7: Chapter 7 New Ability! Heat Perception!
Chapter Seven: New Ability! Heat Perception!
The moment Lin Qingzhi's gaze locked onto me, my world underwent an earth-shattering, subversive transformation.
The [Heat Perception] ability was officially activated!
Buzz!
The vision in my compound eyes felt as if a filter had been instantly switched.
The three-dimensional world, originally composed of colors, light, shadows, and lines, shed all its disguises in an instant.
It turned into a dynamic, three-dimensional thermal image composed of different temperatures.
The desk was a deep blue, emitting a faint, cool aura.
The lamp lit on the desk had a tube of piercing orange-red, radiating scorching heat.
Zhao Xiaoya's body was a normal orange-yellow, representing the temperature of a healthy human body.
But Lin Qingzhi...
My God!
When my gaze—or rather, my perception—fully focused on her, I was stunned as a mosquito, nearly crashing on the spot because I couldn't process such a massive flow of information!
In my Heat Perception vision, she wasn't a person at all!
She was a humanoid, dazzling sun, radiating endless light and heat!
Vast and majestic blood qi surged incessantly within her body like the Yangtze River.
Those were streams of boiling magma flowing with golden light, emitting terrifying heat sufficient to melt steel.
I could even clearly "see" the energy circulation paths within her.
The network of meridians, countless times thinner than a strand of hair, formed a profound, complex, and magnificent starry sky map within her body.
And her heart, dantian, and several other key locations were like several high-speed nuclear reactors!
They radiated terrifying thermal energy that made my soul tremble, as if it could incinerate the entire world!
Is this... the Empress's true form?
So terrifying!
This new ability is simply a total bug!
With it, Lin Qingzhi has no secrets left before me! Every strength and weakness of her body, every flow of energy, will be exposed under my "Fiery Golden Eyes"!
"Still trying to run?"
Looking at the mosquito perched on the rim of the cup, seemingly scared witless by her, Lin Qingzhi gave a soft snort and flicked her jade-like finger.
A drop of water was precisely flicked out of the cup by her, carrying a sharp whistling sound like a screaming bullet, shooting straight toward me!
This strike contained a trace of her True Essence, and its speed was extreme.
Under normal vision, I might only see a fleeting flash of white light before being blown into smithereens, with no time to react.
But in my Heat Perception vision, this incoming water droplet was a "frost bullet" emitting a light blue, icy light!
Its flight path, rotation speed, and the precisely calculated predicted impact point were all presented in my mind as clearly as an imprint!
With a flap of my wings, my body traced an elegant and freehand arc in the air.
Like a top-tier ballet dancer performing a waltz on the edge of a blade, I effortlessly avoided this originally certain-kill strike.
With a "pfft," the water droplet grazed my wing and slammed hard into the wall behind me, leaving a damp mark and even condensing a thin layer of white frost around it.
"Huh?"
The look of surprise in Lin Qingzhi's beautiful eyes grew even stronger.
If its previous evasion of her swatting could be attributed to luck and the unpredictability of a mosquito's flight...
Then this dodge possessed a leisurely, all-knowing composure and precision.
Its reaction speed seems to have gotten faster again?
No, it's not reaction speed.
It's that its predictive ability has reached an inconceivable level.
"Interesting."
Instead of getting angry, Lin Qingzhi's competitive spirit was piqued even more.
She seemed to have found an excellent "living target" to test her mastery of techniques and combat skills.
She didn't launch another attack, but instead leaned back against the chair in a relaxed manner, her clear phoenix eyes looking at me with great interest, as if saying:
Whatever other skills you have, go ahead and show them to broaden my horizons.
On the side, Zhao Xiaoya watched Lin Qingzhi flicking water droplets at the air and talking to herself, and couldn't help but shrink her neck.
"Qingzhi... are, are you okay? Is the study pressure too high lately?"
Only then did Lin Qingzhi realize her loss of composure. She retracted her aura and said calmly, "It's nothing. I saw a fly and my hand slipped."
Me: "You're the fly! Your whole family are flies!"
I didn't dare be careless. I slowly flew to the highest point of the room and kept a wary watch on her, for fear she would pull some other surprise attack.
One person and one mosquito thus formed a strange and subtle balance within the small bedroom.
After a long time, Zhao Xiaoya finished washing up and climbed into bed.
Lin Qingzhi also seemed to have lost her patience. She yawned, lay back down on the bed, and pulled up the covers, looking like she was ready to sleep.
Heh, this trick again?
But in my Heat Perception, I could see very clearly.
Although the blood qi in her body had calmed down, it was still like a crouching dragon, ready to erupt with thunderous power at any moment.
Her breathing frequency hadn't changed at all, and the muscles of her entire body were in a primed state most suitable for an instantaneous counterattack.
Pretending to sleep?
Wanting to lure me in and then give me a fatal blow?
I sneered in my heart. Lady Empress, your acting is completely useless before my "Fiery Golden Eyes"!
Want to fool me? Maybe in your next life!
Just as I was feeling proud of my own wit, that familiar, cold system notification sound that loved slapping my face rang out in my head at an inopportune time again.
[Ding! Detected that the target is about to enter a state of deep cultivation. At that time, the spiritual energy around her will be extremely abundant, and the dissipated energy will be a great tonic.]
[Now issuing an Advanced Challenge Mission!]
[Mission Name: Spiritual Energy Dessert]
[Mission Objective: When the target is cultivating, approach within a one-meter range and successfully absorb a wisp of the ownerless spiritual energy dissipated during her cultivation.]
[Mission Reward: Unlock [Storage Space] (Initial 1 cubic centimeter), Reward [Nerve Toxin] (Trace amount).]
[Warning: This mission is extremely dangerous! The energy field around a high-dimensional lifeform in cultivation is extremely unstable and will automatically attack any approaching foreign objects! Any slight contact may result in the Host being instantly torn apart and annihilated by violent energy!]
I looked at the "sleeping" beautiful figure on the bed.
Then I looked at the rewards on the system panel, which were so generous they made my mouth water, and the warning marked in blood-red font.
I knew it was a trap.
A narrow-escape trap carefully laid with bait I simply couldn't refuse.
But... that's a portable Storage Space and the must-have Nerve Toxin for traveling and plundering!
A mosquito dies for food, a bird dies for wealth!
Fortune favors the bold!
Let's do it!