Barrier of Light

Dark wooden house.

The four corners were burning with curls of fire.

Four bronze lanterns hold the fire respectfully. This is the most mysterious ancestral hall of the Li family and the most effective place for the "prayer technique".

The guardians of the past generations will sacrifice their lives here to support the "divine fetus".

If we say, destiny really has a scale.

So this old house covered with ancient talismans is a forbidden place where you can directly touch "Libra".

Gu Shen sat in the firelight.

“Empty your mind and relax your focus.”

Li Qingci guided him into the dreamland.

The firelight reflects the four faces of the bronze man lamp, showing the emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and life.

Gu Shen slowly closed his eyes.

His thoughts drifted away like catkins, and he soon immersed himself in a land of pure white. Li Qingci's guiding voice helped him find the direction in his dream.

“Imagine the ‘event’ you want to pray for, whether it is a person or an object, it needs to be concrete and then concrete.”

Gu Shen closed his eyes.

In this pure white spiritual world, the image of "Han Dang" gradually emerged.

at the same time.

He also felt a force descending.

The illusory but real "destiny"——

The prayer spell is being cast.

Destiny looks down and observes the ordinary "wish". The mystery of this taboo technique is that the performer does not need to use words or other methods to describe too much. Destiny can naturally proceed along the "cause and effect". search.

In this world, not a single plant, not a single tree, not a single creature can escape the word cause and effect.

No matter life or death, as long as you have been here, there are always traces to follow.

"Next...pass on the information you have...the more the better...this way the chips you need to pay will also be reduced..."

Li Qingci's voice was broken.

And it's getting shallower.

Gu Shen couldn't hear clearly what he said later.

But it doesn’t matter anymore.

There is no sound in this dream, but the power of fate will guide the dreamer to complete the "replacement".

"Tundra, frozen lake area."

Gu Shen used his mental power to convey all the information he knew... This act was equivalent to placing some chips on the "scale of fate".

"It's not on the surface, it's probably at a depth of...five hundred meters underground."

Information is limited.

There was only so much that Gu Shen could put on the "scale".

After doing this, there was extreme silence in his ears. Li Qingci's voice completely disappeared, and he was the only one left in the pure white spiritual world. Due to the embodiment of spiritual power, he really saw something. The pole is a huge scale.

All these are virtual images.

The scales are swinging, tilting.

This was "fate" being considered. Soon, Gu Shen received a message in his mind.

"Seven hundred and eighty-one days, one hour and five seconds."

This is a number that is counting down.

And each countdown change is not one second, but several seconds.

The "activation" of the prayer spell requires a price.

While the caster was hesitating, he had already given up his "life"... Gu Shen briefly observed that after this string of numbers appeared, every second that passed mentally, the "numbers" on the chips would jump for one minute.

Ten seconds means ten minutes.

Seven hundred and eighty-one days!

It will take two years of your life to find Han Dang's hiding place!

If you are unwilling to activate the prayer spell, the number deducted from the scale will not be repaid...

"exchange."

Gu Shen raised his head and looked at the sky above the pure white world.

He wanted to see the end of this spiritual void.

but……

The end of nothingness is still nothingness.

The snow-white "Libra" instantly shattered, and countless torrents swept through the spiritual world. The moment Gu Shen spoke, the activation of the wishing technique truly began. "Destiny" accepted his wishes and completed a reciprocal "transaction." ".

At this moment.

Gu Shen felt that something had been taken away from his body.

He has not aged, nor has his spirit lost...

What he lost was the future.

The cost of the wishing spell is life. Every successful spell requires the caster to pay his "life", but the "payment" here does not mean direct aging.

Instead, a period of life is cut off in advance before the end of life is reached.

A man who would have lived to be seventy years old.

If he uses the prayer spell frequently and consumes thirty years of his life, then he will die in the year of forty years.

No one knows how long he can live——

But fate knows.

This is the terrible thing about "wishing".

You overdraw your life in advance, but you are unaware of the passage of your life.

There will never be a "credit" situation with this access control technique.

When the caster has very little life left, the Scales of Destiny will no longer satisfy some of his wishes... Without a time limit, a situation will arise where you watch the "countdown" given by the Scales continue to flow, And I can only afford the "hesitant" price.

