In the system space, the silver-white bulkhead was flowing with cold light. Long Jinyu stared at the flickering red light on the light screen, tapping his fingertips on the table unconsciously.
"Too slow."
His voice was very low, "Faster, but don't sacrifice accuracy."
"Okay, I'll try my best."
System Treasure's fingertips drew silver tracks in the void, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead - for a system, this is almost a symbol of "going all out".
Long Jinyu's eyes moved away from the container picture on the light screen and fell on the black-robed figures wandering in the cave.
"Where is the enemy's combat strength?"
System Treasure's finger swiped again. Several humanoid outlines popped up on the light screen. Soul Power Level estimated that they were like blood-colored labels floating on the side.
"Fourteen people are currently locked. Eight are Soul Saint, three are Soul Douluo, and two are Titled Douluo, including--"
Her fingertips were fixed on the tallest outline, and her tone deepened, "This, Super Douluo, is at least level 97."
Yu's green eyes narrowed slightly.
"Level 97?"
Long Jinyu frowned, a strong man of this level appeared here...
A name flashed through his mind - Feng Ling? Holy Spirit Cult, the deputy leader? But he immediately rejected the idea. With Feng Ling's identity and status, she shouldn't have to guard such a "transfer station" in person. Such dirty work is not her turn.
"It shouldn't be Feng Ling, right? Who is it?"
"It's definitely not her."
System Treasure nodded, "There is no information about this person in the database. Either he is enshrined by Holy Spirit Cult who was not mentioned in detail in the original work, or... he is the subordinate summoned by Holy Son from elsewhere. I prefer the former."
Long Jinyu didn't answer immediately. He stared at the unfamiliar silhouette, and his mind quickly searched for every name in his memory. After a moment, he gave up.
"Wait."
He suddenly remembered something, "Sister Yun'er said that there were three Super Douluo who attacked Cai Meier and the others. Are there two more?"
System Treasure calls up another set of scan data, and a large area on the light screen appears gray - undetected.
"Those two were not here from the beginning. It is speculated that they went to report the news, or they may have hidden their presence to detect Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. At present, most of my computing power is focused on cracking the container, and I have no spare time to search for them."
"Okay, cracking is priority. Those two people... ignore them for now."
"Also--"
System Treasure called up another set of information, and his tone became more serious, "On the Storage Soul Tool worn by Super Douluo, I scanned an extremely strong soul energy reaction. The initial judgment is... Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell, at least two."
Long Jinyu breathed slightly.
"Two level nine artillery shells."
He repeated it in a low voice, with a cool smile on his lips, "What a Holy Son, what a generous person, carrying the 'nuclear bomb' with you."
"Those Soul Saints also have regular Fixed Soul Cannon Shells on them."
System Treasure added, clicking on a set of more detailed scans in the void with his finger, "But the aura is not quite right, mixed with evil energy."
"Remotely detonated, vital signs linked."
I don't know when I walked to Long Jinyu's side, and my green eyes calmly scanned the information on the light screen, "According to Holy Spirit Cult's behavior, the detonation runes of those shells are mostly tied to the heartbeat of the wearer. If they die, Zhang Lexuan will die too."
"Perish together?"
System Treasure gasped, "So cruel?"
"Holy Spirit Cult has always been like this."
Long Jinyu's voice was devoid of any emotion, "Have they ever cared about the lives of the little minions? Maybe in order to pursue greater destructive power, those shells were also superimposed with Death Messenger's 'Corpse Explosion' evil spell. If one dies, the whole thing will explode."
He paused and connected the scattered clues in his mind into a thread.
"In other words, even if we successfully dismantle the container, it will be useless. If the container does not explode, those Soul Saint will also explode. Then Holy Son has set up a double dead end from the beginning."
"That's right, so I need to crack two sets of rune systems at the same time - the self-destruction of the container, and the linkage of those cannonballs."
Long Jinyu didn't answer. He stood up and took two steps back and forth in front of the silver-white bulkhead.
The more he looked at him, the dragon's tail swayed slightly.
System Treasure also waited quietly.
In an instant, Long Jinyu stopped.
"System Treasure, if I - use Simulation Soul Skill to confuse the enemy and make them think everything is normal, and then move the people and containers to a safe place, and quickly dismantle them before they can react. Is it feasible?"
Yu Wei shook his head. "The container and the cave floor are probably connected by fixed runes. Forcible displacement will directly trigger self-destruction. There is no chance of dismantling it. The risk is too great."
