Chapter 819 Illusion?
Shang Jianyao had just run a few steps toward the lit café in the fog when he stopped.
“What’s wrong?” Genava braked at will.
Shang Jianyao looked at the two figures reflected in the café window and said under his breath, “I can’t sense their human consciousness. I can already see them, but I still can’t sense their human consciousness. Therefore, when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains must be the truth, regardless of the ludicrosity.
“They are ghosts…”
Genava replied objectively, “In such an environment, it’s not too dangerous if they are only ghosts.”
“Are you looking down on ghosts?” Shang Jianyao was in disagreement. “Although Little Red always talks tough, he’s actually very afraid!”
“I mean that ghosts are relatively harmless compared to other situations. At the very least, they are definitely weaker than a Kalendaria’s body of descent.” Genava fully expressed his opinion. Shang Jianyao skipped the topic and stared at the only light in the darkness. “We can only determine if they’re ghosts after asking. I’ll follow the original plan of going over to greet and make friends.”
Genava wanted to say that they didn’t have such a plan, but Shang Jianyao had already strode forward and walked deeper into the faint fog.
The yellowish light from the café by the roadside was like a lighthouse that gave pedestrians directions in a dark environment.
Genava entered combat readiness mode. He stood at a distance staggered from Shang Jianyao and headed for the café.
It was abnormally quiet, and there was no sound of the wind.
Shang Jianyao—who was wearing a military exoskeleton-soon arrived at his destination.
The café’s decoration was in the classic style of the Old World. On the heavy brown wooden door was thick, frosted glass.
After restraining the rash one, Shang Jianyao was in no rush to push open the door and enter. He walked to the window and waved at the man and woman. “Hello!”
He enthusiastically greeted in the Red River language.
Be it the lady with long blond hair and a white dress or the man in a formal suit with brownish-yellow eyes, they ignored his gesture and continued chatting as they drank the coffee that emitted twirling steam. They didn’t seem to see Shang Jianyao wave his hand or hear his greeting.
“The soundproofing is that good?” Shang Jianyao turned his body and placed his ear against the glass window, attempting to hear what the two people inside were talking about. However, he didn’t hear anything.
His eyes widened again as he looked inside, but he realized that only the windows in the entire café were illuminated. The lighting became darker further in until there was no light.
In the area illuminated by light, there were four to five tables but only these two customers.
“It’s a little odd,” Genava commented.
Shang Jianyao nodded solemnly. “It seems like we can only discover the problem after entering.”
“Did you sense a New World node?” Genava sought confirmation.
“No.” Shang Jianyao shook his head as he walked to the heavy brown wooden door and stretched out his right hand.
With the help of the military exoskeleton, he easily pushed open the door. He then shouted inside with a strong desire to perform, “I’m here to check the hydropower meter! Give me a cup of coffee as well.”
Nobody replied.
Shang Jianyao walked into the café and immediately cast his gaze at the unlit area.
There was almost no light there, and it was filled with all kinds of junk as if a group of monsters was reared in the darkness.
“It doesn’t look like a café…” Shang Jianyaowho had the help of the night-vision equipment-didn’t hide his opinion.
“Indeed.” Genava agreed.
He felt that the unlit area looked more like an abandoned shop. Valuable items and usable cabinets had been moved away, leaving only a pile of messy items.
“The problem is the light?” One of Shang Jianyao’s arms was paralyzed, and the other held the Berserker assault rifle, preventing him from stroking his chin.
He and Genava cast their gazes at the window at the same time.
The man and woman continued chatting, but no sound came from them. Furthermore, they didn’t react to Shang Jianyao and Genava’s entry.
“The two of you!” Shang Jianyao shouted with a rather friendly attitude.
Nobody bothered with him.
He walked to the table by the window.
As the distance closed and the angle changed, he saw what the lady with her back previously facing him and Genava looked like.
She had beautiful facial features, and her cheeks were thin. Her eyes were as blue as the sea, and there were a few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. She looked to be in her forties.
At this moment, she was sitting there in a very relaxed state. From time to time, she would take a sip of coffee as if she was fully enjoying her leisure time.
It was obvious that she often acted this way with an intellectual and elegant bearing.
The male elder’s left hand—which was opposite her-kept trembling uncontrollably. This clearly affected his left arm, left body, and left leg. Even though he could keep it under control, he appeared to be trembling.
Shang Jianyao greeted them in Ashlandic again, but he still didn’t receive a response.
He wasn’t discouraged and persevered in using the few dialects he knew. He then took a few steps closer to the coffee table.
He turned his head and said to Genava, who was guarding the door to prevent any accidents, “I can’t smell the coffee’s fragrance.”
“Illusion?” Genava analyzed such a possibility and asked in confirmation, “Did you activate the military exoskeleton’s anti-poison filter?”
“Definitely! What if I get poisoned without it being activated after entering such a place?” Shang Jianyao replied confidently.
“Is there a possibility that the anti-poison filter system actually screened the coffee aroma?” Genava reminded.
Shang Jianyao came to a realization. “That’s right!
As one hand was paralyzed, he couldn’t perform a right-hand punch to his left palm. “Pay attention to my condition. Be prepared to inject me with a biological antidote at any moment,” Shang Jianyao shouted as he terminated the anti-poison filter system’s operation without waiting for Genava’s response. He then excitedly said, “There’s a slight coffee aroma, but it’s very faint. This isn’t normal; I’m almost beside them!