above the sky

Chapter 814 Say the most embarrassing things in the most embarrassing tone (5400)

"The beast of a thousand stars? Why did you suddenly encounter such an exaggerated thing?"

Although he was shocked in his heart, Ian still used his rich experience to suppress the change in his expression, as if it was just an ordinary guard.

Although he doesn't know what kind of powerful fire creature the "Beast of Thousand Stars" is in essence, he can know from the long string of "warnings" and "reminders" on the silver chip that are more than swarms and demons. How dangerous is the fire derivative of the hive!
You know, even if it is one of the prototypes of the ether crystal dragon, the super cosmic creature "ether dragon" is nothing more than a "rare wild animal" that needs to be protected in the eyes of the star gods, and the "void breed" is nothing to put it bluntly. Is it cockroaches or diseased floating mosquitoes...

But this beast of a thousand stars is enough to be called "a certain degree of danger"!

(Fallen empires, fire creatures, semi-independent derivatives... Interesting, is this Elger Qingyue in front of me an unlucky guy who was swallowed and assimilated by the beast of a thousand stars, or is it a lunatic researcher in the capital of knowledge who is trying to Have you cultivated your own 'Thousand Star Beast'?)
(That semi-independent derivative should be the key!)
At this moment, Ian's eyes on the black-haired scholar in front of him became playful.

If it is on Earth, Ian will definitely acquiesce to the former possibility.

Elger Qingyue is obviously the unlucky guy who was swallowed and replaced by an alien monster, just like every sci-fi or horror movie, this monster will lurk in the human research institute, creating a bigger and more terrifying disaster.

But... this is Terra!

Compared with the monsters from aliens, the natives of Terra are more terrifying!
"Before answering your question."

Ian raised his hand and signaled Isengard and Xiou to back down. He took a step forward and confronted Elger who was suspended in mid-air.

The white-haired boy smiled naturally: "I have a question to ask you."

"Elger, have you been like this from the 'beginning', or you just haven't learned how to imitate humans yet?"

Actually, Ian's question was very abrupt.

Elger's current form is exactly the bloodline he announced to the public, the "Hiding Cloud Phantom Octopus", a kind of extremely beautiful name, but extremely dangerous and terrifying sky monster. The sun turns into clouds to look for prey in the sky. It can freely transform into any kind of celestial phenomenon, taking advantage of the rain, glow, and fog to sneak into the city and devour people and animals.

This is a low-energy level, but when it reaches a high-energy level, the octopus will gradually transform into a sub-virtual life, or in other words, it was originally a kind of virtual life, but because of the changes in the virtual world caused by the disaster of falling from the sky , so that this Warcraft had to come to the material world to survive.And at that time, what it devoured was not only the flesh, but also the illusion in people's hearts.

There used to be several coastal fishing villages and a medium-sized port, which were dragged into the void by the greedy phantom octopus king. Tens of thousands of people in the city quietly left in dreams, and what was left in the world was only a piece of human skin and fragile bones.

And the ability that Elger revealed just now, whether it is tentacles surprise attack or mental interference, is one of the innate abilities of the magic octopus... Theoretically speaking, Ian can't discover Elger's true identity, and then ask where he is. A sentence that seems unclear to others.

Even Anfa's doubts are only due to Elger's abnormal behavior and the lack of proof as the leader of the team-even if she is suspicious, she can never be like Ian, who has been suspicious from the beginning .

But 'Elger' understood.

The scholar from the City of Knowledge who has been marked as the "beast of a thousand stars" squinted his eyes. Facing Ian's questioning that he directly identified his identity, he showed a cold smile instead: [Interesting, this is me. To ask your question...]

