If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 546 Unbelievable (two in one)

The elevator of the Pearl Tower ascends slowly. Standing on the transparent elevator at a height of 230 meters and looking out of the glass is like witnessing a self-ascension. Everything in the whole city is changing from three-dimensional to two-dimensional, like a picture. Oil painting with lights.

Su Xiaoqiang lightly grasped the handrail in the elevator and looked at the beach along the coast in a daze. Behind him stood a small group of strangers in the elevator. There was no sign of socializing or chatting, and everyone looked up in silence at the ever-changing numbers in the elevator.

"If there is nothing wrong with the plan, you should have passed the first security check at the bottom of the building and you are already on the elevator. The conference venue is on the top floor. The venue that was originally used as a restaurant in the sky has been booked out tonight. I will try I checked the details of the people who booked the venue but found nothing. Instead, some people noticed and tracked it for a few days, so you will follow the crowd for a while, talk less, do less, and watch more. Treat it as a banquet experience. "

The sound of CK sounded in the headset. Lu Mingfei behind Su Xiaoqiang stretched out his hand and gently touched his ear, his face was a little unnatural. Tonight he was wearing a suit and using the headset to communicate. He felt like James Bond in the 007 series of movies. , CK is their "Ms. M".

This kind of thing only happened when he was dreaming. It was very nervous and strange when it happened in reality. He couldn't help straightening his tie for the third time, and the action was noticed by a man on the side. But he didn't say anything. This kind of tension seems to be very understandable, and the possibility of not being overwhelmed adds a sense of reality.

"Don't try to talk to other people. Even if someone takes the initiative to talk to you, you can just shake your head and ignore them with a smile. Although the press conference invites big names, the content is actually a bit tacit, too much talking It will be detrimental to themselves, so silence will never be suspected.” CK continued to say in the headset, “I have already entered the tower from another entrance, call me at any time if there is any accident, I will always hang up superior."

After saying this, the elevator reached the end and stopped. After a slight weightlessness, the elevator door opened with a ding, and a luxurious corridor greeted the outside. The floor and four walls of wine red marble, golden The chandelier illuminates the color of the corridor almost like it is under the sun, and the peacock feathers are pasted on the wall as wallpaper, but what is more attractive is the paintings on the wall along the road, from Rubens to Cézanne to Monet As for Van Gogh, they are all paintings and names that Lu Mingfei has only seen in art books.

When the guests got off the elevator, they were shocked by the scene. Standing in the elevator, they watched the luxurious decoration and a series of brilliant masterpieces. The waiter standing at the elevator entrance also politely reached out and pressed the elevator button to wait for the guests. Yi Yi stepped out after returning to his senses, and walked in this corridor amidst the whispers after the unbearable silence.

"It should be newly decorated, and these paintings were just hung up. I have been here before, and it was not so extravagant before." Su Xiaoqiang said in a voice that only each other could hear while standing beside Lu Mingfei.

"Is this real or fake?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but stopped and stood in front of a painting. Su Xiaoqiang also stopped and looked over. On the painting, the mother was holding the baby with the red fruit, her face was full of love. , with a dark blue sky in the background with black forest and amber in the distance.

"What did you see?" CK in the headset asked after hearing Lu Mingfei's voice.

"Some paintings, some famous paintings, should be in the museum, not hung here." Su Xiaoqiang said in a low voice, "This painting should be "Madonna and Child", right?"

"The Madonna and Child? Which version is it, Duccio's or Raphael's?" CK asked.

"I didn't expect you to know oil painting?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, "It should be Du Xiou's version."

"Are you sure?" CK asked after a pause.

"Okay, I saw this painting when I went to the Metropolitan Museum. It has always been said to be the treasure of the town hall there. The official auction price is 4500 million US dollars. It was purchased from a private collector. Now we The one in front of you should be an imitation, right?" Su Xiaoqiang said with some hesitation.

"...Have you heard that the Metropolitan Museum fire alarm went off a month ago, and the museum was officially closed for a whole week." CK said.

