Cattail Fly (8) Update
Shi Jianxia looked at Jun Xiaoyi calmly, his dark and deep eyes filled with emotions that were difficult for ordinary people to understand.
Suddenly, she said, "She and I are not of the same kind. She deserves to die."
Jun Xiaoyi was slightly stunned. He didn't expect to hear such an answer. Even Shi Jianxia's reaction seemed too calm compared to what he had imagined. It seemed as if he was not surprised at all that others had found out that he had used the Zerg Investigation Department to hunt down No. 5.
He quickly realized what was going on and asked, "What do you mean?"
She and Number Five are not the same kind of people.
I'm afraid that most people who hear this will subconsciously think that she is unfaithful to the red spider lily, but if you think about it carefully, it is not the case.
There are small groups in a class, and it is normal for an organization as big as Higanbana to have factions. She said that she and No. 5 are not the same kind of people, and it is entirely possible that there is a factional dispute between the two of them.
Not giving a direct answer is evasion.
But for some reason, Jun Xiaoyi felt that this answer was more credible than Shi Jianxia's solemn oath to him that she was not actually loyal to Higanbana and that everything she was doing was out of her control.
Shi Jianxia persuaded him: "Whatever you want to do, I can help you."
If possible, she didn't want to go too far. Jun Xiaoyi's hostility towards her was limited, and because the Jun family was exterminated, he regarded Higanbana as a thorn in his side.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Why should we engage in internal conflicts when we can cooperate?
"Why should I believe you?" Jun Xiaoyi asked back coldly.
Shi Jianxia raised his eyebrows. "Whether you believe me or not is not important. What's important is that we share the same goal. Besides, you hold my lifeline in your hands. You can report me to the Zerg Investigation Department at any time."
Her lifeblood is naturally the identity of the 'owner of the Higanbana Jade Token'.
If Zhuang Mingyue knew about this, she would be arrested immediately and lose everything she had in her current identity.
Of course, if that day really comes, she will definitely give up this identity in order to protect herself.
Jun Xiaoyi looked at her, trying to find any signs of deceiving him on her face.
Unfortunately, she was pious from her eyes to her hair, or perhaps her ability to disguise was too strong, and he could not see her true intentions at all.
He didn't know that his hesitation at this moment actually represented his truest thoughts.
He didn't want to kill Shi Jianxia.
Not to mention that the two of them have become like-minded friends in the past few months of getting along, Shi Jianxia's identity as the 'owner of the Higanbana Crimson Jade Card' also allows him to glimpse more things related to this organization.
For example, why do they want to seize the star core; for example, who is their leader.
What he wanted was for Higanbana to disappear completely, not for a member to die at his hands.
But seeing that Xia was too cunning, Jun Xiaoyi was afraid that what she said now was just a temporary measure, and she would disappear without a trace after leaving this place, and everything he did today would be in vain.
Shi Jianxia waited patiently for him to make the final decision, while he turned his head and observed his current environment.
This place was not the bottom of a broken platform, but an enclosed space like a tomb. Many rare minerals and insect crystals were scattered on the ground, and a circular altar was displayed in the center.
This altar is almost exactly the same as the altar that Shi Jianxia saw when he obtained the first star core in the underground research institute of Shuiyuan Star.
At that time, she only thought that the altar was the container for the red spider lily to store the star core, but now it seems that it is not that simple.
However, there is no such altar in the secret treasure house of Nando Military Academy, which also contains star cores.
Shi Jianxia thought about it, pointed at the altar and asked Jun Xiaoyi directly, "What is this?"
Jun Xiaoyi's mouth twitched slightly.
The crisis facing this guy hasn't been resolved yet, but he's not treated as an outsider. His character is so real that there's no disguise at all.
Although he was quite speechless and even a little annoyed, he still replied, "This is the Star Altar. It can grab the power of the star core. Didn't you take the star core? How can you use it without it?"
Shi Jianxia uttered an "oh" and said slowly, "Save it as a family heirloom."
Jun Xiaoyi: "..."
There's not a single truth in his mouth, so let's kill him to prevent future trouble.
When this thought came to mind, Jun Xiaoyi's blood-red pupils trembled. He gritted his teeth and tried hard to restrain the bloodthirsty desire that surged in his heart.
Shi Jianxia seemed not to notice his abnormality. He walked forward a few steps and looked at the Star Altar carefully.
I didn't have the chance to look at it carefully last time, but now I can see it clearly. There are many complex totems engraved on the surface of the star altar. Shi Jianxia didn't recognize most of them, but she had seen the one at the core.
It was the one that floated between her eyebrows when the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" appeared, and it was also the one on the carving on the observation deck of the hot spring villa.
"Classic of Mountains and Seas" can absorb star cores. I think this totem is the key. Maybe someone discovered this and created the Star Altar.
Back in the underground research institute on Shuiyuan Star, No. 7 probably also seized the power of the first star core through the Star Altar to help Wen Qiuqiu awaken the colorful jade waist mimicry.
Shi Jianxia continued to ask: "Where did you get the Star Altar?"
There was no record of the Star Altar in the chip she accidentally obtained from the hot spring villa. Was it because this thing could not leave any traces of records, or was it because the Qinglong family did not know about the Star Altar at all?
It seems understandable when you think about it. The decline of the Four Divine Beast Families is essentially due to their inability to awaken the Divine Beast mimicry. If they knew that the Star Altar could seize the power of the Star Core for their own use, they would probably search for the Star Altar and the Star Core at all costs.
