Apocalypse Forecast

After Ai Qing left, the sneaky crow came out from the corner.

”Ah, she finally left? ”

The crow sighed, ”I couldn ’t bear to watch anymore.
You really hurt her heart. ”

”Did I? ” Huai Shi was surprised.

”With that kind of scumbag tone, I don ’t remember teaching you that, ” the crow said.

The crow gave him a disdainful look, ”If you were a bit more gentle and understanding, you could have opened up a special connection. ”

As she spoke, she suddenly realized something, ”Wait, you intentionally didn ’t say those things, did you? ”

”… ”

Huai Shi fell silent, not because he was afraid of someone finding out that he was talking to a crow.
After all, anyone could see him holding a book and daydreaming.
He just didn ’t know how to answer the question.

After a long time, he finally spoke, ”When I was young, I understood one thing – the world is not lacking in cheap approval and goodwill.

These things, like empty promises and baseless closeness, are meaningless and worthless.

If you don ’t understand a person ’s pain and past, how can you guarantee anything about the problems and future they face? It ’s better to maintain a respectful distance from the beginning, rather than adding pain and anger later on.

Ai Qing doesn ’t need my pity and approval.
She is much stronger than others.
If I say something worthless now, about friendship and victory, she will just look down on me. ”

”So, you ’re playing the long game? ”

The crow nodded knowingly, ”I take back what I said.
You might be killed for playing with a girl ’s heart. ”

”Can ’t you hope for the best for me? What does playing the long game even mean? ” Huai Shi rolled his eyes.
”Did you come to talk nonsense with me? ”

”Isn ’t this the perfect opportunity? ” The crow spread its wings.
”Seeing my BOY on the edge of friendliness and unfamiliar goodwill, it ’s quite complicated. ”

”Did you hear what she said? ”

”Yes. ”

”Yin Family? ” Huai Shi asked.

”It ’s possible, ” the crow nodded.
”So, what will you do? ”

”Yeah, what will I do? ”

Huai Shi muttered to himself, but didn ’t answer her question.

”Afterwards, we ’ll see.
Actually, I came to inform you, ” the crow interrupted his thoughts.
”Although the prison drama is quite interesting, unfortunately, your prison life might not last much longer. ”

”They ’re going to execute me? ”

Huai Shi was shocked.
”Can they? What about the protection of minors? ”

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”The protection of minors doesn ’t apply to Sublimators, thank you, ” the crow glanced at him.
”Why are you panicking? Even if they want to execute you, it ’s still too early. ”

”So, I ’ll be released? ” Huai Shi was pleasantly surprised.

”No, the people of the Pure Land are causing trouble.
Big trouble, ” the crow said.
”Soon, even if you ’re in prison, you might be involved.
So be prepared.
I ’ll finish forging your Holy Mark before that. ”

”Big trouble? ” Huai Shi was astonished.
”How big? ”

”Big trouble in the Magic City! ” the crow said.

”I can probably guess what you ’re going to say, but why does everyone talk about it like it ’s some terrifying hell? ” Huai Shi asked.

”Well, it ’s not wrong to call it hell, ” the crow calmly explained.
”The Magic City, located at the 27th depth of hell, is one of the three places that used to be a major threat to the Astronomical Society.
After sealing them away, they were banished to the deepest part of hell. ”

”You can think of them as literal dark zones, extreme and terrifying areas where humans can hardly survive. ”

”Is it really that exaggerated? ”

”If I told you that the place where New Sea was originally located was a super giant city with tens of millions of people and occupied seventy to eighty million square kilometers, one of the world ’s economic centers and one of the most important seaports in Eastern Xia, how would you feel? ”

”Then isn ’t my family amazing! ” Huai Shi widened his eyes.

