Chapter 92

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Chapter Thirty-Three: Kalpas is the God of Food.

"Although it was somewhat weak, I could definitely sense the presence of spiritual energy."

After finishing their tour of the dormitories, the two went to Aponia's office, where she usually handled school-related matters.

After sensing the blood sample that Ai Yue had taken out, Aponia nodded. "This fluctuation... is it Kevin's?"

Aponia's expression was somewhat incredulous, clearly indicating that she had realized the problem.

"Um."

Ai Yue picked up the container in his hand and shook it. "This is Kevin's blood sample."

Everyone's spirit has subtle differences, and so does the resulting mental power. By distinguishing these differences, mental ability users can easily identify who the mental fluctuations come from. This is why Aponia can lock onto a specific person from a great distance. Therefore, Ai Yue is not surprised that Aponia can directly say Kevin's name.

"This is truly... an unexpected result."

Aponia frowned, looking apologetic. "Perhaps because I haven't had much contact with Kevin, I never even noticed this."

"It's hard to detect, isn't it? Even if this level of spiritual power is spread throughout his body, it's impossible to distinguish without careful sensing."

Ai Yue shook his head, clearly not believing it was Aponia's fault. "I never thought this would happen, so the most important thing right now is to figure out what's going on."

"I haven't experienced this."

Aponia closed her eyes and gave herself a deep "scan" before saying, "However, it is difficult to prove the pattern based on such a case alone."

"Yes, I never expected to find something like this."

Ai Yue pondered, "It seems necessary to expand the scope."

"Is there anything I can do for you?"

Aponia continued, "In the realm of the spiritual, I should still be able to offer some assistance, right?"

"I'm not sure yet whether this is a special case unique to Kevin, or if there's a chance it could also happen to other Fused Warrior."

Ai Yue said, "I will organize a physical examination in a couple of days, and I will trouble you to do the screening work then."

Drawing blood for analysis one by one is too troublesome, not to mention that there aren't many machines that can analyze blood components. In that case, it's better to take this opportunity to have a comprehensive physical examination and collect other data along the way.

As for the unknown component, Ai Yue did not tell Aponia —the unknown component was obviously not just related to mental power. Before he could figure it out completely, Ai Yue still planned to deal with it by himself first.

"I will make time for it."

Aponia nodded. "Should we tell Dr. Mei about this?"

"I'll talk to her about it tomorrow, but the physical exam was already planned anyway, it's just a little earlier."

Ai Yue nodded, then stood up. "Alright, there's nothing else. You should rest now. I'll head back now."

He hadn't taken two steps when Aponia gently pulled him back.

"It's so late, why don't you stay?"

A hint of shyness appeared on the nun's face, but her tone was very firm. "I did back down before, but now that you've come yourself, I have no reason to let go."

As a result, Ai Yue was not able to leave Morning Sun Academy until noon the next day.

It wasn't that he slept until noon, but rather that he woke up a little late, which resulted in Kalpas finding out about it as well.

"Have lunch before you leave."

The masked man wearing a chef's hat cornered Ai Yue in Aponia's office and spoke in an unquestionable tone.

"Let's not even talk about how you knew I was here... Aren't you a pastry chef?"

Ai Yue was still half asleep on the floor when he looked up and saw that Aponia was nowhere to be seen. Instead, Kalpas appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help but look surprised. "Why are you expanding your business again?"

Is there any fundamental difference between cooking and baking?

Kalpas glanced at him and then turned to leave, saying, "In short, come find me at the cafeteria at noon."

"OK."

Ai Yue nodded, then called out to the other person, "Kalpas, how have you been lately?"

"Fine."

Kalpas stopped and said calmly, "It's so good that it makes me feel a little... ashamed."

"Don't say that, this is the life I promised you."

Ai Yue smiled. "But why are you still unwilling to take off your mask?"

"I'm used to it."

Kalpas said calmly, but added at the end, "Moreover... this is for remembrance."

After saying that, he left the room.

To remember this place... This guy is so twisted, isn't he?

Ai Yue sighed, then lay back down, closed his eyes, and murmured, "Aponia?"

After a while, there was still no response.

However, Ai Yue did not give up. "I know you're here, don't pretend you can't hear me."

Although he is no longer Fused Warrior with a mental perception ability, through his long-standing understanding of the Eighth Herrscher authority, he can now easily use his own mental power without relying on the Herrscher Core. It is absolutely impossible for Aponia not to sense such a call.

Moreover, even when he was still an ordinary person, as long as he silently recited Aponia's name in his heart, she would definitely respond. There's no reason why she wouldn't notice him at such a close distance.

"Sorry, something came up just now."

Only then did Aponia finally respond, "What's wrong?"

"Don't play dumb,"

Ai Yue directly exposed her excuse, "You're the one who attracted Kalpas, aren't you?"

