"The earliest time Lu Ya appeared can be traced back to when Chongxu was not yet Chongxu."
As they traversed the spatial passage, Sonora clung tightly to Jiang Si's arm, carefully observing their surroundings.
In the endless darkness, colorful fireflies flowed, passing by the two of them.
It will then create rings of shimmering white light.
"Back then, Chongxu was just a transit point; all magical girls who wanted to go to the Magical Kingdom had to pass through here."
This place was just a resting spot until the girl appeared.
Although Jiang Si was with her, and they were in a spatial passage where Chongxu wouldn't be able to detect them, Sonora still avoided that name extremely.
As she spoke, Sonora hesitated again, glancing at Jiang Si, who was only looking up at the upper level.
"It's a bit inconvenient to say the rest directly."
"Is there anything inconvenient?"
"A lot of."
Just as Jiang Si was about to lose her patience, Sonora whispered, "Let me take another bite."
The boy offered his hand, but Sonora shook her head. "I need to bite her neck so I can pass on the forbidden memories to you."
Although she didn't know what the other person was thinking, Jiang Si was focused on tracking Jialan and Su La's location and had no interest in arguing with her, so she just nodded casually.
Sonora carefully climbed onto Jiang Si 'Jiang Si back, wrapped her legs around his waist as if to stabilize him, and then lay down beside Jiang Si neck.
First, it stuck out its tongue and carefully licked Jiang Si's neck.
He patiently and tirelessly moistened and licked Jiang Si's neck to help her relax.
It Jiang Si of the animal world he watched as a child.
Bats suck blood this way.
They would lick the legs of cattle and horses repeatedly until they relaxed their guard, then carefully bite a small opening to drink the blood—later, in online novels, bloodsucking was depicted quite directly.
Simply offer sacrifices to all living beings; no brainpower or complicated preparatory steps are required. Anyone with hands can operate a wheelchair.
However, Sonora's tongue is clearly not that simple; it should also have muscle-relaxing and numbing effects.
Looking at it this way, it's still a traditional bat.
After licking it for a while, I took a bite, and it did indeed bleed.
But it was his own blood that was being shed.
My tooth almost broke again!
Damn it, I'm reporting someone for selling zombie skins!
After suffering a loss last time, Sonora had been thinking about how to get revenge, especially after having her hard work taken away.
There was some resentment in my heart.
With this bite, she was determined to pierce Jiang Si's neck; she even planned to make her tiger teeth pierce his throat!
In reality, after Jiang Si absorbed her lifeblood, their feelings became intertwined. If she bit through his throat, Sonora herself would suffocate—fortunately, Jiang Si's publicly disclosed lifeblood did not have such a function.
Otherwise, the little bat would really die in front of him!
Although she still wants to die now.
I abandoned all dignity and shamefully licked his neck for ages, but it was completely useless!
How could you be so mean?
Covering her mouth, Sonora felt wronged and resentful, tears welling up in her eyes but unwilling to cry out in shame.
"Say something when you bite."
Jiang Si, who was dealing with her like a child and hadn't even paid attention to what she was doing, casually said something.
Then, with a quick stroke on her neck, Sonora's steely skin, which she couldn't open no matter what, was easily torn open like paper, leaving a small gash.
"Drink it."
Sonora, unwilling to give up, spent half a day sharpening her fangs, but could only manage an "Oh."
It felt like Jiang Si was keeping him as a pet, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Weakly, he bent down and bit down, his tiger teeth burrowing into the wound on Jiang Si's neck.
As the little bat bit Jiang Si's neck, its fangs touched the bone beneath her skin, causing it to tremble in pain on Jiang Si's back.
Jiang Si, however, was completely unaware.
Forget about reacting, his muscles weren't even tense; he was completely unaware that he was trying to bite him to death.
Sonora felt that if things continued like this, she would probably become the first fool in the world to bite himself to death.
As he slightly loosened his grip and began to focus on tasting Jiang Si's blood, all the resentment, unwillingness, grievances, and even pain he had felt vanished.
It vanished in an instant.
She greedily sucked at it; only at times like this did she truly resemble a vampire.
However, Sonora ultimately managed to pull herself out of that intense temptation and bliss thanks to her strong self-control.