【Ian Yinfeng, I was very curious about you.If all the rumors and exaggerated narrations about you are regarded as reality, then your speed of progress and technology research and development has already reached 89% of the efficiency of the master craftsman Friedrich, and Friedrich had an entire knowledge All support, even the four major orthodox churches are secretly providing assistance, but you only have the support of the last son of the Ellen family, and a small-scale investment from the royal family... Even if you add Long Island's optimism and the friendship of the young master of the Ember Department, Your output efficiency also surpasses that of master craftsmen with the same level of resources in theory]

Saying so, 'Elger' stared at the white-haired boy in front of him, and he made a cold judgment: [In other words, if estimated from the most exaggerated angle, your intelligence level is 295% of the theoretical human limit, It is 3.51~3.79 times that of the master Friedrich, even if you add the weight of rumors that you may be a prophet, your intelligence level is 180% of the human limit]

[Although it is an exaggerated estimate, there are so many miracles and accidents that have happened to you.And according to our information, you are only a smart child before the age of 11. Although you are more than 98% of human beings, there is still a considerable gap from the theoretical limit of human intelligence... But after the age of 11, Your performance is getting more and more exaggerated]

[Until now, you appeared in front of me and used up to 70 standard units of source quality to defeat my attack that used about 300 source quality...Although you behaved normally, you seemed to have never thought that you could The ability to suppress more than 17 source quality changes in my attack in an instant should not be at the level that a [-]-year-old Bai Zhimin youth should possess.Not even a prophet]

The purple mental disturbance in the black-haired young man's eyes dissipated, he narrowed his eyes, and calmly threw back the question Ian asked himself before: [So, this is the problem]

【Ian, have you been like this from the 'beginning', or have you just not learned how to imitate humans? 】

"...Your attention to me has reached the point of frightening."

At the beginning of Elger's story, Ian was still trying to find the flaws in the operation of the other party's source, but as the other party's speech became more terrifying, and he couldn't find any flaws for the time being, he also shifted his attention to the other party's analysis of himself superior.

Hearing this, Bai Zhimin's youth frowned.

Obviously, the capital of learning has collected information on him to an extremely terrifying and in-depth level. Ian dares to say that even the capital does not care that much about him... So what is the problem?Why does the capital of knowledge value itself so much?
Do they think that they may be the second master craftsman, who can forcibly elevate the original primitive Terra civilization and accelerate it to the point where it can compete with the civilization of the previous era in some fields, leading the second sublimation revolution?
If that's the case...they've got the right guy!
Ian finally understood that 'Elger' and himself and others did not meet by chance at all - he just followed him because he had collected a lot of information about Ian and was puzzled.

Moreover, no matter whether the "beast of a thousand stars" in front of him is Elger or not, he has a great relationship with the school of knowledge.

——Are these lunatics on Terra really raising beasts of thousands of stars? !It's almost the same as raising Void Breeds in the Avak Lab, or raising ether crystal dragons in the South China Sea Labyrinth!
These Terrans are almost done!

Even Ian was a little nervous. He guessed the madness of this group of Terrans with the greatest malice, but he didn't expect that the other party perfectly fit this phenomenon, and even slightly surpassed it.

As for the final battle...

(900+ variations is a lot?)

Ian murmured in his heart: (After I practiced meditation with Adalbert, the usual mental offensive and defensive discussions are at this level, if it is an actual combat, it will definitely be higher... I just follow the standard of Adalbert if he is an actual combat faction performance?)
"Is Ian so powerful?"

At this moment, before Ian could react, the trio on the side became surprised first.

Xiou looked at Ian Elger, who were staring at each other, but said nothing, and couldn't help whispering: "Speaking of which, what is the theoretical limit of human beings? It's only less than three times the limit, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal. Bar?"

"What do you think of exceeding the limit? That's the limit. It's not that you've reached the limit when you feel tired, but the 'upper limit' that you've tried to reach is the limit!"

Anfa couldn't help complaining about her friend who thought too simply, but when she focused her eyes on the two people who were confronting each other, she felt quite agreeable in her heart: "Besides, whether this Elgor is the real Elgor... he It’s true, Ian is indeed the kind of existence beyond the limit, even a genius who is too exaggerated for a prophet.”

"It is precisely because of this that I made up my mind at Nanling to invest in him."

As for Isengarde...