When you come to the end of your life, you will find that without time, whatever you want to do is just a luxury.

…

…

The Gu family's temporary base.

"Mr. Xing Yun, wake up."

A night watchman kindly woke up the sleeping ghost lying on the table, and at the same time glanced at the thick drawings on the table with a strange expression.

Since losing his memory, Tsukauki has stayed in this house and never left the house.

What he does every day is monotonous and boring.

That is to constantly "translate" these drawings.

No one can understand these ancient drawings.

In the case that "no one can understand", it is impossible to tell whether the "ghost painting symbols" drawn by Tsuka Oni are right or wrong, true or false.

Sometimes, the night watchmen would discuss privately whether the ghosts of the tombs could really recognize these "ancient writings" or whether they were mixed with water... Not long ago, a brother of the night watchman died trying to protect him.

The Gu family held a funeral for this brother.

But Tsukauki's "research" has not been put to use so far.

many years ago.

Tsuka Oni is a "liar". He deceived the entire Nagano Castle. Having learned from this experience once, everyone will inevitably treat it with caution.

"Ah...uh."

Tsukasa opened his eyes with difficulty.

These days.

He had constant nightmares. At this moment, he was awakened by the outside world. His consciousness was in a trance, and he had not fully recovered from the original darkness.

"Young Master hopes that you can participate in the research and development of the 'Sky Sheath Weapon'."

The night watchman said respectfully: "We will keep these drawings for you. When the matter over there is over, you can come back at any time."

"Heaven-sheath weapon?"

The ghost of Tsukasa, who was still a little confused at first, suddenly came to his senses when he heard the word "Heaven Sheath".

He still remembers.

The previous scene of meeting "Gu Shen" in the dreamland of Black Snow Mountain.

He heard the word "Heaven Sheath" often.

and.

The "body" that he lives in the black snow mountain seems to have the power to control the sky sheath... In the dream, if "he" just raises his hand, the power of the sky sheath curse will disappear.

It seemed to have vanished into thin air.

But Tsukauki always feels that these curses seem to have been absorbed by "himself"?

Next, he was taken into the car.

The temporary base of the Tundra Prison is not far from the research and development site of the Gu family's Sky Sheath weapons. The Tundra is very large, and the five families have set up different "research institutes" in different places.

The most important place, of course, must be considered "deployment".

Since we are in Tundra Prison, the Gu family has a title like Mr. Xue sitting in charge, so naturally it cannot be wasted.

So the old man arranged all the important "research institutes" not far from the [Snow Cage]. If an emergency occurs in the future, the Gu family can link up with the garrison force of the Tundra Prison to respond quickly.

In the central control laboratory of the research base, many researchers are busy.

Among these people, there are many "old friends" of Tsukauki.

Back then, Tsukauki was an important figure in various laws and research. He stored a large number of cutting-edge technologies in his head, and at most he led a research team of nearly a hundred people.

This is also the reason why Zhao Xilai reused him later.

If the "Awakening Act" was promulgated in Dongzhou back then...then the team led by Tsukauki must have made the greatest contribution.

Tsuka Oni felt many strange looks directed at him.

"Do they know me?"

he asked the night watchman beside him in a low voice.

"Mr. Xing Yun...do you really not remember anything at all?"

The night watchman was not young. He had participated in the Tomb Clearing Act that year. He was silent for a second and answered honestly: "These people... they were your subordinates."

Tsukauki walked around the base, which was quite noisy at first.

After he walked around.

The entire base became very quiet, and you could hear a needle drop.

The researchers in white coats stopped one by one.

Their eyes all fell on Tsukauki.

"They...are all my subordinates?"

Tsukauki looked confused.

Does it really make sense to bring Tsukauki to the Tianshuo Experimental Base in his current state?

"……yes."

The night watchman sighed softly in his heart.

He took out the communicator and the live video popped up.

Gu Nanfeng's picture appeared in front of Zhonggui.

"Gu...young master."

Zhonggui hesitated to speak, but finally imitated the tone of others and addressed Gu Nanfeng respectfully.

"Just call me Nanfeng."

