Edited by Parfait.
13 days was the result of Xiao Jinyu’s simple calculation.
Firstly, the hypothesis proposed by Jiu Zhou, “calculating a human life based on one hundred years,” may not be entirely reasonable. Most people cannot live to be one hundred years old, and the average human lifespan is far below that level. Since the initial assumption is a hypothetical scenario, the final result is approximated for practical purposes, which is entirely reasonable.
If Relativity continuously steals time from a person, then the amount of life it can take away is roughly equivalent to 13 days of that person’s entire life.
This logic skill grants users formidable abilities but also strips away much of their control over it.
Xiao Jinyu believes that if Pan Yue could choose, he would never allow his logic skill to have so many limitations. However, even after becoming a Level Five user and modifying the cause and effect of his logic skill, he could only achieve this level. This shows that the more powerful the logic skill, the more constraints it usually imposes.
Thinking of this, Xiao Jinyu couldn’t help but glance at the man beside him.
Jiu Zhou stood by the bedside, his gaze falling on the faceless Zhang Haixiang. The damp, white-skinned body was tightly bound by three straps, and Zhang Haixiang had just received a powerful sedative injection and fallen into a deep sleep. However, the bruises on his arms and legs clearly indicated that once he woke up, he would struggle wildly.
Suddenly, his gaze shifted, and Jiu Zhou looked at the young man beside him.
Xiao Jinyu quickly looked away and turned to Xu Qi, saying calmly, “It’s been two weeks already. Have they found any new information about Zhang Haixiang from the research institute? Like how he ended up like this?”
Xu Qi replied, “There’s nothing conclusive. There are over twenty thousand users in China, with accurate information recorded for about two thousand of them. Another ten thousand or so have only general information about their logic skills. Apart from that, there are several thousand unregistered users. No user in the world is willing to reveal the detailed cause and effect of their logic skills. Our investigation of user information can only be done through daily observations.”
He sighed, “There’s no record in the national user committee’s database that matches a logic skill capable of turning a victim into this state.”
“Either this is a logic skill below Level Three that the committee wouldn’t waste resources on recording, or it’s an anonymous logic skill that has been kept hidden all this time.”
Xu Qi paused for a moment before continuing, “Of course, there’s another possibility, which I personally think is quite likely.”
Xiao Jinyu looked at him and asked, “What is it?”
Xu Qi replied, “The owner of this logic skill might have awakened before 2035. The authorities have never known about the existence of this logic skill.”
Xiao Jinyu nodded in agreement with this possibility.
At this moment, Zhang Haixiang had at least two logic skills affecting him.
One was the logic skill that made him lose his face, turning him into a faceless person. The other was the logic skill that took away the ability to feel the wind on one’s buttocks.
If it were a logic skill officially recorded, it wouldn’t be impossible to find detailed information about it. Unless these two logic skills were never recorded from the beginning, they were like undercurrents beneath the deep sea, silently surging while the surface remained calm.
Xu Qi suddenly sighed, “Speaking of which, apart from Zhao Hen, who has already returned to Haidu, everyone else who was involved in capturing and interrogating ‘Zhang Haixiang’ at the coffee shop is now gathered in this ward.”
Xiao Jinyu interjected, “But until now, I haven’t noticed anything wrong with the ‘Zhang Haixiang’ from the coffee shop a month ago.”
“Well, me neither,” Xu Qi added. “Colonel Su, did you review the memory recall organized by the dreamer for all of us?”
“Uh-huh,” Su Jiuzhou nodded lightly.
Xiao Jinyu asked, “Did you find anything unusual?”
Su Jiuzhou glanced at him and replied, “No.”
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This answer didn’t surprise Xiao Jinyu at all.
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“A logic skill that can change one’s appearance is too powerful,” Xu Qi couldn’t help but sigh. “It’s one thing to deceive me and Zhao Hen, understandable to deceive you as well Xiao Jinyu. After all, you were just a Level One user back then. But to deceive Colonel Su… that’s beyond belief and challenges my understanding.”
Xiao Jinyu remained silent.
He knew that perhaps the strongest thing wasn’t the logic skill that could change one’s appearance, but the person portraying Zhang Haixiang.
