Chapter One Thousand and Nine
Lord Demon Emperor, when did your facial expression become so worthless? The pro-soldiers of the demon world, once the main force of the demon world, at this time, one by one, with a dull expression, a confused face, for their demon emperor, unexpectedly, there was a trace of complaint, you say, if it was a thousand years ago, the demon emperor only needs to change his expression like this, at that time, the demon world can be earned, fairy daughter, want? Then let the Demon Emperor change his face, a divine weapon, want? Then, let your Emperor change his face. The elixir of the fairy world, do you want it? Want? Okay, just let your Emperor change his face and discuss it. It's a pity that since following their own Demon Emperor, these can be regarded as the closest people to the Demon Emperor, but they have never found any different expressions on their Demon Emperor faces, therefore, fairy daughter? Want? Dreaming, a magic weapon? The Demon Emperor wants it without changing his face? Do your big head dream, panacea, has the Demon Emperor changed his face? No? What are you doing here without you? Do you think that the fairy world is the backyard of your demon world, and you can come and go as you want? If you don't leave anything behind, just stay here and be a cleaner in the fairy world.
In short, when I think of the past, the past is unbearable, Lord Demon Emperor, when did you change your face badly? Why not change your face when we need you to change your face? At a time like this, can you save your facial expressions first, and when we need to, take them out and show them? Anyway, we're also the people of the demon world.
"Brother, where are you going to touch it?" Donghuang Taiyi didn't feel it. This doesn't mean that Shan Bing doesn't feel it, although the soul of Donghuang Taiyi is her brother, but her brother is also a man, okay? Not to mention, now, she has grown up, and she is no longer the little child she used to be, touching around like this. Shan Bing consciously had a bad feeling all over his body. It was very uncomfortable, but seeing the worry on Donghuangtai's face, he felt the sadness emanating from him. Single ice at the beginning. is still trying to admit that the uncomfortable feeling in the heart of the Lord is full of memories, and I think that I am still a little girl who does not understand the world. Accidentally, I fell and now. Sister Kong's brother is checking his body, but even if it is this kind of self-suggestion, after Donghuang Taiyi touched it over and over again, Shan Bing still couldn't stand it, she couldn't convince herself at all, the man in front of her, with a pure face, was indeed doing serious things, the problem was that the flesh on her Shan Bing's body would feel it after being touched. When the demons in the demon world were dumbfounded, finally, Shan Bing's endurance ran out and he opened his mouth to stop Donghuang Taiyi's movements.
"Xiaoice?" Shan Bing is just not used to this action of the Eastern Emperor, but, obviously, in the eyes of the Eastern Emperor, there is indeed another meaning, Xiaoice is really injured, and now, she is unwilling to let me touch it, is it difficult, her body is now very seriously injured? Yan zhòng is so reluctant that he will let me see it?
The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, just because he hasn't reached the sad place.
The emperor of the demon world, known as the first dead face of the Three Realms, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, finally, at this moment, his eyes began to reddened little by little, and the aura emanating from the surroundings was so desperate, so pitiful and sympathetic, as if, in an instant, the sky was dark, and the eternal life was not in the day.
"Single ice?"
"Senior, it's been a long time."
Memories can only be memories
Liu Xingkong didn't expect that in this life, he would still be able to see this girl, how to say it, Liu Xingkong has always been a person who is favored by God, with a good life, a good family background, a good relationship between his parents, good looks, and a good life, is not a homosexual.
It's a pity that Liu Xingkong doesn't even have a male friend who is too close, and he thinks of any way, but Liu Xingkong is still the same Liu Xingkong, he is alone, alone, with an intoxicating smile on his face, and he is very sunny, but in his heart, he is indifferent, and he has never opened his heart for that person.
Liu Xingkong also thought that in this life, he was going to shoot and live like this all the time, which is good, alone, without so many troubles, without so much harm, although there is less sweetness of love, but he can enjoy more personal space, he enjoys this feeling of loneliness, and then, Liu Xingkong finally went to college, one year, the first year, he lived as always, no girl can really win the heart of the young master of the Liu family Liu Xingkong.
Then, finally, wait until the second year, the second year, a masquerade, it was because of a small matter, a small accident, Liu Xingkong had to participate in the boring and deadly masquerade, where, Liu Xingkong was bored and walked around at will, ready to find a corner to squat, wait for a nap, and then, you can go back to sleep, go back and continue to enjoy the loneliness.
