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After the intense psionic tide receded.
Billy asked in a low voice.
Where did she go?
Su Ling: "I don't know the exact location either, but my guess should be right—she went back to the previous studio, and she's going to lose her head."
Billy: "She's dead?"
Su Ling: "Yes."
Billy still couldn't believe it--
--If Roche really did return to the studio, it should theoretically be a very safe place.
How could she have died? And how did Su Ling find out about Luo Shi's death?
"The Phoenix reminded me," Su Ling pointed to the UI section displayed by Soul Might, one of which included a battle log monitoring feature, "That there's an extra assist."
[Cooperative Kill +1]
[EXP+50]
And strange daily requests.
[Daily Quest: Gunsmith Standard K/D/A]
[Mission objective: Nine kills (Incomplete 4/9, Assists: 1)]
[Task Note: If you frequently browse the Guangling Zhixi forum, you'll know this is the average level of an anonymous user.]
Although the Phoenix's spirit body has an effective range of only two hundred meters, it can make data judgments based on Su Ling's Inspiration. Previously, when approaching the Netherworld Sea near Niflheim, at a relative distance of about ten kilometers from the Death Giant, the Phoenix could still identify these "Dashan" hidden in the Fog Kingdom.
Although Luo had already left the Phoenix's detection range, Su Ling's Inspiration was too strong. When she was in close contact with Luo, she could sense that this woman's time to die was coming—this kind of premonition was completely illogical and difficult to classify using the five senses in a scientific system.
If Mr. Luo Ping'an were to comment on and categorize this student's Inspiration qualities, he would say it's "a woman's sixth sense." This intuition is astonishingly accurate, Phoenix in various aspects come from this intuition.
It sounds mysterious, but in reality, it often appears in our lives; we just don't pay special attention to it.
Just like a person who doesn't look at a watch but can clearly perceive what time it is, even without the guidance of the sun or a clock, even though more than two hours have passed since the last observation—the person still has a clear concept of time.
When we asked--
--Why are we able to accurately grasp time? At this point, although we can give all sorts of reasons, say how much we did or how long we spaced out, the brain region that ultimately calculates time still relies on a vague intuition.
It's similar to muscle memory. The moment a skilled shooter's instep touches the ball, they know whether it will go in. The main factors that determine a goal are accumulated practice over time, as well as that intuitive judgment in that instant.
It is too profound; it is the fundamental path to the Gate of Wonders and the core concept of the Blackrock Senate.
Black stone is a type of stone that is adept at absorbing other emotional energies and transforming them into its own camouflage color. As a tool for regulating emotional energy, it has ever-changing personality forms, like Divine Dragon flying in the clouds, able to roam freely across the land, leap into the starry sky, and descend into the deep sea.
Artistic works and cultural creations related to Inspiration, even masters with superb skills, crave a vision that reaches the soul and need "intuition" to help them create—it is difficult to classify into systematic disciplines, but just because something is unseen does not mean it does not exist.
Let's return to the [Phoenix] UI section.
There's new information about this branch of the main questline.
[Warning: Elite Enemy Encounter - Heavenly Palace Encounter]
[Mission Description: The Flash Butterfly at North Lai Ferry caused considerable trouble for the Daoheng Government Soldiers. You escorted Grandma Luo back to the previous film studio. These clues allowed the enemy to quickly pinpoint your location.]
[The Gate of Wonders has an extremely high intelligence accuracy rate. To ensure his own safety, Judas will undoubtedly send his most elite troops to deal with you. You now need to obtain more information from Ling Ao; another encounter could occur at any moment.]
[Task Difficulty: Very Easy]
[Mission Note: The psionic experiments were a lot of fun; I'll definitely do them again next time.]
Billy was completely devastated when he pulled the Phoenix's long-axis mission information out of his arm.
He hadn't expected Su Ling to be so openly exposed to the enemy.
--And it was a deliberate act of exposure, all because of this Polaroid camera? Just to figure out the characteristics of this kind of soul power.
He didn't understand the Blackstone people's thoughts, nor did he realize how alluring these unknown things were to them.
