(For Silver Alliance, random update cannot be used, completion progress 45/100.)
Outside the fog, 7pm. Alroshen Township College.
The moment the bell rang, Tang Jing ran out, as fast as a starving ghost reincarnated.
Tang Jing's recent behavior has been very strange. During the past month, his roommates discovered that this guy who usually liked to stay at home in the dormitory now also stays out all night!
This is an extremely strange phenomenon.
Of course, strange things happen every year, but this year there are especially many.
Over the past month, strange things have been happening all over the world. Some people have solved a mathematical problem that has puzzled mathematicians for many years, and some have successfully proved that magic exists.
Some people have proven that all physical limits that humans cannot reach are false, and some have discovered that evolution does not require a process of hundreds of thousands or millions of years.
Distortion, which scientists try to explain by evolution.
In some talk shows, experts began to talk about the possibility of accelerated evolution of various organisms.
It is also said that they are currently studying these suddenly evolved creatures and are about to make a major breakthrough.
But in reality, scientists are at a loss.
They simply cannot understand something like distortion, not to mention the people outside the fog, but the people inside the fog are the same.
This kind of thing can only be felt, not understood.
But trying to find a reasonable explanation for distorted things has become a kind of spiritual sustenance for people when facing the unknown.
It seems that as long as a reasonable explanation is found, this unknown and confusion can be eliminated.
But there is no reasonable explanation, and various distorted phenomena repeatedly ravage people's cognition.
It's the same city, just different areas. One side is abnormally cold, while the other side is strangely hot. In the cold area, people experience things that only belong to the polar regions. Snow, frozen lakes, and huge glaciers.
The two areas are connected by a bridge, one end of the bridge is extreme winter, and the other end is extreme summer.
The temperature of over 60 degrees made countless people run to the other side of the bridge, but in less than a few seconds, the group of people ran back frantically.
Those who run slowly become frozen.
The area was quickly cordoned off, and rescue teams wearing heavy thermal insulation uniforms began to evacuate the people inside.
The entire temperature zone is called the forbidden area of ice and fire.
Scientists simply cannot explain these phenomena.
In addition to the environmental issues, there are also biological issues. The twins have the same father and mother, but one has a second head and the other has wings.
How do scientists explain it
They would never imagine that a child with wings just hopes he can run faster, and a child with a brain just hopes he can do better in exams.
The difference does not come from genes at all, but from desire.
The star who lost his star path because of sudden mechanization was not as miserable as Zero in the black fog.
He defended his human rights and began to participate in various talk shows to talk about his mutation.
In order to squeeze out the maximum surplus value from him, capital changed his original young and handsome trainee persona into that of a scientist.
A young man who can’t sing or rap is not a good scientist.
Being obsessed with mechanical research and using himself as an experiment, the ethical and scientific topics involved brought the young actor back to life and his popularity soared.
The ratings of all the shows he appeared in exploded.
But gradually, after two or three other mechanized mutants appeared in this world, the mechanized mutants began to fight each other for attention.
It's inward-looking.
The young man didn't dare to drink gasoline, didn't dare to connect wires with his bare hands, and didn't dare to swallow screws. Gradually, people thought he was boring. He had a face before, but now he has no face.
He also finally realized... his so-called personality was just to deceive those little fans who couldn't distinguish right from wrong.
In the eyes of the general public, he is just a toy. In the eyes of capital, he is just a commodity.
Nowadays, with the emergence of toys and products with more new functions, his has no value.
All this... took only nineteen days.
In addition to the above, there are many other distorted phenomena.
The dead came back to life, the living became younger, and some even saw themselves when they were younger. Some even saw another person who looked exactly like them.
When they appeared in each other's sight, they both disappeared and there was no news of them.
Weirdness is going on everywhere.
Tang Jing's weirdness then seemed not so weird.
After the bell rang, Tang Jing left the school immediately and went to the villa area not far from the school.
The luxuriously decorated single-family villa became the "place to live" that Bai Wu asked Tang Jing to find for Xu Ling.
The one who has such magical power is naturally Lao Zhao.
Lao Zhao is a very reliable person. Tang Jing really likes what Lao Zhao said:
"There is no better house nearby for now, so just let the girl suffer for a while. Once I buy some land nearby, I will quickly build a suitable one."