He didn't inform anyone when he came, and Kalpas doesn't have a dog's sense of smell, so it's impossible for him to have discovered his whereabouts without being notified.

So if you think about it carefully, you'll know that it must have been Aponia who did it.

"Sorry."

Aponia readily admitted, "Although Kalpas has never said it, I know he actually wants to see you too, but he just hasn't had the chance, so..."

"Okay, I'm not blaming you."

Ai Yue sighed, clearly at a loss with Aponia. "The main thing is, you should have told me about this beforehand—do you know what it feels like to open your eyes and find yourself cornered in a room by someone else?"

"Don't worry, I've cleaned up all the traces."

Aponia replied slowly, "Kalpas won't find anything."

That's not the point, okay?

Speechless, Ai Yue disconnected from Aponia and simply got out of bed.

It was only then that he noticed there was a breakfast on the desk next to him.

Well, what's done is done, let's eat first.

34

Chapter Thirty-Four: You two have actually stopped playing games and started studying military strategy.

Although Ai Yue accepted Kalpas's invitation to stay for lunch, it didn't mean Ai Yue would spend the morning idly at the Morning Sun Academy.

After all, there is Teleportation Gate in the Morning Sun Academy that connects to the Star of Light Experiment Base, so even if Ai Yue goes back now and comes back at lunchtime, it will be the same.

Therefore, after finishing breakfast, Ai Yue immediately returned to the Star of Light experimental base.

"Welcome back, Doctor Ai Yue."

Queen's voice rang out immediately to greet Ai Yue's return, "Please note that my sister seems to have messed up something and is hesitating about how to inform you tactfully."

What went wrong?

"Shut up, bee."

Prometheus ruthlessly took over Queen's voice system, pushing her aside. "I didn't mess it up. This is an unforeseen event."

"So what happened?"

Ai Yue asked, "You didn't waste Elysia's blood sample, did you?"

"No, but the analysis didn't go smoothly."

Prometheus said, "The equipment used to analyze Elysia's blood components overloaded and burned out, yielding no results."

Ai Yue paused for a moment, then smiled helplessly.

This possibility was within his expectations. After all, the secrets surrounding Elysia were not so easy to uncover. Perhaps the device had triggered some hidden power within her blood, which was why it was burned.

As expected, the system is more reliable in these kinds of situations, but unfortunately, the system isn't omnipotent either.

"In addition, you asked me yesterday to preserve the unidentified components from Kevin's blood."

Prometheus continued, "It... disappeared."

What happened?

Ai Yue frowned. "Volatile?"

That's roughly how it can be understood.

Prometheus said, "Shortly after you left, the unknown component began to evaporate rapidly, releasing a large amount of Honkai Energy in the process, causing great damage to your laboratory. We are currently trying to find a way to recover it."

"To be precise, it was me and my bee colony who were trying to find a solution."

Queen finally found an opportunity to rejoin the conversation, "My sister is just getting anxious over there."

"What can I do? I don't have a body."

Prometheus's voice suddenly rose, "Doctor Ai Yue, I strongly request that I be given a controllable body, even if it's just a drone."

Her voice still lacked any discernible fluctuation, but the increased volume revealed some emotion.

"Okay, okay, I'll consider it."

Ai Yue shook his head. "The Armed Doll should have already started mass production. I'll go get one for you then, okay?"

Ai Yue had considered creating a humanoid body for Prometheus using Soulium, but he had been deliberately controlling Prometheus's growth rate to prevent any uncontrollable changes, so the plan had never been implemented.

However, the soul born in the electronic world began to yearn for a physical body in reality, which may be the opportunity for Prometheus to evolve again.

Now that they've brought it up, let's test the waters with the body of the Armed Doll first; it shouldn't be a big problem.

As soon as he said those words, both Artificial Intelligence fell silent.

After a moment, Queen finally spoke, "It worked, sister."

"Yes, it worked, little sister."

Prometheus's voice returned to normal, "Doctor Ai Yue, I'll leave the matter of the Armed Doll to you."

"Are you two putting on a show for me?"

Ai Yue was both amused and exasperated. "Just wait, I'll revert both of your versions to 0.1 later."

"Impossible."

Prometheus said decisively, "You can't bear to part with such a useful assistant as me. Version 0.1 can't do anything."

Ai Yue immediately put on a thoughtful expression. "What you said makes sense. Maybe I should find a more obedient assistant."

These two little devils are already daring to put on a show to fool him; he doesn't even dare to imagine what they might do next.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me."

Prometheus was straightforward, immediately bowing his head and admitting defeat, "It was all Queen's doing."

"You were the one who came to me for help."

Queen finally understood what had happened. "I see. You were trying to shift the blame onto me. You're so wicked, Prometheus."

Queen seemed very angry; she didn't even use the term "sister" anymore.

"Alright, you think I can't tell this is part of a double act?"