Chapter Sixty-Nine: Black Sun’s Ember
The Inheritance Beast wholeheartedly accepted the name “Wang Ying.”
Luxianbei gave the Inheritance Beast the name “Wang Ying,” and he sincerely recognized this name, equating Wang Ying with the Inheritance Beast.
Thus, when he laboriously wrote the three characters “Wang Ying” with his fingertip on the “Moonlight Project Contract,” the contract took effect.
Golden flames erupted from the burnt contract and merged into the slender body of the Inheritance Beast.
In an instant, whispers echoed in Luxianbei’s ears, recounting the powers of the Inheritance Beast and everything about him.
“All phenomena are non-phenomena, all laws are non-laws…”
Following this, a desolate and ancient voice emerged from within Luxianbei, like a morning bell or an evening drum, gradually intensifying, slowly overshadowing the description of the Inheritance Beast’s powers.
“There is a place called Zhongshan, where a girl wears blue, her beauty lends to the spirit, and she can awaken the gods…”
Huh? Has my power description changed? Could it be because I have merged with Mrs. Wang Meili’s residual powers? Luxianbei mused.
Before she could delve deeper into the specific reasons for the change in her power description, a violent tremor struck, abruptly interrupting her thoughts.
The spirit energy floating in the air seemed to be celebrating something, boiling and buzzing.
Accompanied by a low buzzing sound, countless dazzling electric arcs emerged from the Inheritance Beast’s body, swiftly dancing across his surface, crackling.
Finally, all the electric arcs converged at his forehead, slowly outlining a complex fiery pattern.
Is this it? Watching as the family mark was about to take shape, Luxianbei felt a surge of joy.
I must find an opportunity to ask my godmother for a few more “contract for servitude” copies, and once I have them, get Proxy Player Sister to alter them for me, to keep as protection! Luxianbei thought slyly.
At that moment, Proxy Player Sister’s voice unexpectedly rang in her ear.
“Hey! I can’t believe it actually worked?”
The contract has been altered, the witness is Luxianbei, and the target of the contract is ahead, layered like a mille-feuille, but whether it will take effect, Proxy Player Sister wasn’t certain either.
Hearing this, Luxianbei felt like grabbing the question mark that appeared in her mind and smashing it onto Proxy Player Sister’s face.
“Explain to me what the hell do you mean by ‘it actually worked?!'”
“It was a slip of the tongue, just a slip! Don’t get distracted! It’s not over yet! Just follow my lead and say…”
Upon hearing this, Luxianbei briefly contemplated and then understood.
Successfully manipulating the “Moonlight Project Contract” to trick the Inheritance Beast into signing it was just the beginning.
Using the family mark left by the “Moonlight Project Contract” to seize the consciousness of the Inheritance Beast from the control of the Solar Eclipse Society would be the real victory.
Right now, this struggle had only just begun.
An entity like the Inheritance Beast with its power being a “universal plug,” the Solar Eclipse Society would not easily give it up.
“I grant Wang Ying the power of speech in the name of calamity!”
Proxy Player Sister’s voice rang out again, and Luxianbei’s gaze sharpened as she looked at the family mark on the Inheritance Beast’s forehead that was about to form, and softly repeated, “I grant Wang Ying the power of speech in the name of calamity!”
As the words fell, the golden electric arcs swirling around the Inheritance Beast swept across his lips, instantly dimming the glowing red line.
As that red line broke inch by inch, turning to ash.
A low rumble, like an angry roar, echoed from a distant time and space, exploding in Luxianbei’s ears.
In an instant, Luxianbei felt as if her head had been violently struck by a hammer; she became dizzy, and her vision darkened.
“……”
Is this the backlash from breaching the Solar Eclipse Society’s seal?
If it’s only to this extent, it seems I can still bear it… Luxianbei thought, steadying herself, and then repeated the second sentence after Proxy Player Sister.
“I grant Wang Ying the light in the name of calamity!”
“Crack!” A sound echoed as the crystalline ring covering the Inheritance Beast’s eyes shattered.
As the ring broke, the pitch-black crystal shards splintered, and the Inheritance Beast slowly opened his eyes, revealing silver-grey pupils that resembled a newly born creature—confused and clear, untouched by dust.
