In the second half of the night, under the dark starry sky, in the quiet snow.

Dean looked at the 80-centimeter-long arrow in his hand, carved with mysterious patterns and flashing yellow and white light, and nodded with satisfaction.

After many days and nights of stargazing, he finally burned the first star rune in its entirety.

"However, there is too little experience in carving runes, the technique is rusty, and many details are not perfect, and some materials are wasted."

Because ordinary materials cannot carry runes, the entire arrow from the arrow to the shaft is smelted by the snake demon fangs, one of which costs more than twenty fangs, and it is a disposable, and the more than 100 fangs that Dean has in reserve are only enough to make five.

But they're incredibly powerful, and the last time the mutilated rune's arrow killed two powerful superpowers with a single arrow.

Now that the runes are burned in their entirety, more starlight is stored, and the instant burst is even more powerful, and it can even threaten Dean's own life.

However, the natural state has to absorb ten nights of starry and crescent light to be full, and the loop of the complete rune is closed, and the starlight inside can only last for a month at most.

However, the Star Arrow has another huge advantage, its powerful lethality comes from the starlight of the rune reserve rather than the user, so not only superpowers like Dean can use it, but ordinary people who can shoot arrows can also shoot Star Arrows to destroy the enemy.

Thinking of this, Dean secretly made a decision, "In addition to retaining the ten demon-breaking arrows with the fangs of the human-faced rat, all the remaining arrows have been transformed into star arrows, which will become the second trump card after lightning reflection + life sublimation." ”

"Well, in the future, if you collect suitable supernatural materials, you can make them all into star arrows, and when the number comes up, maybe you can send a little to your trusted friends and companions."

"Master, there's starlight in here, right?" At this moment, the shoal popped out of the hood behind his head, and stood on his shoulder to scan the stars and arrows, and sixteen eyes flashed with curiosity,

"Yes," Dean's heart suddenly moved, "Can you absorb the Starlight Condensation Technique?" ”

"Can't!" The shallow beach shuddered, and the brass color on his body flickered, "I am only equivalent to a two-year-old child, and my 'stomach' is fragile, and I can only absorb gentle energy, such as your life energy and spiritual power. Starlight is so domineering that I can get indigestion as long as I swallow a little bit, and even be worn out by it. ”

Dean looked at the shallows with a cold gaze, "Are you saying that the quality of my life energy is not as good as Starlight?" ”

The shallow beach hurriedly jumped to the ground, lying on the instep of his feet and singing, "Wise and martial master, in my heart you are the greatest immortal existence in the world, and any stars and moons will dim in front of your gaze, you are the eternal sun." ”

Dean exchanged a look with the shadow beside him, "Just kidding, don't be nervous." By the way, why do you always lie on people's insteps? ”

"In the original, this is the way for the inferior to show respect for the superior."

"Then answer my question, you said you have a lot of knowledge in your head," Dean looked up at the dark and inky sky, and said in doubt, "Why can I only see one arrow rune in the constellation Orion, and the rest of the runes are all covered in mist and can't see clearly?" ”

"Being able to observe a rune has proven that you have a one-in-ain-a-million stargazer talent, and as long as you keep stargazing every night, you will be able to see more sooner or later. Or improve your stargazer's talent to uncover more of the mysteries of the starry sky. ”

Dean was headed, if he wanted to quickly see the rest of Orion's precious star runes, he could only increase the mimic level to increase the level of the "Sea of Stars" in the body of the snake demon.

But this is not in a hurry.

"Forget it, it's better to honestly observe the stars every night. Go, go back to sleep. ”

"I don't need to sleep." The shallow beach hunched down and pleaded humbly, "If you could allow me to move freely at night, read movies and books, or find some emotions to inhale, the condensation technique will become faster." ”

Servants are not restricted to a two-kilometer radius of Dean like Shadow.

Dean asked, "How much is it condensed at the moment?" ”

"One in twenty-thousand."

"Later, I'll lend you the "Supernatural Encyclopedia" I compiled myself, and then you can help me complete the original and technical records, and don't think about going out tonight."

The shoal turned around, revealing its sleek back, and muttered, "Child labor abuse." ”

"What did you say?"

"The master is wise!"

……

The next morning.

Sunny.

Because of the agreement at dinner yesterday, Dean got up early and called Dilena to drive east for more than two hours, entered the suburban neighborhood, followed the cry of birds and beasts in the forest, rushed to the old cottage with a red vaulted roof, knocked on the door,

"Welcome, both of you," said Becky, who had curly hair in dark gold and wore an old striped shirt, with a beaming smile, "You're all hungry, breakfast was just cooked, and I know you're coming and you're cooking some more." ”

"I haven't seen you for a while, but you look a lot better." Dean looked at Betsy and said seriously, her face no longer had the numbness and tiredness that had been oppressed by life,

"It's thanks to you and Director Hope for taking care of me, and of course Jane, who helped me take a lot of the pressure off and brought a lot of joy to the family." The woman led the two through the living room and into the adjacent living room, where a little girl in a blue down jacket was carefully feeding milk to a gray-haired woman lying on an old man's chair.

