From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 557 Imbalance
After the "director" finished speaking, Gillan noticed that the vision in the film began to distort rapidly, and seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

The starry sky where he was seemed to have become a flat oil painting, which collapsed in a spiral manner and finally condensed into a sphere of flickering black and white light in front of Gillan.

Gilan instinctively reached out and grabbed the ball in his palm.

"Colorful" then gave the corresponding entry:

"Bilan (unknown power, incomplete)."

"It seems to have the ability to imprint itself, give temporary eternal characteristics, and blur the concept of extreme duality. It can use this ability to travel through the barriers of secret history and travel to other secret histories."

"The rest of the abilities have been lost."

Seeing this, Jilan was very surprised.

This turned out to be the director’s golden finger!
It is an important legacy that Mr. Clark deliberately left in this film, waiting for him to come and take it!

It’s a pity that except for the “Secret History Travel”, all other abilities of “Bilan” have been lost.

Like "Banlan", it also possesses the authority and power of an outer god. No wonder its status is so high.

Right now, Jilan possesses both "Banlan" and "Bilan", which adds a bit of determination to his originally confused state.

'Like Mr. Clark said, I can't be afraid, nor can I despair... I still have a chance!'

Gillan thought to himself and took a deep breath.

'What we need to do now is to improve our strength as quickly as possible, and then prepare to save ourselves... The ultimate goal is to find the "leap month" and ascend to godhood at this special time. But before that, we need to take a secret history journey to "Secret History A" to seek help from another self.'

hum! !

At this moment, the film "Curtain Call #1" completely collapsed, and Gillan's consciousness was forcibly ejected and returned to himself.

He blinked and found himself still sitting on the wooden floor of the master bedroom.

The screen hanging on the wall in front of me had gone dark, leaving only a few flickering spots of light. The projector on the counter behind me was still idling and making crackling sounds, but the real film placed on it had disappeared.

Gillan stood up and raised his hand to turn off the projector.

Click.

The light spot disappeared and the room fell into dead silence.

Jilan sat down on the edge of the bed and remained silent for a long time.

He tried to open his five fingers and silently said in his heart:
'Bilan?'

hum-

Black and white light and shadows appeared on the palm of the hand.

And a semi-transparent digital entry:

'100000. ’

Seeing this number, Jilan was stunned.

He counted carefully and was a little bit unbelieving.

"How much?" Jilan frowned. "10?!"

"Why does the secret history journey require so many mysterious points? Is it because I am not the original owner of 'Bilan', or is it because it is incomplete..."

He couldn't help but sigh.

It seems that secret history travel will not be possible in the short term.

...

...

Gillan returned to his normal life.

Just because he learned the "Original Secret History", he has been in a depressed state.

It was as if there was an invisible and heavy shackle that bound him tightly. He would feel uncomfortable every day until it was untied.

Half a month passed.

During this period, Gillan sat in the office and received the latest intelligence from Maiev every now and then...the chaos abroad was escalating again.

The three old secret cults, "The Order of Heaven's Sin", "The Golden Bough of Dawn" and "The Crescent Moon Society", became more and more rampant. In just half a month, they even caused two small principalities to declare their disintegration and destruction.

Jilan vaguely felt that there was an undercurrent accumulating strength, ready to erupt at any time.

The time came to the beginning of October.

Just after the month of "Ms. Snow" passed, a great event occurred in Shendi.

"Lord Caesar, is this true?!"

Inside the Sifang Palace, Jilan was stunned in the open-air courtyard, looking at the red curly-haired young man with a serious and cold face, and couldn't help but ask for confirmation.

"Ms. Snow was assassinated?!"

Just now, he received an urgent decree from Emperor Caesar. After rushing to the Sifang Palace, he immediately learned about this from the Emperor.

According to Caesar, just after the early morning of the last day of September, when the month of the "White Dove Poet" had arrived, the superiors of the federal camp suddenly launched an attack without any warning.

Several Si Chen attacked at the same time, raiding the residence of "Ms. Xue" "Linchi Lake". More than a dozen apostles came out together, blocking the support of the superiors of the Empire camp.

Even the "Windmill Cat" Pal Solomon showed up and intercepted the "Hooded King" Agni one-on-one, delaying the crucial time.

Although "The Crippled King", "The Torrent" and "The Madonna of Sorrow" all took action at the first moment, they were unable to stop the first wave of fighting.