Which Cheng thought, just like this once, Liu Xingkong met a girl who he could never forget in his life.
The girl's appearance is not outstanding, outstanding, eye-catching, is the pair of eyes that are clearer than the starry sky, eh, but at a glance, Liu Xingkong finally found that it turned out that he was not emotionless, not that he would not be moved, but that he had not met the girl who could make her feel excited.
"What are you looking for?" The man's voice appeared in Shan Bing's heart again. Seeing that Shan Bing was very happy at first, and then, all of a sudden, his face changed greatly, and then, he just looked at the small hills on the ground without blinking, the man wondered, wasn't she happy that those deserts and rifts had disappeared? You know, those desert rift valleys are all products of the apocalypse, as soon as they disappear, those divine propositions intercepted in the desert rift valley will also disappear at the same time, there is no possibility of survival, is it possible, this human being is suddenly reluctant to die in those hammers? By the way, it seems that in the place where the Emperor of Heaven created the human race, he abolished them a kind of thing called goodness. However, that kind of thing is too unreliable, the man can be sure that this woman will enter the desert and the rift, 90% of it is not of her own will, (well, the man does not know, he is 90% wrong, the truth of the implementation is that Shan Bing really walked into the desert voluntarily.) Sometimes. Ninety percent is not right for the faint one percent) Then, the most likely, Shan Bing was captured by those stinky toads, for his enemies. Let them all die. Isn't that great?
"My brother. My brother is gone. "So much danger, such a big rift and such a desert, all of a sudden, all gone. Shan Bing is not Huai Donghuang's ability, in fact, no matter how powerful Donghuang is, he is just a demon emperor, in the face of that kind of natural disaster, as strong as those desert rift lifeforms can not compete, he, just a demon emperor, has the ability to resist?
Originally, when Donghuang was by his side, Shan Bing didn't have any special feelings, but now, when Donghuang didn't know what was wrong, now, Shan Bing's feelings suddenly erupted, and that feeling was like boundless pain and entanglement.
"Brother?" The man's voice was confused, on Shan Bing's body, he didn't feel the existence of a life form like his brother, why did he suddenly appear now? Moreover, from the fluctuation of the voice and affection, it can be seen that Shan Bing still cares about his brother's life form very much, as if how to say it, that kind of monstrous remorse and reminiscence.
Then, under the violent fluctuation of Shan Bing's affection, the man saw several broken curtains, among them, there was a man, but, in the man's body, the man felt a sense of déjà vu, as if, how to say, it was like a person he once knew in his memory.
The emperor of the demon world, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi?
The man finally remembered that it was the unruly man from tens of millions of years ago, as if he was a man in his memory, but in Shan Bing's memory, the man's unruliness seemed to have disappeared, and his gentle, doting expression was because of this, the man, that is, Huo Rong, all of a sudden, didn't recognize the man who made Shan Bing's heart cry bitterly, and he was almost about to collapse, and it turned out to be the man who was in his memory, for a man who didn't fake anyone, even the Emperor couldn't let him have a different expression.
However, Donghuang Taiyi died? So, whose breath is he feeling now? However, is it really time has passed, and there is such an expression on the face of the Eastern Emperor? That kind of loss, despair, and unspeakable pain, this, is it Donghuang Taiyi? Huo Rong was still a little skeptical about Shan Bing's love fluctuations, after all, he couldn't imagine that kind of expression would appear on the face of the Eastern Emperor, but now, when he saw the despair emanating from the Eastern Emperor with a faint familiar aura, Huo Rong finally knew that in the fall of the Emperor of Heaven and the thousands of years when he was sealed under the ground, what had changed was not only simple people and things, but also unusual people and things like the Eastern Emperor.
Once, the heavenly realm opened a gambling game, just to make the expression of the Eastern Emperor change even a little bit, as a result, the person who opened the gambling game is worthy of a thorough, because, after thousands of years, the Eastern Emperor, or the Eastern Emperor, the cold, unsmiling, and not shaken by any people and things, it is as if he, living in this world, does not have any purpose at all, as long as the rise and fall of the demon world does not immediately touch him, the Eastern Emperor is simply unmoved, After the gamble that shocked the Three Realms, some people even suspected that even if something happened about the life and death of the Eastern Emperor himself, he couldn't make the indifferent Demon Emperor move slightly.
