Leaning against the window, Cheng Lin clicked on the software.
Familiar cutscenes, followed by a dynamic starry sky background, with the button floating quietly in the middle area. At first glance, it looks like a scarlet star.
"At every moment, there are a million possibilities for the direction of civilization."
After reading this sentence silently again, Cheng Lin did not start the deduction immediately. Instead, he clicked on the history database and checked the lit "Elf World" card again.
Well...no change.
These days, he often clicks on it to take a look. As the World Tree continues to grow, Cheng Lin always feels that this card is getting brighter and brighter. He doesn't know if it is an illusion or real.
He vaguely felt that there was some connection between the two.
As for the other cards... they are still dim and have no abnormalities, just like dead objects. But now Cheng Lin understands that they are not pure data, but are just sealed. Maybe they will light up after reaching a certain requirement.
Of course, the greater possibility is to seal it forever.
Doomsday (sky fire), reincarnation (Suiren clan), wasteland (siege), myth (saint), cultivation (traceless island), frozen soil (cave), new star (world tree)...
Seven in total.
With a slight movement of his finger, Cheng Lin exited the history database. He hesitated for three seconds, and then gently pressed the button.
The eighth deduction started.
An extremely familiar tremor, the ground seemed to be shaking, but no sound could be heard, and there was no sense of direction. The whole person was like a stone in the river of time.
The white light, which was more dazzling than that caused by the "black obliteration bomb", flooded Cheng Lin, but he was so familiar with it that he could no longer feel any fear.
At the same time, a lot of information came to mind:
[Start to deduce the direction of civilization in this world...]
[Deduction in progress...]
[Get Chapter: Arrival (Maelstrom)]
[The chapter will open in 10 seconds... 10, 9, 8...]
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The light disappeared little by little, and the blank field of vision was gradually filled with various familiar scenery.
Cheng Lin squinted his eyes, adapting to the change in light.
"Well... nothing has changed outside the window... It's still a deduction based on the current geographical location. I haven't been teleported to other cities... It's calm outside the window, which means the change has not come yet."
Cheng Lin turned off his phone and put it away, entering the player identity.
His slightly tipsy state made his mind extra active, and he immediately began to analyze the current situation.
"The chapter name is Arrival (Maelstrom)... According to past experience, 'Advent' refers to an event with a high probability, and 'Maelstrom' refers to a location... Well, the hints are still limited, but I can barely guess the general direction...
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Thinking about this, Cheng Lin began to wait patiently for the "narration". According to the previous routine, once the deduction was over, the "narration" would appear. However, after waiting for more than a minute, there was still no other information emerging in Cheng Lin's brain.
.
kindness?
What's going on?
You were obviously talking about the countdown according to the procedure just now, why did you suddenly become mute now?
It's a bit weird... But Cheng Lin also knows that the deduction program will come up with some new tricks almost every time. It's like he was given a chance to "tag" screening before, but he was only given it once. Last time, it was in every task.
A "points" reward was added at the end. Of course, it said "beta version". I don't know if it will be continued this time or simply cancelled.
"Hello? Talk? Don't say anything? That's up to you."
I tried to communicate with the program tentatively, but to no avail.
Cheng Lin didn't bother to pay attention. After thinking about it, he turned around and went downstairs. The dinner party was relatively early in the evening. It was just 22 o'clock. There were still some students walking in the college, and the lights were on in supermarkets, canteens and other buildings.
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After walking around the dormitory downstairs, Cheng Lin confirmed that nothing unusual had happened in the world and that everything was the same as before the deduction. He guessed that the "accident" might come later.
At the previous dinner party, in order to prevent himself from drinking too much and not being clear-headed, he accidentally told the truth about the "black robe" and "elves", so he only tasted it briefly. When he was walking on campus, the September wind blew, and he suddenly
There are some things that are still unfinished.
After thinking about it, I simply walked into the supermarket and bought a bag of cooked food. I also ordered some hot fried skewers, coated with a lot of chili powder, and then ordered a dozen beers, which I put in a plastic basket and carried these.
