Embers Ad Infinitum

After adjusting his shirt's wrists, the black shadow cast his gaze towards the gap where sunlight penetrated, as if counting the time.

Suddenly, "it" saw an extra pair of eyes there.

Dark brown eyes.

The next second, the owner of these eyes walked directly through the wall and glass, and walked into the secret room in a very strange way.

He is less than 1.8 meters tall, wearing a loose black robe and long black hair. He is about forty years old and has a very elegant beard around his mouth. He looks like Du Heng, who calls himself an antiquities scholar.

"You..." The old man with all white hair and the huge black shadow behind him spoke at the same time.

Du Heng bent his back slightly, coughed, and responded with a smile:

"Although I have forgotten many things, I still vaguely remember that my responsibility is to prevent you guys from coming to Huitu and send back those who have already arrived..."

Suddenly, in the secret room where only part of the area could be illuminated by light, it seemed as if a blazing sun was rising.

…………

Golden Apple District, No. 14 Yuanqiu Street, outside Avia's classic villa.

After seeing the rocket being pushed sideways for a certain distance, Kangna, who was also preparing to "interfere with matter," breathed a sigh of relief.

In this regard, her ability is actually similar to that of Kaa, on the same level, but she is still maintaining the effect of her own awakened ability, and is unable to fully exert it, fearing that she will not be able to guide it enough and be harmed by the aftermath.

The ability she is maintaining is called "Friendly Aura".

No words or movements are needed. As long as she enters a certain range, Kangna can make all creatures with high intelligence like her and become friendly, allowing two people who should be at odds with each other to sit down and drink tea and chat.

This ability is so powerful. As Kangna enters the "virtual world", she naturally becomes a friend of the awakened person at the "soul corridor" level, making her no longer vigilant and defensive enough, and the " virtual reality".

If Kaa hadn't used "forced sleep" from a long distance away and transformed it into a "real dream", causing Kangna's "friendly aura" to disappear, he would have turned to this person as soon as he drove near. The lady looked the other way and showed some kindness.

When Kangna was awakened from her dream by the fatal danger created by Shang Jianyao, her first reaction was to use the "friendly halo" to resolve hostility, instead of "interfering with matter" to deal with rockets.

This was her tried-and-tested method, and it saved her from danger every time. However, Shang Jianyao had a brain problem, and even though he had become friendly, he still pulled the trigger, scaring Kangna to the point of almost swearing.

Fortunately, at this time, Kaa was also affected by her "friendly aura" and took the initiative to help her solve the crisis.

The ability "Friendly Aura" belongs to the field of "ghost" and is the opposite of vigilance. It is very strong and useful and can solve many problems. However, it is also not omnipotent. For example, it has a very obvious flaw:

It must be maintained in order to be effective.

In other words, Kangna cannot switch abilities immediately after others become "friendly", which will directly lead to the loss of friendliness.

"Friendly Aura" is not like "reasoning clown", "forced sleep" and other abilities. It can still function for a certain period of time after losing the supplement of the awakened person, and it can even be released only when it encounters opposite conditions. Once it is suspended, The target returns to normal immediately.

Therefore, once Kangna uses the "Friendly Aura", she cannot show other abilities unless she intends to give up this effect.

In this state, she can only use the "interference substance" that has been weakened by more than two-thirds, a few props, and the pistol she carries.

Boom!

The rocket exploded on a wall not far away, shattering many windows and shaking the whole house.

Kangna turned her head and glanced at the old woman wearing a black thread hat. She saw that her eyes were moving slightly and she would wake up soon, so she had no choice but to continue to maintain the "friendly aura".

She then looked out the window and asked Kaa calmly, as a "friend":

"Can you give me some time to talk to Avia?"

Kaa's eyes had no focus, and he turned to Aviya's classical villa again, relying on his induction of human consciousness.

Although he was very friendly to Kangna, he did not forget his tasks and responsibilities:

"No, if you come into contact with Avia and ask something, I will have to kill you too.

"Since we are friends, don't make it difficult for me."

Shang Jianyao, who was holding a "Reaper" individual combat rocket launcher, heard this and nodded in agreement.

In fact, he heard nothing, his hearing was deprived.

He just felt that since the other party was talking, he still had to support him politely.

Kangna also couldn't hear what Kaa said, but guessed from his attitude and reaction that he rejected her request.

She intuitively believed that the enemy was already targeting Avia and trying to kill her, so she quickly brought up other topics:

“Do you know what the dangerous item is on Avia’s body?

"Where does its danger come from?"

While asking, Kangna, who had walked to the window, gestured to Shang Jianyao, asking him to take advantage of her to delay the enemy, sneak into the villa immediately, find Aviya, wake her up, and prepare for first aid.

Of course, a gesture cannot express so much meaning, and the two parties do not have a tacit understanding that has been accumulated over time. Kangna can only point her fingers at the villa, hoping that Shang Jianyao will understand her thoughts.

She felt that such an experienced expat would know what to do next.

But she also felt that the guy who was still awake was not in his right mind and might understand it wrong.

Just in case, she decided to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf at the same time.

Kangna pulled out a pistol hidden inside her clothes and threw it at the old woman wearing a black hat.

Snapped!

The pistol hit the awakened person at the "soul corridor" level, causing her body to tremble.

At the same time, Kaa shook his head:

“I don’t know exactly what it is, I just know one thing: Aviya must not be given the chance to use that item.

"Okay, stop talking. After I finish dealing with Avia and these people who got the passcode from Marcus, how about we go have afternoon tea together?

"Well, it's still morning, let's have lunch together."

"Yeah." Kangna, who had no idea what the other person was talking about, nodded frequently.

Shang Jianyao, whose arm was stained with blood, crept towards Avia's classic villa.

He was bullying his enemy into not being able to see what was going on around him, and being unable to sense himself.

At this moment, the "Angel of Life" necklace held by Kaa in his right hand shone brightly.

Then he laughed:

"Resolved, main objective accomplished.

"Well, my eyesight is almost restored."

Although Kangna couldn't hear his words, she guessed from the props he used that he should have launched an attack on Aviya.

The lady's face darkened, and she raised her finger to Kao towards Shang Jianyao.

She wanted the other party to cooperate with her, deal with this enemy as soon as possible, and then rescue Avia.

Shang Jianyao understood what she meant, turned around, and raised the "Reaper" individual combat rocket launcher.

At this time, Kangna also aimed her left hand at Kaa.

There was a ring set with broken diamonds.

It's called "slowness", which can slow down the target's instinctive reaction to gaze and attack, and slow down the corresponding premonition.

This, coupled with Kaa's current invisible state, was enough for the rockets to hit him before he noticed it and hurriedly tried to "interfere with matter."

Then it's too late.

As for an awakened person at the "soul corridor" level, his physical strength is still in the human category and cannot compare to that of a mechanical monk. The exploding rocket will be a fatal attack on him.

No. 14 Yuanqiu Street, inside a classic villa, in the bathroom and living room.

Aviya, who was wearing a white bathrobe and wet blond hair, woke up from the single sofa due to the shaking caused by the previous rocket explosion.

Next to her, a maid also wearing a bathrobe fell to the ground, twitching all over and breathing like a sigh.

Aviya's eyes narrowed and she took out her left hand that was inserted into the bathrobe pocket.

She holds a mobile phone in her left palm.

An old silver-white mobile phone with cracked screen glass.