Gu Yi looked at Zhou Ye holding her hand, then looked at Zhou Ye again, but obviously, Zhou Ye completely pretended not to see her expression, and asked while holding her hand: "Take me to the library quickly!"
"Huff—" Okay!" Master Gu Yi sighed. She knew that even if she asked this guy to let go, he would probably find all kinds of reasons. Let it be…
With that, Master Gu Yi led Zhou Ye towards the library… The disciples who saw this scene along the way were all stunned.
In their eyes, the supreme, inviolable Master Gu Yi was actually holding hands with a man? This was simply beyond their imagination…
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Zhou Ye followed Master Gu Yi through a few turns and arrived at a small courtyard. Here, some people wearing apprentice attire were coming in and out, each holding one or several large books.
"This is the library of Kamar-Taj. Where do you plan to start learning?" Master Gu Yi said, pointing to the dozens of large bookshelves outside, "These are all basic introductions…"
With that, Master Gu Yi walked towards a small door inside. Walking through a narrow passage about dozens of meters long, they arrived at a somewhat dim room.
The books inside were not placed on bookshelves like the books outside, but were chained to iron frames. "This is a collection of books only open to mages. Of course, it will now be open to you!"
"Yeah, yeah…" Zhou Ye's eyes lit up as he looked at the magic books on the bookshelf. He felt that he was not far from his goal of becoming a mage… "Can I open them and read them now?"
"Of course…" Master Gu Yi showed a strange smile.
"Then I won't be polite!" Zhou Ye said, picking up a book from the iron frame and opening it… He was a little dumbfounded… What the hell is this writing? He couldn't understand it at all—
"Of course, if you don't have a foundation in Sanskrit, I suggest you start with the ones outside…" Master Gu Yi looked at Zhou Ye's expression of looking at a heavenly book and said with a smile, "It's best to learn the most ancient Vedic language…"
"Okay, okay…" Zhou Ye helplessly put down the book in his hand. This was not the first time he had been stumped by language… But fortunately, he already knew Japanese, English, French, and Greek… It didn't matter if he learned another one. Anyway, it was just a matter of minutes for him.
The two of them came to the outer library again. Zhou Ye asked, "Are there any good books you recommend?"
"This [On the Origin of Souls], this [Book of the Passing Day], and this [New Compilation of the Universe] are more suitable for beginners…" Master Gu Yi also took a [Overview of Vedic Language] and handed it to Zhou Ye: "Don't forget that you still have to learn Sanskrit!"
"Okay, okay…" Zhou Ye looked at the thick volumes that were almost half a meter high when stacked together and said helplessly. He suspected that Master Gu Yi was deliberately picking the thickest books for him… But forget it, he probably wouldn't take long to finish reading them…
"Do you want to read them here? Or take them back and read them slowly?" Master Gu Yi said with a smile. She felt like she was starting to like teasing this guy.
"Of course, I'll read them here!" Zhou Ye didn't want to waste time going back and forth.
"Okay, that's the spot!" Master Gu Yi said, pointing to the wooden table not far from the bookshelf: "Do you need me to have someone bring you lunch?"
"If possible, I'd like Kobe beef steak for lunch…" Zhou Ye said, carrying the books towards the table and chairs…
"This guy…" Gu Yi looked at Zhou Ye's back, unable to help but want to laugh. Did this guy never know what it meant to be polite? He even ordered food? Did he think this was a restaurant?
Helplessly glancing at Zhou Ye, Master Gu Yi turned and left. She was afraid that if she continued talking to this guy, she wouldn't be able to resist punching him.
"Hehe…" Zhou Ye smiled slightly as he watched Master Gu Yi leave. How should he describe this woman? She had a temperament different from Zhou Ye's women, a neutral beauty, a lofty arrogance that made people want to conquer her, wanting to break her calm mask and see the real her behind the mask. Perhaps this was why Zhou Ye would occasionally blurt out those flirting words.
"Sigh, I didn't expect that after so many years of graduation, I would have to start a miserable life of studying again!" Zhou Ye muttered to himself. With a thought, [On the Origin of Souls] automatically opened the pages and began to flip quickly at a speed of flipping through a book…
And with Zhou Ye's almost perverted dynamic vision and intelligence, all the content on the pages had already been reflected in his eyes, recorded in his mind, and began to absorb the knowledge inside like a sponge.
Five minutes later, Zhou Ye had completely finished reading all four books and memorized them.
He closed his eyes. After a minute, he opened his eyes again. "So that's how it is. Interesting… This is so interesting!"
Zhou Ye put the four books back where they belonged, then walked to the bookshelf again and began to pick them out… This time, he brought back more than a dozen books and sat down at his seat again.
With a thought, four books floated in front of Zhou Ye at the same time and began to flip quickly, and Zhou Ye also memorized the contents of the books word for word.
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Three hours later, Zhou Ye no longer went to the bookshelf to get books… Because he had already read all the books here…
This time, he set his sights on the mage-only library in the small library…
When Zhou Ye walked into the small door of the library with light steps, the young librarian didn't say anything…
He had already received a notice from Master Gu Yi that as long as Zhou Ye didn't damage the books, then he didn't have to care about Zhou Ye… And he did this very well.
Zhou Ye, who came to the mage-only library again, first took a cursory look at all the magic books, and then began to read from the most basic [Basic General Theory].
This time, his reading speed returned to the state of one book at a time. After all, the process from a warrior to a mage was a great realm that spanned a field. He needed to re-understand many things, and many magical common senses were completely different from the knowledge he knew in his material life.
So he had to slow down his speed in order to better reverse his inherent concepts.
Just when Zhou Ye was immersed in the world of magic and couldn't extricate himself, a voice woke him up…
"Have you read all the books outside?"
"Of course… those things are too easy to read!" After Zhou Ye answered, he noticed that the sentence that asked him was spoken in Vedic. "What time is it now?"
"It's time for lunch!" Master Gu Yi walked in with a tray in her hand. She had just tentatively asked Zhou Ye in Vedic, but Zhou Ye gave her a little surprise. "Your talent is really enviable… Is this the instinct of an immortal?"
"I guess so!" Zhou Ye glanced at Gu Yi, then continued to focus his gaze on the magic book, "It's just that sometimes it brings some small side effects, such as accidentally seeing disgusting pictures, and it takes a long time to deliberately forget such pictures. I also feel very troubled!"
"…" Gu Yi rolled her eyes helplessly. Zhou Ye's words gave her the feeling that a rich man was saying to a poor man, [I accidentally ate too much abalone and I'm so full! ] This feeling is really a blatant show off…
"Aren't you going to start eating now?" Master Gu Yi put the tray in her hand on the desk and asked.
"I'm eating!" Zhou Ye said, still burying his head in the book, his left hand shaking unconsciously. A spark flashed from his fingertips. Obviously, this guy was casting spells unconsciously.
And the food that Gu Yi put on the plate next to him was automatically divided into small pieces and flew into Zhou Ye's mouth…
"…" Master Gu Yi looked at the food on the plate, with no traces of magic at all. She knew that Zhou Ye was just using his mental power to eat. It seemed that Zhou Ye was not going to put down the magic book in his hand…
Sighing softly, Master Gu Yi turned around and planned to leave.
"The steak tastes very good!"
Zhou Ye's sudden words made Master Gu Yi's figure, who was about to leave, stagnate, and then she stepped out again. "I'm glad it suits your taste!"
It's just that Gu Yi herself didn't realize that when she heard Zhou Ye's words, her whole pace became much lighter…
Chapter 383
I don't know how long it took, but Zhou Ye finally woke up from the world of magic…
He looked up and saw that the library was already extremely dim at the moment, and a small oil lamp was placed on his table.
And the magic books that were originally piled up high beside him had also been returned to their original places.
"This is really an amazing world!" Zhou Ye raised his hands and stretched lazily.
He spent three hours in the world reading those books outside, but the books in the mage-only library inside were only less than one-tenth of the books outside, but Zhou Ye spent a full ten hours.
It is indeed a difficult thing to change a person's inherent cognition. Zhou Ye really realized this this time…
However, the harvest after changing cognition is also huge.
Through these dozen or so hours of study, Zhou Ye truly understood how shallow his previous use of mental power had been. Now, he only needed to use less than one-millionth of his mental power to reach the limit of what he could previously achieve with telekinesis.
"Let me try out the new abilities I've learned!" Zhou Ye said to himself. As he spoke, he gently touched the bookshelf of Ancient One's private collection that he hadn't touched yet. Instantly, the space of the entire room began to flip over automatically, like a set of building blocks.
The Ancient One's private bookshelf appeared directly in front of Zhou Ye. It wasn't the bookshelf that was moving, but the space where the bookshelf was located... Zhou Ye could already easily warp reality with magic.
