Ark Journey

Alina suspected that this was Xue Zhi's bad taste.

Xue Zhi was concentrating on cooking and didn't care about her thoughts.

"It's ready, let's eat."

Some of the best meat from the beast was cut off and placed on a snow-white flatbread, this time with a piece of melted cheese.

Holding the fragrant food in her hands, Alina asked in a low voice while enjoying it in small bites:

"I don't understand why you would do that?"

"what's up?"

"all."

"Oh, because I want to, and also because I'm a nice guy."

"..."

The next morning, Xue Zhi's clone and Alina arrived at Tallulah's tent.

The main body stays not far away in case of any accidents.

"Good morning, Alina, Xue Zhi, what's going on?"

"Good morning, Tallulah. We have an idea on how to distribute those suppressants."

"Great, I just feel like I'm not thinking very well these days, so tell me what you think."

The main body's spiritual tentacles entered the tent together with the clone, and Xue Zhi immediately discovered that the black spot that was parasitic on Tallulah's spiritual body was now highly active.

The two approached Tallulah, Alina began to explain her views, and Xue Zhi also started to take action.

The simple spiritual body separated, leaving only a hollow shape formed by optical refraction in its place.

The clone's spirit body slowly floated behind Tallulah. A large number of Xue Zhi's real spirit tentacles were lurking around it. At the same time, it could be seen that the black spot was becoming more and more active, and it even had a tendency to break away.

[I've taken the bait.]

The clone spirit slowly approached on its own initiative, and acted as if it knew nothing and had no reaction.

Just when they got close enough, a thin black line suddenly stretched out from Tallulah's side. Xue Zhi also discovered that when the black line stretched, it was stretched as a whole, and was currently only fixed on Tallulah's spirit body by a few points.

"Hey, I think I understand a little bit of what you're saying."

At the moment of contact, Xue Zhi sensed a bit of extremely complex thoughts, it was as if tens of millions of people were talking together.

However, because there is no direct contact, the degree is not deep, and you will lose this feeling if you are not careful.

More and more black lines extended over, almost building a bridge between the two spiritual bodies. The sounds became more and more obvious, but they were like garbled code, indistinguishable, or they were meaningless.

In a castle somewhere in the Ursus Empire, a well-dressed noble was enjoying breakfast.

But he looked a little absent-minded, but the expression on his face seemed to say that the taste of breakfast still made him very satisfied.

Time passed little by little, and just when the transmission of the black line slowed down and a small break appeared on the edge, the spiritual tentacles of the original body and the spiritual bodies of the clones surrounding it immediately began to move.

The clone's spiritual body split in the middle like an alien, revealing an unfilled core. Many tiny spiritual tentacles emerged from its surface and dragged the black spots on it into the interior.

The main body's spiritual tentacles immediately stepped forward, and unrestrained spiritual power surged out, beginning to explore the depth of the black spot.

After confirming that it was currently only on the surface, the main body's mental tentacles directly pulled off the black spots that were still attached to Tallulah's body, and packed them together with those hanging in the air and threw them into the clone's mental body. Then the clone's mental body, which had swallowed all the black spots, immediately closed up.

The whole process happens in an instant.

Ding.

The sound of metal colliding with porcelain was heard, and the servants serving the nobles immediately rushed forward in panic.

"Master, what's wrong? Is today's food unpalatable?"

“Some of them were not handled properly and are still biting people.”

"?"

The servant looked at the pure white meat on the table, wondering what his master was talking about.

The moment the black spot was removed, Tallulah frowned, and this action scared Alina.

"what happened?"

However, what Tallulah said immediately dispelled her worries.

"I just feel like something is not right about what you said before, and I need to make some changes."

The spirit body of the clone quietly floated out of the tent and came to the side of the original body.

Xue Zhi, sensing the fierce resistance within, smiled.

"That's pretty impressive! Let me see how capable you are."

After saying that, he merged the clone into his original body.

In the spiritual world, a figure with a constantly changing shape, unable to tell whether it is a man or a woman, old or young, stands in darkness. There is nothing around, and all attempts to escape are ineffective.

I spent the whole day hunting geese, but today I got my eye pecked by a goose.

This was the first time in his long life that he failed in a spiritual confrontation.

Xue Zhi's figure appeared in the darkness with a sarcastic smile on his face.

"Old man, how does it feel to be controlled by others?"

"A boring trick."

