Chapter 713: The End of the Journey
The water splashes like raindrops, revealing a rainbow in the bright sunshine.
Amid the roar of the ship, the rest of the monks also looked bitter.
Yes, the current situation is already very obvious, Cheng Lin is deliberately slowing down so that they can chase after him, but he is almost unable to catch up.
It is impossible for them to say that they will not chase, they can't stop, and if they don't say anything else, even if it is to appease the people, they must chase down, and they can't stop for a moment.
Aggrieved, incomparably aggrieved!
In the eyes of outsiders, it was they who were chasing the fugitives and reluctant to give up, and Cheng Lin was chased by them to "run for his life".
But in reality, it's quite the opposite.
"What the hell is he trying to do?" After venting the anger in his heart, Li Yang let the scattered water splash fall on him, and then suddenly sat down in the cabin with some depression, muttering to himself.
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On the river.
Cheng Lin stood quietly on top of the spirit sword, the air currents generated by the rapid speed blew the corners of his clothes, the scenery on both sides of the river swept backwards, but there were almost no ships in sight on the wide river at the moment, and it was not clear whether he had gotten the news and hid in advance.
"It's a little boring......"
Cheng Lin sighed softly and muttered to himself, and as soon as the words fell, he suddenly heard the voice of Nuwa in the spirit realm:
"Soon it's not boring, and there's someone in front of you ready to intercept you."
This is the information she obtained by hacking into the internal network of the Ministry of Agents.
Intercept?
The corners of Cheng Lin's mouth were hooked, and he didn't see any panic at all, but was a little eager to try.
Even the speed of urging the spirit sword has been increased.
Finally, after galloping for a while, he saw a bridge across the two sides of the strait from a distance, Cheng Lin closed his eyes and opened the "spiritual tentacles".
Countless threads spread out, revealing the scene ahead of him in his mind.
I saw a group of monks standing on the empty bridge, as if facing a great enemy, there were quite a few of them, many of them were obviously local monks from the local bureau, and some were people sent by the first department.
Well, this is not difficult, in some sections of the river where there is no fork in the waterway, as long as Cheng Lin is still going upstream, his course of action is predictable, and Terriss can ambush him by means of airplanes or steamers taking shortcuts.
At this moment, the monks on the bridge had obviously seen Cheng Lin's shadow, so they saw that the spiritual energy around the river vibrate, and the rushing Nu River suddenly began to solidify.
It is not frozen, but only "frozen", and the water still maintains a flowing posture, but it shows a cement-like grayness.
"What kind of ability is this?" Cheng Lin was slightly surprised.
The other party actually "solidified" a section of the river and temporarily built a "dike" to come out, and then he saw the dense young monks on the bridge jumping into the river one after another, standing steadily, distancing themselves from each other and looking here.
It looks like a "fence".
Cheng Lin felt the surging power in front of him, weighed it slightly, and felt that if he used his ability to deal with it, he could win, and it was very easy.
But the problem is that it will take some time, after all, as of now, he still does not have the ability of the seventh-rank realm, and even the only sixth-rank is also a "supportive".
Yes, in a sense, his seven-rank is really not worthy of his name.
Of course, a slight delay is not unacceptable, but there is another issue to consider......
"If there is too much delay, won't you let the group of guys behind you catch up?"
Cheng Lin thought about it, so he decided to simply pass some.
So he pulled his right hand out of the void, and the sword that burned with sword fire reappeared, if you look closely, you will find that it is darker than before, and the sword fire on the surface is more fierce than last night.
Cheng Lin raised his sword, slashed lightly into the lake, and immediately retracted his sword.
The monks standing on the surface of the river all showed surprised expressions, wondering if they had all drawn their swords. How did this get back?
And...... The sword that had just been slashed out didn't seem to be in sight.
"He ......"
Just as he was in doubt, suddenly, a violent roar sounded in his ears, and gradually became one, and people were stunned for a moment, and then they realized that the sound was actually coming from under their feet.
From beneath the frozen river.
Then, a huge crack was discovered, and in an instant, it stretched into innumerable, gray-white, "stone carving"-like river surface cracked, disintegrated, and re-transformed into the Tao Tao Nu River.
The water that had just been stopped suddenly surged, setting off huge waves, overturning these unsuspecting monks, and falling into the river one after another, struggling non-stop, only a few water system monks could still stand, but where could they still see Cheng Lin's figure?
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When the steamer in the rear finally arrived in a hurry, what Li Yang saw was the local monk who was like a chicken in soup.
His face sank slightly, he closed his eyes and felt the residual power in the air around him, and then said in confusion and horror, "He...... It seems to be stronger. ”
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The strength in Li Yang's mouth is naturally compared to last night, although the power of Lian Gang Cheng Lin's sword last night was many times greater than this time, but Li Yang's view of strength is obviously not described as destructive.
If Cheng Lin still needed to exert five points of strength to achieve Fang Cai last night, then now, he only needs three points.
This nuance in strength could only be keenly detected by a monk of Liyang's rank.
This is obviously not Cheng Lin's own strength, the problem is more like that sword.
This was faintly reflected in the blow that broke the barrier last night.
However, even though Li Yang was puzzled, he couldn't catch up with Cheng Lin and ask, well, it's not that he can't ask, but the main thing is that he can't catch up......
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For the next whole day, this "chase" continued.
Cheng Lin leisurely, as if sightseeing, swims upstream, along the main road of the Yellow River, only occasionally entering the tributaries.
Li Yang and the others could only follow him without stopping.
