In nearly a thousand years, Qi Xin has never tasted "panic". Now, her mouth was filled with the bitter taste of panic.
After the Yuanwu matures, the corresponding emotions will accumulate in the body. Just like some marine creatures in the human world, they extract toxins from their food and accumulate them in their own bodies.
For Yuanwu, this is an important means for them to control their emotions. The whole process does not require the participation of subjective consciousness, just like crying and laughing when in pain, it is the most basic instinct.
So if Yin Ren is just a "fear" with a strange appearance, he will definitely have a taste of fear in his body.
But Qi Xin couldn't taste it.
She chewed the bit of flesh and blood carefully, and the fear in her heart became stronger and stronger. That fear did not ooze out of flesh and blood, it grew on its own from the bottom of her heart and spread crazily.
Qi Xin did feel the power of approaching Yuanwu, but could not distinguish any emotions.
Yin Ren can devour Yuan objects, but he has not used his natural power of "fear" in any battle. The cub was torn apart and dragged, using only its fearful "destruction" ability to fight its way out.
Something is wrong.
Something is very wrong.
Zhong Cheng said every word and recorded it carefully in his notebook.
First, the abnormal fear of natural mutation.
"Just like Cheng Feng's gun - she is familiar with the internal structure and operating principles of the gun. As long as she uses mixed flesh and blood instead of gunpowder, she can use it to attack. However, you don't have a deep understanding of the structure and feel of the gun, so it is difficult to imagine it in detail , I can’t use this hand.”
Zhong Chengfeng clicked his tongue: "You are really my parents' ideal child. Back then, I could sit quietly in front of the desk for half an hour, and they would burn high incense. It's good, you save them trouble."
The wings twisted in Qi Xin's hands. When it was in Zhong Cheng's hand, it would just spread out into a soft and warm ball, but now it is like a soldering iron, hissing and corroding Qi Xin's palm.
When he asked the question, Qi Xin already had two answers in his mind.
I have been away for nearly thirty years, and this person has been taking care of my parents on my behalf. Even though Zhong Cheng confessed his "adopted son" status, Zhong Chengfeng still showed concern as if he were a blood relative.
Zhong Chengfeng turned his head and his eyes lit up: "Let's talk and listen. I'll try to help."
This possibility made Qi Xin very uneasy.
What's worse is that Yin Ren's opponent reacts extremely quickly. This time his thoughts were tinged with a little smile.
Qi Xin clenched her wings tightly, and the wings tightened unhappily, as if to resist her.
Zhong Cheng said that if you eat enough and drink enough every day, your quality of life will not decrease but will increase. The old fear was unable to expand its true body, in exchange for the ability to travel across two realms and an immortal physique. Those dark eyes still retain the unique authority of "fear".
Zhong Chengfeng was stunned, and his expression suddenly became a little bitter: "...I know."
Qi Xin originally thought that as long as Yin Ren matured, he would be able to put "fear" into battle. Although Yin Ren has gained emotional immunity now, he does not have the ability to "frighten all things". As for what potential this guy had, Qi Xin was unsure.
Since the world can give birth to pests like Charon, it is not impossible to give birth to particularly outrageous monsters. After all, the old fear has just changed its form, and its essence is still alive and well, not even "degraded".
Her younger brother has a handsome face and looks like a good boy, the kind of boy you would never meet in the police station. Although his younger brother is physically older than himself, fortunately, his age does not appear to be noticeable between his eyebrows and eyes, and Zhong Chengfeng is quite comfortable.
What if the "fear" on the other side is always there
Who is this monster in front of her that was born from the flesh and blood of "Fear"? It has just completed a transformation, what will it look like next
He listened carefully to Meng Huai's explanation of tips on mixing flesh and blood and using repulsion. From time to time, he used an imaginary pen and paper in his hand to record in detail, his expression more serious than that of a junior high school student on his first day of school.
He reminded her of the cuckoo bird - a "foreign object" mixed in among its kind. When it was young, it destroyed its surroundings and robbed nutrients. It deliberately obtained the guidance of the great element before spreading its wings to fly.
Meng Huai scribbled on the whiteboard.
"Imaginary things can't hurt Yuan objects. But if you mix them with prepared flesh and blood, they can come in handy."
So she especially likes these kinds of questions.
Zhong Cheng said that he was sitting on one side, watching attentively as Meng Huai held a small class with three practitioners, Ge Tingting, Huang Jin and Fu Tianyi. Dr. Cat and Lu Xiaohe were busy confirming the details of the operation with Xiao Zheng - logically speaking, that should have been work that Zhong Chengshuo was involved in.
