Chapter 487: Chapter 384: Ideological Conflict

As Lin Xing spoke, the temperature in the entire room seemed to suddenly drop, and a heavy atmosphere spread between Lin Xing and the phone.

Ma Hong and Duan Feixia also immediately felt the sudden heaviness in the room.

In fact, they had already sensed something was off while Lin Xing was talking on the phone.

But before they could make out what Lin Xing was saying to the person on the other end of the phone, the atmosphere abruptly became intensely charged.

“This atmosphere…”

Duan Feixia looked at Lin Xing, who was still staring at the phone screen, and thought to herself, “It’s similar to when Master gets those types of emojis… No, it feels even more serious. So, is he arguing with someone online, and it has reached the point of mutual family insults?”

Ma Hong, standing nearby, took a slight step back. He felt the atmosphere of a clash between great powers and knew of only two beings in the modern world who could fight over the internet.

He swallowed hard, thinking, “This is troublesome. If they really start fighting later, won’t our master and disciple be caught in it?”

With that thought, he began to pull Duan Feixia to retreat with him.

Seeing the puzzled look on Duan Feixia’s face, he explained, “If they start fighting, don’t think too much and just run with me immediately.”

Duan Feixia, confused, said, “Huh?”

Ma Hong sighed, “You are too young and haven’t experienced conflicts between such powerful figures.”

“With the experience of many years I’ve spent in this world and having witnessed numerous fights of top figures, I can tell that when top figures clash, their disputes are resolved by fighting, including but not limited to trash-talking, showing off, killing bystanders, and destroying the surroundings…”

“Once ordinary powers like us are swept into such battles of the mightiest, we end up as their mad backdrop. Our every clownish act becomes a path for their mental satisfaction and constructing a sense of superiority. Ending up crushed and blown away internally would be considered lucky…”

Duan Feixia hesitated, “No… Surely not? He seems to just be arguing with someone over the phone…”

“Just arguing?” Ma Hong looked at his disciple as if he was looking at an ignorant infant, “Do you know that the great battle beyond the heavens started because Lin Xing argued with himself?”

As Ma Hong and Duan Feixia retreated all the way to the bedroom door, ready to run out at any moment,

A female voice emanated from within Lin Xing, “Don’t fight!”

“I will not allow you, disciples, to hurt each other!”

Broken Sword advised, “Don’t bother persuading. At their level, mere words can’t persuade the other party.”

He sighed slightly, his voice filled with a sense of the ages, “When choices clash, only a true collision of strength and will can solve the issue.”

Zhao Wanxi’s voice came from the phone, “Well said.”

“Brother, I don’t support your continued antagonism against the Immortal Court.”

“But our differences don’t necessarily have to be settled by an actual fight.”

As a faint glow spread from the phone screen, a slim hand reached out directly towards Lin Xing, surprising everyone watching.

“Brother, are you interested in trying my method to solve this?”

Seeing the hand stretched towards him from the phone screen, Lin Xing laughed heartily, displaying an intrigued expression.

“Sister, your progress is even greater than I imagined, being able to transfer between the virtual and physical worlds, even helping others connect?”

As he spoke, he had already grabbed Zhao Wanxi’s hand, saying eagerly, “Come on, sister, go ahead and use your methods. Let me genuinely experience the fruits of your years of hard cultivation.”

The next moment, Lin Xing felt a pulling force in his arm as if it wanted to drag his entire consciousness into that phone screen.

He did not resist, letting Zhao Wanxi’s power work on him.

In an instant, the phone, desk, chair, and room in the real world had all disappeared. An endless ocean appeared before Lin Xing.

Yet Lin Xing felt that both his body and Primordial Spirit remained in the real world. The sensory changes he was experiencing were merely informational connections, permitting him to return to reality whenever he wished.

Lin Xing understood this as Zhao Wanxi deliberately exposing a flaw, a gesture showing she wasn’t trying to control or ambush him.

And he felt this sincerity.

So, Lin Xing calmly sat cross-legged above the vast ocean, speaking, “It seems like you don’t want to fight in this data world after all; you want to engage in a discourse with me?”

He looked at the majestic ocean before him and could see countless numbers floating beneath the water.

No… The entire ocean itself was composed of innumerable numbers, which transformed into various texts, images, and videos that floated through Lin Xing’s mind.

“Brother, this is the virtual sea I have created, gathering all the data from my memory.”

Zhao Wanxi, with bare feet, stood on the ocean of data, her toes gently stirring a splash of water, revealing countless flickering lights within the droplets.