Act III. Arthur Heinlein

As a well-known high-end restaurant in Greenwich, the beef here is naturally natural beef, the quality is quite good, the cooking techniques are also very good, and due to exotic reasons, it has a special flavor compared to the Western-style steak in Zhuxia.

As if sensing something, she subconsciously swept her gaze across the dining room and saw two men sitting at a table not far away, one of whom had gray hair and was in his early twenties, and the other who looked mature and sophisticated.

I don't know if it's the illusion of bamboo frost, she thinks that those two people are looking at her just now, especially the slightly older one.

She habitually rubbed the ends of her hair on her forehead, and her nose moved slightly.

Suddenly, countless colorful colors wafted in the air.

Some people have a deep blue that can't be dissolved, and the melancholy is like the rain in the depths of winter.

Others are as fiery red as a blooming rose.

There is also a dark gray close to gravel and seems to have lost interest in anything.

These colors are emotions and messages.

This is one of the name-raiding abilities obtained by Bamboo Frost when it descended to the second order, and it comes from the [Pheromone] of the Beast Prototype.

The so-called pheromones are a unique communication hormone secreted by insects, which insects use to communicate, intimidate, warn, courtship, and for insects, these hormones can travel through the air over long distances and can be clearly distinguished.

As for human beings, in the old research, it was inconclusive whether humans were able to emit pheromone-like substances, but after the Great Collapse, related research stalled because it was not important, and there was no follow-up.

Bamboo frost is able to distinguish "pheromones" from humans.

These pheromones can reflect a person's emotions, thoughts, and intentions, and turn them into substance, and even after the bamboo frost is promoted to the third order, through the enhancement of the ability to take the name, it can track the pheromones that once existed in the human being.

By distinguishing pheromones, Bamboo Frost can peek into the hearts of others, understand the hidden information, and even obtain information in favor of oneself in battle.

At this time, Bamboo Frost Drop is to distinguish pheromones to check for suspicious guys in the restaurant.

She is nominally a member of Zhuxia's embassy in the Holy Alliance, and she participated in the [marathon] because of her personal interests and hobbies, but in fact, Bamboo Frost Fall belongs to the Inspector of the Abyss Relic Affairs Division, and because the [Marathon] held by the Atlas Consortium this time may have some secrets that the public cannot know, so Bamboo Frost Fall, as an investigator on the surface, will participate in the competition and conduct surveys along the way.

Due to her identity, Zhu Shuang also knew that there would definitely be some ill-intentioned people staring at her, and although it was her first time acting alone abroad, she was trained to maintain the necessary vigilance.

"The color of this young man is closer to dark blue, very quiet, and there are no waves, while the other person ......"

Zhu Shuang analyzed it inwardly, but saw that the pheromone emitted by the slightly older, mature and experienced man turned into a fiery red for a moment, and then disappeared and returned to ordinary dark gray.

This meant that he was surprised for a moment, but quickly calmed down, and this man's pheromones were clearly flowing in the direction of the bamboo frost falling himself, which was the direction of attention.

With a simple analysis, one thing can be deduced from the bamboo frost drop.

That is, the person knows himself.

Moreover, he knew that Bamboo Frost also knew himself, otherwise he would not deliberately suppress his emotions and divert his attention, because Bamboo Frost had seen many men who were staring at her because of her appearance, just like the young man next to this man, the person who would make such a dodge move, there was no doubt that he should know each other with Bamboo Frost.

Bamboo Frost had not appeared in public in such an identity before, so people who knew herself were most likely aware of Bamboo Frost before she came to the Panxi Sea.

I have known myself for a long time, and I am operating in the Pan Western Sea, and I have no impression of his appearance.

These pieces of information were connected, and the bamboo frost immediately had a guess.

This is Bai Ge!

Plop plop plop plop –

The bamboo frost fell for a moment, and he felt that the sound of his heartbeat was clearly audible.

