Under the time ratio of 120:1, three months in the Death World is 18 hours here.
From the evening of the previous day to noon of the next day, Ji Xing and Xiao Ai had already spent the morning shopping together and were having lunch outside.
Because of the success of the 'First Edition Super Power Medicine' experiment on demons, the next step will be to conduct experiments on hunters, and hunters who meet the test goals must be mature, advanced hunters who are not too far away from mastering the power of spiritual awakening.
Elite.
Similar to Xu Shengnan three years ago, such a hunter is enough to serve as the third leader of the Hunter Guild in a third-level city with a population of hundreds of thousands. Like the town where Ji Xing just traveled through, he can even serve as the president of the branch. Even if the headquarters fully cooperates, it still needs
It takes about half a month to mobilize 50 volunteers.
So in the past half month, Ji Xing only had some superficial preparations left. Most of the time was on vacation, and he was very free——
The confidentiality of the superpower drug experimental team is very high, and there are dedicated personnel responsible for the security of him and Xiao Ai, but since they are hidden in the city, there is no reason to isolate them to the extent of isolation.
Two players who are about to become great heroes of the human race are eating at a roadside stall in a low-key manner.
Two portions of golden and attractive pea peas cut into pieces, one portion of beef in sauce and one portion of donkey meat in sauce, the store's ancestral secret sauce makes it very refreshing and enjoyable to eat.
Sitting opposite Ji Xing, Xiao Ai chewed the food in a "do as the Romans do" manner, while murmuring with some entanglement: "Although the hand-woven cloth bag is ordinary in style, the stitching is fine and beautiful. At first glance, it is the work of an old craftsman.
...but another bag made of rare spiritual animal skins..."
She looked up at Ji Xing in embarrassment, then shook her head and lowered her head in disgust, knowing that Ji Xing would definitely say, "I want both," and of course they couldn't afford it, but it would be no fun.
Ji Xing gave her a funny look, read Xiao Ai's thoughts, and said, "I think the red one is also good, it especially complements your figure and hair color."
Xiao Ai was stunned for a moment and glared at Ji Xing angrily, falling into even greater tangles.
Looks like a good meal.
Ji Xing worked hard for a while, until a young man who was also worried came to the corner.
The face is like that of a heroic girl and the body is as well-proportioned and stylish as that of a mature man. It is Yi Nan.
Ji Xing has not seen him for more than three months. At this moment, he can clearly sense that his spiritual power is obviously stronger than before. He waved from a distance: "When did you come back, Yi Nan!"
"Ah, Brother Li He, Sister Xiao Ai." When the worried young man saw them, he immediately ran over and sat aside with a shy smile: "I just came back less than an hour ago, and Uncle Sun said you are here."
"You haven't eaten yet, right?" Xiao Ai looked at the things on the table: "It just happened to be almost eaten by a certain person who only knows how to eat, and some of it is not enough."
Ji Xing shook his head and waved to the boss: "Exactly the same thing, here's another one!"
"Okay!"
Yi Nan didn't show any pretense, he just said 'thank you', then lowered his voice and said excitedly: "I heard that Brother Li He..."
Ji Xing nodded and admitted.
Yi Nan smiled broadly: "That's great!"
"Low-key, low-key, I don't dare to guarantee success now." Ji Xing smiled and said: "What about you, where have you been before? Are you on vacation this time?"
"Well, let's rest for a while." Yi Nan chuckled: "I was promoted, Brother Li He, and now I am number 997, one of the bottom 100 hunters."
"Really? Congratulations." Ji Xing and Xiao Ai immediately sent their blessings to him.
This speed is very fast. It has only been more than half a year since he became a numbered hunter, and he has directly crossed the thousands digits into the hundreds, and has traveled a path that an ordinary hunter would not be able to complete in ten years or even a lifetime.
By analogy, she awakened her powers more than a year earlier than Yi Nan and became a numbered hunter earlier. At this moment, she has been promoted from more than 9,000 to more than 8,000, and this is already an upper-middle level!
However, Yi Nan is a genius, and he has Tang Bi, the divine hunter ranked No. 007, as his teacher, who has been leading him to practice, and his own 'chessboard' ability is a powerful rule system, so it is not too outrageous.
"In this case, the next target is the candidate hunter, come on." Ji Xing encouraged.
Yi Nan scratched his head and said with both expectation and humility: "I'm still far away. The teacher said that every next step will become more difficult."
"Of course, you are worried because of this incident?" Ji Xing asked.
"Uh... oh, no, Brother Li He." Yi Nan scratched his head and said: "Yes... the teacher warned me before, not to be complacent just because I got No. 997. The reason why this number is vacant is waiting for me to come and get it.
, just because the previous number 997, a senior of similar level to me, had been killed by the demon.
