Chapter 112. Pre-battle preparations, counter-…
After leaving the right city, Lin Xiaoxiao drove straight to the top floor of the building where Ina was located in the left city. She skillfully found an empty recliner in the corner, lay down, and covered her eyes with her arm.
Ina waved helplessly, signaling the men surrounding her to leave first. Then she snapped her fingers, and several pink love fairies flew through the wall, carrying a large tray from the doorway.
Then, she busily placed the items from the tray one by one on the small tea table next to the recliner.
Ina sat up lazily, crossed her legs, and the golden anklets with bells on them jingled as she moved.
Ina reached out to the side, and the little elf immediately and very considerately brought her a glass of red wine and handed it to her.
She swirled her wine glass and chuckled, "Miss Lin, isn't it a bit much for you to come uninvited?"
Having been very familiar with Ina in her past life and having lived in this building for a long time, Lin Xiaoxiao, having nowhere else to go, instinctively came to this building to find Ina first.
Thinking about her current relationship with Ina, which was still in the early stages and not yet a close friendship, Lin Xiaoxiao sat up somewhat awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I was presumptuous. I'll leave right away."
Ina didn't expect that just a simple remark about getting a sedan chair would make Lin Xiaoxiao want to leave.
That won't do. The cooperation is still under discussion, and we can't just let them go like this.
She immediately stood up somewhat hastily, then felt it was beneath her dignity, so she sat down casually, her voice light and breezy: "Well, since you're here, I should definitely treat you to some afternoon tea."
Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at Ina's posture and immediately guessed what the other person was thinking. She smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Next, the two turned and left the ground floor, going down to an indoor garden filled with exquisite flowers.
Amidst the rising mist, on a small platform filled with lush flowers and plants, comfortable chairs had been prepared in advance, the table was laden with delicate snacks, and a pot of tea had been brewed.
The two sat down facing each other. Ina snapped her fingers, and the mist thickened, carrying a hint of pink energy, creating a private space suitable for a heart-to-heart talk.
Ina picked up her teacup and, under the guise of smelling the tea, took a light sniff of the air. She immediately noticed that Lin Xiaoxiao's scent had changed. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she just lowered her head and drank her tea. After several attempts, she still couldn't bring herself to ask the question that was on her mind.
Lin Xiaoxiao watched Ina look up and down, knowing she had a lot of questions. She put down her teacup and said calmly, "Ask whatever you want."
Ina leaned forward slightly, interlacing her fingers to support her chin, blinking her long eyelashes, and asked with a coquettish laugh, "Your scent has changed. Has your... you and... broken up?"
Lin Xiaoxiao leaned back against the chair, tilted her head slightly, and asked with a smile, "The taste has changed? What taste?"
Ina smiled smugly, pointing to herself with her red-painted nail polish, and said proudly, "My nose can smell all the scents of love. When you came last time, you were surrounded by a complex aura of love."
"How should I put it? It's both pure and impure."
"The pure part is the second time in all my years as an agent of love that I have seen love so pure as crystal; but the impure part is like a collection of all the negative emotions, calculations, and measures in the world."
"This strange aura is direct and distinct, yet it blends and complements each other perfectly; it's quite wonderful."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow and looked at Ina. As expected of someone with a keen sense of romance, no one could match her in this regard.
You can tell so much just by smelling it.
Her relationship with Xiao Weizhi initially started with mutual scheming and exploitation.
Xiao Weizhi wanted the treasure chest on her body to enhance his strength, and he also saw her value.
Initially, all she wanted was to survive, and she needed Xiao Weizhi's protection and cover. As a life-oriented professional with zero combat power in the early stages, she also needed to find a powerful ally to level up.
When did their relationship begin to deteriorate?
Was it through long-term interaction? Was it during that cliff-jumping incident in the B-level secret realm? Was it through repeated acts of mutual help? Or was it that they couldn't control their hearts, gradually succumbing to each other's feelings of inferiority? ...
Just a few hours ago, Xiao Weizhi said he had amnesia, but he forgot that when he lied, the tips of his ears would uncontrollably turn a little red.
