Chapter 320

"Good, your ability now resembles the Level-A Lightning-type 'Chi Huang True Lightning'."

After her surprise, Ling Shuang nodded slightly, "With this, combined with the altered appearance granted by your special ability,"

"Even a ninth-rank Wu Sheng, without direct contact, may not recognize you."

"Also, take these two items."

The space ring flickered faintly, and two objects appeared on her bai xi palms.

One was a completely black, futuristic sci-fi-style smart armband.

The other was a pure white bone, resembling jade, emitting a faint spatial fluctuation.

"This smart armband was recovered from an ancient civilization ruin and contains roughly 1% of Eva's computational power."

"Once you enter the civilization ruin, it will help you identify ancient scripts and perform data synthesis."

"This bone was seized from the Grand Bishop of the Tianming Sect during a study trip—it's a ninth-rank Spatial Beast Emperor's bone."

"It possesses two functions: spatial partitioning and long-range teleportation, with a maximum range of about 200 kilometers."

"But each use requires massive absorption of blood qi; even with your physique, you can only use it one or two times in a short period."

"Thus, even if a ninth-rank Wu Sheng truly discovers your identity,"

"This bone, combined with the Grade-8 bracelet I gave you before, should let you escape."

Smart armband!

Ninth-rank Spatial Beast Emperor's bone!

Excellent items!

"These are all for me?"

Xu Jingming, as he took the two items, couldn't help asking, feeling happiness had come too suddenly.

"You're dreaming."

Ling Shuang rolled her eyes, her tear mole accentuating the gesture.

There was no hint of reproach—only a certain alluring charm:

"I'm lending them to you temporarily. After leaving the civilization ruin, you must return them."

Eva is the top-tier artificial intelligence maintaining numerous operations at the Magic Capital Ability University.

Her surplus computational power is already scarce; she obtained this 1% only through a formal university application.

If Xu Jingming took it away, it would be a problem.

The other ninth-rank Spatial Beast Emperor's bone is also of great use to her.

Had this journey into the ruins of civilization not been so uncertain, she wouldn't have taken it out.

"I knew it."

Hearing this, Xu Jingming wasn't disappointed; instead, he grinned and thanked her:

"Thank you, Vice Principal Ling. I'll repay your kindness in full in the future."

To be honest, since he crossed over into this world,

Vice Principal Ling's help to him has been immense—equivalent to having his mother alive.

Just now, with these two items given to him, safety was maximized!

Such treatment would be impossible to repay if left unacknowledged.

"Fine. If that day ever comes, I won't be polite."

Ling Shuang smiled faintly, paused, then added: "Also, to minimize your chances of exposure,"

"You won't travel with the Magic Capital University group. Publicly, claim you traded your pass to a professor."

"When departing for Sakura Nation, you should travel alone."

During the study trip, Magic Capital University obtained 40 passes.

Since the number of students and teachers between Level-4 Lower and Level-6 Lower was not large,

Magic Capital University retained only 10 of the 40 passes and sold the remaining 30 at high prices to other factions.

Jing University and Jin University also made offers, but their bids were slightly lower than those of other factions.

Thus, they didn't get a single pass.

Most of Magic Capital University's group will depart on the same day.

If Xu Jingming blended in with them, he'd be easily detected and targeted.

"Understood." Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Indeed, Magic Capital University's student information is all traceable; suddenly inserting a stranger would raise suspicion...

After obtaining the smart armband and the space bone,

Before leaving, Ling Shuang handed him the upgraded space ring.

Xu Jingming's original space ring had only a 10-cubic-meter capacity.

Now it was upgraded to 100 cubic meters—absolutely fantastic.

As soon as he returned to his dorm, he transferred all items from his original space ring into the new one.

"Now, it's time to deal with you two little things."

In the living room on the second floor of the villa, Xu Jingming sat on the sofa.

On the glass coffee table before him, the smart armband lay on the left, the bone on the right.

He first activated the smart armband.

Wummmmmm~

With a low hum, virtual light beams projected from the smart armband.

Before Xu Jingming's eyes, they coalesced into a figure appearing only one meter fifty tall.

A petite little girl with green hair tied into twin pigtails.

It was none other than Eva's human form, whom he had seen during the virtual trial.

"Hello, S-Class! I look forward to your guidance on the upcoming civilization relic expedition."

On Eva's slightly chubby face, a full smile radiated.

"You seem quite happy?"

Xu Jingming was not surprised by Eva's appearance; instead, he raised an eyebrow.

"Of course—I manage all systems related to Magic University."

Even if I had spare computational power, I wouldn't know what to do with it."

I can't just recreate another version of myself inside the virtual trial and have a conversation with myself, can I?"

But this time is different—I'm about to embark on a thrilling, life-or-death adventure with you, S-Class!"

In my entire hundred-year-plus lifecycle, this is extremely rare."

Like an ordinary little girl, when she grew excited, Eva's pale face flushed bright red.

"It's me who's facing life-or-death danger, okay? You're just an artificial intelligence—if you're destroyed, you only lose 1% of your computational power."

"That's nowhere near the concept of life or death."

Xu Jingming couldn't help but retort.

"One percent of computational power is still a lot! Losing that part would hurt me deeply."

Eva mumbled, then slightly puffed out her chest with a hint of pride:

"So, to maximize the safety factor of our journey,

S-Class, if you have any questions, ask away—I know quite a few things."

Xu Jingming glanced at Eva's flat chest and had no idea what she was proud of.

Yet, regarding Eva's knowledge base, he did have a question to ask:

"Eva, can a Master-level Concealment Technique alter one's ability aura? What ability does a Grandmaster-level Concealment Technique grant?"

If not for hearing this from Deputy Principal Ling Shuang, he never would have known Concealment Technique could have such a use!

Perhaps even higher, at Grandmaster-level proficiency, it could unlock even stronger abilities.

Sure enough, the holographic projection of Eva sat on Xu Jingming's right shoulder, her delicate, jade-like feet swinging idly.

She said softly: "According to the database, when the Concealment Technique reaches Grandmaster-level proficiency,

it's no longer just about hiding one's aura—it can even fake the aura of someone far stronger."

"Oh? Faking one's aura?!" Xu Jingming's eyes instantly lit up.

So does that mean, once the Concealment Technique reaches Grandmaster-level proficiency,

even a mere Fourth-Rank Lower-tier cultivator like me could fake the aura of an Eighth-Rank Grandmaster?"

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