Chapter 263: Forging Ahead
Chen Xiao'er thought about many possibilities regarding the school's follow-up arrangements.
Since the role of the princess has been confirmed to be changed, it would be normal to choose anyone to play the role... What the hell!
She thought that because of the costume's size, the school might ask an elementary or middle school girl to play the princess. Or they might temporarily modify the costume and have a freshman perform in a regular dress.
But I never thought about the current situation.
They hid behind the trees, and a tall "actress" wearing a luxurious dress was sandwiched between the senior students of the student union.
This long dress had obviously just been repaired. Layers of gold-dyed beads were tied from the neck to the wrists and then wrapped around the bottom of the skirt. It looked more like a chain than a decoration.
The actor has very fair skin, so white that it glows.
From the back, he looks like he has a great figure, with broad, straight shoulders that are very elegant. But—he's a man! Wouldn't putting snow-white stockings on him change his gender?!
Chen Xiao'e covered her face in agony. She knew cross-dressing was a common artistic medium in theatrical performances. But when she looked around to the side and saw Xu She's handsome face, twisted and covered in powder, her whole body faltered.
"What's going on in school... I don't want to act at all, right?" Chen Xiao'er's expression was not much better than Xu She's. She couldn't bear to look at it, so she buried her face in Sister Lan's arms and complained in a low voice.
Tsk, of course he doesn't want to act.
Lan pressed his face against hers affectionately, clinging to her as they looked out, sarcastically saying, "That's right. But who's to blame for causing trouble for the school? Plus, Chen Xiaotong's boycott, so someone has to take the blame, right?"
"But, but..." Chen Xiao'er hesitated to speak, her heart pounding in the sour liquid.
Reason told her not to care about these things. There are many cross-dressing actors, and Xu She is also a beauty who is difficult to tell whether she is male or female when dressed up.
The school arrested him and escorted him to the stage to perform in front of everyone, which might also make the killers afraid: even if the bomb was installed, they couldn't blow up the sponsor as well, right?
But my emotions couldn't help but scream in my head: I don't want him to play a princess! I just won't let him play a princess!
Because, because in the ending chosen at school, the princess is going to marry the god of love... I don't want to do that even if it's just a play.
Tears welled up in her eyes. Lan wiped the tears from her eyes with his cheeks and whispered in her ear: "What's wrong? It's nothing. You have made up your mind to leave here."
......yes.
Thinking of what she had said before, Chen Xiao'er's front teeth loosened and a taste of rust lingered on her lips.
[I've broken up with Zero] I took the initiative to break up and was about to leave without saying goodbye. Isn't it weird to be worried about who will play the princess at this time?
And... a glimmer of hope floated in her heart: What if it was the president playing the god of love? Then everything would be fine.
"Heh." Lan's face showed an understanding expression, as if he saw through her little thoughts.
"What's the matter~" Chen Xiao'er looked away guiltily, and the next second her cheek was pulled.
Lan pinched her little face and said indifferently: "If you mind, then do it."
Chen Xiao'er's face turned red like a little crab in a steamer.
She forced herself to pinch Sister Lan's fingers and push them away: "What? I still have to play the queen later. I can't threaten the school to boycott the performance."
"Of course you can, but there's a more direct way. You can get him down." Lan said, grabbing her wrist and walking out from behind the tree.
"Take it down? You mean I should play the princess?" Chen Xiao'er walked around the tower and immediately shut up after seeing the scene clearly.
What you said about "getting it down" actually means it literally!
An iron frame had been erected on the platform directly in front of the clock tower at some point, and a closer look revealed many long, thin wires hanging from it.
The staff's actions provided the answer: these iron frames and slings were wirework equipment used for filming.
The two seniors from the student union grabbed Xu She's arms, one on each side, and helped him put on the sling around his waist, then shook him vigorously.
"Ahhhhhhhh!" Xu She screamed and struggled in mid-air. The long skirt hanging on his body was shaking with chains, making a rustling sound like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.
"Ugh, we still need to go on wires?" Chen Xiao'er trembled and wrapped her arms around Lan. It was so great that Xiaotong didn't have to go. What if the school wanted to hang Xiaotong up... she would definitely be very happy. I wouldn't agree to that!
Lan smiled maliciously and used his fingers to indicate his current height. "Yeah! Look! He's yelling for help."
Chen Xiao'er raised her head and looked up, and sure enough, tears were streaming down Xu She's face.
He seemed to be afraid of heights, and every bone in his body was trembling.
Although the distance was too far to see his expression, he didn't look like he was hanging on wires at all. He looked more like a hostage being tied up like a sunny doll by kidnappers.
According to the plot, he should now be playing the role of a princess undergoing trials.
There are only a few kinds of trials in fairy tales: climbing a mountain of swords, diving into a sea of fire, killing super-powerful beasts and stealing their treasures.
What he performed here was probably the part where "the gods gave the princess a pair of wings, allowing her to fly high into the sky and get the tail feathers of the divine bird. The furious divine bird ignited a raging flame, but the pious and lucky princess called on the rain god for help, and a heavy rain fell at the right time to extinguish the flames of the divine bird, allowing her to successfully get the tail feathers."
"Take action now?" Lan's voice was full of temptation, and his eyes behind the sunglasses were smiling.
Well, we are leaving anyway, so why not trip up the church and let them go before we go? Wouldn't that be satisfying?
Chen Xiao'er looked up at the struggling Xu She and nodded vigorously: "Well, let's go." After that, she ran into the tower.
"Wait, aren't you going to put him down?" Lan and Lin Lang hurried to catch up.