However, this was already an unfair game. During the capture of Zhang Haixiang, no one could have foreseen that he would turn out to be a fake Zhang Haixiang. “Zhang Haixiang” inherently had all the advantages.
Not dwelling further on this topic, regardless of what they said now, they couldn’t catch “Zhang Haixiang,” and the real faceless Zhang Haixiang was still not awake.
Soon, Xu Qi received a message from the Extermination Squad and rushed back to headquarters to handle matters.
In the clean and tidy ward, Xiao Jinyu carefully observed every inch of skin on the faceless Zhang Haixiang. After thoroughly examining it and confirming that there were no special marks on his perfect snowy white skin, he fell silent and raised his right hand.
The fourth perspective, activated.
The world turned black and white in an instant, with serene emptiness all around.
Xiao Jinyu sensed a calm gaze behind him, silently observing him. However, he paid no attention.
The other party was a Level Six user, and Su Jiuzhou probably had already noticed his use of the logic skill.
But so what.
He used the fourth perspective to take a look at Zhang Haixiang, checking for any traces of logic factors on him, which was quite normal. His actions were reasonable and justified.
However, Xiao Jinyu did not see a single logic factor on Zhang Haixiang.
The logic factors related to “Wind Blowing Fart” had long been completely stripped from Zhang Haixiang. If one really wanted to find them, perhaps dissecting Zhang Haixiang’s brain might reveal some traces. As for the logic chain that had transformed him into his current appearance, it was nowhere to be found.
Closing the fourth perspective, Xiao Jinyu fell silent for a moment before turning to the man.
“Colonel Su, I’ll take my leave.”
Su Jiuzhou smiled faintly, “Hmm.”
The young man retracted his gaze and walked towards the automatic door. He had just taken a step when he heard footsteps echoing synchronously behind him. Xiao Jinyu frowned slightly. He took another step forward, and once again, the synchronized footsteps echoed behind him like those of a twin.
Xiao Jinyu turned back, “?”
Su Jiuzhou: “I’m also leaving.” After a pause he asked, “Isn’t this the rooms only exit?”
Xiao Jinyu: “…”
Oh.
…
The dim and quiet hospital corridor felt like a secluded passage, a faint light flashing at the end. The rhythmic footsteps of two adults echoed off the walls, creating a clear resonance.
They walked almost side by side.
Xiao Jinyu remained calm, his left hand in his pocket while his right hand held his phone. He had completed his credits by his sophomore year at school, and now was on leave. However, there was some work in the professor’s lab recently, and younger students sometimes messaged in the group asking for advice on improving experiments. Whenever he had time, he would respond.
His slender fingers swiftly typed replies to the messages. Xiao Jinyu tried his best to ignore the presence of the person beside him.
However.
—The presence of this person was just too strong.
In the narrow corridor, there was an overwhelming sense of terror from the powerful logic chain.
The whole world seemed to be filled with the scent of the logic chain. Even without activating the fourth perspective, Xiao Jinyu could sense it. Although Su Jiuzhou didn’t seem to be using the logic chain, and even his logic factors should still be within him, their presence was just too strong.
Has this person become stronger again?
Xiao Jinyu couldn’t help but think.
Half a month ago, the Spear of Judgment was indeed very strong, but it wasn’t as outwardly imposing. Now, the pressure from the level six logic chain was unavoidable, suffocating the air around.
Luo Sheng, Wang Tao… even A09’s Relativity wasn’t this terrifying.
His footsteps abruptly stopped. “Ah,” Xiao Jinyu softly exclaimed.
Su Jiuzhou looked at him.
It was a corridor where light and shadow alternated. Xiao Jinyu’s had already taken a step into the illumination of the next lamp, while his upper body remained in the darkness. On his clear and elegant face his facial features changed subtly. “Oh, I see,” he nodded slightly causing Su Jiuzhou to pause abruptly, a sudden halt he hadn’t even noticed himself. He looked at Xiao Jinyu.
Their eyes met in a meaningful gaze.
Xiao Jinyu lifted the corners of his mouth with a knowing smile.
“Colonel Su, did you know about the capture of Relativity last night? Did you hear about it?” Xiao Jinyu’s tone carried a playful undertone, evident in his expression.
