Barrier of Light

"Baixiu...I remember this name."

Mu Wanqiu nodded with deep understanding.

As a Beizhou native, she had always been proud of her fighting ability and cultivation talent, but after meeting Gu Shen, Mu Wanqiu's state of mind changed.

There are people outside the world, and there is heaven outside the world.

After all, S level is just a talent rating, this is just the beginning!

There is still a long way to go in extraordinary cultivation. If you want to be brave and diligent, you must restrain your mind, calm down, and work steadily.

Although she had not met the "very powerful, very powerful" opponent in Gu Shen's words, she had already taken it seriously.

"By the way..." Gu Shen coughed in a low voice and said, "When you really meet him and challenge him in the future, don't mention me..."

Mu Wanqiu was slightly startled.

"I understand...Is it because you have a close relationship? If he mentions you, he may not go all out."

Even without saying more than Gu Shen, Mu Wanqiu "understood" the reason.

She solemnly said: "Don't worry, I won't mention you."

Gu Shen smiled happily.

Little Sleeves... You must also be eager to fight against "S-class" Duoduo, right?

A small thing like helping to contact an opponent is just a casual gesture, so there is no need to thank myself.

"I will consider the trip to Dongzhou carefully."

Mu Wanqiu put away her sword and said in a deep voice: "But after all, I am a member of the Survey Corps... Many tasks of the first team require my participation on weekdays. If the Legion Commander allows me, maybe I can go out and travel for a while. Time, but after all, we still have to focus on the investigation mission.”

Gu Shen nodded.

Mu Wanqiu is an important figure in the Survey Corps. It is unrealistic to leave just as he said.

"After I go back, I will see the legion leader."

Mu Wanqiu said seriously: "If conditions permit, I will write to you before leaving for Dongzhou."

She held the knife and left, bowing before leaving.

"Thank you very much these days."

Mu Wanqiu said in a very soft voice: "It may be a blessing to meet you on the way to practice."

Gu Shen returned the gesture.

He stood in front of the small courtyard of Xuankong Mountain and watched Mu Wanqiu leave.

After a while, a long-silent voice sounded in the spiritual sea.

Chu Ling smiled and asked, "How is this Miss Mu?"

"..."

Gu Shen had a vague feeling that something was not right. Why was there an ominous omen rising in the spiritual sea?

He coughed lightly, quickly looked away, and said sincerely: "I think if I go to Dongzhou, I can introduce him to Shen Li."

"She takes winning and losing too seriously."

Chu Ling chuckled and said seriously: "At first glance, Mu Wanqiu seems to be the same as Shen Li, a martial arts idiot who pursues martial arts strength, but in fact... she is different from Shen Li."

Back in Nagano, the little iron man came to see Gu Shen, and he never got tired of fighting after repeated defeats.

What he enjoys is the process of duel.

As for the outcome... Shen Li always knew that there was only one possibility for him to challenge Gu Shen.

lose!

But even so, he still came to visit every day and asked for a fight every day. In the end, all he wanted to do was to survive the duel with a few more moves!

But Mu Wanqiu's challenges these few times were different from Shen Li's.

She wants to win.

And she does everything she can to win!

In the past seven days, Mu Wanqiu's tactics and fighting methods have been greatly adjusted every time. It can be seen that she wants to push Gu Shen to a desperate situation and force him out of the last "realm"... To achieve this, Just relying on "S-level" talent is not enough. Every time she leaves the Xuankongshan courtyard, she must have spent a lot of time and energy on deducing calculations.

Just like the first encounter, the duel in the "simulation cabin".

Mu Wanqiu is a ruthless person who pursues the results of battles.

Rather than saying that she is warlike, it is better to say...she is very competitive!

What she cares about is the moment of victory!

That's why such people feel frustrated in duels with Gu Shen again and again.

Because she completely lost.

In Gu Shen's view, whether it is Shen Li or Mu Wanqiu, their "qualities" are excellent fighting qualities. The desire for victory and the pursuit of fighting... are the greatest motivation for an extraordinary person to keep moving forward.

But both Shen Li and Mu Wanqiu need some adjustments.

"If you guessed it correctly...you want to accept these two as [apostles] in the future, right?"

Chu Ling said softly: "They are indeed good candidates."

Throughout the history of the Five Continents, there has never been anyone like Gu Shen who, in such a humble state, has finalized his identity as the "Master of Fire".

When God chooses [apostles], he always chooses "the most accomplished ones".

A very small number will select some "weak" ones and slowly train them.

But... this is the first time that Gu Shen has chosen an [Apostle] to grow with him.

In the past history of the Five Continents Council, "Fire" was the top sacred object. Once there was a vacancy, one had to be at least a title-level person to be eligible to participate in the competition!

"yes."

Gu Shen murmured: "But it's too early to say [Apostle] now..."

The things he did were more like treating Shen Li and Mu Wanqiu as his friends.

