The Three Eastern Courts are a mysterious and wealthy existence for everyone. It has artworks and writers sought after all over the world, as well as rich mineral resources. It can be said that every knowledgeable person will dream of entering the Three Oriental Courts and exploring this mysterious and ancient oriental land.
Human court, the same is true.
Wealth is the pronoun of human family. As a border city, Tianshui has never been a major grain-producing city. It can even be said that in order to build a barrier node, Tianshui gave up more than half of its cultivated land to build the barrier. However, just such a city-state similar to a fortress can support hundreds of thousands of people born out of thin air.
However, that doesn't mean everything is safe.
The reason why Tianshui City has been able to survive until now is also due to its significance as a fortress. After all, if one day the barrier collapses and the entropic spirits invade, Tianshui City and Shangjing will definitely bear the brunt of the siege. Therefore, both Shangjing and Tianshui have a lot of food reserves and material reserves, enough for them to survive for several years under siege. However, according to the calculations of the planner in the city lord's palace, these grains will not last for many days.
"The life of a fantasy person is just a flash in the pan..."
In the city lord's mansion, Jiang Qi was sitting on a wooden chair, holding two shiny walnuts in his hands. This is one of his few hobbies. To outsiders, sitting in a rocking chair and dishing walnuts is an ordinary behavior. But for Jiang Qi, this is his most relaxing moment of the day, and it is also his favorite place to think about random things. time.
As a city lord, Jiang Qi usually looks calm and calm in front of everyone, and his sharpness that cannot be changed at all cannot be covered up. This is not a teenage madness, but a disease left over from a lifetime of fighting on the battlefield. For Jiang Qi, he would tense up even when sleeping. A doctor once declared that if he continued, he would definitely die of heart failure before he was thirty.
Now, Jiang Qi is twenty-seven. In order to allow Jiang Qi to rest in peace and recuperate, the spirit of the court master suspended his official position for a time and gave him taels of silver to allow him to travel around. But this only made Jiang Qi more depressed and unhappy, and Yu Qilin also became a sick Qilin. In addition, Tianshui people always liked this young man who was cold-faced and cold-hearted and could withstand teasing, so he was reinstated soon after and continued to serve as Tianshui City's leader. The city lord.
Heart failure?···
Touching his chest, Jiang Qi's eyes flashed with gloom. What he didn't tell others was that a year ago, his heart, which was always experiencing palpitations and labor pains, had recovered a lot and was even said to have been cured. The reason for the recovery was Jiang Cai who appeared out of thin air. He still remembers that since he got this sister, the originally gray days have been filled with a lot of brilliance that he has never seen before. The word beauty is finally not an illusory existence in the storyteller's mouth, but something that is truly in his hands. .
However, Jiang Qi also understood that Huanren was not a human being after all, and he was still an orphan. Those beautiful memories with Jiang Cai were all false, and Jiang Cai should not have existed.
Putting the walnuts in his hands aside, Jiang Qi reached out and rubbed his face vigorously. Just as he was about to get up and leave, a lively girl's voice sounded from the door.
"Brother, do you want to eat lychees?"
Looking at the girl who poked her little head and held a plate of lychees, Jiang Qi's expression suddenly softened a lot, but soon returned to his usual calm and indifference. He shook his head and said, "No, I don't like eating."
"No, no, no, no, you love to eat."
Shaking her head like a rattle, Jiang Cai ran to her brother in small steps, put the plate aside and said with a serious face: "Aunt Wang told me that you have always liked lychee juice, and people who like lychee juice You must also like lychees, but if you don’t like them, it’s because they haven’t been peeled.”
"Dangdang~~~"
Taking off the small cage from the plate, Jiang Cai's eyes were as crescent-shaped as she smiled and said, "So I'll help you peel the lychees."
Jiang Qi looked at the perfectly cut and moist lychees, and was a little stunned for a moment. He subconsciously wanted to say something, and there was a trace of confusion in his eyes. Then he gritted his teeth and said sternly: "You can take it and eat it. I have no appetite after noon."
"Brother, you are worried about me."
