Chapter 225: Body Empathy? Tactile Synchronization?
Outside the window, fireworks were brilliant.
Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong exchanged a glance, and without a word, they both struck simultaneously, easily killing the six black-robed figures who had followed them.
“Beep, beep, beep—”
Mu Qingtong walked up to a capsule ship, tapped the screen a few times, and then got in. Xia Feng pressed himself against the sides of her thighs, wriggling his body to follow her in.
As he settled his body upon Mu Qingtong, adjusting his posture, the cabin door closed.
Mu Qingtong cast ‘Bronze Concealment’ to expand the stealth range to cover the entire cabin, then slid out of the track. The hatch opened, and the capsule ship quietly moved outside the Star Wheel.
Xia Feng glanced at the massive, dark warship dominating the high ground. Seeing that the warship hadn’t moved and was completely unaware, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
He had to admit, anything produced by Mu Shen was indeed perfect for playing the role of a “sixth man.”
Without further hesitation, Xia Feng directly used the Deconstruct Spirit Robe from the Object Assimilation Sealing Technique. Light red spirit flow surged from his palm into the cabin wall, entering the Star Wheel cabin door behind him.
Instantly, the entire Star Wheel began to flicker with intermittent red light.
The warships suspended on either side immediately went on high alert. Renault, who had been diligently researching spirit particle structure, looked up in surprise, surveying the red glow rippling around him like water. He was filled with suspicion, “What’s going on?”
At the same time, in Hall No. 1, Han Ying, who had been leaning against his seat out of boredom, suddenly raised his head, looking at the red glow appearing on the ceiling with a hint of confusion.
As he watched, his pupils slowly dilated, and question marks appeared above his head.
“No way, is this real? It’s only been a few hours, and someone has actually learned the Object Assimilation Sealing Technique?”
“This is… someone succeeded?” Viper’s vertical pupils widened slightly.
“Impossible.” Han Ying quickly understood. This must be someone who already knew the Object Assimilation Sealing Technique. They were pretending not to know in an attempt to steal the fire seed right under their noses.
Viper also realized this and his gaze turned cold, “Let’s go. Let’s see who this person is.”
The blond man nodded and took a step, quickly approaching the center where the red light was converging.
The thief of the fire seed must be one of those seven people, so the blond man wasn’t in a hurry. The Star Wheel was surrounded by warships; if anyone showed themselves, they would be instantly dealt with. He really didn’t believe that the person stealing the fire seed in secret could get away. Unless the other party possessed a space-element spirit artifact, or had learned a space-element A-class Spirit Robe, they simply couldn’t escape.
However, to his surprise, when he arrived at the docking platform, only six black-robed corpses remained, and no one else was present. The cabin door had a record of being opened fifteen seconds prior.
So, the bastard who stole the fire seed might have already escaped in a capsule ship? The blond man’s face immediately darkened, and he looked at the warship outside the window, cursing, “Seriously, are these guys eating shit? Didn’t they see such a huge capsule?”
As the red light converged and condensed into a flame-like shape in Xia Feng’s palm, Mu Qingtong steered the capsule ship forward silently. It passed by the massive warship at an unhurried pace, heading towards the azure deep sea in the distance, moving further and further away.
[God Relic · Fire Seed]
[One of the keys to opening the Fourth Divine Treasury]
Xia Feng took out Gui Dao and carefully brought the flame closer to the blade. Instantly, the ordinary-looking crimson flame blazed fiercely, forming a fire snake that wrapped around Gui Dao.
[Fire Seed Seal released, forming Authority—]
[Authority formed, absorption failed—]
[Divine Authority Fragment · Hua Scroll]
[Effect: Unknown]
[Absorption Conditions: Gui and Hua must re-establish unity of spirituality and senses before the Divine Authority Fragment can be absorbed and one’s self perfected.]
Xia Feng had initially thought the fire seed was related to Authority Fragments, and could be used to find Authority. He hadn’t expected the fire seed to be a sealed Authority Fragment itself. However, absorbing it seemed a bit troublesome.
“Hong Li, what does this absorption condition mean?”
Yue Hongli pondered for a moment and said, “Master, this likely means that I need to meet with the main personality and forcibly re-establish empathy with their soul and body before the fragment can be absorbed.”
The so-called body empathy refers to the synchronization of the senses of the two bodies. For example, tactile sensation. Whatever Yue Hongli touches and feels, the “Mother” of that Golden Sparrow Flower will also feel. As for soul empathy, it’s more complex. A simple explanation is that it binds the lives of both parties. If one dies, the other will die as well. “Also, Master, establishing empathy only takes a thought from me, and the other party cannot refuse. But it requires being face-to-face.”
