A figure appeared at the door, a man, of medium stature, wearing a black trench coat, brown hair and green eyes, rough skin, and an appearance of more than thirty years old.
He looked like an ordinary Honghe person, but his eyes narrowed very much, as if he had serious myopia and forgot to wear glasses.
As soon as this man entered, the chandelier in the bar became much brighter, and then, he saw Shang Jianyao.
After a short stunned, he made a low voice:
"Who are you?"
As this sound echoed, the air in the bar froze, and there were faint electric sparks flickering.
Shang Jianyao did not show weakness, his eyes gradually lit up, getting brighter and brighter, and finally turned into two balls of lightning.
This operation made the person who had just come in obviously stunned, and instinctively turned his head sideways and did not look at this guy.
Jacob finally came to his senses and said weakly:
"He has no ill intentions."
The one who liked to squint nodded.
The frozen air then returned to normal, flowing freely, and the flickering electric sparks disappeared.
Jacob turned to Shang Jianyao and said:
"My old customer, Hendrick."
Shang Jianyao said "oh", put away his electric eyes, and introduced himself:
"My Red River name is Doug."
Hendrick ignored him, walked to the bar, pulled away a high stool, and sat down.
"A glass of lemon margarita." He squinted his eyes and looked at Jacob.
Jacob began to mix skillfully.
Shang Jianyao didn't feel Hendrick's rejection thousands of miles away, and asked familiarly:
"Are you a regular customer here?
"Does this mean that you no longer have a physical body?"
Brushing the ground, Hendrick turned his head sideways and looked at the guy, his squinted green eyes flashing with a dangerous light.
Shang Jianyao said with relief:
"Relax, this is just normal reasoning, just like you can also deduce that I am a rookie who has just entered the 'new world'."
Such honesty made Hendrick not know how to respond.
Seeing this, Shang Jianyao asked with perseverance:
"Why is your body gone? Naturally, he died of old age, or was he deceived and gave up voluntarily?"
Hendrick's forehead twitched twice.
Then Jacob answered for him:
"Hendrick is the most unfortunate one.
"He did not give up his body, and it was less than twenty years since he entered the 'new world', but because of the disaster, he became a pure spiritual life."
"Disaster?" Shang Jianyao has always been professional in support.
Perhaps knowing that Jacob was not in good health and weak, Hendrick did not let him do it for him anymore, and said to himself:
"A big earthquake scattered my people and buried my body in the rubble."
"What an unfortunate thing." Shang Jianyao looked empathetic.
This is a natural disaster, and no one can do anything about it.
Jacob put the turquoise lemon margaret in front of Hendrick and exclaimed:
"If Hendrick had been in the ashes at the time, the problem would not have been so serious, and the ability to interfere with matter should have saved his life when the building collapsed."
"This is fate." Hendrick and Shang Jianyao spoke in unison.
The two immediately looked at each other, the former was slightly surprised, and the latter looked surprised, as if they had found their half-brother.
"I have a problem." Shang Jianyao said with concern, "After drinking, what do you pay for? Based on the number of inhabitants of the 'New World', there should be no mature monetary system, right?"
Jacob sighed and said:
"I don't need to pay to drink here, but the amount of human consciousness I get each time is limited, so I have to be moderate, and not every time."
Slapping, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.
He praised in arias:
"You have the noble feeling of benefiting others and not selfish."
Jacob smiled:
"I also have a benefit, if I encounter an attack, Hendrick and the others will definitely help me without hesitation, otherwise, they will lose a stable source of human consciousness."
Shang Jianyao said "Oh" and said honestly:
"Discussing this topic always makes me feel like we are the devil and are trading human souls."
"In a sense, that's right." Jacob didn't hide anything.
Hendrik squinted his eyes, took a sip of the lemon Margaret, and said expressionlessly:
"We are the devil, obeying order and rules, while some are demons and unscrupulous."
Shang Jianyao's thinking had jumped to another place:
"Is the 'New World' chaotic, and there are often various attacks?"
