In the underground passage of Sunset Hall, the largest commercial center in Galaxie, Vichy moved lightly among the crowd.
Sunset Hall is undoubtedly a public place equipped with heating facilities in time. Even if you pass by the shops on the street, you can feel the warmth inside. On one side is a cold home, and on the other side is an entertainment center with everything you need for eating, drinking and having fun. Any normal person who doesn't have to work knows which one to choose. During this period, the turnover of Sunset Hall has almost increased by more than ten times. The original business hours were from 10 am to 10 pm, but now it has become 24 hours a day, which has raised the per capita consumption level of Galashi.
Whether it was a family shopping, a couple on a date, or a group of friends hanging out, the underground passage was crowded with people, and the pink-haired maid walking alone was so conspicuous. But no one's eyes passed over her for a moment. She was like a ghost walking in the world, observing everyone indifferently and staying away from the crowd proudly.
This is a special use of the "Wonder·Soul Screaming Sound Wave", which releases an extremely weak ultrasonic field, causing all creatures around to ignore their existence. But this is an offensive wonder after all. If a mortal is in the ultrasonic field for a long time, the soul will be weakened at best, and mental disorders will occur at worst.
Vichy casually glanced at the surroundings, and occasionally when she saw something she wanted, she would just reach out and take it. No one noticed her anyway - although she didn't mind being noticed - but she looked down on Fanxing's handicrafts from the bottom of her heart. If she came across a dessert shop or candy store, she would take some to try, but if she found something delicious, she would not pack it up and take it away.
She has no one to share with, and she doesn't want others to know her hobbies... Exposing what she likes and hates is more serious for Vichy than being naked.
She has always been a murderous ghost hiding in the shadows, and she is satisfied that all beings fear her as they fear the unpredictable natural disasters. Unlike most people's cognition, Vichy does not like fighting, just like tyrants do not like fighting. What she likes is plunder, plunder and control.
"Killing to refine souls" is not only a way of cultivation for her, but also a code of conduct. Because only by maintaining this cruel and violent style can she achieve the effect of "slaughtering one city and conquering ten cities" and control the souls of tens of millions of people with fear.
But the devil must be unknown and mysterious. Once people discover that he has emotions such as joy and sorrow, likes and dislikes, he is no longer an unpredictable natural disaster, but a sorcerer who can make calculations.
However, when Vichy saw the marshmallows in his hand, he thought for a moment and took a handful and put it in his pocket, then left the candy store briskly.
As long as she finished eating it before going back, the maid tore open a marshmallow and put it in her mouth, chewing it carefully to savor the soft and sweet taste.
"You haven't paid yet."
Vichy turned her head sharply and saw Ash appear behind her. She hid her snacks immediately and swallowed the marshmallow in her mouth directly. Ash chuckled and said, "I'm not stealing yours... Hurry up."
Looking at Ash's open palm, Vichy was a little confused: "What do you mean by hurry?"
"I didn't bring any money with me!" Ash said confidently, "Give me the money, I'll pay."
"Stupid."
"ah?!"
"I'm saying you're handsome, Master." Weishi took out a silver coin and gave it to him. "Here, there are more."
Ash went into the candy store and came out with his pockets full of marshmallows.
Since it has been exposed, it doesn't matter. Wei Xi took food from his pocket and said, "I thought you would leave the silver coins and leave."
"I'm not an idiot. If I pay, of course I'll take the stuff. I just paid for your share as well."
"What did you tell the clerk?"
"My maid just ate something because she was greedy." Ash glanced at her and asked, "Are you performing a miracle?"
"Yeah, it has a stealth effect."
"I'm not invisible, why are you invisible?" Ash tore open the cotton candy wrapper and ate it while saying, "You'll look stupid and people will think I'm talking to the air."
Vichy gave him a displeased look, her eyes revealing her helplessness towards her master. She burned the package in her hand to ashes, and released the "Soul Screaming Sound Wave". Soon, passers-by discovered that a super sexy and cute pink-haired maid suddenly appeared in the underground passage.
These admiring gazes without fear made Vichy feel a little uncomfortable, so she moved a little closer to Ash, and these gazes became distorted, jealous and hateful, and entangled tightly around Ash, wishing to replace him.
It would be fine if you just have a girlfriend, and it would be fine if your girlfriend is a beautiful girl, but the problem is that the beautiful girl wears a maid outfit and comes out to accompany you shopping - beautiful girls are willing to play the master-servant game and serve you as their master. Is there any better evidence than this that proves that she is completely in love with you?
Ash looked at these jealous friends of his with some pity. They could only see the surface and didn't know the inside story. If they knew that this was not a master-servant game but a real master-servant relationship; and that Vichy was not just a simple maid but the legendary ghost prophet, then they would definitely - become super jealous?
"Why are you here? This is not your search area...ah."
