"Tick tock."
"Tick tock."
Blood falls.
Gu Shen held the ruler and wiped his cheek with his other hand. The fire was raging. The only door leading to the rooftop had been smashed. As for the person who broke the door... He was on the rooftop now. Southeast, northwest and all directions.
Time slows down.
One second, to Gu Shen, seemed like an hour.
He could clearly see the angle of every sheet flying on the rooftop, he could see every moment of the flames passing by, he could see clearly everything he looked at, and he could sense all living things around him.
After holding the ruler of truth, my thoughts become clear, but also become numb.
This power is not so much a gift from God, but a deal with the devil... When you hold the power and stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you.
The orange cat calmed down and said nothing. It stood on Gu Shen's shoulder as delicately as a sparrow. Its eyes were flashing with ever-changing fluorescence, observing Gu Shen at this moment.
【"This man is dead."】
Gu Shen looked at the messy door panels and blood clots in front of him, and an idea came to his mind.
【"I did it..."】
A lengthy period of confusion followed.
【"What?"】
Over a long period of time, countless thoughts were cut through, and after repeated inquiries, the answers were all consistent.
【"He did it himself."】
Gu Shen let out a long sigh, feeling like all his strength was being drained... It seemed like a century had passed, but in the real world, only 20 seconds had passed.
20 seconds later.
Gu Shen wiped the blood from his cheek and silently looked at the second "pursuer" who appeared at the end of his field of vision and was shocked by the bloody scene.
There are two people who want to kill themselves.
The power that the guy he just killed should have strengthened his body... It can be seen from the scene of breaking through the door lock.
That's a reckless man.
But now, what I see now is completely opposite to before. He is thin and not tall.
It should be this person who tried to break open the door of his house earlier.
At that time, I heard the sound of the door panel corroding... He should have a similar power, so he was also the initiator of this arson case.
Gu Shen looked slowly.
At the end of the corridor, a thin man saw his companion turned into a pile of corpses. His face was pale and his voice was trembling.
"Are you kidding?"
He doubted what his eyes were seeing.
Is all this real?
On the rooftop, the young man with thousands of blades suspended behind him and a ruler in his hand stared at him coldly. Just by staring, there was an invisible sense of oppression coming...
How could this be an ordinary person? !
【"He is afraid."】
Gu Shen saw the meaning in the other person's eyes.
Are you actually afraid?
Are you afraid of yourself...or this ruler?
He slowly looked at the silver ruler, and saw himself in the silver-white ruler body as clear as water. The face that should have been familiar became very unfamiliar, because there was an extremely turbulent murderous intention in his eyes.
["Killing so many people..."]
["You...damn..."]
Gu Shen heard his own voice squeeze out of his chest bit by bit.
This time, the scene he imagined was what he had just seen when he leaned over the rooftop... Because of the explosion, innocent people were trapped in the fire and burned to charcoal.
The voice settled.
"call out!!!"
The silver light of the Ruler of Truth suddenly burst out, and this blazing light suddenly hit the darkness at the end of the corridor.
Night turns to day!
Under the power of the Ruler of Truth, the extraordinary person with incredible power seemed to have turned into an ant.
The frightened man suddenly caught fire. He screamed, beat himself wildly, and even rolled on the ground. He tried to extinguish the flames, but the fire broke out instantly and drowned him like a tide.
This was a ferocious yet gentle devouring fire that only burned on his body - even if the man hit the wooden boards stacked in the corner, it would only spatter a few dim sparks and be extinguished in an instant.
This flame does not spread.
Only burn him.
After a few breaths, the screaming arsonist was burned to ashes by the flames he ignited.
This flame that was completely inconsistent with the rules and cognition... was slowly extinguished.
miracle.
In a sense, this is a miracle.
Gu Shen stared at this scene. He watched the flames surging in the dark corridor, slowly extinguishing, and finally turning into ashes... What burned with each second was his own thoughts.
It is something illusory yet real.
The man was burned.
My own "thoughts" are also being burned.
What supported the performance of the miracle was myself holding the ruler... Unexpectedly, my own spirit was used as fuel.
When the burning is over, only fatigue remains.
Gu Shen let out a long breath.
The fingers holding the ruler began to tremble violently, and acupuncture-like pain surged in, like a tide. He gasped for breath, trying to breathe fresh air. Perhaps because of the blazing fire, his chest was so tight that he couldn't breathe.
"A little side effect." Orange Cat reread the word "a little bit" and said calmly: "Being like a god and calling the wind and rain, you have to pay some price, right?"
"……yes."
Gu Shen smiled hoarsely and said, "Thank you for reminding me."
The overdrawn spirit reminded Gu Shen all the time that it was time to let go.
But he did not let go of the ruler, but continued to hold it tightly while slowly raising his head and looking at the sky.
The mental energy that should have been scattered was regrouped.
The orange cat raised its head along with Gu Shen's movements.
The dome above the rooftop was shrouded in blazing smoke, and dark clouds appeared one after another for no reason. These dark clouds pieced together and thickened in just a few breaths, and finally enveloped the old building. Soon, raindrops fell, and then became a continuous rain curtain. .
Although this scene is absurd, it is within the scope of the use of the Ruler of Truth.
"You are really a... madman." Chu Ling sighed softly.
Gu Shen smiled: "Can I interpret it as a compliment?"
He is like a dry green plant, which is replaced by rain after a long drought, or in other words, by heavy rain after a long drought.
Crackling raindrops fell.
Gu Shen felt a little headache, a real headache, hurting both inside and outside.
The last rain drained all his energy. At this moment, Gu Shen could no longer accurately predict the intensity of the rain like he had when he first planned the sword realm... But judging from the howling and roaring momentum of the heavy rain, it was enough to extinguish the fire. , not a problem.
After doing this, Gu Shen now reached the point where even if he closed his eyes, his brain felt extremely painful.
It was indeed a deal made with the devil.
After the transaction is over, not only will he be knocked back to his original shape, he will also fall into hell.
"Meow..."
The orange cat meowed.
Gu Shen's eyes were confused. He could no longer hold the ruler. When Chu Ling's voice reached his ears, it turned into a cat's meow again... The heavy rain fell, and he sat against the wall, his consciousness gradually drifting away.
The orange cat sighed, put its little head into his arms, and took out a mobile phone.
Gu Shen's lips were dry. He no longer had the energy to be surprised. He watched helplessly as the orange cat dialed the number for him.
"beep--"
"beep."
The call was answered on the second call.
"Hey..." Gu Shen squeezed out the last of his strength and asked with difficulty, "It's me..."
There was a burst of laughter over the phone.
"I'm in trouble...can you help me solve it?"
"Of course!" The other end of the phone smiled happily: "I can handle even the biggest troubles!"
"Really..." Gu Shen also smiled: "There were two scary guys who wanted to kill me, but I killed them in turn. This is considered self-defense... Can you handle it?"
The laughter on the other end of the phone disappeared.
