Cataclysm King

Chapter 175 Why Did You Kill Me?
The four of Ji Xun left the blacksmith shop and ran around in the quiet and dark alleys, looking for some clues that might have been overlooked.

Occasionally, some translucent and strange black ghosts float out from the walls of these dark alleys, water tanks, or under the bluestone slabs.

[Polluted Diva], [Polluted Stone General], [Polluted Drowning Ghost], [Ignorant Night God].
The streets illuminated by lanterns are mostly filled with neutral monsters. Those evil spirits are hidden in the alleys and occasionally jump out.

At first they were frightened, but later they got used to it and the four of them didn't take it seriously at all.

Under the influence of Old Man Xu and Ji Xun's "Xia Mucheng Necromantic Affinity +15" aura, even if those evil spirits had the intention to attack, they seemed to be afraid of something and just showed their teeth and left in fear.

The four of them walked along like this.

After getting used to this kind of environment full of ghosts, this ancient town thousands of years ago gives people a sense of tranquility and tranquility.

It seems that I really want to live here for the rest of my life, which seems good.

The four of them wandered aimlessly as if they were taking a walk.

But after walking for half an hour, I still had no clue.

As they walked, Che Er finally couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Ji Xun, what are we looking for now?"

Now that he has had more contact, he also knows that the grandfather in the team is unreliable. The doctor lady rarely talks, and only Ji Xun seems to be the backbone.

Ji Xun shrugged: "I don't know."

I really don’t know either.

Before he came across accurate clues, he really didn't know what he was looking for.

As he spoke, he glanced at Old Man Xu next to him and said, "Of course, if your grandpa can remember where we went two days ago, then he will know."

As she said this, Catalina glanced out of the corner of her eye.

But this one is hiding his thighs.

Che Er asked directly: "Grandpa, do you remember what we came here for before?"

Old man Xu was stared at with high expectations by several people, causing his old face to feel awkward. While picking out earwax with a grass root, he said vaguely: "Ah this. Why does this feel so familiar to me everywhere?"

Ji Xun also laughed when he heard this. He didn't have much hope that the old man would be able to keep up.

Besides, it's not like there's no clue at all.

He is an undercover agent of the Silver Moon Sect, and others may not know what is in this ruins.

But he knew a lot.

The two most important clues currently known are that Xia Mu City was used to seal part of the Silver Moon Sect's god, and that there was also a fragment of the Weeping Angel.

So now as long as you find any one of the two clues, you may break the game.

But compared to the clues he was looking for to break the situation, Ji Xun was more curious about what the old man was looking for when he came here.

Ji Xun deliberately did not walk in front, and Katrina was also smart and smart, and they walked side by side.

And Che Erben was his grandfather's little follower, always following behind.

In this way, the three of them cleverly moved half of their bodies apart, allowing Old Man Xu to lead the way.

Although this old man subjectively cannot remember many things.

But his crisis intuition and luck are very high.

Every action seems unremarkable, but if you look at it carefully, it's like seeing mountains and rivers, which conform to a certain law of the world's operation.

I don’t say that following Old Man Xu will definitely find clues, but at least it’s much better and safer than just a few people blindly searching for it.

And brain memory can be forgotten.

But some of the body's behavioral memories are more instinctive.

For example, at an intersection, according to Old Man Xu's temperament, even if he doesn't remember passing it, he will definitely choose the more advantageous one.

The four of them walked along the streets and alleys, and soon they came to a wooden bridge.

There are several lush pine trees at the head of the bridge, two red lanterns hang on both sides, and water flows under the bridge.

Ji Xun walked over and took a look. There was a small waterfall under the bridge with a drop of more than ten meters.

The cold wind blew up the water from the waterfall, making your face moist and moist.

The environment is quiet and uniquely beautiful.

Catalina also stood on the edge of the guardrail, her eyebrows and eyelashes flickered slightly, a trace of confusion flashed across her crystal eyes, mixed with a trace of depth, and she murmured: "It feels so good."

Ji Xun chuckled: "Oh?"

Catalina was like a canary that escaped its cage and was released into the mountains for the first time. She felt an indescribable joy in her heart: "I have a feeling that if I really can't get out, I can be buried in the breeze and drizzle. good."

