The Card Apprentice
Chapter 224

An unexpected turn

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To let Su Liu Cherou examine him more thoroughly, Chen Mu compressed his perception into an unimaginably tiny clump. Although his control over his perception had improved greatly, a sudden fluctuation in that tightly compressed perception still nearly made him lose control.

This was not the first time Chen Mu had encountered uncontrollable perception, so he did not panic. In fact, he had never received systematic instruction in how to control it. Some of the methods he now knew had been deduced from the principles explained on the Mysterious Card, while others were things he had discovered himself.

Even the structure of the perception spring column was something he had dreamed up out of thin air. He would not have been particularly surprised if his perception developed some strange condition.

But he knew very well that if his perception suddenly went out of control, it would inevitably hurt Su Liu Cherou. Her perception was gentle by nature, while his was intensely aggressive. If his perception surged violently out of control, no one could guarantee what would happen.

He could not be certain whether the outcome would be good or bad, but he was certain of one thing: something would definitely happen.

The people in this world who could clearly explain the mysteries of perception could be counted on one hand, and our young friend Chen Mu was certainly not among them.

By comparison, Su Liu Cherou understood the dangers of "close-range perception" much better, which was also why she had never used it. Technology was advanced these days, and diagnostic instruments of every description were beyond counting. The equipment she used was particularly sophisticated. This was her first time using "close-range perception."

It was precisely because those instruments could not detect anything unusual in Chen Mu's body that Su Liu

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