Billy and Tomie were at odds with each other, but I didn't have the energy to play the round at all. I can understand that their conflict is only a difference in perception, human beings are so strange, even when they meet for the first time, there is a difference between first sight and instinctive disgust, but both of them are adults who have seen the wind and waves, and now they are partners in the same boat, and they can naturally distinguish priorities when they share the same hatred. There are also many such disputes in the student union, and the usual verbal disputes can also be seen as a kind of run-in.

Billy's Secret, Tomie's Secret, My Secret...... Everyone has their own mental barriers, and I have no intention of breaking them. I am deeply aware of the differences between people, and it is very difficult to deal with them perfectly, turning them into screws in a precision machine. I realized this when I was in school, and I don't want to get involved in the whirlpool at this time, so it's better to be able to use a simple way. At the end of the day, I didn't naturally like to be a leader and join the Student Council, not to show my value in leadership, but simply because the resources and status of the Student Council allowed me to gain something that ordinary students couldn't get.

The mutual ridicule did not continue to escalate, before it deteriorated, the two of them died down, they are both masters of psychology, and they know where the bottom line is, so it creates the illusion of "tacit understanding". After it suddenly quieted down, the wind became louder again, and the rustling sound of Lin Tao kept drilling into my ears, and this time I didn't feel sleepy anymore.

"Achuan, what does it feel like to get superpowers?" Tomie asked suddenly.

"Huh? Oh, superpowers...... "I think she probably wants to get experience from me to get promoted to C-rank, but unfortunately, I don't think my experience can help much," after getting the third magic pattern, it will automatically open, and the feeling is indescribable, as if something is stuffed into the body, and those things are integrated into their souls, causing some kind of mutation. However, superpowers do not need to be obtained by obtaining three magic patterns, as long as you have magic patterns, you can develop superpowers. ”

"Do it yourself?" Tomie was a little puzzled.

"The information I got said that the superpower that was forced to open by the third-level magic pattern is a random acquisition, but if you develop it yourself, you can get the superpower that suits you best, or the superpower you want, that is, the superpower that is hard turned on is closer to the feeling of defective products."

"Defective?" Tomie repeated my words again, frowning and showing a worried look.

"Don't worry, Ajiang, I'm not a perfectionist, isn't the superpower I've gained very useful? This shows that I am in luck. I comforted her.

"Won't it cause unnecessary burdens and sequelae on the physical side?"

"I don't know, but Ah Jiang is so powerful, he must be able to develop his superpowers before reaching the third level, and then you will know the Tao by comparing it." I explained to her the concepts of "data hedging space" and "critical information operation", "According to my understanding, it is basically to use 'one's own reality' to interfere with 'actual reality', so in order to develop superpowers, you must first know what your own reality or the reality you want is." ”

Tomie fell into deep thought after listening to this, I don't know if my understanding is correct, because it is a "defective product", but Tomie is not a stupid woman, she is only because she has a strong psychological talent, she can see through the thoughts of others, so more often choose to go straight to this way to make herself relaxed. I'm confident in her that she'll be able to get her superpowers quickly because she's a genius.

After a while, Tomie began to mumble to herself, and I listened to what she said out of curiosity, but she spoke in a strange language, with a strange tone, and spoke very quickly, as if she were saying something coded, and sometimes even made me think that she was not speaking "human language". When she entered this state, her expression became glazed and motionless like a stone statue, as if a computer had used all but the resources to maintain the minimum function, and worked on a single project.

It's amazing concentration. I used to think that my concentration was very good, but compared to Tomie at this time, it seems that there is something in essence missing. What is it? I silently smoked and thought.

Time passed quickly in their own contemplations, and a centrifugal force pulled me back from my own realm to reality, and I found Billy spinning his car into the broken fence by the side of the road and heading towards the potholed wilderness. The road was very bumpy, and the sound of rubble crashing and crushing weeds and shrubs could be heard from under the car from time to time, which seemed very rough. The scenery outside the car window kept swaying, and I was a little disgusted, but I didn't want to close my eyes because I felt that my destination was almost there, so I missed the first scene.

