Chapter 260: Finale (Part 3)
Qiao Ying typed very quickly: [So even though the Eye of Narcissus is in your possession, you cannot use it]
If Qiao Yuan had obediently handed over his body at that time, it would have become a demigod long ago.
However, Qiao Yuan did not feel sorry that Qiao Ying was only one step away from success. After all, if the other party had succeeded, she would be the one who disappeared now.
Qiao Yuan: "In that case, do you know how to transfer the power of Narcissus from Su Zeyuan to me?"
This time, Qiao Ying took a long time to finally type: [I know, there is a formation that is said to be able to temporarily unlock the Eye of Narcis on you, and then you can find a way to devour the other party. ]
[Even if it is researched, the success rate is not high. Currently it is 0. The literature is just speculation. No one has ever succeeded before.]
[And this requires you to face Su Zeyuan directly. If you fail, you will be killed by Su Zeyuan. If you succeed, you will become a god. ]
This was also the reason why Qiao Ying hesitated just now whether to answer or not. After all, he was afraid that the other party would fail, and Qiao Yuan, who shared a common destiny with him, would die, and he would also die with him. At the same time, he did not want to watch Qiao Yuan succeed, after all, the other party had played tricks on him many times.
Qiao Yuan: “…”
Wait, this isn't high?
This is not the case at all.
But think about it, if someone had succeeded, he would have been famous for generations.
Qiao Yuan thought of something and looked at Qiao Ying with a last glimmer of hope: "Can you use it?"
She thought about it and decided that with such a success rate, it would be fine to give this qualification to Qiao Ying.
Qiao Ying: “…”
Before hearing about the success rate, Qiao Yuanke had never thought of asking about it. Now he finally knows how to transfer the risk.
Qiao Ying: [Of course it’s impossible, because half of the Eye of Narcis is in you, and only you can do it.]
After hearing Qiao Ying's answer, Qiao Yuan was not too disappointed. After all, if Qiao Ying could do it, according to her personality, she would definitely not tell her this method, but would use it herself.
Now the choice is before Qiao Yuan.
She could choose to give up. After all, as Su Zeyuan said, based on her potential, she would most likely survive the screening, but her life would definitely not be able to return to its previous peace.
And the people around her also have to live in dire straits.
But if she could become a god, she could end all of this, and her and everyone else's lives would get back on track, and she might even be able to find her parents.
Of course, the most important reason is——
Qiao Yuan looked at Qiao Ying: "I believe you won't let me die."
She still believed in her own fear of death, and she thought Shadow was not so fearless.
Qiao Ying: “…”
At this time, the other party suddenly began to trust it again.
Speaking of which, it had trusted Qiao Yuan before, believing that she had really given up, but it didn't expect to be deceived by Qiao Yuan.
Qiao Yuan always believed in giving a sweet reward after a beating, so he quickly added: "What I said before was not a lie. When I become a god, I will set you free, and you don't have to follow me anymore."
Qiao Ying's interest was finally piqued, and she began typing: [We can practice first.]
[But you have to prepare the following materials for me, because potions are needed to draw the formation. ]
Because the method required that only Qiao Yuan could stay in the room alone, Sheng Guiye, Fei and Song Yanchi were waiting outside the room.
Song Yanchi's personality was not one of patience, so he put his ear to the door from time to time, trying to listen to what was going on inside, but he heard nothing, which made him even more anxious.
Just when Song Yanchi was getting impatient and wanted to break in, the door that had been tightly closed finally opened, and Qiao Yuan walked out of the room.
When Song Yanchi saw Qiao Yuan's figure clearly, he immediately stepped forward and said , "Sister..."
Sheng Guiye walked up to Qiao Yuan first and asked what was going on.
Qiao Yuan turned her head and looked behind her. Qiao Ying was following lazily behind her, not closely following her.
Fei also noticed the figure and looked at it curiously.
Qiao Yuan: "It agreed, but we just need to prepare some things."
After hearing what Qiao Yuan said, Song Yanchi breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he couldn't help but curiously ask Qiao Ying what she wanted.
