Chapter 1 Fu Linglong and the Soul Binding Cage 2
On a rainy night in early autumn, there were very few pedestrians on the street. Even in the relatively prosperous area where the Nie family building was located, there were only two or three people on the road.
Although it is a family building, it is actually a commercial residential area developed by the Nie family, but one building is used as employee welfare housing.
I smiled sarcastically. This style of doing things is indeed in line with Nie's image of being wealthy and able to win people's hearts. After all, it is a large company with the courage to sponsor dozens of so-called "geniuses" at a time.
I tightened my coat and walked quickly to the downstairs of the family building. I saw that the acrylic word "Home" on the outer wall had disappeared, and only the dusty glue showed that it had once existed.
"Haha, after living here for so many years, I've finally come to terms with the situation. I don't have a home, and this building doesn't have a home either."
I chuckled, lowered my head and walked into the building, then took the elevator directly to the top floor as if I was familiar with the place.
The fifteen rooms on this floor are occupied by people with "genius" potential who were found by Nie from all over the country. They are the elites in Nie's famous reserve talent training program - the elite training program. Nie provides us with housing, sponsors us to complete our studies, and pays our living expenses, and we will join Nie in the future and work for Nie.
Because we are not only "geniuses", but also orphans.
"Gurgle...Gurgle..." My stomach stopped my wandering thoughts and growled very professionally, reminding me that I hadn't eaten yet today.
I was originally going to the supermarket to buy food for this week, but now I picked up a Linglong that I couldn't eat and sent it to Zhou Mian's house. Now I'm returning home empty-handed...
“Ah… I’m so hungry… How come there is nothing to eat…” I walked into the kitchen and looked at the empty refrigerator, feeling a little desperate.
The two bags of cat food in the corner were shining with gold. Am I going to eat the cat food I bought for the wild cats in the neighborhood yesterday? How can I eat such a luxurious thing?
I shook my head frantically and gulped down two glasses of drinking water, but my stomach didn't agree and continued to growl.
"I have no choice but to use my last trump card! The method of falling asleep! Falling asleep quickly and forgetting about hunger is my life-saving stunt on nights when there is no food. Okay, now go to bed!" In the empty and quiet room, I talked to myself, slowly walked into the bedroom, and climbed onto the bed that I saved money to buy.
After lying down for a long time, I was so hungry that I was seeing stars. It turned out that two glasses of water could not fill me up at all! Should I get up and drink two more bottles of water?
When I was thinking about turning over and getting up, I suddenly found myself standing.
I tilted my head and stared at the empty space in front of me. Although the room was empty, the boundless emptiness in front of me and the sudden mist under my feet were too suspicious. I looked up and could only vaguely see the intricate patterns like an ancient palace in the mist. Where was this?
Is this a dream?
"Hey, human, who locked you up?" A deep male voice suddenly came from behind me, and I subconsciously turned around to look.
A man with long black hair appeared in my sight. He was wearing a navy blue gauze robe with intricate patterns carefully embroidered with gold thread. He put his hands behind his back, raised his chin slightly, and looked at me with contempt.
When he found that I was observing him carefully, he was a little displeased, narrowed his eyes and frowned: "Human, who allowed you to stare at me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes focused, and his whole body suddenly became sharp. He took a step forward and rushed straight towards me.
I had no idea what was going on, and as I watched him rush over as if he was going to hit me, I instinctively squatted with my head in my hands.
After waiting for a long time without any movement, I secretly looked out from the gap between my arms. I saw that a golden protective shield appeared around me.
The man stood outside the protective shield and poked it with a finger. The protective shield bounced up again as his finger retracted.
"So, you are the owner of this thing?" He raised his eyebrows, looked me up and down, and said thoughtfully, "The Dragon King is dead? Tsk, that old thing is not that easy to die. What did you do?"
"I was just going to ask you what you did! I was just taking a nap at home, who are you?" Realizing that he couldn't get through the protective shield, I wasn't as scared as I was at the beginning, and I stood up and asked him back.
"Human, what are you wearing?"
"Pyjamas! Who are you?"
"What are pajamas?"
"Pajamas are pajamas! Who are you?"
"People in the human world actually ? Your emperor wears this too?"
"The emperor was overthrown eight hundred years ago! Who are you? Don't ignore my question! Tell me now!"
"You guys are rebelling?"
He raised his hand and touched his chin, then suddenly raised his hand, and his wide robe sleeves flew up, and a palm wind struck the protective shield. As the protective shield broke, the palm wind went straight along my left arm and chopped into the ground, leaving a bottomless mark.
