Arknights, are you a good person?

All the layers of illusions set up in the soul seemed to be in vain. The hands accurately identified him and extended an invitation to him.

Black snake, can't refuse.

The scene around me suddenly changed, like a dream.

In the dilapidated ancient temple, a dishevelled man sat cross-legged in the shadows. He was tall and thin, with his clothes half-open, holding a broken chessboard in his arms. He looked very much like the half-crazy celebrities in ancient books.

"Hello."

The second year old said hello.

The black snake then realized that both of his hands were grabbed by the other party through the prison door and he could not break free.

"..."

He gave an awkward but polite smile.

295: This is a bully game

The immortal black snake walked unsteadily.

Across the prison cell, he suddenly felt an indescribable fear.

All along, the Black Snake has been in a vague soul state, and no one has ever been able to grab him out from behind layers of curtains just by reaching out their hands like they did today.

There is absolutely no way to break free, let alone resist.

Black Snake was born in Ursus. He devoted all his efforts to developing this set of Originium skills of possessing other bodies. His real body has long disappeared, and only the inheritance of his soul remains forever.

This is the basis of his pride.

But today, this pride was instantly shattered by the existence that Qi Yuan casually threw out.

"Don't move, let me take a closer look."

A truly gloomy look came from the shadows. As he looked at me, Old Two muttered, "It's really strange. I've met people who study the power of giant beasts, and I've met people who are obsessed with the long lifespan of giant beasts, but I've never met someone like you who is so obsessed with splitting yourself...Reviving Ursus, what a strong obsession."

The black snake remained silent, as it had no choice.

The moment they held hands, they had a direct soul contact, and the superiority and inferiority between the two was instantly distinguished. After all, Black Snake knew nothing about the person in front of him, but this person knew everything about him and told him everything.

What he is facing is a genuine giant beast, whose attainments in the soul realm are extremely high, and it is even possible that his own power is the soul itself.

"You are... the one who took over Qi Yuan's body?"

The black snake had a terrible guess. Before he planned to take over another body, Qi Yuan might have been successfully possessed by a giant beast. All the strange abilities he displayed were extensions of the giant beast's power.

This way, it can be explained.

however--

"hehe."

The answer to Black Snake was a mocking sneer.

Black Snake was very perceptive. He could tell that in addition to sarcasm, this laughter also contained a strong hint of self-mockery.

This fellow, who is suspected to be the agent of the giant beast, possesses authority beyond the human realm. Could it be that even such a being failed in taking over another's body?

“Perhaps, we can cooperate.”

The black snake's body flickered wildly, trying to struggle: "It seems that you have tried the same thing as me, but failed in the end. But if you and I work together, we may be able to do it..."

“This is a space constructed by the soul. You can think of it as a dream.”

The old man didn't even have the interest to answer, let alone let go, but said to himself:

"In dreams, what people look like depends on their self-perception. For example, even if I divide myself into 180 parts, in dreams, I will always look the same as I do now."

He stood up slowly, his black and white tattooed arms slowly rising, his tall and thin figure seemed to merge into the shadows.

The black snake was also pulled up uncontrollably.

"what do you want to say in the end?"

He did not struggle. In the face of the absolute gap in strength, any struggle would be like an ant trying to shake a tree or a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

"Have you ever looked in a mirror?"

The second year old said.

As soon as the words were spoken, the scene changed immediately, like the movement of stars.

There are people scattered in the roadside teahouse.

Compared to the broken temple cage that clearly represented imprisonment, this bustling teahouse full of smoke and smoke seemed to make the man in front of him feel more humiliated. The old man held the black snake in one hand and gently lifted the cup on the table with the other hand and waved it vigorously.

The tea splashed on the ground and gathered into a mirror.

"Take a good look at yourself."

Lao Er said this calmly, but to Black Snake it seemed like an absolute order. He looked towards the stall uncontrollably but didn't see anyone.

There is only a chaotic and changing shadow.

Black Snake is sometimes an old man, sometimes a gloomy young man, sometimes a charming university history lecturer, and sometimes a pale-skinned duke...

The black snake has been changing all the time, with features of men, women, old and young appearing on its body, as if it was out of control.

In the mirror reflected by the tea, Black Snake also saw Tallulah behind him. Her soul was still there, and her self-awareness was extremely clear. She stood behind Black Snake with her head lowered dejectedly, and there was a deathly silence in her pupils.

"It doesn't mean anything."

The voices of the black snakes were heard by men, women, young and old, and were as noisy as a morning market: "Even if you kill me here, my will will not be destroyed. As long as Ursus exists, the undead black snakes will continue to return."

"You really do like to play tricks with that line of argument."

The second year old shook his head, disappointed with this even more [chaser].

That's it?

With this level of ability, you still want to take over Qi Yuan's body?

Daydreaming!

He never said this kind of "keep coming back" rhetoric. Old Two would just honestly tell the Yan country officials that he had divided his consciousness into 181 pieces, and he would lose if they could find all of them.

