How can there be such a strong superpower?

Even if we meet by chance, there will still be a sense of distance.

In fact, Chen Lusi and Wu You also have a sense of distance, but the latter often uses hooking her neck to eliminate the sense of distance, so it is not obvious.

But this operation is obviously not suitable for Xia Panqiu.

So after a brief conversation, the two fell silent.

The elevator quickly reached the first floor.

Chen Lusi walked out, then deliberately slowed down his pace. After Xia Panqiu came out, he walked side by side with her towards the exit of the community.

But the two remained silent and did not talk much.

Xia Panqiu didn't know what to say.

Chen Lusi was thinking.

"I understand."

Just as the two of them walked out of the community.

Chen Lusi suddenly spoke and turned to look at Xia Panqiu.

"Hmm?" Xia Panqiu raised her head slightly, a little confused.

"Your changes... I think you've changed a lot in the past few days compared to before."

Chen Lusi explained, "But I couldn't figure out what had changed until just now. You weren't wearing glasses... Round-frame glasses really don't suit you. This is much better, and it looks good."

"..."

Xia Panqiu was slightly startled, then slowly lowered her head, reached out to lift the pretty short hair on the side of her face, and said softly: "Thank you."

"Wearing contact lenses?"

“No, I’m not actually nearsighted…”

"It's just decoration... But it makes sense when you think about it. You're so young, and Wu You doesn't look like the type to keep a straight face. It's normal to want to intimidate the newcomers and look more mature... But there's really no need to do that. You just need to act like you know more than the newcomers, and that's enough to intimidate them."

Chen Lusi smiled and said, "This is what I speak from experience."

"Um……"

Xia Panqiu's pace began to slow down unconsciously, and he fell behind Chen Lusi and responded again.

But before she could finish her words, she bumped into Chen Lusi's back.

Because Chen Lusi suddenly stopped.

"……do you know?"

Chen Lusi suddenly turned around, looked at her, and pointed forward.

Xia Panqiu looked up.

not far away.

On the landscaped road outside the community, an old lady with silver hair was sitting on the ground, throwing a tantrum like a child.

Two children who looked only seven or eight years old stood beside the old lady, holding her hands respectively, trying to pull the other up.

"I'm not beautiful anymore... He doesn't want me anymore..."

A faint voice was heard.

Xia Panqiu was slightly startled, then said: "I don't know, this is..."

"Maybe it's Alzheimer's."

Chen Lusi replied, then asked, "You've never met them?"

"No..." Xia Panqiu shook her head slightly.

"Then go and take a look."

Chen Lu thought for a moment, took another step, and walked towards the old lady.

Seeing strangers approaching.

The two little girls, about seven or eight years old, seemed a little shy. They stopped forcing the old lady to stand up and instead stepped aside, wanting Chen Lusi and Xia Panqiu to pass.

But Chen Lusi did not go over. Instead, he stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

The two little girls looked at each other and seemed embarrassed to speak.

Instead, the old lady sat on the ground, looking at Chen Lusi, and continued to mutter: "I'm not beautiful anymore... He doesn't want me anymore... He will not want me..."

Seeing her like this, Chen Lusi confirmed that this was Alzheimer's disease.

"Where are your parents?"

He looked at the two little girls again and asked.

The two little girls lowered their heads and remained silent, seeming to be very shy.

Chen Lusi had no choice but to squat down and look at the murmured old lady: "You are very beautiful."

The old lady was stunned for a moment, then immediately stopped muttering and stared blankly at Chen Lusi.

Chen Lusi repeated, "You are very beautiful. Don't be afraid. Get up first."

"Really?" the old lady asked tremblingly.

"Yeah." Chen Lusi nodded.

"puff……"

The two little girls seemed to be amused by Chen Lusi's words.

The old lady just stayed where she was and suddenly stopped moving.

Chen Lusi glanced at them, stood up, and was about to ask Xia Panqiu to call the police.

But Xia Panqiu suddenly held his hand.

Chen Lusi looked at her with some confusion.

Xia Panqiu's pretty face was filled with solemnity. She pulled him back while whispering, "He's not a human being."

"?"

Chen Lusi was stunned for a moment and turned around immediately.

"I'm beautiful..."

The old lady sitting on the ground seemed to have finally reacted. She stood up, grabbed the two little girls who were still giggling, looked at Chen Lusi, whispered softly, smiled, and then disappeared on the spot.

Chen Lusi: "..."

"A legend has actually been activated in the heart of a big city."

Xia Panqiu held Chen Lusi's hand with increasing force, saying in disbelief, "How is this possible..."

Chapter 41 Spirit Ball

"You mean...you also met?"

Tiance Trading.

The young woman, whose real name is Si Yujie and nicknamed Xiaoxiao, looked at Xia Panqiu with a serious expression.

She had heard about the old lady.