Although in the territory of Zhuxia, he has experienced a lot of dangerous situations in the past six months, has had several encounters with illegal promotions, and even dealt with the activation of the abyss relics, from the experience, he is already an experienced supervisor.

But at this time, she was a little nervous when she thought that the person sitting not far away was likely to change his appearance and sneak into Bai Ge in the Pan Western Sea.

The way you are now, you should be fine, right?

Oops, it seems that he didn't care about the image when he ate just now, he won't see it, right?

Wait, bamboo frost falls, bamboo frost falls, you start thinking nonsense before you can confirm his identity, this is not what a qualified inspector does.

Zhu Shuang pressed the emotions in her heart, and while enjoying the food as before, she thought about how to confirm the identity of the other party.

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Discovered?

Almost as Zhu Shuang read Bai Ge's pheromones and analyzed them in his brain, Bai Ge also used [Assassin Vision] to briefly glance at the girl.

It seems to have lost a little weight...... Phew, what are you looking at.

Well, she has indeed become an ascender, and it seems that she is not just a first-order, but also a second-order...... Maybe it's third-order?

It's been more than half a year since I've seen her.

She seemed to have discovered something, and her attention was always on me, but not much on Wilbur, who was also paying attention.

This indicates that she may have thought of something.

This guy's instincts are as sharp as ever......

Bai Ge was stunned for a moment, and he had roughly confirmed the situation.

I don't know for what reason, Bamboo Frost Fall appeared here, according to the work habits of the Abyss Relic Affairs Division, she definitely did not appear alone, but as a bright card to attract the attention of some people, there must be another Inspector in secret.

And when it comes to the big event during this time, there is no doubt that it is [marathon].

Judging from this, Bai Ge easily came to a conclusion.

That is, Bamboo Frost should have participated in the [Marathon].

But...... Did she get her driver's license already?

Bai Ge was quite emotional and a little relieved.

Originally, he didn't know the recovery status of the bamboo frost fall, and he didn't know much about the repair effect of the rainbow of ascension.

But now looking at this girl's exact posture as before, Bai Ge is still happy for her.

Thinking about this, Bai Ge made a decision.

He had to find time to confirm his identity with Bamboo Frost, at least in the future [Marathon], he could also take care of this girl.

"Mr. Heinlein, were you an acquaintance just now? Or do you actually like this type of woman? ”

After eating, leaving the restaurant, Wilbur noticed Bai Ge's brief distraction when he looked at the cute girl earlier, and quipped.

Hearing this, Bai Ge paused, and then raised a finger.

"If you want to survive in the [marathon] and want to survive in the wasteland, I will teach you the first lesson, which is not to underestimate anyone."

He said in a rather solemn tone.

"What do you mean?"

Wilbur didn't know why Bai Ge suddenly mentioned these things, and subconsciously stopped for a while.

"The girl just now is undoubtedly an upgrader, and she is not the kind of rookie who has just started, you carefully recall her actions."

Bai Ge pretended to say in a deep voice.

"Uh, anything special?"

Wilbur touched his chin and began to carefully recall the girl's actions.

"She just glanced at this side, and this action only appeared after we looked over, and from her position we can't usually see our movement here, which means, what kind of strength might she have to be able to see corners that can't be caught by the eye?"

The young man analyzed as he recalled.

Seeing that Bai Ge didn't comment, he pondered again.

"Obviously this kind of high-end restaurant, this lovely girl has only one person, judging from her age, she is very young, not like she will come here alone, but from the time we came out, there was no second person at her table, which means that although she is here to meet people, it is not an ordinary meeting, the two have already met in some way."

Wilbur looked at the hypocritical starry sky, and then looked at the silent Bai Ge beside him, and continued to analyze.

"She's from Zhuxia, but she's very skilled in using knives and forks, as if she's learned it specially, since it's here now, and it's an upgrader, it feels like it's going to be very deep, is it a gangster deal or something? No, no, why did Mr. Heinlein specifically mention her, that is......"

