Chapter 46: Honor Points (Part 2/2) (1/2)

Chapter 46: Honor Points (Part 2/2)

He Yueyin’s reply was packed to the brim with her blunt and practical mannerisms. She absolutely wouldn’t be receiving the fondness of too many people, but Luo Nan was able to accept her words.

To realize equilibrium between his corporeal body and mental mind…… It was a simple and practical goal. One that was easy to focus his attention on.

But then He Yueyin immediately sent him a message; it was a form with the title “HexaEar Emergency Functional Training Program”.

HexaEar?

Luo Nan was stupefied until he recalled that He Yueyin had mentioned such a thing last night1. Did she finish arranging the program already?

“This…… You didn’t have to.”

It wasn’t only that he didn’t want to inconvenience her. He had adapted to his new abilities after 30 hours of sleep. This gave Luo Nan quite a high level of confidence. He felt that right now he could maintain 24 hours of continuous connection without any problems even without using the heavily chained crow.

He Yueyin didn’t let him off that easily: “Mr. Luo. Using the HexaEar isn’t just general knowledge, it’s also a skill. Even those who reached the level of Awakened still need to practice it often, especially now since the threat of the Human-Faced Arachnid is still far from being removed. We need to maintain even tighter communications to prevent the Arachnid from getting chances to take advantage of us.”

Luo Nan went, “uh,” but eventually he recalled the Human-Faced Arachnid and seized the chance to change the topic: “Oh right. What’s the latest news on the Human-Faced Arachnid? How’s the surround and destroy situation?”

“Not too good.”

Some of He Yueyin’s attention really did divert to this topic, but Luo Nan could hear the heavy implications from the tone of her voice: ”The Society, the Military, and Quantum Corporation have handled eleven cases up to now. Four cases were settled. Seven cases ended in defeat. There are three other cases which have yet to be confirmed to be the doings of the Human-Faced Arachnid. Of these fourteen cases, five people died, one person heavily injured, and sixty-seven people received critical mental trauma.”

This was simply an utter defeat!

Luo Nan was practically facepalming hearing this. Before entering the Society, he had some reverence towards this secret organization that was hidden in human civilization. But right now it seemed that they were somehow in dire straits?

How could a youth who harbored the dream of entering the Society endure this sort of thing?

He Yueyin seemed to feel Luo Nan’s mood. She spoke lightly: “The Government and the ability users of the Society were in a much more pathetic situation when the Darksider life forms first appeared long ago. Then through paying heavy prices and launching a series of battle tactics, the situation was barely able to be controlled.”

“There are differences with the current situation. We have been constantly striving to prevent the Darksider lifeforms from converging into one being. But we lost control this time; our two years of effort2 was ruined in a day. We will need certainly need time to achieve control of the situation with Darksiders once again.”

Luo Nan blurted: “How is Quantum Corporation handling things?”

“Nan Nan, are you talking to yourself or something?”

Aunty’s voice suddenly rang out and the lights of the living room turned on to illuminate Luo Nan’s figure on the sofa. Mrs. Luo Shuqing was at the base of the stairs wearing pajamas. She stared fixed at him with furrowed brows.

….. Mistake made!

Indeed, Luo Nan was still lacking discipline when using the HexaEar. The usage was clearly on the mental plane, but he had neglected that for a time and spoke out directly! He also didn’t know if he had made similar mistakes in the past.

He Yueyin also discovered Luo Nan’s mishap and took the initiative to terminate the call: “Confirm the training program later. Just sending it back is fine.”

This time Luo Nan was too embarrassed to refuse. He could only agree silently. Of course, the most important thing right now was to deal with his Aunt's questions.

He stood up, but he had forgotten the issues with his body and nearly sprained his back. He took in a deep breath in secret and scrambled his mind to think of an excuse: “I woke up and a schoolmate just so happened to call me. We were chatting. Yep. I sure did sleep for a long time……”

Mrs. Luo Shuqing3 walked over, her furrowed brows had yet to loosen: “Did you properly rest back over there in Blue Bay?”

“Yep. Quite well.” Luo Nan’s eyes didn’t even blink once when he spoke this lie. His inarticulate nature was also a good guise.

But Mrs. Luo Shuqing knew him far too well: “When you lived here, you would always stay up past midnight. How would you able to discipline yourself to sleep earlier if you’re on your own?”

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