This answer made Lian Han's heart skip a beat. "Not much time left? A mercenary?"
“They were mercenaries. They wanted to steal her experimental results.” After Cangming finished speaking, he asked, “How much do you remember?”
"It's not a memory. It's a dream," Lian Han corrected.
"The truth will out. One day you'll believe it was your past." Cangming remained remarkably calm.
Lian Han frowned, a moment of self-doubt passing through her, but she quickly regained her composure. "So what were Xia Yan's experimental results? Are they related to your immortality?"
“Yes.” Cangming paused for a moment. “When the mercenaries broke into the lab, Yan Yan destroyed all the experimental subjects. They took their anger out on her, which is why she was injured. But no one knew that she had kept a finished product. Immortality has always been what humanity desires most, and that was her experimental goal at the time.”
"What if she injected the finished product into her own body?"
“Then she is the one here now,” Cangming replied.
Lian Han remained silent, unsure what to say. If all of this was true, then that girl was truly remarkable. She herself couldn't have done that. And the Cang Yi of that time, and the Cang Ming of today—thousands of years—it seems difficult not to become extraordinary.
"Is Yan Yan scolding me again?"
Lian Han: "...I didn't. Also, I'm not Yan Yan."
Cangming was surprisingly gentle, "If you say it's not, then it's not."
This is clearly a lie. Lian Han was speechless.
"When do you plan to return to your body? If your spiritual body dissipates, you'll be no different from being dead."
"That's what you should be asking yourself. What do you want with me here?"
"I just miss you."
Lian Han: ?!
Who is he trying to fool? The first time they met, the experience triggered very unpleasant memories for her, and the second time it completely robbed her of her senses. Now he says he misses her? Has he gone mad, or is he just treating her like a fool?
Cangming seemed to see through her thoughts and said sincerely, "Yan Yan, I'm sorry. You've been reincarnated time and time again, and every time I find you, it takes me a long time to confirm. I never expected that it would be such a coincidence that you are her. I'm really sorry for hurting you before."
"..." Lian Han coldly replied, "What's the use of an apology? If someone dies, can an apology really make everything alright?"
"Then you can come back. Once you wake up, as long as you've calmed down, I can do whatever I want with you."
"What if I kill you?"
Cangming replied, "Does Yan Yan think I've never tried to commit suicide? If you can do it, I have no complaints. This life was given to me by you."
Lian Han: ...
Her current situation meant she was completely at his mercy, to be killed or tortured at will. Given Cangming's attitude, she genuinely didn't know how to respond. Was this guy really not mistaken?
She was feeling down when the surroundings changed. It was now a cozy room, and Lian Han was lying in bed.
"Are you really not going back?" Noticing that Lian Han's spiritual body was motionless, Cang Ming frowned. "Your spiritual power can't hold on for much longer."
Lian Han remained silent.
Cangming sighed softly. The next moment, Lian Han realized that his spiritual body was much more abundant, while Cangming's face turned somewhat pale. "What did you do?"
The man smiled. "It's just a bit of spiritual energy. I've waited thousands of years for this chance to be together forever. I can't just watch you disappear."
Lian Han: "...Thank you."
“Your body had some problems before. Although they used ice, they didn’t completely eliminate the drawbacks. I helped you improve your physical condition, and you’ve recovered now. I need to rest first. When do you want to go back?” After Cangming finished speaking, he turned and left the room, leaving Lian Han staring blankly at him.
[Host? ]
[Why were you so quiet before? Hasn't he noticed you yet?]
[Previously, the system wouldn't have detected this. But now, the host is merely a spiritual entity, and the fluctuations are too obvious.]
Okay. Does the old man know I'm lost?
[The main system will immediately detect the subsystem's loss of connection. Host Xing will definitely come to rescue the host, but the exact time is uncertain.]
[Okay. So tell me, should I continue being a ghost, or go back?]
[The host can decide for now.] The system replied, [After system inspection, the host's physical condition has indeed improved significantly.]
Lian Han paused for a moment, then steeled his resolve. "[Let's go back then. We're already here; the situation can't get any worse.]"
...
In the dark alley, a black figure moved swiftly through the night, its speed befitting a B-level performance.
Then a figure in combat gear rushed out, moving with incredible speed, and brushed past the girl. But at that moment, the girl was suddenly shot, blood gushing from her chest, and she collapsed to the ground.
The man had already disappeared into the night...
Pei Sumei frowned. One shot, one kill. That was a B-grade weapon, yet it was so easily defeated? There wasn't even a chance to react? No wonder Xiaoya said that this energy gun was under military control.
And that guy—
"While you're investigating, also find out who that person is."
"Oh, okay." Thinking she was taking her anger out on her, Xiaoya didn't ask any more questions.
"Give me a Demon Soul Crystal," Pei Sumei said again.
A small, deep blue rhombus-shaped crystal appeared in my hand. It was only about the length of a finger, and its pure blue color was very beautiful under the light.
Pei Sumei carefully probed the crystal with her spiritual power, and the dark blue color gradually disappeared, turning into transparent crystal.
Withdrawing his mental energy, he found a thin, dark blue needle floating quietly in the core of his mental sea.
The Demon Soul Crystal, when absorbed by spiritual energy, can form a Demon Soul Needle in the sea of consciousness. The Demon Soul Needle can be used for attack; its power can instantly destroy a person's spiritual energy, and it can regenerate itself after being consumed.
This undoubtedly adds another means of attack to one's arsenal, and a very powerful one at that.
Without Pei Sumei saying anything, Xiao Ya had already taken out a bed of Demon Soul Crystals.
"Although there are many Demon Soul Crystals this time, there is a limit to the amount each person can absorb. Even if your mental sea is more stable than the average person, one thousand is the limit. Absorb one hundred in one night, and you can finish before the assessment." She is currently preparing for the 2S-level mecha pilot assessment.
The Demon Soul Crystals are small in size, so even though the previous mine wasn't very large, after Xiao Ya cut them, she still got nearly two thousand.
"knew."
When the topic of the mecha pilot exam came up, Xiaoya couldn't help but ask again, "How's your preparation for the exam going?"
"Don't worry about me," Pei Sumei said, then added worriedly, "Is there still no news from Sister Xiaohan?"
Xiaoya paused for a moment, then said guiltily, "No. I'm sorry, Xiaomei, I lost him."
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