Chapter 30: Schrödinger's Fortune
Wang Ran said with an unchanging expression: "What are you looking at?"
Bai Fan choked: "I..."
The pure northeastern dialect blocked the words Bai Fan wanted to say back into his stomach, making him suddenly forget what he wanted to say.
Wang Ran turned to the monk and said: "I'd like to draw a fortune stick too."
He originally didn't believe in metaphysics, but Bai Fan's interpretation of his fortune shocked him.
"Today you'll meet someone noble and powerful!"
Wasn't the "noble and powerful" referring to him?
He had unrivaled power and connections to high-level state officials that Bai Fan couldn't match, and he intended to cooperate with Bai Fan. For Bai Fan, of course this meant meeting a benefactor!
This fortune was quite accurate.
Therefore, Wang Ran also wanted to draw a fortune. He wanted to know if he could really save this world.
The monk nodded slightly.
He inserted Bai Fan's fortune stick back into the container, shook it a few times, then handed it to Wang Ran.
Wang Ran casually drew one.
"No one in sight for miles,
The traveler loses his way.
Tigers and wolves devour the land,
Danger follows danger."
This fortune exuded ominous signs between the lines.
The monk's expression became solemn.
He asked seriously: "Patron, what do you wish to inquire about?"
After brief consideration, Wang Ran said: "I also have something I need to do, it's a bit dangerous. I want to ask if this matter can be accomplished?"
Bai Fan said discontentedly: "Are you copying how I speak?"
Wang Ran ignored Bai Fan and asked the monk: "Master, how should this fortune be interpreted?"
The monk sighed: "This fortune is not good!"
Wang Ran pursed his lips.
The monk pondered: "A thousand schemes, ten thousand plans, yet success is difficult. In vain you travel thousands of miles. It's best to withdraw and bide your time, lest next month bring shocking events!"
Without waiting for Wang Ran to ask, the monk began to explain.
"The time is not right, plans are difficult to succeed!"
"Patron should wait patiently. Rash action will surely meet obstacles. At best you'll lose wealth, at worst you may lose your life!"
"Think thrice! Think thrice!"
The monk's tone was so grave that nearby tourists turned to look at them.
Bai Fan asked in surprise: "What did you ask about?"
Wang Ran shrugged: "Studies, of course!"
Hah! This fortune wasn't accurate at all!
Garbage!
Bai Fan clicked his tongue: "A thousand schemes, ten thousand plans, yet success is difficult. Your studies seem quite arduous. Even Buddha doesn't think highly of your prospects. What a joke!"
The monk was also stunned for a moment.
Wang Ran said casually: "Let's go."
Bai Fan waved his hand: "Let's go, this place is boring!"
What a crappy temple,
Asking about studies results in concerns about life and death,
Completely off base!
He even carefully considered for a moment who the noble person might be, thinking it was Wang Ran!
These past two days Wang Ran had been acting strangely, last night tearing down his dorm door to deliver condoms, and this morning insisting on coming to Yong'an Temple to draw fortunes with him.
Hilarious, asking about studies resulting in life-threatening concerns, might as well be complete nonsense!
What a joke!
People really shouldn't be superstitious!
Forget about trying to stop the awakening ritual. Two fists can't beat four hands. Even if he was born with supernatural abilities, he couldn't withstand an organization with heavy artillery!
Let destruction come quickly!
He'd buy a plane ticket tonight and flee!
If ordinary people were confident they could survive until the end of doomsday, he didn't believe that he, born with supernatural powers, wouldn't be able to live until then.
Just survive!
See who can live longer!
Whoosh-
As Bai Fan was considering what time to book his flight for tonight, he suddenly heard a barely perceptible sound, followed by the sensation of something stinging his neck.
He reached up to touch it,
His fingertips unexpectedly contacted a hard, needle-like object.
"Damn! No way!"
His expression changed drastically.
At this moment, Wang Ran noticed Bai Fan's abnormal behavior.
