Countless flashes of lightning, arcs of electricity, the train's tremors and low hum—all faded away into the distance.
The darkness before his eyes was slowly replaced by the gentle light of the room.
Gu Shen disconnected from the Mental Link. Sitting on the floor, he blankly recalled that final contact... Contrary to what he had imagined, Chu Ling's fingers had been warm and delicate, like a piece of soft white jade.
He had thought everything in the mental space was fabricated and cold.
Gu Shen lowered his head and stared at his palm until a cat's cry interrupted his thoughts.
"Meow~"
He came back to himself and saw Big Orange sprawled listlessly in front of him like an aggrieved housewife, its tail swaying with resentment written all over its face.
There was no gleam of intelligence in Big Orange's eyes. It merely meowed softly to remind Gu Shen.
You forgot to feed me!
Gu Shen rose in a daze and opened the cat food. That meow just now had made him think Chu Ling was linking with him again...
He lay on the bed, troubled. Tomorrow, he would be taking on the first mission assigned by the Adjudication Court, yet tonight, he tossed and turned without sleep.
He simply could not fall asleep.
Deep Sea was upgrading... Chu Ling needed to disconnect from him for a time to ensure her own safety.
Someone had been investigating Chu Ling all along... Who were they?
Gu Shen took a deep breath. He knew Chu Ling still had many secrets she had not told him, but after tonight's Transcendent Link, he began to feel that his encounter with the train of 00 Me might not have been a coincidence.
He did not believe there could be such coincidences in this world.
"Improving my