Chapter 424 443. Deception and Fooling

Xu Zhi sensed the power of rules surging between heaven and earth, but these forces of rules did not attack her directly all at once. Instead, they seemed to be afraid of something.

She was a little surprised. What could be more important than her?

It’s not that Xu Zhi thinks highly of herself, but she knows in her heart that the fragments she took away are the way for the gods to ascend. Could anything be more important than ascension?

Unless, confronting them now and restricting them is also related to ascension.

Xu Zhi became interested in this, and she didn't need to guess where the confrontation was taking place. She could now judge what was happening in the world based on the fluctuations of extraordinary energy.

This is the power of the [God] level. She has not mastered any attribute rules, but she can achieve this level. After mastering the attribute rules, won’t she be able to sense what the extraordinary people in the world are doing at any time?

It's a bit like being omniscient within a certain attribute.

But this principle probably does not apply to Xu Zhi, or rather, it does not apply completely.

Because her talent circuit is composed of glow fragments, it has a better level of stealth, which to a certain extent conceals her whereabouts and trajectory.

At this moment, she clearly felt that the place where the extraordinary energy in this world surged most violently was Liancheng.

Thinking of Liancheng, Xu Zhi paused. Her expression did not change, but for some reason it seemed as if she hesitated for a moment.

But it was only a moment, and the next moment, Xu Zhi walked towards Liancheng with a calm expression.

To leave the Lost Land, ordinary extraordinary people must go through the door, but Xu Zhi no longer needs to do that.

However, the door's detection system still detected traces of someone passing by when she flew over from high altitude. As for how the people underground would react after the detection, that was no longer within Xu Zhi's consideration.

Her current speed is basically enough to allow her to reach wherever she wants to go instantly, but Xu Zhi still chose to slow down a little and carefully observed the rules in the sky while heading to Liancheng.

She was somewhat familiar with the scent of these rules, having smelled it from the chains of rules that fastened the glow fragments.

There is no doubt that it was created by the same group of people.

And judging from the traces of rules scattered throughout the sky, this was definitely not something that could be created temporarily. It seemed that it had been planned for a long time.

Xu Zhi smelled the curtain rising and also the end of the road.

Everything seemed to have come to an end. No matter what conspiracy or trickery there was, the final result would soon be revealed. When the wind generated by the galloping blew across his face, Xu Zhi had a rare feeling of anticipation.

When she arrived near Liancheng, Xu Zhi slowed down.

She smelled a strong scent of the Cup in the air.

But this aura was not as strong as she thought.

Although he is much stronger than the Archbishop, it seems that he is still not at the level of a [God]?

Xu Zhi hesitated for a moment, then she thought of something.

[Pope], there is a believer in the legend, but she has never seen him, but the question is, why is it the Pope and not Himself?

Xu Zhi looked at the rules in the sky and was certain of one thing in his heart.

It seems difficult for gods to appear, or at least from the current situation, they can never appear in the real world.

Yes, Xu Zhi chose the adjective "cannot".

Otherwise, she couldn't understand why the gods didn't take action themselves. If so, many things would actually become much simpler.

Only "can't" and "can't do" can explain it.

So that's why we need an Agent?

Many questions went through my mind, some were answered, but some remained unanswered.

When she arrived at Liancheng, Xu Zhi no longer hesitated. However, when she really saw the person floating above Liancheng, with golden regular patterns flashing above his head, as if warning and monitoring him, Xu Zhi couldn't help but look sullen for a moment.

Her expression was obviously seen by the person opposite who was fighting against the rules of the sky. That person seemed to be at ease even under the suppression of the rules of the gods. He was not surprised to see Xu Zhi at this moment, but suddenly smiled when he saw Xu Zhi's stinky face.

"Why do you look unhappy?"

Xu Zhi's brows twitched slightly, and she wanted to ask directly, "You don't know?" But thinking of the other party's current identity, she kept a calm face and didn't say anything. She didn't look into the other party's eyes, and just looked alert.