Tang Jing had seen rich people, but he had never seen anyone as rich as this.
So much so that Tang Jing wondered what Lao Zhao did and why he was able to find his group of people so quickly
His voice didn't sound old, and even sounded young. How did he accumulate such a huge fortune? Could he, like himself, also see some kind of revelation
Does Lao Zhao also possess the sequence that the master mentioned
It's all a mystery.
But no matter what, Xu Ling now has a place to live. Xu Ling has a good impression of Tang Jing, so he hopes that Tang Jing can spend more time with him.
So these days, as soon as Tang Jing finished his classes, he would run to find Xu Ling.
The two of them had a lot of topics to talk about, including the changes in the world and their daily lives.
Xu Ling is a very...closed-hearted girl.
The red heart tattoo on her hand symbolizes charm and rich emotions, but she herself is extremely introverted.
That was the "white fog" version of Tang Jing, whose words sincerely touched Xu Ling.
But after Bai Wu left, although Tang Jing passed the sequence and grew very fast, reaching a level roughly equivalent to the second-order companion power of the Survey Corps, he was still no match for Xu Ling.
Especially... his emotional intelligence is far less natural than Bai Wu's.
So in Xu Ling's eyes, Tang Jing's behavior before and after was very different, which made this sensitive girl feel that she seemed to have misunderstood.
She lived cautiously in this area where rich people lived.
I lock myself in that small room every day.
She hardly touched the outside of the house, except for regular sweeping and tidying. Even then, her movements were very gentle.
I tried my best not to destroy the original feeling of the room, and was afraid that my arrival would make it different.
Tang Jing also discovered that Xu Ling did live here, but was unable to integrate into the place at all.
Today, something strange happened in a supermarket, and the police officers from Arlo have surrounded the supermarket.
It is said that after a strange customer walked in, all the people in the supermarket suddenly could not get out and were all trapped.
Lao Zhao told Tang Jing the news. Tang Jing has now learned some of Bai Wu's basic skills and his abilities are beyond ordinary people, but he cannot compare with those monsters that have mutated directly.
He guessed... there might be someone like Xu Ling in the supermarket, so Tang Jing decided to take Xu Ling to explore.
There are a total of 60 villas in the villa area, most of which are townhouses. The one Lao Zhao bought is the largest single-family house, surrounded by a beautifully manicured lawn of nearly 160 square meters and a 44-square-meter swimming pool.
Every time Tang Jing comes here, he feels a sense of unreality.
He stood outside the door and hesitated. This was the fourth week. Especially tonight, he was going to explore the supermarket with Xu Ling, so Tang Jing was a little scared.
He hopes that Master will have "some time" today.
So standing outside the villa, Tang Jing activated the sequence - God's Descent.
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In the vast white space, Tang Jing walked in a familiar scene, feeling a little panicked.
Although the master required weekly reports on changes and major events in the world outside the fog, in fact, since Tang Jing became an apprentice, every time he contacted the master, the master was in a busy state.
The same is true this time.
In the white world of consciousness, there are many human-shaped silhouettes, and these people are all people that Tang Jing can summon.
But only on the other side of the white fog could there be sound.
The sound was very faint, but Tang Jing could hear it.
The first week, the second week, the third week, and today is the fourth week... Tang Jing always felt that his master had gone to a strange place, and there was someone beside him who he couldn't tell whether he was a teammate or an opponent.
"It seems that Master still doesn't have time... What should I do? Should I go with Xu Ling alone? Or... should I find someone else..."
"Forget it, it's too dangerous. What if the person we find is a lunatic?"
Tang Jing finally gave up.
God's Descent is a very powerful sequence that allows a person to directly gain the power of their thighs, just like a positive feedback ghost possession.
But the divine descent also has disadvantages. The user does not know whether the person pulled out to occupy his body is a good person or a bad person.
So Tang Jing didn't dare to take the risk.
Especially... He now feels that his physical strength is far stronger than that of ordinary people, so perhaps he can try to explore with Xu Ling.
Tang Jing was about to leave, and as usual, he listened to what his master said for a while before leaving.
For the past few weeks, he had been wondering where his master had gone and what these conversations meant.