Picking up the [Book of Cagliostro], Zhou Ye sat down again. Of course, he didn't forget to take the Eye of Agamotto into his possession. That was the Time Stone among the Infinity Stones, and he had no reason to leave this thing for Doctor Strange.
When the sky brightened—
Zhou Ye could already easily use time magic... but he wasn't satisfied with the appearance of the Time Stone—or rather, he wasn't satisfied with the design of the Eye of Agamotto.
If he wore all six Infinity Stones on his person, unless he used the Infinity Gauntlet, Zhou Ye would have to wear six necklace-like things... Just imagining the image of his neck covered in necklaces gave Zhou Ye a headache...
However, after Zhou Ye had searched through all the books here, he couldn't find a method to solve this problem. He couldn't help but close his eyes and fall into deep thought...
"You seem to have encountered some difficulties!" A voice came over. Zhou Ye opened his eyes and saw that it was the Ancient One. By this time, the sky had already brightened...
"It's nothing..." Zhou Ye said, shaking the Eye of Agamotto in his hand. "I think this thing is too ugly, and I'm wondering how to keep it from being exposed while still being able to use its power..."
"..." The Ancient One was speechless for a moment. A guest was holding the host's item and saying to the host, 'I think this thing is good, but it's just a little ugly. I'm thinking about how to wear it on my body so that it's both useful and beautiful.' "How do I remember that artifact being mine?"
"Whatever..." Zhou Ye waved the Eye of Agamotto casually and said, "Do you still want this thing? If you don't want it, just give it to me..."
"..." The Ancient One didn't know whether she should be angry or amused. However, she really didn't plan to keep this artifact anymore, and giving it to Zhou Ye wasn't a big deal.
After all, with the help of time magic and the Eye of Agamotto, she had seen too much of the future. If life was always predictable, it would seem very boring...
"Alright, since this artifact has chosen you, giving it to you isn't a big deal!" The Ancient One said, waving her hand. A small portal opened, and she reached in and quickly took out a book, then tossed it to Zhou Ye. "I think you might find a solution in this book!"
"[Soul Forging Art]?" Zhou Ye picked up the book and looked at the cover, then looked at the Ancient One curiously and asked, "What is this method?"
"When I once traveled the multiverse, I encountered a strange race in a vibrant universe. This race's souls were naturally very powerful. They didn't care about the continuation of the physical body, which was just an external object to them. However, they had very strict protective measures for their souls..."
As she spoke, the Ancient One opened another portal and took out a set of tea utensils, placing them directly on Zhou Ye's desk and starting to brew tea. "They have a strange spell that can forge soul equipment. This equipment is worn directly on their souls and can protect their souls from external harm. I think this soul forging art might give you some inspiration!"
"That's really great, thank you!" Zhou Ye said, opening the Soul Forging Art. The text inside had already been translated into English by the Ancient One, otherwise Zhou Ye really wouldn't be able to understand those hieroglyphic-like things...
Soon, Zhou Ye was completely engrossed in the soul forging art of this soul race, and he didn't even notice the tea that the Ancient One handed him.
When Zhou Ye looked up again, the Ancient One had already drunk three pots of tea...
"How is it? Has it been of any help to you?" The Ancient One asked curiously.
"It's been a great help!" Zhou Ye said, picking up the cold tea in front of him and drinking it all in one gulp. "Now I don't have to wear six necklaces anymore..."
Saying this, Zhou Ye stilled his mind and activated Astral Projection, which was basically soul separation.
"That's too rash!" The Ancient One saw Zhou Ye's actions and hurriedly used Astral Projection to release her soul as well. "Do you know that this is very dangerous...?"
"It's okay, you're here, aren't you?" Zhou Ye said, gently picking up the Eye of Agamotto on the table. As expected, he could pick it up, which meant that the Time Stone could also be forged into a soul artifact... This discovery made Zhou Ye even happier.
Zhou Ye returned to his body again, then picked up the Eye of Agamotto and used force to crush the outer shell that encased the Time Stone... Then, he entered a soul state again.
"..." The Ancient One was rendered speechless by Zhou Ye's actions. What was this guy doing? Going back and forth... What was his body? A city gate?
At this moment, Zhou Ye solemnly began to chant a series of ancient and desolate syllables. These syllables seemed to represent the most fundamental power of the soul world, and the entire soul space vibrated with Zhou Ye's chanting. These obscure syllables caused his soul to emit a dazzling light...
"Stop, are you crazy?" The Ancient One's expression changed drastically when she heard the syllables Zhou Ye chanted. She shouted, "Don't you know this is the Soul Clan's ritual for forging Supreme Soul Artifacts? Without protection, the success rate is less than one percent! Even with soul protection, the success rate is only twenty percent! Stop now!"
Zhou Ye ignored the Ancient One's words. For him, one percent and twenty percent were no different, since both were less than one hundred percent. Besides, he couldn't stop now anyway. Damn it, may the birds face upwards, may I never die, I'll risk it.
Zhou Ye accelerated the speed of his chanting again. As he chanted, streams of deep soul power flew over from all directions of the soul space. Along with these streams of soul power, there were also some extremely ugly wraiths... In the eyes of those wraiths, Zhou Ye was like a ginseng fruit at this moment, and they couldn't wait to enjoy the feast...
"Damn it!" The Ancient One cursed for the first time. She couldn't care about anything else. With a shake of her hands, two circular magic fans appeared in her hands, and she was ready to fight those wraiths.
However, what happened next surprised her—
Just as those wraiths were about to pounce on Zhou Ye, two red lights appeared out of nowhere and circled Zhou Ye once—those wraiths were reduced to ashes...
It was Zhou Ye's two killing god weapons automatically protecting their master. They were the experts at dealing with these wraiths...
"This guy..." The Ancient One finally relaxed a little, but she still guarded Zhou Ye's spiritual body, not daring to slack off.
At this moment, Zhou Ye was wholeheartedly focused on forging his soul artifact, and everything outside was irrelevant to him...
As Zhou Ye's voice became more and more urgent, a circular red magic array appeared on Zhou Ye's back, directly branded into his soul.
Zhou Ye endured the pain that went straight to his soul and recited all the prayers. He clasped his hands together... Instantly, the entire magic array began to slowly rotate, and Zhou Ye breathed a sigh of relief at this moment... The Supreme Soul Artifact was completed...
Of course, there was one last step to take. Thinking of this, Zhou Ye used his last strength to throw the Time Stone behind him. As the green Time Stone slowly fell, the soul artifact behind Zhou Ye emitted a suction force, pulling the Time Stone over and placing it on one of the six circular open spaces on the edge of the magic array...
The soul artifact array that had absorbed the Time Stone instantly emitted a green light, and then disappeared into Zhou Ye's spiritual body along with the Time Stone...
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As the forging of the soul artifact was completed, the wraiths that had been attracted by the strong soul fluctuations slowly disappeared...
The Ancient One wiped the sweat from her forehead at this moment. Today was really too exciting... And this audacious guy actually dared to forge a Supreme Soul Artifact without any protective magic array, and he actually succeeded...!
The Ancient One couldn't help but want to ask this guy, are you the illegitimate son of the legendary cosmic god? How else could you have succeeded?
"Help me..." A slightly weak voice came, startling the Ancient One. She couldn't help but look and almost laughed out loud.
Zhou Ye, at this moment, was completely slumped on the ground like a pile of mud, looking half-dead...
There was no other way. After all, even the best of the Soul Clan needed several people to work together to forge a Supreme Soul Artifact. Zhou Ye's soul hadn't collapsed at this moment thanks to his unusually powerful soul...
"..." The Ancient One hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she couldn't stand Zhou Ye's pitiful gaze, like a stray puppy, and placed her hand on his spiritual body's forehead, gently touching it. "I hope you can learn a lesson next time and not act so recklessly..."
"Mm-hmm!" With the Ancient One's touch, Zhou Ye instantly felt dizzy, and then his soul returned to his body.
He had returned, yes, but the damage to his soul wasn't so easily repaired. Even after returning to his original body, Zhou Ye could only collapse onto the table, unable to move...
"Now do you understand? Just how dangerous the world of magic truly is!" Gu Yi said, grabbing Zhou Ye with one hand and putting the other on his shoulder, helping him up and guiding him towards the guest room where he was staying...
"Yeah, is there any way to quickly recover from my injuries?" Zhou Ye asked, nodding in agreement.
"No, you should just honestly rest for a few days!" Gu Yi retorted, rolling her eyes at him, directly cutting off his hopes...
After sending Zhou Ye into the guest room and placing him on the wooden couch, Gu Yi said, "Just obediently lie down and rest these next few days; it will only do you good and no harm..."
"Is there really no way to quickly recover the soul?" Zhou Ye was still somewhat unwilling to give up.
"No!" Gu Yi said, pushing the door open and leaving Zhou Ye's room...
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Zhou Ye helplessly looked at the empty room. He originally wanted to contact his women and casually call a couple over to serve him, but after thinking about it, Zhou Ye abandoned the idea.
