Chapter 260 Packing
Outside the Empowerment Ceremony, the monitoring center was coordinating multiple action teams in an orderly manner despite the delay.
They sent the knights to the shallow depths of the abyss to hunt anomalies attracted by the ritual site and the cultists who came to cause trouble, while they focused on data analysis and tracking internally.
The creatures of the abyss still don’t understand humans well enough.
He had a good idea, using strange means to send text messages to everyone he could reach, in order to directly squeeze out more negative emotions such as despair.
But any signal can be tracked, let alone how dare he send a text message to Chen Xiao'er? We had Guanghui lock onto her phone from the beginning!
[Tracking completed, target locked]
Guanghui's answer was as firm and reliable as ever. He unfolded the map from the Ritual of Power and marked several points on it.
Judging from the energy level, the holder of the power of despair is more powerful than any "god" hunted by the Church of Light. But even so, he cannot send text messages directly to human communicators from the bottom of the abyss.
His ideas are very innovative, but his methods are very traditional: he projects his own image onto his believers, and uses their spiritual bodies and special abilities to act as a transit station to send group text messages.
Normally, this behavior would only result in the loss of a few projections, but now his goal was to obtain another power. And to devour that power, he had to descend using his true form.
Therefore, the true form of despair must be lurking within the ritual, most likely among these believers. Even the strongest hunter, if exposed to their prey, will become one of the prey themselves!
[It is recommended to guide Chen Xiao'er to find despair.]
After analyzing the latest set of photos, the expert group gave relevant suggestions.
Although Chen Xiao'er and Ling had some disputes due to the newborn snake's non-cooperation, Chen Xiao'er did not make any impulsive moves under the coordination of the classmates in Class A.
She and her roommate Lin Lang were walking in the playground and chatting happily.
The ceremony venue is very small for Chen Xiao'er. As long as she can successfully guide Chen Xiao'er to come up with the idea of "capturing despair", then the real body of despair will have nowhere to hide.
Wukong had sent a "threatening text message" to Chen Xiao'er in advance, so they were enemies from the beginning, and this kind of guidance should not be too difficult.
[Guanghui: I have a different idea, please consider it.]
Guanghui rarely offers suggestions on his own initiative, but he often adds to the expert group's suggestions when they make "potentially problematic" ones, and this time was no exception.
He sent a close-up photo of Xu Snake.
[Glorious: After measurement, the energy index in this person's body is abnormal, and there is a strong suspicion that he is carrying despair.]
[Glorious: Even if not, we can still use this person to complete the ritual of sacrificing despair.]
Oh? Is it really possible to sacrifice a believer while also severely damaging or even sacrificing the god behind it?
Everyone who saw this line of words couldn't help but ask: "How to do it?"
[Glorious: Under the current conditions, there is a certain probability of success. Please follow the following steps.]
[Glorious: The first step is to capture Xu She alive before the sacrifice begins.]
......
Swish, swish, swish, Xu She ran wildly on the playground, trying to step into the water with every step he took.
The power of despair condensed into a special protective film in his blood and spirit, which looked like spotted snake skin within the visible range.
However, with just a little activation of his special ability, his true power will be revealed - invisibility!
Not only is it invisible on a physical level, even the light cannot easily see through this special material.
Ha, ha, who says that my Lord’s status is above yours!
Huff, huff!
Xu She was breathing heavily and his running speed was getting slower and slower.
After several rounds of pursuit, his physical strength and special abilities were drained, and now he relies entirely on the power given by the great being to survive.
Huh... Huh, I am now an extension of my Lord’s power, he, they have no chance of catching me!
Xu She didn't dare to approach the clock tower and just ran away.
There were more than a dozen corpses lying on the playground, and the shopping street next to it was not safe at all. Fei Yang and the students actually joined forces to capture the cultists, capturing them alive one by one and handing them over to the elite of the church.
Pusha——
Xu She fell to the ground on the lawn and lay there shuddering: What on earth are they going to do?
He took advantage of the short break to review his plan:
I must find a good opportunity, such as the moment when the church initiates the power ceremony, and use the thing hidden in my belly to devour Chen Xiao'er or Chen Xiaotong, and it would be best if I could pack up the newly born prototype of power and take it away together.
This plan was of course a delusion. He initially thought that he could at least deal with Chen Xiaotong.
After all, that thing is also part of the Devouring Snake, and returning to its original form is its instinct.
