Chapter 127
"Besides that, I've found many clues in Qi'er. These clues should form new abilities after Madam Yu puts down her final stroke. However, since you no longer intend to perfect her, these are unimportant."
Yu Cang nodded: "What I am more concerned about is, if Madam Yu reappears, will she be able to suddenly control Qi'er?"
"As of now, that's not possible." Dr. Ji shook his head. "A Soul Card can only have one user at a time, and the same goes for a Banned Card. The connection between Qi'er and you has already been established, and that's the only connection. Even Mrs. Yu, who facilitated this, can't change it. Furthermore, after I went back yesterday, I carefully examined Qi'er's veins, and as of now, there's absolutely no 'backdoor' in Qi'er."
"Really... That's good." Yu Cang breathed a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Yu's behavior was strange, and Yu Cang still hadn't fully understood her motive for giving him the chess piece. However, it was still a happy thing to hear that the girl didn't have any backdoors.
"Now, can Qi'er confirm that there is no risk?" Yu Cang asked.
"...From what I can see so far, Qi'er shouldn't be at risk of losing control, nor will it affect your normal life. However, to be on the safe side, Qi'er must master her abilities proficiently," Dr. Ji said. "Only when I'm sure she can perfectly control her powers will I approve your application."
"Okay... so what do we need to do?"
"We will help Qi'er develop her own abilities." Dr. Ji handed a document to Yu Cang. "Because Qi'er hasn't been completely made into a banned card, many of her abilities cannot be stimulated by her own will. We can only use some external stimulation methods... It may cause her some pain, but it won't be too painful. This is our training plan. During this period, you should come here every day."
Yu Cang took the document, glanced at it, and nodded: "I understand."
Originally, he came here to extract entries.
"Then let's start today." Dr. Ji clapped his hands, "Mingye, start training."
Hearing this, Cheng Mingye took Qier into the room behind the glass without saying a word, took out a set of equipment that he had not seen yesterday, and fixed it on Qier.
It can be seen that the girl was a little nervous and her body was very stiff, but when she turned around and saw Yu Cang's encouraging eyes, her expression suddenly became a little firmer.
Come on! Qi'er, there's nothing to be afraid of!
At worst, I can just hug my brother for a while longer when I get back, and everything will be fine!
While the girl was cheering herself up, Cheng Mingye took out a few more soul cards and laid them out in front of Qi'er. They were all spell cards.
Dr. Ji leaned in closer and spoke into the microphone, "Qi'er, try to establish a connection with these Soul Cards and then use them... If you need Soul Energy, extract it from the uncle next to you."
The girl immediately became serious, her eyes wide open, her gaze fixed on the soul card in front of her, and even her cheeks were moving with force.
However, half a minute passed and still nothing happened.
The girl bit her lip lightly: "I...I can't seem to do it..."
"It's okay." Dr. Ji continued, "One at a time. Mingye, activate 'Elementary Fireball'. Qi'er, pay attention to the changes in the power of the soul card during this process."
Cheng Mingye took out a soul card and injected soul energy into it. It was immediately activated. The soul card turned into a phantom and shattered, and then gathered into a fireball the size of a head in Cheng Mingye's hand.
On the side, Qi'er frowned tightly, but after a moment, he shook his head: "No, I still can't do it."
Cheng Mingye waved his hand and dispersed the fireball. After hearing the girl's words, Dr. Ji was silent for a moment before continuing:
"Well, next I'm going to give you some stimulation to help you feel your own abilities. This will be a little painful, okay?"
Hearing this, the girl shrank back, subconsciously a little scared, but before she could react.
"Wait a minute." Yu Cang interrupted, "Can I come in?"
"Hmm?" Dr. Ji turned around and looked at Yu Cang's serious expression. After a brief pause, he said, "...Okay, but don't touch any of the instruments on Qi'er."
"I see."
Yu Cang pushed the door open, walked past Cheng Mingye, came to Qi'er's side, squatted down, and gently held the girl's hand.
"Don't be afraid, brother is here."
Ye Laiye poked his little head over Yu Cang's shoulder, his eyes full of encouragement: "Keep going, young son."
Seeing this, the girl's originally frowned brows relaxed slightly, and her eyes seemed to be a little red.
She quickly closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Come on! Qi'er is not afraid!"
Beside him, Cheng Mingye curled his lips.
Tsk, we are not related at all... Never mind, I think I am the same.
Seeing that Qi'er was ready, he didn't say anything. He operated the instrument on the girl a few times and then picked up a "Basic Fireball Technique".
Sizzle...