Gu Nanfeng said to the night watchman: "Have you already taken him to visit the Sky Sheath Experimental Base?"

"Yes."

The night watchman said sincerely: "Young Master, he seems not to remember anything."

"..."

Gu Nanfeng asked again: "Where's the core laboratory? Have you seen it?"

"Core laboratory..."

Tsukauki raised his head in confusion. He subconsciously looked at the most eye-catching giant glass screen in the base. It was a strong logic material laboratory made of large pieces of green silver. The grade of green silver was higher than that of purple silver. This was also planned by Nagano in batches. , the highest specification mithril.

In the laboratory wrapped in blue and silver.

Sky sheaths are flying past in a weightless environment, simulating some scene.

Qingyin Laboratory seemed to be experiencing a storm.

And the trajectories of those sky sheath fragments... are being counted and recorded by [Deep Sea].

Tsukauki's eyes seemed to be stuck after touching those fragments.

He slowly moved towards the "giant glass screen".

step.

Two steps.

Finally he stood in front of Qingyin.

In this simulation experiment, the fragments of the sky sheath from Gu Shen's black silver box were taken out and used for actual simulation. It is expected that there will be some "loss".

This is also the biggest difficulty in making skysheath weapons.

Every "simulation experiment" consumes the "activity" of the fragments.

Researchers need to find a "critical point" where the sheath fragments can retain maximum activity when released.

At this moment, the countless flying sheath fragments seemed to be frozen in the eyes of the ghost.

The storm is mighty and hits the green silver.

A fragment left a deep gap on the giant screen glass.

Unfortunately.

The thickness of the green silver far exceeds the size of the fragment.

This kind of blow is nothing at all.

"Activity reduced...75%, 60%..."

The researcher responsible for real-time monitoring did not look good. The experiment being carried out at the moment was already considered a quite mature blueprint. The Gu family has been conceiving and building the perfect "storm release". This technology can compress the fragments of the sky sheath to the extreme and then release them instantly. With the help of a huge explosive impact, a sufficient amount of fragments can directly fill a narrow enclosed space.

[Deep Sea] The "Storm Equation" is being optimized.

With each experiment, the "equation" will be rewritten... Through this period of iterative calculations, the effect of "Storm Release" has been improved a lot, but there is still a long way to go before the performance in the blueprint plan.

The effect of this release is only about 35%.

Of course, if you keep iterating and calculating, you can continue to optimize, but the consumption of "raw materials" and the passage of time are huge costs.

News just came from Mr. Gu. He hopes that the R\u0026D base can complete an [embryo] as soon as possible!

[Embryo] means that the effect of "Storm Release" can reach at least 60% of the expected value and can be put into use.

The researchers speculated.

The old man is anxious to see the sky-sheath weapon, which will most likely be used in the tundra.

only……

Their optimization has reached its limit, and the speed of iterative evolution is still slow.

The storm release ends.

The fragments of the sky sheath clattered to the ground, like a butterfly with broken wings.

The atmosphere in the base was a bit depressing.

Tsukauki glanced at the console.

He walked towards the console, and the researchers made way for him... The man who had lost his memory sat silently in front of the empty console. He began to type in the code and manually set the "storm release" of [Deep Sea]. Equation" is modified.

At the same time, the roar of a storm gathering momentum sounded in the sky above Qingyin Laboratory.

"The 47th simulation experiment begins."

The cold mechanical sound awakened the scattered sky sheaths. The fragments that were originally like broken-winged butterflies now flew up again, gathering towards the zenith, simulating the "collapse" state of extreme contraction.

"Buzz buzz-"

Countless butterflies, against the reflection of green and silver, are light and beautiful.

"Activity increased by 55%, activity increased by 71%..."

A researcher looked at the Tsuka ghost who kept tapping on the main console as if he had seen a ghost.

next moment.

The storm is released and the sky sheath dances wildly.

The green silver glass, which was originally intact, suddenly showed countless dense white lines in the next second.

The originally "clear" vision exploded one spider web after another in an instant, as if someone was hammering tens of thousands of times on the curtain wall at the same time.

A violent moment of release.

The entire base.

Silence fell.