The boy stood up from the ground and looked down at his injuries. Lin Nan looked into the bombed house from a distance.
"Why hasn't anyone chased us out?" The two of them had been lingering at the door for so long, if there were pursuers they would have come out long ago.
"They can't get out." The boy replied in a clear voice.
"Why?" Lin Xi asked curiously. When the butler's spirit sent her to the door, he seemed to have said that he could not leave the mansion. Is there any connection between them?
"So you're just a rookie." A hint of contempt flashed in the boy's eyes.
"You..." Lin felt uncomfortable. It was fine if someone else said that, after all, she was indeed a rookie. But it was a bit hurtful for a nine-year-old to say that. "You are not much better, are you? I said I was Chinese and you immediately put down your gun. What if I am a bad guy?"
"Haha," the young man smiled coldly and said disdainfully, "You're the only F-level one?"
With a "puff" sound, a sharp arrow called language pierced through Lin Xi's chest.
Whose kid is this? He is so rude.
Wait, Lin Xi suddenly remembered, this child is nine years old, and the King of Wu’s younger brother seems to be nine years old as well?
Thinking of this possibility, Lin Xi looked at the boy's eyes again, and finally found the source of the faint sense of familiarity. This must be the younger brother of the King of Wu. The eyes of the two seemed to be carved from the same mold.
"Are you the brother of the King of Dirty?" Lin Xi's tone became much more intimate.
"Who is the King of Filth?" asked the young man.
"Wu Wang is..." Lin Yan was stunned. What was Wu Wang's name? She and Wu Wang were not familiar with each other. They had only talked a few times in the group. Apart from his ID and knowing that Wu Wang was good at cursing, she knew almost nothing about him. "Wu Wang is a colleague of mine. He is in Jin City. His supernatural power is cursing. He said that he has a younger brother who entered this space. Is this brother you?"
Lin Xi told the young man all the information she knew about the King of Dirty.
"I don't have a brother." The boy said, turned and left.
This kid doesn't have a brother? Did I make a mistake? But the two really look alike. They look similar, are both nine years old, and entered the same sub-space at the same time. They are a perfect match.
Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore. It’s more important to go to Fengxue Building first.
As Lin Xi was about to leave with the young man, she took two steps and suddenly thought of something. She paused, stopped in the middle of the road, and turned to face the house whose door had just been blasted open by the young man.
There were seven or eight guarding spirits standing inside the open gate, and behind them was a messy courtyard. From the movements just now and the injuries on the boy's body, it was not difficult to guess that the boy had killed his way out from inside. This boy named Yunzhou should be like her, entering the sub-space and randomly appearing in this house, and then like her, because the weather was too cold, he borrowed clothes from inside and became a thief that everyone hated.
These are not the main points. The main point is that since the boy was killed, many spirits inside must have died. After the spirit dies, it will drop energy stones.
Lin's heart moved, and she walked towards the gate. About three steps away from the guard spirits, a ruler pointed at one of the spirits through the threshold and asked, "Can I come in?"
"No, go away," the spirit refused.
"???" Lin was stunned. Where is the Master's halo? Why is it not working?
Lin Xi recalled the previous experience of dealing with the housekeeper's spirit. At first, the housekeeper's spirit didn't pay much attention to her and even scolded her for taking things without asking and being a thief. Then the master's ruler skill was activated and she took the opportunity to hit the opponent with the ruler.
Lin Xi's eyes gradually brightened. Did it mean that she had to be beaten with a ruler first before the Master's halo would light up?
The more Lin Xi thought about it, the more she felt that this possibility was very high. As a teacher, how could he have the authority to be a teacher if he didn't educate his children?
After realizing this, Lin's expression changed. She pointed the ruler at the man and asked again, "Do you know how many colors traffic lights come in?"
The spirit was stunned for a moment, then replied: "Red, green?"
[If you are a fool and have no knowledge, you will be punished with ten rulers. ]
"You can't even answer such a simple question? Raise your hands!" Lin Nan was very disappointed. You said, I have told you two of the three colors, but you don't know this. You can't blame me.
The spirit raised its right hand obediently. Lin Nan raised the ruler and gently hit the spirit's palm.
Well, after all, it was a bit of bullying, so she didn't feel comfortable using too much force.