If there is really a god of fate looking down in the dark -

Gu Shen hopes that the person who can share the "power of hell fire" for him in the future is Shen Li or Mu Wanqiu.

Chu Ling, who was in Ling Ling Yaozhong, looked at Gu Shen standing quietly in front of the Xuankongshan courtyard through the [Sky Eye].

She smiled and said, "When Xiaoqiu comes to Nagano, you can take her to the Shrine Mountain."

Xiaoqiu......

Gu Shen noticed the change in this title.

"It's not just your 'pure land', don't forget... the Ancient Prose Society also needs 'fresh blood'."

Chu Ling said: "The 'conference room' that sank at the bottom of the deep sea has not been connected to the 'conference room' for too long... The 'embers' left all over the world always need a wisp of fire to ignite."

Mentioning the Ancient Literature Society, Gu Shen was in a daze.

After [Key] opened the door, the conference room became even quieter.

Those "members of the Classical Literature Society" who disappeared were just like catkins and dust, drifting in the wind and never being contacted again.

This silence has lasted for a year.

"A year of silence is actually nothing... In the past, there were longer silences. For everyone, silence means no bad news, no bad news... it means peace. In an era of being hunted, What is more important than peace?"

Chu Ling saw through Gu Shen's thoughts.

"In this year, [Deep Sea] has been updated twice. It is evolving faster and faster. It seems to be trying to find loopholes in the 'system' through evolution."

Gu Shen frowned: "Looking for loopholes, isn't that..."

"Yes. [Deep Sea] is looking for 'me'." Chu Ling said calmly: "It keeps upgrading and keeps searching in the deep water area. Maybe one day... it can really find 'Ling Ling Yao' and the hidden Me in 'Zero Zero Yao'."

After hearing this, Gu Shen fell into silence.

All along, he subconsciously believed that as the [source code] left by Mr. Turing, Chu Ling was absolutely safe in the deep water area...

But this is not the case.

The constantly compressed permissions foreshadow the outcome of this AI confrontation.

"What will happen if I find you?" His voice was hoarse.

"have no idea."

Chu Ling shook his head, "I can't figure out all this... just like I can't see what kind of will lives under the [deep sea], at the bottom of the endless sea, and what kind of wisdom it has. These are all things I can't see." future."

"Maybe... I will be swallowed up."

"Or maybe... I will be dismissed, abandoned, and become useless data?"

When Chu Ling said these words, her body sitting in Zero Unity was constantly reorganizing, and the codes sometimes condensed and sometimes spread. She subconsciously performed another "deduction", but this time the "deduction" still ended in failure.

But unexpectedly, she didn't have much fear or fear.

Perhaps it is because she is part of the [Deep Sea]. In the system setting, being swallowed up or destroyed is a "good ending", and there is no need to be sad or sad.

She raised her head and murmured, "Who knows?"

At this point, the atmosphere suddenly became a little solemn.

"All in all...our time is not as easy as expected, but it is not extremely urgent either."

Chu Ling saw Gu Shen's heavy heart, squeezed out a smile, and said quickly: "I originally wanted to tell you some good news... The 'meeting room' was reinforced by me, and I remembered the [key] to open the door and call for a call. That big meeting? Thanks to that 'all-hands meeting', the 'embers' scattered across the five continents, the 'spiritual connection' of each of them, I found bit by bit along the veins of the deep water area. Corresponds to coordinate information in the real world.”

This is a long project.

Mr. Turing personally created this [conference room] and gave it "absolute security" that exceeded the authority of the highest seat.

Theoretically, no one can see through the veil of [meeting room members].

Neither does the top seat.

Because in the sight of the "God Seat", the Ancient Literature Society has been completely shattered... There is no such place as the [Conference Room] in the deep water area.

But there is one exception.

That is Chu Ling.

She is responsible for protecting the safety of the [Conference Room]...so when Mr. Turing is away, what she represents is the "absolute security" that exceeds the authority of the highest seat.

Gu Shen was shocked.

"You mean...all the files of the conference room members have been sorted out?"

"Part of it." Chu Ling paused slightly and said: "To be precise, a large part. There are always some intractable diseases that cannot be deciphered. For example, that '031' who often attends meetings and speaks in an old-fashioned way, I can't find the real world The specific coordinates and his spiritual link lines seem to be different from others."

"Of course, there are very few such existences... I am doing the final work of closing the network. In a week at most, this file can be initially compiled."

Chu Ling said meaningfully: "It's just... you have to be mentally prepared..."

Gu Shen took a breath and asked seriously: "What do I need to be mentally prepared for?"

"The Ancient Literature Society is the burned out embers."

Chu Ling said softly: "During the massacre that year, the flames went out and the embers withered... As far as I know, there are many respectable members who escaped the massacre and have continued to do so in the past twenty years. Struggle, constant confrontation, they gave everything, but in the end they did not get a good 'end'."

"The [Key] was found, but they have left, gone forever."