Qualcomm's steady voice sounded, completely discarding his previous friendly expression, and his cold eyes were full of majesty.
He sat in a wheelchair with his back to the shining sunlight, and it seemed that he had been in this posture for a long, long time.
Celis, who had just arrived at the ninth floor from the jump device, had not yet recovered. She was in a daze and almost collapsed to the ground.
Instead, it was Luo Xue who supported her and put her arm around her waist to prevent her from falling.
After all, Luo Xue had used the teleportation array before, not to mention that this one was just teleporting to the next level.
Luo Xue used to use long-distance teleportation arrays, and the process was hundreds or thousands of times longer than the current one, and the degree of discomfort was increased exponentially.
The ninth floor of the No. 132 suspended tower was quite plain. The place where Luo Xue and Celis landed looked like an abandoned laboratory. The narrow room was filled with various instruments, but most of them were covered in dust for a long time.
At the end of the laboratory is the only observation window in the entire suspended tower, but it is also plain and unpretentious, just like an ordinary window with some sunlight coming in.
The middle-aged man in the wheelchair was bathed in sunlight, but his expression was shadowed.
"Qualcomm..."
Luo Xue looked at the middle-aged man with disabled legs and feet. She knew very well that this meeting was completely different from the previous one.
Previously, it was the reception of the Federation by the 132nd Suspension Tower, and now it is her confrontation with Qualcomm.
After a while, Celis came to her senses and looked at Luo Xue in surprise.
She thought Luo Xue's condition would be worse than hers, and she planned to support Luo Xue so that she wouldn't fall down after landing, because she had never used the jump device, but had only heard of it.
As a result...it was Luo Xue who helped her.
The jump device will only be used when reaching the ninth floor in a suspended tower, and not all suspended towers are equipped with a jump device. Some towers have a simpler way to reach the ninth floor, which is through a secret passage.
As for the jump device itself, unfortunately, like all creations of previous civilizations, it cannot be replicated or explored.
"I never thought you were still alive, miss," Gao Tong smiled palely, his expression cold, "This was the last mistake in Night Owl's last mission - tell me, what was his ending."
Luo Xue was silent for a while, then replied,
"He was buried under the rubble."
Gao Tong tapped the wheelchair armrest and said slowly,
"Vengeance is very strong, young lady."
"I just feel that some things should be returned to him...you too." Luo Xue said in a low voice.
She raised her head slightly and looked up at Qualcomm who was looking down at her, but she did not look humble, but rather a little proud.
The corners of Gao Tong's mouth curled up slightly in a smile, but it was extremely cold.
Only Celis, who didn't understand anything, stood there with a confused look on her face. What was going on? Did they know each other before
But when we met on the seventh floor before, it seemed that there was no
Wait, at that time Luo Xue was still called "Li Guijiao". She deliberately concealed her real name, which means... it is very likely that her appearance was also a disguise
Celis' heart sank slightly. She had tried her best to imagine that the little girl was mature, but she had not expected that she had been on guard against everyone since the first moment they met.
"Where is Lingling?"
Luo Xue asked in a deep voice.
Gao Tong did not answer immediately, but looked at Luo Xue deeply.
Then he let out a long sigh.
"Behind you."
Luo Xue looked back in horror. There was a petite figure standing at the door of the laboratory, looking at Luo Xue with some fear, but also a little expectation.
The fear was because Luo Xue now looked like a stranger, and Ling Ling had always been a very shy person.
She has been in the suspended tower for two years, but she still rarely talks to people. Only Gao Tong can chat with her.
Expectations are...
"...Sister Xueer?"
Ling Ling tilted her head. This strange girl gave her a feeling that she looked very much like Sister Xue'er, but she didn't look like her at all. It was so strange.
Although Gao Tong asked Lingling to go back and rest, Lingling never left.
The reason why she came to the observation window was not because Gao Tong was there, but because she had the habit of looking down at the earth from the observation window.
Even though her sister Xueer, whom she missed the most, was still missing, she didn't even know where she was.