When Lin Xiaoxiao heard that Xiao Weizhi had lost his memory, she was really sad. But as she left, the wind blew his hair and she saw his reddened ear tips.
She also quietly turned around and saw Xiao Weizhi, who had been standing by the window watching her leave.
At that moment, Lin Xiaoxiao was certain that Xiao Weizhi's amnesia was an act. As for his purpose, she could roughly guess a little, but she didn't want to expose him.
On the contrary, it would be a good thing to take this opportunity to sever ties with the Xiao family and others.
After all, what follows is a battle between agents, and it's best for ordinary professionals not to get involved.
Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled and asked in return, "Ina, what do you think love is?"
Ina crossed her arms over her ample bosom, raised her exquisite and beautiful face, and said confidently, "Love is the most wonderful harmony between two people. Like a precise and wondrous trap, it brings two strangers together... (The following thousand words are omitted, praising and understanding love)."
Lin Xiaoxiao listened with a gentle smile, then picked up a white porcelain teacup inlaid with gold lace: "Ina, I once heard a very interesting saying, would you like to hear it?"
Facing Ina's curious gaze, Lin Xiaoxiao calmly took a sip of tea and continued, "There's a saying: love is the seven emotions and six desires, a romantic choice made after much deliberation."
"There is no such thing as absolutely pure love in this world, but if you still choose the other person after weighing the pros and cons, then that kind of love is especially precious."
"Although such feelings may disappear under certain circumstances, it is undeniable that at that moment, they were beautiful and precious."
Ina frowned as she looked at Lin Xiaoxiao, pondering the meaning of those words.
A sly glint flashed in Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes. It would be so amusing to return to her the words that Ina used to instruct them every day after she broke through to the quasi-god level and advanced to demigod.
Hopefully, these words will help Ina understand them, and she can quickly comprehend them and advance to demigod status.
After a moment, Ina stood up with a serious expression and looked at Lin Xiaoxiao. Her tone was no longer as frivolous as when she was chatting. She said in a deep voice, "I have some things to take care of here. You can stay here with me for the time being. We can talk in detail when I get back."
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded, sat in her chair, casually sipped her tea, watched Ina leave, and then fell into deep thought.
Meanwhile, inside the Xiao family residence in the right city.
Xiao Weizhi and his father sat in the study discussing the follow-up arrangements. According to Xiao's father, he hoped that Xiao Weizhi would take over the resources in his possession.
Xiao Weizhi shook his head and gently declined, explaining that he had been offered a chance for rapid advancement and planned to leave soon.
During his coma, he learned some of the details and decided to accept the olive branch extended by Lady Luck, if he could return alive...
A few hours later, Xiao Weizhi, who was alone in the room, took out a white gold crystal core about the size of a thumb from his spatial storage, and crushed it with a little force between his index finger and thumb.
Immediately afterwards, the shattered crystal core transformed into streaks of platinum-gold light, drifting around the room and circling Xiao Weizhi. A divine voice, devoid of emotion and whose gender was indistinguishable, then spoke:
[Xiao Weizhi, a seventh-level multi-element forbidden spell mage, agrees to undergo the Divine Protection Trial? [Yes or No]]
[Once agreed, you cannot withdraw until the trial is completed.]
Xiao Weizhi extended his index finger and gently tapped it.
The next second, a white-gold teleportation portal imbued with distorted power appeared out of thin air.
He strode towards the portal, but just before stepping inside, he seemed to remember something, paused for a second, then smiled warmly and strode in.
At the moment the portal disappeared, Lin Xiaoxiao, who was refining the power of faith in the right city and converting some of it into experience points, felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart.
As if sensing something amiss, she slowly opened her eyes, and the speed at which she circulated and refined the power of faith within her body slowed down.
When the notification of level advancement appeared, she closed her eyes again.
[Level +1]
The reason everyone is urging Lin Xiaoxiao to level up is because they all know that the entry level for a Divine Agent is the eighth level.
Only when you reach the eighth level will a Sea of Faith form within your body. This Sea of Faith can not only store a large amount of Faith Power, but also be refined into experience points for rapid leveling up.