During the past period of time, "fear" has not been idle either.
Compared with the seriousness when they first met, the policewoman became cheerful and talkative.
The time she has spent on the other side has been longer than in this world. The world before was like a bizarre dream, and she couldn't wait to take out every detail and savor it over and over again.
In this case, Yin Ren is still considered a primitive thing. How she wished that was the case.
"I'm used to taking notes, which helps organize my thoughts." Zhong Cheng said obediently.
[Thousands of years ago, I wasn’t sure. To this day, I still don't know. Aren't you the one to teach me about this kind of thing?]
"Yin Ren, what on earth are you?"
"Brother, you can't take anything out of your imagination." Zhong Chengfeng sat down next to his nominal brother.
"Actually, I have encountered some problems recently." He said solemnly, "You are a policeman and have seen many troublesome things. I would like to ask your opinion."
"They have always missed you." Zhong Cheng told the truth.
[Please, senior. ] He said, [As of now, there is no turning back for you and me.]
[What am I?]
Second... Yin Ren is something that was born in the human world and has never appeared before, an unknown shadow that is secretly watching.
Her eyes moved to her knees and she fell into a brief silence. Zhong Cheng said looking at this human sister, he decided to find some topics to bring closer to the family.
Without waiting for Qi Xin's answer, Yin Ren continued. He used the wings to send Gao Mengyu's cat back to the courtyard. The red gauze on the ocean of wings was still fluttering like a transparent tide.
[But this is not a big deal, so you can leave it alone first. It’s time for you to teach me how to “find someone”.]
Comrade Xiao Zhong, who has always been dedicated to his job, finally rebelled.
"Next, you can imagine the weapons you are good at, and then enchant them with Yuanwu flesh and blood - it doesn't matter if you fail, we can separate the flesh and blood without causing waste..."
"It's like this. A long time ago, I worked in a company..."
Wait, Lu Xiaohe said that her brother graduated from a prestigious university and came to Shi'an for an internship as soon as he graduated. Although Lu Xiaohe's eyes were wandering strangely when she said this, she didn't seem to be lying.
Zhong Chengfeng kept the question in his heart and listened carefully.
"I am the only one in my department, and I don't socialize with any colleagues at ordinary times. The salary I get is neither too much nor too little, just enough for me to eat. I usually have nothing else to do except sleep and work. At that time , I think it’s good to be full, and I don’t think about other things.”
Zhong Chengfeng: "..." What an unlucky job, even if it's a biochemical and environmental materials major, why is a master's degree from University A like this
"Later, some colleagues didn't like me. They dragged me to the alley and beat me up. They also destroyed my contract and documents. I couldn't go to work."
Zhong Chengfeng was a little suffocated, and his blood pressure was visibly higher: "... Didn't you call the police? Where is the labor arbitration?"
"I didn't understand anything at the time." Zhong Cheng said guiltily, "In short, I left that company. Now I not only have enough to eat, but also my own life, lover and family. Compared with the mechanical survival before , I had a very happy time.”
"Then what do you want to ask me?" Zhong Chengfeng scratched his scalp, this should be a good ending.
"Now, that company can no longer operate. They can't find the right person for my position."
Officer Zhong's sense of justice suddenly rose: "Isn't it deserved? When it closes down, our family should have a celebration banquet."
"In order to maintain operations, the company will take unseemly measures, which will hurt many innocent people and even implicate my family." Zhong Cheng said, shaking his head and continuing, "Even if I want to help, my physical condition It’s not suitable for that kind of work anymore—that’s roughly the situation now.”
"Uh, you really don't want to call the police?"
"You can't catch it." Zhong Cheng said and raised his eyes.
Zhong Chengfeng was well-informed, so he didn't ask any more questions: "But you said you are not in good health. If you go back, you have to work hard as 007, right? It's not worth sacrificing yourself for such a rubbish company. It's a bit unethical to ask someone else to take the blame. "
"Yes." Zhong Cheng said, holding the notebook tightly, "And there are some things that maybe... only I can do."
The situation on the other side is delicate, and he doesn't want Yin Ren to become "fearful".
Moreover, Zhong Cheng said that he had a vague feeling that Yin Ren's growth path may not be as smooth as Qi Xin imagined. Even if he is a special individual of the biological species, Yin Ren is too different from himself.
"In other words, I can't do it without you. But you don't want to go back, and you can't do what you did before." Zhong Chengfeng played with the gun in his hand, "Well... I did hear similar gossip in the economic investigation, and the partners' trust was broken and they separated. Things are messy.”
