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"Paint ball!?" Fan Ning opened his eyes wide, "You mean, the one the three of us met in the underground building last time..."

"That's her move." Qiong said softly, "'Miss Crimson'er' has always wanted to monopolize the 'Pleroma Fruit' and be completely promoted to a true enforcer."

She slowly explained: "I studied 'Key' after my rebirth, but she turned into 'Chi' long ago. Strictly speaking, we have no direct relationship with the two phases of 'Desolation' and 'Cocoon', but due to the myriad of... The mystical elements are entwined, especially when we were soul twins, and the gnostic foundation of the path of ascension still affects us today.”

[To be honest, I have been using the Changing Source app recently to read and catch up on updates. Changing sources allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many different sounds. It can be used on both Android and Apple. 】

"Especially if you want to compete for that glowing fruit, the wreckage of the 'Hidden Lamp' will play a very crucial role for me, and the wreckage of the 'Fountain in the Painting' will play a very crucial role for her."

"So this one you have..." Fan Ning cast his eyes on the small wooden box the girl was carrying.

"It's the remains of the 'Hidden Lamp'," she said. "In this regard, I came from behind and got ahead of her plan to contain the 'Fountain in the Painting'. However, my strength is now far inferior to hers."

"Because 'Miss Crimson' has encountered changes, but she has not experienced such strange twists and turns as I did. After enshrining the 'Red Pond', she gradually recovered half of her strength as an order enforcer. She has improved to a certain extent over the years, and I ...You know, everything is equivalent to being overthrown and starting over again. I am just the Miss Nehemiah who was born on the 8th day of the New Calendar. Even if I chose to reclaim a ray of divinity at that time after the key memory was restored, and rushed to the special patrol I grabbed the 'Hidden Lamp' before I started, but you just heard what Owen said, my overall strength has only returned to the limit of the first level of Xiaoxiao."

Fan Ning nodded slightly, and then asked in a strange tone:

"So in your 'past life' you entered the abnormal zone to escape danger until your consciousness completely lost. How old were you approximately?"

"There will be some time after turning 25, maybe, probably." Qiong thought about it seriously.

"...Then should I call you sister?"

"No, I just celebrated my 18th birthday last year."

"Okay, so, what happened after the secret door adventure last year?"

"'Miss Scarlet' has always been active around the ruins of the 'Grand Palace School', and her plan to contain the remains of the 'Fountain in the Painting' has been going on for a long time," Qiong said.

"Speaking of which, everyone's luck and misfortune are different. 'Miss Purple Bean Cake' couldn't find a way out, but the wreckage of 'Hidden Light' was obtained within a few hours. 'Miss Scarlet' had a smooth journey. I took the position of the leader of the Tantric Cult, but in this matter, I encountered a parasitic 'Cracked Chrysalis', and the containment work has to start with stripping away connections and cutting off nutrients..."

"'Miss Scarlet' has commanded the followers of the Joyful Listening Society over the years, collected various painful forms depicting fertility and blood, and concocted the ritual vessel "The Room of Pain" to serve as a substitute for the paintings of "Chi" Xiang. I suspect that Xilan The murder of her biological sister was related to him. This secret ritual wasted a lot of time of 'Miss Crimson', and it was also the aspect she was best at..."

"It should be noted that her purpose is not to confuse the 'grid' of the 'Fountain of Painting', so she does not need all seven paintings. With her ability as half an order enforcer, she has two colors as suppression anchors. Point, this is enough to cut off the nutrient supply of the parasite so that you can contain the 'Fountain in the Painting'..."

"So after solving the problem of the 'pool' phase color that she is best at, she studied the controllable sublimation strategy while preparing the second best color of the 'cocoon' phase that was once disconnected. In a blink of an eye, it was time for us to enter the secret door. On the eve of the eve, I guess things have entered the final stage at that time..."

"If the parasitism incident was because she was 'not going well enough', then what happened next can be described as a complete 'accidental misfortune'. You should know what I am referring to - the painter Cumiye created the painting by accident. A piece of "Green Night" was appreciated by the audience at the Prudence auction house, and it happened to occupy the color position of the 'cocoon' phase! "

"In this way, she has to 'take a longer detour': either choose another phase, or concoct a color that is closer to her than "Green Night". Until a year later, your five paintings sublimated and took up their place, and she also Couldn’t complete the detour…”

Hearing this matter, Fan Ning blinked: "So the relatively easy and efficient method is to take the artistic creation path like my father did. Mysticism cannot replace many things in art... But artistic creation is also very important. Difficult, the Special Inspection Office searched nationwide for mystic paintings and couldn't find any usable ones..."

