Chapter 905 Believers (please vote for the big chapter)
It was past noon, and after lunch, He Ao also controlled Hao Yi's clone and walked towards the door of the sanatorium.
The clone's injuries were actually not that severe. The most critical battles were fought on his behalf, and he was always under Goya's treatment. His actual strength was only C-level, so he recovered very quickly.
He, Li Cheng, and Ge Ya all said goodbye in turn, declining Li Cheng's offer to give him a ride, while Ge Ya left an address and phone number, asking him to go and play games with her when he had time.
In the end, He Ao directly used the Velora to enter Ji An's room, and happened to see Ji An sitting on the bedside eating a hamburger brought by the medical staff.
Jie An was stunned for a moment after seeing 'Hao Yi', and then he roughly guessed the purpose of 'Hao Yi'.
He Ao said goodbye to him, agreed to Ji An's invitation to visit the Tia Empire when he had time, and left Ji An's room.
Then he went to Lin Chichi's ward, but Lin Chichi was not in the room.
Lin Chichi was also seriously injured, but because she was not very strong and the power of the puppet angel's 'gift' helped her strengthen her body structure, she recovered quickly under Goya's 'powerful treatment'
.
He Ao took a look at the scene in the room, but did not search for it. Instead, he summoned the Verora, found a set of clothes prepared on the Verora, put them on, and walked to the entrance of the nursing home.
Although he can leave here directly using the Velora, he still has to go through the basic process. After all, this is his own sphere of influence and he has to give himself a face.
While He Ao was conducting a mental state examination, Li Cheng came out and sat next to He Ao.
Although He Ao declined his farewell, it was still okay for him to be sent here.
After everything was done, He Ao and Li Cheng waved goodbye and glanced at the hall at the exit. Then, behind a sofa in the corner of the hall, they saw a white head squatting behind the sofa, poking his head.
Realizing that he had been discovered, the little white head hesitated for a moment, poked his head out, coughed slightly, and walked out from behind the sofa.
She and Li Cheng, who spotted her along He Ao's line of sight, nodded, then looked at He Ao, picked up the game controller in his hand, waved, and whispered, "Bye."
"Bye-Bye."
He Ao smiled and waved goodbye to her.
Ge Ya's personality seems to be very fearful of crowded places, and even requires that there not be too many medical staff around during treatment.
There are not only 'Hao Yi' and Li Cheng here, but also many other staff members. For her, it still feels a bit oppressive.
But seeing 'Hao Yi's' smile, she seemed to relax a little. She seemed to have mustered up the courage and walked directly to He Ao and Li Cheng.
As teammates who have gone through the ruins of the past together and experienced life and death, the three of them have actually established a basic tacit understanding and friendship.
Even though Ge Ya came over, she still didn't say much, but the atmosphere became much more harmonious.
In the end, the three of them looked at each other and smiled. He Ao and his two old teammates waved and turned to leave.
"He's pretty cool,"
Li Cheng looked at the back of 'Hao Yi' and sighed.
Ge Ya on the side heard the words, turned her head slightly, seemed to be thinking, and then nodded slightly, "Yeah."
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The distance from the exit to the main gate was not far. He Ao did not summon the Verora, but quickly walked this distance.
When he walked to the gate, a girl wearing a long floral skirt picked up her phone and looked at the calendar on the lock screen.
As if feeling the steps behind her, she turned around and looked at the young man behind her, showing a cute smile, "Brother Hao Yi!"
"Let's go."
He Ao glanced at her and said quickly.
"Eh?"
Lin Chichi was stunned for a moment. She followed He Ao, leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Brother Hao Yi, aren't you surprised that I'm here?"
"Every personal belongings in your ward has been packed away, even the quilt has been folded,"
He Ao glanced at her and said, "Who do you think can't guess that you sneaked out?"
"hey-hey,"
Lin Chichi smiled. The warm afternoon wind blew through the skirt of her brand new floral skirt, causing it to rise and fall like blue waves. She quickly followed He Ao's pace,
"Brother Hao Yi, my body seems to have gotten stronger. It's so cold today and I don't feel any discomfort wearing such a thin floral skirt. I seem to be walking faster."
"This is a gift."
He Ao answered calmly.
The power of the gift he guided before was very effective in transforming Lin Chi Chi's body. Lin Chi Chi's current physical strength alone should be at level F, close to E level.
Of course, the power of those gifts is not impossible to further transform her, but this is the limit that ordinary humans can transform.
If you go further up, this girl will have inhuman mutations.
The better the physical fitness, the more 'gifts' Lin Chichi can accommodate.
