The NPCs in the Virtual World were one-to-one reflections of reality. Experiments could be conducted here, and even if this body was ruined, there would be no actual consequences beyond the sensation.
"When Yutong used Spiritual Probe, I felt a deep sense of familiarity. Maybe we can use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill too." Wang Dong'er said excitedly.
"Mm."
Like a child waiting for praise, the loli said, "Also, Brother An Zhen, I discovered that when I condense my Spiritual Probe into a single line, it can produce an effect similar to a mental attack."
"Exactly! We only managed to defeat those twins who used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill today thanks to Yutong."
Wang Dong reached out and ruffled Huo Yutong's hair.
An Zhen merely smiled without speaking.
The young man crouched down and looked at the adorable girl before him. "Yutong, is that true?"
"Um."
Her cherry lips had just parted when her dazzling eyes met the eyes that reflected her own image.
The loli closed her mouth.
Nervous, the loli gently pinched the hem of her skirt with her little hands.
"Hm?"
Wang Dong'er sensed that something was wrong.
"Yutong, you tricked me before!" The exquisite little beauty put her hands on her hips.
"I'm sorry, Wang Dong."
The loli apologized sincerely.
"Alright, alright."
An Zhen pulled the two girls together. "Everyone has some secrets of their own, right?"
"Even good friends need some private space."
Wang Dong'er calmed down.
No!
"Hm?"
Her dreamlike eyes stared suspiciously at An Zhen. "Then does that mean you're hiding some things from me too?"
"Mm."
The young man nodded lightly.
"Fine!"
Her fair little hand seized An Zhen's sleeve. Wang Dong'er glared at him with feigned ferocity. "You actually dare admit it!"
"Then I won't admit it." Since that's what you want.
"Argh!"
Wang Dong'er had never seen someone so shameless. No wonder his face had felt so hard beneath her foot when she stepped on it.
"Shouldn't we get back to business now? Like the Martial Soul Fusion Skill?" An Zhen suggested.
Her dreamlike eyes shot An Zhen a glare, but she lightly nodded. She would definitely squeeze all the secrets he was hiding out of him later!
An Zhen looked at Huo Loli.
"You two can try it here. But Yutong, would you mind letting me meet the big bug and gray little ball in your head?"
"Huh?" The loli was shocked.
"!" Wang Dong was startled.
An Zhen had been right? Why did he know about something like that? And why was there a big bug in Yutong's head?
"Brother An Zhen, you know!"
Huo Yutong's face was filled with shock, her cherry lips wide open. Not only did Brother An Zhen know about Sister Tianmeng, he even knew about the gray little ball that even Sister Tianmeng did not understand.
"I do. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, right? Can I meet her?"
"Of course."
Huo Yutong could not refuse An Zhen.
Previously, it had been because she had promised Sister Tianmeng to keep it secret. But now that Brother An Zhen already knew, there was naturally no need for secrecy anymore.
"But it depends on whether Sister Tianmeng is willing."
Sister Tianmeng...
Pfft~
An Zhen nearly failed to hold it in.
"Just tell her I'm Ice Empress's fiancé. My Bingbing hates simps. If she's willing to meet me, then give up resisting when you feel the pull later."
"Mm."
Huo Yutong logged out.
"Who is Ice Empress!"
The jealous girl pounced directly onto An Zhen's back, her pair of fair, beautiful legs wrapped around his waist as she spoke viciously.
"She's probably the secret crush of the bug in Yutong's head—the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion ranked among the ferocious beasts."
His fingertips lightly scratched the soft sole of the girl's foot, forcing Wang Dong'er to climb down from An Zhen. A hug, a kiss, all in one smooth motion.
The girl's hands pushed against the young man's chest, gradually changing from struggle into an embrace that sought to pull him into her body. Their nearly merged figures entwined. Wang Dong'er liked this feeling—feeling her lover's emotions, feeling the security of his embrace.
After a while.
The beautiful girl with pink-blue hair leaned limply against her lover.
"Dong'er, trust me. I will never hurt you. When the time is right, I'll tell you everything."
"Mm."
The pink-blue eyes held the girl's innocent yet sincere love, filled entirely with An Zhen.
"That guy directly said my name and even told me to give up resisting so I could meet him?"
"Mm."
"Hah, does he think I'm an idiot?"
"Brother An Zhen said he's Ice Empress's fiancé, and Bingbing hates simps."
"!"
"Fine, I'll meet him. Even if he's a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who took human form, I'm still the million-year Soul Beast King!"
Huo Yutong entered the Virtual World.
"Brother An Zhen, Sister Tianmeng agreed."
"Good."
He changed Wang Dong'er and Yutong into fitting long dresses, then released Wu Feng and Ning Tian from upstairs first.
The surrounding scenery rapidly changed, becoming a boundless ocean.
With a thought, an ice silkworm bearing ten golden rings and a gray little ball fell out of Huo Yutong's body. Soul rings were merely keys to unlock permissions. If not for the sake of a plausible disguise, An Zhen would not have needed to go through so much trouble. Still, after getting used to it, he would sometimes make the soul rings light up. In his previous life, he had quite liked those beautifully patterned soul rings.
