Chapter 292 - 282: A Method to Detect Space Coordinates

Chapter 292: Chapter 282: A Method to Detect Space Coordinates

Besides these major changes, there were a few other minor differences in Lloyd’s Thought Realm.

The most conspicuous was the giant flower bud. Its tip had unfurled a bit more, bringing it a little closer to fully opening.

On the grass below it, more white coral and small blue flowers had sprouted, adding to the giant flower bud’s sense of mystery and dreaminess.

’I wonder how beautiful it will be when it finally blooms...’

Lloyd’s heart was filled with anticipation.

He was practically bursting with impatience. He drew close to the bud, reached out to touch it gently, and whispered:

"Thank you for your help earlier."

A gentle power emanated from the bud, forming an unseen, delicate hand that gently tugged on Lloyd’s, drawing him closer.

Lloyd paused for a moment, then simply opened his arms and embraced the bud.

The power within first hesitated slightly, then stirred to life and embraced him in return.

Though he couldn’t see it, Lloyd felt as if he were holding a soft, fragrant, delicate body. It had the tenderness and consideration of a girl next door, and its scent and warmth seemed to possess the miraculous ability to soothe all shadows and wounds.

’Lloyd wished he could just hold her quietly like this, forever...’

But the panel notifications buzzing in his ear kept ruining the mood:

[DING! Madness Value +1000]

[DING! Madness Value +1000]

’This must be the Spiritual Contamination she helped shoulder for me before, which I’m now absorbing back...’

Only after Lloyd had leveled up three more times did the power inside the bud gradually quiet down, as if it had drifted off to sleep.

So, Lloyd wasted no time and used [Infiltration] to go to Elolo’s side.

Elolo was already asleep, wrapped up in her blanket like a little silkworm. She had not only covered her slender, jade-like feet but had also put on a pointy nightcap with a fluffy ball on top, hiding that curved, perky Dazed Hair of hers.

’It was as if she was determined not to let Lloyd play with it...’

There was nothing Lloyd could do. He had to first release his inspiration to help her shoulder the Spiritual Contamination.

[DING! Madness Value +1000]

[DING! Madness Value +1000]

Listening to the notifications in his ear, Lloyd thought, ’Thank you for your help earlier, too...’

Back when he had confronted the hexahedron, he had been aided by two powers—one lifting his hand, the other holding his waist—which allowed him to regain his senses and launch a counterattack at the critical moment.

Even thinking back on it now, it was an exceptionally dangerous situation.

Lloyd shook his head to himself and looked over at Elolo’s bedside.

On her nightstand sat a small piece of cake and a letter, in which she had recorded her day’s events like a diary entry—

During the day, she’d been pushed by a group of people into attending a public fundraiser for some charitable foundation. Using her sweet and cute appearance, she secured several large donations, which were supposedly going to be used to improve public education.

In the afternoon, she went to a university for a forum on the future development plan for the City of Joy. Everyone there besides her was an old man or a middle-aged uncle, making her feel completely out of place. She couldn’t understand anything and couldn’t fit in. She almost fell asleep several times but didn’t dare to, which was torture.

So when she got back at night, she wasn’t in the mood to study. She spent the whole evening reading fashion magazines and promised that she would definitely study hard tomorrow!

At the end of the letter, as always, she expressed how much she missed Lloyd and asked if he had time to come see her.

Finally, she added a pitiful-sounding sentence:

"If I don’t see you again soon, I’m going to forget what your lips taste like..."

Er...

Her words made Lloyd’s heart ache for her, yet also itch with desire.

’Am I really turning into a scumbag?’

’No, no, I can’t be a scumbag. I have to stick to my principles!’

’Whoever is by my side is the one I like...’

’But Elolo isn’t by my side. In fact, she’s the farthest away...’

’Huh? Wait, maybe she’s not so far away now?’

Lloyd suddenly remembered his brooch.

’Maybe I can use it to find a spatial coordinate that leads to Elolo’s side, just like the one that leads to my sister?’

’With the help of my [Spatial Domination] skill, it shouldn’t be too hard, right?’

Thinking of this, Lloyd decided to act before he fell asleep. He controlled his physical body to grope for the brooch on his nightstand, then tried tapping it with his Spiritual Power.

He tapped it once, injecting a bit more Spiritual Power than usual, and then controlled that power to spread outwards as far as possible.

Then, he controlled his inspiration, letting it spread out to carefully inspect any feedback coming from the Spiritual Power.

This was the process he had mastered through his [Spatial Domination] skill—a method for Spatial Positioning.

The principle was a bit like radar: send out his Spiritual Power like radar waves, use his inspiration to receive the feedback, analyze it, and then, through calculation, pinpoint the exact location of a specific space.

He planned to use this same method to find the location of Mizkakotok University later on.

However, the first attempt was somewhat disappointing...

The Spiritual Power he had sent out didn’t touch anything at all.

It felt like tossing a stone into the ocean; there wasn’t the slightest ripple.

The brooch was linked to that dark, deep domain, which the Attendants in the ’Dream Theater’ called ’the spatial rift outside the present world’.