Chapter 192: The Curse of the Twins

Thus, several people could only choose to turn back a distance, veer into another side path, make some camouflage at the fork, then pass a few more intersections before a thick metal door appeared at the end of the passage.

Min Tianyou directly stepped forward to turn the already rusted wheel; Qi Hengyu, seeing his strained effort, could not bear it and stepped forward to help. Soon, accompanied by a piercing 'creak', the door opened a crack.

Behind the door was a room of about twenty square meters; although the walls and ceiling were also covered in rust, the structure was still fairly intact.

"This is a safe house left over from the Old World; the building structure here is strong enough to be safe for the time being."

Min Tianyou let out a breath of relief; at least he hadn't been unlucky the whole way.

Although the surroundings were a bit dirty, they couldn't worry about that now; each person found a spot to sit or lean against the wall to rest.

Apart from the glow of the mineral lamp, the only thing shining brightest was the fluorescent green lines on Ying Duo's hand.

"In a certain sense, I actually admire this kid."

Qi Hengyu took the device from Luo Jinyou's hand; the device consumed little energy, but over time it couldn't hold up, and Shen Zexi naturally completed the 'handover' task with Chen Mo Zhi.

What should they do next?

The road ahead is blocked, pursuers behind; although they're trapped in this underground safe house, how is that different from being a turtle in a jar?

Qi Hengyu rubbed his sore eyes and couldn't help speaking:

"You're not an aberrant art of fate, are you? Can't you use your ability to see what we should do now? Or where those Co-Absorption bastards are?"

Min Tianyou smiled upon hearing that, yet revealed a hint of bitterness.

"Classmate Qi, my 'prophecy' isn't omnipotent, and it has serious flaws; in the short term I should be unable to conduct any effective 'divination'."

Luo Jinyou usually isn't fond of talking to strangers, but after recalling what the few had just discussed, he voluntarily spoke up:

"Is it because of the 'Twin Children's Curse'?"

Min Tianyou was somewhat surprised; he obviously hadn't expected Luo Jinyou to bring up the 'curse' at this moment. He gave Luo Jinyou a deep look, then nodded.

"It's somewhat similar, actually; experts inside the Supervision Bureau have indeed compared my situation with that of the curse."

This is almost something that exists only in legend, but they have more or less heard something about this 'curse'.

Luo Jinyou had previously read books specifically on this subject, so he knew more; others had only heard of it, and Min Tianyou could only explain the details of the 'curse' to the few.

The so-called 'Twin Children's Curse' is also a special situation that almost only exists in theory and low-probability cases when aberrant arts awaken.

It usually refers to when a pair of twins both have the potential to awaken aberrant arts, in which several conditions may occur:

The most common case is that only one successfully awakens, while the other can only stay at sensing and using energy but cannot obtain aberrant arts.

And rarer, more fitting the name 'curse', is forcibly splitting an originally complete and powerful aberrant arts talent into two parts, with each twin taking charge of one part.

"Just like the current Pope and Holy Maiden of the Church, who are bearers of the cursed 'Spacetime Divine Oracle'; in legend the complete 'spacetime' authority was split in two, the Pope mastering the mysteries of 'time', while the Holy Maiden wields the great power of 'space'."

At the end of his words, Min Tianyou further used those two most famous divine oracles as examples to explain, giving the few a clearer understanding of the curse.

Each of them mastering just a portion of the ability can already achieve such feats; it's hard to imagine what other divine oracles are like.

But nowadays, the number of divine oracles who are recognized and even still alive is just a handful.

After hearing Min Tianyou's explanation, the few all nodded and began to speculate whether Min Tianyou belonged to the former or the latter.

But Chen Mo Zhi suddenly spoke up at this moment, interrupting Min Tianyou's words.

"Your logic doesn't hold; the premise for this 'curse' to take effect must be that they are twins."

Several gazes simultaneously focused on Chen Mo Zhi; along this journey, he could be described as sparing with his words, aside from necessary combat communication and analysis, he hardly participated in conversation.

But Chen Mo Zhi paid no heed to the gazes of those around him, merely immersing himself completely in his own world.

"The prerequisite for 'twins' is extremely strict: there must be an innate entanglement and division of energy present during gestation and birth in the mother's body; according to Old World genetics, this means the twins here must be identical."

And Min Xingyao is considerably older than Min Tianyou, obviously not meeting this condition.

Min Tianyou didn't get angry at Chen Mo Zhi's rebuttal; instead, he smiled slightly, his tone carrying approval:

"No wonder you're the future head of the Chen Family; the long-standing medical lineage still holds authority in this regard."

Upon hearing the words 'future head', Chen Mo Zhi's scarlet eyes narrowed, a flash of rejection crossed them, but he said nothing more, merely quietly restoring his previous invisible-person form in the corner.

Min Tianyou took in his reaction, said nothing more, and merely explained the question Chen Mo Zhi had just raised.

"My sister and I indeed do not meet the premise of this curse, but my ability also indeed only successfully awakened after my sister's death; compared to the 'curse', the Supervision Bureau internally prefers to call this 'inheritance', though regrettably, compared to my sister, my ability is still far too lacking."

No, this might actually be the normal situation.

Shen Zexi pressed his lips; Min Xingyao is the 'Fate' Divine Oracle, herself a darling of fate; even if Min Tianyou inherits her aberrant arts, he couldn't possibly also inherit the Divine Oracle's identity, could he?

Chen Mo Zhi still kept his eyes closed, but his brows were tightly knit, clearly not fully agreeing with Min Tianyou's explanation, though he didn't speak up.

Since no one raised any further questions, Min Tianyou hurriedly steered the topic back on track.

"Regardless, I may not be able to provide main force for the upcoming battles, but the lineup that Co-Absorption has dispatched is nothing to sneeze at."

At least with their abilities, they cannot oppose those people.

But things have come to this; Min Tianyou can only share the information he holds with the few, striving to increase their chances of survival when facing those enemies.

"I won't mention the 'Shepherd' and the 'Dark Raven' for now; one operates in the open, laying plans, the other in the dark, cleaning up—both are very troublesome."

"Besides those two, there's another person you also need to pay special attention to."

Min Tianyou paused, his voice unconsciously lowering a bit.

"Have you heard of the 'Flame City Cannon'?"