"Ian is so powerful? Nine hundred changes in an instant? I can do around one hundred at most, and this is already the best in the general evaluation criteria..." The blond boy looked at his hand and muttered in disbelief. Yu: "Then how much water did he release when he was practicing against me... No, it's not water at all. Did he open the sea to me?!"

For a while, Isengard, who thought he was a genius, was hit hard.

——Actually, it’s just that you haven’t practiced meditation... It’s normal for the meditation to change five or six times after you practice it.

Ian also noticed the loss of his friend, so he quickly sent a message to comfort him with a light message.

【You are a monster, there is no doubt about it】

Elger didn't want to fight Ian at the moment—or rather, he just wanted to test Ian from the beginning, and based on his understanding of Ian, he knew that if he didn't have the idea and determination to kill him , then it is absolutely impossible to test out the slightest bit of Ian's true ability: [Although I don't know why, you haven't recognized your own essence yet]

【But you will understand eventually.You will understand that you and us are companions with the same goal]

"Stop making riddles." Ian frowned slightly, he really felt a little confused now - a fire monster said that he was the same as him?

Then you are also a tinder?Earth Tinder?
What a joke, if he was the fire seed of the earth, he would have already opened the database in his brain and started crushing the world of Terra directly. Why would he need to use the prophet and the silver chip to make such trouble!
Regarding this unknown riddle, Ian could only seriously warn: "I do not discriminate against you as a monster, but if you really want to cooperate and become my companion, you must first report to me about attacking me." Apologize."

"Also, if you don't speak well, I will draw my sword."

【You who have forgotten your essence, don’t need me to apologize yet】

Regarding Ian's warning of "don't say it's not predictable", Elger sneered and said: [What's more, the reason for my sneak attack is only because you are too strong.It can even be said that in order to make up for the gap between you and me, my sneak attack is not a shameful thing, it is just barely enough for me to have the ability to fight with you now]

With the most cowardly attitude and the most cowardly words, when Ian and his party were still in a daze, not knowing whether Elger was admitting cowardice or threatening, the black-haired scholar's waterfall-like long hair suddenly burst out, and then turned into The wing-like form of a giant bird wraps its whole body.

Immediately afterwards, Elger's figure blurred, and his whole body became translucent, obviously trying to escape into the void.

"Riddler, right? Run after the riddle?"

After being blown away with the most ridiculous attitude and the most riddle words, Ian laughed back in anger, and Ian reacted very simply.

At some point, a pitch-black long sword was already tightly held in his hand.

Then, in an instant, Ian completed the actions of stepping forward, adjusting his breath, swinging his arms and chopping, and swung a wave of sword energy like lightning.

No, not an adjective.It is true that the 'lightning' has turned into a 'tide', and the interlacing friction of the incomparably thick water system has become a lightning storm, turning into an unstoppable wave, rushing towards Erg!

【Oh? 】

If it is an ordinary sublimation sword skill, no matter how powerful it is, it will not be able to hit Elger who has transformed into a void form, but in addition to the surging source quality, Ian's sword also has a part of the "primordial ether" hidden at the core. '!
This power has the ability to affect the dual phases of the virtual world and the material world at the same time, and it hits Elger's body with a slightly surprised expression.

The thin robe was cut open, the translucent flesh and blood that gave people a strange feeling were smashed, and gray-black blood spewed out. Ian grasped the most precise timing, and the sword that showed 80.00% strength instantly severely injured him. Changing form, Elger happens to be hard to dodge!
This sword directly cut the black-haired scholar from his right shoulder to his left pelvis, creating a wound that crushed his lungs and severed his spine!
—If Elger really has these things.

【I even forgot...before you became a well-known researcher...you were a genius swordsman who could pass through the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea almost without injury...】

After taking this blow abruptly, Elger's face remained unchanged at all—but his lower body turned into a mass of dark, squirming, shapeless flesh and blood...and these flesh and blood were not wasted.

Originally planning to pursue, Ian, who left Elger behind, suddenly felt a chill.

