Esper X Family – Chapter 344 – Game Version Update Incoming?

“Relax, I’m not finished yet.”

Tu Sheng’s words were like a calming pill, instantly steadying Ye Yao.

This young girl didn’t seem like a pure agent of chaos.

Judging by her displayed personality, perhaps there were some deeper meaning to falsifying the prophecy?

Endure for now!

If she really slandered her just to watch the drama, then even if Tu Sheng dropped a bunch of attribute points, Ye Yao would still fiercely retort her to death!

“Hmph, you’d better give a satisfactory explanation.”

Ye Yao said with a huff.

“Mn… Although I’m not sure what kind of explanation would satisfy you, I will take responsibility for everything I did.”

Tu Sheng paused for a moment, seemingly organizing her words.

“By now, you must realize that your power is extraordinary, right? Its power far exceeds the sum of all other abilities, with no limit in sight.”

“That means I’m the chosen one, an absolute powerhouse, the loneliness born from that…”

Ye Yao muttered.

She had a system and was a transmigrator. What was wrong with having a little cheat?

But the【Fission】ability was indeed shadily overpowered.

The system only provided some mechanisms. Its level of heaven-defyingness couldn’t even compare to the ability at all.

“Chosen one? Perhaps. Being chosen by it, your luck is indeed extraordinary.”

She watched as Tu Sheng shifted her position bit by bit. Following the sound, she sat down next to Ye Yao.

Ye Yao glanced at her, silently allowing Tu Sheng’s small movement.

【Tu Sheng wants to touch your cheek again. She wants to know if your current form is a young girl or a loli】

What for?

You haven’t even finished the important words, but now you’re already getting handsy?

Before making things clear, Ye Yao absolutely wouldn’t let Tu Sheng grope her randomly.

Be serious!

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Don’t use your blindness as an excuse to take advantage!

Luckily, Tu Sheng was just thinking about it and didn’t voice or act on it.

It was slightly better than that forceful hobby of a certain weakling Xia Lian.

Otherwise, Ye Yao would really have to break her rule and hiss at a female family member other than Xia Lian.

“Alright, back to the main topic. Do you know the origin of abilities?”

Hearing this, Ye Yao recalled the content she had heard in class.

It was said that abilities hadn’t appeared that long ago, not even enough to form a century of history. They seemed to have started emerging in modern times.

Ye Yao only remembered that the period when abilities burst forth was the most turbulent time for order.

People like Lou Wei, the top experts, stood out during that era.

In the end, many scholars couldn’t figure out why powers like abilities would appear within the human body.

The key point was that every human had the potential to awaken an ability.

As long as one’s mental strength broke through 10, they could become an Esper.

It was just that the quality of abilities differed.

Anyway, genetics didn’t matter at all.

It was as if the entire humanity had quietly completed an incredible evolution.

They were just one push away from entering a new era where abilities are accessible to all humanity.

But unfortunately, it was currently impossible for most people to awaken abilities.

Ordinary people still made up the vast majority of the world.

But what did this have to do with her ability?

Ye Yao couldn’t figure it out.

Luckily, Tu Sheng didn’t keep her in suspense.

“Abilities are the legacy of other civilizations, well… to be precise, they should be the product of other dimensions.”

Ye Yao: “?”

Oh, damn it!

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Where has this taken me?

Isn’t this the typical urban dungeon scenario ¹ Basically Xianxia novels but modern world. ?

Wouldn’t she be involved in some “Galaxy Shattering”, “Weakening Great Dao” ² Popular exaggerated line from Shrouding the Heavens. The full line is something like “Two Great Emperors fought, shattering the galaxy, wearing out the Great Dao” (very loosely translated). kind of drama?

Ye Yao sucked in a cold breath.

“What does that mean?”

Tu Sheng didn’t mock Ye Yao’s loss of composure.

“My ability is called【Targeted Observation】. I can select any target and observe it across three stages: ‘Past, Present, and Future’.”

Ye Yao’s eyelid twitched.

Although she already knew the name of Tu Sheng’s ability from the system, this was the first time she learned the specific effect.

This information-gathering capability was somewhat heaven-defying.

