Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

All her subtle movements were no different from those of an ordinary person. If she hadn't kept her eyes straight for a long time, it would have been hard to tell that she was a puppet.

"Yanluo Si has a rule: the deceased cannot explore their past, cannot contact their relatives in the living world, and there is also a biggest taboo... they cannot find out the cause of their own death!"

Bai Yu drummed his fingers on the table. He finally understood that this rule was hindering Qin Xuezhao's investigation.

So she took Di Ting away and quietly lurked, in order to retrieve her past and find out...

"You want to know how you died?"

"Yes."

Chapter 80 Although I Want to Refuse Loudly

Qin Xuezao, a genius who died seven years ago.

His soul did not enter the cycle of reincarnation, but was chosen by the Lord of the Underworld on the Yellow Springs Road. Seven years later, he became the Night Wandering God of Yama.

This experience cannot be called legendary, but at least it is something that even the O group would shake their heads after reading it.

"It's not without purpose that Yama Si is preventing the employees of the underworld from searching for their past."

Bai Yu thought for a moment and said, "I used to think those messy rules were unnecessary, but when I grew up, I realized that these weird rules often carried some kind of tragic lesson."

For example, the stools in the hospital's infusion room have to be chained together.

"It's not hard to imagine why these rules were established. After all, we are the dead. Losing our lives means our lives are over. Gaining a life in the afterlife and the next stage of life is already a blessing enough. If we want to investigate the past, once we know why we died, it will inevitably affect our future."

Qin Xuezao understood this principle. She understood it clearly and spoke calmly, "If you die with a large family, that's fine. Knowing it wouldn't matter. But what if you died at the hands of an enemy? Would you be able to resist hatred? Would you not seek revenge? No one can remain calm when facing an enemy who has shattered the happy life they deserved... especially now that we possess the power to exact revenge."

"But what is Yama? It's a place of strict law, a place where Daxia judges and punishes criminals—criminals must be judged here. As those who maintain order and law, we cannot let personal feelings control our rationality. We cannot ignore the laws of Yama and seek personal revenge. If we do so, we will commit a serious mistake and be sent to the eighteen levels of hell."

She spoke calmly.

It was precisely this calmness and composure that proved to Bai Yu that her decision to cross this rule was the result of careful consideration, not a momentary impulse, and could even be said to have been planned for a long time.

Bai Yu crossed her fingers and said, "You mean to say that you knew the consequences, but you still decided to find your past... even though you knew what you would become if you were caught."

"I think he was sent to the eighteen levels of hell, where his personality was obliterated and he was reborn into the cycle of reincarnation."

"...I thought people who have died once would be more afraid of death." Bai Yu said in a low voice.

"I'm really afraid of death." Qin Xuezao lowered his eyes. "But am I really alive right now? ... I don't like this body that has no feeling at all. It's too cold."

"Just for this reason?"

"No, of course not..." Qin Xuezao said, "This is something I decided long ago."

"Early in the morning?"

"After I died, when I first arrived in the underworld, I didn't lose all my memories immediately. When I was walking in the Forgotten River, there were red spider lilies blooming on the roadside. I reached out and plucked a Lycoris radiata flower, squeezed out its sap, and wrote a line of words on my arm... When I woke up in a daze, although I couldn't remember anything, I could still see the burning handwriting on my arm left after the Lycoris radiata sap burned my soul. It said this..." Qin Xuezhao raised his eyes, looked at Bai Yu, and said word by word: "-Find the murderer!"

Bai Yu said nothing.

Qin Xuezao pressed his chest, but Yanou's body had no heartbeat and no temperature.

"I only remembered this sentence, this thought, so for the next seven years, I have been preparing for this matter. I want to find the answer, to find the murderer who killed me..."

Bai Yu asked, "And then? A personal vendetta?"

Qin Xuezao shook his head. "I don't know either. Maybe they'll notify Chang Ye Si, or maybe they'll just arrest him. Right now, I want to know the truth more than I want revenge. I don't want to die in vain."

She clenched her hands, and every micro-expression showed her reluctance to die so suddenly.

After all, Qin Xuezhao was a genius with a bright future. She was killed like this, and even the murderer was not found. She will indeed die with regrets.

There is not even an explanation, it is a complete unsolved case.

It’s hard to calm down!

Bai Yu tactical drinking water, he could understand Qin Xuezao's feelings, and he had some empathy... After all, he had just experienced it not long ago, and he really wanted to scatter the ashes of the Rose Girl.