As a result, "Ms. Snow" was besieged by the three artistic Sichens and suffered heavy injuries. If He had not relied on the home field advantage and the particularity of His own law, the "Law of Balance", to forcibly reverse the advantages and disadvantages of both sides and hold out for a period of time, the consequences would be disastrous.

Even so, the laws of "Ms. Snow" were shaken, the rules of the world quietly changed, and loopholes appeared.

"I wouldn't joke about that, Gillan."

Caesar looked serious.

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:
"The Federation's sudden action was premeditated and caught us off guard... I didn't expect the other side to be so crazy."

Caesar said this with his hands behind his back, expressionless.

But Jilan could see that there was coldness in his eyes, and it was obvious that the Federation's move had angered the king.

Caesar looked at the sky in the distance and said calmly:
"After Xia Diya was injured, a loophole appeared in his 'Law of Balance', causing the operation of the mortal world to become unbalanced. The most obvious change is that the rule of 'equivalent exchange' has become invalid."

"'Equivalent exchange' fails?"

Gillan was shocked.

He is not a mortal who knows nothing, but an ascender, one of the top alchemists of the contemporary era.

He was very clear about the impact this incident would have.

The simplest example is that most theories involving mysticism are no longer valid, and even a simple alchemy array may not be successful.

Either you need to expend far more energy than you originally intended, or you can expend nothing and get the desired result.

There will even be an extreme polarization in the advancement of the mystics on the "Road of the Fire Sword", where they either grow rapidly or stagnate.

"Lord Caesar, I heard from you that 'Windmill Cat' Pal Solomon was also involved in the attack?"

Jilan suddenly thought of something and frowned.

"Doesn't He have a grudge against the 'White Dove Poet'? During the ascension ceremony of the 'Spirit King', He stabbed this ally of Hell in the back..."

"There are no eternal enemies in this world."

Caesar didn't find it surprising and said calmly.

"'Windmill Cat' is a devout madman, but not a fool. I guess the Federation has offered him benefits that he cannot refuse."

"The two apostles, 'Windmill Cat' and 'Cup Doctor', were once angels under Omer, but now they have joined the Federation camp..."

Caesar took a deep breath and seemed to have a headache.

He was silent for a moment, then turned to Jilan and said:
"There is another piece of bad news. Almost at the same time as the attack on the Divine Homeland, the Federation launched a general offensive on the Mortal World side. Our troops were slaughtered one-sidedly on the two fronts of the North and the East."

"Um?!"

Jilan looked solemn and frowned.
"How could this happen... No matter how fast the enemy moves, we can't be unprepared. Moreover, we have the advantage in weapons and equipment, while the enemy's morale has always been low." "The reason is very simple."

Caesar shook his head and waved his hand.

A hole appeared in his palm, with starlight escaping from it, forming a huge projection.

"See for yourself."

Hearing this, Jilan looked up and was soon stunned.

What was shown on the projection was the Bosvia region which had been reduced to ruins and scorched earth. This was the main battlefield between the Bulgarian and Austrian sides.

However, Gillan saw groups of federal soldiers in brown uniforms and steel helmets running wildly with guns in hand amidst the hail of bullets, showing no fear of death, and even trying to charge into trenches and minefields with their bodies as if in a suicide attack.

"Suicide Squad?" Gilan frowned.

As expected, this group of soldiers were soon knocked down by heavy machine gun fire in the fortress while they were charging.

But a strange scene occurred.

Soon after this group of soldiers fell down, they stood up again as if nothing had happened and continued to charge.

There were even soldiers who stepped on landmines and were thrown several meters away in the roar, but they did not break into pieces. They just fell a few times, covered in dust, but got up excitedly, roared, shouted, and ran wildly with guns in hand.

"Confederate soldiers are immortal?"

Ji Lan was stunned.

He noted that this was not an isolated case.

But all federal soldiers will not die!
Faced with such an unreasonable scene, the imperial soldiers were frightened. No matter how fierce their firepower was, the federal offensive increased instead of decreasing, and they crushed over in a black mass.

Impregnable defensive fortifications such as minefields and trenches were completely useless in the face of the undead federal army and were quickly flattened and occupied.

The imperial army was beaten back step by step.

"This is the Federation's back-up plan!"

Caesar said in a deep voice.

"I guess this is exactly why they chose to attack Xadia... disrupting the 'Law of Balance' is to achieve this goal."