"Brother, brother, Bing'er misses you, hurry up, come out, don't you can't die in your dreams, aren't you only one Yuan Shen left and still alive, aren't you afraid of anything, aren't you very painful Bing'er? Now, Bing'er is sad, why didn't you stand up, you didn't come out, Bing'er is magical, in the future, I won't pay attention to you, you come out quickly......" The rolling red dust, the tumbling soil that can't see any life, can't feel any breath of life below, Shan Bing can't stand crying bitterly.
"Your brother, it won't be the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, right?" As soon as Huo Rong turned around, he saw that the girl next to him was already on the verge of losing control, if he didn't say anything, not to say that he was avenging His Majesty, even if he lived well, it would become a dream.
"You...... Do you know my brother? The girl had tears on her face. Looking at you pitifully, as long as it is an ordinary man, he can't look at it indifferently, after all, although Shan Bing does not belong to any stunning posture, but in the end, it is a girl who looks passable, and moreover, it is a girl who reveals the breath of human beings, for immortals. Mankind. Sometimes, it can be their calamity. Donghuang couldn't keep calm under Shan Bing's tears, and Taishang Laojun couldn't even calmly face Shan Bing's loss, the same. The mana of the fire melt is high. But. For Shan Bing's pitiful eyes, there is still really no resistance, no. As soon as he saw Shan Bing like this, the careful thoughts in his heart disappeared, originally, he didn't directly say that the Eastern Emperor was still alive, but he just wanted the Demon Emperor, who had always been calm and unmoved, to try what it meant to be painful and enjoy the taste of the giant crocodile king, but now, looking at the girl's tearful eyes, he couldn't stand it himself, and when the Eastern Emperor Taiyi didn't have the giant crocodile king, he was already scolding himself to death in his heart.
"If your brother is really Donghuang Taiyi, then, I think, I know him, and, maybe, you can get a good piece of good news right away." I want to tell Sù Shan Bing directly, her brother who is in her heart, now, in the rolling red dust, thinking about her sister in despair and sadness, but, okay, the Donghuang reaction is really rare to see in thousands of years, and Huo Rong really doesn't want to let this rare scene disappear so soon. Anyway, it's just a few more quarters of an hour, Shan Bing won't be too sad and sad, he can have a little more time to watch the expression of the Eastern Emperor, and in the future, he can also burn it with memory fragments, and when will it be, when it makes the Eastern Emperor angry, these are all powerful evidence, compared to the Heavenly Realm, invincible, it should be the entire Three Realms, for the Eastern Emperor's change of face, those gods will be very interested? Three Realms, it's a pity, Lord Emperor of Heaven, and, His Majesty the Great Prince, you can't see this rare scene, otherwise, you must h8i laugh happily, especially the eldest prince, once, how you tried your best to want this Eastern Emperor to be able to change his face, but this damn person has not changed at all, however, His Majesty the Great Prince Xià rest assured, today, Huo Rong will avenge you, back then, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi made you frustrated, making you so angry that you jumped to your feet, today, Huo Rong let him try to feel disappointed and desperate.
Time cannot be turned back
"Senior, time, there is never a way to go back, the past is the past, and, the past, the past, has passed, and there is no return." Shan Bing also thought that he would always put this man in his heart, and when he met, his heartbeat would still accelerate, but when he heard the man's words, inexplicably, that heartbeat feeling became calm, as if those memories of the past, at the moment of awakening, disappeared into the sky like a burst of sealed ash.
Liu Xingkong didn't expect that the final result would be like this now, a few like, between heaven and earth, suddenly became dim, as if, this world is no longer so bright, the day the end of the world broke out, he returned to his mother country thousands of miles away, his father and father installed to find her home, and then, saw the bloody scene, fortunately, in those test questions, did not find, that touch of sunshine in her heart, and then, he continued to search, he believed, Such a cute sunny and innocent girl will not disappear in this world.
A year, and then another year, just like that, all the time, he didn't know in his heart that even if he told himself, Shan Bing, still living in this world, the golden crow fell, the last sun on the earth disappeared, and every qiē and qiē changed, but Liu Xingkong firmly believed that his touch of sunshine must still be shining somewhere under this starry sky.
