Chapter 2 Let It Be

"Is this where Nicholas lives?"

Annan raised his head, squinting slightly and looking around.

This is Noah's St. Bernie District, and it is also the location of the most intensive underground transactions in Wangcheng, commonly known as the "black city".

"Daddy's Grocery" and "Alberta Used Bookstore" are here. Annan and Zhiji had just bought books nearby, not far from Nicholas's residence. After hearing Zhiji's words, they went straight to here after walking around half a street.

This is a two-story low stone-walled villa, the surroundings are very deserted, and the grass in the yard is not well organized. One street away is a high-rise residential area being leveled and renovated, and you can even smell the stone outside the door.

The environment here is definitely not good.

Wet dark stone wall, with layers of ivy outside. Tiny cracks in the old stone bricks... This house can be said to be very old.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to imagine a researcher living in such a house.

Although Annan doesn't know much about alchemy and transformation... But if it's too wet, it's supposed to affect the experimental data, right? There may also be some problems with the preservation of the medicine. The so-called "stored in a cool, dry and ventilated place".

However, such thoughts disappeared immediately after Annan entered the house.

When he entered the room, it was very obvious that he had entered a certain septum. There was a slight resistance in the pace of walking inward... It was like advancing against the wind, but only for a brief moment.

In that instant, the air spontaneously formed a filter membrane, which directly filtered out the impurities and excess moisture on his body.

The air inside the room is exceptionally fresh and dry. Even the odor was eliminated when entering the room.

——The most important thing is that this barrier, whether Annan or Zhi Ji, was completely unaware of it before entering the door. Because it is cleverly designed to be "triggered instantly when someone enters". If it was a trap, they might have stepped in.

"As expected of Nicholas."

Annan was not angry, but instead praised: "Such a detailed barrier can still operate on its own after he leaves..."

"Indeed. And this self-purification filtering barrier alone is not something that ordinary people can do."

Paper Ji glanced around.

She was surprised to realize that... this barrier is actually a composite barrier that is based on a test tube rack as a fulcrum and is erected at will. It is complex enough but not cluttered. His handling of several details can even inspire Zhi Ji.

Paper Ji also spoke highly of Nicholas: "I didn't have an intuitive understanding of his alchemy ability before. Now it seems...

"I'm afraid he has completed the [Supreme Crown]."

"He is indeed done."

A heavy and deep voice resounded in the room.

Annan and Zhi Ji looked away.

A plaster statue of the same height as a man was found sitting cross-legged on the ground.

Its eyes are slightly closed and its eyes are deep, as if it is thinking about something in silence, and the distressed expression on its face will remind people of a philosopher, and it is like a monk who strictly observes the precepts and has no desires.

"Father Stone."

Paper Ji nodded at him.

Father Shi just replied calmly: "You know, you shouldn't come. You shouldn't bring Annan with you."

"But you gave me the address. You also knew I was with Annan, but didn't stop me."

Zhi Ji retorted: "This is an attitude in itself."

"Maybe."

Father Shi didn't say much.

He didn't seem to talk much, just raised his head.

Those eyes, clearly carved out of marble, but like living creatures, met Annan's four eyes.

"What do you want to know?"

Father Shi replied plainly, "I'll tell you according to the situation."

His implication is that there are certain words that he will definitely not say.

"You let Nicholas go?"

Annan was straightforward and cut to the chase.

Because if even that can't be said, then the conversation is of little value.

Father Shi hummed: "I did it on purpose. But Nicholas shouldn't know about this, his escape plan was very thorough.

"He used the opportunity of his soul out of the body to create a ritual field in the sewer two kilometers away from here. He gradually cut off the relationship between his soul and his body, and used very few materials to cultivate a temporary Use the prosthetic body, and project your soul in batches... Then use the soul-enhancing potion mixed into the soul-purifying medicine to make up for the loopholes in the lack of your soul.

"In the end, he managed to escape."

"Warden," Father Shi replied so calmly.

"……but?"

Annan knew that Father Shi still had something to say.

as predicted.

Father Shi nodded and said calmly: "But he doesn't know... all 'palaces' are my body, all 'sculptures' are my eyes and ears. And the whole royal city is a huge palace... his The operation was exposed to my watch from the beginning; if I wanted to, I could make the sewers he was in collapse instantly. I was in the same enchantment with him, it was simple."

That's why Father Stone would be Nicholas' Watcher.

This is actually why he brought Nicholas to Noah's capital.

As the god of palaces and sculptures, his power can only be raised to the greatest extent in the capitals of ordinary countries. He can monitor and control palaces at will, and use sculptures as his "surveillance guards". Only in the capital will he get enough palaces and sculptures. sculpture.

Even the body he is using now is not Father Stone's body.

Because the Stone Father is present in all sculptures - this is just a medium through which he is revealed to the world.

Shifu is different from Zhiji, he is not a creation of Yaweng "becoming a fine". It's Yaon's students...and one of the very few students who can get Yaon's approval. As a mortal, in just fifty years, he mastered the sculptural and architectural skills that Jaon had accumulated over thousands of years, and made almost trivial innovations to become a god.

In fact, he is the only deity who became a god of art in mortal form.

"But...why did you send him away?"

Annan stared closely at Father Shi.

And Father Shi replied calmly: "His talents cannot be used in Noah. Because of the lack of materials here, he will be constrained."

This is a lie.

At least not comprehensively.

But Annan was in no rush to break this point.

He just asked slowly: "So, Nicholas he...

"Do you know that you are a 'mirror'?"

Hearing this, Father Shi was silent for a long time.

After about half a minute, he spoke again: "It's impossible for you to guess.

"The Faceless Poet told you."

"That's right."

Annan replied in a deep voice: "But because of this, I guessed a lot more.

"For example... this is a fake Nicholas at all. He doesn't have Nicholas' soul, or even Nicholas' android, just a body, Nicholas's missing body."

Zhi Ji, who was on the side, immediately became excited and blurted out: "I didn't say that!"

"I know. This is what the Faceless Poet told you. It seems that even Nicholas' escape was fate itself."

Father Shi replied calmly: "In the field where [Secret Guard] is located, I can't spy... You don't have much time to leave my sight, only the faceless poet has the opportunity to tell you this.

"His behavior is dangerous. You shouldn't know you're chasing the mirror because it's your destiny.

"As we all know, [Fate is the wheel of the sky train], and it will leave traces after you have passed it. You chase your own destiny, which is a paradox in itself. This will cause you to chase the mirror with your own will, but instead will Don't get your own mirror. It's only in front of you when you don't crave it."

...So, when I didn't know about Henry VIII, Nicholas and Bernardino, did they show up to me?

And when I went after Bernardino, it was to get justice for Salvatore, not to find my mirror... That's why he was caught by me!

Annan suddenly understood.

So when Annan was thinking recently, when to find Nicholas, the "fourth mirror", Nicholas suddenly disappeared.

So new questions emerged from Annan's mind:

Why would the Faceless Poet tell himself such a thing?

Why did Father Shi want to let Nicholas go?

……unless.

These two things were originally aimed at the same purpose.

The two gods acted according to the situation without communication, but formed a tacit understanding of cooperation...

"...Do you hope that this false 'Nicholas' really thinks that he is Nicholas who has lost his memory, and that he lives in the world as Nicholas?"

Annan keenly captured their thoughts.

But... what's the point?