I loaded the dream game

Looking at the light pink dress she was wearing, she blinked in confusion, and then, not knowing what she was thinking of, her cheeks began to heat up and turned a beautiful blush.

"A-Alastair?"

"Do not worry."

As if he could see the girl's inner worry, Alastor explained, "It was the 'Mistis' called Yang No who changed your clothes for you."

"..."

The girl breathed a sigh of relief, but she had another inexplicable feeling in her heart.

She pursed her lips, shook her head gently, jumped off the bed and walked towards the door.

"where are you going?"

Seeing that the girl had no intention of taking him with her, Alastor asked in confusion.

"bath!"

After leaving these words, the girl slammed the door shut, and the room became quiet again, leaving only the delicate pendant on the bedside, emitting a faint fluorescence.

"..."

After a moment, a faint sigh came from the pendant.

……

At the same time, in another room...

"So, are you ready?"

Xia Zhi looked at the black-haired girl sitting opposite him and asked seriously.

"I'm ready... Although I want to say that, it seems like there's nothing I need to prepare?" Yang Nai tilted her head slightly and said with a little trouble.

Although this is indeed the case, but...

"I mean be mentally prepared."

"If I'm not prepared for that kind of thing, will it have any impact?" Yang Nai blinked and asked curiously.

Xia Zhi was slightly stunned, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "That's not the case..."

Rather, what he is going to do next will be difficult to have any impact on with Yang Noi's current strength.

"If I object, will you give up?"

"It's hard to say. I still pay a lot of attention to the wishes of the parties involved."

"I see..." Yang Noi tapped her chin with her finger and smiled, "But... never mind, it won't do me any harm anyway, right?"

"Then let's get started."

As she spoke, she placed her hands on her collar and unbuttoned her coat.

"..."

Seeing this scene, Xia Zhi wanted to remind people that it is actually okay to not take off the coat.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand and stretched it out towards the black-haired girl in front of him.

Then, as the faint blue light lit up, Xia Zhi's hand reached into Yang Nai's "body" without any hindrance.

However, just as he was about to take the next step...

"What are you...doing?"

A familiar voice came from the door. Xia Zhi was slightly stunned. He turned around and saw a familiar petite figure staring at the hand he stretched out.

"This one……"

Xia Zhi looked at his hands, hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively: "Actually... can I explain?"

Chapter 288: Disgusting Feeling

The Noble Phantasm is the result of the coincidence of the wishes of humans and the Apostles. It "distorts" reality to cause all sorts of incredible phenomena that shouldn't exist... From this perspective, the Noble Phantasm of this world can perhaps be defined as being abnormal to some degree.

Also as a treasure, the "Midnight Child" was born from the wish of the "promised two people". It can interfere with the phenomenon of time and negate the "deterioration and consumption" produced within a day, thereby restoring the power of existence consumed that day at zero hour.

As for the source of power, it comes from "the reaction force of the distortion caused by the lack", or "the restoring power of the distorted world"... In other words, the "Lost Child of Zero Hour" resonates and interacts with the huge restoring power of the chaos caused by the Red World Apostles, thereby gaining the power of existence.

To put it simply, the Zero Hour Lost Machine is not a first-type perpetual motion machine that creates energy out of thin air, but a second-type perpetual motion machine that simply violates the second law of thermodynamics and perfectly transforms and reuses the consumed force of existence.

Of course, all of the above are not the point. After all, for individuals, there is actually not much difference between the first type of perpetual motion machine and the second type of perpetual motion machine. Both represent nearly unlimited endurance energy.

What Xiazhi really cares about is not the principle behind it, but its triggering mechanism and conditions.

——Why is it zero o’clock?

It doesn't sound like a big deal. After all, no matter what time it is, there must be a trigger time, right?

But in fact, things are not that simple.

Although it is said that "all the existence power consumed within one day will be restored", why is the trigger condition of "Zero Hour Lost" not "one day" or "twenty-four hours" but "zero hour"?

You know, "moment" is just like "date" and "constellation", it is just a virtual unit created by humans for the convenience of distinction, memory and expression. All its meanings are given by humans. When separated from the subject of "human", its existence has no meaning. Therefore, strictly speaking, it cannot be regarded as an objective existence.

In this case, why does the Zero Hour Loser have to choose "zero hour", a moment that is ambiguous, neither special nor unique, and whose entire existence meaning is given by humans and whose definition can be easily tampered with by others, as its trigger condition?

To put it simply, this question means that due to the existence of "time difference", there is always a place in the world that is currently at "zero time". So what does the "zero time lost" use as the basis for judging their own concept of "zero time"?

Biological clock? Subjective time? Or the local news telling the exact time?

On the other hand, if Zero Hour Lost also knows how to distinguish "time zones", then is it possible to tamper with its triggering mechanism by artificially adding a "time difference" to it?

