"The value of that spark... far exceeds anything you can imagine right now."
"You'll understand in time."
As he spoke, a precise structure somewhere on Alvin's body opened, and a palm-sized cube with a dark-silver metallic sheen floated out, drifting slowly in front of Shen Yi. Its surface was covered in extremely fine, constantly shifting runic engravings, faintly giving off magnetic fluctuations of the same origin as Alvin.
"Keep this."
Alvin explained.
"It has my power imprint on it, along with a simple communication-rule configuration."
"If you run into an emergency here that you can't handle, or if you need to contact me, you can use it to send a message."
"Although the distance is vast and interference from the environment Beyond the World is intense, so real-time communication is impossible, it can still transmit simple location and distress signals."
"However, unless it's absolutely necessary, it's best not to use it lightly, because any rule fluctuations sent out—especially directed ones like these—may attract unnecessary prying eyes."
Shen Yi took the metal cube. It felt slightly heavy in his hand, cold and solid to the touch.
He nodded and put it away.
This counted as an extra safeguard from Alvin. Hopefully, he would never need it, but it was better to be prepared.
After that, Alvin gave him another warning.
"Also, Shen Yi, your power... especially the Flame of Continued Combustion, will likely spread through an even wider area Beyond the World very soon after Mia returns."
"Unlike those six supreme Authority Holders who almost never concern themselves with worldly affairs, your existence is new. It is reachable."
"I already analyzed the allure of the Flame of Continued Combustion for you before. To many Authority Holders who long to grow stronger, are stuck at a bottleneck, or have even gone mad