There are many people with good health, but few with strong will and soul.
Lin Chichi is a person who is born to engage in this kind of 'sacrifice' and 'gift'.
In the dungeon world, it has at least the potential of a cult pope.
Lin Chichi didn't know He Ao's current thoughts. When she heard the word "gift" from He Ao's mouth, she paused for a moment, then seemed to muster up the courage and asked in a low voice,
"Does this 'gift' come from 'K'?"
Her tone was not smooth and there was some thinking. It was obvious that she had been holding this question in her mind for a long time.
He Ao stopped, turned his head, and looked at the girl beside him.
They were walking in the opposite direction to where Yan Yue was moving with He Ao's body, and they were now in a circular square near the river.
There were some children laughing and playing around, and flocks of white doves were flying under the blue sky.
But Lin Chichi only felt that the whole world seemed to have become quiet at this moment.
She stopped and stared at 'Hao Yi' in front of her.
A group of white pigeons flew through the sky and landed on a stone pillar behind 'Hao Yi', perching on the top of the stone pillar. At this moment, on the side of the stone pillar facing them, someone painted a 'K' with bright red paint.
'symbol.
The tall and thin young man stood in front of the stone pillar, seeming to blend into the bright red 'K' symbol.
He Ao looked at the nervous and expectant eyes of the girl in front of him, and at her white palms that were half clenched on her chest, and calmly replied, "Yes."
call--
Behind the young man, the white doves standing on the top of the stone pillar suddenly flew up, brushing across the sky above the girl's head like scattered clouds.
"That,"
Lin Chi Chi stared at the young man's seemingly endless dark pupils, and clenched his hands slightly on his chest, as if he was asking a question, and as if he was declaring some kind of sacred oath under the gaze of a god.
She opened her mouth slightly and asked word by word, "Can I become His believer?"
Scattered flocks of pigeons flew back and forth in the sky, their wings flapping the air and making a whirring sound.
Under this silent sky, it seemed that the only sound left was the girl's pounding heartbeat.
"Why?"
It seemed like it was just a short period of silence, or it seemed like a long wait. Finally, the girl heard the 'reply' from the young man in front of her.
"I want,"
Staring at that calm face, staring at those deep eyes, the light from the dome shines on the cheek of the young man in front of her, just like when the young man stood under the light and stretched out his hand to her in the memory space,
The girl's hands were slightly clenched, as if she had firmed up some kind of pure belief. Her voice slowly raised, with a certain perseverance like an oath, "I want power, I want to become strong, I want to survive in this dangerous world."
To protect those in the world that I couldn’t protect before.”
He Ao looked at the firm eyes of the girl in front of him. After a brief pause, he chuckled and said, "It sounds like the protagonist's declaration of becoming stronger in a hot-blooded comic book."
"Well?"
Lin Chichi was stunned and said at a loss, "I actually mean it..."
"I know,"
He Ao gently interrupted her words. He raised his head and glanced at the sky, at the blazing sun hanging in the sky, then lowered his head and looked at the girl in front of him again,
"But faith is not a transaction, it is not you saying, 'I believe in you, so you give me power.'"
His voice was calm and low, "Faith is recognition and understanding. The so-called believers are people who gather for the same idea and hope, rather than followers who have established a commercial relationship with the gods."
"Feel sorry···"
Lin Chichi opened her mouth slightly and lowered her head.
"no need to say sorry,"
He Ao shook his head slightly, "K does not only give power to believers. If you are not a believer, don't you get the gift?"
"You mean..."
Lin Chichi raised his head, his eyes glowing a little.
"Maybe one day, you will suddenly identify with 'K' and become a true believer of 'K', or maybe there will not be such a day,"
He Ao glanced at the broad rippling blue river in the distance, "But this does not affect whether 'K' will give you power. When needed, you can still try to pray to 'K' and try to offer sacrifices to 'K'
."
Whether or not to answer your prayer is a matter for ‘K’.
He Ao didn't say the last sentence, but he believed that with Lin Chichi's intelligence, he could guess it naturally.
In fact, he knew very well why Lin Chichi suddenly proposed to become a believer of 'K'. She did not need power so urgently, but after getting it, she was afraid of losing it.
She could not guess the gods' intentions, nor could she get any guarantees or promises, so she could only express her "loyalty" in panic.
Lin Chichi stood next to He Ao and stared at the rippling blue river. After getting He Ao's 'reply', her heart rarely became quiet, and then she realized that what she had just done was somewhat inappropriate.
'Irritability' and 'impoliteness'.
