The air in the room was extremely dull, and the sky outside the window became dim without knowing it. The clouds continued to gather and formed thick clouds, like an invisible hand covering the sky and the sun, making the entire land breathless.
There was a damp smell in the wind, and the already hurried passers-by on the street walked even more hurriedly because they knew that a heavy downpour was coming.
Xia Yuxi stood by the window, staring blankly at the gloomy sky, feeling a little at a loss.
The fear caused by the strange experience just now still remained in her heart, and a faint chill seemed to still surround her back, so that she even breathed with extreme caution, for fear that the paper centipede would come back again——
For a moment just now, she thought she was really going to die.
Fortunately, the worst did not happen, and the paper centipede seemed to have really left.
During this period, Lu Zhan on the other end of the phone remained silent. Xia Yuxi knew very well that this was because the other party was unsure of her current situation and was worried that speaking out rashly would bring danger to herself.
"I'm fine."
After a while, Xia Yuxi took a deep breath and spoke into the headphones.
Lu Zhan's voice sounded quickly, as if he was relieved: "I have asked Chen Shi to pass. He will arrive soon. How is the situation over there?"
Previously, Liu Qingqing was hunted down, and now Xia Yuxi is in danger again. Two of his subordinates have suffered accidents one after another. You can imagine how he feels.
"Paper centipede, a centipede made of paper entered my house." Xia Yuxi said in a heavy tone.
"Paper centipede?"
"Um."
Xia Yuxi recounted what had just happened in detail, and still felt a little frightened after finishing the story.
"Just the breath makes you unable to move..."
Lu Zhan was silent for a moment and said solemnly, "If the influence of ability is excluded, then the opponent is at least at the level of an A-level transcendent."
"But it's just a centipede made of paper."
"That's right, so the guy who controls the centipede... may have surpassed A level in strength."
"More than level A..."
Xia Yuxi's body suddenly stiffened and she said hastily, "Is it S-level?"
"...Maybe even higher."
Ever since I witnessed the terrifying power of Black Haena half a year ago, S-level is no longer the highest extraordinary level known to humans.
However, even though there are dungeons in the restricted area that seem to have "experience bonuses", there are still no rumors of anyone breaking through to S level.
"Is there such a thing in Dongyang City?" Xia Yuxi asked.
"There must be S-levels, but I have never seen them. Such powerful people are usually hidden in various cities and are only used at critical moments... But I don't think this matter may have anything to do with Dongyang City."
At this moment, Lu Zhan suddenly said, "Chen Shi is here, go and open the door for him."
After hearing these words, Xia Yuxi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. In her impression, although Chen Shi was a taciturn guy, he was a very reliable companion and a professional extraordinary person who was good at fighting.
It'll be great if this guy comes.
She looked out through the peephole and saw no one, but even so, she opened the door.
"How are you?"
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came from behind her. Xia Yuxi turned her head and saw a figure appearing on the sofa at some point, looking around the living room with an expressionless face——
This person is none other than Chen Shi.
I actually didn't notice this guy's arrival at all.
However, Xia Yuxi has long been used to this, because this is exactly Chen Shi's ability - he can greatly reduce his presence in the environment to the point of almost non-existence.
"I'm fine." she replied.
"Remember to close the door." Chen Shi suddenly reminded.
"You don't need to remind me."
Xia Yu closed the door angrily, and then told Chen Shi the whole story.
Chen Shi listened expressionlessly, stretched out his hand and said, "Give me one of your headphones."
He took an earphone from Xia Yuxi and put it on his ear.
"How was the scene?" Lu Zhan's voice just came from the earphones.
"Nothing unusual was found."
Chen Shi shook his head. This was the result of his repeated observations several times.
"I just checked carefully and there is nothing missing in my house." Xia Yuxi added.
"The purpose of manipulating such a powerful paper man to come to your home is neither to get anything nor to kill you, so what is the purpose..."
Lu Zhan, who was on the other end of the phone, thought for a long time and said, "You shouldn't have provoked anything weird recently, right?"
"No."
Xia Yuxi is very sure about this. She has been working in the police station recently, so even if she wants to provoke weird things, she has no chance.
"Since the guy went to your house, but didn't do anything to you, or even turned a blind eye to you, then the other party obviously has a very clear purpose, so that the other party can ignore everything that is irrelevant, and it is very likely that something is involved behind it.
He is a top transcendent of at least A level, then..."
Lu Zhan's thoughts whirled and he suddenly said in a deep voice, "Chen Shi, please immediately mobilize all surveillance and focus on the area I asked you to monitor - including the police station."
"Understood." Chen Shi said calmly.
"Do you have any clues?" Xia Yuxi was a little curious. The other party seemed to have discovered something.
Lu Zhan did not answer, but said calmly: "Chen Shi."