Ji Xun smiled and said nothing.

Young ladies from big aristocratic families always have some fancy ideas.

However, this originally poetic feeling was suddenly broken.

After walking onto the bridge, Old Man Xu looked around and touched here and there. When he heard the conversation between the two just now, he suddenly thought of something, "Hey"

This sound of surprise immediately attracted the attention of Ji Xun and the others.

Sure enough, Old Man Xu remembered something. He looked at Catalina and said in an uncertain tone: "Ah, I remember that this girl of yours really died."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere froze instantly.

Catalina was also confused: "Am I dead?"

Ji Xun thought about it for a moment and felt that there was a lot of information in these words.

If Carter died, it should be what happened in the last flashback?

What happened that caused her to die?
Is there any danger here?
However, what Old Man Xu said next made the expressions of the three of them freeze.

He tried hard to remember what he was talking about and said, "Yes. It was Ji Xun who killed it himself."

Ji Xun: "."

Car [-]: "."

Katrina: "."

The three people's eyes twitched.

But several people's eyes also fell on Ji Xun.

What Old Man Xu said happened must have really happened.

Ji Xun also asked in surprise: "Why did I kill her?"

Old Man Xu's memory was obviously unreliable again, and he muttered: "How did I know? Maybe you two had a quarrel."

This is purely random speculation.

Ji Xun was also speechless when he heard that. He didn't talk about the nonsense relationship and complained: "If you quarrel, you won't kill someone, right?"

Catalina turned her crystal eyes, but fell into deep thought.

She didn't think Ji Xun would kill her for no reason, but it seemed that because time could go back, death became less scary.

She tilted her head to look at Ji Xun, raised the corner of her mouth, and said curiously: "Your Excellency Ji Xun, I am also very curious, why do you want to kill me?"

Ji Xun shrugged.

I didn't want to dwell too much on such a clueless issue.

Instead, an idea flashed in my mind, as if this question had touched some memory.

This feeling is amazing.
It was as if he had experienced the same scene at a certain moment in time and space, and everything felt inexplicably familiar.

Ji Xun immediately realized something: "Yes, it's 'time affinity'!"

He looked at the attribute "Time Affinity +18" on his attribute panel and suddenly realized that this entry might have worked.

The time-travel field in this secret realm is also a "low-latitude time" like the accelerated time field on the train.

Everything here is affected by the time domain.

Ji Xun thought: "It's not an absolute reversal! Because of my understanding of the law of time, some retroactive memories have not been completely eliminated!"

Old Man Xu looked at Ji Xun, whose expression suddenly changed, and guessed what he had discovered, and all looked at him.

But the feeling of reappearing the memory disappeared in an instant, and Ji Xun's brows suddenly wrinkled.

If you can’t catch it, go find it.

Let the environment deepen the impression.

He suddenly jumped off the bridge.

With the wolf claws protruding from his hands, he climbed rapidly on the rock wall.

Because the feeling of déjà vu just came to my mind, as if there was something important nearby.

Several people on the bridge saw what Ji Xun was looking for, and Catalina also jumped down, followed by Car Two.
Old Man Xu shrank back as usual.

My old arms and legs didn't dare to jump off the bridge, so I just lay there and yelled: "Oh, be careful."

Ji Xun searched around the rock wall but didn't see anything.

Obviously the second car had better luck, and soon he shouted softly: "Mr. Ji Xun, come and see!"

Ji Xun walked over quickly.

A few people met under the waterfall, and then they discovered that there was an inconspicuous little stone statue in a very inconspicuous place behind the water flow.

What's even more amazing is that, upon closer inspection, the stone statue is surrounded by mysterious marks and arcane chain restrictions, yet it seems to be integrated with the surrounding rock walls.This makes the statue seem to have some kind of magical power, making people forget that they have seen this stone statue and thus ignore its existence.

"what"

Ji Xun felt surprised and doubtful.

This feeling is not unfamiliar to him.

I had the same feeling when I saw the 52 magic mystical spells on the copper sheets before.

The only explanation is that the legal level of this stone statue is so high that it exceeds cognition, and the brain cannot remember such "indescribable" things.

