Chapter 3: The Thieves

  "Bang!"

  In extreme tension and horror, Xu Yu suddenly let go of his hand, and the oil strip was thrown to the ground. Following closely, he quickly retreated, and almost at the same time, all the strange feelings disappeared with the oil strip leaving his hand.

  Xu Yu herself also took a step back and then plopped down onto the bed with a thud.

  But his gaze never left that fried dough stick.

  With a look of horror on his face, Xǔ Yú stared at the oil strip for a long time, but nothing else happened. Only then did he suddenly take a deep breath and slowly calm down.

  You Tiao can talk, this was something he wouldn't have believed even if you beat him to death before. For a moment, he doubted whether he was having hallucinations or not.

  After another moment of silence, Xu Yu mustered up his courage and reached for the other fried dough stick on the bedside table.

  Just as his fingers touched the second strip of oil, that strange idea floated clearly into his mind again, and he was suddenly frightened, quickly withdrawing his right hand and staring stiffly at the strip of oil, frozen there.

  Really? Youpi actually can talk?

  No!

  It wasn't You Tiao who spoke. If it was, then the person who fried these foods and the hotel service staff who helped him buy them back, why didn't they show any abnormality?

  This can only mean that the problem lies with him himself.

  Even though he was still extremely shocked at this time, Xu Yu gradually recovered some of his thinking ability. After reaching this conclusion with reason, Xu Yu suddenly changed color again.

  "It was fine yesterday, how did it suddenly become like this? Could it be that I drank too much yesterday and still haven't sobered up?" A thought flashed through Xǔ Yú's mind, unusually puzzled, wondering if all of this might just be an illusion.

  And afterwards, he gradually had an idea and wanted to determine whether this was an illusion. In fact, it's very simple. As long as you follow that thought and merge with it, you might be able to distinguish clearly.

  After all, the oil strip gave him a feeling that as long as he chose to merge, it would disappear out of thin air. He really didn't believe that all this could really happen.

  In the midst of suspicion and doubt, Xu Yu took a deep breath, grabbed an oil strip, and when that thought arose again, he directly chose to merge.

  After a thought, Xu Yu suddenly felt empty in his hand, but this was not the key. What made him scalp explode again was that the oil strip actually disappeared into thin air under his intense gaze!!

  This bizarre situation suddenly made him stare wide-eyed, and his body straightened up, but almost at the same time, he suddenly discovered that his thoughts had been connected to a strange place.

  It was as if, in his mind, a space of about one meter in diameter suddenly appeared. This space was as clean and transparent as ordinary air, but in one corner, the oil strip from just now floated quietly.

  Just as he was getting more and more surprised, Xu Yu suddenly discovered that his originally not bad mental state had directly become tired and weak, the feeling could be described in one word: exhausted!

  It's not just mentally exhausting, he also feels like his body has lost a lot of strength.

  "How can I suddenly be so tired?" Although tired, Xu Yu still remained clear-headed and quickly thought through all the changes.

  As he stared blankly, a strange glow suddenly burst forth in the space that had appeared in his mind, surging towards that one strand of fried dough.

  After blinking, the oil strip was thoroughly buried. When everything returned to calmness the next moment, locally, there was no longer any trace of the oil strip, but only a small wave of lively and transparent gas remained.

  Yes, although the space was originally composed of air, this new gas had a certain indescribable spiritual color. Compared to the ordinary air before, it's like one is clear water and the other is a transparent gemstone, they are fundamentally not the same thing.

  "Merge to produce a superior spirit, 1. Is it used?"

  In his exhaustion, a thought suddenly flashed through Xuyu's mind once again.

  It also made him stiffen up again.

  Not an illusion!

  All of this is actually true, food can talk and disappear out of thin air, he's even more inexplicably able to sense it, seeing a strange floating space, what kind of spiritual energy is this?

  A sudden change in just a few minutes completely overturned all of Xǔ Yú's previous perceptions.

  But he also had no idea whether this change was good or bad, and could only sit stupidly on the bed, staring blankly. In his daze, that thought resurfaced again, reminding him that with this level of spiritual energy, he could almost merge into all things, including himself.

  It wasn't until he had been stunned for a long time that Xu Yu suddenly came to his senses, and then, at the corner of his mouth, a faint smile appeared. Now, he was almost at the end of his rope; what could be worse than this?

  As he thought of these things, Xu Yu gradually relaxed and suddenly stood up, grabbing another fried dough stick. Although the idea arose again this time, Xu Yu didn't follow it and merge with it, but instead slightly furrowed his brow, pretending not to have heard it, and opened his mouth to eat it.

  Soon, a few fried dough sticks were quickly settled by him. After eating his fill, he only slightly felt that the original fatigue and exhaustion had a thread of recovery.