As for the others: using exclusive skills, calling upon divine power... these become much simpler after reaching the eighth level.
Lin Xiaoxiao, who protected the Dragon Kingdom, receives a constant stream of faith power every day, which transcends the limitations of time and space and is directly transmitted into her body.
[Level +1, +1...]
The power of faith is being refined at an extremely terrifying speed, converting into 150,000 experience points per second.
Because Redtail wasn't around, Lin Xiaoxiao didn't need to share experience points, so even though she needed double experience points to level up, she still leveled up very quickly.
In just over a month, I have already reached level 502. I only need 97 more levels to reach level 599 and prepare to advance to the ninth level.
In the past month or so, Lin Xiaoxiao has been leveling up.
They also used the [Golden Enhancement] skill, along with certain materials, to upgrade the four pieces of equipment left by their parents: Night Moon Space Pendant, Mermaid Pearl Bracelet, Phoenix Collar Single Earring, and Life Ring;
Also, the Escape Cloak and the professional outfit crafted by Monet that I got from the treasure chests before, all of them have been upgraded to Legendary level.
She also took the time to chat with Ina, who was trying to break through her current limitations, a few times, and officially brought Ina into her camp.
Along with Ina, several neutral agents who were hiding in the Black Abyss with her were also recruited, but they had never met in person and had only communicated a few times through the communication module.
Meanwhile, Xingyan and Kagome acted swiftly, quickly winning over several god agents who usually kept a low profile but possessed considerable strength.
A month and a half later, Xingyan took the initiative to contact Lin Xiaoxiao, who was still upgrading.
She heard a rushing sound from her end, as if someone was hurrying: "Crazy Xiao, we can't stop them, someone has already set off to find you."
Lin Xiaoxiao sat in the room, slowly tying up her hair and putting on all her gear: "Hmm, how many people are coming?"
A huge explosion came from Xingyan. She cursed under her breath, then quickly explained, "Two level-three divine agents and more than a thousand divine followers."
"Those two agents are Star and Emotion. Be careful."
A cold glint flashed in Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes, and a thin, mocking smile curled at the corner of her lips: "Okay, let them come. I'll wait here."
Another loud explosion rang out from Xingyan's side. She hurriedly said a few words and hung up the phone: "Just so you know. I have something to do here. I'll contact you again later."
After hanging up, Lin Xiaoxiao turned and left Ina's building, leaving a message for the building's housekeeper, asking him to pass it on to Ina, who was currently in deep thought: 'I have to leave now, I'll contact you when I get back.'
After leaving the building, Lin Xiaoxiao headed straight for the heavily polluted area, leaving behind an arrogant energy imprint along the way.
These markings can only be seen by those favored by God, and upon contact, a message will automatically appear: 'I await you in the deeply polluted zone.'
The pursuers followed the trail of marks all the way to the contaminated Zone A. All the contaminated beasts they encountered along the way were slaughtered by these chosen ones, and the dark purple bloodstains continued to spread behind them.
When their group arrived at Area A following the last mark and slaughtered all the polluted beasts in the area, they did not look for Lin Xiaoxiao.
Among the pursuing team was a man wearing a loose black shirt, fitted white trousers, with delicate features, deep and captivating eyes like stars, and his hair styled in a side parting.
He held a black longbow with mysterious, shimmering stars in his hand, his face extremely grim. He turned to the strange man beside him, who was laughing and crying, and asked, "Fuxu, can you sense where she is?"
The man named Fuxu took out a handkerchief and wiped away his tears. He closed his eyes and felt his face. His facial features seemed to be out of control. His eyebrows flew up, his eyes were mournful, his mouth was wide open, and his nose was red. Each feature represented an emotion, but they were strangely combined on his face.
He nodded: "Luo Chen, here, this place is filled with her emotions."
The man named Luo Chen raised his longbow and said sternly, "Find it in this area."
More than 1,800 people quickly dispersed in the area, searching high and low. Every time they excitedly called out to their companions that they had found it and were about to attack, they found that it was just a phantom created by a little bit of energy.
Lin Xiaoxiao floated in mid-air, closed her eyes, and sensed: one, two... a thousand...