After all, if one woman knows, then all his women will know... and then, this place will probably be packed full...
As for lying on the couch and resting for a few days? Zhou Ye hadn't even considered it... He began to recall all the things he had scavenged... which of them could he use?
Healing injuries? ... That's right, to heal injuries, one naturally needs the golden pills of the Supreme Lord Lao... Thinking of this, Zhou Ye tremblingly raised his right hand, then took a few golden pills from his bracelet, and like eating candy beans, he stuffed them all into his mouth, chewed them up, and swallowed them down.
As the golden pills entered his stomach, Zhou Ye felt a cool sensation washing over him from head to toe, and he immediately felt much more relaxed...
"It's working!" Zhou Ye's eyes lit up with joy, and he grabbed another handful of golden pills, throwing them into his mouth one by one.
After thirty golden pills entered his stomach, Zhou Ye knew he couldn't eat any more, and a feeling of fullness made him not want to eat anymore...
Lying on the couch, Zhou Ye still felt a little uncomfortable at the moment, but he could already move freely, which was many times better than the dog-like state he was in at the beginning.
He closed his eyes and began to take stock of his gains from yesterday to today, two days and one night.
He had basically learned all those spells, and all that was lacking was a little bit of proficiency. Although his soul was injured this time when forging the Supreme Soul Artifact, fortunately, the Soul Artifact had been successfully forged, and he wouldn't have to go through this again to obtain the Infinity Stones in the future. He could just throw them into the Soul Array...
So, the suffering this time was worth it.
In the remaining time, Zhou Ye planned to spar with the Ancient One more often when he had nothing to do. Although Zhou Ye had read all the magic books, he didn't think that his magical attainments at the moment had surpassed the Ancient One...
At most, he had the advantage of having a strong mental power, which allowed him to easily cast various large-scale spells, but when it came to the true understanding of various magics, Zhou Ye admitted that he was still far behind the Ancient One.
So Zhou Ye planned to spend a few months polishing his magic——
Just as Zhou Ye was planning his itinerary for the next few months, his door was opened, and the Ancient One, carrying a tray of food, came in.
"How did you sit up?" The Ancient One looked at Zhou Ye sitting on the couch and asked in surprise. She knew that when she helped Zhou Ye back, Zhou Ye was completely like a puddle of mud. Let alone sitting up, it was difficult to move his arm even slightly.
"Uh, I don't know either. Anyway, not long after you left, I felt much better. Maybe the trauma to my soul wasn't that great!" That's all Zhou Ye could say, otherwise, tell her? That he recovered so quickly because he ate the holy medicine for healing that he stole from another world?
Although Zhou Ye's skin was thick, it wasn't that thick, so he could only attribute it to the reason that the injury wasn't as serious as it looked.
"Okay, maybe Eternals are perverted..." The Ancient One didn't believe Zhou Ye's nonsense. She, who was proficient in astral projection, had also suffered soul trauma, which was not so easy to recover from.
Especially Zhou Ye's situation. According to the most optimistic estimate of the Ancient One, it would take at least a year or so to fully recover, but now it seems that this guy probably only needs about a month or so to recover to his original state...
However, since Zhou Ye was unwilling to say, she wouldn't get to the bottom of it: "Alright, since you're already better, then get up and eat!"
"Oh!" Zhou Ye walked down the wooden couch and frowned when he saw the food on the tray. "Do I have to drink this dark porridge for lunch?"
Zhou Ye hated drinking porridge the most... For him, who loved meat, drinking porridge was just fooling his stomach, simply a synonym for a watery meal.
"This is a porridge made from Star Soul Grass, which is good for your injury!" The Ancient One said lightly: "Also, you will have this kind of porridge for all three meals these days!"
"...Can I not drink it?" Zhou Ye asked with a bitter face.
"Obviously!" The Ancient One glanced at Zhou Ye and said, "No!"
"Okay, okay..." Zhou Ye reluctantly picked up the porridge and, like drinking herbal medicine, pinched his nose and gulped it down in one breath...
But to be honest, the porridge wasn't as bad as Zhou Ye had imagined. It had a slight sweetness to it, and it felt okay...
After eating lunch, Zhou Ye sat on the wooden couch and began to discuss the problems he encountered in the magic books with the Ancient One. The two answered one by one, which seemed to create a bit of a harmonious atmosphere...
Many of Zhou Ye's questions were not problems in the eyes of the Ancient One, and many times, a word from Zhou Ye could bring some new ideas to the Ancient One...
With the Ancient One's explanation, Zhou Ye's magical attainments were rapidly improving. He now had a strong mental power [magic value], and he had received careful guidance and teaching [skills] from the Ancient One. All that he lacked was practice [proficiency].
It was just that the Ancient One had been using the excuse that his soul trauma had not completely healed to prevent him from practicing magic, so he was still a small rookie mage with theory and strength, but no practice...
Until a month later, when the Ancient One announced that Zhou Ye's soul trauma had completely recovered, he couldn't wait to pull the Ancient One into the Mirror Dimension. He had been waiting for this day for a long time...
Chapter 385
—Mirror World—New York—
This is New York, but it is not New York.
This is New York's
Mirror Space, where everything that violates the laws of physics is reasonable, such as the Empire State Building hanging upside down in the sky, and streets like geological faults.
Maybe you will see a car suddenly drive out of the ground, maybe you will see the sky and the earth upside down, maybe you will see an overpass like a spider web in the sky... Don't worry, this is not because the US government has discovered alien technology and achieved a breakthrough in their black technology, because this is not the real world at all.
In this world, everything in New York is a toy in the hands of Zhou Ye and the Ancient One, allowing them to knead it into any shape...
The entire New York is like a Rubik's Cube in the hands of a giant, changing its appearance every now and then, but in the end, New York becomes a super-large cube with countless faults...
"Okay, I admit that my mental power is far inferior to yours when it comes to interfering with reality..." The Ancient One, standing at a corner of the cube, sighed helplessly and said, "It seems that the speed of your progress has greatly exceeded my expectations... Now, in terms of pure skill, you are almost surpassing me!"
Interfering with space is a means for mages to use their magic power to guide space to produce changes. This means is generally used by them to create a battlefield that is beneficial to themselves, laying a good foundation for winning the battle.
Before the war, they agreed on a shape that each of them would change the battlefield into. The Ancient One chose to maintain the original shape, while Zhou Ye chose a super-large cube.
But obviously, in the competition between the two, the Ancient One lost out. This was the eighty-seventh test between the two——
The Ancient One watched Zhou Ye grow up step by step.
From the beginning, the Ancient One could easily make everything Zhou Ye did useless by using some small tricks.
To the later Ancient One having to fully respond in order to prevent Zhou Ye from seizing the initiative on the battlefield.
Then to the later two being evenly matched, neither could do anything to the other.
And then to now, even if the Ancient One tried her best to stop him, she could not change Zhou Ye from taking the initiative on the battlefield.
Such a reversal of victory and defeat only took a little more than a month... The Ancient One had to admit that there are some people who are born to be the darlings of magic, and they understand magic far faster than others, and Zhou Ye is this kind of person.
At the beginning, he was only accustomed to using his huge mental power to overwhelm people with force, and later he slowly learned to use force to break skill, and then to use skill to break skill. The Ancient One had to admit that the current Zhou Ye was no longer inferior to himself in terms of skill.
"Now, can we start combat drills?" Zhou Ye, wearing a white robe, floated in mid-air and asked with a smile. He had been looking forward to combat drills for a long time, and for this, he had specially prepared some small surprises for the Ancient One...
"It's time to start combat drills!" The Ancient One nodded and said: "Then you have to be careful...!"
"I'm ready, come on!" Zhou Ye said, waving his hand, and the city of New York, which was folded into a cube, quickly returned to its original state with bursts of rumbling, but after returning to its original state, New York did not stop. Those high-rise buildings were flattened like building blocks, and all the tall buildings became the foundation stones of a huge arena.
And at this moment, Zhou Ye was stepping on the glass window of a skyscraper.
"Are you sure that such an environment is beneficial to you?" The Ancient One looked at New York, which had become a vast arena, and asked: "Aren't you going to create some pressure for your opponent? Such as crushing gears or something..."
"No need..." Zhou Ye said with a smile: "My magic doesn't need to be so laborious... Come on!"
"Then... I'm going to start!" The Ancient One said, shaking her body, and tapped her feet in the air a few times. Each time she tapped, a circular magic array would appear. With each magic array her toes stepped on, her figure seemed to be a bit faster. In the end, the Ancient One's speed was so fast that she brought out a trail of afterimages...
"I really don't understand why you mages of this school like hand-to-hand combat so much!" Zhou Ye said, raising his foot and gently tapping the ground. Suddenly, hundreds of golden circular magic formulas appeared on the ground, and at this moment, the Ancient One happened to be flying over a magic array.
