After taking care of his own injuries, Su Jue took back the clear water he had created and began to use Tianqiong City's reconnaissance system to locate Li Suchang.
According to the information that Alvette had access to, this girl from 500 years ago was not very wary of technological products, but the slightest bit of Honkai energy would arouse her vigilance. Facing such a person, traditional technological means would be more effective.
"Luckily Kiana isn't here. The authority level of this city is higher than mine... Anyway, consider it as compensation for deceiving her."
……
It was precisely because Su Jue closed his perception as a Herrscher that he did not notice that on the rooftop about 400 meters above his head, the space channel left by Kiana was slowly disappearing.
Kiana, who didn't want to get entangled with the enemy, directly used her spatial ability to get rid of Li Suchang's pursuit. If she took another step forward, she would directly pass over Su Jue's head.
A few seconds later, Li Suchang, who had lost track, looked around in confusion. The breath of true energy was interrupted here.
"That's not right. It was here just now." Unconvinced, she closed her eyes again and used her mind to sense the surrounding atmosphere, but found nothing. Instead, she happened to discover the location of her handkerchief.
"what?"
She walked to the rooftop, stuck half of her head out and looked down, and saw Su Jue in the alley. At this moment, he was leaning against the wall, not knowing what he was doing.
"Is he crying?" He thought about how he would cry to his master when he was injured while practicing martial arts as a child. But Su Jue was alone and didn't even have anyone to cry to. How pitiful!
Li Sushang, who was reluctant to do so, temporarily put aside her curiosity about the Taixu sword energy and jumped down from the tall building. Her lightness skill was very good, and her feet were like a blooming lotus, supporting her body and landing on the ground silently, without attracting Su Jue's attention.
"Don't cry, I was not thoughtful enough just now." She approached Su Jue and said apologetically.
Su Jue, who was using his mobile phone to locate Li Suchang through surveillance, stopped breathing. Even though he was calm, his fingers trembled as he tapped the screen.
Fortunately, he reacted very quickly and turned off the screen immediately. When he turned his head, there were actually tears in the corners of his eyes.
Wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Su Jue pretended not to care and replied in a hoarse voice: "I didn't cry, it was just a trivial matter."
"Really?" Li Suchang saw Su Jue's stubbornness, and she comforted him: "When I was a child, I would cry when I was injured in martial arts training. At that time, the master would always bring some pancakes or candied haws and sit in front of me. Not only did he not give them to me, but he ate them all in front of me. The louder I cried, the happier the master laughed.
Although I am not your master, I can still afford to buy Tanghulu now, but I don’t know if the store has closed down.”
"It's probably closed at this time." Following Li Suchang's words, Su Jue changed the subject.
"By the way, what was that object you were holding just now? It's obviously not jade, but it can actually glow, and I seem to see many places from it."
Obviously, the surveillance footage revealed by Su Jue's accidental touching of the screen did not escape Li Suchang's eyes. Fortunately, it was just a public location and no information was exposed.
"It's just a cell phone. Haven't you ever touched it?"
"No, I just woke up..." Realizing that she almost exposed her true identity, Li Suchang quickly covered her mouth and changed her words: "My family is very strict, and I have never touched this thing called a mobile phone."
"Is that so? I'll give it to you then. It's useless to me anyway." After quietly deleting the monitoring program, Su Jue stuffed the phone into Li Suchang's hands. He was worried that he couldn't locate the person in real time. If the phone was in the person's hand, it would become a real-time locator.
"But this is your thing, and it probably doesn't look cheap."
"You saved my life. I have nothing else to repay you with except this."
"Then I shouldn't accept it. Being chivalrous and righteous is my duty. There is no such thing as asking for reward." Li Suchang refused repeatedly.
But Su Jue, as a Herrer of Thousands of People, was very familiar with the art of telling lies. "You and I have no relatives, how can I feel at ease if you do me a favor for nothing? It is natural to help others and get rewards. If you don't accept it, I will inevitably have concerns in my heart, afraid that others have other intentions. Of course, I am not talking about you, but it is convenient for both of us to accept the due rewards."
