White soul body
He Xian returned to his manor and walked towards the dark room while taking off all the tools on his body. At the same time, he said in the direction of the living room: "Andy, a glass of absinthe, send it to the basement first."
Andy is the latest butler he developed a few years ago, which is a hundred times more advanced than the previous ones like Louis and David.
A gentle female voice came from above the living room: "Okay, it'll be ready for you right away." It was exactly the same voice as the mother's in He Xian's memory.
He has now become completely desensitized to his parents' affairs, but the first thing he does when he gets home every day is still to worship the painting of snow mountains.
He Xian entered the dark room and knelt on the cushion, facing the direction of the snow mountain picture. He clasped his hands together above his head, closed his eyes, and recalled his experiences over the years.
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In the year 172 of the New Calendar, the Maintenance Bureau officially declared war on the Association, choosing District 9 as the location, and he was chosen as an example to scare the monkeys. Although he survived, he still suffered a lot of torture.
Because he possessed rare dual superpowers, he was first locked up in a dark cave after being brought back to the Maintenance Bureau. Several people came and went wanting to recruit him, but he refused, and was therefore tortured.
But soon 07 showed up. 07 picked out He Xian from among the prisoners in the giant cave and took him into the Mirage Abyss to hide.
He Xian didn't understand why 07 chose him at first.
Until 07 took out the snow mountain picture and said to him: "I know what you really want."
"You want there to be no more superpowers in this world, and you want this distorted order to return to its proper place.
Although you may not believe it now, I can tell you that my wish is the same as yours.
Cooperate with me and I will ensure that you can do anything you want in the Maintenance Bureau.
In return, you have to research anything I want for me.
As the former head of the association's equipment department, you can definitely do it."
He Xian knew that he could not escape from the Maintenance Bureau on his own, and he did not trust 07, but he still agreed.
Because 07 revealed his true face to him.
The following year, he was personally sent to the floating island by 07. The moment he landed on the island, He Xian had already discovered it.
"This is the 9th District Continent, right?" He said this with a very certain tone.
07 was a little surprised and asked him how he knew that. He Xian replied, "I will never forget this smell that is on the verge of decay."
After that, he stayed on the floating island as a maintenance engineer and even moved back to his former manor, and the picture of the snowy mountains naturally returned to its place.
As for how the 9th District Continent was brought here by the Maintenance Bureau to become a floating island, and how the huge white chain appeared, He Xian didn't know and didn't want to know.
He was only responsible for doing his own research on the floating island, and occasionally 07 would come to him to ask for something.
The most recent thing 07 asked him for were two culture media that could extract the energy of superpowers for conversion and storage.
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After He finished worshipping, Tu stood up, walked out of the dark room and walked forward.
At the end of the corridor, there was a formation leading to the basement. He stood on it and his figure disappeared in the next moment.
He Xian dug the basement for fun in recent years when he had nothing to do. After all, there was no one here to chat with him and the long nights were always a bit difficult to endure.
And although it is called a basement, it is actually an undeveloped deep underground area. According to He Xian's estimation, this location, viewed from the outside, may be almost in the middle of the white chain.
He also found it miraculous that his house could be dug so deep without collapsing.
What’s even more amazing is that at this depth underground, there is actually a rainforest.
What’s even more amazing is that this rainforest has a complete ecosystem.
The most amazing thing was that he discovered a conscious white soul body in the rainforest.
He Xian had stumbled upon it while collecting samples, near a pool deep in the rainforest. A white mass, it was conscious, moved, and responded to He Xian's actions. Aside from being unable to speak, it was like a human being.
But to He Xian, it is no different from a human.
Because he found it interesting, He Xian once tried to bring it out of the underground, but every time it reached the edge of the rainforest, it would disappear. So He Xian had to go underground to see it often and named it Xiaobai.
"Xiaobai?" When He Xian found Xiaobai today, he discovered that it was actually wrapped around his wine glass, and seemed to be very interested in the dark green liquid inside.
"Xiaobai, you can't drink this!" He Xian hurriedly reached out and took the absinthe, "What if you drink it and something goes wrong?" He has completely regarded this white soul body as his own pet.
After being pulled away, Xiaobai floated in the air, looking a little unhappy, and flattened himself into a pancake.
"Alright, alright. I'll go get you some plant juice." He Xian finished the absinthe in his glass in one gulp and headed deeper into the rainforest again. Xiaobai followed him unsteadily.
Before he knew it, He Xian had reached the pond where he had met Xiao Bai. There was no external water source, but the water in the pond never decreased.
Xiaobai shrank back into a round ball, then floated over the pond, swaying back and forth. He Xian could tell it was in a good mood.
