sovbooks Chapter 71 Yin-Yang Glass Beads
Chapter 71 Yin-Yang Glass Beads
Chapter 71 Yin-Yang Glass Beads
Time is tight and tasks are heavy.
Neither of them had any intention of exchanging pleasantries or making small talk; the magic within the cramped room surged like a tidal wave.
【Element-Driven - Wind】
Before the people around him could fully mobilize their magic, Nan'an's almost instantaneous technique gave him the right to fire instantly.
The power of elements cuts through the floor tiles, turning the stone into dust that splashes out like waves on both sides.
The gray-robed men on both sides of Nan'an instinctively covered their faces with their hands and shouted a warning.
"Be careful!"
A muffled thud came from the dust.
"you----"
The gray-robed man, whose throat was gripped by Nan'an and whose head was slammed against the wall, had bulging eyes that instantly filled with blood.
"Rubbish."
With that, Nan'an tightened his grip and twisted hard, instantly killing the flesh and blood in his hand.
The strange bead slipped silently from his hand and landed directly in the small Rubik's Cube that Nan'an had thrown out, merging with the bead found in the pile of corpses.
Several invisible wind blades tore through the dust and mist in succession, creating a series of sparks as they slashed across the ground.
Removing the mask, Nan An glanced at the face beneath it, then with a backhand flick, the floor tiles shattered, the ground becoming as soft and bouncy as jelly, overturning one of the hastily arriving reinforcements.
"Tsk—"
Sensing the increasingly strong "urging" from the summoning ritual, Nan'an flicked his wrist, making a twisting gesture.
The gray-robed man, who had been overturned, screamed in terror.
"Help me!"
Like a drowning person, his body was suddenly turned upside down by the softened mud and hard bricks, and rolled into the ground, leaving only half of his body exposed.
The rhythm of the summoning ritual caused Nan'an's body to begin to blur.
He mimicked the group's spellcasting habits, casually flicking out an invisible wind blade that sliced off the first dead gray-robed man, hooking his head into his hand.
Nan'an mockingly tossed his head into the crowd: "No wonder they rely on the power of gods and demons. With this level of skill, they dare to try to be magicians?"
"Be thankful you still have your heads on your necks."
Nan'an, shifting from reality to illusion, was struck by belated magic that pierced his body, shattering the corpse of the gray-robed man into a bloody mist.
Where is he?
"Be careful, it might be some kind of stealth spell."
The magical senses extended outwards, cautiously probing every corner of the room, but found nothing.
The soil, which had lost its "vitality" due to Nan'an's departure, hardened again. The magician caught in it had his chest compressed, unable to use magic or breathe, his face flushed red, and he kept spitting out blood bubbles.
In their shock and disbelief, the crowd, having confirmed that Nan'an was no longer at the scene, rushed to his rescue, only to find that he had already choked to death by the blood bubbles overflowing from his nasal cavity.
"Where are the beads that our master gave us?"
The person who spoke trembled as they found no gods or demons on their companions who had been reduced to mincemeat.
They searched every inch carefully, but still found nothing.
"No, not anywhere!"
"Was he taken away by that guy just now?"
"He seems to have mastered spatial magic, able to teleport instantly."
"Don't be foolish. Spatial magic has been lost. It's said that there are no corresponding remnants in the sealing magic."
"So what did we just see?"
Outside the twin-crowned city walls, beside the underground waterway and piles of corpses.
Coralina paced anxiously.
Not knowing much about the unique aspects of Nan'an, she couldn't be as calm as Suiyue.
"Are you still eating?"
Suiyue squatted by the empty ditch and began cracking nuts, just like a squirrel.
"The food Nan'an prepared for me—can't I eat it?"
"The old man's fate is unknown."
"Wake up, I'm a summoned creature, I'm as dead as can be." Nan An materialized from the void, appearing unexpectedly behind the two. "Did you notify Erlu?"
Suiyue stood up and looked at the pile of corpses: "They're already on their way. I reckon a lot of people won't be able to sleep tonight."
Her guess was correct.
Guen the Raven arrived with Enforcement Knights and a large number of Cat's Eyes.
Because her report was delivered with great excitement and she confidently stated that "powerful gods and demons exist on the scene," the crow, dressed in her pajamas, stormed into Gunn's bedroom through the window and flew over with him.
The flight ban was worthless at that moment.
The daring raid by the bewitching crow Gunn has awakened quite a few people.
Half of the law enforcement knights came to break through the checkpoints, and the other half came for the gods and demons.
At this moment, they were all crowded in the waterway, waiting for the big shots of Elu and Cat's Eye to speak. Under the god-demon level of change, they could only assist the professionals and, when necessary, even hold the line of fire.
