When Yu Ning heard Ji Mingxia's words, he turned his head suddenly and looked at him with burning eyes.
Ji Mingxia's face turned red when he was halfway through his speech, and his voice became softer as he went on.
Feeling that Yu Ning was looking at him, Ji Mingxia became extremely annoyed and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Yu Ning.
Just at this moment, Bao Guangyuan, who was not far away, waved to Ji Mingxia again.
Ji Mingxia had said everything he needed to say. Seeing that Bao Guangyuan seemed very anxious, Ji Mingxia said, "Bao Guangyuan called me, I'll go over and take a look."
As he spoke, he quickly turned around and ran towards Bao Guangyuan.
Yu Ning stretched out his hand to pull Ji Mingxia, but unfortunately there was a distance between him and Ji Mingxia, and Yu Ning's hand didn't have time to touch him.
Watching Ji Mingxia running away, Yu Ning raised his head slightly and looked at Bao Guangyuan with a cold gaze.
Bao Guangyuan's waving movement froze, and he quickly hunched his shoulders and dared not move.
As the sun sets, the temperature on the mountain begins to gradually drop.
A cool breeze blew and brushed Ji Mingxia's hot cheeks.
When he saw Bao Guangyuan in front of him and Pei Yuan not far away, Ji Mingxia gradually calmed down.
Feeling his heartbeat accelerating wildly, Ji Mingxia wanted to beat himself to death.
Pills, pills, he has been enduring it, not wanting to show it too obviously.
But when he saw Yu Ning turning his head away and standing there alone, Ji Mingxia couldn't help himself and said something inappropriate in the heat of the moment.
Ji Mingxia was thinking as he ran away in a panic.
He couldn't continue to get along with Yu Ning like this.
This time he was able to restrain himself and said that Yu Ning was a very kind person.
Next time, I might get carried away and directly say that I’m the one I admire!!
Ji Mingxia came to Bao Guangyuan and asked, "What's wrong?"
Bao Guangyuan felt that Yu Ning was staring at him from a distance, and saw that Ji Mingxia looked annoyed.
Bao Guangyuan whispered: "You and Yu Ning, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Ji Mingxia shook his head. "What about you? What did Pei Yuan say?"
"He didn't say." Bao Guangyuan said.
Ji Mingxia was slightly surprised: "Didn't say?"
Bao Guangyuan saw Ji Mingxia's expression and knew that he had misunderstood. He quickly waved his hands and said, "I didn't ask. I didn't know what to say to him..."
Bao Guangyuan said, lowering his head somewhat unnaturally: "I don't want to talk about the past anymore, why don't you talk to him, I don't mind you telling him, I just don't want to recall it anymore."
For Bao Guangyuan, whether it was the hide-and-seek game in the abandoned residential building many years ago or the hide-and-seek game in the forest in recent days, it was full of inhumane killing and blood.
Whenever I think back on it, the images of my family and companions dying come to my mind.
If possible, he wished to forget it all forever. It was extremely difficult for him to say it to Ji Ming and Xia Yuning that day.
Now I really don't want to repeat it in front of Pei Yuan.
Ji Mingxia also understood this very well.
After he and Yu Ning formed a team, Ji Mingxia basically acted as the spokesperson because Yu Ning was not good at speaking and had zero communication skills. Unconsciously, Ji Mingxia had become accustomed to communication.
He patted Bao Guangyuan on the shoulder: "Then I'll go ask, you take a good rest."
"Okay." Bao Guangyuan said happily when he saw that Ji Mingxia did not force him.
Ji Mingxia looked back at Yu Ning and gestured to him in the direction of Pei Yuan.
Seeing that Yu Ning didn't react, Ji Mingxia walked towards Pei Yuan.
Pei Yuan had been waiting there. When Ji Mingxia walked up to him, Pei Yuan said, "It seems that my presence has caused you a lot of trouble."
"No, no, it's my fault for not handling it well. It has nothing to do with you." Ji Mingxia said hurriedly.
Pei Yuan is the protagonist, so wherever he goes is reasonable.
It was Ji Mingxia who changed the plot, causing the top and bottom protagonists to meet earlier, and everything came to a standstill.
Not only was Yu Ning not attracted to Pei Yuan, he even began to question Pei Yuan's behavior.
Although Ji Mingxia believed in Pei Yuan's character, his reason told him that Yu Ning's analysis was also very correct.
To solve the current dilemma, the first step is to communicate with each other honestly.
Thinking of this, Ji Mingxia invited Pei Yuan to sit down, and then took the initiative to tell Pei Yuan about their experiences along the way.
Starting from the ghost on campus, to the Quanzhuang Resort, to the edge of the forest and the Love Spring.
