Volume 1: The Tide of Dusk, Far Eastern Fortress (3)

Now there is no time to rest! An Yiran raised his red and swollen right hand again against the flying baseball, trying his best to control the resulting crack in the same size.

With the know-how of the previous time, and narrowing the range of ability generation, the creation of rifts again and again became easy in his hands.

The fluctuating energy and mind were adapted to such a constant speed, and after the first one or two misses, the continuous spouting baseball never managed to hit him again.

Seeing that his movements had gradually become smooth, small cracks were formed in the air in a regular manner.

Lin Xiaojia nodded slowly, and then a somewhat sly expression appeared, and he pressed another button on the screen.

The baseball machine seemed to be running noisily, and at first he thought it was his own delusion.

But as soon as he finished handling the baseball in front of him, another one appeared in front of him less than five meters, letting him know that this was not an illusion, and hurriedly freed his hand to swing forward, and the third ball was about to arrive at the same time as the action was completed!

"Hey, don't just speed up!"

He didn't have time to look at Lin Xiaojia's side, he just repeated the release of his ability to deal with it, and he screamed out in his mouth.

"Needless to say, don't you feel it yourself? She replied lightly.

Devil! An Yiran complained fiercely in his heart.

But with such an interval of less than three seconds, he was already overwhelmed, driving away the thoughts in his heart and devoting himself to the precise release of his ability.

At first, he still had time to position himself more accurately with his hand movements, but gradually the speed of the ball continued to increase, shortening to less than two seconds between them, and he could not even position and direct with his hands.

He can only use the information in his eyes to release the rift out of thin air while maintaining the range of his abilities.

The ball at this frequency lasted for more than ten minutes, during which because of a momentary trance, the timing of the release of the ability was slightly half a beat late, and several baseballs roared and smashed on his thigh, making him grin in pain.

Even so, he didn't dare to make superfluous moves, lest the next barrage of baseball take advantage of the loophole.

The training continued like this, and Lin Xiaojia had no intention of shouting to stop, but he didn't increase the difficulty anymore.

She curled up in the chair in the transparent room, and took a sip of Coke into her mouth, and the row of Coke cans she had drunk were neatly stacked on the floor.

An Yiran in front of him rarely conceded the ball, and the scattered dozen or so baseballs were scattered under the net behind him, which was missed at the beginning of training and between a few changes of speed.

The boy who has mastered the trick can no longer rely on gesture command at this time, and can also release the spatial rift more accurately and engulf the incoming baseball.

Beads of sweat slid down his forehead, and the high-precision handling brought him a lot of mental load, and judging by the results so far, his performance was quite acceptable.

Her standards have always been very high, at least in her opinion, she can be regarded as a qualified evaluation, and in others, it may be very good.

She stood up, twisted her stiff neck, pulled out her phone and looked at the time. 、

It was already noon, and before I knew it, An Yiran had been struggling in the training ground for several hours. Lin Xiaojia moved to the screen and pressed the stop button.

The roaring baseball machine stopped running after a drip, and a puff of smoke came out of the ball mouth, causing the machine to overheat a little due to the high intensity of the work.

An Yiran still maintained a vigilant posture, thinking that Lin Xiaojia had arranged some moths again.

But after tens of seconds, the machine on the other side still did not respond, and he finally let go of the nerves that had been tense, and his body was crooked and almost fell backwards, and a spasmodic tingling pain came from his forehead.

"That's the end of today's training, you're doing a decent pass. ”

Lin Xiaojia said and opened the door of the venue in front of him, and watched An Yiran drag his seemingly tired body into the lounge.

"How does it feel?"

"It's like running a marathon. ”

An Yiran only felt that after the initial stinging pain in his brain, the nerves in his whole body seemed to start to ache, and he obviously didn't have a lot of exercise, at least he moved his brain instead of his body.

"The consumption of spiritual abilities is also very exaggerated, and it is not easy to control. ”

Lin Xiaojia threw him a can of energy drink.

"Unlike our ability to summon artifacts, the consumption of spiritual abilities is completely invisible, but the side effects are no less than ours, so the control and release of abilities is your initial topic. ”

"Your Red King's consumption seems to be much larger than mine. ”

An Yiran opened the can and asked Lin Xiaojia casually, what came to his mind was Lin Xiaojia's weak appearance after the battle, and in his opinion, it should also be a side effect of ability.

"Spiritual abilities will consume the physical body to a certain extent, and physical abilities will consume the spirit to a certain extent, which is mutual and equivalent exchange. ”

She looked at An Yiran drinking a drink tiredly and replied lightly.

"But I'm still different from you. When he said the last few words, Lin Xiaojia's voice became significantly softer.

"Huh, what are you talking about?" his ears were not sharp, and he didn't hear the last words Lin Xiaojia said.

"It's nothing, let's get ready to go when you're rested. ”

She was obviously reluctant to repeat it, perhaps because it didn't really matter.

"Oh, what else do we have next? ”

"The Eastern Division has your signage and gear ready, and we have a meeting scheduled today. ”

"And the equipment?"

An Yiran's eyes lit up a little, it sounded like he had finished fighting the boss and touching the equipment in an online game, and the information about the meeting was completely ignored by him.

"The organization will assign the most appropriate equipment according to each person's ability characteristics, and everyone is different, but it must not be what you think in the game. ”

His thoughts were completely seen through, and Lin Xiaojia added without even looking at him.

