Chapter 266 Discovery
The newborn snake was the last one to enter the light gate.
Chen Xiaotong suddenly transformed into a gray, serpentine shadow, its tail extended amidst the surging energy. She tightly wrapped around her classmates' souls, preventing them from getting lost in the storm or being snatched away by passing anomalies.
The white light gradually faded away, and she opened her eyes in the shadows and counted the number of students.
Very good ~ not one is missing!
Chen Xiaotong pouted proudly: "Not bad, your loyalty~ I am very satisfied."
After she said that, she flicked her tail, turned her body in a chic posture, and then was dumbfounded.
1, 2, 3... Chen Xiaotong couldn't help but shake the tip of her tail and pointed at the familiar figure in the hall.
It’s fine as long as there are no fewer people, why are there dozens more?
The newly born snake suddenly felt guilty: Could it be that there was some strange and mysterious reaction between my power and the power of despair, not only did I create an extra body, but I also copied an extra soul and spiritual body?
Uh, is this kind of thing possible?
Fortunately, she noticed the difference quickly.
The students on the dance floor had no faces at all, and she didn't notice it at first because their soul vibrations were so similar.
Fortunately, my sister is a human being. She can definitely see with her eyes that the classmates dancing on the dance floor are fake.
Zheng Lu followed quietly behind. She noticed the Newborn Snake's expression change from solemn to proud. Guessing she had understood what was happening, she lowered her head and whispered, "These faceless dummies have similar identities to us. They might be part of the enemy's plan. We'd better disrupt it."
"Of course~" Chen Xiaotong nodded reservedly. Desperately, he must be using these dolls to mislead his sister, but it's okay~
As it spoke, its tail had already hit the leg of the puppet with the same movement as Liu Ping'an.
Snap!
"Ahhhh" Liu Ping'an and the puppet screamed at the same time. Their left legs broke at the same position, and their knees were smashed to pieces.
"Uh, sorry, I didn't expect this puppet to be connected to you..." Chen Xiaotong stuck out her tongue a little embarrassedly: the Devouring Snake in her memory needed special lines to connect the puppet and the bishops, but she didn't expect this Despair to be so powerful that the production of the puppet did not require the consent of the parties involved or the need for a connection?
Students with healing abilities and magical items surrounded Liu Ping'an. Her knee healed in a few seconds, but half her leg was bandaged, and she still had a slight limp when she walked.
Chen Xiaotong shook her tail slightly despite the students' gazes of "Can you do it?"
She coughed lightly. "Ahem, how about we try it out first? I can extract your souls and spirits and put them into that body. Who goes first?"
Liu Pingan waved his hand weakly: "Let me do it, don't let another unlucky person suffer."
"Don't worry, I will try my best to save your soul." Chen Xiaotong promised solemnly, and at the same time stretched out his tail and carefully hooked Liu Ping'an and walked out.
At this time, both she and others noticed that something was wrong.
The students' bodies actually penetrated the dancing dancers. They tried to touch the snacks or trays, but their hands were like ghosts and could not hold anything.
Chen Xiaotong also discovered that when she used her ability to extract Liu Ping'an's soul, the body outside the soul was selected as well.
In other words, their complete human body, which now includes soul, body and spirit, is regarded as the "soul", while those faceless people outside are regarded as the "body"?
Liu Pingan patted Chen Xiaotong's tail nervously: "Um, am I in soul form now? Is it okay to stuff it in like this?"
"How could there be a problem? Isn't the soul just supposed to be stuffed into the body?" Chen Xiaotong said in a lazy tone, but her eyes were sharp. She tightened her lips and very seriously overlapped Liu Ping'an with the faceless Liu Ping'an.
The two of them were originally like two pictures with different layers, which could only overlap but not merge. The transparent Liu Ping'an passed through the dancing Liu Ping'an again and again.
Chen Xiaotong could see the vibrant soul and spirit within the "puppet" outside, and was secretly surprised: "How bizarre! Despair can actually create such a lifelike soul. Isn't that the power of creation? Or am I hallucinating?"
Although she was very nervous inside, she didn't want this emotion to affect the students at all.
Humans are very fragile, and my sister said we should take care of them.
The newly born snake slowly unleashed its power of transformation from reality to illusion, transforming the two Liu Ping'ans into illusion at the same time, and then into reality at the same time.
This trick really worked. The translucent Liu Ping'an on her tail disappeared, and Liu Ping'an, who was originally dancing, also stopped dancing and rubbed his newly grown face.
"Great!" the students cheered.
Chen Xiaotong nodded with satisfaction: "Don't worry, I will send you one by one."
She suddenly stopped talking, as if someone was strangling her.
After wiping her face, "Liu Ping'an" ignored the shouting classmates. She put on a fake smile, took her partner's hand again, and danced to the music.
So those who "return" to their bodies will become pawns of despair? That's unfair!
"What should we do now?" Qian Xiaomei held the sword and stared at her with a bad expression.
Oh, if only my sister was here. Chen Xiaotong suddenly felt aggrieved, her eyes sore: "These things are so troublesome, I really want to eat candy balls and roll on the ground!"
But the gods would not show weakness in front of so many humans.
Chen Xiaotong sniffed, then raised her head and chest in the next second, saying confidently, "It's okay. This state has its advantages. Let's walk around here and see if we can find any clues."
This is the only thing we can do for now.
The students did not hold high hopes for the intelligence of the newly born snakes. They dispersed into small groups as they usually did when exploring abnormal areas, observing their surroundings in ghostly form.