“Ah, this…” Xia Feng fell into thought. If that were the case, it would be troublesome.
“That is to say, we need to find a way to meet the main personality, Hua, and forcibly establish empathy with them to absorb the Authority.”
Xia Feng immediately thought of that noble young master named Renault. He seemed to have many tricks up his sleeve. He wondered if this young master could summon the “Mother.” If he could summon her, then everything would be easy.
With this thought, Xia Feng couldn’t help but look back. There was no sign of any pursuers. These people were too weak.
The capsule ship sailed for nearly half a day before a cloud platform finally appeared not too far ahead. In the Eternal Flow Sea, living beings are swallowed by spacetime turbulence. However, the dust and debris left behind automatically gather. When they form a certain scale, they transform into a flat surface resembling a continental plate, possessing a strong attraction to surrounding objects. As time passes, an unknown airflow layer even gradually forms around these flat plates, expelling the seawater of the Eternal Flow Sea and keeping it out. This way, although the inside of the plate does not have an air environment suitable for human survival, as long as there is no seawater, high-level Spirit Masters can temporarily stay there.
This is why these plates are also called cloud platforms and are generally used as transfer stations and rest stops for long-distance voyages. However, this cloud platform was currently desolate and undeveloped.
“Miss Mu, let’s stop here.”
“This place is not safe.” Mu Qingtong looked slightly confused. “There’s still a possibility of being tracked.”
“Miss Mu, running away has never been my style. So, I’ve decided to face them head-on!” Xia Feng said righteously.
Mu Qingtong: “???”
Initially, Xia Feng had indeed planned to slip away and avoid a direct conflict, even preparing to let Player 14 off the hook for now. But after weighing his options, he felt that trying a frontal confrontation wouldn’t be too bad, as long as those two warships didn’t follow. Of course, his main objective was to find a way to capture that young noble and then, with a menacing smile, ask him if he had a way to summon the “Mother” in her physical form.
“Based on my observation, there might be two Tier 5 Spirit Masters. Although they are both Rank 5, they are still difficult to deal with.” Xia Feng lightly and provocatively lifted the chin of the black-dressed woman. “What do you say, Miss Mu, do you have confidence?”
Although somewhat helpless and confused, Mu Qingtong was long accustomed to Xia Feng’s impulsive decisions. If he wanted to stir up trouble, she would play along.
“Tell me, what do you want to do?” she said softly.
Xia Feng immediately leaned close to Mu Qingtong’s ear and chattered, briefly explaining his plan.
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“Where are they! Where are they!!” The blond man was getting agitated, kicking his subordinates’ shins one after another.
“The two who escaped are a man and a woman. According to the data, the man is Yu San, and the woman is Chen Jiu. They are a couple.” A black-robed figure stood not far away and said in a deep voice, “According to the Spirit Pressure fluctuations, neither of them has advanced to the super-tier. They are at most Third-stage Spirit Masters.”
He then handed the map in his hand to thecalm and silent Viper. “Sir, this is the calculated Spirit Pressure movement trajectory map. These two seem to have used some very powerful unknown Spirit Robe to stealth their capsule ship, thus evading the detection of the B-grade spirit artifact.”
“Sir Viper, shall we track them based on this Spirit Pressure trajectory map?” the person asked respectfully in a low voice. “The target’s capsule ship is not the latest model, so its speed should not be fast.”
Viper did not speak, only narrowing his vertical pupils into slits, emitting a dangerous cold light. He hadn’t expected anyone to escape from under his nose.
“Pursue them! I will go this time!” The spirit pressure traces were likely already erased by the Spacetime Sea, making it very difficult to find the man and woman. But these two dared to toy with Burning Heaven like this; they must pay the price!
“Esteemed Viper, perhaps we can truly cooperate this time.” Just then, the young noble stepped out from the crowd with his boots high, a smile on his face.
“Oh?” Viper’s vertical pupils flashed with cold light.
Renault’s expression remained unchanged. “My spirit artifact is called the ‘Sense Determination Pocket Watch.’ Anyone who passes within a hundred meters can be sensed again within 24 hours. It’s not a very powerful spirit artifact, but it can sometimes play an unexpected role.”
“Don’t you agree, Esteemed Viper?” he said with a smile, hands behind his back. Cooperating with the Burning Heaven Sacred Hall was akin to seeking a tiger for its skin, but it didn’t matter. His trump card could easily deal with these brainless cultists!
