paranoianovel Chapter 50 Preparing for Action
Chapter 50 Preparing for Action
Chapter 50: Chapter 50 Preparing for ActionAs the day of the great purge approached, the tense atmosphere in the landfill area gradually eased, and it appeared as though the people from the Cross Sword Union had given up, with significantly fewer minions surrounding Feng Xue’s original residence.
However, Feng Xue understood clearly that the Cross Sword Union hadn’t given up, but had instead adopted a more covert strategy of
At that moment, Chen Xiyao was grateful for the first time in her life for the Chinese painting classes her parents had enrolled her in as a child. Although her skills were mediocre, she was able to depict at least some part of what could be considered the "artistic conception" of the pictures in the Secret Manual.
Even a little was better than nothing.
"Darn, I should’ve brought my smartphone with me! If I had a camera right now, it would be so much better!" Chen Xiyao complained inwardly, but she soon gathered her thoughts again, trying to grasp the shape of the fragments. The initial positive emotions from when she first traveled had long since worn thin. Now, the mere thought of home brought her to the brink of tears.
"Huh?!"
Just as Chen Xiyao was about to discreetly wipe away her tears, a strange cry immediately shifted her focus.
She had heard these kinds of sounds many times these days, and without thinking much, she knew that guy must have created some weird contraption again.
What could it be this time?
Chen Xiyao turned her head but didn’t see any of the strange toys that had either embarrassed or made her blush before. Instead, it was...
A mirror?
No, that wasn’t right either, it looked more like a lens of some sort...
"What is this?" Chen Xiyao, who was accustomed to speaking her mind, immediately asked out of curiosity. However, Feng Xue’s expression was very odd. He just raised his hand and tucked the mirror into his Storage Bag without giving a direct answer, only indifferently remarking,
"It’s nothing useful."
"If you won’t tell, then don’t." Chen Xiyao responded with a pout, bending down again to continue copying the Bu Tiange Secret Manual, while Feng Xue temporarily set aside his idea of concocting weird items and gathered his previous inspiration.
He realized that he seemed to have put together an incredible combo...
"No, this jester-like gadget probably isn’t that strong, I still need to test it." Feng Xue resolved and decided to use some ominous signs to experiment tonight; then he took out one Item after another, continuing his work of reforging.
This routine continued for three whole days until Feng Xue had transformed over eight hundred pages of paper into Illusions, "Identity" spheres, and Black Balls. Only then did he finally stop this tedious yet thrilling task.
Honestly, Feng Xue felt that reforging was quite similar to drawing cards in mobile games or opening boxes in online games—if you had few Lottery Tickets, every draw was filled with tension and excitement. But if you decided to open a few hundred boxes or a few thousand draws, apart from the moment of actual extraction, what remained was a calm devoid of sadness or joy.
Not to mention, Feng Xue couldn’t skip through the boxing process with a single click, continuing nonstop for three days, which left him somewhat numb. But when he finally laid out a dozen or so Illusion Items in a row, he suddenly realized—wow, when did he accumulate so many?
However, perhaps limited by the baseline or due to the elements involved, this batch of Illusion Items had awkward effects. They weren’t completely useless, but none were particularly impressive.
"Yet it’s enough!" Feng Xue evaluated his plan once more, ensuring there were no issues, before finally standing up and saying to Chen Xiyao:
"Are you ready? Tonight, I’ll take you home."