Zhou Ye smiled slightly: "You wouldn't lose to me in the first combat drill, would you!"
As Zhou Ye spoke, all the golden magic formations on the ground simultaneously erupted with a pillar of light, each with a diameter of one meter, soaring towards the heavens…
At that moment, the sun in the sky seemed to dim a bit, and only the dazzling brilliance emitted by the hundreds of towering golden pillars filled people's eyes.
"…" Gu Yi barely managed to tiptoe in mid-air to avoid the pillar of light that shot out from under her feet, looking at the pillars of light that filled a one-kilometer radius… she was a little speechless.
At this moment, she was even a little jealous of Zhou Ye, that damned guy. This guy was not afraid of magic depletion at all. Other mages had to abandon the dignity of a mage and engage in hand-to-hand combat in order to avoid becoming a dud after casting only two spells. But what about this guy? His one shot was probably the sum of all the magic power of other mages.
"Big spender…" Gu Yi had learned a lot of languages from Zhou Ye, and this sentence was the one she used most often, because she used it to describe Zhou Ye. Compared to her own weak magic power, Zhou Ye's magic power was simply like a vast ocean… it was really enviable.
Although shocked by Zhou Ye's unreserved output of magic power, Gu Yi was not someone who would easily admit defeat. "Let me teach you what is called useless effort, and let you know what it means to accomplish great things with little strength!"
As Gu Yi spoke, she gently stomped her foot, and suddenly the entire ground surged like a wave, and the magic formations relying on the ground naturally collapsed without being attacked…
"Oh, sure enough, arranging magic formations relying on the ground is not a good choice?" Zhou Ye looked at his formations being easily broken and said dejectedly.
But soon, he smiled slightly again, "Then how about this?"
"Snap!" Zhou Ye gently snapped his fingers, and countless circular golden magic formations with a diameter of about one meter appeared out of thin air in the sky behind him. Zhou Ye pointed in the direction of Gu Yi and said, "King's Treasury, open!"
As Zhou Ye's voice fell, the golden magic formations behind him began to emit dazzling light, and then, countless golden rays of light gushed out from the magic formations, shooting towards Gu Yi.
"I hate practicing with you guys who have endless magic power the most!" Gu Yi complained, tapping her feet repeatedly to avoid the attack of hundreds of golden rays of light. The place where she had just stood was like being covered and shot by countless rocket launchers, and the ground was blasted down by more than ten meters…
Gu Yi was also in a burst of anger. Zhou Ye, this guy, didn't take the usual path, using the banner of bullying her by fighting her in close combat, and here he was using long-range magic formations to bombard her like crazy. Could it be that relying on his strong magic power to use long-range covering fire on her didn't count as bullying her? This guy…
Gu Yi didn't speak anymore. She had already decided to exhaust Zhou Ye's magic power before going up to teach him a lesson… because Zhou Ye had once said that if she got close, she could hit him as she pleased, and he would never fight back, so Gu Yi could only do this…
Chapter 386
An hour passed… Zhou Ye's firepower was still fierce—
Two hours passed… Zhou Ye's magic power was still abundant—
Ten hours passed… Zhou Ye—there were signs of magic power exhaustion. After all, using long-range formations on such a large scale was also a very magic-consuming thing.
Just when Gu Yi saw the hope of winning and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, Zhou Ye did something that almost made Gu Yi collapse…
Zhou Ye gently tapped his glabella, and then a huge circular magic formation with a diameter of two meters appeared behind him. On that circular formation, a dazzling green gem was embedded in one of its nodes.
Then, the green gem flowed with the formation, reaching the very center of the entire formation, and then the entire formation began to rotate counterclockwise…
Seeing this scene, Gu Yi shouted in despair: "Zhou Ye, you're cheating…"
"You didn't say I couldn't use time magic!" Zhou Ye's body returned to the state it was ten hours ago, his magic power was fully restored, and his mental power was overflowing again—[True Time Reversal Technique]
"Okay, I admit defeat…" Gu Yi was really out of strength. Zhou Ye's long-range magic formations were getting more and more skillful. Sometimes the place where he placed the formations was unimaginable. Maybe when you jumped up to avoid the magic formations on the ground, there was already a magic formation ready to launch on the top of your head. Gu Yi was tired, both physically and mentally exhausted…
In addition, with the blessing of the Time Stone, Zhou Ye's magic power can be said to be endless… He is basically invincible…
"Then can I get my little bet?" Zhou Ye smiled.
"Okay, make your request!" Gu Yi sat on the ground, she already felt powerless. There was no way, anyone who had been mentally tense for ten hours, and had to keep an eye on all directions and listen to all directions, always be careful of magical attacks set up from strange places, would be like her.
"There is no big request!" Zhou Ye smiled extremely… uh,… malicious… that's probably how to describe it, it should be right.
"What do you want to do?" Gu Yi had already suffered a few small losses, and had to look at Zhou Ye cautiously and asked: "You say it first, and then I will say whether to agree!"
"Okay, according to the rules, I guarantee that I will not make conditions that endanger life, deliberately harm the other party, or make the other party feel insulted!" Zhou Ye said, gently pointing his finger, and a small golden formation appeared on his fingertip. "It's just a small hair growth formation… Actually, I just want to see what you look like with hair!"
"…" Gu Yi was silent for a while, and after a long time, she nodded almost imperceptibly.
"That's great…" Zhou Ye said, gently releasing the formation on Gu Yi's head. Soon, golden long hair grew on the top of Gu Yi's head…
"Sure enough, it's exactly the same as I imagined!" Zhou Ye looked at Gu Yi with her hair grown out, and said with a smile: "Very queen-like!"
"…" Gu Yi didn't speak, but gently patted the ground, and the entire space was immediately inverted. Zhou Ye fell down unprepared, and when he stabilized himself, Gu Yi had already opened a portal and walked out, saying as she walked out: "You should reflect on how much magic power you have wasted in the Mirror Dimension!"
"…" Zhou Ye looked at the portal that had already been closed, and curled his lips slightly. This girl was shy…
But that's okay, give her some time to be alone. Thinking of this, he waved his hand, and with a burst of disordered flow, the New York City in the entire Mirror Dimension returned to its normal appearance.
Zhou Ye walked on the streets of Mirror New York. This feeling of being ignored was quite novel. In fact, he hadn't experienced the feeling of strolling on the street for a long time, because too many nymphomaniac women would chase after him, so he could only give up this activity that he didn't like very much.
It feels pretty good to just stroll around occasionally.
It's not that he doesn't want to go back… it's really because—uh, there are no Sling Rings…
Without Sling Rings, you can't cast portals, which is really a sad story.
So he can only wait for Gu Yi to come and pick him up…
As for what to do now? Zhou Ye looked at the streets that were already brightly lit, of course he was going to find some fun for himself…
What did you say? The Mirror Dimension can't interfere with reality, how to find fun for yourself? Then you are really too young, too simple…
There was one thing that Zhou Ye had wanted to do for a long time, but had never had the opportunity to do… that is, hehe hehe… old drivers don't say it clearly, you all understand.
"Huh, this girl is not bad!" Zhou Ye had already found a target… and followed her leisurely. That girl didn't know at all, or rather, she couldn't feel what was happening in the Mirror World in the real world…
After she returned home, she habitually began to take off her clothes, preparing to take a bath… For her, taking a hot bath after a busy day was the best way to relieve fatigue…
Zhou Ye sat on the sofa, watching her take off her clothes…
When he saw the inner world of the girl in front of him, Zhou Ye curled his lips in disgust and walked out of the room. "Tch, it's so small, it turns out that the women of this era have also begun to learn to disguise themselves… This makes us men feel so embarrassed… Could it be that we have to take her to a beach bath first before deciding whether to be with her in the future?"
Zhou Ye walked out of the girl's room while complaining… He was now starting to think about whether he should go to Neon to take a look? After all, Europeans and Americans like to shower, so they don't have such loving buildings as public bathhouses…
But soon he didn't have to worry about it, because a portal with sparks appeared in front of him, and Gu Yi's voice came from there. "Come out quickly, we're going to eat soon…"
"Oh oh!" Zhou Ye smiled and rushed into the portal.
As soon as he walked out of the portal, what caught his eye was Gu Yi's living room. A relatively rich dinner was placed on the low table in the living room…
"Huh, what day is it today, dinner is so rich?" Zhou Ye sat down and started to eat without any politeness.
In fact, according to the outside time, this meal should be considered lunch, but Zhou Ye had been in the Mirror Dimension for almost ten hours, so he didn't care about lunch or dinner, he would eat it first.
"…" Hearing Zhou Ye's question, Gu Yi hesitated, but in the end she decided to say it: "I have nothing to teach you… You should leave!"
"Are you chasing me away?" Zhou Ye raised his head and glanced at Gu Yi, making Gu Yi couldn't help but turn her face aside, looking like she didn't dare to look Zhou Ye in the eye.
