Chapter 414 Restricted Level 1003, Devour, Tomorrow (asking for monthly ticket)
It was late at night. The young man in the hoodie came from the top of the snow-capped mountain and entered Reykjavik. He slowly stepped over the neon lights of the signboards and passed by the dim wooden houses.
Finally we arrived above the deserted harbor.
He looked up and saw a girl with a plain face. She was leaning against the fence, hugging her shoulders, turning her head to look at the aurora in the night sky. Her black hair was swaying in the wind, and the fiery red hair behind her head was dancing with the wind.
"I haven't been able to sit down and have a good chat with you." Lin Xingshi said without turning his head.
"So many things have happened recently..." Xiaonian said, "First, my dad suddenly started to get mad at you guys, and then your people were brainwashed by the Salvation Society, one thing after another."
"Yes, I don't have time to reminisce with you. My mind is in a mess." Lin Xingshi turned around.
"What's there to talk about?" Xiaonian said, "It happened when we were ten. We weren't grown up yet."
"Actually, I'm very curious... How did you see me when you were still a child?" Lin Xingshi tilted his head.
"Good friends." Xiaonian said without hesitation.
"That's too much. I treated you as a family member at that time." Lin Xingshi hugged his shoulders and said lightly.
"You are human and I am a demon. How can we be a family?"
"You know what?" Lin Xingshi thought for a moment, then curled his lips and said casually, "I was thinking, if I were a demon and you were an exorcist, I would have signed a contract with you and run away with you."
"Are you blaming me for not going with you?"
"No... I'm not that selfish. If we sign a contract, you'll have to follow me forever. That would be so boring." Lin Xingshi shook his head. "I'm just saying that if I were a demon, I might do that, but I don't mean to ask you to do that."
"I suggest we stop talking about the past and talk about the present," Xiaonian said calmly.
"Now, in my eyes, you've been downgraded from family to just a good friend." Lin Xingshi snorted, "After all, we haven't seen each other for ten years."
"Oh, then in my eyes, you have been downgraded from a good friend to a stranger," Xiaonian said.
Lin Xingshi shrugged slightly, "No, you can't be demoted once you become a good friend."
Xiaonian looked at her helplessly, "Stop making trouble, we are not children anymore, let's talk about the Salvation Society."
Lin Xingshi was silent for a moment. "How about we go to that glacier together to find out what's going on the day after tomorrow?"
"Yes, that's what I planned too. It would be better if our two groups could take care of each other."
"Then how are you going to convince the Zodiac team? They're not just ordinary people who hate lake hunting."
"I'll tell them we can wait until we reach the Hofs Glacier before starting the war and abide by martial ethics," said the Little Nian Beast. "Once we get there, I'll lie to them and tell them the Salvation Society is actually just the Lake Hunters or something like that."
"Is it so easy to fool?" Lin Xingshi asked.
"That's how it works."
"Are all demons so smart?"
"Just look at my dad, won't you know?"
"That makes sense."
Lin Xingshi nodded thoughtfully, Xiaonian also nodded, and then they both suddenly laughed out loud at the same time, as if they thought this conversation was too absurd.
"We're leaving tomorrow night," Lin Xingshi said. "Are you confident?"
"We have all joined forces, why don't we have confidence?"
"I heard that the people of the Salvation Society even have mythical anecdotes, but I'm not sure."
“It’s true.”
"It seems that this trip is a life-or-death journey." Lin Xingshi shrugged and said with emotion.
"Now that you know everything, do you still want to go?"
"Yes, I can't let Zhou Jiuya die in such an unclear way. As his friend, I have to give an explanation to myself; as the captain of the Lake Hunting, I have to give an explanation to the family behind me." Lin Xingshi nodded and said slowly.
Xiaonian looked at her silently, and then said, "It's okay, I will protect you."
Lin Xingshi was startled and glanced at him sideways. Their eyes met.
"Ten years ago, you protected me from those people. Now it's my turn to protect you."
"As expected of our Xiaonian, he's really good at talking. He gave me a claw when we just met a few days ago, causing me to lie in bed all night."
"The situation forced you to kill my father. Even if I was just acting, I had to show some appreciation... and Zhou Jiuya wanted to kill me right then and there."
"That's true."
The two looked at each other, chuckled softly, and remained silent for a moment.
"See you tomorrow night, don't go alone." After a while, Lin Xingshi said.
"Then I'll fly away from Reykjavik openly on my Totoro Demon, and you just have to follow me."
After saying this, Xiaonian left the port without looking back. Lin Xingshi watched him leave silently.
She lowered her eyes, her black hair, tinged with red, swaying slightly in the sea breeze, illuminated by the aurora. After a moment, she looked up at the sky, and the Icelandic night sky was reflected in her pupils. This sky was as beautiful as the rumors said.
One day later, at sunset on August 31st.
Reykjavik, interior of a colorful wooden house in the harbor.