Putting aside her original intention, Chen Xiao'er is just a little girl with some mental problems.
Even with the blessing of zeroing, in a one-on-one situation, my subordinates and I may not have no chance of winning.
But I didn't expect that I would suffer heavy losses from the very beginning. That black-haired woman was really too strong!
Xu She thought about it but couldn't find any problems.
The biggest flaw in this plan was that the sisters Chen Xiao'e and Chen Xiaotong were too difficult to deal with. After all, the Church of Light was afraid that something might go wrong with the sacrificial ritual, so they didn't dare to deploy too many Radiant Knights.
What you need to pay the most attention to is actually the apostles. The ritual site is built right below the school, and part of it is buried in the abyss, which is very suitable for sending out apostles to eliminate the enemy.
Xu She imagined 1,000 apostles marching out at the same time, and his scalp suddenly went numb.
No, that's not the case. I've been chased for so long and only saw a few apostles flying through the sky. This means that most of the apostles are on standby somewhere.
[It seems that the apostles also play an important role in the ceremony? ]
The Devouring Snake's thorns in the church have been basically removed. Xu She didn't have much information, but he still came to an intuitive inference - could the church want the apostles as a whole to take on the power?
The human spirit, soul and body are all very fragile, but if the pressure of power is diluted into 1000 parts, it may not be unbearable.
Chen Xiao'er was probably a special case; her ability inherently repelled strangeness, so it was normal for her to remain unaffected. However, if the church's attempt succeeded, they might be able to quantify the number of people with this ability.
Even though the two sides were enemies, Xu She couldn't help but admire such a fantastic idea.
If 1,000 apostles can collectively bear power, what about 10,000 people with superpowers? What about 100,000 ordinary people? Can all of humanity collectively support a power related to sanctuary?
Hiss.
Xu She's whole body was hot, and he couldn't help but shivering on the lawn.
He crouched in the grass, transforming his body into a snake-like shadow that slowly swam. This shadow blended with the surrounding energy, and no fluctuations could be detected by the outside world.
Very well, I will hide in the bushes until the moment when power is born.
Xu She thought secretly: I can wait for Chen Xiao'er to appear and then quietly follow her into the clock tower to avoid being killed by anyone before that.
Hehehe, the Church of Glory must really want to capture me, but they are dreaming~
Sand.
The snake shadow in the grass suddenly stopped, because a ball of deep purple flame was burning quietly not far away.
No, it's not just "a ball" of fire!
Xu She's hair stood on end as he turned into a shadow. How, how could it be that half of the bush was on fire?
While he was imagining the future, flames suddenly surrounded him from all four directions, trapping him in the middle!
Damn it, when did the Devil Hunter target me?!
Impossible—it shouldn't have been able to see me. Unless... it had been staring at me the entire time.
Gulp. Xu She felt as if he was falling into an icy cave.
......
Chen Xiao'er walked into the dormitory building and turned on the lights in the corridor.
Click, click, the light bulbs light up one after another, as if saying welcome home.
She couldn't help but think of the day when she cleaned the dormitory with her classmates, and a smile appeared on her face.
"?" Lan pinched her cheek.
Chen Xiao'e smiled and said, "It seems like the lights in this corridor are connected."
"Oh." After getting the answer, Sister Lan withdrew her hand and nodded without comment.
Chen Xiao'er pursed her lips: Sure enough, "wanting to laugh" is due to some experience. Sister Lan has never turned on the lights when she was extremely nervous, so she would not feel this kind of faint touch.
[So I love this place, including the electric lights that use a lot of electricity.]
The melancholy mood flashed away, and Chen Xiao'er took a deep breath: It's okay, a lot of good things will happen after leaving school.
With Sister Lan by my side, we will accumulate many interesting experiences like before, and then smile knowingly when we recall the past.
Her legs automatically walked to the dormitory door.
Chen Xiao'er held the door handle and suddenly saw the dormitory number that she and Ling had nailed on the door with a metal plate.
【0】
The reason for using this number is that it can definitely be distinguished from other dormitories, and zero...
Her left hand clutched the clothes on her chest: "I thought I would live with Zero for a long, long time. The most worrying thing at that time was that Zero would graduate two years early."
Her worst-case scenario for this relationship was that Ling would go to work far away after graduation, and then they would gradually become estranged due to being in different places and eventually break up.
But why did it become like this...
