Esper X Family – Chapter 549 – Passive Skill

This guy is crazy ¹ 遮沙避风了zhe sha bifeng le. Literally means cover with sand and take shelter from the wind, but it actually means 这傻逼疯了 zhe shabi feng le (this fucker is crazy). Origin is from a CN Hearthstone stream and also because one broken card looks like he’s sheltering from sand and wind. .

Parallel Lou Wei thought to himself.

But in a way, what Parallel Fu Qi said wasn’t entirely unreasonable.

At the very least, they had made a breakthrough and were no longer completely in the dark.

For instance, pretending to be a magical girl to get closer might actually work.

Logically speaking, that kind of roleplaying was Mo Qiuli’s hobby, but since Lullaby accepted it, it meant she also enjoyed it.

Luo Jianhua, on the other hand, might’ve been forced onto that ship.

Without Lullaby’s active push, the so-called Magical Girl Alliance wouldn’t even exist.

That meant it was reasonable to use a magical girl identity to get close.

But for Parallel Fu Qi to casually suggest that the Strongest Esper of the Current Era should play the role of a magical girl was just unreasonable.

Was that even human language?

Aside from his strength, he had nothing in common with the magical girls at all.

It was truly insane.

Parallel Fu Qi was reviewing recent documents at his seat.

“The international situation is really turbulent lately. That woman targeted Yourope and nearly scared those leaders to death.”

The man clicked his tongue in amazement.

After the Yunited States had lost its core strength.

The world’s balance had been further shattered.

Everyone was worried that they might be the next target of devastating destruction.

The culprit acted with impunity, and there wasn’t even anyone to condemn.

On the surface, Dragon Country hadn’t suffered much loss.

But the strongest Esper of the current era had been publicly defeated, the Countermeasures Bureau’s headquarters had been entered and exited at will, suggesting significant damage as well.

This kind of major blow to national face indicated that the woman couldn’t be very close to Dragon Country.

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That woman seemed intent on challenging the entire world on her own.

The key point was that she actually seemed to possess the ability to do so.

Under this terrifying sense of pressure, international tensions had surpassed those of the Cold War.

Honestly, it was truly frightening.

Even the developed nations were setting aside their conflicts and sending alliance requests, trying to unite and deal with the threat posed by Ye Ge.

After all, no matter how one looked at it, she seemed to be acting against peace, and she had undoubtedly been branded with the label of “anti-humanity” by them.

Parallel Fu Qi could only say that they were courting death.

Those who had never truly faced Ye Ge had no idea how terrifying that woman was.

The era of using weapons and armies to clear obstacles was long gone.

Relying on an alliance and gathering the resources of several major powers to defeat a peerless expert was basically impossible.

Not to mention Lou Wei, even Fu Qi alone could stand invincible just by activating his Celestial Form.

Let alone the unfathomably deep Ye Ge.

“Ye Ge is leading her Sequence Zero on active battlefields in Yourope. Could it be to train those innate Sequence Espers?”

Parallel Fu Qi had to consider this question.

And that inevitably led to another issue.

What use was training those people to Ye Ge?

Surely she didn’t really expect them to destroy the world, right?

But then again, they didn’t seem to be killing innocents either.

Recalling the first time they met, when Ye Ge had spoken of “destroying the world”, Parallel Fu Qi felt a headache coming on.

Now, all he could do was place his hopes on that girl who called herself “Magical Girl Lullaby”.

If there was truly no way to get an invitation, then the only option was to visit Mo Qiuli at home.

Then, Parallel Fu Qi looked over at Parallel Lou Wei.

“Sigh, Lou Wei, can we make it through this crisis?”

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“Once I figure out a way to make a rapid breakthrough in strength, even if we can’t come to an agreement by then, resorting to force will still be an option.”

Clearly.

Parallel Lou Wei was trying to comprehend the Dao.

After being defeated by Lullaby, he had been reflecting on his own shortcomings.