Be careful.
Finally, Sonora whispered a reminder.
After their hearts and souls merge, the two people will not only share physical sensations, but also memories.
It's just a bit troublesome; we have to maintain this current system of mutual exchange.
"This memory has been passed down through generations, but no one dares to look at it. Once it sinks into the memory, many people never wake up. Although your death would be better for me, I still hope to take revenge on you with my own hands, so please, don't come back—"
"Oh."
The theory is that the murderer wanted to escape suspicion.
Jiang Si saw through the other person's little scheme at a glance; she guessed that the other person wanted to kill her, but was also afraid that she would come back to cause trouble for her.
What a clever two-pronged approach!
Don't worry, I won't kill you when I get back.
Let's try to appease them first.
Sonora paused, muttering something like, "Are they going to kill me?"
The transfer of memories was ultimately completed.
As Jiang Si's blood was being exchanged, everything before her eyes began to blur.
Then, he seemed to have arrived at the entrance of a village.
The vendors' cries were exceptionally loud in the village. Although there were power lines at the entrance of the village, the whole village looked like it was from the last century.
There wasn't even a television.
The ground was muddy, there was no paved road, and there were many people coming and going, all dressed simply, and no one was holding a mobile phone.
There aren't many buildings in the village, but the most eye-catching is the iron tower in the center.
He seemed out of place in the rest of the village.
The village's power lines all come from that tall tower.
Just as he was gazing at the tower, someone suddenly covered his eyes from behind.
"If you know it, you know it; if you don't, you don't."
What does "dating" mean?
The clear, crisp sound made it obvious who it was without even having to guess.
Jiang Si simply went along with it, saying, "The date was half-hearted."
"Wrong~"
The girl let go of his hand, put her hands behind her back, peeked out from behind him with a grin, and took his hand. "A date is about holding hands and taking a walk, isn't it?"
Generally speaking, when Lu Ya gives up trying to explain away her lame jokes, it means she can't win the argument and is admitting defeat.
Jiang Si calculated that this was probably their sixteenth victory.
Even with the Tang Dynasty joke from last time, Lu Ya was speechless in the end and just laughed to herself.
"You're so slow, Jiang Si."
Shaking off Jiang Si's hand, Lu Ya pulled him forward, saying, "I knew you would come."
Like when I used to leave school.
Jiang Si gazed at the girl's swaying hair in front of her; it was almost unchanged from before, like a leaping sprite.
However, it wasn't quite what I expected.
Jiang Si believed that she was merely an observer in this part of her memory.
However, the gentle breeze that swept through the village carried the fragrance of flowers, and the warmth of holding one's hand.
The feeling was very real.
Rather than calling it a memory, it's more like using this memory to enter a historical reflection left in the long river of time.
Because history is real, does that mean what we see now is also real?
Using the result as an anchor, we go against the current and reach the very beginning of the cause, which we then understand.
This is [ City Wall Earth ].
As Lu Ya jogged forward, passing through the village, many people stared at Lu Ya with strange looks.
Jiang Si noticed that the people here seemed to only be able to see Lu Ya.
No one can see themselves.
So, only Lu Ya can see her own Scene of Cause and Effect?
"Ignore them."
Lu Ya turned around, took his hand, and walked backwards, puffing out her cheeks and waving her hand in front of him.
"Look at me, look at me! Focus your attention, concentrate your gaze!"
"What elementary school spring outing homeroom teacher?"
"That's right, I'm your homeroom teacher now, Jiang Si. Please don't look around, focus your attention on your teacher!"
However, Lu Ya did do that before during a high school field trip.
I like to run ahead of him, chat with him, and try to get him to focus or something.
But in reality, it would only make him feel troubled.
Because Lu Ya was simply too conspicuous at school.
Although Jiang Si stopped looking around, the Incubators in the village did attract some attention.
There are Incubators and magical girls here, and quite a few magical girls at that.
It's quite different from the previous Chongxu.
Lu Ya led him all the way to the tower, and when they returned, Lu Ya immediately turned around and locked the door.
Jiang Si glanced at the door that could be kicked open with one kick, but didn't take it to heart.
" Jiang Si, classmate."