The veins on Jun Xiaoyi's forehead bulged. He really didn't understand why she could talk so calmly about a topic that should not exist between the two of them.
They haven't made peace yet! They're still testing each other and considering whether to kill each other!
Shi Jianxia T didn't hear his answer and gave him a puzzled look, "Don't you know?"
Jun Xiaoyi: "..."
He suppressed the frustration in his heart and said, "My father once met the inheritor of the mimicry of the Classic of Mountains and Seas. This Star Altar was obtained from her."
Shi Jianxia suddenly turned his head.
Seeing that she finally had some reaction, Jun Xiaoyi felt relieved. He crossed his arms and said, "When I was eight years old, my father took me to see a woman."
"That woman was very beautiful. My father asked her if I could awaken the Black Tortoise Mimicry. She said that the power of the Black Tortoise Mimicry came from the star core fragments that our family possessed. To awaken the Black Tortoise Mimicry, one must use the energy of the star core fragments."
"But decades ago, my grandfather disappeared with the star core fragment. That woman left behind the Star Altar and told us that if we could ever find the star core fragment, we could use the Star Altar as a medium to recharge it."
The Jun family has secretly guarded the sixth star core for hundreds of years. King's Landing also originated from this, and it has not been built for thousands of years as rumored by the outside world.
"More than a year ago, my father accidentally learned that the scalpel that belonged to my grandfather and was embedded with a star core fragment was sold at an auction by the former principal of Nan Teng Military Academy for a high price."
His grandfather was a very famous Zerg anatomist in the Federation, who had perfectly dissected SS-class Zergs.
"But before he could even contact Principal Nanyuan, our entire family was nearly wiped out by the Higanbana's covert manipulation, leaving me, a half-human, half-ghost monster, behind."
Jun Xiaoyi said this with a self-deprecating smile.
The reason why he was able to survive until now and not become a caterpillar fly parasite was because his father obtained the Star Altar from that mysterious woman and used the Star Altar to direct the power of the star core to him, trying to make him awaken his mimicry.
Ten years passed, and no matter how much power of the star core he absorbed, he was still an ordinary person, with no signs of awakening mimicry. The power that entered his body seemed to be swallowed by a black hole, leaving no trace.
Shi Jianxia never thought that he would hear so many inside stories. Thinking about Jun Xiaoyi's age, it was exactly ten years ago.
Ten years ago, the original owner's father disappeared, and she was sent to Shuiyuan Star by the head of the Xia family, and inexplicably became the number seven of the red spider lily.
"What does that woman look like?" Shi Jianxia asked anxiously.
Jun Xiaoyi shook his head. "I don't remember. I don't remember anything after I saw her. I just subconsciously thought she was very beautiful."
He also thought about this problem and finally thought that it might be related to the other party's mimicry. After all, he was already able to remember things at that time. After so many years, he could not remember the appearance of the woman, but he knew some of her characteristics. It was impossible that his impression of her was just the general word "beautiful".
Shi Jianxia sighed.
The more you unravel the mystery surrounding her, the greater it becomes.
She discarded her suspicions that the mysterious woman was the original owner's mother and retrieved the preserved skeleton and silver-white scroll from her interspatial bracelet. She said to Jun Xiaoyi, "I discovered this by accident. I think he must be your grandfather. He's always kept this picture in his hands. It must have been very important to him. I'm returning it to you."
Jun Xiaoyi stared in a daze at the white skeleton lying flat in the large storage box. He still kept his hands in front of him, as if shouting out his unwillingness at the moment before death.
He had only seen his grandfather in photos, standing side by side with his grandmother, smiling brightly. His grandmother always told him about things that happened when his grandfather was still alive, over and over again, and he remembered every single one of them clearly.
Jun Xiaoyi pursed her lips slightly, took the white paper that Shi Jianxia handed over, and whispered, "Thank you."
Grandpa is back, grandma will definitely be very happy, right?
Suddenly, there were violent tremors all around, dust fell down, and the ores scattered on the ground also trembled slightly, as if some huge monster had turned over in the ground.
"What's wrong?" Shi Jianxia asked vigilantly.
"Someone is attacking here from outside." Jun Xiaoyi clenched the paper scroll and put the skeleton into the space bracelet.
"It's the man from before." He gritted his teeth.
The pair of blood-red pupils trembled unsteadily again, as if something was trying to break through the cage that imprisoned it and escape.
Thinking of the powerful strength of the masked man, Shi Jianxia hissed. If he broke through this place, she might not be in danger, but Jun Xiaoyi would definitely die.
Shi Jianxia asked, "Is there a way to leave here?"
Jun Xiaoyi glanced at her and walked towards the altar.
Shi Jianxia thought about it and quickly put all the ores and insect crystals on the ground into the space bracelet, putting as much as he could fit.
"You haven't told me yet how you use the stars—"
Jun Xiaoyi turned around and the scene he saw took his breath away.
There were more than a dozen storage boxes on the ground, and a group of kids including Xixi were hurriedly stuffing rare minerals and insect crystals into them.
When Shi Jianxia heard him stop talking, he paused in picking up the insect crystals and said with a wry smile, "I'm helping you save money for your wife!"
Jun Xiaoyi said expressionlessly, "No need."
Shi Jianxia's eyebrows immediately danced with joy, "Well, then, they are all mine."
Jun Xiaoyi: "..."
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