After gaining experience, Cheng Lin began to meet more and more people "setting up cards", but he always broke through easily, after all, if a seven-rank realm is running with one mind, it is really difficult for someone to keep it.
And the whole world Internet has to be nervous with him.
Not much to say in China, people in different provinces, cities and regions were nervous and evacuated in batches, and then waited for Cheng Lin to cross the border and then breathed a sigh of relief, and "prayed" on the Internet for the people in the next area where Cheng Lin was about to arrive.
At the same time, the wider international community has not stopped, and with the passage of time, public opinion has not only not cooled down, but has intensified.
There were more and more marches in various places, and on the one hand, the international community continued to exert pressure on the Xia Kingdom, and on the other hand, they also began to form "alliances", and each country organized its own manpower to seek convergence, and once Cheng Lin left the Xia Kingdom and crossed the border, he entered the "high seas" and besieged it.
A "giant net" covering the whole world is rapidly taking shape.
However, Cheng Lin, who was in China, didn't seem to be nervous at all, he still maintained his rhythm.
Flying along the water system and the city, sometimes entering the spirit world to replenish her strength, or filling her stomach - Ailu's cooking skills have skyrocketed recently, such as the "fruit salad" of the elves that she used to specialize in, and now, she has a lot of experience in Chinese food, and the food she cooks is more and more in line with Cheng Lin's taste.
In contrast, Li Yang and the others, who were chasing behind, could only stay in the city along the way for a short time, obtain supplies, and have a hard time satisfying.
When it got dark, Cheng Lin's location had already come to the hinterland of the Central Plains, and he continued to move forward, and arrived at "Chang'an" the next day.
After a brief stay in Chang'an, and a brief exchange with the local Seven Divisions, Cheng Lin turned south, leaving the Yellow River valley and entering the Yangtze River.
After that, it went all the way south, arrived at Shudu, stopped for a short time again, and then headed southeast, passing through Chongshi, Guizhou Province, Hunan Province, and stopped briefly in Shashi, the capital of the latter, and then continued to the southeast and stepped into Guangdong Province.
So far, Cheng Lin has almost completely run through the country from north to south.
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Finally, in another afternoon, when he left the urban area of Guangshi, the relaxed and leisurely look on Cheng Lin's face finally disappeared.
Further on, there is the South China Sea.
This means that he will leave the country again.
It also means that his journey is coming to an end.
Walking through the hot and humid air, the river water under Cheng Lin's feet splashed from time to time, but it was bounced open by an invisible air shield around him.
The sun hung behind him, illuminating the world incomparably brighter.
"Finally decided to leave?" In the spiritual realm, Nuwa's voice came at the right time.
"Well, it's time too." Hearing her words, Cheng Lin finally didn't hesitate anymore this time.
"Actually, I've always been puzzled, what do you want to do, well, not only me, according to the information I got from your bureau's intranet, there are still many people who are confused."
In the Spirit Villa, Nuwa pushed the workstation away, and then in the afternoon sun, she asked curiously.
In the past few days, she has been watching all this, but she has never asked, because she knows that Cheng Lin will most likely not answer her, just like a few days ago, when she was in the 16th spiritual land.
That time, she asked him where he was going, and Cheng Lin gave the answer "go down to Jiangnan".
And then he did practice this, and successfully turned the world upside down, and he had no time to be idle for several days, but during the entire journey, Cheng Lin never really killed a person.
This further and further confused his behavior.
Perhaps in the eyes of the people, Cheng Lin, the "criminal" who caused so many deaths, is a lawless "madman", so all his actions can be pushed to madness, however, he is not a madman after all, on the contrary, he is more sober than most people.
So, seeing that the journey had finally come to an end, Nuwa couldn't hold back her curiosity anymore and decided to ask questions.
"At first, I thought you were trying to get revenge, but you didn't do anything along the way, even though you had countless chances to do so." Nuwa recounted calmly.
Cheng Lin was silent and didn't speak, only the sound of the water flowing under his feet didn't stop for a moment.
And just when Nuwa thought she couldn't get an answer, Cheng Lin finally spoke: "Yes, I didn't do anything." ”
"Why? I can see that although you are calm on the surface, you are not in a good mood, you can even say that you are bad, you have carried so much infamy, why don't you choose to take revenge? It's not that difficult. Nuwa asked.
As a super "artificial intelligence", Nuwa is particularly confused by this.
In the face of this inquiry, Cheng Lin smiled strangely, and then sighed:
"It is true that it is not difficult, and I have never been a man of good character. To tell you the truth, when I saw the overwhelming scolding, I did have a moment when I wanted to really be a bad person, but ...... I didn't give up my mind after all. ”
After saying this, Cheng Lin suddenly sighed deeply.
Yes, he still didn't give up his mind after all.
He couldn't hurt innocent people who had nothing to do with him out of anger.
He can't really capriciously plow the whole world with projections.
He can't make billions of people around the world bear his "grievances" with their lives.
Ask yourself, he really can't do it.
It's very different from the feeling of pressing a button in deduction, which is just a game for him, but here, the real world.
Besides, even if you don't consider those strangers, Cheng Lin still has people who he cares about, such as Hua Bei, such as Sun Xiao, such as Cao Wei, such as ...... Those friends and teachers.
No one knows what kind of struggle Cheng Lin's heart had on that day in the No. 16 spiritual land, and what kind of efforts he used to suppress the tyranny in his heart.
"Then since you chose to give up and choose to leave, why did you turn back?" Nuwa asked again.
Hearing this question, Cheng Lin's answer did not hesitate:
"Because, anger."
He said in a very serious tone: "I'm really angry. ”