Chapter 241 Tianguan Huozheng

The restaurant Song Shiyi found was located in the south of the city, close to the central axis. There were many taxis parked around it, and many drivers ate here.

The name of the restaurant is "Roadside Restaurant", with a faded light red sign and a noisy door, but the prices of the dishes are moderate.

Most of the diners are workers who are busy until the evening. After get off work, they order two side dishes here to fill their stomachs and take a short break.

Song Shiyi and Isabel sat in a corner, with a large plate of braised pork intestines, a bowl of kelp soup, and a plate of vegetables in front of them.

"How does it taste?" Song Shiyi looked at Isabel.

"tasty."

Isabel chewed it and gave her comment.

Song Shiyi seemed to be relieved, and her expression became relaxed: "Although the taste is a bit strong, but with the kelp soup and green vegetables, it won't feel greasy."

"I don't know why, but I always feel that Miss Mary is very similar to me in some ways..."

She seemed to have thought of something and stopped talking about this topic.

Song Shiyi then said, "Ms. Mary, I wonder if your companions are interested in joining the committee? If you become a member of the committee, many things will be very convenient. Moreover, the committee is not entirely composed of law enforcement departments. There are also administrative agencies, clerical and research positions with relatively stable work and rest schedules."

"The committee will organize a provincial exam in March this year. If you don't mind it, you might as well give it a try."

Seeing that Isabel did not directly refuse, Song Shiyi took out a folded paper document from her bag: "There are relevant precautions on it, you can refer to it."

At Lu Yao's remote signal, Isabel put away the paper and asked, "What happened to your apostle, Mingzi?"

“It’s missing.”

Song Shiyi said this, but there was no worry on her face.

She wiped her lips with a tissue and said seriously, "This is what happened."

"About half a month ago, the committee gave me a task to track down a target."

Isabel asked, "Excuse me, aren't you dealing with Wasteland No. 7?"

"The overlap of Wasteland 7 has long ended."

Song Shiyi explained: "The overlap is very slight, it's just that the forces of rules are entangled and interacting with each other, which has a temporary effect. If it is a true local border and wall breaking, the reaction it brings is far more than this."

"Where was I? Oh, the target is quite special. It has excellent hiding ability, and... do you know the tiger man on the Internet? You can use the Internet, right?"

Isabel nodded.

"That's it."

Song Shiyi's expression became serious, and she pursed her lips habitually: "Don't be fooled by its appearance, which looks like graffiti on a plane. It comes from another higher-dimensional world called Longxu."

Lu Yao on the remote end thought that it was indeed related to Cancong.

As expected, whenever an incident related to the simulator occurs, the committee will take action.

He was prepared to listen to the committee's views on the Longxu Pillar Cluster.

"You know the Nine Grain Pillars, right?" Song Shiyi asked.

Isabel clumsily scooped up a mouthful of rice with her chopsticks and shook her head.

"That's the prop that Cancong is looking for. It's the prototype of the bronze sacred tree, a first-class cultural relic in the Sanxingdui Museum."

Song Shiyi picked up a piece of fat intestines and said, "The Nine Grain Pillars are a mythical wonder, and they are also a special passage between Longxu and the Earth. About 6,000 years ago, there were dragons in this world. After the Nine Grain Pillars disappeared, dragons could no longer come from Longxu."

"According to the relevant information and records collected by the committee, the Jiuhe Pillar was destroyed by Longxu."

Lu Yao's heart moved.

This is different from what Cancong said.

Isabel just listened quietly.

"And the tiger man... his real name is Cancong, the same name as the ancient Shu Kingdom's former king Cancong. He is a special life form that existed in this world a long time ago, and he is also the guardian of the Nine Grain Pillars."

"For some reason, after the Nine Grain Pillar disappeared, Cancong remained."

"It looks like a two-dimensional painting, but that is just a state of dimensionality reduction. Facing the change of eras, the power of rules will have less impact on it."

"Mingzi and I are tracking Cancong."

Lu Yao said through Isabel: "Did you post that video on the Internet on purpose?"

"Um."

Song Shiyi licked her lips and said, "Because not all players have contact and intersection with the committee, the committee hopes to draw their attention and give them a reminder through this method."

"Unfortunately, Cancong's anti-reconnaissance capabilities are very strong, and we did not get any effective feedback."

Lu Yao thought that [Advanced Camouflage] was indeed a very practical skill.

When Cancong sneaked into the house, he didn't even notice it.

"Mingzai has a very keen insight. He discovered that Cancong was in the city and followed him all the way. In order to find Cancong's other bodies, he also reduced his dimension like Cancong and entered the flat surface world."

"Then Mingzai lost contact with me."

Song Shiyi sighed: "I can feel that its fire of faith is still there, but I just can't determine its exact location. It should be the effect of dimensionality reduction."

Isabel pretended to be surprised: "Other bodies? Cancong has many bodies?"