"what do you mean"

"Although the museum officially announced that no exhibits were damaged, it was just an accident caused by the aging of the fire alarm, but there are many rumors that something is missing in the museum, but there is no further news about what is missing."

".I heard that the paintings hanging in the museum are also likely to be fake. They have really been lost or stolen and fell into the hands of some private collectors." Su Xiaoqiang seems to have heard this point of view, although a little surprised but At least it was acceptable, but Lu Mingfei on the side was stunned. For the first time, he felt that the "authentic work is collected in the XXX Museum" written in the art book was all fake.

"If I was there, I might be able to tell the truth from the fake, but it's a pity that I'm climbing the damn elevator with hundreds of floors in the safety elevator. Look at the reactions of other guests. There should be no lack of artistic background in this group of rich people. people."

Su Xiaoqiang glanced back and forth, "They are all looking at the painting seriously. To be honest, I feel that we are not here to attend the press conference, but to visit the painting museum."

"It seems that the organizer is showing you the background. If I guess correctly, most of the paintings in that corridor are probably authentic?"

"I seem to see the Mona Lisa." Lu Mingfei said.

"Can you take a closer look? Is there a warning line in front of those paintings?"

"No, we can even spit on it if we want." Su Xiaoqiang reached out and lightly touched another painting hanging beside "The Virgin and Child". The characters in this painting are similar to the previous one. , but the composition, movements and expressions of the characters are quite different, ".I remember just now someone asked whether the oil painting is the Raphael version or the Duccio version?"

"I asked, what's the matter?" CK said.

"The Raphael version is also available now." Su Xiaoqiang withdrew his hand, "It seems that the organizer doesn't mind us checking the authenticity of these paintings, either they are all fake, or"

"Either it's all true." CK said, "It's a pity that I'm not at the scene, it really makes my heart itch to hear, but there are many sellers on the black market who are willing to pay a lot of money, even 'bone, blood, horn' to trade these masterpieces Woolen cloth."

"I've always wanted to ask, what exactly are 'bone, blood, and horn'? Is it something that you people use to replace currency, like gold coins issued by a third party?" Su Xiaoqiang asked.

"You can almost think so." CK didn't further explain the question, "I gave all the visitors a bad start at the very beginning, it seems that the organizer is very confident about this conference, so it seems that this conference is The possibility of pretense and fishing should not be too great, we are lucky."

"We have arrived at the entrance." Su Xiaoqiang suddenly said a word and then stopped talking. In the corridor, she, Lu Mingfei and a group of guests who lingered on the gallery had already reached the end of the corridor. Here is a double-opening door. The brown-red wooden door, in front of the door is a simple front desk and a waiter for the second inspection invitation letter.

Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei handed out the invitation letters one by one. After receiving the invitation letter, the waiter took out a black cloth bag from the front desk and handed them out to the two respectively. Although they were a little confused, they still took the bag and said nothing. Enter from the main entrance.

Behind the brown-red wooden door is the same magnificent hall. Outside the rows of high-altitude floor-to-ceiling windows are the lights of the whole city. A different emotion naturally rushes to my heart while pitching. At the same time, the interior decoration of the sky restaurant has completely changed. Tables and chairs are placed in the room in an orderly manner. The color tone of the entire hall is composed of gold and red. The crystal chandelier sticks to the gold powder and emits warm and almost sunny light.

"It's okay. I thought that looking at the painting outside, I could see statues of Venus with a broken arm or a meditator inside." Lu Mingfei said in a low voice.

"Those paintings outside are enough for the organizer to demonstrate financial resources to deter visitors. After all, this is a press conference and not an art exhibition." Su Xiaoqiang said in a low voice, "Look at what's in the bag he gave us."