But Lingling always felt that whenever she looked down at the earth, Sister Xueer would definitely be in her sight, no matter how tiny she was... she would still be watching her.
Luo Xue almost didn't recognize Ling Ling at first because the change was so great.
Before, Ling Ling had been staying in the wilderness, and she was always dirty and had a messy hair. She was lucky enough to have some rags sewn together to barely cover her body, let alone wear any nice clothes.
Lingling is now neatly dressed, with a ponytail and a neat and loose white coat. She looks a bit like a beautiful girl cosplaying as a researcher.
Only a pair of clear big eyes had never changed; even the slightly timid look was exactly the same as in Luo Xue's memory.
Luo Xue's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down a little. The thing she was most worried about seeing did not happen. Ling Ling stood in front of her intact.
"A Ling, it's me." Luo Xue smiled and reached out to rub Ling Ling's hair. "It's okay... That's good."
Ling Ling subconsciously shrank her neck at first, but after feeling the familiar temperature and touch of Luo Xue's palm, tears finally overflowed from her eyes.
"Sister Xueer!"
Ling Ling rushed directly into Luo Xue's arms, hugged her tightly, and sobbed slightly.
Celis blinked. She suddenly felt like a light bulb.
But when she saw that there was another light bulb next to her with a blank expression, Celis continued to watch with a thick face.
Gao Tong was very patient and did not disturb Luo Xue and Ling Ling's reunion. He just tapped his fingers unconsciously on the armrest of the wheelchair. It was difficult to tell what he was thinking from his expressionless face.
"Sister Xue'er, why have you changed again?" Ling Ling rubbed her eyes, raised her head and looked at Luo Xue with tears in her eyes and asked, "Have you been reincarnated?"
"... not reincarnated."
Luo Xue glanced at Celis who was trying to hold back her laughter and sighed slightly.
Soon, her appearance changed slightly.
She was a little smaller, with snow-white waist-length hair falling down, and a face that was more delicate than the ghost girl's. Even the experienced Celis couldn't help but admire her.
"How did you survive?"
Gao Tong suddenly asked.
Luo Xue thought about it and replied,
"you guess?"
Chapter 145: "String Vibration", Start
Gao Tong had seen Luo Xue in person.
Luo Xue was still very young at that time, just learning to speak.
Due to malnutrition, all the children in the settlement looked like bean sprouts and matured quite precociously.
Among these precocious children, Luo Xue impressed Gao Tong the most.
It's not just because of her pitiful appearance, but also because of the determination in her eyes that doesn't match her age, and there is not a trace of ignorance in her eyes.
At that time, Gao Tong came to take Lingling away, but finally gave up the action.
Because he regretfully discovered that Lingling had already integrated into this gathering place and became one of the wild people.
If Lingling is taken away at this time, she will always be worried in her heart, and this is not what Gao Tong wants to see.
It was precisely because of these unnecessary extra emotions that Lingling's father Lingxi chose to end his life, and Gao Tong did not want to repeat the same mistake.
Those who achieve great things are not concerned with trivial matters or temporary gains and losses.
Qualcomm has made mistakes before and will never make them again.
then...
He decided to get rid of all of Lingling's concerns, leaving only loneliness in her world.
The adults in the gathering place were forced to leave this place where they could barely survive, leaving only the children in the camp, barely surviving on the meager resources.
Not all the children in the camp were killed by Gao Tong’s men. In the dangerous endless wasteland, there were too many accidents.
Even the most insignificant natural disaster or the weakest wild beast can take the life of a weak child in an instant.
As time went by, almost all of the brothers and sisters lost their lives, either due to accidents or caused accidents, leaving only Luo Xue to accompany Ling Ling.
The fire that burned Luo Xue to death in the severe cold disaster was Gao Tong's work, and the assassination by Night Owl was also his masterpiece, but Luo Xue survived.
What is so special about this special girl...
Gao Tong was very curious, which was why he was sitting in front of Luo Xue.
"I can't guess, Miss Luo Xue." Gao Tong smiled, leaned his elbows on the wheelchair armrests, crossed his fingers, and lowered his head slightly, "Maybe Xiao Liu and the others exaggerated me to you, but in the final analysis, I am just an ordinary mortal.
