Chapter 108 A temporary truce (the chapter begins to close)
Considering the time it takes to return to Notting City, maintaining the clone for two days in a row is almost the limit of activity.
And this was calculated just after You Chen returned this time.
When You Chen returned to Notting City and took back the parallel consciousness in the starlight incarnation...
Wuxun City did not abandon martial law because there were no new victims.
But this level of vigilance is meaningless to You Chen.
When the law enforcement department of Wuhun City thought that the murderer's purpose had been quietly achieved and there was no longer any intention to commit murder, You Chen returned again, committed another two days of serial killings, and then retreated.
In this way, more than half a month passed, and You Chen successfully completed six more tasks.
After gaining experience, You Chen became more and more familiar with the operation of "remote distraction", and the mental burden was reduced accordingly, and it didn't hurt to even perform it for one more day.
But You Chen will not be paralyzed by the smooth sailing of his previous operations and think that he is looking for something.
He didn't intend to let himself fall into an overly exhausted state like he originally did in order to test the approximate limits, so he had a spare one-third of his mental energy, which was exactly what he thought was the appropriate share.
As the number of actions increases, You Chen becomes more cautious.
This is the fifth time he has returned to Wuhun City since he performed a system mission.
Visible to the naked eye, the number of people on the streets has become much rarer, and in every corner of the city, Wuhundian members wearing deacon robes can be seen patrolling, and it cannot be ruled out whether there are people walking on the street. There is a presence of plainclothes law enforcement.
The deacons of Wuhun Palace will ask pedestrians to show their identification from time to time. Once they cannot produce it, the deacons will mercilessly detain them as suspects.
In this situation, even if You Chen has the "Breathing Condensation Art" by his side, his movements are obviously limited.
Because the Breath Condensation Jue can restrain the breath, but it is not invisible and can still be seen by the naked eye.
In addition to walking through the deacons' distractions, Youchen also used superhuman speed to leap directly into the opponent's blind spot before the patrolling deacons could react.
But this is actually just a little troublesome for You Chen.
The most critical issue is...
‘It seems that those strong men working in the field have returned to Wuhun City one after another. ’
You Chen’s judgment is not unfounded.
Although he himself is a bit narcissistic, it is almost impossible to catch a murderer like him without a certain number of masters.
In Wuhun Palace's estimation, You Chen must be at least a strong Soul Saint, and You Chen's current strength can be regarded as almost a strong Soul Saint.
The speed of such a strong man is extremely terrifying. If no one stops him, even if the patrols find You Chen, You Chen can run and fly out of Wuhun City before being intercepted.
In this process, I am afraid that only at those key levels will there be corresponding strong men who can stop him.
Don’t you see, Zhao Wuji, the Fudo Ming King, was surrounded and suppressed by more than a dozen soul emperors of the same level in the Wuhun Palace and he escaped.
As for You Chen's current hiding and escaping abilities, they are far more difficult than Zhao Wuji.
Wuhundian is not so stupid that he cannot even figure this out.
So before there are enough strong soul saints, it is impossible to take down You Chen.
In fact, the real trump card against You Chen may be a strong Contra warrior.
As for...titled Douluo?
You Chen is also temporarily unsure.
No titled Douluo will take action easily.
You Chen looks so ferocious that the entire law enforcement department is mobilized for him.
But in fact, he has not yet reached the level of the real high-level figure in Wuhun Palace, that is, the cardinal.
And because when he was a teenager, the first people who had conflicts of interest with him were only those researchers, so the first ten people he killed were all researchers.
As we all know, after Pope Bibi Dong suppressed You Chen, a leading figure in the research world, the status of the researchers in Wuhun Hall was actually half a head lower than their peers.
You Chen didn’t massacre unrelated people, but only killed some half-step black bishops... Do you need those elders to take action? Doesn't that make Titled Douluo look too cheap, and make Cardinal and Platinum Bishop look like waste?
But if this incident had alarmed Bibi Dong, it would be another situation.
Bibi Dong couldn't control other elders, but she could easily mobilize the two Ju Gui. It would be better to say...she really liked to use the two Ju Gui to solve some troublesome problems directly.
To put it simply, it is used as a convenient cleaner.
