Uplifting Journey

"what are you?!"

Cheng Bin, who had just distorted from an eagle-like flying posture to a human form, raised his eyes to look at the silver-haired man in front of him leaning on a short tree to support his body after hearing the words of strong vigilance.

The specially adjusted eyes switched several visual forms in an instant, and a huge amount of information was directly fed back to Cheng Bin's sensory consciousness without nerve reflexes, allowing him to clearly capture the dust floating in the air around the silver-haired man.

From this, he "saw" the transparent outline of the invisible armor that covered the silver-haired man's body and isolated the airflow and dust.

"Can I only observe indirectly? My current special ideology can't directly see the double? Ripples and doubles, these two things. Well, there are conditions to verify that the double envoys see the double through the eyes to capture electromagnetic waves. Or the information of 'seeing' is written into the perception of the soul."

Just as Cheng Bin, who was muttering to himself, was sizing up and approaching, the silver-haired man who didn't get a response from the other party's eyes sank, and the surrounding creatures disappeared in an invisible murderous aura.

The silver-white armor that ordinary people can't see left the silver-haired man's body for a short while, and a slender rapier appeared in the hand of this Western knight-like stand-in, swinging horizontally from left to right.

In an instant, Cheng Bin's footsteps stopped suddenly, and the air in front of him screamed to tear out an arc-shaped vacuum corridor, as if an extremely sharp blade flashed away, and a large number of plant branches accompanied the smooth cross section. The appearance of every now and then scattered.

The air shock wave swayed by the invisible blade even tore a long and narrow gap in his face from the air, but with his will directly reaching the cells, he healed it instantly.

"Let me ask again, who are you?!" After controlling the silver chariot and swinging a warning blow, the silver-haired man felt the exhaustion of his mental and physical strength, preparing for the next, possibly the last match of his life. Be ready for the battle - even in the desperate situation of losing three limbs, he will never give up the will to fight.

Pleading for mercy because of the pain and despair caused by a heavy injury, this kind of thing would never happen to the proud him-Jane Pierre Polnareff.

"You are still on the verge of death, but you can still make such a fierce attack. Your spiritual will deserves my respect, Polnareff."

Cheng Bin, who has read the script, naturally knows who the distinctive guy in front of him is, but Dr. Cheng, whose understanding of the plot world is only limited to some well-known memes, may not know much except for the name.

He stopped at a subtle distance of a few meters in front of the silver-haired man, looked at the vigilant man and said, "...I didn't deliberately ignore your question, but I'm also thinking now-who am I?"

Since the Lord of Infinity chose to send him into this world with a special advent mode, instead of throwing him in directly after being strengthened, it can be seen that the existence of Katz, the advent body, has its special significance.

After entering the world and awakening, whether Dr. Cheng chooses to maintain his original image, or chooses to completely replace Katz's identity, this is the branch point of the world line that he will initially face.

Walking and exploring in a world full of shady scenes, when in contact with key people, things, and things, substituting different identities will naturally usher in different developments and results.

Obviously, Cheng Bin in this world line not only did not assume the identity of Katz, but also did not deliberately maintain Dr. Cheng's original trajectory-this is normal for a main body whose main purpose is exploration, after all, in other world lines There must be Cheng Bin who tried various other options.

Anyway, this is just an experimental information virtual world. As long as his soul is semi-independent from the experimental field, he only needs to maintain a one-way connection with the high-dimensional ontology, so he doesn't have to worry about being involved in too many extra-theoretical-level problems.

After wandering some thoughts in his mind, Cheng Bin smiled at Polnareff: "Now, just call me Cheng Bin, I am not the enemy who came to hunt you down, I was just caught by an inexplicable It just feels like being attracted.”

Cheng Bin's eyes fell on the waist of Polnareff who was leaning on the short tree, and after scanning the bloodstains and hanging ornaments, his eyes stopped on the small square pocket with a corner exposed at the back belt on his side: "I think , you should understand what attracts me, right?"

Polnareff's heart skipped a beat, and the muscles in his lower back stiffened for a moment—in the pocket that he purposely covered with his turned body, he kept an arrowhead that he accidentally obtained on the road from Egypt to Italy. An arrow that he and his companions have been searching for can stimulate the ability of a human substitute.

He understood the inexplicable feeling that the person named Cheng Bin said in front of him—because he himself was driven by this wonderful feeling to find the arrow.

This also confirms from the side that the opponent has nothing to do with the enemy who seriously injured him before - the one who knocked him down to such a point was the leader of the black organization "Passionate" who secretly dominates Italy and has a large number of stand-in messengers.

That man named "Diablo" with the weird crimson octopus hairstyle, if he knew that he had the "arrow" on his body, no matter how conceited he was, he would definitely search for it after defeating him, instead of Will choose to knock him off a cliff at will.

After being silent for a while, Polnareff suddenly said: "Although you have a special ability, although you know the existence of the double, but when you avoided my attack before, you didn't use my double 'silver chariot'." Respond immediately when standing up

"So, you can't see the existence of the substitute. Are you not a substitute messenger?"

The fuzzy outline observed through the air naturally cannot be regarded as the standard of seeing. Cheng Bin nodded slightly: "You guessed it right, so I am very interested in that thing on you, if you."

"But it is impossible for me to hand over the arrow to you!" Polnareff interrupted Cheng Bin, and he said seriously, "You, who are not the messenger of the substitute, cannot understand the weird connection between the arrow and the substitute, and you Not knowing its dangers—

"Don't be fooled by the mystery and power of the substitute. Those who accept the arrow test will have a narrow escape from death. Even if you can survive, the substitute ability will gradually distort and change your spirit, and get you involved Among the entangled fates of other stand-in messengers"

Spirit? destiny? Cheng Bin's heart moved, and then he interrupted with a light cough: "Thank you for your reminder, I actually know more than you imagined, and I don't mean to use 'arrows' at will, at least I'm researching for a while. It was like this before time."

After a pause, Cheng Bin looked at the distrustful Polnareff and spread his hands helplessly: "Okay. You obviously won't believe it."

"Anyway, in your heart, the person who can properly keep and study the 'arrow' will definitely not be a stranger like me," Cheng Bin shook his head, and looked at the countless plant fractures cut by the silver chariot on his side , "But... now what can you do to stop me?"

In front of Polnareff, whose eyes were downcast, Cheng Bin stretched out his fingers and gestured the distance between them: "Should I be said to be aboveboard? Why didn't you choose to let me get closer before you stormed out and tried to subdue and kill me?" Woolen cloth?

"You have exposed part of your substitute's ability. Even if I am an ordinary person, as long as I stand outside the range of your substitute, your substitute who specializes in speed and cutting can basically do nothing to me, and your injury is so heavy. , can't afford it at all."

Polnareff's eyes flickered—his warning attack was a demonstration, and he was also deliberately exposing part of his double's information

Although his stand-in is indeed a close-combat stand-in that cannot be too far away from his body, he still has a long-range killer weapon that ejects the blade at high speed. After all, his current mental and physical fitness does not allow him to fight too fiercely Smart, he can only play a little trick to try to paralyze the enemy.

However, the person in front of him didn't play his cards according to the routine at all.

".But I feel a little bit sorry for bullying a seriously injured and disabled soldier like that." Cheng Bin shrugged and stepped into the sword circle of the silver chariot. interest, so let's have a little contest

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. After all, we have no grudges, and you are a rare experimental subject and a pretty good ticket."