Xingtetsu: Why is the captain on the train?

"It seems that your sister is very nervous, her heartbeat is much faster." Dan Shu laughed in a low voice, "Well, I heard from Zi Yueji a long time ago that among the two sisters who were recently absorbed, the elder sister is a very powerful person. From this point of view, it is true. How did you find me?"

"The smell, the smell of ink is stained on you, and the prescription is stained with the smell of your makeup."

Dan Shu fell into a brief silence again, but suddenly he sighed, "God is really unfair."

"Captain Dan, our two sisters are in a hurry to collect medicinal materials." Yuexia looked at Dan Shu with some impatience.

Xing turned around and signaled to Yuexia with his eyes, "Should we calm down a bit and stop being so aggressive?"

But Yuexia deliberately did not respond to Xing, and continued to speak to Danshu, "If you have something you want to express, you shouldn't say it to us sisters, right?"

"You don't need to raise any medicinal materials. You can bring your sister to me and dare to mention my identity. Then you two sisters naturally don't need those low-level tests." Dan Shu pointed at the stone table in the pavilion. "Of course, I have the elixir of [Dragon Coiled and Snake Leaping] here. I will give it to you two after a little discussion."

"Okay." Yuexia nodded reluctantly. "Sergeant Dan just talked about the injustice of God. Why do you say this?"

"You joined the Medicine King Secret Teachings in order to seek immortality, right?"

"Of course." Yuexia felt no psychological pressure and nodded slightly.

"I am from the Immortal Boat. Before I fell into the demon world, I could have lived for at least 800 years. Currently, I am only halfway through my life. You two sisters are not immortals. From your perspective, do you think the 400 years I have lived are a good life?"

Dan Shu said this, opening his gray eyes and looking at the moon and stars.

"What Sir Dan wants to talk about is your eyes?" Xing continued cautiously.

"The physical condition of the immortal species is determined after birth. Their appearance, intelligence, height, weight, everything is fixed and there is absolutely no possibility of change... The same is true for nature."

"Short-lived species can rely on external forces, machinery, and surgery to make up for their losses, but immortal immortals are powerless to do anything about it."

"Can't be cured?" Xing looked into Dan Shu's eyes.

"Born like this, compared to others, it is called a flaw, but looking inside yourself, it should be like this, how can it be a disease? How can it be cured? No matter what means are used, the body will always return to its original state." Dan Shu sighed, his eyes turned to Yuexia, "Miss Yuexia has a unique talent, but do you have any flaws?"

The moon was silent for a moment, and he recalled the summer night when it all started, the distant past that seemed like a dream, and nodded, "Yes."

"But someone cured it." Yuexia's tone softened.

"This is the gift of the barbarians. All diseases can be cured, and immortality can be achieved. Everything about the body can be fixed in the best possible way. If you are not tall enough, you can grow taller. If you are ugly, you can change it. If you have any disease, you can cure it... Do you think God is unfair?"

Yuexia was silent for a while before looking at Dan Shu and asking softly.

"So, what's the price?"

Chapter 104: People will always face changes, sooner or later

After speaking a long and eloquent speech, Dan Shu laughed in a low voice, looked towards Yuexia, and asked a question, "Tell me, is God unfair?"

Yuexia didn't really come here to seek immortality. In other words, as a masterpiece created by Otto in a certain world bubble, integrating the Honkai beast factor, integrating Otto's amazing wisdom and exaggerated resources, as well as the experiences in countless world bubbles, her longevity can be calculated in tens of thousands of years. Therefore, she just looked at Dan Shu calmly and asked calmly, "So, what's the price?"

Immortality comes at a price, and after experiencing ten thousand years of loneliness, she deeply understands that immortality is essentially one of the prices.

Dan Shu paused for a moment, but Yuexia continued, "We can all see the consequences of the series of actions of [Medicine King Secret] in Changletian. Those Cloud Riders either broke their arms and legs while walking, or had their faces scratched by stones. Joining [Medicine King Secret] can give you immortality, which seems wonderful, but I am rational. Immortality must be sought, but even if you seek immortality, it does not mean that you will not die."

Dan Shu stared at the moon with his gray eyes. After a long silence, Dan Shu laughed out loud, "Very good, I am more and more satisfied with you."

Yuexia felt a little relieved.

All the previous rhetoric was just a daring gamble.

Theresa Apokalis doesn't like gambling, or rather, she would never use gambling to get things done unless it is necessary. But the person she cares about most always has to hold a small number of chips to fight for the continuation of one world after another.

The more you watch, the more you will learn.

What she was betting on was that Dan Shu would value the value demonstrated in her series of words.

"I need you to help me with something first. It's not about the secret teachings of the King of Medicine, but about the head of the alchemy department. Afterwards... I will tell you what the price is." Dan Shu chuckled, a little lonely, but revealing a low, suppressed ferocity.

Yuexia's response was also simple, "Okay."