The light source body has appeared in the Eastern Continent again, and an Immortal Alliance has appeared in the Eastern Continent, and the Immortal Alliance in the Eastern Continent has slaughtered the survivors who have no sect organization everywhere, and an organization has appeared in the Eastern Continent that can shout towards the Immortal Alliance, and that organization is called the Ice and Fire Gate.
Liu Xingkong didn't pay enough attention to Binghuomen at the first time, because, at that time, in order to survive, in order to be able to see the sunny side of his heart, he was fighting bloodily, struggling hard, and living.
Then, the emperor lived up to his wishes, and that day, he finally heard the name that had been read in his heart for more than ten years, Shan Bing, the mysterious master of the Ice and Fire Gate, who had never passed by.
While Liu Xingkong's face was full of disbelief, Shan Bing's heart. In bursts of throbbing pain.
Shan Bing has always felt that the limit of human beings, the limit of wolf bèi and despair, has been recognized and seen when he met Ma Hangjian, but today, at this moment, at a glance, Shan Bing realized. For the word wolf bèi. She also needs to deepen her understanding.
What kind of person was that, full of messy hair, sticking together one by one, messy like a straw shed. Shan Bing has never been a vicious person. But. At this moment, it was said that the man's hair was like a straw shed, really. Shan Bing felt from the bottom of her heart that she was sorry for the straw shed, it was too insulting to the straw shed, but the straw shed was not so eye-catching, and the smell from the straw shed was the fragrance of herbaceous plants, but the weed-like messy hair in front of her, Shu Shan Bing's language ability was too lacking to describe, and then, from which weed-like messy hair, Shan Bing saw a pair of cloudy eyes, with despair, with ferocity, and ...... Shan Bing rubbed his eyes, and then, he found that he was not mistaken, in those eyes, what was also revealed was the cruelty of the beast, it should have been a long time since he saw the light, in the bright light emitted by Lao Jun, he subconsciously closed his eyes, but, in less than a second, the closed eyes immediately opened, looking at Shan Bing and Mei Bing's direction, I didn't see the excitement of the same kind, and some, it was the desire to see food.
He used his human survivors as food.
As for the rest, there is no obligation to cover it up in him, but fortunately, the weedy mess still has the value of his zài, at least, it covers a few points on his body.
Shan Bing couldn't help but feel lucky, fortunately, the weeds were long enough, otherwise, he accidentally took a look, and then, it would be tragic if he had a needle's eye.
The man's miscellaneous wounds loomed in the mess.
"We are human survivors, how can you be so wolf?" Shan Bing was still looking at him, the contact lenses couldn't help but take the lead in asking, for the contact lenses who only remembered to eat and not hold grudges, he didn't like people and that was the first feeling, if there was no problem with the first feeling, then, no matter who that person was, he wouldn't think that there would be any problems with people, of course, he wouldn't be on guard against the person who thought he was safe, no, seeing that there was a human survivor, and at first glance, it didn't seem to have a hatred value, and the contact lenses felt that he should increase the following chips in Shan Bing's heart. (This baby thought that Shan Bing would save a few of them in the past and let them follow, so now, seeing this survivor who is more wolf than them, Shan Bing will definitely choose to take it in, in this case, his beautiful contacts are the first to speak, doesn't it make Shan Bing think that they are heart-to-heart?) It can only be said that the baby is too simple, even as a veritable second generation in contemporary society, but there are always people around to protect her, and in some ways, it is really scary. )
The survivor who made Mei Bing sympathize with Mei Bing didn't answer Mei Bing's words, he didn't pay any attention to Mei Bing's initiative to show goodwill, and now, no, since he saw Shan Bing and them, he has been looking at Shan Bing and them with a scrutinizing eye, as if he was evaluating their combat effectiveness, or observing something else that interests him.
"Why are you like this, Young Master Ben, no, I greeted you, why can't you even respond, it's too rude." Because Meitong saw someone who was even more downtrodden than herself, the sense of superiority that had been stored in her heart for decades came out irrepressibly, no, seeing that she didn't get a response to her active greetings, his eldest young master was unhappy, look, even this young master came out, if it weren't for the corner of his eye to see Shan Bing's suddenly changed face, he might have to continue to sprinkle a big basket.
