NOVEL NEXT Chapter 972: 30% Empathy
The Golden Sparrow swiftly passed through multiple barriers, gently placing Xia Feng in a cold, isolated courtyard atop a cloud boat, settling him in a wheelchair.
The woman holding the umbrella stood on the sparrow's head, bowed her head, and spoke softly: "Little Nan, you should return to the house first. I still need to attend the Twelve Seated Meeting, and I will come to see you tomorrow morning."
As she spoke, she ruffled Xia Feng's hair, and without waiting for him to respond, she controlled the Golden Sparrow to swiftly rise into the sky, transforming into a red dot and disappearing.
"....."
Xia Feng looked somewhat speechlessly at the courtyard. The architecture here was rather quaint, as if transitioning from a technological era back to the medieval period.
He originally intended to act with Ke Yanqing, but unfortunately, the setting that the third young master of the Ke family was frail and in need of rest restricted him, forcing him to stay here for now.
Before long, two flower-adorned maids dressed in traditional green dresses approached quickly, wheeling him into the bedroom.
Xia Feng instructed the maids to leave and to not disturb him without necessity.
After looking around the bedroom, he used the vision of the Bronze Destructive Eye to ensure there were no surveillance methods in place.
With this assurance, he shifted his focus, submerging his mind into the spiritual sea.
Since he couldn't act for the time being, he decided to rest.
Currently, this body required at least 20 hours of sleep a day, which, though a setting given by the Game of Life World, also indeed affected his mental state.
Long periods without sleep led to mental exhaustion, weariness, and overall weakness.
One must admit, Calamity truly was excessively vile; the higher the real-world strength, the greater the restrictions in this world.
He closed his eyes, and after resting for about eight hours, the spiritual particle amount and spiritual power in his body were replenished, and he slowly opened his eyes.
Sunlight penetrated through the paper windows made of wood, casting a mottled light on his chin and face.
Outside, the distant sound of fireworks could be heard, and Xia Feng looked outside through the Eye of Decompilation.
He couldn't understand why, in the midst of a war period, this grand palace city was decorated with lights, as if preparing for a festival.
Shaking his head in confusion, Xia Feng redirected his attention to the spiritual sea.
Within the spiritual sea, opposite the Spiritual Artifact Sea, a scarlet ※-shaped mark floated, with a fleeting light vaguely resembling a long knife's silhouette.
This was where Yue Hongli resided.
[Empathy——30%]
A brief message flashed through Xia Feng's mind.
Yue Hongli and the Hua God originally stemmed from the same source. Now, as two separate entities, they still retained 'bodily empathy' and 'soul empathy.'
'Bodily empathy' meant that the sensory perceptions of both would synchronize upon reaching certain conditions, for example, touch. Whatever Yue Hongli felt through touch, the 'Mother' of the Golden Sparrow Flower would also feel.
As for 'soul empathy,' it was relatively complex, but simply put, it bound their lives together. Apart from the Star Position Devour, if one died, so did the other.
A year and a half ago, when Xia Feng first escaped Area 51, he encountered the Hua God head-on once. At that time, Yue Hongli had already established '100% empathy' with the Hua God. However, it was severed due to the Hua God's swift retreat, reducing empathy back to zero.
Yet, as long as they were within a certain proximity, the 'empathy' progress would rebuild back towards 100%.
Once empathy again reached 100%, they could proceed to the next step——[Contract].
Guihua is the most unique existence among the Star Gods, originating from Dubhe, ascending to the Star God Position, and due to various unforeseen circumstances, obtaining the Evil Divine Position.
The power of Star Evil existed harmoniously in her Divine framework, forming an unprecedented dual-god system of Star and Evil.
But this Evil Divine Position brought Guihua not only significant enhancements in power but also severe limitations.
She needed a master to suppress and wield her.
The first master was Heng Huo.
The second master is Xia Feng.
This restriction was why the Hua God initially could only conspire with the Business Marquis to defeat Heng Huo and Gu Yi.
This was revealed to Xia Feng during the Sumeru Battle by Heng Huo, who also uncovered the truth of Gu Yi's death,which was the plot of Business Marquis and Xia Hounian, coveting the Sumeru Throne and colluding with the Hua God.
However, although Heng Huo perished, the Hua God still hadn't successfully captured Yue Hongli, who fell into the Imaginary River, only to be contracted again by Xia Feng three thousand years later.
Unexpectedly, not only did he inherit the Sumeru Throne from Gu Yi, but also inherited Heng Huo's Disaster Contract.
And with it came the conflicting enemies of the Sumeru Throne and Guihua Disaster Contract.
Contemplating over it, Xia Feng mused, "Little Li, do you think your main personality dared to target you three thousand years ago for Star Position Devour, implying that she might have found a solution to the Disaster Contract?"
As he finished speaking, a scarlet red mark lit up on the back of his hand resting on his knee,
Crimson spiritual light floated into the air, whirling into a graceful figure in a red gown, ethereal like an immortal and enchanting as it hovered mid-air. As the hem of her skirt fluttered, delicate golden patterns crisscrossed along her slender feet, ascending her ankle.
They traced over the contours, meandering up to her exquisite collarbone and petite nose, eventually disappearing into her slightly opened fox-shaped eyes.
With the tip of her toes touching the ground, the spiritual patterns gradually faded away, her fox-shaped eyes lifting slightly open, her rose-red pupils cool, yet her tone earnest: "Master, this is the dominion of your main personality; you should not let me out here."
Xia Feng shook his head: "Relax, the empathy progress hasn't changed, indicating her main body is still out in space fighting the Heavenly Burning Saint Master, not on the Sparrow King Star."
Ever since Xia Feng arrived on the Sparrow King Star, the empathy progress had jumped from 0.01% to 30%, and no matter where he went, it remained relatively unchanged.
Moreover, earlier before entering the Sumeru Battle, Xia Feng had visited the Sparrow King Star once, where the empathy progress was about 50%.
This sheds light on,
The progression of empathy and its proportionate relationship to distance is not linear.
When Yue Hongli and the Hua God are in the same major region, empathy hovers around 30%.
When they are on the same planet, the empathy progress floats around 50%.
Combining this with the first encounter a year and a half ago with the Hua God, despite only lasting a few seconds, Xia Feng noticed that 60% was a critical threshold.
Only when the distance was within a thousand meters would the empathy progress rapidly soar to 60%, and then continue to climb as the distance shortened.
Simply put, as long as it didn't enter within a thousand meters, it was basically safe.
"Little Li, did Heng Huo ever mention to you if the Hua God found a way to deal with the Disaster Contract?" Xia Feng inquired.
Yue Hongli shook her head: "Neither Heng nor I understand why the main personality suddenly dared to perform Star Position Devour on me. Logically speaking, even if Star Position Devour succeeded, it wouldn't solve the Disaster Contract."
"Hmm.... that's strange." Xia Feng rubbed his chin, falling into deep thought,
However, whether or not the Hua God found a solution to the Disaster Contract, one thing could be confirmed.
Before completing Star Position Devour, the Hua God was definitely afraid of the Disaster Contract and impacted by it.
If not, a year and a half ago, when Xia Feng first encountered the Hua God, she wouldn't have fled after Xia Feng used the Disaster Contract on her.