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Arsia couldn't help but laugh when she heard her words. Because of the large movement, she coughed and her body trembled slowly.
Shu Ningmiao supported her body, noticing that her head was slightly tilted, and she still had a smile on her face.
Are you that happy?
Every time Arsia spoke, it was extremely exhausting for her. Her body looked increasingly frail, like a weak flame in a storm, about to be blown about at any moment.
Shu Ningmiao tried patting Arsia's shoulder with "Light". Arsia's ability has a slight purifying effect on sick and injured people.
Under the gentle energy, the tips of her eyelashes trembled slightly as she fell asleep next to Shu Ningmiao.
The girl lay on the headboard, nestled in the soft pillows, golden hair swaying and falling from her face. Shu Ningmiao brushed it behind her, then stood up and emptied the withered flower stems from the vase.
Arsia said her brother had come to see her today, but he didn't even bother to change the withered flowers in the vase. Shu Ningmiao had a bad impression of this insensitive person.
She took the vase to the bathroom to wash it clean, then asked someone to buy fresh yellow roses and send them over, which she then put back into the vase.
Since Arsia had placed them by her bedside, she must have liked them, so Shu Ningmiao didn't buy any other varieties.
Prometheus has an inside contact in the Academy of String Light whose superpower might be "neural connection".
This discovery is of great significance to Shu Ningmiao, as it could potentially threaten her safety.
Since there were Prometheus's people in the academy, and her death occurred in the school.
Could this person be related to her death? That's a logical connection most people would make, right?
Her suspicions about Prometheus immediately increased several times over.
Who is this person? Does anyone in the school have the ability of "neural connection"?
People don't deliberately try to find out about other people's special abilities, and even when they do demonstrate their abilities, they leave room for others to know. Shu Ningmiao really couldn't decide on a candidate for the time being.
But now that she had a general direction, Shu Ningmiao wasn't afraid of not being able to find any clues in the future.
She even began to doubt Wei Shengqianheng. Having gone through the proper channels with Weston, the "forgiveness" ability he spoke of should not be fake; at the very least, it should have the ability to suppress other ability users around him.
But what kind of ability does he demonstrate to make the dirt on his body disappear? It has nothing to do with the superpower "forgiveness" that he himself mentioned. It can't be that just because he has the title of "Holy Son," the dirt will automatically retreat, right?
Shu Ningmiao knew that these "holy sons" of the church were far from being as miraculous as they seemed. Although they told believers about "reincarnation" and "divine revelation," they actually just selected some children with good aptitude and no weak ties with their parents, chose the best one among them, and sponsored his studies to take up the position of "holy son."
Compared to all sorts of mysterious legends, Shu Ningmiao felt that the title of "Holy Son" was more like a competitive job, and since Wei Shengqianheng was able to compete for it, he must have some extraordinary qualities.
If you raise a dozen or so insects together, the one that survives after killing the others will logically not be the weakest one.
But this person doesn't seem to know how to write Pinhian. Could it be because he's exceptionally handsome?
He concealed his superpowers, behaved abnormally, and—despite having no connection with Erice, his favorability rating was -70, which was quite strange.
Originally, the connection between Wei Shengqianheng and her was weak, and she didn't pay much attention to the strangeness she noticed, but now that she has become suspicious, things are different.
She wanted to test Wei Shengqianheng, but it seemed that because of his identity, Wei Shengqianheng didn't even have a terminal on him, and Shu Ningmiao couldn't find him no matter how hard she tried.
Since he didn't come to class, he's most likely at the Yangsong Church. But Yangsong Church is the opposite of other churches; their main church is located in a new place, not a place you can just go anywhere.
As long as you are a citizen of Pinneco, the process of going to the new land is not troublesome. The checkpoint between the inter-district and the new land is mainly used to prevent criminals and unregistered persons without identification numbers from entering the main urban area.
But the new place was very chaotic. This chaos was not only due to the filthy and smelly streets, but also because it was a mixed bag of people, thugs and hooligans. Because there was no one in charge, the environment was terrible. Faced with a place she didn't know, Shu Ningmiao was not so arrogant as to go there alone.
Moreover, Shu Changyan has always been particularly concerned about her whereabouts and has repeatedly told her not to go to Xindi. If she goes to Xindi, she needs to get a pass ID card. If she gets one, Shu Changyan will know. This is why she has never been to Xindi.
But it doesn't matter. Since Wei Shengqianheng has enrolled in school, he can't just disappear suddenly. She will eventually find a way to verify his special ability and confirm that it has nothing to do with him before ruling out the possibility of others.
She couldn't be impatient. The more impatient she was, the easier it was for others to see through her and take advantage of her. That's why she didn't rush to inquire about Prometheus as soon as she put her superpower into practice.
She won't miss a couple of days.
After all this trouble, it was getting dark outside. Shu Ningmiao remembered what happened on the overpass last time, so she specifically told the driver to avoid the overpass and the route with the dense Pandora's Springs.
She values her life and doesn't want to get involved in anything dangerous again.
The car drove smoothly, with buildings receding into the distance behind us. I opened my terminal, and a bunch of unread messages popped up on the screen.
The message Shi Yu sent wasn't asking about Yeluqi's condition; instead, it was asking what the sentence she hadn't finished saying before being interrupted by the accident was.
Just like his style, after this sudden accident, Shu Ningmiao almost forgot what Ye Luqi was talking to Shi Yu before the accident. She held the terminal and recalled for a long time before typing a line: I want to say that I will leave school on my next day off.
Shi Yu sent a smiley face followed by a question mark, and Shu Ningmiao could almost picture the smiling expression on his face.