Sometimes people live just to have their thoughts understood.

Understanding is understanding, empathy is empathy, but... risk is risk.

After listening, he found that these things had basically no direct connection with him.

"I understand the logic, but..." Bai Yu pointed at himself and asked, "Why me?"

Qin Xuezao said quietly: "I didn't actually mean to come to you."

Bai Yu was delighted when he heard this: "That's great, can I kick you out?"

Faced with such a frivolous question, Qin Xuezao remained calm and said, "The person I originally planned to look for was Su Ruoli."

Bai Yu's smile disappeared immediately.

But according to the law of conservation of smiles, the smile was transferred to Di Ting's face, and the white-haired little beast happily wagged its tail and turned around.

Bai Yu held her chin with her right fist, her head tilted 30 degrees, and her polite smile was 15 degrees Celsius. "You really know how to find people... Su Ruoli just experienced a life-or-death situation, so I'm afraid she doesn't have the time to get involved. You're too rude. What can a little girl like her do to help? Besides, she might not help you."

Qin Xuezao said with certainty: "She will help me."

Bai Yu raised his eyebrows.

"Su Ruoji and I are very good friends." Qin Xuezao said firmly, "Su Ruoji has been investigating what happened back then, but she hasn't found the truth. Ruoli is Ruoji's sister, so she will definitely help me."

Bai Yu calculated that Su Ruoji was indeed a student of Nanling No. 3 Middle School seven years ago... If these two were friends, they would really match up.

And since it concerns Su Ruoji, Su Ruoli might really agree.

"Then why don't you ask Su Ruoji for help directly?" Bai Yu raised his hand and asked.

"...Are you serious about asking this?" Qin Xuezao gave him a look of reproach and doubt. "Su Ruoji has been missing for nearly three years."

Missing for nearly three years?

No wonder the Su family members were silent when Su Ruoji was mentioned.

Bai Yu thought quickly and tactfully, "I was just trying to trick you... Even if Su Ruo had disappeared, you should have found other helpers. Didn't you have other friends back then?"

Qin Xuezhao didn't say anything. She turned her head slightly, her movements became a little stiffer, and her eyes became a little more vague.

"...You don't really have any other friends, do you?"

"No, no!" Qin Xuezao said unnaturally, "I don't remember anything about the past!"

"Feeling guilty, huh?" Bai Yu asked, clasping his hands. "What about your family?"

"We have already left Nanling. This is their sad place, and I don't want to involve my family." Qin Xuezhao shook his head.

"But you can involve your friend's sister without any scruples... What kind of train of thought is this?"

Bai Yu said angrily, "Finding the real culprit means digging up old scores. Finding the real culprit seven years later will easily attract attention and expose yourself. Even if you were a transcendent, you would still die. Do you think this won't put Su Ruoli's life in danger? Is this how you treat your friend? If the missing Su Ruoli finds out, she'll definitely call you heartless. It would be better for her to just cut ties with you so you don't harm her sister."

Qin Xuezao said: "I have my own way to protect her safety!"

"Come on." Bai Yu said coldly, "Be careful that the moment you show up, you'll be captured by the Sun Wandering God. Just avoiding him will require extreme caution. Can you take care of everything?"

Qin Xuezhao was silent. Perhaps the CPU usage rate had increased, and the body temperature was rising... red temperature for short.

Instead of getting angry, she calmed down and reached out to the buttons of her clothes.

Bai Yu immediately raised her hands to block her eyes: "Talk properly, why are you taking off your clothes so suddenly? I'm telling you, I don't want to see it at all!"

Qin Xuezhao glanced at Bai Yu, and seeing that the other party could put down Peanut's fingers, he continued to take off his shirt. After pulling open the clothes, the upper body of his mechanical body was exposed.

"hiss!"

Bai Yu saw it clearly and took a deep breath: "It's really big... I'm talking about the wound."

A large wound ran through her chest, revealing mechanical components and non-biological structures inside the wound.

There was a broken arrow embedded in the wound. Although it was broken, the front end of the black diamond-shaped arrow was still embedded in it.

Qin Xuezao revealed the scars on the puppet's body. "The puppet I'm using is almost broken... Aside from the skilled artisans of the Divine Palace of the Heavenly Works Division, I'm afraid no one in the public can repair it. I don't want to return to the Yama Division, so I can only look for partners. Unless it's an emergency, I don't want to involve others."