They had experienced a lot along the way, and Ji Mingxia did not elaborate on some things that should not be mentioned. He mainly talked about the ghost and the ring.
“… Li You died not long after the ring floated out. We thought there were only three of us in the mountain, so we planned to spend the night by the spring and leave the forest tomorrow.” Ji Mingxia said.
After he finished telling the whole story, he looked at Pei Yuan quietly, waiting for his reaction.
Pei Yuan listened carefully the whole time. When Ji Mingxia finished speaking, Pei Yuan slowly said, "The first ring automatically recognized Yu Ning as its master. Now the second ring is also in his hand?"
"Yeah." Ji Mingxia said.
Pei Yuan had already seen the two rings in Yu Ning's hands and had no intention of hiding them from him.
Pei Yuan said to Ji Mingxia: "You know more about mysterious objects than I thought. Although I don't know where you got that information from, since you know all this, you should know very clearly that Yu Ning's situation is very abnormal."
Ji Mingxia was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
Ji Mingxia has always known this.
In the original novel, although Yu Ning has a special physique, his fighting ability is not strong.
After they finished the copy, the mysterious items were kept by Pei Yuan. Yu Ning had never touched them, let alone controlled them.
When Ji Mingxia saw for the first time that the blood-red ring recognized Yu Ning as its master, he also felt a little strange.
But Yu Ning is the protagonist and definitely has the aura of the protagonist, so Ji Mingxia didn't think much about it.
But from what Yu Ning said, this matter doesn't seem to be simple
Pei Yuan said: "Mysterious objects contain unknown energy. Only people who have undergone special training can seal mysterious objects and even master unknown energy for their own use."
Pei Yuan said, looking at Ji Mingxia: "But this unknown energy is not something humans are born with. If you make a deal with the devil, you will eventually die at the hands of the devil.
“Even with trained professionals, accidents can still happen during this process.
"So far, the oldest person in our organization is no older than fifty."
With the improvement of living conditions and medical levels, fifty is no longer a rare age.
Looking around at the old men and women dancing square dance in the park, there are many who are over 50 years old. Some even have black hair and look like they are just in middle age.
However, in the organization that Pei Yuan worked for over the years, there was not even a single person over the age of fifty. In other words, many people who worked in this profession often collapsed in middle age.
This news was like a bombshell to Ji Mingxia.
Pei Yuan is a person who specializes in recovering mysterious objects, and Yu Ning has already started to come into contact with mysterious objects. In other words, both of them have embarked on a path of no return, and neither of them will live past the age of fifty
Even if Ji Mingxia didn't travel through the book, in the original novel, would the final ending be a tragedy
No wonder in the original book, the mysterious item was always kept by Pei Yuan and never allowed to be touched by Yu Ning.
Although for the audience, the paper man never ages, but readers imagine that the protagonist stays young and lives happily forever. Who wants to read a story where the protagonist dies tragically just after middle age
Even if he just read the book and knew that the protagonists had such a final ending, Ji Mingxia still found it hard to accept it.
What's more, he has now entered the book and met Yu Ning and Pei Yuan.
"Mingxia, are you okay?" Pei Yuan asked hurriedly when he saw that Ji Mingxia looked unhappy.
Ji Mingxia pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying: "You mean, you and Yu Ning, both of you will not live to be fifty?"
Pei Yuan was stunned for a moment when Ji Mingxia looked at him like this, and his expression became a little unnatural.
What he wanted to talk about was Yu Ning's matter, but he didn't expect that Ji Mingxia's focus was on his and Yu Ning's lifespan.
Ji Mingxia's expression was so sad that Pei Yuan couldn't bear it. He could only say, "I'm a full-time staff. The Pei family has been dealing with mysterious objects since their ancestors. We are very experienced in dealing with them. You don't have to worry."
Pei Yuan said, then changed the subject: "But Yu Ning is just like you, an ordinary student. His current situation is indeed somewhat dangerous."
Pei Yuan said this and explained to Ji Mingxia in detail the reason why he appeared in the forest.
Pei Yuan was passing by and accidentally discovered a strange energy fluctuation in the direction of the forest. When he got closer, he found that there was a barrier nearby, so he deliberately entered the forest to check.
Although he passed through the barrier and successfully entered the forest, he did not know anything about the forest because he joined temporarily.
He didn't know who had set up the barrier or what they were going to do, nor did he know what the terrain was like in the forest, so he didn't know where to go.
Pei Yuan searched alone in the forest for a whole day, walking and stopping, looking for clues.
