Joint Casting

Xia Libing picked up the Little Chubby Girl who was in a rage, made her stand on the chair next to her, then took out a tissue to wipe her nose and put her coat on.

Still furious, Liu Shiling stood on a chair, craning her neck to look out the window. She watched Alice in a white dress standing on the roof of a small building in the distance, gazing up at the sky. Following Alice's gaze, she searched for the one who had injured Gold Glitter so badly.

Xia Libing quickly checked Gold Glitter's condition and then asked Little Apple if, through her sensory connection with Gold Glitter, she could determine what had attacked Gold Glitter.

However, Little Apple was sleeping and was suddenly awakened, so she couldn't get much information from her sensory connection with Gold Glitter. She only knew two characteristics: it was a bird and it could turn invisible.

But for Xia Libing, these two characteristics were enough for her to deduce what might have hurt Gold Glitter.

On the night Xia Tianhuo called after being kidnapped in Myanmar, Xiang Kun encountered two invisible "Mutated Creature" fighting in Wushu Mountain. One of them has been identified as Mr. Liang, while the other should be the "mutated bird" that devoured the "mutated ant".

The large bird was driven to the brink of extinction by Mr. Liang, and in order to escape, it could only feign death and burrow underground—regenerating as an egg, then quickly hatching into a form suitable for digging, and escaping through the earth.

From a bird's perspective, the distance from Wushu Mountain to Chongyun Mountain is not far. It's quite possible that the "mutated bird" emerged from the ground, underwent metamorphosis, and reverted to a bird form, so it's highly likely that it would appear here. There aren't many creatures that possess both the characteristics of "bird" and "invisibility," so it's unlikely to be such a coincidence.

Xia Libing quickly made a decision: they had to kill, catch, or drive away the bird first, because Gold Glitter's condition was not optimistic and she needed immediate treatment; it wasn't the right time to slowly think of a solution.

As for how to complete this task, it is naturally not up to her and Alice alone, but requires the help of Little Apple and Little Chubby Girl, or rather, it requires the use of the "Super-Sensing Item System" to leverage the advantages of Chongyun Village.

However, several issues need to be addressed in formulating a plan:

1. Little Chubby Girl and Little Apple cannot be exposed to the outside world. Facing the "mutated bird" directly is too dangerous, but if they don't see it directly, Little Chubby Girl won't be able to accurately use her abilities.

2. To maximize their home-field advantage, they must fully utilize all the "Super-Linked Object" in Chongyun Village. However, only Alice among them can simultaneously contact all the "Super-Linked Object" in Chongyun Village, and while her method of application is stable enough, it lacks explosive power.

3. The one with the most explosive power in applying the "Super-Sensing Item System" ability is Little Chubby Girl, but she has only established a strong connection with her own five Coin and one A4 sheet of paper, and has no direct connection with other "Super-Linked Object" in Chongyun Village. Previously, she disturbed the magnetic field and controlled the paper airplane by the wind by influencing other "Super-Linked Object" through the five Coin.

4. Although it is late at night and most of the villagers are asleep, and due to the Little Chubby Girl's influence, there is a power outage and the moon is obscured by clouds, making it dark and difficult to see anything, if the commotion is too loud, it is still possible that the villagers who cannot sleep will witness some strange phenomenon. However, if they take action, there will almost certainly be a lot of noise.

These thoughts flashed through Xia Libing's mind in the blink of an eye, and then she immediately came up with an execution plan.

"Little Apple, listen to my instructions. Establish contact with Alice, then use your Minion Wooden Carving to sense Little Bell's emotions. Imagine her emotions as something like Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Monster. Use the same method you used to remotely project Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Monster to try and project her emotions onto Alice. Little Bell's emotions should be..." Xia Libing glanced at the Little Chubby Girl and said, "Angry, furious."

Liu Shiling, who had just put on the hood of her coat and was pulling on the drawstring, nodded vigorously, her eyes wide open, to show that she was indeed angry.

Even the five Coin hovering around her trembled slightly, as if nodding in Qidian.

Little Apple, still worried and saddened by Gold Glitter's injury, was a little confused, but her trust in Xia Libing made her subconsciously nod in agreement.

