HPDBC Chapter 375 The Wind Listener
Chapter 375 The Wind Listener
The crowd fell silent for a moment at Xu Si's call, then began to stir.
Those ordinary people who were originally huddled by the bus window and pretending to be busy all crowded in front of Xu Si.
Even the steamed buns and sausages were trying to squeeze forward.
They stared intently at the row of test tubes in front of them, their eyes brimming with desire.
"Selected in the order they joined the team"
"Let me state in advance that the awakening probability of these three potions is only 50%, and it is possible that no one awakens, so don't be discouraged if you don't awaken."
Fu Xiaojian repeated the rules, dampening the crowd's enthusiasm somewhat.
"Tashan, who joined the team the earliest on your side?"
Tashan scratched his head, his gaze sweeping over the anxious faces behind him, finally settling on a thin young man.
"Xiao Fang, you were the first one to get on the bus, weren't you?"
Fang Liang was stunned for a moment, then looked at the crowd in surprise, as if he had just woken up from a dream.
He seems to have been the first among these people to join the team.
He nodded frantically and squeezed out of the crowd amidst envious or excited gazes, almost stepping on his own foot.
He walked up to the row of test tubes, his hand hovering in mid-air, trembling violently.
Which one to choose?
His gaze swept over the identical-looking test tubes of ice crystals, and his throat tightened.
He was well aware that only three out of the fifteen were genuine.
One in five probability.
He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and casually grabbed the one in the very middle.
A cool sensation entered my palm.
"This one...this one."
Xu Si nodded slightly, without saying anything more.
Fang Liang clutched the test tube and retreated back into the crowd, his heart pounding so hard it felt like it was going to burst out of his chest.
He wasn't sure if he could drink it now, so he hesitated for a moment and decided to wait a while.
The second person to step forward was a young woman, Fan Wanwan, who had joined the team along with Liu Ting and Rui Jiaying.
Both of them let her choose first, so in this situation, it didn't really matter who went first or last.
She didn't hesitate for long and casually picked out a bottle of light green potion.
The third, the fourth, the fifth...
Most of the fifteen test tubes were quickly taken away.
Some of those who received the test tubes clutched them tightly in their hands, some hid them in the deepest pocket of their clothes, and some had already begun to tremble as they unscrewed the stoppers.
Fang Bo was the last to choose. He spent the whole afternoon polishing his knife, but ultimately failed to get any of the strange drops.
But now, he has an "awakening potion" in his hand.
The gains and losses, the rises and falls, are truly lamentable.
Although it was obtained by drawing lots, and although it was a one-out-of-two chance, at least I had a chance.
"Want some?" someone couldn't help but urge.
"Drink up!" Some people were already impatient.
"Dry!!"
"Dry!!"
"Dry!!"
Doubao and Kaochang each held a vial of medicine, watching others tilt their heads back and drink it, and they imitated them.
It was cool and refreshing.
Fu Xiaojian looked at Xu Si, while Xu Si looked at the three of them.
Fan Wanwan, roasted sausage, and Fang Bo.
This time he didn't do anything underhanded; it was all the result of the three people's own choices.
Fan Wanwan was the first to react; a bluish-green halo rippled from her body, attracting everyone's attention.
[Botanist Sequence Awakening Potion]
Xu Si's gaze was more focused on the sausage and Fang Bo; Fan Wanwan's awakening was a foregone conclusion.
However, neither of them changed much.
The sausage seemed to still be savoring the taste of the medicine.
Fang Bo looked around as if searching for the other two awakened ones.
At this moment, the aura emanating from Fan Wanwan caused those around her to involuntarily take a few steps back.
The emerald green halos gradually solidified into vine-like shadows.
The color gradually changed from light green to deep emerald, and finally, centered on it, a dense network of vines, like roots, wove together around her.
Behind it, a giant tree totem appeared, faintly visible.
Then, the light flickered, as if it were breathing earnestly.
A quarter of an hour, or perhaps a quarter of an hour, Fan Wanwan opened her eyes. Her once ordinary eyes now held an indescribable gleam.
It resembles the verdant green of new leaves after rain, and the tranquility of a deep forest valley.
She looked down at her hands; her ten fingers were still slender and fair.
But she could sense that, if she wanted, she could make tender shoots grow from her fingertips and flowers bloom on the ground beneath her feet at any time.
"I... I think I've awakened," she said softly, unsure how to describe the feeling.
Fu Xiaojian was somewhat disappointed. Had only one of the three potions awakened?
Instead of cheering, the crowd fell silent.
"Grilled sausage, what's wrong with you?" Doubao felt nothing; he knew he hadn't awakened.
He thought the sausage was also unconscious and wanted to comfort her.
But they were startled by the unusual appearance of the grilled sausage.
At this moment, the sausage not only did not respond to his greeting, but also ignored his gestures.
It's as if the person has been frozen in place by pressure points.
"She's awakening, don't touch her!" Just as Doubao was worriedly trying to wake up Kaochang, Fu Xiaojian stopped her.
If Xiao Luo hadn't told him, he, as a Sequence Four, wouldn't have known that Sausage was awakening.
This is also because the process of awakening is incredibly diverse.
Some, like Fan Wanwan, exhibit unusual phenomena outwardly, while others, like the sausage, show negligible energy reactions; if he hadn't been paying close attention, they would have been difficult to detect.
Fu Xiaojian glanced at Xu Si again.
Awakening two sequences of extraordinary power with three potions is already a great profit.
Awakened?
Doubao was stunned, and so were the others.
Everyone else looked at the sausages with disappointment.
Why not them?
The sausage remained standing, motionless, seemingly oblivious to everything else.
Xu Si also didn't know what specific characteristics the Wind Listener sequence had.
Perhaps she's similar to Xiaoya, the listener in the Flame Chariot?
The sausage remained standing, motionless.
Doubao was so anxious that he paced around in circles, and Doudou and Master Wei also came over.
DouDou even released YaYa and the black crocodile to keep watch.
The crowd outside quieted down, and everyone stared at the small, thin figure.
The small, thin sausage is currently enveloped in endless white noise, which is not only not unpleasant to listen to but also quite pleasant.
The sound was very soft and gentle, like the rustling of wind through a wheat field, like the patter of raindrops on the eaves, or like a faint call from a distant place.
I don't know what grilled sausage is.
Gradually, he seemed to hear other things.
Doubao's breathing was rapid and frantic.
The subtle vibrations of the crow's wings cutting through the air as it circled in mid-air seemed to be right above her head.
That big, ugly, black crocodile was so close to her, she really wanted to run away!
She heard the crackling of a campfire at the Marriott motorcade camp in the distance.
She heard, further away, within the massive dam, the faint, slumbering pulse of life.