Esper X Family – Chapter 584 – Why Now of All Times?

【Ability: Fission

True Name: Xing Lan

Self-Perception: Ye Yao’s ability, family member, daughter, mother, pet, toy, pillow, lover…

Familial Love Value: 90】

Under Ye Yao’s “loving” education during this period, Xing Lan’s familial love value naturally skyrocketed, going from 0 to 90 like a rocket.

What she learned was also Ye Yao’s way of thinking. Her self-definition leaned more toward humanity, so she naturally developed sufficiently human-like emotions.

This truly reflects Ye Yao’s core programming.

Moreover, she grew at an astonishing speed. Her entire childhood seemed to flash by in an instant.

But when Ye Yao remembered that Xing Lan wasn’t human, but rather the consciousness of an extraordinarily overpowered world-destroying ability, she let it go.

It was indeed a bit inappropriate to judge Xing Lan by human standards.

As for the identities Ye Yao assigned, Xing Lan accepted them all without a trace of rebellious thought.

That was the intimacy that came after activating【Symbiosis】.

This kind of destined bond further promoted Xing Lan’s closeness to Ye Yao, going far beyond simple programming or code.

All Ye Yao could say was that it was quite fun.

Xing Lan’s personality was also very distinctive. She wasn’t utterly obedient, nor was she particularly rebellious. Her main focus was to be a companion.

During this period, Ye Yao’s galge-style education of Xing Lan seemed to have been recognized by the system as a “daughter-raising process”, rewarding her with 100 attribute points.

That was an unexpected bonus.

“Just you wait. Once I build you a body, let’s see if I don’t top you to death.”

“No matter how I look at it, Boss’s fetishes are really weird, nya. You can even go for something like me.”

Xing Lan kept changing how she addressed Ye Yao, a quirk of her persona.

“Logically speaking, I’m a world-destroying consciousness that has destroyed countless civilizations. Others are too afraid of me to even run. Only you, Master, want to top me.”

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Ye Yao gave a cold laugh.

“I’m invincible under heaven. I can top whomever I want. A mere world-destroying ability is just a little loli in my eyes.”

“Activating【Symbiosis】really makes you bold. Waaaahhh, I’m about to be sacrificed for the greater good…”

Ye Yao ignored the silly Xing Lan and prepared to move to the next phase of her plan.

Counting the time, the interstellar stray dog should be arriving in the solar system soon.

Parallel Lou Wei and the others should be ready, right?

Meanwhile.

Inside the Countermeasures Bureau.

After countless sparring and extensive attempts, Lou Wei, parallel Lou Wei, and parallel Fu Qi had finally mastered reusable exclusive form skills.

Although the stats were reduced by nearly half, the advantage was stability, with greatly diminished side effects. There was no more activating the skill only to wait for death.

But even at half strength, it was enough to wipe out the minions brought by the interstellar overlord and force the overlord into its full-power form.

As for how to fight the interstellar overlord when it got serious, they would just have to give it their all at that time.

They couldn’t afford to be timid just because Ye Ge was here.

The three were currently discussing their battle plan.

“Based on my experience in my timeline, the interstellar overlord will probably show up in the solar system within this month. We need to be ready to face the enemy.”

Standard Lou Wei felt a bit more confident after sensing the improvements in his abilities.

After all, his counterpart was also Lou Wei. Two exceptionally talented strongest Espers tapping into their potential simultaneously naturally yielded twice the result with half the effort.

The further optimized exclusive form skills were created under the high-speed collaboration of their brains.

If one side made a mistake, the other could catch the error in time, making the correction process unbelievably fast.

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As for parallel Lou Wei, due to the unique nature of his ability, optimizing the exclusive form skill wasn’t as difficult, since he had the memory of another timeline to refer to.

During this period, they had been sparring constantly in space.

Lou Wei had also analyzed the interstellar overlord’s fighting style and ability usage for the other two, essentially becoming a great god in the intelligence domain. He had figured out most of the overlord’s secrets in advance.

With this intelligence, even if the interstellar overlord’s stats were truly sky-high, Lou Wei and the others could at least try to challenge it.

