Meet He Xian again

Shi Youchen began to regret it.

In fact, he already regretted it.

Wende was such a talkative person. He had hardly stopped talking since Shi Youchen got in the car, and he talked as long as the green outside the window lasted.

Fortunately, Shi Youchen learned some information about the floating island from his chatter.

The floating island only appeared a few years ago, but few people know how it was built because the first group of people who went to the island have not appeared in the maintenance bureau for a long time.

Except for the earliest group of people, later people had to go through the "passage" to get to the island, which meant that only those who could appear on the island had special abilities and certain strength.

So in the eyes of the people in Mirage Abyss, the floating island is almost a holy place.

The interior of this bright yellow car was no different from any other vehicle outside, except that it didn't require a human operator, so Wende could speak freely and without worry. "There's only one maintenance room here, but it's more than just a maintenance room. There are also many other labs and equipment areas inside. It's basically the core of the floating island."

"I came to the island last year and have been working as a maintenance technician for almost a year. My master is more capable than me; he was one of the first maintenance technicians on the island. However, I seem to have heard him say that he didn't do this before, so I'm not sure."

"Anyway, everyone in our place has worked under him for a period of time. If you're lucky, you might be able to meet him later."

It was then that Wende suddenly remembered that Shi Youchen had been the one who suggested going to the maintenance room, so he asked him, "What's wrong with you? Why do you need to go to the maintenance room?"

Wende turned around in his seat and looked at Shi Youchen's forehead curiously. "What's that on your forehead? A seal? Is that why you have to go to the maintenance room?"

Shi Youchen reached out and brushed his hair twice, covering up most of the tattoo left by 07, and said, "No, because my friend is waiting for me there."

Wende: "Oh, that's right. By the way, I don't know your name yet. What's your name?"

Shi Youchen: "笹."

The car passed through the colorful green, and Shi Youchen finally caught a glimpse of a color other than green.

It was a manor built on ruins, with a dark brown door at the outside.

The manor only appeared for a moment before being immediately obliterated by the darkness that enveloped the car. The car drove into a tall, neatly-formed mountain range.

Although it only appeared for a moment, Shi Youchen remembered the appearance of that place very clearly, and the originally blurry picture became clearer and clearer in his mind.

That manor looks familiar.

Wende seemed to notice Shi Youchen's absent-mindedness and asked, "Zhao? What's wrong with you? We'll be there soon."

Shi Youchen unconsciously said what he was thinking: "What place did we just pass by?"

Wende was puzzled for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Oh! Are you talking about the manor we just passed by? That's my master's home, beautiful, isn't it!"

The car stopped, and through the window, Youchen saw that the surrounding area was already a primitive mine. Wende led him through the chaotic ruins at the outermost part, took the elevator behind the cave wall, and went all the way down to the depths of the earth.

The oxygen concentration here is extremely high. As soon as Shi Youchen walked out of the elevator, he was stopped by someone. It was Yan Zhiyuan.

Yan Zhiyuan seemed to have a strange expression. He glanced at Wende beside him, pulled Shi Youchen away, and whispered in his ear, "I saw it here." However, before he finished speaking, Wende excitedly shouted in a certain direction.

“Master!”

Shi Youchen turned his head and happened to meet the eyes of the person who came.

The lower half of the man's face was covered by a protective mask, revealing only a pair of bright doe eyes, but Shi Youchen still recognized him.

He Xian.

He Xian tapped Wende on the forehead to quiet him down, then walked towards Shi Youchen and Yan Zhiyuan. He nodded at Yan Zhiyuan and asked, "Who is this?"

Shi Youchen was stunned for a moment, then belatedly realized that he was no longer the same person in the eyes of others. So he extended his hand to He Xian: "Hello, my name is Sasa, and I'm from the Mirage Abyss."

He Xian seemed to raise his eyebrows, hooked the edge of his index finger and pulled down the protective mask, then shook hands with You Chen at the same time: "Hello, He Xian, the maintenance engineer here."

Yan Zhiyuan broke the strange atmosphere: "How is Morrill?"

He Xian gestured for Wen De to hurry up and do his work, then turned and said, "It's no big deal. It's just an energy overdraft, and it's not a big overdraft. It will be back in a short while after a little replenishment."

Just when Yan Zhiyuan and Shi Youchen breathed a sigh of relief, He Xian said, "But the poison in her body is quite complicated. It won't be cleared out in a short time. We may have to wait until she wakes up."

"What kind of poison?" Shi Youchen never knew. "She was poisoned?"

This reaction made He Xian curious, and he asked, "Why, she didn't show any signs of poisoning?" Yan Zhiyuan seemed to have thought of something: "Could it be..."

"It's those special drinks she drinks every day."

——

07 had a fight with 11, and didn't say a word before the fight.

After the fight, 11 floated on the surface of the swimming pool and cursed angrily. At the same time, he felt very sad about his completely withered jungle of the inferiors, which were the ones Elsa gave him.

"This guy is crazy, he didn't even ask questions before he started, hiss!" His leg had just been connected and was still throbbing with pain. "It wasn't me who did it, damn it." At this time, the assistant brought him the latest information he had found out -

"07 seems to have rushed to District 8."

"District 8?" Eleven's eyes rolled as a plan came to mind. "Go tell that person, there's something interesting to watch."

——

Morrill was indeed poisoned, and the poison was severe.

He Xian showed Yan Zhiyuan and Shi Youchen what he had extracted from her body.

Mollier's blood was not a normal red color. As it lay there, strands of silver slowly emerged from it, swaying gently from side to side like willow catkins, and then hanging on the inner wall of the container.

"This is a living thing." He Xian said, "I have extracted no less than ten kinds of reverse supernatural energy from it."