"No… actually, I… I just…" Gu Yi didn't know what to say. She knew her heart was in turmoil, and the source of that turmoil was the man before her.
"Alright…" Zhou Ye didn't say anything more either, just silently eating his dinner. Heartbroken? Not at all. Angry? Rather than angry, it was more like feeling down. Of course, Zhou Ye didn't intend to give up. A several-hundred-year-old virgin like her… changing her ways overnight wouldn't be easy.
Chapter 387
After dinner, Gu Yi silently escorted Zhou Ye to the depths of the library—
Here, there were teleportation gates connecting to the three major Sanctums, and Zhou Ye finally understood why he couldn't find the location of the Sanctums…
The spell on the window above the temple has a 'stay away' function, meaning that non-mages can't even see these temples...
"I'm leaving. Do you have anything to say to me?" Zhou Ye stood at the entrance of the London Temple, looking at Ancient One as if he were saying goodbye to an old friend.
"Take care!" Ancient One hesitated for a moment, then said these two words and stopped speaking.
"Well—goodbye. I'll come to play with you when I have time!" Zhou Ye said meaningfully before turning and walking into the portal to the New York Temple.
Watching Zhou Ye leave... Ancient One felt as if all the strength in her body had been drained. She sat casually on a stool prepared for mages studying in the library, her heart in a mess.
"What's wrong with me?" Ancient One asked herself. She didn't know... why she felt a surge of anger, an anger that made her want to beat Zhou Ye up, when Zhou Ye said goodbye as she wished. Why didn't he shamelessly stay here? Why are you being such a gentleman at this time? Letting you leave?
"I'm really crazy..." Ancient One chuckled self-deprecatingly, then put on her hood, hid her face, and walked out of the library...
Meditating in her own quiet room, Ancient One found that she couldn't calm down no matter what. Whenever she closed her eyes, the figure of someone she hated would flash before her eyes.
"Hoo——!" Sighing, Ancient One opened her eyes, stood up, and walked outside...
It was afternoon class time, and the students practicing in the yard were practicing their spellcasting gestures—
"Supreme One, I always get this spell wrong no matter what!" A student who had successfully advanced to become a mage took a spellbook and asked Ancient One for guidance.
"It's very simple..." Ancient One patiently explained the key points of spellcasting once, but the mage still couldn't grasp the key points.
"Why are you so stupid? Zhou Ye saw the key points of spellcasting at a glance. Why can't you learn it no matter how much I teach you?" Ancient One finally couldn't help but explode when she was teaching for the third time.
Ancient One's outburst terrified the student, who widened her eyes in horror. She couldn't understand why the usually patient Ancient One would be so irritable.
"I'm sorry... I'm not feeling well today, so today's explanation will end here!" Ancient One also realized that she was acting inappropriately, hastily returned the spellbook to the student, and turned to leave.
Ancient One's footsteps unconsciously led her to the guest room where Zhou Ye had once lived. She pushed open the door and walked in...
The furnishings here were still luxurious. Zhou Ye didn't take anything away...
"How long has it been? I thought I had forgotten this feeling of things changing and people remaining the same a long time ago?" Ancient One lay lazily on Zhou Ye's wooden couch, talking to herself.
Immortality—to some people, wow, what a cool ability, wow, what a great ability... But when you watch your friends and family leave you one by one, that feeling... lets you know the ruthlessness of time and the impermanence of fate.
At that time, immortality is not a blessing, but more like a curse... a curse of eternal loneliness...
Ancient One had experienced this feeling before. She originally thought she had forgotten it, but today, Zhou Ye's departure made her experience this feeling she hated once again.
Unbeknownst to when—Ancient One fell into a deep sleep on the wooden couch that once belonged to Zhou Ye—
On the other side, after Zhou Ye arrived at the New York Temple through the portal, he greeted the black mage guarding the temple. "Yo, Mage George!"
"Hello, Mage Zhou Ye!" George greeted Zhou Ye and asked curiously, "Didn't you just come here with Ancient One this morning? Why are you back now?"
"Uh, we came to the New York Mirror Dimension to practice magic that time!" Zhou Ye said with a smile, "This time I'm going home. Okay, I won't chat with you anymore. I should go back, otherwise my family will worry!"
"Okay, goodbye, Mage Zhou Ye!" George nodded with a smile.
"We'll see each other again soon..." Zhou Ye said, leaving the New York Temple with a smile that puzzled George.
But soon, George knew what Zhou Ye meant by "We'll see each other again soon—!"...
The next day—
"Oh. Good heavens, Mage Zhou Ye, don't you have to go to work?" George asked, looking at the guy who had just knocked open his door at eight o'clock, disturbing his meditation.
"Didn't I tell you? I'm a rich man!" Zhou Ye said with a smile, walking towards the portal to Kamar-Taj. "See you later, George!"
"Okay..." George curled his lips helplessly, "Hopefully this time it won't really be just 'later'!"
Zhou Ye, who walked into Kamar-Taj through the portal, strolled towards Ancient One's residence... Along the way, many female mages greeted Zhou Ye happily. After all, being handsome gives you a popularity bonus.
"Mage Zhou Ye, are you going to find Ancient One?" One of the female mages in charge of managing the guest rooms asked.
"Yes, that's right. I have some things I want to ask Ancient One for guidance!" Zhou Ye said with a smile.
"Then you won't find her at Ancient One's residence!" Saying that, the female mage mysteriously leaned close to Zhou Ye's ear and said, "Ancient One should still be resting in your guest room at this time..."
"Oh? Is that so?
Then I'm really saving trouble!" Zhou Ye said, turning and leaving, completely ignoring the female mage's gossipy expression... Just kidding, what do you want me to tell you?
With light steps, Zhou Ye came to the guest room where he had once lived, took out the key and opened the door—
"..." A young woman with long golden hair was lying on his bed—Only then did Zhou Ye realize that he said he remembered that after he transferred time, Ancient One's physiological age should return to what she looked like when she was twenty-five years old. Why does she still look so old? It turns out it's because she cast an illusion.
But now, the sleeping Ancient One doesn't have time to continue maintaining her illusion...
"Zhou Ye—...you're just a... bastard!" Even in her sleep, Ancient One still didn't forget to scold Zhou Ye to vent her anger...
"Okay, I admit I'm a bastard!" Zhou Ye said, taking off his clothes and jumping onto the wooden couch...
A pair of demonic hands reached towards a certain secret place...
When Ancient One woke up in shock, she was already being honest with Zhou Ye... "Zhou Ye? Am I not dreaming...?"
"Well—probably not, but to confirm, we'll know if we do a little experiment!" Zhou Ye said, moving his waist—
Ancient One cried out in pain. She felt that there was something more in her body. "...Be gentle!"
"Well, I'll be gentle..."
A faint sound came from Ancient One's mouth... The century-old iron tree has finally bloomed...
Chapter 388
Within Belarus—in the Malinagorka Forest.
There is a base here that is like a military restricted zone. In this base, there are no important scientific research institutions, nor are there any secret military factories. There are only a few five- or six-story buildings that are like living areas.
This place looks more like a school than a military base. However, the barbed wire and bunkers that are all over the outside of the wall make it clear at a glance that this is a heavily guarded military base.
In this military base, a badge like a sea monster is hung high in the most prominent part of the building.
And Dottie Underwood... uh no, that's not her name. That's just the name she's currently using... As an agent who is about to graduate, Dottie is lying quietly on a couch, waiting for the final graduation procedure...
The so-called final graduation procedure is to have their bodies taken away by the instructors. This is a tradition of the school, and she has no way to resist it.
Although her hands are handcuffed to the head of the bed, given the training she has received, she has dozens of ways to easily get rid of this shackle in just a few seconds, but for now, she doesn't want to remove her handcuffs, because only when she wears handcuffs can she sleep peacefully.
For her, handcuffs are not so much a shackle as a spiritual comfort.
There is also a girl next to her who is the same as her. She knows her name, Dorothy Underwood. But Dottie doesn't have the slightest desire to talk to her. Ever since she killed her closest friend, who shared food with her, at the behest of an instructor when she was ten years old.
Dottie knew one thing: here, if you want to avoid hurting others and not be hurt by others, then she must learn to keep her distance from others...
This is an empty room, and all that is in here are two large couches placed in the middle of the room...
Perhaps because girls often scream in pain when they lose their virginity, the soundproofing here is quite good...
At least, the outside is already in chaos, but the two girls waiting for their special graduation ceremony are still completely unaware.
Time rewind fifteen minutes — — — — — —
Peace reigned in the base, at least that's what the guards patrolling with guns thought, but soon this peace was broken.
A circular space gate, like a rapidly rotating grinding wheel, emitting golden sparks, opened out of nowhere in front of the patrolling guards.
"Who's there? Come out..." These well-trained soldiers immediately dispersed and pointed the guns in their hands at the strange circular gate, the leading soldier shouted.