"You said that the paint monster is the concrete form of divinity under her leadership, so later we entered the entrance of the black ruins and were chased by her paint rain. How did we escape from her hands?"

"Because of me, and also because of you." The girl said.

"After you lost consciousness, because my life was threatened, my own divinity was inspired, and I slightly took over the initiative of the 'paint ball'. Then, I discovered that the baton in your hand was a A ritual weapon with the same phase as mine. With the strengthening of that ray of divinity, I used the baton to summon her invisible power to fight, and led you to escape from the turnaround passage, and the paint on my body was covered with paint. , naturally also includes the reentry positioning primer of the 'cocoon' phase..."

"It's just that this dream memory, which was more of an instinctive reaction, was quickly forgotten after waking up. It was not until the 'Winter Wind' secret ritual of recalling memories that I had been carrying out over the past few years that there was a qualitative breakthrough in the past few days. A large number of key When my memory came back to life, I suddenly remembered this incident.”

"That's it." Fan Ning suddenly realized.

"Caron, in the past year and a half, I have asked you for the radiant spirit fluid almost every ten days. Although I don't know where you can collect so much in your school, I will repay you in return. I still owe you a total of 1,310 ml of 100% pure..."

Fan Ning raised his hand and said it didn't matter much: "After we escape, you can just think of any way to repay us."

The girl's eyes darkened instantly:

"I can't go back, any more than you can."

"What do you mean!?" Fan Ning was surprised.

"After recovering the key memory, I noticed the movements of 'Miss Crimson' and the changes in the 'Split Chrysalis' behind the secret door. I decided to ask you for leave last night to say goodbye, but you didn't agree, and it was a little late... …”

"In order to fight against 'Miss Crimson', delay the deterioration of 'Split Chrysalis', and protect everyone in the Turner Art Hall, I must directly reclaim my ray of divinity immediately, otherwise even the overall strength of the first level of Xiaoxiao will be restored. No, there is no way to grab the remains of the 'Hidden Lantern' from the Special Inspection Office, and I will be completely helpless against 'Miss Crimson'..."

"So, although my strength has not been completely restored now, the body and the spirit have been sublimated into the dream."

Fan Ning looked at the girl in the white dress in front of him with a complicated expression: "Can't the order enforcer return to the waking world?"

"You can use the embodiment of divinity." Qiong said, "The order enforcer exists in a way similar to the shifting creatures, but it is much more advanced than the shifting creatures, but I have to wait until I fully recover my strength."

Fan Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you think that's not me anymore?" She stared at Fan Ning, "Because the embodied body of divinity is essentially different from the material surface of the world, and I am also a 'purple bean cake' now."

"It's still you, First Lady." Fan Ning smiled, "Besides, you were originally a 'Purple Bean Cake' before."

Qiong softly said "Hmm", then lowered her head and quickly took off the pale purple waistband on her skirt.

It became like a slender curve with purple fluorescent light flowing around it.

"What are you doing?" Fan Ning watched in surprise as the girl put it around her neck and gently tied it with a slip knot.

"The essence of a piece of personal clothing is an extraordinary string. The 'key' phase represents the sound of d. I transformed all the newly recovered divinity into invisible dismantling power and injected it into it. After the spirituality is drawn out, you can use half of it. hours.”

"A trace of divinity injected into you?" Fan Ning's eyes widened, "Then yourself..."

"Just restore it again. The source of the ray is still there, and it was used to seal the door before." Qiong's tone was calm, "When you wake up, the control objects in the world fly very fast, and the intensity of your inspiration is only one step away from the Deeper. , as long as the siege is not too strong, they won't be able to intercept you, but if the people from the Special Patrol Office use any restraint methods... I will try my best to let you escape into the turnback passage later, but I can't accompany you out. It is enough to dissolve the restraining secret technique of the third level of Xu Xiao, so that you can escape more safely after you get out. "

"...Thank you." Fan Ning felt the fabric gently rubbing his skin, but in an instant his expression became serious again:

"The guys in the Special Patrol Office are very annoying, but the biggest trouble now is the 'Split Chrysalis'. How long can the wall of seal with a hint of divinity you left at the attic door last?"

"Maybe there are still a few hours." Joan said, "This is a very difficult problem that needs to be solved, but it is not yet at the critical moment. It is most important for you to give priority to finding opportunities to return, so that you can also find a way to return in Turner." The Art Hall is doing some evacuation and rescue, and I’m staying here to continue to think of a solution.”