As Wei Xi was talking, he suddenly lowered his head and looked at the ground, with a bit of surprise in his tone: "I just noticed it now, is your space faction realm so much higher than mine?"
Ash was startled for a moment, and then he keenly noticed the abnormality of the space ripples and found that they had an extra distorted angle. It was obvious that there was a source of distorted space nearby.
Permanent space gate!
No one would have thought that Fanxing would build a permanent space gate near a commercial center with a high density of people!
Ash didn't care about his original thoughts. The two of them ate marshmallows while trying to catch the direction of the ripples. When there was no marshmallow left in their pockets, they finally determined the specific location of the space door from the direction of the ripples - below!
"How do we get down?"
"Come with me."
Vichy stepped on high-heeled boots and quickly walked to the nearest fire escape and went down to the parking lot on the second floor below ground. Here, the spatial ripples were more obvious, but it was still some distance away from the source. Ash could tell from the angle of the ripples that the spatial door was at least 100 meters underground.
"It's true that the deeper underground the Kongmen are, the more stable they are. But how did they dig a passage to the underground in such a short time?" Ash was a little confused. "Even if they are earthbenders, it's impossible for such a large-scale construction to go on without any news, right? And Sunset Hall is also operating normally."
"That means this isn't a temporary underground facility." Vichy looked around the parking lot and said, "It's most likely an abandoned abyss."
"Abandoned Abyss?"
"Although there are endless abysses, most of them have an end. As long as the last layer of the abyss is broken through, the abyss will be temporarily abandoned. Before the abyss resumes normal operation, if the magician can artificially create other abysses, then the abandoned abyss will fall into eternal silence."
Vichy explained: "Abandoned abysses are not common, but they are not rare. They have existed since ancient times. Because some abysses are located in important geographical locations, they can only be forcibly blown up to stop their operation, and then new abysses are opened up in the marginal areas. Because the total number of abysses is limited by the total number of magicians, when a new abyss is born, the old abyss will often lose energy and be abandoned."
It's a bit like a company, the budget is limited, and if a new project is launched, the old project can only operate half-dead... Ash nodded, and then asked: "Although the Abyss was formed because of the magician, what is the relationship between the two?"
"This kind of topic can be written into a paper of hundreds of pages, so you should save it for discussion during the intermission with Jian Ji and the others." Vichy squatted down and touched the emery-hardened floor of the garage, looked around, and walked to the darkest corner of the garage.
As soon as he walked over, he noticed something unusual: there was an ordinary car covered in dust in the corner, but this was a parking lot in a commercial center, and there were no private parking spaces. The car was covered in dust, and the parking fee was probably more than the value of the car itself.
"This is the car used to occupy the spot." Ash turned his head and found Vichy looking at the concrete pillar that was not covered by the light. "Is it inside?"
Vichy knocked on the concrete pillar, making a crisp sound. She nodded thoughtfully and pulled Ash's wrist, "Close your eyes and follow me."
Ash did as he was told, and suddenly felt a strong pull on his wrist, pulling him forward. But he remembered there was a concrete pillar in front of him, and if he just ran into it recklessly -
But instead of stopping, he accelerated actively, suppressed his body's crisis instinct, closed his eyes and charged forward!
Pop.
He did hit something, but it wasn't a hard concrete pillar that he hit, but a soft body. Ash opened his eyes and saw the pink-haired maid with twin ponytails being pressed against the wall by him, looking at him as if he were a fool.
"I don't mind if you suddenly go berserk." She pointed to the upper right corner, "but there are surveillance cameras there."
They were in a circular enclosed space, next to an alloy elevator door. Ash was startled, but Vichy tilted his head with a smile on his face: "But my magic spirit has been interfering with all the electronic equipment around, so no one will see it. Master, you can continue."
Ash turned to look at where they came in, and found that it was still a blocked wall. He was a little confused: "We didn't use a miracle, how did we get over the wall?"
"Because this is a permanent enchantment miracle with pass-through conditions." Weishi said, "As long as you close your eyes and rush through at high speed, the wall will allow you to pass through. If you open your eyes or knock slowly, it will only show the characteristics of a concrete pillar."
"It's not a particularly advanced barrier, but it's practical enough as a secret way of entering and exiting."
Wei Xi walked to the elevator door. There was a fingerprint and iris verification device next to it. She looked at it for a moment and shook her head: "I can't go down the normal way."
"We can wait for someone else to come and force him to open the door—"
"A secret facility will never rely on fingerprints and irises to verify identity. It's too easy to impersonate." Weishi shook his head. "This is just a trick that doesn't really matter. If I'm not mistaken, the real verification method is in the elevator. It's probably to detect our magic power ripples. Everyone's magic power is unique and cannot be faked. If all the people entering and leaving are magicians, magic power ripples are undoubtedly the safest verification method."
"Then should we call the Silver Lantern Witch and the others to help?"
"No need." Vichy said, "I can take you in right now... follow me!"