Then Xia Libing said to the Little Chubby Girl, "Little Bell, the one that hurt Gold Glitter is a bird. It's still in the sky, but it can turn invisible, so we can't see it. I need you to stay angry, close your eyes, follow your instincts, and use your 'magic' to help Alice with all your might, okay?"

The Little Chubby Girl was even more confused than the Little Apple. She had no idea how to use "magic" to help Alice. All she knew was that hurting the Gold Glitter bird would make her invisible and still in the sky, and that she had to stay angry and close her eyes.

But the Little Chubby Girl, who also trusted the Roast Chicken Wing Sister implicitly, tugged at the drawstring of her jacket and nodded, saying, "Whoosh!"

Xia Libing stood by the window, looking at Alice appearing in the distance. Alice naturally sensed her gaze and turned to look back.

Then Xia Libing looked at Little Apple, who had already taken the Minion Wooden Carving into her hand in the bedroom, and said, "Little Apple, begin. Little Bell, close your eyes."

A few seconds later, five Super-Linked Object Coin surrounding Liu Shiling shot out of the open window and flew into the air.

Xia Libing stood by the window, cupping her hands in front of her. Soon, a cloud of mist appeared between her hands, and then the mist spread out of the window, appearing out of thin air in all parts of Chongyun Village and spreading in all directions.

In Chongyun Village, not only did the power suddenly go out, but the weather also changed drastically, with winds rising and clouds gathering, plunging the surroundings into complete darkness, where one could not see their hand in front of their face.

Liu Gaoshang was lying in the temporary workhouse built on the construction site, playing on his phone and resting. His brother, Liu Zhengyi, was on duty at night, and he would take over in the morning. He could change shifts at 3 pm and arrange his own time to go to town to play.

He was chatting on WeChat with a hairdressing assistant he had met two days ago at a newly opened barbershop on the town's pedestrian street when, just as they were getting into a great conversation, not only did the entire construction site lose power, but his phone also lost signal.

Even more outrageous, after fiddling with it a few times, the phone suddenly froze and the screen went black!

Liu Gaoshang so angry he almost threw his phone away, but remembering he'd only bought it two weeks ago, he held back and didn't smash it.

He got up and left the room, walking to the construction site. He found that not only was the entire construction site pitch black, but the entire Chongyun Village, and even the surrounding mountains and forests, were also completely dark, with no outlines visible.

The wind that had picked up blew against his skin, creating a tingling sensation that was hard to describe. Liu Gaoshang his exposed forearm; although it was dark and he couldn't see clearly, he could clearly feel that the hairs on his arms seemed to stand on end.

That's a bit strange.

Just as Liu Gaoshang was wondering what was going on, fog suddenly rolled in, further reducing visibility.

Suddenly, lightning surged across the sky, accompanied by a deafening roar of thunder. The sound vibrated the air, creating an immense sense of oppression, as if one were standing next to a large-diameter subwoofer in a dance hall, with ears ringing and an instinctive urge to crouch down.

"Brother! Brother, are you there?" Liu Gaoshang shouted twice into the construction site, but received no response. Feeling a little uneasy, he decided to retreat back to the workshop.

As he retreated to the doorway, several streaks of lightning flashed across the sky above Chongyun Village. In that fleeting moment of light, Liu Gaoshang seemed to see something shooting straight up into the sky.

What is that?!

The rising mist made it impossible to see what the thing looked like, and he even wondered if he was seeing things.

It was already dark, and the fog was getting thicker and thicker, to the point where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Liu Gaoshang didn't delay any longer and went straight into the workshop.

A short while later, Liu Zhengyi, carrying a flashlight, and several workers also entered the workshop.

Although the phone is unusable, the flashlight and other emergency lighting equipment still work, only the light is much dimmer, as if filtered through a lens.

However, as soon as Liu Zhengyi entered the workshop, the flashlight in his hand went out, and no matter how many times he turned it on and off, there was no response.

The workers huddled together discussing the strange weather. Liu Gaoshang leaned close to his brother and whispered, "Brother, do you remember those two fugitives who were struck dead? With this weird weather tonight... do you think another fugitive might be coming to our village?"

Liu Zhengyi glared at his younger brother, but quickly realized he couldn't see, so he reached out and patted him on the back of the head, whispering, "Don't talk nonsense."

But deep down, he also had some vague suspicions.

