Chapter 284: Second Evolution, the Birth of the Four Great Bee Herds (asking for monthly tickets)
It was late at night, but people were still not at peace. The rustling sound of waves could be heard from Tokyo Bay, and the city's neon lights were flying like dragons.
The cafe was empty, with a piece of jazz music playing on the radio; the attic upstairs was quiet, with a girl in a kimono sleeping there, the cold moonlight shining through the paper window onto her pale face.
And on the wooden roof of the attic, a young man was sitting quietly with his legs crossed.
On a summer day, the brightly lit Rainbow Bridge is seen from afar, with vehicles coming and going endlessly, forming a long stream of light.
He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the instructor would come to talk to him later. Today was the day when the "Park" was open, and he would be able to see Kong Youling in the park soon. Thinking of this, he felt much better and picked up his phone to take a look at the received message.
[Hacker: I have removed most of the locators and eavesdropping devices on Rukawa Chiba, but I am not sure if he still has anything on him, so just in case, the captain and I will stay in the mountains for a while and arrive in Tokyo tomorrow.]
[Hacker: You and Miss, be careful, don't get caught. It's best to avoid surveillance cameras when you go out.]
【Xia Pingzhou: Got it.】
Xia Pingzhou would wear a human face mask whenever he went out, and would either comb his hair back or tie it into a perfunctory pigtail like Li Qingping, looking like two different people;
It is much easier for Ayase to fold paper. She can use paper pages to disguise a human face mask.
The only problem, of course, was that she always liked to wear the same kimono that never changed, which made her too easily recognizable when she walked on the street, so Xia Pingzhou had been encouraging her to occasionally change into other clothes when going out.
Ayase Origami was silent for a while, just tilted her head and stared at him motionlessly. Her eyes seemed to be asking: "Do you want to see?"
At that time, Xia Pingzhou nodded and said lightly: "I want to see you wear it out." So Ayase Origami accepted it happily. It seems that she has never taken safety issues into consideration, but only cares about some weird things.
There was no other way, the safety of the two of them had to be considered by Ji Minghuan. He always felt that he was only twelve years old, but he was both a father and a mother.
This is especially true for the family members of Unit No. 1. They are almost the same as Ayase Origami, and do not take their own safety seriously.
Although Su Zimai had no self-awareness, he at least showed a strong desire to survive, which gave rise to the nickname "Diaper Demon";
But it was different for Gu Zhuoan and Gu Qiye. Their will to self-destruct was very strong. Ji Minghuan felt that as long as he left them alone for half a month, he would be able to see their bodies when he returned home.
Xia Pingzhou yawned, smacked his lips, and called up the skill tree panel of Unit 2. The evening breeze blew over, and he looked at the branches on the skill tree with tears of sleepiness in his eyes.
Finally, his gaze rested on the skills to be unlocked in branch two.
[Skill name: Second evolution of chess species.]
[Skill branch: Brave.]
[Learning conditions: You will be allowed to learn this skill only after you have accumulated "10" skill points in other branches.]
【Note: The learning conditions for this skill have been met. 】
[Hint: Learning this skill requires "2" skill points. Do you want to learn it immediately? ]
"What will it evolve into this time?"
Xia Pingzhou thought about it, raised his finger and long pressed the confirm key, and then the character panel burst into a dazzling light.
["2" skill points have been consumed, and the skill of the "Courage" branch has been successfully acquired - "Secondary Evolution of Chess Species" (which allows all your chess species to evolve to "Diamond Body", with increased attack and defense power).]
[The next skill of the branch "Courage" has been opened for learning. 】
At this moment, the body of the Queen's stone statue suddenly changed dramatically. The elements that made up her limbs gradually changed from noble silver-white to a dark blue with a hint of green.
At the same time, the two daggers in her hands were also changed to more advanced materials.
The stone statue of the queen lowered her eyes and looked at the hand guard inlaid with diamond shell.
Xia Pingzhou raised his eyebrows slightly and called out all the chess pieces on the black and white circle in one breath.
Looking around, his eyes swept over them all, and he saw that whether it was the soldiers, the artillery carts, the king, the knights, or the bishops, they were all coated with a luxurious and eye-catching diamond layer.
"Very good, it looks like the shiny krypton gold warriors in the online game." He nodded, "It looks like the stats are very high, at least the momentum is there."
