Chapter 135
gentlemen.
This was the second time that Yu Tu heard this title as the Marquis of Buye.
The last time was in the underground mass grave, the person possessed by the poison puppet master called him like this, and the possessed person asked the Buyehou at that time - "Are you here to stop me?"
And now, this strange mirror says "long time no see" again.
Yu Tu initially thought that the Marquis of Buye was a "disguise" given to him by Tian Yan, but as more and more traces of the Marquis' activities in the world appeared, some mysteries gradually emerged. Yu Tu became more and more aware that the Marquis of Buye was not a person who appeared out of thin air, but there were traces of his existence in this world.
But why was he chosen to become the Lord of Nevernight?
Is it because of Yu Tu’s identity as a member of the plant and wood clan that he was chosen as the “Marquis of Never-Night”, or is it because he became the “Marquis of Never-Night” that he became a member of the plant and wood clan?
Yu Tu did not make any response.
Perhaps at this time, silence is the best answer.
There was a very slight cracking sound coming from the mirror, and a thin line extended from the crack, as if the crack had become more severe. The handwriting returned to irregular lines, wandering for a while, and then forming new words:
【After thousands of years, I meet you again. I send you my regards on behalf of my teacher.】
The surface of this strange mirror was sparkling, but it gave people a feeling that it was so dim that it would go out at any time. Yu Tu saw a soft green light emanating from the mirror, but the cracks were getting worse at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if the mirror could not bear the weight and was finally reaching the end of its struggle to hold on.
Yu Tu raised his hand, and his fingertips touched the mirror. Surprisingly, the mirror was not cold, but warm, as if something was gently rubbing his fingertips.
【Congratulations on your new bond after waking up. 】
Green light poured down from the mirror like a stream of water, flowing in the meeting room, climbing along the walls, and enveloping the entire Qilin meeting room.
Yu Tu was pulled into a pure white space, which looked very much like the open space where he tested his talent last time as Yu Tu.
Yu Tu stood in this pure white and suddenly made a bold decision. He asked, "Who am I in your eyes?"
The scarf covered half of his face, and his drooped eyelashes hid the expression in his eyes. The worldly air that had been brought about by the slight change in appearance and attire seemed to have disappeared in an instant.
This pure white space gave the answer:
【You are who you think you are. 】
It seemed to give an answer, but it also seemed not to.
Buyehou didn't seem to dwell on this issue. His tone was as calm as ever: "But isn't the new bond also part of the plan?"
From the comic update after returning from the Spider's Nest, the "they" mentioned by Jiang Jiang, and the obscure memories in the comic in the following two months, Yu Tu was very sure that the talent of [seeing through everything] should not exist in him, or it was impossible for such a talent to exist in this world.
Because this talent has already touched upon the unspeakable realm.
【He is a variable.】
"I decided who I am," said the Lord of the Night, "and I still can't get away from it."
This conversation was faithfully recorded in the first comic update after New Year's Day. The profile lines of Buyehou were sharp and cold when he spoke, which was completely different from the gentleness when he was walking in the snow in the first half of this chapter.
His eyes were not as cold as his expression. He seemed to know everything, and yet seemed to know nothing.
Like a sober bystander.
…
[What the hell are you doing to my dear wife!]
[How many times do I have to tell you to reject the Riddler!!!]
[I am crying my ass off QAQ. When the biography was updated, some people guessed that my wife lived for a very long time. Now it is completely true... Ten thousand years! That is ten thousand years!]
[The new bond is most likely Dodo, right? My wife was so interested in him when he appeared in the comics!]
[Refuse the knife! Refuse the knife! Refuse the knife! Why give out knives during a big festival!]
After this update, the comic's comments section exploded, and the forum exploded too. Just click into the forum and you can see a crazy increase in posts:
[Is it fate or plan that cannot be escaped?] hot.1
【Guessing the relationship between the Marquis of Nevernight】hot.2
【What happened ten thousand years ago】hot.3
[Will the new bond be Tutu?] hot.4
【Who is the teacher of Diting】hot.5
…
The ranking of the posts may fluctuate with the number of replies and the attention they receive, but nine out of ten times they are related to Buyehou. One post even proposed an extremely reliable inference—"The Language of Mountains and Seas" itself should have two main plot lines, one is the present and the other is the past.
The current Gu Hongying and Yu Tu are taking on unknown plans, while the group of people ten thousand years ago were all the chess players.
The truth seems to be just a thin layer of fog, within reach, but this layer of fog is solid and impenetrable.
Yu Tu sighed and closed the comic book page.
He has watched this episode several times and is so familiar with it that he remembers every scene in it.
After he finished speaking that day, irregular lines swam on the ground in the pure white space, as if they were trying to say something, but in the end the pure whiteness dissipated and the light disappeared...
It said nothing.
The Qilin Conference Room returned to its original state. There was a mirror on the table, but the crack had penetrated the entire surface of the mirror.
It was clearly Jiang Jiang who invited Buyehou to come, but after entering the Qilin meeting room, she never said a word again.
After everything was restored to normal, Jiang Jiang spoke her first words after a long silence: "Can you still recognize him?"
Somehow, Yu Tu and Jiang Jiang met each other's eyes, and it was a very complicated look. People's eyes are not like what is described in the books, which can show three parts of ridicule, three parts of indifference and four parts of disdain, but Yu Tu suddenly realized at this moment that she was not talking about listening carefully.
She is talking about Gu Hongying.
Yu Tu looked straight into her eyes and bet: "He will always be human."
It is difficult to describe Jiang Jiang's expression when she heard this. Yu Tu felt that her spiritual power was fluctuating violently, but in the next moment it was severely suppressed by the owner of the spiritual power.
Jiang Jiang closed his eyes: "So... you still remember Bai Ze."
It was these words that made Yu Tu stand still.
He admitted that he did want to get something out, but it wasn't something as explosive as this.
Yu Tu could hardly remember how he left the Qilin meeting room, picked up Xiao Hui who was almost asleep waiting outside the door, returned to the building from which he came, and returned to the Chongming City Branch through the teleportation array.
But fortunately, even though he was shocked by such news, he still maintained his outward image as the Lord of Buye very well, and no one noticed his inner shock.
Gu Hongying is Bai Ze.
From the time Yu Tu left the headquarters of the Abnormal Affairs Bureau in Beijing to the first comic update, he still felt an incredible sense of falsehood.
There are four major categories of goblins and ghosts in this world. In addition to the four major categories, there are also ancient bloodlines. The exotic beasts and plants in "Classic of Mountains and Seas" are all included in this category.
But whether they are alien beasts or alien plants, their souls are fundamentally different from those of humans, and they can never become human.
Gu Hongying...how could it be Bai Ze?
Yu Tu suddenly thought of the painting.
That wooden box covered with layers of forbidden arrays, that ancient painting, were so old that they would shatter into pieces if touched with the slightest force.
Yu Tu closed his eyes and recalled the scene in the painting.
The gray-green in the middle should be the Never-Night Marquis, the red on the left is the phoenix, the dragon is above the phoenix, the white on the right is Bai Ze, and as for the inky black...
Yu Tu thought of the "teacher" that Di Ting mentioned.
If they are from the same era, could the Ink Black Group... be a Qilin?
Ten thousand years ago, someone drew this graffiti-like picture and kept it as a treasure.
Time passed, the world changed, and the time was so long that the formation gradually became ineffective. Then one day, someone reopened it.