"Then I'm flattered." Cheng Lin said with a smile, then picked up the teacup and took a sip.
The room was very warm. A carved window not far from the four people was open, but it did not bring any coolness. After a short silence, Shi Shengcun folded his hands and pressed them on the light floral blanket on his legs.
explain:
"I haven't seen you for a few days, so I should say thank you."
"Oh? Thank you for what?" Cheng Lin asked deliberately.
Shi Shengcun smiled and said: "Charlie Irving's promotion was an accident, but it was indeed predictable. In contrast, I had never guessed the changes in Selicia. After I stabilized my injury, I learned about the changes at that time.
It can be said that without you, we would have suffered great damage."
Cheng Lin waved his hand: "This is part of the agreement."
After a pause, he continued:
"If you are willing to put such an important battle on me, I will go all out. Selicia is indeed an accident, but overall, the result is always good. Even if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have had the chance to do this.
Quickly be promoted to the seventh rank."
He said this sincerely, but unfortunately, if Selicia knew about it, she would probably be furious.
Shi Shengcun said with emotion:
"In half a year, from an ordinary person to the seventh-level realm... Well, if you include the real combat power, I think it is not suitable to use the ordinary seventh-level realm to measure you. I am really curious.
What kind of power could create such a miracle?"
The room became slightly quiet, and Cheng Lin sighed silently, thinking in his heart.
This is also the most important topic during their meeting.
He has been drafting this in the past few days. Even if Ren Yi reminds him, he will not be completely honest, but some key points must be expressed clearly. Otherwise, it will easily cause misunderstandings, which will lead to future cooperation.
Difficulties arise.
Therefore, he carefully made up some rhetoric.
After Shi Shengcun said this, Xu Qui and the secretary who had been silent and pretending to be invisible all the time could not help but look over curiously.
"This matter... starts from the first projection half a year ago," Cheng Lin deliberately showed a recalling gesture, speaking slowly, as if he was telling a story, "At that time, there was a nearby Ningcheng where I was.
With one..."
The room became extremely quiet, with only Cheng Lin's voice ringing out. The other three listened intently, seemingly unwilling to miss any detail.
"Woooooooo..."
I don't know when, light snow started to fall outside the carved window sash, and countless "white petals" danced in the wind, stirring and wandering in the ancient Taoist temple courtyard.
Under the bare tree, Liang Jing stood quietly. After sending Cheng Lin over, she did not leave, but just stood here and waited.
His hands were placed beside the trouser line, looking a little serious and serious.
Looking through the layers of snow, he looked at the four people drinking tea in the window.
"Crunch... crunch..."
People came from time to time, but they were all blocked by Liang Jing. Then those people either left or lingered outside the red gate of the Taoist Temple, looking in curiously.
But no matter how good their hearing is, they can't hear any sound.
All sounds had long been blocked in that small house by invisible spiritual power.
…
"That's probably what happened."
Half an hour later, Cheng Lin picked up the cup, moistened his throat, and made a conclusion. The other three people present fell into deep thought.
In his story, the existence of the "deduction system" is hidden and replaced by dreams.
The starting point of the matter was still in the valley where the second deduction was conducted. In the story he made up, after he learned that his name appeared in the first projection, he was extremely curious, so he went to the place where his name appeared in the second projection.
At that time, he broke into it secretly and woke up unexpectedly in the valley.
Up to this point, there were no abnormalities, until after Ningcheng's eighth group of tests, during the few days he went to Lingxiu Ninth Academy, he frequently encountered strange dreams.
"There is nothing in the dream, only a ball of light floating in the air. When I don't touch it, there is nothing abnormal. When I touch it, I will sense some scenes, and when I continue to go deeper, those broken scenes will be connected.
When I woke up, it turned into a weird dream, in which strange worlds appeared one after another. However, just like most dreams, the memories were fragmented and messy, making it difficult for me to have a deep understanding of it."
"And when I end a dream, almost at the same time, projections will appear in the world. I have no way of knowing the number and form of the projections. Those projections are also very different from the era in which the dream is located, but after all, there is a big difference.
After many attempts, I also found that the era shown by the projection is often after the dream era... and the revelations in the dream also helped me gain more benefits in my exploration..."
Cheng Lin said.
This is the "deduction process" after his magic modification. He replaced the deduction program with a dream, hiding the plot he experienced during the deduction.
In his narration, every time he ends a dream, he will gain some strange and small abilities, such as Elvish... This is also the reason why he can play the role of "Black Robe". He uses the knowledge gained from dreams,
Gained the trust of the elves.
In the same way, many things can be attributed to this reason.