The crow rolled its eyes.
”Not just New Sea.
This incident might completely disrupt the entire coastal area.
It ’s not just you who can ’t sit still.
Even if the Pure Land wants to confront the Astronomical Society and the Social Security Bureau, they wouldn ’t choose a place like New Sea.
The troublemakers here are just creating distractions to attract attention.
The real battlefield is far away…
With your level, you probably won ’t even make it to the battlefield.
Don ’t worry about it. ”

”Why are you telling me this then? ”

”Don ’t you want to be prepared in case something happens? I ’m just letting you know, ” the crow patted his shoulder.
”Don ’t worry, as my contractor, if anything happens, sister will take you with her. ”

Huai Shi rolled his eyes.
”So, I should just eat and sleep, right? ”

”Exactly. ” The crow said cunningly.
”When something happens, you can show up and kill a few Pure Land members.
That will increase your merits, and it will be easy to reduce your sentence.
Maybe you ’ll even be released immediately. ”

”You ’re so…, ” Huai Shi looked at her with a sideways glance.
”If something really happens, don ’t cause any trouble! ”

”Don ’t worry, would sister do that? ”

The crow laughed unconsciously and looked elsewhere.
”I don ’t need to cause trouble.
There ’s only one missing fuse, isn ’t there? But with your conditions, I can rest assured.
Otherwise, your family would be worried. ”

”All my family is dead.
Who would worry about me? ”

”Oh, don ’t I still have sister? If you want to cry, you can always seek comfort in sister ’s embrace, ” the crow continued with nonsense.

After a routine check of his body, Huai Shi started to study the new changes in his soul ability.

Perhaps due to the crow ’s remorse, in the recent battles, besides the invisible axe condensed by killing intent and anger, Huai Shi discovered that after deliberately stripping away the negative emotion of sadness, he could also solidify it into a tangible form using the Circle of Restraint.

The form was a gray-black rope.

As thick as a pinky finger, it was incredibly flexible.
What was even more surprising was that it seemed to have no limit in length, able to extend until Huai Shi couldn ’t support it anymore.

The usual length was about twenty meters.
It could move according to his will, at a speed similar to his own.

Like the axe of anger, the rope of sadness could make the person bound by it experience one of Huai Shi ’s most extreme emotions, rendering them unable to resist under the mental impact.

It seemed that the Soul·Circle of Restraint, which had been brewing for seven years, had more changes compared to other simple soul abilities.
It wasn ’t just limited to transforming into an axe.

He had wanted to develop other emotions, but unfortunately, it was in vain.
The crow explained that there was no need to forcefully pursue it.
It would naturally accumulate and develop.

Although the soul transcended the material, it was still limited by the Sublimator ’s body.

When he reached the second stage and the third stage, and his Holy Mark strengthened his body to a certain degree, his abilities would have new room for improvement.
At that time, there might be a qualitative change.

So, there was no need to waste too much effort on pursuing it in the early stages.
Just let it happen naturally.

At the same time, the crow brought another good news: his growth period seemed to have officially ended.

With the continuous battles and psychological pressure, along with the concentrated medicine she added, what would have taken a month was compressed into about a week.
During the battle with the Naga, he broke through the final barrier.

That was why Huai Shi woke up feeling so weak.

Not only did he need to repair the internal injuries, but he also needed to strengthen the repaired parts.
No amount of physiological saline and glucose could solve such a huge deficit.

Even if the Special Affairs Division used alchemical potions to treat him, it would only be a drop in the bucket.

If the crow hadn ’t secretly sneaked in and fed him several doses of specially prepared supplements, Huai Shi might have exhausted himself to death.

”Wait, how did you feed me? ”

Huai Shi looked at her suspiciously, unable to see where she had hands.

”Oh, your question is so crude. ” The crow blushed and became shy.
After hesitating for a while, she said softly, ”Of course, it was mouth to mouth.
Isn ’t that the fastest way? ”

Huai Shi would be a fool to believe her!

After she left, Huai Shi lay back on the bed, ready to have another dream of being a happy otaku.

But thinking about her warning, he didn ’t dare to relax.
He quietly took out the Book of Fate from under the blanket and entered its records.

Before long, he appeared on the training ground that had been ravaged before.

Face to face with the burly steel instructor.

It seemed like he had played this instance too many times in the past few days.
After seeing him, the instructor subconsciously took a step back and assumed a defensive posture.

”Don ’t worry, today we won ’t practice military boxing, ” Huai Shi waved his hand to reassure him.
Then, using his permission from the Book of Fate, he created two dark green curved knives in his hands and waved them towards the instructor, smiling warmly, ”How about trying out this new set of knife techniques I learned? ”