Wuxun City is equivalent to the rear area where Bibi Dong launches the unification war. If she knows that there is a problem in her rear area and it has not been solved for a long time, there is a high probability that she will directly use the two Juguis. Douluo went to solve it.
You Chen still doesn’t know if these two people have come back happily. If they have come back, it may really expose something about him.
‘It’s still a bit too troublesome to face a Titled Douluo now. ’
Thinking of this, You Chen decisively chose to give up and continue the mission.
Less than three minutes after entering the city, without even contacting his informant, You Chen immediately chose to retreat.
This move cannot be described as undecisive.
However, as luck would have it, You Chen had guessed that there would be a plainclothes ambush, but he happened to guess the truth.
You Chen did not make any mistakes in his previous actions.
Because he had decided to only stay for two days before the operation, You Chen deliberately chose to carry out the first two assassinations in front of the public, thus creating a shock effect, so that Wuhun Palace had to spend energy to deal with it or directly kill him. News suppressed.
After they were on tenterhooks and spent a lot of energy trying to stabilize the mood of the people in the city, You Chen returned again and carried out another assassination.
This will make them tired of dealing with it, allowing You Chen to contact the informant more safely and complete the next assassination operation.
Some people may think that You Chen's actions are tantamount to actively provoking Wuhun Palace, causing them to intensify their search efforts.
In fact, this is not the case, because no matter what, Wuhundian Law Enforcement Department will increase its investigation efforts. It would be better to create a panic situation and consume the energy of law enforcement officers.
The reality is that this indeed made You Chen's first eight missions extremely smooth and efficient.
But an important piece of information was also inadvertently revealed.
Law enforcement officers extracted a very key piece of information from the testimonies of many eyewitnesses - "Many people were almost unaware of it beforehand, as if they suddenly saw the perpetrator appear."
Thus, they learned the fact that Youchen's ability to hide his whereabouts and aura as an assassin was more terrifying than they expected.
In addition, You Chen did not use soul power at all when he committed the crime, but only used physical power.
This makes law enforcement officers pay more attention to directly observing the whereabouts of suspicious persons with the naked eye, instead of following their past habits of paying attention to fluctuations in soul power or paying attention to traces left by movement.
This is undoubtedly an inefficient and tortured method, but it is also the only effective method.
A plainclothes man noticed You Chen by chance.
He had been paying attention to You Chen, but he felt that something was wrong with this person. He was hesitating whether to give a secret signal for patrol officers to interrogate and check, when he saw You Chen retreating inexplicably...
The plainclothes man's pupils shrank instantly and he realized: he has met the real owner!
It was too late to inform his colleagues that You Chen was now in the outer area of Wuhun City. If he retreated for a minute, he could basically ensure that he could successfully escape from Wuhun City.
"Martial Soul True Body!"
The Soul Saint Law Enforcement Officer made a prompt decision and used his ultimate move directly, transforming into a huge spiritual snake and rushing towards You Chen. .
You Chen raised his eyebrows and sighed in his heart: ‘Too bad luck. ’
This can only be described as bad luck.
However, You Chen's thoughts did not stop at blaming luck.
He knows very well that in this world, there is indeed a theory of luck.
Especially after several failures in trying to reverse the general trend, You Chen, who was originally not interested in metaphysics, had to believe it even if he didn't believe it. There is no guarantee whether this will be a precursor to something...
And this also strengthened his determination to escape as soon as possible.
In a flash of thought, the spiritual snake that was more than ten meters long quickly soared into the air along with the thundering body, approaching You Chen in almost an instant.
At the same time, the violent thunder power formed dozens of thick thunder spears and shot towards You Chen.
For a moment, the terrifying changes in the sky caused the residents of Wuhun City to scream and flee in all directions. The patrolling law enforcement officers immediately saw the spirit snake Wuhun's true form appearing. Their expressions changed, and they realized the current situation, and either tried to contact the liaison personnel, or evacuated the crowd, and some of the stronger ones gathered around them directly.
Boom!
The thunder spear fell like a pillar of punishment, and just a little bit of the lightning arc that escaped caused the surrounding buildings to explode.
However, the Spirit Snake Soul Saint was not at all complacent about his attack power, but instead looked gloomy.