Several indicator lights flashed, and Qi'er felt pain for a moment, groaning, and the little hand holding Yu Cang's palm subconsciously tightened.
"Feel it carefully." Cheng Mingye said.
Teng.
A fireball ignited in Cheng Mingye's palm. He glanced at the girl and found that she didn't react, so he simply waved away the flames and picked up another one from the side.
Judging from the look of this girl, she'll probably need some training...
Cheng Mingye sighed in his heart.
He is still thinking about the words Mrs. Yu left him.
He was very unconvinced, but unfortunately, after studying it all night, he still couldn't find even a single flaw in this banned card named Qi'er.
It shouldn't be like this... Although he didn't have a close relationship with Madam Yu back then, he still knew her approximate level. If she wasn't noticed by him, she must be inferior to him.
I've spent so many years studying banned cards at the Intake Bureau, but I can't say I can create a banned card that won't get out of control. How dare Mrs. Yu say that? Unfortunately, I can't find the flaws in this chess move right now.
You know, ordinary people in Yan Country don't have access to in-depth knowledge of banned cards... Who did Madam Yu learn this from? How could she have knowledge that even the Recruitment Bureau hasn't included yet?
Cheng Mingye was confused and took out a basic fireball spell.
This spell card is just an ordinary card. The soul energy it consumes is almost negligible to him. The time it takes to activate it is enough for him to recover.
The soul card was activated, and some soul energy was consumed from the soul energy well. Cheng Mingye raised his hand, but the familiar burning sensation did not rise from his palm.
Um?
Cheng Mingye was stunned, and when he came to his senses, he found that his palm was empty.
What's going on? I've clearly already paid for the soul energy consumption...
He seemed to have thought of something and quickly turned his head, and saw that Qi'er was stretching one hand forward, with purple lines spreading under her eyes. At this moment, a fireball suddenly ignited in front of her palm.
Teng!
"ah!"
The girl was startled by the fire and subconsciously retracted her hand, but the fireball was controlled by her, so she was instantly pulled back.
There is no such thing as friendly fire in the basic fireball technique. If you make a mistake in operation and it hits yourself, you will definitely be injured.
Cheng Mingye raised his eyebrows. Although he was a little surprised, he didn't stand there in a daze. Although he didn't want Qi'er to stay with Yu Cang, it would be very embarrassing to let the girl get hurt in front of him.
He took out a soul card and was about to intercept the fireball, but suddenly he saw that the fireball suddenly changed direction in mid-air, turned a right angle, and instantly shot towards the young dragon named Ye Lai. Then, he heard an imperceptible "puff" sound in the air, and the fireball disappeared in the suddenly darkened air.
"Hmm?" Cheng Mingye raised his eyebrows.
This night...
He had read Ye Lai's information and knew that he came from another world, and that his peak strength was at the legendary level.
But Ye Lai in this form now is obviously similar to a card pet... As we all know, card pets cannot have combat power.
As long as there is combat power, it means that additional mental pressure must be paid. Originally, seeing that Yu Cang had been maintaining Ye Lai's presence, he had roughly calculated Ye Lai's mental pressure in his mind, but as soon as he used his ability at this moment, his calculation was immediately overturned.
Although it seems that the ability displayed by Ye Lai is not strong, he definitely has the combat power of at least an ordinary card. It is absolutely impossible for Yu Cang, a fourth-level soul card master, to maintain the existence of an ordinary card for a long time!
Unless you ignore the risk of fatigue and sudden death from prolonged mental stress.
But looking at Yu Cang's spirit, he definitely has no such worries.
Cheng Mingye suddenly became curious.
Is this a new way of drawing soul cards?
"Mingye." Dr. Ji's voice came from the headset, "Put away your curiosity."
“…Tsk, got it.” Cheng Mingye curled his lips.
Having a mentor who knows you too well is sometimes not a good thing.
…
"Qi'er, it's okay." Yu Cang smiled. "Just now, you succeeded!"
The girl was frightened by the fireball and now held Yu Cang's hands tightly with both hands. Hearing this, she took several deep breaths and gradually calmed down.
"I succeeded?" The girl was a little curious.
"Go on." Cheng Mingye took out another soul card from the table. "It's just the beginning. You still have a lot to adapt to."
Teng!
Before Cheng Mingye finished speaking, he heard several consecutive sounds of flames burning in front of him. The soul energy in his soul energy well was reduced, and then, five fireballs appeared out of thin air in front of him!
He looked at the fireball that was so close in front of him, then looked at the soul card in his hand that was already in death cooling, and raised his brows.
