Acheron's Hands Are Getting a Little Too Familiar

Acheron never even suspected that Lin Shuang was using a fake Photos to deceive her.

Upon noticing the abnormality in Lin Shuang, he immediately offered to rush to Lin Shuang side.

[Lin Shuang: Don't rush, I'm at the Herta Space Station. Let Herta take a look first.]

[Acheron: Ms. Herta... that's fine too. If anything seems amiss, tell me immediately.]

[Lin Shuang: Hmm, you haven't commented on whether my Tail looks good or not!]

[Acheron:...]

Acheron, on the other end of the phone, remained silent for a moment.

Lin Shuang was both annoyed and amused.

No, something so serious has happened to you, and all you care about is whether you look good?

Is this something that can be solved simply by whether it looks good or not?

Acheron sometimes wondered if this guy was just heartless or overly optimistic.

Just when she felt that Lin Shuang's strength was something she shouldn't worry about so much, Acheron felt that no matter how much the child's combat power increased, it was still hard to put her mind at ease.

"Hmm... But wasn't Lin Shuang going to test the Simulated Universe? Why did she develop Long features?"

I've never heard of any Aeon making the appearance of Pathstrider resemble the Aeon.

Oh, it seems the Permanence really do resemble dragons.

Acheron pondered for a while, then suddenly remembered that the powerful members of the Sushang all possessed the Dragon Form.

Even the Vidyadhara Dragon Lord can transform himself into a dragon to fight.

Perhaps this is simply one of the characteristics of path of The Permanence?

Acheron was both worried and curious.

Our understanding of the path of The Permanence is indeed far too limited among the various forces in the universe.

It might be better to seek out some information from Xianzhou Luofu.

However, the Dragon Lord of Luofu has not appeared for many years, and it is unknown what the situation is like within the Sushang.

Maybe next time we go to Luofu, I should go with someone else.

Acheron pondered this.

On the other side.

Herta Space Station.

Asta quickly reported Lin Shuang's unusual behavior to the Herta.

Then a Herta Puppet hurriedly entered the Infirmary.

They found Lin Shuang, who was still there waiting for the sampling analysis results.

"You..."

Herta considered himself quite knowledgeable.

But this is the first time I've ever seen someone test a Simulated Universe and identify themselves as Sushang.

It was already outrageous enough before, but I never expected that something even more outrageous would happen now.

Herta firmly believes that his Simulated Universe is not powerful enough to cause a change in the species of a single person.

The real problem lies either with Lin Shuang herself, or with the path of The Permanence itself.

Or perhaps it's just a prank by Aha.

Of course, this matter is definitely related to her, since it was she who asked Lin Shuang to come for the test Simulated Universe.

"Well, the initial test results indicate that you are still human, but without before-and-after comparisons, I'm not sure if your genes have mutated."

"Besides, I don't specialize in biology. If you want to delve deeper, you'll probably have to ask my partner. This problem lies with me, and I'll be responsible for giving you a reasonable explanation."

While apologizing to Lin Shuang, Herta also found himself becoming even more interested in Lin Shuang.

The Path of the Permanence is a place few can truly explore.

Now, a perfect research sample is laid out before Herta.

Thinking of this, Herta could no longer suppress his instincts.

"Lin Shuang, take some time and let me study this. If we can uncover the secrets of the path of The Permanence, perhaps we really can reach the Aeon!"

Herta's eyes, fixed on Lin Shuang's Tail, were practically glowing.

In that short period of time, many guesses flashed through Herta's mind.

If it can be proven that as one delves deeper into the path of The Permanence, the physical characteristics of the Pathstrider will change, bringing them closer to the Aeon of Permanence.

That would overturn many of the current academic conjectures about the Permanence.

Even...

If the ultimate goal of Path of the Permanence journey is simply to replace the Permanence itself?

Given the unique system of reincarnation among the Sushang, it seems not entirely impossible that this is the Permanence sought by the Aeon of Permanence.

The entire path of Lin Shuang, who gradually grows Dragon Horns and Dragon Tail, and even Dragon Transformation, is not exclusive to Long.

That would be so interesting.

Lin Shuang didn't think as much as Herta did; she hadn't even had a chance to answer yet.

