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The dusk scenery in the Shadow City is always more charming than in the real world. The precisely adjusted light and the right air refraction can allow the soft and mysterious glow to evenly splash on every building that is about to rest. It is said that here
In this city, the best place to spend this brief twilight moment is a mysterious dessert shop next to the military blockade - I prove that this legend is true.
You can't find a more suitable place to spend this peaceful and quiet time than Xiaoxi Dessert House.
As always, there was no one in the dessert shop. There was only a raven who came to help and was humming a strange tune and tinkering with the juicer. This was the only noise in the shop. The soft, intermittent and unmelody sound made people laugh.
It's even quieter here. Looking outside through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see that the not-so-wide street outside the store is shrouded in a dreamy orange-red hue, and the last rays of sunset cover the military camp.
The separation wall and the back wall of the residential house on the other side dimmed bit by bit at a speed visible to the naked eye. The light golden orange-red glow passed through the bright glass windows and painted this small shop.
A layer of warm colors, Sylvia sat opposite us with her everlasting tranquil smile, her long silver hair danced with the afterglow of the setting sun. We have not seen this scene for more than two months.
Here it is - my slightly impetuous mood calmed down at this moment, so that I suddenly felt that maybe this is really a wonderful magical power that only belongs to Sylvia. It can make all the irritability turn into something in the blink of an eye.
The magic of a lazy afternoon tea atmosphere.
"No. 1 is a good kid -" Sylvia smiled and looked at Shandora and me for a long time before suddenly saying, "I often come over to help - although there is nothing to do..."
The number one she was talking about was naturally Raven 001, who was tinkering with the juicer. This new-generation apostle was born after the establishment of the new empire, and his personality seemed a bit incompatible with his other comrades. He still didn't have his own name, so she called him
Raven 001, and she is also happy for others to call herself this - in fact, this weird raven doesn't seem to care much about anything. She treats everything with a playful attitude, except for completing the tasks assigned by her superiors and
When fighting with Vega.
She is the one who has the closest relationship with Sylvia among all the ravens. She can even be said to be the only "friend" in Sylvia's pitifully small circle of people. The two of them are not superiors and subordinates, but they are not
Like other friends, it really makes me very curious.
"You live a leisurely life every day." I looked at the spotlessly clean shop, and I can imagine that Sylvia and the ravens who came to help had nothing to do here, and they must have been cleaning constantly.
, after all, they don’t have many guests to entertain. "Oh, Santa... Christmas has already passed, right? And no one in Shadow City celebrates Christmas."
I noticed that there was a Santa Claus doll behind the window on the other side of the shop. I could vaguely make out the words Merry Christmas written on the small card in front of the doll. I couldn't help but say something. I didn't expect it at first.
A slow guy like Sylvia actually remembered to make some decorations for her shop during the Christmas period. Secondly, she didn't expect that she would be so stupid - no one in Shadow City celebrates Christmas at all. This place
The only recognized Jesus is named Lilina...
"Oh - I forgot to take it down," Sylvia looked at the naive Santa Claus not far away. She hesitated for a long time before remembering what was going on, and then thought about it for a while. "Just leave it there -
—In case you forget to take it out next year..."
Me: "..." This philosophy of life is really strong enough. Her procrastination is measured in months, right?
At this time, there was suddenly a sputtering sound coming from the direction of the counter. There was also the sound of the machine idling and something being crushed. Just as Sandora and I were about to ask what was going on, Raven 001 flashed over.
Orange juice was dripping all over his body, and he held up two glasses of freshly squeezed juice in his hand: "Well... the juicer may be broken."
I stared at Raven 001 dumbfounded. This guy had juice all over his face, and there was still a small piece of fruit pulp on his nose. A piece of orange peel was hanging on her silver hair, sliding down slowly - this guy really just did
Are you preparing juice?
"You... thank you for your hard work." I calmly took the fresh orange juice from the other party's hand that had been squeezed out after all the hard work. I first fished out the orange peel floating on it, then took a sip, and then spit out half of it.
"It seems that the juicer is indeed broken..."
"This kind of primitive tool is not as strong as the things made by the Empire, so it can only be used as a toy!" Raven 001 said confidently, and the small half of orange peel on her head finally fell to the ground as she spoke.
Actually, I don’t think this is the fundamental reason why things get worn out, but... forget it, those ravens are all mechanical idiots anyway.
"Do you want to use the bathroom?" Sylvia reacted at this time and looked at her clone with concern, "Just..."
"Ah, no, no, I can just use the dissociation technique to clean it up myself." Raven 001 waved her hands hurriedly. I think she made a wise decision: Sylvia's water heater is saved.
"The new generation of Xiling Apostles is very different from the previous generation," Sandora watched Raven 001 with a sad face at the door using a ball of arcane light to break down the stains on his body, and then mumbled to clean up the pieces of the juicer.
