…… The next few days were much more tiring than fighting with Thorn Tu.

Even in the last days, the Great Witch obviously does not have the slightest relaxation about the quality of life.

Her bed sheets must be changed every day, the carpet must be cleaned every day, there must not be a single hair in the bathroom, and even the fragrance of the indoor air she has detailed requirements: she cannot use air fresheners full of chemical flavors, and she must change eau de toilette and flowers every day.

Forget about eau de toilette, I really don't know where to find flowers-Lin Sanjiu simply plucked a handful of dog tail grass and stuffed it under her bed, secretly hoping that the big witch wouldn't suddenly bend down because of the loss of an earring or something.

In addition to the Great Witch's own room, Lin Sanjiu also had to be responsible for cleaning the room that was full of sleeping people; After all, dozens of people are huddled together, and there is no sunlight all year round, and if you don't sweep it, it will soon stink. When she asked why the Great Witch had saved up so many living people, the latter raised her chin, glanced at her with a smile, and said, "Oh, you don't know how useful they are. If you can't save enough people alive, you might as well collect a few more corpses. ”

It seems to make some sense...... Lin Sanjiu nodded as if he didn't understand, and while pondering, he hurried to her next battlefield - although she didn't have to eat every day, the Great Witch would ask for a lunch or dinner from time to time.

Speaking of which, it's also quite strange.

Lin Sanjiu's cooking skills are actually worse than Ji Shanqing's, but the Great Witch doesn't seem to be very picky in this regard. It's just that often after she enters the room with the plate, she sends it out again after a short time - except that it has been flipped, she can't tell that there is no food at all, as if she hasn't eaten at all. However, she was always able to give very accurate opinions to Lin Sanjiu. For example, "the inside of the fish is undercooked", or "you can be less brave when you put salt".

Because the big witch has too many odd and miscellaneous requests, after taking care of all kinds of chores such as trimming nails, ironing clothes, and even shining shoes. Lin Sanjiu found that she didn't have time to study the [Consciousness Mechanics Hall] and the alien cells—and the other three were always busy while she was working.

"Four twos. Bomb! Kiyokuru happily threw down the cards in his hand and blew the white stripe on his forehead: "It's finally my turn to win!" ”

Ji Shanqing just raised his head to say something, but suddenly shut up and stuffed the king back in his hand.

Kiyokuru blinked, and seemed to slowly sense that something was wrong from the smile of the great witch; Looking back, he found that Lin Sanjiu was standing behind him with his arms crossed, with a gloomy face.

“…… Smoking, drinking, and gambling are just as good as that, but you are quite full of poisons. ”

"Small, small bets."

"Less nonsense, you go clean the room where the sleeping man is." As Lin Sanjiu spoke, he suddenly stretched out a white bone tail from behind him, rolled up the broom in the corner and stuffed it into Qing Jiuliu's arms; Turning her head to look at Ji Shanqing, her love for the gift bag was finally consumed at this moment: "You, tie the apron and cook." ”

The two men glanced at each other, took their brooms and aprons without saying a word, and left.

"You're here at the right time," the Great Witch lazily threw the cards on the table, holding her chin with one hand, "...... I can't win this game, you see. It's all phone numbers. ”

"Great Witch," Lin Sanjiu immediately sat down and pushed the cards away, "When will I start awakening my consciousness?" ”

The Great Witch lit a long, thin cigarette and tucked it between her fingertips, "Has your evolutionary ability been restored?" ”

Lin Sanjiu thought about it. Spread out her palms—though with some difficulty, a faint image flashed a few times in her palm, and finally formed the appearance of a card.

"Your ability is very suitable for playing cards." The Great Witch's eyes lit up. smiled: "...... Well, consciousness can also be used? ”

Abilities such as [Protective Force Field] and [Consciousness Force Scan] can be used. But when Lin Sanjiu tried to enter the [Hall of Consciousness Mechanics], there was still only a vast darkness there; Don't talk about the teacher. Even the old classrooms are gone.

"I can use all abilities, but I still can't open the [Hall of Consciousness Mechanics]." She opened her eyes and said to the Great Witch with a little disappointment.

