A bucket of ice water was poured over his head, and Lian Han was jolted awake. "Who dares to do this—Li Yingmo?"
Seeing that she was awake, Li Yingmo breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned, "Take a look at your mental strength first."
Mental power? Lian Han was taken aback, then his expression changed, and his mental sea emptied!
He had no mental energy left, and was even somewhat overdrawn!
Judging from her expression, Li Yingmo understood somewhat, "Your mental energy is exhausted."
"Why is this happening?" Lian Han was bewildered. She was sleeping last night, right? Not only did her mental energy not recover while she was resting, but she also disappeared?
“Don’t look at me. I was called here early this morning by your AI’s distress message. Then I found you were asleep, but your mental energy was constantly dissipating. It was like your sea of consciousness was leaking, and there was more than one hole in it.”
Lian Han frowned; the problem was serious.
[Old man, what happened?]
[Don't ask yet, I've been thinking about this too. Last night your mental energy fluctuated greatly, and you were completely unresponsive. I had no choice but to use your AI to wake you.]
Lian Han frowned, checking his mind for any problems, and said, "[Old man. Thanks.]"
[Before you thank me, you should first find out what actually happened. Didn't you feel anything at all last night?]
Lian Han shook his head, then hesitated before saying, "[I had a dream.]"
[A dream? Something from my childhood?]
[No. It was a very strange dream, about me, cough, about Xia Yan and Cang Yi's love.] Lian Han's tone was somewhat unsteady as she said this. Regarding the colored part of the dream at the end, Lian Han was actually quite distraught. How could she have such a bizarre dream?
Who is Xia Yan? And what is Cang Yi?
I don't know.
[…I wonder if you would dream about them?] Xing Yucheng expressed disbelief.
But even Han felt innocent, saying, "I really didn't know. And that dream felt so real, so real that I even felt like I was Xia Yan." She also liked Cang Yi.
[Dreaming and mental energy leakage seem completely unrelated—] Xing Yucheng's voice suddenly paused, [The human resources person we know also has the character "Cang".]
[You mean Cangming? No, it's not him. The Cang in Cangyi refers to the sky, and even his face doesn't match.]
"That's not necessarily true," Xing Yucheng said quietly. "Just like back in the Northern Territory, he could create a space right in front of you from afar. The reason Cangming is a god is because he doesn't necessarily need to physically touch you to do something to you. He can even subdue you with just a thought."
[You mean Cangming made me have that dream, and then drained my spiritual power? Let's see if my spiritual power is just exhausted or will recover. Why did he go to so much trouble?] Lian Han found it unbelievable.
Xing Yucheng's voice was heavy. "So Cangming is insane. But that dream must be related to him in some way. Think carefully about whether there's anything wrong with the dream."
Lian Han paused for a moment, then said, "[In the dream, I appeared from Xia Yan's perspective. She liked her coach, and the two were in a relationship. They spent a very wonderful day together.]"
Xing Yucheng: ? ?
He certainly didn't think Lian Han was just being perfunctory, but the problem was, what was this thing? It was utterly inexplicable!
Lian Han continued, "[If there's anything wrong with that, it's probably that the times are different. The world in that dream was far more backward than now; they didn't even have the concept of extraterrestrial life.]"
Backward? No aliens? Xing Yucheng raised an eyebrow. [You mean Earth?]
[Earth?] Lian Han blinked. [The origin planet of the Human Federation?]
Even if humanity tried its best to save it, that planet was already gone because its lifespan had run out.
[That's it. Go back and do some research on the Origin Star.]
Lian Han nodded; she was certainly quite interested in the origins of humankind.
[Regarding the issue with the sea of consciousness—I'll try again tonight. If the problem persists, I'll have a full medical check-up after we return to the capital.]
This answer wasn't entirely satisfactory, but Xing Yucheng could only nod. Lian Han could believe that Cangming had cultivated the Blood Nether Flower and Blood Worms, but she couldn't believe that the other party could attack her from billions of miles away.
Before truly encountering Cangming, no one would believe that such a person existed in the world.
Seeing her brows gradually relax, Li Yingmo asked, "Have you figured out what happened?"
"I don't know. The spiritual power in my sea of consciousness is gradually recovering, and there's no sign of any flaws. Let's do a full check-up after we get back from the mission."
"Then you should wash up first. I'll postpone today's plans to the afternoon."
If we don't know why the mental energy disappeared, then this is the only thing we can do. The mission has already begun, so let's get down to business; there's no room for backing out halfway.
"Okay. Thank you. And thank you for waking me up." Although her hair and clothes were still wet.
"It was just a small favor." Li Yingmo turned to leave.
Lian Han suddenly spoke up: "You want to complete the task that Shui Bingdie gave you, right? Be careful, Shui Bingdie seems to want to kill Fan Tu, she definitely won't hold back."
Ever since the day the two fought and Lian Han narrowly defeated Li Yingmo, their way of getting along has changed significantly.
Li Yingmo began to respect Lian Han's wishes. And Lian Han, being the kind of person who reciprocates kindness, naturally stopped arguing with Li Yingmo.
"I understand. Thanks for reminding me."...
Although Lian Han had previously begged Shui Bingdie to join him, and Shui Bingdie had compromised, Li Yingmo did not allow Lian Han to participate in this mission. Furthermore, after realizing that Shui Bingdie had Li Yingmo contact foreign soldiers from the Northern Border, Lian Han immediately distanced himself from the matter.
A few days later, she received news that Li Yingmo had completed the mission. During these days, Lian Han neither dreamed nor experienced any loss of mental energy; everything before seemed like a dream.
But they all knew that wasn't the case.
That day, Lian Han received a message, or rather, a selection registration page popped up on the AI's homepage. Shui Bingdie had sent a message demanding that she and Fan Tu participate, and preferably achieve good results, as it would benefit them.
Although Lian Han didn't know what the benefit was, he guessed that this was probably the opportunity that Li Yingmo and Qianya had been waiting for. So, after consulting Li Yingmo, he quickly signed them up.
Regardless of the selection process or its purpose, that's all Li Yingmo's concern—after their previous exchange, Lian Han had fully realized his position in the operation and would never ask any more questions.
She should give enough trust to the decision of a major general, Lian Han told herself, although she did not change her idea of having Liz pin the person to the ground and beat them up after the mission was over.
Li Yingmo also issued instructions to survive to the end of the selection competition and try to get into the sights of certain people before any further plans could be made.
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