Esper X Family – Chapter 113 – This Is a Trial

When Zhou Qing and the others saw the message, Ye Yao was observing them in secret.

She didn’t have many leads at the moment.

She figured that she might as well see how they would react upon learning that everything would reset.

The result surprised Ye Yao a bit.

Zhou Qing and the others didn’t seem to give up. Instead, they continued to search for traces of Sequence 077.

Even though it was meaningless in this world of cycles.

Why are they doing this?

Ye Yao felt puzzled.

During this time, she also noticed many Countermeasures Bureau Espers.

Although she only observed them from afar and hadn’t made contact.

Based on Zhou Qing’s behavior, it seemed that the others were also trapped in some kind of cycle based on their memories.

If ordinary people were simply experiencing continuous bad luck.

Then Espers were caught in a more abstract cycle.

The whole day could pass smoothly without any interference.

The Countermeasures Bureau Espers were all acting according to their true intentions.

Each team was actively dealing with the problems they had encountered.

Ye Yao could tell that they wanted to find Wu Mi, end the cycle, and leave this place.

But they were always held back by immediate matters.

Thinking that they should handle the current problem before moving on to the next.

Completely unaware that everything would reset after solving their current matter.

Cycle after cycle, they would only focus on that one thing.

Perfectly restrained.

So, Ye Yao wanted to see if telling them the truth would cause them to change their approach.

For example, putting aside the immediate problem and trying to find Wu Mi instead.

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But after observing, Ye Yao was surprised.

No team changed their approach.

It was the same with Zhou Qing’s group.

“Hmm, it’s all wasted effort. After the reset, everything will be meaningless. Why are they still working so hard?”

Ye Yao scratched her head.

This was a vicious cycle.

It brought no benefit at all.

If Zhou Qing and the others were originally worried that the high-risk Sequence Espers from their memories would harm ordinary people.

After learning that the world would cycle, they should understand that even if ordinary people died, they would be revived in the next cycle.

Thus, they should focus their energy on the real problem.

The most important thing was to break the cycle.

Not to kill the high-risk Sequence Espers from their memories.

“Sigh, since I’ve given them the hint, let’s see if they change after knowing the truth.

If there’s no change, I won’t hint them in the next cycle. It’s just a waste of time.”

Ye Yao muttered to herself, preparing to wait at the location of the decisive battle.

Night fell.

Ye Yao walked on the sidewalk without the black mist surrounding her.

She looked like a little girl.

Just wearing a hat and a mask as a simple disguise.

After all, memories would reset after the cycle.

Ye Yao looked left and right, observing the surroundings.

“This should be the location where Sequence 077 appears.”

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The white-haired girl nodded thoughtfully.

“Previously, the lower-ranked Sequence Espers Mu Luo and the others hunted were B or C-rank. Is Sequence 077 at the level of an A-rank?”

According to Luo Jianhua’s words of “current combat strength”, the acquired ¹ Xianxia term again. Basically, there are 先天xiantian (literally means before/preceding heaven) that means innate or natural, and 后天houtian (literally means after heaven) that means acquired. Those born with OP abilities are innate sequences, and those who are ranked for crimes are acquired sequences. Sequence Espers were basically ranked by strength.

The stronger one was, the greater the threat they posed.

The closer the sequence number was to the front, the stronger the individual.

Sequence 077 sounded like a high-risk Sequence Esper in the mid-to-lower range.

Excluding those innate Sequence Espers, he was probably in the middle among the Sequence Espers.

Thinking this, Ye Yao suddenly felt that she had misjudged Zhou Qing and the others.

She originally thought that losing three members in a five-on-one fight was pure incompetence.

And in reality, that was the final result.

Which became their cycle in the world of cycles.

But Zhou Qing had mentioned that he had just been promoted to A-rank and had to lead four B-rank teammates into battle.

With insufficient information, losing three wasn’t impossible.

As for why they didn’t send a more stable team.

Ye Yao suspected that the Countermeasures Bureau was short on manpower at the time.

A national institution shouldn’t be so poorly organized.

Just as Ye Yao was thinking this, a loud explosion suddenly sounded in her ears.

A gust of wind rushed from afar.

Almost making her lose her balance.

“H-Has it started?”

Calculating the time.

Zhou Qing and the others must have encountered Sequence 077.

The decisive battle was about to begin.

Ye Yao hurried over.

She wasn’t a bloodthirsty spectator.

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She wasn’t interested in the bloodshed of others.

But Zhou Qing and the others’ choices might help her understand the nature of the world of cycles better.

Soon.

The loud explosions from the intense battle grew closer.

Ye Yao looked at the sea of fire in front of her and realized that she was getting too close.

“Gotta go. I need to find a good spot to watch.”

But before she could distance herself.

The building above her was hit by a massive fireball.

Half of the building came crashing down like a mountain.

The burning flames were terrifying.

Ye Yao almost instinctively used Attribute Fission to escape.

But someone reacted faster than her.

“With me, Shi Dun, here, no one will be harmed!”

A massive amount of earth and stone surged from the ground like a fluid, forming huge spikes that pierced through the falling debris.

Although it stopped the debris in mid-air, a large amount of flaming rubble still fell.

Shi Dun spread his arms.

A hard layer of rock quickly formed above, blocking the falling flaming debris.

Successfully protecting the “ordinary person” who had accidentally entered the battlefield.

“Captain! There’s still someone here who hasn’t evacuated!”

Shi Dun shouted into the communicator while comforting the person behind him.

“Don’t be afraid, little one. No one can hurt you here. You’ll be home soon. Just treat this as a nightmare.”

Shi Dun turned around with an awkward smile.

He was clearly trying to comfort the child, but he didn’t seem experienced in this.

Ye Yao’s tense mood calmed down a lot.

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When the building fell, she almost activated Attribute Fission in zero frame.

Fortunately, Shi Dun arrived in time.

Otherwise, once Attribute Fission was activated, the world of cycles would split again.

Then everyone would suffer.

Ye Yao observed the Esper from the Countermeasures Bureau, feeling a sense of familiarity.

He called himself Shi Dun.

He was also the young member who had stepped forward to explain the team’s mission during the first meeting with A2 Squad.

And this person wasn’t a real individual trapped in the cycle world.

According to Zhou Qing, this person was fabricated from his memories to participate in the cycle.

Ye Yao finally understood Zhou Qing’s inability to treat him as an illusion.

If she hadn’t known beforehand.

She might really believe that the person who jumped out to protect the civilian was a genuine guardian of the people.

“I’m not scared.”

“That’s really surprising! I’m glad you’re so brave!

Not being afraid in such a situation, I believe your future achievements will be extraordinary!”

Shi Dun’s response was slightly exaggerated.

He seemed to be really trying hard to comfort the ordinary person.

Ye Yao couldn’t help but wonder.

Was he like this in life?

Or is this a glorification from Zhou Qing and Li Muhua’s memories?

Soon, Zhou Qing’s serious voice came through the communicator.

“Permission granted to leave the team and evacuate the unrelated individual. Return to the team immediately after completing the task.”

“This is a trial. We must overcome it.”

Author Note

Preparing to clean the old house. I still have to clean the new house after I move. Just thinking about it is exhausting! Text: The appearance of “Can’t do anything, can only make a living by acting cute”.