"What's wrong with you?"
He saw Bai Fan covering his neck with an expression like he'd eaten shit, with something faintly glinting in the sunlight between his fingers.
"I'm really screwed!"
Bai Fan's face looked extremely unpleasant.
He pulled the needle out of his neck. It was an ice needle, with traces of light purple liquid still remaining in the transparent ice core, which melted into a puddle of water in his palm in an instant.
Wang Ran saw this scene clearly.
This is...
Wang Ran's pupils constricted sharply.
Bai Fan stretched out his hand towards the air in front of him. The moisture in the air quickly gathered towards his palm, but in the end only condensed into a soft water bullet the size of a glass marble.
His face turned ashen.
Damn!
His ability had been suppressed!
How did the organization have something like this?
If they had this, why didn't they say so earlier!
If they had said so earlier, he wouldn't have been so arrogant!
His face ashen, he said: "Go back to school and get the things from my dorm room drawer. If I don't come back, give them to law enforcement!"
An intense sense of crisis enveloped Bai Fan's body.
At this moment, everyone in his sight looked like disguised doomsday apostles.
He felt extremely anxious.
Without his powers, he was no different from an ordinary person.
Thinking of what would happen if he was caught by the organization,
He was completely screwed!
A fish bone stuck in his throat!
Like sitting on pins and needles!
"No time to explain!"
"Run!"
Bai Fan ran desperately towards the crowd, wishing his parents had given him two more legs.
Wang Ran stood frozen in place.
From Bai Fan being hit by the needle to Bai Fan fleeing, the whole process took no more than ten seconds. Everything happened too quickly.
In a flash, countless thoughts intertwined in the depths of his mind, finally condensing into one word...
Chase!
He took off running in the direction Bai Fan had fled.
"Wait for me!"
The ice needle that hit Bai Fan must have come from a doomsday apostle, and it likely contained some kind of poison or similar substance.
If he didn't help Bai Fan, Bai Fan would likely meet with an accident. Even if he luckily escaped, he definitely wouldn't return to school, and would most likely disappear without a trace.
This was something he absolutely could not accept, because he still needed Bai Fan's help to stop the awakening ritual!
Although chasing Bai Fan was dangerous,
Even if he didn't chase,
The doomsday apostles might not let him go either!
Wang Ran closely followed behind Bai Fan.
They ran out of Yong'an Temple, sprinting frantically on the sidewalk. Pedestrians on the road hurriedly got out of their way.
"Damn! Don't follow me!" Bai Fan said anxiously, "Didn't you see someone shoot something at me? If you follow me, we'll both die!"
Wang Ran gritted his teeth and said: "Stop, I have a way to save you!"
They had already run out of Yong'an Temple, but the doomsday apostles still hadn't appeared. Obviously they wanted to play a cat and mouse game with Bai Fan, waiting for him to exhaust his energy before easily taking him down.
They couldn't keep blindly running.
The cooldown on [Space-Time Displacement] hadn't finished yet, but he had his personal warehouse. Since the doomsday apostles wanted to play cat and mouse, he'd give them a surprise!
He waved his hand, and a pit suddenly appeared in the ground in front of him.
Bai Fan: ??
Wang Ran jumped into the pit: "Come here! I'll help you escape!"
Bai Fan was dumbfounded.
Wang Ran shouted: "What are you waiting for?"
Bai Fan snapped back to his senses and immediately turned back to jump into the pit.
Wang Ran waved his hand again, and the earth and rocks filled back in.
At this moment, the doomsday apostles hiding in the shadows finally revealed themselves. They were passengers waiting at the bus stop, middle-aged uncles squatting by the wall playing on their phones, aunties selling sweet potatoes from carts by the roadside...
More than a dozen people came running from all directions!
Although they ran very fast, by the time they arrived, there was only a filled-in pit on the ground. Where were Wang Ran and Bai Fan's figures?
Cat and mouse, but the mouse burrowed underground.
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