Chapter 87 The situation is complicated (8000)
If you want to talk about what makes Xu Bai have high expectations now, it could be this progress bar.
Other things are inferior to the progress bar, especially this progress bar is left by the crazy female viewer. He is very curious about what skills are waiting for him.
After this period of crazy explosion, there is only a little bit left, and it will be completely perfect soon.
Some of the postmen who set up stalls around looked at Xu Bai's position from time to time, and they were no strangers to Xu Bai's frequent sitting in front of the giant tree in a daze.
At first glance, I thought it was weird, but the longer I watched it, the more normal it became. Until the end, I got used to it all.
There are too many weird characters in the Jianghu, so I just look at it for a fresh look. After watching it for a long time, I find it boring, and their indifference attitude makes Xu Bai let go.
As time went by, the slow progress bar gradually became more complete, and after a few minutes, the progress bar finally finished.
A blue smoke appeared out of nowhere, and gradually gathered in midair, and slowly, gathered into a line of light blue text, which appeared in front of Xu Bai.
【You observe the ancient tree of human face and comprehend the immeasurable Taoism (disabled)】.
After this line of text appeared, it quickly spread out and gradually faded until it disappeared, but then, a new line of text appeared in front of my eyes.
【Find fusion options, fusion is in progress. 】
【Infinite Daoist Sutra (remnant) + Four Sundance Formation = Fighting and Star Shifting. 】
【The fusion was successful. 】
Brand-new words appeared, and then disappeared after appearing. A piece of information poured into Xu Bai's mind like an ocean, occupying Xu Bai's mind.
After a while, Xu Bai ate up the contents of the text message, and he already understood the general usage of the skill of turning stars.
A light blue panel emerged, showing his latest information.
【Name: Xu Bai. 】
【Realm: Bapin Sanren. 】
[Broken formula one (level 2): full level. 】
【Upside-down and chaotic four-way mentality method (2.5th level): full level. 】
【Maple leaves like rain (level 2): full level. 】
【Four Sunda body skills (Level 1): full level. 】
【Dou Zhuan Xing Yi (Level 4): Full level. 】
【Diamond Heart Demon Physique (level 4); full level. 】
[Strengthening Kidney Method (Level 4): Full level. )]
【Comprehension (full level). 】
Si Xun's array disappeared, replaced by Dou Zhuan Xing Yi, and the strength of the skill of Dou Zhuan Xing Yi is simply the strongest of all his skills.
In the beginning, the remnants of the Infinite Dao Sutra, that is, the Wu Liang Dao Sutra used by the female temple master, can imitate the abilities of others for your own use, but because of the remnants, it can only reach the level of the sixth rank at most.
Not only that, but the side effects still exist without any reduction.
But it’s different now. After merging with the Four Xun Formation, it becomes a brand new skill called Dou Zhuan Xing Yi.
Although Xu Bai felt that the name of this skill was similar to a man called his cousin, it was just a detail, so don't pay attention to these details.
The so-called battle turns and the stars move, based on the Infinite Dao Sutra, supplemented by the Four Sundance Formation, the combination is to use the other way and return it to the other body.
is more like, grass (a plant).
Xu Bai complained wildly in his heart, and really wanted to know who named this progress bar. This kind of inexplicable sense of sight is simply unbearable to look at.
But... just be strong.
Dou Zhuan Xing Yi is no longer like the Wuliang Dao Jing, forcibly imitating the opponent's skills for his own use, but a rebound ability.
All in all, he was able to rebound all of those below the sixth rank, including the sixth rank.
Even if the opponent uses a hidden weapon, he can still simulate it through the immeasurable Taoism, and then use the four Xun array as a guide to buffer it back.
Strong, really strong.
But this kind of strength has a price, and the only price is that his true energy is not enough.
Even with the Kidney Strengthening Method, which stores the sixth-level true energy, don’t forget that he now has two fourth-level skills to raise.
The Vajra Heart Demon Body can attack and defend, and its attack power is even higher than that of Broken Yishi.
This skill can't be used anyway, but now with the addition of Dou Zhuan Xing Yi and two fourth-level skills, he only has a sixth-level true energy and an eighth-level true energy, which is not enough.
All in all, it is just one sentence - the mental method is imminent.
