After the fog, I became a birdman

In the dark room, there were a few talismans pasted on the floor, faintly forming a magic circle. Qi Jiang sat cross-legged in the middle, with a small pile of water scales in front of him.

Su Qing didn't have too many materials in his hand, so he could only use talismans to set up a crude spirit-gathering array, which was just enough for one person.

There is an invisible aura around Qi Jiang, which is the water aura that formed the cyclone. The water scales in front of him shattered, and the rich water aura was absorbed into Qi Jiang's body, and the debris on the ground also quickly dimmed. Down, one after another turned into fly ash.

Thirty water scales, together with the few fragments obtained at Fengcheng University, were all used up in just six hours.

The black scales on Qi Jiang's right ear formed quickly, his scales were bigger than the one behind Su Qing's ear, after collecting three scales, each of these scales split apart and turned into nine tiny scales, slowly forming three drops of water pattern.

The three drops of water, one up and two down, are arranged in an equilateral triangle. Although it is a water drop pattern, it does not have a hint of softness. On the contrary, it looks dangerous, as if it can be taken off at any time and used as a hidden weapon to hurt people, or the kind that has been poisoned.

After the water drop pattern appeared in the right ear, the same pattern was repeated in his left ear.

Qi Jiang's expression was a bit painful, and the water scales behind him were still being absorbed by him, but there were no obvious changes on his body, but the scales became deeper.

After the thirty scales were used up, the cyclone around Qi Jiang came to an abrupt end. He opened his eyes abruptly. His pupils, which were light in color before, had turned black. The deep color was like an abyss. Just looking at it made people shudder. .

Seeing the way the cyclone disappeared, Su Qing knew that he hadn't reached the bottleneck period, and held the towel with some regret: "Brother Jiang, how much more?"

"Around twenty." Qi Jiang let out a long breath, and wiped off the thin sweat on his neck with a towel.

"Then I'll go out one or two more times." Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, there are not too many."

Qi Jiang didn't intend to let Su Qing afford these water scales, and Su Qing wanted to use them himself, but he didn't refuse, but secretly decided that this time he must find enough water scales to make both his and Su Qing's water systems enter the bottleneck period. Water scales.

Because he was still running mentally during this period, Qi Jiang found that he broke through naturally, shook hands, and felt that his condition was better than ever.

It was already morning, and Su Qing had to set off again at noon, so Qi Jiang asked him to rest first.

Su Qing wasn't hungry yet, and wanted to catch up on sleep, so she responded, washed up and lay down on the bed, and then found Qi Jiang washing the pot at home.

"Brother Jiang, what are you washing the pot for?" Su Qing lifted the quilt and sat up, wanting to put on her shoes to help.

"Don't come here, you stayed up all night last night, rest, I'll cook a meal." Qi Jiang hurriedly stopped.

Su Qing thought that it would not be difficult to cook a meal, so she lay back down again, closed her eyes for a while and opened them again, feeling that she couldn't sleep, so she turned her side to watch Qi Jiang busy.

Qi Jiang was washing rice, washing vegetables, and opening cans. I don't know how he controlled his strength, and there was almost no sound when opening the cans.

Su Qing saw that he moved all the cans in the house, and it seemed that they were about to open them all.

These cans are not easy to buy. It was agreed before that they are used to deceive people. Su Qing was a little curious why he was going to finish it all of a sudden.

Looking at the rice cooked by Qi Jiang, it seemed that even the two of them could eat three or four meals with a whole big pot of rice.

"Brother Jiang, are you going to cook and take it out?"

Qi Jiang turned around and looked at him with a smile, seemingly helpless: "Why haven't you slept yet? Is it too noisy here?"

In fact, Su Qing thought it was okay, shook her head slightly, sat up, put on her shoes, got out of bed and walked over to help: "Let's use our own first."

Qi Jiang opened the can because he didn't want to bother him. When he saw him coming, he asked him to bring out some food, which was about two days' worth for one person.

"Is it enough?" Su Qing looked at Qi Jiang, as if she was about to take it out.

"Enough, let's go rest."

"Let me help you. You stayed up all night last night, and it's time for breakfast." Su Qing couldn't sleep well, so she squatted down and wanted to help him wash the vegetables.