After locking the door, Lu Ya put on her glasses from somewhere.
He Return to Truth does look like a teacher. "Now, look ahead."
Jiang Si then turned around and took a look.
It is a huge piano.
"Sit down."
Lu Ya pressed him down to sit on the chair in front of the piano, and then, with a "whoosh," sat on Jiang Si's lap.
To be honest, it wasn't very romantic.
Because Jiang Si wasn't very tall, Lu Ya sitting on him almost completely covered half of Jiang Si's body.
Fortunately, Lu Ya is very light, so light that you can hardly feel her weight.
"Didn't you say you liked serenades? I even found a teacher to teach me at home, but I haven't had a chance to play one for you yet. It took me so much time. Even if it's not very good, you should still listen to it, right?"
It was like she was throwing a tantrum and being affectionate.
Jiang Si for a long time but couldn't remember when he had ever said he liked Serenade.
"While watching ' Throne of Magical Arcana '."
Before he could even speak, Lu Ya had already guessed what he was going to say and even gave him an answer in advance.
However, it was a little unexpected. In the past, Lu Ya would have waited for him to speak.
Then Lu Ya grabbed his hand and made him wrap his arms around her waist.
Just as Jiang Si was about to pull his hand away, Lu Ya giggled, grabbed his hand, and pressed it against her waist. "Don't move around, it tickles! Teacher Lu Ya is about to start playing, quiet, quiet!"
Only after Jiang Si behaved did she release her grip and place her hands on the piano.
Soon, melodious piano music filled the air, and everything fell silent.
Her feet, barely touching the ground, swayed gently to the music, her slender calves occasionally brushing against his trouser legs.
The heels of the shoes kept gently tapping against Jiang Si's calves.
Today, Lu Ya was wearing a cream-colored cotton dress with delicate Lily of the Valley embroidered on the cuffs and a light blue ribbon loosely tied at the neckline—an outfit she rarely wore before, probably changed after arriving here.
When he started playing, his expression was quite serious, and his cute and handsome face was slightly tense.
For her, playing a serenade was probably not an easy task.
Half a minute later, Lu Ya gradually got into the zone, and the melody flowing from her gentle fingertips became more natural, as if she were whispering sweet nothings and gently expressing her longing.
He tilted his head slightly, probably trying to catch a glimpse of Jiang Si out of the corner of his eye.
Stray hairs fell down her forehead, obscuring half of her eyebrows and eyes, making her even harder to see clearly.
As the piano music began to climb into the high register, Lu Ya's face began to flush with a faint rosy hue. Her fingers seemed to be lightly touching the tip of her heart, and the lingering sound sent shivers of pleasure through the air.
Occasionally, it would let out a soft, nasal hum along with the melody.
Her swaying feet finally landed on Jiang Si's calves, and as the lingering notes echoed, she suddenly spoke, "Speaking of which, I was listening to music while practicing, and suddenly a low frequency came on. I was thinking, 'Why is there bass in a piano piece?' Then I realized it was just my phone vibrating when I received a call—"
She kept rambling on and on, just like before, always telling herself about her everyday trivialities as if they were stories.
Jiang Si nodded, and finally said, "This is the funniest."
Lu Ya paused for a moment, then bit her lip and nudged Jiang Si's instep with her toe. "My jokes were clearly funnier."
"This is the funniest."
"The previous one was even funnier."
"This is the funniest."
"What you said before was something I thought of carefully, it's the funniest thing."
"If there's no work, you don't have to talk."
Generally speaking, the paths of two people are not compatible.
Jiang Si himself, and grabbed Lu Ya by the back of her collar, intending to lift her up, but Lu Ya jumped off him first.
It was as if they had already guessed what they were going to do next.
" Jiang Si, I'm angry. I won't tell you lame jokes anymore."
That's wonderful!
Jiang Si glanced at the tape recorder next to the piano.
Speaking of which, the serenade that Su La played in Chongxu earlier was almost exactly the same as the one Lu Ya played just now.
Even the awkwardness caused by nervousness in the first thirty seconds was perfectly replicated.
Su La said that version was by Karl Böhm. When did Lu Ya change her Karl Böhm?
