Chapter 8: Snake Attacks The boy’s cold fingertips slid from his palm into his finger…
After inexplicably causing Gu Feihai's computer to crash, Xu Nuo was worried for several days, fearing that the other party would retaliate when he woke up.
Later, I couldn't stand the days of being suspicious every time I walked on the street, so I just gave up and sent a letter of complaint to the mailbox of the Academic Affairs Office, reporting that an unknown person had sneaked in and harassed students.
No matter whether it is useful or not, since you have already offended them, you might as well strike first.
Therefore, when she entered the training room compartment and saw today's temporary link object, she was a little confused.
"Hello, team leader," the boy with short dark blue hair sat properly on the training chair, his face delicate and gentle. "Nice to meet you."
Xu Nuo looked at the nameplate on his chest: "Are you... from the guard team?"
The young man nodded, his hands resting on his lap. "Guard Gu Feihai, Team 2, is currently barred from the academy due to an unidentified report, so I've been assigned to protect the team leader. I'm number 1, and it's my honor to protect you."
He looked very young, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with clear eyes.
Quite responsible.
Xu Nuo awkwardly changed the subject: "Uh...wait a minute, your name is Jiang Chen, right? I..."
The boy raised his head and looked at her with a focused and serious expression.
Xu Nuo felt uncomfortable being stared at and waved his hand, saying, "Don't be so formal. Besides, I'm not your leader yet, so don't be so formal."
Jiang Chen smiled faintly: "I am very relaxed, leader."
Seeing that Xu Nuo didn't move for a long time, he took the initiative to reach out and shake her hand. The boy's cold fingertips slid from the palm of her hand into her fingers, and the temperature was surprisingly low.
Xu Nuo exclaimed: "Your hand..."
This sound made Jiang Chen let go as if he had been electrocuted, and he lowered his head: "Sorry, my body temperature is naturally low, and I rarely come into contact with people. I was so happy to see the team leader just now that I forgot."
He lowered his eyes, his mouth drooped, and looked very self-blaming.
Xu Nuo felt guilty: "It's okay, it's okay, don't blame yourself, it's not that cold..."
The boy's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Really? The leader really doesn't think I'm cold?"
He looked young and innocent, and had a look of expectation on his face. Xu Nuo couldn't bear it and nodded reluctantly.
Jiang Chen grinned and looked at his palm, but suddenly remembered something and his eyes dropped again.
He whispered, "Thank you for your comfort."
The child didn't coax him well, so Xu Nuo had to take the initiative to reach out and shake his hand: "See, I didn't lie to you, we can start connecting now."
Jiang Chen stared at the two men's clasped hands in a daze, then grinned, revealing a row of neat, white teeth: "Leader, I'm ready."
"Very good, close your eyes and relax."
Xu Nuo closed his eyes and summoned Xiao Gu as usual, using their clasped hands as a medium to assist the extension of his spiritual tentacles.
But she waited for a long time, but the other party still didn't summon his spirit body.
"What's wrong?" She opened her eyes.
The young man in front of her was looking at her with his clear eyes.
When he got closer, Xu Nuo realized that the color of his pupils was a little special, between transparent and gray. Under the light, such pupils would be brighter and more dazzling than those of ordinary people.
"Very beautiful eyes," she soothed. "Are you worried about not releasing your spirit form?"
Jiang Chen nodded slightly but said nothing.
Xu Nuo said patiently: "It's okay, tell me, you'll know after all."
Jiang Chen hesitated, and only when he met her gentle gaze did he say cautiously: "My spiritual body is a little scary."
Xu Nuo: "Is it a big bat, a mouse or something like that?"
He shook his head: "Even scarier than them."
Xu Nuo took a breath and asked, "What is it?"
"It's... a snake."
As soon as he finished speaking, a thick, winding shadow emerged from the darkness of the training room. Its head moved into the light, its silver scales glowing with a cold light, and a pair of grayish-white dull pupils, unique to cold-blooded animals, stared at the little Gu in the air.
Snakes...eat birds.
Little Gu was so nervous that he flapped his wings randomly.
Jiang Chen said guiltily: "Sorry, I scared it."
Xu Nuo shook her head, feeling a dilemma. She had never been afraid of the spirits of the linked beings. After all, no matter how terrifying the animals looked, they were still bound by their own consciousness. As long as the sentinel was friendly and harmless, there would be no danger.