She opened her mouth slightly, lowered her head, and whispered, "Brother Hao Yi, I'm sorry, I caused you trouble..."
She didn't get a reply, and when she raised her head, there was nothing but emptiness around her.
A flock of pigeons flew into the sky under the sun, and the flowing wind blew through the girl's hair and long dress.
The girl put down her hands in despair.
At this moment, she heard slight footsteps behind her.
She turned around blankly, only to see a bunch of fiery red strawberry candied haws standing in front of her.
She opened her mouth, turned around, and looked at the young man behind her who handed over the candied haws of sugar. She looked at the young man looking at her with a smile on his face, and slowly said, "Happy birthday."
Like thunder exploding in her mind, the girl seemed to have lost her ability to think for a moment.
She stared at the candied haws in front of her blankly, and slowly raised her hand in confusion. Finally, she reached out and touched the warm bamboo stick with a few fingers, pinched and wrapped the string.
Glutinous rice paper candied haws.
It seemed that no one had remembered her birthday for many years, and she had long been used to it.
She raised her head, looked at the young man in front of her, opened her mouth slightly, arched her eyebrows, twitched the tip of her nose, and the flowing tears continued to slide down her fair cheeks uncontrollably, "Thank you... um... thank...
"
"fine,"
He Ao smiled and looked at the crying girl in front of him, and handed over a tissue, "Try how it tastes."
Lin Chi Chi held a tissue in one hand and a candied haws in another hand. After a while, the tip of her nose that kept twitching slowly stopped. She brought the candied haws to her mouth, opened her mouth, and bit off the top one.
One.
The crystal-clear sugar coating shattered in her mouth, mixed with the bitten strawberry pulp, and mixed into her mouth together with the flowing tears.
"Is it sweet?"
He Ao looked at the broken pieces of sugar coating on the girl's lips and asked softly.
"sweet."
The girl nodded gently with tears on her cheeks.
"Where are the strawberries? Are they sweet?"
He Ao then asked.
"sweet,"
The girl nodded again, "It's very sweet."
"Oh, all right."
He Ao took out another bunch of candied haws from behind his back, chewed one into pieces and put it in his mouth.
The broken icing and the fresh strawberry pulp exploded in his mouth, filling the air with colorful flavors.
It is indeed quite sweet. Although the strawberries in the candied haws are slightly sour and delicious, some profiteers will use cheap low-quality strawberries that are very sour and tasteless to make candied haws, which does not taste so delicious.
After all, it was a candied haws of sugar-coated haws that I found temporarily on the Velora last night. He Ao couldn't guarantee the quality.
Watching 'Hao Yi' bite into pieces of candied haws.
Lin Chichi, who was still crying at first, suddenly realized that 'Brother Hao Yi' was using him as a guinea pig. He raised his lips and wanted to laugh, but the tears did not stop in the end, and he ended up crying and laughing again.
"How about I find you a teacher?"
He Ao took another bite of a candied haws of water and put it into his mouth. He walked to the railing by the river and looked at the river.
"ah?"
Lin Chichi followed him, and when he heard He Ao's words, he still didn't come back to his senses and was stunned for a moment.
"Don't you want to become stronger? Your strength and skills are too weak and you need a teacher."
He Ao chewed the candied haws and said casually.
Lin Chichi twitched the tip of his nose, "Then I am definitely willing. As long as the teacher is willing to teach, I will definitely learn. I will go wherever Brother Hao Yi arranges for me to go."
"Speaking of it,"
Holding the candied haws in hand, He Ao suddenly thought of something, "Who do you want to protect if you want to gain power so much?"
"Protect those you want to protect,"
Lin Chichi's tears finally stopped completely, and her little face undulated with chewing, "For example, my mother, although she is always busy, she never remembers my birthday, and my grandpa, he loved me the most when I was a child.
,besides···"
She paused and subconsciously looked at the 'young man' beside her.
"Who else?"
He Ao asked with a smile.
He Ao read her information and found that Lin Chichi's father had passed away, and it seemed that the only grandpa was left.
This girl's real social circle is very small, and she seems to have no third family member.
Lin Chi Chi stared at the 'young man' in front of her. After a brief pause, she shook her head, "No."
He Ao glanced at the little girl next to him in confusion. He always felt that Lin Chichi had yet to say a name.
But since the girl didn't say anything, he didn't force her to ask.
The flying pigeons cross the sky, and the sun shines on the even waves.
The little girl wants to protect three important people in her life.
A new copy will be opened tomorrow and the day after tomorrow! (Probably)