“……”
"Hey, what kind of eyes are you looking down on me?" Seeing the eyes that were exposed again, the contact lenses also saw it now, there was no human emotion in those eyes, looking at his eyes was like looking at a dead thing, relying on the fact that there were many people on his side, and there were gods, the contact lenses were blown up, he didn't have a hatred value for the pervert at the first glance, but, the hatred value is something that will automatically change as long as things have changed, no, the "metamorphosis" in front of him has risen to the first place in the hatred value list in the mind of the young master of the contact lenses, Even those hateful immortals can't compare.
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The other party still didn't respond, the contact lenses were about to explode, and the fried contact lenses actually forgot about the little cleanliness (it may also be that they were too miserable in the last days, and they were dirty every day.) The cleanliness habit will be cured by itself), and if you don't think about it, you have to rush forward to give the person a good look.
Shan Bing was also actively looking at the person when there were a large number of his own people, after all, Shan Bing was not as innocent as the contact lenses, the flowers that grew up in the greenhouse of her colleagues, after the end of the world, she didn't want the contact lenses, she always had her brother by her side. Can be relied on. Moreover, the brother who could be relied on has always lived with him, even if he has encountered difficulties and tribulations. But. did not face life and death. However, Shan Bing is different, she has seen her parents almost become the living dead. Then, it is the single water that has been supporting each other, and then, it is the vegetables and rice, once, this has not included the cousin who has always been trusted, and the innocence that there used to be has been more or less has been consumed.
Therefore, when the contact lenses stepped forward to ask, she didn't stop them, and even when the contact lenses were almost furious, Shan Bing still didn't speak, she wanted to see when the human beings couldn't help it.
For those vicious and cruel eyes, Shan Bing couldn't suppress the defense in his heart.
However, at the moment when the contact lenses were unexpectedly ready to step forward, Shan Bing's heart trembled.
She saw excitement in the human eye, bloodthirsty excitement.
"Contact lenses, come back." The first time he screamed, but I don't know if I didn't hear it when I saw it, or if it was completely occupied by the psychological atmosphere, even if Shan Bing's scream was very wanted, the contact lenses still didn't stop him rushing forward.
"Laojun!" Shan Bing understands that with her own speed, she can't catch up with the contact lenses at all, after all, when she finds that the bloodthirsty eyes are away from the contact lenses, there is also a certain time interval in between, besides, the contact lenses are also a strange person anyway, she can only hope that Lao Jun can pull the contact lenses back.
That's right, it's to get it back, for the contact lenses to be so impulsive, Shan Bing, who has always thought that the contact lenses are a little simpler than herself, found that she was wrong, and her connivance with the contact lenses, Shan Bing found that it was a wrong decision now, if the contact lenses are so impulsive in the future, then, it is not simple, but completely stupid, or stupid.
"Giggle." It's too late.
Shan Bing watched like this, at a terrifying speed that also made the immortals frightened, pull the contact lenses before Lao Jun arrived, and then let out a series of ugly laughs.
"Is that really human?" Is it possible for humans to reach such speeds?
Shan Bing has never seen the real speed of light, and has always thought that it is impossible for a creature to reach the realm, after all, the speed of the speed ability is already considerable, at least several times that of ordinary humans, if it is compared with the previous Shan Bing who is not good at moving, it can even reach a difference of dozens of times, but now, Shan Bing swears, she just heard a voice, the sound of the speed being too fast and the space of the guide zhì was cut.
Shan Bing once thought that even if it was a vicissitude, she would always remember this name that she once put in her heart, and this once left a gorgeous but monotonous figure in her life, but now, I realized that time can really smooth out a qiē.
Just now, she actually regarded the man as a non-human.
In what kind of love, one day, it will turn into nothing.
The lost time can never be returned.
"If, at that time, I was not so arrogant, I could have pursued you at the first sight of you, if, I had not been swayed by my own habits, if I had really expressed my heart early, if I could have shown the awakening to protect you early, then, now, would it be different?" It's really different, once, although he didn't say it, Liu Xingkong still remembered that in Shan Bing's eyes, when he looked at him, he was a little happy, a little joy, and a trace of appreciation and admiration, but over the years, her feelings for him have become uncontrollable, however, her feelings for herself, which were already very light, have disappeared in the flow of time and are gone.
