"Technology Shouldn't Reign Above Nature!"

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After confirming her target, Qilin immediately got out of the car and walked toward Su Bai.

At that moment, Su Bai was still writing in his diary in his mental space, until Xiao Xue reminded him that Qilin had arrived.

At the news, Su Bai's eyes lit up.

"Hello." Qilin walked up to Su Bai and paused for a moment. "Um... you're Su Bai, right?"

There was a trace of nervousness in her voice.

She was almost certain this was Su Bai, but what if she'd mistaken him for someone else?

Hearing her voice, Su Bai's face immediately lit up with a smile.

"Yeah! Qilin, hurry and take me somewhere with good food. I'm starving!"

His response was as straightforward as a child's.

Qilin couldn't help letting out a little laugh, and the nervousness in her heart faded away.

She gave him a gentle smile.

"Okay."

Qilin took Su Bai to the car and had him sit in the passenger seat.

She turned to look at him.

"So, little brother Su Bai, what do you feel like eating?"

Su Bai looked like a high school student of about eighteen, so Qilin naturally called him "little brother." It felt natural and helped them grow closer, too.

Su Bai thought seriously for a while, then shook his head.

"I don't know either."

A helpless yet amused expression appeared on Qilin's face.

"Then... I'll let you try my cooking today."

The car started up smoothly.

Qilin kept her hands on the steering wheel, her mind filled with questions.

About his background, his diary, and those unbelievable abilities.

But she knew Su Bai was still writing in his diary inside his consciousness.

She was taking him home anyway, and they'd have plenty of time together. There was no need to rush.

Besides... hadn't that system spirit told her to "take this blockhead home"?

Well, he did seem a little slow.

Qilin stole a glance at the young man beside her through the rearview mirror.

He had delicate features, but his eyes held a guileless innocence.

Raising a cute, slightly goofy boy with superpowers... didn't sound so bad.

The corners of her mouth lifted into a faint smile.

Meanwhile, Su Bai was still in his mental space, carefully writing down what Xiao Xue had asked him to share:

[The fourth reward is called "Kill You Three Thousand." It's a weapon that can freely change shape.]

[The fifth is a one-time-use item called the "Resonance Activation Device." It can awaken an individual's frequency and turn them into a "Resonator."]

[The last one is a really strange cube. Xiao Xue was especially shocked when she saw it. She even said something like, "Technology shouldn't reign above nature."]

[I asked her why she was so worked up when it was just a cube. She said I wouldn't understand, and that it was one of "King Hui's" greatest creations, called the "Weather Cube."]

[It lets people control six natural elements: wind, rain, lightning, ice, sunlight, and thunder.]

[Xiao Xue told me to merge with it in the alternate dimension after I got to Qilin's house and finished eating. Otherwise, those "old silver coins" from Super Seminary might detect it, and they could even... tear Qilin's house apart.]

After bringing Su Bai home, Qilin turned on the television and said to him,

"Watch some TV for a bit. Dinner will be ready soon."

Su Bai glanced at the TV, then at Qilin as she headed for the kitchen, and asked quietly,

"Do you want me to help? Wouldn't that make it go faster?"

Qilin turned around, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

Are you sure you still know how to cook? Maybe you did before, but now...

Still, she smiled warmly.

"No need. Just enjoy the TV. I'll let you try my cooking today."

"Okay." Su Bai nodded and obediently sat back down on the sofa.

Soon, the TV show had captured his attention.

Meanwhile, Xiao Xue was looking at the other two unrevealed rewards:

[Temporal Power: Wield the power of time. It allows limited time reversal, suspension, and acceleration, as well as an understanding of the frequency structures of all things and the ability to tune the "melodies" associated with spacetime.]

But with Su Bai's current abilities, he could only reverse time within a limited area, turn it back, stop it, or accelerate it.

As for traveling to the past or future, or altering points in time...

He still needed time to grow.

[Age Lord "Jue": The guide of Jinzhou civilization and the foremost Age Lord of Huanglong. In the form of a dragon, Jue is the core law enforcer of "The Way of Heaven" in Jinzhou on Solaris Star, tasked with maintaining the flow of time and safeguarding the survival of civilization. Jue's authority encompasses Jinzhou's spacetime order, making Jue the absolute master of Temporal Power.]

Xiao Xue was at a loss for words.

If she said he was lucky, his soul had been damaged during his transmigration, leaving him with the mind of a child.

If she said he was unlucky, every reward in his Beginner Gift Pack was an ability capable of overturning the rules.

Still, Xiao Xue finally felt a little more at ease.

At least until Su Bai's soul recovered, his safety was more or less assured. As long as he didn't go out of his way to provoke a madman like Carl or encounter some completely unforeseen disaster, he should be able to develop in peace.

Merlo Heavenly Court

"Resonators... What are they?" Hexi's eyes shone with intense curiosity about the unknown. She looked to Keisha, hoping to get an answer from her.

Keisha gently shook her head.

"I'm not sure. At least, there's no record of them in the Sacred Knowledge Treasury. Perhaps... they're connected to the world he came from."

She shifted gears, her expression turning serious.

"But more than this unknown 'Resonator,' I'm concerned about that 'Weather Cube' that can control the elements of nature."

"Oh?" Hexi raised an eyebrow.

"I suspect its abilities differ from the genetic elemental abilities we understand," Keisha said gravely. "To us, basic abilities like wind, fire, thunder, and water aren't particularly powerful. They're mostly combat methods used by first- and second-generation super soldiers. Once they advance to the third generation, or even become 'gods,' they often abandon those abilities."

Her gaze sharpened.

"But I have a feeling that the control granted by this 'Weather Cube' may be far beyond our understanding. Otherwise, that system spirit Xiao Xue wouldn't have said, 'Technology shouldn't reign above nature.'"

"Though," Keisha added calmly, "we don't entirely agree with that view."

Hexi pondered this, but the corners of her lips gradually curled up.

"You're right. But compared to the Weather Cube... I'm more interested in this 'King Hui' she mentioned."

A keen glint, characteristic of a researcher, flashed in her eyes.

"Something called 'one of a scientist's greatest creations'... couldn't possibly be an ordinary invention."