The reason she left behind a phantom doppelganger containing a trace of her energy was that she had to lure them into making the first move, so that her counterattack wouldn't be considered indiscriminate killing, but rather a self-defense counterattack.
After everyone below had left their mark of retaliation, Lin Xiaoxiao gently waved her hand.
Immediately below, countless explosions appeared out of thin air, engulfing both the chosen ones and their agents.
'peng——', 'peng——', 'peng——'......
The towering flames temporarily shattered the darkness, and along with the explosion appeared a kill notification:
[Lucky Goddess's Agent: Lin Xiaoxiao, counterattacked and killed the servant of [Level 3 Divine Enchantment - God of Stars], and obtained: 1 complete Divine Seed]
[Lucky Goddess's Agent: Lin Xiaoxiao, counterattacked and killed the follower of [Level 3 Divine Enchantment - God of Emotions], and obtained: 2 complete Divine Seeds]
...
The refreshed characters were all servants and attendants; there wasn't a single official among them.
Lin Xiaoxiao thought to herself, what a pity. These tens of thousands of experience coins that were buried in advance, they didn't even kill a single Wish Official.
The original procession of over 1,800 divine followers was reduced to just over 800 in an instant. The two gods were also blasted into a dusty mess, no longer the refined and composed figures they once were.
Luo Chen kept pulling on his empty bow and arrows, firing wildly in all directions, causing explosions. His angry voice instantly echoed throughout Area A: "Lin Xiaoxiao, come out here! Get out here! You call yourself a representative of the righteous god? What kind of representative of the righteous god are you, with such despicable behavior?"
Hiding in mid-air, using the black mist to conceal herself, Lin Xiaoxiao curled her lips into a mocking smile.
Is the Star God's agent below brain-dead? A true god's agent is supposed to fight over 1800 people by herself? She's not stupid.
A faint golden light emanated from her left eye, and her right hand held a small, ping-pong ball of energy that emitted no light.
This energy sphere rotates in an extremely slow manner, and with each rotation, the space around it twists into a wave-like shape, giving it an extremely intimidating and terrifying energy.
The agent of the God of Emotions, named Fuxu, suddenly looked towards Lin Xiaoxiao's location in mid-air and said in a deep voice, "Where are you?"
Lin Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow and smiled. Oh? You discovered it? Too bad you discovered it a little too late.
Before they could act, she quickly released the Scales of Fortune and rapidly poured energy into them.
The Libra's body grew rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it became a giant scale over a hundred meters tall, like a mountain falling from the sky, pressing all those colorful creatures that tried to fly into the air to the bottom.
[Agent of Lady Luck: Lin Xiaoxiao...]
Hundreds of notifications refreshed again, and she casually tossed the small golden ball in her hand into a crowded area.
The moment the golden ball was dropped, Lin Xiaoxiao sensed the killing intent and instantly used her faith power to create a 360-degree spherical protective shield, which blocked thousands of energy arrows that shot at her like meteors.
The moment the energy arrow touched the spherical protective shield, it exploded rapidly, and bursts of fire filled the air, enveloping Lin Xiaoxiao.
Then the little golden ball touched the ground and transformed into a nuclear explosion, with the power to destroy everything, rising into a huge mushroom cloud that blasted everything within a radius of several hundred meters into fragments.
The ground sank more than 30 meters due to the explosion, forming a huge crater.
All the remaining polluted beasts nearby turned into Lin Xiaoxiao's experience rewards:
[Congratulations to Lin Xiaoxiao for the kill...]
[Agent of Lady Luck: Lin Xiaoxiao...]
Amidst the thick smoke, the dozen or so surviving figures flew into the air in perfect unison, launching an attack on the spherical protective shield, their hands glowing with multicolored energy.
A dozen seconds later, the spherical protective shield was breached, but the people inside had vanished without a trace.
Only one of the officials, who had lost a leg, stared wide-eyed like copper bells, looking down in astonishment at the light sword that had somehow pierced through his chest from behind.
Lin Xiaoxiao floated behind the official, twisted the lightsaber in her hand slightly, and whispered, "Take care."