Years had passed, and he once again beheld the light.
After a brief moment of excitement, the Inheritance Beast eagerly looked at the benefactor who helped him escape his suffering.
When his gaze landed on the girl with long red hair, he froze for a moment, then his pupils quivered violently.
Not far away, Luxianbei was spewing bl**d, which seemed to have changed its properties, turning a sickly black color as it splattered through the air, hissing.
Unintentionally making eye contact with the Inheritance Beast, noticing the worry and urgency in his gaze, Luxianbei felt a warmth in her heart, waved her hand, straightened her back, and continued to repeat Proxy Player Sister’s murmured words in her mind.
“I grant Wang Ying…”
Halfway through, Luxianbei’s voice abruptly stopped.
Without warning, her head suddenly buzzed, her thoughts slowed down, her throat felt as if it were being gripped by an invisible hand, her lips parted slightly, but the word “freedom” that was on the tip of her tongue could not be uttered no matter how hard she tried.
Accompanied by a strong burning sensation in her eyes, an ominous premonition quietly arose in her heart, and just then, Proxy Player Sister’s startled voice reached her.
“Uh-oh, there’s been a small problem, I need to handle this, hold on, don’t d*e!”
What the hell? A life-threatening situation is just a small problem? Luxianbei’s heart jolted, chilled, and before she could ask Proxy Player Sister what happened, an unexpected situation surfaced.
A piercing shriek erupted, the shrill sound slicing through her eardrums like a blade, causing her body to stiffen abruptly.
Amidst that maddening shriek, Luxianbei vaguely heard a whisper.
“The black sun hangs high, tomorrow shall fall…”
The whisper seemed to come from a distant time and space, or perhaps rose from deep within the soul.
Like a deep and resonant elder chanting an ancient song, or perhaps like a child half-awake, whispering.
It’s the Solar Eclipse Society’s… d*mn it, someone is dishonorably attacking! As Luxianbei barely thought this, everything before her suddenly darkened.
As if the sun had suddenly fallen below the horizon, light was swallowed by darkness.
All within her field of vision was tinted with a deep shadow.
Under the shadow, everything in the dilapidated little park showed signs of decay, as if it were on the brink of an ending.
“Hmph!”
A low and cold snort came through countless voids, as if announcing the arrival of a long winter and eternal silence.
In the next moment, as if a hallucination appeared, a shattered, pitch-black “sun” that seemed to be dying appeared before her…
——
At the same time, in the lower level of the Great Furnace.
Beres stared at the Inheritance Beast below, his chest violently heaving, his eyes bloodshot, filled with murderous intent.
His upper garments were completely tattered, his skin appeared singed by high temperatures, covered in large scorch marks, and his limbs showed signs of atrophy, as if life had been drained from him.
Following his line of sight, through the glass window of the control room, one could see bodies littered throughout the laboratory, amidst the billowing toxic smoke, figures hurriedly running, extinguishing flames, dismantling damaged alchemical devices, clearing pathways, and repairing faults to restore them to operation in the shortest time possible.
Surrounded by nearly a hundred alchemical devices, the Inheritance Beast’s massive body had nearly transformed into a pulp, not a single inch of skin covered, nor a single piece of flesh intact.
All flesh, bones, and organs were exposed, drenched in bl**d, laid bare under sight.
It was as if something had brutally stripped away its skin and dissected its body, leaving it in such a horrifying state.
A wisp of black flame clung to the Inheritance Beast’s body, as if it would never extinguish, constantly burning and flickering, nibbling away at his body.
With each flicker of the flame, its broken body would spasm violently, letting out weak and painful moans.
Just minutes ago, the already out-of-control Inheritance Beast suddenly went berserk, instantly shattering more than half of the steel needles used to seal him, and the violent spirit energy waves spread, damaging and paralyzing dozens of alchemical devices, resulting in all the members of the Solar Eclipse Society responsible for controlling the devices perishing.
In a last resort, Beres chose to use the “Black Sun’s Ember,” a special substance representing the highest honor of the members of the Solar Eclipse Society, as well as a highly destructive one-time weapon.
…
“Creek——!”
The control room door swung open.
Mei Hongzhuang strolled in with an apple in her mouth, twisting her slender waist.
