Chapter 19: The Treacherous Bell Tower
"Is this a mosaic?"
Li Shenzhi opened his eyes and looked around.
The world that Langdon saw with his naked eyes quietly changed subtly - he could even perceive the existence of "water vapor".
Looking around, the kitchen is a little richer, and the living room is a little lighter.
Get up and go to the window and look out.
The water vapor in the direction of the Tame River is as strong as a swimming dragon, crossing the huge city and escaping in all directions.
Far to the north, a huge cloud of water vapor resembles a mountain.
- That's the Ingleson North Sea.
Closing the window and walking to the dressing mirror, Langdon in the mirror has not changed, if there is one, it is probably that the right eye seems to be more moisturized - Li Shenzhi thinks this should be a psychological effect.
His mind moved, and Langdon in the mirror disappeared suddenly.
"This is the power of the Siren's Tears? No wonder Natalie, who is a mermaid, is invisible, but I thought it was a mutant species! ”
Li Shenzhi looked at the empty mirror world, and then looked down at the empty body, and sighed in his heart.
- It wasn't so much invisibility as the siren's tears created an illusion of nothingness on his body.
Yes, the power of the siren's tears is the ability to create illusions in the water vapor environment, and the higher the water vapor content, the more realistic and massive the illusion is.
In other words, on land, the siren's tears are nothing but a chicken rib.
The biggest effect may be to create a stealth illusion through the natural escape of water vapor on the surface of the body.
That's what Li Shenzhi learned from Natalie.
However, even so, for Li Shenzhi, who has mastered extraordinary power for the first time, it is still a novelty.
- At this time, Li Shenzhi didn't know how precious abnormal items without side effects were!
"Exchange a Siren Fang Whistle for a stealth ability, no loss! What's more, the Siren Tooth Whistle is equal to the trumpet, and if you calculate it, I am equal to pure earning. ”
Li Shenzhi was secretly overjoyed.
Feeling intrigued, he stood in front of the mirror and tried to simulate more possibilities, discovering that in addition to stealth, Siren's Tears also had a practical ability.
That's it: a makeover.
Not only can he use illusions to simulate any image, but he can even disguise himself as a monster.
However, the monster must not be too large, or even very thin.
Because he has very limited water vapor escaping from his body.
Unless he walks on the surface of a lake or on a hazy day.
In addition, Li Shenzhi noticed that the siren's tears did not complete the illusion simulation by manipulating water vapor.
Rather, it is the water vapor that is the condition for the Siren's Tear.
This is a big difference.
Just as his essence must be partially embodied in the extreme anger, fear, and even other negative emotions of others.
"This ability seems more like an authority than a superpower."
"Let me think about it, what is the power that can be exercised in the vapour? Hmm, the god of the Great Smog? ”
Li Shenzhi couldn't help laughing.
"Gollum ......"
The protest of the Five Organs Temple interrupted his excitement.
Well, I've been busy until now, and I haven't eaten dinner yet.
Li Shenzhi stretched, breathed a long sigh of relief, cleaned up his mood, and got up to go out to forage for food.
In a good mood, this dinner killed him for 4 shillings and 3 pence, but ordered a sturdy grilled steak.
Nothing was said all night.
In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Li Shenzhi was suddenly awakened by the sound of the door opening.
He subconsciously picked up the revolver and cautiously opened the door, the view of the living room made him look black.
"Mr. Landon, are you awake......"
Caroline, who turned around when she heard the movement, was about to greet her with enthusiasm on her face, but her expression suddenly froze in the middle of her words.
Because Li Shenzhi was holding a murderous revolver in his hand.
"I'm sorry, I forgot to hire this, you're here to make breakfast?" Li Shenzhi was a little embarrassed.
"Yes." Caroline looked apologetic: "I'm sorry, Mr. Langdon, I'm sorry to disturb your dreams, I'll be quiet next time." ”
"It's okay, it's my nerves that are too tense. You're busy, I'll sleep a little longer. ”
"Yes, Mr. Langdon."
However, after Li Shenzhi returned to the house and lay on the bed, he couldn't fall asleep again and again, and his mind was even more irrepressible.
In a tossing and turning, he suddenly remembered something, and sat up with a confused face: "If I'm not mistaken, today, no, yesterday should be the day to inspect the bell tower, right?" ”
But no, pinching his fingers, isn't today the sixth day since he was reborn?
Li Shenzhi, who suddenly remembered this, suddenly felt embarrassed in his heart.
If the bell stops, the fun will be absolutely high!
To put it mildly, this will affect the production and life of the whole city.
Thinking of this, a strong sense of absurdity grew in Li Shen's heart.
At this point, he no longer felt sleepy, and quickly got up.
"Mr. Langdon, am I moving too much?"
Caroline, who was busy in the kitchen, heard the movement outside, and quickly poked her head out of the kitchen and asked cautiously.
"It's none of your business, you don't have to be so careful, by the way, I'll go out."
"Do you still have breakfast?"