"I don't like this welcoming ceremony at all!"
Along with the voice, a person wearing a strange white robe walked out. The robe was exceptionally gorgeous, and the voice sounded like a young man.
"Put your hands up, let me see your hands, or I'll shoot!" The soldier shouted loudly, pointing the gun at the man's head.
"That's why I still prefer Chinese. Saying such a long sentence in Russian without suffocating to death means you're well-trained!" The stranger in the white robe complained in Russian while gently tapping his heel...
"You bastard, what are you..." Before the soldier could finish his words, the entire person was blasted into ashes by a magic formula that appeared silently under his feet—leaving absolutely no trace of existence.
Of course, the patrol captain who shouted didn't leave alone, because at the same moment, all the patrol members around him, like him, completely disappeared from this world. Maybe they will reunite in another world, who knows?
After all the threats were cleared, the person walked forward a few steps, clearing the entrance of the Anywhere Door. Soon, teams of slender girls wearing black and white maid outfits walked out. They were tall, fashionable, but... they all wore a silver mask, a silver mask that covered the upper half of their faces.
"Master, I told you, you should have let me lead the charge!" A maid wearing a mask, but with a small seal character 'Yin' engraved on the center of her brow, Jiao·Voice complained: "If you handle even these Miscellaneous Soldiers, then what's the point of our Yin Division maids existing?"
"Cough cough—just a momentary itch!" The man in the white robe coughed awkwardly twice and said: "You also know, Yin Yin, haven't I just changed my job to become a Grand Mage? I was just excited to see something new, never again, definitely never again!"
"Hee hee..." Seeing their master's embarrassed appearance, the maids couldn't help but giggle. Their master had no airs, loved them, and although they were master and servants, in fact, they were no different from the master's women. They were willing to dedicate everything to their master.
"Alright, sisters, stop laughing!" The maid named Yin Yin said: "Purple, same as usual, you mark down all the threat targets in the base..."
This maid was obviously very authoritative among the maids. At her command, all the maids became serious. A maid with long purple hair walked out and stood beside Yin Yin.
Her eyes instantly turned completely white. She stared intently and scanned the entire base, then touched her brow, transmitting all the scenes she saw through clairvoyance to the maids' minds.
It was Zhou Ye and his maid corps who had come here. Zhou Ye's recent days had been quite pleasant...
Except that Gu Yi was still unwilling to go back to New York with him, she had agreed to everything else...
So Zhou Ye sometimes appeared at Gu Yi's place, and sometimes he accompanied the women in New York...
It's just that Zhou Ye always felt like he had forgotten something... Until one day, Natasha came back on vacation from the Agent Island, complaining that she was too lonely as the only student on the island, and begged Zhou Ye to recruit more students...
That's when Zhou Ye remembered what he had forgotten... Damn it, the Leviathan's agent school...
Although the Leviathan's agent school only showed one in the TV series, and his agent school was obviously all over the Sue·Union...
But one is also good, it's better than none.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ye came up with a temporary idea, "Girls, let's go smash Leviathan's place..."
This guy simply gathered his maids together, led by the head maid Shangguan Yin Yin, and he directly opened an Anywhere Door, and even arrogantly opened the door directly on the Leviathan agent school's playground—
But speaking of this, Zhou Ye had to admire his foresight. After learning magic, it was much more convenient to lead a team to smash places. He no longer had to call Red Queen to prepare the shuttle, or lock the target location with satellites, so troublesome...
As long as there is a general impression of that place, even if it is seen on TV, he can directly open the Anywhere Door over...
Just as Zhou Ye watched the maids around him teleport out one by one, clearing the targets he had locked on, a voice sounded in his mind. "Master, I've found some fun for you, go quickly, friendly reminder, there will be a little surprise when you go!"
Chapter 389
"Purple?" Zhou Ye looked at the maid who was using her mind power on him and asked curiously: "What is the little surprise?"
"It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you, Master!" Purple said, playfully winking at Zhou Ye, "If it wasn't a surprise,
"People can let you, Master, dispose of them…"
"Then I really should go take a look!" Zhou Ye said with a smile, "Once I get there, I can just say it's not a surprise, then I can dispose of Zi however I want. Just thinking about it makes me a little excited!"
"Master, you're such a bad egg!" Zi's face was instantly covered in blush. Of course, she knew how her master wanted to dispose of her... It was nothing more than unlocking a few more difficult positions. To be honest, she really wanted Zhou Ye to act like a rogue…
No, I can't think about those things anymore… Zi already felt something strange down there. She hurriedly pounced on Zhou Ye's side, gently kissed him, and said, "People are ready anytime… Hurry up and go see the little surprise people prepared for you, Master. Now I have to go meet up with the head maid… See you in a bit, Master, have fun!"
"Okay, be careful…" Zhou Ye kissed Zi back, then smiled and said, "I'll be heartbroken if any of you get hurt!"
"Master has so much heart…" Zi rolled her eyes, complaining about Zhou Ye's philandering, then activated her teleportation ability and left, leaving behind only one sentence. "But a master like this is the most real!"
"Sigh, I got complained about again!" Zhou Ye sighed softly, took off his hood, and revealed his face… Anyway, no one in this base would be left alive.
Men would be—uh, guess?
Little lolis would be sent to Agent Island to receive Umbrella's re-education…
As for the women… they would be brainwashed.
Zhou Ye followed the path Zi left in his mind, heading towards the room she marked with the word 'gift'. Passing a room full of iron bars, he saw that each of the bars had handcuffs on them…
This was both a means of preventing them from escaping and a unique psychological suggestion… suggesting to them that they would never escape Leviathan's control in their lives. Like the handcuffs on their wrists, Leviathan would accompany them for life.
"What a group of pitiful little lolis!" Zhou Ye had no shortage of sympathy. Of course, his sympathy was only effective for women and girls. Men and boys? Heh heh…
"In the future, let the women on Agent Island treat these girls better. Hopefully, there won't be any psychological perverts… That would be terrible!" Zhou Ye said as he walked through the girls' bedrooms towards the top floor.
After all, at this time, those lolis were probably in class, so it was normal for the bedrooms to be empty…
Stepping up the stairs, an old woman with glasses came out and immediately pointed a gun at Zhou Ye. "Who are you? How come I've never seen you here? Don't you know this is a forbidden zone for men?"
"Hmm—a pathetic tool, who grew up and became someone who trains the next generation of tools!" Zhou Ye's eyes were like searchlights that pierced straight into people's hearts, seeing the woman's heart clearly.
"Who exactly are you?" The old woman looked at Zhou Ye in a panic. No one's words had ever given her this feeling. She felt like she was standing naked in the freezing cold in front of this man, and all her secrets were seen through by him.
"Alright, your whole life has been for this base. Now that this base is going to be destroyed, you can be buried with it!" Zhou Ye said, gently pointing his finger. A silent spell appeared under the old woman's feet. As a golden pillar of light spurted out, she didn't even have time to scream before she disappeared…
"As expected, magic is the most high-end choice for acting cool!" Zhou Ye continued towards his target room with his hands behind his back…
At this moment, gunshots were occasionally heard in the base, and then the entire base seemed to explode. Squads of soldiers rushed out from the outer walls, only to turn into corpses…
After all, although they could be called well-trained soldiers, they were really no match for Zhou Ye's out-of-spec maids…
After the X-Men world, Zhou Ye's maid corps had been strengthened at least twice. Once was by adding X-genes to gain the superpowers most suitable for them, and again by strengthening their powers with Apocalypse's abilities, greatly increasing the power of their X-gene superpowers.
To put it bluntly, Zhou Ye only needed to send one maid to raze the entire base to the ground in a few minutes, but thinking of those cute little lolis, Zhou Ye gave up on this idea… The world is big, but the lolis are the biggest…
Following the guidance of the map in his mind, Zhou Ye arrived at the door of a room that looked no different from the other rooms, marked with the word 'surprise'. He grabbed the doorknob and tried to push it, only to find that the door was locked from the inside…
Of course, not to mention a mere iron door, even a nuclear-proof lead door couldn't stop him. Zhou Ye even just pushed it gently, and the iron door was directly forced open by Zhou Ye. The steel lock core had already broken…
"Oh, this really is an unexpected surprise!" Zhou Ye walked into the room and immediately saw two naked bodies lying on the tatami…
Who are you?" Dottie and Dorothy looked at Zhou Ye as he walked in, struggling desperately to unlock the handcuffs on their wrists...
"Hmm—someone who's here to collect a gift!" Zhou Ye said with a smile, closing the door and walking towards the side of the bed... Zhou Ye had never admitted to being some kind of virtuous gentleman. To him, when delicious food is in front of you, not eating it is just being stupid...
As Zhou Ye opened and closed the door, Dottie and Dorothy already heard the sound of gunfire like popping beans and screams coming from outside...