So he remembered every word the master said. But these words were very obscure, such as -
"So the fruits in these trees... hold human souls? Can you tell which one is you?"
"Absolutely dissolved... He is also in this tree? So this is nutrients? But why doesn't it come down to find food? Can we assume that it can actually... only go up, not down?"
"Is this the note it left behind? But the contents seem to be very brief. Let's look for it again, maybe there are clues. Haven't you come across these before?"
"That's right, this is obviously only possible after the seventh floor is opened up."
"I've been there. I told you to listen to me. Don't ask so many questions. Why do you care where I got my information? Am I smarter than you?"
"Don't move, or I'll kill you. Don't think you and I are friends. I've said before, black is black and it won't turn white. If you want to continue courting death, I won't stop you."
"Sequence 4, Sequence 7... I only found a blank piece of paper with these few words on it. Is he trapped by these two sequences? Or does this sequence help him? Does he want to get these two sequences?"
"Reverence? Bullshit reverence, Cain, you and I know very well that although you gave those people some religious names, you and I are not religious."
"The spiral corridor, you can't get out without me. Don't ask, because if you ask I know everything."
"How long have we been here?"
"I know it's two days, but don't you think... the time dimension is a little weird?"
"Can't go back? Now it seems that this is indeed possible. I don't know if my friend who wants to turn me into a mechanical person can find my soul if I die here. Don't understand? That's right."
"Cain, what is your real purpose? Now that we can't go back, why don't you tell me? There's no need to lie. We might all die here."
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Over the past four weeks, Tang Jing heard a lot of things, and it was because of these things that Tang Jing felt that his master was in a very dangerous environment.
Moreover, there is a very dangerous person nearby, who may be an enemy. If the master is forcibly summoned at this time, it may bring a catastrophe to the master.
In the end, Tang Jing gave up.
He walked into the villa. Xu Ling had actually already spotted Tang Jing through the window.
Watching Tang Jing pacing back and forth, she felt it was really strange.
He had been so open and frank before, but after that day, he seemed a little... restrained when he saw me.
Xu Ling thought that Tang Jing might have wanted to calm her down that day, so he acted more... calm, with a sense of indifference that everything was under control.
But recently Tang Jing no longer has that feeling.
However, this does not affect her good impression of Tang Jing.
Soon, under the crystal chandelier in the living room, the two boys and girls began to communicate.
"Well... I have a friend who I told you about. He is the one who bought this villa. He and I set up an organization. We are responsible for investigating some strange incidents."
"Yes, you said it. Let's go." Xu Ling said.
"Aren't you going to ask me what I'm going to do?"
"I believe you won't let me do bad things. I've always been afraid that I'll lose control... But if you're here, I'm not afraid." Xu Lingshui looked at Tang Jing with her big, bright eyes.
Tang Jing was a little panicked.
What if Xu Ling really loses control? Master seemed to have told me to take good care of Xu Ling... Maybe I should explore the supermarket by myself and not bring Xu Ling with me.
When Tang Jing was thinking this, Xu Ling held Tang Jing's hand.
Without Bai Wu this time, Tang Jing's reaction was much more real.
If Bai Wu were here, he would definitely sigh, saying that she is worthy of being a member of the Red Heart series, as she could go from being teased to flirting back without any instruction at all.
Tang Jing's face turned red, but Xu Ling was very calm.
"I actually always feel that... there seems to be a power in my body that is difficult for me to control, but I don't know how to use it. But sometimes I feel that it is very dangerous."
Tang Jing remembered that his master also said that this girl was not simple and there was some organization behind her.
"I'm afraid to use these powers, but if I follow Tang Jing, I won't be afraid. If I really turn into a monster... you can pull me back, right?"
My master promised her on my behalf, do I have to acknowledge it
Although Tang Jing felt that his master was a very decent person, he somehow felt like he was helping a scumbag clean up the mess.
But he still nodded, probably because the descent of God gave him some "Bai's thinking":
"No matter what, as long as I am here, you will always be Xu Ling."
(I still remember that I need to take a leave, and I will take it on the day when I get stuck, ahem. Tang Jing's plot is more important, and it is a necessary foreshadowing for the plot of the counterattack on the farm. I can only make it as less boring as possible. Then I will return to the main character's plot as soon as possible.)