Long Jinyu was not surprised and continued, "Then the second set, I will distract those Titled Douluo. Sister Yu will find an opportunity to control the remaining enemies. At the moment of cutting off the self-destruction rune chain, she will teleport away with Sister Grandmaster."
System Treasure frowned. "After the cutoff, the enemy console will definitely receive a prompt - someone has touched their treasure. The time window left for us is very short."
"How short?"
"At most... one breath."
"No."
Yu Yu spoke with a cold voice, "Maybe not even a breath. System Treasure, and the most important thing, we didn't consider."
System Treasure was startled. "What?"
Long Jinyu suddenly understood. He closed his eyes, raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows. "The other party is also Transmigrator."
Yu nodded slightly.
"They..."
System Treasure's heterochromatic pupils flickered for a moment, as if being hit by something, "You mean, that 'Holy Son' might have surveillance methods similar to mine?"
"It's not possible..."
Long Jinyu's palms clenched slowly, "That's for sure. When we were observing them, he was probably also staring at Sister Grandmaster. Once an abnormality was discovered, he didn't need to wait for any operation prompts - he would detonate remotely and it would be over."
The system space fell into brief silence.
System Treasure lowered his head. "What you are talking about... I actually thought about it. There are links of 'transformation' and 'transmission' in the rune sequence - Zhang Lexuan's energy is being taken away and sent to a certain place. But... he can't watch the surveillance 24 hours a day like me, so I just... didn't calculate it."
"Isn't that just gambling?" Long Jinyu looked at her, "What if the bet is wrong?"
System Treasure raised his head and met his gaze. "Jin Yu, it's not that I'm betting - it's just a bet. If you go by your idea, you have to consider everything - level nine artillery shells, double insurance, remote monitoring... We have no chance at all to rescue people."
Her voice lowered. "Do you think I want to take a gamble? But I've been calculating over and over again, but I can't come up with a foolproof strategy."
Long Jinyu was silent for a long time.
After a while, he raised his head and looked over Yu's shoulder, landing on his own reflection reflected on the bulkhead.
Silver hair, different eyes.
The pair of nine-colored dragon horns on his forehead popped up again at some point, glowing faintly in the cold light.
"...System Treasure, you are right."
He turned around and said, "The more I think about it, the less I dare to go. It's not that I'm afraid of those Evil Soul Master--it's that I'm afraid that Sister Grandmaster will die because of my mistake. Then I will bear the blame for the rest of my life."
System Treasure opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Long Jinyu raised his hand to stop him.
"But-"
His voice slowly deepened, "No matter what, you have to go. If you don't go, Sister Grandmaster is really doomed. No matter how stupid they are, they should know that this position will be exposed sooner or later. With such a hot potato in their hands, if they can't be taken away, getting rid of it is the best option."
"So, they won't have to wait too long."
System Treasure's voice was a little stiff. "Then... what are you going to do?"
Long Jinyu's eyes fell back on the pair of dragon horns in the mirror.
"In the battle between the Mingdou Mountain Range and Death Messenger, I briefly awakened the ability to control time."
"Coupled with the increase in the law of 'Candlelight' and Soul Bone, if I burn Dragon Core again, I should be able to achieve the 'time-stop' effect within three breaths."
He turned to Yu: "Sister Yu, I want to ask you to rescue sister Grandmaster. During the time pause, I will release my control on you. You have three breaths of time to act. With the strength of your second generation Emerald Dragon King, this level - it's not a big problem, right?"
There was no answer.
Her green eyes looked at him steadily, and the dragon's tail stopped swaying.
System Treasure exploded first.
"No!"
She suddenly floated in front of Long Jinyu, grabbed his shoulders with both hands and shook him hard, "Don't even think about it! You idiot! Are you talking about me? You actually want to burn Dragon Core in the Soul King stage? You will die! Are you stupid to risk your own life to save others?"
In her heterochromatic pupils, the stream of data flashed crazily - it was one of the few moments when she "couldn't figure out the answer".
Long Jinyu was shaken by her until she was dizzy, but she didn't break away.
He raised his hand and gently pressed it on the top of System Treasure's silver-white hair, like soothing a cat with fried hair.
"If I want to rescue Sister Grandmaster under such strict protection, with my current ability, this is the best solution calculated."
His voice was very soft, "Besides, I am only burning Dragon Core, not Spiritual Sea. At most, it will make me fall down or damage my foundation, but it will not be fatal immediately. Believe me, I have a sense of proportion. Besides-"
He glanced at Yu and smiled slightly, "I still have you guys, if something really happens..."
