Actually, Su Ang doesn’t need to worry so much.
Different people have their own purposes; Su Ang is a Double S-level Awakener, his son, and at the time they needed an "Awakener Idol" to cover the truth, so he used his father’s identity to control Su Ang.
But now it’s different.
He needs several teams to broadenly attract public attention. Qian Qi, as a "trick card," is just the key to start this plan. He has other uses for Qian Qi.
So not only will Su Xingchen not control Qian Qi, but he’ll also let her more freely and boldly conquer instances. His only concern is her safety and how to maximize her value to find the true path to salvation.
"Regarding the disorder issue, I’ll settle the score with you later." Su Xingchen glared slightly at Su Ang before striding out of the command center.
After leaving Su Ang, Su Xingchen released his spiritual power and found Qian Qi’s location.
At that moment, Qian Qi was sitting on a small stool writing documents. Su Xingchen glanced at the document and saw the title on the left: "Complete Guide to Raising Snakes."
She’s raising snakes?
Su Xingchen’s gaze fell on her hair, looking at the little Emperor Pythons twisting and turning, and couldn’t help but twitch his lips.
Compared to the feat of shrinking Magic Beasts, having snakes wrapped in her hair left him... at a loss for words.
Moreover, Qian Qi still hadn’t treated the scars on her face. Su Xingchen really couldn’t understand how she, as a girl, could tolerate it. Even a big guy wouldn’t be willing to walk around with such a face in broad daylight, right?
Su Xingchen couldn’t help but suspect that Qian Qi might not have any interest in his son; after all, when facing someone they have feelings for, people usually care a lot about whether their appearance is what the other person likes, unless the other is some disfigurement-loving pervert.
Rather than believe his son is a disfigurement-loving pervert, Su Xingchen preferred to believe Qian Qi didn’t like his son.
"Mr. Qian." Su Xingchen took a step forward, smiling slightly, "Do you have time to chat?"
Qian Qi looked up at him upon hearing the voice, and was surprised upon seeing Su Xingchen, "Oh, isn’t this Commander Su? How come you’re here suddenly?"
She saved the document and closed the Light Brain, "What’s up, speak your mind."
"I can find a Healing Master for you, do you need one?" Su Xingchen gestured to his face, indicating, "Don’t worry, the Healing Master won’t see your face."
"Oh~" Qian Qi touched her face, "A Healing Master, I’ve never seen one before!"
"But forget it." Qian Qi waved her hand. Sleeping with a defense helmet was too suffocating; she’d rather continue with the scars. "I quite style."
Su Xingchen had encountered many people, eccentric or insane, but truly, he was seeing such an indescribably quirky personality as Qian Qi’s for the first time.
He sat cross-legged without caring if the dirt and dust would stain his expensive commander’s uniform, showing not a bit of arrogance, and asked curiously, "Doesn’t it hurt?"
"It’s not too bad." Qian Qi touched her cheek, "I have defensive power. It only feels numb, and after rubbing some Emperor Python kidney on it, it won’t be numb anymore."
Upon hearing this, the little Emperor Pythons in her hair felt a sharp pain in their kidneys and trembled in fear.
The Emperor Python King exclaimed, "I’m getting old; if you want to take my son’s kidneys, don’t take mine!"
The Poisonous Venomous Python was shocked: "Old thing, years of father-son bonds? Taking one won’t kill, it’ll just hurt a bit!"
The Emperor Python snorted coldly, a look of disdain in his eyes: "Father-son bonds? It was gone when you were wailing like a drama queen, ready to cling to me!"
Su Xingchen on the side: ...
What exactly did he see and hear... wasn’t he just entering an Illusion Realm...
Even Su Xingchen found the scene somewhat surreal. Steadying his mind and using spiritual power to break the illusion, he found there was no Illusion Realm nearby.
In reality, over 20 A-level Emperor Python Beasts not under contract were indeed comfortably residing in her hair, even communicating with her in human language.
"Mr. Emperor Python King, can you naturally speak human language?" Su Xingchen looked at the Emperor Python King. As an A-level Awakener, he didn’t view A-level Magical Beasts as inferior, just like ordinary humans wouldn’t consider tigers and lions as weak without weapons.
This spirit of reverence and conquest is precisely how humans temporarily became the masters of the world.
He asked in a very equal tone, "As far as I know, A-level Magical Beasts seem to only speak after becoming Contracted Beasts and inheriting the Contractor’s language system."
The Emperor Python King glanced at Su Xingchen, lifting his head high, too proud to speak with lower humans.
Seeing the Emperor Python King remain silent, Qian Qi directly asked Little Poison, "If your dad won’t talk, you do."
"In our A-level Magical Beasts’ heritage, human language has always been there," Little Poison answered confusedly. "If born from an A-level Contracted Beast, the human language in the heritage would even be updated. It’s not something that appears only after becoming a Contracted Beast."
"Magical Beast heritage..." Su Xingchen frowned slightly. "Why have I never heard of that..." Read full story at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽
"Can all A-level Magical Beasts speak?" Qian Qi pursued.
"Kind of... After all, since we co-occupy this continent with humans, if they can’t learn our language, we had to learn theirs and include it in the Magical Beast heritage," Little Poison paused, then added, "At least, that’s how the inherited memory says it."
"Humans?" Su Xingchen and Qian Qi spoke in unison, then exchanged glances, "Continent? Are you talking about this continent?"
"Of course not." Little Poison shook their head, "This place looks nothing like the continent in my inherited memory."
Su Xingchen and Qian Qi gasped simultaneously.
Qian Qi suddenly stood up and paced around, her mind racing.
She couldn’t help but recall the small stone house on the Ice Cliff in the B-level Ice Glacier Dungeon, the traditional characters, and the Normans’ existence. What connection is there between these...?
In the underground dungeon, Magical Beasts speak human language, have Magical Beast heritage, and are easier to befriend humans, with traces of human presence...
While the ground dungeon Magical Beasts don’t speak human language, lack Magical Beast heritage, are hard to befriend humans, and no human presence has ever been found...
Could it be that the underground dungeon is so because it relates to this? Does human presence make it an underground dungeon?
Then the humans Little Poison mentioned, where are they?
Humans... a continent with human presence, and not this one... doesn’t that mean another continent, another world? Could those humans be in another world—?
The dungeon... is actually a world? No, a world shouldn’t be this small; perhaps it’s a part of the world?