, couldn't help but sigh, "They seem to be more emotional, and they always have some weird hobbies."
"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?" I scratched my hair, and I always felt that the appearance of strange new-generation apostles like Raven 001 had something to do with me. This was not groundless, Father God said it, Void
Creatures are a huge source of information disturbance. In other words, if I just go to this station and do nothing, in a few years there will be 180 fantasy species within a hundred miles, so the new empire was born after the establishment of the new empire.
There are some differences in the characters of these Xiling apostles. It is more or less related to themselves.
"I don't think it's a bad thing," Sandora sipped the orange juice and chewed it occasionally. "The racial nature of the Xiling apostles will not change. At least they will not affect their mission and honor as apostles because of their personalities. And the tower
Weir has a statistic that has not yet been confirmed. The probability of basic soldiers in the new generation of apostles evolving into higher-level individuals is about two percent higher than the average probability recorded in the old empire, although this is a very inconspicuous number.
. But I think this is mostly the result of the strengthening of their perceptual abilities - a high degree of psychological activity can enhance an individual's tolerance and judgment of vague information, and help them have more opportunities to be exposed to external stimuli that can evolve themselves.
"
I think what Sandora said is too professional, so I translated it directly into words that I can better understand: Whether you can evolve mainly depends on whether you are brave enough, like Raven 001, who looks like a general at first glance
material……
"Ah, by the way -" Sylvia sat quietly with us for a while, as if she suddenly remembered something. "Bella Vera said she has something to do with you - I asked her to come out..."
Bella Vera? What does she want from us?
Shandora and I looked at each other inexplicably. Belavila is an absolutely reclusive person. It can even be said that he is a quieter guy in Shadow City than Sylvia. At least Sylvia is even quieter.
Standing behind the counter in a daze every day, Bellavilla kept a biological clock that slept deep in Sylvia's consciousness every day and woke up once every seven days on average. She would not take the initiative to come out to find anyone.
While speaking, Sylvia had closed her eyes, and her temperament slowly changed. After a moment, she opened her eyes again. The lazy and indifferent expression on her face was gone, replaced by one full of vitality.
She looked like a queen at the scene - but was immediately pushed back by Sandora with the same aura. She glanced at us and nodded: "Oh, are you here to have a meal with me?"
Bella Vera really never saves fuel - her fuel consumption is almost as much as that of a large tractor-trailer with eight wheels at the rear!
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll raise your rent." Sandora glanced at Bellavilla. Occasionally quarreling with the other party when he appeared seemed to be her little hobby. The Raven King on the opposite side showed his face.
He looked like he didn't care at all: "Whatever, anyway, my subject is Sylvia, and it's Sylvia who has to pay the rent. I don't believe you two are really cruel enough to bully a disabled person..."
"...Forget it, we didn't bring Lilina and Bingtis with us today. We don't have enough equipment to defeat you, otherwise they would make you cry." I waved my hand, "You have something to do with Sandora and me?"
"
"The Fifteenth Sky Area... has recovered, right?" Bellavilla casually pulled out a shiny arcane ball in the air, letting the energy core containing destructive power jump around in his hand, "
I saw it from the information link. You always bring surprises every time you go out, and your actions are never too small. This time you actually released information within the void."
It turned out that this was the case. I didn’t expect that Bellavilla, who had long announced that she would retire from the mountains and forests, would also take the initiative to pay attention to this news. I was a little surprised: "The commotion is indeed not small. You should also know that this time even my sister and the others
Got involved too."
"I don't care about your huge family," Bellavilla made arcane balls one after another, and then arranged them on the table, his behavior was quite childish, "I only know that those 'old friends'
'You must be restless again this time, right?"
The old friend Bellavilla was referring to was none other than the fallen apostle. Sandora admitted bluntly: "Yes, Arjun and I have already thought of this and made some preparation plans to mislead the enemy."
"You want them to have no time to interfere with the formation of your new corps?" Bellavilla actually guessed this point directly. Although it was just a rough idea, what she said was very close to the truth. Then I felt a shiver in my heart: Don't be fooled.
This guy was deceived by his current lazy appearance. She was also the queen of the empire back then. Of course she can think of what Sandora and I can think of, and she thinks from the same height!
"Do you need help?" Bellavilla looked at me in a daze, suddenly chuckled, and the topic changed.
I didn't react at first and nodded subconsciously. After two seconds, I opened my mouth and said one word: "What?"
"...Is he usually like this?" Bellavilla looked at Shandora speechlessly, while pointing her hand towards me, Shandora spread her hands indifferently: "I think Arjun is also confused when he is confused.
Quite attractive - and he's never confused about big things."
"Ahem. The person involved is here." I finally came to my senses at this time and looked at Bellavera in surprise, "You mean...you plan to go out? Help us form a legion or train soldiers or something.
?”
When I realized what Belavila meant, the first thing I thought of was her other identity: one of the one hundred and thirty-five supreme heads of the old empire! That was an epic hero on par with Sandora.
