Chapter 155

An instant.

Xia Zhi's thoughts radiated outward, wandering far and wide.

He ultimately still let out a light sigh, shook his head; although he felt he seemed to have approached the truth of the Time Loop, he also felt even more doubtful, even shrouded in thick fog.

In short, no matter what, anyway what can be confirmed is that between this world and himself... in the end one of them is crazy.

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Xia Zhi slightly collected his mood, then half-narrowed his eyes, through the display window's glass, carefully watching the street outside, sizing up that white-haired girl who stepped into this world from within the light.

Different from his past ordinary person period self, the current him, although still humbly self-defined as a "Qi Refining Stage Cultivator", sounding like a beginner novice practitioner.

However, for this world's Common Sense, he has undoubtedly already crossed the mortal dust's boundary, stepped into the transcendent mundane realm, become an existence surpassing Human limits.

So-called mortals ascending to Godhood, none exceed this.

Therefore, compared to last time, the current him can easily perceive more, more Intuitive information.

Multiple different perception forms were like a light breeze brushing past a lake surface, Ripples gently spreading, Capturing every Subtle Detail on the girl's body. This not only lets him obtain richer Clues, but also helps him more accurately interpret the girl's state and strength.

Unconscious Weak Energy Field diffusing around the body, that is the Subtle Reaction of Mors Strength...

Tense and Subtle Creature Wavelength, as if a heartbeat Reverberating in the Air...

However, these are only the most obvious surface traces. Through these surface Phenomena, Xia Zhi can also see more deeper Unique aspects. The white-haired girl on the street seems to have an unusual constitution, but it seems her body has not produced any unnatural changes or Distortion traces because of it.

It seems drug modification, or Gene mutation possibilities can be ruled out.

What she displays is more like a natural talent. As if carried in the hereditary Factor some Mystery Mors Strength, naturally flowing in her Bloodline.

So her foundation is very good...

Should have also undergone systematic Sword Skill training...

Xia Zhi rapidly thought, basically one glance past, in his eyes already equal to stripping the white-haired girl's foundation bare, nowhere to hide.

——Received a certain degree of physical training, should be able to easily knock down three to five Adults...

——Possessing quite remarkable Energy Reaction, as if flowing in the Bloodline is Other World magic...

But overall, should not have any Threaten, he simply estimated, judged this cross-world white-hair's level not high, unless the other party has some hidden trump card, deliberately playing pig to eat tiger.

However considering her initial subconscious reaction of panicking and fleeing at first sight of him, this possibility is also not high.

Slightly lowering his eyes, he glanced at his phone placed on the table, lightly extended a finger and tapped the screen, this day's time clearly displayed.

Xia Zhi withdrew his gaze, directly stood up, strode out pushing open the shop door.

In this process, his figure and face Quietly underwent slight changes.

And at this time, the street's white-haired girl had already alertly surveyed the surroundings once, quickly wanting to leave this deserted Breakfast Street.

"Hello——"

A simple, single greeting, precisely at this moment, came from not far away.

Just like the first playthrough's first meeting, Xia Zhi still chose the exact same opening line. As if a Reincarnation, instant and Eternal overlapping at this moment, yet clearly choosing the same Dialogue Options, the subsequent triggered plot instead went toward a completely different development.

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"...!!"

The white-haired Transmigrator girl froze for a moment, subconsciously looked toward the direction the voice came from.

Simultaneously, her body's nerves already instinctively tensed up, the potential in her Bloodline instantly activated, almost making her Existence fuse into space; if no accident, she would in the next moment, directly conditioned reflex transform into a white light, teleportation-like pull open a large Distance.

Then, like repeating fixed steps thousands of times, utilizing her own ability, open a Transmission Gate to escape this world!

That's right! Theoretically it is exactly like this!

——But.

——An accident precisely happened.

The white-haired girl in the next moment, Mors Struggle stopped her own instinct-like conditioned reflex, relying on willpower forcibly Staying in place, and did not make the Impolite behavior of wanting to flee in panic.

And she herself didn't even realize her own subconscious behavior——

Just maintained a Jing Guai state, Geng Geng staring at the Opposite Side's figure, her gaze instantly became somewhat Trance, heart also couldn't help but Accelerate Jumping.

That large-stride walking over youth, had pupils brilliant like summer stars, Corner of Mouth Unintentionally curving up, revealing a Playfulness and confidence blended expression, like clear breeze after rain, rushing over, appearing Elegant and timeless, simultaneously emitting a hazy yet unreal temperament.

That instant's impact Indescribable, the white-haired girl unable to describe her feeling, only felt in her Mors Brain a Boom— sound, then completely occupied by this figure all thoughts, all ideas.

Her heart thumped wildly...

Whole body Stiff, At a Loss...

Especially the other party's footsteps, almost like precisely stepping on her own heartbeat rhythm...

"Excuse me, disturbing for a moment, I just saw the moment you appeared on this street... um, did you Transmigrate here?"

The youth walked to the front, stopped his steps, with her also merely just one step away.

He carefully sized her up once, brows and eyes curved smiling, spoke frankly: "Crossing the barrier between world and world, transferring from another different Spacetime... is it like this?"

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"Uh... y-yes, it's like this..."