Inside the soundproof magic array, Nan'an recounted his experience of being sucked away by the strange bead.
As a part-time storyteller, Nan'an, who is loved by the Red Rat Adventure Team and active adventurers in the region, has a good memory and can describe the details of the scene in detail.
With Gunn's permission, the cat-eye artist set up a canvas on the spot.
Nan'an said, as he described, the painting was completed, as if he were there in person.
Unlike Elu, Cat's Eyes didn't allocate all its talent points to combat prowess and survival, resulting in a constant stream of rare talents.
"That's interesting. Let's draw some erotic pictures together next time."
Faced with Nan'an's straightforward invitation, the young artist from Maoyan was momentarily speechless.
After letting the young artist leave the soundproof array, Bewitching Raven inquired about the whereabouts of the "bead".
This is the part that Nan'an deliberately omitted in his description.
The two beads are very round, with a grayish texture and obvious flocculent sediment.
The moment you touch it, the two beads merge into one, becoming transparent, clear, and free of impurities, exhibiting a glass-like texture.
The small Rubik's Cube that contained it is now enjoying the assistance of the giant Rubik's Cube in digesting it.
Nan'an has no intention of handing it over.
The Mega-Cube's ability to weaken and contain gods and demons is effective, as exemplified by the fly fog effect.
Rather than being locked in the deep cave of Kren and unable to use his cat food freely, he felt it was necessary to build up his wealth as he needed to delve deeper into the fog.
"Being far from Suiyue, the summoning ritual was interrupted, so I don't know."
Guen the Crow did not doubt this statement.
Even if Nan'an finds the bead, he cannot carry it with him.
After all, he was just a summoned creature.
"You two have only been in Shuangmian for a short time, and you've already brought so many surprises." I can't imagine what it would be like if you were managing the erosion control in Linshui.
"Compared to those, I'm more concerned about the current state of the Twin Crowns—" Nanan said thoughtfully, "In Kren, the people of Pirion wouldn't dare to be so lax."
Knowing what Nan'an meant, Huoya Guen exchanged a glance and could only smile bitterly.
For a century, during which the Black Mist remained unchanged, aside from the border cities, most people's lives were no different from those of the Gray Star era.
Gods and demons, and the black mist, seemed to have become distant and non-existent things.
After a century of peace, the taut string has long since been loosened.
Even the most powerful administrative bodies, including the most carefully cultivated and selected talents, have become less aware of the sense of crisis in the prevailing atmosphere.
Faced with the warning that "the black fog mutation will come sooner or later," people will be bewildered and subconsciously ask questions.
"Sooner or later, when exactly?"
Nan'an suddenly understood the chief elder's urgency.
Someone needs to stir up the overly comfortable environment and get the overall atmosphere "restless" again.
Back at the mansion, Suiyue, exhausted from the ordeal, immediately fell into a deep sleep.
She couldn't wait to come to Nan'an's side.
A smooth glass bead is sealed inside the card.
Nan'an casually flicked his wrist, and the glass bead shot out, landing in his palm and rolling around.
Suiyue reached out and gently poked the bead: "Aren't there two?"
She held it in her hand and played with it, but the glass bead showed no signs of separating on its own.
Having experienced the teleportation, he realized that this glass bead had the power of coordinate positioning. The gray-robed man who studied gods and demons could pre-store a glass bead in the underground waterway and then place another one at the actual location of the pile of corpses, so that the two points could be teleported to each other within a certain range.
The mechanism is similar to a teleportation portal, but it does not require any magic power.
Its simple and portable features make it highly versatile, allowing it to be transferred and transported at any time, achieving a seamless transition.
As for the key point of dividing it into two —
Nan'an gestured for Suiyue to go into the cabin and close the doors and windows tightly.
A moment later, exclamations came from inside the wooden house.
"It's born! It's born!"
She skipped out holding two glass beads, raised her hand, and admired their crystal-clear appearance in the sun.
If you leave a glass bead in a dark or bright environment for a long time, and then suddenly put it into the opposite environment, it will break apart on its own after a short while.
Nan'an placed one bead inside the wooden house and another next to the orange tree, while having Suiyue hold the glass bead so that it could not see any light.
In the blink of an eye, black light flashed around Suiyue, and when she opened her eyes again, she was already on the fruit tree.
Nan'an was quite unethical, placing the bead on the treetop, so that Niu Niu had to scramble to get down to the ground, like a sloth hanging from a southeast branch.
Suiyue casually picked two oranges and placed them on the ground, then cheerfully handed one to Nan'an.
"I understand, the way to trigger the other bead is to make it sense the light."
""
Not bad, Niu Niu isn't stupid this time.
"Such a useful deity/demon—does it have any side effects?"
good question.
