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Chapter 266 You Are Playing with Fire (1/2)

On the sofa, Yinlang was lying in a Ge You-like posture without any image, chewing bubble gum in his mouth, holding the game console in both hands, his fingers jumping rapidly on the buttons, looking extremely comfortable.

The black cat sat obediently on the sofa, its golden cat eyes fixed on the screen of the game console, but its voice sounded a little puzzled: "Meow?"

"What? With my skills, it's easy for me to get back my previous game progress, right?" Silver Wolf raised his eyebrows, unconvinced.

"Meow." This was a very confident sound.

Kafka at the side chuckled and took over the conversation: "He said you are going to lose."

"Tsk, lose?" Silver Wolf clenched his teeth and smacked his lips. He gripped the game console even harder, even sitting up straight. He fought like a tiger, and even had a trend of winning in sight. "What a joke, there is no way I can..."

䛈䀴, before he could finish this sentence, Silver Wolf was stunned.

On the screen, the colorful game picture turned gray in an instant, and the bulletin board above it kept jumping with the avatar of the enemy killing the player. The enemy had gray hair and golden eyes, and was holding a big stick. The style of the painting was abstract, and it was difficult to tell whether it was male or female.

[Galaxy Batman is killing people! ! ! ]

[Galaxy Batman is unstoppable! ! ! ]

Looking at the familiar name and avatar of the guy who slapped him in the face, Silver Wolf remembered a certain guy who was still on the Starry Sky Train. He stroked his chin and muttered, "Oh my god... It can't be that weird..."

The Milky Way is so big that people can look at each other but cannot see each other; the Milky Way is so small that it can be matched in a game.

Doubtfully, Silver Wolf soon felt something was wrong. She remembered what Kafka had just said. Was she going to lose?

Obviously, the current situation has changed because of the butterfly effect of the white-haired man. If he hadn't followed the direction of the fishing law enforcement, his game account would not have been cancelled, and he wouldn't have to focus on training the account to make game progress, and he wouldn't have lost this game.

I thought the script had changed, but is the current situation still predictable?

After thinking about it, she looked at the black cat beside her puzzledly, but the latter was looking at the door on the other side. Following the other's line of sight, she saw the tall gray-haired man and the white-haired dwarf looking at each other quietly without saying a word.

"It seems like these two haven't moved for a long time..." Silver Wolf grumbled, looking at Kafka at the side, "They're just standing there, why don't you go take a look?"

Kafka was silent for a moment, leaned against the sofa, and spread her hands helplessly: "Forget it, let them have a friendly exchange."

"Communication?" Silver Wolf was somewhat surprised at Kafka's observation angle, and continued tangentially, "Could it be that... eye contact is the most non-sexual form of spiritual kissing for humans?"

"Poof!" These words made the taciturn man who was making tea at the tea table unable to hold back, and the tea that he had just drunk in his mouth sprayed out directly.

"What's wrong?" Silver Wolf turned around when he heard the voice.

"Nothing, just making tea." Ren picked up the teapot and made tea seriously.

"Meow." The black cat meowed lazily, then curled up on the sofa.

"Indeed, let's just leave them alone for now." Kafka nodded and looked at the antique bronze clock on the wall. "After all, there's still a long time before nightfall..."

...

At the door and the porch, everyone left enough space for the two to have a "spiritual kiss".

"Honkai energy?" Looking at Little Skyfire, Qiong was silent for a long time, with some doubt in his eyes, and then he chuckled nonchalantly, "Oh, it's really a niche word..."

"Yeah, it's indeed quite niche..." Xiao Tianhuo stared into the other person's eyes with a meaningful tone. He was not sure whether this guy really didn't know or was trying to get away with it.

But Qiong did the opposite, not avoiding his gaze at all, and even took the initiative to ask: "Oh? If that's the case, are you interested in telling me about it?"

He remembered that when he woke up, the black-robed and masked weirdo placed the purple-black crystal into his body. But as he regained consciousness, the crystal disappeared completely without him noticing, as if it had melted into his body. His body also became a little strange after that.

An indescribable weirdness...

However, he did not tell anyone about this, including Elio.

Xiao Tianhuo was indeed thinking wrongly. This guy didn't know about Honkai energy. On the contrary, he was asking with great interest.