The interior of the clock tower had been expanded many times over, supposedly creating an illusion. Yet, everything from the ceiling and chandeliers to the dessert table and guests' attire was filled with detail, appearing remarkably realistic.
The measuring instruments they carried were still working properly, and the Pasteur values and energy values in the tower were within the normal range.
However, the newly born snake discovered something wrong: the time and space here felt very unstable to her, which was a characteristic only of an illusion.
She shared her insights with the students and sent a text message to Guanghui.
Xiaotong: This seems like a fantasy world transitioning into reality. I guess if my sister acknowledges it, it will immediately merge with reality.
【Xiaotong: But I can’t guarantee the accuracy.】
Is the illusion transitioning to reality? The students couldn't help but get nervous: What if Chen Xiao'er came in and saw those "puppets" dancing on the dance floor first?
They are us, so who are we?
If Chen Xiao'er calls out the name and the other party turns from fake to real, and we wipe them out directly...that would be a big joke!
Kashasha.
A peculiar wave of energy emanated from a nearby rift, and the newly born snake joyfully raised its tail. "Oh, my sister is here~"
She was about to transform into a shadow and swim over to greet her sister when she was stopped by Zheng Lu and Xing Shuyao on either side. "Wait a minute, help us close the door to the hall first. We absolutely cannot let Chen Xiao'er see what's going on inside!"
Chen Xiaotong was stunned and agreed while wagging his tail.
"Okay~" She vaguely knew what her classmates were worried about. After all, she sometimes worried that the Devouring Snake would give birth to another little snake.
If the elder sister mistook the little snake for her younger sister, she would definitely be so angry that she would turn into a hot air balloon and float into outer space.
Chen Xiaotong suppressed the urge to pounce and closed the metal door with her tail.
In the space she created, everyone has a strange bird's-eye view, and can see several rooms in "reality" at a glance.
Originally, only the floor where the hall was located remained of the tower, but things were different after Chen Xiao'er came in.
As she walked up the stairs, the space above expanded.
In Chen Xiao'er's eyes, she was just climbing the stairs, which took less than a few minutes.
The classmates could see the stairs and space extending beneath her feet, but Chen Xiaotong could see even more.
The space-time scale around my sister is different from that of other people, and the process of her generating a new space actually takes a certain amount of time.
It’s just that in the eyes of other people and my sister, these times are continuous. They can’t see the action of generation and splicing, so they think that they are happening continuously.
Okay, it will take some time for my sister to reach the top floor~
Chen Xiao'er felt relieved and looked at Lin Lang, who was staying behind, with interest: Thanks to my sister, this human was not divided into two parts, so I might as well call him in to help.
She flicked her tail, and the metal door opened with a bang, releasing colorful energy.
Lin Lang stood outside the hall in a daze for a moment, then rushed towards Qian Xiaomei's "puppet" with a stern look in his eyes.
"It seems that any normal person can tell the difference between the dolls and us."
"After all, I don't have a face."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and were about to find a way to communicate with Lin Lang when a second special person came into everyone's sight.
"Oh, isn't this pink-haired uncle her father?"
"Is the Human Soul Front splitting up to fight or is there an internal dispute?"
The classmates were whispering around, and Chen Xiaotong narrowed her eyes: This man's condition is a bit similar to Liu Ping'an's current condition, both are in a "fusion" form.
Humph, that’s pretty impressive. You can become one with yourself without my help.
Or did he sneak in through other channels, so the "body" created by despair failed to devour his consciousness?
Everyone followed Lin Lang and Uncle Wolf into the lounge.
After patiently listening to their analysis, Chen Xiaotong came to a simple and crude conclusion: Foolish humans, you've been completely deceived by despair. How can you possibly help Him? It's better to help me than to help Him!
She thought of the story her sister had told her, where a good person would dip his finger in water and write secretly without the knowledge of a bad person, so she reached out and knocked over the cup of water.
Hands and feet should be similar, right? Chen Xiaotong stepped into a puddle and crawled around, leaving several abstract watermarks, and she couldn't figure out what they meant.
Chen Xiaotong paused in annoyance. What should I do? This situation requires a physical form for easier communication.
But who would materialize? If I materialized, those students might be swallowed by the puppets, giving Despair a pawn for nothing. And if I materialized myself, Despair might seize the opportunity to attack me.
While she was hesitating, Zheng Lu whispered in her ear, "I have a suggestion. Since you have the ability to transform reality into illusion, why don't you write the words on this side first, and then use the illusion to send the words to the other side?"
That makes sense.
Chen Xiaotong raised a thumb, grabbed a handful of bright red berries from the air, and stuffed them into her mouth.
Chew, chew, chew, chew. "Pooh!" A pool of bright red juice was spit onto the snow-white wall.
......
When Lin Lang and his classmates triumphantly reunited, the monitoring center didn't focus their attention on this. After all, Guanghui only transmitted a few touching images of students hugging each other in tears, which was too little information.
Most analysts are assisting the expert group in analyzing Chen Xiao'er's movements.
Due to the chaotic energy flow and desperate isolation, the image delay was extremely high. Fortunately, Chen Xiao'er's position changes were reflected relatively quickly, and they could see that she was being pulled closer to the core by some force.
The bright white light suddenly stopped.
According to Guanghui's feedback, she entered the clock tower in order to reconcile with Zero, so "Has Chen Xiao'er met Zero now?"
Two minutes later, Guanghui replied, "No, she has met No. 1 now."
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