No strange things are allowed to evolve!

Could it be that this person isn't actually a manipulative woman, but rather someone who is genuinely kind-hearted?

If he really is a manipulative woman, wouldn't he be able to see that those seemingly unreasonable things are actually various obedience tests and psychological manipulation?

He should know these things best, right?

Of course, Jiang Shu did not only believe his side of the story.

As a meticulous person, Jiang Shu had someone inquire about the two through a completely trustworthy channel, and the result was indeed as Liang Chengji said: he had not lied to his brother and pretended to be pitiful.

In fact, he often romanticized the woman's behavior.

Those things that Jiang Shu found unacceptable were actually the result of Liang Chengji adding a filter.

At this point, Jiang Shu was finally able to confirm that his decision had indeed been arbitrary.

Liang Chengji is not a green tea bitch, but a purebred, top-tier naive and innocent sweetheart.

He never makes people uncomfortable or says anything offensive, perhaps simply because his life is devoid of such negative influences.

A person who has never been offended or hurt will naturally not know how to offend or hurt others, nor will they know that some behaviors they do not understand are actually offending or hurting them.

This conjecture was later confirmed when his parents visited him. Jiang Shu was certain that he was a flower that had grown up in a greenhouse, because his family atmosphere was so wonderful.

Furthermore, through Jiang Shu's observation, he observed that even when facing people with whom he had little connection or whom he might only meet once in his life, he maintained the same attitude, always offering them a smile and a helping hand.

Once, a beggar who was clearly taking advantage of people's kindness to commit fraud took money from him. Jiang Shu laughed and said that he had been cheated again, but he just said indifferently, "For me, it's just the cost of a meal, but what if he really needs help?"

Such a person is almost unrealistically wonderful in this day and age.

From then on, Jiang Shu gradually changed his mind.

When Liang Chengji repeatedly recounted the reasons for his breakup, she no longer listened with the mindset of simply enjoying the story, but began to offer him comfort and advice more and more frequently.

Although opinions are probably useless.

After all, every time the response was "No way," "She's not a bad person at heart," "She's really different from other people," and "This time she said she really knows she was wrong."

What's most infuriating is that although the woman's side has a variety of ways to cause trouble, she hasn't actually made any fundamental mistakes. Even if Jiang Shu wanted to help him get through the pain quickly, he couldn't find a way to do so. He could only patiently act as his strategist, helping him overcome one problem after another.

In the end, when his roommates had all given up on saving this hopeless love-struck guy, only Jiang Shu still persisted and stayed by his side.

This kind of life continued until his senior year of college.

During his internship, and even after his six roommates had gone their separate ways, Liang Chengji would still frequently call Jiang Shu, the only one who would patiently listen to his complaints every time, a good brother who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside in his eyes.

That's why, among the people he met during his university years, there are many he no longer remembers, and some he might not even recall if his name is mentioned in front of him.

But Liang Chengji and this woman he had only met a few times were the only two people he would never forget.

And this wicked woman who treated her good brother like a dog, you're telling me she's an evolved being, or even the current number one in the preliminary rounds of the competition?

What's the difference between this and someone coming to Jiang Shu now and telling him that his smoking, drinking, permed-hair, fifty-something-year-old father is actually a magical girl?

After confirming several times that she hadn't misremembered the face she had once described as having the "face of a bad woman," Jiang Shu naturally thought of a question—

Could Liang Chengji's disappearance be related to her?

The information gathered from his home has proven that he is not just an ordinary person; he has a deep and intriguing understanding of the world of evolved beings.

He might even have played a part in enabling me to become an evolved being.

So who exactly is this "Grand Empress Dowager" in front of us, the ex-girlfriend Liang Chengji mentioned when he last saw her and whom he hadn't contacted for a long time?

What exactly is the organization behind Sachima that she mentioned?

What is the relationship between Liang Chengji and this organization?

The old questions hadn't been answered yet, and so many new questions had arisen. The sheer number of questions left Jiang Shu feeling incredibly frustrated and confused.