"But I don't know much about this, so I may not be able to give you a plan. I only have one suggestion - since you are determined to intervene, you must show off your muscles no matter what."
Zhong Cheng said looking at her in confusion.
Zhong Chengfeng made a gesture out of thin air: "There are some things that only you can do, and you have to fully amplify this. 'You can't do it without me', this is a huge weight."
"Whether I give you money to serve as a consultant and bring in new people, or you settle old scores and ask for compensation, this is a powerful tool for negotiation. But ability is not something you can just talk about, so you'd better bring some project evidence..."
Zhong Cheng looked at her intently. After about half a minute, he looked at Meng Huai, who was still teaching hard, and then turned to look at Zhong Chengfeng. The latter was stared at by him and was a little confused: "What's wrong?"
"You're right." He said, "My idea has been improved a little bit, thank you."
Zhong Chengfeng: "...you're welcome?"
"Next, I want to ask you one more thing."
Zhong Cheng stood up. He motioned for Zhong Chengfeng to follow him and walked towards the "Arsenal" with the door ajar. After Zhong Chengfeng entered, he closed the door carefully to make sure that no sound could be heard.
The body of the small elemental object hangs quietly, exuding bursts of cold air. Zhong Chengfeng's smile was a little stiff, and her hand instinctively leaned on the handle of the gun: "What's the matter? It's mysterious."
"I want your help to separate the flesh and blood from a weapon."
Zhong Cheng said softly.
"I need purer materials, and the current ones are not very easy to use. This thing is rather special, and it is not convenient for others to see."
Zhong Chengfeng narrowed his eyes: "Take it out and take a look."
Zhong Cheng said he took a few deep breaths and took out the short knife "Evil Fruit" from his backpack.
When Meng Huai's accident happened, he had not yet been "born", and the consequences were sealed in the deepest part of the Shi'an warehouse. Zhong Chengfeng is even more of an ordinary person. Even if she is trained for a scientific post, Meng Huai will not teach her this.
In theory, none of them had seen any real consequences.
Sure enough, when Zhong Cheng said he just took out a short knife, Zhong Chengfeng frowned: "You want to separate the vicious flesh and blood on it? Let me remind you that after separation, the knife as the base cannot be preserved - even if you can replace it with imagination, it I can’t return to this world.”
"It doesn't matter." Zhong Cheng said sincerely, "This was given to me by someone else... Sister, don't touch it when we are separated. It is a bit dangerous."
This "sister" call was particularly sincere, and Zhong Chengfeng was very pleased with it.
"A cursed weapon for self-defense? In this case, put the knife on the ground and imagine it as a container."
"Um."
Zhong Chengfeng skillfully imagined a set of tools. She picked up the evil fruit with clips and placed it on the glass funnel. Then she took the imaginary glass vial that Zhong Cheng said and placed it under the funnel.
After doing all this, she strode to the low cabinet of the cold storage and took out a bottle of clear oil: "This is extracted from Yuanwu flesh and blood. It can dissolve the Yuanwu flesh and blood in weapons."
She uncorked the bottle and poured half a bottle into the large funnel.
The fruit dissolved with a hissing sound, like a thin piece of plastic that had been touched by fire, shrinking and deforming in an instant. The beautiful layer of bright red on the blade gradually separated from the blade, flowed down the funnel, and dripped bit by bit into the vial Zhong Cheng said.
It was a breathtaking dim red flowing out of countless vortexes. As the last bit of the blade melted away, it lay quietly in the glass bottle, as beautiful as a dream. "This is really..."
Zhong Chengfeng couldn't help but take a few more glances.
"Forget it, separate the extract first. After separation, let it sit for a few seconds. It will float above the flesh and blood. After separation, it can be recycled... huh?"
The pool of red remained motionless, pretending that the extraction agent had never existed.
Zhong Cheng said: "...that extraction agent is made of Yuanwu flesh and blood."
"Yes, didn't I say that?"
"Then it may not be separated." Zhong Cheng said in an increasingly sincere tone, "This flesh and blood is quite special."
Especially edible.
Zhong Chengfeng: "..."
Zhong Chengfeng: "...Why do I feel like I've been cheated by you?"
Zhong Cheng said that after rubbing the bottle for a while - the small bottle contained Yin Ren's flesh and blood and oaths, and he could feel the extraordinarily surging power in it.
"Thank you, I won't do anything bad with it, I promise."
"I promise it's useless, I'm a policeman." Zhong Chengfeng laughed, "I'll just say one thing, I will still say hello to Meng Huai about this matter."
"certainly."
It was just to help deal with a "cursed spiritual weapon with evil power". Even if Meng Huai went to confirm with everyone in Shi'an, they probably wouldn't say anything more.