Qi'er just... activated all the soul cards on the table.
Since they were all ordinary cards, they didn't consume much, so it was no big deal for him to activate them at the same time.
But... this was different from the result he had expected at the beginning.
In his and Dr. Ji's estimation, Qi'er should only be able to plunder the soul cards at the moment when the soul card master activates the spell card, but now, the four soul cards on the table only maintain their connection with himself and have no intention of activating.
This... is such a disgusting ability.
Just imagine, if I were playing against Qi'er now, wouldn't she be able to directly extract my soul energy and activate my soul card to deal with me?
You don't even try to hide it, you're just a minotaur, right?
but.
Cheng Mingye ignored the fireball that was burning almost in front of his eyes and thought for a moment.
Judging from my current experience, Qi'er's plundering intensity of soul energy is probably not as high as imagined. Soul card masters of higher levels are already able to control their soul energy wells to a certain extent. If I take precautions in advance, Qi'er should not be able to extract soul energy from me, or I can only extract it at a very slow speed.
Qi'er himself does not have a soul energy well and cannot store soul energy. If he only relies on plundering himself, he cannot guarantee that he will always have enough soul energy to activate the plundered spell card abilities.
But, this is also terrifying.
After all, chess can be extracted remotely and can lock onto multiple targets at the same time.
If Madam Yu really completed this soul card and let her take Qi'er to the downtown area... then every pedestrian on the road would become her energy bank!
At that time, as long as there are spell cards in the deck, don't even think about defeating Mrs. Yu.
With a wave of Qi'er's hand, all the spell cards in his deck will go into cooldown. How can he play like this?
On the opposite side, Qi'er stretched out his little hand, and when he saw that the fireball he suddenly summoned did not scare Cheng Mingye, he couldn't help but pout.
I'm about to stick a fireball on your face! How can you still have the time to think about anything?
So angry.
This weird uncle always looks scary when he looks at her. She really wants to see him get humiliated.
But seeing that there was no hope, Qi'er could only hum secretly and cancel a few fireballs.
She was still unskilled in her abilities, and after using them a few times, she began to feel dizzy.
Cheng Mingye came back to his senses, adjusted a few parameters on the instrument, and said, "Let's continue. It seems that the time we spend will be shorter than we thought."
Yu Cang lowered his head and looked at the girl: "How are you?"
"Qi'er is fine!"
…
The equipment in the treatment center looks quite good.
In the past, Qi'er had used his abilities so frequently that the purple lines on his body must have become so dense that they were almost solid. But now, half an afternoon had passed, and Qi'er still looked very stable, though he seemed a little lethargic.
Dr. Ji also knew that he couldn't be too anxious on the first day, so when he saw that the girl was a little exhausted, he stopped the experiment.
Cheng Mingye was a little unhappy, but seeing Dr. Ji's expressionless face, he had no choice but to give up.
Yesterday's 8,000-word review was such a waste of time. I still have to study the banned card patterns of Qi'er tonight, which takes time.
"That's all for today." Dr. Ji took off his glasses. "Bring her back tomorrow. If she's in good spirits, we'll continue. If not, we'll do some routine tests."
"Okay, thank you, Dr. Ji." Yu Cang nodded.
His eyes shifted and he looked at the entry recorder. Coincidentally, the implant cooling period had finished, so he tried to implant it.
The result was still unsuccessful.
After all, it's a legendary entry, so it's understandable. I'll just take my time with it later.
However, to his surprise, he remembered that yesterday, the success rate of this formula seemed to be only 8%, so how come today... it became 8.7%?
Although it was only a slight increase, it was indeed an increase, which had never happened before.
What factors affect the success rate?
Yu Cang was a little confused for a moment and could only give up for the time being.
"Then I'll be leaving first."
Yu Cang turned around, and a soul-enclosing door appeared. He stepped into it.
After he left, Cheng Mingye couldn't help but say, "Teacher, aren't you curious about what happened that night..."
"Ye Lai has already been filed. His case has been finalized." Dr. Ji looked at the materials in his hand without looking up. "Don't indulge your curiosity on unnecessary matters. Besides, Ye Lai is different from the banned card. He truly has his own personality and needs to be respected."
"...Teacher, there's no need to be so rigid about restricting ordinary people."
Hearing this, Dr. Ji raised his head, his eyes becoming a little more serious: "Mingye, this is the treatment center. We are facing the most dangerous and strange things in the world. Rules are the only thing we can trust. Do you understand?"
“…I know.” Cheng Mingye sighed.