Not necessarily a fight to the death, but they would definitely give it their all!

Parallel Fu Qi sighed in admiration.

“Thank goodness we have you, Standard Lou Wei. Without you, we might not have the confidence to get through this crisis.”

The nickname “Standard Lou Wei” was taught by Ye Yao.

Facing his well-behaved and sensible niece, parallel Fu Qi naturally took her advice.

“I just did what I could, but it might not be enough to achieve our goal. In the end, we might still have to rely on Ye Ge to save the day.”

Lou Wei had long lost his former edge.

If this were the old him, he might still think he was invincible.

Too bad the former strongest of the current era had seen his illusions shattered multiple times already.

All he could say was that the Overlord Starscourge was a formidable opponent. Now that he was about to face him again, Lou Wei was still full of apprehension.

“We’ve prepared so thoroughly this time. Maybe we can defeat the powerful enemy without relying on Ye Ge. Trust in our teamwork!”

Parallel Fu Qi’s words were filled with passion. It seemed the recent surge in power had brought back some of his youthful mentality.

This confidence wasn’t baseless, either.

After all, there were two Lou Weis.

During their recent sparring sessions, they discovered that the two Lou Weis seemed to be able to coordinate, achieving a combat effectiveness where one plus one was greater than three.

It might have been due to resonance between their identical abilities, or perhaps the key condition was their mutual understanding.

As long as Standard Lou Wei hadn’t returned to his world yet, they might even be able to defeat the interstellar overlord without taking any damage!

And parallel Fu Qi would only need to provide some support and supplement their damage output.

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The two Lou Weis could handle all the offensive work.

Parallel Lou Wei nodded in agreement with parallel Fu Qi’s morale-boosting words.

Although he had witnessed the interstellar overlord’s power in his memories, everything was still unknown before the actual battle began.

At the very least, their momentum couldn’t be weak.

However, just then, Standard Lou Wei’s eyes sharpened, as if a delayed premonition had finally arrived.

The other two noticed the change in his demeanor.

“What’s wrong?”

“I… I might be going back to my original world.”

Faint luminous particles began to appear on Standard Lou Wei’s body, as if he were about to dissipate.

Standard Lou Wei couldn’t stop it. It was as if he was being forcibly expelled.

In that moment, he felt as if he was no longer needed.

Used and discarded, that was his situation.

Why now of all times?

“What? You’re leaving? What are we supposed to do without you?”

Parallel Fu Qi was dumbfounded, feeling as if the sky had fallen.

No matter how he used his ability to lock down the space, he couldn’t stop the abnormality in Standard Lou Wei’s body.

“Why did it have to be now?”

Even parallel Lou Wei couldn’t help but complain.

They had already finalized their battle plan.

They had practiced their combo moves.

They had upgraded their trump cards.

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The most reliable battle plan revolved around Standard Lou Wei’s assistance.

And now, this free combat power was suddenly disappearing. How were they supposed to fight the interstellar overlord at full power?

Should they let parallel Lou Wei risk his life trying to activate Solar Flare Form?

That was clearly the worst-case scenario!

Standard Lou Wei took a deep breath and quickly accepted the reality.

“You’ll have to face him on your own. Pass on my words to Ye Yao. Tell her I’ll be waiting for her in the original world.”

The next moment, Standard Lou Wei’s figure vanished, completely disappearing from the world.

Parallel Lou Wei and parallel Fu Qi looked at each other in silence.

“What do we do now?”

“We have no choice but to give it our all.”

There was no retreat ahead; they could only fight with everything they had.

But what they didn’t know was that a massive surprise was waiting for them.

Ye Yao had already asked Jiang Huashen to finish drawing the transformation props!

Author Note

What?! Some regions still have four days of college entrance exams? Well, then, good luck! It’ll all be over after today!

Text: It’s 8 AM! It’s 8 AM! It’s 8 AM!

IT’S 8 IN THE MORNING

(Below Head) Small alarm clock for bed

Those who need to open their eyes should open them; those who need to ask for leave should ask for leave.

Take responsibility for your own attendance; don’t make futile struggles.