After much difficulty, they found an abandoned commercial vehicle. Near the vehicle, there were traces of human and ghost activities, as well as a large amount of blood. Pei Yuan was just about to take a closer look when he was unexpectedly ambushed.
The one who attacked Pei Yuan was none other than Li You.
"She appeared suddenly and was familiar with the terrain. She used the bushes and light to interfere with my vision. I didn't catch her. I only had time to leave a tracking mark before I lost her." Pei Yuan said.
This tracking mark is the Pei family's unique secret technique. It can not only be used for tracking, but also can interfere with the function of mysterious objects to a certain extent.
The energy of the mysterious object could not be exerted, which directly interfered with Li You's killing action.
Of course, at certain moments, the energy that the emblem absorbs from the mysterious object can also be fed back to the user.
Simply put, with this triangular emblem, Pei Yuan can vaguely sense Li You's situation.
At the same time, when Li You kills someone, her power will be interfered by the emblem; and when Li You is about to die, the emblem can also save her life at the critical moment.
When Ji Mingxia was reading the novel, she knew that Pei Yuan's ability was extremely practical and often played a decisive role.
But after all, his favorite character is Yu Ning, and he only knows a rough idea of Pei Yuan's skill points, but not the details.
Hearing Pei Yuan say this, Ji Mingxia immediately matched the previous details one by one.
After Li You had a triangular emblem engraved on his head, he did use the power of the emblem to escape from Yu Ning's men.
But at the same time, when Li You appeared again the next day after killing two people, her condition was also very abnormal.
Looking back now, it is very likely that Li You was unable to unleash the full power of the ring due to the interference of the emblem, which caused her strength to be greatly reduced and she was eventually easily defeated by Yu Ning.
Before Li You died, the characteristics of the emblem came into play again, allowing Li You to live for a few more minutes. It was not until the emblem disappeared that Li You died completely.
The matter between Pei Yuan and Li You has been explained clearly so far, but apart from that, there are still many suspicious points about him.
Ji Mingxia was not in a hurry and listened quietly to Pei Yuan's description of the follow-up.
After Li You died, the barrier disappeared and the interference decreased. Pei Yuan stayed in the forest for two days, gradually adapting to the environment. He finally became familiar with the terrain and figured out how to get out of the forest.
But at the same time, Pei Yuan discovered that the strange energy that initially attracted him here had not disappeared.
"I followed this strange energy up the mountain. When I came in front of you, the bronze bell rang, proving that I was not wrong. Some of you already possess the characteristics of the mysterious object." Pei Yuan said.
Ji Mingxia looked at him in surprise.
Pei Yuan's bronze bell is one of the most distinctive features of this character. Ji Mingxia certainly has an impression of it.
According to the original book, the characteristics of the bronze bell are spirituality and sensitivity. It will only make a sound to alert the owner when facing a great threat.
Listening to Pei Yuan's words at this moment, Ji Mingxia recalled that when Pei Yuan appeared in front of them just now, the bronze bell did ring.
It was just that Ji Mingxia was shocked by Pei Yuan's appearance at that time, and the scene was so chaotic that Ji Mingxia had no time to pay attention to this detail.
In this case, the reason why Pei Yuan appeared here from the beginning to the end was not because of Li You, but one of Ji Mingxia, Yu Ning and Bao Guangyuan
Ji Mingxia trembled and said, "It has the characteristics of a mysterious item... What does this sentence mean..."
Pei Yuan said: "Mysterious objects contain unknown energy. Whether it is the occurrence of supernatural events or our use of mysterious objects, the source of everything is caused by this unknown energy. Under normal circumstances, the unknown energy is stored in the mysterious objects, but under extremely special circumstances, this unknown energy will enter the human body."
"It's like the electricity we use in our daily lives. We can use it to do all kinds of things, but we can't let it enter our bodies. Once it enters, it's the step towards death."
"Once the unknown energy enters the human body, if the person is not dead, it will assimilate the human body. We call it: pollution."
"When the bronze bell warned me, it was not warning me that there were powerful humans or evil spirits here, but telling me that there was a powerful mysterious item here." Pei Yuan said, "To the bronze bell, one of you is no longer a human, but its kind."
similar…
Ji Mingxia was shocked and felt the hairs on his back stand up.
Among the three of them, Ji Mingxia and Bao Guangyuan had encountered various dangers, but had never touched any mysterious objects, and they were still within the range of ordinary people.
Only Yu Ning can control the mysterious objects for his own use.
And there is more than one mysterious item on Yu Ning!
In just one month, Yu Ning collected a pair of rings and a bronze mirror, which together can be counted as three mysterious items!
According to Pei Yuan's statement, Yu Ning at this moment may have been contaminated by unknown energy without knowing it