He looked at Qiong, pondered for a moment, and finally nodded.

After all, when he chose to question the other party, he had already prepared to talk to him about this aspect. However, he did not expect that this guy seemed to know nothing. How was that possible?

"Do you know the concept of entropy? The universe will eventually return to heat death in the increase of entropy, humans will eventually die, and civilization will also be destroyed. But on the contrary, life grows with negative entropy, it evolves species and forms civilization." Xiao Tianhuo said....?" Qiong rested his chin on his hand and murmured softly, not knowing what his father was thinking. "Speaking of entropy, the first thing that comes to my mind is Nanook, the star god of destruction known as the [Entropy Body], and... entropy loss disease..."

"Entropy loss disease?" Xiao Tianhuo heard a strange word from his whisper.

"Nothing..." Qiong did not take up the topic, but raised his hand to signal the other party, "You don't have to pay attention to what I say, just continue."

Xiao Tianhuo glanced at Qiong suspiciously. He always felt that when the word "entropy" was mentioned, there was a hint of sadness in the other person's eyes, as if he was deliberately suppressing his memories.

If Xing couldn't remember his experience before waking up because Kafka erased his previous memories, then the awakening of this guy in front of him was obviously unexpected, otherwise Kafka would not have reached a consensus with him before and let him knock on the door to test the other party's reaction.

So...what on earth did this guy go through?

Xiao Tianhuo nodded, hiding his curiosity in his heart: "Continuing with the previous topic, in a disordered and chaotic universe, the existence of civilization is definitely orderly. The confrontation between order and chaos has created the concept of collapse, which was born with the birth of civilization..."

Qiong listened thoughtfully, and soon something was wrong: "Strange, you said that Honkai is closely related to civilization, then why is there no information related to it in the galaxy?"

"Honkai Impact 3 does exist, but its common form has become commonplace in people's eyes," said Xiao Tianhuo. "In fact, large-scale disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis are all manifestations of collapse. On a grander scale, for example, the collapse of an entire planet, but at its root, it is the destruction of order by disorder."

"You said it as if it were true..." Hearing this, Qiong asked, "What is the relationship between Honkai and Honkai Energy?"

Xiao Tianhuo could not deny it: "Honkai is the law of the world, and it is also an eternal theorem. You can understand it as a test of the order of civilization by the disorder of the world, and Honkai energy represents the combination of a small amount of ordered negative entropy and a large amount of imaginary internal energy, but..."

"But?" Qiong pursed his lips slightly. He felt something was strange. Could it be that this was going to be a reversal?

The next moment, Xiao Tianhuo turned his back, and a flaming sword as tall as him suddenly appeared behind him.

"What is this?!" Qiong's eyes widened. The big sword in front of him glowed faintly, but the residual heat emanating from his body made him feel the same way, as if he was in a sea of fire or a star was dying.

Feeling the other party's surprise, Xiao Tianhuo slowly turned his head and said: "The generation of Honkai energy is not as common as Honkai. In comparison, the former requires some specific mechanisms to exist, and I currently know of one of these mechanisms."

Cocoon takes advantage of the accumulated collapse of civilization and uses the Law-Bearer to act on its behalf.

So Xiao Tianhuo was very curious. Without the Cocoon of the End, where did the other party's condensed Honkai energy come from?

He couldn't see any carriers or singularities in the other person's body, as if Honkai energy was born out of thin air, and just by observing with the naked eye, its probability was more than 1000Hw.

This level of probability, placed on Earth, or on the Cocoon of the End on the Sun, is enough to give birth to an ordinary Herrscher, but nothing happened to this guy.

I don't know if it's because the other party was originally a carrier of another star core, or for other reasons, but the Honkai energy was locked tightly in its body, without even a trace of leakage.

It's amazing…

Turning sideways to take down Jiemie, Xiao Tianhuo said slowly: "This weapon can only be activated by Honkai energy. You can use this to verify whether what I said is true or not. If you don't believe it, you can also try it with the imaginary energy in your life."

"Of course, the premise is that you have already embarked on the road of destiny..."