"We must seize the time to develop mental methods. I am a bit too serious about my partial subjects now." Xu Bai thought.
The real essence is the mind.
To make a very simple analogy, even if a man knows hundreds of tricks, he just has a lot of tricks.
The speed is too fast, no amount of tricks is useless.
So in the final analysis, it is still necessary to improve the essence in order to last longer, and longer and longer.
Thinking of this, Xu Bai still didn't move his position, took out the book he got from the bookstore from his arms, and read it carefully again.
Hold on, don't panic.
Clothes should be worn one by one, and meals should be eaten in bites. You can't look far away, and deal with the things in front of you first.
However, after the giant tree was destroyed by him, he was still in a very happy mood. He felt that the progress bar on the book in front of him was no longer so boring, and it became very cute.
Sitting on the stool like this, Xu Bai looked like a scholar, concentrating on reading the book.
The surroundings are still the same, everything looks normal.
Everyone wants to live a peaceful life, and no one is an exception. In addition to being peaceful and rich, he wants to live that kind of life even more. Who is full of food and wants to fight and kill all day long?
Therefore, during the recent period, Xu Bai felt that he was living a very comfortable life, especially the sense of coziness, which cannot be described in words.
But sometimes, a comfortable life may not last too long, and it is easy to be broken.
"Da da da…"
The sound of horseshoes sounded, from far to near, and finally came to Yinyi.
Xu Bai heard the sound of horseshoes, stopped subconsciously, looked up, and frowned.
Outside the Yinyi Station, there is a handsome fast horse, and on the horseback sits a beautiful girl in ordinary clothes.
The beautiful girl's face was pale, and there were big beads of sweat on her forehead, especially her left hand, which was bleeding slowly.
Blood was flowing down the left hand, wet the clothes on the arm, and the fingertips of the left hand were still dripping with blood.
"Where is the postmaster!" The beautiful girl shouted as soon as she appeared.
The old postmaster heard the sound and hurried out of the room. When he saw the scene in front of him, he also felt that something was wrong.
"Just look at it." The beautiful girl said.
As she spoke, she took out a token from her waist and shook it at the old postmaster. The old postmaster was slightly taken aback when he saw the token, but soon understood.
Because of the distance, Xu Bai knew what happened here, but he couldn't see what was written on the token.
"What do you need?" asked the old postmaster.
"Trauma medicine, and, let me use your house temporarily." The beautiful girl said.
"Okay." The old postmaster pointed to the house behind him: "There is no one inside, and the trauma medicine is in the cabinet. You can look through it yourself."
The beautiful girl didn't say any more. After getting off the horse, she limped into the wooden house and closed the door with a snap.
When she entered the house, Xu Bai quietly leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Senior, who is this person?"
"Princess Nine." The old postmaster whispered.
Nine princesses?
After hearing the answer, Xu Bai was obviously taken aback for a moment, and then returned to normal.
He lowered his head, thinking about the stakes, and slowly moved away from the house.
In his understanding, the Ninth Princess should be extremely rich in the city, and now she sent people to Sheng County for no reason, could it be because of him?
It is very possible. Although the possibility is not high, Xu Bai still needs to be vigilant.
…
Xu Bai was thinking on this side, and in the other room, Qingxue closed the door and locked it, then raised her white arm. There was a wound on the arm, which was shocking.
In the cabinet in the room, there are not only trauma medicines, but also white cloth for bandaging.
Looking at the wound on her hand, Qingxue opened the trauma medicine and poured it on the wound, a tingling sensation came over immediately.
Qingxue let out a muffled snort, but forcibly held back, not making too much noise.
The blood was stopped, and the effect of the medicine was very good. After the pain from the medicine effect passed, Qingxue let out a sigh of relief, and bandaged the wound with a white cloth.
Touching the cold sweat on his forehead, Qingxue had an angry look in his eyes.
Especially when I thought that I was attacked before and almost gave my life there. If the horse didn't run faster, it might really be gone.
"What is the origin of that man? He is proficient in sword and hidden weapon techniques, but why did he come to attack me?" Qingxue narrowed her eyes, thinking of some of these things.
Sword techniques, hidden weapons.
These two things seem to be very similar to that Jianghu man.
Thinking about this, she restored the sleeve on her arm to its original shape. Although it was still stained with blood, she didn't even frown.
came to the door, opened the door, did not speak, and was about to leave.
