Chapter 272 The Actors Are in Place
Buzz—the equipment in the monitoring center simultaneously emitted a low humming sound. Every blood vessel connected to the machine was gushing with bright red fluid.
The liquid quickly solidified upon contact with air, precipitating into golden-red crystals. The staff remained unfazed, believing this reaction indicated Guanghui was increasing its power output and would soon return.
Crackling.
Sure enough, after a crisp sound of electricity, all the screens lit up at the same time.
The originally simple map on the screen turned into a detailed picture, and the camera moved forward following Chen Xiao'er's steps like a movie.
Great, surveillance is finally restored!
Everyone couldn't wait to ask, "My Lord, have you completely suppressed despair?"
[Glorious: No, but we are in a favorable position now.]
The revised cast list appeared in the lower left corner of the screen, with the three most important characters listed at the top.
God of Love: Chen Xiao'er, Queen: Guanghui, Princess: Zero.
The experts thought for a moment and a relaxed smile appeared on their faces. No wonder Guanghui said we are in a favorable position.
Zeroing has a much higher priority than general powers. This role change means that when the opponent is about to use a big card to eat a small card, Guanghui is forced to change his own card to a bigger card.
In order to prevent Chen Xiao'er from interfering with the ceremony, the church arranged for the Queen to be a completely detached observer in the ending.
If Guanghui occupies the role of Queen, she will be invincible.
He could transmit the complete internal footage of the ritual without having to worry about Despair taking action before the drama was over.
Of course, Despair can attack Chen Xiao'er, who is also in the position of the God of Love, during the ritual. However, Chen Xiao'er's Zero is naturally resistant to abyssal creatures. Any invisible and less intuitive long-range attack is ineffective. Despair can only make harassing phone calls to her.
If the desperate believer dared to approach within ten meters of Chen Xiao'er, the apostles would definitely teach him a lesson.
Even better, there is now more than one princess on the board.
Zero being a princess means that every apostle in the apostle cluster is a princess, and they can launch a gorgeous group fight against Xu She at any time.
It's truly wonderful! The assistant scribbled notes with his pen. He suddenly stopped writing: No, despair hasn't retreated. He must still have a way to turn the tables.
What does despair look like? What would I do if I were desperate? He and his colleagues looked up in silence, watching Chen Xiao'er climbing the stairs on the screen.
The Multiple Power Ceremony expanded the space by at least twice as much as the previous power ceremony. All of these spaces converged into an extremely large tower under the influence of zeroing.
The black-haired girl in the picture held up the hem of her skirt with one hand, while the other hand was tightly holding Ling's. She stopped at the last few steps to the rooftop, and before her stood a familiar figure - Zheng Xiuli.
Why is she here?
The experts remained silent. Zheng Xiuli's micro-expressions and small movements were different from the images stored in the database. She either lost her memory or became a different person.
So no matter what she does next, it will be to break the despair.
Chen Xiao'er led Ling up the stairs, the warm yellow light growing dimmer and dimmer. Several of the light bulbs closest to the rooftop were broken, leaving the area completely dark.
Fortunately, there are only a few steps left, so I won't fall even if I rely on my intuition.
Bang.
The sound of an arm hitting the door was heard in the darkness, and a beam of light flowed out from the crack in the door, dyeing the steps a light gold.
"Zheng Xiuli?" Chen Xiao'er saw her classmate standing at the door and greeted her in surprise.
Zheng Xiuli smiled and nodded, then she pried the door open slowly with her fingers.
The melodious sound of music came through the metal door of the rooftop. If you listened carefully for a while, you would find that the sound was quite far away, as if it came from the bottom of the building.
"Xiao Ai, because the main role needs to be temporarily changed, the format of this performance is a little different from the usual rehearsals."
Zheng Xiuli opened the door completely and standing at the door, she could see two hot air balloons on the platform, one on the left and one on the right, occupying the two corners.
Zheng Xiuli pointed to the platinum balloon closer to the door. "The other red one is a backup. If everything goes well, it won't be needed. Haven't you ever practiced wirework? So we decided to use a hot air balloon instead of the final scene where the God of Love and the Princess take off."
So that's why riding a hot air balloon is much easier than spinning around on a wire.
The focus of the performance also changed. It was no longer about showing close-ups of actions or reciting lines, but about using the gimmick of hot air balloons rising into the sky to please the audience.
Chen Xiao'er was delighted, and then she quickly ran over to check around, fearing that the little guy Chen Xiaotong was hiding around the basket and preparing to take off together.
She had seen the video on Blue Star where a woman in a helicopter discovered a kitten on the wing mid-flight. If she had found Chen Xiaotong hanging from a rope mid-flight, her heart would have stopped.
Fortunately, there was no place to hide near the hot air balloon. There were only some small paper boxes wrapped with balloons in the basket, which should be small gifts to be thrown to tourists after the balloon was launched.
She looked around but couldn't find Chen Xiaotong, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you looking for the senior who plays the princess? She's down there." Zheng Xiuli stood at the edge of the platform and pointed downwards.
Chen Xiao'er leaned on the guardrail and looked down. The area around the clock tower was very lively. It was not the tourists laughing and making noise, but the senior students from the Student Union were performing passionately.