When Song Yanchi saw the phone in Qiao Yuan's hand, he paused: "Wait, what are these?!"
More and more ghosts are invading the real world.
Dressed in a gorgeous dress, the elegant and noble countess strolled in the subway without paying attention to anyone, except that her jewelry and shoes were all covered with crying skulls. At first, everyone thought she was just cosplaying a character, or filming a variety show, until the countess smiled with her bright red lips and lifted her robe to reveal a wrinkled, extremely old, and hideous face on her belly.
When the face on the other person's belly stretched out like a snake, and its vicious eyes swept over the people on the subway as if looking for a target, everyone realized that this was really weird. Everyone screamed and fled in panic, but some people were still bitten by that face, and even screaming and begging was of no use.
At this moment, three heavily dressed figures came upstream and stood in front of the countess.
The Countess also noticed the two figures, and a puzzled expression appeared on her face. But before she could ask who the other party was, the two voices of discussion had already sounded.
Sheng Guiye: "According to the information provided by some players, this is the countess of the ancient castle that we met before. She needs to rely on the flesh and blood of others to maintain her beauty. The other person's blood is green."
Hearing Sheng Guiye's words, Qiao Yuan felt relieved: "Finally I found the first material."
Qiao Ying held up the phone screen: [Hurry up and get started. Including the cost of failure, we still need to find more than 70 kinds of materials. ]
Countess:?
She was getting angry because of the discussion between the two people and the shadow, and was ready to punish them, but the final outcome was that her figure fell to the ground with a bang, and then she felt a sharp pain in her body. Her arm was cut to let the blood, and then she disappeared unwillingly with her eyes wide open.
After getting the first material, Qiao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and he quickly left with Sheng Guiye and Qiao Ying.
Qiao Yuan originally thought that their movements were so fast that no one would notice them. However, what Qiao Yuan did not expect was that someone filmed them from outside the car window and posted the video online.
Although Sheng Guiye wanted to suppress the news immediately after realizing this, the video quickly became a hot topic and thus sparked some discussion.
In addition to discussing this strange countess, another focus of netizens is the three figures.
Qiao Yuan and the other two had already disguised themselves, but someone, whether a player in the game or a guesser, mentioned Qiao Yuan's name. Some people even overlapped the shadow in the photo with Qiao Yuan's back, and were surprised to find that they could overlap.
Unfortunately, this trending search and comments attracted the attention of the higher-ups, and even the National Security Bureau came to visit. Now the National Security Bureau has also noticed this matter, and Qiao Yuan's appearance is regarded by them as a breakthrough to explore the truth.
However, apart from the fact that Joe was bound by the rules and could not tell them the truth, this matter was quite complicated to explain.
Fortunately, Sheng Guiye blocked it and thus prevented Qiao Yuan from being approached.
The search for materials is still ongoing.
Since Song Yanchi and Fei often travel abroad, they are looking for possible materials abroad. After all, there have also been incidents of ghost invasions abroad.
The newly added contact Yu Guo also sent a video.
Because too many materials were needed, Qiao Yuan also sent a list to the other party, and Gu Yan was also leading people to look for them. I don't know if it was because she was naturally taciturn or because she was embarrassed, but Gu Yan would only send a message to Qiao Yuan when she found the materials. Yu Guo also took this opportunity to add Qiao Yuan, but compared with Gu Yan, she talked more. When she mentioned the materials she found, she would also describe how she found them.
After a certain amount of materials were found, they were carefully transported back by a special plane.
In order to speed up the progress, Qiao Yuan also appropriately revealed some of the necessary materials in the forum and called on everyone to search for them together.
After a month of hard work from all parties, more than 70 kinds of materials were finally collected and sent to Qiao Ying, who quickly devoted himself to the research.
Qiao Yuan was in a state of waiting.
Qiao Ying couldn't leave her too far, but she didn't want to be too close to her either, after all, she claimed that she got upset when she saw her face. So after some compromises, under Sheng Guiye's arrangement, Qiao Ying moved to a small room. When she was doing research, Qiao Yuan waited in another small room separated by a wall.
