Xia Lan desperately wanted Xiao Rou to scold or even beat her, so that she could vent her pain and feel better than she did now. Of course, Xiao Rou had no reason to blame her, since rescuing her was entirely Ling Yun's own doing, and Xiao Rou herself would have done the same. However, Xia Lan just wanted Xiao Rou to hit and scold her, not because she wanted to be abused, but because of an emotion she couldn't even explain herself.
Perhaps, being able to endure pain for him is a kind of happiness. Xia Lan thought bitterly, waiting for Xiao Rou's reaction.
"Ling Yun is alright, but I'm not sure if he's still in the Bureau of Supernatural Abilities or if he's already escaped." To Xia Lan's surprise, Xiao Rou remained silent for a long time after hearing this, but then said this sentence with a calm expression.
"How do you know he's alright?" Xia Lan asked blankly. She had no idea that Xiao Rou and Ling Yun had established a cursed silver thread, allowing them to understand each other's mental energy field changes. The feeling transmitted through the silver thread was that Ling Yun's mental energy field was very stable, which meant that Ling Yun's power was still being maintained and had not been lost. Although she didn't know where it was, at least he was still safe.
If Ling Yun is controlled by the Superpower Bureau, such a powerful superhuman would definitely be imprisoned by the Superpower Bureau. If that's the case, Xiao Rou couldn't possibly be unaware of it. Moreover, even if he is imprisoned, Xiao Rou can still communicate with Ling Yun over a very long distance by destroying the silver thread at once. This is Ling Yun's newly modified superpower, and it can really come in handy.
Xiao Rou smiled but didn't answer. Instead, she looked into Xia Lan's eyes and said, "Xia Lan, you like Ling Yun too, don't you?"
Xia Lan never expected Xiao Rou to ask such a question. Her expression immediately became extremely strange, and her mind went blank. She stammered, not knowing what to say. Looking into Xiao Rou's bright eyes, she was about to answer that she didn't like it, but a nameless impulse suddenly surged into her mind, and she nodded in a daze without knowing why, "Yes, I like it."
Chapter 403 The Secret of the Seventh Layer of the Barrier
In the air.
A Boeing small passenger plane could be vaguely seen ahead, and it was slowly getting bigger in Lingyun's field of vision. If he could catch up with it for another few dozen kilometers, he should be able to catch the plane, Lingyun thought.
He kept accelerating, but the flight speed of the flying technique is limited. It cannot be increased indefinitely with the improvement of the mental energy field. This is not a flaw of the flying technique, but a limit specially designed by the creator to prevent the flight speed from becoming too fast and uncontrollable. However, Ling Yun has the ability of panoramic view, so the limit used to protect him has become an obstacle.
However, as long as he possesses the ability to replicate, this limit will be easily broken sooner or later. Although the distance is gradually closing, Ling Yun is still extremely anxious. If he didn't have other things on his mind, he might be happy to compete with the plane in terms of flight speed, but the problem is that time is life now. In addition to saving the passengers on the passenger plane, he also needs to promptly inform the Superpowers Headquarters of the news of the Japanese attack on the Superpowers Bureau, otherwise it will be too late when the two super organizations clash in full force.
If they turned around and left, abandoning the ordinary passengers on the plane, they might still have time. Moreover, the bats had been inside the plane for about ten minutes. Although ten minutes is a short time, if a vampire were facing unarmed ordinary people, it would only take one minute to slaughter all the passengers inside.
Therefore, even if Ling Yun chases after them now, he might end up collecting the bodies of the lives he was trying to save, making the rescue effort meaningless and wasting precious time.
Ling Yun hesitated for a moment, his mind in turmoil, constantly searching for excuses to leave. Compared to these ordinary and unfamiliar passengers, the struggle between the Superpower Headquarters and the Superpower Bureau was obviously more important, and there were many people Ling Yun knew who he absolutely did not want to see misunderstood or attacked.
After a moment, Ling Yun let out a long sigh. No matter how he tried to find excuses for his departure, he couldn't shake off the guilt in his heart. If he left like this, even if he notified the Superpower Headquarters in time, he wouldn't feel at ease. Besides, since he had already caught up, there was no need to regret it halfway, otherwise it would only delay things more.
However, the plane still appeared to be flying smoothly, which meant that at least the pilot was safe and the passengers should not have suffered fatal attacks, Ling Yun thought to himself, trying to reassure himself.
He flew at high speed along the airflow channel emanating from the tail of the plane, forming an extremely thin straight line. His mental energy field formed a wind shield in front of his body. With the help of the five elements, he could store the strong wind flow and add a boost to his speed.