The conservative Blue Stone People would carefully bring the Polaroid camera back to a safe place and invite relatives, friends, and academic colleagues to come and visit the machine.
The wild Red Stone People will simply and brutally destroy this antique, aiming to cripple the mastermind behind it all through the Gate of Death effect.
The proud Yellowstone People might carry a Polaroid camera with them, always believing they can control the enemy's power and use it for their own purposes in actual combat.
The benevolent Greenstone People would keep wondering – could this thing actually be used for farming?
The Black Stone Men are probably the most dangerous, the most daring, and the most reckless.
It was this terrifying "suction" that put Su Ling in an extremely awkward situation.
What she was thinking at that moment was--
--If I move now, will I be able to get a refund for the room fee at Baibei Port Hotel?
Yes, she was a little distressed about the money when she was on the run.
"VIP?" Billy, holding the mission instructions, asked softly, "What are you thinking about?"
"Oh! Oh, oh, oh!" Su Ling casually grabbed Ling Ao: "Little fish, I have a few questions for you."
Ling Ao had become a salted fish; he hadn't been back in the water for far too long. Coupled with the dry and hot summer in Daoheng County, the sunlight reflected off the ground and onto his body, causing the holy blood within him to begin to boil.
His consciousness was blurred. Due to the dull pain from the broken limbs, the tall man, who was over two meters tall, could only kneel weakly and twitch on the ground because he was being held by this powerful enemy.
"Uh... ah."
Su Ling: "Give me some water."
Billy the Kid immediately went to the hot spring, fetched a bucket of water, and splashed it on the face of the dying fishman.
Ling Ao regained some spirits, his bluish-gray skin began to exude protective oils, and his eyes gradually regained their luster.
"You've committed a terrible disaster!"
"Do you even know who that stinky Daoist priest from Wuling Mountain is?!"
Su Ling casually replied, "My mentor once told me—if I ever get into trouble, just don't mention his name."
"Ugh," the fish-man Left Guard, mentally disturbed, babbled incoherently, "You used the magic weapon of the Haoshou Tianzun Venerable to take pictures of Brother Ling Xiao's corpse."
"Something terrible is going to happen. Lots and lots of people will die."
"Speak plainly," Su Ling said succinctly. "I don't like riddles. Who is the Haoshou Tianzun?"
The original meaning of the word "Haosou" is white hair, which refers to the old and shabby appearance of gray beard and white hair.
The master of the Heavenly Palace used this title in the Chen Kingdom. Originally, he was called the White-browed Immortal. Judas wanted to continue to exert its influence in the First Kingdom of the Copper River, the title of the religious agent also had to change along with the strategic position. Thus, it became more and more mysterious, gradually evolving from True Man, True Lord, and Immortal to Heavenly Venerable.
After explaining these things, Ling Ao then talked about Flash Butterfly—
"--That golden mask is the magical artifact used by the Lingguang Buddha to communicate with the Immortal Realm."
"Brother Ling Xiao has six immortal pills; you, you evil Daoist, can kill him with a single strike."
"If you then use the magic weapon of the Haoshou Tianzun to illuminate his corpse, the unclaimed blood and flesh will become offerings for the ritual, and naturally, celestial beasts will fly down to the mortal realm."
"Flash Butterfly? A celestial beast?" Billy found it inexplicably funny. When these fish-men seriously described an extremely terrifying monster as a god, he felt a great sense of absurdity.
A series of golden faces depicting Judas have begun to emerge in East Horse Port.
The four books and five mysteries of the Blood Butterfly Bible represent four different faces. Judas used these mediums and tools to control the celestial embryo, to convert the essence of the chaotic beast into his own, and, in desperate situations, to create the Flash Butterfly as a final weapon.
We did not see the Golden Mask at Black Wind Ridge because Pearl Fairy herself possesses four faces, which can replace the nurturing work of the Four Scrolls and Five Ends. The violent mechanism is in the hands of the Buddha Sculptor, and is the Judas Soul Power wearing the Golden Mask in the Jade Bottle.