It wasn't the vision of vision, nor the silver chip, it was just because of the physical instinct he had practiced for many years, and the chill he felt!
hum!The black flesh and blood disintegrated in an instant, and it turned into dark chains of flames that filled the sky. These chains of flames were composed of the spiritual fire of the void, burning wisdom and memory. They were like thousands of the most dexterous and swift snakes, moving toward Ian bites and comes!

——This is how the Thousand Star Beast preys on other people's thoughts and memories, and assimilates other lives? !
——Don’t let these things spread!
Immediately, Ian knew the horror of the flame snakes in front of him. With a dignified look, he abruptly stopped chasing Erger, and slashed hundreds of swords in the air in an instant!

This is the skill of "Sword Net" that he has mastered after practicing dozens of times with Qing Chao. According to the subordinate who basically knows nothing except swordsmanship, he can even use this swordsmanship to block a group of sardines in the tide the way!
Immediately, a storm of sword blades was set off, and the spiritual flames that had faded all over the sky suddenly exploded and then dissipated——Ian used pure swordsmanship to smash all the chains of flames that rushed towards him, Isengard and others !
Undoubtedly, Ian once again blocked the enemy's attack without injury, but Elger, who decisively abandoned half of his body, also completely escaped into the void.

[Ian, your biggest weakness is that you want to pursue the best. This is the flaw of the prophet. Your idea of ​​protecting all your companions without injury allows me to escape instead.]

His last voice resounded faintly in the bloody courtyard: [As for now, let's keep each other's identities secret]

【My...same kind】

After finishing speaking, Elger's fluctuations in the void suddenly disappeared, and he left this area impressively.

"Who is the same as you?"

Ian put his sword back into its sheath solemnly, and he complained, "I'm a good teacher, not a riddler!"

But Elger apparently couldn't hear, and won't be coming back.

"Ian, that guy probably isn't the real Elger."

After a short confrontation and battle, Anfa, who was a little ashamed, stepped forward and apologized: "I should have helped you just now...but your timing of fighting and attacking is too fast. Although I can keep up, I am afraid of hindering you." Your actions..."

"There's no apology for that, that guy was coming after me." Ian waved his hand, even if it was a real dragon, it might not be able to please it when facing the derivative body of the thousand-star beast.

After all, the opponent is unique, a tinder creature with the prefix 'Fallen Empire' in the silver chip!
It's normal for Anfa and the others to find no chance to support them. In fact, if it wasn't for Elger's sudden departure, Ian wouldn't even be able to find a way to kill him.

At this moment, Ian's heart was actually filled with all kinds of doubts—he couldn't figure out why Elger came to communicate with him at the risk of exposing himself as a beast of a thousand stars, and said that he and him were of the same kind... Although in Before that, Ian didn't know what the Beast of Thousand Stars was, but it was obviously a secret that could not be discovered by other forces, or even the Four Orthodox Churches!
Even his own silver chip might be safer than this news... Then again, could it be that Elger mistook himself for some kind of 'monster' because of the silver chip?
But that's also impossible.Ian could sense that Elger couldn't sense the specific situation of his own body, and the monster he was talking about was actually his soul, or something like his personality.

"I was tracking in the void just now."

At this moment, Xiou also ended her half-sleepwalking state. She came back to her senses and told Ian and the others the results of her observations seriously: "Everyone, the direction Elger is fleeing to... is our destination, the abyss." !"

"He may just want to enter the subspace maze first!"

"Then let's chase after him?" Isengard said. He noticed Ian's frowning expression at the moment, and he approached to comfort him: "If you don't understand the problem for a while, don't think about it. Just go to the abyss and catch him together. With our means, are you afraid that you won't be able to ask questions?"

"That's the truth." Shaking his head and recovering from his contemplation, Ian sighed and put his mind away from the enigmatic Ergo.

Then, he made a rather important decision: "Everyone, I think it's time."

Ian raised his hand and signaled everyone to look at him. He said calmly, "I have decided to act alone under a false identity for a period of time from now on!"

"Anfa, Xiou, and Isengarde. Just follow what we originally discussed."

"Glen Knight Mahdi, it's time to appear!"

　Ask for a monthly ticket~ The fake identity will appear again, now you can let go

　
(End of this chapter)