"Unfortunately, you are just a chess piece. Your ability and spirit are not enough to become a chess player in front of him."

The old man calmly pronounced the death sentence.

"You were eaten."

It was a bloody swallowing. There was no blood or flesh, only black and white mist that completely enveloped the black snake. In the mist, screams of various tones burst out from time to time, like a bloody massacre.

After a long time, the fog slowly dissipated.

The tall and thin man revealed his figure. He sat cross-legged with a casual and unrestrained posture, his clothes casually open, and he wiped his mouth with his lapel from time to time, revealing an indescribable madness.

He slapped the ground beneath his feet like a wild poet and wine drinker, but all that came out of his mouth was just a complaint.

"It tastes bad."

Without the chatterbox, the teahouse in the illusion suddenly became silent.

The second brother's gaze fell on Tallulah who was standing beside him.

Surprisingly, although the black snake took over this body, the soul of the owner of this body was not assimilated or dissipated, but instead silently resisted.

"you're free."

The 28-year-old was silent for a while, then his voice suddenly slowed down, and he showed unprecedented gentleness towards Tallulah.

Tallulah: “…”

It's not that he thinks highly of Tallulah, but more that he was moved by the scene.

"Eat me too."

Tallulah was silent for a while, then suddenly spoke.

The lethality of this sentence is greater than that of the black snake chattering for a long time.

"Wait a minute."

The old man shook his head and put down his hand that was wiping his mouth: "Go and tell Qi Yuan about this, don't be so self-indulgent in front of me."

A hint of doubt flashed across Tallulah's dead eyes.

Then, the world spun around and Tallulah felt as if her soul had been thrown out and fell into her body. She appeared on the top of the familiar platform again, and in front of her was Qi Yuan, holding a jade pendant in his hand.

Is this the man who saved me?

Suddenly, Tallulah's body collapsed limply, like a rag doll.

"Little Tower, why did you fall down?"

Qi Yuan grabbed the falling body and shook her shoulders.

"You have to stand up."

296: Qi Yuan, please call me by my full name "Wang"

What happens in the soul is like a storm. The people inside slowly devour the enemy bite by bite, but outside it seems like only a moment has passed.

"What's wrong with you, second brother?"

Qi Yuan gently waved the jade pendant in his hand: "Did you also give Tallulah a blow when you killed the black snake?"

Tallulah looked at him deeply with a complicated expression. After holding it in for a long time, she could only say thank you.

Qi Yuan gently let go, and Tallulah continued to squat on the ground like an autistic child.

Qi Yuan was not familiar with this situation, but he knew one thing: at this moment, Tallulah's clothes were blown to pieces, her shoes and socks were also blown away, and almost 60% of her skin was exposed, which was dazzlingly white.

There was a man watching, but even so, Tallulah seemed unaware and didn't care at all.

Either Tallulah didn't care, or she wasn't mentally strong enough to care.

Qi Yuan felt that it was both.

"This is her own problem."

The gloomy voice of the old man floated out from the jade pendant: "Oh, yes, when I ate the black snake, she begged me to let you eat her. Qi Yuan, you don't have to pretend to be a gentleman, just start eating quickly."

It was hard to tell she was joking.

Qi Yuan looked at Tallulah, who nodded, indicating that she had indeed said that.

Don't you even blush?

"Not now." Tallulah said, as if extremely tired. She lay on the platform, put away all the Originium skills, and let the snowflakes fall on her body.

Tallulah didn't know what to do.

Only when one is completely desperate will one be possessed by the black snake, which was what happened to Tallulah at the time. Due to a series of events, she began to doubt the infected and the path she was on, and was taken advantage of by the black snake. But the instinct in her soul still drove Tallulah to fight, and it was more of a fighting instinct.

She rebelled just for the sake of rebelling, because failure meant the complete dissipation of her soul.

As for what would happen after success, Tallulah never thought about it.

The black snake suddenly disappeared, just like the threat of death suddenly disappeared, and a huge feeling of emptiness instantly hit her.

"You have to stand up."

Qi Yuan tried to persuade him earnestly, shook his head, and looked at the glowing jade pendant: "Sui Lao Er, we agreed at that time that I would let you go if you helped me do one thing. Shouldn't you have destroyed the chess piece immediately?"

"There was no written evidence at that time."

The old man said so, his tone as gloomy as ever.

He placed 181 pieces in Yan State at that time, including all the variables he could see, but missed this one.

"You are the biggest variable, the chess player's sudden inspiration, the sharp knife that cuts everything into pieces. This time, you have demonstrated your perfect calculation ability. How can I leave you so easily?"

"It's weird."

Qi Yuan grabbed the jade pendant and felt a little nauseous for a moment.

"And one more thing."

The old man suddenly said seriously, "The immortal black snake is not completely dead. I followed the connection of his soul and did something to him. Soon he will know what is the most important quality to become a chess player."