Such an attitude obviously made the people on the opposite side a little unhappy. At their level, even the ups and downs of emotions can affect the fluctuations of related extraordinary energy in the air.

So Xu Zhi clearly felt that the extraordinary energy of the [Cup] attribute in the nearby air began to become restless and a little violent.

She sighed inwardly and even took two steps back on purpose to express her displeasure.

Looks like he's scared, a bit green tea.

But this trick was clearly working, and the energy in the air grew even more frantic. The woman, who had been smiling rather gently at Xu Zhi, suddenly changed her expression after seeing him take two steps back. She asked in a gloomy tone, "Why are you retreating? Are you afraid of me?"

After she said this, her expression changed again, as if she was dissatisfied with herself for saying such a thing.

Xu Zhi didn't react much on the surface when he heard this, but deep down he was confirming that the results of his test seemed to be good.

Of course she did it on purpose, but within that deliberateness, she was genuinely hiding some dissatisfaction.

So she thought for a while, and finally looked up and replied: "Of course I'm afraid of you. You lied to me for so long."

When Xu Zhi said this, he felt really unhappy.

She actually wanted to ask the other party when he started to deceive her, but then she thought, where is the when?

Couldn't it have been fake from the beginning?

From the moment I picked her up on that rainy night.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhi could hardly control her emotions. She even felt that she hated the other person a little.

It is difficult to say what kind of complex emotions surround Xu Zhi. Is it difficult to say how deep the feelings were in the past?

Not necessarily.

Xu Zhi was very stingy with her emotions from the beginning to the end, but what she couldn't accept was that she had sincerely, even if it was only a small part, accepted the other person as a family member, something she had stopped believing in a long time ago.

But she was fooled.

Although I had expected this, negative emotions still arose involuntarily from the bottom of my heart when I saw this scene with my own eyes.

At this moment, Xu Zhi really intended to kill the person opposite him.

She admitted that even though a lot of time had passed, even though she was no longer the helpless girl sitting in a wheelchair waiting to die, she was still the extremely petty and extreme Xu Zhi.

"I didn't lie to you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhi curled up the corners of his mouth, revealing a slightly sarcastic smile.

Seeing Xu Zhi's disbelief, the other party pursed his lips and explained in a bad mood: "That is the real me, just the me from the past, the me without any memory."

No wonder.

Xu Zhi also felt that if it was purely a deception, then the acting was a bit too good.

Some things can't be acted out.

If she has no memory, then it is indeed not an act, but that does not mean it is not a deception.

"It looks like you've had a pretty rough time."

Xu Zhi was indifferent to this explanation, but she still wanted an answer: "So why did you do this?"

The woman opposite seemed to be thinking, with a blank expression. Xu Zhi noticed that she was distracted and frowned.

When the woman saw Xu Zhi frowning, she subconsciously frowned as well. After realizing that she had done so, her face became even uglier, and her tone when she spoke again was a little stiff.

"Why else?"

"Of course I noticed someone sneaked out of the cage with my things."

really.

That wasn't some damn coincidence; this guy had carefully planned it.

"Then why don't you just kill me?"

"I didn't have any ability to resist at that time."

After Xu Zhi asked this question, he realized that he seemed to have asked a nonsense question. Why else could it be?

Of course, the time has not come for the plan to be implemented yet. Killing her will expose the aura of the [Cup] and the fragments. It would be better to change his identity and stay by Xu Zhi's side, so that he can monitor her and slowly complete his plan.

She was just being used as a tool.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhi became even more annoyed.

Seeing Xu Zhi's furrowed brows and unpleasant expression, the woman opposite held back and said, "Why are you angry? Haven't you gained enough benefits?"

This is true. If she didn't save Xu Zhi, under the circumstances at that time, Xu Zhi would almost certainly die.

And now Xu Zhi has taken away the [Cup] attribute energy that originally belonged to her, and even took away the fragments, and has reached the current height, but these are not reasons that Xu Zhi can forgive.

While talking to her, the woman raised her hand and made a few seals. Then, the rules that seemed to be looming over Liancheng and about to fall down seemed to stop.