It turned out that she was right.

Just as Yuexia guessed.

The Secret Teachings of the King of Medicine really need some capable people to replenish their blood right now, otherwise they would not have placed secret agents in Changletian to recruit potential believers.

After all, right now the Yunqi Army has a lot of wounded soldiers lying all over the ground in Changletian, so the Medicine King Secret must have more corpses lying in more places.

For example, Taibusi.

———Taipusi———

One system hour ago, a star ship sailed into Taibusi from Changletian, and the entire Taibusi was plunged into a double melody.

Frost and flame.

In the Taibu Division, the one responsible for welcoming the God of Death who played these two melodies was the fortune teller Qingque who had led the way in Huixing Port last time.

Although they are called fortune tellers, in the Taibu Division, from top to bottom, except for the Taibu who is called Taibu, the rest of the deputies to the grassroots can be called fortune tellers. Qingque's current real position is the library administrator of the Taibu Division, and he will soon be transferred to become the 'head'.

She was asked to greet the captain and Jingliu, and to lead the way. According to Taibu himself, this was to let her adapt in advance to the job responsibilities she would be holding in the future.

The head of the gate, literally means the one who is in charge of the gate, similar to the old man in the security and message room.

"Save fifty years of detour, right?" The captain, holding the Skyfire Greatsword in one hand, listened to Qingque's mumbling beside him.

"I have no objection to the transfer..." Qingque scratched her cheek, squinted her eyes, and looked at the cold sword energy swaying on the formation platform not far away. Her eyes twitched and she retracted her gaze, "But I have a lot of objections to letting me lead the way for the two gentlemen."

"What? Jingliu and I never asked you to take action along the way. Are you not happy to watch the show?" The captain turned his head happily and looked at Qingque with a smile.

"Isn't it the duty of the gatekeeper to confirm who is coming and then let them in or not?" Qingque stroked the mahjong tiles in his hand. "I was the one who figured out all the secret bases of the King of Medicine that we cleared along the way. Why should the gatekeeper do this job?"

"You don't know why?" The captain glanced at Qingque.

He did not understand how the Taibusi operated internally, but he believed in his ability to judge people. The captain knew everything. If he really knew everything about the affairs of the Immortal Boat, Qingque would probably not complain to him like he was doing now.

As expected, after being asked this question by the captain, Qingque remained silent. She just cast her eyes on the fierce battle platform. She stared at the sword light in Jingliu's hand that was flowing like moonlight. After a moment of silence, she suddenly said, "I am actually a person without great ambitions."

"I can see that." The captain holding the greatsword nodded slightly. "You said it yourself, you're happy to be demoted to a janitor because of your slacking off. If this isn't being unambitious, then what is?"

"So, I don't really understand why old lady Taibu stares at me day after day. What on earth does she see in me?" The little girl sighed sadly.

"Who knows?" The captain smiled. "Isn't the fortune teller good at predicting the future? Who knows? Maybe he predicted that you will become famous and a big shot in the future?"

"Forget it..." Qingque responded weakly, "Those kinds of things make me feel annoyed and tired just thinking about them."

"You never know, you might change your temper." The captain said meaningfully with a low laugh.

Qingque seemed to be amused by the captain's joke and turned to look at the captain.

Then, she suddenly stopped laughing.

Because the captain met her eyes, she was smiling, but the captain's expression was serious and solemn. The emotions in his black pupils not only completely wiped out Qingque's smile, she even felt a chill crawling up her spine.

"People will change. No life can remain unchanged unless the world is destroyed."

"Because even if people don't want to change, the environment around them will naturally evolve. In order to adapt to the changing environment, life must always find its own way out."

"Everyone has to face something when they are born into this world. No one can be fully prepared. It all depends on one's adaptability." The captain retracted his gaze. "In my opinion, Qingque, you are a person with strong adaptability."

"Me?" Qingque responded somewhat guiltily.

"Yes, even if the sky falls, as long as there is still some comfort, people like you will not collapse and go crazy." The captain said Qingque, but what he thought of in his mind were countless familiar or not so familiar people who left an indelible silhouette in his memory.

Qingque was silent for a long time, until Jingliu killed the thieves and came back with a murderous aura. Then she sighed quietly, "To be honest, Captain, you succeeded in scaring me."

"I'm so sorry." The captain apologized insincerely.

Qingque just rubbed the mahjong tiles a few times and exhaled, "Let's go to the next place."

Chapter 105: Breaking the Illusion

"Next time, it's your turn."

"I have no objection." The captain nodded and looked at Jing Liu, whose clothes were not wrinkled after the killing spree. "What do you think of the strength of [Medicine King Secret]?"

"Just a bunch of useless people." Jing Liu gave her opinion and evaluation calmly.

It breaks when touched.

This is also the captain's evaluation of the devilish Yin-body soldiers of [Medicine King's Secret].