Xia Panqiu was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Really?"

"I received a similar sighting report last night."

Si Yujie nodded and explained, "Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, according to the Public Security Bureau, the witnesses don't seem to be lying."

Xia Panqiu was slightly startled and asked, "What did Kunlun say? Did they warn us?"

"No, I was just about to ask when I ran into you..."

Si Yujie shook her head slightly, then pondered, "This is indeed abnormal... Ordinary people might have seen it wrong, but you all witnessed it, so it's impossible to be mistaken. But the legend in the heart of the city has been activated..."

She frowned slightly, seeming a little hesitant.

Chen Lusi had been listening to their conversation. Upon hearing this, he couldn't help but ask, "Won't there be a legend activation happening in the heart of the city?"

Hear his question.

The two women turned to look at him.

"It's not that I can't."

Si Yujie thought for a moment and explained, "But the necessary conditions for legendary activation to occur, in addition to the stimulation of the spirit, also require a 'location' that can accommodate directional thoughts, such as..."

She extended her white finger and pointed towards the interior of Tiance Trading: "One day, someone said that there was an extremely powerful monster in this company. The rumor spread more and more and formed an urban legend. More and more people firmly believed that there must be an extremely powerful monster in this company... Their belief gradually formed a trend of thought. With the addition of spirits, this legend might become active and a powerful monster would be created.

However, if some people live here before the trend of thought has formed during this process, they don’t need too many people, just a few. After they find out that the urban legend is nonsense, they firmly believe that there are no weird people with infinite strength here. There is a high probability that the trend of thought pointing here will dissipate, and the activation of the legend will never happen.

No matter how many people still believe in this legend, it's likely to be invalidated. This is modern society, after all. Even with ample evidence, most ordinary people will be skeptical of such counterintuitive urban legends. However, those who live here have witnessed it with their own eyes and truly believe that there are no strange people here. This is enough to disrupt most of the untested ideas.

In modern cities, especially the one we're walking on, every inch of land is valuable. How many 'spaces' do you think are available to accommodate these currents of thought? Or, to put it another way, where is there no one?

"..."

Chen Lusi was silent for a moment after hearing this. "Why does it sound like... housing prices are preventing the legend from activating?"

"No, the correct statement is that the passage of time prevented the legend from becoming active."

Si Yujie corrected him, "Actually, legend activation incidents also occurred frequently in cities a few decades ago, but after entering the new century, they have become very rare. Small cities still have a few incidents each year, but they are not large in scale, and they are almost extinct in large cities.

This is not only due to housing prices, but also has something to do with urban development, urban population growth, the Internet age, and even those anchors who like to commit suicide.

And it's not just cities that are affected... Remote areas are frequent places where legends are activated, and new legends have been formed in recent years. After all, information is blocked, there are few young people, and the thoughts formed by long-term superstitions among local people are difficult to dissipate. However, what we encounter most are never newly formed legends, but alternative "gifts" from the ancients.

So our job, in another sense, is to clean up the mess that our ancestors made.”

"..."

Chen Lusi understood: "That's why you say it's strange... Because the places Xia Panqiu and I passed by couldn't possibly form a thought trend, right?"

"Ah."

Si Yujie nodded gently. "Unless many people suddenly firmly believe that there must be an old lady there, but the number of people required is too exaggerated. Moreover, this is not an isolated case. So... is it the power of authority?"

Talking and talking.

She frowned again.

Xia Panqiu glanced at her and asked worriedly, "Xiaoxiao, is there anything you need our help with?"

"Not yet."

Si Yujie came back to her senses. Although she felt a little uneasy, she still shook her head. "Whatever the reason, whether it's due to some kind of authority, we need to investigate with Kunlun. After all, we don't even have a complete list of authorities. And the city is so big, there's not much point in having you patrol it..."

Talking and talking.

She suddenly noticed Chen Lusi standing next to Xia Panqiu, and remembered what Xia Yue had said.

"what happened?"

Chen Lusi noticed the other person's gaze and asked.

Si Yujie looked at him and suddenly chuckled, "If you must help... then train hard first. Chen Lusi, you're the only member of our team whose combat power hasn't been revealed yet. Come on."

"Ah good."

Chen Lusi was a little surprised, not knowing why she suddenly brought up the topic of training, but she nodded politely.

Xia Panqiu heard some hidden meaning and couldn't help turning her head to look at Chen Lusi's profile.

……

Si Yujie watched Chen Lusi and Xia Panqiu walk into the company, slowly put away the smile on her face, and turned to look towards the exit.

Although she had just encouraged Chen Lusi, she knew deep down that if something really happened... this newcomer who had joined Tiance for less than a month would hardly be able to help.

After all, if it really develops to the point of robbing people, the two sides will tear each other apart.

She wanted to go to the scene and see for herself what was going on.