Although he had traveled this road to Chongyun Village countless times, the sudden darkness and the imminent downpour made Chu Xiuwen instinctively slow down the car. He and Xia Tianhuo in the passenger seat craned their necks to observe the sky.

"What's going on? The weather forecast didn't say it was going to rain heavily?" Chu Xiuwen muttered.

Xia Tianhuo took out his phone, intending to check the real-time weather on the app, only to find that there was no signal. This was truly strange.

Suddenly, lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky, and dark clouds loomed overhead, creating a scene that was truly a different world from when they had just eaten their midnight snack and left the town.

For some reason, Xia Tianhuo recalled that when he was kidnapped and blindfolded in the cabin, before the kidnappers outside changed their ways, he had also heard the sound of an approaching storm. The sound of thunder, waves, and wind were mixed together, which was different from the sound outside now, but for some reason, he had a similar feeling.

"It seems to be fogging up?" Chu Xiuwen frowned.

The fog grew thicker the car drove towards Chongyun Village.

Suddenly, lightning flashed across the sky above Chongyun Village. Chu Xiuwen instinctively slammed on the brakes and looked at Xia Tianhuo beside him. "Did you see that?"

He wasn't asking if he'd seen the lightning, but rather about the vaguely visible object rushing into the air within that fleeting flash of light.

"I saw it... but what is that?" Xia Tianhuo murmured.

He wanted to call Lao Xia, but immediately remembered that his phone had no signal, and when he looked down to try to use it, the screen went completely black.

Not only that, the headlights on their car started to dim.

Chu Xiuwen dared not continue driving forward, as he could barely see the road. He had no choice but to pull over to the side of the road and wait for the fog to thin out before proceeding.

A few minutes ago.

Chongyun Village before it was shrouded in thick fog.

Standing on the rooftop of an empty three-story building, Alice looked at the five Coin floating in the air and revealed a very bright, even slightly arrogant, smile.

"Sister Little Bell, let's fight monsters together!"

Alice murmured to herself, and as the entire Chongyun Village began to be covered by mist, many tiny grains of sand began to float in the air, as if being drawn by something to converge on the five Coin.

At first, the speed was very slow, but it quickly began to accelerate, and in no time the five Coin were wrapped into a large ball by a pile of sand.

In the thick fog, in the darkness where even the stars and moon were obscured, visibility was extremely low, but Alice did not need to rely on sight to perceive things. Within Chongyun Village and the surrounding area, including the low-altitude region, all were areas she could sense. She knew very well the location of the strange, large bird that had severely injured Gold Glitter.

Amidst thunder and lightning, the large sphere formed by the convergence of the five Super-Linked Object Coin began to change, with thin strands extending from it.

This shape was not under Alice's control; it was all constructed by the Little Chubby Girl who manipulated the five Coin. However, she soon realized what it was—it was a "Barbie Warrior" sculpted by the Little Chubby Girl.

Next, control of "Barbie Warrior" will be handed over to her!

The strange, large bird, which was cloaked in the air, was wondering what the white-clad little human who could disappear and teleport was when suddenly the sky changed drastically. The wind rose, clouds surged, lightning crackled, and fog filled the air. The five small, suspended metal objects made it even more alert. These things could actually fly! Although its intelligence was much higher than that of ordinary birds, it still couldn't understand it.

This small human village, which it could freely explore, was suddenly classified as a danger zone. It immediately backed down, no longer caring what the little white human below was up to, and decided to run away first.

Of course, obscured by the thick fog, it did not notice that the five Coin had been encased in a large mass of sand that had gathered from all directions, and had been transformed into a strange shape.

Just then, lightning crackled and flashed in the clouds overhead, and the mist below parted in all directions, revealing a dark creature rushing out from below, seemingly oblivious to its cloaking.

In that instant, the strange bird was startled twice. Not only was the monster with several pairs of arms that suddenly rushed out from below unexpected, but the lightning above its head and the feeling of the surrounding air also reminded it of its experience of being almost completely annihilated by the terrifying "humanoid monster" that could control lightning in Purple Huan Mountain.

It unleashed almost all its power, flapping its wings to try and gain altitude to evade the attack.

But the black monster seemed to be drawn to it like a black magnet, following closely behind. As it sped up, the monster sped up as well.

In the blink of an eye, its wings were pinched by a giant hand made of sand.