As for how long it would take to research it out, Qiao Ying couldn't guarantee it. After all, the other party didn't think that he would be able to use it one day, so he only remembered a few of the things he might need, and the others needed to be tried one by one.
She had been busy collecting materials these days, and now that she suddenly had some free time, she did not feel relaxed.
Just then, there was a knock on the door of the room.
Even if the other party didn't say anything, Qiao Yuan had already guessed that the person was Sheng Guiye. After all, everyone else was outside, Song Yanchi and Fei were on their way back, and knowing her new address, he was the only one who could find her at this time.
Sure enough, after she said he could come in, it was Sheng Guiye who pushed the door open.
The other person was dressed in a neat suit, as if he had just returned from a meeting.
Qiao Yuan had seen how busy Sheng Guiye had been these days. He had not only been responsible for collecting information and finding out which ghosts might be the materials, but also for dealing with the aftermath and responding to the suspicions from above. In addition, the company had also been busy recently, so he had been running around almost everywhere.
Now that she, Fei and others have found the materials, they can take a break, but Sheng Guiye does not have much free time.
The place where she and Qiao Ying are now is very far away from Sheng Guiye's residence and company. Qiao Yuan has already told the other party that there is no need to come here specially, but even so, after hearing that Qiao Ying has already started the research, he still rushed over.
Sheng Guiye looked at Qiao Yuan: "The success rate of the formation is not high."
Qiao Yuan was stunned.
In order not to worry Sheng Guiye and others, she did not tell anyone about the success rate, and even specifically reminded Qiao Ying about it. Why did Sheng Guiye know about it?
Moreover, the other party's tone was so confident, could it be that Qiao Ying leaked the news?
After all, because she spent a long time with Sheng Guiye, Qiao Ying also had a lot of contact with Sheng Guiye.
On the other side of the wall, Qiao Ying was concentrating on studying the magic circle.
Because of the good sound insulation and the intention to shield Qiao Yuan, it didn't know what happened next door, but suddenly felt a familiar heart attack -
This happens most often when Qiao Yuan calls its name recently. After all, every time the other party calls its name, nothing good happens.
Could it be that Qiao Yuan called its name?
As soon as this thought emerged in Qiao Ying's mind, it made her feel a chill in her heart, and then she subconsciously dispelled it.
Fortunately, although it was not aware of it, someone inadvertently cleared it of the charges.
When Qiao Yuan asked Sheng Guiye how he knew, Sheng Guiye said, "Your recent performance."
At the beginning, they also asked Qiao Yuan about the success rate. Qiao Yuan's acting skills were very good and indeed deceived them. Song Yanchi and Fei always thought that it was a 100% success rate, so they eagerly imagined her life after becoming a god.
Sheng Guiye also believed this.
Just like Sheng Yegui, Sheng Guiye's eyes have habitually fallen on Qiao Yuan. Because of this, as more and more materials were collected, he noticed the solemnity that flashed across Qiao Yuan's face.
Sheng Guiye rarely saw such an expression on his face, not to mention that collecting more and more materials was obviously something to be happy about. It was precisely because of this that doubts arose in his heart.
Qiao Yuan didn't expect that he would reveal the secret through his micro-expressions.
Qiao Yuan: “It’s really not high.”
"But there is still a lot of room for improvement, so I asked Qiao Ying to work hard to increase the success rate..."
After all, it's starting from scratch.
Qiao Yuan's tone was relaxed, but when he repeated it again, he couldn't help feeling anxious inside.
After all, this time it was either a successful liberation or complete death. Seeing the materials being collected bit by bit, it seemed to remind her that she was only a hair's breadth away from success and death.
I don’t know if it’s because of this underlying pressure, but Qiao Yuan even dreamed about Teacher Lu and Lu Zhi these days.
This was a rare dream of the two of them, apart from the ghost. Lu Zhi, who had promised her to wake her up early the day before, fell to the ground during class the next second, and was rushed to the hospital. The electrocardiogram of the other person gradually turned into a straight line, which was her first contact with death.