No wonder she could single-handedly support the entire intelligence department of the Countermeasures Bureau.

After Tu Sheng’s ability was shattered, their intelligence department’s standing basically went from being the purple-skinned man ³ Thanos. to the fourth strongest ⁴ Slay the Spire reference. There are a total of four characters on Slay the Spire… The Defect is considered much, much weaker than the other three characters, mostly because the character is too complex. If you want another comparison… .

Totally crippled.

“On the day I awakened my ability, I tried selecting my ability for observation, attempting to figure out its origin.

Unexpectedly, there was no hindrance, and many scenes that essentially reshaped my worldview appeared in my mind.

That was when I completely understood the origin of abilities.”

Tu Sheng explained the basis for her previous statement.

Although it was still just verbal testimony, at least the logic made some sense.

The idea that abilities came from another civilization wasn’t just baseless.

Ye Yao quickly understood everything.

Using 【Targeted Observation】, Tu Sheng learned the origin of abilities, and also learned about civilizations beyond this planet.

But this claim seemed to not have spread within the Countermeasures Bureau.

Ye Yao asked about it.

“Did you not tell the Countermeasures Bureau?”

“Not yet, for now. Knowing this actually wouldn’t change the situation much, and it concerns you, so maybe I need your agreement?”

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Tu Sheng gently shook her head.

Ye Yao was shocked.

Wow.

She actually had that much face!

Even sharing intelligence with the Countermeasures Bureau required her permission.

Ye Yao admitted that Tu Sheng was a member of Sequence Zero in spirit.

But the slander issue still couldn’t be left unresolved.

If there was no clear explanation, she would retort her to death!

Then, Ye Yao started brainstorming.

She usually didn’t like thinking about troublesome things.

But the information Tu Sheng revealed was simply too explosive.

It felt like entering an era of stat inflation.

To put it in simpler terms, it was like a major game version update!

Another dimension?

Another civilization?

Abilities turned out to be alien creation!

Ye Yao’s mind already conjured up classic scenes from various works.

Like aliens releasing viruses to interfere with human purity in order to invade the planet.

Or abilities being the schemes of heavenly demons from beyond, meant to contaminate humanity or something.

Seemingly a possibility for biological evolution, but in reality, it might be an extinction-level virus!

Oh, the aliens are just so evil!

Forgot the beginning, forgot the middle part.

Anyway, the galaxy must burn!

“So, what does this have to do with my ability?”

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Ye Yao’s interest was piqued.

It felt like listening to a story, but lacking a bit of urgency.

Perhaps the security brought by her ability’s stats and mechanics was too high.

Plus, with the system, there was basically no survival pressure.

As for Fu Qi and Lou Wei, who were currently tackling the boss…

Their survivability was one stronger than the other.

Let’s not even talk about Fu Qi’s spatial abilities for now.

As for Lou Wei… please input text ⁵ Not a translation mistake. It really is like that on raws. .

One is the Strongest in History, the other is the Strongest of the Current Era. Even if their damage output couldn’t kill the boss, they could probably hold out for a while.

If there was an actual life-or-death crisis, she could simply activate Family Hero mode and brute force it with stats.

Even if it could withstand a 400,000 point nuke, surely it couldn’t withstand a 4 million one.

Ye Yao had plenty of strength and methods!

For now, she would let uncle and stern father suffer a bit. She would finish listening to the story first.

“Could it be that my ability is the scheme of those inherently evil heavenly demons from beyond!?”

Ye Yao speculated boldly.

“No. Your ability destroyed those higher civilizations. Other abilities are the legacy of those civilizations.”

“Haah—?”

Author Note

Now that things have come to this, let’s get back to writing. Worrying too much won’t reduce the water bill. This novel is already in its mid-to-late stages, but I can still write to a million words. Don’t worry about it ending too soon.

Text: Use this stinging nettle ⁶ The plant has defensive hair that can cause stings or burns.

to wipe your ass

Translator Note

With the author’s pace of two 2,000+ word chapters per day, this novel will reach 1 million CN words in a bit over 2 months. I wonder if this is good or bad news.

The pace seems reasonable though.