As he said this, Su Jue's eyes were full of suspicion as if he was asking for my body. Facing such pressure from Su Jue, Li Suchang had nothing else to say but to accept the phone.
"Well, since I have accepted your things, I will give these to you as an invitation to be my guide, how about that?"
She put the handful of change into Su Jue's hand with an unquestionable tone.
"I just happened to see a place selling candied haws on this phone. Can you take me there?"
Chapter 248: Su Jue is dead
The cold wind of midnight roams the streets and alleys, and the rich night is like a lullaby, urging those who are still staying up late to fall asleep quickly. The half-hanging moon gathers the clouds around it, covers itself with a small quilt, and comfortably adjusts the lights to late night mode.
In this quiet time, there is still a paradise for night owls.
A tiny grass slime stared with its big round eyes at Su Jue and Li Suchang who walked into the store. The QQ people sitting by the fire were waving wooden sticks in their hands, and the mysterious X people were whispering to each other.
Li Suchang felt like she had traveled into a fantasy world, filled with new and interesting things she had never seen before.
"What...what is this place?"
"Game room."
[Welcome, today the Japanese game hall is holding a "Original Demon" theme event. Customers who participate in the event can receive a boutique gift "Broken Mask".]
The service robot dressed as a slime introduced the two people who had just entered the store with a gleam in its eyes.
"Original Demon? What a strange name." Li Suchang, who had never played electronic games before, looked curiously at the game hall with flashing neon lights. A large number of young men and women who stayed up late were sitting in front of various devices, operating the buttons nervously and excitingly. Some looked excited, while many others looked annoyed.
"What's wrong with those people? Why are they crying and laughing?" She tugged at Su Jue's sleeve and asked in a low voice.
"Maybe I drew the wrong card."
The service robot added: "You are right, but "Original Demon" is a new open world adventure game independently developed by ETStudio. The game takes place in a fantasy world called "Tewati"..."
Interrupting the introduction of the robot, Su Jue took out a card from his pocket and inserted it into the slot interface of the slime. Soon, a few game coins fell out from the bottom of the robot with a jingle.
Taking out the game coins and placing a few of them in Li Suchang's hands, Su Jue explained, "This is the most convenient entertainment venue for young people, and the cost is not low. But before I became a vagrant, my family bought me a universal game card. Whenever I had nowhere to go, I would come here to kill time and use it as a shelter for the night.
Although it was a bit noisy, it was better than staying up late and freezing on the roadside. Fortunately, my gaming skills were pretty good, and I could usually spend a lot of time with just a few coins. ”
"Is the game something like a cricket duel?"
With a faint smile and without saying much, Su Jue took Li Suchang directly to the corner of the game room. It was much quieter here, and because the games were not popular, there were still many empty game machines.
Following Su Jue's instructions, Li Suchang stuffed two coins into the game console and stared at the buttons on the machine in a daze.
"This is an online game called Beanman. The operation is very simple. You can adjust the direction by shaking the joystick. The buttons are acceleration, jump, enhanced jump and bomb placement. Let me show you first."
Sitting in front of the machine, Su Jue easily completed the short game and won first place.
The numbers on the ranking list jumped, and the score belonging to Su Jue's account increased again, leaving the gap of nearly 10 times that of the second place.
Looking at the high ranking list, Su Jue said with a sigh: "Because if you can get into the top three in this game, you can play another round for free, so I often use it to get free game coins. I have already divided it up like this without realizing it."
"It looks simple, can I try?" After watching Su Jue's operation, Li Suchang felt that with her ability, it would be easy for her to master this kind of game.
"Of course, you play first. I'll go buy you the candied haws you need. If you fail, just insert a coin and start the game over again."
While Su Jue was introducing the game operations, Li Suchang's attention was already attracted by the little man on the screen, and she didn't pay any attention to his chatter.
