Chapter 653: Shadow (please vote for this big chapter)
The violent power escaped into deeper time and space, and the Velora in the 'tunnel' turned over like a small boat directly lifted by the strong wind.卍
He Ao held the door handle with difficulty to avoid rolling around in the car.
In fact, in his original analysis, good friends should not be able to exert such great power.
Forging the pages of the Book of Knowledge can steal knowledge from a good friend, but after asking three safe questions, it is very likely to attract the attention of a good friend.
So He Ao took advantage of this "negative effect" and directly drew the ritual circle of his good friend on the page of the book, and then asked his good friend for his prayer spell.
This process itself is not a ritual, but it can attract the attention of a good friend to the greatest extent, allowing him to discover the 'forged pages of the Book of Knowledge', the 'thief' who has stolen his knowledge.
Well, this operation is also equivalent to directly jumping in the face.
Although it is very hateful, He Ao did not expect that his good friend has been so angry recently, and a little provocation can make it so exciting.卍
My good friend has been a little angry lately.
It took a while before the Velora stabilized from the violent storm.
He Ao staggered and sat on the ground.
At this moment, the entire space-time structure has returned to stability, and it seems that A02 should be gone.
But He Ao didn't dare to leave the 'tunnel' and go out to take a look.
The power of good friends has not yet been exhausted. From a mystical perspective, if you go out at this time, it is easy to see things you shouldn't and attract the attention of good friends.
My good friend just got angry, so it's obviously inappropriate to go out and disturb him now.卍
He Ao stretched out his hand, and wisps of red mist appeared on the flesh and blood at the core of the front of the Velora. The mist condensed into faint strokes in the air, and complex patterns and lines were formed in the void.
This is the space-time coordinate of the main world.
Drawing this coordinate based on memory alone is more time-consuming and consumes a lot of energy.
After a period of slow painting, He Ao finally completed the coordinates.
The body of the Velora shuddered and entered a deeper tunnel.
At this moment, He Ao finally breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at Hao Yi, who had already taken off his exoskeleton armor, and controlled Hao Yi to take off the lucky brooch from his chest.
He took the brooch in his hand and stared at the crystal green gems on the brooch.卍
Abilities related to destiny.
The wish he made in the core control room was that the questions he asked would be understood by the book after he left.
In the end, the way this wish was realized was that A02 suppressed the page and interfered with the power of the page.
After he snatched away the gold bracelet, A02 withdrew his power, causing the page suppression to disappear and continue to take effect. At that time, He Ao happened to go deep into the tunnel and left the core control room.
All of this development was logical, and even when He Ao looked back on the past, each party involved made reasonable choices that were in their own interests at the time, but the final result was perfectly in line with He Ao's original wish.
However, from this aspect, when the lucky brooch takes effect, it does not seem to change the original nature of things. It just makes certain reasonable events with probability become inevitable, and ultimately leads to an inevitable result.
So, after deciding to accept this lucky gift, what is the standard for paying the price?卍
Is it the level of the initial wish, or the sum of the ‘destiny’ changed by this wish?
These two methods represent two completely different costs.
For example, a simple wish is to pick up a dollar on the side of the road.
This dollar may have been carelessly left behind by an ordinary person, or it may have been carelessly left behind by an angel.
If the measurement method of paying the price is the former, that is, by the result, then the two possible final results are the same, and the holder of the brooch only needs to pay the price for this dollar.
But if the cost is measured in the latter way, that is, by process, then the price to be paid for interfering with the fate of an ordinary person is completely different from that of interfering with the fate of an angel.
When the cost is measured by process, even if you make the smallest wish, the lucky brooch can be executed in the most complicated way and then charge the most complicated 'price'.卍
And if you interfere with items related to high-status beings, won't they attract the attention of high-status beings?
Sometimes good luck and bad luck go hand in hand.
Therefore, He Ao has been very cautious when using this brooch, trying not to involve anything more complicated.