They were flying up and down in the square on wires, and from time to time a beam of light or a string of flames would pop out from their fingertips like a magic show, probably acting out the scene of a firebird swooping down on the princess.
The snow-white figure shuttled in the air, and Chen Xiao'er suddenly understood why everyone's dresses and makeup were so similar.
Lin Yi nominally plays the queen, but the simple crown on her head is similar to that of a princess.
The president did not change into the more gorgeous queen's robe, but still wore the white long dress fluttering in the air.
Her hair color, height, and simple jewelry are similar to Ling's. Xiaotong, who was supposed to play the princess, did not appear once.
So now everyone who sees this scene will think that she is the actress playing the princess, and when they see Zero on the hot air balloon later, they will probably not be able to tell the difference between the two.
Chen Xiaotong clenched her fingers a little guiltily: she had previously suspected that Lin Yi wanted to break them up, but the fact was that Lin Yi was trying to give them more time to rest and spend time together.
Brush——
Lin Yi stretched out her arms in the air, and her legs turned upside down in the bright flames.
Her acrobatic moves were stunning and professional, even more graceful than the world-class acrobatic masters Chen Xiao'er had seen on TV in her previous life, and full of flying dynamics.
No matter from which angle, the rings she used for support could not be seen. It seemed that there were invisible transparent platforms in the air, allowing Lin Yi to tap her toes from time to time, circling around the brilliant flames like a butterfly.
Lin Yi's body* is soft and flexible. Even in such exquisite choreography, she can still find time to raise her hands and wave her hairpins, fighting with the magical bird created by special effects.
This scene probably shows the princess's positive attitude when facing trials. She does not lie on the clouds and pray, but picks up her former jewelry and transforms it into a sharp weapon to stab her enemies.
Chen Xiao'er held Ling's arm and bent down deeply, wishing she had a telescope so that she could see more clearly.
From her current angle, she could barely make out a special effects monster that vaguely resembled the legendary cockatrice. It was wrapped in flames, symbolizing a mythical bird, but within was a long, writhing python.
The python coiled into a ball in the outline of the flame, as if it was connected head to tail and was devouring itself, giving a very strange feeling.
Chen Xiao'er's scalp tingled at the constantly changing scale patterns on the snake's body, and she quickly looked away to see further away.
The senior students’ performance was fiery and gorgeous, and perhaps real flames were used in the sound and light effects.
The tourists around did not dare to get close. They all stood on the lawn or on the street and admired it from afar with binoculars.
Hmm, I feel a little dizzy.
Chen Xiao'er held onto Ling's hand and slowly retracted her head from outside the platform. She had stood on the edge of the roof for so long, her heart pounding with excitement.
The school's planning is amazing, as it eliminates all the steps in the performance that are most prone to errors.
Since the two groups and the audience were improvising in different places, the continuity of the plot was not important.
Senior Lin Yi used acrobatic performances at the bottom of the building to attract some audiences. Then she didn't need to dress up anymore. When she left, she just made a chase but failed to catch up action.
No one would notice that she was playing both the princess and the queen because there were no audience on the rooftop.
Zero and I will then take off in a hot air balloon, and other tourists will be attracted by the hot air balloon and the falling gifts, naturally ending the last scene and bringing the performance to a complete conclusion.
Chen Xiao'er walked towards the hot air balloon. Ling jumped into the basket first and reached out to her after confirming that there was no problem inside.
"Wait a moment, there are some things here that need your help." Zheng Xiuli came over and patted Xiao'er's shoulder. She nodded to the back. There were piles of cardboard boxes on the rooftop.
......
Click, click.
Several light spears inserted into the body moved at the same time, and large pieces of black crystals gushed out from Xu She's wounds and then vaporized instantly, evaporating into a diffuse black mist.
Chen Xiaotong moved forward cautiously, biting her tongue and not daring to make a hissing sound.
She wanted to find the most suitable time to materialize and devour the alien snake in Xu She's body, but she was worried that Despair would suddenly jump out and cause trouble - she was not afraid of being seen by her sister. Humph.
The apostles ignored the Newborn Snake's probing actions. Under Chen Xiao'er's gaze, they launched round after round of attacks on the Devouring Snake.
"Ah, ah, ah!" Xu Snake let out an anthropomorphic scream, and the Devouring Snake could no longer maintain its physical form.
It shouldn't have been so weak, but who could blame Chen Xiao'e for not being able to understand the strange monster? In her eyes, this powerful abyssal creature might just be a misinterpretation of the light or a decoration in the performance.
Finally, under the apostles' fierce killing, the distorted light and shadow on the Devouring Snake became fainter and fainter, and gradually became transparent, as if it would completely dissipate with just a breath.
"Hehehe." Chen Xiaotong couldn't help but let out a chuckle. She twitched her tail and slid faster, ready to snatch the food from the tiger's mouth at the last moment.
Anyway, my sister and I will be leaving soon, so it would be a waste not to eat it. By the way, how is your sister doing over there?
Suddenly, the rooftop showed another picture in the vision of the Newborn Snake, making her hold back her laughter.
The vast piles of strange objects were reduced to nothing and twisted into unremarkable cardboard boxes, the contents of which were in a Schrödinger's state: mostly fireworks.
But a sneaky figure was crawling behind the cardboard box, holding a group of things that looked like explosives.
——God damn despair!
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