Chapter 116 False Bonds
The seawater rushed into my chest, my breathing was blocked, and the scene in front of my eyes became blurry.
Logically speaking, this should be the reaction after falling into the water.
But the chill of the seawater spread from her limbs, but Li Li felt that her five senses were exceptionally clear, as if she could breathe freely in the deep sea. Her brain was active, perhaps because of the blood loss, or perhaps because of the battle of wits and courage with the prophet Yu Xiao just now.
Only after the Lord of Jiaohuang City had swallowed the tricky prophet deeply did she have time to relax and then said in her heart: Who is your son? How can you be his father if you didn’t even guess his gender correctly?
However, it might be because she had just been promoted to SS rank.
At this level,
Li Li understood more deeply what Princess Wuyu meant by being able to destroy the world at any time.
But at the same time, she also proved one of her ideas.
The SSS level above the SS level can be called God.
However, as an S-rank person, she had to directly fight against an SS-rank psychic, and at the same time, she had to hide it from the old fox fish who was also a great actor. After all these operations, Li Li was indeed a little tired.
Her eyelids felt heavy and she wanted to sleep.
No, it seems too heavy.
The deep sea is like a peaceful place for rest and relaxation. As you descend, you feel like you are gradually returning to the embrace of the earth.
She seemed to understand why she liked sleeping on the seabed so much. It was really peaceful.
In this deep blue, she slowly closed her eyes, as if embracing this tranquility.
But noisy shouts came from the sea again.
"Haig!"
"Haig!"
Then there were a few louder "Yu Xiao" sounds.
Her name is Li Li. Li Li thought about it, but she opened her eyes obediently.
The black pupils surged with red until they turned completely red. Her body shape began to change, and the SS-level ability instantly healed the injuries on her body. Her black hair grew longer, and the aho-hair gradually merged into the ends of her hair. The silver-white mask returned to her face, and her black windbreaker was repaired in the deep sea.
She glanced at the black dragon that had been looking at her from the beginning, raised her hand and pointed at the sea.
Then she showed her big smile.
The people on the sea gathered together and discussed going into the sea to look for the two men.
At this moment, a dark shadow approached from the calm sea.
In an instant, the huge black dragon broke through the barrier of the sea surface, stirring up huge waves, and the water mist in the air seemed to flash with beautiful rainbow-like light.
Li Li stood on top of the dragon with a smile on her face, letting her clothes get wet by the sea water. Then, the moisture faded away in the sunlight, and the corners of her clothes fluttered in the wind among the water droplets.
Fish drowned in the sea, and birds returned to the sky.
She saw Yiming who had emerged from the sea, and also saw Tang and An Huyu who were following closely behind him. She also saw Dan and An Heyu who were looking down from the sky for her.
The sun is still brilliant and beautiful.
What is the difference between her and Yu Xiao?
Li Li didn't plan to greet them first, nor did she want to face Yiming's miserable questioning as if she knew nothing.
She had given him a chance, but he just didn't want to listen.
In the salty sea breeze, she looked at the sky in front of her, at the clear sky and the desolate city in the distance, and the horizon where the sea and the sky connected.
The black dragon was at her feet, carrying her soaring in the air.
But she raised the corners of her mouth and slowly said to the empty sky: "It's time to show up."
She narrowed her eyes slightly and counted off jokingly: "What should I call you? System? Or the real prophet, the god behind the empire?"
SS rank cannot affect life and death. Even Yu Xiao was in the state of a golden cicada escaping from its shell before death. Even the noble An family who possesses the power of the dead do not believe that humans can be resurrected from the dead.
But Li Li knew that she was indeed dead. She died in her bed in the dormitory after staying up all night to work on her thesis.
Then the only ones who can bring her back to life are those of a higher level, higher than SS-rank psychics, and higher than the An noble family, which possesses undead psychics who possess SS-rank psychics.
It can only be the legendary SSS level.
The one who can travel between the two worlds, construct a real body for Li Li, and use popularity points to trade superpowers and life can only be an SSS-level superpower.
In reality, she can use her superpowers, but they are suppressed by the system. After the system reveals its preferences, it changes from a cold and ruthless machine to a person in the game.
A player in the comic book world.
Who told Yu Xiao the prophecy that the royal family had no special powers but could make the nobles obey. The one who was against Yu Xiao was the royal family and the system.
The imperial royal family is nothing more than an agent of the system, or a puppet.