Lu Mingfei lowered his head and took out the black pockets. Not only did his other guests do the same after entering the hall, everyone had a black pocket, and they also took out one from it. Mask Masquerade The paper art mask?
The paper art mask is light enough to cover the upper half of the face. The bridge of the nose is decorated with peacock feathers or other animal feathers. This kind of mask is often seen in masquerade balls in Western countries. The sponsor's The meaning became very clear at once. Every guest put on the mask after raising their eyebrows slightly. After a while, all the people who could be seen in the hall put on a strange and delicate mask, and everyone wore it again. It's the same formal attire, and it's hard to tell who's who.

"What kind of way is this? Choosing a concubine?" Lu Mingfei was wearing a light red mask with an ordinary peacock feather on it, while Su Xiaoqiang was wearing a blue mask with a red-yellow gradient. What kind of bird feathers? The two of them saw that other people were wearing masks and concealed their appearance, which made them feel more at ease. Other guests seemed to have the same mentality. I am willing to talk, as if the most primitive social impulse began to emerge after abandoning the real identity, there was a lot of discussion in the hall for a while.

"Mask, it seems that there may be competition soon." CK said after hearing the report from Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei.

"Competition? Isn't the press conference just about the release of information about 'evolution medicine'?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"In general auto shows, you can order cars on the spot, and the current situation is no different." CK said leisurely, "The 'evolution medicine' is an epoch-making invention. If the organizers can do it, then he The press conference will inevitably become a bidding event, and the first batch of drugs will be sold with the highest price to stimulate consumption and raise the price of the second wave of drugs when they enter the market."

"Does everyone want to become a monster so much?" Lu Mingfei whispered.

"A monster. Maybe the half-dead waiter Cheng Huaizhou met is indeed a monster, but what about Cheng Huaizhou himself? Even me?" CK asked in a low voice, "What do you think we are?"

Lu Mingfei froze, with a lot of thoughts that he had put down in his heart. In fact, he wanted to ask a long time ago, what is the origin of Cheng Huaizhou and CK who can compete with the monster injected with the "evolution drug", are they superpowers? ?Are there really superpowers in this world?But why did CK and Cheng Huaizhou refer to "evolution medicine" more as "contempt" besides disgust? At first glance, this kind of emotion is not a problem, but after thinking about it, it seems a bit intriguing.

About this question, Su Xiaoqiang actually asked CK, but she didn’t get an answer. CK didn’t want to talk about these topics with her. Maybe it involves some taboos, or maybe it’s just like CK himself said, if you can ask anything If she said it, wouldn't she be out of business as a mercenary?Some things are worse than waiting for Su Xiaoqiang to ask the person she should ask.
"Which table shall we sit at?" Su Xiaoqiang asked.

"Look at how other people react and adapt accordingly. Don't be the first or the last to be seated."

Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang looked at each other knowingly, and after many predecessors had taken their seats, they followed the crowd and walked into a table in the center of the hall, not far nor near, and took their seats.

Each table only has four or five seats here and there. It doesn’t look crowded but rather relaxed. In other words, the number of guests invited to this press conference is also very limited. The entire hall does not exceed [-] people based on seats. Even Lu Ming There are also [-] students in a class in a non-high school class.

Unless they open their own invitations with their names written on them, no one knows what the real identity of these people is under the mask. CK mentioned before that this invitation is not only for the locals of this city, but also for everyone. I don't know who the organizers invited to participate in this press conference, but there is no doubt that the elites at the top of the pyramid are always rare, and they admire special and novelty, otherwise these people would not appear in this conference It's time for a special press conference.

At the table of Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang, besides the two of them, there were three other people sitting, two women and one man. The two women were wearing pale pink and sky blue masks with tail feathers respectively, and one wore evening dresses with a deep V and the other exposed. Back, it looks very sexy, but there is also a trace of high-ranking composure and dignity in the sexiness, which makes people afraid to cast frivolous eyes on them.

The other man was a bit interesting. He didn't wear a formal suit tonight, but a British-style woolen coat with a round-brimmed black hat. The jaw and lips exposed under the mask can vaguely tell that he is very young. Not more than thirty years old, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he observed the people at the same table very calmly and calmly, especially the only male who was the same as him on this table.

