hsntnovel Chapter 593 Spatial Laws
Chapter 593 Spatial Laws
Xu Si couldn't help but wonder why Si Zan had done this.
He had assumed that if these guys were to arrive, they would run rampant and wreak havoc, but Si Zan was the opposite extreme.
"So what has he been doing these past few days?"
"Build a palace!" Her tone was tinged with humiliation, because this guy's palace was built on her branch.
"A temporary palace?" Xu Si asked in surprise.
Is this guy here for tourism or for leisure?
"A temporary palace?" Xu Si's brows furrowed even more.
Si Zan seemed quite satisfied with his reaction. His snake tail gracefully circled in the void, and the tip of the tail touched the position of the World Tree in the miniature projection.
"Although this planet is dilapidated, that tree is quite remarkable. Its roots run deep into the earth's core, its canopy covers thousands of miles, and its life force is so rich that it seems to have been kissed by the god of life. I've built my palace here, so it's a good use of the land."
A cold light surged deep within Xu Si's starry eyes, but his face remained expressionless.
He cannot show any particular interest in the World Tree, otherwise Sizan will immediately seize on this weakness.
"You drove the survivors underground and built palaces in the trees—are you planning to become a local tyrant here?"
"A local tyrant?" Si Zan let out a low chuckle, his head full of golden snakes trembling with the sound.
"That's an interesting term. But you're not entirely wrong. The Chosen Ones are destined to be cruel. Rather than fighting with those lunatics, it's better to enjoy a few days of comfort first."
Aren't you afraid of being punished by the adults?
After all, the divine messenger represents a certain deity.
"Punishment? The fact that Lord Viser, a man of unparalleled wisdom, sent me here is the greatest punishment of all!"
The more Xu Si interacted with him, the more he felt that this guy was a traitor.
Or is this a common problem among all intelligent beings?
"Alright, you've seen it all. What do you think of my proposed collaboration?"
"Cooperation is fine, but I want that tree!" Xu Si said without backing down.
He felt that he had to fight eventually, since he hadn't really experienced the strength of other Sequence 9s yet, and it was difficult to make an accurate assessment based on his superficial observations.
If it were any other Sequence 9, they would definitely be fighting by now.
Fortunately, the first person we encountered was Si Zan, and luckily, this guy was a little too normal in the head.
But now, he wants to test the waters.
Si Zan looked at Xu Si with some surprise. The reason he spoke to Xu Si so gently was mainly because Xu Si was a human, and this divine selection was a home game for humans.
The second reason is that humans are recognized as a highly intelligent race, so he felt that his plan had a high probability of being implemented.
If Xu Si weren't human, why would he waste so much time talking?
However, given his intelligence, how could he not hear the eagerness in Xu Si's words?
"Aren't humans supposed to be a gentle race? Why do they want to fight every time they encounter one?"
Si Zan was somewhat embarrassed.
To be honest, he didn't want to fight, not because he was afraid of battle, but because he didn't want to waste his energy on such a meaningless confrontation.
But he couldn't simply ignore the challenge.
Because he also had his eye on that tree, it was impossible to get him to give it up.
Furthermore, if you are at a disadvantage in the first encounter, how will you have any say in the future if you actually cooperate?
He's even less likely to listen to this young upstart.
After all, he arrived first.
Then I'll just have to get some exercise.
Si Zan's snake tail slowly contracted in the void, like a noose about to be launched.
He tilted his head, and a complex expression, neither quite amused nor helpless, appeared on his almost unrealistically perfect face.
"Actually, I didn't want to do it," he said, his tone carrying a strange sincerity.
"But you're right, cooperation based on information asymmetry isn't really cooperation. And cooperation based on power asymmetry is even less so." He raised his right hand, his five fingers spread, and the faint golden light at his fingertips suddenly brightened, like five lamps being lit at the same time.
Xu Si stood still, his star power surging out of his body like a tide, flowing along every law pattern, taut the connection between his newly reinforced small world and his external body to the extreme.
He has prepared for the worst.
Si Zan gently flipped his palm, and a pale golden ripple spread out from his palm, unhurriedly, like concentric circles appearing on the surface of a lake after a pebble has been thrown in.
The ripple traveled about three zhang (approximately 10 meters) in the void before stopping.
There was no collision, no explosion, and none of the impact Xu Si had anticipated.
The ripple hovered in the air between the two, like a frozen round mirror, reflecting his and Si Zan's images.
Spatial laws?
Si Zan indeed already knew how to invoke the power of the laws, but why did he only sense the laws of space?
If that's all there is to it, he's rather disappointed.
"Imprisonment!" Si Zan seemed very confident in his methods.
As Si Zan's voice fell, the pale golden ripple in his palm suddenly contracted inward, like a bubble compressed to its limit, emitting a fine and sharp buzzing sound.
At this moment, space was compressed to its extreme—the void within three zhang around Xu Si began to solidify, the air lost its flowing quality, and the light in that area bent, folded, and stagnated, as if it had been forcibly stuffed into a pleated space.
Xu Si felt an invisible force surging from all directions, squeezing his body, star power, and law meridians, trying to fix him in this static cage.
"Spatial confinement?" Xu Si's voice came from the solidified space, carrying a slight sense of distortion, as if he were speaking underwater.
"I thought there would be some new tricks up my sleeve?"
Si Zan seemed completely surprised that Xu Si could speak so easily.
As Xu Si finished speaking, the same power of law surged within his body.
To Si Zan's astonishment, Xu Si's spatial power and Si Zan's void power assimilated in an instant.
Xu Si, who should have been confined by the space, was freed from the restraints in an instant, and the spatial confinement on the spot also dissipated like a ripple.
Si Zan had considered that Xu Si might be exceptionally strong, but he never expected him to be so unexpected.
The laws of space were his most prized power, but he never expected them to appear so weak in front of Xu Si.
Could it be that he also majors in spatial laws?
If that's the case, then he'll have to use his other trump card.
He never expected to have to use his trump card when he encountered his first enemy, which made him feel somewhat frustrated for a moment.
The main reason is that his spatial confinement was lifted too quickly.
He was so close that he felt his other spatial abilities would be nothing more than a laughable performance in front of Xu Si.