"You have to go out at noon, I'll leave in the afternoon, you go catch up on sleep." Qi Jiang blocked his hand, spoke forcefully for a few seconds, and then coaxed softly, "Hey, go to sleep, I'll call you when I'm ready."

"But so many dishes..." Su Qing hesitated.

"I'm fast."

Seeing his insistence, Su Qing turned back and went back to sleep. Qi Jiang was afraid that he would come over again, so he simply closed the curtain.

Later, he was afraid that the smoke in the room would affect Su Qing's sleep, so Qi Jiang simply took the kitchen utensils to the door to cook, and put them in the lunch boxes according to Su Qing's appetite after cooking.

It took them two days to go out last time, and there may be some fluctuations in the follow-up time, but the food will be cold if it is left for too long, Qi Jiang prepared two days' worth, even if he has not come back after eating, Su Qing still has some food in his own space. No one will doubt the food when it is taken out.

Qi Jiang planned this when they had dinner with the rescue team for the first time. Before, he thought it was a bit out of place for them to bring their own meals, but later he saw that Su Qing had a poor appetite for white rice, so he didn't want to wrong Su Qing again. clear.

Anyway, what they use is their own stuff, and it's not considered special. Moreover, with Su Qing's contribution, even if they specialize in small cooking, they are qualified enough.

Thinking of this, Qi Jiang suddenly remembered some gossip he had heard on the boat before, and he had other thoughts in his mind.

There were still two meals in the pot, half of which was just right for each of them, Qi Jiang put all the meals on the table, and walked to the bedside with a hot towel: "Susu, get up."

Su Qing was not asleep, he woke up when he called out, lifted the quilt and got up to put on his shoes, the hot towel held by Qi Jiang was placed on his face, he closed his eyes habitually and asked Qi Jiang to wipe his face.

While eating, Qi Jiang whispered: "When we went out this time, many people were gossips. Your treatment in the refuge and rescue team is very special. There will be more rumors in the future."

"I did hear some voices that weren't good for me before." Su Qing frowned slightly, remembering the words he heard on the boat. In fact, he was not very happy in his heart.

He doesn't need everyone to be grateful to him, but it would be too much to turn around and slander him.

"The refuge should be able to explain." Su Qing was quite relieved about this point, so he didn't cause trouble for the rescue team on the way, so he pretended that he didn't hear it.

Qi Jiang shook his head slightly, and quietly said: "That's not necessarily the case."

He is a businessman, so he sees this method more clearly than Su Qing.

The rescue team did not explain to those people who were gossiping on the ship before, and the captain did not mention it in several meetings.

After disembarking from the boat last night, he himself saw that many people spoke ill of Su Qing when they got off the boat, and they were all dissatisfied with Su Qing's special treatment.

He could hear it, and so could the other staff and even Captain Huang, but there was still no one to explain it, as if pretending to be deaf and dumb and wanting to let it go.

At that time, Qi Jiang guessed what they were thinking. It was nothing more than seeing Su Qing's lack of social experience, and wanted him to fall into the public opinion first, and finally relieve this part of the pressure for him, making him grateful, and then brought him under his command.

To be honest, Qi Jiang has played badly with this method of winning people's hearts, and he also sees it clearly.

Although Su Qing is smart, but he has never been out of society after all, and he doesn't understand the sinister nature of human beings, so he thought those foxes were very sincere.

"People's hearts are complicated, and public opinion is a knife. In order to prevent people from chewing their tongues in the future and saying that you should risk your life to rescue, or that the special treatment given to you by the shelter is enough to outweigh your contribution, in the future, you will clearly mark the price with the rescue team. Let's just cooperate." Qi Jiang's eyes lit up.

Whether Su Qing continues to practice or continue to study dark matter, the value created is more than 200 beast pills, let alone 100 beast pills.

"Is this okay?" Su Qing was willing to trust Qi Jiang, but felt that it was not good for him to make such a request suddenly.

"The price of 100 animal pills is already low. It doesn't make sense for you to help and still get nothing. If the public opinion is against you, we won't do it."

Anyway, Su Qing is not the one who suffers.

Yes, Captain Huang and the others probably wouldn't really hurt Su Qing, they just weren't sincere enough, but calculating Su Qing like this is also unpleasant.