This was the second time Mr. Lu died.
But this time, Qiao Yuan saw the third bed, lifted the white cloth, and saw her lying on it.
Although she told herself that dreams are always the opposite, under the heavy pressure, Qiao Yuan was still more or less affected. It was fine when she was looking for materials before, but now that she has free time, this dream has appeared repeatedly in her mind.
Sheng Guiye listened to Qiao Yuan's words, but his eyes fell on the other person's face.
I don't know from when, his eyes have always stayed on Qiao Yuan, even after falling in love with her, there has been no change. Because of this, Sheng Guiye and Sheng Guiye both discovered that Qiao Yuan likes to hide his true thoughts——
Perhaps because of his profession and environment, Qiao Yuan likes to observe others and analyze and adjust his own words based on what others say.
Coupled with the realization that he was being depended on, Joe was rarely willing to reveal his true thoughts to others.
Song Yanchi and Fei were young, so they rarely noticed this.
However, Sheng Guiye had no intention of offering suggestions or corrections. After all, this had obviously become Qiao Yuan's habit, and there was no harm in it. It just required him to observe more often.
For example, now, even though Qiao Yuan's tone sounded no different from usual, Sheng Guiye still noticed something strange.
He could pretend to be deaf and dumb about other things, but Sheng Guiye could not remain silent about this matter any longer.
Sheng Guiye: "I'll accompany you."
Qiao Yuan looked at Sheng Guiye puzzledly.
When she and Qiao Ying just walked out of the room, she told Sheng Guiye and the other two that she would go alone at that time. After all, the situation was complicated at that time, and having one more person might affect her.
Now, how can Sheng Guiye...
Qiao Yuan's eyes met Sheng Guiye's, and then he was suddenly shocked.
She was too familiar with this gaze. At this moment, Sheng Guiye's gaze was the same as Sheng Yegui's.
She still remembered that the other party had used the same look before, saying that he would accompany her through life and death.
Qiao Yuan: !!!
Wait, what Sheng Guiye meant now couldn't be what she thought, that he wanted to accompany her through life and death, right?
Qiao Yuan felt very complicated. She didn't expect Sheng Guiye to say such words.
Sheng Guiye: "This is my own decision."
"And if you come back, I actually have something I want to tell you..."
He had realized that he had never made a formal confession before, so he had been secretly preparing. Knowing that Qiao Yuan was not interested in love now, he planned to wait until they left the dungeon before confessing, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing now.
And Sheng Guiye didn't want this kind of thing to disturb Qiao Yuan's thoughts now, so he could only pray in his heart that he would have a chance to say it.
Not to mention that Sheng Guiye's last words occupy a pivotal position in the film and television drama, Qiao Yuan only needed to look at the blush on Sheng Guiye's face to realize that he was going to confess.
Qiao Yuan said faintly: "This sets a flag."
The status of waiting to confess your love to someone after they return is second only to waiting to get married after they return.
Sheng Guiye:?
He knew that flag was a banner, but he didn't know what it meant to raise a banner. After hearing Qiao Yuan's reminder that he could search on his phone, Sheng Guiye immediately started searching, and soon realized the significance of this sentence, his face turning from red to white.
Sheng Guiye explained in a panic: "Can it be withdrawn?"
"I didn't mean to raise a flag for you..."
Of course Qiao Yuan knew.
Looking at Sheng Guiye's panicked explanation, Qiao Yuan's lips curled slightly, and the gloom that had been weighing on his heart just now dissipated a lot.
She looked at Sheng Guiye who was still trying to explain in front of her, and found that it felt really good to get along with him.
Qiao Yuan even felt his heart skip a beat.
It wasn't until their hearts skipped a second beat that Qiao Yuan and Sheng Guiye realized something. After looking at each other, Qiao Yuan stood up suddenly, rushed to the door of Qiao Ying's room, and knocked hard: "What are you doing in there?"
"You almost brought the whole house down."