I'll go, you don't look at the three women on this table, you just look at me, what do you mean?

Lu Mingfei, who had been turning his head to look at the situation in the hall, suddenly noticed the man's eyes from the corner of his eye, and felt a little creepy in an instant, and his hands and feet felt a little uncomfortable.

But when his gaze fell on the man's shoulder, he was completely stunned.

"Attack: 400
Defense: 420
Agility: 380
Special Ability: Speech Spirit · Blazing Sun"

This guy seems like someone like CK

"There are three beautiful ladies at the table, my friend, why do you keep looking at me?" The British-style man suddenly spoke, and the person he was talking to was Lu Mingfei, his voice was not loud enough for the five people on the table Hearing it, Su Xiaoqiang glanced at him subconsciously, then turned to look at Lu Mingfei who was sitting not far away, and the other two ladies also looked back at the guests who entered the hall one after another.

Lu Mingfei, who was suddenly focused by his eyes, felt like a light was on his back, subconsciously sat up straight and said dryly, "You are a villain and you should sue first. If you don't look at me, how do I know that I am looking at you?"

"That's right, I didn't think carefully about what I said." The man smiled and nodded, and explained under the eyes of the other three people, "I have been looking at this friend before because I feel that this friend's eyes are very special, so I can't help it." Pay attention."

"My eyes? What kind of eyes can I have?" Lu Mingfei froze.

"It's very aggressive and purposeful. I noticed that when you look at everyone, you subconsciously look at each other's shoulders. Just like you look at me now." The man said, "If it's convenient, please explain to me Curiosity? Why do you only look at the shoulder position when you look at people? Is this some special observation technique?"

"Why are you looking at other people's shoulders?" CK said quickly in the headset.

Lu Mingfei felt his mouth dry. The observation skills of this British-style man on the table are too terrifying, right?His habit of seeing people was discovered in less than a few minutes. Is this guy a professional private detective?
Facing the man's question, Lu Mingfei could only stammer, "It's just a habit, I just want to see if they have high or low shoulders."

"High and low shoulders?" The man was stunned.

"Uh, which side do you like to sleep on when you sleep on your stomach?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Which side of the pillow are you talking about?" the man asked, should it be the right side of the pillow?
"Then your right shoulder should be more muscular than your left?"

"It seems to be?" The man touched the muscles of his right shoulder and said subconsciously.

"If you do this for a long time, you will have high and low shoulders, and it will be ugly to walk with slanted shoulders." Lu Mingfei swallowed and said.

The other three ladies at the same table subconsciously touched their shoulders, even Su Xiaoqiang was no exception.

".It's really interesting knowledge. I usually work at my desk, but I really didn't notice it." The man was stunned for a while before nodding his head and said, "So you just observe other people's shoulders to determine whether they have high or low shoulders?"

"Yes." Having said all this, Lu Mingfei could only bite the bullet and nod.

"What an interesting friend." The man opened his mouth as if he couldn't refute Lu Mingfei's explanation. He could only continue to pretend to be a gentleman and smiled dryly. A waiter said, "Give this friend a drink, and I'll pay for my curiosity as a treat."

The waiter nodded and asked Lu Mingfei what he would like to drink. Lu Mingfei casually answered that juice is fine. The two ladies at the side ordered a cocktail each, and the man simply ordered a cup of Blue Mountain coffee. He ordered the same juice as Lu Mingfei, so the previous topic is over.

"It's very well explained. Yes, I really don't want to say that, but since I've gotten through it, let it go."

CK, who listened to the whole conversation in the headset, couldn't talk about it, because even she subconsciously touched the shoulder muscles that she often sleeps on her side. This guy Lu Mingfei can always pick up people inexplicably. Go in, "But that guy is right, why do you look at other people's shoulders? I also noticed that you looked at my shoulders when you first met me."