"To be honest, I can't figure it out. Even with the background of the [Star Core] explosion, why did the [Medicine King Secret] group decide not to continue to develop in a servile manner, but instead take advantage of the opportunity to gain momentum?"

Jingliu paused for a moment and did not answer.

"Tai Bu said before that every time the Qiongguan formation is activated, it consumes a lot of resources and computing power. Kafka has obviously finished the job, so why do we have to activate the Qiongguan formation again?" The captain said, and seeing that Jingliu was unmoved, he added, "How strange."

How strange! Are you the kind of person who would talk like that?

Qingque turned his gaze to the captain, squinting his eyes, his expression revealing his speechlessness.

"Guessed it?" Jingliu turned around, raised his head slightly, and looked at the captain.

Although her face is covered with a black veil, her intuition, hearing and other senses replace her eyes, so she always gives others the illusion that she has a clear line of sight.

"For that Tingyun, right?" The captain snapped his fingers. "They deliberately said that this trip was dangerous and left Tingyun in the Qiongguan Formation. Once we clear all the eye points of the formation, the Qiongguan Formation will probably be activated immediately and the [Pretender] will be locked in directly, right?"

Qingque was at a loss for a moment.

She had no idea about the so-called "Pretender", but based on the captain's words and her own observations, she already had a general idea of the whole thing in her mind.

"That's right. Now, there's only one thing left." Jingliu nodded, but then asked the captain, "Are you unwilling to contribute?"

"How could that be?" The captain waved the Skyfire Greatsword in his hand and smiled cheerfully, "I am very curious about the true identity of that [Pretender]."

"That's good." Jing Liu turned his head and looked towards Qing Que, "Please lead the way."

"Yeah." Qingque knew everything in her mind, but she definitely didn't want to get involved in this discussion.

Just pretend you know nothing.

The gatekeeper also needs to have his own self-cultivation.

———Qiongguanzhenbian——

"It looks like it's about to end."

Fu Xuan looked at the dark night in Taibusi Cave Heaven, and squinted his eyes at the fiery orange light that almost ignited half of the sky in the last formation.

"With those two taking action, it must be foolproof." Ting Yun, who was standing behind Fu Xuan, opened the folding fan in his hand and echoed Fu Xuan's sentiment with a smile.

"Indeed." Fu Xuan nodded slightly, turned around and looked at Ting Yun.

In the Qiongguan formation, Kafka, whose hands and feet were bound and floating in the air, pursed his lips, stared at the back of the "Pretender" and revealed a subtle sneer.

[The Pretender] seemed to sense something, and lowered the folding fan in his hand slightly, turning his eyes to look at Kafka.

And it was this moment of turning around.

The Pretender's eyes met Kafka's gaze filled with mockery and ridicule.

At the same time, when she turned around, she missed Fu Xuan who was standing behind her and making hand gestures and joining hands to form a formation.

The Qiongguan formation...start!

The array centers spread across the eight directions of the Taibusi were activated instantly, and in the center of the Qiongguan Array, the originally calm array lines all burst into bright light.

At the moment the Qiongguan Formation was activated, the [Pretender] hadn't even reacted to what was happening. However, the next moment, the Qiongguan Formation was activated and it came directly towards her to restrain her.

No matter how slow the pretender named Huanlong was, he realized that he had been exposed.

Clearing the eye of the formation was simply a cover. The fortune teller who was responsible for leading the captain and Jingliu was ostensibly there to lead the way, but in fact, he was there to activate the eye of the formation!

The fox woman's expression instantly turned ferocious. She struggled stiffly, fighting against the restraint that was like a mountain on her body. "How... did you... find out?"

Fu Xuan, who was controlling the formation by pinching his fingers, communicated with Huanlong without intention. The resistance of this [pretender] was extremely outrageous. Even with the help of the formation, Fu Xuan gradually felt the strain.

"You were exposed from the very beginning." Kafka's smiling voice sounded behind Huanlong.

As a prisoner who was also imprisoned in the Qiongguan formation, she was in the mood to mock another "classmate", "That "Captain", just a few words have proved that there is something wrong with your identity."

"How is it possible..." Huanlong growled in a low voice, gritting his teeth, "My disguise... should be perfect..."

"The disguise is perfect." A calm male voice followed up the illusory words, "I admit this, but it is only limited to the outside."

The captain holding the Skyfire Greatsword quickly climbed the stairs and met the eyes of the [Disguiser] floating in the air. "But your inner self is not consistent with the identity you pretended to be."

"You have little knowledge, no sense of propriety, and you make countless mistakes. How can you lead a merchant group in Tianbosi?"

There was a moment of silence, but he began to struggle even more fiercely.

"You, please stop talking." Taibu Fuxuan's hands trembled slightly, and he struggled to control the Qiongguan Formation. "This guy is not right!"

The intensity and duration of the rebellion were too long, and the "pretender" who was caught now was much stronger than Kafka.