Chapter 35: Ability Crystals
Andrew made a decision this morning: he was going to take a camera and film everything from now on!
Outside the bedroom, his alcoholic father was banging on the door: "Open the door, Andrew." I'll let you open the door. There was drunkenness in his voice, and Andrew knew he wanted to come in and beat himself up.
He tried to keep his voice steady, but the grievance in his heart still made him tremble a little: "Dad, it's half past seven in the morning, and you're drunk...... I'm shooting, I'm going to shoot everything......"
After waiting for a while, the sound outside the door had died down, and my father must have returned to the television, where he would have been sitting for the rest of the day. Andrew picked up the camera, went to his seriously ill mother, and said a few words to her. He seemed to leave his mother's room with ease, but the depression and worry in his heart almost made him want to yell loudly.
He can't see hope, a bleak future, a powerless self, and maybe only destruction is the real relief. His mind was tumbling, but he could only walk out of the house in silence and take Matt's car to school as usual.
Observing the outside world through the lens of the camera gave Andrew a new feeling: as if he was hiding in a safe place, everything he experienced was just a video, he slowly relaxed, and the pain in his heart was greatly soothed.
It felt so amazing that he immediately became hooked on the act of standing behind the camera. He watched his cousin Matt sing and talk, and the thought involuntarily popped into his heart: "He's so good, he looks like he's hanging no matter what he does, and I can't do anything, I'm a garbage ......"
"This is my school, I guess so."
Through the camera, Andrew sees Steve's campaign posters plastered all over the walls, and a black girl running over and handing him a flyer that reads "Vote for Steve."
"This guy, Steve, is running for senior president, and he's a cheerful and funny black guy. Ah, I've met him a few times at Supa's house, and this guy is a good guy who will definitely be elected. Andrew whispered to the camera.
Spent noon in the stands, Andrew returned to the hallway in the afternoon and continued his shooting: "This is the hallway, my locker is here. Before he could finish speaking, his camera was suddenly covered by a person's hand, and a boy with long hair snatched the camera and shouted, "What is this?" ”
Andrew looked at the other party and frowned, this group of people is the protagonist of school bullying, often bullying classmates in the hallway. He reached out to hold the camera and said urgently, "Hey, buddy, don't do this. ”
"No one ...... today" Before the fat man's words could be finished, he was stuck in his throat, and the camera faithfully recorded the nervous and embarrassed expression on his face.
A tall, burly figure enters the frame, wearing a tracksuit, a schoolbag on his shoulders, and unframed eyes on the bridge of his nose, like a good student. However, the contours of the muscles under his clothes, the sharp eyes, and the face that seemed to be carved out of marble all told others that he was not to be messed with. At that moment, Andrew felt an invisible pressure fill the air.
He just looked at each other obliquely, and a few bad boys immediately turned around and ran away. There were a few laughs in the hallway, and many passers-by greeted the protagonist in the camera: "Hi, Supa! ”
"Well, this is one of the few friends I have at school, Supa Hierro."
"Hey Andrew, nice camera," Supa beckoned to Andrew and stroked the front of the camera, "It's been a long time." Are you going to make a documentary, it looks interesting. ”
"Oh yes." Andrew nodded, shaking with the perspective of the camera, "Weekend or normal?" Oh okay Supa, I thank you for everything you did for me, that new medicine is good, my mother has been so much more comfortable lately, really, I don't know how to thank you, I owe you so much......"
The boy in the camera spreads his hands and smiles with Kazuki: "We're friends, aren't we?" Brother, don't care, besides, you can pay me back in the future when you have money......"
The scene cuts to Andrew already sitting in the car after school. Cousin Matt was trying to persuade him to attend the party: "How long have you not been to the party, you are already a senior in high school. ”
"I've been to parties, I've been to Suppa's house. I don't attend such gatherings. ”
A slight anger flashed in Matt's eyes: "Oh, that nerd, hasn't he won the Nobel Prize yet?" ”
"Hey, Matt," Andrew raised his voice a little, "don't say that about him. ”
In the evening, Andrew, as in the plot, came to Haven Hill, and Matt let him go and have fun on his own. Andrew was holding the camera for nothing, and suddenly found a familiar figure in the lens. It lightened his mind.
"Hi Supa, why are you here?" In the camera, Supa is hugging his girlfriend, and he sees Andrew quickly let go of his hand and waves to say hello.
"On a whim, Andrew, let's go over there for a drink." Huang Chao squeezed through the crowd, just as Moses parted the Red Sea.
"You know, I don't drink."
"Of course," Huang Chao gestured to the cup in his hand, which was a colorless, transparent and tasteless liquid, "You can drink water." I've drunk hundreds of brands of alcoholic beverages and found pure water to work best for me. ”
Kelly greeted Andrew politely and quickly stood aside, the camera making her feel a kind of pressure. Huang Chao said to Andrew: "Brother, you must listen to my advice. Don't shoot strangers up close, that could get you in trouble. ”
"Okay."
They walked to the side, and on the way they met another girl with a DV in hand, she was shocked to see Andrew's huge camera, and walked over to him and accosted him: "Excuse me, hey, what are you shooting?" Then she saw Huang Chao and Kelly, and immediately shifted the camera:
"Oh, isn't this the legendary Supa Hierro?" The expression of the star chaser flashed on her face, and she aimed the DV at Huang Chao's face, ignoring Kelly's unhappy expression on her face, "I have filmed you in swimming games and basketball games, and I have heard your report, which is shocking." Why are you holding it like that? ”
Huang Chao shrugged his shoulders and looked carefully at the girl in this movie, and he made a gesture of surrender: "Forget it." Let's go get a cup and drink. Kelly grabbed Huang Chao's arm and vaguely declared sovereignty to Casey.