Chen Shi suddenly understood, glanced at Xia Yuxi, and stretched out a hand towards her.
Xia Yuxi understood instantly, gently grabbed his hand, closed her eyes and activated [Telepathy].
The next second, her eyes widened.
Chen Shi told her enough information from his heart.
Because of his ability, most of Chen Shi's previous tasks were responsible for cleaning up and assassinating extraordinary people, keeping an eye on those dishonest forces, such as Huang Quan, etc., and rarely performed surveillance work.
And he has only been responsible for one surveillance mission——
That is to pay attention to the whereabouts of the tomb keeper.
And if you want to say who is the most terrifying being that Xia Yuxi can be related to, it is undoubtedly the gravekeeper.
The key point is...that guy has been to her house!
So...could that paper centipede come after Bai Mo's breath?
Of course, the appearance of the paper centipede may also be related to the mud-covered corpse that only appeared for a while and then disappeared. That thing was also very strange, and it was suspected to be related to the mysterious coffin burial place...
In addition, it cannot be ruled out that it is related to today's inquiry to Bixian - but this possibility is relatively small, otherwise the target of the centipede should be directly on Xia Yuxi.
Gravekeeper?...
Xia Yuxi retracted her thoughts, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and said in a panic: "By the way, the thing I 'saw' today..."
"Don't say it on the phone." Lu Zhan interrupted her seriously.
"Why?"
Lu Zhan did not explain, but said in a solemn tone: "You have been hiding with Qingqing recently. Chen Shi went to City No. 1 to contact Xu Han in person, being careful not to be discovered, so that the woman could secretly hide Yu Xi.
Take it to the parliament with Qingqing."
"Meeting, Parliament!?"
Xia Yuxi was stunned. For some reason, she sensed a sense of crisis in Lu Zhan's words.
"Three days later, the council will hold a city district meeting. It seems to be discussing the issue of the 'Advocate for the Zone'. All remaining districts in the safe zone will participate, and I will also go."
Xia Yuxi was stunned and said: "Why would you go to such an important meeting..."
"I am not representing Dongyang City. This is a separate invitation from the parliament, and Xu Han is also among them."
I see, is it related to that incident...
Xia Yuxi soon realized that although the council had a poor sense of Dongyang City due to various reasons, perhaps because they and Lu Zhan had dealt with the Equality Paradise half a year ago, they seemed to remember Lu Zhan and
These two people are Xu Han.
"clear."
Xia Yuxi and Chen Shi answered in unison.
"But why do I need to hide?"
Xia Yuxi still had some doubts in her heart. According to speculation, this centipede should have little connection with Dongyang City. She didn't seem to need to hide it.
"in case."
"What...what do you mean?"
Xia Yuxi felt a little uneasy in her heart.
"Boom!"
There was a sudden explosion in the sky, and heavy rain poured down, like a thick rain curtain or a huge cage, making the world outside the window extremely blurry.
Lu Zhan was silent for a long time and then said, "Before Chen Shi came to your house, he got some bad news..."
"Shortly after you left the Forbidden Eradication Bureau... Hanmen died."
These words were like thunder, and Xia Yuxi's eyes suddenly widened.
Accompanied by waves of deafening thunder, Lu Zhan's emotionless voice continued to sound——
"The guy died in his own office. It is said that... his heart was dug out alive."
…
Boom!
Big raindrops continued to hit the ground, forming a rapid flow of water, which quickly flowed into the sewer along the drainage outlet, repeating itself like a huge waterfall.
Under such a terrible downpour, there were no more couples on the street, and the world seemed to become cleaner.
"It's raining..."
Brown Tang leaned under the eaves, looked at the sky, and murmured.
The water continued to fall along the eaves, making the sky blurry.
The heavy rain mixed with the cold wind made her suddenly feel a little cold. She shrank her neck, hugged her arms tightly, and then turned to look at Bai Mo, who was also sizing up the sky, with a strange look on her face.
"Generally speaking, in this situation, a normal man would be a gentleman and put his coat on a woman, right?" She said loudly as if she was talking to herself.
"I'm not normal, nor am I a gentleman." Bai Mo looked away and responded calmly, "And you're not cold either."
"Why didn't you say you weren't a man?" Brown Tang curled her lips angrily.
After leaving the sea of flowers, she returned to this little woman-like posture, which was very different from her previous appearance in the sea of flowers.
At this moment, Brown Tang suddenly lowered his head and looked at his phone, and then said with a surprised look, "It's really strange, this is actually a heavy rain covering the entire safe zone."
In other words..., is it raining in all urban areas now?
There was a hint of unnoticeable worry in her eyes.
"Um."
Bai Mo was extremely calm, "Just use an umbrella when it rains."
