Esper X Family – Chapter 430 – Brain-Burning, Very Brain-Burning

“Uncle doesn’t have to keep a long face. In return for you coming all the way to deliver the message, I can promise to refrain from taking action as much as possible when the time comes. But if your performance is too pathetic, don’t blame me for stepping in.”

The moment Ye Tong said this, Fu Qi’s mood instantly brightened.

Great, that’s fantastic.

As long as it could reduce the possibility of “Tong Yao” reappearing, that was all that mattered.

Fu Qi had already heard Lou Wei’s deduction from him.

Excessively high mental power might cause a person to lose their humanity and reason.

Back then, “Tong Yao” had nearly destroyed the world while in such a state.

No one could guarantee that they would be lucky enough to escape disaster again next time.

In short, it was best to prevent “Tong Yao” from appearing at all.

Nipping the risk in the bud was the ideal outcome.

Then, Ye Tong changed the subject.

“However… I won’t suppress my mental power.

I don’t believe some so-called B-rank strengthening can leave me helpless.

Who do you think I am? Don’t treat me like some useless waste.”

As always, Ye Tong maintained her persona of an inflated pufferfish, displaying transcendent confidence.

Her confidence had always been unreasonable, and it would continue to inflate until she met her inevitable defeat.

Fu Qi was feeling a bit numb.

He still tried to persuade her further.

“But don’t you have a vague premonition about this?”

“It doesn’t matter. I will take action. Nothing can make me retreat.”

Ye Tong’s tone was extremely resolute, carrying an unquestionable will.

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At this point, Fu Qi truly had no way to persuade her.

If he kept pushing, he feared that he would only annoy her.

To avoid repeating Lou Wei’s fate and becoming a stray dog on the street, Fu Qi could only nod helplessly and choose to support her decision.

He could only hope that, as she claimed, she could control everything, rather than crashing and burning like the last few times.

A short while later.

Ye Tong left, vanishing without a trace.

Fu Qi didn’t bring up the matter of Lou Wei with her, lest he touch a nerve and make her angry.

Still, there were gains to be had.

At the very least, he had ensured that she wouldn’t act rashly.

“Enemy from above the Heavens” prophesied by Tu Sheng felt less oppressive compared to “Tong Yao”.

Since “Tong Yao” most likely wouldn’t appear, what did the Countermeasures Bureau have to fear?

Could someone even worse possibly show up?

In any case, for this operation plan, the advantage lay with the Countermeasures Bureau!

Fu Qi returned to the living room. Seeing that Ye Yao was playing games with friends, he felt relieved. After saying a quick goodbye, he rushed out the door.

It was time to go discuss a more detailed battle plan with Lou Wei.

On the sofa.

Ye Yao was multitasking.

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Earlier, Fu Qi had delivered a batch of the latest intelligence. Aside from what he said verbally, there were also thoughts that flashed through his mind.

The system had neatly extracted that messy intelligence as well.

For instance, regarding “Lou Wei’s deduction” and “the possibility of world-destroying ability strengthening”, it was quite a substantial haul.

It brought Ye Yao quite a bit of amusement.

“Mhm, I didn’t expect the hidden things to be seen through after all.

And they even guessed the essence of the world-destroying ability?

Impressive. As expected of the Dayun Truck who returned after lying low.”

Of course, Ye Yao wasn’t worried in the slightest.

Although they knew the essence of the world-destroying ability, they definitely could never imagine the existence of the system.

If it were the Ye Yao at the very beginning, having the essence of her ability being guessed might have caused her some anxiety.

But now, she didn’t care at all.

So what if they guessed?

She was now, to put it bluntly, full of numbers and stats.

As the saying goes, stat makes the king.

With absolute stats, there was no need to worry about anyone else’s thoughts anymore.

In other words, she had already developed fully and was unmatched!

At the start, she could only have her fission body give her all to act like a disposable firework against the Dayun Truck.

But now, the situation was completely reversed.

Lou Wei was the disposable firework, as activating a single Solar Corona Form would mean certain death.

The price paid for such a cost was that the firework’s power was indeed shockingly immense.

Now, even with an enemy from the starry sky looming, Lou Wei and the others were still considering the risks of the world-destroying ability.

Ye Yao didn’t even need to hint. They were imagining scenarios all on their own.

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Afterward, she leaned against Tu Sheng and began using Spiritual Resonance to open a private chat.

“Tu Sheng, do you know what effect my ability will have after strengthening?”

“I don’t know. As you’re well aware, the cost of using my ability on you last time was my ability shattering, let alone knowing more detailed information.”

Tu Sheng answered honestly.

Ye Yao nodded in satisfaction.

If even Tu Sheng didn’t know the effect of【Fission】after strengthening, then the others were even more clueless.

Lou Wei could guess that the essence of the world-destroying ability might be related to “squaring”. That was somewhat impressive of him.

But could he imagine what the effect would be after strengthening?

Logically speaking, an ability’s strengthening shouldn’t be a leap to the heavens, nor should it reach such an exaggerated degree.

Especially just a B-rank strengthening.

In the Countermeasures Bureau’s records, most people’s B-rank ability strengthening offered at most a twenty to fifty percent increase in effective power.

A more monstrous case might be a hundred percent increase, but it wouldn’t be too outrageous.

Yet, Ye Yao had already confirmed that upon reaching B-rank, her ability would change from “squaring” to “cubing”, essentially a qualitative leap.

Based on the Countermeasures Bureau’s experience, no one would ever think in that direction.

As for Lou Wei… he surely dared not even subconsciously consider that possibility.

It was simply too absurd.

Not to mention that it would also come with a brand new fission body!

This new fission body would be the source of Ye Yao’s joy moving forward, and she had to ensure that everything went perfectly.

Next, she just had to wait for the unlucky ones in space to descend.

Unlike the intelligence held by the Countermeasures Bureau.

Ye Yao knew far more: the enemy’s essence, the enemy’s objective, and the enemy’s strength.

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She knew exactly when they would descend, down to the precise second.

This was all thanks to Tu Sheng.

To the Countermeasures Bureau, she spoke in riddles. To Ye Yao, the intelligence was so detailed it couldn’t be more so.

Sometimes, Ye Yao really wanted to send a fission body to mock those veterans in front of them:

“Hey hey hey~ So this is how the Prophet works with you guys? She’s completely different with me, you know. If you’ve got the guts, you can keep listening~”

But upon second thought, that would be way too devilish.

It would also cause some trouble for Tu Sheng, so she had to drop the idea.

Aside from that.

Ye Yao felt that there was another troublesome point to consider.

After her mental power reached B-rank, the boost the ability gave to mental power would be terrifying.

She recalled the “Four Billion” moment from a while ago, when she had nearly used the solar system as a cup.

Excessively high mental power would indeed severely affect the consciousness.

No one was immune. Even Ye Yao, with the system’s guidance, had to suffer the consequences.

Would the explosive increase from five hundred cubed recreate that dangerous state?

Even a mere one-fortieth of “Tong Yao” could very well destroy the world.

“I say,【Fission】is really brain-burning to use, understand?”

Ye Yao grumbled internally.

Author Note

Nine hundred thousand words reached! The next goal is one million!

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