The huge French windows faced the sea. The setting sun was sinking towards the horizon, bit by bit, removing the light pouring down on the city. The last rays of light streamed in through the window, illuminating Gu Wenyu's face as he sat on the ground, lost in thought.
On the big bed behind him, Su Zimai was sleeping soundly on the pillow.
After they came back from lunch, Su Zimai fell asleep in bed. Gu Wenyu knew she didn't want to make things difficult for him, so they had to say goodbye that day. Then he had to join the others on their way to Hofsjökull glacier in Iceland.
If Su Zimai made a scene and insisted on following, Gu Wenyu would have to tie her up with a restraint trap.
Now Su Zimai was lying on her side on the bed with her eyes closed. She looked so peaceful and her breathing was even. She probably had no plans to do anything stupid.
Thinking of this, Gu Wenyu withdrew his eyes from the bed and continued to look at the sea.
After a while, as the setting sun completely sank to the bottom of the horizon, the world reflected in Gu Wenyu's pupils dimmed, and the sea and the harbor were pitch black.
He picked up the dark red and black mask from the ground beside him, then used the restraints to pull out a mobile phone from the pocket of his windbreaker and made an anonymous call.
"Who is it?" Soon, Ke Qirui's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"It's me... Miss Ke Qirui." Hei Pupa turned on the voice changer of the mask and spoke slowly.
Ke Qirui was silent for a moment, then his tone was filled with strong disbelief:
"Gu Wenyu?"
"Yes." Black Pupa replied, "Well, we haven't been in touch for a long time."
"Where are you?" Ke Qirui asked immediately.
"I'm in a rented house in Reykjavik, in the western harbor. Su Zimai is also here with me. I need you to come find her and take her away safely. Then you and her must leave Iceland as soon as possible." Hei Pu said, "But only you can come. Gu Zhuoan, Gu Qiye, Lin Yilong, Su Wei, and the others must leave for Hofsjokull together."
He paused, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Otherwise I won't let you go."
"You mean them? They've already set off together, just an hour ago," Ke Qirui said. "With Su Wei's speed, it won't take them long to reach the Hofs Glacier..." She paused. "I don't know why you're having such a hard time, but there's no need for you to do this. Your family cares about you more than you think."
Black Pupa was silent for a moment. "Stop the nice talk and come to the port to pick her up. I'll wait until you get here before leaving."
After saying that, he hung up the phone. Then he turned his head and glanced at Su Zimai lying on the bed.
She had her back to him, still closing her eyes and pretending to be asleep, as if she didn't want this farewell to be too awkward or sudden, so she just pretended to be stupid without saying a word.
At this moment, the black pupa suddenly closed his eyes slightly, and movement was heard from the perspective of the main body.
"Restricted-level psychic, number 1002, Ji Minghuan, instructor is visiting, get ready to get up quickly."
A cold voice rang out from the PA system, and then the lights in the entire cell flickered on layer by layer. The dazzling light screen spread across Ji Minghuan's face, waking him from his bed.
"Why are you still looking for me now..." Ji Minghuan sat up from the bed and turned to look at the instructor who came out from the door, "Are you planning to let 1003 eat me?"
"No, I'm just taking you to see the restricted 1003. Let's go."
As the instructor spoke, he paused at the door and looked up at his face.
"Finished?" Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows.
"Just one last step."
After saying that, the instructor walked out of the metal door and into the world behind the light curtain.
Ji Minghuan hesitated for a moment, then got out of bed and followed his mentor's steps.
He stepped into the seemingly endless corridor. Every time his mentor took a step forward, he followed suit. After a while, they entered an elevator.
Ji Minghuan half-opened his eyes. This elevator was unique; he had never seen one before. The elevator panel was filled with floor numbers, too numerous to remember.
The instructor pressed the button for the fifth underground floor, and the elevator descended. A moment later, the elevator door slowly opened with a ding-dong sound.
The two looked up and saw a wide space, but it was so dark that they couldn't see what was hidden in the shadows. They could only hear the sound of liquid shaking.
Suddenly, a bright green light emanated from the center of the space and rushed towards him, causing Ji Minghuan to squint slightly. However, his eyes quickly adapted to the light and his pupils contracted slightly, allowing him to see the scene clearly.
"What is this... Doctor Octopus?" Ji Minghuan moved his lips and murmured curiously.
What came into view was a huge tank storing nutrient solution, and inside the tank was a naked boy. The boy's body was covered in a metal skin, with mechanical tentacles growing from his back. His hair and eyes were a hollow black.
At this moment, the young man was curled up with his head down, hugging his knees, his skinny body rising and falling in the nutrient tank, and his long black hair undulating in the liquid like seaweed.
"This is... Restricted Level 1003." The instructor suddenly spoke, speaking softly.
"I always feel that you have some misunderstanding about restricted levels." Ji Minghuan said casually.
