boyutpedia Chapter 26 The Silver Dragon King Who Couldn't Be Hijacked
Chapter 26 The Silver Dragon King Who Couldn't Be Hijacked
The image on the lens suddenly disappeared, and Lu Xingchen snapped back to reality, his heart still pounding from the realistic death scene.
He frowned, his mind filled with doubt: "No way? He's dead just like that? This is so strange!"
In the simulation just now, his reaction was obviously a beat too slow. Faced with the out-of-control bus, he couldn't even do the most basic dodge, which was not in line with his true strength.
"Something must be wrong. Let's try again!"
Lu Xingchen suppressed the dizziness caused by the depletion of his mental energy and activated "0-02" again.
At this moment, he had already consumed nearly a quarter of his mental energy. With his mental energy reserves at the Spirit Sea Realm, he could only support two more deductions at most, otherwise he would risk mental energy depletion and sudden death on the spot.
Silver light converged once more on the lens, and a new trajectory for the future slowly unfolded:
[Future Simulation Initiated: Timeframe—Six months from now, Aolai City.]
[Lu Xingchen was about to leave with Na'er when the out-of-control soul-guided bus suddenly rushed towards them. This time, he was prepared; the moment the bus approached, he immediately grabbed Na'er's waist and dodged to the side.]
[Bang! The out-of-control bus crashed violently into a nearby residential building, causing the wall to collapse and kicking up clouds of dust.]
"Oh? There's an unexpected bonus." A sinister voice rang out from the dust, and the window of the soul-guided bus shattered, revealing a man in a black trench coat.
A thick mist of blood enveloped him, and four purple spirit rings lit up in succession at his feet, emanating a chillingly malevolent aura.
"A four-ring Soul Master? And a demonic Soul Master at that!" Lu Xingchen's expression changed drastically. The blood mist and chilling aura emanating from the other party were typical characteristics of a demonic Soul Master.
Without a doubt, the soul-guided bus going out of control was the work of this guy.
"A Soul Master at such a young age? Too bad you've run into me, 'Snake Snake,' today. You're unlucky!" The evil Soul Master licked his lips, a bloodthirsty glint in his eyes. He raised his hand and conjured a crimson energy blast, shooting it towards Lu Xingchen.
[Lu Xingchen dared not confront him directly and immediately turned to flee with Na'er. But the evil spirit master seemed to have identified him, ignoring Tang Wulin who stood frozen to the side, and relentlessly pursued and attacked.]
The gap between a one-ring Soul Master and a four-ring Soul Grandmaster was like an insurmountable chasm. Lu Xingchen had no power to resist and was quickly struck by a crimson energy, collapsing into a pool of blood and losing his life.
Just as the evil spirit master was about to attack Na'er and Tang Wulin, the urgent sound of police sirens wailed in the distance. The evil spirit master's expression changed; not daring to linger, he immediately turned and fled, disappearing into the depths of the alley.
The video cut off again, and Lu Xingchen's expression darkened completely.
The two consecutive simulations both ended in death, and the evil spirit master's target was unusually clear, as if he was coming specifically for him.
"Damn it, I refuse to believe this!"
He gritted his teeth and initiated the final simulation. This time, he decided to change his strategy—do nothing, simply follow Tang Wulin quietly and observe how things develop.
[Future Simulation Initiated: Timeframe—Six months from now, Aolai City.]
Seeing the thugs surrounding Na'er, Tang Wulin immediately roared and rushed forward: "You bunch of bad guys, let her go!"
The thugs were startled by Tang Wulin's sudden appearance, but their expressions turned grim when they saw the glowing soul power emanating from his hand.
They were just ordinary thugs; they dared not harm someone who might become a Soul Master in the future. They could only curse and swear as they put Na'er down and slunk away.
Tang Wulin walked up to Na'er, flashed a bright smile, and carefully took her hand: "Don't be afraid, I'll take you home."
Na'er hesitated for a moment, but didn't pull away, letting him lead her, and they skipped and hopped towards home.
This time, the scene was eerily calm. There was no out-of-control bus, no sinister Soul Master, and Tang Wulin successfully brought Na'er home. Everything was as natural as the original trajectory of fate.
"There really is a cheat code!"
Upon seeing this result, Lu Xingchen instantly understood the crux of the problem.
In the same scenario, his intervention would have meant certain death, but Tang Wulin's intervention resulted in his safety, without even a trace of the evil soul master appearing.
This was clearly not a coincidence, but rather some unseen force protecting Tang Wulin, or rather, preventing anyone from interfering with the encounter between the Silver Dragon King and Tang Wulin.
"It seems that Tang Wulin is the only one who can take the Silver Dragon King home. Anyone else who tries to steal him will most likely meet a violent end."
Lu Xingchen removed the "0-02 Omniscient Eye," rubbed his throbbing temples, and felt utterly helpless.
However, besides the frustration of failing to snatch the deal, he also discovered a more crucial problem.
"'0-02,' in the simulation just now, why didn't I use the power of the potion, and instead fought only as a Soul Master?"
He tapped the cold lenses of his glasses, his tone tinged with doubt.
He had sensed something was wrong during his first simulated death—with his Sequence 7 "Psychotherapist" mental strength, even if he couldn't defeat a fourth-ring evil soul master, avoiding a runaway soul-guided bus would be no problem at all.
In the simulation, however, he was helpless, just like an ordinary soul master, and he didn't even use the extraordinary items in the Chaos Sea.
A line of silver-white writing quickly appeared on the lens, answering his question:
"Great Omniscient and Omnipotent Being, because the 'Chaos Sea' resides within you, your status far surpasses mine. My 'omniscient' power cannot penetrate the barrier of the Chaos Sea to glimpse your true future."
"The images presented earlier were all based on the possible trajectories deduced from your single identity as a 'Soul Master', stripping away the 'Potion Power' and the 'Chaotic Sea'."
Upon seeing this explanation, Lu Xingchen's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed.
"Oh, I see. It was my oversight."
He forgot that although the "0-02 Omniscient Eye" was transformed from the "uniqueness" through the White Tower, the "Chaos Sea" was far superior to "uniqueness".
The all-seeing eye cannot see through the future shrouded in the 'Chaos Sea,' and therefore cannot predict the outcome after he uses the power of magic potions and extraordinary items.
The previous three deductions were essentially "weakened versions" of themselves. No wonder they died so easily when faced with the trap of fate.
Having figured this out, Lu Xingchen's frustration dissipated considerably, but the two "death" experiences in the simulation only deepened his wariness of the Tang family.
"Tang San, Tang Hao... I'll remember this debt."
He gently stroked the "0-01 Writer's Pen" in his arms, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.
While openly competing with Tang Wulin for the Silver Dragon King is unrealistic, secretly making some small moves to disrupt the Tang family's plans is entirely feasible.
After all, the coverage area of "0-01" is the entire Douluo Star. It would not be difficult for him to cause some trouble for the Tang family without exposing himself.
At the very least, the process of the Tang family coming into contact with the Silver Dragon King should not be so smooth.