Volume 6: Summer Chapter 69: Betting
Tang Butian spins in the light.
She could neither see nor hear. The extremely bright light surged, and she almost lost her five senses, and could neither see nor hear. Following the light, it gradually drifted away.
Forward, backward, up and down.
And there was a hand holding her tightly.
After an unknown amount of time, she heard the sound of gurgling water.
Then it was Jiang You's voice, "Isn't it beautiful?"
She opened her eyes and saw several transparent jellyfish-like creatures with a light golden glow floating in front of her. She reached out to touch them, and when she touched them, they seemed to be punctured and shattered into light spots of varying sizes, falling back into the river of light.
Looking down, the pale golden water reached up to her mid-calf.
Jiang You let go of his hand, and Tang Butian took a small step forward. Her light blue skirt fluttered, and ripples appeared on the golden water.
Tang Butian turned around and asked Jiang You: "Where is this?"
"Still in the yard, next to you is the flower bed." Jiang You walked to Tang Butian's side, stretched out his hand and grabbed a Jiarong flower leaf in his hand. "I just pushed open a door, we stepped through it, and locked the constraints of the rules on us behind the door."
He reached out and grabbed a jellyfish and placed it on the leaf.
After the jellyfish broke into pieces, spots of light spread along the veins of the leaves, and soon the entire leaf was covered with a faint golden light.
Jiang You handed the leaf to Tang Butian, "Here you go."
Tang Butian caught it.
Jiang You asked: "Do you want to go to the source?"
"want."
"Wait a moment."
Tang Butian watched Jiang swim in the water and walk a few steps to the side, turn around, and walk a few more steps. When he came back, he was holding a tray with some melon seeds, peanuts, and two ice cream cones on it.
Then he waved to Tang Butian, "Come here, this way."
Tang Butian followed him.
…
Crash!
Lin Yu looked in the direction where the sound came from, and he saw a Jiarong flower in the flower bed sway.
He clenched his fists and walked to the flower bed.
Then he heard some rustling noises again. He turned around and looked into the store.
Jiang Mo stood at the door of the store and looked at him.
Seeing that Lin Yu noticed him, he pointed in the direction of the swing, then walked towards the swing and sat on it.
Lin Yu understood, he walked to the swing and started pushing it.
In the dark night and drizzle, the swing flew up, and up again...
…
The source of the river is a tree.
Camphor tree.
It's exactly the same as the one in Jiang You's yard.
Light flows out from the roots of the trees and gathers into a river.
Jiang You and Tang Butian sat down by the tree. He gave Tang Butian an ice cream cone, then tore off the wrapper and took a bite. The rich aroma of milk filled his mouth. He said, "Sitting... under the tree, enjoying the river breeze, and eating cold drinks, this is the way to spend a summer night. When I was a kid, there was no air conditioning at home, but we had electric fans. However, at night, everyone liked to come out of the house, gather together to enjoy the night breeze and chat, and you could hear a lot of gossip."
"Where are Liu Boyang and Guan Qingtong?" Tang Butian asked.
"They are a little ahead."
"Lin Yu..."
Before Tang Butian could finish, Jiang You took over and said, "Life is difficult, and I finally tricked a fan into coming."
Tang Butian looked down at the ice cream on the cone and took a lick. She asked, "Can those who were annihilated in the chaos be summoned again?"
“Have you ever heard of two sayings?”
"What?"
"The first sentence was said by an anthropologist: humans are animals that live in a web of meaning that they have created."
"spider?"
"Spiders have more legs and they are longer."
"What about the second sentence?"
“Man is the measure of all things.”
"Then what?"
"Humans can construct meaning. Boyang gave Jiujiu its name. Under certain conditions, he can reconstruct its meaning," Jiang You leaned his back against the camphor tree and stretched his legs. "The source of this river is the tree, and the end is Jiujiu. They once shared a complete law and built a complete world based on the law. Of course, that law has been broken, and only a little bit is left. But I brought it back and planted it in my yard. I watered and fertilized it every day, asked Xiaoya to sing for it, and gave it the core. Look at this river of light. It is the embodiment of the law that the tree has constructed now. It is protecting us now. Otherwise, as soon as we come out, the chaotic particles will blow over," Jiang You waved his hand, "and we will all be finished. But it has not been constructed yet, and the energy keeps overflowing . Fortunately, the core is big enough."
He took a breath and said, "Now that Boyang has found Jiujiu, this rule has been initially stabilized, and I have completed the deal I made with Shu. Do you think we should take a gamble?"
"What deal?"
"Live a healthy and active life within the system."
"What do you want to bet on?"
"Is it possible that Guan Qingtong can find what she wants here?"
"What does she want?"
"After all, it is related to divination. There will be many restrictions in the rules. Once it comes out, she will see it more clearly," Jiang You finished the ice cream cone and started to eat melon seeds.
Tang Butian listened to the sound of crackling melon seeds and said, "I bet she can find it."
"Why?"
"What you just said," Tang Butian took a bite of the crispy crust of the ice cream cone, "was that she calculated the coordinates of the 'yard'. It's possible that she facilitated the relocation of the institute. It was she who took the initiative to come here to replace Guan Nuo. I think she has been looking for opportunities to perform divination when she is not restricted by the laws of nature."
After she finished speaking, Tang Butian's eyelashes trembled, and she looked up at Jiang You, "Did she plan all this?"
"It's unlikely. I think she's just going with the flow." Jiang You pushed the tray towards Tang Butian. "Then I'll bet that she can't find it. What about a bet? My family is in need of a saint. Do you want to consider it?"
"No." Tang Butian refused.
"There has to be some stakes, right?"
"I win, Jiang Mo fights me once."
"If I win," Jiang You thought for a moment, "how about you give me a part-time job as a saint for three months?"
"Can I work part-time?" Tang Butian asked with some surprise.
"Why not? Don't I work part-time in the Special Operations Department?"
Tang Butian thought for a moment, then she said, "I won, three times."
"make a deal."
…
Liu Boyang looked at the river of light under his feet. After a moment of trance, he turned around and saw Guan Qingtong standing behind him.
Guan Qingtong was not as confused as Guan Nuo. She took a few steps in the river and observed the situation around her. Liu Boyang saw her fingers calculating quickly.
"Aunt Guan, have you started fortune-telling?" Liu Boyang asked.
