As Director Lin Wanjun’s aura shifted, an invisible mental storm instantly swept through the entire archive room, causing everyone’s hair to stand on end.
In Yu Zhibo’s eyes, the usually gentle and kind Lin Wanjun transformed into a vast and violent mental ocean, as if a tsunami would form in the next moment, obliterating everyone.
“You two, follow me!” As she spoke, Lin Wanjun glanced at Si Junfang, planted a mental restraint, and then placed her fair hand on Lin Xiuquan and Yu Zhibo’s shoulders. The next moment, the three of them appeared in a sealed room.
The room was bare, with a smooth floor. An incense burner in the distance was lit with incense to calm the mind – this was a quiet room.
Removing her hands from their shoulders, Lin Wanjun looked at Yu Zhibo. Her expression was serious. “Little Yu, open your eyes and look again. Is that black energy truly there?”
As she spoke, a hint of anger flickered in her eyes. It wasn’t directed at Yu Zhibo, but at the black energy itself.
Lin Xiuquan, the head of one of her three major departments, the Investigation Department, and a B-class powerhouse, was suspected of being controlled by a dark creature. How could she not be enraged?
Lin Xiuquan seemed to realize something, his expression changed, and he then looked at Yu Zhibo with equal seriousness. “Little Yu, tell us whatever you see, don’t hide anything!”
Yu Zhibo finally reacted. He realized that after he closed his Sharingan, his inner thoughts had revealed his sighting of the black energy, leading to Lin Wanjun’s strong reaction.
But since he had been discovered, there was no need to be coy. He immediately opened his Sharingan.
As his eyes changed, Yu Zhibo saw Lin Xiuquan’s mental energy cluster.
Compared to Si Junfang’s mental energy, Lin Xiuquan’s mental energy cluster at the center of his brow was much larger, but still insignificant compared to Lin Wanjun’s.
Moreover, Lin Xiuquan’s mental energy cluster did not feel as dazzling as the sun to Yu Zhibo; instead, it was somewhat dim.
This was because a wisp of black energy was entwined around Lin Xiuquan’s mental energy cluster. This black energy would sometimes spread out, and sometimes condense into a thin rope to bind the cluster, and then slowly devour it. The consumption was not obvious, but it was continuous.
As Yu Zhibo’s investigation continued, this wisp of black energy seemed to sense something. It suddenly transformed into a black evil dragon, opening its mouth and letting out a silent roar towards Yu Zhibo.
The next moment, Yu Zhibo could see nothing more. His vision went dark, and then within the darkness, the silhouette of a roaring evil dragon covered in black scales gradually became clear. Its eyes emitted endless malice, almost drowning Yu Zhibo.
“Wake up!” A soft shout suddenly entered the dark world, like a thunderous bell or a great hammer striking the dark world. Instantly, the darkness collapsed, the evil dragon dispersed, and Yu Zhibo regained his sight.
His Sharingan had closed at some point. Yu Zhibo’s forehead was covered in cold sweat, his face filled with lingering fear.
Turning his head, he saw that Lin Xiuquan had fainted. Lin Wanjun stood beside him, her right palm extended and open. In her palm was a transparent sphere of light. Within the sphere, a black evil dragon was repeatedly crashing, trying to break free from the sphere’s confinement.
Then, the sphere became incredibly bright, transforming into a burning transparent flame that incinerated the black evil dragon into nothingness.
“You’ve worked hard, Little Yu!” Lin Wanjun also breathed a sigh of relief, smiled kindly, and patted Yu Zhibo’s head.
Her mood was now relatively relaxed, as the hidden danger within her capable subordinate had been eliminated, so a few more smiles appeared on her face.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a 5000 Hz Mental Protection Barrier. It triggers when subjected to mental impact above 600 Hz. The barrier disappears after consumption.]
A prompt字幕 appeared in his mind. Yu Zhibo checked the prompt log and realized that the mental protection Lin Wanjun had placed in his mind earlier had disappeared during the evil dragon’s roar.
At the very moment the prompt字幕 appeared, Yu Zhibo subconsciously recited the content of the字幕, but Lin Wanjun did not notice anything. It was likely that the system had already shielded any information about himself.
Yu Zhibo happily stroked his short hair, the stiff strands pricking his hand. He looked up at Lin Wanjun with adoration and said, “Aunt Lin, my mother used to pat my head like this when I was little. I miss my mom, can you pat me a few more times?”
Lin Wanjun was taken aback. She flicked his forehead with her finger and chided, “You miss your mom? Go find your mom. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking. But with your current mental strength, you can only create a protection barrier of this intensity. Come back to me after you’ve used it up.”
Hearing that he could replenish it, Yu Zhibo’s eyes immediately lit up. He then asked curiously, “Aunt Lin, what was that black dragon just now?”
“That was the demonic thought left by a powerhouse from that world. Your director’s return alive from that world was probably intentional by that being. Fortunately, we found it today, otherwise, it would have caused great disaster sooner or later,” Lin Wanjun said.
“Good heavens, selling suspense like this, three ‘that’s in one sentence, how cunning!”
Yu Zhibo was itching with curiosity and couldn’t help but ask, “You always talk about ‘that world,’ ‘that world,’ what exactly is ‘that world’? Is it another dimension?”
“It’s not time for you to know yet. The matters of that world contain great terror, far beyond what you can comprehend now. We’ll talk about it when you reach D-class. The Sacred App permissions will be unlocked then, and you can check it inside,” Lin Wanjun said with a smile. “Children’s curiosity shouldn’t be too strong, okay?”
“Alright.” Yu Zhibo said, somewhat disappointed.
Perhaps influenced by those kids from the third group, Lin Wanjun found herself quite fond of patting Yu Zhibo’s head. Seeing his slightly wronged look as he lowered his head, she smiled and patted his head again before continuing:
“If your director hadn’t been discovered today, the demonic thought planted in him would have become more severe, until he was ultimately reduced to a pawn. At that time, he would have undoubtedly done things detrimental to the Sacred Bureau’s interests. So, if you see anyone with this kind of thing in their mental energy in the future, you must inform me immediately, understand?”
“Okay!” Yu Zhibo nodded.
“Now, open your eyes and check again if there is any residual black energy in your director’s mental energy.”
Hearing this, Yu Zhibo’s eyes instantly turned scarlet. He carefully looked at Lin Xiuquan and said, “I can’t find any black energy, and I feel like Director’s mental energy has broken free from its shackles and is starting to brighten again.”
Lin Wanjun nodded, looking at his eyes with admiration. “I didn’t expect that besides being able to see the flow of spiritual energy, these eyes of yours can also see mental energy clusters in a direct manner. This is something even I cannot do.”
She then looked at Lin Xiuquan. “After your director returned, I could feel his mental state was weak, and he hadn’t made any progress in these past few years. I thought it was due to the loss of his close friend, so I didn’t hold him too accountable when he made mistakes sometimes. I never expected he was planted with demonic thoughts…”
Looking at Yu Zhibo, Lin Wanjun pondered for a moment, and finally seemed to make a decision. “You are still too weak now, it’s not time for your abilities to be exposed. I cannot protect you at all times, but Ningcheng needs you, and you also need to temper yourself through combat to grow faster. Therefore, you must change your identity.”
“Change my identity?”
“Yes!” Lin Wanjun smiled at him. “I remember you have the Transformation Jutsu, right? How long can you maintain it in a transformed state?”
Yu Zhibo checked the information for the Transformation Jutsu and clicked on the details. A line of information immediately appeared:
[Transformation Jutsu (E-rank) (Beginner Proficiency): After use, you can change your appearance according to your thoughts to achieve visual deception. Hand seal: Kai! The spiritual energy consumption of this ninjutsu is related to the size of the transformed object, 0.01 spiritual energy/sec.]
After awakening, his thought processing speed was incomparable to before. Simple arithmetic was a piece of cake for him:
100 spiritual energy / 0.01 = 10000 seconds. 10000 seconds is approximately 166 minutes. 166 / 60 minutes = 2.77 hours. Considering the spiritual energy recovery speed, it’s about three hours.
So Yu Zhibo replied, “About three hours.”
“That’s enough!” Lin Wanjun made a stroke in the air, and an ice-blue pendant appeared in her hand. This is a Spirit Gathering Stone, which has the effect of rapidly gathering spiritual energy and can also help you recover spiritual energy faster. With this, it should be enough to offset the consumption of your Transformation Jutsu.
Yu Zhibo’s eyes immediately welled up with tears. At this moment, Lin Wanjun was gilded in his eyes.
What did he lack now? It was mana! Was this the gift from Aunt Lin?
“Lin Mom, forever God!”
Then he asked, “Lin Mom, no, Aunt Lin, have you mastered spatial abilities now? Just now I saw you instantly teleport me and the director here, and then conjure things out of thin air. This should involve the application of spatial abilities, right?”
Although he couldn’t peep into his thoughts with his Sharingan activated, the young man’s psychological activities were all displayed on his face. Lin Wanjun simply smiled at his slip of the tongue and didn’t mind. It seems that watching online novels has some benefits for you young people. You guessed correctly. You’ll know the specifics when the time comes. Auntie thinks highly of you.
Yu Zhibo had no choice but to nod. He found that Lin Wanjun also seemed to enjoy being mysterious, but since she was an elder and a top-tier powerhouse, he had no recourse.
“Have you thought of an image to use? And a name,” Lin Wanjun asked.
Yu Zhibo pondered for a few seconds, then formed a Kai hand seal with both hands.
With a bang, as the smoke dispersed, a man with a black mask, a forehead protector engraved with the Chinese national emblem, and silver hair appeared before Lin Wanjun.
The man wearing the black mask’s lips moved slightly, and a deliberately lowered voice sounded, “Aunt Lin, do you think this is okay?”