Chapter 130 Sleepless

——But don’t you think there’s something strange?

Suiyun didn't ask this question in the end.

Her lips trembled, and there was a heaviness in her pupils that she tried her best to hide, but it still kept leaking out.

Until the end, Suiyun just gritted his teeth and said: "... Let's hand in this report first."

He Jingtong nodded accordingly.

As the two of them walked towards Qushu together, He Jingtong released his strength from his fingertips more than once.

White on black, black on white...

Until the end, black and white are intertwined. Even if there is still more white, once the ink-like black is mixed in, it makes people feel for no reason that one day, the white, which currently accounts for two-thirds, will be completely swallowed up by the black.

The soul power ball at He Jingtong's fingertips, which looked like an ink painting, quickly shattered and dissipated after he stopped transmitting power.

He seems to have not changed at all, he still looks the same.

A young boy, a sophomore in high school, with delicate features...all the labels remain.

But in the live camera, He Jingtong's profile was full of confusion. His chin was slightly raised, and his eyes were focused on the void. Nothing could be clearly reflected in his eyes.

But this change did not last long.

After the report was submitted, Sui Yun and He Jingtong were no longer present in the investigation that was originally scheduled to last a day and involved 90 people.

How will the final score be determined? Will the act of threatening the spirits result in a deduction of points? If you don't get a perfect score, what are your expectations?

Suiyun didn't think about any of these questions.

All she could think about was: "How can I save him?"

Suiyun finally asked this question to Qu Shu, who was hosting the competition.

Suiyun is tall, with the lower half of his face covered by a scarf. His words sounded particularly dull in this cloudy day without wind or rain.

Qu Shu "smiled", but it wasn't quite a smile, more like he was trying to subjectively control himself and make some expressions that were not impolite.

Suiyun only heard her say, "It has become a spirit, and there is no way to reverse it."

The expression on Qu Shu's face could no longer be maintained and disappeared completely. Heaviness and shadow attached to his face, and the only thing that could be seen clearly was his eyes without any highlights.

Suiyun also knew the answer.

He Jingtong's spiritualization is different from that of other people.

He does not have those bad emotions, nor does he abandon his rationality and cause negative emotions to go to extremes.

He became a spirit because he was the result of an artificial spiritization experiment.

If it could be reversed, if it could be changed, if it could be treated, if it could be removed like a simple disease... then the teachers at Elite Academy, and even the He family members who survived him, would have done so long ago.

This extraordinary heaviness finally ended with He Jingtong's words.

After he came out, he immediately talked to his two teammates. Even his first sentence was: "It seems that my first mission of investigating the cause of the birth of the supernatural was completed quite well."

Qi Xueyi followed up on this sentence and continued: "That's not just good, it's very good."

"When Qu Shu first gave me the questions, my mind was completely blank. I couldn't guess any information from those few sentences."

"Now that your report has been submitted, I can tell you about what I saw earlier. To be honest, among the ninety students, you are the only one who inferred the natural disaster based on the information provided by Teacher Qu Shu, and finally verified the process from the results..."

"When the investigation started, someone in the live broadcast said that this was a hellish investigation mission. But when it came to you, it instantly became a simple mode. Well done!"

Qi Xue rushed to congratulate Jing Tong and gave him a thumbs up, praising everything highly.

When he said this, he was not ignoring the changes in He Jingtong, but he did not want to give up the praise and recognition that should have belonged to him because of He Jingtong's changes.

This praise, which was accompanied by a sense of ease, ended with He Jingtong saying, "You exaggerate too much."

Afterwards, Qi Xueyi took a deep breath and began to ask He Jingtong about his cognitive problems.

"By the way, why did you just answer Suiyun and say that the color of your soul power is black?"

"Because that is the fact." He Jingtong stated calmly. After he finished speaking, he did not give Qi Xueyi a chance to ask further questions, but directly stated, "My soul is no longer a normal soul."

"Rather than saying that one-third of my soul has become a spirit, it's better to say that one-third of me has already become a spirit."

"This is a fact." He Jingtong's fingertips released again the soul power ball that was an ink painting, with black and white interweaving.

"If I choose to hide and deny everything, then in the end all you'll see is that I'm suddenly no longer myself."

He Jingtong smiled. When he looked at his two teammates, his expression was completely different from the empty look he had on the way to submit the report.

The figures of Qi Xueyi and Jian Zirui were clearly reflected in those black eyes.

"I don't want to do that." The boy shook his head and said, "Although that should be the best choice... right?"

He said uncertainly: "This should also be considered as my selfishness."

