Chapter 12
Noah was also stunned.
He had no idea that the physical contact had triggered an automatic purification. Was the child absorbing his psychic abilities entirely and attempting to purify the black mist within?
This child... is a conductor?!
This is incredibly rare. The proportion of superhumans among the Crystal Clan is already low, and they are even rarer among contemporary humans. And this little brat is a born guide?!
Based on initial assessment, his guiding ability was not strong; he acted entirely on instinct, without any skill, resulting in low efficiency and exhaustion in a short time.
No, you can't blame him. He'd been without a guide for decades, and the black mist that had accumulated within him was something that even if Chief Snow sent a top-tier guide, it wouldn't be able to clear away in a short time.
Moreover… he has a natural aversion to guides. Apart from Claire, no one else can be paired with him.
But just now, when this child purified him, he showed no resistance whatsoever…
“Noah,” Su Yue said weakly, looking at the dazed Noah, “you have a silver-gray light on you… do you know that yourself?”
Noah stared intently at him, then answered irrelevantly, "Your last name is Pat, right?"
The emphasis was on the word "Pat". Su Yue smiled helplessly: "I know, it's a very rare surname... My parents don't have this surname, I was adopted."
"Adopted?" Noah's Adam's apple bobbed slightly.
"Brother, please don't discriminate against orphans. My adoptive parents treat me very well. I have a home."
"I'm sorry, that's not what I meant." Noah suppressed the turmoil in his heart.
Adopted son, surnamed Pat, with a face strikingly similar to Claire's, and a naturally inclined temperament...
Could this child...? No, impossible! It's all a coincidence.
Su Yue was still thinking about the strange thing that had just happened: "That, the light on you..."
Noah interrupted him, picked him up and strode away, "Su Yue, now that your injuries have recovered to the second stage, you can move around freely up and down the stairs. Let me show you around first."
He truly acted like a dedicated tour guide, even providing transportation, carrying Su Yue around the building.
This is a three-story building, with each floor measuring approximately 200 square meters. Su Yue was already familiar with the four lounges on the second floor. The first floor contained a living room, kitchen, and dining room, all spacious and bright. The basement level housed Noah's studio.
The entire building has a back-to-nature "cave" style, but inside it is full of cutting-edge technology: the stone walls have their own light source, which adjusts the brightness according to the biological clock, and can also be controlled by voice; various control screens are as thin as paper and float in mid-air, like futuristic advertisements; the doors and windows are like gecko skin, which can be adjusted to be transparent, simulate stone texture, or even turn into a painting.
The combination of rustic "cave" and high technology creates a mysterious sense of time and space distortion.
Su Yue inherently liked this style, as if the house was tailor-made for him, or designed by him personally.
But what just happened kept swirling in my mind, and I couldn't shake it off.
After Noah escorted him back to his room and was about to leave as if nothing had happened, he finally couldn't help but grab Noah's sleeve:
"What happened earlier...shall we talk about it?"
Noah silently sat down beside him: "...What do you want to talk about?"
Su Yue pursed his lips and clenched his fist. He had only told Dr. Snow about his ability to use hypnosis. The doctor had warned him that the outside world shunned those with superpowers and might even consider him a madman.
Noah wasn't an outsider. He had saved his own life.
Su Yue took a deep breath and said solemnly, "I told you, don't treat me like I'm crazy. Don't be afraid of me, and don't send me away."
Noah smiled faintly: "No. You tell me."
“I’ve been different from others since I was a child… I can sense other people’s emotions and guide them. My family doctor said it’s a kind of hypnotic ability.”
He paused for a long time, looking at Noah nervously.
Noah shrugged dismissively: "We call it the Guide ability."
Su Yue breathed a sigh of relief, but was also slightly taken aback. The word "guide" sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.
Meeting Noah's calm, expectant gaze, he mustered his courage and continued, "After recovering these past few days, I've started to see 'something' in you. It's not like emotions, but more like an energy... mixed with particularly negative, toxic elements. It will endanger your health, and it's best to eradicate it as soon as possible. Do you... understand what I mean?"