- "Fear" itself is here, it doesn't matter whether it is a spiritual weapon or not.
The small glass bottle was placed deep in the backpack, surrounded by countless white bones. In the darkness, it still sways with intoxicating light.
Zhong Cheng said and sat back in Meng Huai's small classroom.
He probably knows what to do with it. What he lacks most now is not materials, but knowledge.
"How to ignite Yuanwu's flesh and blood, how to control the reaction speed and expand the effect of the spell..." Zhong Cheng said while taking notes and murmuring softly.
The tip of the pen swished across the paper. Apart from words, he was still taking the time to describe something.
Looking past it, it looked like a design drawing of an object.
Huang Jin looked at the design drawings in front of him, and his heart pounded.
It's not that he can't make this kind of thing, he has even done it according to Zhong Cheng's requirements. Just thinking about the raw materials of this thing, his hands couldn't help but tremble.
At this moment, he was standing in the secret basement specially built by Zhong Chengshuo.
In front of him was a delicate and beautiful lantern.
Zhong Cheng said that those snow-white bones were made by Huang Jin so that their original appearance could not be seen, and they became the main body of the lantern. At first glance, this lamp has a simple and beautiful shape, with its white lampshade and lamp post glowing with an ivory color. No one knows how many dense runes are hidden inside these simple and neat designs.
Part of the lamp's appearance is painted a breathtaking red. The red seems to be alive, constantly flowing on the surface of the lamp, giving off a strange shimmer.
The inside of the lamp was first made of imaginary glass to make a glass cover to protect it from wind and rain. There is a white bone dish embedded in the center of the bottom, which is tightly sealed with the remaining "red pigment" - the Yin Blade flesh and blood extracted from the evil fruit, which contains the curse.
The technique enlarges the structure and mixes the area of flesh and blood. Zhong Cheng said that all these things have been planned. Only for this wick, they could never find the right material. No matter how strong something is, it can't hold up this lantern made of outstanding materials.
If the body material mentioned by Zhong Cheng is used as the wick, then the "wick" and "lamp oil" will repel each other from the bone vessel and cannot activate the effect.
Huang Jin stared sadly at the lantern in front of him, his eyes straight. On the one hand, he felt that this thing might make him famous in history, but on the other hand, he was not sure whether it would leave a good reputation or a bad reputation.
"I tried my best, but I really couldn't do it anymore."
Huang Jin slumped on the table with an expression of "Just kill me."
"It's been a few days. Why don't you go find Yin Ren? The Great Heavenly Master is also a genius with spiritual weapons. You won't die if you discuss it with him."
Zhong Cheng said he was still writing and drawing like crazy: "After all, it's my bones, and I don't want to make him uncomfortable. I must at least succeed, so that... "
"I think you just don't want to show that you're incapable in front of him." Huang Jin snorted, "Lord Yama, you always have a plan, you always have an idea, and you will never be powerless when things happen... Are you tired?"
Zhong Cheng said and glanced at him thoughtfully.
The pain of continuous work defeated Huang Jin's fear. Seeing that Zhong Cheng remained silent, Huang Jin got excited and said, "I said it's already time, why can't you go and show weakness? According to that Meng Huai's arrangement, wait for others to train Okay, she wants to try to save people."
"Yin Ren promised to help Lu Xiaohe. If you try hard to arm yourself now, you are helping Yin Ren. He will definitely not think you are incompetent."
Zhong Cheng continued to think: "Do you know this very well?"
"Of course." Huang Jin raised his eyelids, "I have been among the night walkers after all. I can handle this level of humanity."
"Then why don't you confess to Ding Lizi?"
"...Goodbye, I'll go to Sister Meng's place for training." Huang Jin looked around and talked to him.
As soon as the words came out, the space suddenly fluctuated. Huang Jin thought Zhong Cheng was angry, so he rushed to the corner and hid low. Zhong Cheng frowned and subconsciously raised his arms in a defensive posture.
"Confession? What confession?"
Before anyone arrived, Yin Ren's figure emerged from the space.
The man was still dressed in red, with his long hair disheveled. But this time, the ends of Yin Ren's hair were gently swaying, and his face was less uneasy. He must have achieved something in the past few days.
Huang Jin lifted his head-holding posture: "Why is it you?!"
"I'm practicing moving on the other side." Yin Ren said happily, "That guy Qi Xin didn't lie to me, that's good."
At this point, there is only one way to go. Although Qi Xin didn't know what Yin Ren was, she had some idea of this guy's nature. As long as Zhong Chengshuo is around, Yin Ren and Aiyi will definitely be unable to cooperate. The enemy of her enemy was her friend, and at this point, it seemed like she had to make do with it.