Hendrick looked at the cocktail in front of him and said in a deep voice:
"Unless there is large-scale unrest, the elders don't care what we do.
"This is like a penal colony of consciousness, where chaos and disorder are the main themes."
Then James said:
"Only by finding the right companions and uniting can we obtain a stable life, otherwise, we are likely to be defeated and imprisoned by others and become a battery of take-and-seek."
When he said this, he glanced at Shang Jianyao, as if evaluating whether this guy was suitable to join his team.
"Battery?" Shang Jianyao applauded again, "This description is very accurate!"
He laughed for a few seconds, and suddenly became indignant:
"The rumors about the 'New World' on the gray soil are all false!
"What you say is that the earth here is abundant and the sun is bright, what children are happy and adults are happy, and what you say is free of desolation, monsters, infections, aberrations, and all kinds of dangerous things, are all false!"
In fact, every antiquarian, relic hunter, and historical researcher who has not yet entered the "spiritual corridor" believes that the New World is ethereal and does not exist at all, but is just a beautiful expectation of people.
"I suspect that the rumors of the 'New World' are spread by the elders, so that every awakened person who can enter the 'spiritual corridor' will come here as the goal of life." Hendrick's expression was not very good.
He gulped down the glass of lemon margarita, as if he wanted to forget the pain of the past.
"Then he was exiled and imprisoned." Shang Jianyao was quite cooperative and helped him finish the rest of the words.
Speaking of this, he said "ah":
"I almost forgot to ask something.
"How to return to the gray soil? I remember that many people in the 'New World' can go back occasionally."
Hendrick's face became more and more gloomy,
He kept his mouth shut and didn't answer.
Jacob glanced at him and said slowly:
"While the body is still alive, you can get a door projection by praying to a certain person and return for a short time."
"Short?" Shang Jianyao asked.
Jacob nodded and explained very weakly:
"It is essentially a complete return, but the year of the year that answers your prayers will leave a mark on your consciousness, and if you refuse to come back after the time you apply, you will be forcibly dragged into the 'new world' and become the food of the year of the year."
"Then which year should I pray to?" Shang Jianyao showed a puzzled expression.
There are too many choices on the Heavenly Year Blessing Chart!
Jacob is quite frank:
"I personally rely on the power of 'Bodhi', who is the most merciful and merciful."
"Oh, oh." Shang Jianyao had a whim, "Can I apply for a return for five days every time, once a week?"
Hendrick was almost amused, and he took another sip of lemon Margaret and said:
"The premise is that the deacons respond to you on the premise that your application has sufficient reasons."
"I thought there was a bug to take advantage of." Shang Jianyao sighed unabashedly.
Without waiting for Jacob and Hendrick to respond, he asked with a jumping mind:
"Besides the missing Cass, who else has entered that tower and come out alive?"
Jacob had said before that he didn't know, but Hendrick showed a hesitant expression.
After a few seconds, he looked at Shang Jianyao with empty eyes and said for a while:
"I've heard that those who live near the tower have been in, and many times."
"You mean?" Jacob seemed to remember something.
Hendrick nodded:
"'Vice Dean', 'Charlie', 'Professor Li', 'Doctor' and others."
"Old friend!" Shang Jianyao clapped his hands excitedly, "I will visit them when I go back."
"They are not friendly." Jacob reminded.
"Then make them friendly." Shang Jianyao was full of confidence.
Jacob and Hendrick looked at each other and chose to remain silent at the same time.
Shang saw that Yao didn't give them a chance to enjoy quietness, so he asked instead:
"Do you know Wu Meng?"
"This man ......," Jacob tried to stop.
"What's wrong with him?" Shang Jianyao asked.
Hendrick finished the glass of lemon margarita, closed his eyes and enjoyed it for a few seconds, and said:
"He is dangerous, more dangerous than normal residents of the 'New World' like us."
"I wonder if he has found the secret of the deacons, although he probably hasn't entered that tower." Jacob added.
Shang Jianyao said "Oh":
"What about the 'truth', have you ever heard of it?"
Jacob and Hendrik's faces changed at the same time.
(End of this chapter)