"In this world dominated by natural disasters and misfortunes, you and I are all mortals."
Ling Ling finally realized that the atmosphere was wrong. She shrank slightly behind Luo Xue and secretly looked at Gao Tong.
Celis stood beside Luo Xue, her eyes slightly burning with inexplicable fireworks, and her supernatural powers were ready to be unleashed.
Even though it is a fantasy to want to control the nervous system of a level nine ability user, it is possible to influence him slightly.
Celis didn't know what Luo Xue had up her sleeve, but she knew that once Qualcomm activated the so-called "string vibration" device, the probability of the entire No. 132 suspended tower being directly torn apart would be infinite.
"Don't be nervous, Miss...Selis, you are already a senior member of the federal commissioner, you should know my character well."
Gao Tong turned his gaze towards Celis and said calmly, "If I wanted to activate the String Vibration device, I would have done it the moment I discovered the top-secret leak, not until now."
Hearing this, Celis's tense body relaxed a little, but she soon remained alert again.
She knew that Gao Tong was right, but she also knew that... Gao Tong was cunning and difficult to deal with, and no one could see what he was thinking.
As Liu Yun said, don't try to understand Qualcomm.
Because he is an unreasonable lunatic.
"It seems that you don't intend to tell me the secret. I have to say it's a pity." Gao Tong shook his head and sighed, "But it doesn't matter. This is just a little curiosity of mine. It doesn't matter whether it satisfies me or not."
Speaking of this, Gao Tong took out something that Luo Xue was quite familiar with.
Formation runes.
Although it is unknown what material this rune is carved from, the spiritual power contained in it is greater than that of spiritual stone, and it should have been artificially infused.
Luo Xue was not proficient in formations, but she had a senior sister who was very good at them. Therefore, she had seen many exquisite formations and was not unfamiliar with formation runes.
"This is the activator of the String Vibration Device," Gao Tong shook the array rune and said, "As long as we inject the natural disaster energy into it, we can activate the String Vibration Device... Don't be impatient, Miss Celis, just listen to me, okay?"
Celis resisted the urge to rush forward and grab the starter. She knew very well that Qualcomm would have enough time to start the device before she could take it away.
"But Miss Luo Xue, it seems like you know this thing?" Gao Tong looked at Luo Xue, his eyes full of curiosity. "Not many people know about this great creation from the pre-civilization era, and even fewer have seen it with their own eyes."
"... No comment."
Luo Xue replied in a deep voice, but she had already made up her mind.
That’s right... The pre-civilization era was most likely a civilization of cultivating immortals. These formation styles have quite obvious traces of immortal martial arts, and the technological elements are more of a transformation of the new civilization era.
Luo Xue had tried it before. This world has the conditions for cultivating immortals, but the spiritual energy is much thinner, so the difficulty has doubled.
Perhaps it’s because of a natural disaster, or perhaps it’s because of a civilizational gap and the loss of inheritance. In short, now, apart from those with special abilities, humans have no other way to strengthen their own strength.
"Oh, you don't satisfy my curiosity at all." Gao Tong said with regret, "But it doesn't matter. Let me tell you a story. After I finish the story, you can think about it carefully."
After saying this, Gao Tong started talking without waiting for Luo Xue and Celis to agree.
"Doctor... Oh, yes, it's what you call telepathy. Actually, it's my childhood friend. We've known each other since we were very young..."
Qualcomm's voice was calm, with memories in his eyes, as he calmly narrated these unknown past events.
Many people know that Lingxi is the expert who has done the most in-depth research on people with special abilities, but few people know that Gaotong is the expert who has done the most in-depth research on creations from previous civilizations.
The ninth floor of the No. 132 suspended tower is Qualcomm's laboratory.
So far, Qualcomm has been able to start trying to manufacture suspended high-tower engines, and the engines for small aircraft are his works.
If we continue in this way, it will only take a few decades for humans to have the ability to mass-produce suspended high-tower engines.