"I see."

The young man clapped his hands suddenly.

"Mr. Heinlein, you have actually been entrusted to protect this eldest lady, right?"

“?”

Bai Ge was still thinking about how to fool this stunned young man, but when he suddenly heard his words, a question mark appeared on his head.

"I know, I understand, it's very common in this kind of plot, the eldest lady who has become an ascender wants to go out on an adventure, but the family is not at ease, in order not to let the rebellious child encounter danger, so she sent a soldier who has fought in the army for many years, and now has returned to the city as her bodyguard, secretly protecting the eldest lady, and then the two of them are bright and dark, and embark on a journey......"

Wilbur expertly spoke the plot.

"Stop, what do you usually look at?"

Bai Ge lowered his voice as much as he could and asked.

"I read it all on the forum, such as this "Bodyguard of the Ascendant of the Beautiful Girl School Flower", and this "Urban Life of the Retired Ombudsman", these books are all plots like this!"

Wilbur turned on his phone,Bring up the Ark National Geographic's area interface,At first, it was just a game-related fan creation area,But later,All kinds of itchy writers are not satisfied with the same creation,Start writing original,So,A variety of themes and content appeared on the forum,A considerable part of them are this kind of substitution of themselves as retired and upgraded,Pretending to be a slap in the face in an ordinary urban campus。

By the way, Bai Ge used to like to watch it.

"You've seen too much."

Bai Ge said a word, paused, and continued to speak.

"In short, pay attention to anyone you meet, don't look at the soft and cute appearance and think that there is no threat, the same is true on the wasteland, some seemingly harmless creatures will cause great danger, and the calm earth will also hide murderous intentions, so always be vigilant."

He originally thought that Wilbur could kill those bounty hunters and might be a thoughtful guy, but through the previous communication, Bai Ge determined that this Wilbur Orwell was just a simple hairy boy who was not afraid of heaven and earth, and even participated in the [Marathon], he thought it was cool to come, and he didn't think about more dangers at all.

"Indeed."

Wilbur nodded, and looked at Bai Ge again.

"Mr. Heinlein, you don't look like you're in danger at all...... Oh no, I didn't mean that, please forget what you just said, don't look at me like that. ”

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Late at night.

In the hotels around the square.

Bai Ge withdrew his gaze from the illuminated square.

Many of the contestants, for financial or other reasons, did not stay in a nearby hotel, but slept in their own cars, which is why the square is so bright at night, like the afterglow of a big party, filled with loud people.

As for Wilbur, he naturally slept in his own car, in his words, to adapt in advance.

Bai Singer casually played a deck of playing cards, and while cutting the cards, he briefly confirmed the current situation.

Bamboo Frost lives in a hotel farther away, and it seems that he is also a person, he can basically be sure, and Bamboo Frost is also aware of his existence, but he does need to find a time to really meet her to confirm.

As for the method, Bai Ge was not worried.

As a fourth-order ascender, the [Outlander] of the shadow prototype, Bai Ge has many extraordinary powers that he could not imagine when he was a third-order under the name of [Odysseus].

The core of them is the power of the fourth-order [realm].

Generally speaking, [Domain] refers to a space that can be dominated by the ascender himself, and in this area similar to the abyss built on the basis of real space, some of the laws may be changed by the ascender, which can enhance the power of the ascender to varying degrees.

For example, Speaker Randolph's Great Square, where the gods are entrenched, is a realm that can create soldiers and make them declare divine authority.

Another example is General Yegor's [Battlefield of Destiny for Honor], which is a field that can maximize his strength and suppress other people's play.

As Bai Ge expected, he was promoted to the [Overlord's Egg], and the realm he possessed was indeed in line with the characteristics of the Shadow Archetype, and its core concept was [Vulnerability].

It's just that it's different from everything he's ever seen.

Bai Ge's realm is extremely special, and it can even be said to be unique.