Life Dungeon Game

Annie felt a slight itch on her wrist as her father held it, as if a warm current was seeping into her wrist.

This was He Ao's first time using his divine sense to penetrate a living person's body, but the current situation was within his expectations.

Judging from Aini's expression, she should be able to roughly sense the presence of divine consciousness.

He Ao's consciousness continued to penetrate deeper.

The flesh and blood offer significant resistance to consciousness, far greater than that of ordinary inanimate matter.

However, when He Ao's consciousness passed through Aini's skin and flesh and entered the 'circuit' inside her body, the whole situation changed.

He felt as if he had traversed an extremely narrow canyon and entered a vast plain, where everything suddenly became clear and bright.

If the flesh and blood that had been traversed before was like climbing a treacherous mountain peak full of thorns, then entering the 'line' now is like embarking on an eight-lane highway.

He Ao's consciousness moved freely along this path, quickly swimming deeper into the distance.

Annie's martial arts talent exceeded his expectations.

However, He Ao soon encountered a narrow and difficult-to-pass section.

In these places, he mimicked the feeling after eating the Vermilion Fruit, gathering his divine sense and forcibly widening these pathways.

"Dad, it hurts so much."

Aini immediately clutched her shoulder, gritted her teeth, and stared at He Ao, where the forcibly widened line was right at her shoulder.

"Hold it in."

He said in a low voice.

His divine sense flowed rapidly, and when he encountered several narrow places, he gathered his divine sense to forcibly widen all the obstructed areas in Aini's body.

Only when his divine sense was completely unobstructed within the pathways of Aini's body did he finally stop his divine sense on Aini's chest.

"Follow me, take a deep breath."

He said slowly.

Aini hadn't recovered from the pain all over her body, and she looked at He Ao with a somewhat aggrieved expression.

But seeing He Ao's serious face, she obediently followed his movements and took a deep breath.

"Calm down and sense your chest. Is there a ball of energy there that's about to dissipate?"

"Cannot sense..."

"Calm your mind, take a deep breath with me, and imagine a lotus flower blooming above your head. Describe its petals, its veins, and its petals opening one by one."

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"Did you sense it?"

"It seems so..."

"Don't rush, can you sense my divine sense?"

There's a warm current...

"Calm down and imagine the lotus flower above your head falling into your chest, into that ball of energy. The petals and energy merge together. Now, guide that energy along the path of my consciousness, follow closely..."

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It took He Ao an hour to guide Aini through her first breathing exercise, and then another half hour to help her get used to it several times.

"Dad, I think I've become stronger."

Annie was excitedly facing Heo

He waved his little fist and threw a rather unorthodox straight punch.

"From now on, practice your breathing exercises according to this standard. Practice as much as you can when you have time."

He Ao withdrew his nearly exhausted divine sense.

Aini has excellent martial arts talent. After He Ao's 'Marrow Cleansing', she has made further progress and is now only slightly weaker than Rijite.

If she can calm down and cultivate herself, perhaps she can reach a height that the old man never reached back then.

He Ao plans to draw out the Body Tempering Technique so that his daughter can practice it, which can also be considered as finding a successor for the old man.

If he could cultivate martial arts, he wouldn't let Aini enter the path of the talent sequence.

The talent sequence is filled with too much madness and distortion. Every advancement requires passing through the gates of hell, and it is also easy to get involved with evil gods. The further you go, the more dangerous it becomes.

"Dad, are you some kind of reclusive magician?"

Annie looked at He Ao excitedly, still sensing the energy that appeared in her body with each breath. "Is this magic?"

"Watch less movies."

He Ao shook his head indifferently.

The little girl's excited expression faded.

At this moment, He Ao had already turned on the bracelet.

The bracelet contained information about the Fountain of Youth that Eve had collected for him.

The legend of the Fountain of Youth is widespread throughout the Federation and in various works of art.

