Dan Heng's probing had caused an earthquake, which he'd promptly calmed with a flick of his hand. Everyone who'd helped him move the mountain could tell.
Once the shaking stopped, Aino immediately asked,
"Dan Heng, did you accidentally unleash the Moonhunter's Abyss Power just now?"
But Ineffa, standing beside her, answered directly,
"The detector indicates that the Abyss Power on the mountain was very stable. The shaking was likely a reaction from the Ley Line to Mr. Dan Heng's power.
Note: Mr. Dan Heng just used a special, reassuring energy to calm the Ley Line. It is suspected to be Immortal Power."
Aino trusted Ineffa's readings completely. After all, she'd made the thing herself.
But then Aino's attention suddenly shifted. She looked at Ineffa in puzzlement and asked curiously,
"Dan Heng's power makes you feel safe, Ineffa?"
Ineffa nodded and replied with certainty,
"Yes. Just sensing that energy makes me feel safe.
It's like seeing you, Aino. It's the power of family."
At the mention of family, Aino's expression instantly turned as sweet as honey. She loved Ineffa most of all, and she also loved hearing Ineffa express her affection.
As for why Ineffa found Dan Heng's power reassuring, it came down to the fact that the essence of her consciousness was a thought—a fragment of an error—belonging to [Mirror of the Morning], one of the Twelve Lords under Natlan's Pyro Dragon King.
To some extent, the Twelve Lords under Natlan's Pyro Dragon King could all be considered Intellitrons created through dragon technology. Having used Primordial Phlogiston, they were creations of the descendants of Permanence.
Given that identity, it wasn't strange for Ineffa to feel reassured by Dan Heng's power.
Dan Heng certainly didn't know all these secrets, and he didn't pay much attention to Ineffa's assessment, either. At the