Thinking of this, Xu Le immediately stood up and walked towards where Bai Jing was resting.
Wang Shu, who was on duty, called him:
"Xu Le, what are you doing in the middle of the night?"
Wang Shu's eyes were filled with suspicion, which made Xu Le's mouth twitch.
It’s okay that this guy likes the captain, but he wouldn’t think that others are also interested in the captain, right
The captain is already over 40, but his age has not been made public. His wealth is not the kind that can allow one to not have to work hard for the rest of his life. What's the point
Not to mention anything else, Xu Le couldn't accept the nasolabial folds and crow's feet. Brother Shu's way of thinking was really different.
"I want to talk to the captain about some mission matters. Don't think too much about it, Brother Shu."
"What are you talking about? I didn't think much about it."
While Wang Shu was still quibbling, Xu Le had already walked up to Bai Jing.
"Captain, I have something I want to talk to you about."
Bai Jing nodded, and it seemed that she hadn't slept either.
"Come here."
The two of them left the vicinity of the camp again and walked to the place where they had talked before.
Before Xu Le could speak, Bai Jing took the initiative to wave her hand, and then started the paper-pen communication again:
"You want to talk about Gu Jianuo, right? I ate her apple, and Gan thought there was something wrong with her apple, so it's better to be careful."
"Has the captain noticed?"
"I didn't notice it before, but the statue thing is inexplicable. If I have to give a reason, it's that she had to find a way to get rid of the statue."
Bai Jing's thoughts were also very clear. Although she did not have the assistance of the ethereal state, her judgment of people's hearts was obviously more accurate than Xu Le's.
"Should we expose her? After all, she killed ..."
Xu Le couldn't continue his speech halfway through. Li Shunliu actually committed suicide.
"She has never taken action. She has always been in a passive state. Do you understand?"
“But won’t this pose a hidden danger?”
"Xu Le, do you remember what I said before? Do you think her existence is beneficial or harmful to us?"
Xu Le hesitated for a moment. Although Gu Jianuo was very suspicious, dealing with statues was a common thing for them.
"She really wants to get rid of the statue, so her goal should be consistent with ours, which is in our favor."
Bai Jing nodded:
"It's good for us, but our goals are not the same. Xu Le, don't limit your thinking to just people. You have to broaden your horizons to see more things."
"A wider field of vision?" Xu Le didn't understand.
"Can't think of it? Then let me give you a little hint. This mission is too difficult."
Xu Le stayed where he was and fell into deep thought. Bai Jing asked him to broaden his horizons so that he could see more things.
The goals are not aligned...
The task is too difficult...
What is Gu Jianuo's goal? To broaden the horizon and bring people into the realm of identity, background, and power.
Gu Jianuo's background is that he is the disciple of the district chief and the disciple of a senior rune warlock. He was sent by Luo Juya to help the team complete the task.
Assume that Luo Juya's main intention was to observe Xu Le, and his intention to kill Gu Jianuo was just a thought.
The key point in this matter does not lie with Luo Juya.
But it was the rune warlock Xiong Zemo.
Let's analyze the mission objectives separately. Baixia Town, nominally a tourist destination in the Third Era, is actually a testing ground for alchemists and puppeteers in the third season.
Since it is a testing ground for alchemists and puppeteers.
Then this place may have what Gu Jianuo and District Chief Xiong need.
Think about the situation in Baixia Town, human experiments, blood diseases, and the extraction of life-saving hair.
Xu Le felt that what they wanted might not be exposed to the public.
In other words, we can't let too many people notice what's wrong.
Then the task is too difficult and requires sufficient strength.
"Have you figured it out?"
“I think I figured it out.”
"Just figure it out. When we were weak, we didn't have the power to choose."
Bai Jing left, and Xu Le continued to think about Bai Jing's last words.
Team 6 needs to complete the mission to avoid being disbanded.
Gu Jianuo, on the other hand, needs to get what he wants, so the goals of both parties are different, but the direction of action is the same.
Complete the task honestly and let Gu Jianuo and the district chief take away the things they want.
This should be the captain's idea.
After all, no one wants to get involved in the game of power.
After sorting out his thoughts to this point, Xu Le felt like he was letting out a long sigh of relief.
"Okay, I feel much better now that I've thought it through.