…
Ye Lai brought Qi'er back to the base, but before he could rest for a while, Lin Yunqing came to his door.
"What? The topic has changed?" Yu Cang was stunned.
"That's right." Lin Yunqing stroked his glasses. "Today, there was a sudden news that the required items for the military overhaul have been changed, and there are also several changes to the optional items."
"Why is it so sudden...what did it change to?"
"Now, the required items have become individual stronghold defense, small-team encounters, and advancement in high-pressure environments, and the optional items have added pursuit and annihilation and field reconnaissance."
"What are the details?"
"The specific content of the project hasn't been made public yet, and we only know these few names." Lin Yunqing sighed slightly, "Captain Wan is now at a loss as to what direction to train the soldiers in, so I wanted to ask if you have any ideas."
"...I don't understand these either." Yu Cang pondered for a moment. "Judging from the names, the required items should still be one each for individual, squad, and legion. The individual stronghold defense is easy to understand, but as for the other two...it's hard to guess."
Encounter? What?
What is the high pressure method for high pressure environment?
"However, why would the content of the Armament Overhaul be changed so suddenly?" Yu Cang was a little curious. "Besides, it's less than a week away now. Is it really appropriate to change the project at this time?"
"I don't know either." Lin Yunqing shook his head. Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he said, "Oh, by the way, Captain Wan said that the site of this major military overhaul is not in the wilderness outside the country, but... in an alien space."
"An alien space?" Yu Cang raised his brows. "Something's amiss... Wait, could it be that Yan Country has discovered another alien space with special rules, and encountered problems in exploring it, so they want to replace their armaments accordingly..."
"It's possible." Lin Yunqing confirmed.
“…That’s understandable.”
Moreover, it seems that this strange space was discovered only recently, otherwise they would not have waited until the eve of a major military overhaul to make a temporary change.
After all, wouldn’t it be better to announce the topics in advance and allow each military region to prepare accordingly?
But then again, the deck that wins first place in the major armament overhaul has to be equipped by the entire army. Changing the entire armament system just for an alien space, it seems that there must be some incredible discovery in it.
"Judging from these newly discovered items, the environment in this alien dimension should be extremely harsh and difficult to detect. The enemy should also be skilled at concealing their movements and escaping... Although we don't know exactly what will appear, we just need to head in these directions."
Yu Cang sighed, "Well, there are still a few days left, so I'll just upgrade my Mechanical deck."
…
"What?" Miao Xue stood up suddenly. "Change the topic?"
"Yes." Miao Lei shook his head. "And it seems that the changed project seems to be a little disadvantageous to us."
"This is more than a bit disadvantageous!" Miao Xue covered her face. "My project is completely scrapped! Wuuuuuuuuuu... No, this is my internship!"
Although she would definitely be able to pass the internship as long as she could enter the military equipment reform, this was something that would be written into her graduation file, so she definitely wanted to make the data look better.
"What should I do? What should I do?" Miao Xue paced around the room anxiously. "The names of those projects are too suspicious..."
"Um, little sister, actually I think..."
Just as Miao Lei was about to speak to persuade her, he was interrupted by Miao Xue.
"Don't bother me for now, let me think about it!"
"Okay, okay." Miao Lei agreed quickly.
Standing aside in disappointment, Miao Lei looked at the anxious Miao Xue and sighed.
At this moment, he noticed something, turned his head, looked at the figure who was laughing beside him, and frowned.
"Miao Feng!"
This powerful roar frightened Miao Feng so much that he trembled and immediately stood at attention: "Big brother, I'm here!"
"What are you laughing at?"
"I'm not laughing..."
"I haven't settled the score with you yet." Miao Lei gritted his teeth, "I asked your brother to go to the police station to get him out... Miao Feng, you're the first one! Tell me, what did you do yesterday?"
"Uh..." Miao Feng glanced at Miao Xue who was still anxious over there, and chuckled.
Finished.
It looks like my younger sister is definitely putting all the blame on herself again.
Alas, there is no way... I can only accept it.
"Well... I just wanted to gather some information." Miao Feng smiled wryly and took out a sachet. "Look, this is the Traceless Gu that I invented last time. Don't you think it's perfect for gathering information? This is a Gu that even specialized soul detection cards can't detect!"
"I don't need you to worry about this!" Miao Lei snorted, "What about fighting? That's really shameful enough. I want to hear what excuse you can give me."
"This..." Miao Feng hesitated, "Brother, regarding this fight... I think there's something fishy about it."
"Oh? What? Have you been bewitched? Can't control your fists anymore?"
“…”
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