Esper X Family – Chapter 286 – She’s Sleeping Soundly

In the beginning, An Qi could vaguely see her own fate.

However, the way it was expressed was very obscure.

At first, she couldn’t understand it at all.

When she closed her eyes, she could perceive things that others could not.

Those were the threads representing individual destinies.

If a person’s fate line was tangled, it meant that the person would face setbacks.

If it was all in disarray, that meant that they would be troubled by worries.

The most severe scenario was a severed line, representing the end of their life.

Of course, this was just the result of examining single lines.

In most cases, fate lines were often intertwined with several others.

Influencing each other.

This indicated that they would work together for a period of time in the future.

Only when the connection was completely broken would these intertwined fate lines untangle.

These fate lines were essentially uncontrollable.

But An Qi was different.

From the moment she awakened her ability, she could sense that she could control these fate lines.

If used on an ordinary person, she could even secretly tie a knot in their fate line, adding a bit of obstruction to someone who was sailing smoothly.

Normally, the knots in fate lines would untie themselves, like a kind of self-repairing function.

As the saying goes, there is no obstacle in life that cannot be overcome.

But it would be different if An Qi were to create a dead knot.

If she had no intention of untying it, the person subjected to the dead knot would find it very difficult to overcome their challenges.

They would remain stuck in one phase for a long time.

Unless an external force intervened to unravel it, their life would quickly plummet to the depths.

However, this ability had a clear flaw.

That was, it heavily relied on the numerical value.

Once she encountered someone with higher mental power than herself, it was like hitting a blank wall.

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She simply had no way of overcoming the strong as the weak.

An Qi Wouldn’t be able to manipulate the other party’s fate line.

Instead, she might easily be entangled with their strong fate line.

Unable to break free, unable to untie, and utterly powerless.

At that point, there would be no escape.

Like a weaver girl encountering an aircraft carrier’s arrestor cable ¹ Used to rapidly decelerate aircrafts when landing. They can handle 23 ton (50,000 pound) aircraft moving at 240 km/h (150 mph), and can absorb up to 64.4 Megajoules of kinetic energy. .

It was beyond frustrating.

Thus, when An Qi sensed such fate lines, she would avoid them in advance.

To prevent getting tangled up in those “steel wire” fate lines.

The outcome was unsurprising.

You can dodge the first of the month, but not the fifteenth ² An idiom from《Lüliang Heroes》, written in 1945. Basically means you can run but you can’t hide. .

First, she was caught by the Countermeasures Bureau, then she was whisked away by Mu Luo.

She originally intended to sneak back home, but ended up being taken to another place.

The girl who could weave fate was completely at the mercy of fate.

Wherever she gazed, it was all “steel wires”.

There was barely any room for maneuver.

Currently, her mental power had inexplicably surged, and she could now sense fate lines without distance limitations.

In her dreams, many unfamiliar fate lines appeared.

Although she had never met them, they trapped her fate line within.

“Did those bad people use something that involves many others on me?”

An Qi could not only see people’s fate lines.

She could naturally see the fate line of objects as well.

The two were, of course, closely connected.

Once you touched someone’s belongings, it was easy to get entangled by them.

In simple terms, the karma was just too great!

Touching significant karma would easily implicate you.

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If she wanted to avoid trouble, she had to be careful.

An Qi originally thought that being cautious and following fate’s instructions would help her avoid many troubles.

But unexpectedly, she found herself in this predicament.

She was trapped by a massive torrent of fate.

It seemed to implicate millions of people at once.

Countless threads wove together to form an impenetrable net.

Seemingly ready to drag all innocent people down with it.

An Qi even vaguely saw some fate lines emitting black aura among them.

They seemed to cut through the surrounding fate lines like a blade.

The black aura they emanated would quickly wear down other fate lines.

Without needing to look, she knew that it was extremely dangerous.

An Qi couldn’t control them and didn’t dare to manipulate her own fate line to come close.

The most important thing now was to escape.

However, An Qi had been trapped for a long time and couldn’t find a clue.

Until some time ago…

A special fate line appeared in her dream.

This fate line was incredibly pure, situated within the torrent of fate but free of any knots.

Like a clear stream in a dark current!

The moment it appeared, she had a vague feeling that it could sever all the surrounding fate lines.

In theory, fate could not be controlled.

The lines symbolizing fate would unconsciously entwine themselves with others.

It was like being caught in a whirlpool of events.

Once it arrived, one would be at its mercy.

But this fate line was different.

It gave off a sense of being the endpoint of fate.

Even the uncontrollable fate lines avoided it.

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To be honest, it was quite strange.

An Qi was also unable to control it.

She initially thought that this line had nothing to do with her.

But unexpectedly, it actively approached and entangled itself with her own fate line!

Upon closer inspection, it seemed to have intentionally intersected itself with several of the “steel wire” fate lines.

It was on the level of a national team!

An Qi instantly realized that this was her opportunity.

Although she couldn’t control the fate lines of those stronger than herself, she could control her own.

In the face of this suddenly approaching fate line, all An Qi could do was continuously wrap her own fate line around it!

This signified that her destiny would inevitably be linked with this person.

But merely entangling was far from sufficient.

It needed to become tighter!

Even if there was a risk of being severed, An Qi could only trust that feeling from the depths of her heart.

Thus.

An Qi transformed into a mysterious little weaver girl.

She attempted to use this special fate line as the foundation, with her own fate line as material.

To weave an intricate “outer garment” on it.

This way, she might be able to leverage another’s fate to escape from her plight.

And now, An Qi was nearing completion.

“Here we are!”

Mu Luo and his group silently arrived on Yunited States soil via shadow travel.

Following Ye Yao’s lead.

The four people suddenly appeared in the room where An Qi and Xia Lian were.

“Wow! White Catty, you finally came back! I missed you so much! Come here and let me hug you!”

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Xia Lian pounced forward in one swift motion.

Like a starving dog pouncing on food.

It was as if her energy was almost depleted.

Ye Yao wore a face of disdain as Xia Lian pressed her cheeks against her.

Like a sticky plaster that couldn’t be shaken off.

She desperately needed Yu Jin’s stats to enhance her strength!

Only then could she shove this big silly dog away with force.

“Enough already, how long are you going to cling to me?

I haven’t been gone that long. Do you want to make Old Mu and the others laugh at us?”

“What are you talking about, White Catty? Do I care about those things?

Face is nothing compared to sticking close to White Catty! Just let me snuggle a bit longer, I’m almost satisfied!”

Xia Lian tightly held the white-haired loli in her arms, rubbing against her.

If this were in public, she would have long been taken away for acting like a pervert.

“Hiss!!”

An earth-shattering hiss echoed.

Xia Lian promptly placed the white-haired loli back on the ground.

Putting on an obedient appearance.

“Hmph, you only behave when I hiss, huh?”

Ye Yao snorted lightly, patting her disheveled clothes.

“How is An Qi’s condition?”

Seeing that Ye Yao didn’t pursue the earlier matter, Xia Lian immediately revealed a happy smile.

“She’s sleeping quite soundly~”

Author Note

600,000 words! Yay! Now that things have come to this, let’s ask for a wave of gifts!

Text: Who among you here are the most skilled at authority?