Chapter 13: The Palace of the Thunder and Lightning King (1)
New Library in Los Angeles.
Eight tall annex buildings are circular around the gray-black oblate main building that connects to the center, forming a new landmark in Los Angeles, which looks like a giant spider lying on the vast expanse of land when viewed from above.
Through the revolving door, Andre and the other five walked into the first floor of the library.
After letting the three lords of Atlantis go yesterday, Andre sent someone to follow him, but alas, it failed.
Through Baiento, it is learned that the people of Atlantis use the sea emperor's gills to temporarily change the body surface temperature, which causes the thermal tracking technology to completely fail, and it has become a shame to abandon the chicken ribs.
The retro warm tones of the spacious lobby contrast with the icy desert of the library's exterior. Looking up, the line of sight goes straight to the glass ceiling at the top of the building, which is about thirty meters high.
Directly in front of you is a library area divided into six floors, starting with the second floor, each with a glass railing. Standing in front of the railing, you can see the entire hall at a glance.
The library area is surrounded by soft warm lighting, rows of black solid wood bookshelves and black solid wood desks, which makes people feel like they have stepped into a magic academy.
In addition to the front desk for service, the vertical electronic screen and the sand table with an area much larger than the previous two, there are only some green plants and murals, which are simple and atmospheric.
Either preparing to study, or temporarily completing the study, few people in and out of the hall seldom stop in the hall.
On the first day of the new year, not only is the library open, but people are coming and going, shouldn't people who have been partying all night rest at home in the morning? It's weird.
There were only a few people in front of the sand table, and Andre and the others walked straight to one person.
"There's no need to pretend you've just arrived." Hearing the footsteps behind him, the young man in front of the sand table turned around, with a faint smile on his familiar face.
"Brother!" Chen Yuetong shouted in surprise and ran towards the young man.
That's right, the young man in front of the sand table is Chen Tao.
Chen Tao smiled slightly and opened his hands, but he didn't wait for his sister's hug.
After running four or five steps, Chen Yuetong realized something and stopped: "Brother, you ......"
"What's wrong with me?" Chen Tao looked down at himself, looked up and smiled, "I'm fine." ”
"It's really you." Andre walked in front of Chen Yuetong and looked directly at Chen Tao.
"What is me?" Chen Tao seemed to be smiling.
"Water King Palace, Utu Jiayi."
Chen Tao did not admit it, nor did he deny it, but leaned his butt against the sand table table, hugged his chest with his hands, and looked at Andre with a light smile: "Can you tell me the reason why you said that?" Why doubt me? ”
"Your presence here is the best explanation." Andrei said lightly.
"I can say that I escaped from the hands of the Water King." Chen Tao's head tilted slightly, "Moreover, your expression tells me that you have long doubted me." ”
"You have a lot of suspicious places."
"For example......" Chen Tao raised his hand and motioned for Andre to answer.
"There's a sentence you may not have paid attention to since you said it, but I always remember it, and not long ago because of an incident that made me take that sentence seriously." Without waiting for Chen Tao to ask, Andre continued, "The first time we met, I mean the official meeting, you said that your sister already has sword breath in her body. ”
Chen Tao thought for a while and nodded: "That's right, is there anything wrong with this?" ”
"At the time, the club didn't know enough about sword breath, and it was speculated that your siblings had sword breath in their bodies either because of genetics, or because one party somehow gave a portion of it to the other. But after meeting you, you told us that your brother and sister already had sword breath in their bodies, which negated the second speculation. Andre said directly, "Not long ago, the club got the news that the sword breath has nothing to do with heredity, and I repeatedly confirmed the authenticity and scientificity of the news to the quality gate, and the result was...... The message is correct. ”
Chen Tao raised his eyebrows: "Is this the reason why you doubt me?" Why can't our brothers and sisters all have sword breath in their bodies? ”
"Do you want to say that the world's tens of billions of people, two sword breaths chose you and your sister at the same or different times? You know? This probability is even smaller than that of an asteroid hitting the Earth. Andre smiled, "Besides, I'm just talking about doubts, and if there are doubts, there are 'qualifications' to be suspected, right?" You have a lot of doubts, but I'm just talking about the bigger one. ”
"Don't make fun of your ignorance, and don't make fun of your speculation." Chen Tao sneered, "Now you still don't fully understand the sword breath, and you are unheard. ”
Andre didn't answer him, but said, "Some of your previous behaviors were suspicious, especially after the Super Dead Servant was exposed, those behaviors were even more suspicious. ”
"Super Dead Servant?" Chen Tao touched his chin, "I like the name." ”
"So, you admit it?"
Leaving the sand table with his buttocks, Chen Tao stood up straight and nodded slowly: "There's nothing to hide, that's right, I'm ...... Utuga. ”
"Brother, you ......" was strongly stimulated in his heart, and the pain of shock and inability to accept the cruel truth filled his eyes, and panic, sadness, and anger climbed onto Chen Yuetong's face in turn.
Andre was speechless for a while, he thought that Chen Tao would defend a few words, but he didn't want the other party to nod directly and admit it, although he was mentally prepared, but when Chen Tao confessed, he still had a lot of shock in his heart.