System Treasure's lips trembled and he was about to retort.
Yu spoke first.
"That's enough."
Her voice was not high, but it was like a basin of ice water being poured down her head.
The two of them shut up at the same time and looked at her.
Yu stood in front of the light screen, her green hair hanging down, her expression was very calm, so calm that no emotion could be seen, but the slightly pursed lips revealed her mood at the moment.
"Have you forgotten?"
She spoke slowly, her eyes falling on Long Jinyu's face, "The main force in this rescue is me."
Long Jinyu was startled.
He took a step forward.
"Jin Yu, you are still the same."
Her voice softened, "Get used to doing everything alone. Get used to treating yourself as the only bargaining chip. But please don't forget--"
She walked up to him, reached out and gently pressed back the pair of restless dragon horns on his forehead.
"You can rely more on me. Rely on the power of Nine Dragon God Guards. We are never the 'variables' in your plan - we are your most solid backing."
Long Jinyu lowered his head.
"What Sister Yu taught you is..."
A wry smile appeared on the corners of his lips, and he slowly loosened his clenched fists, "I was brave for a moment. I wonder if you have any good ideas - please tell me."
Healed his eyes and opened them again.
"After all, you are careless and confused, and you lost your bearings for a moment."
She shook her head gently, "Not only the time attribute can control time. The top experts have a certain understanding of the laws of time and space. Even if they are not specialized, they are somewhat knowledgeable. Just like Di Tian has the ultimate dark attribute, but it can also tear apart space."
Long Jinyu's eyes suddenly lit up.
System Treasure looked confused. "Ah? Yu, you mean - you can also pause time? There is no record in the database."
"I can do it too, but the two are very different in nature."
She raised her hand, and the emerald light condensed on her fingertips, turning into a still point of light.
"Jin Yu and Sanmei possess the innate origin of time. What triggers it is the true law of time between heaven and earth, the absolute stillness of the origin of time. Once it is used, time freezes and everything is silent - the person who is frozen is unaware of the whole process. After the confinement is released, they have no idea what happened just now."
The light spot hung in mid-air, motionless, as if it had been plucked out of the long river of time.
"This is an absolute ban at the legal level, called 'True Time Stop'."
"And I'm different."
The more he withdraws his hand, the light spot starts to beat again, "I don't have the blessing of innate laws. I rely on the time imprisonment that I forcibly understand step by step and use the power to forcibly reproduce. What I can do is to lock the flow rate of a certain space. The consciousness of the imprisoned person is still awake and can see everything, but the body cannot move and cannot break free."
Long Jinyu suddenly realized. "Seal the behavior but not the heart... lock the appearance but not the origin? Isn't that... Ju, Ghost Douluo's 'Two Poles Stillness Domain'?"
"Exactly."
Yu nodded slightly, "This is 'False Time Stop'. One is to really stop time, and the other is to stop people in time. The difference is right here."
System Treasure listened with rapt attention. "So... that's it. So, how sure are you?"
"Eighty percent."
Without any hesitation, "I will launch the life domain, time confinement and space blockade at the same time, and control the whole place in an instant."
Long Jinyu asked worriedly, "Open three fields at the same time? Sister Yu, your load--"
"It doesn't matter, saving people is important. With my current background, it's totally fine to support me for a short period of time."
"What about the remaining 20%?" System Treasure asked.
"The 20% is him -"
A coldness flashed in Yu's green eyes, "That level 97 guy may have a time-resistant evil weapon on him. If he breaks free from control and detonates two level 9 shells at the same time, he has a chance to break through my 'False Time Stop'."
Long Jinyu thought for a while and said, "That's still the old plan. I will be responsible for diverting that Super Douluo. So Sister Yu, you don't have to worry about anything."
System Treasure's eyes widened. "You hit Super Douluo? Lan Xuanyu is not as brave as you."
"Who said we were going to fight?"
Long Jinyu walked to the light screen, looked at the black-robed figures in the screen, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and smiled lightly and coldly, "Just a short restraint is enough."
He tilted his head and met Shang Yu's gaze.
"It's time for 'her' to appear again."
System Treasure was stunned for a moment, and then reacted. "You... you want to perform that show again?!"
"Well, in that confrontation, I used this trick to scare them away."
Long Jinyu said with a hint of playfulness in his tone, "One more time, I don't believe that level 97 guy didn't panic and 'Silver Dragon King' came in person - does he dare to bet that I am a fake?"