The golden mask itself seemed more like a tool Judas used to spread calamity and blessings. Ling Ao's explanation only made Su Ling more confused.
" --Ling Xiao has six immortal pills in his body, but he doesn't have a dark face. Why did he transform into Flash Butterfly?"
Billy, who had participated in the recapture of Eureka Volcano City and had also faced the terrifying spiritual pressure of the Flash Butterfly, immediately responded.
"VIP, you don't need the Golden Mask to ask for the help of the Flash Butterfly. Kang Que used the flesh and blood of a psionicist and a dozen or so elixirs to create more than ten different forms of [angels]. Some are humanoid, some are ring-shaped with multiple wings, and others are spherical or tower-shaped—just like the forms of the Throne Angel, Principalities, and Seraphim in the Book of Revelation."
"The golden face is more like a catalyst; it's likely made from the metallic segments of the Original Seed. It's not real gold. Mother Earth's true form is a constantly changing, ever-rolling mass of iron and nickel."
"This place is very close to underground hot springs, and these fish-men also like to take hot baths here."
Billy made the final decision.
"I'm more inclined to believe that this place is the source of the raw materials for the Golden Mask, where they can create Flash Butterfly or other Spirit Calamity creatures. These Spirit Calamity derivatives are used to collect iron-nickel cores, which are tools Judas used to control and create Spirit Calamity. This also aligns with his code of conduct—controllable calamities and disasters are tokens that can be used as money."
"Judas has a powerful assistant who can reverse the timeline of events, and Heavenly Palace can help Judas collect these [Arcana] materials—and the golden face created from [Arcana] has many functions."
"It is the primordial essence of Mother Earth, and its psychic abilities are unparalleled, almost comparable to the ultimate sage stone Universal Elixir."
"According to the news from Black Wind Ridge, Judas's Soul Might also wears this mask. He can use the golden face to send his Soul Might to his subordinates."
"According to Jason Megan's battle report from East Horse Port, the Golden Face can replace the four Pearl Fairy sisters, a natural and rare foster mother for fairy embryos. By using four different faces with five different ends to control the Wings of Light, it can fuse three bodies rich in elemental essence into one, turning them into a vessel for the fairy embryo."
"If the Universal Elixir is a token of affection between Ming De..."
"This [Ajahn], which is Judas's reliance, is the token he used to divide and distribute power, to intimidate his subordinates in managing alliances, and to make deals with the devil and evil gods."
"If what this fish-man says is true, then the mask on the face of Commander Ling Xiao was not given to him by Judas— "
"--He was more like a human mining machine, this mass of flesh and blood wandering in underground hot springs. As time reversed, the Original Seed found this soulless corpse. In order to control this mass of flesh and blood rich in primordial essence, it had to separate a portion of its nerve endings and a bit of [sub-gold]. These fragments of the Original Seed became the golden face in the photograph."
"The Earth's core that we have observed and that has left photographic records of is a mass of constantly writhing black iron blocks, occasionally flashing with brilliant golden lightning. That is the enormous bioelectricity generated when the Earth's core interacts with its neural pathways—the source of psionic energy."
"The location of Aizong Mausoleum was also carefully chosen. According to the evaluations of feng shui masters from previous dynasties, this place was difficult for the god Amon to reach, with strong geomagnetism and low-lying terrain—where the spirits of the dead could often be seen wandering around. Emperor Aizong also hoped to use this method to leave his soul in the material world and achieve immortality on a spiritual level."
Su Ling: "So Judas this auspicious location to mine? To mine for this gold?"
"That's what I think. After Gloria died, he ran away from his lair in Ax Peak Mountain. He must be in a hurry to expand the Elixir Cave of the Guiyi Sect. He doesn't have enough tokens and he's also worried about this important mining area being attacked. Feather's death was a heavy blow to him." Billy analyzed methodically, "The alliance of Immortals is like a company. If a business segment has a problem, the boss has to redeploy resources, hold meetings, and notify all departments to adjust strategies. His first stop on his trip was Daoheng County, so the resources representing Daoheng County are very important."
