Lin Qing's heart sank.
This wasn't part of the plan.
There was no doubt Honglian had come up with this test. Perhaps, as she claimed, she didn't know much about the organization, but she had no way to verify something she didn't understand. For now, the only thing she could be sure she knew was herself.
But Lin Qing knew transactions with the Ability Store were fair exchanges. If Honglian didn't agree, Chen Xuan couldn't take any of her abilities.
They had tricked Wang Baihu with a pop-up because they'd caught him off guard. Now that Honglian had raised the question herself, she was unlikely to fall for the same trick. She would probably scrutinize every detail.
"Well..."
"Agree to it," Chen Xuan said firmly.
"Are you sure?" Lin Qing warned him silently. "She won't be easy to fool."
"Don't worry. I have a way. Just repeat what I tell you."
"All right. I'll contact the World Ability Center for you now." Lin Qing spread her hands.
"Wait." Honglian looked surprised instead. "Right now? We don't need to leave this place?"
"Ordinary barriers can't block the World Mind's power. It can cross worlds, space, even time..." She took out her phone, switched to a video call, and set it on the table.
"It's watching you now."
Honglian eyed the screen warily, but she couldn't make out what was on the other side. It looked like a pitch-black mirror; even up close, all she could see was her own face.
"You have... four abilities," Lin Qing said abruptly. "Castling, Shifting Forms, Changing Shadows, Mind Fortress, and Broadly Read Through the Ages. Hm? Two movement abilities?"
Honglian drew a sharp breath.
Good grief! The legendary collective consciousness of abilities really could see through every ability at a glance! Her colleagues all thought