mtlumby2d Chapter 266 Husband and wife conflict
Chapter 266 Husband and wife conflict
"Okay, I'll keep watch for you."
After hearing Cecil's words, Noah warned, "Be careful of Riva."
Riva is someone you can cooperate with, but you should never become close to. Riva grew up struggling on a garbage planet, and she's petty and jealous. If she finds out that Noah has advanced first, she'll probably come to bother you.
"I understand, don't worry, I won't let her get close."
Noah nodded, took out the black crystal and began to advance. The reason they needed the black crystal to advance was because advancing required a large amount of supernatural energy, and the black crystal contained pure and easily absorbed supernatural energy.
The reason why the seventh-tier insect only has five grams of supernatural power is not the standard configuration, but rather because the mental power limit of most insects can only withstand five grams of supernatural power within the black crystal, even for an S-class insect like Noah.
If one's mental strength has a high upper limit, the range of alien energy one can withstand is also wider, and the more alien energy one can absorb from the black crystal.
However, as far as Noah knows, the strongest SS-level expert in the Federation can only absorb ten grams of black crystal when advancing to the sixth rank, which is already the highest limit in the entire Federation.
This is why all powerful individuals strive to improve their mental strength, as mental strength determines the upper limit of their ability to absorb special abilities.
Within the Federation, those with psychic abilities are either raised and protected by their families or kept in captivity. Once their psychic power level increases, their crystal cores or ability cores are extracted to help them further enhance their psychic power.
While Noah was advancing, Lu Yize was also studying the black crystal that was at least one-third missing. He had just reached the sixth rank, but this advancement was obviously different from the previous one, and he did not experience the exhaustion and fatigue that come with advancing.
The energy even overflowed continuously, so much so that it could even help Jiang Yue regulate the supernatural power within her body.
Jiang Yue's superpower has also stabilized at the fifth level. With Lu Yize's help, the impurities on the crystal core have been expelled from her body, and her condition is gradually returning to normal.
Not only that, Lu Yize also sensed that Jiang Yue was gradually avoiding his gaze when facing him, a realization that made Lu Yize extremely unhappy.
After fully regaining her memories and cognition, Jiang Yue recalled her time with Lu Yize. There was sweetness, but more than anything, there was a strange sense of fear and unease, as if someone who had always been hiding in the shadows had suddenly been exposed to the spotlight.
"What are you thinking about?"
When Lu Yize asked the question, Jiang Yue came back to her senses, looked into his eyes, and quickly looked away uncomfortably. "No, I was thinking about my superpowers."
This wasn't the first time Jiang Yue had avoided his gaze these past few days. Lu Yize's eyes were deep and unfathomable; in both lifetimes combined, Jiang Yue's gaze had never left him.
In his previous life, Jiang Yue lived only half a life until her death, relying entirely on instinct and fragmented human memories from a few years to be bound to him. In his previous life, Lu Yize used the most extreme methods to test Jiang Yue's bottom line with him time and time again.
But Jiang Yue always firmly chose to stay by his side, which made him feel happy at the same time, but he couldn't help but have malicious speculations, wondering if there was some kind of conspiracy behind it all.
He didn't trust Jiang Yue, yet she was the only person by his side, like a piece of driftwood that could sink him to the bottom of the sea at any moment, leaving him with no place to stay.
Lu Yize initially felt that his flaws were constantly improving, but as Jiang Yue regained her memories and her attitude towards him began to change, Lu Yize realized that he had been hanging in mid-air all along.
Jiang Yue didn't understand Lu Yize's silence. When she looked up and met Lu Yize's eyes, her heart sank. She added an explanation, "I was thinking about my father."
However, Lu Yize's expression did not improve; it remained unpredictable.
Although Jiang Yue was unsure of Lu Yize's true feelings for her, she still retained her memories of being a zombie and knew about Lu Yize's possessiveness towards her.
“My dad should know a lot of things. I’m trying to recall if there are any Zerg around him.”
Jiang Yue's explanation did not put Lu Yize's mind at ease, and Lu Yize looked away.
He knew how to get along with Jiang Yue, a mindless zombie, but now he didn't know how to get along with Jiang Yue, who had a human side.
He never knew how to build intimate relationships to begin with, and more than a decade after the apocalypse, he was even less clear about how to be a normal person. He felt that a normal person would eventually be unable to stand him.
"Ah."
Lu Yize was twirling the black crystal in his hand, looking somewhat irritated and distracted. Jiang Yue noticed that Lu Yize was unhappy, but she didn't know why, so she secretly glanced at him several times.
If Jiang Yue were a bold person, she wouldn't have died in her previous life without Lu Yize knowing, and she wouldn't have only appeared when Lu Yize was at his most vulnerable without revealing the fact that they had known each other for a long time.
Jiang Yue felt uneasy, but stayed silently by Lu Yize's side. Lu Yize knew that their current relationship was somewhat abnormal, yet he felt an uncorrectable restlessness.
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere became somewhat heavy for a moment.
Jiang Yue spoke a few unimportant words midway through, but received no response. She then fell even more silent, sighing softly to herself with a bewildered expression.
The two cultivated their supernatural abilities inside the house. When their abilities were completely exhausted, it was almost mealtime, and they needed to eat before leaving the house.
Lu Yize wasn't actually hungry. He didn't know if it was because his body could absorb the supernatural energy in the air to fill his stomach after advancing to level six, or because he had made himself full of anger.
Or perhaps both are possible.
On the first floor of the base, Xian Wenrui and Sheng Xue also clearly realized that the atmosphere between the two was not right. Without asking any questions, they quickly finished eating, and Sheng Xue used the excuse of washing the dishes to escape. Jiang Yue also got up to help.
After the two left, Xian Wenrui also wanted to leave, but he couldn't find a reason, and judging from his brother Lu's expression, he was clearly waiting for him to speak.
Xian Wenrui's face looked even more miserable. "Brother Lu, did you and Jiang Yue have a fight?"
Lu Yize frowned. No, he and Jiang Yue hadn't argued. "No."
"Did they have a fight?"
Lu Yize couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he felt that something was off about his relationship with Jiang Yue.
Xian Wenrui received no response, but he could still see Lu Yize's predicament and heard his brother Lu, who always looked down on everyone, ask, "Do you think there's a problem with how Jiang Yue and I get along?"
Upon hearing this, Xian Wenrui originally intended to laugh it off and boast about their unwavering love, but when he saw the confusion on Lu Yize's face, he choked up his words.
Lu Yize, who doesn't care about anyone's opinion at all, was able to ask this question, and Xian Wenrui also put away his joking face.
"Brother Lu, to be honest, there are definitely problems in your relationship with Jiang Yue."
Lu Yize looked up at Xian Wenrui, his meaning clear: he wanted him to continue.
Since Xian Wenrui had already brought it up, he braced himself and continued, "It's obvious to everyone that you value Jiang Yue, and there's no doubt that Jiang Yue loves you. Anyone with eyes can see that."