"'Miss Crimson'er' is eyeing you. Do you still have the energy to study how to deal with the parasite of the 'Split Chrysalis'? I'm not afraid that she will control you and the 'Fountain in the Painting' by the way."

Fan Ning glanced at her and waved, and a large piece of hardwood tabletop was broken by invisible force.

However, the flying state during the migration was skewed, and the speed was much lower.

"Let's go and have a look..." he said, "Besides, do you think the Special Inspection Hall will allow me to return to the Turner Art Hall safely after I return?"

Although the Special Inspection Office guarded the entrance to the passage, there was nothing they could do about Qiong's speed. She just took Fan Ning and flew so far away purely because she had to deal with the trouble of 'Miss Crimson'er'.

Let’s figure it out together, come and go as you please.

"Okay, then I'll take you there first." Joan agreed habitually, her figure floating up, ready to pull his sleeves.

"Sit with me." Fan Ning stepped aside and said.

"Why? I fly much faster than you in the migration."

"Because it's slow."

Joan was in a daze.

Is it that when I return to the scene of the conflict later, I don’t know the direction of the development of the situation, and I don’t know how to say goodbye?

She sat on the wooden board next to Fan Ning, and she slowly flew past one restaurant after another.

"... Just give me a little more time to think about the problem." Fan Ning looked straight ahead and added.

"Is that so?" She tilted her head.

Fan Ning was silent for a moment.

Then he asked: "If I re-imagine and sketch the five paintings, can I cut off the parasitic nutrient transport of the 'Split Chrysalis'?"

"Just delaying for some more time." Joan shook her head.

"Is it enough to add the Special Patrol Office? They said that as long as I cooperate with the suppression, they can contain the 'Fountain in the Painting'. This is related to their own ambitions and interests, and they will not deceive others. If the 'Fountain in the Painting' is all After being taken into custody, the source of the parasitic relationship no longer exists. Is there any problem with my understanding? "

"They're not lying. As long as you suppress them, they can take you in, but you will die." Qiong sneered.

Fan Ning's child hole shrinks.

"Do you remember that I just reminded you that when 'outlining the painting', you must stay away from it. Just emphasize the sense of grasp and never really pull it into the body, otherwise your spirituality will not be able to bear it and collapse. This is what they say The so-called suppression is two degrees and two qualities from the method I taught you!"

Fan Ning nodded to show his understanding.

Then a look of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he looked up into the sky.

What happened?

There was an indescribable revelation in spirituality just now, and it seemed that a feat that had a great bearing on oneself had been kicked off!

Could it be...

"Caron, what are you thinking about?" Joan saw Fan Ning looking up to the sky and being distracted, and suddenly there was a strong sense of anxiety in her heart, "You are not allowed to mess around! The problem of the birth of the 'Split Chrysalis' will You have to think of a way, and if the pollution breaks out, it will not only be a matter for the Turner Art Hall, but also the Special Patrol Department themselves. If you mess up, someone will hate you forever!"

The board was getting closer and closer to the innermost restaurant guarded by the Special Patrol Office.

"Did you hear me?"

"Is Sheeran okay?" Fan Ning finally came to his senses and asked nonchalantly.

"She..." The girl next to her was startled when she heard the words. She remembered the scene when they parted in the early morning and was about to speak——

"Forget it, I don't want to know." Fan Ning pressed his cheeks with both hands.

When he spoke again, his voice returned to a clear and calm tone: "It's okay, I act appropriately."

Joan's expression was a little complicated, but she felt relieved.

Her body gradually returned to the shape of purple flowing lines.

After dozens of breaths, the two of them floated back to the room in front of the attic. Everything here was the same as before, including people and objects. The only difference was the floor-to-ceiling glass window.

It was wrapped in a rich and sweet spiritual aura, and the invisible well was also transferred to it.

"Have you figured out the stakes, Commander Fan Ning?" Inspector Owen sat on the dining chair, with his feet on the table and playing with the strange-looking firearm in his hand.

The broken stone door of the attic was still oozing mucus, but it was held up by the flickering purple door leaf and did not disintegrate for a while.

The three investigators were waiting, and He Meng was quietly suspended in the corner, staring at him.

Fan Ning spoke, concisely and concisely:

"I'll take action, you take care of me, and then I'll sort out the trouble and call it a day and go back, okay?"

"You!?" Qiong was shocked and rushed over to hug his arm and pull him back.