Dean asked, "Jane, why didn't you go to Mr. Owen's class today?" ”

The little girl smiled, put down the milk and came up to take Dean's hand, "Today is off, I'm at home with my mother." As she spoke, her gaze turned to Lena, who was slender and delicate, and a faint doubt flashed in her dark eyes.

"Who is this aunt and where have I seen it?"

"I'm a good friend of Terry, I saw you a few times when you were a child, and I hugged you, and in a blink of an eye you've grown so big," Lena touched Jane's little head with emotion, and then walked to the woman in the old man's chair, her eyes intertwined.

Tai Rui's originally calm eyes fluctuated, like ripples on the surface of the lake, and the fingers on the armrest trembled, and he opened his mouth with difficulty,

"Rai... Na..."

"It's me, old friend." Lena walked up to Tyri and squatted down, looking at the puffy face with age spots, which had nothing to do with the youthful and beautiful image in her memory, "You've been a lot haggard in the past few years, I should have come back to see you sooner." ”

"You... A little... It hasn't changed—" Tyri stammered slowly, a strange look in her eyes, a sickly flush welling up from her pale cheeks.

Lena hurriedly grabbed her hand and clasped it in her palm, and looked at Betsy again, "Can Tai Rui's disease be cured, if there is a lack of treatment fees, I will make up for it." ”

Betsy handed her a cup of hot coffee and said gratefully and regretfully, "It's not a matter of money, Tyre's brain nerves have been damaged irreparably, and no matter how it is treated, it can't be much improved..."

Three women reinvent on the sidelines.

"Shoal" seemed to smell the mixture of joy and sorrow, and quietly poked half of his head out of Dean's pocket, his mouth opening and closing, greedily absorbing emotions.

Dean raised his hand and pressed his head back, then looked at Jane and whispered, "Have you learned the movements of meditation?" ”

Jane wrinkled her bitter gourd face and shook her head pitifully, "I practice every day, but I can't do it completely, the action is too difficult, it looks like an ant is crawling on my body, and my bones are about to break." ”

"How can it be so serious, you will become proficient sooner or later, this action is good for you."

Jane nodded helplessly.

"How did you do with 'ignition'?"

Jane stretched out an index finger and circled it half a circle, the temperature suddenly rose, and a bright yellow flame the size of half a fist appeared above the index finger.

Dean felt for a moment, this flame was about five or six hundred degrees, which was a significant improvement from the previous few days.

"Well, the ignition training is on track," Dean praised, "and now you can try your hand at making ice." ”

"Ice?"

"The principle is simple, ignition is the accumulation of heat at a certain point, while ice is the dispersion and transfer of heat from water and other liquids..."

Jane took out a glass of water and suspended it in the air, and while manipulating the liquid, she instinctively said, "Dean, during this time, I found a little problem when I searched for Dustin and Will in the 'Dark Domain of Mind'..."

Dean breathed a sigh of relief, not just peeking at himself, "What's the problem?" ”

Jane furrowed her brows, "I saw a terrible monster... It grew clearer, its elongated, humanoid body as if it had been skinned, and its cheeks were a large mouth with fangs blooming. ”

Dean's face turned pale, wondering if this was a monster attracted by the Law of Convergence, "Can you feel where this monster is?" ”

Jane reached out and touched the air between her fingers, and shrank back as if she had been burned, "The exact location is not clear, but it seems to be far away from me, so far that it can never be reached, and it seems to be so close that it can be reached." ”

It's very close and far away, what does that mean?

Dean didn't have a clue for a while, "If you sense the specific location of this monster, notify me or Hope immediately, understand?" I'll help you with it. ”

"Well, in fact, you have taught me a lot of techniques for using power, and ordinary people are no longer my opponents." A touch of firmness appeared on Jian Qing's little face, and she said loudly, "I'm not so afraid of it anymore, if it dares to come and touch my family, I'll tear it to pieces!" ”

"You've grown up, Jane. Be careful, the water falls to the ground! ”

Next, Dean went on to teach Jane basic energy manipulation techniques.

And Lena is very sympathetic and guilty about the experience of breaking into the Hawkins laboratory alone in 78 to save her old friend Tyre, so she loves her daughter Jane and Udi and falls in love with her daughter Jane, the fateful superpowered girl, and simply takes Jane as her goddaughter under the witness of Tyre, Becky, and Dean.

Jane inexplicably had an extra godmother, and her slightly curly hair was kneaded into a bird's nest in a daze, and Lena looked at her with pity, "If you encounter any difficulties in the future, even if you contact your godmother, I am not an ordinary person like you." ”

Not an ordinary person?

