Chapter 383 Divination
Ji Xun didn’t know whether his premonition of crisis was accurate.
But he never expects good luck to always be by his side.
Having experienced countless dangers, he himself did not feel that he had any unnecessary worries.
Even if he guessed that the powerful men from the southern continent might be coming, he still had the thought in his mind that soldiers would come to stop them.
However, he was not afraid of being alone. The hundreds of people in the "Rat Camp" in the sewer had nothing to do with this matter.
Ji Xun also didn’t want to hurt others.
Originally, I planned to stay with Reni for a while to stabilize my realm.
Now it seems that we have to change places.
Thinking of this, he got up and walked down the stairs.
As soon as he walked down the stairs, he watched Reni tinkering with a mechanical arm on the simple table.
The solder light shone brightly throughout the room, and the air was filled with the smell of burning and oxidized metal.
Without the cloak, Reni's semi-mechanically modified body was completely exposed to the air.
Like an octopus, four or five robotic arms are simultaneously repairing the other two that were damaged in the previous battle.
This is the exclusive talent of the [Juggler] lineage, which can control multiple limbs at the same time to complete work efficiently.
Reni's physical body has become necrotic due to toxin pollution, and the modified mechanical body is not too advanced.
Judging from the materials used, this guy doesn’t have much money either. The metal materials and accessories used all look like old items removed from some unknown mechanical device.
This also greatly limits his combat effectiveness.
Not just him, everyone else in this camp is in a similar situation.
Unlike Innocence City, a special place where order is broken, in other cities in the Eastern Wasteland, the situation of wanted criminals is actually very difficult.
Whether they are official investigators or bounty hunters, the number is countless times that of wanted criminals.
There are many legendary masters who make a living from bounties, enough to chase wanted criminals to nowhere to escape.
Especially for a wanted criminal with a special status like Lenny.
Although he is not weak in strength, he has been hiding in Tibet all these years, and his battle losses have not been replenished, and his situation has become increasingly embarrassing.
What Reni specializes in, whether puppets or machines, are the "noble sequences" that are very resource-hungry.
When Ji Xun walked down, Reni also heard the movement of the wooden stairs.
He turned around with a surprised expression, as if he was wondering why Ji Xun, who had been at home for nearly a week without ever coming down, suddenly came down.
Reni thought it was because his progress in enlightenment was too slow, and he looked slightly uneasy, and said tactfully: "Um, did I disturb you?"
Ji Xun shook his head and said directly He stated his purpose: "No. I plan to leave."
Hearing this, Reni's heart skipped a beat.
He didn't want to lose the opportunity he finally negotiated.
He did not hide his embarrassment: "Well, it may take some time for me to return the [Grey Mist Relic]. After all, this relic pollutes mental power very much, and I can comprehend it every day. The time is also very short."
In fact, it does not require "some time", but a lot of time.
After all, the consciousness fragments in the relics are the distorted consciousness of the ancestors. Not only are they extremely dangerous to come into contact with, they also contain super-level knowledge, which is very difficult to understand.
But after all, it is just a transaction, and Reni does not dare to ask for it.
Ji Xun shook his head after hearing this, knowing that the other party had misunderstood, and said bluntly: "No. I didn't mean to urge you. The relic will be left with you for safekeeping for the time being. When I need it, I will come to you. "
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Reni was also surprised when he heard this.
He also thought that this might have something to do with Ji Xun's sudden departure, but he wisely didn't ask.
After being stunned for a moment, he responded: "Okay!"
Reni said as if he felt that his statement was not prepared enough, and added: "If you need it at any time, you can come to me at any time. Even if I have an accident, I will try my best to have this thing returned to you. "
"Hmm. "
The most important reason why Ji Xun is obsessed with that cataclysmic object is because it is a relic of Emperor Lanlingst.
As for the inheritance left by the ancestors of the drama god family, I just want to see it.
He was not sure he could touch it, so he could just wait for Reni to slowly understand it.
I chose to follow before because I didn’t have enough trust.
Ji Xun has fully understood Ji Xun after spending the past few days together.
Time has smoothed out all the edges and corners of Reni. If it weren't for his special status, he would really be a technical nerd who likes to study puppets and machinery.
When Ji Xun heard that the other party agreed, he didn't worry about this issue anymore.
He had one more thing to do before leaving. After thinking about it, he said: "But before that, I still need your help with something."
Although he is older, the opponent has an absolute advantage in terms of strength. Reni also showed due courtesy: "Your Excellency, please tell me."
