Yama Reborn-Chapter 423 - 420 [Lu Xixi’s Promotion]

Chapter 420 [Lu Xixi’s Elevation]

According to Lu Xixi, she actually could have restored her consciousness—yet she chose not to.

For most of the day, she compressed her consciousness within her Consciousness Space, hiding away like an animal in hibernation to evade the entity that incessantly monitored her within her mind.

While in hibernation, she could probably only retain less than one-tenth of her consciousness—thus causing Empress Lu to seem like a complete fool during daylight hours.

She could barely distinguish between close relationships and enemies, but anything more complex was beyond her grasp.

Even this sliver of consciousness is a bit of a risk, Lu Xixi felt, but I have to maintain it.

Lu Xixi was well aware of her own strength; in this small family, if Chen Nuo were absent, no one could suppress her.

If I don’t maintain my consciousness, and I go berserk during the day, a single ’suction’ would annihilate the Chen Family!

Chen Nuo understood very clearly.

This so-called ’monitoring entity’ must be the fourth Seed, the one that made Lu Xixi a Chosen One! The very same ’annoying fellow’ Seed and Kamisou Ichiro mentioned. So far, I have no way of discerning its true identity. But... I’m not entirely clueless. Back in Europe, the ones hunting Lu Xixi were subordinates of the Electric General. So, this fourth Seed is likely connected to the Electric General. Plus, there’s an important clue: the Jade Rice Grain capable of Body Seizing! I also know now that Jade Rice Grains are actually the remnants of dead Seeds. According to Seed and Kamisou Ichiro, those Seeds fought and killed each other, eliminating many of their own kind. So, it’s understandable that this ’fourth Seed’ possesses Jade Rice Grains. Naturally, I’ve listed this ’fourth Seed’ as a top priority to deal with! Otherwise, if this isn’t resolved, am I supposed to let Lu Xixi hibernate indefinitely?

「」

Lu Xixi’s period of lucidity was short, lasting less than half an hour.

With only half an hour, Chen Nuo could only use simple language to explain the relationship between Seeds and Chosen Ones to Lu Xixi.

"Are you saying that the Seed which turned me into a Chosen One is the force that’s secretly monitoring and spying on me?"

Lu Xixi frowned and pondered for a moment. "I’ve made some attempts, but that sensation of being monitored seems to have fused with my Consciousness Space; I can’t separate or erase it."

Chen Nuo said softly, "It’s difficult to sever the connection between a Seed and its Chosen One—that Seed, the one named Xide, could always sense my presence. However, a Seed needs its Chosen One’s abilities to mature before it can harvest them. Actually, to this day, I still don’t know how a Seed harvests its Chosen One. Seed would never tell me such a thing directly. But I feel... that Seed’s surveillance of you probably didn’t just start recently. It’s possible this monitoring has always existed; it’s just that recently your powers might have awakened or broken through on some level, allowing you to sense it."

Lu Xixi’s expression flickered, turning quite peculiar.

Chen Nuo immediately understood and quickly said, "Seed told me that this type of surveillance isn’t all-encompassing. It’s more of a sensing, detecting the growth of the Chosen One’s powers and whether they encounter life-threatening danger. Other than that, it’s not the kind of privacy invasion you might imagine..."

Lu Xixi shook her head. "No matter what, I won’t be at ease until this surveillance is gone."

Empress Lu, true to her title, pondered briefly and then promptly proposed the most direct solution.

"Can we find a way to kill it? If we join forces, do we stand a chance?"

Chen Nuo’s heart stirred.

With my mastery of Spatial Abilities, plus the first human, the Star Sky Empress, this combat combination is arguably the strongest among humans. Well, if worst comes to worst, I could even trick that old fellow, the Son of the Sun, into helping. Such a lineup... The fourth Seed’s strength probably isn’t greater than Seed’s; otherwise, it wouldn’t keep hiding. Then, if I use Kamisou Ichiro’s strength as a benchmark... It’s a bit difficult. But not entirely without a chance.

I calculated based on my previous fight against Kamisou Ichiro. If Lu Xixi and the Son of the Sun were added, against Kamisou Ichiro, our chances of winning could barely reach fifty-fifty. This again brought to mind what Seed had told me: Was I overestimating its strength? This was a contradiction I still couldn’t figure out. Seed was clearly much stronger than Kamisou Ichiro, so why was it so wary of him? Could there be some kind of counter-ability between Seeds?

Thinking this, Chen Nuo asked, "Your strength, now..."

Lu Xixi listened, her expression unchanging as she looked at Chen Nuo with a hint of a smile.

A sense of foreboding suddenly struck Chen Nuo. "You... your power has increased again?"

"During my pregnancy, my strength continually declined. At my weakest, I had fallen from the Controller realm, regressing to a Destroyer. But after the child was born..."

"What happened after that day?"

