Chapter 144 Who Will Preach the Way (15) The Library is Open...

"Oh, I told you there's no rush. Wouldn't it be nice to chat with me? We're like old friends meeting again, aren't we?"

Du Yu glanced at the brown note, who was clearly also stopped, and a cold smile appeared on her lips. She ignored her, while [Mi Mi Yin] seemed to have a lot to say to her.

A brown musical note, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, swirled in the air a few times, like a secret language that Du Yu didn't recognize. The [New Sun], which had been attacking Du Yu since its appearance, actually stopped attacking.

It seems their cooperation is deeper than they imagined.

Du Yu pondered inwardly. She had thought that the superficial cooperation between the two during the Holy Grail incident would fall apart after their failure to seize the Holy Grail. Unexpectedly, even after [Mi Mi Yin] was beaten so badly by [Lord of the Pure Sea] that the notes shrank several times, [Xin Ri] would still cooperate with Him.

Did they secretly reach some kind of deal? Or is there something in this gray fog invasion that could bring them together again?

"【Decadent Music】!"

The changes that just happened, though seemingly numerous, actually only lasted a few seconds. Shi Liuyi watched the two figures, one human and one musical note, facing off in front of the strange building, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes. He shielded Gu Tu behind him. Even if [Mi Mi Yin] wasn't in good condition, she was still a god!

Such divine interventions are usually handled personally by Director Fisher; anyone else who gets involved will simply face certain death.

Compared to Shi Liuyi's shock, Bian Shaoyan's emotions were much more complicated.

He certainly remembered that it was a few audacious Mist Hunters who, from who knows where, received a promise from an evil god, forcing him to abandon his original body. But he could never forget that it was [MiMiYin] who forcibly broke into the laboratory and shattered the Holy Grail, which led to the series of events that followed.

From this perspective, the "decadent music" is the culprit that caused him to become this inhuman and ghostly state.

Bian Shaoyan clasped his hands together, his thumbs rubbing his palms incessantly. Even through the gloves, he could almost feel the crystal's icy touch, so different from human skin, and the cold green that flowed ceaselessly within the crystal walls day and night.

At this moment, Bian Shaoyan felt as if his heart had been divided into two parts. One part was weighing the pros and cons and judging the possibility of taking that thing away from under the noses of the three gods. The other part was burning fiercely, fueled by anger, resentment, dissatisfaction with his body, and all that had been in the past.

When his other half was also thrown into the flames, Bian Shaoyan felt a strange sensation arise within him—a version of himself was born inside him.

Since losing his body, the previously languishing [Equivalent Balance] was like a starving person finally getting a nutrient solution. Bian Shaoyan could feel the [Equivalent Balance] trembling with excitement, the elements of [Fate] gathering towards him, the two ends of the non-existent balance trembling slightly, impatient, yearning, waiting for the moment to weigh the gods.

yes.

Bian Shaoyan let out a sigh. On the only part of his head that still resembled a human, the pupils were filled with a deep silver light, and then—with a "plop," a silver eyeball rolled out.

One large and one small, one black and one silver, two very different beads kept writhing in their eye sockets.

What's so great about gods?

A maniacal smile filled his face, the bells of destiny tolled in his ears, the last cells in his body rapidly evaporated, the past was all an illusion, he had glimpsed the truth—

"【Equivalent Balance】, weigh!"

The four beads in her eye sockets trembled wildly, and Du Yu felt her hair stand on end for a moment. The terrifying energy almost exceeded the limits of humanity. Given the extent to which Bian Shaoyan hated her, she had no doubt that among the people present, Bian Shaoyan's attack would be aimed at her.

But she didn't expect that Bian Shaoyan's inhuman silver double pupils circled around her.

Or rather, it is the entirety of this space formed by the invasion of gray fog!

It's no exaggeration to say that he would trade the whole world for it!

"Crunch, crunch—"

Even though the special qualities have no physical form, Du Yu clearly heard every part of the scale screaming in despair under unbearable pressure.

The balance of fate measures all things; it sounds impressive, but first it has to be able to actually weigh them.

The gray fog invasion has involved the spirit world. Even old evil gods like [Mimi Yin] and [Xin Ri] don't dare to be arrogant and obediently go down to hunt down others. Bian Shaoyan can't even sit at the table to eat, yet he wants to make a scene and overturn the table?

Bian Shaoyan's actions seemed to have no other explanation than madness. However, Du Yu was suddenly struck by a flash of inspiration. She didn't look at Bian Shaoyan, whose crystal body was creaking. Instead, she looked up at Gu Tu, who was hidden in the shadows of the two of them and had no presence at all.

In an instant, Du Yu was struck by a beam of silver light!

It was just a faint, ethereal light, but Du Yu felt as if the space around her had been paused. Sound, light, particles—everything stopped moving. The empty silence, along with the silver light, pressed down on Du Yu's eyes, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.

In the excessive silence that followed the flash of silver light, the rain of crystal powder that had been constantly crumbling and falling from Bian Shaoyan's translucent body finally stopped. The balance in the void, which was teetering on the verge of collapse, seemed to have found support and finally stopped falling back in this tug-of-war with space.

Under the silver light, the wounds that had become familiar began to feel real again. The burning pain was like a dull saw, tearing at the nerves back and forth, and Du Yu gritted his teeth.

Gu Tu was still hiding in Bian Shaoyan's shadow, only glancing at her with a faint look in her eyes. Her eyes were flashing with a crazy silver light, and she felt that no matter what Gu Tu was planning to do, she could not let her continue!

This body can only withstand so much power; if the original body were summoned...

The dangerous idea had barely crossed Du Yu's mind when, before he could even consider its practicality and consequences, a long-absent explosion disrupted the eerie atmosphere of the scene.

The bomb hadn't appeared for a long time, but as soon as it did, it appeared directly above the three of them.

Shi Liuyi cursed his bad luck under his breath. He didn't care about offending anyone anymore. He retreated quickly while grabbing Gu Tu's hand, squeezing out his supernatural power to the extreme to protect the person in his arms.

The bomb was too close this time. Although the [Overload Refraction] protection blocked the strange energy that seemed to be able to corrode everything, the huge shock wave caused by the explosion hit his back hard. Shi Liuyi's face was contorted for a few moments before he could barely swallow the blood and fragments of his internal organs.

Therefore, Shi Liuyi didn't notice that the girl he was holding tightly in his arms, without moving her head, glanced at him with her eyes rolled upwards. Her eyeballs pressed against her eyelids, forming a shallow crease, the curve resembling the downward turn of a human's mouth when displeased.

The power of the explosion just now seems to be different from the energy that has been controlling Bian Shaoyan and the others here.

Is there two different energies behind this gray fog intrusion?

Only then did Du Yu witness up close the consequences of ordinary people entering the space. A thought stirred within her, and she felt something was inexplicably strange. But reality gave her no time to ponder. The sudden explosion ended, and an even more abrupt ringing of a bell rang out.

Du Yu found the words somewhat strangely familiar.

She turned around abruptly and saw that behind the strangely shaped statue, the door of the hemispherical building, which had always been tightly closed, had opened a crack at some point.

The library is open.

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Author's Note: I'm sending you this short chapter with a guilty conscience. There's so much to do at my new job. I hope I can quickly find a balance between work and writing, and start updating daily again soon, or at least stabilize updating every other day for now [crying emoji].