Suddenly, the light ahead turned pitch black, and the once bright sky quickly dimmed, as if the sun were covered by a black dome. Ling Yun was startled. Looking ahead with the panoramic view, he discovered that a dark cloud, over ten kilometers long, had suddenly drifted in from the sky.
I was so preoccupied with my thoughts that I didn't even notice that I had followed the plane into the cloud cover; no wonder I couldn't see the sun. [eBooks at www.WR]
This was a cumulonimbus cloud, with countless bizarre and colorful patterns interspersed among the dark, dense clouds. It looked both beautiful and dangerous. Ling Yun didn't know what it was, but the moment he saw the colors, he felt dizzy.
Ling Yun was immediately taken aback, realizing the color was unusual, and dared not look any further. Things formed by nature often conceal profound mysteries, which constitute a large part of the unknown, prompting people to understand and explore. This certainly promotes the progress of civilization, but in the process of understanding, humanity also pays a certain price, even with its own lives. The fact that even Ling Yun felt dizzy was enough to prove the strangeness of the color.
Besides the colors, there were also eerie dark red lightning patterns that flashed by from time to time in the water clouds rich in ions. Although the moisture in the clouds was not heavy enough to turn into rain, seeing this spectacle from the sky still shocked Lingyun. And this was just a small part of nature's display of power.
The Boeing aircraft pushed the landing stick and climbed another two hundred meters. The shell of this specially made aircraft was entirely made of alloy, which was sturdy and heat-resistant, not much worse than a fighter jet. Theoretically, it should not be afraid of this level of dark clouds and lightning. However, since it was a danger that could be avoided, it should be avoided as much as possible. The aircraft was not a pirate ship, and Xia Tian and the others were not adventurers. There was no need for them to do things that could be avoided.
Ling Yun followed the Boeing plane to the corresponding altitude. Although he really wanted to explore the dark clouds, being able to see cumulonimbus and thunderclouds in the sky was a rare sight in his life. Although the power of lightning was extremely threatening, Ling Yun had already been struck by lightning once and had some immunity to it.
However, Ling Yun eventually gave up exploring the mystery. At least one important thing awaited him: rescuing the passengers on the plane. Seeing the plane climb, he felt a weight lifted from his heart. The pilot was still in a relatively normal state, because if attacked or coerced, the pilot might have crashed the plane into the thunderclouds, which would have been very dangerous.
Unbeknownst to Ling Yun, just as he was flying over the dark clouds with the Boeing plane, a beam of light, about the thickness of a finger, suddenly shot out silently from his chest, accurately penetrating the area with the most lightning patterns in the cumulonimbus cloud. Then, a bizarre scene unfolded: blinding lightning power was forcibly drawn out by the beam of light, flowing continuously along its trajectory into Ling Yun's chest.
Upon ascending, Lingyun was like an unmanned lightning receiver. Fortunately, the dark cloud was enormous, obscuring this bizarre scene; otherwise, this supernatural phenomenon would have been visible even from thousands of meters above.
The whole process was extremely fast, lasting only a moment before disappearing without a sound. Even with Ling Yun's keen senses, though he focused all his perception on tracking the plane, he didn't notice anything unusual in his chest. He only felt a sudden warmth in his chest, as if a vast and pure energy had suddenly surged into his body. However, most of the energy was absorbed by the yellow book's barrier, leaving Ling Yun with only a small portion.
Ling Yun didn't pay any attention. The yellow book barrier had the ability to automatically absorb energy, and since it was in the sky and closest to the sun, it was probably activating its automatic energy absorption function again.
However, what Ling Yun didn't know was that the yellow book barrier absorbed energy without any sensation. Such a large commotion had exceeded the limit of energy absorption. The remaining pure lightning energy transformed into countless tiny bio-electrons, which gradually seeped into Ling Yun's body after it was purified by the energy, all the way to the most microscopic genetic level. They began to continuously enrich Ling Yun's superpowers, until each genetic part of his superpowers became a miniature steel fortress.
If any other super-strong individuals witnessed this scene, they would be astonished and speechless. To be able to directly absorb the power of lightning and convert it into one's own energy is something that even superhumans wouldn't dare to dream of. The power of lightning is so immense that one would probably be burned to ashes before even absorbing it. However, thanks to the barrier of the yellow book, Ling Yun accomplished this without suffering any harm. In this world, only Ling Yun is capable of doing so.
As energy filled him up, Ling Yun's power unknowingly reached a terrifying level. Suddenly, the scene before his eyes changed, and all the surrounding scenery disappeared. Ling Yun floated in a circular space surrounded by snow-white surroundings, his face expressionless, his eyes clear yet unfathomable, as if radiating infinite light.
