Esper X Family – Chapter 582 – Activating【Awakening】

Ye Yao let everyone mingle freely.

She herself walked into the residence within the painting world to take care of a few things.

It was time to allocate her attribute points.

She had saved up so many precisely to use them!

She couldn’t risk the system swallowing them all again.

Sen Tong and Yi Ling followed behind Ye Yao, clearly still recognizing her as their one and only master.

They had nothing to talk about with Mu Luo and the others. Naturally, they would follow Ye Yao and, along the way, serve this human overlord who had spared their lives.

As for the dark history of Standard Xia Lian and Parallel Xia Lian pulling each other’s hair, even if Sen Tong hadn’t been present, she could still record it.

After all, she was an alien loli with base mental power in the tens of thousands!

Recording the dark history of a mere human, how could that be more important than serving her Master?

Sen Tong decided to maximize her own value!

Dividing her attention two or even three ways was no problem.

And after learning that Ye Yao had the potential to reach a multiversal level, Sen Tong’s loyalty became even more steadfast.

Compared to the overlord she currently served, the previous one was nothing but a pile of garbage!

The new master is great, no more words were needed!

Not being abandoned counts as success!

Ye Yao simply pretended not to notice Sen Tong’s messy little thoughts.

Seeing that Ye Yao was about to lie down on the sofa, Sen Tong immediately offered a lap pillow, proving that she had already thoroughly understood her new master’s living habits.

At times like this, a lap pillow was absolutely correct!

How could the softness of a mere sofa compare to the very flesh her Master had personally created?

And as the Master’s possession, she must always be ready to offer herself up!

Meanwhile, Yi Ling sat to the side, placing Ye Yao’s small feet on her lap and skillfully beginning a massage.

Who knew how many unhealthy short videos she had watched.

If not for her other fission bodies diverting her attention, Ye Yao would have been completely immersed in it.

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Sen Tong and Yi Ling, so smooth.

Ye Yao lifted a strand of Sen Tong’s long hair and twirled it in her hand.

“Sen Tong, Yi Ling, in a little while, your counterparts might descend on this solar system. Any thoughts?”

“I’ll leave it to whatever Master decides. I have no objections.”

“Me too.”

Sen Tong and Yi Ling couldn’t have severed ties more decisively.

After all, the existence of their counterparts didn’t affect their pursuit of new goals.

It didn’t matter.

As long as Ye Yao didn’t abandon them.

Otherwise, they would have no stronger overlord to rely on.

“I’ll just keep them as pets then.”

After saying this, Ye Yao shifted her focus to the system panel.

【Unallocated attribute points: 540】

How should she use these 540 points?

Ye Yao glanced at the modifiers of【Fission】.

She had already tasted the sweetness of the【Cause and Effect】trait. A chain reaction had resulted in her gobbling up attribute points like crazy.

Truly a top-tier trait. If she upgraded it to【Cause and Effect MAX】, she couldn’t even imagine how busy she would be.

However, there were too many things to do lately.

Even with her fission body slacking off, she couldn’t completely relax.

【Cause and Effect MAX】would probably trigger an explosion of events.

Passive skills were still too uncontrollable.

She would wait until the parallel world and the Magical Girl Movie event were settled before charging ahead!

After all, those events were bound to yield attribute points.

As for【Symbiosis】…

It was time to activate it.

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【150 attribute points consumed. Successfully activated the “Symbiosis” trait. Remaining unallocated attribute points: 390】

The next moment, Ye Yao suddenly felt her connection with【Fission】grow even tighter.

If she didn’t activate【Symbiosis MAX】, its next owner would still be herself.

Ye Yao couldn’t help but feel a pang of sadness.

To save the world, she had to bind herself to a wheelchair ability.

Even in her next life, she probably wouldn’t get to play with a high-skill, high-mechanism ability.

Such sacrifice was truly immense.

It wasn’t as if it was her choice to become a stat monster!

It was all【Fission】’s fault!

Yes, that’s right.

Ye Yao barely managed to stifle a smile and continued to the next item.

With the remaining points, she could upgrade any one trait to the maximum.

But at this stage, none were necessary.

That left only the strangest one:【Awakening】.

This modifier seemed to allow the world-ending ability that had never developed consciousness to awaken a true awareness.

In other words, this force of nature-like creation would develop its own thoughts.

It cost 200 attribute points.

Honestly, it wasn’t much. She could activate it just for fun, although she didn’t know what the consequences would be.

Now, Ye Yao had to consult the system seriously.

After the recent strengthening, the Found Family System was at least not as useless as at the beginning.

It could barely be considered trustworthy.

“System, explain the specifics of the【Awakening】trait. In what form will this awakened consciousness actually occur?”

【Host can set the basic logic, allowing “Fission” to awaken a blank-slate soul centered around that logic. The host can dye this blank slate any color.】

Whoa! Daughter-raising elements!

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So it wasn’t the type that already had self-awareness from the beginning?

Why did this feel like raising a daughter?

Ye Yao stroked her chin.

“System, why do I feel like you’re tempting me? Am I really that shallow?”

She had one more question to confirm.

“System, once【Fission】develops consciousness, who has higher priority over controlling the ability, it or me?”

【Host has higher priority. You can set related permissions.】

Isn’t this just raising a pet?

Reconciled.

She thought she was creating a Final Boss, but it turns out she was just making a cup.

It only cost 200 attribute points anyway. Points would only increase later, so activating it for fun didn’t matter.

Ye Yao’s gaze became resolute.

“System, activate【Awakening】.”

【200 attribute points consumed. Successfully activated “Awakening” trait. Remaining unallocated attribute points: 190.】

The next moment.

Ye Yao felt a transformation within her, like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon.

Even using her power became smoother.

Then, a voice seemingly resonated deep in her soul:

“Who… am I?”

The moment the【Awakening】trait activated, a slight change appeared on the system panel before Ye Yao.

【Ability: Fission (Awakened)

State: Confused, Bewildered

Capabilities: Precision MAX, Suppression MAX, Assist, Cause and Effect, Symbiosis, Awakening

Identity: Not set

Familial Love Value: 0

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Selectable interactions: Sleep, Awaken, Block, Permission Grant, Communicate, Mental Connection…

Recommended development direction: Intelligent Assistant

Evaluation: A blank slate.】

Ye Yao showed a puzzled expression.

“Why does this feel like raising a virtual pet?”

Seeing the “Not set” option.

The white-haired girl pondered for a moment.

【Identity: Family】

It seemed like she could continue writing. She tried to make it more lively.

【Identity: Family, Maid, Pet, Playmate, Lover, Toy, Hugging Pillow, Daughter, Mother…】

Holy crap!

There’s no limit at all!

All she could say was, in terms of fun, these 200 attribute points were not a waste at all!

And it seemed to have other uses as well.

Ye Yao was utterly fired up, her ghostly brain already wildly imagining.

But this seemed to be operable only on the system panel; it couldn’t truly come to life yet.

No matter. She could slowly raise it for fun.

Since that was the case, she should say hello first.

Ye Yao clicked the “Communicate” interaction option.

“Baby ¹ 宝宝baobao is what Chinese people often use to call a baby, but idk how to translate it to English while keeping it obvious that it’s for babies… , can you try calling me ‘Mom’?”

Author Note

The college entrance exam ended today. I did some quick research and found that it now lasts three days, when it used to only take two.

Text: Let me see what these idiots are posting again now