After eating, Cheng Lin, who was slightly tipsy, walked aimlessly along the street for several hundred meters.
When I looked up, I was surprised to find that I was downstairs from the Academic Affairs Office.
At this time, most of the windows in the building were dark, and only the first floor was brighter.
"Where to eat..."
Cheng Lin blinked, raised his head and looked at the rooftop of the Xuezheng Building, and suddenly felt that it might be a good place to go.
It's in the deduction anyway...it doesn't matter...
Thinking of this, Cheng Lin opened the five fingers of his free right hand and pushed forward. After about ten seconds, the light of spiritual energy spread out from all around him, and two thick vines emerged out of thin air, shooting straight forward.
, then hooked tightly to the window bars of the building, and quickly spread to higher places.
On the vines, two huge "piranha flowers" were budding. Under the moonlight, this scene was quite strange. Next, Cheng Lin jumped up and controlled the vines to pull himself to the top of the building.
The top of the building is very quiet, without any obstruction, bright and cool. Looking down, there is an inexplicable sense of joy. I open the plastic bag, put it aside, pick up a bamboo stick, and pop it with my other hand.
After taking off the bottle cap, Cheng Lin sat on the edge of the rooftop with his legs dangling, eating and drinking in a leisurely manner.
In the middle of the deduction, he no longer needed to hide anything, and his drinking capacity was not very good. As he drank, his face became rosy, his eyes were dim and shiny, and his body was swaying. He was actually drunk.
People who are drunk are usually more showy and bold. After drinking a bottle, Cheng Lin threw the bottle downstairs. When he heard the "pop" of the brown bottle exploding downstairs, the white bottle exploded.
Bubbles splashed everywhere, and Cheng Lin suddenly laughed happily.
Gradually, he threw down more and more bottles, and finally inevitably attracted some people's attention.
The guard downstairs ran out, looked up, and shouted a few words. Seeing that Cheng Lin didn't listen, he left angrily and seemed to go to find the leader.
From the windows of the nearby student dormitories, curious heads were also peeking out, looking here in surprise, eyes wide open, and mouths from ear to ear.
The students passing by were even more attracted, gathering in twos and threes, pointing towards the rooftop, and whispering:
"Look, who is that? So arrogant? Being drunk and crazy on the roof of the academic building? Are you not afraid of being punished?"
"Let's take a look...fuck, it looks like Cheng Lin!"
"I heard that he has been promoted to the fourth level. He had dinner with Fu Zhongting and the others before...this...is he drinking too much?"
"Fourth grade? What's wrong with fourth grade? This is too arrogant. He is so presumptuous when his grades are better? He thinks the academy is run by his family? Wait, no matter how high a person like this climbs, he will fall down sooner or later.
!" One student said with an indignant look.
The person next to him snorted and said, "I don't believe you are not envious. If you had a fourth-grade cultivation, you would be more arrogant than him, right?"
Probably because his thoughts were exposed, the student blushed and said, "Isn't it amazing to be at the fourth level?"
"Sorry, the fourth grade can really do whatever you want."
"..."
Gradually, more and more people came after hearing the news. Some students had already rested, but when they saw the news in the group, they hurriedly got dressed and rushed over, just to take a look at the excitement.
There were more people, and there were more discussions below, making it a bit noisy.
On the rooftop.
Cheng Lin drank the last bottle of wine and was about to throw it away when he finally noticed the noise. He opened his hazy drunken eyes and looked down. Then he was startled. For a moment, he didn't realize what these people were doing.
"Could it be that the 'accident' finally happened?"
Cheng Lin turned around and looked around, but he only felt that his head was heavy and his brain was a little unclear. At this time, he suddenly heard a slightly familiar voice coming from downstairs: "Cheng Lin? What are you doing up there?"
Come down quickly!"
"Huh? This voice... seems to be Luo Peini?"
Cheng Lin was startled, looked down, and smiled. The person who spoke was indeed Luo Peini, who taught art appreciation class.
