Qiaoqiao Tianyi lay on the ground, moved his limbs to the door, and knocked on the light. There was no sound in response, but they both knew the thing was indestructible. At least within their reach, there is no tool that can help them escape.
Confirmation of this fact made Qiaoqiao Tianyi visibly frustrated. "Hey!" she shouted outside, "there's someone else here who needs surgery!"
No one responded to her. Even Yaleriga didn't know if Jing Huang was still outside the door. Although she had seen Jing Huang's reliable little spell more than once, no experience could tell her whether there was some kind of limit to these colorful bubbles, such as distance or time.
Naturally, she was not afraid of permanent detention, because Jing Huang did not know how many nutritional injections she had hidden in her room. Unless he was prepared to let her and Qiaoqiao Tianyi dry up and die in this room, he would have to come again sooner or later, or send some supply robots over - the real key question was what he planned to do before this time.
Yaleriga sat on the wall. She was lucky that she always liked sleeping on the floor, so there were enough carpets for her and Qiaoqiao Tianyi to share. Her leg was beyond repair at the moment, but she didn't forget to take a shot of painkiller when bandaging it, enough to keep her pain-free for a few hours.
The altered silver chain hung between her fingers, making a jingling sound. To be fair, it wasn't the best gift she'd ever received, and it certainly wasn't the worst. This is not the first time she has encountered people who are not good at choosing the right time to give gifts. This is often caused by excessive nervousness and lack of communication. She couldn't say that these two characteristics were never reflected in Jing Huang, but it was hard to say that they were the main reasons. There is undoubtedly a reason for this gift. It is the result or influencing factor of all the abnormal behaviors of Jing Huang during this period - she has not yet been able to come up with a clear enough answer. But this is not a huge problem. She believes that she will not be stumped by this level of interpersonal crisis.
"What does he want to do?" Qiaoqiao Tianyi asked her, "Why is he locking us up again?"
Yaleriga shook her head happily.
"Then what do we do?"
"Have to wait."
All Qiaoqiao Tianyi's hair fell to the ground. She turned over in despair, facing the ceiling with her white belly, and kicking her four hooves into the air. She undoubtedly disliked being trapped in such a closed space, which was insecure for a creature accustomed to roaming.
Yaleriga used her fingers to comb her feathers and help the latter regain her composure. Soon Qiaoqiao Tianyi stopped kicking her feet and lay down on her side relaxedly.
"Oh, okay, I'm feeling better now," she said. "Thank you. I guess I was a little frightened by what just happened. Those cat-man eyes... I've never seen anything like that."
"I do not have either."
"Where did the Huanwo people find it? Do you think it is related to the abandoned baby criminal we are looking for?"
"I don't think so." Yaleriga said, "If it comes to find us, there is no need to send a baby to Mencheng."
"That's not bad." Qiaoqiao Tianyi agreed. After a while she said: "I'm sorry that I didn't listen to your advice at that time. If we had gone back directly..."
"We couldn't foresee it in advance. At the time, I thought we had the upper hand."
"I still think about those eyes, you know? When I see them, I feel like I'm falling into a universe where I'm flying, or falling. But it's not scary at all, I just feel like I'm changing It became something that was already in the universe, like a comet or something. And... I don’t know if I remembered something wrong, but I felt a voice flying with me. She kept calling me Pu Renxi..."
Yaleriga sat up a little. She listened carefully to Qiaoqiao Tianyi's description of the hallucination, grabbed the silver chain and began to ponder.
"I had the same hallucination," she said, "but it was during its second attack. The first one wasn't as long."
"Maybe you didn't keep staring at its eyes. I like to stare at my opponent's face when I charge. But what happened to you afterwards? I wasn't very awake at the time...but I felt that you were still fighting against it. Did it manage to get you to look into its eyes?"
Her words reminded Yaleriga of the killer's scales. But unlike the killer's magic eyes, she knew what the scales that almost killed her were.
"Magic lenses," she said. "It has magic lenses on its clothes."
"This word sounds familiar, I think..."
"Magics use it to make telescopes because it emits light and aether at the same time. The killer just used it in reverse. I think there's a spell hidden somewhere in its clothing."