"Wait for me here, I'll be back after I finish picking." He Xian took out a container from the storage bag, chose the direction with the strongest smell and went in.
As soon as he squatted down and stretched out his hand, he heard the sound of surging waves coming from behind him.
He Xian's expression changed drastically, and he ran back in the direction he came from, calling out to Xiao Bai. Then he saw a vortex suddenly appear in the center of the pool. Unlike the surrounding area, the color of this vortex was pure black.
The white soul body was spinning violently above the vortex without any resistance.
"Xiaobai!" He Xian had never encountered such a situation before and didn't know why this vortex suddenly appeared, but he knew that he didn't want to lose the only company on this floating island.
So he released his light energy in the direction of Xiaobai.
Light can illuminate the darkness of the world and also embrace all invisible things.
He Xian wanted to use this to condense a light chain and pull Xiaobai out from the dark vortex.
But something unexpected happened to the previously flawless light. It was sucked into the black vortex and disappeared.
Unconvinced, He Xian tried again, but the result was the same. No matter how many times he condensed the light chain, it was always swallowed by the vortex.
Xiaobai was still spinning in mid-air, and seemed very uncomfortable, constantly changing its form. He Xian was so anxious that he jumped into the pool without caring about his own safety and was quickly sucked into the vortex.
...
"Xiaobai?" The first thing He Xian did after regaining consciousness was to open his eyes and call out.
Fortunately, the white soul body was still there. It approached He Xian's face affectionately and rubbed it.
"Where...is this?" Realizing that this was not a rainforest, He Xian stood up and looked around.
This is indeed not a rainforest, but a chaotic space without sky, earth, boundaries or life, similar to the distant starry sky.
Ten steps away from He Xian, there is a bronze stone platform.
He Xian walked over as if being summoned, and saw something on the stone platform - it was a carved totem.
It has a long, curled tail with distinct sections, two huge claws, and mysterious and delicate patterns floating all over its body.
This is a scorpion totem.
The moment he saw the scorpion totem clearly, the space began to emit a crackling sound. He Xian came back to his senses as if waking from a dream and found that Xiaobai was wrapped around his wrist.
And his wrist was about to touch the scorpion totem on the stone platform.
"What is this?" He Xian realized that Xiaobai was trying to stop him from touching him, so he quickly withdrew his hand and looked away, not daring to look. The white soul couldn't speak, so naturally it couldn't answer him.
It began to circle around He Xian twice, and then circled around the stone platform.
Xiaobai had not been spinning for long when the sound of space shattering became clearer. The stone platform began to shake, shaking out clouds of dust.
The chaos under He Xian's feet began to crack, and it was obvious that this place was about to collapse.
He tried several times to release the light curtain, but even the most basic condensation of energy was impossible, let alone the light curtain. Just like the light chain on the pool of water being swallowed by the vortex, he felt that his entire strength was being swallowed by this space.
"Xiaobai, I'm not going to die here, am I?" He Xian was truly exhausted. He couldn't even stand up and fell to the ground, staring at the chaos above him. "The agreement I made with him hasn't been fulfilled yet."
He began to mutter to himself, "I haven't finished several of my studies yet, I haven't seen this damn world restart yet, and I haven't found a partner since leaving the association."
"Is this the end?"
“…”
"Never mind. It doesn't matter if I die, but that person will be a lot more trouble."
He Xian turned his head to look at the soul floating beside him and smiled: "Xiaobai, you must live well."
The white soul body paused for a moment, then began to grow. Under He Xian's astonished gaze, it grew to the size of a human, and then the white person walked towards the stone platform.
Amidst the earth-shattering chaos in the chaotic space, it embraced the stone platform and the scorpion totem on it.
He Xian lost consciousness under the aurora, which was as bright as daylight. Before he passed out, he saw Xiao Bai wave to him, "Goodbye."
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"Xiaobai!" He Xian woke up in his room in his manor. 07 was sitting beside his bed, reading a book.
"Awake?" 07 closed the book and put it aside, reaching out to check on He Xian's condition. "Andy alerted me. She said you disappeared for a while after entering the basement. She's very worried."
"Who is Xiaobai?"
He Xian withdrew his hand, looking dejected: "I found a conscious soul body underneath it." But it should have disappeared now.
07 saw He Xian's expression.
"Okay, don't you think it's boring to stay here all the time?" 07 was surprisingly tolerant of He Xian, even a little doting. "I brought you a playmate. She will live with you from now on."
The door of the room was pushed open, and a little girl walked in. She looked about seventeen or eighteen years old.
07 smiled and said to the little girl, "Come here, Li Sen. You will live with this brother from now on. His name is He Xian."
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