Most legends describe the Fountain of Youth as a clear spring that grants those who drink from it the ability to stay young forever.

This time, what stopped He Ao was not the lack of information, but the sheer volume of information that made it impossible for him to discern the useful information.

He limited the scope of the information to the inner store and then examined it carefully.

Most of the descriptions of the Fountain of Youth in these materials are similar to the main legends of the Federation, which clearly indicates that they were imported from other cities.

He then instructed Eve to set aside these similar legends and focus on selecting materials originating from or around Limen City.

Then He Ao saw an interesting post, which was posted by a travel blogger on a certain forum.

The post was about his experiences traveling near Limen City, and one part of it caught He Ao's attention.

They say this city is built on the Fountain of Youth, the lifeblood of the sky and earth... those who drink its waters gain 'eternal life'... but not everyone who achieves 'eternal life' is human...

I'm having a bit of writer's block, will be back later.

Chapter 433 Leaving the City (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

After quickly glancing at the information, He Ao turned off the bracelet.

The shadowy figure was not carrying any other electronic sensors, and there were no death-triggered traps.

But out of caution, He Ao still wanted to check if the guy had any backup plans.

He turned his head and looked at his bewildered daughter.

"Pack your things, don't bring too much, and ask your teacher for a week's leave."

"what?"

Aini was taken aback.

"We need to leave here immediately."

He Ao calmly said something, then put his blood-stained overcoat aside, changed into a clean coat, and left the house.

Annie didn't know what her father was going to do, but it was clear that this was something she didn't need to think about.

She yawned, dragged out a small suitcase that had been gathering dust from the corner of the living room, and began packing her personal belongings.

Meanwhile, He Ao walked out of the house and briefly activated his hyper-memory again.

He saw the faint footprints of the dark figure again, the footprints leading from the end of the corridor to the door of the house.

He followed the footprints to the ventilation window at the end of the corridor, through which he could see the bright lights outside.

Did the dark figure climb in through the window?

No, the shadowy figure didn't have any flight equipment, and since he could hide his presence, there was no need for him to choose such a complicated operation as flying.

He looked down at the footprints beneath him and walked along them again. The footprints were very regular, and the intervals between the steps were roughly the same, making it seem as if he had gone directly from the ventilation window to He's front door.

Finally, He Ao stopped in front of the elevator.

Starting with the footprint in the elevator, all the subsequent footprints leading to He Ao's door became a little 'shallower'.

The original footprints were almost invisible to the naked eye, and the fading was very slight. With the passage of pedestrians, some footprints have been destroyed.

Even though He Ao had super memory, he was almost fooled.

He squatted down and carefully examined the footprints.

If the shadowy figure's footsteps didn't suddenly become lighter when they reached this point, then the previous footprints must have been 'problematic'.

He stood up, facing forward, and backed away step by step, stopping at the same distance with each step. Finally, he stopped in front of the ventilation window.

Then he continued forward, stepping on the footprints he had left behind, until he passed the elevator and arrived at his front door.

He looked back and saw that his footprints were almost identical to those left by the shadowy figure.

The water was dark at first and then light, and it all became light suddenly after passing through the elevator.

Because the footprints before the elevator are actually two overlapping footprints, they are definitely deeper than the footprints after the elevator.

However, the difference in depth between the shadowy footprints was not as obvious as He Ao's. It was probably because he deliberately made his steps heavier after passing the elevator so that the difference between his front and back footprints would not be significant.

This guy is a bit cautious.

The shadowy figure retreated to the ventilation window first, then continued forward, pretending that it had entered through the ventilation window.

But what is the purpose of doing this?

Misleading the investigators' thinking?

He Ao continued following the footprints, and finally, he stopped at the water meter in the stairwell.

In front of the box.

This water meter box contains the water meters for all the residents on this floor.

Because water meters are now all smart meters and don't require manual inspection, this box is always locked up, and there is some fine rust around it.