Every increase in the number is mostly a warning given to us by the deceased seniors with their lives. We must also bear their lives and work hard, so as not to live up to my glory as a hunter!"
"So it feels heavy?" Ji Xing nodded and said: "What Tang Bi said is right. The monsters you will face will become stronger, more humane, and more cunning as you grow up. You have to be careful. But there is no need to worry.
There is too much pressure. Believe in your talent and ability. The number you get will also be the glory of the deceased seniors and future generations!"
"Um!"
Xiao Ai looked at the two people opposite, turned aside to let the boss serve the food, and said with a smile: "Okay, Yi Nan has just come back, you who are not even a hunter should stop trying to explain to him, and eat first."
Ji Xing smiled: "I can't be a hunter and I can't be an ordinary person watching the growth of the divine hunter? Okay, let's eat first, Yi Nan, where is the divine hunter Tang Bi? Why didn't I come with you to have something to eat?"
"Oh, the teacher has gone home, go back and eat."
"Is that so...you still haven't seen your master's wife?" Ji Xing asked.
"Well..." Yi Nan nodded heavily, then said with a hopeful smile: "The teacher said that I must convince my wife during this vacation, so that I can prepare to meet her!"
"Oh——" Ji Xing looked into the distance.
…
"I'm back!"
A few streets away, in a remote house that was not considered luxurious, Tang Bi, who had a beer belly, pushed the door open with his belly and greeted him warmly.
There was no response, and Tang Bi showed no signs of discomfort. Ever since their only son died due to his mistake more than 20 years ago, the couple had been as indifferent as ordinary neighbors even if they slept in the same bed.
As a divine hunter, he could clearly sense that his wife was in the bedroom, and sure enough when he walked in, the old woman with half-long gray hair and wrinkles on her face was facing away from him, sewing in her hands while facing the sunshine outside the window.
of a cloth bag.
Tang Bi, who looks middle-aged in appearance, is actually 73 years old, and his wife is only two years younger than him. She is not a skilled hunter or even a numbered hunter, and she has been hit hard, so she is naturally as old as his mother.
Maybe this is where the estrangement between the two comes from?
Tang Bi's fleshy face had a tenderness that was never shown outside. He laughed and sat next to her, took away the needle and thread, and held her hand in his. All he got in exchange was a dull glance.
"60 years." Tang Bi said solemnly.
"……What?"
"Today marks the 60th anniversary of our acquaintance."
Tang Bi smiled and said: "On this day 60 years ago, I was 13 years old and you were 11 years old. The town we lived in... oh, the town whose name I have forgotten was attacked by a superior demon, and many people died. My
Parents, your parents, we hid together in a panic, we were all as scared as a sieve."
"..." He was answered with silence.
Tang Bi didn't care and continued to talk to himself: "You are obviously younger than me, but you are more sensible than me. If you hadn't held back the cry and covered my mouth, we would have been eaten by the demon.
Since then, I have been stumbling until now. How can I repay kindness with my own body? Hahaha, I have allowed you to spend these unpleasant 60 years with me. Alas, if I could do it all over again, I would definitely cover it up for myself.
Take good care of your mouth."
His answer was still silence.
"The person who came to rescue us at that time was Teacher Huang, President Huang, who was still only an advanced hunter. I haven't caught up with him for so many years. In the past two years, he has handed over all his affairs to Sun Qin, and probably went to seclusion to pursue higher education.
It’s a breakthrough in level, right?”
"He was just a senior hunter, but he left an indelible memory in our young hearts, making us aspire to become hunters."
"It's a pity, it's a pity. If I could give it to you as a hunter, you would definitely be a hundred times more considerate, and you wouldn't have come this far step by step..."
"I can't go back. I can't go back a long time ago."
Tang Bi shook his head and sighed: "Fortunately... Yi Nan is a good boy, kind, strong, and has great talents. If you don't like to hear it, he is much better than our son, hahahaha, I heard
He even hesitated to become my adopted son, but I didn't agree.
The master-disciple relationship is enough. You can meet him in a few days. Being a hunter is very tiring. I have a lot of things to do, and you don't bother to see my face."
He gently pressed his wife's hand twice with his big hand, and without waiting for the unknown answer, he stood up and said: "Okay, it's settled. Really, I told you to come back today, and I didn't even wait for a moment."
Prepare some food, forget it, I’ll go out to buy something and come back to cook it for you!”
The figure carried the wind and walked away. After a long time, his wife picked up the needle and thread to sew the cloth bag again. She still remained silent, but her eyes were slightly red, and her face was as old as 81 years old with sadness and reluctance.
After leaving home, Tang Bi did not go shopping as he said, but went straight to the Hunter Guild headquarters and found Sun Qin. Faced with Tang Bi who had just left and returned shortly, Sun Qin was a little surprised. Hearing that Tang Bi
After saying this, he immediately stood up in shock.