"Oh? It's kind of weird. ”

The Great Witch squinted her eyes in the white smoke as she spoke, her long eyelashes casting a shadow over her blue-gray pupils; This is obviously an old face with flaws in her facial features, but the kind of feminine charm she exudes actually makes Lin Sanjiu feel a little thrilling-

"Hey," as the big witch suddenly snapped her fingers in front of her, Lin Sanjiu suddenly came back to his senses in surprise and sat up straight.

"Your consciousness is really weak," she leaned into her chair, and her body naturally formed a graceful arc: "It's a miracle to be able to survive the starry sky of consciousness." ”

"This ...... How so? ”

"We have to start with the basics." The Great Witch Girl tucked the blonde hair behind her ears and said nonchalantly, "Do you know why there are so many evolutionaries and so few people with consciousness? ”

Lin Sanjiu shook his head dumbfoundedly.

"Potential value is the premise and foundation for the growth of all evolutionaries, you always know this, right?"

Lin Sanjiu nodded hurriedly.

"Well, it's okay, I'm not going to give you a literacy job from scratch." The Great Witch smiled and said, "Everyone's evolutionary ability is developed on the basis of potential value, just like building a house on the foundation; This is not the case with consciousness – to be precise, consciousness is not an evolutionary ability. ”

"Isn't it?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Shut up, you look like a fool like this. Consciousness directly realizes the potential value, and becomes a power that is exerted by will, spirit, and will, although it is the same source as the evolutionary ability, it is a completely different system. The Great Witch frowned and said slowly, "For example, you laid the foundation here to build a house, but someone on the other side directly took your foundation away. Use the rebar for other purposes...... Of course, this is not a no-go. Therefore, people whose potential is not high enough cannot develop consciousness. ”

"So to speak. Is it easier for growth types to develop awareness? ”

"That's right, you're not stupid. Growth potential is slow to generate. But in any case, it is growing little by little, so sooner or later it will be possible to develop consciousness with the extra 'foundation'. However, there are also a handful of extremely talented people who have inexhaustible potential from the beginning – like me. ”

"Running out of use means ......"

“1972。” The Great Witch still looked so natural when she praised herself: "...... Ordinary evolutionaries, rarely even more than 150. ”

1972 - Lin Sanjiu gasped, suddenly remembered Lu Ze, and couldn't help but secretly sigh for him a word of injustice.

"Although the potential value of the growth type is not good for digitization, it is estimated that it can generally rise by seven or eight points in a year." The Great Witch raised her chin and said, "...... Once you have the first drop of consciousness, you can go through a variety of exercises over and over again. Have you ever experienced this by allowing yourself to become more and more conscious? ”

Lin Sanjiu thought about it and hurriedly replied yes; When she was in the world of Ruyue Station, she did use the method of compression to increase her consciousness a lot.

"Okay, this involves two characteristics of consciousness, one is 'quality' and the other is 'quantity'." The Great Witch is a good teacher, and even if her demeanor is careless, the content is still well-organized: "...... Increased awareness through practice. Referring to an increase in its 'volume', of course. What's the benefit, you ask, of volume? ”

"The amount of data determines what kind of relevant abilities you can generate."

"To make it easier for you to understand, let's refer to it by numbers - let's say you have 100 consciousness now, even if it's consumed. It can also slowly recover to 100 over time. Then the ability that your [Consciousness Mechanics Hall] generates for you can only consume a maximum of 100 consciousness power. ”

When the Great Witch said this, she glanced at Lin Sanjiu. It was found that the latter had only a blank look on his face.

“…… What else is not understood about this? She sighed, "Like your [Protective Force Field]. Each time you open it, it only consumes 50 consciousness, so it can be spawned smoothly. Because your amount is already enough; But if you have another ability that consumes 120 consciousness every time you open it, then of course you can't generate it. If you consume a lot, you will also have a lot of power, so if you don't have enough of it, you won't have any great abilities. ”

Lin Sanjiu blinked, let out an "oh" sound, and hurriedly asked, "What about the 'quality'?" ”

As soon as her voice fell, she suddenly felt that her body was crooked, and she was enveloped by a sense of weightlessness; Before she could react to what had happened, Lin Sanjiu was thrown far away by some invisible force along with the chair, and slammed it on the ground with a "bang", shaking the picture frame on the wall a few times.