[Agent of Lady Luck: Lin Xiaoxiao...]
Then she quickly drew her lightsaber, and using the smoke as cover, she nimbly dodged and weaved, occasionally tossing out an experience coin and swinging her sword rapidly.
Several times she was surrounded by several people. If it weren't for her keen sense of killing intent, which allowed her to create a shield of faith at crucial moments to block those deadly attacks, she might have been devoured.
In mid-air, Fu Xu, enveloped in gray energy light, had just thrown a punch when Lin Xiaoxiao blocked it with her Lucky Scales. Then, Fu Xu swung her sword and cleaved a nearby Wish Official in two at the waist.
While fighting, Fu Xu tried to persuade her to surrender: "Miss Lin, we don't need to be so confrontational. We can cooperate and become the masters of this new world together."
Luo Chen flew in mid-air, nimbly arching his bow into a C-shape, repeatedly drawing his bow and shooting out energy arrows to deflect the flying experience coins.
Lin Xiaoxiao drew a semi-circle with her lightsaber, aiming for Luo Chen's neck. After Luo Chen dodged, she twisted her waist and swung it back at Fu Xu's heart, shouting angrily, "Get lost!"
Lin Xiaoxiao would never, in this life, the next life, or the life after that, cooperate with this group of scumbags, a bunch of people rotten to the core who constantly flaunt their nonsensical sense of justice while torturing and killing people with differing opinions.
In the blink of an eye, the three of them, enveloped in various energies, were locked in battle once more, clashing, unleashing skills, or clashing weapons...
Having returned to Sector S, the figure lying in the coffin, dressed in a tattered red dress, sensed Lin Xiaoxiao's presence and climbed out of the coffin again: "She's here again. I hope this time she won't have come for nothing."
The commotion caused by the battle between Lin Xiaoxiao, Fuxu, and Luochen could be felt even in the city of Mona, thousands of miles away.
Many Black Abyss natives mistakenly believed that another wave of polluted beasts was coming, and anxiously packed their belongings to rush to Mona City, while Mona City was rapidly mobilizing its troops.
On a bus, a cute little girl with dark skin was held tightly in her mother's arms, asking in her childish voice, "Mommy, are we going to be homeless again?"
The middle-aged woman with a weathered face kissed the little girl on the head and gently replied, "No, we must trust the resistance. Even if this home is broken now, wherever we go is home."
The little girl nodded, her tone firm: "Mom, when I grow up, I'm going to wipe out all the polluting beasts."
Such conversations could be heard from time to time on various vehicles heading to Mona City for refuge.
Zhong Sang, far away in the capital city favored by the gods, stood in front of the ancient and rusty [Probability Scale] that looked like it was about to be scrapped, watching as the scale tilted to one side at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
After a long silence, he raised an eyebrow and chuckled lightly: "Victory has tilted in my favor once again, and it's time for me to make a choice."
Two days and one night passed, and the entire contaminated Zone A resembled a ruined battlefield swept by dozens of nuclear bombs. Lin Xiaoxiao, covered in blood, knelt on Fu Xu's body, gripping a lightsaber with both hands, and plunged it fiercely into his heart.
A hundred meters away was Luo Chen, lying face up in a deep pit with his eyes wide open, his body covered in wounds, the surrounding ground cracked, his head and body almost separated, and he was already lifeless.
Fu Xu gripped the lightsaber with both hands, his eyes filled with complex emotions, and chuckled softly as he coughed up blood: "I wish you success, and hope you don't end up like us, being turned against us."
After saying that, Fu Xu stopped breathing. The features on his face, like jigsaw puzzle pieces that had lost their adhesive, rolled away to the side.
[Agent of the Goddess of Fortune: Lin Xiaoxiao, counterattacked and killed the agent of [Level 3 Divine Enchantment - God of Stars], obtained: 1 Corrupted Broken Divine Core]
She coughed lightly twice, then suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood tinged with golden energy.
A dozen seconds later, a withered figure appeared out of nowhere. She grinned and said in a hoarse voice, "I've finally found you, Agent!"
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