Esper X Family – Chapter 426 – Lou Wei’s Deduction

In response to Fu Qi’s inquiry, Lou Wei remained composed.

“Even if we don’t tell her, she’ll find out on her own.”

“Still, we should at least make the gesture.”

Fu Qi knew perfectly well that Ye Tong’s abilities were vast and formidable. Obtaining this information wouldn’t be difficult for her.

But letting her find out herself and telling her proactively were two different things.

After all, she still called him “Uncle”. If he didn’t clarify this matter promptly, wouldn’t that seem distant?

If he delayed any longer, he would likely face a good hissing.

“Then you go tell her.”

Fu Qi’s eyes widened. “Wait, why not you?”

“She doesn’t want to see me.”

At Lou Wei’s words, Fu Qi was momentarily speechless.

That’s… true.

Ye Tong was still giving Lou Wei the cold shoulder, and even Ye Yao had grown less close to this “father” of hers.

It was a textbook case of having the lowest status in the family.

Lou Wei had merely adjusted his mindset. He hadn’t solved all the problems.

Three months had passed with no sign of improvement.

The moment Fu Qi realized this, all his strength and strategies drained away.

That bastard Lou Wei had definitely set him up!

To avoid facing Ye Tong or Ye Yao, he had turned into a pure workaholic.

Joining Sequence Zero was probably just an excuse.

What, was he, Fu Qi, supposed to play the father on top of being the uncle?

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Don’t go too far!

Fu Qi’s fists clenched on the spot, itching to punch Lou Wei in the face.

“You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?”

“No. I’m not good at this sort of thing. If you have any ideas, you can say them. I’ll try to take your advice.”

Lou Wei had fully accepted his own shortcomings.

He no longer tried to use his intellect to handle matters he wasn’t good at.

Otherwise, he would make mistakes again.

He couldn’t afford a second major mistake.

Fu Qi fell into deep thought.

To avoid bearing double the pressure, he had to find a way to mend the father-daughter relationship between Lou Wei, Ye Yao, and Ye Tong.

At least the starting point was good.

After all, they had already hit rock bottom, and things couldn’t get much worse.

Looking on the bright side, at least they were just distant, not bitter enemies.

If they had become bitter enemies, that would be true despair.

Fu Qi sighed lightly and resigned himself to taking on the responsibility.

“Fine. If I see her, I’ll pass along the message.”

Lou Wei nodded, then suddenly remembered something.

“Has Ye Yao’s mental power shown any signs of rising recently?”

He recalled the last time he saw Ye Yao, which was three months ago.

Back then, her mental power had been a full four hundred.

The sudden leap from three hundred to four hundred was undoubtedly Ye Tong’s doing.

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Ye Yao showed no signs of training her mental power at all. Only Ye Tong could interfere with her growth.

During the space battle back then, Lou Wei had seen through Ye Tong’s true appearance using his raw stats.

Beneath that girl’s appearance was undoubtedly a small, delicate child, identical to Ye Yao.

If Lou Wei hadn’t been eroded by Heavenly Will at the time, seeing Ye Yao’s face would have instantly sobered him up.

Unfortunately, the effects of the Solar Corona Form couldn’t be reversed by personal will alone.

But it wasn’t just Ye Tong’s disguise. Lou Wei had also seen through her exact stats.

160,000 mental power, neither more nor less. A perfectly round number.

Converting it with a formula associated with “four hundred”, it would be four hundred squared, which equaled 160,000.

This might be the truth behind the world-destroying ability.

If that were the case, all previous guesses would have to be overturned.

Lou Wei recalled his first meeting with Ye Tong, on the rooftop of the residential complex.

Back then, she had been very weak.

Lou Wei had initially thought that it was just a period of weakness after Ye Tong’s birth, after which she had grown at an incredible pace to her current level.

But after deducing the truth of the world-destroying ability, everything made sense.

At that time, Ye Yao’s mental power had been only ten, the baseline for ability awakening.

If Ye Tong’s power was strongly correlated with Ye Yao’s…

Then the maximum power Ye Tong could unleash back then would have been ten squared, or a mental power of one hundred.

Barely C-rank mental power, which was indeed only fit to be cannon fodder.

Later, the strength Ye Tong displayed grew greater and greater, becoming vastly different from Ye Yao’s baseline mental power.

Everyone thought that Ye Yao was just a small fry compared to Ye Tong.

But who could have guessed that Ye Tong achieved her overwhelming dominance precisely by relying on the same mental power as Ye Yao?

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When Ye Yao had a mental power of one hundred, it gave Ye Tong a burst output of ten thousand.

Two hundred gave forty thousand, three hundred gave ninety thousand, and four hundred gave 160,000.

Ignoring the limits of the human body, simply pushing the numbers higher and higher.

It was simply… inhuman.

After deducing the truth of the world-destroying ability, Lou Wei couldn’t help but feel immense pressure.

In gaming terms, this was basically using a cheat, wasn’t it?

The world-destroying ability truly lived up to its name. This straightforward, brutal effect was worthy of the term “world-destroying”.

Of course, there was still one point of doubt.

During the period when Ye Tong was most active, her performance during the Flame Demon incident suggested that she possessed A-rank strength.

If the world-destroying ability’s effect was truly the square of baseline mental power, she shouldn’t have demonstrated that level of power back then.

Moreover, the “Tong Yao” that appeared some time ago should theoretically have only been able to unleash ninety thousand mental power, but that was far from the case.

This indicated that the world-destroying ability had more than just this one effect.

And that ability to multiply the quantity of things… was likely also related to “squaring”.

Lou Wei had deduced the truth of the world-destroying ability, but he couldn’t find any joy in it.

Because the more he knew, the clearer it became just how unbeatable Ye Tong would be in the future.

Even if he activated the Solar Corona Form, he would face nothing but endless despair.

The Solar Corona Form he had unlocked at the cost of his life was merely a burst of power from Ye Tong with a base mental power of 1,200.

A weak A-rank base mental power erupting into star-level strength.

“ Huff …”

Lou Wei admitted that he was starting to sweat a little.

Tu Sheng’s credibility was still rising.

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This truly was a world-destroying ability!

“Why are you asking about this? I’ve been observing her lately. Ye Yao’s mental power hasn’t budged.

It hasn’t changed since it inexplicably reached four hundred three months ago, but it could rise again at any time.”

Fu Qi, still unaware of Lou Wei’s deduction, simply answered the question.

The usually steady man exhaled another deep breath.

“What comes after four hundred mental power?”

“What kind of question is that? It’s five hundred mental power, the entry level of B-rank.”

“And when mental power reaches B-rank, what changes happen to the ability?”

“Are you giving me a lecture? Isn’t it just ability strengthening?”

Fu Qi had just frowned and said this when he froze completely.

“Wait, are you saying…?”

Lou Wei closed his eyes as if he couldn’t bear to face it.

“Ye Yao’s mental power is approaching B-rank. That means her world-destroying ability, or rather, Ye Tong is about to undergo strengthening.”

“ Khah —!”

Fu Qi nearly choked on his breath.

Author Note

Scared to tears! I’ve fallen behind by 13 more chapters in just one day! How could this happen? Will I ever be able to pay it all back this month?

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