The instructor disagreed, "1003 can absorb other people's abilities. With some time, he can become the most powerful psychic in the world."
He paused, "Then... 1003 will absorb your abilities as well, and you'll be free."
Isn't this my black pupa? However, the ability to devour is just one of my abilities. I can even contain Tianqu and Qiwen. In comparison, 1003's ability is indeed just a degraded version... Ji Minghuan thought secretly in his heart.
"My brother has become his sacrifice, right?" he asked after a moment of silence.
"Yes, as an experiment, the first mutant he absorbed was your brother. Your brother's flesh, blood, and even bone marrow were all absorbed into 1003's body."
Ji Minghuan was slightly stunned, and recalled the faces of Ji Huaiye and Lin Xi in his 1001 memories. He didn't know how his deceased parents would feel after this incident.
“So cruel.”
The instructor was silent for a moment, then suddenly brought up an unrelated topic:
"Prophet, we suspect he's Restricted Level 1001. He's contacted you, right?"
Ji Minghuan did not answer, and the teacher's words echoed in this green world.
"If Restricted Level 1001 still retained his original abilities, he wouldn't have to go to such great lengths to do things. It seems... he's almost completely ruined."
"You can take any guess you want."
"That's good... at least it won't affect my plan. 1003 can still handle one restricted level, but two is hard to say." The instructor smiled slightly.
"Are you sure 1003 will obey you?" Ji Minghuan raised his eyes and silently looked at the young man in the nutrient tank.
"Who knows?" The instructor said with a smile, "How can you know if you don't try?"
As he spoke, he suddenly changed the subject, "By the way... you seem to have never asked me about the red light."
"Why do you ask?"
"Didn't Black Pupa also participate in the Red Light Incident in London? You should understand the whole story. Regarding Red Light, your initial clue about the Salvation Society should have come from him, right?"
Ji Minghuan sighed softly, thinking that this old fox had known it a long time ago.
"Okay, then let me ask you, why did you control the red light? And then... let him reveal the Savior Society's secrets to the outside world. Isn't that like trying to cover up one's mistake? Shouldn't those old men in the Savior Society know right away that it was you, a psychic, who did it?"
"Red Light was just a sacrifice," the instructor said. "I wasn't the only psychic user in the Savior Society at the time, and I couldn't allow two psychics to exist here. It would affect my plan to fully control the Savior Society."
He adjusted his glasses. "So... I created the serial killer Red Road Light, and had him leave the name of the Savior Society behind him after each crime. He also left various clues, pointing all the clues and the root of the problem to another psychic ability user, successfully making the Savior Society mistakenly believe he was a mole. And then he died."
"I was wondering...why did you go to all this trouble? Turns out you were trying to frame someone else." Ji Minghuan thought for a moment. "But that's true. If there was another psychic user, it wouldn't be so easy for you to brainwash the top brass of the Savior Society."
The instructor put his hands behind his back and looked up at the boy in the nutrient tank quietly.
He said, "Your father, Ji Huaiye, and your mother, Lin Xi... they were once my friends."
"Then what?"
"In the end, I personally arranged for others to kill them."
"I knew it."
"Aren't you angry? I killed your family with my own hands, and now I want to kill you too."
Ji Minghuan looked up and thought for a moment, "What should I say... Never mind, I'm too lazy to talk to you."
"You're so peaceful," the instructor said. "Maybe you've been separated from your family for too long, and you no longer have any feelings for them." He then walked back into the elevator and looked at Ji Minghuan's back. "Go back and rest...it's getting late."
"Indeed...it's getting late." Ji Minghuan said meaningfully, took a last look at the restricted 1003 in the nutrient tank, and then moved back to the elevator car.
The instructor raised his hand and pressed the button on the elevator panel. The elevator hummed upwards, and then he suddenly spoke:
"Tomorrow...I will tell you a secret."
"Tomorrow?" Ji Minghuan leaned against the wall of the elevator. "It's already the end, and you're still keeping me in suspense as always."
"A bad guy has to stick to his own style so as not to lose himself." The instructor smiled slightly.
Ji Minghuan looked up at the indicator panel in the elevator car in a daze. The numbers on it were changing slowly.
At this moment, it was close to midnight on September 1st, Iceland time, and at this moment, all forces from Reykjavik were rushing to Hofsglacier under the cover of night.
Amid the humming sound of the elevator, he slowly closed his eyes, and images from various perspectives suddenly emerged in his mind. At this moment, no matter which perspective he was from, he was walking on the white glacier, moving step by step towards the eastern part of the Hofs Glacier.
"You don't have a tomorrow anymore, old thing..." Ji Minghuan opened his eyes, glanced at his mentor's profile out of the corner of his eye, and muttered to himself in his heart.
His face was illuminated by the dim light of the elevator, and an unconcealable hostility flashed across his pupils.
After a while, the elevator stopped and Ji Minghuan walked out of the car alone.
(End of this chapter)
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