The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#831 - Take a shower and go to bed

The stone was just there to lead the way, but somehow it had suddenly fast-forwarded to saving the world.

Moreover, these people were talking about saving the world, but in reality, they were just wandering around Bailongbo like headless flies.

Indeed, in Shi Tou's view, the most absurd thing about the whole affair was that Lu Jing and the others didn't even know where they were going.

Every day, when the sun went down and the Milky Way shone overhead, that sleepy old man would fiddle with his strange instruments, while scribbling on the ground.

Lu Jing would then open the large box containing the Brahma Heaven on time and have a friendly exchange with the bronze statue inside, finally determining where to go the next day.

In the first few days, the direction they traveled was fixed.

But on the seventh day, there was a sudden deviation, fortunately only a slight adjustment compared to the previous direction.

By the twelfth day, the deviation was much larger, turning directly from the northwest to the southwest.

After another six days, things started to become more and more outrageous.

It also confirmed to Shi Tou that these people were just wandering around in the desert, because they actually turned around and went back in the direction of Ulan City.

However, this time they only walked for half a day before stopping.

It wasn't until the evening that Professor Xu, after observing the stars again, overturned his previous conclusion and pointed out a new direction.

This time, Lu Jing couldn't take it anymore, and after carefully considering his words, he said, "Old man, is it possible that you miscalculated?"

Professor Xu glanced at Lu Jing and said, "I calculated it twice this time at your request, and then I had An Shi help me check it. There's no mistake."

"Then why is the direction so different from before?" Lu Jing asked suspiciously.

Not to mention moving a planet from such a distance, even those immortal cultivation novels wouldn't dare to write like that.

"It is of course impossible to move the original position of the stars," Professor Xu also said, "but it might be possible to use some means to affect the observer."

"How to do it?"

"How would I know?" Professor Xu said unhappily, "This is the first time this old man has encountered this kind of situation."

After a pause, he added, "Let me just guess, the person who hid the bead probably added an invisible cover between us and the stars or something."

"Refraction phenomenon?" Lu Jing was stunned.

"What refraction phenomenon?" This time it was Professor Xu's turn to be confused.

Lu Jing scratched his head, "It's not easy to explain, it probably means that we usually see objects through light, and light will be refracted when passing through a medium. Theoretically, by changing the material or thickness of the medium, it will bring about visual displacement of the object."

Professor Xu listened in a daze.

At this time, the little Taoist Xie Anshi suddenly opened his mouth and said, "It's like when we look at chopsticks inserted in water, the chopsticks will be refracted, as if they are broken, but in reality, after taking out the chopsticks, we find that the chopsticks are not broken, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's what I mean." Lu Jing nodded and murmured, "If someone really added a cover over this Gobi Desert, then his physics must be well-learned."

"But in that case, wouldn't the star chart be useless?" Kui said, "Didn't the person who left this star chart hope that someone could find the bead?"

Everyone was puzzled by this question, and no one answered.

In the end, a chuckle came from the wooden box.

Lu Jing opened the wooden box and looked at the Brahma Heaven inside who had come back to life, "Do you know the reason?"

However, Brahma Heaven closed his mouth again at this time.

"Speak, what do you want." Lu Jing said straightforwardly.

"A sacrifice." Brahma Heaven licked his lips, "I have pointed out the way for you for so many days, but you haven't given me anything, so it's not too much for me to make this request now, right?"

As Brahma Heaven spoke, his eyes swept over Shi Tou, causing the latter to shiver.

"As a reward, how about I break your remaining two legs?" Lu Jing said lightly, "I don't think you can use them anyway."

"Threats are useless to me." Brahma Heaven shook his head and smiled, "I am only incarnated in this bronze statue. If you destroy the bronze statue, I won't feel any pain."

Lu Jing couldn't refute.

Although he knew that the bronze statue in front of him was just a strange object and did not truly carry the will of Brahma Heaven, and that death was death, the latter was obviously never aware of this.

So the other party really didn't care about his threats.

Seeing that Lu Jing didn't speak, and seemed to be lost in thought, Brahma Heaven continued to entice him, "You said you want to save the world, I like what you are doing, usually in such stories everyone in the team will be useful, and some people's usefulness is to sacrifice for this world."

His words gave Shi Tou goosebumps all over his body.

He couldn't help but take a few steps back, but the boy immediately reacted. This is Bailongbo, a dead world ruled by wind and sand. Even if he turned around and ran away now, he would not be able to save his life at all.

Because once he left the team and lost the water and dry food on the camel, he would not be able to last for a few days.

In other words, his life or death now depends entirely on Lu Jing's decision.

Lu Jing did not speak for a long time, and now everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Seeming to want to see how he would choose.

At this moment, many thoughts flashed through Lu Jing's mind. Using the life of an irrelevant person to exchange for the whereabouts of the bead was indeed a very cost-effective deal.

Although it was a bit unfair to Shi Tou himself, seeing that the world was about to be destroyed, now was obviously not the time for womanly kindness.

Since ancient times, those who can achieve great things must be ruthless when they should be ruthless.

After a moment of silence, Lu Jing spoke again.

"If you don't want to say it, shut up and go to bed early."

A look of disappointment appeared in Brahma Heaven's only remaining eye, "You can't save the world with such indecisiveness."

"Come on, if I give him to you, I'll fall into your trap." Lu Jing said, "After that, you will constantly try to lower my bottom line."

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