Looking at the wildly cool and powerful sword handed over by the other party, Qiong felt his heartbeat quicken sharply, as if his blood was gushing out, and he accepted it without saying a word.

"Bring it here!"

...

By the balcony, Kafka hummed a tune and gracefully put a vinyl record into the record player. She liked this traditional way of listening to music.

The needle moved across the rotating sound groove, and beautiful music began to play. The woman gently shook the red wine in the goblet and took a few sips while leaning against the balcony.

Although she was extremely comfortable, Kafka couldn't help but frown. She looked towards the living room and asked the person lying on the sofa: "By the way, Silver Wolf, do you smell anything?"

Silver Wolf stared at the game console, unwavering: "No, I'm busy playing the game, stop talking to me."

The black cat still lay on the sofa and did not react at all.

"Strange, did I smell it wrong?" Seeing this, Kafka touched her chin.

However, Ren at the side suddenly stood up, holding a boiling hot teapot in his hand: "It's really hot."

Seeing the other party's actions, Kafka raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong?"

The latter walked towards the door while saying seriously: "Because those two guys played with fire in the hotel."

"…"Chapter 267 Interlude - Hunter's Dinner (1/2)

Ta-ta-ta-ta

In the restaurant, the pendulum of the quartz wall clock swayed slowly and rhythmically. The light from the water mirror chandelier reflected on its copper shell, flashing a cold and hard luster. Outside the seamless floor-to-ceiling windows, the sky gradually darkened.

As the record player played elegant tunes, several people sat down at the long and narrow dining table. This was a so-called dinner party, but judging from the distribution of seats, it was more like a court trial to judge whether the criminal opposite was guilty or not.

The black cat sat on the specially raised main seat, with Kafka and Qiong sitting on its two sides respectively. Silver Wolf was leaning against Kafka playing games, while Blade was "looking after" Qiong beside him. As for Little Skyfire, he was the one who was "judged".

But at this moment, the trial has obviously not started yet. After all, the aftereffects of the previous accident are still spreading here.

"I'm not causing any trouble right now, so please stop looking at me, okay?" Feeling the extremely low air pressure beside him, Qiong lowered his head and wiped his palms, which had obvious burn marks. He talked to himself and never dared to look up and meet the gaze of Brother Dao next to him.

"Heh..." Ren didn't say anything, but the Silver Wolf on the opposite side couldn't help but sneer, "Who told you two to play with fire in front of the door? You just took it if it was a weapon, right? Do you really think it's a fire stick?"

"I was just curious, who knew that thing would stick to my hand and I couldn't let it go!" Hearing this, Qiong couldn't help but retort. Just looking at the length of the sword, it was like a fire stick in his hand.

Not only did he burn the fire, but he also brought disaster upon himself.

"And..." Glancing at the silent Xiao Tianhuo, he pointed at him and said bitterly, "Why do you blame me? He should be the culprit. Burns and scalds, is he really that caring?"

"Although Blade was a bit ruthless, if he had come too late, your little grey hair would have turned into a little black hair." Looking at the other's slightly burnt black curly hair, Silver Wolf was unhappy. She glanced at Xiao Tianhuo sitting at the end of the table and continued, "Fan, can you pay more attention? He has not officially joined us at all. People's hearts are unpredictable. Do you expect him to save you with good intentions?"

Qiong was speechless. Indeed, after he snatched the sword, the white-haired dwarf just watched the fire from the other side of the river, as if he was expecting him to be reborn from the fire like a turkey. Compared with him, he was simply a clown.

Then he thought of using a sword to put out a fire. Although the latter's methods were like those of an executioner, pouring boiling water and physically putting out the fire with punches, and although part of the reason was that the energy in his body was drained by the sword, at least he survived.The reason behind the second-degree burns is heartwarming.

Listening to Silver Wolf's blatant negative comments, Xiao Tianhuo did not say anything, but just stared at him quietly. From his words, he heard a lot of prejudice that came from after the game was cancelled.

Will he just watch someone die without helping?

If he hadn't grabbed and pieced it together piece by piece, the blade wouldn't be sitting here peacefully now. Instead, it was scattered here and there in the Luofu Xianlong Dayu Palace, and was swept into the baskets by the cloud riders who were sweeping the battlefield.