But sometimes, the attraction of something is very strong.
For example, the giant tree in the center.
It is difficult to think that such a huge tree is not attractive.
Just now, Qingxue was injured and was eager for treatment, so she didn't pay too much attention to it. Now that the injury is healed, it can be seen at a glance.
Under the giant tree, the young man who was studying naturally attracted Qingxue's attention because of the giant tree.
Wearing simple clothes, with a ghost knife on his waist.
Ghost head knife?
kindness?
Qingxue was taken aback for a moment, then realized.
Isn't the most obvious characteristic of the Jianghu man that Princess Nine asked her to find is the ghost knife?
"Did he sneak attack?" Qingxue thought for a while, then raised her foot and walked over.
Xu Bai was reading quietly when he heard footsteps, and when he turned his head to look, he saw the woman approaching gradually.
He frowned, put the book back in his arms, and stood up.
It seems that there is something.
Can someone read a book quietly, he really just wants to read quietly.
Qingxue came closer, suddenly pulled out the silver thorn from her waist, and moved towards Xu Bai.
The speed is very fast, and there is no slightest warning.
This action was obvious, and it naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding postmen. All the postmen looked at the two people on the field with their eyes watching the excitement.
Xu Bai's eyes were dazzled by the silver thorn, and then he flew into a rage.
I was just reading a book here, and I didn't provoke anyone, so why did they suddenly attack me.
Do you think I am honest and easy to bully?
Can't bear it.
The silver thorn pierced towards Xu Bai's chest, but under the guidance of the upside-down yin and yang, it was the strongest point there.
Xu Bai stretched out his hand and pressed Qingxue's wrist, and immediately after that, his true energy stirred.
The pair of silver thorns didn't know what kind of evil they were, but they turned around Xu Bai and stabbed towards Qingxue herself.
In this scene, it seems that Qingxue is about to commit suicide.
The stars move.
As long as it is the sixth grade, including skills below the sixth grade, it can be transferred.
Silver Thorn stopped abruptly, only an inch away from Qingxue's neck, and cold sweat streaked Qingxue's forehead.
If I hadn't stopped in time just now, my strength might have been lost.
"You are not him!" Qingxue shouted.
"I am your father!"
What answered her was Xu Bai's swearing in anger.
Before Qingxue could answer, she felt her hair tighten, and then, a strong force struck her, and she lowered her head unconsciously, heading towards Xu Bai's waist.
Around Xu Bai's waist, what greeted her was not a strange thing, but a huge knee.
"boom!"
Knee collided with Qingxue's face, two lines of blood flowed from Qingxue's nose.
He had lost too much blood, but after being hit by this, he completely passed out.
Xu Bai resolved the battle so quickly that everyone around him was stunned.
Several postmen turned their heads and secretly said that they must not provoke this person.
The old postmaster was also stunned.
This young man did not hesitate at all.
It’s okay, as long as no one is dead.
Xu Bai didn't care what the people around him thought, he just dragged Qingxue's hair and walked towards that room in an extremely rough way.
During the period, Qingxue woke up, and after seeing her situation, she was about to speak, but was punched unconscious by Xu Bai again.
Entering the room, Xu Bai closed the door behind his back with a snap.
If it weren't for Qingxue's last words, Xu Bai really didn't want to keep this alive.
not him?
Why not him?
Judging from this meaning, it seems that someone faked his identity and had conflicts with this Qingxue.
Then there is something in it.
There is light in the room, Xu Bai is waiting, waiting for Qingxue to wake up.
Fortunately, Wufu's physical fitness is not bad, Qingxue woke up quickly, looking at the surrounding situation with a blank face, and then, she felt a huge pain in her hair and nose.
Reminiscent of what happened before, she already understood why there was pain.
Immediately afterwards, when Qingxue raised her head, she felt a chill on her neck, and the ghost head knife was already hanging around her neck.
"I was wrong about what happened just now, and I apologize to you." Qingxue replied quickly and without delay.
"Oh?" Xu Bai became interested instead, which was different from what he had imagined.
He thought that the other party should be tougher. After all, she belongs to the Ninth Princess, so she must have a strong attitude. Just now, he beat her hard.
Unexpectedly, the other party admitted his mistake very quickly.