This was what he had thought of, and it was a relatively reasonable argument. The key points of the recommendation were not modified too much. What he mainly concealed was the fact that he himself was the ascended one.
After moistening his throat, Cheng Lin put the cup down again with a "click" sound.
Liang Jing, who was standing under the dead tree in the yard, suddenly heard the sound in the room again.
Shi Shengcun raised his slightly lowered head, and clasped his right hand on the chair at some point, tapping it lightly, and then asked seriously: "So, you said you can actively choose the projection... to appear?"
"Or you can use the word 'open'." Cheng Lin nodded.
"It's really...unbelievable..." Xu Kuan said with emotion as if he had just woken up from a dream, his tone was rather admiring.
Even though he had had many assumptions before, he never guessed that the inheritance of the ascended person was such that he could actively cause the appearance of "projections".
Although according to Cheng Lin, he had no means to intervene, the information he obtained was already priceless.
Especially when this information is not just in his personal hands.
If used properly, this will become a key weapon for the Xia Kingdom to continue to stabilize its dominance in the spiritual world.
"I think I understand," Shi Shengcun sighed, and then said, "Maybe this is the so-called fate."
After a pause, he asked again: "That's all?"
Cheng Lin thought for a moment, made a hesitant look, and said, "One more thing, this is some speculation of mine. In those dreams, I found that...many projections are vaguely related to the earth."
"oh?"
All three people showed obvious curiosity.
Cheng Lin then nodded vaguely: "I always have a feeling that maybe those projections do not necessarily come from other worlds, but from the future."
The room became quiet again, and the expressions of Shi Shengcun and the others became much more serious, but they did not ask further questions, because Cheng Lin's look clearly showed that he was unable, or unwilling to reveal too much at the moment.
About half a minute later, Shi Shengcun recovered his scattered thoughts, smiled at him and said, "Thank you for your candor."
Cheng Lin said nothing and continued to wait for the next step.
Immediately, Xu Gu took out a red-headed document and placed it quietly on the table. Cheng Lin took it and read it carefully. The document was very long, but with his state of mind and mental strength, he scanned it and it was very long.
I've finished reading it all in a short time.
To be precise, this is a "service contract".
"The position of deputy chief of the First Division?" Cheng Lin asked slightly surprised.
Xu Gu nodded: "As deputy minister of the Special Affairs Department, you will enjoy ministerial-level allowances, and according to your previous request, after taking office, except for the agreed terms, there will be no more restrictions on you. Ha, in a sense
Generally speaking, your contract is better than Liyang's, and your main responsibility is only to provide suggestions for the next exploration. You can only provide suggestions and not participate. If you are willing to take responsibility for this, we hope you will
Can be fully responsible for the projection exploration of national departments and bureaus, as well as overseas regions."
Shi Shengcun smiled and added: "Within us, because Li Yang is stationed in the southwest all year round, he has a less formal title called the Guardian Envoy. If you take over this task, then, I think, we will welcome one."
The Commander's arrival."
Seeing Cheng Lin, he remained silent.
Shi Shengcun added: "In addition, I have a gift to give you."
"Gift?"
In Cheng Lin's confused eyes, Shi Shengcun raised his right hand and brushed it gently on the table. Then, there were two black, blood-grooved, ordinary-looking small swords on the table.
At the same time, Cheng Lin noticed that the He Jian was trembling in the spiritual world.
These are clearly two He swords.
Cheng Lin took a deep breath, and then sighed with emotion under the gaze of three eyes: "Frankly speaking, this is really an offer that is irresistible."
"So?" Shi Shengcun smiled.
Cheng Lin sighed softly, picked up the pen on the table, and as he flipped his fingers, a name appeared on the paper.
It was only then that Xu Gu breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, stretched out his hand, and said seriously but also jokingly:
"Welcome to join us, our... commander."
…
…
Everything went so logically. In the face of absolute strength, the contract offered by the Special Intelligence Department was generous enough that Cheng Lin really couldn't think of a reason to refuse.
After signing and chatting for a few more words, Cheng Lin prepared to leave. However, before leaving, Shi Shengcun suddenly and mysteriously said that there was an extra gift for him and asked him to go back and wait.
Cheng Lin asked, but Shi Shengcun just pushed him away, saying that he would know when the time came.
This made him quite helpless, thinking, how could outsiders know that this extremely powerful eighth-level person had such an obscure side.
After sending Cheng Lin out of the door and confirming that he had left, Xu Ku returned to the coffee table and looked at Shi Shengcun, who was sitting in a wheelchair in a daze:
"What do you think of what he said?"