None of the dozens of thunder spears fired at the same time actually hit, they were all dodged by the opponent!
Whoosh!
The huge snake tail was thrown out like a long whip. Although the thunder spear was dodged, at such a close distance, Spirit Snake Soul Saint did not believe that You Chen could also avoid it!
You Chen looked at the huge snake's tail that was thrown towards him with the sound of sonic boom. He did not dodge, curled up suddenly, and then jumped up suddenly.
Snap!
After You Chen's excellent force analysis, he used the snake's tail as a baseball bat and himself as a baseball, and was whipped away.
During this process, You Chen still didn't even use his martial soul to possess him, nor did he emit even a trace of soul power fluctuations, relying entirely on his body to bear it.
“What!?”
Looking at You Chen flying backwards at an extremely fast speed, Spirit Snake Soul Saint had a look of disbelief on his face. He couldn’t believe that he was clearly smashing down. , why can this guy fly backwards so smoothly!
If he just lets go of the murderer who finally caught his tail, even if his colleagues can forgive him, Spirit Snake Soul Saint himself will not be able to forgive himself!
“Roar!”
He immediately shouted loudly, not caring about the burden on his body and soul power, and maximized the potential of his martial soul avatar, as if it turned into a thunderbolt He chased after him.
You Chen, who had successfully flown out of Wuhun City after being struck by the Spirit Snake Soul Sage, frowned slightly when he saw the Spirit Snake Soul Sage chasing after him.
Is it necessary to work so hard for such a small salary a month?
At such a speed, even You Chen cannot escape easily without using the Star Skeleton Dragon Spirit.
Not long after the Spirit Snake Soul Saint revealed his true form, You Chen sensed several strong soul power fluctuations in Wuhun City. You didn’t need to guess to know that once entangled by the Spirit Snake Soul Saint, he would inevitably Facing multiple soul saints and even directly confronting Contra!
Thinking of this, You Chen no longer hesitated, and looked at the Spirit Snake Soul Saint from a distance with his deep eyes.
The secret of soul-deterring!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment. In the eyes of the Spirit Snake Soul Saint, he saw a pair of dark eyes that filled the sky, like two blazing black suns.
Under the huge oppression and fear, the spirit snake soul saint's consciousness suddenly went blank, and his soul power stagnated for a moment.
It was only through forcibly stimulating his potential that he could burst out at extreme speed. After losing the control of his master, he suddenly fell into a rage.
The pain of soul power backlash finally allowed the Spirit Snake Soul Saint to regain consciousness and stop falling from mid-air.
However, after he recovered a little, where was You Chen still there?
You Chen, who had already escaped into the Star Forest, quickly integrated into the environment.
Unlike urban areas, in this complex, dense and covered forest environment, it is not easy for You Chen, who possesses the breath-holding technique, to cover up his whereabouts.
After walking through the Star Forest for half a day, he finally made his way out of it and returned to the realm of Balak Kingdom. You Chen finally confirmed that Wuhun Hall had completely lost all traces of him.
‘In short, for the sake of safety, the hunting mission can only be suspended for the next period of time. ’
You Chen quickly came to a conclusion.
Compared with invading Wuhun City under martial law, it is obviously more convenient and easier to move under normal circumstances.
The number of soul masters, that is, extraordinary beings, in this world is not as large as in most fantasy novels, which means... there is a shortage of manpower.
The Wuhun Palace has nearly half of the soul masters, but most of them are distributed in various places in Douluo Continent. Wuhun City is the center of the Wuhun Palace, and the number of soul masters is the densest, but generally speaking, The number of soul masters in the city remained at around 20,000, which was almost the maximum number during the peak period.
And most of them are just low-level soul masters, and the total number of powerful soul masters above the soul saint is probably only one or two hundred.
Under normal circumstances, low-level soul masters only restrict and restrict You Chen's actions as much as possible through patrols and other methods. Those who can truly catch You Chen's actions directly with the naked eye and intercept him, at least He must be a strong soul emperor.
But the price that the Soul Emperor has to pay when facing You Chen and the Soul Saint facing You Chen cannot be the same, so in fact only the Soul Saint can play a decisive role.
