Chapter 241 The Heavenly Official is in Fire

The store Song Shiyi was looking for was located in the south of the city near the central axis. There were taxis parked around it, and many drivers ate here.

The name of the store is "Roadside Restaurant", it has a faded light red sign, a noisy storefront, and the prices of the dishes are moderate.

Most of the diners are migrant workers who are busy at night. Everyone orders two side dishes here after get off work to fill their stomachs and take a break.

Song Shiyi and Isabel were sitting in a corner, with a large plate of braised pork sausage, a portion of seaweed soup, and a plate of green vegetables placed in front of them.

 “How does it taste?” Song Shiyi looked at Isabel.

"tasty."

 Isabelle gave a review after chewing.

Song Shiyi seemed to be relieved and her expression became relaxed: "Although the taste is a bit strong, when combined with kelp soup and green vegetables, it won't feel greasy."

"I don't know why, but I always feel that Miss Mary is very similar to me in some aspects..."

 She seemed to have thought of something and stopped the topic.

Song Shiyi turned to say: "Miss Mary, I wonder if your companion is interested in joining the committee? If you become a member of the committee, many things will be very convenient. Moreover, not all committees are law enforcement agencies, there are also relative Administrative, back-office and research positions with stable schedules.”

“The committee will organize the provincial examination in this province in March this year. If you don’t hate it, you might as well give it a try.”

Seeing that Isabel did not refuse directly, Song Shiyi took out a folded paper document from her bag: "There are relevant precautions on it, you can refer to it."

At Lu Yao's remote signal, Isabel put away the paper and asked: "What happened to your apostle, Mingzai?"

 “It’s missing.”

 Song Shiyi said this, but there was no worry on her face.

 She wiped her lips with a tissue and said seriously: "This is what happened."

“About half a month ago, the committee gave me a task to track down a target.”

Isabel asked: "Allow me to interrupt, aren't you dealing with Wasteland No. 7?"

“The overlap in Wasteland Seven has long since ended.”

Song Shiyi explained: "The degree of overlap is very slight. It is just the forces of rules that are entangled and interact with each other, which has a short-term impact. If there is a real local border and wall breaking, the reaction will be far more than that."

“Where did I say it? Oh, the target is quite special, it has excellent hiding ability, and...do you know the tiger people on the Internet? You know how to surf the Internet, right?”

 Isabel nodded.

"That's the one."

Song Shiyi's face became serious, and her lips pursed habitually: "Although it looks like graffiti on a plane, it comes from another high-dimensional world called Longsu."

 Lu Yaoxin on the remote end said that it really had something to do with Silkworm Cong.

Sure enough, as long as an event related to the simulator occurs, the committee will take action.

Hinging on, he would understand that he was ready to hear the committee’s views on Longsu Zhucong.

 “Do you know Jiuhe Zhu?” Song Shiyi asked.

Isabel clumsily took a mouthful of rice with her chopsticks and shook her head.

“That’s the prop Cancong is looking for. It’s the prototype of the bronze sacred tree from the first-level cultural relic dealer in Sanxingdui Museum.”

Song Shiyi picked up a piece of fat sausage and said: "The Nine Harvest Pillars are a mythical wonder and a special passage between the Dragon and the Earth. About 6,000 years ago, dragons existed in this world. After the Nine Harvest Pillars disappeared, the dragons We can no longer come from Longsu.”

“According to the relevant information and records collected by the committee, the Jiuhe Pillar was destroyed by Longsu.”

Lu Yao felt something in his heart.

 This is different from what Cancong said.

 Isabel just listened quietly.

“As for the tiger man... his real name is Cancong, which is the same name as Cancong, the ancient king of Shu. He is a special life form that existed in this world very early and is also the guardian of the Nine Harvest Pillars.”

 “I don’t know why, after the Nine Crops Pillar disappeared, the silkworm bush remained.”

“It looks like a two-dimensional painting, which is just a state after dimensionality reduction. Facing the change of era, the power of rules will have less impact on it.”

“Mingzai and I are tracking the silkworm bush.”

 Lu Yao said through Isabel: "Then the video on the Internet... was posted on purpose by you?"

"Um."

Song Shiyi licked her lips: "Because not all players have contact and interaction with the committee, the committee also hopes to attract their attention and give them a reminder through this method."

“Unfortunately, Cancong’s anti-reconnaissance capabilities are very strong, and we did not receive effective feedback.”

 Lu Yao thought to himself, [Advanced Camouflage] is indeed a very practical skill.

 When Silkworm Cong sneaked into the house, he didn't even notice it.

“Mingzai has a very keen insight. He discovered that Silkworm Cong appeared in this city and followed it all the way. In order to find other bodies of Silkworm Cong, it also followed the same example of Silkworm Cong to reduce its dimensionality and enter a flat world.”

“Then Mingzi lost contact with me.”

Song Shiyi sighed: "I can feel that its fire of faith is still there, but I just can't determine its specific location. It should be the effect of dimensionality reduction."

Isabel pretended to be surprised: "Other bodies? There are many bodies in Silkworm Bush?"