Speechless and shocked, there were also Yichen and Mo Kaize, although Chen Tao had always been a stinky guy in their impression, they still regarded him as a friend, even if this friend often showed them hostility.
Atlantis's sworn enemy turned out to be the brother of the current Lord of Water, and Baiento, who was standing behind, was also stunned.
Will Chen Yuetong deal with her brother for Atlantis? Will Chen Yuetong abandon the light and turn to the dark? Thoughts crossed Byento's mind, shaking what he had said yesterday – that Chen Yuetong would become the modern-day emperor of Atlantis in the future.
"At work, I am the palace of the water king, you are the lord of water, you can treat me as an enemy; In life, I am your brother, you are my sister, you should treat me as a relative. Chen Tao smiled and said to his sister, "As long as you separate work and life clearly, there is nothing to worry about." ”
"Is it tangled? Can you tell the difference? Chen Yuetong smiled sadly, and she was a little stunned, she suddenly held her head in her hands and shouted almost hysterically, "Why! Why are you the Water King! Why! Give me back my brother! ”
"I'm your brother." Chen Tao looked at her sister who was in a mood swing.
"No, you're not! You are Utugar, Utujia! The coldness gradually filled the smile, and Chen Yuetong's slightly hideous appearance was frightening, "I will kill you!" Kill you! Take your brother back! Take it back! ”
Under Andre's eyes, Yichen forcibly pulled Chen Yuetong away and walked to the front desk.
Observing Chen Yuetong, who was devoured by shock, fear, and anger, Yichen found that Chen Yuetong in this state was even more terrifying than Mo Kaize who had a panic attack.
Isn't there going to be a second panic patient? The sorrow of the Lord of the Dao Sword? He was cranky.
"Is it necessary to be so nervous? Aren't all of you rookies here? Seeing Andre and the others' vigilant eyes, Chen Tao smiled, "I just said, there is no need to pretend that you have just arrived." ”
That's right, the entire library and even the surroundings of the library have been replaced by people from the Command Department.
Whether it is to facilitate the handling of the Water King Hall or to ensure the safety of the people, the order department that knows the meeting place in advance must evacuate ordinary people. But in fact, Andre knew that if the Water King Palace really wanted to kill, this method would not have any effect.
"I have a question that I don't understand." Andrei said suddenly.
"I know, you want to ask me why I haven't moved a little since I've escaped for so long? Is it to create a super dead servant or is it planning some other conspiracy? Chen Tao asked himself, "It did take a lot of my energy to make a super dead servant, but it only took me two or three months. If I were to spend a year making something that would only confuse you for half a year - a loss-making deal, I wouldn't do it. ”
He continued: "It's nothing to tell you, the reason why I haven't made much action is because I have given a large part of the recovered power to the Seven Kings Palace, to be precise, to help the Seven Kings Hall recover. ”
"It's because of this." Knowing the reason for the rapid recovery of the Wind King Palace, Andre breathed a sigh of relief.
If the rapid recovery of one royal hall requires the help of another royal palace, then it has to be good news for the club, after all, the total strength of the enemies they need to face has not changed.
However, they still can't let their guard down, the abilities of each royal hall are different, some enemies they don't know, and the appearance of the unknown often means the greatest danger.
"I created a super dead servant and helped the Seven Kings Hall recover some of its strength, I consumed a lot of money, and I also had sequelae. In order to eliminate the sequelae and speed up the recovery of strength, I took Yuetong to the South Pole and found the Heart of Ice. In order to avoid exposure, I have been suppressing my breath in front of Yuetong, which is very hard, and I dare not use the Ice Heart directly, so I can only use it to warm my body. Chen Tao seemed to be in a good mood, and patiently explained, "In addition, in addition to confusing you, the reason for creating a super dead servant is that I have another thing to do. You should have guessed this, that's right, it is to unseal the fourth civilization that has been frozen for thousands of years, Atlantis. ”
"Don't expect Atlantis to help you." Baiento glared at him.
Chen Tao spread his hands: "I already helped." ”
"In May last year, [Dao Sword Moshuang] should have been Chen Yuetong. Why did she say that the time she became the Lord of the Water was July? I'm curious, what did you do? Andrei frowned.
He asked this question again when he was on his way to Paradise Island, and the answer he got was still July last year. From the change in Chen Yuetong's micro-expression, he was sure that Chen Yuetong was not lying.
Moreover, at that time, Chen Yuetong had no need to lie, she wanted to prove her brother's innocence more than anyone else, and self-deception would only increase her suspicion of her brother.
Andre suddenly thought of the only possibility, that is, Chen Tao deceived Chen Yuetong, so that Chen Yuetong really thought that the time when he became the Lord of Water was in July last year.
But how did Chen Tao deceive Chen Yuetong and make her mistakenly think that the time when she became the Lord of Water was two months later?
Andrei's pupils suddenly dilated, the power of eternal frost!
That's right, it must be the power of permafrost, and the use of the power of permafrost to block time has given Chen Yuetong an illusion of time!