"Admit when you make a mistake, and take responsibility for it. This is taught by the princess." Qingxue looked directly at Xu Bai, very calm.
"I shouldn't have attacked you first, but there is a reason for all of this. There was a person with a long knife on his waist and a hidden weapon. His technique was very similar to yours. He probably pretended to be you." Qingxue said: " My action against you is also a temptation, not a murderous intention."
She was telling the truth, but also her real thoughts.
The person who stopped her was covered, so she couldn't see his face. She had to find out the real reason.
These days, no one is really stupid, because once an attack is made, someone else will definitely think it was done.
As it turned out, her test was correct.
"Your strength can kill me, it's a piece of cake, there is no need to let me go at that time, and let me run away, it is superfluous." Qingxue said plausibly.
"This is also the reason why I spared your life. Who is that person? Can you see the characteristics clearly?" Xu Bai said.
As the saying goes, you don’t hit a smiling face with your hand. Qingxue has a very good attitude of admitting her mistakes, and there is something wrong here.
Pretending to be him, intercepting Qingxue, and letting her go on purpose, this is a bit of a frame-up.
What Xu Bai dislikes the most is to follow the path set by others. If Qingxue is killed at this time, then the other party's goal will be achieved.
"There are no characteristics, but his hidden weapon technique is very similar to yours, even exactly the same." Qingxue said: "Although I haven't seen your hidden weapon technique, the Ninth Princess has already had news about it. News about your hidden weapon."
A princess, and a princess who holds an important source of finance for the Great Chu Kingdom. If there is no news of this, she doesn't have to do it.
Xu Bai touched his chin and said: "Okay, you can go now, what should you do, as for other things, don't worry about it."
This answer was unexpected, and Qingxue was stunned on the spot, unable to recover for a long time.
Does that make her go?
Something is wrong, she can't go yet.
"I've already met the person I want to see, where should I go?" Qingxue touched her nose, and there was another trace of blood oozing there.
The attack was too ruthless.
The knee bump just now, if she wasn't a martial artist, almost smashed her head.
I don't know how to be compassionate and cherish jade at all.
"Princess Nine means that we have the possibility to cooperate." After Qingxue wiped off the blood on her nose, she directly stated her purpose.
"Okay, I will consider it." Xu Bai said.
Qingxue showed a strange expression on her face: "Why do I always feel that your answer is so perfunctory..."
Considering the two words is an extremely routine answer.
For example, if you ask someone about something, or you want someone to do something, and the other person replies to you and think about it, then 80% of the time is impossible.
Consider means that I don't really want to do it, but I don't want to hinder your face, so I will save a little face for you.
"Then let's go through the procedure." Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "How to cooperate?"
"I don't know, I'm just here to confirm and see what you mean, but you can rest assured that anyone who cooperates with Princess Nine will be fair and just, and will get corresponding rewards." Qingxue said.
Xu Bai nodded seriously: "Okay, I'll think about it."
Qingxue: "..."
unacceptable!
Co-author Is this how you follow the procedure?
It's simply not human.
Xu Bai didn't continue to say more, turned around, and went out.
Qingxue didn't know what Xu Bai wanted to do, so she subconsciously asked, "Where are you going?"
"Go to see someone." Xu Bai said without turning his head.
Qingxue stayed in the room with a dull expression on her face.
What is this all about?
Since she came here, her initiative has been lost.
Up to now, except for the sentence "Think about it", she didn't ask anything else.
Of course, there are still gains.
"This person is very clear. He kills what should be killed, and doesn't kill what should not be killed. Unlike some brutal people, the princess is right, and nothing can be seen on the surface."
Qingxue thought about it, and decided to go to Chunyu Pavilion again,
Go to Chunyu Pavilion to see if there are any new discoveries. If not, she will get up and go back to the city, and go back to the princess as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Qingxue found a sum of Japanese paper in the room, cut the paper into two, and wrote the same content, which was roughly the interception she encountered and her evaluation of Xu Bai.
Among them, the evaluation is quite satisfactory, without any bias.
After finishing this, Qingxue found the old postmaster and handed over one of the rolled up notes.
"At noon tomorrow, you will use the carrier pigeon to send it to the capital. In addition, give me a carrier pigeon." Qingxue said.
In these years, it is not uncommon to intercept pigeons, and everything needs to be prepared twice.