So she also taught Yin Ren the method of moving elemental objects—
Don't use your legs, use your imagination. Just like people at both ends of the network agree to enter the same online room to play games. It would be a fool's errand to find them one by one from the underlying data. As long as you find "common imagination", you can find a place.
Just like that white room.
What Zhong Cheng said... When that person wants to do something bad, he will definitely imagine that basement. Yin Ren tried to imagine it, and he actually found it. After not seeing each other for a few days, Yin Ren could not wait to fly over in two steps and give his lover a solid hug first.
It's a pity that there is a buy one get one free, and there is an extra Huang Jin.
"Hey, you brought Huang Jin in here, are you secretly making something?" Lord Ghost King rushed to the table, "Let me take a look, let me take a look."
Zhong Cheng said that he subconsciously blocked Yin Ren's steps. He looked at Yin Ren, then at Huang Jin, and then at Yin Ren again.
Finally, he moved away hesitantly and lowered his head: "... My experiment has not been successful yet."
Yin Ren rarely saw Zhong Chengshuo looking like this, and his attention immediately flew away from the table. As a mature Yuanwu, he generously stretched out his hair and rubbed the back of Zhong Chengshuo's hand.
"What's wrong?" Yin Ren asked with concern while trying to show that his hair could move.
Zhong Cheng said as he looked at the strand of hair, his eyes gradually lit up.
"Give me a piece of your hair," he said. "The longer the better."
Yin Ren: "?"
While he was making a questioning expression, his hair had already been pulled out. The hair lay softly and smoothly in the palm of Zhong Chengshuo's hand, still carrying Yin Ren's body temperature.
I saw Zhong Cheng saying that he had also pulled out a few sticks from his own head. He took out a thin white bone and wound it tightly around Yin Ren's hair. During this process, he also wound around a few strands of his own short hair to ensure that they were mixed evenly.
In this way, there is me among you and you among me, and the "wick" and "lamp oil" will not be violently excluded.
Looking at the shiny bones, the smile on Yin Ren's face solidified and changed color slightly.
Zhong Cheng said he had no idea that he had installed the new "finger bone hair core" on the bone vessel and installed the lamp as it was.
"What is this?"
Yin Ren looked at the lamp, his throat a little tight.
"That's the blood I left on the evil consequences, and yours... yours..."
The strong and shiny white bones that I had once praised.
Zhong Cheng said there was no answer.
In his dark eyes, fine patterns were secretly surging - the movement of "fear" was exuding its unique power. At this moment, the power is following Zhong Chengshuo's gaze and gathering on the wick.
First there were tiny red sparks.
The runes in the lamp were activated instantly, and the Pure Heart Curse optimized through Meng Huai's theory continued to operate, suppressing the rejection to a very small range. Soon the sparks turned into fire.
Red, gentle flame. It blooms gently on the bone core, like a delicate bud.
In an instant, a red glow illuminated the basement. Like a grand sunset, everything is covered with a layer of light red.
But what filled the air was more than just beautiful red light.
Under the red light, Huang Jin huddled in place. He hugged his arms tightly, his teeth chattered up and down, and his hair almost stood on end. Even Yin Ren felt the slight tremor——
Zhong Cheng said standing there, holding a burning lantern, like holding a sunset. The red light illuminated his black hair, but failed to illuminate his dark eyes.
He stood there, smiling slightly, and exuding a downright chill that should not belong to a human being. It can be seen that most of that fear has been artificially suppressed. But its power is still astonishing - like a fine needle piercing the brain. Even if Yin Ren has just had a dream training, his back is soaked with cold sweat.
The most ancient and primitive element... true "fear".
"The first-generation model still has many shortcomings. The power control is still sufficient. After Huang Jin leaves, we can try high-power operation."
Zhong Cheng announced with satisfaction and raised the lantern a little.
The principle of this thing is actually very simple -
Zhong Cheng said that the main body is only left in the eyeball. Previously, he could only exercise a little bit of the authority of his body through close gaze. Now, using the mutual repulsion power of top-level elements, he can spread his abilities 360 degrees without blind spots.
He is born with the ability to infect all things with "fear".
Whether it is the gaze or the blade, the range that can be reached is limited after all, so what if it is replaced by "light"
"The test was successful."
Zhong Cheng said walking towards Yin Ren, the flame of the lantern swaying slightly.
"Sorry, I used 'Effect'... As for this lamp, I want to call it 'Causation'."
"Yin Ren, what do you think?"
(End of chapter)