The process of the Yin-Yang glass beads being "digested" by the giant Rubik's Cube is extremely fast, almost melting in the mouth compared to the time taken by the fly fog.
Almost at the same time as the conversation with the bewitching crow, the card conjured by the little cube was printed.
Nan'an can conclude that the "digestion" time of the giant Rubik's Cube is related to the magnitude of the side effects of the power of the gods and demons themselves.
Aggressive desires and destructive power are closely related.
Fly fog exhibits a strong aggressive tendency, thus the taming process is significantly longer.
Since the glass bead is an inanimate object, it "compresses" files quickly.
The straight-line distance of the consciousness space is limited; going any deeper would lead to an ever-present fog. Therefore, Nan'an is temporarily unable to test the maximum teleportation distance of the Yin-Yang Glass Bead.
He was also speechless about the guys behind the scenes.
They have such good stuff, yet they only use it to transport corpses.
It's like having a superpower awakened; the first thing I think about is how to use it to quickly travel between the company and home, reducing commuting time.
in addition----
Why didn't they repeatedly use the beads to quickly transport the bodies to remote places and then send them away in batches?
Doing this, it's impossible for anyone to notice. Even if someone were to notice, they could only sense a few traces of divine or demonic remnants, which wouldn't constitute any actual evidence for accusation.
Did the giant Rubik's Cube miss something when it was digesting and analyzing the Yin-Yang glass beads?
While Nan'an Suiyue was still dreaming, the chief elder, who had not slept all night, announced the council meeting to the elders of the Senate at dawn.
The matter involves gods and demons, and it took place within the Twin Crown City.
This level of arrogance and audacity is rarely seen in the past century.
Upon learning the truth, the members of the Senate were enraged and, unsurprisingly, pointed their cannons at the patrolling guards.
When Nan'an Suiyue Meimei woke up normally late in the morning, Corella, who was eating fries nonstop while holding a bucket of fries, brought the news.
"The Chief Elder is furious. The Double Crown Guard is about to hold a grand competition. All current members must participate in the assessment. Those who fail to meet the requirements will be eliminated immediately."
"The new selection process for the Guard has begun, and this time it's not just open to locals of Twin Crown City."
Suiyue hadn't washed her face or brushed her teeth, but drawn by the aroma, she floated up to Corella and started fighting over fries with her.
While eating, he muttered, "What, was it previously only allowed for dual-certificate local residents?"
"Of course," Coralina replied immediately. "The few exceptions are usually given to people who are already somewhat famous in other city-states."
Nan'an asked, "What level of minor fame?"
"They must have entered the black mist a few times and participated in breaking through it, right?"
That's not surprising, that's not surprising at all.
Those elites who had trained in the Black Mist of other major city-states could only start from the bottom of the guard when they came to Twin Crown.
Even if these people only possess combat skills, unlike the multi-talented members of Maoyan, their status and treatment are truly unworthy of their experience.
Considering the two Tier 4 guards' subpar response during last night's battle, Nan'an could imagine that in this environment, these experienced fogbreakers would likely become jaded and jaded after a few years.
Either send someone to Elu, or have the Senate's Cat's Eye field agents add to the ranks. How could they possibly be put into the patrol guard whose duties are similar to those of a sheriff?
In Corella's words, they're basically just stinky outsiders who came to Shuangmian to steal our local job opportunities.
The chief elder had previously wanted to implement reforms, but there had been no suitable opportunity.
The two slacking guards knocked unconscious in Nan'an, the unpatrolled depths of the underground waterway, and the pile of corpses that inexplicably appeared through the guise of gods and demons but went unnoticed—all became targets for the chief elders to point at the vested interests.
What could have been a trivial matter suddenly escalated into a matter of life and death for everyone. No matter how sophistry the opponents could muster, they could not come up with a viewpoint that would gain the support of the other elders.
"Old man, let's hurry back to Kren," Coralina said worriedly. "Many noble families have two or three useless people serving as patrol guards—before, no one paid attention to them, but your arrival has ruined their livelihoods."
Suiyue retorted confidently, "A bunch of parasites who eat meat every day and won't even let others have a few more bites of black bread. What gives them the right to be angry? Besides, it's not Nan'an targeting them; it's the Chief Elder who wants to take action."
"Well—" Coralina spread her hands, "to use that old man's word—breath, yes, breath."
"They don't dare to huff at the chief elder, so they can only huff at you two."
Urgent! On her way back, Koala overheard someone publicly cursing Nan'an and Suiyue. They probably knew they wouldn't pass the retrial, so they just let loose and cursed whatever came to mind.
Nan'an reacted calmly to this.
Let them curse. He's going back to Karen soon anyway. If they want revenge, it's perfectly normal for someone to disappear on the border.