Shaking his head helplessly, Su Jue did not stay where he was. However, when he just walked to the door, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if if he just walked out like this, something unexpected might happen.
With Su Jue's current strength, the possibility of illusion is very small. As long as he notices it, it means that things will most likely develop in an unfavorable direction.
He looked at the empty street, withdrew his hand that was about to push the door, and chose to leave through the emergency exit of the game hall.
"Welcome."
The service robot announced that a new guest was passing by. Su Jue did not look back, but walked quickly towards the emergency passage.
Su Jue didn't notice that just as he walked into the emergency passage, a strand of white hair happened to pass by the door of the game hall.
Kiana, who had just completed the exploration of two locations, paused and looked towards the game hall as if she had sensed something. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but her heartbeat inexplicably accelerated a lot at that moment.
She looked at the huge Homunculus doll displayed in the window of the game hall, a little stunned.
"Kiana, don't you like playing games? Do you want to go in and relax for a while?" In order to relieve Kiana's psychological pressure, Fu Hua was also very worried. When she was in school, the most important thing she did was to urge Kiana to play less games and study hard. As a result, now she is eager for Kiana to play games to relax.
"No, Mr. Jizi probably wouldn't like this kind of place."
She glanced through the window at the arcade, seemingly searching for Himeko, but in reality she was expecting the boy.
If Su Jue hadn't died, maybe I would be happy to come to the game hall with him.
Not finding any trace of Su Jue, Kiana's eyes became dim. After all, it was just an illusion.
However, while looking around the game room, a girl with long brown hair in the corner caught her attention.
The girl's dress was quite unique, like a knight from a comic book, and she was out of tune with the people in the arcade. This reminded her of the appearance of the immortal Fu Hua Chi Yuan, who was also so extraordinary and ethereal, like an immortal.
More importantly, Kiana actually vaguely sensed the fluctuation of Honkai energy from the girl, and the other party was most likely a Stigma Awakener or a Valkyrie.
At this time, Li Suchang, who was sitting in front of the game console and operating the joystick carefully, did not notice Kiana's peeping at all.
"Damn it, it's so simple, but I was pushed down. How is it possible with my skills!" Relying on his own strong strength, Li Suchang mastered the operation of the game quickly, but things like Broken Beans cannot be compensated by operation, it is more of a skill.
Therefore, as a newbie in the game, Li Suchang was quickly "realized" by the various routines, which made her very angry.
Seeing that the Q-version man with the ID [Su Jue] was once again pushed off the platform by his opponent and his score dropped by hundreds of points, Li Suchang's face became more and more ugly.
She didn't just lose, but with an account of this level, a win would only add a dozen points, but a loss would deduct a lot of points, so she was more aware of how rare the points were.
She felt a little sorry for Su Jue, but she had to play. She grabbed the last two game coins on the machine and threw them into the machine, throwing herself into the game with full concentration. She curled up her legs, gritted her teeth, and the dim light of the screen was reflected in her eyes.
"Now." While the turntable was shaking, he controlled the little man to jump high.
Very good, precise landing.
The feel of this round was excellent. Li Suchang, who gradually mastered the skills, did not make any mistakes. But when the finish line was in sight, a little man next to him suddenly stopped and deliberately occupied Su Jue's foothold. The little man lost his footing and slipped, and immediately fell from the platform into the void.
"disuse."
With the excited expression still frozen on his face, Li Suchang was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning.
She stared blankly at the words "Please insert coins" on the screen, feeling mixed emotions. In addition to anger, she also felt more regret for having her hopes dashed.
"Forget it, let's end it here. This is the last life, Su Jue, it's dead."
"Su Jue is dead."
Kiana, who was passing by the window and was about to leave, froze in place.
Chapter 249: Fate Has Ended
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There was a subtle sound of the space channel opening, and Li Suchang, who was sitting in front of the game console and feeling lost, suddenly changed her expression. She quickly put her hand on the hilt of her sword, and looked up at the girl who teleported through the window and appeared in front of her.