【Tip: Branch 2 "Courage" has been developed to the end of the branch. 】
[Branch 2 (Brave): Chess Evolution (already learned) → Chess Second Evolution (already learned) → Final Evolution (need to consume 11/15 skill points in other branches before being allowed to learn this skill) (Learning this skill requires "2" skill points) (end of branch)]
"Will the next evolution be the ultimate form?" Xia Pingzhou thought, "But once the power inhibitor of the main body is removed, the stone statue should be able to evolve to a higher level."
He shook his head and collected his messy thoughts. "No, no, no, if the inhibitor is really removed, why would I need to control the statue here? I can probably just use the restraint belt to eat the earth alive."
Xia Pingzhou collected the diamond army and kept only the stone statue of the queen by his side. Then the black and white light slowly returned to his body.
"There is still one skill point left." He thought, looking at the skills to be unlocked in the other two branches.
[Soul Devourer (Soul): When your chess type kills a demon, there is a chance that it will absorb the demon's attributes, making the chess type itself stronger. (One-time chess types cannot enjoy this effect)]
[Learning this skill requires "1" skill point. ]
[Final Recruitment (Group): Obtain one Knight chess piece and three Soldier chess pieces. ]
[Learning this skill requires "2" skill points. ]
"Do you want to sell the event card in exchange for 1 skill point?" Xia Pingzhou glanced at the only event card on the No. 2 machine.
【Card Name: Noon has arrived】
[Card Effect: This card can only be used at "12 o'clock midnight". A bell sound will spread out, and the gravity of the enemies who hear the bell sound will suddenly increase several times. ]
After thinking for a while, he turned his head and looked at the stone statue of the queen, as if waiting for the other party to give advice.
The Queen's stone statue shook its head and raised its hand. A cold blue flame formed a line of text: "I think this event card can be used to deal with some fast people who are good at close combat, such as... Jack the Ripper."
"That's true." Xia Pingzhou nodded, "There's no need to rush. The value of this card is much greater than those junk cards."
After a brief conversation with the Queen's stone statue, he raised his hand and poked at the word "Soul Eater".
After long pressing the index finger, the skill icon turned from dark to light, emitting a black and white light, reflecting on Xia Pingzhou's indifferent face.
[1 skill point has been consumed, and the skill of the branch "Soul" - "Soul Devourer" has been successfully acquired. ]
[Tip: The next skill of the branch "Soul" has been opened for learning. ]
Xia Pingzhou had no intention of doing anything else. He lay down on the roof of the attic and looked at the starry sky for a while. Then he gave an order to the stone statue of the queen, asking her to keep watch nearby and be on the lookout for Japanese gangsters who might come knocking on his door in the middle of the night. Then he closed his eyes.
A night in silence.
"Restricted psychic, number 1002 - Ji Minghuan, your mentor is here to visit you, please get ready quickly." Ji Minghuan opened his eyes and stared at the penguin on the ceiling without blinking.
The cold light shone on his face, making him look pale and he couldn't help but want to close his eyelids.
He was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned his head.
Sure enough, it was still the same: every time the tutor was in an unstable mood, he would either go to the detention room without saying hello, or go directly there; at this time, he was sitting quietly at the table like a ghost, with a cold light reflecting on his glasses.
The instructor was furious and spoke almost word by word: "Those people from the White Crow Brigade, they killed Julius."
Ji Minghuan was stunned for a moment, then slowly got up from the bed and asked in a daze: "Uh...what's going on? Who is Julius? Oh, I remember, that officer uncle."
He suddenly opened his eyes wide, "No way? He was killed by those bandits?"
As he said this, he sneered in his heart: So you have come to this day, it's rare to see you with this expression.
He got out of bed, took a cup of hot milk from the plate on the ground, inserted a straw, and then sat down across the table. He raised one hand to support his chin, drank the milk with a straw, and silently admired the angry expression on his tutor's face.
It can be seen that the mentor and Julius have a good relationship. The two seem to have been playing the good cop and the bad cop in front of Ji Minghuan, but in fact, they have a close relationship behind the scenes.
After a moment, the instructor finally spoke: "Yes, Julius was besieged by the brigade and died."
"Aren't the brigades just a bunch of trash? They're not even at the quasi-disaster level, and the big sister can kill them with just one blow."
"But we didn't expect that there would be multiple disaster-levels in the brigade."
"Disaster level?"