Moreover, if he really just watched without taking any action, then this building would have been burned to ashes by a flame of ordinary lawyer level, and the whole city would have been destroyed in the sea of fire.

As for why he just watched Qiong holding the uncontrolled burning Jiemie and did nothing? He did this purely for the purpose of testing. He wanted to explore where the Honkai energy in the other person's body came from, even though the results of the test were not satisfactory.

After the Honkai energy in that guy's body was exhausted, the way he recovered was very strange. It had nothing to do with the imaginary space. Instead, he spontaneously generated energy from every cell in his body. He was just like a cow or a horse that didn't need to eat grass... no, it was like a perpetual motion machine.

It seems that this matter still needs to be considered carefully...

"Okay, let's stop talking nonsense here." Kafka's slender jade fingers tapped lightly on the table. The lonely tapping sound combined with the sound of the pendulum on the wall clock, striking the hearts of everyone present. "It's almost time."

Kafka clapped her hands softly.

Ding Dong——

The next moment, the doorbell rang.

The waiters came in one after another pushing the food carts. As soon as they stepped into the room, someone noticed some burnt marks on the entrance. However, the dim corridor lighting, the dead silence in the room, and the omnipresent weird aura made them all silent.

It's a luxurious hotel suite, why does it look like a house where someone has died? The group pushed the cart towards the restaurant with an inexplicable mood. However, when they opened the door, they did not see anything strange.

Just two men, two women, a child, and a cat.

Although it was a bit strange to see a cat sitting in the main seat, the waiters who had served many strange guests in this hotel were no longer surprised. Moreover, they were specifically instructed not to interfere with the guests in this room.

Some people felt that the visitor here looked familiar, as if they had seen him somewhere before, but they didn't think much of it and just presented the food with a little hesitation.

"It's time to leave..." After finishing all the things, a strange thought sounded in their minds. The waiters' eyes became blank, and then they retreated humbly one after another.

They walked steadily along the hotel corridor for a long time until they arrived at the logistics department, but were shocked to find that the prepared dining car was empty, but there was a check mark on the record sheet.

Apparently, they don't remember anything...

...

"It's really convenient. I don't have to use the word magic." In the restaurant, Kafka shook the tall wine glass and looked at Xiao Tianhuo helplessly, "It's a pity that no one is pouring wine..."

However, just as he finished his words, the red wine bottle beside the table suddenly floated up, the cork was automatically pulled out, the mouth of the bottle tilted slightly, and the mellow red wine poured out.

"You seem anxious?" At this time, a greeting that had never been heard before sounded. The voice was not loud, neither the sharp voice of a woman nor the deep voice of a man, but it was empty and calm like a young man.

Ta-ta-ta——

The pendulum on the wall clock continued to swing, but the hands moved counterclockwise.

"Are you impatient?" He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and the tilted wine bottle landed steadily on the table. Looking at the black cat sitting opposite him, Xiao Tianhuo said in a deep voice, "Maybe, but I think some things don't need to be roundabout."

"You guessed wrong. This is not a roundabout way. It's just that a certain character has not appeared yet." The black cat spoke slowly, its golden cat eyes looking somewhere.

The next moment, a cyan light flickered beside the desktop. Under the brilliant sparks, a silver data projection gradually emerged. It was a sharp and huge mecha, which looked more than a head taller than the blade.

The thick iron armor shell gleamed with a cold silver glow, and green light shone through the gaps in the golden face armor. The breastplate that had not yet been closed and the huge shoulder armor that had not yet been unfolded were still burning with blazing flames, as if they had just experienced a fierce battle.

"The annihilation is complete, the mission is over, I'm not late, am I?" A mechanical voice sounded, and the silver guy glanced at everyone present. When he saw the sky sitting next to the black cat, he was obviously stunned.

The clock on the wall stopped at seven o'clock. Kafka stared at the hour hand that stopped moving and took a sip of red wine. "Of course not. It's still on time, Sam."

At this time, the black cat gently tapped its paw on the table: "Now that all the characters are in place, the script can begin..."

"Script?" Xiao Tianhuo was a little surprised.

"In the future, a brand new chapter will begin..." Black Cat nodded, "and the interlude script should also play its original role as a connecting role."