The latter did not give an answer immediately, but was distracted for about a minute before finally coming back to his senses and said seriously:
"Half truth, half lie."
"oh?"
"Most of what I said in terms of personal experience is true, but there are some modifications in the details... It is completely understandable. As for the part about projection, if my feeling is not wrong, it is generally true on key issues, but
, he is still hiding something."
Shi Shengcun explained calmly, then rubbed Cheng Lin's black "signature" on the contract with his hand, and sighed: "He still can't trust us after all."
Xu Juan was not surprised: "If it were me, I would probably be like this too. Trust is not achieved overnight. I believe it will change as we gradually get to know each other better. As for now... you also said that the main key point is the truth."
Yes, isn’t that enough?”
Shi Shengcun smiled: "Yes, that's enough... enough... just..."
"Just what?"
"Nothing," Shi Shengcun brushed off the topic lightly, then handed the contract to Xu Qui, said goodbye to the two of them, watched Xu Qui and Secretary Zhao leave, returned to the Secret Service Department, and reported to the superiors.
After the two left, only Shi Shengcun was left sitting at the coffee table. He first sealed the entire room with his power, and then slowly, with trembling hands, he picked up an empty cup, brought it to his mouth, and then
He spit out a cup full of blood, then coughed violently several times, and his face turned as pale as a dead person.
After two or three minutes, he calmed down again. He tightened the quilt on his knees with his slightly jagged and cold hands, shivering as if he was afraid of the cold. He sighed deeply and whispered to himself:
"It's just...why do I still feel uneasy..."
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…
Among the buildings on the mountainside.
Cheng Lin opened the door of his residence with brisk steps, feeling quite good.
Terry's attitude was better than he expected. The "contract" was generous from any angle.
Of course, he also understood that for practitioners of his level, contracts were mainly symbolic, and if violated, there would be no legal sanctions.
But in the end, everything seemed to have a happy ending.
"Commander... has finally been promoted and is no longer a student. How can there be a seventh-grade student? It's not easy to say, right?" Cheng Lin muttered in his heart, thinking happily.
According to the agreement just now, in the next period of time, because the Special Branch has to start to stabilize the situation in the international practice community, manpower is tight, so I will temporarily stop the new deduction, and wait until the situation is stabilized and the Special Branch contacts him, then start again.
This coincides with his plan. You have just entered the seventh level, and it will take some time to stabilize your level. Moreover, now that your identity is half clear, the sense of crisis is relieved, and you don't need to work so hard anymore.
"Moreover... It seems that no country has yet developed a seventh-level learnable superpower... Well, the pinnacle of the perception system obtained from Future Zhusha is seventh-level. It can still be learned, but there is no rush. Let's stabilize the two first.
God will tell you later."
"The graduation season will come next. After graduation, you will enter the first department and become a ministerial-level official. From now on, will Huang Yin also have to call me sir?"
Cheng Lin was lying on the bed, thinking a little boredly. He only felt that the future was bright, and the beautiful life he expected seemed to have arrived.
only……
He suddenly frowned, relying on some kind of vague perception of a high-level monk, he vaguely felt that he had missed something, but he couldn't remember it.
The joy in my heart is always not as vivid as imagined, as if something bad is weighing on my heart. However, the feeling is very weak, almost elusive, and more like an illusion.
Shaking his head, Cheng Lin had no clue and could only temporarily attribute this inexplicable gloominess to his habit of hiding his identity for a long time.
"Forget it, don't think about this, just think about the special gift Shi Shengcun said for me. What is it? It can't be better than these two He swords, right?"
Cheng Lin stroked the He Jian in his hand. Speaking of it, this gift really exceeded his expectations. It was enough to show the "sincerity" of the Special Intelligence Department, and it really wanted to keep him.
However, when he thought about it, these were probably not all the He swords in Xia Guo's hands, these two were just some of them.
"Speaking of which, according to the progress of smelting and repair, I don't know if these two swords can restore the He Sword to its integrity..."
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching from far outside the door.
Putting the He Jian into the spirit world, Cheng Lin stood up and opened the door, and then saw Song Jun.
"Is something wrong?" Cheng Lin asked.
Then he saw his neighbor. His classmate first stared at him with a complicated expression for a few seconds, then said congratulations, and then got to the point: "It's Mr. Sir, I'm going to give you a special gift."
"Oh? What on earth is it?" Cheng Lin's curiosity was aroused.
Song Jun showed a mysterious smile: "The gift is not in the capital."
As she spoke, she took out two tickets for this afternoon and handed them over:
"Here, pack up and come with me, Commander-in-Chief!"