Shu Ningmiao sent him the questions she had wanted to ask before. The next day off was Shu Changyan's birthday, and she had previously received a military terminal from Shu Changyan as a birthday gift.
The terminal that can run this game is very important to her, and since it's his birthday this year, Shu Ningmiao thought she should give him a more thoughtful gift.
She was rich and could afford expensive gifts, but she didn't know what Shu Changyan really wanted. Shu Changyan had never had any particular hobbies since childhood and rarely showed his desires.
What gift would you most like to receive for your birthday?
Shi Yu replied, "My birthday was just a few days ago, it's a bit late for you to ask now."
She only asked him because he had just finished a banquet. Shu Ningmiao rolled her eyes: 'If...'
The message from Shi Yu, carrying a somewhat ambiguous and sarcastic tone, read, "If you're even thinking of giving me a gift, that might already be the greatest gift you could receive."
Didn't she give Shi Yu a gift? At the banquet a few days ago, she gave Shi Yu a rare, one-of-a-kind sheet music that was hard to find on the market—although the gift was chosen by the housekeeper, it was paid for by her, so how could it not be considered her sentiment?
Shu Ningmiao ignored him and scrolled down the messages. There were several rambling messages from Shu Changyan, nothing important, just some trivial reminders, nagging about her safety.
She didn't tell Shu Changyan what happened today, so as not to worry him too much, and just told him to focus on his work.
Shu Changyan sent her a crying puppy emoji.
Shu Ningmiao was somewhat lost in thought. In the game's ending, she died. What would Shu Changyan's reaction be? Her father's actions didn't surprise her, but she wondered if Shu Changyan would be sad for her. Based on her understanding of Shu Changyan, she thought he would at least find her a decent place to lie down and send her some offerings from time to time.
Don't ever paint her grave pink! Shu Ningmiao doesn't trust his aesthetic sense at all.
She put down the terminal, and the scenery along the way became increasingly gloomy. She had said she would avoid the main road, but there was no reason for her to take such a small road without even streetlights.
The driver was an elderly member of the Shu family, someone they knew well. Shu Ningmiao knew that his son was in preparatory school and that his wife had difficulty walking, so he often took leave to go back and take care of her.
Inside the car, the radio, which had been turned down to its lowest volume, had also gone silent, leaving the small car space completely quiet.
In the almost frozen air, Shu Ningmiao noticed the steering wheel in the car for the first time. It was made of cold metal. She vaguely remembered that the driver had said several years ago that his palms were prone to sweating and that leather steering wheels were difficult to clean, so he had always used a metal steering wheel like this.
Shu Ningmiao glanced back out the window, but it was pitch black behind her, and she couldn't tell if anyone was following her.
She slowly began to speak, "I was just looking for you."
Unexpectedly, this person came to us of their own accord.
She overlooked the fact that since the metal of the steering wheel can conduct bioelectric currents, it could be controlled by 'neural connections'. However, she lacked the experience to think of this.
All of Pinhe's cars are equipped with intelligent driving systems that connect to the city's transportation network. Because they are networked, it is entirely possible to hack into them through other devices.
The driver stiffly turned his head back, his fingers gripping the steering wheel tightly, his face paler than the headlights, and his eyes devoid of any light.
He opened and closed his mouth a few times, but the sound didn't come from his throat; it came from the car's stereo, carrying a heavy electrical hum.
"Sizzle—you—sizzle—"
The surround sound created by the several speakers inside the car sounded particularly eerie in the quiet cabin.
Shu Ningmiao placed her hand on the edge where the car window and the car body met, ready to kick the door open and jump out at any moment.
At that moment, she saw several swaying, will-o'-the-wisps-like green shadows appearing not far behind the car, following at a distance that was neither too close nor too far.
The electrical noise gradually subsided.
A mixed voice, indistinguishable by gender or age, came from the speakers, and was surprisingly polite: "Hello, Ms. Shu."
"What do you want to do?" Shu Ningmiao pressed her slender arm against the car door, making sure to avoid any metal-like parts inside the car. Her arm was taut like a steel plate, looking as if she could lift any part of the car at any moment.
"Ahem." The voice from the speaker was completely non-aggressive, much more cautious and restrained than she had imagined: "I just want to talk to you. Let's be peaceful, okay?"
Although voices can change, the rhythm and tone of a person's speech will not change, so Shu Ningmiao was certain that this person was not Wei Shengqianheng.
Although Wei Shengqianheng appears calm on the surface, even with a deathly stillness as if he had just been dug out of a grave, he doesn't act with any caution or prudence.
This was vastly different from what she had guessed.
She possesses the ability to freely infiltrate various systems and control people's minds. She is so bold as to help Prometheus enter Cornunos, even though she thought he would be an extremely arrogant and dangerous person.
"Making so many people follow behind?" Shu Ningmiao emphasized, "Is it to ensure 'peace'?"
"Excuse me." The voice from the speakers paused for a moment: "They just wanted to make sure no one else could hear our conversation."
"What do you want to say?" Shu Ningmiao's tone softened as she followed his lead. She didn't mind listening to what he had to say and trying to extract more useful information.
"About your teacher."
The man breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly: "Don't you want to know what exactly happened to him? This illness—in fact, no doctor in Pigne dares to call it an illness, but whether it's an illness or not, you should know very well in your heart after seeing it with your own eyes."
Contrary to all his expectations, Shu Ningmiao did not react with alarm and ask him how he knew, nor did she eagerly inquire about the nature of the illness.
She suddenly said, "You really are from String Light Academy."
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