"Yes. It divides itself into many parts."

Song Shiyi put down her chopsticks: "Usually it appears on various planes in the form of simple lines, which consumes the least energy and moves the fastest. Unless it reaches the ideal state of complete sealing, it can go anywhere."

"Cancong's complete body contains a lot of memories and information. The dense information was separated from its body and turned into different shells. For example, it was divided into [characters], [major events], [mission orders]... It's like a series of data files of different categories, which are stored separately by it."

"That way, even if it dies, important information will be preserved."

"After Cancong dies, the backup body it left behind will be activated. Through each of its shells, it can continue to provide important intelligence and orders."

"If Cancong has hidden dangerous purposes, it will pose a great threat to the current human order on Earth, so the committee needs to monitor it closely to avoid unpredictable risks."

Lu Yao combined the statements of Cancong and Song Shiyi and had a clearer understanding of Cancong.

It strips off and cuts out its important memories, stores them into databases, and moves in the simplest and easiest form, and will not reveal any secrets even if it is caught.

After death, it can be resurrected from another spare body, just like a bionic man that constantly replicates itself.

This series of abilities, including immortality and self-division, makes people feel uneasy just by their existence.

Lu Yao rolled up his sleeves and said to the weird graffiti on his wrist: "I have a question."

After a while, Cancong's voice came into my mind.

"I do have many bodies, each of which stores different memories. They are all under the Nine Grain Pillar. But since the explosion on the Nine Grain Pillar, all the bodies and Yufu and the others were destroyed."

"If possible, I also hope to remember the details of the past, so that I can find the way back to Longsu."

Each side has its own version of the story.

Lu Yao did not have enough information to support his judgment.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The only thing he was sure of was that Cancong was indeed a bit desperate, and the committee attached great importance to order and would never allow it to move freely in human society.

In the restaurant, Isabel said, "Where did Mingzai disappear?"

"It's about a hundred meters away from here. I was about to come here for a meal that day, and suddenly Mingzi said he had found something, so he went to track it first."

Song Shiyi took out her cell phone and was about to scan the code to pay.

"I'll come. You invited me last time."

This time, Isabel took out cash and went to the front desk to pay the bill.

After leaving the restaurant, Song Shiyi took Isabel across the street.

There is a community activity area with table tennis tables, space walkers, waist twisters, large wheels and other exercise equipment. Some elderly people are walking and exercising.

Song Shiyi said: "After Mingzai chased it here, I couldn't find it anymore."

Isabel looked around.

There is a public toilet on the left side of the activity area, and a small path on the right side. Following the path further in is a kindergarten.

Isabel first went to the public toilet to look for it, but to no avail.

Then she walked down the street and into the kindergarten.

There were various colorful pictures on the walls of the kindergarten. On one wall there was a picture of the sun with a little sparrow in the middle of the sun.

If you continue to observe carefully, you will find that it is moving, but its movements are extremely slow, as if they were slowed down dozens of times, as if it was struggling like it had fallen into water.

"Ah, Mingzi, you are here!"

Song Shiyi exclaimed in a slightly exaggerated tone: "I told you not to run around. It really makes me worried."

She reached behind her and pulled out a piece of white cloth, which she gently wiped against the wall. She shook the cloth, and the sparrow Mingzi flew out of the cloth. The bird landed on her shoulder and shuddered all over.

"If you hadn't been here, I would never have found Mingzai so quickly." Song Shiyi thanked him.

"luck."

Isabel said simply: "I'm leaving first."

"Let's make an appointment next time when we are free."

"Let's talk about it later."

Looking at Song Shiyi's reluctant look, Lu Yao was basically certain that she was just looking for an opportunity to ask Isabel out for dinner.

Could it be that she wanted to poach an apostle because she saw that Isabel had a high level?

Lu Yao was alert.

This time he also gained something. Not only did he learn more about Cancong's origin, he also used the [Spell of True Vision] to check Mingzi's panel.

…

[Apostle LV72] Mingzi, the bird

HP: 17777/17777 Mana: 4911/4911 Damage: 120 Defense: 81 Speed: 23 [Astrology]

There is a certain probability of success in predicting good or bad luck using astrology.

[Secret of Fire Element LV22]

HP can be continuously restored in fire, attacks will inflict fire damage, and a large amount of fire element can be stored (72/22000).

【Eat hot】

Craving for calories and can absorb them directly.

【Eye of Insight】

Can see through a lot of hidden information.

【Tianguan Huozheng LV5】

[Exclusive Ability of the Bird] Transforms into the Heavenly Official Huo Zheng, appears in the world as a body of fire, and absorbs all the fire elements around for its own use. The absorption range and effect are related to the ability level.

…

This sparrow is indeed extraordinary.

Lu Yao thought.

When dealing with Song Shiyi in the future, you must keep a close eye on this bird.

(End of this chapter)