Chen Xiao'er said without turning her head: "Ah? No need to go through so much trouble. I'll tell Ling directly that I don't want to see her acting opposite Xu She!" The girl's voice was hoarse from crying for a long time, but the original energetic feeling was back.
Lan was stunned for a moment, then raised the corner of his mouth: Hey~
The three of them walked through the wire equipment with confidence and came into everyone's field of vision.
But no one turned their heads to look. The apostles remained still. There was no flash of light in front of them, and they did not intercept Chen Xiao'er's photo and upload it to the central processing unit.
Only Xu She, who was suspended in the air by the golden thread, widened his eyes: he saw a beam of bright light flying towards the center of the ritual formation, and right in front of that light was Chen Xiao'er, whom he had been thinking about!
As long as I can get down from here, as long as I can vomit out the contents of my stomach—
"Woo, woo, woo, woo!" He twisted his body violently, but no matter how desperate he was, this force could not penetrate the solidified lines of rules.
He stared with bloodshot eyes as he watched Chen Xiao'er walk into the center of the ceremony. Then the entire space shook violently, making his vision increasingly blurred.
Could it be that Chen Xiao'er, the girl who knows nothing, is also the one sitting behind the chessboard?!
He raised his head and "looked" at the shining center point, where a gray snake shadow floated in the golden and black sea of clouds.
The surging power spreads outward like a sharp sword, and is firmly wrapped by a gentle force, forming a round transparent shell and a crystal interior like a candy apple.
Was it the Devouring Snake or the new... His consciousness completely sank into darkness, melting into a grain of candy powder.
......
The newborn snake slithers on the transparent floor, layers of golden threads cutting and bridging the space, like the cement gaps between tiles.
Although they knew there were no mechanisms here, the students following behind still paid attention to their feet, taking a step forward from time to time to avoid stepping on anything that looked like a crack.
The newborn snake turned its head away proudly and said, "You are too cowardly. This is my territory. There will definitely be no one here, uh."
As soon as she finished speaking, several blurry figures appeared in everyone's field of vision.
The classmates didn't laugh out loud, but their eyes that said "I knew you were unreliable" still hurt Xiaotong's self-esteem. She was so angry that she put her hands on her hips and turned into a gray-black snake shadow that coiled around them.
Whoosh, crackle!
A few minutes later, a large group of messy humans appeared on the ground. They were strangled by the high concentration of energy and would not wake up in a short time.
"Hurry, help me search." The newborn snake whipped the ground with its tail.
The students ran over and skillfully stripped the group of people of their equipment, examining the strange objects and badges on them, and soon came to a strange conclusion.
"What? The Devouring Snake and the Human Soul Front have formed an alliance? How come I didn't know that!" Chen Xiaotong looked at Liu Ping'an in surprise.
Her sister's roommate was from the Human Soul Front, and she had explained to her the complex relationships between these organizations.
The Human Soul Front may seem to have closer ties with the Chaos God Sect, but their inner workings are closer to the Church of Light. When it comes to power, they will never "jointly develop" with any other faction.
Zheng Lu took the badge symbolizing the Devouring Snake from Liu Ping'an and said calmly, "They could be disguised, or they could be undercover agents."
"No, I remember their faces. Among them were three members of the Human Soul Front," a student with a photographic memory said with certainty. If so many of these members were pre-planted undercover agents, the Human Soul Front would have been finished long ago.
The only thing that made them feel a little relieved was that the pink-haired cadre was not there, so at least they didn't have to fight to the death with Lin Lang's father.
Chen Xiaotong listened carefully to the students' opinions.
In short, this group of people on the ground were mainly members of the Human Soul Front, but they carried a large number of strange objects and badges with the aura of the Devouring Snake.
Sniff.
Chen Xiaotong put her nose close to it and smelled it, then took out her cell phone to edit and send a text message.
[Xiaotong: There seems to be an aura of other powers inside!]
[Xiao Nuan: Yes, we can call Him despair.]
After a second, Guanghui added, "Despair has most likely already taken control of the Devouring Snake."
Chen Xiaotong did not feel offended. In her eyes, she and the snake were not a family.
She pondered for a moment, then suddenly widened her eyes. "Oh no! This despair might have tricked them into using the power of the Devouring Snake to devour my sister and me!"
Liu Ping'an was fiddling with the broken equipment nearby. He nodded when he heard her words: "Yes, these instruments and that group of people should be part of the carrier of the Devouring Snake's projection."
"Humph, it's all fake!" Chen Xiaotong pouted: Actually, it's not entirely fake. If the power of the Devouring Snake is amplified to the extreme using authority, it can indeed trap her or even her sister for a short period of time.
If they really did that in the power ceremony, then I... No, His target is only my sister, He wants to become one with my sister!
As if to confirm her thoughts, the shadow of the clock tower not far away suddenly burst into a blazing light.
The flame seemed pure white, but contained within it a myriad of colors, forming a rainbow halo.
"Oh no! Let's go quickly!" Chen Xiaotong quickly transformed into a snake tail and swam desperately towards the clock tower that was getting wider and wider.
Zheng Lu smeared the blood on the transparent wall of the passage. She asked loudly, "Is that an illusion? Are the enemies trying to trap and kill Xiao Ai in it?"
"No!" Chen Xiaotong bit her lips with her snake fangs. "There's no illusion in there, only truth. If my sister...she would be swallowed up directly!"
The voice behind her died away. Were those humans going to escape?
After all, people only have one life. My sister said that everyone has their own life. But they are all valuable chips that can influence my sister——
[Even if I have to force you, I will force you to help my sister.]
She turned back expressionlessly, and in the instant she turned, she saw only the sudden acceleration of light and shadow. The students passed her shoulders along the blood-red passage, leaping into the pure white door one by one.
Keep moving forward.
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