"In short, I don't want my current self to pretend to be the same as before and then pretend that I haven't changed in front of you."

Just as Qi Xueyi was about to speak, he heard He Jingtong mutter, "...If I really pretended like that, who would I be fooling?"

It would just be him.

And that would also cause greater harm to teammates and even people around them.

Wait until the end, wait until he becomes a spirit, let others recall the past memories over and over again, and finally indulge in the memories, hating themselves for not discovering it in advance, why they did not pay attention to those details...

Why bother?

Compared to this possibility, compared to that kind of fate, He Jingtong hopes that other people can accept it calmly like him.

Accept calmly the fact that He Jingtong will eventually become a spirit.

He will eventually become the afterimage he describes himself as.

Jian Zirui let out a breath, and the "alien spirit He Jingtong" that she saw in her yin and yang eyes became clearer at this moment.

Perhaps it was because growth brought her greater control over her body's strength. Jian Zirui blinked a few times, and finally, she subjectively blocked out the figure of the "alien spirit He Jingtong".

"So, you're not even willing to give yourself a choice to deceive yourself and make things easier for yourself?"

Jian Zirui saw that He Jingtong wanted to open his mouth, so she quickened her speech and interrupted him, "You don't have to tell me the answer. I know what you are thinking."

She looked at He Jingtong with deep eyes, as if she wanted to remember his current appearance clearly.

"In your opinion, it is better to lay it all out now than to let us, as humans, focus on pain and sorrow in the future. Then, in a self-righteous and semi-forced manner, tell us that we must accept the fact that you will become a spirit sooner or later."

"You're even calling it that. It's selfish of you."

Jian Zirui looked up at the sky.

The weather was very good in the morning. The cold was not biting, but the wind made people sober, and the warm winter sun was warm enough to warm the body...

All gone at once.

Only dark clouds were left, and those dark clouds were so thick that they made people's hearts feel heavy and they could hardly breathe.

I wanted to blame someone, but Fu Zexun, the original criminal, had already died.

If you want to resent someone, after going around in circles, in the end all you have left is fate.

I have no idea where to direct my anger, and I can't express my sadness.

In the end, I could only follow He Jingtong's example and use a tone of stating facts, laying everything out and covering everything up at the same time.

After that, none of the three continued to speak.

The words that broke through this heaviness and even made Suiyun want to join the topic came from what He Jingtong said: "It is precisely because I have this selfishness that I am still myself."

Many people will choose to remain silent at this time.

But memories are what hurt the most.

At least from the author's perspective, from the creator's perspective, the most painful thing is the silent film that cannot be reproduced.

By not saying anything and showing nothing, you will earn a lot of popularity points and a lot of discussion from comic readers.

But that kind of behavior, that kind of approach, would not be done by He Jingtong.

As the protagonist of "Alien", He Jingtong can be arrogant and selfish, which is due to the fact that his soul has become spiritualized.

But whether it was He Jingtong's arrogance or selfishness...

They're all his.

Because it is his property, it is destined to be filled with his colors.

Even Sui Yun, who had just met him face to face for the first time today, could understand this meaning.

Suiyun smiled, his expression sincere but hollow: "So what do you think we should do to you now?"

There was no sarcasm in these words, just a question.

That is a serious attitude.

It's like a person who wants to peek into fate and is asking fate itself.

The prophet's answer was simply: "Just keep it the same as before."

"The constraints on me are my way forward and my way back. So I am not without a way out. And because of this, I am not willing to experience the kind of feelings that always cause other people to have emotional fluctuations."

"I should be important in the hearts of my companions." He Jingtong looked at Qi Xueyi and Jian Zirui, and said, "But I shouldn't be more important than them."

People can only walk side by side for a certain distance; even if they are teammates, they cannot walk hand in hand for a lifetime.

So, he just needs to walk this path well.

"Let's leave this topic here." He Jingtong narrowed his eyes, "I actually want to know whether the answers to the investigation of supernatural beings have really been perfect."

"Even if it's not a perfect score, at least we can get into the top ten." Suiyun understood He Jingtong's attitude.

At first, the prophet had seen the fate of several people, but could not see his own fate.

He changed the fate of those people and also saw his own fate before that.

Until now, no one knew what his psychological process was. They could only see that He Jingtong accepted his fate.

...There is no need to say those inappropriate words anymore.

His selfishness made him brave enough to show everything and forced his teammates to reject a future that would allow him to escape.

That is selfishness, the selfishness of He Jingtong. But in the eyes of others, it is boundless courage.