Likewise, this time is also an opportunity for him to study the specific cost calculation method of the lucky brooch.
The two wishes he made this time were both wishes limited to C-level wishes. If calculated based on the results, then he would only have to bear the price of C-level wishes, which would have little impact on him.
And if it is calculated based on the process, then the subsequent wish involves the existence of A02, whose personality is close to that of an angel, and the price it brings will most likely far exceed the level C.
However, judging from the first time he used the lucky brooch, this brooch should be relatively 'friendly' in the early stages of a single use. Killing Ivel's lucky ones is crucial, but the price charged for the brooch is not too high.
, it just made his injury a lot worse.卍
However, when his original body was wearing a lucky brooch, his clone didn't seem to be troubled by bad luck.
So this time he replaced the person wearing the brooch with a clone, so that he could also test the conditions for selecting the target for which the brooch would be effective.
With this thought in mind, he turned around and walked towards the car at the rear.
At this moment, his foot slipped and he fell forward.
The clone on the side quickly reached out to help him, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, there was a "click" sound coming from his body. Then, the clone's skin was torn apart due to excessive force, and blood came out like spring water.
He Ao quickly controlled the clone to suppress the wound, but unexpectedly, his waist flashed away due to this movement, and the clone immediately lost its ability to move and fell to the ground abruptly.
This fall hit the mechanical sword on the ground, leaving a bloody mark on his forehead.卍
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He Ao twisted hard to control his body shape and barely stood firm.
He turned to look behind him. His clone, which was still alive and kicking without any damage just now, fell to serious injuries in the blink of an eye.
However, compared to the powerful recovery ability of C-level, this level of injury is still within the acceptable range and is not terrible.
He Ao then waited for a while. During this period, the clone encountered several more 'bad lucks', but they were not as serious as the first.
But his body seemed to have suffered no more misfortune.
The wish made by the clone seems to be paid by the clone.卍
Although He Ao's fall just now seemed like bad luck, it was the cause of the clone's misfortune, and He Ao's body did not suffer any damage, so He Ao didn't know whether this was considered a 'price'.
And judging from this situation, it seems that the 'price' required for the lucky brooch is not paid in one lump sum, but in batches over the subsequent time.
Although this makes the time to endure bad luck longer, the overall risk is reduced.
After all, there is a fundamental difference between beating him to death once and beating him half to death twice.
He Ao put away the brooch, found a medical kit, and bandaged the clone.
Because the feelings of the body clones are shared, Heao's body also bears part of the price of 'pain'.
The bad luck is still continuing, but it has been intermittent. Generally speaking, it has not caused much damage.卍
He Ao took out the last two items he got from the control room.
One is the mechanical bracelet worn on the skeleton, which is the key to the authority of the first officer of the Navigator.
When He Ao was in the lobby, he did not directly take the bracelet.
One reason is that this bracelet is a 'bait' deliberately released by A02. A02 said that this bracelet has the authority of the first officer, but it did not say whether the authority of this bracelet is higher than hers, nor did it say that the authority of this bracelet can be
Where to verify.
This means that taking away this bracelet will face extremely high exploration costs, and there is also the risk of failure of the bracelet's authority being suppressed by A02.
Of course, there is another more important reason: showing incompetence appropriately can paralyze A02 and buy more time.
He Ao's best chance to take away this bracelet is during the battle with Yvel and after defeating Yvel.卍
As long as the bracelet is still inside the translucent wall and has not been taken away, A02 has the hope of inducing He Ao to destroy the wall and thereby destroy the seal, so she will not easily fall out.
It's like a carrot dangled in front of a donkey.
And this operation allowed Austrian to briefly eat nutritious canned meat after Yvel's death, and also gained the opportunity to counterattack David.
This also made A02 think that everything was under control, and patiently listened to him through part of the analysis, allowing him time to recover from his injuries.