However, from beginning to end, the Great Witch didn't even move a finger.

Quite embarrassed to get up from the ground, Lin Sanjiu couldn't hide his surprise: "...... This...... Did you use any abilities? ”

The Great Witch didn't answer, but just rolled her eyes—as soon as her gaze fell on the curtain behind Lin Sanjiu, the curtain suddenly closed, blocking the sunlight from the outside world.

"It's quality." The Great Witch looked at Lin Sanjiu and smiled, "When the 'quality' is improved, it means that your consciousness strength is higher and more powerful. Your quality is not good, and your quantity is ordinary...... I ask you, what is your consciousness used for when you don't use abilities like [Protective Force Field]? ”

"I ...... I'll just let it go. Lin Sanjiu said a little ashamedly.

The Great Witch seemed to be choked by this answer, and after a pause, she spat out two words: "Waste." ”

"Then I'm ......"

"When I threw you just now, I used consciousness!" The Great Witch shook her head and sighed, "As long as the 'quality' improves, your consciousness will be able to achieve more and more, and at the highest level, it is said that it can make a person's wishes come true—and it can also help you not be affected by the ability to confuse the mind." ”

Lin Sanjiu suddenly thought of the cat doctor and the soul clan.

"There is no balance between quality and quantity; After developing to a certain extent, you can only specialize in one of them - of course, your current level is too low, and you are still far from that step. The Great Witch tapped the table with her red armor and stood up gently.

"So what am I going to do next?" Lin Sanjiu was thrilled by what she said, and he couldn't wait to temper his consciousness immediately: "Teacher Yi hasn't woken up yet......

"Don't worry, you must know that although the common sense I just told you is very important, it is not directly related to awakening that Yi teacher." As she spoke, the Great Witch lowered her body—her blue-gray pupils looked straight into Lin Sanjiu's eyes.

"Huh?" Lin Sanjiu was stunned.

"The more you know your consciousness," she chuckled in a low voice as if she murmured, her slender fingers slowly catching Lin Sanjiu's wrist, "When I attack you with the most drastic means, the more likely you are to cooperate with me in the right way." ”

"W-"

Before Lin Sanjiu could spit out a word, he suddenly felt a pain in his head, and his vision suddenly became pitch black; If Nuwa's consciousness sneaked into her body quietly, then the Great Witch didn't hide her surging battle intent like a storm at all—

It's like losing a protective shell, and even the spirit and soul are naked to the attack; Lin Sanjiu's unconscious screams of pain even penetrated the floor and faintly spread all the way downstairs.

Ji Shanqing and Qing Jiuliu glanced at each other, each other's faces were a little unpleasant, but no one went upstairs to check the situation - as early as the card game, the Great Witch had already reminded them.

I said, "Although I have come down from the stairs a long time ago, Kiyokuru still has a broom in his hand: "...... Why do they all say you're not human? ”

Seeing that he was just to divert his attention, he was looking for something to say - of course Ji Shanqing would not honestly confess, and replied with a mutter: "You are not human." ”

"You're lucky you don't have my avid fans around here." Kiyokuru said with a yawn.

Ji Shanqing ignored him, walked into the hotel kitchen quickly, and took out a hard fish from the refrigerator - this was caught by Lin Sanjiu when he went to the nearby lake in the morning. Putting the fish on the board with a bang, he said unhappily behind him: "You follow up, forget it, don't mess with things." ”

"If you ask me to move, I won't move," Kiyohisa leaned against the door with his arms crossed.

Maybe it was Lin Sanjiu's faint hissing that always echoed, and Ji Shanqing couldn't help but be a little upset; He chopped off the head of the fish with a knife, and irritably showed two tiger teeth to Qingjiu: "...... Don't whistle either! ”

Qing Jiu was stunned for a moment, and immediately straightened up; After a pause, he whispered, "I didn't." (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you Mia, Manman Juxiang, Bird Forest, sss987654, mikasayou, Zuo Pingyi and other people for their tips, and the monthly passes of Gundam, Purple Evil Queen and others! I missed a lot today because I was in a hurry to go