Putting down the plate in her hand, the girl put away her original quirkiness and replaced it with a calm smile. She looked at the surprised man and said softly: "Every time you lie, you subconsciously purse your lips. You still You're worried about me, right?"
"I···"
Jiang Qi didn't know what to say for a moment. He suddenly realized that the girl in front of him understood him far better than he thought. She knows her own personality and preferences, and she can even remember some details that are difficult for herself to notice.
"That's all you have, it's so heartbreaking."
Jiang Cai sighed softly and slowly sat on the recliner nearby. Looking at the wooden ceiling, he said softly: "Brother, everyone says you are a jade unicorn, with an indifferent personality and the ability to distinguish good from evil. But you are not a cold sculpture made of jade, you are a living person. You always like to express your thoughts. In my heart, I always want to do everything well by myself, but this will be very tiring."
Stretching out her hand, the slender white fingers revealed a faint pink color. The girl closed her eyes and felt Jiang Qi's breathing beside her. Her voice softened a lot, "Brother, I am very happy. Even if I am false, you still love me." Look after me, even if my identity is exposed, you still treat me as your biological sister. I am already very content, very content..."
"Jiang Cai, you..."
Jiang Qi opened his mouth. He was originally so eloquent but now he couldn't say what he wanted to say. Only a look of helplessness appeared on his face.
"From the first day I became aware of my identity, I knew that sooner or later I would leave."
Gently twisting a crystal clear lychee and putting it into her mouth, Jiang Cai felt the sweetness in her mouth and couldn't help but smile happily, "False is always false. I accepted my fate, just like people accept birth, old age, illness and death." Same. Brother, don’t worry about me, I’m ready.”
"What are you going to prepare?"
Jiang Qi frowned and scolded sternly: "Don't talk nonsense. If you have a headache, go back to the house and rest. No matter what, you are still a subject of the human court. I can't leave you alone."
"You see, if it were someone else, they wouldn't understand what you mean, and they would just treat you as a routine matter and be sad. In the end, you will still be sad."
Jiang Cai smiled, with a calm voice and a calm expression, "Brother, sometimes, telling the truth is good for you and others. You will be happy, and the other person will be happy too. If you hold it in for too long, it will be uncomfortable. "
"Jiang Cai, you!"
Jiang Qi frowned, and his handsome face was obviously full of anger, but it gave people a sense of sadness. Jiang Cai didn't say much, stood up, stretched out her hand and gently smoothed Jiang Qi's brow. She looked at the other person and said word by word:
"Not afraid of fate."
"Brother, you taught me these three words. Not in the past, but in the present."
Hearing this, Jiang Qi was stunned. He understood what Jiang Cai meant. His and Jiang Cai's "childhood memories" were all false, only the two years he spent with her were real. Jiang Cai told him that what she wanted was to leave quietly in this final reality.
"I see."
Putting down his hand, Jiang Qi closed his eyes and repeated it softly.
I see.
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"No, isn't it good for us to do this?"
Zhou Li, who was squatting under the window, rubbed his temples, looked at Atalona beside him, and said, "You, the Goddess of Life, are capable of eavesdropping on such things, right?"
"if not?"
Atalona maintained the life barrier and said in a calm tone: "Who was the first to squat here?"
"It wasn't me first."
Zhou Li, the culprit, directly ruled out his own suspicion. Then he sighed and said helplessly: "Then I can't help it. This kid Jiang Qi has a lot of things on his mind and he hasn't said anything yet. I'm afraid he will do something stupid, otherwise..." "
Even though Jiang Qi's face was so calm when he faced Jiang Cai yesterday, Zhou Li, Atalona and Eluma all saw his tough expression. It wasn't Zhou Li who said that this kind of person could not even be considered an tsundere or even Ain, she was pure and innocent. If Jiang Cai hadn't had a good personality and was even somewhat similar to Eluma, Zhou Li would have doubted that Jiang Qi would have been suffocated to death by her arrogance.
"This Jiang Cai is also a strange woman."
Zhou Li sighed and said with some emotion: "Knowing his identity as a fantasy person, he is not angry or sorry for himself, he accepts everything calmly, and he even persuades his brother to accept it all. What a pity for this girl."
