Chapter 820 Voices
Genava gained confirmation of his lip-reading and asked Shang Jianyao, “I didn’t gather any sound waves. How did you hear her?”
“It rang in my head!” Shang Jianyao seemed to have found a new and fun game.
Without waiting for Genava’s response, he shouted at the man and woman, “Can you hear me?”
He deliberately raised his voice. Coupled with the echo from the café’s walls and glass, it turned into a resounding boom.
The blond woman in a white dress and the elder in a formal suit with half of his body trembling didn’t react. They only continued staring at the spot Shang Jianyao was standing in. Shang Jianyao thought for a moment and jumped horizontally. With the exoskeleton’s help, he moved several meters forward and arrived in front of Genava from the nearby coffee table.
The blond lady and the formal elder turned their bodies and turned their heads to the two of them. However, they didn’t get up, their actions clearly stilted.
The former propped herself up with her hands on the edge of the table and barely moved her body to the designated spot as if she were stuck between the seat and the table. The latter looked like he couldn’t exert any strength with his left and could collapse at any moment. “They can totally see me!” Shang Jianyao’s face—which was covered by the helmet visor
—was filled with the joy of the experiment’s success.
“But they don’t seem to hear you,” Genava added a conclusion.
Shang Jianyao was immediately vexed. “How can I communicate with them? How should I answer that I’m indeed the Arbiter of Fate’s Blessed?”
“Nod.” The smart bot’s thoughts had always been extremely clear unless it encountered a bug. “That’s right!” Shang Jianyao moved his head vigorously.
As he nodded, he muttered, “Unfortunately, I didn’t systematically learn sign language, or I could’ve communicated directly. I can use sign language to express myself, and Old Ge can read their lips. That’s not right. They might not be able to understand sign language, so we can only rely on common body language…”
However, the two of them ignored his nod; yet, they didn’t look away.
Genava was just about to analyze the situation and get Shang Jianyao to wait patiently to see if he could still hear the lady when Shang Jianyao came to a realization. “I get it! They actually can’t see me; they can only vaguely sense my human consciousness!”
He then turned his head and said to Genava, “Therefore, it’s me they’ve been ‘looking’ at, not you.”
“Then, how did the voice you heard come about?” Genava asked.
Shang Jianyao replied firmly, “Telepathy! Maybe they are also Mind Corridor-level Awakened. They might already be at my door and are shouting inside.
“I have to check my room.”
He did as he said. He closed his eyes on the spot and raised his right hand to massage his temples.
Although his temples were actually blocked by the military exoskeleton’s helmet and his fingers couldn’t touch it, he still had to carry out the necessary ritual.
The next second, Shang Jianyao fell asleep while standing.
As soon as he appeared in Room 131, he immediately ran to the door and tried to open it for the guests. The rash Shang Jianyao was then held back by the arms that appeared from his body.
His head automatically went to the peephole and sized up the situation outside.
There was nobody outside.
He then carefully opened the door and looked around.
No guests came.
“Sigh…” He sighed in disappointment and returned to the real world.
“How is it?” Genava sensed the motion from his body.
Shang Jianyao replied regretfully, “Nothing.”
He had always been hospitable.
“How should we communicate…” Shang Jianyao fell into deep thought again.
Suddenly, he shouted, “She spoke to me again! It’s: Leave this place!”
“Leave this place…” Genava repeated these words as he cast his gaze at the man and woman to check their lips.
Shang Jianyao spoke in Ashlandic, so even as a smart bot, he couldn’t tell if Shang Jianyao had said ‘he’ or ‘she.’
At this moment, be it the blond lady or the formal elder, they shut their mouths again.
Genava could only ask Shang Jianyao, “Is leaving this place a warning or a reminder?”
This could mainly be determined by the tone.
“It feels like a reminder,” Shang Jianyao said as he recalled.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he pulled his tactical backpack in front of him.
With a zipping sound, the zipper was unzipped.
Shang Jianyao’s right hand reached into his backpack and grabbed the small, lake-green jade Buddha. He then explained to Genava, who had a red glow in his eyes, “In the steelworks factory ruins, this small jade Buddha was the intersection of reality and illusion. It might help me communicate with the people opposite me now.”
Just as Shang Jianyao said that, the small jade Buddha suddenly emitted a faint, clear glow.
This was like an aqueous wave that drowned the entire café. Be it the darkness or the area illuminated by light, they were dyed green.
Shang Jianyao then heard the blond lady’s words again. “Subhuti’s bestowment?”
At the same time, Genava let out a slightly synthetic voice. “I can hear it this time.”
This meant that both parties could communicate.
The small jade Buddha was really useful!
“Yes, yes, yes.” Shang Jianyao smiled and answered the blond lady’s question. As a polite person, although he didn’t raise his visor to reveal his face, he still politely asked, “The both of you are?”
The blond lady frowned slightly as if she were considering something and casually replied, “Flora, from the Orange Company.” The elder in formal clothing spoke with a wavering voice, “Barnard, from the Linhai Alliance.”