The white-haired girl slightly tilted her head, a blush Quietly climbing her cheeks, she instinctively Nodded, voice slightly shy and hesitant: "I... I just opened a Transmission Gate, Arrived at this world."

"Indeed it's like this, so speaking, you yourself possess Active Crossing ability?" The other party seemed quite interested, not concealing continuing to pursue the question, directly cutting into the problem's core.

"... Y-yes, I have the power to actively Transmigrate time and space..."

The white-haired girl Gently pursed her lips, in slight confusion and bewilderment Nodded. Her face's expression as if revealing some Inner Heart Struggle, as if in the subconscious, some thoughts still laboriously turning. Rationality also seems trying hard to make her more awake a little, cannot continue like this.

——Just what is going on...

——Just what happened to me...

She vaguely sensed something was wrong with herself, very wrong, and instinctively felt she could not go on like this.

However, in the next moment——

"Amazing! You must be a highly skilled Spellcaster in the Other World too!" The youth smiled faintly at her; the warmth and admiration in that smile made her mind go blank in an instant.

Her thoughts seemed to melt away in that smile.

All the resistance from just now seemed to vanish into nothing at this moment; all efforts seemed to have been in vain.

Without any further hesitation, the white-haired girl shook her head repeatedly, explaining with distress and frankness: "Not really... I'm not some high-level Magician; my power mainly comes from the Ancient Blood I inherited. To be honest, I don't understand the origin and mysteries of this power myself..."

As she spoke, she secretly glanced at him, her eyes full of unease, as if worried he would feel disappointment because of this.

Her heart was full of contradiction and anxiety; she wanted to be frank with the other party about her true situation, yet feared this would influence the youth's view of her.

Frankly speaking, such thoughts and logic were very strange, full of abnormality.

However, at this moment, she was completely unaware of any problem.

"Oh oh, so that's how it is..." The youth nodded, his eyes still full of curiosity and exploratory light; he looked around the surroundings, then extended an invitation to the other party: "This really isn't a place for talking; my home is nearby, why not come sit for a while?"

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Several minutes later.

"First, let me introduce myself..."

In his own living room, Xia Zhi sat on the sofa, brewing tea leaves with practiced ease while introducing himself in a lighthearted tone.

"My name is Xia Zhi; I'm a third-rate Magician in this world, hmm, you can understand it as a Magician, Wizard, or something like that; can you understand such a concept?"

"I can; I know the concepts of Magician and Wizard... Right, my name is Xiliya Fiona Allen Lianlun; you can just call me Ciri." The white-haired girl still sat somewhat awkwardly on the opposite sofa; hearing this, she hurriedly gave her name as well.

"Xiliya? That's a really nice name——"

Xia Zhi sincerely perfunctorily replied, reaching out to pour the girl a cup of tea: "Come, have some tea."

"... Thank you."

Ciri thanked him, cupped the cup, and took a gentle sip; the clear, mellow tea fragrance slightly calmed her heart, and she was no longer so nervous.

"You're welcome... Here you can completely relax a bit; this place is very safe." Xia Zhi smiled faintly, saying with implied meaning: "I saw that when you just crossed over, you seemed very guarded; did you encounter danger in the previous world?"

"Yes... The previous world was very dangerous; I was just walking on the street and almost got torn into fragments."

Ciri showed a somewhat helpless smile, nodded wearily and bitterly, and after sipping some tea, couldn't help but speak again: "It's not just the previous world; actually most worlds are accompanied by danger; it's just that I still can't find the way back, so I can only keep crossing time and space..."

This topic was a very good entry point, directly opening the girl's floodgates of speech.

The constant wandering, traveling alone through boundless spacetime, that kind of depression and helplessness is not something ordinary people can endure.

In this process, Ciri had no companions, nor did she meet any companions she could trust and befriend, so basically there was no object to confide in and vent her inner depression.

Until this moment, when the youth before her appeared——

She could not suppress her emotions, and couldn't help but begin to pour out her story.

And Xia Zhi blinked, listening very seriously; after all, this was exactly what he wanted to see; if this entry point couldn't pry open her emotions well, he would try to find another entry point; in short, he just wanted to make her voluntarily reveal her true feelings while avoiding triggering her subconscious vigilance and rejection as much as possible.

Although he was very interested in the intelligence about that "Ancient Blood".

But the previous dialogue on the street had already proven that directly asking about matters related to this would still make this Transmigrator girl instinctively perceive something was off.

This was very outrageous.

Xia Zhi strongly suspected that the so-called "Ancient Blood" gave Ciri not only the power to actively cross time and space, but also gave her very strong magical potential in other aspects, and...

Magic Resistance!

It was even very possible she herself possessed relevant abilities in this regard, such as an extremely strong ability to manipulate people's thoughts, which was why she could slightly contend against him.

You must know he had just operated on the principle of a lion hunting a rabbit, likewise using full strength, directly at full power.

He had even specially altered his appearance for this, and even took this into consideration.

Coupled with Divine Being-level charm ability, the Authority to force others to have favorable feelings toward oneself, the terrifying power to directly influence emotions and interfere with the mind...

Even if it was only preliminary mastery, it shouldn't be something a small fry like Ciri could parry.

(Chapter End)