The spirit body groaned, and the soul body trembled. When he looked at Lin Nan again, his attitude was indeed different: "So it's you, sir. May I ask what advice you have for me?"
Lin Xian immediately straightened her back and said in a dignified manner, "I heard that the city lord is in Fengxue Tower consolidating his formation and is in urgent need of energy stones. I saw that there are quite a few scattered in your courtyard, so I want to collect them and send them over."
"So that's how it is. I will arrange for someone to collect them for you, sir." said the spirit.
Is there such a good thing? Lin was overjoyed, but she said politely, "Thank you for your help."
"You're welcome, sir." After saying that, the spirit turned around and mumbled a bunch of words to the other spirits behind him. Those spirits then ran back into the yard and bent down to pick up the scattered energy stones.
At this point, Lin discovered something: her psychic ability, that is, the ability to communicate with spirits, seemed to only work on spirits that had established a connection with the ruler. Just because she could understand the language of one spirit, she could not understand the language of other spirits without any instruction. This further confirmed Lin's previous conjecture that the communication generated by the ruler was indeed a kind of communication between the soul and the mind.
As the saying goes, more spirits mean more power. In just a few minutes, the spirit collected a small bag of energy stones and handed it to Lin Nan: "Please, sir, send it to Fengxue Tower."
"I will." Lin Xi took the cloth bag of energy stones from the other party, quietly opened it and saw that there were all blue energy stones, at least fifty of them.
I've made a fortune. With these energy stones, I should be able to open the sub-space door. I didn't expect it to be so smooth this time.
Lin Yanan suppressed her joy and said goodbye to the spirit: "Then I will go to Fengxue Tower."
"Take care, sir."
"By the way, traffic lights have three colors: red, yellow, and green. Remember that?" After saying that, Lin turned around and left without caring about the spirit's reaction. Anyway, the skill was over, and she didn't understand it anymore.
Lin felt around and found that the ancient clothes had no pockets, but there was a rope on the bag that could be tied around the waist. But Lin was always worried that the rope was not strong or would fall off when fighting or running, so she stuffed it into her chest for safety.
After hiding the things, Lin Nan continued walking forward. Just as she reached the entrance of the alley where two houses intersected, a figure flashed out from inside and pointed a familiar gun at her head.
Lin did not raise her hand subconsciously this time, but looked back at the boy, with the ruler in her hand secretly pointing at him. Earlier, the boy pointed a gun at her, and Lin raised her hand out of ordinary people's instinct, but afterwards Lin was scared. Because this is no longer an ordinary world, raising your hand will not stop the other party from shooting, but will make it easier for the other party to kill you. If the boy had not intended to kill her just now, she would have died by now.
"What do you mean?" Lin Xi asked as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Can you communicate with the spirits here?" the boy asked.
[Shuzi, answering irrelevant questions, shall be punished with ten rods.]
The skill was successfully activated, Lin Xi was determined in her heart and her expression became even calmer.
"I……"
"You don't have to deny it. I saw it all." It turned out that the young man Yun Zhou had not walked far just now. He walked forward alone for a while, and when he noticed that Lin Xi had not caught up with him, he looked back curiously. Then he was shocked to find that Lin Xi had taken the initiative to walk towards the house where he had fought so hard to escape. What happened next was even more surprising to him. Those spirits who almost killed him not only did not deal with Lin Xi, but took the initiative to collect the energy stones and gave them to her.
Those were all his energy stones, but he was busy fighting and had no time to pick them up.
"What do you want?" Lin Xi didn't know the level of the boy's supernatural power, and she had no other lethal weapons except a ruler that could control people. If they really had to fight, Lin Xi didn't know if she could win, so she didn't fight if she could. Also, the boy didn't attack her directly when he pointed a gun at her for the first time, which proved that he was not a murderer by nature.
You can try to communicate.
"The energy stones you just got were all from people I killed." said the young man.
It turned out that they wanted to steal the energy stone. Lin Xi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. What kind of a crappy place is this sub-space that would make a nine-year-old elementary school student who could recite the core values of socialism grow up so cunning? Shouldn't a child of this age sing the song "The Lone Brave Man" and exchange secret codes with classmates on the road?