He couldn’t even beat Lullaby, let alone the more oppressive Ye Ge.

His current strength was far from enough.

He needed to become stronger, not the kind of slow increase, but a leap in levels.

Tinkering with mental power was pointless.

Such minor improvements couldn’t affect the outcome of a battle.

Parallel Fu Qi shot him a glance.

“Force? That’s indeed your style. Having an extra path isn’t bad, as long as it’s viable. But I think even using all Five Forms Skills is a bit questionable.”

“That’s why I need to develop a new Form Skill. Only a Form Skill can achieve a leap in level. It’s not impossible to unleash unprecedented power.”

Parallel Lou Wei replied calmly.

“Nice idea, but can you actually do it? I don’t have time to dwell on this with you. Fang Ze is busy too. The chances of cramming at the last minute are pretty low.”

“I’ll do my best.”

Parallel Lou Wei did have a rough idea.

The underlying logic of burst-type Form Skills for S-class Espers is to leverage external power.

The Selfless Form concentrates advantages from other aspects of the body into a single burst.

The Balanced Form temporarily borrows all of the body’s power and redistributes it evenly.

The Future Form borrows power from one’s future self.

The Celestial Form borrows the power of the planet.

The new Form Technique could also delve deeper in this direction.

But the creation of the Celestial Form had already exploited this planet’s potential.

Further refinement didn’t seem to raise the upper limit by much.

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Even after activating it, Parallel Lou Wei couldn’t beat Magical Girl Lullaby, let alone Ye Ge.

Therefore, he had to change the direction.

Just then, Parallel Lou Wei walked to the window and looked up at the sky.

The Celestial Form borrowed planetary power, but a single planet was merely a tiny speck of dust in the universe.

Could he work with a higher-level energy source instead?

For example… the Sun.

Its power was far greater than Bluestar’s.

The only risk was that aiming for it might get him killed.

Parallel Lou Wei let out a silent, soft sigh.

A long and arduous road lay ahead.

Three days passed silently.

Bad news came from the Yunited States.

Byron, the leader of the Sentinel Organization, had been assassinated.

His team had also vanished without a trace, leaving behind only Sequence Zero’s marking symbol.

Anyone who didn’t know better would think that they came from Chengdu ² I spent so long looking for Chengdu memes but in the end i found out that it’s referencing Chengdu City’s logo. .

The higher-ups of every nation were practically terrified, with only the continuously enhanced security forces providing any reassurance.

But Ye Yao didn’t care about all that.

After running around for days, she was mentally exhausted.

Sure enough, family activities needed to be done in just the right amount.

Too many activities wouldn’t strengthen familial bonds either.

Which big family went on trips every single day?

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Of course, the main reason was that the system no longer let Ye Yao farm points like crazy.

Family activities that were too repetitive awarded far fewer attribute points.

After working frantically with parallel Xia Lian and the others for three days straight, plus non-stop magical girl activities, Ye Yao had finally saved up a hundred attribute points.

“It’s not easy.”

The white-haired loli sighed.

In a way, activating【Symbiosis】first was indeed more stable.

But she needed the large-scale events triggered by【Cause and Effect】to provide attribute points.

There was a saying that money makes money.

Spending a hundred attribute points would definitely bring in many more!

Prioritizing【Cause and Effect】was absolutely a wise investment.

She could just hold off on activating【Awakening】for now.

Thinking this, Ye Yao looked at the system panel before her.

“System, activate【Cause and Effect】.”

【Activation successful. 100 attribute points consumed.】

Ye Yao tried to sense it, but there was no feeling of power surging within her.

Not even a single bit of positive feedback.

“Do I need to operate it manually?”

But then she realized something utterly shocking.

“Holy crap! It’s a passive skill!”

Author Note

It’s getting hot again. Look, it’s 34 degrees Celsius ³ 93.2°F or 307.15°K today. Time to go outside and enjoy the aircon.

Text: It’s all group leader’s fault