CHAPTER 339: CHAPTER 336 【SOON!】

Chapter 336: Soon!

Back in the room, Chen Nuo noticed the Captain’s lingering fear.

"Actually... if you really are interested in her..." Chen Nuo looked at the Captain...

"BOSS, I wouldn’t dare," the Captain sighed helplessly. "I’m not stupid! I’m not a real Controller. If I foolishly approached her and went back to her room, who knows what could happen. If she used her spiritual power to probe me even a bit, I’d be done for."

Yes, that was the logic.

Using spiritual power to probe someone’s true capabilities is considered a provocation among ordinary Ability Users.

But between two Ability Users who are... intimately involved, it doesn’t seem to be that much of an overstep.

If that were to happen... then the Captain could very likely become the first person in history to be beaten to death for unsuccessfully trying to trick a Controller into sleeping with him.

"No, what I mean is, if you really are interested in her, you’d better put that thought to rest," Chen Nuo finished what he wanted to say.

Fair enough.

As someone who had completed the hidden "Epic Achievement" of "Sleeping with a Controller," one of the few in the current era...

Chen Nuo actually knew more secrets of the Controller circle.

For example, this female Controller tycoon, Lillian, nicknamed "Diamond."

She was actually a collector.

It’s just that her collecting was limited to the ranks of Controllers, so it had always been unknown. Moreover, since it involved such sensitive privacy of a Controller, no one would dare speak out about it.

In his previous life, "Diamond" had naturally also approached Chen Yanluo, but Chen Yanluo had declined emphatically.

What a joke.

As a top female Controller, isn’t the Star Sky Empress a million times more appealing than you!

According to what Chen Yanluo knew in his past life, among the current Controllers, five or six individuals had engaged in "friendly matches" with this Lillian.

That included a certain old bastard—a real motherfucker!

According to that old scoundrel, a certain car looked good on the exterior.

But the driving experience was average.

At night, Chen Nuo began to consider two things.

The first thing was that, although he had already started the Antarctica mission, his memories of his previous trip to Antarctica, lying dormant in his mind, hadn’t awakened at all.

The people he encountered today, along with the mission’s content, hadn’t triggered any reactions in Chen Nuo. Not even a sense of "this feels familiar" had surfaced.

The second matter was an option laid out before him.

15/17, huh! Just two more people to go.

And now, there were more than a dozen Ability Users living in the base!

The targets were right before his eyes, including top-tier bigshots like the Wizard and Lillian. He could reach the goal of 17/17 tonight if he wished.

But...

Chen Nuo suddenly felt a twinge of foreboding!

This feeling was very subtle. It was as if the moment the thought of completely repairing the leak in his Consciousness Space tonight flashed through his mind, a strong sense of danger suddenly surged within him!

This was definitely not mysticism, nor was it some laughable, baseless Sixth Sense. Rather, it was the natural sensitivity a spiritual power user possessed towards everything in this world.

Chen Nuo especially realized that when he entertained the thought of completely repairing it tonight...

The Tree of Misfortune, carefully wrapped and nurtured within his Consciousness Space, seemed to respond immediately, trembling ever so slightly.

Instantly, the words Seed had spoken to him echoed in his mind:

"Don’t grow any stronger, you’ll die."

Chen Nuo fell into silence.

"BOSS."

The Captain interrupted Chen Nuo’s contemplation, walked up to him with a worried frown, and said, "We need to discuss how I should continue acting, right?"

"Don’t worry, you did well today," Chen Nuo nodded. "Just maintain your cold and aloof demeanor. That should be enough."

"But I feel like an imposter!" the Captain said with a downcast face. "I’m surrounded by real wolves, but I’m actually a Husky!"

Chen Nuo pondered for a moment before coming up with a solution:

"It’s simple. Don’t sleep tonight.

Go stand in front of the mirror in the bathroom and keep telling yourself:

I am a Controller, I am a Controller, I am a Controller..."

"Does this method really work? I mean, if I get exposed, how would this method help me display the power of a Controller?"

"Of course not," Chen Nuo rolled his eyes.

