The fingers holding the Pastel Gemstone tightened almost imperceptibly, pressing the skin of his fingertips against the gem's surface until it paled.
Xia Nan's pitch-black eyes went dazed for an instant at the mechanical voice that rang out in his mind, and his emotions surged with it.
But he kept his expression tightly controlled, with no obvious change.
Add in Margaret's somewhat excited reaction beside him, which drew the attention of the others present, and no one noticed that after his fingers touched the gemstone, his body suddenly went a little stiff before quickly returning to normal.
[Dreamweaver Corridor]... charging... 0.0003%!?
Xia Nan had made charging this technological item from another world and finding its Key his mid-term goal.
But in reality, whether it was the "Key" itself or the energy needed to activate the device, neither was something that could be found just anywhere.
Compared to the vast territory of the Aifala Continent, if he had no key information and merely wandered around at random, Xia Nan's chances of achieving his mid-term goal were no different from fishing a needle out of the ocean—practically zero.
That was precisely one of the reasons why, after learning from the Druid's experimental notes that a certain young master from the Molton Family might be carrying a clue to the Key for the [Dreamweaver Corridor], he had barely thought twice before immediately planning a long journey.
There were simply too few clues about this special item. Even the slightest possibility was not something he should let slip.
To be honest, if his own strength had not genuinely been lacking by just that bit, he would probably already be on the road to the Molton Family's ancestral residence in Sticky Tree Territory right now.
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