 “Yes. It divides itself into many parts.”

Song Shiyi put down his chopsticks: "Usually it appears on various planes in the simplest line form, which consumes the least and moves the fastest. Unless it reaches the ideal state of complete airtightness, it can go anywhere."

"The complete body of Silkworm Cong includes a lot of memories and information. The dense information is separated from the body and turned into different bodies. For example, it is divided into [Characters], [Major Events], [Task Orders]... just It’s like data files of different categories are stored separately by it.”

“In this way, even if it dies, important information will be retained.”

“After the death of Silkworm Cong, the backup body it left behind will be activated. Through each body, it can continue the important information and orders from before.”

“If Silkworm Bush has hidden dangerous purposes, it would be a great threat to the current human order on earth, so the committee needs to monitor it closely to avoid unpredictable risks.”

Lu Yao combined Cancong's and Song Shiyi's statements to have a clearer understanding of Cancong.

 It separates and cuts out its important memories and stores them into databases. It walks in the simplest and most relaxed form, and will not reveal any secrets even if it is caught.

 After death, it can be resurrected in another spare body, just like a bionic person that constantly replicates itself.

 This series of abilities is both immortal and self-divided, and its mere existence can make people feel uneasy.

 Lu Yao rolled up his sleeves and said to the weird graffiti on his wrist: "I have a question."

After a while, the voice of Cancong came to my mind.

"I do have many bodies, each of which stores different memory contents. They are all under the Nine Harvest Pillar. But since the explosion on the Nine Harvest Pillar, all the bodies have been destroyed together with the Yufu and the others."

“If possible, I also hope to remember the details of the past, so that I should be able to find the way back to Longsu.”

 Both parties have their own opinions.

 Lu Yao does not have enough information to support it, and it is difficult to make a judgment.

 The only thing he can be sure of is that Cancong is indeed at a loss. The committee attaches great importance to order and will never allow it to operate at will in human society.

 In the restaurant, Isabel said: “Where did Mingzai disappear?”

“It’s about a hundred meters away from here. I was about to come here for a meal that day. Suddenly Mingzai said that he had found it, so he went to track it first.”

Song Shiyi took out her mobile phone and was about to scan the QR code to pay.

 “I’m here, you invited me last time.”

Isabel took out cash this time and went to the front desk to pay for the bill.

 After leaving the restaurant, Song Shiyi took Isabel to the other side of the street.

There is a community activity space there, equipped with table tennis tables, spacewalks, twisting machines, big wheels and other sports equipment. Some elderly people are walking and doing activities.

Song Shiyi said: "When Ming Tsai chases me here, I won't be able to find it."

 Isabel looked around.

To the left of the activity area is a public toilet, and to the right is a trail. Further along the trail is a kindergarten.

Isabel first went to the public toilet to search, but to no avail.

 Then she walked along the street and into the kindergarten.

There are various colorful pictures painted on the walls of the kindergarten. One wall has a sun painted on it, with a little sparrow in the middle of the sun.

If you continue to observe carefully, you can find that it is moving, but the movement is extremely slow, as if it has been slowed down dozens of times, and it is struggling like falling into the water.

 “Ah, Mingzai, you are here!”

Song Shiyi exclaimed in a slightly grandiose manner: "I told you not to run around, it's really worrying."

She reached behind her and grabbed a piece of white cloth, wiped it lightly on the wall, shook the cloth, and the sparrow Mingzi flew out of the cloth. The bird landed on her shoulder, and she shivered all over.

“If you weren’t here, I definitely wouldn’t have found Mingzai so quickly.” Song Shiyi thanked him.

 “Luck.”

Isabel said concisely: "I'm leaving first."

 “Let’s make an appointment next time when we have time.”

"talk later."

Looking at Song Shiyi's reluctant eyes, Lu Yao was basically sure that she just found an opportunity to ask Isabel to dinner.

 Could it be that she wanted to poach the apostles because Isabel was of a high level?

 Lu Yao was alert.

He also gained something this time. Not only did he learn more about the origin of Cancong, but he also used the [Curse of True Sight] to check Mingzai's panel.

 …

  【Apostle LV72】曐鸟·Mingzai

  HP: 17777/17777

 Mana: 4911/4911

  Damage: 120

 Defense: 81

 Speed: 23

  【Horoscope】

 If you use astrology to predict bad luck, there is a certain probability of success.

  【Secret of Fire Element LV22】

 Can continuously recover health points in fire, attacks with fire element damage, and can reserve a large amount of fire element (72/22000).

  【啖热】

 Hungry for heat and able to absorb heat directly.

  【Eye of Insight】

 Can see through many hidden messages.

 【天官火正LV5】

　　【曐niao's exclusive ability】turns into the Heavenly Official Huozheng, appears in the world as a fire body, and absorbs all the fire elements around him for his own use. The absorption range and effect are related to the ability level.

 …

This sparrow is indeed extraordinary.

 Lu Yao thought.

 When dealing with Song Shiyi from now on, you must keep an eye on this bird.

 (End of this chapter)