Chapter 1143: [(848)] Flame, let’s embezzle the funds and run away (second update, asking for monthly pass)

The bright lights flickered.

The tall woman in a black dress, after saying those words, set her gaze upon Pei Jinye, a nameless apprehension arose within her.

Pei Jinye himself was quite sentimental.

His luck was truly invincible.

On the tenth day of starting, he encountered a renowned VIP.

“Do you need me to break the array? Why not show it to me first so I can assess it.”

The woman in black merely looked at him: “You are already within the array, haven’t you noticed?”

Pei Jinye, unflustered, said: “Are you testing my ability, Senior? Truth be told, if it’s an array of this level…then it’s too difficult; I cannot break it.”

He shook his head in refusal.

He didn’t want to wade into murky waters.

But unfortunately–

The woman in black spoke softly: “Break it, and I will reward you handsomely, fail to do so, and you might as well die.”

A murderous intent surfaced.

Pei Jinye instantly sensed that one of the Thousand-Thread Lines had snapped and, realizing the crisis, hastily said, “What’s the point, Senior? You have secrets I don’t wish to pry into. Some money can’t be spent unless one is alive, right?”

The woman in black glanced over, surprised: “You are a smart man, and a smart man should understand… helping me means you won’t die.”

Pei Jinye shrugged, as if resigning himself to his fate: “Okay, okay, okay, am I not conceding? The array you’ve set up, I feel, is aimed at isolation and sealing. Breaking it is not difficult; you just need to take a step back, Senior.”

The woman in black was silent.

Then she looked deeply into Pei Jinye’s eyes: “You’ve seen through it?”

Pei Jinye showed no hint of smugness: “I implore you not to destroy my life-saving array any further, Senior. As an obscure Matrix Controller, if this array is utterly ruined, I would have no choice but to keep running when my enemies come knocking.”

It seemed she was satisfied with his sincere attitude.

Only three strands of the Thousand-Thread Line were destroyed, and the woman in black stopped making things difficult for him.

She placed a dark box in front of him.

“Begin.”

Pei Jinye knew that the main event was upon him.

It had finally arrived.

He professionally slipped on white gloves and carefully touched it… “Zzzt.”

A flash of lightning.

Pei Jinye withdrew his hand, staring in astonishment.

But the woman in black was even more surprised: “You’re unharmed?”

“…” Pei Jinye, with a grim face, said: “Do you really want to open it or not, Senior? If so, please tell me everything you know. The more I understand it, the quicker it can be opened.”

“It can electrocute,” the woman in black slowly said, facing Pei Jinye’s astonished gaze and emphasizing again, “That’s all I know.”

Pei Jinye paid her no further mind.

He knew that even if she had the intention to kill, she wouldn’t act at this moment.

But what exactly is this thing?

Pei Jinye changed to another pair of gloves.

It wasn’t because he was afraid of the electricity.

Rather, he was just putting on an act; in reality, he could covertly absorb this lightning energy.

The moment he touched it earlier, he detected that this burst of lightning seemed somewhat unusual.

He covertly glanced at his attribute panel.

That single jolt of electricity had increased his spiritual power by thirty points.

This increment was not insignificant!

He touched it again.

Electric arcs enveloped his entire hand.

On the attribute panel, his Psychic Power Attribute began to skyrocket…[+30+40+35+43…]

Before long.

His Vitality and Physical Strength also began to increase progressively.

“Can you unlock it?”

“Don’t make noise.”

“…”

The woman in black, reprimanded, then silently watched Pei Jinye.

At a certain moment, her murderous intent seemed to pulse just like a heartbeat.

Pei Jinye’s face was solemn as he stared at the box.

No code, not a single crack… as if it were a black object enlarged several times over in its natural state.

It must be said, the hardness of this thing reminded him of the Lotus Mirror.

Could it be made of the same material?

Even more surprising to him was that, although the black box looked simple and unadorned, when he peeled away the first layer of the formation–the Lightning Formation–he found that beneath the surface, there was a continuously changing formation.

It was similar to an encrypted psychic network.

“This idea is quite ingenious…”

Very well, copied!

The lightning’s glow weakened… because Pei Jinye had begun dissecting the second layer of formation.

The woman in the black dress briefly lit up with intrigue, “You actually have a way.”

But as soon as she spoke,

The glow of the lightning reemerged.

“Don’t rush, take it slowly,” the woman in the black dress even began to comfort in a soothing tone.

Pei Jinye ignored her.

The analysis of the second layer of formation did not give him any additional benefits, so he withdrew a step and continued to enjoy the attribute boosts from the lightning.

“What’s the matter?”

“Shh.”

“…”

The woman in the black dress silently retracted her gaze and turned to look behind: “Got quite a sensitive nose, found this place so quickly.”

She said to Pei Jinye, “Stay here honestly and break the formation, I will be back soon. If you dare to run, I will kill you, please remember this… we are not enemies.”

Pei Jinye heard this and lifted his head, giving her a firm nod, “Leave it to me.”

It was actually the woman in the black dress who was somewhat baffled.

Perhaps…

This was the thrill of the hunt.

While she was guessing, people had already started invading from outside, the woman in the black dress went to the door, unsure, and then turned back to look at Pei Jinye again.

Seeing his eyes filled with insatiable desire, she felt both bemused and reassured.

Then she stepped out of the formation.

Space rippled like waves.

…

[Psychic Power +40+35+46+…]

With the continuous increase of the attribute points, Pei Jinye felt the joy of drinking from the mythical elixir of the gods.

Yet, he was also curious about the formation engraved on the black box.

Unexpectedly,

He found that his Extraordinary Ability in the Spirit Array Dao was also beginning to undergo new changes.

[Array Dao Spirit Seed conversion in progress…]

Pei Jinye’s eyes gleamed faintly.

“Starting the evolution from Extraordinary Abilities to a higher level… Spirit Seed?”

“That is to say, after breaking through the Ninth Rank, Extraordinary Genes will evolve into Spirit Seeds one after another…”

He looked forward to what kind of tangible abilities the Spirit Seeds would have.

But what was even more astonishing was–

All this was due to the black box before him.

“Is there really only one black box in this world?”

“If there are many…”

During his contemplation,

The second layer of the formation was broken.

Gang Wind emerged.

Everything in the room was lifted.

Even Pei Jinye himself was sent flying.

However, under the control of the Wind Element, everything being sent flying was maintained in the air, carefully protected by him… he did not want to spend money to repurchase them later.

“The third layer of the formation is the Gang Wind Array? Interesting, each formation has its unique elemental Array’s Eye, how many formations can this one box materialize, and what exactly is its Array’s Eye?”

Pei Jinye seemed to hear some noise and looked up.

The battle outside the door was enveloped by the woman’s formation in the black dress.

He really wanted to run, the formation couldn’t stop him.

But the instant he broke through the formation, he would be discovered by the woman in the black dress, which was not a rational choice.

In his heart, he silently said, “Flame, is it still possible to go back now?”

The Flame God’s Coffin trembled.

…

“Well then, since that’s the case, we…”