An epic hero who dropped at least five pieces of purple equipment after being knocked down... In short, she is one of the people at the top of all Xiling Apostles, and she is also the leader of all ravens. How high will her attainments in mysticism be? I
I think she is probably the number one person with secret arts in the empire today. But even though we have known this for a long time, Sandora and I have never thought of dragging Bella Vera out to help. The reason is that she only has very little time now.
She is Bellavela, the King of Ravens. Most of the time, she is just a poor girl who sells desserts on the military blockade and relies on relief funds every month. Sylvia has no other purpose than to act cute.
Her image is so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that Sandora and I did not include her in the labor force...
"I can tell by the look in your eyes what you are thinking." Queen Bellavilla looked at me out of the corner of her eye gracefully, and then snapped her fingers in the direction of the counter. "No. 1, come here."
Raven 001 ran over quickly. He was still holding a small piece of cake in his hand. His mouth was bulging. I was immediately surprised: "You have been stealing food from behind for a long time?!"
"Most of these things can't be sold anyway," Bellavilla waved her hand, "It's a big help if she can eat all the leftover cakes yesterday..." Before she could finish her words, Sandora had already raised her eyes.
He held the table with both hands radiantly: "I can help too!"
Bellavilla looked at Sandora helplessly: "...Can you not be so embarrassed? At least you are Princess Warsong."
Shandora pointed to the flour on Belavila's chest and the unwiped cream on her face: "You are still the King of Ravens."
"Um..." At this time, Raven 001 finally swallowed the cake in his mouth, and when the bosses in front of him were talking, he quickly said, "Mother, do you have any orders?"
"Sit here. Deep standby." Bella Vera pointed to the chair opposite us, and Raven 001 let out a sound. A look of understanding appeared on her face. It seemed that she knew what Bella Vera had planned, and then pressed
She was ordered to sit down, and under the confused gazes of Shandora and I, she slowly closed her eyes, and finally lay down on the table with a bang. There was a sound of energy releasing pressure from somewhere in her body, and on the other side,
Bellavilla also lost consciousness, but the latter was prepared. She pulled my arm over in advance and used it as a pillow...
"Perfect conversion." Less than five seconds after entering deep standby, Raven 001 sat up and hooked his chin at Sandora and I. I was stunned: no matter how hard I usually escape, so does the mass-produced Raven.
You would never make such a bold move against your superiors!
And "Bella Vera" who was lying on my arm also moved, raised his head and smiled stupidly at me: "You have cream on your arm——"
It was a slow, soft tone as if he hadn't woken up.
"What are you..." I vaguely guessed something, and pointed at Raven 001 in surprise, who nodded proudly: "As you can see, I am Bella Vera, and I have temporarily borrowed this body."
Under Sandora's curious questioning, Bellavela, who had temporarily borrowed the body of Raven 001, finally explained her research results: "You also know that Sylvia and I share the same body and even the same soul. We both
It is incomplete, so I can't leave my body at all, and most of the time I can only hide in Sylvia's seriously delayed head as a personality. Originally, this didn't have any impact on me, hiding in
There are actually a lot of things to do in another person's spiritual world - presumably the mother and daughter living in your spiritual sea have the most experience - but after hearing the news about the fusion of the mother planet recently, I feel that I should come out to help.
Be busy, after all, you have taken me in anyway. This is the solution I found: temporarily entering the body of a mass-produced raven, I can stay awake for a longer period of time, almost the same as before.
My ability to move my body, you see, my affinity with this body is almost 100%." The possessed version of Bellavilla moved her arms - Raven 001's arms, with a satisfied look on her face.
Look. "All mass-produced ravens are copied from my soul fragments. They are extensions of my soul. Temporarily occupying the body of one of the ravens will not put any pressure on both parties, and because the consciousness is still
It is attached to my own soul, which does not violate the principle that Sylvia and I share the same soul, because from a purely theoretical point of view, all the ravens in the empire share the same soul."
"How else can we do this?" I looked at Bella Vera in surprise, and Sylvia who was sitting next to me and giggling while keeping the sugar level at five plus, "Is Raven 001 okay? In addition, can you keep it?
How long will this state last?"
"I said that this kind of 'borrowing' will not have a big impact on both parties. At most, they can recover by taking a rest," Bellavilla said, suddenly smiling at me, "Oh, No. 1 cheered just now.
Because you care about her in the first place. Let me think about it... This is the first complete transformation. It is not clear how long it can last, but according to my guess, a transformation can last at least about a day, and then you need to take a day off, but
This is much better than the state of symbiosis with Sylvia. I plan to let the mass-produced ravens take turns to be my carriers. After all, their endurance is still weaker."
"So now, I can move freely," Bellavilla said in conclusion, focusing on Sandora and I, "I think you need an expert to tell you how to form a powerful spellcasting team."