His voice was even more overlapping and extremely unreal.

"Ah."

Seeing that Black Snake had no intention of continuing the conversation, Xue Zhi sneered and disappeared into the spiritual world.

Chapter 17: Approaching Danger

Instead, there was a huge sun emitting faint blue flames.

The figure screamed and turned to escape, but was immediately hit by a flame that spewed out from the sun and disappeared in an instant.

This part of the black snake's soul was completely annihilated, as if it had never existed.

"So fierce? There's no trace left."

Xue Zhi's voice came from all directions, and he could no longer sense the black snake at all.

"What a weak god."

Leaving this sentence, Xue Zhi withdrew from the spiritual world.

In the tent, Alina and Tallulah's conversation was coming to an end.

"That's it. There's no better solution for now. Xue Zhi, do you have anything to say?"

Without a spiritual body, this hollow figure couldn't even use magic to vibrate the air and make sounds.

After urgently throwing back the clone's spirit body, Xue Zhi in front of Tallulah began to take action.

He first took out a pile of books (the same as Hedley's) and placed them on the table before saying:

"These books are given to you. Perhaps you can find a way to develop the integration movement from them."

"So many."

Surprisingly, Tallulah doesn't seem to like reading, even though she is a noble.

"But since you said that we can find a way to develop the Reunion Movement from it, then I will read it to the end no matter what."

It seems that he still has some leadership responsibilities.

"Okay then, if everything is ok, we'll leave first."

"Ah."

After leaving the tent, Xue Zhi stretched towards the rising sun.

"It's finally over."

As soon as the words fell, the figure disappeared from the spot.

Alina was not surprised at all. She walked forward a few steps and met another Xue Zhi.

Unbuttoning the sword buckle on her belt, she said:

"I'll give this back to you. There's no need to hold on to it anymore."

Xue Zhi's hand touched the hilt of the sword, then she smiled and shook her head to stop Alina's actions.

"I usually don't take back things I give away, and the more dangerous things are just beginning now. If you take this, you still have some ability to protect yourself."

"Something more dangerous?"

"Yes."

It was still the same castle, but now it was no longer as peaceful as before. It was now filled with angry voices, and if you listened carefully, you could hear pain mixed in.

"Let the inner guard pass!!!"

It's not a pleasant feeling to have a part of your soul completely destroyed.

On the way back to the tent, Xue Zhi said to Alina beside her:

"Keep training. I've solved the curse left by Tallulah's father. He will definitely react, and we'll have to fight. And if anything happens to you, Tallulah will still be sad."

“Will it be serious?”

"Yes, and the people who come here will be very dangerous, but don't worry, since I caused this result, I will naturally take responsibility. Remember to tell Tallulah about this matter. It's not convenient for me, an outsider, to speak."

At this moment, the mental scan that had never been fully performed since leaving Kazdel had already covered the base of the Integration Movement and even extended out into the forest.

Several drones that had just been released were already hovering in the sky, starting to build a monitoring network.

"understood."

The two separated, and Xue Zhi returned to the tent, sat cross-legged on the blanket, closed her eyes, and quietly waited for the approaching enemy.

Alina turned back and looked at the place where Xue Zhi disappeared and touched the hilt of her sword.

"Is Tallulah the only one who is sad..."

Shaking her head and putting the thoughts aside, Alina began to organize the words for her subsequent conversation with Tallulah.

Xue Zhi waited until the sun set.

For the entire day, no dangerous target came close.

"No, the inner guard is so slow? If I had known this, I might as well go pick raspberries with the snow monster."

Xue Zhi stood up and stretched her body. When she sat down again, Alina's voice was heard outside.

"Are you still in there, Xue Zhi?"

"Yes, what's the matter?"

The curtain of the tent was lifted and Alina walked in.

She shook the small wine bottle in her hand towards Xue Zhi, then said with a smile:

"Want to have a drink together?"

After who knows how many days, Alina finally smiled at Xue Zhi again.

"liquor?"

"Well, although I'm not an Ursus, I can still have a few drinks."

Xue Zhi waved her hand and released a low table, then made a gesture of invitation.

"sit down."

There was no heating equipment in the tent, but it was still warm.

After taking off her thick coat, leaving only a very clean lining, and taking off her shoes beside the blanket, Alina walked up quietly.

Her shoulders were narrow, her feet were small, and her socks were clean, probably having just been washed.

"What are you looking at?"

"nothing."