"Okay." The old postmaster agreed.
Qingxue withdrew her hand, looked at the direction Xu Bai left, and frowned.
…
The time was getting later and later, the sun was gradually setting, and Xu Bai had already arrived in Sheng County.
In the Yamen.
A room was brightly lit, and Yun Zihai was writing at his desk.
The weather turned cold, he wore a piece of clothing, and coughed from time to time while writing.
His face was as pale as usual, and he looked like a sick man who was dying.
What I am writing now is about the future development plan of Sheng County.
In the past two days, I have been traveling around in Sheng County, and I have already got a thorough understanding of the situation.
In his opinion, Sheng County is a remote and small county, and it will take a lot of effort to develop it.
After about a stick of incense, Yun Zihai put down the brush in his hand, looked at the profuse words on the white paper, and nodded in satisfaction.
"very nice."
The rough first draft has been formed, and it only needs to be gradually improved.
Just as he was thinking this way, there was a knock on the door suddenly.
The knock on the door in the middle of the night, especially in the empty backyard, seemed particularly eerie.
"Who?" Yun Zihai turned his head, looked in the direction of the door, raised the brush in his hand, and a thick book appeared on his left hand.
"I."
There was a familiar voice outside the door, he was only slightly stunned, and then, with a smile on his face, he walked to the door and opened it.
"Who am I supposed to be? It turned out to be Brother Xu. I don't know if Brother Xu visits the yamen at night. Is there something urgent?"
After the door was opened, Xu Bai was standing outside the door holding a ghost knife.
"How about going in and talking?" Xu Bai smiled.
Yun Zihai turned sideways, let Xu Bai go in first, and then closed the door.
Xu Bai came to the house, sat on the seat, looked at the teacup on the table, and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Brother Xu came to visit late at night, it seems that he has something to do." Yun Zihai said with a smile.
"Someone intercepted Princess Ninth's personal maid, and even used the same moves as me." Xu Bai said straight to the point, without beating around the bush.
Yun Zihai had just taken two steps, and when he heard this sentence, he was obviously stunned.
"What?"
Intercepted the maidservant of the Ninth Princess, and used the same hidden weapon technique as Xu Bai.
Planting the blame?
Probably.
"I don't know if you've seen this technique before." Xu Bai raised his hand, struck out a copper coin, and inlaid it on the pillar in the room.
"Maple leaves are like rain." Yun Zihai was taken aback for a moment, then narrowed his eyes.
"It seems that you really belong to the Yun family." Xu Bai laughed.
The technique of raining maple leaves comes from Yunxiang.
When fighting Yun Xiang back then, Yun Xiang once said that this is the Yun family's martial art.
Yun Zihai is also surnamed Yun.
So Xu Bai had this conjecture, so he came over to try it out.
"Brother Xu, you made me change my view of you. I originally thought you were a highly guarded and powerful Jiang Hu person, but now it seems that your strategy is not bad." Yun Zihai said with a smile: " I was expelled from the Yun family, maple leaves are like rain, and I am one of the Yun family's martial arts."
"Oh?" Xu Bai just poured himself a cup of tea, but didn't drink it all the time. He gently turned the teacup in his hand: "Tell me."
"I abandoned martial arts and followed literature because I disrespected the Yun family and was kicked out by the Yun family. But then I entered Qingyun Academy, and they wanted me to go back, but I refused." Yun Zihai explained.
Speaking of this, it is obvious that Yun Zihai's tone is helpless.
Sometimes, reality is like this, without the slightest deviation.
When you have no ability or strength, anyone can step on it, but when you have the ability, strength, and background, you will be applauded behind everything you do.
"The Yun family is loyal to the sixth prince, and it seems that they want to frame and frame the blame. However, the sixth prince's city cannot do such a flawed thing. It must be the Yun family who wants to show the sixth prince. Loyalty." Yun Zihai said.
"This is not just a simple show of loyalty. The plan of killing three birds with one stone is well thought out, and the abacus is also well calculated." Xu Bai put the cold tea aside.
"How do you see it?" Yun Zihai asked.
Xu Bai sorted out his thoughts and expressed his thoughts.
"First intercept and kill on the way, after the failure, there may be doubts about me, even if there is no doubt, if I acted hard at that time, if Qingxue died, my matter would be settled, this is one of them."