Ling Yun didn't find it strange at all; his face remained expressionless, as if everything was perfectly natural. It turned out that under the stimulation of this mysterious energy, he had automatically entered a state of mental clarity, and instantly entered the deepest level of this clarity—faster and more precise than before.
Gradually, countless pieces of information, graphics, and strangely shaped characters appeared in the space, then floated around his body in a peculiar yet regular arrangement, forming a three-dimensional spherical information band.
Unbeknownst to him, Ling Yun had become completely naked. He spread his arms and legs, and dazzling golden light shot out from his body, engulfing all the information bands. As the golden light spread, the entire white space transformed into a golden world.
The golden light flickered for a moment, then, as Ling Yun's limbs curled up, it abruptly recoiled, carrying countless pieces of information that surged into his body like a river flowing into the sea. In an instant, it seemed to etch countless characters, symbols, and patterns onto Ling Yun's skin. Then, in a flash, it slowly disappeared.
Ling Yun slowly closed his eyes. Information flowed through his mind like a galaxy. With each flow, his understanding deepened, and his comprehension of power became more profound. The information flow continued to pour in, seemingly without end.
These information streams were none other than the massive amount of information that Ling Yun hadn't had time to digest or understand, but which had been categorized and stored in the permanent storage area of his brain by his copied superpowers.
For some unknown reason, under the influence of lightning, Ling Yun was first suddenly and passively entered a mysterious and clear world. Then, in this clear world, according to the order of the copied abilities, Ling Yun gradually understood and received them. The entire receiving process was very slow, but most importantly, it was continuous. Moreover, the stability of digesting the information had no impact on Ling Yun himself. This information was rich in unparalleled energy, so Ling Yun was growing every moment without any bottlenecks, and his power growth had no end.
Ling Yun even had a strange feeling that as long as his power continued to grow, he would become a true god.
Ling Yun opened his eyes and suddenly found himself in a strange world. This world had no matter, no space, nothing at all; it seemed to be just a dead, silent space. If it were anyone else, they would definitely be completely trapped in this world, but Ling Yun was different. In his eyes, the world he saw was completely different and full of magical meaning.
Ling Yun suddenly understood that this was a world of Tao, a world of origin. He didn't understand how he could see this world, but he did see it. Moreover, Ling Yun knew that this world originated from himself, deep within his heart, in that wondrous barrier hidden within his body.
Ling Yun's gaze penetrated to the most microscopic level within his body, until he entered the final layer of the yellow book's barrier—the seventh layer of the barrier that Yu Xiujie had strictly forbidden him from entering. There, he finally sensed a wondrous yet dangerous aura, that ethereal and mysterious Dao, a feeling that was both omnipresent and all-pervasive. Ling Yun even felt that he was only separated from the final, mysterious world by a thin layer of cloth, which he could easily break through with a single poke.
Only now did Ling Yun feel that he had truly merged with the Yellow Book barrier. Although the Yellow Book had always been on him before, and the two had never merged harmoniously, for some reason, Ling Yun always felt that there was a distance between them. This distance could only be felt, but could not be closed or adjusted. Because he was always busy, Ling Yun could not find the reason, and had no choice but to give up.
Although he could freely manipulate the barrier, he felt a sense of unfamiliarity with the yellow book barrier, as if he only saw it as a powerful external weapon. This was the main reason why Ling Yun had never used the barrier's power; he firmly believed that no matter how strong the external force was, it was not his own. If he developed a dependency on it, it would definitely affect him, hence the barrier's power remained unused.
Only at this moment did the sense of unfamiliarity from afar truly disappear. Ling Yun finally felt a deep connection and kinship with the barrier.
Feeling the immense energy within the barrier, Ling Yun was overjoyed. At this moment, the power of the barrier truly belonged to Ling Yun. He could mobilize the energy at will without worrying about developing a dependency, because the barrier itself had completely merged with his body and was inseparable from him. It even formed a separate virtual space within his body.
The barrier has the function of automatically accumulating energy, which means that Ling Yun is like having a powerful nuclear battery on standby, or even like a nine-tailed fox with unlimited energy. As long as the output of his superpowers is equal to the energy he continues to consume, he will never have to worry about energy consumption. In a sense, Ling Yun is no longer like a superpowered person. As for what he is like, even he himself cannot say for sure.
More importantly, the almost endless flow of information was constantly enhancing Ling Yun's power. This enhancement was not only in terms of strength, but also in terms of understanding and experience of realms. It was as if a rope was lowered from the sky, tying Ling Yun's body to it, and then lifting him up little by little, without having to find various tools or climb to the sky by his own efforts.