We drove into the forest. There are barren terraces on one side of the mountain, and the road is supposed to have been made out by people, although it is narrow, but the vibration of the car is regular, as if driving on a staircase. Is the last node in such a place? I originally thought that nodes would only appear in the city, but when I think about it, if I want to do something secret, it is better to be in a sparsely populated place. Moreover, this node is not an ordinary node, it will be an important part of the advent loop, so there may be some specific requirements in terms of orientation.

"We're going straight into the battlefield?" I asked, leaning forward.

"No, you have to clench your fists before punching, and there is a meeting point in front of us that we have agreed on in advance." Billy explains: "Now it's ...... 4:18. According to the information received by the Prophet, in order to complete the construction of the Advent Circuit, in conjunction with the previous five node transformations, the Goat Guild must perform the ritual at a certain time, that is, at dawn. So, we'll wait until ......," he said, raising his head slightly, "until the darkest hour comes." ”

The moonlight and starlight rained down like rain from the leaflets, and the lights of the cars were so quiet and clear that it was not a good time to kill.

The car drove out of the woods, into the mud paths, and around one pond after another, and the outline of the country house appeared in the shadows of the night, hazy as a dream, not terrifying, but only a slight hint of poverty and desolation. Although there was no movement or light, there was no guarantee that there was really no one inside. ,

After that, the car drove up a slope towards the hill and stopped about halfway up the mountain. More vehicles could be seen from the window, and it was clear that this was where the soldiers of the Security Service gathered.

"Here we are." Billy said, poking his head out the window to scan his surroundings for a few moments, then turning off the engine, "It seems like there are more people than I thought." ”

I shook Tomie's shoulder vigorously.

"Ajiang, we're here."

"Oh, well, so fast." Tomie said as if waking up from a dream.

We got out of the car, opened the trunk, pulled out our weapons, and looked around. The six-metre-wide road was just our vehicles, and five cars were parked on the flat ground in front of us. Continuing to the left, there are stone steps that have been carved out, and above it is a platform where the farmhouse's house sits, but it is not really visible at first glance because of the angle and the shrubs. On the right-hand side is a cliff more than 20 meters high, with a glance to most of the area we have walked before, and there is a huge pond on the right side of the river, and there are also houses on the opposite bank, which are also invisible, as if they are covered by a thin veil, and it is impossible to tell whether it is fog or shadow.

However, I knew at a glance that this was our goal, for the hazy sense of tranquility that did not possess the houses we had passed by gave a dark, obscure feeling that something undesirable was trying to hide. To put it simply, it's more like a haunted house in the mountains, and it's imposing.

Tomie also noticed, revealing a smile that seemed deep.

"Let's go, Achuan."

We walked up the stone steps to the platform, and immediately five men came out of the shadows on either side, with a guarded face, guns in their hands, and cold weapons hanging from their waists. In the bright night, two Asians and three Europeans and Americans can be seen among them, four males and one female.

"Companion." Billy said, not believing his hand as he put it in his pocket, and raised the muzzle of his gun menacingly.

Billy held it up with one hand to signal that there was no hostility, and with the other he slowly pulled out the security bureau badge and showed it to them. One person stepped forward to take a look at it, and nodded to the others, and the shoulders of these people were loosened. He handed the badge back to Billy and the other three men stepped back, and the women walked up. She seems to be the leader of this sentry team.

"Welcome to the front, comrade-in-arms." The woman shook Billy's hand as she spoke: "I'm the captain of the 45th unit of the mobile department, and I've been ordered to come to support, you can call me AI." ”

"Billy." The cowboy pressed his hat and looked very enthusiastic.

The AI looked at me and Tomie.

"They're your teammates?"

"No, they're partners, but I'm not the captain. We are the only members left after the break. ”

Billy's words made the AI look at Tomie and me again, and a smile of appreciation and approval bloomed on his face.

"Thank you for your hard work."