"But we are in the refuge now. We are safer if the refuge is good." Su Qing sighed slightly.

Qi Jiang's eyes flashed, he knew Su Qing's concerns, that's why he wanted to go out.

He will find a safe place to be their home as soon as possible, so that Su Qing's sense of security does not have to be pinned on the refuge, but can be pinned on their home, or...

He looked for more treasures, so that their strength could give him enough sense of security.

"Let's take a look at this matter again. There is no need to rush."

He didn't express his final thoughts clearly, nor did he ask Su Qing to ask immediately.

However, Su Qing's heart sank instead: "Then let's have a look again, when we come back next time, let's take a stroll around."

"It should be so." Qi Jiang nodded slightly.

Lest they be wronged.

At noon that day, Su Qing set off again, and boarded the rescue boat carrying the lunch box Qi Jiang had prepared for him.

The captain of the first ship still regretted Qi Jiang's resignation: "I thought that Mr. Qi would always follow you, so that the rescue ship would be easier."

Qi Jiang is very sensitive to underwater movements, and he can sense in advance that there are mutated fish nearby. Sometimes the speed of the ship is too fast, and when the expulsion formation is slow to take effect, the fleet can also adjust in time.

Moreover, Qi Jiang has good physical strength, no matter what he explains, he never complains of being tired, and he is also good at soothing people. With him around, the rescue team can relax a lot.

"He has his own things to do." Su Qing shook his head lightly, "Can I stay in the captain's cabin later?"

The captain was a little puzzled: "Why don't you stay in the cabin?"

"Brother Jiang isn't coming, what am I going to do there? It's still so crowded, I can see more scenery from above." He didn't wait for the captain to nod, and went straight to the captain's cabin.

The captain's eyes flickered slightly, but he didn't stop him. Instead, he followed him to the captain's room, half persuading him, "I can get in touch with survivors below, and everyone can be more grateful to you."

Maybe it was because Qi Jiang's words had an effect before, but now Su Qing has problems with everything he sees.

What the captain said is correct, but he is too special and easily leads to disputes. Even if he can bear this specialness, not everyone thinks so.

As for those who are grateful to him in their hearts, they are just the silent majority.

Three people become tigers, and public opinion is like a knife. He might as well stay in the captain's cabin and stay away from these right and wrong.

He doesn't care whether anyone appreciates him or not, as long as he doesn't hurt him.

Su Qing opened the door, saw a small bench here, moved it to the side and sat down: "Move the drum in the cabin to this side."

"The drum is dead."

"let it go."

Anyway, the door of the captain's cabin was just inside the stairs, and it was safe to go to the cabin. After he gave the warning, he found someone to go down and beat the drums, and the whole ship knew about it, so there would be no delay.

Because the small bench can be moved and the hull is not very stable, Su Qing took out two iron nails and a hammer with the help of his backpack, nailed the iron nails into the legs of the stool, pinched a small spirit fire, and burned it for a long time The exposed nails were melted and welded to the wall.

The captain was a little envious: "Mr. Su's ability to control fire is really good."

It looks like the temperature is high.

Su Qing nodded and said nothing, and got himself a seat belt. After buckling up the seat belt, he felt much more secure, and he took out a book to read with confidence.

The rescue boat quickly set off again, and Qi Jiang, who had agreed to leave in the afternoon, also left the house and jumped into the water from the leeward side.

After the first experience, everyone went to the destination at the same speed as last time, but there was an accident on the way.

There was a mutated fish expulsion formation on board, but not every mutated fish would leave immediately, which caused them to almost run into the mutated fish.

If it wasn't for Su Qing's sudden call to stop, I'm afraid the boat would have crashed into it.

Because of this, in the end their boat speed was a little slower than that of the first trip, which also caused them to be unable to reach the destination in two safe times, and they did not arrive at Paradise Resort until noon the next day.

This time, they not only came slowly, but also went back slower than last time.

According to the plan, it was supposed to take two days, that is, five safe hours to return to the shelter, but in the end it took more than three days, and it was not until noon on the 5th that he returned to the shelter.

That is, they spent 7 safety hours.

It seems that there is only one more day, and it seems that there is not much time left, but in proportion, it is nearly half of the time compared to last time.

The shelter also became tense because it was a day late.