That is, a dinner party for hunters...Chapter 268 His Destiny (1/2)

In the restaurant, the wall clock stopped after seven o'clock, the record player also stopped, the swaying light of the crystal chandelier now stabilized, everything around was quiet and silent, and an interrogation began quietly.

On the main seat, the black cat tilted its head slightly, its golden eyes looking like amber under the light, staring at the opposite side without blinking.

"Self-disciplined soldier - Armed Puppet Skyfire, let me ask you, do you believe in fate?" The questioning voice came out of the black cat's mouth, but no emotion could be heard.

"Why do you ask?" Xiao Tianhuo half leaned against the back of the chair, his hands folded in front of his chest, his brows slightly furrowed.

He was not curious about why the other party knew his nature. After all, there was no secret at all. He was just puzzled. Why did he point the question to himself in the blink of an eye when he was just talking about the so-called interlude script?

The rhetorical question was not answered, but a look, and the golden cat eyes swept over everyone one by one: "Everyone in this place has made a deal with me. I found them, even though they are just looking for their own destination and meaning, games, fear, death, or that brilliant moment..."

"Of course, there is also a way to save it..." His eyes paused on Qiong beside him for a moment, and then returned to Xiao Tianhuo. "I know you have the means to explore their thoughts, but if you want to know the real script, you still need to become one of us."

"What do you want me to do?" Xiao Tianhuo asked.

The calm voice of the black cat followed closely behind: "Put aside the unnecessary speculations, you just need to answer the question I asked just now."

Xiao Tianhuo was silent for a moment, looked at the other party, nodded and said: "Okay, but before that, you must tell me your identity."

"Are you...Are you Ai Chouou?" Staring at the golden cat eyes, Xiao Tianhuo asked seriously.

It was really strange. It was clearly a hunter's dinner, but the other party never revealed his identity to him from beginning to end. And from previous observations, it seemed that everyone respected this black cat and even let it sit in the main seat of the dinner.

Coupled with the words just now, although this was enough to guess the other party's identity, he still wanted to hear the other party admit his judgment in person.

"Of course, you can regard me as a slave of fate." The black cat looked at him, neither directly denying nor clearly confirming, but leaving enough room in his words.

After this brief answer, the black cat said nothing more and just stared at him quietly.

Xiao Tianhuo understood that the other party was waiting for his answer.

To be honest, he didn't know how to answer this question. The rationality generated by the operation of his body made it difficult for him to believe in the illusory existence of fate, but...

He was also endowed with sensibility, a man of his own creation, the one who would wipe out a martial artist just because of his lack of consciousness, the one who would not allow anyone to take advantage of him, the one who would not allow the slightest instability.

Obviously, when Kai created himself, he did not need to give him the unstable factor of sensibility, but he did it anyway. Compared with the incomprehensible premeditation, it seemed more like he did it casually, and even felt it was natural.

Why... is this happening?

At first, Xiao Tianhuo had thought about this question, but it was not until this moment that he understood Kai's profound meaning. Only the combination of sensibility and rationality can lead to true thinking, which enables him to make his own judgment when he is alone.

"I believe in fate, but I don't believe fate is predetermined." Xiao Tianhuo blurted out a calm answer. He didn't expect that his answer would be so ingenious, but this was indeed his honest answer.

Because as an armed puppet, he is not just a machine that can only carry out orders, but a "person" who can think.

"I understand." The black cat nodded slightly and said calmly.

"Welcome to the Star Core Hunter, Skyfire." The black cat stretched out its claws to him, its voice still so calm, as if everything was expected.

Suddenly, a melodious tune rang in the ears, the turntable of the record player rotated at a constant speed, the pointer fixed on the wall continued to move towards seven o'clock, the dim light above the head swayed, and the hunters around also reacted, looking at the position opposite the main seat in surprise.

They must have heard it right, how come this guy was accepted as a Star Core Hunter in the blink of an eye?

Although neither of them had said anything yet, the atmosphere between them seemed as if they had already said something, at least without their knowledge.

Time passed in silence. After a long while, Xiao Tianhuo finally spoke: "Why?"

Everything happened so smoothly and naturally, as if it had been predetermined.