He had a vague feeling that there was definitely a huge conspiracy involved, but these countless fragmented clues were simply not enough to piece together a clear picture.

Something crucial is definitely missing...

Jiang Shu began to consider whether he should take the risk of contacting the other party to test the waters.

Just then, Sebastian, standing beside him, let out a worried sigh.

"Is this the opponent you'll be facing, young master? That guy looked really strong, but I didn't expect him to be killed so easily."

"What?" Jiang Shu came to her senses.

The video has now finished playing.

Sebastian asked, puzzled, "Didn't you watch it? Didn't you say you were going to study the game footage? Why did you get distracted?"

"I suddenly remembered something important," Jiang Shu replied absentmindedly, while pressing the replay button. "It's okay, I can just watch it again. It's not like I can only watch it once, and many details can't be seen all at once anyway."

"That's true."

This time, Jiang Shu watched the entire battle between the Empress Dowager and the Sugar Heart Knight with great care.

The process was very brief, but Jiang Shu watched it many times.

Just as Shaqima described, the Empress Dowager's methods were indeed unpredictable.

The video is only a little over a minute long, and the Sugar Knight only has about thirty seconds to unleash her full power, while her decisive move is just a fleeting moment.

From an outsider's perspective, it was as if Sugar Knight had used all his skills and then suddenly died.

But anyone would know that even after using skills at high intensity, a person would be exhausted and weak, but would not die. So it could only be that the Empress Dowager did something.

Even when the video is slowed down 32 times, you still can't see her making a move.

There was no pre-swinging or post-swinging; she simply stood there motionless from beginning to end.

This is even more unpredictable than Jiang Shu chanting incantations.

Jiang Shu reviewed the other videos, and the result was the same.

"That's really strange..." Jiang Shu muttered.

It seems that not only is their identity a mystery, but even their abilities are shrouded in mystery.

But at this moment, Sebastian, who was also watching the video with Jiang Shu again and again, suddenly noticed something.

"Huh? This person seems different from the others."

He pointed to the sprinter nicknamed "Yellow Flash" on the screen and said:

"Everyone else died instantly, only suddenly passing away at the last moment, but this person seemed to die little by little."

"Hmm?" Jiang Shu asked, "What do you mean by dying little by little?"

“It just feels like after each attack, his speed slows down a little,” Sebastian said earnestly and confidently. “Very little, but definitely slower.”

Jiang Shu replayed the video with some skepticism, but didn't notice any difference.

"How come I didn't notice?"

Sebastian shook his head: "No, it must be too slow."

As he spoke, he stood up, pulled out a measuring tape from who-knows-where, and began adjusting the image frame by frame, measuring the distance the "yellow flash" moved in each instant, while confidently stating:

"As an excellent butler, my eyes are my ruler. When cleaning a room, not even a speck of dust can escape my eyes. When arranging items, the precision and perfection of distance and position are the only standards in my eyes!"

To Jiang Shu's astonishment, based on the sixty frames per second footage, Sebastian actually calculated the average change in distance traveled by the "yellow flash" with each dodge and maneuver—

2.5 micrometers!

"He did indeed weaken little by little, I wasn't mistaken!"

Sebastian proudly stated the conclusion he had reached.

Jiang Shu, who witnessed the entire operation and confirmed that the result was correct, was dumbfounded.

While it's perfectly reasonable for butlers to have obsessive-compulsive tendencies—it's true they might be particular about the placement and spacing of items—your approach is a bit...

After a long pause, Jiang Shu slowly asked.

"Putting everything else aside, I have a question for you. When there were PM2.5 outbreaks in the past, did you experience trypophobia?"

Chapter 314 The Empress Dowager's Invincible Technique

"Trypophobia?" Sebastian shook his head. "No, because every speck of dust looks different, so to me it's like snow, only the snowflakes are smaller."

"Is...is that so...?"

One micrometer is one millionth of a meter, and two and a half micrometers is less than one-twentieth the diameter of a human hair.