"Look at the time, if you don't come back at nine o'clock, you won't eat."
After speaking, Li Shenzhi hurriedly washed up and rushed out of the house.
The morning light is hazy and the bells are melodious.
On the deserted street, Li Shenzhi pedaled his bicycle wildly and galloped all the way to the bell tower.
It didn't take long for him to come to the bottom of the bell tower, and when he looked up at the bell tower that was still in operation, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't bother to park his bicycle in the bell tower, so he leaned directly outside, then opened the door and hurried upstairs.
Running to the top floor, I came to the movement of the bell tower, and was about to wind it manually, and when my eyes swept over the movement, my expression froze.
- I saw that the clock core, which was composed of countless gears, transmission shafts, and chains, stopped running at some point.
"Damn, it can't be such a coincidence, right?"
Li Shenyi's face was stunned, he remembered that when he came, he looked up at the clock dial, and it was obviously running as usual!
Could it be that he stopped climbing the stairs during this time?
"Two minutes at most, it......'s not a big problem," Li Shenzhi muttered, and hurriedly wound it manually, about to pull up the pendant that served as clockwork.
"Boom-"
At this moment, a deafening bell suddenly came from the gray bronze bell downstairs, and the sound was so loud that the bell tower trembled!
It made Langdon's body panic and shortness of breath, and his heart almost stopped.
Li Shenzhi, who was about to be wound, was stunned, and suddenly turned his head to look at the clock core of the bell tower - the large and small gears that bite each other are still quiet like a virgin.
He took a step back and turned his head to look at the dial.
The first rays of the morning sun shine on the large glass dial, illuminating the hour and minute hands.
If you look closely, the minute hand is slowly turning at the speed of a snail.
Li Shenzhi looked back at the movement again, and his expression became strange: "Emotional City Hall, this is a disguise that was bought with money?" Could it be that the bell tower itself is a ...... Abnormal? ”
At this moment, he could no longer look at this clock tower full of machinery and reason with a normal heart.
Especially after some careful inspection, Li Shenzhi became more and more sure that the bell tower was an anomaly.
He was silent for a long time, but finally fulfilled his duties as a bell watchman.
Dripping oil, winding, dusting, inspecting parts.
When everything is done, I quietly leave, as if everything is as usual.
Leaving the bell tower, Li Shenzhi was about to ride away, and when he turned his head, he suddenly became a fat emoji.
I just put it here, what a big bike?
No, the walls of the bell tower were empty.
"Alas!"
Li Shenzhi, who looked left and right, sighed helplessly, no wonder Langdon pushed the bicycle into the bell tower every time.
After all, he still underestimated the severity of the world.
Feeling in his pockets, he had to reach out and stop a carriage and return home.
By this time, the maid Caroline had already prepared breakfast.
A bowl of oatmeal with bacon meat, a serving of ham bread, and a hard-boiled egg.
"Mr. Langdon, have you seen enough?" Caroline asked, standing next to her, with a cautious expression.
"Enough, have you eaten it?"
"I've already had breakfast at home."
"Have you eaten?"
Li Shenzhi was surprised, when Caroline came to the apartment, it was six o'clock at most, if she was eating at home, wouldn't she have to get up at four or five o'clock?
Or is it a casual bite to eat on the way? The question is, is there any breakfast for this?
"Don't eat at home in the future, eat at this one!"
Li Shenzhi said, glanced at the clock on the wall, and then drank the oatmeal porridge without a gentleman's appearance, grabbed the ham and bread and said, "I'm leaving, you can eat the eggs!" ”
Caroline looked at Li Shenzhi, who rushed out of the house in a hurry, and was dumbfounded. After a while, he remembered something, and hurriedly chased to the door and shouted, "Mr. Langdon, what do you want to eat at noon?" ”
"Whatever!"
Before the words fell, Li Shenzhi had already run down the steps and walked towards the streets of Lister Pet, and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.
Caroline stood on tiptoe and looked at it for a few moments before turning back into the house.
She sat where Langdon had just sit, and she could faintly feel the residual heat in her chair.
She picked up the egg, smashed one end finely, peeled off a bunch of eggshells like peeling an orange peel, and looked at the white and pure white, she carefully took a bite.
The satisfaction of the mouthful of protein made her eyes narrow into a crescent moon with happiness.
- Even though she had worked at the Earl's Court, she rarely ate eggs because she had to save up money to pay for her sister's school fees.
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At this time, Li Shenyi rushed into the third floor of the Public Security Bureau, as if returning to the rhythm of pinching work in his previous life.
"Good morning, Mr. Langdon." Renee was smiling at the front desk.
"Good morning!"
Li Shenzhi responded with his head bowed, and when he pushed open the door, Yu Guang couldn't help but glance at the bell that was blocked by the door frame, and his heart couldn't help beating uncontrollably.
It's not just because he has an extra siren tear in his eye;
More because he brought the enamel color pocket watch, also brought.
- He didn't want to steal this thing from all of a sudden.