"Who are you?"
There was no response, but the gloomy atmosphere exuded by the other party, like the one before a storm, made Li Suchang feel extremely oppressed.
This heavy atmosphere quickly spread throughout the entire game room, and even the players who were addicted to the game felt inexplicably terrified, but when they looked around, they couldn't find the source of the oppression. The brave ones could still insist on playing, but the timid ones had completely lost their control and were ready to go home and sleep, cursing.
"How do you know he's dead?"
The hoarse voice fell into Li Sushang's ears, and she frowned, "He? Who do you mean?"
"Su Jue...where did you hear this name?"
Although Li Suchang was relatively naive, she was not a fool. She immediately realized that it was the name Su Jue that caught the other party's attention.
However, the confused Kiana was somewhat out of control at this moment, giving Li Suchang an extremely strong sense of oppression. In this pressure, Li Suchang also felt the breath of some monsters (Herrsers), which made her subconsciously alert to this strange girl.
His thoughts raced. Based on the time they had spent together, Li Suchang was certain that Su Jue was just an ordinary mortal. There was no trace of Honkai energy in his body, and there was no possibility of him interacting with the Herrscher.
Following this line of thought, she subconsciously thought of the destruction of Sky City that she had accidentally heard about before. Feeling the increasingly strong aura of the Herrscher from Kiana, Li Suchang guessed that the other party might be the culprit who caused the destruction of Sky City.
This would explain some things, because Su Jue's parents died in that disaster. If the other party was really the murderer, it was not impossible for him to know about Su Jue's existence.
Recalling the scenes of murder to silence witnesses that he had read in martial arts novels, the other party's purpose in looking for Su Jue might be because Su Jue witnessed the other party's crime with his own eyes, and in order to erase the traces left by the disaster, he started to hunt Su Jue down.
We must not let the other party know Su Jue’s whereabouts.
Li Suchang soon figured out a winding plot in her mind and made up her mind to keep Su Jue's secret.
"There's no point in saying more. I will never tell you his whereabouts." Li Suchang said in a deep voice.
If Su Jue were here, he would probably be pissed off to death by his stupid teammates.
As expected, as soon as Li Suchang finished speaking, the gloomy expression on Kiana's face, which seemed to be dripping with water, suddenly paused. A faint light of fire swayed in her dim eyes, as if a drowning person was grabbing a life-saving straw. Her lips kept trembling and she held her breath tightly, for fear that if she spoke any louder, the fire would be extinguished.
"His whereabouts... He's still alive, you mean he's still alive?" Kiana asked in a trembling voice, almost begging.
"Oh no." Doesn't it make it clear that Su Jue is not dead? The other party wants to cut off the roots. If they know that Su Jue is not dead, they will find his whereabouts sooner or later.
Cursing himself for being stupid, Li Suchang explained calmly, "Of course he's dead. I was talking about his burial location. You heard it wrong..."
"You are lying!" Before Li Suchang could finish her words, Kiana interrupted her directly. Su Jue was killed by her own hands, so where did the body come from?
Moreover, the other party's wandering eyes and unnatural movements could not fool Kiana, whose IQ had soared to 200 at this time.
There are only two possibilities for the other party's behavior. The first is that someone is impersonating Su Jue, and the second is that Su Jue is not dead, but survived in some special form. In either case, I must investigate it thoroughly.
The more Li Suchang concealed the truth, the more suspicious Kiana became. She fixed her eyes on the other person, and could not hide any of his movements or expressions from her.
"The decorations on you." The clothes Li Suchang was wearing were not traditional Shenzhou clothes, but clothes specially designed by Tianming, which contained a lot of Tianming elements. Qiana recognized these elements, which made her more certain of Li Suchang's identity.
"Did Otto send you?" Her tone was not angry, but rather a little expectant.