Noah stated bluntly, "What you are seeing is the Sentinel's supernatural black mist."
"sentinel?"
"I am a sentinel of the Crystal Clan. Our Crystal Clan is an ancient human race with a long lifespan, and we were once worshipped as gods by the modern human race. In addition to advanced technology, our clan also has outstanding superhumans."
Su Yue was taken aback: "...Huh?"
He subconsciously "looked" at the top of Noah's head—aside from that silvery-gray halo, there was no emotion of "imagination" or "joke".
The other party is serious.
He thought his hypnotic abilities were amazing enough... but his vision was too narrow.
Noah looked at him inquiringly: "Want to hear more?"
Su Yue nodded resolutely: "Listen!"
"There are two types of superhumans: Sentinels and Guides. Sentinels' abilities allow them to efficiently control equipment and respond to sudden disasters. This planet is not as peaceful as it appears; many devastating natural disasters are detected and mitigated in advance by the Crystal Clan..."
Su Yue silently recalled the things he had done with his superpowers: being picky about food in the cafeteria, cutting in line to buy figurines, and tricking girls into kissing him...
Their vision is indeed too narrow; they're not up to par.
His cheeks burned with shame.
Actually, he also wanted to do something big, like a Marvel hero. Who hasn't dreamed of being Spider-Man?
Regardless of whether Noah's condition was serious or not, just looking at the scale of the operation, Su Yue glanced at him with admiration: "Sounds like... saving the world like Superman or Iron Man?"
Noah remained serious: "You could use this analogy. However, Sentinels are prone to mental overload when using their abilities, which can generate a black mist of abilities, leading to a berserk and uncontrollable rampage. At this point, Guides are needed to soothe and guide them. Guides can purify the black mist and repair or even enhance the Sentinel's abilities. In the Crystal Clan, Sentinels and Guides always work in pairs to carry out missions together."
Su Yue seemed to be deep in thought, and murmured, "Sentinel and guide... I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before."
He thought for a moment but couldn't recall anything, so he simply gave up. Anyway, Noah's explanation seemed reasonable and didn't sound like someone who was crazy, so subconsciously he was willing to accept it—otherwise, how could he explain the strange things that had just happened?
Sentinels and guides are always paired up—that's what Noah said.
"So you're a sentry... then who's your guide?"
Noah's expression darkened slightly: "I don't have a guide right now."
"The Crystal Clan won't allocate any to you?"
“I have a natural aversion to guides. I’ve only successfully paired with one person in my life… but that person is no longer here.”
He lowered his head slightly, a dark light flickering in his eyes.
It wasn't that his people weren't helping. It was just that his only guide had died and vanished, making cloning impossible.
"Even if the most powerful guide of the Crystal Clan came, he could not find a match and could not help me. The black mist on my body... can never be removed."
Noah gave a bitter, resigned smile and fell silent.
The room temperature seemed to plummet. Su Yue felt a chill run through her, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and a dull ache throbbed unbearably in her chest.
Is it a recurrence of an old rib injury?
Damn it.
He desperately hoped Noah was joking, but subconsciously, he believed it all—and had personally experienced how dangerous those black mists were, enough to be deadly!
Looking at that silvery-gray halo, Su Yue felt a lump in her throat.
The next moment, he reached out his intact left hand to hug Noah and blurted out:
"If you don't mind... let me help you purify it!"
Even though he had just awakened this ability and was clumsy and awkward; even though compared to the vast black mist that Noah had accumulated over the years, he was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot—he could not stand by and watch those things erode Noah's body and mind.
He didn't understand how to pair up, but just now, Noah didn't reject him.
So... it's worth a try.
Noah paused for a moment, his gaze softening as he looked at Noah's left hand that was wrapped around his body.
"what ever."
Knowing it might be useless, but seeing that face so similar to Claire's... let him try.
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