  "What is vitality?"

  Although he had become somewhat indifferent to the change, Xu Yu was still curious about what the intention of energy meant. Just as he was puzzled, the intention in his body rose again and explained the meaning of energy more clearly, that is, a person's physical strength and mental state.

  At the same time, a clearer message informed Xu Yu that he originally had 3 energy points, but now his energy value was 2. He could recover his energy through rest, which meant sleep supplement.

  "What's going on here?" He just casually asked a question, but unexpectedly got such a clear answer, which surprised him again. However, he shook his head slightly afterwards and didn't think much about it anymore.

  No matter whether this change is good or bad, he has already made up his mind and will not change it.

  Although somewhat tired, Xu Yu still retreated to his room and headed towards the Ningcheng Central Bus Station. Along the way, he thought for a moment and bought a mobile phone at a shopping mall near the bus station. Yesterday was indeed too impulsive; a mobile phone is almost indispensable.

  With a hint of melancholy, Xu Yu took another step forward, heading towards the train station.

  Although the weather is still scorching hot at the end of September, there are still many people coming and going on the streets. Ningcheng, although not the provincial capital of Huaijiang Province, has been the ancient capital of several dynasties and has many beautiful scenic spots. With convenient water and land transportation, it is also quite prosperous and thriving.

  In terms of scale and economy, it is not inferior to the provincial capital of Anhui Province.

  As he walked slowly with the crowd, Xu Yu suddenly stopped and looked ahead, a hint of something unusual flashing in his eyes.

  In front of him, several meters away, a young man wearing a gray short-sleeved shirt with an ordinary build had his left hand stretched out.

  She missed by a hair's breadth and landed on the left shoulder of another woman who was walking with her head down in front.

  There was an orange-yellow shoulder bag.

  "There's a thief." Seeing this scene, Xu Yu's mind directly came up with an idea, and then, he stared at that slender left hand, which was incredibly agile, like a butterfly dancing, quickly and neatly opening the zipper of the bag, reaching in and pulling out a delicate wallet.

  All this happened in just a few seconds, from the young man stretching out his hand to pull the zipper, pulling out the wallet, and then withdrawing his hand, not exceeding three breaths. The entire process was as smooth as flowing clouds and water, leaving people delighted and mesmerized.

  Xu Yu's eyes widened suddenly at this moment, which was also the first time he had ever seen someone steal with such fluency, as if the young man in front of him was not stealing, but creating a work of art.

  In an instant, he was somewhat distracted, but at this moment, in the depths of Xu Yu's mind, there was a strange palpitation.

  "Is it merged?"

  A familiar thought also flashed out under his agitation.

  The emergence of this idea shocked Xu Yu, making him sober up from the thief's almost perfect and skillful hands. Following that, he originally wanted to choose no according to his thoughts, because he still didn't fully understand that sudden strange ability, and more fundamentally, didn't know how to integrate it or what could be integrated with it. However, when his thoughts surged, he inexplicably chose yes.

  "Begin fusion!"

  Xu Yu had just chosen to do so, and the thought had just risen again. Then, he felt that the strange space in his mind, which was clearly visible, had a spiritual energy hidden in one corner, which suddenly disappeared, and his head suddenly became warm.

  The warmth then seemed to spread generally, rushing over every inch of his skin, a strange tingling and pain also began to rise all over him.

  At the same time, under his intense focus, the entire process of the young man's theft in front of him, with those smooth and flowing movements, seemed to be rewinding in his mind like a tape, as if it were a memory from his soul, wanting to imprint itself deep into his bones.

  Along with this wave of images, Xu Yu suddenly discovered that all the memories and scenes related to thieves in his mind were inexplicably brought out. Most of these memories were fragments of movies and TV shows he had watched before, which at this moment were spinning rapidly like short clips, surging towards his brain and limbs.

  "Rustle rustle, crackle crackle"

  In the faintly discernible skeletal echoes, it was only for a dozen seconds or so, and everything completely disappeared.

  When Xie Yu woke up from that strange state, his left hand suddenly moved on its own. He didn't even know when a mobile phone card had appeared in his left palm.

  "Hiss~"

  A smooth card, between Xu Yu's fingers, suddenly shot out a beautiful spin, like a flash of lightning, and then quickly retracted into his palm, disappearing. But the next moment, the card appeared again with a sharp corner.

  This corner was sharp, just like a spirit dancing under the moonlight, appearing and disappearing between Xu Yu's fingers. Although each movement still had an obvious stiffness, as it flipped over, that stiffness gradually became agile and smooth at a speed that was almost imperceptible. But when Xu Yu saw all of this, he was completely stunned.

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