Atalona on the side also nodded in agreement when she heard this. For no other reason than because this girl is so lovable. Regardless of his personality or the pride that is not annoying in his bones, people don't care about the identity of the other person.
"It can't be saved..."
Atalona shook her head and sighed: "The body of the phantom does not belong to my authority, so I cannot make any changes to her body. In fact, the phantom is just piles of foam. Sooner or later, it will be Exposed."
"trouble."
Zhou Liyan said these two words concisely, and then said helplessly: "The question now is how these phantom people came in. If we can know how they came in, maybe we can catch them before they die. Rescue them before that situation. But now..."
"I have a suspicion."
Atalona stood up, her long green dress graceful and luxurious, and at the same time full of vitality. "Is there a possibility that what we have been ignoring is the key?"
"You mean..."
Zhou Li frowned, as if he thought of something, "Entropy Spirit?"
"That's right."
Walking out of the courtyard with Zhou Li, Atalona looked at the streets outside the house with people coming and going, and said slowly: "Do you still remember how they describe entropy spirits attacking people?"
Hearing this, Zhou Li began to recall Entropy Ling.
The entropy spirit kills people in a very special way. He will not use particularly violent means to crush the opponent. If a person from the Three Eastern Courts is touched by the entropy spirit, his body will gradually collapse inwards, that is, the outside will The body rots first, and then all the organs in the body begin to degenerate. In the end, these people often turn into a puddle of flesh and disintegrate into countless fine powders.
The scary thing is that there is no pain in the process of killing by entropy spirits. They are not aware of the lack of organs in their bodies, and they do not feel pain. They will slowly dissipate silently, and finally die in a strange way.
"Dissipate silently, disintegrate, degrade..."
Zhou Li was suddenly stunned for a moment. He raised his head, looked at Atalona in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "It begins with collapse, then decay, degradation, and finally disintegration. This is the process by which entropic spirits attack people."
"What about another way of saying it?"
Seeing that Zhou Li had noticed what she meant, Atalona nodded and continued: "The beginning is reconstruction, then skin peeling, evolution, and finally..."
"Become a phantom."
Zhou Li was stunned. The moment this conjecture was raised, everything suddenly became clear. But he soon had another question, "But their bodies have been disintegrated, and now they..."
As soon as he said this, Zhou Li was stunned. He saw Atalona's meaningful eyes, and a strange but chilling suspicion emerged in his mind.
Yes, the bodies of these people who were killed by entropy spirits were indeed destroyed, but their souls were preserved.
The origin of the body?
"Missing case..."
Zhou Li and Atalona expressed their guesses at the same time.
"no."
Shaking his head, Zhou Li said decisively: "This matter cannot be made public. We must investigate it ourselves."
Yes, you can't say anything. Entropy Spirit is to the Human Court just like Jinggui is to Tarik, it is a slide that cannot be touched. Once the news is spread that Phantom Man is a creature created by Entropy Spirit, riots will be inevitable. You must know that people of this generation have experienced the Entropy Spirit Rebellion, and their hatred for the Entropy Spirit is unforgettable and unavoidable.
Moreover, this is just a guess made by Zhou Li and Atalona. Next, they have to prove it.
"Capture entropy spirit?"
In the living room of the mansion, Jiang Qi was wearing a brocade robe, and the long satin around her waist was full of exquisite patterns. He looked at Zhou Li in front of him, frowned and said: "Master Brave, this matter... is very dangerous. You may not know much about entropy spirits. This kind of thing is far weirder than you think."
"I can understand."
Nodding, Zhou Li said calmly: "However, I have some things that I must confirm by capturing the entropy spirit."
Just when Jiang Qi was about to refuse, Zhou Li spoke again.
"About phantom people."
As soon as these four words came out, Jiang Qi, who originally wanted to refuse, was stunned. After a long moment of silence, he shook his head and said, "No, no."
Just when Zhou Li was wondering why the other party refused, Jiang Qi stood up, looking as calm and confident as ever.
"You don't know about the entropy spirits. I'm different. I've been fighting with them for six years. I'm more familiar with them than myself."
"I will go with you."
(End of chapter)