Bai Yu finally understood: "So it can be understood that you are about to crash... and even replacing the 4090 can't save it?"

Qin Xuezao nodded: "Without the Yanou body, I won't be able to move freely given my recent level as a Night Wanderer."

Bai Yu asked, "What level is the Day and Night Wandering God?"

"Second level."

"Level 2? How could you be injured so badly? Who did it? A human demon? A real demon? A great demon?"

"True demons are comparable to transcendents of the gold rank. They require the Black and White Impermanence to deal with. Great demons require the intervention of the Judge." Qin Xuezao touched the wound. The crack at the gap widened, and a few fragments fell off. "I wasn't injured in a fight with a human demon, but by the followers of the evil star... This arrow is a demon-killing arrow, capable of destroying even the soul."

"So you're not dead?"

"My soul is also injured." Qin Xuezao sighed softly: "Fortunately, it is a Yanou body, so the injury is not aggravated. Even so, I can't exert my full combat power."

Bai Yu touched his chin and said, "I understand. Your puppet is useless now... Why did the evil star followers shoot you?"

“If you were walking down the street and someone slashed you, would you ask why?”

"..."

"Let's get down to business. This is a deal." Qin Xuezao wrapped up his clothes and raised his eyes: "If you promise to help me, I will naturally pay the corresponding reward."

"remuneration?"

"I don't know anything about Su Ruoji's disappearance, but I can provide some relevant clues, which may be related to her disappearance." Qin Xuezao looked at Bai Yu and said seriously, "At the same time, I can also teach you a unique extraordinary skill of mine!"

"Can extraordinary skills be taught?"

"Extraordinary skills can be acquired through systematic learning, just like the Demon-Slaying Arrow I just mentioned, which is a skill that followers of the Evil Star must master if they follow the same path. I've fought you before, so I can tell... you're stronger than I was seven years ago." Qin Xuezao said, "I'd really like to give it a try. If I can train a genius, perhaps I can make up for my shortcomings back then."

Bai Yu looked into the other person's eyes and asked abruptly, "Did we know each other seven years ago?"

Qin Xuezao didn't answer, but just asked: "Have you thought it through? Give me a definite answer."

Bai Yu pulled his hand back, analyzed the situation carefully, and then asked, "First, let me summarize. Your request consists of two points: one, find the demon and erase the fallen demon body; two, find the murderer who killed you."

"Yes...the above two points must be achieved without being discovered by Yama Si." She added.

"And after completing these two points, I can get clues about Su Ruoji's disappearance and your extraordinary skills."

"In fact, there is another reward." Qin Xuezao said: "I am confident that you can officially enter the extraordinary realm within a week."

"What are you going to do if I refuse?"

"I will find other helpers, maybe Su Ruoli, or someone else."

"Have you ever considered the possibility that I am no match for you?"

"If you can't win, you can run away, or you can ask for help... You're not me, so don't you know how to call for help or tell tales?"

...That makes so much fucking sense.

The owner of the bathroom was ecstatic upon hearing this.

"Okay, I'll help you."

Bai Yu agreed decisively.

Although I really want to refuse, unfortunately... she gave me too much!

"fine thanks."

After she finished speaking, she opened her mouth and spat out a piece of emerald green jade, which fell on the table. It was like a colorful rain flower stone, spinning around on the table.

At the same time, her body immediately lost response and collapsed directly on the chair, motionless.

Just before Bai Yu reached out to pick up the stone, a cute creature jumped up and swallowed the jade in one gulp.

The little white-haired beast shuddered, and the next moment its clear and stupid eyes became smart.

"...Okay, we can continue chatting." A pleasant female voice came out of Di Ting's mouth.

"Why don't you explain to me what the hell is going on?" Bai Yu's eyes widened. "What kind of alchemy is this?"

"There's nothing to be surprised about. Little Di Ting is a mechanical beast that imitated the real Di Ting. I simply transferred the soul-nourishing jade into its body for preservation."

Qin Xuezao shook Di Ting's lion head and said jokingly, "You don't think this is a real living thing, do you? Big~Brother~"

Chapter 81 How can you become stronger without spending money?

The two sides hit it off.

Bai Yu moved Qin Xuezao's unable to move body to the warehouse and found a box to put her away.

Keeping a posture of hugging her knees, she looks like an artificial girl.