In other words, the distance covered by the yellow flash in the same amount of time with each turn and maneuver is only one-twentieth the length of a human hair.

And this was precisely captured by Sebastian.

How could Jiang Shu not be surprised?

At this moment, meticulousness seemed to suddenly become tangible.

Even though the specific numbers have been calculated, Jiang Shu still feels that such a small, almost negligible difference is not enough to prove anything.

Even when a person walks normally, it's impossible to guarantee that the stride length between each step is exactly the same, right?

"Logically speaking, that is indeed the case."

Sebastian nodded at first, but then continued:

"However, if the rate of decrease is exactly the same every time, that would be too much of a coincidence."

"Is it possible that because we've maintained this level of offensive intensity, our stamina has been decreasing on average?" Jiang Shu speculated.

"I don't think so. The human body is more precise and complex than a machine, but it is also more unstable, so such a situation that only exists in an ideal is unlikely to occur."

Sebastian pondered:

"And I think I made a new discovery while I was doing the calculations just now, which should also prove this point."

"what?"

"To avoid any chance of it happening, I took several more clips for calculation. One of the clips showed him making positioning runs instead of launching a direct attack. In this clip, his speed didn't decrease, so I thought he wouldn't become weak due to exhaustion."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shu thoughtfully played a recording of Yellow Flash battling other contestants.

Although there is only one match video between Yellow Flash and the Empress Dowager, since the rankings were relatively fixed afterward, the two didn't have many opportunities to face each other. In fact, none of the other current top ten players who came in later have a record of fighting the Empress Dowager. However, Yellow Flash still has many match videos with other players.

Then, through Sebastian's calculations, Jiang Shu discovered that similar situations had indeed not occurred when he fought against others.

Jiang Shu gradually came to understand everything.

If we want to investigate the cause of an anomaly, we must first discuss the things that caused it and how they differ from those of people who did not cause the same situation.

What makes the yellow flashing light different from everyone else?

Jiang Shu recalled that, according to Shaqima's description, the advantage of the yellow flash was its unparalleled speed.

His speed was so fast that it was almost indistinguishable from a teleportation flash.

For example, in a standard stadium with a track length of 400 meters, from the moment the starting gun fires, he may appear to be standing motionless behind the starting line, but in reality, he has already run a lap around the track.

Only when a high-speed camera slows down the motion to an infinite speed can you clearly see the process of him running.

In addition to his Flash-like speed, he also possesses incredible physical strength.

As most high school students know, the formula for calculating kinetic energy is Ek=mv²/2. Therefore, the faster the speed, the greater the impact force when a collision occurs. Since forces are reciprocal, the collision will also experience the same impact.

This meant that his defense couldn't be weak.

Otherwise, if he accidentally bumps into something while running, he might turn into the two severed hands of his girlfriend in Hughie's hands on the spot.

Therefore, with lightning speed as its core, the yellow flash attack pattern is to launch multiple close-range attacks with exaggerated physical strength as its weapon in a short period of time that is almost like time stopping for the opponent.

All his skills are designed to enhance and amplify his advantages, increasing his speed and physical strength.

With these clues, Jiang Shu quickly found the only solution—

The reason why Yellow Flash gradually weakened and eventually became unable to fight, instead of being instantly defeated by the Empress Dowager like other contestants, was not because he was stronger than others and could withstand the Empress Dowager's strange skills, but because he had simply experienced the fate of others countless times.

The slow speed he slows down each time he teleports is actually a weakened version of dying instantly.

What makes the multi-stage attack of the yellow flash different from others?

For a period of time at the start of a battle, the Empress Dowager will not take the initiative to attack. When she does make her move, the risk of defeat for her opponent is almost 100%.

So any normal person would want to interrupt her or defeat her before she can make a move.

Therefore, they will definitely not hold back, but will play their trump card as quickly as possible.

But yellow flashes can't do that.

Because his trump card is to unleash ten thousand basic attacks in an instant.