"If I didn't take action and the matter could be resolved, then I would have to suspect who was behind the scenes. The characteristics of hidden weapons are too obvious, and your surname is Yun, so I might suspect you. This is the second."
"The link in the middle, if any of us makes a mistake, me, you, and the ninth princess, one of us will always suffer a loss. This is killing three birds with one stone."
After finishing speaking, Xu Bai stopped talking and just looked directly at Yun Zihai.
Yun Zihai sighed, and said: "After hearing Brother Xu's analysis, I rejected my previous thoughts. This matter was not done by the Yun family itself, it was definitely ordered by the Sixth Prince."
"Oh? Why?" Xu Bai lightly tapped his fingers on the table, very rhythmically.
"This is just a small temptation for the sixth prince, and the so-called price is just a Yun family. If it succeeds, he will get a hundred times the return. If it fails, he will just pull out a hair on his body." Yun Zi Hai said with certainty.
Xu Bai frowned.
This kind of analysis is also correct, after all, anyone is willing to do it for the loss of a hair.
Such a small promotion county has triggered so many serial routines.
"Thank you Brother Xu for trusting me." Yun Zihai saluted.
Xu Bai shook his head: "It's not because of trust, but because it's not that simple. You can't be stupider than catkins."
Yun Zihai: "..."
He knows catkins well.
On the surface, it looks like a frozen snow mountain, but in fact it is very irritable.
Is it really okay to say that?
Fortunately, Liu Xu didn't hear it, otherwise she would definitely come from Qingyun Academy with a pen in her hand.
Xu Bai asked what he wanted, stood up, but did not leave, but looked Yun Zihai up and down.
Yun Zihai was slightly taken aback, not understanding what Xu Bai meant.
"You see, I've been honest with you, don't you have to express it, for example, what is your purpose in coming to Sheng County?" Xu Bai said, pretending to be honest.
He will never believe that Yun Zihai was really demoted to Sheng County, there must be something wrong with it, and it's not simple.
Do not follow the law, directly kill the prince.
In fact, it is equivalent to breaking the law, and this kind of punishment is extremely rare.
Yun Zihai heard the words, showing a look of helplessness.
Be honest with each other?
Frankly meet a ghost!
Are you sure you are honest with each other?
You just came here and told me what happened, and your analysis. Is this called being honest?
Your Excellency really has a big misunderstanding of the four words "to be honest and honest".
Yun Zihai had a terrible headache and couldn't help but think of what his junior sister had said to him.
At that time in the academy, Liu Xu told him seriously, and it was very simple.
"Xu Bai is very strange. Call him cunning, he is indeed cunning, but sometimes he has a kind of blood that is unique to men, and it is easy to get along with."
These are Liu Xu's original words.
Having been with Xu Bai until now, I haven't noticed anything else, the weirdness is really weird.
Cunning, really sly.
"Brother Xu, are you sure you want to listen?" Yun Zihai retracted his thoughts and asked.
Xu Bai nodded.
Yun Zihai lowered his head and thought for a while, as if he was sorting out his thoughts. After a while, he raised his head, ready to tell his story.
"I…"
The words were not finished, because an exception occurred.
The window of the room was suddenly pushed open, and then several throwing knives were shot from outside.
The speed of the flying knife was very fast, and it was in front of Yun Zihai in the blink of an eye.
This is aimed at Yun Zihai, not a single throwing knife is aimed at Xu Bai.
Yun Zihai's eyes widened suddenly.
Suffered!
He was too busy talking to Xu Bai just now, so he slacked off a lot, and now it's too late.
Yun Zihai tried his best to turn his body around, trying to avoid the vital point.
Injuries are bound to happen, but it is not easy to avoid the vital points.
But the next moment, the clouds were covered by the sea.
Xu Bai made a wrong step, and he had already come to Yun Zihai like a ghost, looked at the flying knives, and waved his sleeves.
Under the surge of true energy, the flying knife flew upside down along the original path.
As the battle turns and the stars move, use the way of the other to return to the other.
Outside the window, there was a muffled hum, someone was injured.
Xu Bai drew out the ghost knife.
The bland aura just now disappeared, replaced by a murderous look, like a butcher on a rainy night.
"Someone wants to die, but it can't be stopped."
(end of this chapter)