"How did they do it?"

Gillan was puzzled.

"Even if the 'Law of Balance' fails, it is impossible to allow tens of millions of mortals to have immortal bodies in the mortal world."

However, Caesar just shook his head.

Even he didn't know the specific reason.

"What we need to do now is to find a solution as soon as possible and eliminate the opponent's 'immortal' state... Otherwise, we won't be able to continue this battle with Bu'ao, and we will definitely lose!"

Hearing this, Jilan also realized the seriousness of the matter.

Although he was invincible in the mortal world, it was impossible for him to fight against the entire federal army by himself.

It’s not that we can’t win, but that our efficiency is too low.

And the other side is not a sitting duck, and will not stand there and wait for Ji Lan to slaughter them one by one... What's more, the opponent's army is now immortal, and he may not be able to kill these soldiers.

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Late at night, Gillan was still in his office in Triumph Building dealing with the surging volume of documents.

The dramatic changes in the situation on the front line, coupled with the attack on "Ms. Snow" and a series of huge impacts caused by the failure of the "Law of Balance", have led to a significant increase in mysterious and dangerous incidents within the empire.

Many mysterious forces and lone mystics discovered loopholes in the "equivalent exchange" rules, which led to many fights and battles.

The deterrent power originally brought by the "Red Sage" and the mysterious investigation committee was greatly reduced under the temptation of huge profits.

The situation suddenly became chaotic.

Early in the morning.

The entire Triumph Building was almost brightly lit, and the mysterious investigation committee was overloaded and busy.

Jilan sat upright in the leather chair in his office, brows furrowed, and quickly annotated the documents on his desk.

The pen rustled.

"The training of Alevia and the other four has made it impossible for them to absorb any cosmic elements..."

He sighed secretly.

'Is this the effect of Si Chen's injury?'

In today's Twelve Hours, the "Director" of February has fallen, but the "Recording Law" he mastered has not disappeared due to its special nature and is still being used by his four apostles.

In July, the "Noon Dawn" was polluted by the outer space, and its flesh was chopped off and transformed into the evil god "Lord Sulfur", who was suppressed by the "Crippled King" and "Ms. Snow". They used this as a medium to complete the ascension ceremony of the "Enlightenment Spark", and gave birth to the "Mother of Sorrow" in August.

However, since Omer only has the spiritual Hidden God's Homeland left, the "law of order" it controls has gradually collapsed thousands of years ago, causing the world to be in chaos and turmoil.

Now that September "Ms. Snow" has been attacked and injured, cracks have appeared in the "Law of Balance" that she controls, and the operation of the world has become increasingly unstable.

"The world is gradually heading towards extreme chaos. I'm afraid the war between Bu and Ao will soon come to an end."

After annotating a document, Jilan sighed.

He stopped writing and took a short break.

He leaned back in the leather chair, closed his eyes, and let his mind go.

The experiences during this period made Gillan feel more and more stressed, and he felt a little breathless.

In the silent office, the only sound was the ticking of the clock on the wall.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Jilan suddenly opened his eyes and looked forward.

A figure appeared in the office at some point.

The other person was wearing a black priest robe with burn marks all over it, a wide-brimmed leather hat on his head, and black smoke was emanating from his body.

"Good night, Mr. Jorah."

Gilan nodded at him.

The visitor was none other than the August Apostle "Father Scorched", who was also the only steward of the Black Castle.

"Mr. Gillan, please go to the Black Castle as soon as possible. Miss... the situation is very bad now!"

Jorah didn't waste any words and spoke hurriedly in an unprecedented serious tone.

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Jilan frowned. "What happened?"

"do not know."

Jorah's voice was slightly hoarse and rapid.

"The lady suddenly felt as if she had suffered an invisible injury. She became extremely painful... At the same time, she also had wounds on her body that could not be healed."

"No matter how I called out, He had no time to respond. He was in a very bad state."

"I gonna go see!"

Jilan was startled and stood up quickly.

He directly enabled the "Difficulty Adjustment", restored it to default, completed the "Upgrade" on the spot, and ascended to the divine land in the flesh.

Since the temporary residence was anchored at Castle Black, he could reach it without the help of a "letter comb".

As soon as he arrived at the Black Castle, Gilan's face changed.

Because he heard the screams that echoed throughout the castle:
"what!!"

(End of this chapter)