The slender shadow slowly shortened under the streetlight until the person was submerged in darkness again.
On the other side of the street light, Slade frowned and said, "Stop!"
Chen Nian ignored it and continued to move forward.
"Room A1920, you have lived in that small cubicle for a long time, and it is filled with your breath." Slade suddenly said: "Your life is very regular. The smell extending from A1920 only goes to a few fixed rooms." Go in the right direction, and over time, it’s like there are several clear road maps.”
An Yu was a little surprised, "He can track people's movements? Is this his intelligence power?"
Qin Zhilu said "Hmm", "Many exporters have intelligence abilities, but Slade is the strongest. His detection and recognition capabilities far exceed those of most pure intelligence systems."
"Then wouldn't he also..."
"He can't track you for the time being, because he can only capture the aura accumulated over a period of time." Qin Zhilu explained: "He only took a flight with you, which is not enough at all, unless he has something to follow him. Something that’s more than a few months old for you.”
An Yu was relieved.
"You can make enemies, but don't be careless. There is no idle person at the top of the ladder." Qin Zhilu taught quietly.
"I understand." An Yu said softly, "Thank you, sir."
Chen Nian suddenly stopped.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle, and the surrounding wind sounds seemed to be a little weaker. He took two steps back, and his shadow returned to the streetlight. Then he turned back to look at Slade, "What do you mean?"
"I'm just a little curious." Slade smiled, "There are three paths extending from A1920, one leads to the cafeteria, one leads to the reading room, and another one suddenly disappears on the ground behind the sleeping nest building. No, that's it. You can’t say it disappeared, it was more like it seeped into the ground.”
Chen Nian's eyes immediately widened.
Those eyes were no longer peaceful, and their fierce look erupted. He said angrily: "What else did you discover?"
"A lot, I haven't had time to find out." Slade's voice was as usual, "That's why I came to ask you, I want to know more about things with you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Nian suddenly bent down and pulled out a knife from his shoe, and stabbed Slade suddenly!
Slade dodged and said coldly: "Actively attack and seek death!"
They immediately became entangled, and Slade's muscles seemed to expand without limit. When those muscles expanded to a terrifying level, sharp nails broke out from his fingertips.
Chen Nian was no match at all. He was dodging the attacks aimed at his vital points in a panic. An Yu looked at it for a while and said softly: "Chen Nian shouldn't be an aberration in the strong-fighting category. He doesn't look like an impulsive person either. His offense seems very..."
Qin Zhilu whispered: "Deliberately."
His golden eyes suddenly froze, and An Yu suddenly realized that Chen Nian deliberately wanted to use 'it' to kill Slade!
No matter what was hidden underground, those words undoubtedly angered him and made him murderous towards Slade.
Slade slapped Chen Nian on the shoulder - he thought Chen Nian would dodge, but Chen Nian didn't. He was knocked over and fell to the ground, and was instantly suppressed by Slade.
Then, he suddenly smiled.
The streetlight above cast a dim yellow light into the black eyes, and Slade suddenly appeared in the black eyes, but it was not his face, but his back.
Slade was stunned for a moment, and his clothes were soaked with cold sweat. He suddenly realized that Chen Nian was not looking at him, but looking at——
He raised his head suddenly, and the mirror monitor that was originally invisible in the dark suddenly lit up.
The human figure should be very small in the mirror and would never be visible.
But at that moment, his figure was clearly reflected in the mirror - there was no sleeping nest behind him, no street lights, and no thoughts. As if in a close-up, he was the only image in the mirror.
"Sorry, we might have been able to cooperate." He heard Chen Nian say softly.
An unprecedented premonition of death hung over Slade's head. He had been at the top of the ladder for a long time and had escaped from death countless times. He never flinched even in the face of a powerful abnormality with hundreds of thousands of genetic entropy.
But at this moment he felt powerless.
He thought of the death mirror crack mentioned by Fengjian and Jiang Xiao. It must be a strange force that he has never seen before. The thing that kills in secret will not even appear, and he will already be -
A strong sense of space fluctuation suddenly struck!
The vibrations in the air were like the center of an explosion, silent and huge. Slade almost thought that he was experiencing the process of death through mirror cracking - but the violent shock did not bring any pain. In an instant, the world suddenly fell into darkness.
A hundred meters away, another empty snowfield lit up.
The street lamp that was originally beside him moved to that spot inexplicably.
Slade was stunned for a while, and then he looked up blankly. The illuminated mirror surveillance above the sky had disappeared.
Everything was silent except for the whistling and circling sound of the wind.
Chen Nian, who was pinned to the ground by him, turned his head and looked in the direction of the street lamp.
The figure with white hair and white clothes appeared from the darkness and walked slowly under the street lamp.
That was the only light in the dark night. An Yu stood under that light, his face slightly pale due to the wind and snow, making him look extremely weak. If he appeared in a place like an orphanage, he would lose his life anytime and anywhere.
But in those golden eyes, there was a subtle sense of oppression.
