Esper X Family – Chapter 526 – Xia Lian Is Not a Weakling!?

To be honest, the defeated trio still had no idea what had just happened.

They had only sensed an unfamiliar presence suddenly appear within their perception range.

If it were just a passerby, they probably wouldn’t have reacted so aggressively. They would simply remain cautious.

After all, a random passerby would only brush the edge of their perception range. If their path seemed normal, they could be ignored.

But this unfamiliar intruder hadn’t only appeared at the edge of their perception range. She had suddenly burst right into the core area.

How was that any different from a ghost jumping right in front of their faces?

For people surviving in such a dire situation, this was undoubtedly a provocation.

They would be saints if they didn’t react to this

Being able to break in here so suddenly meant that the intruder was an extremely powerful Esper.

And since they were an Esper, their target was very likely someone here.

Whether they were from the Countermeasures Bureau or another faction, the chances of them being an enemy was high!

That was why they had struck simultaneously the moment they sensed the unfamiliar presence.

But the enemy was too strong.

She easily blocked all their attacks alone and wiped them out using unimaginable methods.

In just one encounter, she had already subdued them, leaving even the highly unstable abilities inside them unresponsive.

Too strong. Absolutely too strong.

She was, without a doubt, the strongest Esper they had ever seen.

She might even be on par with the legendary Strongest Esper of the Current Era.

Neither parallel Jiang Huashen nor parallel Gu Wenxin could see any hope of victory.

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Parallel Jiang Huashen seemed to have given up all hope entirely, merely lowering his head in silence as if he had nothing left to say.

Parallel Gu Wenxin, however, kept staring at Ye Ge.

Although he couldn’t tell exactly how powerful Ye Ge was, he could vaguely sense that she bore a vast number of dead souls on her shoulders. She had undoubtedly caused unimaginable slaughter.

Was she “evil”?

If it were earlier, parallel Gu Wenxin might not have considered such things and would have simply unleashed all his pent-up murderous impulses on the intruder.

But now that his rampaging ability had been suppressed, he had regained some fleeting ability to think.

Although the woman carried countless dead souls, she didn’t feel “evil” at all.

Those Espers from the Countermeasures Bureau who punished evil and promoted good were like this too.

Even if they had taken lives, they had only executed those who deserved death.

Could this woman be a Countermeasures Bureau Esper?

If so, their fate would simply be to be brought back under containment. In the end, the only one who would truly be unable to accept it would probably be Mu Luo.

It didn’t matter.

This world’s Gu Wenxin didn’t care about that outcome.

Because he could sense that he was straying from his original intent.

He had awakened his ability precisely to punish evil.

But if he lost control of his intense murderous impulses and harmed innocent people, he would become the very thing he despised most.

Even if the Countermeasures Bureau wasn’t exactly “clean”, it was still better than letting a dangerous Esper run wild uncontained.

He could only apologize to Mu Luo.

Unlike the resigned parallel Jiang Huashen and parallel Gu Wenxin, parallel Xia Lian was still struggling.

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To reiterate: she really hated this black-haired, golden-eyed woman!

The fact that she had been easily subdued could be overlooked.

After all, the gap in power was truly insurmountable.

But what’s with that look in her eyes?

That look of curiosity and ridicule, as if she were observing a rare animal… there was absolutely no respect at all!

She wanted to bleed her dry. She wanted to see her face contort in shock. She wanted to blast her into pieces!

That was what parallel Xia Lian wanted to do right now.

Unfortunately, those were just fantasies.

The woman who shared some overlapping traits with her was just too strong.

Even after giving it her all, she couldn’t even scratch her.

“Do whatever you want. Kill me, cut me. I don’t care.”

Parallel Xia Lian’s tone was icy cold, with no trace of begging for mercy. She seemed remarkably tough.

Ye Ge continued to observe the three, briefly sensing their specific mental power levels.

First, this world’s Jiang Huashen. After three years, his mental power was still under 2,000. The first time they met, it had been around 1,000.

That was understandable. After all, he needed inspiration for everything he did, and staying holed up in one place left little room for growth.

Next, this world’s Gu Wenxin. His mental power was just over 3,000, an increase of about 200 from their first meeting, likely from natural growth.

He had stayed in this place the whole time. In three years, he probably hadn’t executed many criminals.

Like a Desert Dog ¹ Nasus from League of Legends. with no minions to farm, it was natural for his stats to be a bit low.

If you stay in the beginner town and can’t even fight small mobs, how can you talk about leveling up?

Finally, parallel Xia Lian…

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“Now this is surprising. You’re actually not a weakling. S-rank mental power… How did you manage that?”

Yes.

S-rank! This world’s Xia Lian actually had S-rank mental power!

Ye Yao vaguely remembered that when she first met Xia Lian in the original world, her mental power had been around 3,000.

But now, three years later in this world, Xia Lian had broken through to S-rank and become a true expert!

Without a doubt, she was probably the youngest S-rank Esper in history, even surpassing Luo Jianhua.

This world’s Xia Lian should be around twenty years old by bone age ² Long story short, people’s bone structure change as they age, and Xianxia authors came up with “bone age”, basically figuring out someone’s real age through their bone structure even though their appearance might be different. , right?

Ye Ge couldn’t help but be somewhat impressed.

To correct a bit: if a regular S-rank Esper had intruded earlier, the three of them really might have been able to kill the intruder.

And since parallel Xia Lian had broken through to S-rank, there was no reason Mu Luo, who already had over 4,000 mental power three years ago, couldn’t have broken through to S-rank as well.

That meant the current “Sequence Zero” had a full two S-rank Espers.

If the Countermeasures Bureau knew about this, they would surely let out a sharp shriek of alarm.

One should know that the top ten sequences have the power to destroy countries at S-rank. It would be easy for them to wipe out a small nation overseas.

And while the Dragon Country had strong guardians, if Xia Lian truly went mad, they might not be able to stop her in time.

Being even one step too late could leave a major city littered with corpses.

The Countermeasures Bureau surely would have considered this scenario and likely conducted a very intensive search.

Yet, Mu Luo and the others in this world had still evaded capture. It could only be described as truly miraculous.

This also made Ye Ge increasingly curious about their life on the run.

“Looking closely, you’ve just broken through recently. Pretty impressive. You really did transform from weakling into dragon.”

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Ye Ge slowly circled around parallel Xia Lian.

One should know that before “Tong Yao” ushered in a new era in the original world, the significance of advancing to S-rank was generally very high.

It was a limit that countless Espers struggled to cross.

Many veterans had fallen before that chasm.

Yet, parallel Xia Lian had reached that realm in just three short years.

To be fair, she was even a bit more impressive than the original world’s weakling Xia Lian.

“Huh?”

Just a few comments from Ye Ge nearly made the restrained parallel Xia Lian curse out loud.

Who’s a weakling?

Who are you calling a weakling!?

Just wait till I get a chance!

Ye Ge ignored parallel Xia Lian’s outburst.

“Where are the others? Where did they go?”

She hadn’t sensed anyone else’s presence.

Parallel Xia Lian continued to hiss.

“Kill me. I’m not telling you anything.”

Author Note

I need to find some cat videos to watch. I’m a cyber cat lover now!

Text: Sneaky catty