Huang Chao led everyone all the way to the bar and brought everyone a glass of mineral water with ice. Along the way, Andrew and Casey began to chat about their feelings about the shooting, and learned each other's names by the way. Huang Chao smiled on the side: This development is much better than in the movie.
"Oh, cool." Casey took the cup handed over by Huang Chao and felt that drinking ice water was also very personal.
Huang Chao introduced several acquaintances to Andrew, and several handsome men and beautiful women appeared in Andrew's shot: "Hi, this is Andrew, Andrew, this is Peter, this is Harry, this is Stark, this is Alice......"
"Excuse me." Huang Chao left the group with Kelly, and everyone showed a meaningful smile behind their backs. Approaching the door, Huang Chao said to Kelly: "I have something to go out, if I haven't come back by the end, you can go back first." ”
"You have something to hide from me, what happened? You've never been to this kind of party, and you're here for a purpose, right? Can't you tell me? ”
The cave was discovered by a group of Steve and Matt, Huang Chao had just met the two, and now they were still drinking and dancing, and they didn't think of exploring the woods.
Huang Chao kissed Kelly lightly on the forehead: "A little academic problem, I'm going to take a sample, forgive me Kelly." Kelly immediately lost interest, it was a desolate suburb, and the darkness of the woods outside deterred her.
"Okay, come back early."
The path of two years ago was still in Huang Chao's mind, he trotted into the dark woods, took out a small bright flashlight from his pocket, and illuminated the road ahead. After not coming here for two years, the woods were as sparse as the trees, and Huang Chao successfully came to the edge of the clearing.
The light of the flashlight swept across the clearing, and Huang Chao purposefully searched in the middle, and he immediately saw a black cave on the ground. Huang Chao's heart was relieved, the longing for two years finally arrived, and he felt that his whole body became weak and weak.
Of course, this is just his feeling, after two years of uninterrupted training, Huang Chao has reached strength 25, agility 25, intelligence 50, physique 25, and Esseria meditation has also cultivated to level 5. It's already difficult to grow any further, and it may be that the regular workout methods are approaching their limits.
He slid quickly down the slope and heard a screeching noise at the edge of the hole. Huang Chao felt that Zhihai moved, and the whole person seemed to be a little different.
"Magical crystals. My physical qualities surpass those of the main characters of the movie, especially the intellectual and mental strength is very strong. I'm more sensitive to this stimulus. ”
He listened to the sounds around him, and no one was around. Huang Chao gritted the flashlight with his teeth, held the edge of the cave with both hands, and slid neatly into the ground.
The underground caverns are damp and cold, and there is a lot of standing water on the ground. Huang Chao had put on well-sealed hiking boots before coming tonight, and he took a flashlight and carefully touched into the cave. He saw a faint blue light coming out of the hole in front of him, and he walked over excitedly, and as soon as he turned around, he saw the blue crystals that appeared in the movie.
The sharp voice made Huang Chao's brain a little uncomfortable, and he felt that something was beating in his brain, waiting to gush out. That's the mind that is about to be awakened.
The crystal in the movie is similar to an active substance, and the lines inside will move when touched, and then the whole crystal can release the impact and open the human mind. Andrew's ability in the movie is the strongest, probably because he is the furthest from the crystal and holds out longer at the right density. And Steve got too close and had a nosebleed almost at the beginning, which indicates a brain injury; Matt was even knocked to the ground by an impact, and their development at that time may have been terminated.
Huang Chao approached the crystal and quickly touched the sharp corner of the crystal, he saw that the lines inside began to shake, and immediately retreated to the position of the hole.
The sound in his ears suddenly increased, and Huang Chao's brain produced waves of dull pain, as if a sledgehammer was constantly hitting the top of his head. His eyes were a little dizzy, and the whole crystal seemed to be shaking.
Then he sat down cross-legged and entered into Esseria meditation. The mind is empty, and the pain in the brain is immediately relieved when entering meditation. Huang Chao's sea of knowledge set off a monstrous wave, and the large amount of spiritual power he had accumulated in meditation was transformed into a sapphire blue energy band at this moment, surrounding the entire sea of knowledge, passing in and out of the protective cover composed of space-time foil, forming a blue and white whole.
The energy bands gradually increased, and they had perfectly enveloped the sea of consciousness, and they accumulated more and more, slowly transforming into another form. The pain in Huang Chao's brain had disappeared, and he immediately thought, "Now is not enough, I have to move further." ”
He immediately got up, and then sat down again in the middle of the cave, the powerful energy hit his brain, Huang Chao felt that his mind was running at full speed, and his whole brain was heating up.
Zhihai shook violently, and a large number of energy bands disappeared, forming an icosahedral blue gem, suspended in the sky above Zhihai. The heat in Huang Chao's brain began to subside, and his mental power smoothly transformed into blue telekinetic bands, converging in the sapphire.
The vibration under his body gradually increased, Huang Chao opened his eyes, and the gem in front of him had turned red, and the red light shone on the cave, showing an unstable state. According to the plot, this cave is about to collapse.
Huang Chao jumped up and swept in the direction of the entrance of the cave, his movements were as vigorous as an ape, and he crawled out of the cave in three or two strokes.