Soul echo

Chapter 225
Knock knock!
The window was knocked, and Lilian, who had already been prepared, checked the equipment on her body and opened the window.

Zhong Ye hanging outside the window pulled Lilian out of the room, and then closed the window.

Both feet landed on the ground that had already accumulated a thin layer of snow, Lilian raised her hand to hold the hood of the cloak, and looked up at the sky.

At this time, the wind and snow were blowing, and the boundless wind and frost covered the sky and the earth, and the black sky hung down, as if it was about to fall.

Breathing the cold air, Lilian involuntarily wrapped the cloak around her body tightly.

Zhong Ye walked past Lilian, "Let's go."

Although the blood in my heart has been extinguished by the cold weather, the audience should like to watch this long-lost action with Zhong Ye.

Moreover, this operation may find some unexpected evidence, which can just advance the progress of her mission, so no matter how cold the day is, she still has to act with Zhong Ye.

"Remember how you did it before?"

Zhong Ye who was walking in front suddenly asked a question, Lilian was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he was talking about their sneaking into the Lord's Mansion of Vienna.

At that time, she didn't completely calm down, but used the skill [Adjustment of Breath], which allowed her to see the hidden gameplay of this game.

But it's a pity that she tried several times later, but she couldn't use it successfully. Only after she calmed down completely like before, could she use that skill.

"...remember." Lilian hesitated for a moment, "but I may not be able to use it..."

Now they are not only active, but the weather is cold and windy. It is very difficult to move in this kind of weather alone, and it is even more difficult to use [breath adjustment]!
"It's okay, you can take your time." Zhong Ye said a word of relief without looking back.

Hearing this, Lilian pursed her lips, remained silent for a moment, and asked, "Teacher, where are we going next?"

"Go to the army's barracks." Zhong Ye breathed out a hot breath, and said, "If possible, I would like to meet with the army's brain first, and test his reaction."

This afternoon, he chatted with the innkeeper for a while, and got a lot of words from the innkeeper.

The degree of closure of this town was beyond expectations. Anyone who entered or exited the town needed to be checked, whether it was a local resident or an outsider, as long as they passed through the city gate, they would be inspected by the city guards.

Even more than a decade ago, the town was closed to the outside world, with almost no contact with the outside world.

Therefore, there is no adventurer's house in 'Military City', nor are there adventurers. There is only a small church for farmers to pray for a good harvest located in the corner of the town.

Moreover, the army leader of this town has not been changed for 12 years - such a long period of time, with the degree of closure of the 'military city', no matter how dull the general in charge of this town is, he should still find something wrong with those nobles.

Now either the lord of Vienna was deceiving them, or the general had joined forces with those nobles, so Zhong Ye wanted to test the general's reaction first.

If the general really was with those nobles, what he did was undoubtedly to startle the snake, but he didn't care, or in other words, he just wanted to startle the 'snake' out.

Now that their investigations have come to a standstill, at a time when they are at a loss, if the person from that interest group jumps out by himself, it will be just in line with their wishes.

Zhong Ye didn't explain these things to Lilian, because knowing these things would not help attract the audience into "Soul Echo", and it would not help people in other regions looking for hallucinogenic production bases or interest groups, so it was not worth his time .

Lilian only understood Zhong Ye's intention after hearing the barrage's speculation. She looked at Zhong Ye's back in a blink of an eye, but what appeared in her eyes was not admiration, but doubt.

After wading through the snow, Zhong Ye and Lilian came to the center of the town.

What appeared before them was yet another wall, a towering wall separating the camp from the town.

Zhong Ye jumped onto the wall first, then turned around and extended his hand to Lilian.

Lilian glanced left and right, took two steps back, sprinted forward, then kicked on the wall, grabbed Zhong Ye's hand, and was lifted up to the wall by him.

At the right time, Lilian looked up, but Zhong Ye jumped off the wall before her.

"Pay attention to breathing."

Lilian jumped down, and after hearing Zhong Ye's faint voice, she hastily used the [Breath Adjustment] skill.

But just like before, it failed several times in a row.

At this moment, Zhong Ye said again: "Follow my breath, don't think about anything."

Lilian froze for a moment, subconsciously followed Zhong Ye's words, and after failing twice, she suddenly succeeded.

... In other words, the previous success was not due to her own ability, but with Zhong Ye's help?
Lilian was depressed and almost failed to maintain the state of [breath adjustment].

Without looking back, Zhong Ye knew that her skill had been successfully used when he heard the girl's soft breathing that was hidden in the strong wind.

"Walk."

Lilian hadn't recovered from her disappointment, but when she heard Zhong Ye's voice, she stepped forward and followed closely behind.

After walking less than twenty steps forward, Lilian was surprised to see a faint light appear behind the thick and dense snow curtain.

"Teacher..." Lilian called in a low voice.

"That's right there." Zhong Ye replied.

His vision had already penetrated the dense snowfall, and he saw the brightly lit building, and joyful voices leaked from the cracks in the door and windows, blending into the sound of the wind.

Although he couldn't hear it clearly, Zhong Ye could guess that a banquet was being held in that building.

There are more than a dozen soldiers in every barracks around, so who are the people participating in the banquet in that building now?

With this doubt, Zhong Ye walked through the icy wind and snow and came to the wall of the building.

Since it was a snowstorm day, there was no one on duty at the gate, so Zhong Ye took Lilian to climb over the fence again, and saw many horse-drawn carriages inside the fence.

Seeing those various carriages engraved with reliefs of family crests, Zhong Ye and Lilian thought of a group of people at the same time.

"Noble." Lilian said softly.

Zhong Ye nodded slightly, and led Lilian to the side of the house. He listened to the movement in the house, found a window closest to the meeting place, and jumped on it first, and let Lilian climb up by hanging a rope.

Lilian climbed up to the roof along the rope, and together with Zhong Ye, cleared away the snow in this area, and walked to the dome of the meeting place.

--Yes!In a camp where troops are stationed, they see a building with a glass dome!

The two squatted next to the dome, looking down.

The dome seems to be blessed with some magic. Once the snowflakes fall on it, it will be melted into water and flow along the dome bracket to the surroundings, so that the dome can always be kept clean and bright.

In this kind of 'backcountry', there is such a thing, that group of nobles is really a luxury.

The snow water flowing down from the dome will naturally form a layer of frost on the roof. Fortunately, the dome will radiate heat to the surroundings from time to time, causing the frost to melt again and flow to the ground.

This also caused the roof to be slippery. If it wasn't for Zhong Ye's help, Lilian would definitely fall down.

The girl sniffed, and looked through the glass dome to see the scene in the banquet hall.

Men and women, young and old, people gather in one place according to their own interests, whether it is gambling, reading, or simply chatting.

The dishes on the table were dazzling, because she was too far away, she couldn't see clearly enough, but just relying on the blurred scene, she couldn't help swallowing.

However, Lilian suddenly thought of something again, and turned to look at Zhong Ye beside her.

Zhong Ye lowered his head, his eyes looked straight at the banquet hall, turning from time to time, as if he wanted to find evidence with these scenes.

What puzzled Lilian the most was that Zhong Ye didn't seem to want to talk to her very much, even if he was stared at by her, he didn't respond at all.

—He was not like this before!

(End of this chapter)