Chapter 1236: Dalles

Chapter 1236: Chapter 1236: Dalles

"Protecting the family and confronting Delacuri are manageable, but ensuring the safety of Jiumu is crucial for the opponent, making it quite challenging! We need to master the timing and precision; Delacuri is an old fox, and trapping him won’t be easy. He will undoubtedly scout the reality of the independent space before taking action, and only act once sure of the situation. If we move our family too early, he will be alerted and won’t fall for it; too late, and our family will be in danger." After hearing Mei Simiao’s suggestion, Pei Yan frowned in distress.

"However, we have an advantage over them, which is the presence of Xiaoye who can foresee dangers in advance. I believe if you combine both of your abilities, we will definitely succeed in this matter." Mei Simiao encouraged the two.

Pei Yan nodded and smiled, "That’s indeed a plan. My body has undergone modifications over this period, and the slayer avatar fused during the Sword Discussion Conference finals has now detached from me, reverting to a mechanical avatar state. Judging by my estimation, it now possesses about sixty percent of my combat power. I plan to dispatch it back to the independent space first to strengthen the defense there and rely on its ability to comprehensively monitor the entire space, leaving no trace overlooked."

"This is ideal! By the way, can your artificial intelligence assist me a bit! It’s simply too exhausting for me to cast broad-net divinations individually. Relying on artificial intelligence to identify correlations and narrow my divination range will save me a lot of time and energy." While accepting the suggestion, Ye Ruozai made a request to Pei Yan.

"No problem." Pei Yan readily agreed, extending his hand to condense a fingernail-sized mechanical bug at his fingertips, allowing it to fly onto Ye Ruozai’s shoulder, then said, "Whatever you want to scan or summarize, you can directly tell it, and it will transmit the information to my body. Then, through the artificial intelligence within me, it’ll automatically classify and calculate before relaying the message back to you."

"Hey, why didn’t you give me one of these good things! You know, in a place without computers, how time-consuming it is for our numerous investigators to classify those documents! Having this will speed things up immensely." Before Ye Ruozai could speak, Mei Simiao, full of joy, grabbed the mechanical bug first, then looked at Pei Yan with discontent and complained.

"You didn’t ask for one! More importantly, even if you had asked before, it wouldn’t have worked. Before heading to the Dragon Realm, this mechanical bug had the same function as now, but it had a flaw: once I crossed planes with it, it would automatically go into hibernation! This time my gain from the Dragon Realm was substantial. After mastering the new Power of Origin, I granted it a bit of life force which allows it to act freely and normally even when we’re in different planes for a short time." Seeing Mei Simiao value this item so highly, Pei Yan helplessly handed him another mechanical bug as compensation.

Storing the mechanical bug from Pei Yan into his dimensional ring, Mei Simiao contentedly clapped his hands and summarized, "Good, the preparations for this operation begin now. Xiaoye mentioned that the fewer people know about this matter, the fewer sides there are, so before the official start of the operation, all preparations will be conducted in secrecy. I will pass this on to Old Gu and arrange tasks only by providing the work content without explaining the reason, thus narrowing the circle of informed individuals. Regarding the action plan, we’ll draft a rough outline tonight, then gradually supplement it with details and precautions."

"Good!"

"No problem!" Pei, Ye, the two readily agreed.

The three of them spent the entire night discussing it in the courtyard, dispersing only at dawn. Mei Simiao and Ye Ruozai left the investigation group base right after the meeting, not even bothering to eat. Watching the two leave hastily, Xia Yu and the others, who’ve been attentive to their conversation since last night but knew better than to intrude, quickly surrounded Pei Yan. Zheng Jia Ru was the first to ask, "What’s going on? Is there a mission? You discussed this thing all night; it must be significant! I’ve noticed Old Ye being restless over the past few days; is it related to this? Could you give us a hint?"

At this point, Pei Yan naturally couldn’t tell them about the danger to his family within the independent space. To avoid unnecessary details, he opted for a vague explanation, rubbing his forehead and lowering his voice, "What else could it be? Gu Chu is preparing for the affairs regarding the Magic Plane. Last night, Old Ye and Director Mei decided on potential issues and countermeasures when trading with Delacuri in the Magic Plane. Dealing with that old fox is no easy matter. Ye Ruozai has exhausted himself using his divination ability for this matter, nearly driving himself to the brink."

Pei Yan’s explanation made sense and indeed was part of what they discussed last night. Once they found it was about this matter, they asked no further questions, leaving only a note not to forget assigning tasks to them, then returned to their posts.

Watching everyone disperse, Pei Yan casually had breakfast. With Gu and Mei both absent, he became the person in charge here. However, as the responsible person, he showed no awareness, handing over management to his sister Pei Jin temporarily before returning to his room to rest. These days have been like being whipped and driven like a horse; absorbing Power of Origin from the Spirit Monster Plane, then racing to the Daoist Plane immediately absorbing two more Powers of Origin. Instead of a rise in strength, he has faced suppression, only to emerge and find Divine Artifact, inspect Hongjun Sword Furnace for clarity, and deal with last night’s family crisis, working all night to find countermeasures.

Even if Pei Yan were made of iron, this nonstop effort wore him out. After instructing others not to disturb him, he soaked comfortably in a bath, washing away days of exhaustion before finally lying in bed and falling into a deep sleep.

Pei Yan slept from morning until evening, and when he woke up, the sun had already slanted west. Now recovered somewhat, Pei Yan stretched and lazily yawned.

"Master, are you awake?" A greeting came from outside the room.

"Mm!" Pei Yan got up and put on his shoes, responding casually as he took a sip from the teacup on the table, rinsed his mouth, then spat the water into a nearby spittoon, and with a towel in hand, wiped his face, asking, "What’s the matter? Come in and speak."

"Yes, Master!"

With a creak, the door was gently pushed open, and a person cloaked in a black robe slowly walked in from the doorway. Upon seeing Pei Yan, he respectfully knelt before him. Pei Yan had previously subdued and named four attendants, named them respectively as Chimei and Wangliang in the Hell Plane; out of these four, two had perished, leaving only Chimei and another, the second being this person formerly known as Dalles.