"See if you have high or low shoulders." Lu Mingfei explained in a low voice. CK on the headset rolled his eyes and didn't continue to ask. He is immune to the word "hypnosis". Both Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei have their own. She is special, and she will not ask about some things that should not be asked.

After getting over this quarrel, Lu Mingfei wiped the cold sweat from his heart fiercely. He originally thought that this little habit of looking at people's shoulders would not be discovered at all, but now it seems that in the eyes of really careful people, his actions It was so weird to the extreme. The man on the table must have observed him for a few minutes, and after discovering his habit, he was really puzzled, so he couldn't help but bring it up.

In the past few minutes, Lu Mingfei has indeed been observing the "value" of everyone in the hall. His special ability has been in effect since the heavy rain that day, and anyone can see it as long as he pays attention to the opponent's shoulder. some data.

And during the few minutes of observation when he entered the hall, he also found that besides most of the guests who came were ordinary people with a measurement of less than a hundred, there were also more than seven or eight special guests whose shoulder data were far beyond normal. People, just like the British style man at the same table with him, have measurements as high as four or five hundred and as low as one or two hundred.

After a lot of observations, Lu Mingfei also gradually discovered some rules. For example, the higher the value, the more stable the special ability of the person will be. People with lower levels are more likely to have only one "golden pupil" with special abilities, and some even have no special abilities and are just like ordinary people.

Normally, Lu Mingfei couldn’t see so many special human beings in school. Now that he had a chance, he began to observe them wantonly. That’s when he was caught by the man at the same table. The guests observed most of the special ones and marked and remembered the characteristics of the feathers on their masks one by one in their hearts.

For example, the feathers on the guest mask of Yanling is "Scythe Weasel" are striped like a leopard cat, "Barrier" has golden tail feathers like a sunflower, and "Mirror" has emerald feathers that gradually change from light to dark. There were only one or two tables in the distance by the high-altitude floor-to-ceiling windows that he didn't look at. Curiosity and concern for potential dangers made him unable to help but look over while the waiter was serving drinks.

The British-style man who had just picked up a cup of Blue Mountain coffee on the table and was about to take a sip elegantly nodded to the three ladies, and touched the edge of the coffee cup with his lips. The next moment he suddenly heard the unlucky boy at the same table He immediately put down his cup and looked at it in surprise, only to find that the other party was bending over and coughing like he was choking hard!

Can you choke on juice?The man looked at the orange juice in front of Lu Mingfei and shook his head, deciding not to pay attention to this weird guy anymore.

"What's wrong?" CK asked in a low voice in the headset.

"I don't. It's nothing. I'm in a hurry to drink juice." Lu Mingfei waved his hand, not only telling CK but also explaining to the people at the same table.

After coughing, he tremblingly raised his face that had been discolored by fright, and held the glass of orange juice in front of his mouth to cover his weird and distorted expression. With the cover of orange juice, his gaze was fixed on To the side outside the floor-to-ceiling windows in the hall.

A white round table was placed there, and a man in a formal suit sat on a seat by the window, with a pure white tail feather inserted into the mask on his face, compared to the guests on that table. There was a lot of discussion. This man didn't seem to care much about everything. He turned his head sideways to look at the scenery of the coastal beach under the night sky outside the window. The eyes under the mask were like windows, and he could see the lights of the entire city through the inside, independent of the lobby. The hustle and bustle gives a sense of solitude.

"attack:?

defense:?
agile:?
Special Abilities: Violent Blood (Ⅰ, II), Speech Spirit · Instant (Ninth Level), Word Spirit · Floating Life, Speech Spirit · Time Zero, Composite Domain · Time Zero · Instant, Keel State, High Domain Golden Eyes, Spiritual Domain ( Ⅰ), Yanling·? ? , Yanling? ? .”

"Damn it." Lu Mingfei stared at the waterfall-like data on the man's shoulder with an ugly expression, his eyes were filled with disbelief and disbelief when he read the unbelievable data!
　ps: two in one
　　
　
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