Reverse abilities are not uncommon in the Maintenance Bureau.

It would be better to say that most of the people with superpowers in the Mirage Abyss have reverse superpowers.

"It is difficult for supernatural energy to survive without the main body, let alone parasitic reproduction. Theoretically, it is impossible for human energy to have such growth-promoting activities in other bodies." He Xian seemed to be quite interested in this, holding it in his hand and observing it carefully.

"Unless she actively uses her body as a nurturing home for the growth of these energies."

Shi Youchen and Yan Zhiyuan exchanged bewilderment. He Xian could tell they knew nothing about this. "The energy cultivated within a foreign body like this could potentially evolve. Furthermore, this requires very strict attributes of the mother's ability; it must possess the ability to 'assimilate' or 'devour.'"

He Xian seemed concerned that his explanation wasn't clear enough, so he tilted his head and asked, "You know that superpowers can evolve, right?" Shi Youchen nodded before continuing, "There are actually more superpowers on the same evolutionary chain than you might imagine. For example, this girl's original attribute is detoxification, and one of the links in her evolutionary chain is 'devouring.'"

"But the type of food she devours depends on her own abilities."

At this time, behind the three of them, Morrill, who had fallen into a deep sleep due to energy overdraft, suddenly sat up and began to hum a song with his eyes closed.

Seeing this, He Xian immediately put on his protective mask, walked behind Shi Youchen, and covered his ears with his hands.

Just when Shi Youchen wanted to pull away, he saw Yan Zhiyuan's body slowly collapse and fall to the ground.

"Don't move, brother." He Xian's voice came to Shi Youchen's mind.

"I know who you are~"

"One of the links in the evolutionary chain of 'Spiritual Soothing' is 'Spiritual Invasion'. This is just a method of use that I'm good at."

"I won't reveal my brother's identity. After all, it was 07 who brought me here."

"I just want to remind you that your presence here means that person is most likely not normal anymore."

"Just in case, you should be more careful when you go out next time."

"If you get hurt accidentally, you can come to the floating island to find me."

Shi Youchen nodded slightly, and He Xian immediately let go of his hands.

Before he lost consciousness, Shi Youchen heard him say, "This is the 'Siren's Chant', an ability extracted from a certain creature in the Mirage Abyss. Have a good rest."

——

When Ying Yungui arrived, everything was over.

The Luo family's recently built compound was reduced to ruins, and the pungent smell of burning filled the air. Ying Xiangze personally visited the scene, grabbed his son's wrist, and said, "Yun Gui, don't go over there."

Ying Yungui looked back at him, his eyes purple and black: "Who did it?" Ying Xiangze's expression was still as stable as ever, without a trace of sadness.

Ying Yungui's voice was forced out: "Tell me who did it." Seeing that the person still didn't answer, he struggled to free his wrist and walked towards the place in front that was already burnt black.

"It was self-immolation." Ying Xiangze's voice floated from far behind him.

In front of Ying Yungui, he could vaguely make out several people lying on the black ground, but the remains had been removed. Luo Zhao knelt there, digging the ground with his hands.

"Come out, come out. I will never bully others again. I will be obedient and live well." She whispered as she dug, her head lowered, and her long red hair was covered with black ash.

"Please don't hide Jiang Yu, come out."

Ying Yungui stood beside Luo Zhao in a daze, watching her dig out small pieces of charred tree trunks from the ruins and then pile them together. Every time she dug up a piece, she would laugh softly.

Until later on, she could no longer dig up any more, and the remains of the tree trunks were not piled up in the shape she wanted.

Luo Zhao then looked up, saw Ying Yungui, and called out softly, "Brother."

"Jiang Yu is missing."

"He turned into a tree and disappeared."

Luo Zhao's pupils had turned blood red, and Ying Yungui could feel the fiery heat from her.

...

On November 14th, 175th year of the New Calendar, all the supernatural beings in the Luo family of District 8 experienced a violent outburst of energy. Led by Luo Xi and Luo Han, they self-immolated in their homes. The death toll is incalculable, and the remains are unidentifiable.

No. 7098 Jiang Yu died in the supernatural flame. Under its protection, until the flame burned out, one person survived, and Jiang Yu himself left no remains.

On the same day, the survivor Luo Zhao awakened dual superpowers - the coexistence of natural "fire" and "wood", with an initial energy level of 3. Due to his extremely unstable mental state, he was later listed as a key observation and experimental subject by the association.

...

On November 20, 175 of the new calendar, Ying Xiangze voluntarily resigned from the position of head of the association's decision-making group.

On November 23, 175th year of the new calendar, Ying Xiangze disappeared. Before his disappearance, the headquarters received an abnormal signal from the vital signs monitoring, but it was immediately cut off.

On November 24, 175th year of the new calendar, Ying Yungui took the initiative to apply to join the "Health Consultation Office" of the headquarters.

On November 29, 175 of the new calendar, the energy barrier of the "Health Consultation Center" was broken, and Ying Yungui returned to District 8 and succeeded as the head of the Ying family on the same day.

At the end of the 175th year of the new calendar, the 11th president of the association, Florovich Belmond, died of illness, and the 12th president, Lynch Filler, automatically took over the position. The association officially entered a new era of management.

The following year, President Lynch Filler announced the restart of the "Gene Recombination Plan" and recruited voluntary experimental subjects from the entire association.

Since the 176th year of the new calendar, President Lynch Filler announced that in order to "fight against the forces that maintain the situation and better protect the global order and the safety of the people", the Global Management Association of Superpowers has taken over and expanded its management areas to Districts 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11, and the original jurisdictions of each district are in name only.

This marked the beginning of the era of associations taking power.