Yin Le quietly walked into the living area on the lower deck of the yacht. Right now, the lighting in the small living room had already been dimmed. Only the radiance of the projection diffused.
Luo Nan sat on the sofa in the small living room. He was like a sculpture. Occasionally, he would move his fingers, change angles, and switch images. He quietly examined the complex structure that could dazzle people.
Yin Le didn't dare to disturb him. She just waited at the entrance.
Ever since Luo Nan returned to Xia City, Yin Le's sharp senses told her that Luo Nan was a bit different from before when they met again.
On the surface, this man seemed to have obtained a complex design from who knows where. It was similar to the double helix structure of DNA. And every node on it was a complex design diagram. After Luo Nan returned, he stared at it in a daze. Sometimes his brows furrowed. Sometimes he would suddenly laugh. His moods were unpredictable.
But Yin Le clearly felt that there was a wonderful core within this chaotic state of mind. Especially when he was contemplating. He was truly contemplating. He wasn't thinking like he was facing a big exam. He was racking his brains in a competition. He was more like a philosopher. His thoughts were condensed but not rigid. His thoughts were scattered but not chaotic. His rhythm was much more relaxed.
This kind of Luo Nan's behavior pattern was increasingly hard to predict.
What happened in the few hours he spent returning to Xia City yesterday? Looking at the current situation, it didn't seem to be too bad.
Yin Le really wanted to get to the bottom of this, but as Luo Nan's personal secretary, she needed to keep her duties. She could only restrain her curiosity and wait in silence until Luo Nan's observation came to an end.
"What happened?" Luo Nan didn't turn off the light in the work area. He just tilted his head to ask.
Yin Le walked to the side of the sofa. She bowed and answered, "Miss Moya took a cruise ship. It arrived at the port at 4 in the afternoon. The person in charge of receiving her was a member of the Bancheng Music Festival's organizing committee …."
Luo Nan should be able to obtain more detailed information about this from Xia City. Yin Le just skimmed over it. She just said the information she obtained through the Bloodflame Order's channels, "Miss Moya's fan club is being held at a cultural center near the hotel she's staying at. The scale isn't large. There are about a hundred and fifty people present. But at the same time the fan club is being held, Yukawa Eisuke, the sponsor you reminded us to pay attention to, will be going to inspect the cultural center. The cultural center is the property of Yukawa's family. "
Luo Nan's lips twitched, "What a coincidence."
He took the flexible screen Yin Le handed over as he spoke and looked at the relevant information. According to what was shown, Yukawa Eisuke wasn't an ability user. But his family had an illustrious reputation in Bancheng. They had strong influence in both the military and the political world. They were also very active project investors. They had invested funds in many frontier projects. They could be considered a very standard investor. And then there was ….
"Appraiser Jade Association."
Luo Nan caught this word he had heard before from Yukawa Eisuke's long list of titles. Yin Le's intelligence work could be considered solid. She even added a link to this specific organization. Luo Nan opened it and sized it up a few times. He paid particular attention to the numerous names and their corresponding backgrounds. He suddenly laughed when he was done.
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