At this time, most of the leaders and teachers were not at their posts, and she was the first one to rush over. At this moment, Luo Peini, wearing a long lotus leaf skirt, was standing in front of the crowd, her whole body as beautiful as an epiphyllum in the dark night, looking towards
He climbed to the top of the building and shouted with a hint of anger: "Who told you to drink so much? Come down here quickly!"
Cheng Lin was yelled at and his drunkenness subsided a little. He subconsciously wanted to go downstairs, but just as he stood up, he suddenly realized: "That's not right, this is during a deduction..."
Thinking of this, he sat back again, then waved to Luo Peini with a squinting smile, and said, "Teacher Luo, I haven't seen you for a few days. It's so late and you haven't rested yet?"
Hearing his words, the people watching downstairs were quite speechless, thinking to themselves: Why are you still chatting like this? Is this appropriate for this occasion?
Some younger students looked towards the roof with bright eyes, looking in admiration.
Luo Peini was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and subconsciously said: "Not yet..."
Halfway through her words, she suddenly realized that this was really not a place for chatting, and she darkened her face again: "Stop talking about this, get down first! Why are you climbing so high?!"
"I won't go down," Cheng Lin shook his head, exhaled the smell of alcohol, and said in a serious tone, "I'm waiting."
wait?
The people watching downstairs were startled.
Luo Peini said in surprise: "What are you waiting for?"
"Unexpected events." Cheng Lin said seriously, and before the people below cast their eyes at him, he gestured with his hands and said seriously, "For example, the sun heats up and burns everything in the world, or a meteorite falls from the sky and smashes the entire earth into pieces.
For example, some ignorant guy sends a string of codes to the universe, and then attracts a big face that fills the starry sky..."
At first, the people below listened a little attentively, but later on, they all laughed out loud.
"You are indeed drunk..."
"What nonsense is he talking about?"
"Tsk tsk, maybe you watched something or a movie?"
No one took Cheng Lin's words seriously, they just thought he was talking crazy things while drunk.
"Teacher Luo, what do you mean... should I ask the guards to get him down?" The guard at the Academic Affairs Building next to him was also speechless and asked tentatively.
"No, Cheng Lin is obviously drunk. He is a fourth-grade man. If he takes action while unconscious, he will be in big trouble!" Luo Peini shook her head hurriedly, then smiled bitterly, "Why did Dean Huang leave at this time?
What about? If she were here, we wouldn't be so passive. By the way, where is Dean Kong?"
"Dean Kong went to the city and hasn't come back yet."
The guard replied that everyone had a headache.
Drunk lunatics are not scary.
A conscious level 4 expert is not scary either.
But if a fourth-grade strong man drinks too much...this will make people collapse.
"Let me try to communicate with him again." Luo Peini sighed, raised her head and was about to try to persuade her again, but as soon as she raised her head, she heard Cheng Lin's voice floating down from the rooftop, as if he was recounting memories:
"By the way, Teacher Luo, you should remember that the time when the terrifying face appeared in the sky, I also set off from the academy. After the deduction was started, I gained the ability to become invisible, and then I missed the bus. In desperation, I had no choice but to
I got into your car... I was still very weak at the time, and you discovered it, and we had a fight... I remember you took out a gun from your skirt and killed me directly... Yes
Now, are you still hiding a gun in your skirt?"
As soon as these words came out, the crowd below became silent instantly.
The eyes of countless onlookers came over and fell on the long dress that was as quiet as an epiphyllum in the night.
Luo Peini stood blankly on the spot, completely unexpected that things would unfold like this.
What face?
Shoot him yourself?
How could it be? She had never had the opportunity to use this pistol since she obtained it. Except during training, she had never fired a single shot outside.
And... most importantly...
How did he know the pistol was hidden...
In full view.
Luo Peini, who has always been known for her cultivation, quietness and temperament, clenched her fists, her face turned from white to red and then black, and finally converged into a shout full of anger: