Embers Ad Infinitum

best time to close the door! As there was still no power outage and the lights were still on, the bathroom’s situation was far from being in a state of alert.
It was enough for the Virtual World’s owner to maintain normal operations; there was no need to add any additional details.

If he were a rookie who had just begun protecting Marcus, he might be beyond the limits of vigilance.
But he had clearly been doing this for many years.
He was definitely almost numb to certain details, so he closed an eye whenever he could.

With a click, the bathroom door closed.

Long Yuehong didn’t dare to be at complete ease with regard to this.
He wasn’t sure if this was his illusion or if it was an illusion in the Virtual World.

In the real world, the bathroom door might still be in an ajar state.
If that were the case, the Old Task Force could only accept the outcome of failure.

Less than ten seconds after he closed the door, the lights in the bathroom suddenly went out when Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao were still a distance away from the cubicle!

This happened without any warning—it didn’t even flicker twice!

The place was immediately thrown into darkness.
Only a breeze could be felt from the ventilation ducts.

Almost at the same time, Jiang Baimian suddenly felt her surroundings become light and see-through.
It was like she had finally surfaced from the water after diving a distance.

Without anyone’s reminder, she knew that the Virtual World had subsided.
At the very least, it didn’t envelop the male bathroom attached to the nobles’ VIP room!

Such an environment and such a reaction also made her understand the price the Virtual World’s owner paid—claustrophobia!

Even if the Mind Corridor-level Awakened could continue simulating a bright and sealed bathroom in the Virtual World, reality couldn’t be changed.
This would make him—who knew what was real and what was fake—feel terrified.
He uncontrollably lost focus on the area.

Therefore, the Virtual World was eliminated from the bathroom.

Seizing this opportunity, Shang Jianyao stretched out his hand and grabbed the Destiny Pearl in his pocket.
He didn’t use Inference Clowning—which required more steps—and instead chose Destiny Connection!

With this, he could make his consciousness leave his body and directly invade the target’s mind world.
The other party might not be able to sense it.

The range of Destiny Connection was 30 meters, and the entire bathroom wasn’t that large!

Green light lit up in his pocket without illuminating the darkness outside.

Shang Jianyao’s consciousness instantly appeared in the Sea of Origins—which was shimmering with light and shrouded in fog.

Countless waves surged, revealing all kinds of scenes.

Shang Jianyao didn’t go too far because Marcus was only six years old when Oray died.
Even if there was something important, it was impossible for Oray to tell him directly.

There wasn’t much time for him to review the memories.
Shang Jianyao only chose two relevant pieces of information.

The first was if there was anything left behind for Marcus or his mother—Oray’s daughter—before Oray died.

The second was what Marcus’s mother had told him before she died.

The direction was clear enough, and the nine Shang Jianyaos were abnormally familiar with splitting up the work.
It didn’t take them long to find the information they wanted.

First, Oray didn’t leave behind any secret items or information for Marcus and his mother.
Only property and fields were passed down.

Second, Marcus’s mother had indeed said a few words to him before she died: “Don’t complain and don’t expect too much.
Continue living as an ordinary noble.
Also, be vigilant of Mechanical Paradise and don’t trust the Source Brain…
Be careful—be careful of the Eighth Research Institute.
Try your best to keep a distance from your cousin.
She—she has something, something very, very dangerous…
If you encounter a danger you can’t avoid, tell the enemy that you know the password to enter Wasteland Ruin 13’s laboratory.
Yes, it’s that: ‘Messiah’…”

Shang Jianyao didn’t have much time to continue retracing Marcus’s memories.
He knew when to stop and suddenly pushed the Destiny Pearl’s power to its limits.

This made Marcus dizzy, and he felt his vision turn black.
He felt like all kinds of things that had happened in the past inundated him.

This effectively concealed the slight daze and confusion he felt after Shang Jianyao invaded his mind.

Shang Jianyao then transferred the Destiny Pearl’s remaining power to his Sea of Origins.
This way, the bead wouldn’t have any problems during the subsequent ‘inspection.’

Conservation was a good virtue.

As the green light quickly dimmed, Jiang Baimian—who had been tapped by Shang Jianyao—took out her phone.
She switched on the flashlight and shone it at the switch.
She then pretended to be surprised and afraid as she shouted, “Why is there a power outage?”

“I don’t know,” Long Yuehong—who in his role as a bodyguard—replied cooperatively.

There was a certain distance between him and the switch.
Anyone with eyes could tell that it wasn’t him.

Jiang Baimian instructed in horror, “Quick, open the door!”

Their conversation and performance were all seen by Marcus’s four bodyguards.

Marcus also recovered from his dizziness.
He supported himself using the partition in the cubicle and opened the door.

Click! Click!

After Long Yuehong—whose heart couldn’t help but race—opened the bathroom door, he pressed the switch repeatedly, but the lights didn’t come on.

“It seems like the entire place has a power outage.” He looked back at the walkway that led to the women’s bathroom.

The lights there were also out.

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