He also saw it in the past few days. , the bounty in front of him is higher than all the people in the entire camp put together. The "S wanted criminal" is not as vicious as expected.
When he is not killing people, I really don’t see this young man having such a contrasting side. He is as elegant and steady as a gentleman.
Ji Xundao: "You said before that there is a fortune teller in the camp? If possible, I would like to visit."
Hearing this, Reni agreed, but also hinted Said: "Of course. But my mother-in-law's temper is a bit weird. And you should know about divination, the price is very high"
He also guessed that when Ji was looking for his mother-in-law, he probably had some need for divination.
Ji Xundao: "Yes. I understand the rules."
It is not easy to meet a real fortune teller.
Now that you have encountered it, you might as well give it a try.
Hearing this, Reni also breathed a sigh of relief.
With that said, he put on his cloak to cover up his mechanical body, and led Ji Xun downstairs.
Ji Xun walked behind Reni and looked at his old mechanical arm covered by a cloak. He thought of the question he was curious about before and said: "Your Excellency Reni used neuromechanical technology to transform his body. '? ”
You must know that the technical threshold of neuromachinery is extremely high.
Although the machines of this era can be considered high-tech, the technology of mechanical prosthetics is not yet mature. At most, some metal bones, kneecaps, etc. are replaced, which are partial modifications of small parts. This is the first time Ji Xun has seen such a person completely replacing most of his body.
And this is also the first time he has seen someone combine machinery and puppetry.
Reni smiled bitterly and said: "I can't afford the materials needed for neuromachines. And many technologies have been lost in the Eastern Wasteland."
He didn't mean to hide it at all, and said: "I What I have mastered is just some incomplete technology, using some biological limbs as replacements, and then attaching mechanical skeletons."
Ji Xunting roughly understood.
It’s not as cutting-edge as I thought, but it’s already very powerful.
He thought and said: "Have you ever thought about using a mechanical armor as a puppet?"
The masters must have a very high vision. Reni guessed what he was talking about as soon as he heard it: "You should be talking about the level of machinery of 'Titan Armor', right?"
Ordinary mechanical combat armor He is so clumsy that he loses more than he gains by being used as a puppet.
His tone was a little bitter, and he explained: "The ancestors have actually tried it a long time ago. But top-level puppets like the Titan armor have very high requirements for mechanics. Control an ordinary combat puppet. , requires control commands in the unit of 'hundred'; and if I want to accurately control the Titan armor, the commands required may be at the 'ten thousand' or 'hundred thousand' level. Even if I can enter the realm of top-level card masters, I can control one or two. Wearing a battle armor is already the limit, and the efficiency may not be higher than that of a mechanic. In contrast, at the same level, the extraordinary puppet's numerical advantage is more impressive in group battles."
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Ji Xun raised his eyebrows slightly after hearing this. Is this really the case?
I had deduced it before and the result was almost like this, so I just asked out of curiosity.
Not surprisingly, I got the expected answer.
What Reni just said is just normal.
After thinking about it, he also felt that he could share some of his experiences, and said: "But I have an idea, which is to use some biological puppets to control machinery. For example, 'tentacle monsters' are good at controlling them. Special Warcraft. Simplify some mechanical armor to reduce the difficulty of control. After all, biological puppets are replaceable and do not require the strict protection of mechanics. In this way, it is theoretically possible to control a huge army of mechanical puppets."
As Ji Xun listened, he was also thinking in his mind. In theory, it is really feasible.
When Reni said this, his expression also showed a hint of embarrassment of lack of money.
Puppet Master has always been a very expensive career sequence, let alone researching new puppets.
His ideas are all theoretical and he has no conditions to try them.
Ji Xun saw his embarrassment, his eyes showed a hint of thought, and he said nothing more.
The two walked down the wooden house.
Rennie was born into a noble family, and his knowledge was broader than anyone else in the camp.
Because of his status as a "teacher", everyone in the camp respects him.
There were people saying hello along the way, and some were curious about Ji Xun, an outsider, and pointed.
The two turned a few corners and saw a small wooden house hidden in the darkness next to a sewer full of red-eyed mice.
As soon as the two approached, the mother-in-law seemed to have known about their return, and a faint voice came from the door: "Reni, please bring the guests in."
As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of mice ran out of the house.
Reni responded: "Yes."
Said and walked in first.
Ji Xun also followed.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a white mouse wearing a large red flowered coat smoking a pipe lazily on a chair.
Although it was a mouse, it could be seen that the face had the shadow of an old woman.
