A lone soul drifts across the vast plains;
This soul vaguely resembles Wang Jixuan, but this semblance is more ’primitive’, closer to the appearance of his true soul.
This land is a grassland, with obvious traces of giant Blade Beast activity everywhere—from small mountain ranges that have collapsed, to hills piled high with white bones, to massive pits created by nuclear bombs that have turned into natural lakes.
The kind soul of Wang Jixuan is wandering and drifting above this place.
From time to time, it seems somewhat confused, at times dazing into the distance.
This is also a performance skill that Master Wang pondered over for a long time.
Underground is a dense mass of Blade Beast Group.
The awkward situation has come...
Wang Jixuan discovered that it is quite difficult for his kind soul to be noticed by the other party.
But now he absolutely cannot let the lone soul float down.
He’s already been proactive enough!
If he were to offer himself up any further, then this scene wouldn’t be worth performing; they might as well lay all the cards on the table!
Wang Jixuan’s Spiritual Sense focuses on Ye Zi and the Galino at this location, with their meeting place changed to Galino’s residence.
It’s a round cave, more than ten meters in diameter, with various tadpole imprints painted on the cave walls, somewhat akin to a site for the Promotion Ceremony of a Spiritual Ability User.
Galino, wearing human skin, sits cross-legged at the center of the cave.
Ye Zi’s high heels click against the cave wall, appearing calmly in front of Galino, her greeting a cold snort.
"Are you really planning to do nothing?"
Galino gently nods: "Before reinforcements arrive, we have to conserve our strength as much as possible and avoid unnecessary sacrifices."
"My people have engaged in direct conflict with Spiritual Ability City to seize materials for your Fake Spiritual Slave, already suffering great losses! Yet, you hide behind, only sending some obsolete mimics."
Ye Zi’s gaze was somewhat pressing:
"Do you really think I’m your vassal?"
"You are our partner."
"But now, any move we make could provoke the Black Storm’s mad retaliation.
"I don’t want a repeat of the last disaster.
"We need the Power to decisively suppress the Black Storm."
The tadpole imprints all over the cave flickered with light. Under Ye Zi’s feet, a light film appeared, rising slowly to lift her to the same height as Galino.
A soft cushion made of light formed in front of Galino.
"Sit, we have recently received new intelligence about the Black Storm."
Ye Zi, however, showed no intent to sit.
Wearing a pink fitted trench coat, a duckbill cap, and her long hair cascading freely, she appeared to have arrived in a hurry.
"Speak directly, I have other matters to attend to."
Galino, wearing human skin, revealed a rigid, unpleasant smile. He leaned back slightly, his gaze piercing, then said slowly:
Then, Galino acted as if he mentioned something remarkable, anticipating a change in Ye Zi’s expression.
Ye Zi’s beautiful youthful face indeed changed.
She became a bit impatient.
"Did you summon me here just to tell me that the kind soul of the Black Storm was exiled, leading to its descent into madness?
"Wasn’t this news already widespread more than half a month ago?"
Galino said mystically: "We captured his kind soul."
Ye Zi’s eyes immediately widened.
Wang Jixuan was also taken aback.
His kind soul... Eh? No, that’s wrong.
’My kind soul is drifting above this area; how could it have been captured?’
Wang Jixuan quickly realized.
Galino was either bluffing or obtained the wrong thing; in any case, Master Wang had exclusive rights to explain matters regarding the kind soul.
Ye Zi quickly regained her composure, smiling sweetly: "What are the terms for giving it to me?"
"We need you to remove the control circuit within the Fake Spiritual Slave."
Galino said in a deep voice:
"Although I know this is somewhat unreasonable.
"According to our contract, you provide the technology related to Fake Spiritual Slaves and have secondary control rights over them.
"But based on our research at the current stage... Fake Spiritual Slaves are more suitable than our Basic Blade Beast for developing into a new civilization.
"The combination of Blade Beasts and humans can cultivate a powerful sub-civilization, which can, in turn, produce new Spiritual Energy Engineers to maintain the Spiritual Energy Circuit order within our Blade Beasts.
"Therefore, we now want complete control over the Fake Spiritual Slaves, and you can propose suitable terms."
Ye Zi slightly raised her eyebrows.
She said indifferently: "You know, I cannot represent all of us."
Galino said: "But you can influence the decisions of the majority of your individuals, can’t you?"
Ye Zi folded her arms and thought carefully.
She still refused: "Personal preferences cannot compare to our plans that span tens of thousands of years. Although I am obsessed with the Black Storm, I won’t ruin our plans."
"Are we," Galino’s voice turned chilling, "part of your plan?"
"Plans are not set in stone; they require adaptive adjustments.
"Your emergence and development have indeed helped us a lot, this is undeniable.
"But just as you realized the value of Fake Spiritual Slaves, we have also realized their value. The combination of human cognitive ability with the Blade Beast’s Spiritual Energy System is the foundation of a new civilization.
"If the state of your Mother Insect can be optimized, it would be nearly perfect."
Galino watched Ye Zi carefully.