Dottie Underwood looked at the handsome man in front of her. She didn't know if this was another test from the base or if something had really happened to the base...
What choice should she make? Should she seize this opportunity? Get rid of Leviathan?
Dorothy beside her was thinking the same thing. No one is born liking darkness, no one is born a murderer...
But in the end, Dottie decided to take a risk, maybe for the first time, maybe for the last time. After this adventure, maybe she would die, or maybe she would escape this life in the darkness and usher in a bright future...
"I am willing to pay any price... as long as you can help me!" Dottie said, staring intently at Zhou Ye, saying each word clearly: "Help me get rid of this place... Help me get rid of Leviathan..."
Chapter 390
"Interesting..." Zhou Ye pulled a chair over and sat down casually between the two iron cots... He asked, "I can help you get rid of Leviathan, get rid of their control, and even help you live in the sunlight openly, but what can I get?"
"Everything... everything I have!" Dottie said without hesitation.
"Dottie, are you crazy?" Dorothy didn't have Dottie's crazy energy. She was still hesitating whether to seize this opportunity that seemed like a trap, but her companion had already surrendered.
"I'm not crazy. I just don't want to live in darkness for the rest of my life. I just want that kind of life in the bright world..." Dottie shouted.
"But..." Dorothy said hesitantly, "He..."
"He might be deliberately arranged by the base to test our final loyalty, right?" Dottie said, "I don't care anymore. Even if I die, I want to die in the outside world!"
"Dottie, is it?" Zhou Ye said with a smile, looking at the woman with long golden hair. "I am very satisfied with your conditions, then the deal is done, but I have to collect a deposit first. Do you have any problems?"
"Of course not!" Dottie said, looking at the handcuffs on her wrists. "But I think you might need to wait a few minutes!"
"No need for so much trouble!" Zhou Ye said, pointing to the handcuffs on Dottie's hand, directly using telekinesis to pinch off the steel chain at the connecting part of the handcuffs. "Now, is it okay?"
"..." Dottie looked at the handcuffs on her hand that had been cut off as if by the sharpest knife, then looked at Zhou Ye's handsome face, and then walked to Zhou Ye without hesitation, knelt down, unzipped her zipper, released something, and then buried her head down.
From the moment she saw Zhou Ye break the handcuffs, she was even more convinced of her judgment, because the organization would never send someone with such abilities just to test a female agent... She tried hard to recall the key points taught by the teacher in the ooxx class, perfectly displaying all the skills...
Because she already believed that under the protection of this man, she would obtain the long-awaited life in the sun... And this man would also be her master, her master for life.
"Hiss—what a good girl!" Zhou Ye endured the thing under his body, patted Dottie's head and said, "You did a great job, keep it up..."
While Dottie was busy, she looked at Zhou Ye, her eyes full of flattery. Hearing Zhou Ye's praise, she worked even harder...
Zhou Ye moved his gaze to Dorothy's body, "What about you? What's your name? Girl, what kind of exchange conditions do you want?"
"My name is Dorothy... sir!" Dorothy watched Dottie's movements, and her heart was also throbbing. She knew that this might be the only opportunity in her life to get rid of Leviathan. In the end, she also said in a low voice, "I am also willing to pay everything I have... as long as... as long as..."
"The same conditions as Dottie, right?" Zhou Ye said with a smile.
"Yes! Sir!" Dorothy said, her eyes full of anticipation... fearing that she would hear a 'no' from Zhou Ye's mouth.
"Of course, no problem! I have always given preferential treatment to beautiful women!" Zhou Ye said, pointing to Dorothy's handcuffs and silently breaking them. He gestured with his chin at Dottie who was busy, and said, "You know the rules!"
"Yes, sir..." Dorothy said, walking down the iron cot, and then, imitating Dottie, knelt down and started competing with Dottie for business...
An hour later, both women were so tired that their cheeks were sore...
It has to be said that for agents who have received special training, this kind of work is simply beyond words...
Zhou Ye couldn't help it anymore.
He patted the heads of the two women, and then pointed to the iron cot. The two women obediently climbed up and raised their butts...
Zhou Ye galloped again...
Three hours later—
Zhou Ye walked out of the room with two beautiful women wearing mink coats... It's just that the two women walked a little awkwardly. After all, it was their first time, and it was with a guy like Zhou Ye. They were able to walk thanks to their strong willpower from years of training.
At this moment, there was no sound in the entire base. A group of loli, big and small, were gathered on the playground, looking at the maids guarding them with frightened faces.
After all, although they received military training, could shoot guns, and could fight, they were as powerless as kittens that had just turned a month old in the face of these maids with several kinds of abilities.
Moreover, the various incredible abilities displayed by the maids greatly impacted their worldview. It was like someone had told you since you were a child that gods were fake and there were no gods in the world, but occasionally a god appeared in front of you and showed his unparalleled divine power. Wouldn't you also have a feeling that your worldview was collapsing?
"Yo, good harvest!" Zhou Ye walked out of the building with the two women in his arms, smiling and greeting the maids.
"Master, we have killed a total of six hundred and eighty-two soldiers. All the little lolis are here, and they are unharmed..." Yin Yin knew best what her master cared about most, so she simply said the important things.
"Does it match the number you know?" Zhou Ye turned his head and looked at Dottie and Dorothy and asked.
"Well, there are a total of one hundred and twelve instructors and five hundred and seventy soldiers of various levels!" Dottie leaked out the details of the base without hesitation. To her, Zhou Ye was already her biggest umbrella and also her man, her only man.
"Dottie is right!" Dorothy also said.
"Then, the mission is successfully completed, let's go!" Zhou Ye said, opening an Anywhere Door in the surprised eyes of a group of loli. On the other side of the door was the appearance of a tropical island. "Let's go, girls, lolis, a new study life is waiting for you. Of course, don't worry, this time you won't go hungry for not being able to learn the language lessons..."
— — — — Dottie and Dorothy looked at the portal opened by Zhou Ye, and clenched their fists excitedly. They felt again that their choice this time was really not wrong, and they really escaped this hell... this hell called Leviathan.
People with such abilities cannot be resisted by Leviathan. They believed that their bright tomorrow would come soon... Of course, they were also extremely satisfied with Zhou Ye's ability...
While they didn't know it, Zhou Ye had slowly used the Spring Breeze Rain Technique to capture their bodies and minds... In the near future, they would find that they could no longer leave Zhou Ye, and they would do all of Zhou Ye's requests without hesitation...
Of course, it was impossible for Zhou Ye to bring two women who had received spy training by his side so easily. After all, women themselves were already difficult to guess, let alone two women who had come to Zhou Ye's side halfway...
He never thought of himself as a Long Aotian. The kind of thing where women fell in love with him at first sight only happened in novels. In reality, it was still better to add a layer of insurance to be truly prepared...
Zhou Ye opened the Anywhere Door and sent the lolis to Umbrella's agent island for training, and by the way, to accompany Natasha—
Then—Zhou Ye took Dottie and Dorothy and his maids back to his manor in Long Island, New York...
Chapter 391
One year later—
Stark Industries Building—
"Why do I have to attend this damn shareholders meeting for Howard?" Zhou Ye sat unhappily in the chair he had never sat in in the future, complaining dissatisfiedly: "That guy must be enjoying the bodies of European beauties on the European front, while I have to preside over this damn meeting for him?"
"...Mr. Zhou, according to Mr. Stark's latest letter, he is in a laboratory in France, studying a secret medicine all night long, so he doesn't have time to rush back to preside over the shareholders meeting..." Jarvis himself felt a little guilty when he said these words, but there was no way, who told him to have an unreliable owner?
"Mr. Jarvis, your coffee!" A beautiful woman in a women's suit brought coffee and put it in front of Jarvis.
"Thank you, Miss Underwood!" Jarvis thanked the woman, but he didn't dare to look at this beautiful woman too much. This girl was a rose with thorns, extremely prickly.
He had once seen how this girl, in a matter of seconds, made a strong man who tried to flirt with her suffer so much that he regretted his actions.
"You're welcome, Mr. Jarvis!" Dottie smiled slightly, then, holding another cup of coffee, walked towards Zhou Ye. Gently placing the coffee on the table in front of Zhou Ye, she naturally sat on his lap and whispered in Zhou Ye's ear, "Your coffee, Master. Of course, I guarantee it will definitely suit your taste!"
Thank you, baby!" Zhou Ye's depressed mood eased slightly. "Go prepare the meeting materials. You've been here as my personal secretary for almost a year now. I believe you can handle those damn old guys!"
Hearing Zhou Ye's words, Dottie's eyes lit up. She had already guessed what her master wanted to do. The position of CEO of Stark Industries had been vacant for more than a year.
During this time, all major decisions of Stark Industries were handled by Dottie, Zhou Ye's secretary at Stark Industries, who was responsible for transmitting them to a decision-making team within Umbrella. The decision-making team would then reach a conclusion, which Zhou Ye would sign off on before it took effect.