Lu Xixi shook her head. "I don’t know how to explain it to you. Since that day, my consciousness has been compressed in my Consciousness Space, but I could still observe the outside world. It’s just that I was severely suppressed and couldn’t manifest anything. From that time on, I noticed some changes in myself."

"What changes?"

"I... the way I see this world... it seems different from before."

Hearing this, Chen Nuo’s eyelids twitched.

"You... have you comprehended Space Power?" Chen Nuo asked.

But unexpectedly, Lu Xixi shook her head. "Space?"

"Yes, Space Power," Chen Nuo thought for a moment, then said, "Like that time in Jinling City, when the four of us—me, you, the Son of the Sun, and the Electric General—fought Seed and still lost terribly. Seed used a very mature and advanced Space Power."

Lu Xixi resolutely shook her head. "No, what I’ve comprehended is not that."

"Then what is it?"

Lu Xixi tilted her head, thinking. "I don’t know how to explain it in detail, but... it’s probably... life."

「」

Life? This was something I truly hadn’t anticipated. I had originally thought that even if Lu Xixi had a breakthrough in strength, she would have, like me, comprehended a higher level of Space Power. On the same path, narrowing the distance between us and the Seeds. Weren’t beings like Seed and Kamisou Ichiro evolving in terms of Spatial Abilities? But... life?

Lu Xixi glanced at the time and spoke in a low voice, "I don’t have much time left. We can discuss the details tomorrow. Now..."

She sighed softly, her hands wrapping around Chen Nuo’s neck again as she whispered, "I’m finally with you again. You have no idea how frantic I was during the year you were missing!"

"...I actually do know," Chen Nuo whispered. "When I went to Europe to find you, I learned you’d had our child and were in danger. I nearly went mad with worry too."

Lu Xixi gave a soft laugh. "When you found me, my consciousness was aware of it, but I was suppressed in my Consciousness Space, unable to communicate with you. It wasn’t until recently that I finally made a breakthrough and gained some abilities, allowing me to release my consciousness. Before, there was always a force suppressing me within my own Consciousness Space. I could sense everything outside, but I had no way..."

A thought struck Chen Nuo!

This feeling... isn’t it just like when I was trapped in my own body, able to sense the outside world but unable to communicate with it! That’s why there was that period when the original Chen Nuo’s consciousness occupied this body.

"So you actually knew everything back then."

"Yes, I knew," Lu Xixi suddenly said, her tone becoming strange.

She stared intently at Chen Nuo and slowly said, "I also learned some other things."

"Other things?"

Being stared at by Lu Xixi’s peculiar gaze, Chen Nuo suddenly felt a chill creep up his spine. "Other what?"

"For example... you! You... are not really you."

Lu Xixi’s soft statement in the darkness struck Chen Nuo’s heart like thunder!

Chen Nuo’s eyes widened as he stared at Lu Xixi.

"Your life, I can see it very clearly," Lu Xixi shook her head. "The origin of your life... it simply shouldn’t be here."

Chen Nuo was dumbfounded. What has Lu Xixi seen through?

"I don’t know how to explain it." Lu Xixi seemed to be struggling. "I understand many things now, but I just don’t know how to describe them to you in words. But..."

She eventually leaned gently against Chen Nuo. "You’re my man, and the father of my child. So, no matter who you are...

"In my eyes, you are you! Those other things don’t matter anymore."

This was their first real opportunity for communication in over a year, but alas, the time was far too short.

As her lucid time was nearly up, Lu Xixi hurriedly said, "Don’t worry. I can regain consciousness at this time every night. Anything else we need to say can wait until tomorrow."

After a pause, Lu Xixi had already pulled away from Chen Nuo’s embrace and stood up. Something else seemed to occur to her. "During the day, try not to provoke me.

"How should I put it... while my main consciousness is hibernating, the instinctual consciousness that occupies my body is a bit strange. But the sliver of awareness I left behind can barely maintain control. As long as you don’t act too recklessly, there shouldn’t be any accidents.

"Also..." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Lu Xixi suddenly hesitated. "I don’t know how to describe it, but in any case...

"That cat is peculiar!"

"I know, it’s a Seed, just one that has already lost the competition and willingly forfeited..."

"No." Lu Xixi shook her head, her expression strained. "I always feel it’s not that simple.

"My consciousness was constrained in my Consciousness Space, as if a thick cocoon had sealed me in. But I could feel that cocoon wasn’t just restraining me; it was also nurturing me, enhancing my abilities bit by bit. Like a child developing in the womb. That cocoon was the prison that held me captive, yet it also provided me with nourishment.

"But this cat...

"I always feel that I was able to break through that cocoon so quickly and emerge, perhaps with the help of some external force. Otherwise, I might not have regained consciousness so soon."

Chen Nuo nodded. "I’ll have a good talk with that cat."