He lowered his eyes further, seeming to be calculating the feasibility of this plan. His green eyelashes cast a small shadow under the cold light.
After thinking for a moment, she nodded slightly.
"It's feasible. But you have to remember--"
Yu walked forward and gently opened the collar on his chest.
An emerald reverse scale was quietly attached to his heart, and the warm emerald light was faintly reflected in the cold light of the bulkhead.
Her fingertips touched the scales, and emerald brilliance surged out from between her fingers, flowing like a trickle into the scales that had long been connected to his blood.
The scales trembled slightly, and the texture on the surface became deeper, as if some sleeping power had been reawakened.
"--Holy Spirit Cult has already suffered a loss. It is impossible for him to be defenseless. Once he is seen through, he will retreat immediately and not be willing to fight."
Long Jinyu lowered his head and touched the slightly hot scales on his chest through the fabric.
He suddenly felt that his eyes were a little hot.
"Sister Yu."
"Huh?"
"... Nothing."
He met those green eyes and said, "I just want to say that it's great to have you here."
The more he heard the words, he lowered his eyes, raised his hand to close the skirt of his clothes, and smoothed out the wrinkles one by one.
"Let's go."
Long Jinyu didn't move immediately.
He stood there, looking away from Yu's face and landing on System Treasure.
""System Treasure, stop analyzing."
"Ah? But the runes haven't been--"
"No need. As soon as Sister Yu's 'False Time Stop' came out, time was locked - even if it is violently demolished, it can't be exploded even if you want to, so what's the point of analyzing it?"
"... Yes."
An embarrassed blush appeared on her face.
"However, there is one more thing I have to do for you."
"What's the matter?"
"Give me makeup."
System Treasure was stunned, and Yu Ye looked at him in surprise.
"Can't you also have Simulation appearance?"
Long Jinyu pointed at his face, "Last time, my Simulation'Gu Yuena' appearance cost too much, and the effect was a bit poor. This time, you come - use your set of 'bionic soft tissue real-time mapping' to directly change my face to look like Gu Yuena."
"This way I don't have to distract myself from maintaining my appearance. I can put all my Soul Power into Simulation's strength and momentum. The performance will be more realistic and last longer."
"That's a good idea!"
System Treasure clapped his hands and fluttered his silver-white eyelashes twice, "This system master's 'bionic mirroring' technology can even replicate pores! I guarantee Silver Dragon King will be stunned for three seconds even if he comes in person!"
Yu listened on the side and said with a smile, "That will be hard work System Treasure."
"No hard work, no hard work!"
System Treasure has floated in front of Long Jinyu, the silver light flowing from his fingertips, vaguely sketching on his face, "Come on, come on, close your eyes, don't move - this is the first time I put makeup on the host, so I have to use my full skills!"
Long Jinyu closed his eyes obediently and couldn't help but joked, "Just don't make me look like an Internet celebrity."
"Don't worry, this treasure's aesthetics are first-class!"
The silver light slowly spread across his face, covering and reshaping the boy's outline bit by bit.
After a while, System Treasure took back his hand and clapped his hands. "Okay! Open your eyes and take a look?"
Long Jinyu opened his eyes and walked to the bulkhead.
The silver-white wall is like a mirror, reflecting a cold and unsullied face.
His silver hair fell like a waterfall, his purple eyes were as deep as a pool, and the alienation and majesty between his brows were actually eighty-nine percent similar to the Soul Beast co-owner in his memory.
"This..."
He raised his hand and touched his face, and the touch was so real that he was in a trance, "Awesome, System Treasure, have you completely changed my face?"
"Temporary! This system only lays down a layer of high-precision 'skin mapping', which will not affect your skeletal muscles and will not change your DNA. The time limit is - about one day, which is enough for you to finish the scene."
Long Jinyu nodded with satisfaction. "Okay."
He turned around and glanced at Yu and System Treasure.
"Anything else you want to add?"
Yu shook his head. "We will fight quickly."
System Treasure raised his fist. "Come on! Scare these beasts half to death!"
Long Jinyu smiled and strode towards the light door.
This time, there was no hesitation in my steps.
He swung his tail more and more lightly, and followed up with ease.
System Treasure watched the two figures disappear into the light door one after another, complex emotions surging in the heterochromatic pupils.
"Two idiots..."
She muttered something softly, turned around, and sat back in front of the main console.
The fingertips opened dozens of light screens in the void, and the dense flow of data began to scroll at a faster speed.
She was the only one left in the system space.
And on the light screen, there was a ball of red light that flickered on and off.