She surveyed the pitiful-looking Beres, pursed her lips, and teased, “Little Uncle, I didn’t expect you to actually use the Black Sun’s Ember bestowed by the Chairman on something like this?”
“It’s just an experiment subject, does it really need such a heavy investment?”
Beres glanced at Mei Hongzhuang and retorted fiercely, “What do you know?!”
That was the Inheritance Beast, currently the only captured special individual, of significant value.
When the unexpected incident occurred earlier, the monitoring picked up the spirit energy fluctuations of a suspected Disaster-Class Spiritual Energy Manipulator from the Siye Society, clearly indicating that someone from the Siye Society was intervening.
Entities like the Inheritance Beast, being a special urban legend, could not be allowed to escape control, falling into the hands of the Siye Society, no matter the cost.
“Even if it means… destroying him!” Beres declared fiercely.
Mei Hongzhuang secretly observed Beres’ expression and, with an air of contemplation, murmured, “If you can’t have it, then do you have to destroy it? Interesting.”
——
As that black sun emerged before her, Luxianbei felt the fragile connection she had just established with the Inheritance Beast severed mercilessly in an instant.
Then, an unfamiliar mental assault brutally invaded her consciousness, suppressing all her actions.
Then… it felt as if a cold steel rod had been forcefully driven from her temple into her skull.
With a sudden twist.
Her thoughts uncontrollably fell into chaos, various abnormal ideas flashing through her mind, nightmare-like illusions surfacing before her eyes.
In a daze, she looked up at the Inheritance Beast.
Under the dense shadow, his petite figure was reduced to a vague outline, with only his silver-grey eyes faintly visible.
At this moment, those eyes that had once been as clear as a child’s now lost their earlier clarity, the silver-grey pupils lost their luster, as all the negative emotions hidden deep within surged forth—impatience, worry, confusion, fear… and ultimately, all emotions transformed into deep despair.
Watching the Inheritance Beast’s eyes dim, Luxianbei felt a tightness in her heart, a sour sensation spreading through her chest.
In her hazy state, she recalled a saying she had seen in a book—”I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light.”
She had promised the Inheritance Beast to save him and had shown him hope, but at the last moment, an accident occurred, and he was likely to fall back into despair. One could only imagine how hopeless he must feel.
At this thought, unsure if it was that Proxy Player Sister had dealt with the problematic members of the Solar Eclipse Society or if Luxianbei had unleashed her potential in extreme anger, she gritted her silver teeth, unleashing both “Royal Authority” and her charm ability, targeting herself to launch a mental shock.
Although using her talent to launch a mental shock on herself could achieve the effect of resisting external mental shocks, it was just a guess of Luxianbei’s, and she had never tested it before.
According to her temperament, she should have conducted more than a hundred experiments under controlled variables before daring to confidently apply it.
But in the current state, she no longer had the chance for pre-experimental tests.
When the mental shock, carrying the special effects of “Royal Authority” and her charm ability, reached Luxianbei herself, her petite body jerked as if electrocuted, spasming violently.
Her already chaotic consciousness became even more chaotic in an instant, surpassing the limits she could withstand, causing her brain to plunge into a blank state.
It was like a computer crashing after running overloaded.
Just before her consciousness blanked out, she captured a fleeting moment of clarity and uttered her final words.
“I grant Wang Ying freedom in the name of calamity!”
As the words fell, the sound of shattering stone resonated.
“Clink!” The chains binding the Inheritance Beast shattered and broke.
Immediately, golden flames surged from the Inheritance Beast’s body, instantaneously melting the chains into dazzling molten iron, which was then swept away by the suddenly erupting airwaves, splattering in all directions.
Luxianbei was also swept away by the surging airwaves, like a lump of mud, flying into the distant sea of mental chaos.
Under the brilliant golden light, her petite figure slowly unfolded her long-bound limbs, much like a fetus being born.
And then…
He reached out, grasped the departing Luxianbei, and pulled her back into his arms, holding her tightly.
He saved her, just as she had saved him.
In the next moment, black flames rained down, engulfing both Luxianbei and the Inheritance Beast in an instant, spreading like a malevolent spirit, drilling into their lungs and adhering to their bones, igniting in a fierce blaze.