If He Ao comes up and takes away this mechanical bracelet, A02 will have no hope. As soon as Evel dies, David will rush in and go all out to kill him first.
And this is also the reason why A02 seemed to have a lot to say when He Ao showed his ability to easily take away the mechanical bracelet.
She found that she had been being played by He Ao.卍
After killing David, He Ao was directly involved in the battle with those small battleships, and he did not have the time or ability to take away the mechanical bracelet.
After all, as soon as he stepped out of the way and entered the depths of the hall, those warships could instantly destroy the seal, and then he was blocked in the hall by A02.
Although it was possible that the mechanical bracelet could control those battleships, He Ao had no chance to gamble at that time.
So he waited until the outer warships were cleared and He Ao had the opportunity to deploy the last resort, then he had time to take away the mechanical bracelet.
The activation method of this mechanical bracelet is very simple. The moment He Ao puts it on his hand, a holographic projection screen is displayed.
This appears to be a pop-up window.
He Ao glanced at the text above, found the language option in the lower right corner, and switched to the language of the second area.卍
Then he backed out again and looked at the content in the pop-up window.
The content of the pop-up window is very simple, just a prompt,
[Bind soul information?]
A02 Although I am not telling the whole truth, I am not lying. This key is a real blank key.
He Ao chose ‘yes’.
[Binding successful]
Soon, a new pop-up window popped up.卍
Then there was nothing.
He Ao reached out and touched the mechanical bracelet, and a pop-up window popped up.
[Please hold the key close to the authentication area]
It seems that it is really a pure key, and there is no hint of that pure key.
He Ao took off the mechanical bracelet from his hand.
But perhaps only this kind of pure machine without any intelligence can avoid the pollution that has swept all smart devices.
He Ao put away the machine in his hand, thinking deeply.
At this moment, the bad luck on the clone's side seemed to have come to an end. He Ao controlled the clone, covering up its bandaging and injuries, and walked to the back of the car with the main body.
At this moment, Zhang Yusi and the others were still in the dining car at the end.
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Lochlan Street, Ellen City
Li Cheng sat in front of a street cafe, slowly stirring the instant coffee in his hand and looking at the street illuminated by bright sunlight.
He raised his hand and glanced at the time on his hand.
12 o'clock noon sharp.
Then his vision flickered, and figures appeared on the smooth streets.
Most of them had various injuries on their bodies, and their clothes were stained red with blood.
Li Cheng soon saw Ye Yun standing at the front of the crowd.
At this moment, Ye Yun was carrying a large knife covered in dried blood, his hair was stuck together with blood, his clothes were ragged, his eyes were red, and he looked around in confusion.
After a while, he finally came to his senses and his eyes regained some clarity.
Immediately afterwards, he saw a figure walking towards him.
"Dean!"
He looked at the visitor with some surprise. He stuttered and said slowly, "The ruins this time seem to be different from before..."
As he said that, he suddenly paused and looked around, "Dean, where is He Ao? Isn't he back?"
Hearing his question, Li Cheng paused and patted his shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work. You go take a bath first, eat something, and take a rest. After you have rested, we will talk about the ruins again.
"
Ye Yun opened his mouth, wanting to say something. In the end, he did not ask, but nodded lightly, "Okay, Dean."
Immediately, medical staff from the institute came over to check his body.
Li Cheng glanced at the rising sun in the sky, turned around, and walked back to his seat in the street cafe.
"Ye Yun is back?"
Liu Zhengyun's low-pitched question came from the earphones.
"Um."
Li Cheng picked up the coffee and took a gentle sip.
The person on the phone paused for a moment, and finally asked slowly.
"Heao······"
"Just wait for a while,"
Li Cheng sipped his coffee and stared at the extraordinary beings who were being carried away on stretchers, "After all, it's normal for trains to be slower."
Hearing his words, the other end of the phone fell into silence.
People were coming and going on the street, and the sunlight stretched the lonely shadow of the man very long.