During Lin's silence, the boy thought she disagreed, so he thought for a moment and said, "I can only take half."
"You're only taking half?" Lin Xi was a little surprised by the easy answer.
"Although these energy stones were dropped after I killed the spirits, I don't have the ability to collect them. These were collected by you, so I can give you half." The boy continued, "If you agree, we can even continue to cooperate."
"Cooperation?" Lin asked with interest, "How to cooperate?"
"Do you know which subspace this is?" the boy asked.
This sentence contained a lot of information. From the boy's words, Lin Xi could guess that this subspace had a name and might have detailed data records. That's right, I have entered the subspace twice in less than half a month, which shows that the subspace is opened very frequently. It is normal for the official to name it and collect data.
"I don't know. This is my first time entering this sub-space." Lin Xi did not hide it. Anyway, the fact that she was a rookie was seen through by the boy at the first sight.
"This is subspace B-106, Blizzard City." The boy said, "I have seen the information about this subspace. How about we work together, with my knowledge and your ability, to collect enough energy stones and open the space gate? Don't worry, I can keep your ability a secret."
Since the emergence of the subspace, the authorities have been studying the language of the subspace's native inhabitants, but because no one can survive in the subspace for a long time, the language of the subspace's native inhabitants has never been deciphered. It is said that some of the official subspace researchers can understand some simple conversations, but the number of people who can master it is extremely small.
"You can cooperate, but I have another question for you," Lin said.
"You ask." The young man had a look of uneasiness in his eyes. In fact, it was the first time for him to enter such a dangerous subspace alone, and he was also very scared.
"You really don't have a brother?" The more Lin Xi looked at the boy, the more she felt that he looked a lot like the King of Dirty.
"No, I only have cousins, but no biological brothers." The young man said angrily.
I didn't ask you if you are my cousin, my cousin or my biological brother, why do you answer in such detail?
Lin Xi didn't know why the boy was unwilling to admit that the King of Dirty was his brother, but she had basically determined the boy's identity. For the King of Dirty's sake, the boy could still be trusted. To be honest, she was still not sure whether the King of Dirty and Chen Chu had come in. If they really hadn't come in, she also needed to understand the information of the sub-space.
"Okay, let's cooperate. Tell me the information about the subspace first." Lin Xi said.
The boy's face lit up, and he put away the gun that was pointed at Lin. Lin looked at the gun that the boy had put away, and said something in her heart, no matter how cautious a child is, he is still easy to trust others.
"Subspace B-106, Blizzard City, is a relatively common B-class subspace. It is called Blizzard City because it will soon be covered by a blizzard."
A blizzard? Is this the great disaster that the spirit butler mentioned before?
"If you go and take a look on the city wall, you will find that the outside of Blizzard City has been completely covered by ice and snow. This city is protected by a formation in the center of the city. The formation is in a high-rise building in the city, but the formation can only last until dark. After dark, the blizzard will invade the city and destroy everything. Therefore, we must collect enough energy stones before dark, open the space door and leave here, otherwise we will all be buried alive by the blizzard." The boy told Lin Nan what he knew about the subspace.
Lin Xi was stunned and horrified. So, instead of leaving this space before her energy was sucked away, she would be buried alive if she didn't leave before dark?
Lin was terrified. She even thought about hiding in the house and waiting for Wu Wang and Chen Chu to come find her. Fortunately, she didn't do that. Otherwise, she would have been stupid enough to die.
Lin looked up at the sky. It was dark, without sunlight, and she couldn't tell the time at all.
"How long do you think it will take until dark?" Lin Nan asked the boy.
The boy looked down at his watch and said, "I've been here for almost an hour. According to official data, Blizzard City is safe for 3-4 hours, so we still have 2-3 hours. To be on the safe side, it's best to calculate it as two hours."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Lin was anxious, dragging the boy forward. After finding all the energy stones, they had to find an exit. Who knows how much time it would take. "Let's go and see if there are any empty houses ahead where people have been killed. Hurry up and pick up the missing ones."
"Wait a moment." The young man pulled Lin Xi.
"What? Time waits for no one." Lin Wan said anxiously.
"There's no need to look for an empty house where someone has been murdered. As long as it's a wealthy family, there must be someone inside," said the young man.