What are you thinking? Can the power of a Controller just be obtained by saying so? Even Chen Yanluo himself doesn’t have it now!

"So, this..."

"This method can make you die with a bit more confidence when you get discovered and beaten to death."

That night, Chen Nuo still made some moves.

He didn’t dare aim for 17/17. Because he always felt that something terrible would happen with 17/17.

However, 16/17 should be fine, right?

Chen Nuo decided to first enhance his strength to 16/17. This would leave him just one step away from full recovery.

In case of an emergency, with so many targets around, he could always complete the last step at any time.

After much thought, Chen Nuo still chose Lillian as the 16/17 candidate.

The reason was simple: she was a Controller, a big shot. If it were you, you’d make the same choice. With a bunch of targets available—some bronze, some silver and gold, and even some at the Star-Glory and King tiers—whom would you choose to harvest?

Why choose Lillian instead of the Wizard? The reason was even simpler: the Wizard was a spiritual powerhouse! Chen Nuo wasn’t sure if, by rashly engaging in a spiritual interaction with a spiritual powerhouse, he would be discovered! Lillian’s abilities were physical, making her a comparatively safer target.

However, even for this opportunity, he waited well into the night!

After all, spiritual interaction brings immense stimulation and pleasure... Hmm, just think about poor Xicheng Xun.

Only interaction within dreams can avoid such intense stimulation.

The problem was...

Even though this Controller wasn’t specialized in spiritual abilities, her spiritual power was not to be underestimated—she barely slept at all.

If you tried something like that on someone while they were awake, causing them to shiver on the spot, even a fool would know something was wrong.

However, perseverance paid off. After waiting for half the night, Chen Nuo finally got the moment he had been waiting for.

This was because, as one of the top big shots in his past life, Chen Nuo also knew another of Lillian’s secrets.

This woman was bisexual.

And the short-haired black woman who accompanied her, the one sharing her room, was her attendant.

The room was pitch black, filled with a rapid succession of excited "YESYESYESYESYES..." shouts and screams.

After a long while, once things had calmed down...

"I don’t know why, but that just felt incredibly good! It’s like you’ve never been this amazing before."

"...Maybe it’s because we’re in Antarctica?"

In another tent at the base, Chen Nuo sighed. 16/17, achieved.

The Captain, asleep, suddenly shuddered!

His eyes flew open. His Consciousness Space expanded, and his sensitivity to the energy of the outside world surged. This gave him such a sharp and clear sense of improvement that his eyes nearly popped out!

Taking a deep breath, he, already an adept of the Water Element, seemed to enter a higher plane of sensation.

He felt the Water Element everywhere around him, saturating the space between heaven and earth. This gave him an illusion of being able to take and manipulate it at will...

I feel like I’ve gotten stronger again?

If the Captain had previously touched the very ceiling of what a Destroyer could achieve, then upon waking up, he found that his power had advanced yet another tiny bit.

It was as if his hands were already propped against the ceiling; he was just one push away from breaking through...

「Almost simultaneously.」

In Huaxia’s Jinling City, within the Qingyun Sect, at the secluded cultivation ground of the Guo Clan in the northwest...

One after another, every Ability User who had interacted with Chen Nuo found their powers enhanced to varying degrees.

For instance, Brother Lei had another unfortunate night. His hair grew out, and when he got up to urinate in the middle of the night, he nearly scared himself to death before scrambling to find a hair trimmer.

For example, several children in the Qingyun Sect suddenly felt their bodies float up while they slept.

For example, Boss Guo, the noodle shop owner, couldn’t help but let out a long howl at the sky... He successfully triggered all the wild wolves in the surrounding ten-mile radius of desert to howl along with him.

Or perhaps... a swordswoman meditating in her dormitory. Her body once again vanished successfully. When she reappeared, she found herself having moved several meters sideways for no apparent reason!

Short-distance blink teleportation?

Yet another assassin-type skill, huh.

「In Buenos Aires, inside Sofia’s house.」

Seed sat on the roof, his expression complex as he gazed in a certain direction...

"Soon, very soon..."