Chapter 270 (2/2)

”Girl...Beatrice was it, I will form a contract with you.”

The girl looked up, her blue eyes went wide with surprise. He wasn't sure what she was thinking but she looked equally confused and ecstatic. Zhang Dong had gotten the instructions on how to perform this 'contract' through this strange ball of light AI. He still wasn't sure if he could trust that thing and how it even came out.

He had a suspicion that it had something to do with that other cube, he had absorbed it and might have unlocked some new functions. The contract was similar to binding two souls together. They would be connected by a sort of chain and both of them could gain benefits.

The summoned creature would be given energy from the Summoner and fed off of them. The one using the spirit would gain its aid in return, it was mostly a symbiotic relationship. Both of the parties were getting something for it.

After the contract was broken the spirit would return to the so-called spirit realm. It would get to keep any strength that it was given and with time could even evolve into a being of higher power.

Zhang Dong moved his finger out towards Beatrice. It was as large as her whole head but he needed physical contact with his summoner to perform the soul binding procedure.

”Accept it”

The girl shivered slightly while closing her eyes. He gently bumped his finger against her forehead to begin the procedure. A small fraction of his soul transformed into a golden shackle, it flew out towards the girl's own soul and the two were connected with each other. This process was only possible if both of the parties were willing, if not the weaker one would be quite dead.

He could feel the young girl's soul getting connected with his own. His soul arts were still lacking but with the system's help, he was able to perform this strange ritual. The magic this world used was similar to the one of his world but the 'wavelength' of mana was slightly different than of Qi that he was used to.

'That should do it…'

World synchronization rate 43%.... 44%...47%...

The synchronization rate started going up the moment the connection was finalized. Before he could ask the girl more questions he saw her vanish. She just popped like a soap bubble and only faint energy particles remained.

'Damn, what now… and how should I call you?'

Zhang Dong frowned while looking at the small glowing blue light that was hovering over his shoulder. This thing reminded him of an annoying game element from one of the old games that he played. It was as noisy though and only spoke up when asked a question by him directly.

”This unit's designation number is 000451200-B08…”

”... B08?... Okay, I'll just call you Bob. So tell me, Bob, where am I and how do I get out of here?”

He took a seat on the platform the girl appeared on. It was the only thing besides the sea of stars above. While looking around he spread his senses far and wide again, this place was kind of weird. With a bit of prodding he figured something out, this place wasn't as big as it seemed. The sky above was only an illusion, the wide dark space spread a few kilometers in each direction.

”So Bob, can you explain where I am and how do I get home? Also, what are you and this system…”

The glowing light moved towards him while changing colors. It looked like it was thinking, after a few moments its robotic voice sounded out.

”Insufficient data… must gather more nuclei”

”Nuclei?”

”A nucleus is a concentrated hub of information about a given sector….”

The machine started a long-winded explanation that pointed him back to the cubes as always.

”Wait… if I get more of those cubes, could I get back to my old world? I mean, to my previous sector?”

”Calculating…”

”With an additional nucleus, the probability of establishing a tether to users' original sector is 37%...”

”Oh? How probable is it without one?”

”0,00145%”

”Great…”

Zhang Dong looked around this closed space and was already feeling homesick. The only thing on his mind were his wife and kids. There was the problem with the crazy sect of swordmasters still to be resolved. He was worried that with him not there a war between sects could happen.

”How do I even find one of those cubes if I'm trapped in here?... huh?”

He felt something tugging at him from the inside. He focused on this strange feeling and in a moment could see something strange. He could see a strange ritual chamber through the eyes of someone else. This was clearly the girl that he made the contract with, he was now connected with her. It was a strange sensation of being in two places at once.

”I guess I will have to use this child to help me out… I need to gather more information about this world.”

He rubbed his chin while looking at the girl through her eyes. The blond was looking at a glowing mark on her right hand. He could feel his own energy signature coming off it and it was the sign of a successful summoner contract. He could feel the girl's joy when she looked at this strange runic symbol.

'I did it grandfather, I'm a summoner maybe with this…'

He jerked a bit after hearing the girl's voice in his head. Somehow he was able to hear her thoughts but it didn't seem like she could hear his.

”This will take some time to get used to… think I'll just observe her for now…”

”Bob can you tell me more about this world…”

He sat down cross-legged in this empty space, he wasn't sure how long he would be stuck here but he would do anything in his power to return to his family and friends.