This is the idea of ​​Xiazhi.

In fact, it is not that difficult to operate. You only need to attach a "time difference correction table" to the "zero hour lost child" so that every second, it will "correct" its own "time zone" forward one second according to this table, so that it will mistakenly believe that it stays at "zero hour" forever.

The "Zero Hour Lost Child" deceives time, and Xia Zhi intends to deceive the "Zero Hour Lost Child" and turn it into a real, never-stopping second-class perpetual motion machine.

In this way, he no longer needs to worry about Yang No's force of existence being exhausted, or the problem of her force of existence being drained away by some "apostle" when he and Shana are not around or don't notice one day... At that time, even if she stands there and lets others drain her, they may not be able to drain her dry.

Everything was going smoothly until a girl came in and interrupted his actions...

"Didn't you close the door?"

Xia Zhi Chaoyang cast a questioning look.

"It's not like we're doing anything shameful, why do you have to close the door?" Yang Nai blinked at him innocently.

Having said that...

Xia Zhi thought to himself, his eyes fell on the silent girl at the door, and after thinking for a while, he said: "You look good in this dress... Did you just buy it?"

"..."

The girl glanced at the two of them and silently prepared to turn around and leave.

Xia Zhi was slightly stunned, and subconsciously asked: "Don't you want to listen to my explanation?"

"What do you want to explain? Isn't this a misunderstanding?" The girl turned around and looked at him strangely.

Although this is indeed the case, but...

Xia Zhi always felt that there was something strange about the girl today.

"Besides, why should I listen to you explain these things?" The girl glared at him irritably, left his sight after saying "I'm going to take a shower".

Now it tastes just right.

Xia Zhi thought about it, hesitated for a moment, turned back to look at Xiang Yangnai and asked: "How about... let's continue?"

……

The girl relaxes in the bathtub.

Although the bathtub in the apartment is not very big, it is just enough for the petite girl to stretch her whole body.

In fact, bathing is an unnecessary thing for a fire mist warrior who can cleanse himself with the flame of purification, but during this period of time, under the influence of the two people around her, the girl began to accept the habit and gradually liked this comfortable thing.

The long black hair spread out in the water, glittering under the light. Although Xia Zhi had reminded her that it would be more convenient to wrap her hair up, the girl ignored his words.

Anyway, if I bake it with the Purifying Flame later, it will be dry soon. Besides, why should I listen to that guy?

The girl thought so and lowered her body slightly, letting the hot water that had just been filled soak up to her chin.

The steam was thick, and everything in front of her quickly became blurred. She looked at the water in the bathtub, her eyes gradually losing focus, and the scene she had just imagined reappeared in her mind.

"..."

Unhappy, annoyed, angry, unhappy...all kinds of emotions mixed in her heart, making her unable to feel the relaxation and happy mood she had when taking a bath before. Instead, she felt a little stuffy in her chest, as if something was pressing on her.

This feeling... is disgusting.

That person is also annoying.

I hate myself for becoming like this.

"..."

The girl hugged her shoulders in the hot water.

...Yes, the reason why I became so strange was because of that person. The reason why I had these inexplicable emotions was also because of that person.

and so……

This can't go on any longer.

The girl thought silently in her heart.

There were small ripples on the water, and only her soft murmur could be heard:

"It's time to... leave here."

Chapter 289: The rooftop is a good place to chat and do business

"..."

Watching the boy's hand being pulled out of her "body", Yang No still felt something strange, even though she didn't actually feel anything.

In order to ease the strange feeling in her heart, she slightly shifted her gaze and asked the boy:

“…Is it really okay not to chase after him?”

Xia Zhi was slightly stunned: "What do you mean by chasing after him?"

"She didn't seem to be in a good mood just now?" Looking at the light blue light gradually fading from her chest, Yang Nai lifted the hair beside her ear and continued:

"Since you caused it, it's only reasonable for you to comfort her, right?"

It was not a question, nor was there any reasoning process. Yukinoshita Haruno seemed to directly confirm that the unusual emotions the girl had just expressed were related to the summer solstice.

Xia Zhi: "... presumption of guilt?"

"It's experience and intuition." Yang Nai blinked and gave an answer that was completely subjective.

"That's it..."

Xia Zhi nodded.

It's not that she doesn't believe it. Yang Noi is indeed much better than herself in terms of insight and control over people's hearts. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that she can never gain people's complete trust. But in this matter, she has no reason to deceive herself.

only……

After hesitating for a moment, Xia Zhi asked her, "Then...should I chase her to the bathroom now?"

"..."

Let’s just forget it for now.

"Come to think of it... you seemed to have said before that you were the only person in the world who remembered me, right?"

After thinking about it, Yang Noi changed the topic to something that interested her.

"I did say that." Xia Zhi nodded.

"But you also said that you chose to save me because Yukino asked you to do so?" Yangno continued to ask.