Chapter 966: A Bite of Soft Rice
Chapter 966: A Bite of Soft Rice
As the Soft Rice Badge on the panel lit up with a milky-white glow, Lyon's consciousness, for the first time in a long while, detached from his body. It spread out with an invisible wave, difficult and awkward yet unstoppable, rapidly expanding outward.
With the limitless expansion of his consciousness, the blood near Lyon's brain began to accelerate, and the tiny blood vessels in his nasal cavity burst one after another under the pressure, releasing a scorching and salty liquid.
When the first drop of nosebleed uncontrollably gushed out and slowly dripped down Lyon's jawline, his eyes clearly "saw" the entire Lily City.
Five streets away, a carriage driver was lying in a somewhat dilapidated carriage, blocking his face with a wide-brimmed hat, and snoring loudly. The setting sun's rays shone through the glass window, quietly falling on his undulating beer belly.
In another direction, twelve kilometers away on a bridge, fifty-four sets of white-painted diagonal cables were trembling in the cold evening breeze, emitting a shrill, unbearable groan.
"The cross-river suspension bridge on the southeast side of the royal palace, the fifth and seventeenth pairs of cables need to be replaced; otherwise, they'll break in less than two months. Remember to send someone to fix them later."
After quickly instructing Farmer Prince, who was standing beside him with a puzzled look, Lyon grabbed a handkerchief to wipe his nosebleed. He then hugged Princess Anbes... the Queen's waist and closed his eyes to continue his investigation.
Previously, in the Deephold Sanctuary, after scattering the ashes of all the ancestors of the Xikaliven Royal Family, the Director had grabbed Director Serpent and hidden herself, clearly not intending to meet him.
Given the Director's methods, luck, and understanding of his investigative abilities, if she decided to hide, he truly had no way to find her... except for the Soft Rice Badge.
Limiting his consciousness to the area around Lily City, Lyon opened his eyes again and blinked a few times before carefully examining those who didn't belong to the "royal property."
According to the Soft Rice Badge's effect description, when he stood behind a queen and begged for her to take him in, he could forcefully eat her soft rice and control everything that theoretically belonged to her, including her citizens.
Although the Red-haired Director was a member of the Xikaliven Royal Family, she had been "expelled" for causing too much trouble, so she wasn't within this range. The same applied to Director Serpent, a member of the Eastern Carleva Royal Family.
Therefore, to find them, he didn't need to check every person in Lily City; he only needed to focus on those who didn't belong to the "royal property."
No matter what methods the Director and Director Serpent used to hide themselves, as long as they were within the boundaries of Lily City, they would definitely be... found.
Looking eleven kilometers southwest at a building that appeared completely normal but was somehow immune to the Soft Rice Badge's control, Lyon's eyebrows lifted slightly, and he immediately concentrated his scattered consciousness in that direction.
...
Not good!
Gazing at the Director, who had been everywhere a moment ago but was now rushing towards him, the Red-haired Director couldn't help but hiss. She stood up and urged:
"Hurry! Quick! Lyon is coming!"
"?"
He's coming? You must be joking.
Instinctively catching the Fuyan of Wan Wu Tian Chan, Director Serpent doubted, "You're not trying to fool me again, are you?"
We are currently hiding in the 29th floor of the February Building, a place that can only be used once every four years, with a near-temporal displacement. Even if the director were to pass right in front of us, it would be impossible...”
“See for yourself!”
The Serpent Director tossed the Fuyan of Wanwu Tianchan to the side and let him observe the situation for himself. The red-haired director then immediately took out the Jishen Hu and dove into it, hiding himself at the speed of light.
The Serpent Director, after receiving the Fuyan, cautiously observed the surroundings. Suddenly, he hissed and quickly sprang up from the ground, rushing towards the door behind him.
But just as he opened the door of the February Building and ran out from the side entrance of an abandoned building, a middle-aged man carrying a white paint bucket on the side of the road suddenly stopped in his tracks and stared fixedly at him.
"Where's the director?"
The middle-aged man, with clear sunburn marks on his face, narrowed his eyes and asked sternly as he blocked the Serpent Director's path.
"Let her come out and talk to me. You guys..."
The Serpent Director, with a dark expression, shoved the painter aside. Suddenly, his body seemed to fall into a pond, disappearing into the shadow beneath his feet. When he reappeared, he had already moved three streets away.
However, just as the Serpent Director emerged from the shadow of a streetlight and took a moment to catch his breath, an old lady with a basket on her arm, who seemed to be preparing to cross the road, suddenly turned around. She opened her mouth, missing seven or eight teeth, and said coldly:
"What are you up to? If you don't..."
"Holy shit!"
Startled by this bizarre scene, the Serpent Director stumbled back into the shadows, teleporting seven or eight times in quick succession, finally stopping at a small estate eight or nine kilometers away.
After emerging from a pile of hay with a slight musty smell, confirming that there was no chance of encountering any more strange passersby, the Serpent Director couldn't help but relax.
However, just at that moment, a short horse that had been leisurely chewing on hay beside the haystack suddenly spat out its mouthful of hay. Its eyes, black without a hint of white, stared intently at the Serpent Director. In a strange and harsh voice, it said:
"If you come out, don't blame me for taking action!"
What the hell kind of ability is this?
Although he was not afraid of the power of the cannon, and even if he were to be hit head-on by a cannon with a hundred times more power, he wouldn't die. Still, the Serpent Director's scalp went numb, feeling that Lyon's ability was too bizarre, and decided to retreat further away before doing anything else.
But just as the Serpent Director was about to use the same trick and escape through the shadows, he suddenly stepped into empty space. The original estate and grass were instantly moved, replaced by a canyon with a width of over twenty meters.
Over three hundred cannons of the same caliber were strangely embedded in the stone walls at both ends of the canyon, their muzzles aimed at the falling Serpent Director, all firing with a deafening roar.
(End of Chapter)
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