Gao Wu: After transforming into a soft girl, I became a calamity?

"return?"

Jiang Mian raised her head, looked at Ye Chenyang, and said with a smile:

"Miss me? It hasn't even been a day yet."

"Um."

Ye Chenyang nodded honestly.

To be honest, he still felt some regret.

The hug that morning came so suddenly that his head was spinning, and he only gave a vague response.

Looking back, the fact that she was willing to take the initiative to get close to me means that I already had enough affection and acceptance.

If I had reacted quickly enough and launched a counterattack, could I have capitalized on the momentum and gone even further?

After all, such opportunities are rare and hard to come by.

Ye Chenyang had carefully considered every step before, but his on-the-spot reaction was indeed somewhat lacking.

Ultimately, it's due to a lack of experience and the fact that they've never had intimate contact before, making them prone to getting carried away with their emotions.

Even now, he cannot sever the influence of his body on his consciousness.

Seeing Ye Chenyang's appearance, Jiang Mian suddenly wanted to tease him, but then she remembered that it was just a clone here, so she gave up the idea.

It's better to do some things yourself; otherwise, it always feels a bit strange, like there's a layer between you and the person.

Speaking of which... when I was with Ye Chenyang, I unconsciously became much gentler, as if the soft girl persona I was playing was real.

Sometimes even she herself can't tell the difference between what's true and what's false.

Jiang Mian felt it was better to relax a bit and gradually reveal her "true colors" so that both sides could gradually accept it.

She braced herself on the bed with both hands, leaned back slightly, casually hooked her leg, and said:

"The matter is settled, and we can set off now."

"real?"

"Uh-huh."

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Ye Chenyang visibly breathed a sigh of relief and sat down beside her.

He didn't understand what "domination" required or how long it would take, and thought it was like leveling up, requiring time to accumulate.

It was much faster than expected that it could be completed in just one day.

Perhaps what needs to be accumulated and "transformed" are those calamities.

As the one in control, the feedback she received was the same as any other breakthrough she would make, it was just a matter of a moment.

Jiang Mian turned his head and saw that Ye Chenyang was dressed neatly, and asked:

"Brother Ye, are you getting ready to go out? It's so late..."

"Senior Yang said there was something for me to collect."

Ye Chenyang nodded and added:

"By the way, she is the eighth-rank [Void Realm Walker] from the outer sea, and the other is the eighth-rank [Like Flowing Water]."

"Is that so..."

After so many days of standoff in the open sea, she still didn't know which two humans were at the eighth rank.

The eighth-tier [Void Realm Walker] was probably the one who left so many wounds on Xuanhuang back then.

As expected of a high-level awakened being in the space system, quite active indeed?

Jiang Mian stood up and turned to look at Ye Chenyang:

"Brother Ye, since you're going out, I'll go with you."

"it is good."

Ye Chenyang had the same idea. After he finished getting the things, he could stroll along the coast and then pick her up.

Yang Xin is not currently at the base; instead, he is testing for vulnerabilities in the "Eternal Light" barrier, and he is likely out at sea.

Jiang Mian will probably have to take a detour when he comes back, so he'll plan out a route for him then.

"Then I'll go change my clothes first."

As Jiang Mian spoke, he walked towards the door.

……

A moment later, the two arrived at... a checkpoint?

"Although the offshore alert has been lifted, it will be a few more days before it reopens. However, this is the closest route to our destination, so we'll take this route."

Recently? So you're going to the offshore base?

Jiang Mian's first thought was Qin Xiao.

Before she left, Ye Chenyang got her a new pair of glasses and a bracelet, which were probably more than just simple decorations.

The two entered the checkpoint, where the environment was almost unchanged from before, with only a few staff members on duty.

"Excuse me, gentlemen, we haven't reached... the Premium Pass yet?!"

Before the janitor could finish speaking, Ye Chenyang pulled out a card with silver patterns engraved on it and said unhurriedly:

"It has already been reported in advance, you can verify it."

The clerk on duty took the pass, looked Ye Chenyang up and down, then glanced at Jiang Mian behind him, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

But he didn't ask any more questions. After taking the card, he went to the back and swiped it at a machine.

He quickly opened the door to the manual passageway, gesturing for the two to pass through.

After passing through the passageway and the deserted buffer zone, they headed straight for the dock in the secondary buffer zone.

The activity area was deserted and eerily quiet at night.

Because the calamities within the circle have "consumed" a lot of Jiang Mian's energy, the seabed will probably look like this before the "Eternal Light" barrier is removed.

Jiang Mian gazed at the empty night sky, and suddenly had a thought, asking:

"Brother Ye, when will you be able to fly?"

Generally speaking, besides relying on their inherent abilities to take off, awakened individuals have many other means of flight.

For example, by utilizing alien remains, the most typical example is the combined floating weapon of the [Soul] Awakener.

"Me?"

Ye Chenyang glanced sideways.

"It can be done now."

After reaching the fifth rank, he will be able to activate the power of space and walk on air.

Moreover, Ye Chenyang once possessed this power, and once activated, he could fully master it. Achieving it ahead of schedule would be easy; he just didn't want to be too ostentatious.

More importantly, on the way back, I can take the boat with her and spend more time together.

Even if it's slower, isn't that still a kind of experience?

Jiang Mian looked up at him with a puzzled expression.

Of course, she had no idea what Ye Chenyang was thinking; she simply assumed he wanted to play the victim and keep a low profile with her.

"Oh, I understand."

"Um?"

Ye Chenyang touched his face, wondering if his intentions had been too obvious.

Wait a minute, he thinks he's pretty good at managing his facial expressions...

Suddenly, Ye Chenyang felt a surge of heart palpitations.

He almost instinctively pulled "Jiang Mian" next to him and dragged her to the side, not caring whether she was a clone or not.

A streak of silver light pierced the night, grazing past where the two had been standing, accompanied by a sharp whooshing sound.

Jiang Mian steadied herself, instinctively putting on a frightened expression. She seemed to be trying to remain calm, reaching out to pull Ye Chenyang up, but in reality, she was using her senses to investigate the anomalies around her.

This scene seems familiar?

However, strangely enough, she did not seem to detect any unusual targets within her perception range.

"Psychological attacks, and... hovercraft weapons?"

Ye Chenyang's expression was solemn, clearly recognizing the method by which that silver light was emitted.

Based on the intensity of that mental attack, the attacker was at least at the fifth rank, but it was unclear whether it was human or a calamity.

He had anticipated this.

With Chen Xu's death and the return of his memories, his identity was essentially exposed in front of the [River of Oblivion].

Action against him was bound to happen sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

Did they realize they had no protectors?

Considering Jiang Mian's special circumstances, Ye Chenyang declined Yang Xin's arrangement and said he would go to Base City No. 1 as soon as possible.

However, as the pinnacle of [Glory], his importance was self-evident, so Yang Xin still arranged for life-saving items and other means, and the matter was dropped.

What I went to pick up tonight were some resources that had been specifically approved for him.

"Brother Ye, we couldn't find him."

Jiang Mian shrank behind Ye Chenyang, her lips slightly moving as she sent her voice into his ears through the sound of "wind".

It's strange, even her usually infallible senses can't find the attacker? Who is the attacker?

Ye Chenyang nodded almost imperceptibly, a hint of understanding flashing in his eyes.

In that brief glance, he noticed that the floating weapon was of mediocre quality.

If that's the case, then its operating range is limited by distance; even at the fifth level, it can't extend very far.

Since Jiang Mian couldn't find the physical body, it means... the attacker might not have a physical form.

It is most likely a calamity of the [Nightmare] path, and the kind that exists only in the form of a spiritual body.