Fortunately, the rescue ship returned safely.

Several captains were taken to understand the situation as soon as they got off the ship, while Su Qing left the port directly to go home.

This time he didn't stay with everyone almost the whole time. He would stay in the captain's cabin when he was on the ship, and he would fly out to find the water scales when the ship docked. Except for sleeping and coming back, he was hardly seen the rest of the time. silhouette.

However, his weather machine work is still acceptable, so no one can say anything about him.

Su Qing rushed home anxiously, he knew that Qi Jiang couldn't take a boat when going out, and Qi Jiang couldn't fly, so he could only swim by himself.

Although they spent [-] water scales to speed up Qi Jiang's evolution a lot, and his water system ability will definitely be strengthened a lot, but Su Qing still can't rest assured that he hasn't seen anyone with his own eyes.

He walked too fast, and the captains of a ship who came out of the main control room at the port couldn't find anyone when they tried to find him.

went home.

The captain of the first boat could only find someone with Captain Huang. At this time, Su Qing had already returned to the 2th floor of District 20. When he saw Qi Jiang who was cooking at the door of his house, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Hearing the voice, Qi Jiang looked up and saw that it was indeed Su Qing, and couldn't help smiling: "I'm back."

"Ok!"

Su Qing trotted over and glanced at Qi Jiang nervously. Seeing that he was in good condition, he was not at ease: "Brother Jiang, how did you go out this time? Did you encounter any danger?"

Dangers will definitely be encountered, but the rewards are also great.

Qi Jiang shook his head with a smile, and consciously rolled up his sleeves for him to check: "No injury, no danger."

"That's good." Su Qing was finally relieved and smiled, "I found ten water scales this time."

As he said that, he was a little disappointed: "Because the routes overlapped a bit, although I stayed outside for a long time this time, I still didn't find too many water scales."

"I found this number." Qi Jiang put down the things in his hands, and stretched out an index finger on both his left and right hands.

"eleven?"

Qi Jiang shook his head slightly: "Ten is a little bit more."

"Take...!" Su Qing's eyes widened, so big that a pair of willow-leaf eyes seemed to turn into cat's eyes, which was very unbelievable.

Qi Jiang nodded deeply, expressing that he didn't coax him, it was indeed a little over ten, three coins for 110.

This is what he earned from these three days of labor. Even if he encountered danger a few times, but just this one time, he gathered all the water scales that he and Su Qing needed to use.

It also made him more determined not to follow the trend.

Su Qing took a deep breath, and murmured a little emotionally: "It makes me want to go with you."

Qi Jiang's expression froze, he didn't want to take Su Qing there, he was really tired these few days, he was tense all the way, he also encountered several dangers, he was "racing" with mutant fish every day.

If he hadn't become stronger, he wouldn't have dared to go far.

Su Qing squatted down to wash the lunch box, and curiously asked him about his experience in the past few days. Qi Jiang reported good news but not bad news, and also mixed in some things that seemed relatively easy but a little dangerous to do, which seemed to be very true in what he said , It also made Su Qing feel relieved.

After eating, the two of them took some time to go shopping around the three institutes. Sure enough, as Qi Jiang said before, there were indeed a lot of gossip.

Although there were quite a few people who spoke for Su Qing, most of them were silent.

Everyone complained in their hearts that the shelter did not pick them up earlier, and Su Qing became a vent in a disguised form. Even if they didn't make trouble, as long as they remained silent, the public opinion could intensify, and then in a disguised form, they could appease their inner grievances.

Those who spoke for Su Qing and those who slandered him insisted on their own words, but the refuge did not take any action.

Qi Jiang took Su Qing back and analyzed with him the psychological activities of Captain Huang and others in detail. Su Qing was smart and understood their intentions.

Captain Huang and the others didn't want to harm him, they just wanted him to work harder for them.

If Su Qing didn't have Qi Jiang by his side, or if Qi Jiang didn't talk to him in detail, maybe Su Qing would have to go through some things to understand.

By that time, he might have already been appeased, and it would be impossible to do as he pleases now.

This is a kind of royal technique.

Su Qing felt a little displeased, and made a decision because of this.

"I'll make it clear to them."

He just wants to be an ordinary commoner, and he can't take too much responsibility. He just wants to be an ordinary migrant worker, and he will be powerless if he has more.