Amused by the mischievous glint in Xiao Jinyu’s eyes, Su Jiuzhou smiled faintly. “Yes, I heard.” And so?
“Do you know what the ranking of Relativity is?”
Su Jiuzhou raised an eyebrow, sensing something was off. “Hmm?”
Xiao Jinyu smiled knowingly. “It’s A09.”
Su Jiuzhou: “…”
Seeing Su Jiuzhou’s stunned look, Xiao Jinyu continued confidently, taking a few steps forward. However, just as he moved, he heard Su Jiuzhou’s calm voice from behind, “Is that so? Well then, thank you all.”
Whoosh–
Xiao Jinyu halted and turned back, puzzled.
…Huh?
Su Jiuzhou remained composed, smiling faintly as he feigned regret. “Actually, just a week ago, I dropped from A09 to A10. I wasn’t sure why at the time, but now it seems Relativity grew stronger, and snatched my ranking. Now that he’s been subdued by you all, and his logic chain is on the brink of collapse, he’s fallen to A10. So, I regained my ranking.”
Surprise flickered in Xiao Jinyu’s eyes before he nodded slowly. It seemed the game of rankings was more dynamic than he had thought.
The sixth-level user sincerely thanked the young man in front of him, “Thank you so much, Xiao Jinyu. Your participation in the operation helped me keep my position. There are indeed many good people in this world, thank you.”
Xiao Jinyu: “…”
…What nerve that you have!
He didn’t bother to respond further to the sixth-level user. This user was entirely different from the top-tier users he had imagined!
Turning away to leave, Xiao Jinyu caught a subtle pause in Su Jiuzhou’s movements from the corner of his eye.
The man furrowed his brow ever so slightly, a quick 0.5 second pause that most wouldn’t notice, but Xiao Jinyu’s keen eyes didn’t miss it.
–That 0.5 second pause was incredibly significant.
Relativity stole 0.5 seconds from a person every 1314 seconds. However, Su Jiuzhou’s pause couldn’t be related to Relativity. When Relativity took those 0.5 seconds, the victim entered a state of absolute stillness. During that time, their breathing, blood flow, heartbeat, even cell metabolism, all froze completely.
But not for Su Jiuzhou.
He merely paused for a split second, his expression showing annoyance as if… he had encountered something unpleasant.
Xiao Jinyu lightly clenched his fist. He didn’t ask about it, though.
The two continued down the corridor.
As they approached the nurse’s station，Xiao Jinyu lowered his gaze and subtly raised his right hand, lightly brushing over eyelids. He was about to casually glance at the man beside him when he heard hurried footsteps in the distance.
Instinctively, Xiao Jinyu looked ahead.
He saw a middle-aged couple, dressed plainly, briskly walking up to the nurse’s station. The sweat-drenched woman was the first to ask, “Which room is Jiang Wentao in?”
The nurse immediately got up, recognizing them as the patient’s family members. She checked the registration form while saying, “Let me check. But first, please register as visitors.”
“Okay!”
The middle-aged couple quickly grabbed a pen and wrote down their information on the registration form.
“Found it, in Room 316, just on the left near the water room… Huh, your last name isn’t Jiang. Are you not the patient’s parents? But you’ve written ‘parents’ as the relationship with the patient.” Said the nurse.
The middle-aged man explained with a smile, “We are indeed Wentao’s parents, we adopted him over a decade ago. His biological father is my old schoolmate. When the orphanage he was in closed down, we found out his father was actually my good friend from before. It was quite a coincidence, so we didn’t change his last name. He still carries his biological father’s surname.”
The middle-aged man explained with a smile, “We are indeed Wentao’s parents, but we adopted him over a decade ago. His biological father is my old schoolmate. When the orphanage he was in closed down, we found out his father was actually my good friend from before. It was quite a coincidence, so we didn’t change his last name. He still carries his biological father’s surname.”
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Ninth Sister: Thanks, dear, for sparing me from becoming Su Tenthzhou (#^-^#)
Little Goldfish: …………..Do you dare to show me the logic ID on your phone?!!
Did he become a level 7 user?
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