Yaoguang: There's No Such Emanator?!

Jingxing opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know which sentence to answer.

How should he explain this to her? Should he tell her that she once told his fortune in the forest of Vesna IV? Should he also tell her that there would be a great war with the Lord Ravager in the future, and that he was cursed by the Lord Ravager, causing him to keep jumping between timelines? -- This thought had just surfaced when Jingxing suppressed it.

Manipulating space is not a rare skill for Pathstrider; there are plenty of them in the galaxy. Even he himself could do it with a little research.

Jingxing had never heard of anyone manipulating timelines before. Just think of the rumors surrounding the Aeon —what would happen to someone who tried to tamper with timelines?

It was probably because the Nous didn't want his calculations to be interfered with.

You want me to provoke the Nous? Don't be ridiculous.

Don't be Nous by Herta's constant calling him "Machine Head," that's just Herta's skill. Jingxing doesn't have the guts to act wildly towards him.

After a moment's thought, Jingxing made up a lie.

"I have a good relationship with Yunli, one of the eight leaves of the Zhuming Xianzhou Flaming Wheel, Eight Leaves," he said. "I also received a Light Cone from General Huaiyan that recorded General Tianji's image—and within it, I had the privilege of catching a glimpse of your face."

Yaoguang muttered thoughtfully, "So that's how it is."

She didn't sense any Path of Abundance from Jingxing, and she was willing to believe the excuses the young man gave her.

Jingxing had just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to say something more—

Suddenly, another blast of horns erupted from the direction of the camp, silencing him before he could finish his sentence.

Yaoguang's expression turned serious, and he gestured to him. "Let's leave first, this isn't the place to talk."

The night in Priva II is inky black.

The two entered the woods one after the other. Yaoguang moved lightly and quickly, his movements so graceful that it didn't seem like he was retreating, but rather like he was out for a night stroll.

But every so often she would stop and throw a talisman into the air.

The talismans floated out silently, turning to ash in mid-air. Jingxing didn't know what the talismans did, but the torches behind him never veered an inch in his direction—seeing that it didn't arouse the suspicion of the Borisin, he simply kept quiet.

Next, Jingxing followed behind, barely daring to breathe, feeling as if he were being pulled by an invisible thread, threading a needle through the claws of the wolf pack.

Just two weeks ago, he was freely wielding his brush amidst a sea of flowers on an uninhabited planet; now, he is fleeing with a Xianzhou general, being searched by a group of Borisin.

"I should have known better than to come down," Jingxing couldn't help but think.

Once the two of them had finally climbed over the last hill and left the campfire far behind, Jingxing finally let out the breath he had been holding in.

He glanced back, then at the general beside him, hesitated for two seconds, and said, "My ship is anchored in the woods to the south. Let's talk there."

Yaoguang raised an eyebrow. "You've got some nerve, daring to bring people onto the ship so casually."

"I still trust the reputation of the Xianzhou," Jingxing shrugged.

The hatch of the Chasing the Moon Strike closed behind him. Jingxing took two bottles of water from the refrigerator, handed one to her, and drank half of it himself before speaking, "I'm curious, as a general, why would you come here alone to investigate?"

He paused, then added, "Are you the type to do everything yourself?"

Yaoguang stopped twisting the bottle cap. "Because I foresaw some strange things."

"Hmm?" Jingxing asked, puzzled.

Yaoguang tilted her head back and took a sip of water, then elegantly wiped her mouth. Under the cabin light, she casually pushed her hood back, letting her silver-white hair fall down.

Do you know what I'm most famous for as the general of the Jade Abacus Xianzhou?

"... Fortune telling?"

"Yes, that's definitely what I'm best at." She pointed to her temple. "My presence here this time is also related to divination."

What hexagram?

Yaoguang pondered for a moment, as if he was trying to find the right words.

"I consulted a divination before I came. The divination said that if I hadn't come in person, the Jade Abacus Xianzhou would have run into a big problem."

"Big trouble?"

"I don't know what kind of trouble it is," Yaoguang shrugged.

"So you came alone," Jingxing said.

"Logically speaking, this kind of reconnaissance work shouldn't be my responsibility; it should be left to the Cloud Knights," Yaoguang said. "But that divination pushed me into it. Since I received such a divination, there's no reason for me to avoid it."

"Your divination..." Jingxing hesitated for a moment, "Was it wrong?"

"I didn't miss anything," Yaoguang answered readily, then added with a half-smile, "But I really hope that I, my junior sister, and even the teacher can all make a mistake just once."

But she clearly didn't want to continue the conversation.

Yaoguang screwed the bottle cap back on and turned to ask him, "Tell me about yourself, why are you here?"

Jingxing didn't hide anything—or rather, there was no point in hiding the reason why he chose to land on Priva II.

"I thought this planet, which the company labeled as having no features, had nice scenery, so I decided to land there for research. But as soon as I landed, I noticed traces of humanoid life."

"We simply focused our attention and conducted some reconnaissance, which led us to the hunting group of the Borisin." Jingxing said, a helpless expression on his face. "Yunli told me about these Abominations of Abundance. Although I'm not a Celestial Being from the Xianzhou, I know that the Abominations of Abundance, like the Antimatter Legion, are objects that need to be eliminated."

"However, I certainly couldn't risk going up alone to take on the entire hunting pack, so I carefully used my abilities to disrupt their biological weapon production. I originally planned to contact Yunli after retreating and have the Xianzhou come to wipe them out, but I didn't expect to encounter you before I even got out."

Yaoguang was taken aback. She hadn't expected Jingxing to be so candid in revealing the details.

In her calculations, the most suspicious person in front of her shouldn't be so sincere.

As for the so-called "suspicion"...

After Yaoguang calculated that the Jade Abacus Xianzhou would encounter great trouble if he did not personally investigate, the Divination Commission relayed a piece of intelligence: they had discovered an energy reaction at the level of Emanator on the Priva II.

If this desolate planet truly harbors Abominations of Abundance at the Emanator level, then eradicating them would not be a task that the Jade Abacus Xianzhou could accomplish alone.

Therefore, Yaoguang had to come in person to confirm with his own eyes what the thing that emitted the "Emanator- level energy reaction" was.

Fortunately, Yaoguang found his target shortly after landing, which was the man in front of him with incredibly clear eyes.

He is good friends with General Huaiyan's granddaughter and seems to have good intentions towards Xianzhou.

"But why must I personally go here to prevent Yuque from getting into trouble?" Even though Jingxing's attitude was better than Yaoguang had expected, this matter still weighed on her mind.