Sui Yun and Jian Zirui looked at each other. It was obviously the first time they met, but they understood at the same time how to get along with He Jing in the future.

He can be selfish, and of course others can be selfish too.

They will try their best to find a way to save him, and they will also do their best to prevent the worst outcome from happening.

Trying your best to create a miracle that you don't know whether it will come or not is one choice. Assuming that miracles do not exist, at least you should not leave any regrets before the worst result comes.

"Combined with our previous efforts, I, no, we are bound to win the first place in this competition." Sui Yun raised his chin, full of fighting spirit.

“And if they have the same score and are sorted alphabetically, He with the letter H might even be ranked above Sui with the letter S.” He Jingtong touched the side of his face with the tip of his thumb, looking relaxed.

“So, I should have a greater chance of getting first place.”

Qi Xueyi stared at Gao Guang with dead fish eyes and said, "Have you two completely ignored Team Sanyu?"

"If I hadn't heard Su Yu complaining about it herself during the live broadcast, I wouldn't have realized that all three of their names are pronounced in the yu style."

Jian Zirui was powerless to complain about Team Sanyu's statement, and only said: "I think that there should be no so-called full score mechanism in this competition. There are only high scores and higher scores, but no highest score."

"First, the words said by Teacher Qu Shu were one of the verification points. Then there were the invitations, newspapers, emergency contact information on student files, network information verification on the multimedia classroom, and the hesitant and unwilling to tell the truth performance of the Dean of Studies, Lao Cui."

"The six layers of natural disasters that corroborate each other, plus the sinful tendencies and actual strength of the thirty spirits... at least I don't think that Sanyu, cough, Suyu, Songyu, and Guyu, would be able to get so many intelligence points to corroborate each other."

"This competition itself is to test students' investigative abilities, so in my opinion, He Jingtong still has the greatest chance of taking first place."

Suiyun also said openly: "If that's the case, I took advantage of He Jingtong and got a lot of information verification points."

"But it's impossible for me to congratulate you in advance for getting first place. I feel that this would be unkind to other students."

"No, no one would think so." This was said by Su Yu, who also handed in the file and finally came out of the investigation site.

After Su Yu naturally got into the topic, Gu Yu turned to Qi Xueyi and said, "What is the Sanyu team? You'd better explain it clearly."

"Ahem..." Qi Xueyi's eyes flickered.

"Actually, this name isn't that bad." Song Yu glanced at He Jingtong.

After taking a deep breath, she took a step forward and stood in front of He Jingtong. She said in a voice loud enough to attract the attention of everyone present: "I'm sorry, and thank you!"

Song Yu bent down hard.

But with so many eyes on her, she couldn't help but tremble.

Song Yu didn't have any great desire to show off. She chose to apologize and thank him now because she thought it was best to do it all at once, otherwise she might still not have the courage to do it next time.

After she bent down, her voice finally became normal. She said, "I'm sorry. During the inter-school competition, it was my fault that caused you to be so badly hurt... And thank you for saving my life at that time."

"If I hadn't told Fu Zexun the time of the dual-school league match and the location of the back mountain, then you might not have had to face Fu Zexun directly..."

Song Yu has made countless possible assumptions, and each one was a condemnation of himself.

But this is not necessary.

Even if he didn't get the time and location of the two-school league match from her, Fu Zexun could still easily obtain this kind of information that would not be deliberately concealed.

What's more, the Shengshi School, which was the cooperation partner of Yingcai at that time, the talents there were the source of intelligence for Fu Zexun at that time.

Song Yu didn't know all this, she only knew that He Jingtong was seriously injured at the time.

She only knew that she should have been burned to death by the wildfire, but at that time He Jingtong pulled her back and saved her.

"You did that at that time only because you were deceived by Fu Zexun." He Jingtong told Song Yu the truth, "I will accept your thanks, but you don't need to apologize."

"By the way, everyone—"

He Jingtong knew that if he continued with this topic, Song Yu would probably continue to pour out his thoughts.

The biggest possibility is that Song Yu, who has been tormented by his near-death experience and the guilt he felt for many days, might just burst into tears here.

There is nothing wrong with crying, but He Jingtong does not want others to misunderstand Song Yu's words and actions as her expression being just crocodile tears.

"Dinner time is almost here. Do you want to go to the cafeteria to eat together?" He Jingtong invited everyone.

Su Yu made a phone call gesture and said, "If you don't mind me inviting my teammates."

"Me too." Gu Yu also waved his hand to indicate.

Song Yu finally added vaguely: "I may also need to call Liang Sheng and Li Yuanjing..."