Brown Tang took a deep look at him, and then said helplessly: "Are you kidding? It's raining so heavily, so we can only have a car pick us up."
"You should have done this a long time ago. It's a waste of time." Bai Mo said.
"Why are you in such a hurry? I just want those two guys Xiao Sheng to wait there for a while. If you didn't really want to enter the library, I might just let them go!"
"What's going on between you has nothing to do with me, and I'm not interested either." Bai Mo said lightly, "First tell me what the Forest of Steel is."
Xia Yuxi rolled her eyes, then smiled and said, "If you would give me your coat, I might tell you."
Bai Mo didn't say anything, he took off his coat and handed it to her.
"Put it on for me." Brown Tang said with a red face.
Bai Mo threw it away casually, and the coat covered her head directly.
brown sugar:"……"
"Can you be gentler!"
She angrily took off her coat from her head, then put it on her body casually, straightened her messy golden hair, glared at Bai Mo fiercely, and said, "You can never take this dress back again!"
Bai Mo yawned: "It just so happens that I don't plan to take it anymore."
"Unappreciative guy! If I hadn't lowered my face and begged Xiao Sheng and those two guys, you wouldn't even have a chance to challenge the Forest of Steel!"
Brown Tang said fiercely, "Besides, I am also your girlfriend now. If you don't thank me, forget it. You are so cold!"
"When did you become my girlfriend?"
Bai Mo said lightly, "And if I really haven't thanked you, what I have to do at this time is not as simple as waiting here with you."
Brown Tang was stunned.
She was about to speak again when she saw a luxury car appearing in the rain.
"The car is here."
Seeing this, her expression immediately turned cold, she grabbed Bai Mo's hand beside her and hugged him, dragging him into the back seat of the car.
The driver was a cyborg, staring straight ahead, as if he couldn't see the scene, and just greeted: "Miss Brown Sugar."
"Go to the library." Brown Tang ordered calmly.
"yes."
The car started, splashing large amounts of rainwater, and drove quickly forward.
Brown Tang hugged Bai Mo's arm tightly and said: "I said before that only a few people have the permission to enter the library now, and the Forest of Steel is a path specially left for those who are not qualified to enter the library. Of course,
Even if you want to take this path, you need special qualifications - you should be lucky that you met me."
She once again emphasized her achievements without leaving any trace.
"The Forest of Steel is a rule that existed before the restricted area expanded in Boundless City. Because Boundless City has always paid special attention to knowledge, it has specially given it value. If you want to explore more profound knowledge, you must cross the threshold - and the Forest of Steel,
It is the threshold of knowledge.”
I really can't tell... Bai Mo said in his heart.
"The "Sea of Knowledge" in Boundless City is not an abstract concept, but a real existence. It is said that the entrance is hidden in the library, which is mysterious and unpredictable. In fact, in the past, if you want to enter the library, you only need to have a rich knowledge reserve, but
It's a pity that you came at the wrong time, and now the only way left is the Forest of Steel."
Brown Tang said, "If the Sea of Knowledge is the baptism of the heart, then the Forest of Steel is the tempering of the body. If you are not careful, you will die - that's why I asked you if you were tough enough when you first entered the city."
She licked her lips, her eyes were watery, and she still held Bai Mo's arm tightly. The huge force almost buried Bai Mo's arm into her chest.
Bai Mo glanced at her indifferently.
"Tell the important point."
"A guy who doesn't understand taste..."
Brown Tang shook his head and continued, "As the name suggests, the Forest of Steel is a circular corridor made entirely of various metals, with a total length of ten kilometers. The special light beam inside can block extraordinary abilities. It is also full of mechanisms, and extraordinary people can only
Only those who can rely on their strong physical fitness to pass through the corridors will be eligible to enter the library."
"The inexplicable rules are as inexplicable as Wuji City's twisted view of love." Bai Mo commented.
As soon as these words came out, the driver in front of him was so excited that he almost lost his grip on the steering wheel and quickly pretended not to hear.
Brown Tang's eyes turned cold, the smile on his face faded, and he reminded: "Although you are my current boyfriend, you can't speak ill of Wuji City so openly - no city understands love better than Wuji City."
"False love is superior, but true love dies unexpectedly. Tell me...isn't this view of love distorted?"
Bai Mo glanced at the tormented arm lightly and said, "Also, just give up. No matter how hard you try, you can't break my arm with your chest."
Brown Tang was stunned for a moment, and his expression suddenly turned colder.
"You mean...the Forest of Steel can't stop you?"
"Um."
"I'm looking forward to it."
"Expect me to die in there?"
Brown Tangzhan was silent for a long time, then suddenly smiled and put her head on his shoulder: "To be honest, I really like you more and more."
The driver was sweating profusely and still pretended to be deaf and dumb.
The car drove quickly through the rain and soon came to a huge building.