"What?! Are you going to prepare to transfer to another major?!"
"What, am I not qualified?"
"...Enough, of course it is enough."
Sun Qin was speechless and stopped talking.
As the divine hunter numbered 007, Tang Bi has power above him, and ranked among the top ten divine hunters, the quality of spiritual power reserves is basically at the same level. The difference is more in the technical and tactical level and the power of supernatural powers.
above.
They are all eligible for transfer.
But the first step for a god to hunt and fuse demons to advance to a higher level of god is to allow the weakest demon to eat the brain, stabilize the human will, be reborn in the body of the demon, and transform!
Obviously, the more determined and extraordinary the divine hunter is, the more likely he is to succeed. However, because of Tang Bi's ability to "repay double the loan", he contracted a series of problems such as alcoholism. It is not derogatory to say that his
The success rate is the bottom one!
"You...Brother Tang...think about it again..."
"This is a decision I made after careful consideration." Tang Bi said seriously: "There are still fifteen and a half years before the demon tide. Now, if I am successful, I will have the ability to cultivate to a 'god'!
If you delay any longer, you will probably miss it. Didn’t Teacher Huang rush to change majors in the past two years? You don’t have to deny it, everyone can guess some, and it seems that he has succeeded, which is normal. He has always been a great person.
people.
Besides, Li He’s superpower medicine is about to be completed, and Yi Nan has grown to a level where he can be independent, so I can rest assured that the success rate will be greatly increased! Is there a more suitable time? "
"Well, then sister-in-law's side..."
"She...is not in the way." Tang Bi was silent for a few seconds and then said with a smile: "Don't worry about her. We have tortured each other for so many years, and now there is Yi Nan. Sun Qin, just arrange it for me, the time...just
Set it for 18 days after watching the test of the supernatural medicine!"
Sun Qin stared into his eyes with confirmation, only seeing determination. After a long time, he sighed, put his hand on Tang Bi's shoulder, and pressed it hard.
At the market, Yi Nan, who had eaten enough, was facing the three bags in front of him and Xiao Ai's questions. He scratched his head in embarrassment and looked at Ji Xing for help.
Ji Xing stood not far away with his hands in his pockets, not paying attention to Xiao Ai and Yi Nan in front of him.
…
Four days later, in the morning.
Summoned by the headquarters, the first hunter who was going to participate in the experiment on the supernatural medicine came to Zhongdu.
The name of this superior hunter is Liu Yuwang. His identity is very similar to that of Xu Shengnan. He is the leader of the hunter brigade in a third-level city. However, he is 53 years old and has been a superior hunter for 17 years. However, he has never been able to absorb spiritual power into his body.
body.
He has a lot of experience in his resume, but if he is not a numbered hunter, his lifespan will not be extended. At this age, his strength is already declining, so after hearing that "the capital needs senior hunters to perform certain tasks that are life-threatening," he responded to the call without hesitation.
So Ji Xing Xiaoai, who had been on vacation for five days, got a little busy. Without his knowledge, he led people to test his various indicators, and got a unanimous judgment that he was consistent with the experiment.
However, when he was placed to rest, Ji Xing frowned slightly as he walked into Xiao Ai's private laboratory.
Xiao Ai, who was leaning in front of the high-power microscope, stood up and spread his hands towards Ji Xing. Ji Xing tilted the corner of his mouth and moved closer to the microscope.
Double-stranded DNA is nested in a circular DNA, and the double-stranded DNA has obvious breakage points!
This is Liu Yuwang’s blood test result!
Being able to detect monsters that cannot be identified through a microscope is a secret that only two people know! In popular terms, Liu Yuwang is an out-and-out high-level monster!
"Oh, the first one to come is the demon. I don't know how many of the 50 people there will be in the end." Ji Xing shook his head, looked at Xiao Ai and said, "And I obviously didn't tell him about the supernatural medicine. What happened just now?"
The hostility towards you and me is very obvious in my eyes.
It seems... there is a bad person in the upper echelons of the Hunter Guild, and there is a high probability that he is a certain divine hunter."
Xiao Ai glanced at the high-level demon in front of him and asked, "Do you want to conduct a secret investigation?"
"...Just wait and see." Ji Xing replied.
…
The other side.
Nearly five days have passed in the main world, and time in the Death World has passed even faster. In the blink of an eye, January 2003 has arrived.
A full year and nine months have passed since Ji Xing's invasion began. A year and a half has passed since Aizen entered hell. There are still more than three months left until Yhwach's seal is lifted.
Kouki Hirakawa is 18 years old, and Kurosaki Ichigo and others are about to enter their senior year of high school!