With so many high-level experts, it is impossible for You Chen to just drag them here without doing any other work.
Especially after You Chen disappears for a period of time, they will naturally return to their previous state, and the situation in Wuhun City will gradually return to what it was before.
However, if You Chen starts to assassinate Wuhun City one after another again, this will be equivalent to a slap in the face of Wuhun City, and it will be equivalent to a frontal provocation...
They It is certainly impossible to repeat such an action again.
Because You Chen's comeback seems to be the same as the previous assassination every few days, but in the eyes of senior officials, it is a completely different concept.
After You Chen didn't show up for a long time, Wuhun Palace must announce to the outside world that the problem has been generally solved, otherwise Wuhun City will always remain in a state of panic.
In the eyes of Wuhundian, this is a tacit understanding between the two parties. If you stop causing trouble, we will treat it as if you have chosen reconciliation, turn a blind eye, and let everyone live their own lives.
And now you show up again? We have to put the whole city under martial law again, and then wait until we get tired of it and leave, and then repeat the above operation completely?
What will the residents of Wuhun City think? What would people from other factions think?
Just two or three times like this, people’s hearts just dispersed!
Instead of doing this, it is better to maintain martial law and tell everyone clearly that we have not caught the murderer yet and we are still working hard! Instead of continuing it after it was interrupted midway!
Even if it is just to save face and let people from other forces know that Wuhun City is not a place where you can come and leave whenever you want, they will take down You Chen with absolute thunder!
So if You Chen comes back, the danger he will face will definitely be far higher than it has been for more than half a month.
You Chen already had a plan in mind. He looked at the rewards from the eight missions on hand, and his heart felt a little hot.
‘These training resources are enough for me to shorten the time required to reach the last three levels of the level 60 bottleneck by half. ’
After digesting the eight mission rewards, and then cultivating quietly for a while, you can get the sixth soul ring!
When he improves his strength, it will be a completely different world!
In the next few months, the situation was just as You Chen thought. Although Wuhun Palace still wanted him, in fact, there was no direct action. The city seemed to have returned to its previous state as if no serial killings had ever occurred.
In Notting City.
"Tang San, didn't you say you wanted to spar with me? Why did you bring me to a place like this? It's not spacious and it's not easy to let go."
After Xiao Wu was brought to the woods behind the academy by Tang San, she not only asked this question.
"Xiao Wu, have you forgotten?"
Tang San showed a gentle smile, as if looking at his only relative, and said: "Today is your birthday Ah, how could I discuss it with you on this day?"
"Birthday...ah, yes, today is my birthday!"
Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment. , followed by a hard-to-conceal awkward smile.
She did say her "birthday", but that was something she made up nonsense after being hit by Tang San from the side half a year ago! How did she know that this guy would remember it so clearly and to this day! She herself has forgotten this!
“This is the birthday gift I made for you myself.”
Tang San handed over a delicate wooden box and stuffed it into Xiao Wu’s hand affectionately.
When Xiao Wu heard "handmade", she was not moved at all. She only felt so embarrassed that her toes were touching the floor!
"Handmade" gifts, if they are related to each other, coupled with the sense of ritual brought by a specific time and occasion, will indeed make girls extremely moved, and they may even secretly fall in love with them without paying attention.
But... a boy who he just regarded as an ordinary classmate suddenly gave such a gift?
Just imagine, in reality, there are many beautiful girls who were given a ring of roses by a strange boy in college to confess their love to him, and then were coaxed by onlookers to "promise him, promise him"... Then This feeling has absolutely nothing to do with romance or touching!
In this case, girls will only feel a heavy burden! Even disgusting!
Although it may seem like a completely different situation now at first glance, the actual meaning is similar.
Handmade gifts secretly given to someone of the opposite sex on one’s birthday by strangers without telling anyone else are almost equally disgusting.
When Tang San saw Xiao Wu's expression of being stunned by the "big surprise" and showing no reaction, he couldn't help but urge: "Open it and take a look?"
Xiao Wu met Tang San's eager gaze, She couldn't help but feel a little confused: She obviously just came to discuss with Tang San, why did things become like this?
My thoughts can’t help but go back to half a year ago.
(End of this chapter)