Green smoke curled up, and the shimmering rat eyes looked at Ji Xun.
When he saw it for the first time, the red-coated mouse looked slightly surprised, as if he had seen something puzzling, but it disappeared instantly.
It seemed to Ji Xun that the mother-in-law's real body was a big rat, with the same expression as usual.
I already knew from Reni’s mouth that this was a backlash from divination.
[6 of Hearts-Prophet] is a professional branch of the wisdom path, but card masters in this sequence rarely die well.
Reni introduced: "Grandma, this is Ji Xun. A guest coming to the camp."
Ji Xun also nodded politely as a greeting.
He was a guest who came to the door, and there was no courtesy at all. He directly explained the purpose of his visit: "Grandma, I want to do some divination." The white mouse said calmly: "What do you want to divination?"
Ji Xundao: "It's bad luck. I want to know if I will encounter a crisis recently. It doesn't have to be too accurate, just make sure it will happen."
He wanted to make sure his perception was correct. .
This is also related to his subsequent itinerary plan.
Hearing this, Reni on the side was also slightly surprised.
He thought Ji Xun would divine some special things, but he didn't expect it to be that simple.
You must know that "divining bad luck" is one of the favorite businesses of fortune-tellers because the cost is small.
Only a general judgment is needed, not a specific direction.
Before the other party could speak, Ji Xun took the initiative and asked: "What price do I need to pay?"
The white mouse also said decisively: "Since it is the guest brought by Reni, some food and Just supplies.”
Ji Xun: “Okay!”
He knew very well that any divination came with a price.
If it is light, it will consume energy, but if it is serious, it will hurt your life.
Ji Xun knew that he was involved in a special fate, so he didn't ask any difficult questions.
After negotiating the price, the white mouse took out a deck of playing cards and placed them on the table: "Guest, let's draw the cards."
Poker divination is the most mainstream method of divination.
Ji Xun sat on the chair next to the mouse and casually pulled out three four of spades, six of hearts, and nine of diamonds.
A very ordinary card.
The white mouse took a look and told the result of the divination: "'Miscellaneous Game'. It should be safe and sound."
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Ji Xunting He frowned.
He did not doubt that this mother-in-law would deceive him like those scammers in the market.
It’s just strange. Could it be that I feel wrong?
The prophet is a card master of the wisdom path, and his thoughts are far sharper than ordinary people.
The white mouse looked at Ji Xun and guessed what he was thinking at a glance. He explained: "In divination, big cards are not necessarily good cards. Ups and downs have their own risk and cause. What you draw is It’s an ordinary card, and it’s safe to be ordinary, so of course it’s ‘lucky’”
Reni’s expression on the side was slightly different, but he also felt that it was natural.
He had personally witnessed Ji Xun's method of killing four people.
With that kind of fighting power, even if a sixth-level card master comes, I'm afraid he won't get any benefit.
In the Thieves City, there is a high probability that there is no danger.
Besides, although Ji Xun didn't go out these days, Reni didn't feel like he didn't do anything.
High-level card masters can more or less control the leakage of their own energy, especially Qigong masters. High-level card masters in this sequence can almost perfectly control the leakage of their own energy.
It looked the same as before, but his intuition told Reni that Ji Xun was probably even more powerful now than before.
Ji Xun heard this explanation and knew that there was no problem.
Although he doesn't know how to divination, he knows a lot about it.
Poker is a medium that carries mysterious power. In the process of turning over cards, there is the intervention of luck and the like.
The cards you turn over are also your fortunes.
Just when he thought that the other party could only do this and had no intention of continuing, White Mouse saw hesitation in his eyebrows and suddenly changed the subject and said: "Of course, there is another possibility."
Ji Xun and Reni cast their eyes away.
The white mouse said: "That means someone deceived and interfered with the divination results of related events in advance."
As she said, she added: "But that situation is almost impossible. My level Although the position is not high, if it really interferes with my divination, at least the legendary card master can't do it."
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Hearing this, Ji Xun's pupils shrank slightly.
This may not sound like much to others, but to his ears, it was like thunder.
The legendary card master can’t do it, so what about the higher one?
There are many top powerhouses in the Southern Continent.
Almost the moment I heard this sentence, the intuition in my heart became stronger and stronger: that sense of crisis was directed at little Ivan in his pocket.
White Mouse looked at Ji Xun's expression, and her professional sensitivity as a fortune teller made her notice something.
Maybe I felt that the result just now was too sloppy, and I felt a little bad about accepting the money. She added: "You may have thought of some other clues. That's fine, directional clues will be more accurate than divination out of thin air. If you feel it is necessary, you can do divination again."