If, if you can recognize your heart early, if you can get rid of the ridiculous self-esteem, if, if time can come back, then one qiē will suddenly become the same.
Once, Shan Bing and she were standing on the same plane, but now, now, she is already the master of a huge organization, and she is the full strength of a branch of the Immortal Alliance that can be easily returned. This is no longer something that ordinary humans can reach, Taishang Laojun is his subordinate, many masters of the Immortal Alliance, her subordinates, and those high-ranking sons of the beautiful family, now, have become a military of the Ice and Fire Gate, the eldest son of the beautiful family. Hehe. It turned out that Liu Xingkong looked down on the kind of person who only knew how to use the power of his family to be powerful outside, and. A man who is still worshipped. After all. The dignity of a man should be supported by his own hands, but. Now, because of Shan Bing, Liu Xingkong suddenly discovered that Mei Jian, the eldest son of the beautiful family, was much more clever than him Liu Xingkong, he had already given up the pride and self-esteem of his salary, and had already defected to Shan Bing's men early, and he had already given a woman a first place that he could pay.
"What if? In this world, there is everything, but there is no what if. It's not that Shan Bing didn't see Liu Xingkong's loss, but with these words, she had to say that the good feelings and likes that she used to have disappeared have disappeared, and Shan Bing doesn't want to be entangled in those feelings that have disappeared at this moment.
These, Shan Bing once gave up to God, as if, unconsciously, he could already give up lightly.
In a trance, in front of Shan Bing, it appeared that a few years ago, he also forced Taishang Laojun to give up.
"Aren't you afraid that Taishang Laojun will oppose it after he finds out?" The problem that Liangyi Fire said was indeed what Shan Bing was worried about right now.
Although Taishang Laojun is nominally said to be Shan Bing's servant pet, but now, when there are fewer and fewer human survivors and the people who can be trusted around him have almost become zero, Shan Bing still cares about Taishang Laojun in his heart.
"I have no other way, and I believe that Lao Jun has no feelings for the gods themselves, and he should be able to understand my approach." Shan Bing's words are obviously not so reasonable.
"For other immortals is not any feelings, this sentence,. Even if you don't say it, I believe it, but master, one thing you have to admit is that you don't have any feelings for the human survivors who are struggling in the mode, but, now, think about it, seeing zombies hunting them, seeing the gods hurting them, can you be indifferent? Don't say you've dealt with a few survivors yourself, that's different. The words of Liangyi Fire are heartbreaking, but they are very true, and they really make Shan Bing unable to refute them at all.
"I ......" single ice stammered.
"Master, you, it's better to hurry up and find something to tell Lao Jun, otherwise, when he himself knows the truth of the matter, and when he knows that the crystal nucleus he happily refines turned out to be the heart and brain of his former colleague, then, even if he didn't say anything, will there be any gap in his heart......
Shan Bing didn't have a chance to explain the reason for the incident to Taishang Laojun immediately, because when the fire of Liangyi had just persuaded Shan Bing, something happened.
"That's them." Now, Shan Bing didn't have any surprise at the flying people flying around in the sky, no, for the sudden sound from above, Shan Bing didn't realize that they were referring to themselves and the group around them.
"That's just a few of the dirtiest human beings, and you don't have the brains to do this now?" This is B's voice, and as for the contempt in the words, it is about to overflow into liquid.
"Yes, yes, a few useless, filthy humans can force the Golden Crow to blow itself up?" Another voice interjected.
It was this voice that made Shan Bing realize that now, the object of their discussion seemed to be himself.
How the hell did they find us? Jin Crow has already blown himself up, and, according to his memory inheritance, there are no immortals who have intersected with him and have a good relationship, at that time, is there still a force hiding on the side?
Shan Bing felt a trace of uneasiness in her heart, although she hit the head of the immortals, but, as the old saying goes, she doesn't have any confidence against all the immortals now.
Before directly confronting the immortals, you must first raise your own strength, and the strength of the people around you must also be raised.
Although there were turbulent waves in his heart, Shan Bing still didn't hear any words, if it weren't for the ability and the cultivation of Tai Chi exercises, those immortals were still a certain distance away from Shan Bing's contact lenses in mid-air, and it was only right that they didn't hear it. (To be continued......)