The Role of the Anchor
Zheng Yuci had no anchor, so the childhood personality couldn't steal a Manifestation from his Spiritual World.
Dou Shengnan had already reached the point where she could use an anchor, yet a Manifestation had been stolen from her with ease.
What was going on? Was Zheng Yuci's Evolution taking a different path, or was there something wrong with Dou Shengnan's Evolution... or did the Super Artifact play a role in this?
After a moment's thought, Xu Huo asked again, "Was the thing you put in Dou Shengnan's Spiritual World an anchor?"
The childhood personality nodded.
Xu Huo let out a slight breath, then asked, "Who else have you seen that could place an anchor?"
The childhood personality stopped what he was doing and looked at the book.
The White-Covered Book remained open, but the passage about "anchors" had vanished. In its place were three other characters:
"Teacher Zhang."
Although he'd expected this, Xu Huo's heart still sank when he saw the answer.
The more he investigated Dr. Zhang, the more powerful he seemed. Of course, if Dr. Zhang hadn't known about "anchors," the childhood personality couldn't have known about them either. Before this, none of the Mental Evolution materials he'd come across had mentioned "anchors" or anything resembling the concept.
It was possible that he simply hadn't encountered anyone who knew about them. But people capable of casting an anchor into a Spiritual World had to be exceedingly rare. Even Dou Shengnan, who was renowned for this ability, had only used one at a critical moment.
However, Dou Shengnan's "anchor" was a trump card meant to deliver a killing blow, while the anchor cast by the childhood personality seemed to be nothing more than an "anchor."
Xu Huo could tell that the childhood personality had