The nobles do not obey the royal family, but they must obey an SSS-level god.
Time stopped.
As soon as Li Li finished speaking.
The black dragon kept flying, its long beard still in the air. The ripples on the sea surface seemed like a solidified sculpture, and the shouts and the sound of the wind disappeared in my ears.
The water droplets remained suspended in midair, reflecting the light of the rainbow.
And during this stagnant time, a voice emerged in the air and rushed into Li Li's ears from all directions.
"Nice to meet you."
It was a gentle male voice, and seemed very friendly.
"You can call me Libra."
He behind the system finally surfaced.
In the silence, Li Li, the only one who could move, laughed and said, "Comparing yourself to the sky?"
"Please don't get excited. We are not enemies." The voice of System Libra carried an indescribable rhythm. He was a god, but he was explaining to Li Li, "My ability is SSS-level conceptual type [Equivalent Exchange]. I will only trade with you if you agree."
“Popularity points in exchange for your resurrection. This transaction has no additional conditions.” He said.
Li Li still had a smile on her face. She didn't say whether she believed it or not. She just said, "What you really want to trade with me is 'stabilize this world'."
She had vaguely guessed the identity of the system before, but she didn't know its purpose. After listening to Princess Wuyu's words, she finally found the last piece of the puzzle.
Because this world is unstable and is about to be destroyed.
That's why the system, the god of this comic world, came to her.
Every time she travels into the comic world, the phrase "bringing new aura to comics" should actually mean "bringing new aura to the comic world."
This is what the system is thinking.
Libra did not deny it, and it was indeed a fair trade.
"As you already know, this world is extremely unstable and is heading for destruction. After reaching the SSS level, I have observed countless possible futures for this world. Among them, you are the only miracle that can change the ending of destruction."
His words are extremely true: "The essence of [Equivalent Exchange] is equivalence. I will help you become an SSS-class psychic, and after that, I hope you can use your power to stabilize this world."
To save the world at all costs just for some people whom I had known for less than half a year? Li Li felt that the system really could dream.
"How stable?" But Li Li still asked.
The system stated that she had to first reach the SSS level as a prerequisite so that she felt there was still room for discussion.
"My ability is [Equivalent Exchange]. The concept of the world must abide by the premise of 'equivalence'. When you become an SSS-level ability user, I hope you can make a deal with me and exchange yourself for the concept of 'world stability'." Libra said.
Li Li gave a mocking smile.
"Don't worry, your body in this world is different from the real world. I have been preventing the two worlds from intersecting in order to separate them." Libra said.
Li Li travels between the comic world and the real world with her soul, not her body, which was made clear when she was frozen by Yue Qing before. What he meant was that the two bodies in the real comic world are completely separate.
Libra continued, "Your popularity is now enough for you to be resurrected in the real world, and after this deal is over, you can still return to the real world and be resurrected. Use comics to gain as much popularity as possible, and when you have enough, you can reconstruct your body, return to this world, and meet your companions."
That is to say, the initial transaction of exchanging popularity points for resurrection in the real world is still valid. What He wants is Li Li's body in the comic world to trade with Him.
After the transaction was completed, He also left Li Li a way to return to the comic world if she wanted.
"This is a no-loss deal for you," Libra said.
Just as He said, this seemed to be a deal with only benefits and no disadvantages. Regardless of whether Libra succeeded or not, whether the deal was made or not, Li Li's reality would not be affected.
This is also the confidence that He has in making His request directly. Libra does not think that this transaction will be rejected.
However, since supernatural energy comes from the soul, Li Li is not sure whether the so-called body transaction will harm the soul.
Besides, if it was so easy, why didn't he just go by himself? Li Li didn't trust Him.
He did not obtain Li Li's consent from the very beginning, and after she became SS-rank, he naturally assumed that Li Li would agree for the sake of the bond she had formed in this world.
But he never thought that Li Li's current bond was based on falsehood.
It's all fake, illusion and reality, everything here is illusion, her only reality is the bustling, peaceful and just real world.
She hated being told things to do and being forced to make choices, and she hated the chaos that had gripped the empire under Libra.
"Deal?" Libra asked.
Li Li lowered her eyes and scanned the faces of those people who were frozen one by one.
Yiming, Tang, An Huyu, An Heyu, Dan...
She showed an expression of being touched, and also acted a little confused.
Finally she said, "Okay."
But her heart said: Get lost.
Get lost with this garbage empire.