Su Ling was quite surprised. "Not bad, young man. The gunsmith has taught you quite a bit, hasn't he?"
"No, Teacher is actually a psionic idiot," Billy muttered. "I have to do my homework before I leave, right? Teacher teaches all the aspects of doing homework—he teaches people how to think."
The fishman guy only half understood what was being said and remained slumped in the VIP's hands. But when he heard the words "gunsmith," his eyes lit up.
"Are you in cahoots with this gunsmith?"
Billy and Su Ling both turned their heads, but neither of them said a word.
Ling Ao suddenly felt a desire to die. "You scoundrel, you're actually a student of the gunsmith? You're a disciple or grand-disciple of the Heavenly Demon?"
In the Guiyi Sect's corporate culture, the name "Gunsmith" represents the Heavenly Demon, the greatest evil, and the most terrifying demon.
Each sect's branch has a complete set of brainwashing rhetoric. For example, those who come out of Wuling Mountain are demonic Daoists, and the Japanese are either stupid and rich or undercover spies. Local authorities always have to jeopardize the passage documents.
Ling Ao and Ling Xiao were originally a mixed-race group of fish native to Dongyangdu, which is the two northeastern states. They migrated from other places to the Mist River with their grandparents in search of warmer waters.
In the religious stories that Heavenly Palace told these fish-man children, the gunsmith became an extraterrestrial demon king, the mortal enemy of the Celestial Venerable—they possessed the same abilities, two sides of the same coin.
The Celestial Venerable can reverse time, bringing health and wealth to his people.
Gunsmiths can also reverse time, just to satisfy the desires of the Heavenly Demon.
With Judas's vigorous promotion, the Haoshou Tianzun, based on this story, transformed the gunsmith and the nameless man into demons hated by everyone in the Chen Kingdom, completely losing their popular support.
Before Su Ling could stop him, Ling Ao mustered all his strength and smashed his head against the threshold, not wanting to say a single word to these evil heretics.
The whole process was too fast.
The nerve reflex speed of just over two hundred milliseconds when you're almost at the VIP level is completely unstoppable.
Be bold and remove "just like his mother's XX".
It's sudden death.
--Brains splattered all over the floor.
Billy exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Dead?"
"The gunsmith's name is terrifying," Su Ling muttered under her breath. "He was able to overcome the barriers of space and snatch this head from my hands—it's horrifying."
[Mission Progress: Kills: 4/9]
[Failed to kill Ling Ao]
Billy: "What do we do now?"
"You and your brother should run away quickly. I have a bad feeling about this." Su Ling took out her Polaroid camera, ready to take another picture.
Billy exclaimed in surprise, "Still filming?"
Su Ling removed Ling Ao's armor and saw a magic pill under the protective mirror, which could directly create Flash Butterfly.
"This is amazing! Just press the shutter, and a super-powerful elite monster will randomly spawn in enemy-occupied territory—what a fantastic thing!"
"Lingguang Buddha! Lingguang Buddha! North Lai Ferry needs your help!"
The County Magistrate was in an underground cave at the ferry crossing, clutching a round, plump elixir, crying out for help.
Help me! Help me!
Outside the cave, looking out from the waterfall, many fish-man soldiers were hiding in the shade, afraid to be exposed to the intense sunlight, confronting the high-speed Flash Butterfly fluttering around in the air.
Every now and then, a shell made of human bones and flesh is fired, crashing down on various parts of the Bay Area Wharf, taking lives while creating new apostle monsters.
Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation on Wuling Mountain.
Mr. Luo Ping'an spoke to the latest group of students who had come up the mountain to seek the Dao about the senior sister.
"You should take your senior sister as an example. She went down the mountain to gain experience at the age of twenty. She didn't take up any of the sect's resources, which was environmentally friendly and cost-effective. Moreover, she was very proactive and was a promising student with excellent character and academic performance."
"If you cause trouble outside in the future, don't say you're from Wuling Mountain."
"It damages my company's image."