"Next, we should go eat—"
Jiang Si, sitting at the piano, did not move, but stared coldly at the figure running ahead.
It is undoubtedly Lu Ya Zhenren.
Whether it's a phantom, a data imitation, or something else, Jiang Si can tell the difference perfectly well.
The figure before them was a real person, without a trace of falsehood.
But that's precisely why Jiang Si found it so strange.
You can't see me, can you?
The moment the words left her lips, Lu Ya, who had been so lively on the other side, stopped.
It was as if a fixed process had been interrupted, causing the mechanical malfunction, footsteps, breathing, and even the trembling of eyelashes to all come to a standstill at the same moment, before slowly turning around.
In that instant, it was as if the images were spliced together, and Lu Ya was replaced by another Lu Ya.
The pre-recorded footage was replaced to cope with the unexpected changes.
The new Lu Ya, with a delicate face, revealed a helpless smile.
"How did you figure that out?" she asked, her tone tinged with a playful confusion. "It's perfectly flawless."
Jiang Si simply gazed calmly at that face that was gradually becoming somewhat familiar.
"But you can't see me, and you can't possibly hear my voice."
Lu Ya's ever-present sweet smile finally took on a hint of darkness.
It's like milk being slowly mixed into coffee, silently spreading from the corners of your mouth.
Although her smile remained unchanged, and the depth of her dimples maintained a perfectly cute look, it had already seeped into her dark pupils.
It added a touch of bitterness to the delicate sweetness.
"How much did you actually record?"
Having said that, Personal Reality began to spread within the tower.
Like a burst dam, icy light patterns exploded from Jiang Si's feet, and his self, which was above all things, filled every inch of the tower with unstoppable force!
From the doorway to the piano.
In just a few steps, hundreds of Lu Ya's figures appeared out of thin air.
They stood or sat, laughed or sulked; some played the piano, some brewed tea, some read books, and some spoke to the void—every movement was precise, every line was just right, and every expression was lifelike.
And then, there were more and more!
On the stairs, beside the table, by the window, in front of the bookshelf, under the chandelier.
Every corner, every crevice, was filled with Lu Ya's figure. They were walking, talking, playing music, dancing, doing everything Lu Ya might do, and saying every word that might be spoken with Jiang Si.
Lu Ya's illusory image almost filled the entire high-rise building.
Movements, facial expressions, lines, micro-expressions, breathing rhythm, pupil changes, even the fraction of a second of hesitation before the fingertips touch the keys, or even the one-second hesitation when the fingertips fall during the previous performance.
It is absolutely true that all of these recordings were made by Lu Ya herself.
I don't know how much time it took.
Jiang Si looked out the window again.
Lu Ya could be seen from almost every direction outside, maintaining a greeting posture.
They were densely packed together, like Blue Flower Magic Puppet, scattered throughout the village.
"Because, I'm just idling around anyway."
Then another illusory figure of Lu Ya in the high-rise building said, "Anyway, it's quite interesting to think about what Jiang Si will say to me, even if I can't see her or hear her."
She reached out and gently stroked Jiang Si's face.
But actually, it clipped through the image.
As for the other phantoms, their positions were completely off.
Memories are ultimately submerged in the river of time.
It's all in vain.
Lu Ya was still smiling.
Brilliant, radiant, as if they never know what disappointment or exhaustion is.
On this unfamiliar land, I rehearsed countless times, breaking myself down and then piecing myself back together.
Until the structure presented before Jiang Si was flawless, a performance without any physical form that could deceive him for a moment.
"No matter what you say, I'll definitely respond to you, Jiang Si."
Hundreds and thousands, countless illusory figures of Lu Ya, could find corresponding dialogues no matter what Jiang Si said.
Every option was thoroughly prepared.
Along the way, Jiang Si didn't even notice anything unusual.
This is the first time I've encountered a method that could fool him in his Personal Reality.
Jiang Si took a deep breath, filled with awe.
Lu Ya, have you finally advanced from a junior friend to a fellow Daoist?
Tens of thousands of Lu Ya's turned their heads at the same time. Some of their eyes were filled with doubt, some with smiles, some with reproach, and some with concern. However, all their gazes passed over him and landed on the wall behind Jiang Si.