Qiaoqiao Tianyi turned over and squatted down.
"Yes!" she said, "your hypothesis is very possible. I think of something like that used by Wenshi Katira! She can see the scene outside the kingdom, and can also make people see her in the mirror. But that Shouldn’t it be a skill that only mages have?”
"There are also witches among cat people. I heard that they are good at using secret medicine. Do you remember that before it appeared, the explorer moth discovered poisonous gas? At that time, I was wondering why the plants in this place need to secrete toxins. It seems that there is no such thing in the environment. natural enemy."
"Is that why you're suspicious? Man, you must have been in a lot of trouble."
Yaleriga knocked on the wall next to the door, indicating that they were in an insurmountable trouble at the moment. Qiaoqiao Tianyi's head fell back on the carpet.
"Are you worried about that child?" she asked Yaleriga, "How did he bring us back? I mean, how did he deal with the killer?"
"Maybe he can be immune to those eyes."
"Why? His bloodline has the power to resist curses?"
Yaleriga couldn't answer. She may have some understanding of Jing Huang's character, but she doesn't know any more about his abilities as an ancient law than Qiaoqiao Tianyi. It is true that ancient laws are strange and unpredictable, but wanderers like Jing Huang are not common. Sometimes Yaleriga even feels that he is not affected by the theory that the mages call "land rights" - otherwise, what would he be like? If he were in his own hometown, a place where theoretically the ancient laws had a complete state, would Jing Huang have more terrifying power than he currently has?
"Let's take care of ourselves first." She could only say, "Don't think about him for now."
"What? Did you quarrel? But it was him who saved us, right? How could he appear at that time?"
The answer is obvious. Yaleriga had already figured this out before boarding the spacecraft. She said: "He has been following us since we set out. At least he is in a place where he can see us at any time. But it will not be close enough for him to come immediately."
Qiaoqiao Tianyi looked a little confused. She was obviously confused by the relationship between Yaleriga and Jing Huang.
"Then why didn't he just come with us? You even looked for him before setting off!"
Yaleriga still shook her head. She had some guesses, but not enough to share with Qiaoqiao Tianyi. The expert who focused on ship design lay on the ground on the verge of collapse, kicking and rolling, without any image.
"Children!" she moaned again, "adolescent children are a pain in the ass. Have I mentioned to you? When I was still in my hometown, I had to go to the academy regularly to give my children flying lessons. It's hard to imagine. How come they have so many weird ideas! I think I should admire you, and of course Wenxi Katila, she has to guide so many children every day! But among all her students, I can’t find any It's so difficult to deal with your child. Hey, I didn't see him show any courtesy to you, no care or greeting, or even talk to you all the way. And now he locks us here and doesn't even let you do it Transplant surgery! This is not a damn thing about masculinity, you have to let him know how to respect you, otherwise he will ride on you sooner or later!"
Yaleriga smiled briefly. She was thinking of how Jing Huang respected the White Tower Master and the Huanwo people, and that perhaps Debovilal's nose was the one he expected to be respected the most. Her performance made Qiaoqiao Tianyi very dissatisfied. The latter stared at her like she was supervising a bad mother who overindulged and lost herself.
"It's not funny!" she said emphatically.
"Let's deal with the killer first." Yaleriga said, "Regarding 'Prenci', I feel like I have heard this name somewhere."
"Yes, I've heard it too. It's very familiar. And I think there's a melody, like..."
Qiaoqiao Tianyi rapped on the floor and sang.
"The sky is short and round, and the earth is flat and square. It jumps into the deep space of the universe, and drills into the back of the continent. Prentice holds an iron rod and beats villains and gangsters everywhere. Meow!... Hey! This is it! "Le Pamperensi", Discapolca's famous song. It's really strange, how could I think of this in the magic eye hallucination?"
"I think that's a legend among cat people."
Yaleriga pulled back the carpet by the wall. The Silence is in a place without internet, but Jing Huang doesn't know her hobbies before going to bed - she likes to browse the latest alliance encyclopedia catalog before going to bed, and downloads updates at any time. That would certainly take up some space in the Silence system, but no one would protest to her in this regard.
She started searching for anything that had a similar pronunciation to "Prenci."