But the same old question remains, how did that idiot Gu Beichen know that there was something wrong with Gu Jianuo
Did he realize it?"
…
At around four o'clock the next day, the team members had already gotten up one after another.
No one knows when the statue will wake up, 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock, or 7-8 o'clock
Everyone thinks that sleeping less will not kill you.
Xu Le squatted on the spot and meditated, recovering his spiritual energy which had not yet fully recovered.
He also discovered that meditation and emptying one's mind did not require sitting cross-legged, as he personally preferred squatting.
Those who like to sit cross-legged and meditate may do so because they look handsome.
For example, Teacher Gan.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the statue did not move until 7 o'clock.
Everyone had a vague idea in their minds that 8 o'clock in the evening and 8 o'clock in the morning should be correct.
At 7:50, Zhou Jie and Bai Jing each issued an order:
"Get ready."
"yes."
After rechecking the ropes and bombs, everyone began to wait for 8 o'clock.
"It's 8 o'clock, Captain, why haven't you moved?" said a night watchman from Team 5.
"It seems that someone needs to get closer to the pool. We have already predicted this situation before."
Zhou Jie explained, and Gan next to Bai Jing said:
"In addition to activating the statue, a warlock is also needed to use psychic energy to activate the bombs."
Activate? Warlock? Bomb
These topics are very ambiguous. Who would be willing to go
Everyone's first reaction was to look at Gan who was speaking, but Gan also said very openly:
"I'm not in good health and can't run fast, so I definitely can't do this."
It is well-reasoned and convincing.
Xu Le has already understood that if Bai Jing's label is smooth, then Gan's label should be straightforward.
Of course, his straightforwardness at this time made people want to laugh, but he soon stopped laughing.
Because some people have started looking at him.
"Ugh! Ugh! I'm not feeling well! Ugh!"
Xu Le lay on the ground twitching, his hands still shaking, and it looked like he was about to die.
Bai Jing had already covered her face and looked at Gu Beichen again.
Gu Beichen's eyes were empty as he muttered:
"It hurts, it hurts so much. I have no interest in anything here anymore. I just want to go back and be with her. Do you understand that pain?"
I don't understand shit. Anyway, no one from Team 6 is willing to go, right
The others looked at the Disaster Fire Mage from Team 5, who also lowered his head:
"I run very slowly and I'm sick. My girlfriend dumped me a few days ago and I'm not very stable."
My goodness, did this person summarize the statements of Gan, Xu Le, and Gu Beichen
All the warlocks are unwilling to go, what the hell is this!
But surprisingly, neither team captain had any intention of forcing their players.
Also present was the last warlock, Gu Jianuo.
"You don't want me to go, do you? I... I really can't do it, Xu Le, can you help me?"
As soon as Gu Jianuo looked at Xu Le, Xu Le turned his face away:
"Ugh! Ugh! I don't feel well. I'm sorry."
As Xu Le spoke, he actually spat out two mouthfuls of rice.
Gu Jianuo's eyes flickered, and he turned to look at Bai Jing:
"Captain Bai, what should we do? Can we just give up the mission?"
Hearing Gu Jianuo say this, Xu Le's heart tightened. This woman must have been sure that the captain would not give up the mission, so she dared to force him like this.
Bai Jing also narrowed her eyes slightly, nodded, and walked to Xu Le:
"Get up, stop playing dead."
"Why me? Gu Beichen hasn't worked for a long time, he should go." Xu Le was a little dissatisfied.
Bai Jing pulled Xu Le up and pointed at Gu Beichen.
"Although his acting skills are worse than yours, he does have a better reason than you."
"It hurts. It hurts so much."
Gu Beichen covered his face with his hands, looking like he couldn't get up no matter what you said.
The burden of detonation fell again on Xu Le.
Xu Le looked at Bai Jing with a slightly stubborn look:
"What if he kills me?"
"I believe you won't default on your debt, but if you die, you really won't have to pay it back."
Xu Le:
What a loving captain.
"Okay, I'll go then. Teacher Gan and his wife and children won't have to take the risk.
But I have one request, let me pick one thing from it, just one."
Xu Le agreed quite straightforwardly, which surprised Bai Jing and Gan.
Originally, Bai Jing thought that if Xu Le really didn't want to go, then let Gan go.