Finally, Suiyun also called her teammates.

Feng Yicheng and Wei Qingjin, who were already very interested in He Jingtong, and Gu Qi, who knew He Jingtong from these two people, plus their teammates...

Qi Xueyi's only comment on this was: "Why not just use a loudspeaker and let He Jingtong speak in the cafeteria?"

He Jingtong: "...That's not necessary."

Amid the hustle and bustle, at seven o'clock in the evening, Qu Shu gave the ranking of this competition on the Spiritual Master app.

He Jingtong deservedly won the first place.

After the rankings came out, An Lai also asked Qu Shu, "Is it true that there is no perfect score for the mission of investigating alien spirits?"

"Actually, there is." Qu Shu took a cup of the same bubble milk tea that He Jingtong had drunk before from the canteen delivery person. "You know, there is a very strange and important number between us spiritual masters and the spirits, and that is the number 7."

"So there is a seventh shipwreck site that corroborates each other in this competition."

An Lai asked: "So what is the seventh one?"

"In fact, I also want to know why He Jingtong did not take the initiative to talk about the seventh point when he knew the situation."

An Lai: ???

"But wasn't He Jingtong's entire move broadcast live? How did he know the seventh point?"

Qu Shu looked at him with disdain and said, "It's very simple, of course it's because those spirits all have the characteristics of aquatic creatures."

"...Are you sure this is not just for the purpose of rounding up the numbers to verify the location of the shipwreck?"

"That's why I'm curious, why didn't He Jingtong use this to verify each other."

Xiang Li Xingqing complained: "It's just disdain."

"It was so straightforward to count the points, but no student said anything..."

An Lai: “…” I don’t think a normal person would use this point to prove something.

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Elite College cafeteria.

Feng Yicheng, the teammate who claimed to be the weakest, saw the ranking and decisively encouraged Qi Xueyi, saying, "Both of your teammates got first place, don't you want to grab the first place in the cross-level challenge event as well?"

Qi Xueyi said righteously: "Not at all."

"It's impossible for everyone on a team to be strong. There will always be someone who holds them back. I'm glad my teammates allow me to hold them back... hehe."

The ability bias characteristic of "owing it" is no less than that of Chi Qian's evaluation of Qi Xueyi: "I always feel that there is a large group of people who want to pluck out your white hair."

Liang Sheng, who was sitting next to me, said, "Is this a resonance between wolves and monkeys?"

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The lively dinner is over.

Around 10 o'clock in the evening, He Jingtong turned on his cell phone in the dormitory where three other people lived.

The notification bar on the Spirit Master app said that because the academy’s area is not large enough (?), there will only be thirty arenas for students to challenge the spirits tomorrow, and each person will only have three hours to fight.

In response to this, Qi Xueyi got excited in the small group of three people: [Wasn't it completely impossible for me to show off my undead-style pulling fighting skills as a top-level healer? 】

Jian Zirui typed a reply: [But maybe a B+ alien spirit will be enough to kill you in one second. ]

Qi Xueyi: [……]

He Jingtong decisively sent a dove-like expression of laughter.

Afterwards, he turned off his phone, and the last light in the room disappeared.

The scene of He Jingtong lying on the bed and falling asleep became the ending of Chapter 16.

However, in the comics, the sides of the picture are filled with a lot of vertical "narration".

Pride, jealousy, rage, laziness, greed, gluttony, lust...

"Isn't it natural to get first place? The others are so weak.

"How can Suiyun take advantage of you?

"Why did you let her take advantage of you!

“Since it’s a collaboration, shouldn’t you do less?

"You should have gotten a much higher score...

The voices of the Seven Sins never stopped in his ears.

These are not additional additions made by the author, but facts that have always existed.

After the fragments of lazy space merged, various lazy words existed in the depths of He Jingtong's soul, and now the continuous voices of the Seven Sins...

Changes have always been there, but what He Jingtong showed was only the change in the color of soul power and some differences in cognition.

Even though countless noisy sounds were echoing in his ears, He Jingtong did not even toss and turn once that night.

The spiritualist's five senses have long been enhanced due to the strength of his soul. When the sound does not subside, the noise will not attract the spiritualist's attention.

But in the dead of night, all the twists and turns become clearly audible.

System: [Ahahahaha…Should I say that your self-control is too strong, or that you simply don’t take those sinful voices seriously? ]

The system was just like Jian Zirui had done before, and had no intention of getting an answer from He Jingtong.

After all, He Jingtong was already asleep at the time, so how could he answer other people's questions?

A sleepless night. !