Chapter 167: This World Has a Problem

Chapter 167: This World Has a Problem

“Are you really not going to tell him? Using the Projection Spell like this could cause problems.” In the small house, Dan Marina looked at Loris with her usual smile and asked.

“No problem. He’s different from us.” Loris shook her head. Even with precautions, the Projection Spell wasn’t completely safe because it involved splitting the soul. The separated part of the soul would deplete as the Mana maintaining the projection was consumed. Indirect use of the Projection Spell also had an impact, but it wasn’t severe—the lost soul would slowly recover, as long as one didn’t use multiple projections like Zheng Yichen did all at once.

Using just one projection would consume some soul, but not too much. Still, because of this, the Projection Spell, despite being very useful, wasn’t widely used.

Zheng Yichen’s situation was different. The projections he released were true projections; what he dispersed was Mental Energy, not his Soul. So even if his projection was destroyed, it would only give Zheng Yichen a headache for a while, not cause serious damage, and others couldn’t affect Zheng Yichen directly through the projection.

She didn’t tell Zheng Yichen this. Although he currently acted like a tech geek, he had created quite a few Alchemical Avatars. If he knew about this, who knows what crazy stunts he might try next.

“Huh? It only consumes Mental Energy?” Dan Marina immediately became interested. “Does it have something to do with his unique Soul?”

A Soul that could resist the distortion of non-Dragon Clan souls by a Dragon Body couldn’t possibly be an ordinary Soul.

“Mhm…” Loris nodded, slightly distracted.

“An Extraterrestrial Soul outside the threads of fate.” Dan Marina rested her chin on her hand, tapping the table lightly with a finger as she thought. Seeing her like this, Loris didn’t interrupt her thoughts. Dan Marina’s behavior was indeed erratic, but her intelligence was an undeniable fact!

If something made her concentrate and ponder, it definitely wasn’t simple.

“This world really has big problems.” After a while, Dan Marina lowered her arm and said, “Even we can’t avoid consuming Soul when using the Projection Spell, but he can ignore it… I think aside from the nature of his Extraterrestrial Soul, it’s also because of his unique ability to grasp Mana… Hmm, Loli, do you think we can truly use this world’s Mana completely?”

“Call me by my full name!”

Loris glanced at Dan Marina.

“Hehe, seems like you want that nickname to be unique. What do you think of my earlier observation?” Dan Marina chuckled, wisely changing the subject back to the main topic.

“Even if there’s a problem, can you give up your own power ?”

“Of course~ not!” Dan Marina shook her head without hesitation. A Witch’s Power was also a form of Mana, just of a higher level. If they gave it up, without the support of power, their abilities would basically become useless…

“Then are you prepared to train hard in Battle Qi?”

“Ah? I’m not interested in that rough stuff. It’s too tiring.” Dan Marina shook her head firmly. Perhaps because Witches had such high Talent in learning Magic, Battle Qi was basically out of their reach. In all her years, Dan Marina only knew of one Witch who had Battle Qi… just one! The only one!

If they wanted to master Battle Qi, forget interest—they’d probably exhaust themselves to death before succeeding.

“Then what’s the point of saying all this?”

Even if they knew there was a problem with the world’s Mana, it would only be unnecessary worry. It was similar to how Zheng Yichen, back on Earth, knew about the greenhouse effect. It was harmful, sure, but how many of the billions of people on the planet actually cared?

“Ah? Then why did I bother thinking so hard earlier? Knowing more just brings more troubles.” Dan Marina lightly tapped her head. Her gaze inadvertently fell on a book by Loris’s bedside—a very familiar book. The calmly sitting Dan Marina suddenly sprang up, darted to Loris’s bedside, and grabbed the book!

“Oh my! It’s the actual book… I… uh?” Seeing the terrifying aura suddenly erupting from Loris, Dan Marina’s playful expression froze on her face. She instinctively held the Magic Weapon Summoning Book in front of her. “Let’s talk this out!”

“I’ll give you one chance to rephrase. You get one sentence.”

“The power contained in this book is amazing. Divine Power?”

“…” Loris, who had stood up, sat back down. Gods—this world had indeed had them, but they’d disappeared long ago. That was why, when Zheng Yichen asked her if there were gods in this world, she said yes but that they hadn’t appeared. Perhaps these beings had abandoned this world, or maybe they could no longer pay attention to it…

“Wow! You’re so sneaky! You obviously realized what I was talking about earlier, but you still let me think about it!” Dan Marina’s eyes shifted, and she pointed at Loris, shouting, “And not only did you find out, but you also wanted to keep it to yourself and study it alone?!”

“Shut up!” Loris frowned slightly. One of the reasons Dan Marina was annoying was her intelligence. It was true; this woman, upon coming into contact with something special or related to certain people, could easily trace back or guess some reasons. Probably because she used her ability often and had seen a lot, she always guessed correctly or came closest to the answer.

Mana and the Witch’s Power were both forms of Mana, but Divine Power had the characteristics of Mana while transcending it. So after realizing the world’s Mana had problems and having resources, Loris began her research. The reason she didn’t tell Dan Marina was mostly due to distrust of this woman.

It wasn’t distrust in her “loyalty”—her current state was the punishment for violating a Contract. The power that overrode the original nearly unbreakable Contract meant that if she violated the Contract with Zheng Yichen a second time, she would definitely die!

Even if she didn’t die, the deep secondary backlash from the Contract would make her suffer terribly, and Loris would follow up with a finishing blow. A Traitor didn’t deserve to live!

Loris’s distrust stemmed from worrying that this woman couldn’t keep her big mouth shut!

“MMP… Can’t hear anything.” Zheng Yichen pressed his ear against the small house, straining to hear the commotion inside. He’d been drawn by the terrifying aura that flashed inside earlier—probably Dan Marina doing something stupid to provoke Loris. He immediately came over to see if he could handle any cleanup, but he got blocked outside, unable to hear a single sound from inside.

Forget it. Shaking his head, he imagined the possible scene inside of a Loli dominating an older sister. Zheng Yichen returned to the open area, sat down, and flipped open the Magic Weapon Summoning Book. He pulled out a strand of Alien Energy and tried slowly merging it with a wisp of Mana he released.

The moment they touched, they clashed fiercely, constantly trying to assimilate each other. However, with Zheng Yichen’s ongoing support, the Mana currently held the advantage…