Qi Jianggang told Su Qing how he should raise this matter, and halfway through the conversation, the two suddenly fell silent.

someone is coming.

Head Huang and the captain of the first boat came together. When they saw Qi Jiang, they smiled at him. It seems that this time the protagonist is him and not Su Qing.

Qi Jiang was a little puzzled that they were actually looking for him, raised his eyebrows to look at Su Qing, and asked silently: What did you do?

Su Qing also shook her head in confusion: No.

He has been very busy for the past three days. He flew to countless places in order to find more water scales, and his wings were often wet. He was so busy just wiping his wings that he had no time to do other things.

Head Huang came over to say hello to Su Qing first, and then mentioned that they wanted Qi Jiang to be the deputy captain of a ship, that is to say, they wanted Qi Jiang to make a mutant fish detection machine.

Qi Jiang raised his eyebrows slightly, and shook his head regretfully: "I have other things to do."

Head Huang was taken aback: "Have you encountered any difficulties?"

"Not really, but I do have my own plan." Qi Jiang shook his head, "I suggest that you can find a few talented water-type mutants and push them to the bottleneck period. Maybe this will achieve your goal."

"Good talent?" Captain Huang was puzzled, "How to say?"

It's not easy for Qi Jiang to speak clearly about this matter, he said too much to show his cards, so he just clicked: "Maybe it has something to do with the spiritual root, you can ask people in the practice world."

Although both he and Su Qing are water system mutations, they obviously have different talent directions, so even if his water system mutated before Su Qing, he couldn't sense the mutant fish at first, but Su Qing's water system would be able to sense it as soon as it mutated.

Later, when an accident happened in the Jinfu Community, he could only sense it when the mutated fish was nearby, but Su Qing was able to issue an early warning.

Therefore, this kind of ability should also depend on talent. Su Qing tends to be alert, so he is more sensitive, and he himself tends to fight, so this aspect will be a little worse than Su Qing.

For another example, Su Qing's water system is very strong once it mutates, but Sister Fang also belongs to the water system mutation, but she only has the ability to control water.

He and Su Qing observed a lot of mutants, no matter what the direction of mutation is or what their abilities are, this matter is inseparable from the spiritual root talent.

Yes or no, let the mutated people use their own abilities and they can probably sense their spiritual roots. There are so many people in the cultivation department who must know what to do, so Qi Jiang is too lazy to do work for him and Su Qing.

Not to mention that Captain Huang and the others don't know how to be talented. The next voyage will be tonight, and it will be less than twelve hours. This time is not enough for them to screen out suitable candidates.

Head Huang tried to persuade them again, but Qi Jiang kept his mouth shut, and he didn't say why he didn't want to go, and only asked them to start from the practice world.

At the end, Captain Huang looked at Su Qing, wanting him to persuade him, but Su Qing just smiled and said nothing, not intending to interfere with Qi Jiang's choice.

Seeing this, Captain Huang could only say: "Then work harder, Mr. Su? Can you help me feel it?"

They didn't seek Su Qing first for this matter because they were afraid of delaying the prediction of the weather. Now Qi Jiang refused, and Su Qing was unwilling to persuade them, so they had to let Su Qing do it.

Su Qing and Qi Jiang looked at each other, and it felt like a coincidence. He didn't let this matter go back, let alone be ambiguous, but directly expressed his dislike in his heart.

At the end, Su Qing said in a cold tone: "Tuan Zhang, I hope we can be more sincere in the future. I won't sign the contract with you. Go back and think about how to hire me in the future."

Head Huang smiled wryly in his heart, and secretly glanced at Qi Jiang, knowing that Su Qing must have been mentioned by him, otherwise Su Qing would not have been able to tell based on his own experience.

The relationship between the two was better than he had imagined.

This matter is because they don't take it seriously, and this move was also proposed by Head Huang. Su Qing himself is from the second institute, so Head Huang can make a decision.

"It's my fault." Captain Huang shook his head and smiled wryly, but quickly regained his composure, "Now you go on a mission with 100 animal pills, and you take into account the danger warning on the way, how about adding another 30 beast pills? Regarding those rumors, I I will also clarify for you."

Su Qing thought it was ok, looked at Qi Jiang again, and waited for him to nod before nodding.