"The question is just an additional thing, but I got what I wanted from your answer." Looking around at the other people around him, Black Cat said in a deep voice, "You are different from them. They all have deals with me, but the deal with you has already been completed by someone else."

"Who is it?" Xiao Tianhuo's heart sank, suddenly, this matter might not be that simple.

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you because the sponsor chose to remain anonymous." Black Cat shook his head solemnly, and used his claws to draw a circle on the table with the wine in the glass. "However, you now have the right to read the script."Xiao Tianhuo stared into the other person's eyes for a long time, but he still couldn't understand the other person's actions just now, nor could he detect any fluctuations in his thoughts.

Those thoughts were as transparent as the other person's clear cat eyes, and it seemed as if the other person was not thinking at all.

"In that case, let's talk about what you call drama." Knowing that he had no choice, he decided to take it one step at a time.

"Everyone." A calm voice echoed in the restaurant, and Black Cat glanced at everyone in the room. "The future has changed, but the overall plot of the future will not change much."

"There won't be too many changes? What does that mean?" Silver Wolf asked with a frown.

"I remember... the next scene is - [Dreamland] Pinocchio." Kafka held her chin and gently shook the wine glass.

"That's Sam's home court..." Silver Wolf said lightly from the side.

"You have a role, too, although it's not much." A mechanical voice sounded, and Sam looked at her and said.

Black Cat nodded, his eyes swept over Qiong and Xiao Tianhuo: "Due to the increase in the number of performance roles, I have made some minor adjustments to the roles in the play. Some plays need to add some supporting roles."

"Me?" Qiong pointed at himself, then at Xiao Tianhuo, a little surprised, "I want to go to Pinocchio with him?"

"Wait, regarding the original agreement, I don't remember what drama my mission was to participate in?" Xiao Tianhuo stood up with a serious face.

He just came here with the hunters to find someone, but the other party wanted him, a variable, to participate in the drama.

"I know who you're looking for." Black Cat interrupted him and asked, "A man with flames all over his body and wearing a mask, right?"

Hearing this, Xiao Tianhuo suddenly turned his head to look at Kafka, but was greeted by the other party's innocent expression and spreading her hands.

"I didn't tell him." Kafka shook her head, very sincerely.

As for the content of the exchange, apart from the people on the Star Train, the only people who knew about it at that time were her, Silver Wolf, and Blade.

"It's none of my business." Silver Wolf denied it immediately. She only found out about the transaction between Kafka and Kevin later, but she didn't report it to Elio. She even suspected that something was wrong with the Louvre drama, and one of the reasons was because of Elio's inexplicable words.

"It has nothing to do with me." Ren was calm. Not to mention that his cell phone had not been on him for a long time and did not even belong to him. When he went to Luofu, he was chasing after Heng the whole time. What's more, they died piece by piece in the second half. How could he report the news to Elio with his head?

So, no one present at that time was qualified to report to Elio? No, there are still some details that can be exploited...

Just when Xiao Tianhuo was confused, the black cat's next sentence made him see the truth.

"I know where the one who gave the order is going next, a destroyed world, right?"

"What...what?" Xiao Tianhuo was a little stunned. He found that he had made a mistake. He was too sure of everything. The other party knew everything, but did nothing to change the situation.

But it was precisely because of the stability of the drama that the so-called transaction in Luofu took place, and that was why he was created and followed the Star Core Hunter here.

So, the other party had set a trap for him and Kevin?

Looking at Little Skyfire, Black Cat admitted: "Kafka and the others don't know that this is true, and the story is also true. If I tell them my intentions, all this will no longer exist."

"So you really predicted all this?" Xiao Tianhuo asked through gritted teeth.

Black Cat nodded: "I do know the man named Kevin, and what changes his appearance will bring. That's why I have to do this."

"You..." Xiao Tianhuo was about to denounce the other party's cunning, but was forcibly interrupted.

Black Cat's tone was serious and unquestionable: "I understand that you want to help him and want to fulfill your mission, but I'm sorry, the best way to help him is for you to do nothing."

"In that place, he will find the answers he wants, including the content of the transaction... No one can interfere with him, and no one can help him. The only one who can help him is himself."

"That is his fate alone."

"You, too, have your own destiny..."