Another week has passed.
Chase Jennings clearly noticed something was wrong with him.
Not only had his taste and preferences changed, but even when he looked in the mirror every day, he could clearly feel that his appearance was changing.
Especially today, he had arranged to meet an old friend about a previous investment.
As soon as he walked into the private room, he saw his old friend and several other friends looking at him with eyes full of unfamiliarity.
His old friend even directly asked him,
At that moment, Chase Jennings only felt his mind explode.
If what he was feeling could be an illusion.
Then the increasingly unfamiliar looks people have given him recently couldn’t be illusions, could they?
He subconsciously thought of Scarlett Jennings.
She must know what’s wrong with him.
However, he didn’t have Scarlett Jennings’ contact information, and she rarely replied to messages in the group chat.
Chase Jennings had no choice but to find Lucas Jennings again.
"Why are you looking for my sister? She recently has an internal pre-selection, and if she wins she’ll represent the academy in a competition. She told us not to disturb her if there’s nothing important. Recently, even my voice calls she hasn’t answered."
It was the first time Chase Jennings heard of this, he frowned,
"Will she come back this weekend?"
Lucas Jennings said matter-of-factly,
"Of course she won’t be back, not just this week, she won’t be back next week either."
Chase Jennings felt his heart sink lower and lower, and, as if thinking of something, suddenly asked Lucas Jennings,
"Have you heard her talk about any Mystical Sect rules before? Like what happens if someone takes your blood?"
Chase Jennings thought over and over again, and still felt the problem might have originated from when she asked if he’d been injured.
Lucas Jennings, hearing this, immediately put on a serious face,
"That could be a big problem."
"My sister once said that typically, Masters use blood and hair to cast spells on people.
Those evil masters, if they get your blood or hair, they can cast a spell on you. Making you sick or changing your fate are small things. But if it’s serious..."
Lucas Jennings dragged his tone at this point, intentionally leaving it hanging.
Chase Jennings immediately looked tense, "What will happen?"
"They can turn you into another person, changing destiny and switching souls and such. Once successfully switched, it wouldn’t be as simple as retrieving a Living Soul from a doll."
Lucas Jennings watched as Chase Jennings’ face grew increasingly grim, and asked him,
"Brother Chase, what’s wrong with you? Did someone secretly take your blood?"
He said this and suddenly raised his voice, "Could it be that Ava Zimmerman again?!"
Chase Jennings instinctively retorted upon hearing this,
"Don’t talk nonsense, Ava is just an ordinary person who doesn’t understand this Evil Gate stuff."
Lucas Jennings’ face instantly fell upon hearing this,
"What do you mean by that? Are you suggesting that what my sister understands is Evil Gate stuff?! If that’s what you think, then don’t come looking for my sister when you have issues!"
Lucas Jennings, hands on hips, finished scolding, then turned and stomped off in anger, slamming the door shut.
Chase Jennings felt shut out and somewhat depressed,
"When did I say anything like that... Only listening half-way, don’t twist my words with malice."
If he really thought that way, he wouldn’t have come to her first.
Since Chase Jennings couldn’t find Scarlett Jennings, he could only awkwardly walk away, thinking of other ways.
What he didn’t know was that after he left, Lucas Jennings retracted his ear from the door and went to his gaming pod to make a video call to Scarlett Jennings.
Unlike his communication with Chase Jennings, Scarlett quickly answered the video call.
Scarlett Jennings was sitting in front of a workbench, holding a cup of milk tea, looking at the video with an unusual hint of laziness.
Seeing her, Lucas Jennings’ eyes lit up,
"Sis! My brother just came to see me! Just like you said! He’s changed a lot recently!"
Scarlett replied casually, put down the milk tea, then asked, "Did he say anything?"
"Just that he wants to find you, and asked what would happen if blood was taken, I said what you taught me to say."
Lucas Jennings paused and couldn’t help asking,
"Sis, will my brother be okay?"
Though this brother is quite annoying, he’s family after all.
If something really happens to him, Mom and Dad would be upset too.
Scarlett Jennings saw his worried look and said,
"He’ll be fine, his life isn’t at risk."
She paused again, "If he can realize something is off with Ava Zimmerman and consciously distance himself, it won’t reach the worst outcome."
Lucas Jennings, upon hearing this, considered telling Mom and Dad, and forcing him not to contact Ava Zimmerman.
Although he didn’t know what issue Ava Zimmerman had.
But since his sister said there’s an issue, then surely there must be one.
Scarlett Jennings seemed to see through his thoughts, and said,
"Using external force to create distance is useless, he must consciously realize the problem and willingly distance himself."
Ava Zimmerman’s hints on him carry the Power of Word Spirit, even if she used external force to disperse it, if he internally refuses to break the suggestion, it’s in vain.
A word from Ava Zimmerman might pull him into her suggestion again quickly.
Scarlett Jennings didn’t want to spend effort repealing it repeatedly.
Instead, let him learn a big lesson all at once.
After giving Lucas Jennings a few more instructions, Scarlett Jennings ended the video call.
She opened the news platform, and the homepage was playing live news about continuous earthquakes in certain areas.
People from all walks of life were organizing rescue efforts and donating supplies. Scarlett Jennings thought, and d ten million from the group shares dividend she received this month.
Then she opened her chat application.
The pinned chat window showed Samuel Chalmers.
Scarlett Jennings had forgotten when she set him as pinned.
Clicking into it, aside from her recent two messages, Samuel Chalmers hadn’t responded.
This hadn’t happened before.
Samuel Chalmers, what’s happened to him?
In a certain place, hundreds of miles away from the Tremor Zone, within the mountains.
Samuel Chalmers placed a hand on the Earth Veins, surrounded by Golden Light, which fragmented into tiny light dots, slowly sinking from him into the earth.
As the Golden Light seeped in, the crust of the mountains seemed to be soothed, gradually returning to tranquility.
Simon stood beside him, watching the visible waning of gold around him, and couldn’t help but speak,
"It’s about enough, you’re not in your true form now, forcibly repairing the Earth Veins depletes you too much. If those old guys saw you , they’d seize the chance to cause trouble."
Actually, he wanted to advise him to return to his true form; this human body was too limiting, yet he didn’t know what Samuel Chalmers was thinking.
Why insist on maintaining the identity.
Seeing Samuel taking no heed of his words, Simon couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
"If really not, you could also take it slow; the Tremor Zone is mostly stable now, a little repair each day would suffice."
Simon mumbled, thinking he wouldn’t respond to him anyway.
Unexpectedly, Samuel Chalmers this time replied,
He wanted to resolve the matter quickly.
Apart from wanting the people in the Tremor Zone to stabilize soon, it was also because... her birthday was approaching.
He wanted to hurry back as soon as possible.