Esper X Family – Chapter 712 – Party Formation Successful, Honor Sharing

Lou Weiwei deeply realized that she seemed to have been drunk.

She had originally thought that with the Solar Corona Form, she could at least hold on for a few seconds. Never did she expect that she couldn’t even withstand a single move, and her world-destroying punch was effortlessly caught.

One must know that it was a punch carrying the power of a star, not some soft, fluffy attack.

Yet, Ye Yao still caught it with ease, and the subsequent counterattack was like toying with her.

After sobering up, Lou Weiwei glanced at the system panel.

【World Destruction Progress Bar: 20%】

Not only had it not gone down, but it had even increased?!

Lou Weiwei immediately felt a suffocating pressure.

This meant that Ye Yao could no longer find satisfaction in such boring fights. Her threshold was rising. If no new methods could be thought of later, this progress bar might keep climbing!

Lou Weiwei instinctively focused her attention on the system panel, but instead received a new prompt.

【Detected a new companion. Would you like to send a party invite?】

“New companion?”

Lou Weiwei turned around and saw that not far behind her was none other than the restless Fu Qi himself.

Perhaps because he couldn’t interfere in this situation, it was plain to see that he was extremely unwilling.

The two locked eyes.

The next second, Fu Qi appeared in front of Lou Weiwei and supported her body.

“Lou Wei, how do you feel? Are you seriously injured?”

The older generation didn’t care about such distinctions between men and women, let alone the fact that this girl’s essence was Lou Wei!

Fu Qi would have to be insane to feel awkward.

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That said, his petite brother did look a bit more pleasing to the eye than the original, feeling like a younger member of the family.

If Fu Qi had a daughter like this, or a friend’s daughter, he might have poured a lot of care into her.

Unfortunately, she was Lou Wei.

“I’m fine.”

Lou Weiwei still wasn’t sure what was going through Fu Qi’s mind.

Nor did she have the spare energy to feel embarrassed in front of him.

It was just a slight change in appearance, nothing to be shy about.

But Fu Qi didn’t see it that way.

“Lou Wei, what is going on here? Why did you fight her? Can’t you just calm down and communicate properly? Even if you couldn’t, you could’ve stalled until someone suitable arrived. How did it escalate into a conflict of this scale at the drop of a hat?”

“Fu Qi, you don’t understand. This is the most correct choice. If I’d done as you said, it would have led to an even worse outcome.”

After extensive observation, Lou Weiwei had come to preliminarily believe the system in her mind.

Although she still couldn’t figure out where the system came from, the fact that it could point out the right direction to avert a world crisis and grant power beyond the times meant that it was on the same side as the Countermeasure Bureau.

Since they shared the same goal, Lou Weiwei could temporarily treat it as an ally.

It couldn’t possibly get worse than a world destruction scenario.

Even if the【Solar Corona Form (Crimson Wheel)】rewarded by the system turned her into a little girl, that kind of effect was negligible!

This was all to stop Ye Yao from destroying the world!

Fu Qi, however, was baffled by Lou Weiwei’s resolute words.

“What are you even talking about? What’s your basis for that?”

“I don’t have time to explain to you right now.”

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Lou Weiwei really didn’t want to spend too much time explaining the “system” or the origin of her new form skill to Fu Qi.

This wasn’t a time for leisure.

If Ye Yao was left unchecked, the World Destruction Progress Bar might keep rising.

If it couldn’t be brought down, the whole world would be doomed.

At this moment, Lou Weiwei was using every ounce of her brainpower to ponder the system’s latest notification.

This might just be the key to breaking the deadlock.

The “new companion” detected by the system was undoubtedly Fu Qi, since aside from him, there was no one else on the scene, and it certainly couldn’t be Ye Yao.

The “party invite” probably meant getting Fu Qi to fight together.

But the problem was, he wasn’t qualified!

This wasn’t Lou Weiwei deliberately belittling Fu Qi. It was a fact.

With Fu Qi’s initial mental power of just over nine thousand, and without even having mastered the Celestial Form, he was no different from an ant before Ye Yao.

In the face of a true stat monster, no matter how strong Fu Qi’s ability mechanics were, they wouldn’t make a lick of difference.

But what Lou Weiwei couldn’t figure out was why the system reacted to Fu Qi at all?

This was the “Daughter’s Slave System”. Putting aside the name, it was likely the mysterious force meant to counter the doomsday crisis.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Lou Weiwei.

Could it be that one-on-one was no longer enough to satisfy Ye Yao, and two-on-one was needed to lower the World Destruction Progress Bar?

Thinking carefully, this was highly possible!

If the direction was correct, then insufficient power didn’t matter.

As long as the system exerted its power, then this problem could probably be solved.

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Without a second word, Lou Weiwei extended an invitation to Fu Qi.

“Fu Qi, come with me and attack Ye Yao together.”

“Huh? M-Me?”

Fu Qi drew in a sharp breath.

“How is that any different from walking to my death?”

Fu Qi wasn’t afraid of dying, but the question was: did he even qualify?

With his base mental power of less than ten thousand, even if he activated all four universal form skills, he would have at best a few tens of thousands of mental power.

Even with perfect execution, he probably wouldn’t even graze Ye Yao’s skin and would most likely be knocked unconscious by a casual flick of her hand.

Fu Qi seriously suspected that Lou Weiwei’s brain had been rattled into spouting such nonsense.

But Lou Weiwei replied with just two words:

“Trust me.”

“…Fine.”

Fu Qi decided to throw caution to the wind.

From their long time together, he had already come to know Lou Wei’s character well.

Lou Wei had never asked others to keep up with him or casually dragged others into danger.

Even when facing a true life-or-death crisis, he would only charge ahead alone, fully living up to the title of the strongest of the current era, habitually shouldering all danger and pressure by himself.

But if Lou Wei truly intended to bring someone along to face something together, then there probably wasn’t any major issue.

When it came to matters of principle, Fu Qi had always trusted Lou Wei’s decisions.

That was the tacit understanding between the strongest in history and the strongest of the current era!

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“Although I don’t know exactly what’s going on, I’ll listen to you this time. If I end up dead and you survive, tell Fang Ze to take over my unfinished duties on my behalf.”

At that moment, a new notification rang out in Lou Weiwei’s mind.

【New companion has joined the party. Successfully activated “Honor Sharing” feature. Bring more playmates for your daughter and keep up the good work!】

【Honor Sharing: Rewards you obtain can also be gained by your companions, including past rewards.】

【Would you like to help your companion claim accumulated past rewards?】

As the system’s voice echoed, a glint of understanding passed through Lou Weiwei’s eyes.

Just as she thought.

Fu Qi was about to get a massive boost too!

With Fu Qi joining in, they might be able to bring down Ye Yao’s World Destruction Progress Bar quickly!

“Fu Qi, don’t be surprised no matter what happens next. Trust me.”

“Cut the crap. What do you need me to do?”

Lou Weiwei said nothing, simply helping Fu Qi claim the rewards.

【Reward collection successful. Your companion has gained 10,000 base mental power, Void Form (Void Heaven).】

Author Note

The initial plan was to slowly wriggle to 1.5 million words and then stop, but it seems I can’t control it at all. Now that things have come to this, I’ll just write as much as I can.

Text: Young Cerberus guarding the gates of Hell.