"The only solution is to modify it..."
Han Feng withdrew the simulated energy and instead infused the purest stellar power into the cocoon. Silver light, like flowing water, enveloped each blue line, not to destroy them, but to reconstruct their energy structure at the molecular level.
This was an extremely delicate operation. Han Feng had to retain the external characteristics of the Moon Spirit Clan's energy while altering its underlying control logic. It was like rewriting a complex piece of code—neither affecting the program's operation nor completely replacing its core instructions.
Time loses its meaning in the spiritual world. It may be a moment, or it may be eternity. When the last blue line was reconstructed, the entire sea of consciousness suddenly lit up with a silver-blue light. Those energies that were originally full of aggression were now as docile as lambs, even voluntarily making way for Han Feng to enter the consciousness of Ikegami Aya.
"Now, it's time to brand them..."
Han Feng's thoughts transformed into a miniature star chart pattern, gently imprinting it on the forehead of the girl's illusory figure. There was no resistance, no pain; like snowflakes falling into a lake, it naturally merged into one.
In the real world, medical equipment suddenly emits a rapid "beep beep" sound.
"Brainwave frequency has changed!" the medical staff reported anxiously. "A new neural connection pattern is forming!"
Su Wanwan clung to the isolation railing and watched as the blue patterns on Chi Shangling's body gradually turned silver-blue, like a galaxy flowing beneath her skin. Even more astonishingly, the patterns eventually converged at her brow, forming a tiny star mark before disappearing beneath her skin.
"Did you succeed?" Liu Xiaoran asked in a low voice.
Han Feng slowly opened his eyes, fine beads of sweat on his forehead: "It's basically finished, but..."
He stared at Aya Ikegami's peaceful sleeping face, his brows furrowing slightly. In the final moments, he vaguely sensed a heavily encrypted area deep within her memory—but it wasn't the work of the Moon Demon Clan; the style was closer to... the Ghost Crystal Clan?
"Let her rest first." Han Feng wiped away his sweat. "The brand needs 24 hours to fully harden. During this time, don't let anyone touch her, including medical staff."
Su Wanwan leaned closer and whispered, "What did you find?"
Han Feng did not answer immediately, but glanced at the brainwave pattern of Aya Ikegami on the monitoring screen—in the regular fluctuations, an almost imperceptible abnormal peak appeared every 90 seconds.
Han Feng's fingertip hovered above the brainwave monitoring screen, where an abnormal peak appeared precisely every 90 seconds, like a countdown to a time bomb. The ticking of the medical equipment was particularly jarring in the silent ward, gradually synchronizing with his heartbeat.
"Go in one more time," Han Feng suddenly said, his finger already touching Chi Shangling's brow.
The moment her consciousness sank, the silver-blue starlight pierced the girl's sea of consciousness like a probe. This time, Han Feng ignored the modified energy on the surface and went straight for the encrypted area deep within her memory.
Piercing through layers of mist-like protection, the scene before him sent a jolt through his very being—
The blue energy of the Dark Crystal Clan is indeed dominant, but each of their energy channels is adorned with fine, hair-like purple light threads. These threads, though seemingly weak, are deeply embedded in the blue energy like parasitic vines, twitching slightly at regular intervals, as if...sucking.
(I see...)
Han Feng's consciousness slowly moved around this strange, symbiotic energy field. The Moon Demon Clan deliberately feigned weakness to lull the Nether Crystal Clan into a false sense of security, but in reality, they were secretly planting the seeds of retaliation. Once the time was right, these seemingly insignificant purple threads would instantly erupt, turning the host into a puppet of the Moon Demon Clan.
What's even more ingenious is that this parasitism completely bypassed the detection mechanisms of the Nether Crystal Clan. If Han Feng hadn't possessed the power of the Star Mirror, he wouldn't have been able to detect this nanoscale energy intrusion at all.
"What a clever mantis stalking a cicada..." Han Feng sneered. The Moon Demon Queen was indeed cunning and calculating, even scheming against her allies.
He carefully separated a wisp of starlight and touched the purple threads. As expected, the purple threads immediately coiled around him as if they were alive, attempting to corrode the intruder. But when they came into contact with the energy containing the characteristics of the Star Mirror, they recoiled as if electrocuted, showing obvious fear.
(As expected, he's afraid of the Star Soul Lord's energy...)
This discovery greatly reassured Han Feng. He quickly set up several star-observation nodes in Chi Shangling's subconscious, like planting miniature alarms, which would immediately alert him if the Moon Demon Clan's energy became abnormally active.
When she exited her sea of consciousness, only three minutes had passed in the real world. Su Wanwan was biting her nails and staring intently at the monitoring screen, while Liu Xiaoran stood guard by the hospital bed like a guardian deity.
"Where's Chen Feng?" Han Feng asked, rubbing his temples.
"In the hallway." Liu Xiaoran pointed to the door. "Should we call him?"
Han Feng nodded and pressed the communicator by the bedside: "Medical team, prepare a full life support plan. I need you to monitor me in shifts 24 hours a day."
As Chen Feng jogged in, Han Feng had already grabbed a blank medical record sheet and quickly sketched an energy structure diagram on it: "Look here, the Moon Demon Clan is playing a double agent game. On the surface, the Nether Crystal Clan controls Chi Shangling, but in reality..."
He circled the thin purple threads with a red pen, and Chen Feng's expression immediately changed: "This is... a parasitic species?"
"And they're high-end stuff." Han Feng tossed down his pen. "The good news is that our spiritual imprints have a higher priority than them; the bad news is that once the Moon Demon Clan realizes the plan has been exposed, they might detonate these 'seeds' prematurely."
Su Wanwan gasped: "Then wouldn't Ikegami Aya be...?"
"So we must race against time." Han Feng turned to the medical team, "Administer double the dose of nerve repair agent to activate her own immune system. Also..." He hesitated for a moment, "After she wakes up, let her return to R country to integrate those powerful families, and we should also set off for the next step of our plan."
Medical staff pushed the equipment cart in one after another. Han Feng retreated to a corner and watched them connect more tubes to Chi Shangling. The girl's pale face was illuminated by the lights of the various instruments, and the star mark between her eyebrows occasionally flashed with a faint light.
"Are you sure he'll wake up in two days?" Liu Xiaoran asked in a low voice.
Han Feng watched the gradually stabilizing waveform on the monitoring screen: "If the Moon Demons don't cause trouble." He turned to Su Wanwan, "Check if there have been any abnormal energy fluctuations globally in the last 48 hours, especially those resembling those of the Moon Demons."
Su Wanwan immediately pulled out her tablet and started operating it: "You suspect they will..."
"It's not doubt, it's certain," Han Feng sneered. "Her Majesty the Queen won't easily give up such a valuable pawn."
"Does that mean that besides Aya Ikegami, there are still remnants of the Moon Demon Clan overseas?" Chen Feng asked.
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