But Xu Le himself had already guessed this idea, and it was actually more appropriate for him to go than for Gan to take the risk.
However, the trophy request was not her only business. Bai Jing looked at Zhou Jie:
"Captain Zhou, what do you think?"
"This request is not excessive. We can agree to it. After all, this matter is very risky."
"Xu Le, are you really okay?"
"It's really no problem."
As Xu Le spoke, he tied a rope around his waist.
"If you don't want to go, we can think of other ways..."
"No need, a warlock should act like a warlock. I am a warlock and I should go. Only a warlock bitch would say that he is a warlock and he should go.
And the captain is right, there is no way I could die in a place like this."
"Then you also let Gu Beichen go just now."
Bai Jing suddenly raised a question, and Xu Le glared at her:
"He's a sorcerer? He's just a bastard.
OK, the spell - Psychic Summoning Array! "
Xu Le first summoned the Scarecrow of Life, and then took an iron shield from Niu Yuan.
Looking at the slightly tattered straw man, Xu Le patted its shoulder.
"If I can't survive, it's up to you, man."
Many people don’t know why Xu Le summoned the scarecrow at this time. Even Gan and Bai Jing found it a little strange.
But Xu Le didn't waste any time and handed the rope to Bai Jing.
"When you're done, pull me back."
"good."
Xu Le did not let others interfere in this matter. He did not trust others, and he also believed that Bai Jing's level 4 warrior was enough to pull him back in an instant.
Xu Le took a deep breath and quickly ran towards the pool in the square.
Possessing the ancient sound's multi-perspective, he can sense the image's awakening more accurately than anyone else.
When the words "Bai Kui's thinking" appeared, Xu Le knew that the other party had woken up.
Xu Le's activation method is much faster than that of ordinary warlocks.
The spiritual energy flowed along Xu Le's ancient sound soul branches and into the locations of the six alchemical bombs.
At this time, the statue had raised its head and looked at Xu Le.
The eyes of both parties flashed blue light at the same time. The eyes of the statue were seen by everyone, while Xu Le had his back to everyone, so no one noticed anything unusual about him.
Xu Le felt something was wrong with himself, especially the fact that the ancient sound energy was actually resonating with the statue.
But he didn't care and just shouted:
"Alright! Quick!"
Seeing that Xu Le had already activated the bomb, Bai Jing directly grabbed the rope and pulled Xu Le back.
But an even more unusual situation occurred. The statue had no intention of pursuing and did not even move.
He just watched quietly as Xu Le was dragged away.
And Xu Le also heard a sentence before leaving, which seemed to be what Diao said.
"You smell like a puppet, but I know you're not. You're a Night Fury. Are you here to save me?"
boom!
The energy of the alchemical bomb destroyed everything in an instant. Xu Le quickly raised his shield and his body instantly turned into an element.
But even so, the whole person was knocked away by the shock wave.
Bai Jing reacted very quickly. The moment Xu Le flew backwards, she jumped up and caught him.
Smoke and dust were floating as everyone slowly approached the aftermath of the explosion.
"Ahem, help me up."
"Don't you want to take a rest?" Bai Jing felt that the shock wave just now was so strong that it was strange that Xu Le was not injured.
"No, I have more important things to do."
"What is it?"
Xu Le looked at Bai Jing's serious expression and was a little speechless. Is he going to say that I haven't licked my bag yet? The captain is really ignorant.
Let's go see if it's done first.
In fact, it has been done. In Xu Le's ancient sound multi-perspective, he can feel the scattered core position after the statue was blown up.
According to the previous agreement, this core belongs to him.
Xu Le walked quickly to the center of the explosion with his crutches.
The pool in the square had been blown to pieces, and the statue in the center of the pool was partially shattered and partially melted.
A round bead lay quietly there, and Xu Le quickly picked it up.
"Wow, it's still hot, hehe, hehehe."
Smiling like an idiot...
This is what many people think.
Xu Le is certainly not an idiot. The thing in front of him is much more powerful than the teeth of the Light Spider.
The mother tree will definitely give more feedback for this ancient sound energy that is almost overflowing.
Thinker Core-Lightforge
"Lightcast?"
While others began to clean up the battlefield, Xu Le walked aside and began to think.
