Chapter 473
“Is there going to be a lot of people at the Chip Manor?” Xiar asked.
“No, it requires a reservation to use the place. I can book it exclusively for you, ensuring no one else will come all day,” Lucy replied, shaking her head.
“Sounds good,” Xiar nodded. “Thank you for your help.”
“It’s no trouble at all,” Lucy waved her hand dismissively. “I’m glad to assist... Is there anything else you need help with? Perhaps materials or equipment for your experiment?”
Lucy might have just been being polite, but Xiar actually had a need in that area.
“Fingers,” Xiar said, looking at Lucy. “Do you have any fingers with extraordinary properties?”
“Uh…” Lucy paused for a moment.
You want nothing but fingers?
A vague realization dawned on Lucy that Xiar’s experiment might be more complicated than it seemed.
“Sure,” Lucy nodded, agreeing readily. “But I need to check with the ‘coroner’ in our group to see if we have any in stock... Generally, these materials are sold at a high price to the Natura Medical Group, and we only keep a small portion as inventory.”
Lucy quickly took action, changing into a different outfit and heading to the home of a group coroner to purchase several samples of finger materials preserved in reagent bottles. She then returned home and, along with Xiar, boarded a carriage.
Lucy was the one driving the carriage. By the time they left the city and arrived at the Chip Manor, the sky was already lightening with the first hints of dawn, and it was six in the morning.
Lucy opened the manor’s gate and handed the key to Xiar, saying, “Miss Xiar, feel free to use the facilities inside... Do I need to step away?”
Before leaving Ansu City, Lucy had already informed the butler to reserve the manor, ensuring that no extraordinary beings would come for the next three days. The entire manor was under Lucy’s control.
With her authority, it was easy for her to arrange this.
Step away?
Xiar looked at Lucy, thought for a moment, and replied, “No need... But if you feel uncomfortable at any point, please feel free to excuse yourself.”
Lucy had been quite dedicated during this time, and Xiar didn’t feel the need to hide much regarding the matters of the other realm.
Showing some things appropriately would encourage Lucy to assist her even more diligently.
With Lucy’s consent, they descended into the manor’s underground—an expansive experimental area, with walls seemingly reinforced with spiritual materials, their surfaces smooth as glass.
They were far enough from the city that Xiar felt no reservations.
After taking out a finger, she used a small knife to cut her own index finger, initiating a spiritual summoning in the underground testing ground.
Blood oozed from the wound on Xiar’s finger, forming a small, intricate blood array in mid-air, enveloping the finger material within it—this blood array was something Xiar was very familiar with; the right array and materials could perfectly point to Xiao Zuo.
Lucy and Tara watched intently, Lucy’s heart filled with uncertainty, while Tara felt a surge of excitement.
As Xiar recited the incantation, a blood-red vortex twisted above the blood array and the finger. After a wave of chilling, terrifying energy, a white shadow emerged from within.
Lucy suppressed the urge to gasp, watching as a monstrous hand, nearly the size of a human head and adorned with numerous fingers, settled on Xiar’s shoulder.
Xiar seemed quite familiar with the creature, gently stroking the back of its hand.
At that moment, Xiar looked at Xiao Zuo on her shoulder, feeling a bit troubled.
How... should I communicate with it?
It could understand some of her simple commands, but how could she convey concepts like “uniqueness” and “strong sound feedback” to Xiao Zuo?
And how could she make it remember what to do next and assist her?
The difficulty was akin to teaching a monkey advanced calculus.
One step at a time, one bite at a time; this was also a good opportunity for Xiar to learn more about the characteristics of beings from the other realm.
Each sacrifice had brought more changes to Xiao Zuo; now, it had nearly twenty fingers, resembling a slightly bizarre face-hugging creature from a distance.
Perhaps each sacrifice had allowed Xiao Zuo to evolve a bit more.
Soon, a flash of inspiration struck Xiar.
[Omniscient]... could allow something that symbolizes me to directly connect with me, and my voice could be transmitted to the other side.
So... could she let Xiao Zuo hold such a thing in the other realm to contact her, thus achieving remote control?
To have a being from the other realm “pray” to her in reality...
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PS:
I admit I haven’t been writing enough lately, and I’m sorry.
The feeling of a disrupted routine is quite uncomfortable, but I’m slowly getting used to it. I’ll try to add more tomorrow.
Good night!
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Chapter 250: Piecing Together the Fated Death (6232 words)
Xiar borrowed a pendant of the Faceless Goddess from Tara.
This pendant had been kept close by Tara for her nightly prayers. When Xiar took it, she noticed the silver surface was remarkably smooth, even coated with a layer of patina.
It seemed to be an old item, having been held by Tara countless times.
Although the Chip Manor was well-stocked with various materials, it lacked religious instruments or ornaments like this one, so Tara had to part with her “family heirloom.”
However, Tara didn’t seem to mind at all; in fact, she felt honored that Xiar would touch and use her prayer item.
After borrowing Tara’s ritual carving knife, Xiar began to carve the symbol she had previously experimented with in simulations onto the Faceless Goddess statue.
This was Xiar’s first attempt to carve this symbol in reality.
When she presented the carved statue to Xiao Zuo, who was standing on the table, it curiously lifted two fingers to grasp the statue.
“Pray to me while facing it,” Xiar instructed, trying to communicate with Xiao Zuo.
Xiao Zuo merely shook the pendant in its hand, seemingly confused, not understanding what Xiar was trying to convey.
It didn’t seem to grasp the meaning of the word “prayer.”
Compared to Xiao Zuo, Adele’s emotional intelligence was unparalleled in the other realm.
After pondering for a moment, Xiar took the pendant back and waved to Tara.
At times like this, a demonstration was necessary.
“Lady Xiar,” Tara approached Xiar, bowing her head. “How may I assist you?”
“Hold this and pray to me,” Xiar placed the pendant in Tara’s hands and said, “It doesn’t matter what name or prayer you use, just think of me in your heart.”
Tara paused for a moment, then took the warm pendant.
Isn’t this simple? I think of the Mother Goddess every moment.
Tara held the pendant with both hands, pressing it against her chest, bowing her head as she began to pray.
As usual, Tara prayed, feeling the faint, chaotic whispers in her mind, hoping to hear some divine revelation from them.
This time, as she meditated on the symbol on the goddess statue, the image in her mind precisely located Xiar at that moment.
Just when Tara thought this prayer would end like countless others, a voice echoed in her mind.
“Tara...”
“Can you hear me?”
“Hey...”
Tara suddenly opened her eyes, looking at Xiar in front of her.
“Can you hear me?” Xiar asked, noticing Tara’s apparent response.
“I can... I can hear you...” Tara replied, her voice trembling, and she sniffed, her eyes glistening.
This was the first time she had formally felt the call of the Mother Goddess... just like the previous calls from the divine servant, Tara’s heart was overwhelmed with emotion and excitement.
“Can you directly say a simple prayer?” Xiar pointed toward Xiao Zuo and said, “Just consider it a demonstration for it.”
Xiao Zuo looked at Xiar pointing at it, and it raised its hand, touching Xiar’s index finger.
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