Electrolux had not awakened yet at this point. He wondered if he could pull him in.
Permission: All Living Beings.
The next moment, the gray little ball that had seemed like a corpse suddenly floated up.
Electrolux had entered.
And it seemed that more than just his consciousness had come.
An Zhen sensed something watching him, but he could only see the surface and could not peer any deeper.
"Who!"
"Which bastard has the audacity to call himself Bingbing's fiancé!"
A clear female voice rang out.
She was a golden-haired beauty. Her exquisite, sharply defined features carried a hint of baby fat, while her voluptuous figure was curvy in all the right places beneath a loose white robe with golden trim. Though she looked fierce, her entire body exuded an extremely lazy air, like a shut-in woman who had just woken up.
"Holy shit!"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm let out a shriek.
The next instant, she cursed furiously at the gray little ball floating nearby. "What the hell is wrong with you? I've already come here, and you still followed me? Are you determined to steal my spot?"
"Greetings, Senior."
A voice drew Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's attention. Turning around, she saw a young man lightly bowing to him.
An Zhen needed something from Electrolux.
"Not bad."
The lazy golden-haired beauty arrogantly raised her chin. Her arms folded before her chest propped up Evil arrogance. "Looks like you've heard of me, Tian—"
"You know this old man?"
An aged voice emerged from the gray little ball.
"Undead Scourge, Holy Necromancer, Senior Electrolux. I have long admired you."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: !
Why did this brat seem to know that little gray ball?
And why did that little gray ball have such an awesome title? Both a calamity and a god.
Eh? That brat was not calling her? She had been ignored?
Wang Dong pulled Huo Yutong aside to sit down.
"Undead Scourge..."
The little gray ball muttered the words An Zhen had just spoken. "This old man remembers some things now."
"I recall that I do not belong to this world. When I died, my soul power was too strong, so it tore through space, and this strand of Spiritual Sense came to this world."
Although the gray little ball made no movement at all, Huo Yutong felt a gaze fall upon her.
"When that big bug fused with this girl, it created an enormous energy fluctuation. This old man was drawn over."
"So that's how it was..." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm muttered.
"Senior, how about this? My martial soul—the extraordinary system of this world—is a world itself and can absorb energy from outside. Why not stay with me? My martial soul can nourish your Spiritual Sense as well," An Zhen suggested.
"Tsk, boy, are you jealous?"
"For the sake of your Spiritual Sense's health."
The little gray ball swayed slightly, and the aged voice slowly spoke. "Your soul and this small world possess a very high level. I cannot obtain any useful information from them, yet this world is unexpectedly weak."
"Is it appropriate to scan someone the moment you arrive?"
An Zhen felt helpless, but he also breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that his world could still defend itself against a situation involving a mere strand of Spiritual Sense.
A powerhouse like this disdained lying.
An Zhen had sensed Electrolux's examination and was not surprised. Electrolux was no kind old grandfather. The Undead Scourge—even the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult would not be qualified to serve as this man's grandson.
"It was convenient. I'm used to it."
"What do you think of my suggestion?"
"It will do. This old man does not wish to be accused by you of bullying a young girl. Besides, haven't I already come over? You brat also sensed this old man's power, didn't you?"
"It's a little hard to believe. After all, my ability used to only bring over the other person's consciousness."
"Spiritual Sense, Spiritual Sense—wherever the will goes, power follows," Electrolux explained. "Only because this old man is a strand of Spiritual Sense can this be done. Otherwise, who knows what might happen."
"I have learned much."
An Zhen did not state his purpose.
Electrolux did not ask why.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't treat me like air!"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm bristled.
Although this brat had gotten the little gray ball out, she was still a dignified million-year Soul Beast. Yet she had simply been ignored like this.
"Too noisy!"
Electrolux disliked noisy bugs.
"Oh, right."
Huo Yutong once again felt that gaze fall upon her.
"Young girl, once this old man's Spiritual Sense recovers somewhat, I can teach you a few things. Consider it repayment for staying in your head during this period of slumber."
"Huh? Alright, thank you, Senior."
Huo Yutong thanked him using the form of address An Zhen had used.
An Zhen looked at the fuming golden-haired beauty. Her immense arrogance rose and fell with her movements, conspicuous even beneath her relatively loose robe.
"Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. As a child, you fell into an ice crevice and directly consumed a ferocious beast with several hundred thousand years of cultivation. Chased by natural enemies, you entered the sea, went ashore, and were then captured by the Star Dou Great Forest to serve as a blood bag. You cultivated into the first true million-year Soul Beast since the Dragon God's fall, finally becoming capable of fighting Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to a draw, all while harboring a secret crush on your species' natural enemy, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion." The young man recited her past as though reading from a file.
"Y-you... How do you know so much about me!"
The lazy, voluptuous beauty was shocked.
"You were sent by those guys from the Star Dou Great Forest!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm arrived at what she considered the most reasonable possibility.
"Heh heh."
"Alright, there's nothing for you to do here."
All of a sudden, An Zhen felt that other than meeting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and satisfying his curiosity, she had no other use to him.
Heh, could anyone possibly be desperate enough to make a move on a bug?
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