"You want to go in and kill someone?" Lin frowned. "It's not that I doubt you. You just came out of there and you're already half dead. If you go in and kill someone again... you may not be able to get out."
Although Lin Nan can communicate with spirits, it seems that the spirits just trust her more. Their IQ is normal, so she can't order the spirits to stand there and wait for the children to be killed. Even if the ruler is really that powerful, it would be too slow to control and kill them one by one.
"The people I'm talking about are not spirits, but psychics." The young man explained, "The subspace is opened to devour the psychics' own powers. The reason why Blizzard City is rated as a Class B subspace is because every house here has Class B combat power. The psychics who enter here will be randomly assigned to a house, and then rely on their own abilities to kill their way out of the house. Those who can't kill their way out will become food for the subspace."
"You mean..." Lin Xi looked at the closed doors on the street and was instantly horrified.
What the kid meant was that there might be a superpower locked up in every house here, and the doors were closed because they were unable to kill them and died inside.
If this is true, how many houses like this are there in this city, and how many people will die here. At this moment, Lin Xian once again clearly realized the cruelty and danger of the subspace. If she didn't have a ruler, she would have been the feed of the subspace.
At the same time, in the center of the city, Chen Chu stood on the roof of Fengxue Building, overlooking the entire city. There are tens of thousands of courtyards in this city, but which one will Lin Yan appear randomly in?
"Chen Chu?" Someone suddenly called him from below.
Chen Chu looked down and saw the Dirty King kicking a man with a bloody face and snatching a bag of energy stones from him: "Have you seen my brother and Lin Nan?"
"No." Chen Chu shook his head.
"This city is too big. My brother is fine. He has a lot of life-saving tools on him. He should be able to get out of the house. But Lin Xi..." The King of Wu held back and didn't say anything too absolute. "It's really Xiao Wen's bad luck."
"He's doing this to help you." Chen Chu reminded.
"I know. I didn't expect the space gate to swallow her first. If I knew, I would... forget it. It's useless to say this now." The Dirty King thought for a while and said, "Why don't we start with the attribute of bad luck."
"What do you mean?" Chen Chu asked.
"Official data records that there are four haunted houses in Blizzard City." The so-called haunted houses do not refer to houses with ghosts, but to the four mansions with the highest level of spirit combat power in Blizzard City. If the psychics who are randomly assigned to enter these four mansions are not of A-level, it is almost impossible for them to come out alive. Even if they are of A-level, some of them will die in them. "If Lin Yan is unlucky enough, will she be randomly assigned to one of the four haunted houses?"
Although with Lin Xi's ability level, any mansion here could kill her, but since it was a bad guy confirmed by Xiao Wen, they could just guess the worst.
Chen Chu frowned. Considering Lin Yan's bad luck, this possibility was possible, but if it was really the case...
"It's been more than half an hour. If Lin Xi was really assigned to it, she might have already..." After analyzing it over and over again, the King of Wu suddenly felt that there was only one way forward for Lin Xi, which was to die.
"I'll go take a look." Chen Chu stepped on the eaves and flew up, flying towards one of the four haunted houses.
Chen Chu was more optimistic than the King of Dirty, because he knew that Lin Yan had a life-saving trump card. Last time, she was able to dodge the attack of the black spider calmly. Although there were many spirits here, their fighting power was far inferior to that of the black spider, so there should be no danger in the short term.
"Meet up here in an hour and a half." Wu Wang Chao shouted to Chen Chu, and regardless of whether Chen Chu heard him or not, he chose a main street and ran. If his brother Yun Zhou was killed and rushed out of the house, he would definitely come here along the main street. If he looked along the main street, he might be able to meet him if he was lucky.
At this time, the two speculated that if the situation was good, Lin Nan might be hiding in the house, and if the situation was bad, she might have died. She was taking Yun Zhou to start the search mode.
When they encountered a closed door, little Yunzhou went up first and used seeds to stimulate branches to grow. The branches reached in through the cracks in the door and pulled the bolt. After the door opened, a spirit appeared. It was then that Lin Nan came on stage, and the Master's Halo was activated. In just five minutes, they collected a bag of energy stones.
After robbing, no, politely asking for money from seven or eight houses, the two of them had collected enough energy stones.