Jane's mouth opened in an O-shape and whispered, "Superpowers? ”

"Yes."

Jane looked at Lena with a hint of approval.

For the rest of the morning, the humble wooden house was filled with laughter.

But there were four superpowers at the scene, Dean and Lena didn't dare to stay too long, ate a lunch, left Becky with 5,000 dollars, and invited the family of three to dinner together for Christmas before hurriedly leaving.

In the car, Dean looked at Lena, who was waving goodbye to the three people outside the window, and said, "If you want to invite them to your house for Christmas, you have to convince Paqui and Kelly to keep it a secret, and Jane's identity must not be revealed." ”

"Mm-hmm, don't worry, I'll explain it to them." Lena hesitated and said, "Dean, you said that if I turn Tyreen into a snake demon with one bite, will it be able to regain its youth and health immediately?" ”

"There is no doubt about it." Dean looked at the shallows that succumbed with a lot of emotion in his pocket, and then shook his head, "But I don't recommend it, not everyone who becomes a snake demon can stick to their principles and not kill indiscriminately like you, Tai Rui has been paralyzed for so many years, once he recovers his health, his temperament may change drastically, you must be cautious." ”

"I see." Lena sighed, dispelling the idea for a moment.

……

The next few days were calm and fulfilling.

Dean spends his days in the suburbs training in life energy and telekinesis to familiarize himself with the attributes of the surge.

And under the guidance of the navigator shoal, start the skill to roam, roaming three times a day, exhausting life energy and mental power.

Skill Lv. 0 (0→3), which can be increased by 1 point almost every three days.

Under this kind of high-intensity squeezing training, he gradually gained the experience of traveling through the void, without the guidance of the shallows, he could control the distance of movement after roaming to less than five kilometers, and with the help of the "Omen Specialty" to eliminate dangerous landing sites such as volcanoes and the bottom of the sea, but he couldn't even distinguish the general direction, and he was still far from roaming like a fixed-point teleportation.

In addition, he has shortened the time to open the unstable space node from one second to 0.5 seconds, which can barely be used to dodge and protect against some long-range attacks, such as a premonition that a town is about to be destroyed by an atomic or hydrogen bomb, and Dean can roam in time to transfer.

Dean has found after many experiments with rabbits and other small animals that roaming can not only be done alone, but also can bring other "passengers", but they must be tightened, and if the passengers are one step behind and fail to enter and exit the node crack in time, then they will be lost in the void.

And the void is ever-changing, and there is basically no possibility for ordinary creatures to come back.

……

In the evening, Dean searched for a breath of light and confirmed that he was safe somewhere to the north.

Then take care of your weaponry, craft five star arrows, charge them with starlight and moonlight, and observe Orion's runes in meditation.

Every time he stargazed, he could have a new perception, the more he understood the spatial structure of the star rune, the more he felt that this small rune contained a mystery that he had not yet discovered, and when the excavation was complete, observing the rune like looking at the palm print, he would probably be able to see the next rune of Orion.

In the dead of night, Dean also likes to sit on the rooftop, listen to the shallows with a childish voice, and talk about the original place of his hometown.

"Originally, the time was always night, there was no sun in the sky, most of the area was occupied by the ocean, and the rest of the area was dotted with countless islands."

"The original is inhabited by some animals that are common in the world, such as whales, sharks, birds, dogs, mice, and humanoid intelligent creatures, with horns, tails, and wings, and their skin is not only black, white, and yellow, but also blue and red..."

"There are many unique, dangerous and powerful species that live in the original area... Swimming in the sea is a squid-shaped sea beast called Zebrasiu, which is more than a kilometer long and can easily warp space. ”

Dean imagined a monster more than a kilometer long in his mind, and he only felt that his temples were thumping, it was really a mysterious and dangerous world.

"Can you take me to roam to the original to open my eyes?"

"Of course, I can feel its exact position in the void and guide you to open the original space node." The shallow beach thought for a moment and tapped his little head, "But there is a problem, I don't know the node that leads to the earth, it will take you to the origin, and it will be difficult to return to the earth." ”

"That's it." Dean hasn't been an earthling enough, "By the way, I once heard a friend say that the first human to go to the original was a man named Plato, who called the original Atlantis. ”

"!" Shoal's tone was firm and disdainful, "According to the thousands of knowledge we have absorbed from the original underground, in the last few hundred years, some of you humans in the world have been writing false histories and putting gold on their faces, and this kind of behavior is very shameful! ”

The corners of Dean's mouth twitched, and he asked again, "So who was the first human to enter the primordial?" ”

I don't know, but Plato never went in. By the way, great master, can you let me suck a little of your joy? ”

In the regular training time, it is quietly Christmas.

(End of chapter)