"And... they seem to have taken a magical creature away from the box garden." said the mentor.
"Fantastic Beasts?"
Ji Minghuan tilted his head and stared at his instructor with curiosity, "What animal is it? It can't be a rainbow horse, right?"
The instructor nodded.
"That was a shark several hundred meters long," he said. "Based on the photos Urushihara Ruri sent me, I determined that it should be the legendary extinct group of magical animals - the 'Eternal Abyss Sharks'."
"Hundreds of meters? Wouldn't that be like swimming a football field in the water?" Ji Minghuan was shocked.
The mentor was silent, his mind full of thoughts.
"They are both magical animals, so which one is more powerful, the Eternal Abyss Shark or the Light-Eating Bee?" Ji Minghuan asked again.
"It's hard to say. The number of Eternal Sharks is far less than that of Light-Eating Bees, and generally speaking, they are marine creatures and will not come to land." The instructor said, "But this is the first time I have seen an Eternal Shark that can fly, and there is no relevant record in the book."
"Is it because of the mutation that this shark can survive?" Ji Minghuan asked.
"It's possible." The instructor said, "The situation is becoming more and more complicated. We greatly underestimated what they were hiding, the White Crow Brigade."
He was silent for a moment. "If the reproduction ability of the Eternal Abyss Sharks is as strong as that of the Light Devouring Bees, then the threat they pose to the world will be far greater than that of the Light Devouring Bees."
"But didn't you say that light-eating bees can become stronger by eating psychics?" Ji Minghuan said, "So it seems that light-eating bees are more dangerous, right? After all, they can improve themselves endlessly. If they eat a natural disaster-level one, wouldn't they just jump up to the sky?"
"Yes." The instructor said, "But we have already found the whereabouts of the light-eating bees and passed the information to Hongyi. If nothing goes wrong, the last light-eating bees in the world will be wiped out in one fell swoop in ten days."
After saying that, the instructor took a deep breath and stared at the table.
"Aren't the light-eating bees going to be dead in half a month? Why are you so worried?" Ji Minghuan asked.
"There are many problems right now. Not only is the White Crow Brigade's situation beyond our expectations, but the Light Devouring Bees are the same."
"What happened to those little bees?"
"According to our observations, the queen bee has now given birth to four candidates for queen bee. We call these four light-eating bees 'bee candidates.'" The instructor lowered his voice at the end.
"Feng Hou..." Ji Minghuan murmured.
"Currently, the light-eating bee colonies belonging to the four 'bee herds' are capturing a large number of psychics from Japan and bringing them back to the island to provide nutrients for their bee herds. At the current rate, I'm afraid that in less than a month, the four bee herds will evolve into 'disaster-level'."
The instructor paused and took a breath, "No, they are most likely already at the disaster level."
"What about the queen bee?" Ji Minghuan asked casually.
"The queen bee is a tool for reproduction and has no combat power." The instructor said, "That being said, it is indeed the most dangerous existence. We will guide Hongyi's actions this time and tell them that even if they cannot kill the four 'bee queens' immediately, they must get rid of the 'queen bee'."
He lowered his voice and said, "As long as the queen bee dies, the light-eating bees will not be able to continue to reproduce. It is only a matter of time before they are wiped out."
"Isn't that good?"
"The queen bees are planning to invade human territory, and Osaka, Japan, may become their first target." The instructor said, "If this matter is not handled properly, it will cause incalculable casualties."
Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows: "So, if the situation is out of control, then it's time for our rescue team to take the stage?"
The instructor thought for a moment and raised his head: "Yes, if Rainbow Wing fails to completely destroy the Light Devouring Bees, then you will have to take action."
"Are you sure it will be too late then?" Ji Minghuan suddenly said.
"What did you say?"
"After eating twelve Calamity-level mutants, how powerful are those bee swarms? Are they unstoppable?"
"Don't worry, even if they devour twelve Calamity-level creatures, they will not be a match for three Myth-level creatures." The instructor shook his head, "We will dispatch Sun Changkong, Shang Xiaochi, and Zeus, and the three of them will be responsible for the aftermath."
"What if, I'm just saying what if... even the big sister and the others were killed?"
The mentor was silent for a while, then looked up and met Ji Minghuan's gaze.
He said: "Then we will use your power. Even if we have to watch you destroy the world, it is better than handing the world over to a group of aliens."
(End of this chapter)
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