"Woo."
Chen Xiao'er bit her lip and pressed the doorknob hard, her heartbeat quickening with each breath. Lin Lang and Lan were still standing behind her; the dormitory was empty.
【Call Zero after I leave school】
Chen Xiao'er stood at the door, her nails slowly digging into the soft palm: I'm sorry, I didn't expect that I would be the kind of bastard who would use the phone to inform you that "I'm leaving".
Lan walked silently to her side, raised his fingertips and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingertips.
Chen Xiao'er sniffed and said softly, "I'm fine." Then she lowered her head and walked quickly to the table and started to pick up things.
She first dragged out the suitcase she had brought from home and opened it. Inside was several sets of folded clothes.
Since we basically wear clothes distributed by the school at school, these clothes are still very new and can be taken away directly.
She randomly picked up some daily necessities such as tissues, pens and toothbrushes and put them into a plastic box. She hesitated as her fingers ran across the textbooks on the bookshelf and gently pushed the book in.
Never mind, these books are too heavy.
And the school confiscated my textbook fees... Chen Xiao'er's nose felt sore: Yes, I was a special admissions student.
Was it my mother's support or Professor Milo's kindness? Anyway, I secured a special admissions spot and was accepted into the nation's top university.
The school even gave me a scholarship that was enough to cover four years of college life - I really, really like this feeling of being valued.
Chen Xiao'er covered her face with her hands, tears dripping onto the table she had just wiped: I was so happy at that time, I always felt that I would become an extraordinary person who would be useful to society after graduation.
[“What kind of person do you want to be in the future?”] The high school teacher’s smile overlapped with Professor Miroku’s expectant face during the interview.
But my homeroom teacher is still missing, and I may never see Professor Miroku again. And can I really be a useful person to society?
A heart-wrenching image flashed through Chen Xiao'er's eyes. She was walking against the flow of people going to and from work, knife in hand. Her eyes held no peaceful happiness, only revenge.
She unconsciously raised her right hand and swept across the spines of the books on the bookshelf, brushing past the ancient Chinese literature anthology, but in the end she took nothing away.
Never mind, I wasn’t a good student anyway.
Chen Xiao'er wiped away her tears with relief: Leave the books here, the school will definitely be able to cultivate more and better students.
She walked around the dormitory and finally found only some food, daily necessities and souvenirs she bought on a regular basis. These things didn't add up to much, and even if she stuffed two changes of summer clothes into the suitcase, there was still plenty of space.
"Why don't you take some more?" Lin Lang shook the shovel in his hand carefully, thought for a while, and took out a sniper rifle from his box.
Chen Xiao'er couldn't help but laugh: "It's okay, I have a weapon."
She took out the box left by her mother from the suitcase and gently opened it towards the light: a dagger about the size of a dagger lay quietly in the velvet cloth.
Chen Xiao'er stroked the leather scabbard, as if she could feel the power left by her mother. She took a deep breath, grasped the gem on the scabbard, and slowly pulled out the dagger, which had hardly been used.
Click.
"Hey!" She exclaimed in surprise. Several crisscrossing red marks appeared on the blade. These marks were bright and smooth, and did not fade at all when rubbed with fingers.
It doesn't look like blood or rust, but more like electroplated decoration.
But she clearly remembered that the blade of the dagger was sparkling, and the reflected light seemed to reflect a layer of vague moonlight. When did this layer of red appear?
Chen Xiao'er repeatedly checked the handle and scabbard, and put the dagger back half-believingly.
Forget it. We're all leaving school today, so let's just leave this as an unsolved mystery.
Anyway, she didn't believe that her roommate had replaced her things without telling her, so it was probably a "little surprise" from someone.
"I'm done, let's go." Just as Chen Xiao'er's hand was about to touch the suitcase, Sister Lan took it over.
Lan weighed the weight in his hand and sneered, "It's so light! You're being too polite to the school, aren't you? I brought that guy here today just to help with the luggage."
Chen Xiao'er locked the door and led them to the elevator. "Don't bother. It's a bit too much to ask someone to carry so many things around."
"Too much?" Lan raised an eyebrow and smiled a bit mischievously, "How about you wait here and I'll take care of the moving. Give me half an hour and I'll help you empty this building, and then [invite] it to help me move it out."
"Hateful!" Chen Xiao'er pinched her, and the faint sadness on her face was finally dispelled by a smile.
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