But spiritual bodies are not completely controlled by the main body. They are like companions of evolving humans, with some self-awareness and biological instincts, and all things in the world are interdependent and mutually exclusive... Xiaogu's consciousness is constantly conveying her fear.
This is a natural fear from the food chain, Xu Nuo doesn't want to force it, but...
"Xu Nuo, are you ready? Another student has successfully connected and is ready to fight." The teacher knocked on the cubicle door.
Jiang Chen stood up and said, "Sorry, leader, it's all my fault. I'll go out and exchange with others..."
"No need," Xu Nuo pulled him to sit down, hesitated for a moment and said, "Sit still, and let your spirit body touch me directly."
Jiang Chen was surprised, but the big snake under him swam first, and its long tail quickly circled to the girl's feet. The snake's head stood up half a person's height, revealing a deep red tongue.
The cold snake scales pressed against his ankle, bringing a chill. Xu Nuo closed his eyes again and activated his mental tentacles.
The most convenient way to connect a sentinel with a guide is to have their spirit bodies touch each other directly. Alternatively, if a sentinel has a deep emotional connection with their guide and trust each other, they can also connect directly, bypassing the spirit body.
Without Xiaogu's help, the only option was the second one. However, since this was their first meeting, they weren't familiar with each other, let alone building trust. Since neither method worked, Xu Nuo had to find another way.
The method of a guide directly connecting to a sentinel's spirit was never recorded in textbooks, but some people had successfully attempted it, though it required a bit of talent. Xu Nuo knew that he had this "little" of talent since he was a child.
Perhaps because of time travel, she, who has grown up in modern society, entered a new body with a nearly mature soul. Her mental power is stronger than most people in this world. Many skills that need to be understood and learned can be learned almost immediately, and she can also create her own way of manipulating mental power.
What's more, unlike most guides whose spiritual power is insurmountable upon awakening, her spiritual power still has room for improvement. When she first awakened, she was F-rank, and now, eight years later, she is B-rank. There seems to be a lot of room for improvement.
This is her trump card and her biggest secret.
She recalled the method she had learned in the past and tried to wrap her spiritual tentacles around the snake's tail, then from the tail all the way to the snake's body and head...
The connection established by the guide himself gave the sentinel a much more intense feeling than usual. As soon as the tentacles almost touched the snake's tail, Jiang Chen's body began to tremble violently.
He seemed unable to bear such an intense feeling. His pupils constricted, his snake tail curled up, and a faint moan escaped from his throat with a trembling sound: "Captain, wait a moment, slow down..."
As the connection deepened, the big snake under her feet swayed its body half in comfort and half in impatience. The snake's tail began to be dissatisfied with the touching part and climbed up from the girl's ankle restlessly. The snake scales longed to be close to more skin, asking for the warmth that made it sigh.
"Don't stick to it, it's cold." Xu Nuo grabbed the snake's tail that had wrapped around his knees and pulled it away. "Just bear with it."
She couldn't take her time with him, as the mind manipulation class was about to begin, and she had to perform well to get higher marks.
The advantage of a non-spiritual connection is that it doesn't interfere with judgment due to other perceptions, but it consumes far more mental energy than expected. If this continues for too long, it will inevitably exhaust her mental energy prematurely. She simply increased her output to speed up the connection, but the snake on the other side suffered.
"Leader—ah, leader, don't!" Jiang Chen shouted, his whole body trembling uncontrollably. A strong sense of stimulation followed. He shook his body and gritted his teeth, his ten fingers clasped the back of the chair, the veins on his neck bulged, and he forced himself to restrain his behavior.
Under the feet of the two people, the big snake kept twisting its body, and its tail circled the girl several times. It clearly wanted to touch her but it resisted the urge at a very close distance, and the tip of its tail drew circles listlessly.
The connection was completed, Xu Nuo turned around, and Jiang Chen was already slumped in the chair, his chest heaving, gasping for breath, his light grey transparent eyes wet, with a pool of shameful tears at the corners of his eyes that seemed to be about to fall.
"There's no time to adjust," Xu Nuo ruthlessly stretched out his tentacles to help him up, urging him, "Go out to class first."
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