The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#819 - Take a shower and go to bed

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

Moreover, this group of people talked about saving the world, but in reality, they were just wandering around Bailongbo like headless flies.

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

Every day, after the sun went down and the Milky Way sparkled overhead, the seemingly drowsy old man would tinker 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, ultimately deciding where to go the next day.

In the first few days, their direction of travel was fixed.

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

And by the twelfth day, the deviation was greater, 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 this group of people was just wandering around in the desert, because they actually turned around and headed back towards the direction of Ulan City.

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

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

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

Professor Xu glanced at Lu Jing and said, "This time, at your request, I calculated it twice, and then I had An Shi help me check it. It can't be wrong."

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

Professor Xu's eyes flickered, "The starry sky here is a bit strange."

After saying that, he saw Lu Jing looking at him with a hesitant expression.

Professor Xu immediately understood what someone was thinking, and said unhappily, "I'm not making excuses for myself, and I'm not as stubborn as you think…"

"You mean someone who doesn't want us to find the pearl, artificially interfered and changed the position of the stars, but that's a bit too outrageous, isn't it…"

Lu Jing looked incredulous, "Even if you pulled out the existence that imprisoned that dragon in the first place, they shouldn't have such means."

Lu Jing, who had taken junior high school geography, knew better than anyone else how far away those little things hanging in the night sky were from them.

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

"It's certainly impossible to move the original position of the stars," Professor Xu also said, "but it might be possible to use some means to influence the observer."

"How to do it?"

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

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

"Refraction?" Lu Jing was stunned.

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

Lu Jing scratched his head, "It's not easy to explain, it roughly 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 a visual shift of the object."

Professor Xu listened in a daze.

"A sacrifice." Brahma Heaven licked his lips, "I've been pointing you the way 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 too?" 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'm just descending into 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 Brahma Heaven's will, and that death was death, the latter, as a strange object, obviously would never realize this.

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

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

His words made goosebumps rise on Shi Tou's body.

He couldn't help but take a few steps back, but the boy immediately reacted. This was Bailongbo, a dead world ruled by wind and sand. Even if he turned around and ran away now, he wouldn't 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 wouldn't be able to last for a few days.

In other words, his life or death now was entirely at Lu Jing's whim.

And Lu Jing didn't speak for a long time, so 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. Exchanging the life of an irrelevant person for the whereabouts of the pearl 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 benevolence.

Since ancient times, those who can achieve great things must be ruthless when it is time to be ruthless.

After a moment of silence, Lu Jing spoke again.

"Shut up if you don't want to talk, go to bed early."

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

"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."