Since following Zhou Ye back to the United States, Dottie had a name to use in the sunlight, a life of her own, a career…
Of course, whether it was her life or career, it revolved around Zhou Ye, but even that was enough for her.
This relaxed and comfortable life made her feel like she was living as a person for the first time, instead of as a tool or a killing machine.
She cherished everything before her, and she was grateful to the man who gave her all of this, her man, Zhou Ye. She couldn't live without the man who controlled her emotions, and she never thought about leaving. Dottie just wanted this simple and fulfilling life to continue.
However, her man's words just now clearly indicated that he intended to hand over all the affairs of Stark Industries to her, making her the CEO of Stark Industries.
Although she knew that in her man's eyes, Stark Industries wasn't even worth a toy to him, she was still very happy because it proved that she had earned her man's complete trust.
"Thank you, darling!" Dottie happily hugged Zhou Ye's head and kissed him indiscriminately. She was so happy that, more than controlling Stark Industries, she was happier to have gained her man's unconditional trust.
"Alright, baby, you're too excited!" Zhou Ye said with a smile, patting Dottie's rear. "Go on, go prepare. I can't wait to announce the news later!"
"Yes, I promise I won't let you down, darling!" Dottie happily stood up from Zhou Ye's lap and walked briskly towards her exclusive secretary's office. She was so happy that she couldn't help but skip lightly as she walked, like a little girl who had received her favorite toy.
Such a scene of emotional control was not easily seen on Dottie, who had undergone rigorous spy training.
"Mr. Zhou… forgive my bluntness, but do you really think a girl who is not even nineteen years old can be competent as the decision-maker of this multi-million dollar company?" Jarvis said with some concern, watching Dottie's departing figure.
"You have to trust my judgment!" Zhou Ye smiled slightly. Over the past year, Dottie had worked very hard to integrate into this society, using the various skills she learned at school to observe everyone and then communicate based on each person's weaknesses.
When she first came to the company, there were many rumors saying that Dottie got this position by sleeping with two major shareholders, but these rumors disappeared after two months.
To put it bluntly, the CEO is really just a manager, and manipulating human nature is exactly what Dottie is best at.
"Alright, since you insist!" Jarvis helplessly took out a letter of authorization from his briefcase and handed it to Zhou Ye. "This is the letter of authorization that Mr. Stark promised to give you, so you will have absolute decision-making power."
"Well, not bad!" Zhou Ye looked at the name signed on the letter of authorization and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's see those old foxes… I hope they haven't gotten impatient and left!"
"Uh—I won't go!" Jarvis was really scared. When his master was picking up girls, he was responsible for breaking up with those women and taking the blame. Now he was really afraid that his master's friend would also use him to shirk responsibility, so it was better not to go…
"…" Zhou Ye looked at Jarvis's terrified face speechlessly, and shook his head helplessly, "Okay, since you don't plan to go, then stay here and wait for me!"
"With pleasure!" Jarvis said, standing up to see Zhou Ye out of the office, and then returned to his seat to continue drinking his coffee.
"Baby, I think you must be ready!" Zhou Ye walked to the door of his secretary's office, knocked on the door, and smiled.
"Of course!" Dottie smiled happily, picked up a package of documents, reached out and hugged Zhou Ye's arm, and walked towards the conference room on the top floor.
When the two arrived at the conference room, Zhou Ye pushed the door open and walked in.
In the large conference room, there were a dozen people sitting scattered around. Many of these people had dealt with Zhou Ye before because Zhou Ye had tried to buy Stark Group's stock from them, but obviously, they were very optimistic about Stark, so they rejected Zhou Ye.
"Hi, everyone, I'm glad to see that you are still so energetic!" Zhou Ye said, sitting in the chairman's seat, and without waiting for the small shareholders below to speak, he said, "Today's shareholders' meeting has only one proposal, which is to appoint the company's new CEO. You all know the new CEO, she is…"
Before Zhou Ye could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a pot-bellied guy below the stage. "I protest, Mr. Zhou, although you hold 38% of the company's shares, you have no right to appoint the company's CEO! I object…"
"In fact,
I certainly have this right!" Zhou Ye said, handing the photocopy of Howard's authorization document to Dottie and asking her to distribute it.
Soon, all the shareholders were silent. Howard held 40% of the company's shares, while these shareholders combined only held 22% of the shares. They didn't even have as many shares as Zhou Ye… Now that Howard and Zhou Ye joined forces, they had no room for resistance.
In the end, Dottie became the CEO of Stark Enterprises smoothly.
At this point, Zhou Ye finally passed the buck of Stark Enterprises to Dottie. Although in essence, what he did was no different from Howard passing off his romantic debts to Jarvis, Dottie was very happy to take the blame…
Chapter 392
Time passed unknowingly, and it was May 8th.
On this day, the entire United Kingdom was plunged into a sea of joy. On the streets, there were crowds of people raising their arms and cheering loudly.
They really should cheer on this day, because on this day, Nazi Germany signed the surrender document of unconditional surrender.
Although it was already late at night, the streets were full of cheering crowds and marching masses… After all, they had been looking forward to peace for too long.
There were also some who took advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters, planning to give those cheering girls a victory kiss, and maybe even accidentally get a wife.
On an open space by the Thames River, a group of male and female soldiers in military uniforms were also cheering. They were members of the Strategic Scientific Reserve, and when peace came, they also came out of their air-raid shelters, raising their hands and celebrating the victory in Europe.
Among the celebrating crowd, there was a brown-haired man with curly hair, drilling around in the crowd… He occasionally and intentionally rubbed against the female soldiers. Whenever he saw a female soldier, he would shout and pounce on her, hugging her and pretending to be overjoyed. Of course, how could there be no victory kiss when celebrating…
So this guy's face was already covered with red lipstick marks. This guy was the legendary playboy, the American millionaire Howard Stark.
At this time, he was having a great time, but just as he turned his head and saw a beautiful female soldier, and subconsciously wanted to hug her, he suddenly stopped awkwardly…
It's not that this female soldier wasn't pretty. Among this group of female soldiers, she was already considered a top choice. But… he couldn't afford to provoke her…
First, he couldn't afford to provoke this female soldier. This girl had a nickname on the European battlefield called, Smiling Valkyrie… It was said that there was no mission she couldn't complete. Of course, this was obviously an exaggeration, but it was enough to show how powerful this girl was…
The second reason he couldn't afford to provoke her was this girl's man, Howard couldn't afford to provoke him… Her man dared to point at his nose and tell him that he wanted to pick up his future wife, especially since her man's invisible power in the military was very strong… So strong that, although Howard knew a little bit, he was shocked and didn't dare to investigate further.
"Hi, Peggy, you must miss Zhou very much at this time!" Howard said awkwardly, putting down his arms.
"Well, but I think he might already be on his way!" Peggy said with a smile. When she just spoke with Zhou Ye on the phone, Zhou Ye had already told her that he would spend this holiday with her.
After all, this victory included Peggy's efforts… At this moment, how could Peggy not miss her man?
"Ha, that's good, then I won't bother you!" Howard said, turning around and drilling back into the crowd… There were so many beauties in the world, there was no need to provoke those women he couldn't afford to provoke, the consequences were too terrible…
Peggy smiled and watched Howard run to a French girl again, showering her with affection. She had long known what kind of person Howard was. Although she was helpless about Zhou Ye's flirtatiousness, it didn't mean she liked such a flirtatious man. At least, she didn't like Howard, even though the two could be called friends.
"Hi, Peggy!" Captain America walked over with Bucky Barnes, and before they even finished speaking, they were making out again...
"Good heavens, having to endure your public displays of affection during missions is already a huge torment for me. Please, Steve, it's a rare and joyful Victory Day, don't ruin my good mood, okay?" Peggy rolled her eyes, exasperated by the inseparable pair.
"Peggy, are you waiting for the instructor?" Captain America asked with a smile, "I haven't seen him in ages, I'd love to have a good drink with him!"
"...No, Steve. I think what's most important for us right now isn't drinking with your instructor, but giving time to those who need it..." Bucky Barnes pulled on his boyfriend's arm and said to Peggy, "Alright, we won't disturb your happy time!"
"...I..." Peggy hadn't finished speaking when she felt someone hug her from behind. That familiar scent instantly relaxed her tense muscles. "You're here?"
"Yes, it's a rare European Victory Celebration Day, I wanted to come and celebrate too!" Zhou Ye's voice came from behind Peggy.
"I missed you..." Peggy said softly.
"Me too..." Zhou Ye's voice was filled with amusement, "I have a little notebook here..."
The moment Zhou Ye said this, Peggy felt a chill run down her spine for some reason...
"It contains some interesting things..." Zhou Ye said, taking a small notebook from his pocket and opening it in front of Peggy.