Seeing this, Catalina and Che Er also had joy on their faces.

They all know the key clues that may be found.

Ji Xun looked at this magical statue, narrowed his eyes slightly, and muttered: "I don't know how much time it took to find such a few clues in such a large Xiamu City last time."

The stone statue is so special, and it’s really hard to find it if you only have one day.

Being able to go so fast this time was entirely due to the humanoid navigation of Old Man Xu.

But after staring carefully for a long time, the three of them couldn't see the reason at all.They all have such a stone sculpture in their visual senses, but when they want to describe it to others, they seem to have completely forgotten what they saw.

Can't even communicate.

Just as he was talking, Old Man Xu slowly climbed down with the rope, "What did you find?"

Ji Xun knew that the old man's role was coming again, so he asked: "Senior, look, what's so special here?"

Old Man Xu also saw the statue at the first sight, and was amazed: "Oh, this is an old object from ancient times. It still has divine power left."

Ji Xun and others listened with serious expressions.

As soon as they opened their mouths, they knew that this statue was extraordinary.

But before the shock appeared in his eyes, Old Man Xu's tone suddenly changed and became very strange. He turned to look at Ji Xun: "Ji Xun boy, you... did you just write on it?"

Ji Xun had a question mark on his face: "???"

Old Man Xu read out the sentence directly: "Miss Carter, I'm glad you are alive. Tsk tsk. When you see this sentence, I can do what I promised you. Don't you think it's interesting? ?”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere instantly solidified.

There is only the sound of rushing waterfalls in my ears.

Several people had astonished expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

Even Ji Xun is like this.

Upon hearing this tone, he knew that this word was really left by him!

But why did I write this sentence?
As the person involved, Catalina's expression became even weirder and reminded: "Your Excellency Ji Xun, it seems that you really killed me last time you recalled it?"

Ji Xun also thinks it should be.

The literal meaning of this passage is that he promised her something and then left a note as evidence?
As soon as I read this passage, I felt a strong sense of humor.

Ji Xun could even see a scene: he was carving this line with a sly smile on his face.

The entire Xia Mu City will go back in time, but only the words on this stone sculpture remain.

You can tell with your toes that there is something wrong with the stone carving.

But it’s just one line.

There are no other clues.

Catalina didn't bother to worry about why she was killed last time, and asked in a very strange tone: "But... why don't you draw some useful clues?"

Hearing this, Ji Xun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It has actually been engraved."

Catalina's eyes were full of confusion: "Huh?"

Ji Xundao: "The clue is that my current ability is simply not able to carve words on that stone carving. There is only one explanation, and that is that I had cracked the secret of time retrieval at that time. But I still chose to stop the last step of retracing time. Most likely it is."

Catalina: "Resurrection for the sake of retracement?"

Ji Xun nodded: "Yes."

Catalina's crystal eyes flashed with excitement: Would this guy really care about my life and death and give up the chance to leave this secret realm?
Ji Xun knows his character very well, and obviously feels that the key point is not who he is, but the "promise".

But he didn't explain, and added: "Maybe it's not just you, but also Che Er. Or maybe I feel that there are some other things in this secret realm that have not been fully explored."

As for Old Man Xu, he felt that if the three of them were dead, this old man would certainly not die either.

Catalina seemed to understand, and said, "But why not leave some more direct clues?"

"because."

Ji Xun is really hard to answer.

Although he has no memory at all, he carved it by himself after all, and he can already fully understand his state of mind when he wrote these words.

He can't say that it was a challenge he left for himself, right?
In the same situation,

Ordinary people will definitely leave clues for themselves.

But Ji Xun knew very well that people knew him, but he didn't.

This time-traveling secret is one of the most amazing challenges he has ever experienced.

Besides, judging from the situation, I already cleared the level last time.

If he could experience this rare pleasure again, even if he might die, he would do it again.

Or maybe you want to unlock a higher difficulty?
Probably so.

Catalina looked at his expression and seemed to have guessed something, so she said it for him: "Is it because you are sure in your heart that if you were able to break the situation last time, you will be able to do it this time too?"