He remembered what the Thinker had said before, that he smelled like a puppet, but he was not a puppet, but a Night Fury, and asked Xu Le if he came to save him.
The salvation here should refer to shame.
If Bai Kui is the mayor, why would it say that
Night Fury, Puppet, Lightforge.
Do these three labels correspond to something
Xu Le took out the Gu Yinduo card from his pocket.
Black Card-Black Sheep and Girl
The girl sitting in the black sheep's arms has bright eyes.
Black Card-Marionette
A puppet controlled by strings, this puppet shows a mechanical smile.
Black Card-Sun
A rising sun dispels all darkness, but it cannot be looked directly at.
"The Black Sheep Girl is the Night Fury, the Marionette is the Puppet, and the Sun is the Lightcast
So the black card represents the power of Gu Yinduo
Just like the Red Card, it represents the power of the Red Moon
What about the White Card?"
This seems to be a very important discovery, but now thinking about it, it seems to be of no use.
Just at this moment Gu Jianuo suddenly walked over and pointed at the Thinker Core in Xu Le's hand.
"Student Xu Le, what you just took..."
"This is mine, what's wrong?"
Xu Le looked as if it was a matter of course. He risked his life to get this thing. You don’t want to get it for free, do you
"No, I just want to ask if you would sell it to me. This thing is the core part of the puppet, and it is something that puppeteers need very much.
If I give it to my teacher, I can probably sell it for a good price.”
"Excuse me, my friend is also a puppeteer."
"Do you also know a puppeteer? What kind of puppets does he use?" Gu Jianuo asked with some surprise.
"Yeah, I know him. He has quite a lot of dolls, including big inflatable ones, like Tifa, Lili and the like.
The medium ones include spliced ones, such as Gundam and Dragon Ball, and the small ones are also ornamental ones, such as Pikachu and Psyduck. "
Xu Le spoke very seriously and with a sincere tone, without any intention of lying.
At least Gu Jianuo couldn't see it.
But when the topic came to this point, Gu Jianuo already understood that Xu Le was not going to sell this doll core.
"In that case, I won't take away someone else's love."
"Thank you for your understanding, thank you for your understanding."
After Gu Jianuo left, Wang Shu quietly came to Xu Le:
"The friend you are talking about, is that you yourself?"
"Brother Shu, what are you talking about? How could a righteous person like me buy something like that for myself?"
Wang Shu frowned slightly. That kind of thing? It felt weird to describe it.
In front, Bai Jing had already shouted to everyone:
"Okay, the statue has been removed. The town office building is our final area to explore. Let's get ready to set off."
"yes."
The large force began to gather towards the entrance of the building.
Gu Beichen stood beside Bai Jing and walked towards the building, his steps looking a little anxious.
At this moment, Li Shunliu's whispers were constantly ringing in his ears.
"In the drawer on the left side of the desk in the guard room on the first floor, there is a book with a photo inside. Take it."
"knew."
"Beichen, will you blame me?"
“No, I will never blame you.”
"Is it really okay?"
Gu Beichen suddenly sighed.
“It’s okay, it’s okay to cry once in a while, it’s okay to have no strength temporarily, and it’s okay to be stupid all the time.
Even if you mess up everything, it's okay.
Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and everyone has sudden emotions.
But it doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t matter, it’s not that you have done well, but it doesn’t matter even if you haven’t done well. ”
I don't know whether I was speaking to the person who whispered or to myself.
"Beichen, thank you."
Gu Beichen smiled calmly and said:
"I should thank you."
…
In front of the building, the slanting sunlight shone on everyone, lengthening their shadows.
Xu Le, who was standing at the end of the team, inadvertently saw Gu Jianuo glance at the shadow on the ground.
Xu Le subconsciously looked towards the shadow.
It seemed as if for a moment, those shadows were waving their claws and fangs, as if there was something hidden in the shadows, twisting and circling there.
Just as Xu Le injected spiritual energy and wanted to see the shadow clearly.
Everyone has stepped into the shadow of the building.
Where there is light there is shadow. When the light is obscured by things, the shadow also hides.
Xu Le did not dissipate his spiritual energy. He immediately raised his head and looked at the two people who were most likely to have problems here.
Gu Jianuo.
She is normal.
Then he looked at Gu Beichen again.
This sight made Xu Le's eyes shrink.
Gu Beichen-Light Casting