There wasn't a single illusory figure; you could actually see him.
Jiang Si then casually pressed a key on the piano, and the soaring melody pierced the tranquility inside the tower.
Before all of Lu Ya's illusory images disappeared, Jiang Si sincerely exclaimed in admiration.
"Truly, a demon brain of extremely high purity."
As expected of Fellow Daoist Lu Ya.
Jiang Si then continued upwards towards the top of the tower.
Time was forcibly pushed back.
Time flows at an incredible pace both inside and outside the tower.
So when they stepped onto the second floor, they found computers, mobile phones, and other high-tech gadgets that seemed out of place inside the tower.
Through the window, he could still see Lu Ya standing in the center of the village, using money, machinery, and Mana Refinement Technique to gradually shape this desolate land into the rudiments of Chongxu.
By the time we reached the third level, Chongxu was almost fully completed.
Many magical girls and Incubators surrounded Lu Ya, seemingly becoming her friends. Lu Ya laughed and chatted with the magical girls.
Then, standing atop the tower, they looked down together upon Chongxu, a Chongxu with a new order, more stable, and more prosperous.
They made a vow to protect Chongxu until the very end.
However, upon reaching the fourth level, one can see the team falling apart.
The split resulted in two organizations: the Nightwatchers and the Witch Association.
Everyone is fighting to Chongxu.
Everyone betrayed Lu Ya.
Despite being the one who spearheaded the creation of Chongxu, Lu Ya is not a magical girl and possesses no power.
She was just an ordinary girl.
When her former friends turned against her, she didn't even have the right to resist. Her authority was taken away, the super AI was suppressed, and in the end, even her name was erased from the map of Chongxu, as if she had never existed.
When Jiang Si arrived at the last floor.
Then I saw Lu Ya, all alone and huddled at the top of the tower, radiating a dark aura.
Despair, pain, hatred, disgust.
As if it could transform into Calamity Beast at any moment, the boiling, Filthy Magic Power made the girl feel completely unfamiliar.
However, when Lu Ya raised her head, her eyes, as dark as an abyss, seemed to transcend time and space, truly meeting his gaze.
She looked at him with a mixture of tears and laughter, then for a long time lowered her head and buried it between her legs.
Finally, she just muttered softly, "They bullied me, Jiang Si."
"Mingming, I want to finish making Chongxu even better. I'm sure you'll be happy when you come—"
"But it's okay, I still have all the permissions for Chongxu."
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"As long as you release me, Chongxu will be the same as Jiang Si liked."
The gaze that came from above was moist, like a honey pot that had been overturned, with a thick, cloying fragrance that made one want to indulge in it.
The girl tilted her head and reached out her hand.
"Come find me quickly, Jiang Si ----"
Her fingertips seemed to pierce through layers of tower walls, through lies and despair, to touch his chest.
However, at the instant of contact, Jiang Si raised her right hand.
The right arm of Shepherd's Lament, is a pitch-black cannon muzzle.
It pressed coldly against Lu Ya's forehead, stopping her movements.
"Only you aren't."
Before the stunned girl could speak...
Flames instantly engulfed her head, and the explosion was like seawater overflowing from a tower, surging and gushing out!
Various kinds of debris rained down, flooding and submerging the village below!
As Jiang Si rose from the ruins of the tower, she twisted her neck, and the surrounding sounds and images gradually began to blur.
When he opened his eyes again, Sonora was looking at him nervously.
"H-How are you? Are you alright?"
Jiang Si didn't say much, but simply grabbed Sonora and leaped into the air!
His figure instantly traversed space, spanning millions of miles!
Upon entering the second level, Jiang Si casually tossed aside Sonora and looked up towards the center.
That tower from my memory stands there quietly.
Nothing has changed. It bears ancient scars, and lush vines entwine around the tower, climbing its windows and top, exuding an ancient aura.
Jiang Si grabbed the Starfish Spear from inside the mecha.
Amidst the crackling sparks, a strange gust of wind swirled around the Starfish Spear.
Immortal Path Killing Move: Friend-Sending Wind!
"May you rest in peace, Fellow Daoist Lu Ya."
The devastating spear pierced through the distant tower!