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Ji Xun smiled noncommittally.

It's a bit weird to have an atmosphere when you say this.

Just like in front of him, three pairs of resentful eyes looked at him: Why not leave some clues?

But that's most likely the case.

Last time he was able to break through without engraving.

With so many favorable conditions this time, it’s not impossible.

Catalina looked at his expression and thought she understood it, but when she thought carefully about the context of that sentence, she seemed to see a deep contempt for death.

She felt more and more unable to understand, and thought to herself: "He is really a complicated guy."

Ji Xunrui, whom I thought I knew before, was smart, calm and calm, but now he suddenly changed his mind.

This guy actually has such a crazy side in his heart.

Old man Xu obviously didn't think as much as Catalina thought, and he didn't have the girl's attentiveness to ponder the thoughts of a grown man.

He lay on the statue and looked around. At this moment, he suddenly said: "Hey, there is a groove on the back of this stone statue."

The eyes of Ji Xun and the others were also attracted by these words, but they could not get close to the moon-like stone statue in the water, nor could they see it.

Old man Xu rubbed the groove on the back of the stone carving.

The second car said in surprise: "Isn't this the [Bronze Snake] pattern that the conductor gave me when I got off the train?"

The pattern printed out is a concave pattern, and the [Copper Snake] can be embedded in it.

It looks like a key and a lock.

But in reality it must be an ancient seal of extremely high quality.

Seeing this, Ji Xun and others understood instantly.

But unfortunately, the pattern is a circular pattern of snakes connected head to tail.

And there was only one bronze snake in their hands.

"In other words, we are going to find another copper snake now?"

"Ah."

"That's weird, what's under this seal?"

"It's most likely the remains of the Weeping Angel."

"what"

Old Man Xu and Che Er have both seen the Weeping Angel.

The angel feathers were obtained from the Lionheart family, and Catalina may not be unaware of it.

Ji Xun has nothing to hide.

However, Catalina's focus was obviously on something else. She asked again: "Although, I'm still curious, why did you want to kill me?"

Although he was resurrected in retrospect, that meant that the guy was not hostile to kill him.

Moreover, he even gambled with his life that he could be resurrected after a retrace.

This feeling is very special for a young lady who has lived in a top aristocratic family since she was a child.

Ji Xun smiled, but he really couldn't answer.

However, before he thought about it, something strange happened in Xia Mu City.

Not far away, on the originally dark hillside, like a mirage, an outrageous wooden building suddenly appeared out of thin air.

The wooden building is nearly [-] meters high, with carved beams and painted pillars, making it dazzling.

Through the window paper, you can see the shadows in the building, as if there are countless people coming and going, it is very lively.

Although the architectural style is consistent with the wooden buildings in Xia Mu City, isn't the height too exaggerated?

Looking at the sudden appearance of the wooden building, Ji Xun and the others immediately realized what they were going to do next.

Ji Xun and the others soon arrived not far from the wooden building.

Far away, I saw a group of people busy in front of the building, as if setting up a large formation.

Catalina recognized those people at a glance, and Shu asked in surprise: "Those guys are actually here too?"

The leaders were none other than her cousin Kak and Bai Wei from the Bai family.

Ji Xun also narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "It seems that he got here through another method."

A few of them came here on the ghost train before.

But not everyone can pass through the weird time realm on the train alive.

At least it's not something that the large army in front of us can do.

The only possibility is that those people have some other methods in their hands.

Catalina also frowned slightly and said in a serious tone: "Since that woman is here, I should have been discovered."

This was the first time Ji Xun heard Catalina use such rude words as "that woman". It seemed that the hatred between the two was not small.

But I didn’t think there was any harm in being discovered.

In this secret realm, there are more disasters than people, and those guys may not be able to get benefits.

As soon as she finished speaking, just as Catalina expected, at this moment, the four of them heard giggles: "Hey, Junior Carter is here too?"

As he said that, the light not far away distorted, and a woman wearing a small white dress condensed into a figure.

Ji Xun's pupils froze slightly when he saw the way she appeared. He didn't understand how she appeared?
As Catalina said, the people of the Bai family are mysterious and very strong.

(End of this chapter)