The matter was resolved perfectly, and the impact was minimized by them. After Captain Huang left, Qi Jiang and Su Qing began to form formations.

The two currently have a total of 120 and three scales. Because Qi Jiang needs the ability of the water system more, they decided to push Qi Jiang to the bottleneck stage first.

Afraid of accidents, Su Qing put thirty water scales into the formation before activating the formation.

Three hours passed, and the thirty water scales were almost absorbed. A layer of black scales appeared on Qi Jiang's arm. The hand covered with scales also looked like some kind of beast's claws. The nails were surrounded by a layer of light black mist. With his black scales, it looks chilling.

There were no other signs of mutation on his body, but the aura around him didn't show any tendency to stop. Instead, the pressure was getting stronger and stronger. Su Qing threw all the remaining water scales into it in fear.

Another three hours passed, most of the water scales on the ground were consumed, and the cyclone in the formation finally disappeared slowly.

Qi Jiang slowly opened his eyes and let out a breath.

Roar!

Su Qing seemed to hear a terrifying cry, and seemed to see a giant black beast with two wings roaring at the bottom of the abyss.

As if being provoked, Su Qing's eyes turned blue, the pattern of water droplets behind his ears emitted blue light, and there seemed to be the sound of waves around him. He looked at Qi Jiang tensely, as if he was facing an enemy.

"Susu? What's wrong?"

When Qi Jiang's voice came, Su Qing snapped back to his senses, immediately forgot the feeling just now, touched the burning scales behind his ears in doubt, and shook his head slightly: "It's nothing, I suddenly feel a little strange."

"What's weird?"

Su Qing couldn't speak, so he could only shake his head.

They spent a total of 69 water scales, plus the previous 99, a total of [-], there is one scale on the ground that has become very dim, plus the previous one that was broken, it should be rounded up to a hundred.

There are less than 54 water scales left on the ground, Qi Jiang sighed slightly: "The estimate is wrong, I didn't expect that so many water scales would be spent in the stable bottleneck period."

"It's okay, let's save it again." Su Qing touched the gradually cooling temperature behind his ears.

"Next time you will be able to enter the bottleneck period." Qi Jiang glanced at his ugly hands, concealed the scales in disgust, and looked at Su Qing's still blue eyes with some envy, "Why? My mutation is so ugly? I don't deserve you at all."

Su Qing: ...

"What's your next ability?" Su Qing changed the subject.

"It's the wings." Qi Jiang felt a little headache, "My water system ability is already very stable, and I shouldn't need so much energy in the future, but the wings will enter the next bottleneck period, and I have a hunch that they need a lot of energy just like the water system .”

"That is to say, the bottleneck period will be followed by a stable period?" Su Qing was thoughtful.

"This should be."

"Wind and thunder spirits are rare in the first place, and it is not easy for these two to reach a stable stage." Su Qing realized the difficulty.

Qi Jiang sighed deeply: "Yeah, fortunately, Fenglei can also be replaced by wood and gold, and your fire ability has never appeared. It is best to prepare fire spirits in the future."

"Although the two attributes of wind and thunder can be replaced by wood and gold, it is not suitable after all, and the book says that the conversion will also consume energy." Su Qing feels not very optimistic, "Also, we have not found the corresponding spiritual things so far. Only the water system was discovered, and the other one is the soil system on the side of Foshou Mountain."

But the soil system is not suitable for them.

All in all, there is a long way to go.

This matter can't be solved by them in a short while, so they didn't worry too much, and they went to have dinner, wash and rest after chatting for a long time.

Not long after the two fell asleep, Su Qing seemed to sense something, frowned slightly, and moved closer to Qi Jiang as if seeking comfort.

Qi Jiang hugged him to sleep next to him, he seemed to sense his uneasiness, or maybe he himself noticed something subconsciously, the wings stretched out to hold Su Qing tighter, and the horns on his head were also slightly shining purple arc.

A hundred kilometers away, at the end of the canyon, several tornadoes came straight from the sea to Fengcheng, and the sea water flew into the clouds like a dragon absorbing water.

Rumble!

The sky is thundering and lightning. If someone can take a picture of this scene, the camera will zoom out and you will find that there are many tornadoes on the sea.

A new test is coming.