Chapter 494: He Simply Dislikes You

Mei Weisi's voice echoed in the bar, very light, very empty; her body was no longer material, she sat at the bar counter, legs suspended, feet not reaching the floor, the deep‑purple hem of her skirt gently swayed in the air.

"That device was very bright; I could see it from far away."

Mei Weisi rested one hand under her chin, trying hard to recall the situation then.

"The device as a whole was circular, so large that I couldn't see its edge, because at that time I felt a sharpness, so I started running in the opposite direction, ran for a long time, but when I looked back, it was still there."

"It didn't catch up to me; rather, no matter which direction I ran, it was always in front of me."

Mei Weisi is a skillful storyteller; she knows where to heighten the suspense of a scene and also pauses at the right moments, leaving the audience hungry for more.

"So I changed my mind; I wanted to go in and take a look."

At this point, Mei Weisi helplessly spread her hands.

"But it attacked me, perhaps because my soul had long been twisted by Mutation, no longer truly human."

"Hmm, the weapon that attacked me was like some kind of beam cannon, also a type of Rune weapon, but specifically designed for Consciousness entities; the pain then was so intense I almost thought I had shattered."

"In the end I ran out, but out of curiosity I sent some worker bees to scout."

"That's probably the benefit of the Consciousness Law; Mei Weisi can split off a small portion of soul fragments and use them to explore."

"Most of the worker bees were annihilated the instant they entered, but I was lucky; one survived the attack by chance and managed to get inside the device."

Mei Weisi's antennae gently flicked in the air, as if still receiving the signal sent back by that worker bee.

"It saw."

"The interior of the device was huge, so large I couldn't see its boundaries; inside, countless transparent containers were neatly arranged like honeycomb cells, each cell housing a sleeping soul."

"Their expressions were very calm, as if they were having a long dream; from the outside you could never imagine how many souls were trapped inside."

Mei Weisi was convinced what she saw was only the tip of the iceberg; originally she was quite confident in her worker bees, their compound eyes gave them a sufficiently wide view, and as long as a worker bee got in, with a single glance she could discern the situation inside.

That was what she had thought.

"Those souls were locked inside, like insects trapped in amber; they seemed still alive, and the device wasn't meant to kill them, just to imprison them."

"Perhaps it's waiting for something? Maybe waiting for their souls to completely dissipate, maybe waiting for them to be awakened, maybe waiting for a certain moment."

She looked at Hua Jian Lei, her gaze very calm.

"But that wouldn't be a timing I could decide."

Mei Weisi knew the fallback she had prepared was unlikely to succeed.

Who could have imagined that within the Dome's internal strife, it was the Church's people who quietly intervened and gained the upper hand?

"How about it? Confident you can adapt the material I provided into a short piece?"

Mei Weisi curiously flew to Hua Jian Lei's side and peered at the content he had written.

"This might be a bit far‑fetched, after all in writing I'm certainly no match for Teacher Wen Sha."

Hua Jian Lei smiled apologetically; this passage overall looked too bizarre, and if it were sent out, people would probably take it as the concept for some sci‑fi novel.

No one would believe it.

Yeah......

Hua Jian Lei's eyes also grew a bit dim.

How could it become that incomprehensible?

Maybe the cultural differences between the two worlds are too great; reincarnation legends in the real world don't include this.

"So, Teacher Wen Sha, are there cases where a soul entity appears in another's Consciousness Space?"

Ying Duo silently raised his hand; considering Mei Weisi was far more familiar with the Consciousness Law than Hua Jian Lei, he decisively switched the questioning target.

Mei Weisi raised an eyebrow at the title; 'teacher' is mostly how some readers address her, but if the addressee is Ying Duo...

That title put her in a good mood.

"Min Xingyao is a good example, isn't she?"

Mei Weisi, unusually in the mood to engage Ying Duo, honestly said that although she died at Min Xingyao's hands, she held little resentment toward her.

The strong live, the weak die; when Mei Weisi had power she could still decide others' lives and deaths, so why shouldn't she allow others to become strong and later turn on her?

She just got a loss that didn't cut the weed at the root.

It's a classic novel trope.

"Her soul was anchored in her brother, but I recall she wasn't a Special Ability Practitioner of the Consciousness Law, so I don't know how she managed it."

"Usually no one dares to let a high‑level Special Ability Practitioner freely enter one's Consciousness Space, as that would be like placing the control key of one's body in front of the other, allowing them at any time to seize bodily control within the Consciousness Space."

Only Min Tianyou dared to let Min Xingyao reside in his body, even letting her take over that body to fight Mei Weisi.

The sibling pair's soul compatibility was high, which was fortunate; without that innate advantage, Min Tianyou's soul would be expelled by his own body, and that body would shatter from being unable to bear such a powerful soul.

"In such cases, are Special Ability Practitioners who enter another's Consciousness Space always awake?"

Mei Weisi slightly frowned at the remark, as if Ying Duo had asked a stupid question.

"Of course, unless the consciousness has been severely damaged, then they would be awake."

"Hmm... then why is Bai Mu Yun in my Consciousness Space in a coma?"

Upon hearing that, Mei Weisi's movements stiffened.

"Bai Mu Yun also died?"

She was stunned for a moment, but didn't seem very surprised.

"Did Fang Zhiyan act?"

"Perhaps it's because you don't quite meet his criteria for a possession target..."

After a long silence, Mei Weisi suddenly spoke in a hushed tone.

"Even if it's a possession, I doubt Bai Mu Yun would want your body."

"And even if it were a free offer, he probably still wouldn't take it."

Mei Weisi clearly remembered Bai Mu Yun's numbness when looking at Ying Duo's hair color; given Bai Mu Yun's pursuit of aesthetics, she found it hard to imagine these two could have worked together in Tianmian City for so long.

Moreover, even if Bai Mu Yun really held back that head of Ying Guang Lu, Ying Duo is now Fang Zhiyan's key Observation Key target, so the Fang Zhiyan operating table above is only a matter of time.

Why would he have to repeat the same mistake again?

So Bai Mu Yun isn't unconscious; it's that they simply don't want to face the fact that they might also be bearing a head of Ying Guang Lu, right?

Yang Yixie fell into contemplation.

He thinks that Mei Weisi's statement can't be taken as true.

Or the claim that Bai Mu Yun's consciousness entity suffered some injury and is in a self‑healing stage is more reliable.