"Could it be that your Red King is also assigned? Eagle Falcon's spear is also the same as Li Ruolin's sword?"

"The Eagle Falcon's spear is that Li Ruolin's dual swords should be the same as mine, which is a natal weapon generated by the influence of ability. ”

"It's not fair, why don't I have anything like Lao Zhang? ”

"Where did you come from so much, why. ”

She rolled her eyes at the chattering An Yiran, and the young man seemed to notice his own mouth, so he could only raise his head and smile.

Lin Xiaojia didn't say it, his smile was really a bit silly.

"Hurry up, there's a lot more to come. ”

"Alright, alright. ”

He put the last sip of the drink into his mouth, followed Lin Xiaojia, and the two left the training room one after the other.

The number on the display panel in the elevator hall climbed, eventually staggering at 49.

Lin Xiaojia was the first to walk out, and An Yiran followed.

Sunlight poured in from the glass dome overhead, which appeared to be the top floor, the top of the ship-shaped building that looked sloping from the outside, but showed no signs of tilting from the inside.

The wide corridor dozens of meters wide is lined with large and small electronic sensor doors on both sides.

The exterior wall of the entire floor is different from the previous floor, and it is not a transparent material, and An Yiran guesses that this floor may belong to the secret floor of the building.

The two of them soon reached the end of the hallway, and the door in front of them looked out of place with the high-tech design around them.

There is no hint of modernity on the quaint and age-rich wooden doors, but the traditional folio design and the accompanying sense of heaviness are unique in this building.

Lin Xiaojia stood still in front of the door for only a few seconds, and the sound of the lock cylinder popping open came from the inside of the door, and the quaint wooden door slowly opened in front of them.

The special smell of wood products reached An Yiran's nose, and An Yiran was very surprised that there was such a charming room in this completely modern building.

The walnut floor was covered with a thick gray carpet, several brown leather sofas were arranged around the carpet, a shiny floor-to-ceiling clock was placed on the side of the room, and four glass-colored chandeliers glowed warmly in all four directions of the room.

The wooden window on the wall turned out to be a scene at night, like a man-made pseudo-scene, which at first glance reminded him of the meeting room of the leaders of the Republic of China.

If it weren't for the familiar face sitting on the sofa, An Yiran would definitely think that the wooden door behind him was a prop for time and space travel, after all, everything that could not happen in the world of the capable was happening one after another, and no matter how much moth there was, he would not be too surprised.

"Hehe, don't pay too much attention to it, a little bit of a fetish of mine. ”

The old man sitting on the leather sofa in the center smiled, and made a relaxed gesture towards An Yiran.

He wore a long-sleeved shirt with vertical stripes, meticulously tucked into coffee-colored trousers, a light gray vest over the shirt, and black leather shoes reflected in the light.

The old man dressed in retro clothes looked up at Lin Xiaojia and An Yiran who walked in, he looked old with white hair, but his eyes were still sharp, and there were few wrinkles on his face, which was obviously well-maintained in his usual life.

On the sofa on his left sat Eagle Falcon and Lao Zhang, and on his right was Li Ruolin.

The eagle falcon sat upright and motionless, Li Ruolin was here for the first time, although she felt weird, she was also calm, Lao Zhang seemed to have a hundred discomforts with this room, and turned a coin between his fingers.

"This guy is a newcomer named An Yiran, he looks quite energetic. ”

The deep voice came again, and there was no trace of old age in the old man's voice.

"My name is Qi Tianming, and I am the person in charge of this facility and the head of the Prophet's Eastern Division. ”

Qi Tianming: He is very familiar with a name, and although he has never shown up, he has heard of the name of the chairman of the board of directors of the Legao Construction Group.

Most of the city's infrastructure is related to the construction of Rigo construction, and they are also rumored to be involved in the government's military construction projects, such a prominent figure has considerable influence in the local area. But no one had ever seen the true face of the owner of the Lego Group, and now, the mysterious figure sat on the sofa not far from him.

It's a joke to think about, for the first time in more than ten years, I knew that there was a large mysterious group of eastern divisions in the city where I lived, and the sudden contrast made An Yiran feel how ignorant he once was.

"Sit down first, Xiaojia, what are you doing there?"

Qi Tianming smiled heartily and waved his hand at Lin Xiaojia and An Yiran, Lin Xiaojia bowed slightly and sat on the sofa on Qi Tianming's right hand, An Yiran also bought small steps and came over, squeezed to Li Ruolin and Lin Xiaojia and sat down.

"We have prepared the equipment for the newcomers, and you follow Tianling to get it after the meeting. ”

Qi Tianming pointed to the young man standing behind him, but if he didn't say it, An Yiran didn't notice the existence of that man.

He combed his back hair, fixed it very firmly with hairspray, dressed in a blue-gray straight suit, his figure was not strong, and he was more than one meter tall standing behind Qi Tianming but was not conspicuous at all.

Hearing Qi Tianming's words, he nodded slightly at An Yiran, and An Yiran also nodded at him in response, but he was muttering in his heart that this big man really had no sense of existence at all.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started, and please listen carefully, newcomers. ”

Qi Tianming cleared his throat and clapped his hands gently, the lights in the room gradually faded, and a faint blue projection slowly appeared directly above the carpet in front of them.