As he said that, a touch of wisdom accumulated over time appeared on the rat's face: "You don't have to tell me what you thought of. Your destiny is very special, and I may not be able to withstand the backlash of your divination."
Ji Xun glanced at the mouse and said without hesitation: "Okay!"
He drew three cards again, Club 2, Club 3, and Club 5.
The white mouse looked at the divination results, and his expression became serious, but he was more confused: "Has it really changed? It's actually a 'fart card'."
Ji Xun looked at the cards and knew that This is a "fart card".
This is the smallest combination of three cards in poker.
Although divination is a professional branch of prophecy, it is also slightly different.
Prophecy is a prediction of what is destined to happen in the future, and that outcome cannot be changed;
And divination only predicts some future trends through the mysterious level.
Although it also points to the future, the divination results are more vague. It also requires the level of a fortune teller to interpret the medium, so there are a lot of variables.
Ji Xun looked at the cards and waited for professionals to interpret them.
But the white mouse thought for a long time and did not speak.
The atmosphere in the room gradually became a little solemn.
I don’t know if it’s because Reni brought the guests, but my mother-in-law seems to have put in all her effort.
But after waiting for a quarter of an hour, she was still unsure after all: "I'm sorry. If I really want to say it, I still think it's 'lucky'. The fart sign represents obscurity and ordinaryness, which is actually the best "It's a lucky card."
Ji Xun nodded and said, "Well, thank you."
My mother-in-law was also a little disappointed.
Most of her life has passed, and she has divined countless strange things, and she has also divined many important people.
It was obviously a very ordinary divination in front of her, but she frowned.
It is not the result of doubtful divination.
But as soon as the guest came in, she could tell that Ji Xun was special. There was only one word: ordinary.
And she knew that it was absolutely impossible for Reni to bring an ordinary person to see her.
A fortune teller can see things that others cannot see, such as fate and luck.
It was because she didn't see anything special about Ji Xun's destiny, but it was brought about by Reni himself, that she realized the "specialness".
This made her even more suspicious that the divination results might have been interfered with.
With this thought lingering, Grandma sighed and murmured to herself: "It's a pity that the level of my divination poker is too low. If there are relic-level props, the possibility of interference will be greater. Lower it."
Ji Xundu had already taken out his reward and was about to leave. When he heard this, he suddenly thought of something, "A relic?"
Thinking of something, he took it out. A pair of gold poker cards, and asked: "Grandma, do you think this poker card is okay?"
This was back in Innocence City, when Ji Xun went to the black market and killed the fortune teller of the Cao family to get the second level [Golden Divination Poker].
This thing can only be used by diviners, and it has been gathering dust until now.
Seeing the gold poker on the table, my mother-in-law's expression froze, as if she recognized the origin of this relic: "Of course it is."
The relics of the fortune teller sequence are already rare. , she also didn’t expect that she would see such a complete set of divination playing cards.
Moreover, I’ve seen it before.
Ji Xun heard the other party's promise of a third divination and planned to try it again.
The white mouse washed the poker.
I don’t know whether it was because of the special grade of the relics or other reasons, but the three people in the room always felt a mysterious aura coming over them.
My mother-in-law had a serious face and had a bad premonition, but she also said: "Guest, please draw the cards again."
"Yes."
Ji Xun drew a card again.
But this time, as soon as he drew the first card and was about to turn it over, a sudden change occurred.
The expression on the face of the old woman opposite her suddenly changed, as if she had touched some unobservable taboo, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
As soon as his breath faded, he seemed to have lost half his life!
Seeing this scene, Ji Xun's pupils suddenly shrank.
Reni's expression on the side also changed drastically.
None of the three of them thought that just drawing the cards before the cards were turned over would have such serious consequences.
But this directly proves that someone really interfered with the divination!
Grandma’s divination behavior just now directly came into contact with the mysterious power, and it was backfired!
At the same time.
Innocence City, in an inconspicuous tavern.
There were several mysterious people in cloaks gathered in the room. They had just crossed over from the abyss rift to the Eastern Wasteland today.
At this moment, they were looking through the map of Donghuang.
If anyone is here, they will definitely see on the map that a few people have drawn a route to the Thieves City.
“I didn’t expect those guys from the Rebel Dragon Army to send that ‘forbidden object’ to the Eastern Wasteland.”
"Yes. It cost us such a long trip."
"Don't waste time, hurry up and set off!"
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(End of this chapter)