Seeing me sitting on the ground in fear, he sneered, "Human, who allowed you to ask me questions?"
It turns out this guy was deliberately ignoring my question. What a bad temper.
"Since you are the owner of this thing now, let me out." He walked up to me calmly, looked down at me, and said coldly.
"I've been wanting to ask you since the beginning, what do you mean by 'this thing'? How did I become the owner of 'this thing'?"
I looked up at him and continued to ask him questions, with an air of detachment as if I were about to die.
“Oh, are you still playing dumb?” He raised his right hand expressionlessly and said threateningly, “I allow you to answer again, but I won’t give you a wrong answer this time.”
"Wait!" I quickly stood up from the ground, stepping back defensively while trying to understand the current situation. "You mean, I am in an invisible thing, and I am the owner of this thing? And you are trapped in this thing? And now I am inexplicably in this thing? And now you want me to let you out? But I don't even know what this thing is, and I'm in it myself. How can I let you out?"
"Hmm? You..."
"Who gave you permission to ask me a series of questions at once?"
He was silent for a while, opened his mouth several times, and finally roared, raising his hand to chop me.
"Ah! Wait! I'm not asking you! I'm... I'm... I'm talking to myself!" I held my head and stumbled away from him.
What's wrong with this guy ?
He wants to hit people at every turn and doesn't allow questions. It's obvious that he can't react and doesn't know how to answer.
I don’t know how far I ran, but I stopped panting and saw a huge golden pillar not far away, towering into the clouds.
I walked over and sat down against the pillar, only then did I realize that the floor tiles under my feet had spell-like patterns. He didn't even chase after me?
Golden pillars? Spell-like floor tiles?
An idea flashed through my mind...
"No, no, it's impossible..."
I quickly shook my head, trying to get rid of that horrible thought from my mind.
"What's impossible? You are indeed the new owner of the Soul Binding Cage." In the mist, he walked out with his hands behind his back.
"Eh? Are you..."
When he gave me a sidelong look, I quickly covered my mouth and swallowed the words.
I asked several questions faster than he could react and nearly got hacked to death by him. If I told him that he was so short that he was only slightly taller than me while I was sitting, I would definitely be chopped into pieces... I'd better not put myself in danger.
The "thing" he was talking about turned out to be the golden eagle palace that I picked up today. No wonder there was no sound when it fell to the ground today.
etc!
So the floor tiles that look like talismans are actually talismans, right?
He also said that he was locked up in there! Could he be some evil heretic?
"Human, now that you understand, let me out quickly."
Although his stature was shorter for unknown reasons, it did not reduce his imposing manner at all. He was almost at eye level with me, but I still felt a strong sense of oppression, even more than before.
"Even though you said that, it's still hard for me to believe. How did I become the owner of this thing?"
As soon as I finished speaking, his face darkened instantly. For the first time, I experienced what it meant to be "creepy" and the hairs on my body stood up unconsciously.
"Heh, how would I have known that this stupid thing would actually recognize its own master. If I had known that this stupid thing would just randomly give him a name and recognize a new master, I would have left long ago." With a look of disdain on his face, he patted the pillar above my head with one hand and looked down at me.
However, it seemed that he had misjudged his height at the moment. When he lowered his head, I could feel his breath brushing against my forehead, and my face suddenly turned red.
He also covered his mouth and nose in surprise, took several steps back, and stared at me with his round eyes. The faint watery light showed a different kind of charm, as if he was the one who was "flirted with".
"Human, you are so brave! I will let you go today. If you still don't let me out tomorrow, don't blame me for being rude ."
The mouth covered by his hand could only make incomplete sounds, and his long black hair flew up with his momentum, revealing the red tips of his ears.
After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and disappeared.
I sat there in a daze, and after a long time I let out a long sigh. Only then did I realize that a layer of white sweat had appeared on my back. I thought he was going to kill me.
Thinking back to his watery eyes and red ears, I scratched my head. Is he shy?
No, no, no, this idea is too scary! I just clearly felt the murderous intent!
"Eh? Wait! How am I going to get back if you leave?"
Looking at the white fog gradually thickening around me, I shouted belatedly.
It was so quiet that there was no sound at all. I looked at the white fog that slowly filled my vision. Strangely, I was not afraid. It was as if I knew this white fog and knew it would not hurt me. Gradually, I couldn't even see my own hands, and my consciousness gradually became blurred...