Xu Zhi didn't know what kind of game she was playing with the gods, but she definitely wouldn't help.

Xu Zhi is a kind person because she doesn't take advantage of others' misfortune.

"I don't want to tell you this, it's meaningless. Tell me, what are you going to do?"

Xu Zhi chose to skip this topic, which also meant that in her heart, everything in the past had disappeared with today's meeting, and only hatred and interests remained.

The woman's face darkened, as if she was angered by Xu Zhi's words. She took a few steps forward and tried to grab Xu Zhi's wrist, but Xu Zhi was not so easy to grab now, and she missed.

"Xiao Zhi, I'm your sister, how can it be meaningless?"

Xu Zhi immediately denied it: "No, you are mistaken, we have no relationship at all."

"Oh, if you want to say the only relationship, it's probably a life-and-death struggle."

Seeing the woman wanted to refute, Xu Zhi asked: "Have you never thought about killing me?"

The woman was silent.

Of course she had thought about it, many times in fact.

After all, there is a fragment of glow in Xu Zhi's body, which is something she has been planning for a long time. No one can help but be moved by that fragment.

Xu Zhi understood what was happening and nodded, "That's right, because right now, I just want to kill you too. Let's see who has the better skills."

"Now, while I still have patience, why don't you tell me what you are doing?"

"Otherwise I don't mind helping others."

Xu Zhi's tone was threatening. He raised his hand and pointed at the sky, obviously referring to the rules.

She didn't know much about gods, and there was no point in asking ordinary transcendents. Through testing, she found that [Cup] seemed to still have some feelings for her because of "Qi Yanxin", which might be something she could use.

Xu Zhi was extremely clear-headed and clearly realized that if it were her in the past, even if there were conflicts of interest, she would definitely take action immediately against those who deceived her, even if it meant a fight to the death. She would never allow anyone to fool her like this.

But now, she can pretend to be friendly with the other party without changing her expression.

The woman wanted to say something, but when she saw Xu Zhi's indifferent expression, she couldn't bring herself to say what she wanted to say.

Her face hasn't changed much, except that it's much more delicate than before.

She should have a gentle appearance, but perhaps it was because of her temperament, or her expression at the moment, that she revealed a bit of morbid madness. Her eyes, which were filled with malice and blood, only revealed a bit of tenderness that should not appear on her face when she looked at Xu Zhi.

She seemed to have thought of something, and the slightly unwilling look on her face disappeared, and her tone returned to being superior.

She said, "Of course I can tell you. After all, we are the allies that should stand together right now."

"Do you know what these things are for?"

She also looked up at the rules.

Seeing Xu Zhi shaking his head, she moved a little closer to Xu Zhi. This time, Xu Zhi was not in a hurry to dodge.

Then, she leaned close to Xu Zhi's ear as if she was about to whisper something, her tone slow and measured, but not gentle, instead with a hint of madness, she said:

"These rules were made by those foolish people who regretted it too late. Their biggest effect is to prevent others from entering Mansu."

"Especially, me, and you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhi saw that the rules in the sky seemed to be in turmoil in an instant, and golden lightning-like energy came down, which was a punishment for the leaker, but it was blocked by something above Liancheng.

This woman must have done it.

After she finished speaking, she seemed to know that Xu Zhi was unwilling to get too close to her, so she moved away a little.

But the rules in the sky have not stopped.

The woman's words seemed to have completely angered the gods. Golden spears were thrown down continuously, and the regular lines on the woman's ankles were tightly locked around her ankles like a lingering snake.

There was a hint of disdain in her eyes, but also a certain caution in her expression. She seemed to look down on the behavior of these gods, but she had to take their methods seriously.

Even Xu Zhi felt that these rules were beginning to target her.

Just because she knew this secret.

"Did you do this on purpose?"

Xu Zhi felt his teeth itchy and wanted to bite something, preferably something that could kill the creature in one bite.

The woman smiled and said, "Knowing a secret means paying the price. That's common sense, isn't it?"