"So this is the protective mechanism of the mirror..." He seemed to be talking to himself, or to a non-existent person in the air.
"Don't do anything to the people it takes special care of. If they are discovered, they will die like a cracked mirror. But the premise is that they must be discovered by it. The principle of a mirror reflecting a person's shadow is the reflection of light. Once there is no light source around the protected person, the mirror will detect If not, this mechanism will automatically fail.”
In the earphones, Qin Zhilu said with some surprise: "You responded very quickly. It seems that the brain's evaluation of your IQ is not appropriate enough."
An Yu whispered, "Thank you for the compliment."
He paused and said softly: "I seemed to have experienced an extra long moment just now."
When Chen Nian had murderous intentions towards Slade, he stopped first and deliberately took two steps back to where the halo of street lights could cover him, letting his shadow return to the light.
If he thought back further, he should have known that he was being followed, but he didn't turn around until he was under the streetlight.
- A mirror can only "see" what is reflected in it by light. If the surroundings are dark and the mirror cannot illuminate it, there will naturally be nothing you can do.
An Yu seemed to understand this in just a moment. But at that moment, the flow of time seemed to slow down extremely slightly. In that short but long moment, he had even faintly heard the cracking sound coming from deep inside Slade's body.
Before Slade himself felt the pain of shattering, he gently folded the lamp far enough away from Chen Nian.
As expected, the strangely lit mirror monitoring overhead went off.
Interrupt execution.
It was very quiet in the earphones, and the commander seemed completely unaware of the time confusion that had just passed by, so An Yu was not sure whether it was his imagination.
But what is certain is that if time does slow down, it will only be his time. At that moment, there was only one thought in his mind: to crack the mechanism before the "mirror crack".
There was no anger on Chen Nian's face.
On the contrary, he looked at An Yu with a deep look in his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.
Slade's body was stiff as he was half-kneeling on the ground. He stared blankly at the pair of golden eyes that gradually turned red.
After a moment, An Yu suddenly looked towards him. The moment they looked at each other, Slade immediately looked away.
As if out of control, he lowered his head humbly and looked at the ground.
On the ground, the street lamp reflected An Yu's figure, a thin and small shadow.
But it made a strong lawful person who never flinched in the face of aberrant giants feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
No one can tell where that sense of oppression comes from.
Only those who have faced Him will understand.
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【Snowflakes】Chen Nian (1/3) The snow has not stopped yet
The storm in the orphanage has not stopped for ten years.
Unlike the snowstorm that symbolizes disaster, this is just pure snow.
The wind is not rude, and the fine snow and sand are blowing, which should be beautiful.
But not taking a break for ten years has made this beauty boring and weird.
The time in the orphanage stopped on that day ten years ago.
Ten years ago, my aberration seemed different.
I have some more perceptions that are difficult to explain in words, and another ability that is sad but makes me happy.
I have been waiting for these ten years, gritting my teeth and persisting in silence.
In that indescribable feeling, I was waiting for someone.
It's almost too late, if that person doesn't show up yet...
I don't know who he is.
But he will let this storm stop.
Chapter 38 Orphanage with High Deformation Risk·38
Chen Nian got up from the ground and threw the snow on his body, looking at An Yu, "Actually, I have seen you, 21301222, an abandoned baby without a name. Your eyes are hard to forget."
He paused and then said softly: "I was a few years older than you back then, but now it's the other way around."
According to the ID, Chen Nian entered the orphanage in 2137 and did overlap with An Yu for about a year, but An Yu did not remember this person at all.
Chen Nian smiled and explained, "I had a physical examination and you were the one in front of me. When I was waiting for my name to be called, someone reminded me that you are a monster who sleeps for ten months a year, and told me to stay away from you."
In the earphones, Qin Zhilu commented: "I think this is the reason why no one bothered you back then."
An Yu: "..."
Chen Nian continued to recall: "There were a lot of people on the list that day, and the management staff was very busy. The gauze she brought to wipe my blood was the same one you used. She tried her best to assure me that your test results were normal, but I was still worried. I couldn’t sleep for several days.”
An Yu was a little surprised, "Have we had blood contact?"
"Yes. But you were indeed normal, at least at that time." Chen Nian held the injured shoulder and stared at him, "It's hard to say now."
An Yu said: "You said you can feel my presence."
Chen Nian nodded, "You must have come from the minaret outside the main city."
He stretched out his hand to catch the falling snow foam and sighed: "This snow has been falling for ten years, and finally someone discovered it."
They walked quietly in the snowy night, with Chen Nian always keeping a few steps away from An Yu.
"When the mirror first came to this orphanage, it was in the midst of a melee after a large-scale deformation, and many people died every day." He said as he walked: "Including me, there were three children who were given special attention by the mirror. I can't speak. I witnessed the death of several people before I finally figured out the way it protects me. But you saw through the protective mechanism all at once. You are very smart. By the way, did you know that I am the one who receives special care? "