The system notification actually lit up:

[Target: Herta]

[Affection: 66 (Temporarily interested)]

The Affection just went from 64 points to 66 points.

That's really a bit outrageous.

So, increasing Herta's Affection is just to make her more and more interested in your research?

"... It's not impossible."

Lin Shuang didn't have any objections; she wasn't truly heartless.

Lin Shuang definitely wanted to find out the truth about the big problem that was happening to her.

If it's just due to Path, that's fine, but if it's Aha's prank...

Lin Shuang needs to make plans soon.

"Readily!"

Herta nodded in satisfaction. She liked straightforward people like Lin Shuang.

[Target: Herta]

[Affection: 68 (Excited)]

"..."

Goodness!

Lin Shuang thought to herself, "Wow!"

Can it rise another two points?

He's almost seventy! Just how interested is Herta in studying himself?

If you raise Herta's Affection to over 85 points...

Is this guy going to send an army of puppets to capture me and dissect me?

Lin Shuang couldn't help but mentally complain about Herta's Affection.

It's obvious that Herta's method of measuring Affection is different from that of normal people.

"Okay, do as you please. I'll contact you if there are any results from the research."

After speaking, the Herta Puppet walked to the corner and fell silent, clearly indicating that Herta had gone offline.

And it's been like this until now.

Only then did Lin Shuang have a chance to turn her head and look at Xing.

From the moment this person started, he squatted on the ground, hugging and stroking his own Tail.

It even rubbed its face against it.

This made Lin Shuang unable to help but suspect...

Does this guy have some kind of off-topic interest in that area?

Just then, I suddenly saw Xing press her face against her Tail, and even open her mouth as if she was about to stick out her tongue.

Lin Shuang couldn't resist yanking her Tail out and smacking Xing on the head!

Snap--

Its long, flexible, pure white Tail was positioned right in front of Xing's forehead.

He slapped her so hard she fell to the ground.

"Ouch—that hurts!"

Xing, sitting on the ground, rubbed her head with a pitiful expression, then looked up at Lin Shuang.

It was as if the pervert who was about to stick out his tongue to lick her wasn't her at all.

"Where did you learn that, kid...?"

Then Xing pulled out his phone, held up the company's social media platform, and said confidently:

"I learned it online!"

"I'll tell Himeko to cut off your signal... Learn something good from this!"

Volume 1: Chapter 214 The Mischievous Little Hands of the Acheron

Lin Shuang couldn't help but roll her eyes at this guy.

She used to be such a pretty girl, how did she end up like this?

Didn't Elio's Script mention this to Kafka?

Just then, Xing's phone beeped with a message notification.

She sat on the ground, looked at it for a moment, and then laughed.

" On March 7th, Dan Heng said he saw your Tail, and his poker face broke down, revealing a very funny expression. It's a pity I didn't take a picture."

Then Lin Shuang couldn't help but laugh, wondering how Dan Heng was feeling right now.

However, it was clear that Dan Heng was a tight-lipped person, and it was impossible to get him into the room by relying solely on March 7th; he couldn't even get in.

Lin Shuang could only wait until they arrived in Luofu to see it for herself.

The Herta didn't keep Lin Shuang waiting for long; she seemed to have reached a preliminary conclusion.

"Lin Shuang, I've had a few partners conduct a preliminary investigation of the Simulated Universe. What we can confirm at the moment is that there are unknown elements present; they added unnecessary things to the program, but that's all they added."

When Herta spoke of 'unknown existence,' he wore a look that suggested something was amiss.

However, she quickly regained her composure and looked up at Lin Shuang:

"Therefore, we can at least preliminarily conclude that the anomaly on your body was not the result of Aha's direct attack. In other words, it has nothing to do with the power of the Path of Elation."

Although Herta seemed to have not finished speaking, Lin Shuang was able to understand his meaning.

Aha tampered with the Simulated Universe, but only added some programs and had some fun; he didn't use the power of Elation to change Lin Shuang's body.

This means that the changes in Lin Shuang's body are either due to an inherent problem with Lin Shuang herself, or something related to the Permanence.

Or perhaps it is simply the power of path of The Permanence.

"We can't draw any definitive conclusions yet, but we can make some preliminary judgments. Further experiments are needed. By the way, several of my collaborators are very interested in you. If there's an opportunity, I can introduce you to them."