Chapter 321: Scattered: Part 1
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Back in the mansion, Melissa was still looking at her mobile phone on the first floor. Only three team members were there as the rest of them had gone out.
“Two groups of Darksiders were fighting outside. The teaching a.s.sistants are trying to mediate, and the other teammates are there too.” Melissa stood up and explained when Lin Sheng returned.
“It doesn’t matter. From now on, the team is disbanded. Everyone can return to the university to receive credits for completing the mission.” Lin Sheng nodded.
“This quick?” Melissa wondered.
“We are supposed to hand over long ago. Just because the teaching a.s.sistant team was late; otherwise, we would have already arrived back at the university,” said Lin Sheng casually and went up the stairs.
“See you later.” Melissa nodded. Since few means of transport were available in the town anyway, probably they would be on the same bus, she figured. Without saying another word, Melissa used her mobile phone and sent a message to the group. Shen then went to pack up. The other team members looked at each other and returned to their rooms.
Back in his room, Lin Sheng stuffed everything he needed into a suitcase, and then took off his clothes and took a hot shower. As soon as he finished and put on a new set of clothes, someone knocked on the door.
“Please come in,” Lin Sheng answered. He had keen five senses and knew who was outside the door before the person came knocking on the door.
The door slowly opened as Melissa came in, biting her lip, her eyes filled with hesitation.
“Captain…”
“Anything? Have you packed up?” asked Lin Sheng with a smile.
“I’m done. Not much luggage to take.” Melissa nodded.
“Did you buy any souvenirs for your family?” Lin Sheng asked casually.
Melissa shook her head. “They need nothing. But I’ve bought some.”
“Then let’s go. The bus is waiting. If we leave now, we can still catch dinner. I can’t wait to eat the chicken mushroom stew in the university’s cafeteria.”
“You have a really simple wish.” Melissa could not help but smile. “With your position, status, and income as a captain, you still like to eat in the school cafeteria?”
“What position and status? Those are meaningless. To live is to be happy. Whether or not it is a cafeteria food, as long as you like it, you don’t have to care about others,” said Lin Sheng.
Melissa smiled and hesitated. Before she could say anything, Lin Sheng carried his suitcase and interrupted.
“Let’s go.”
She carried her luggage and followed Lin Sheng downstairs. There, several team members had already finished packing up.
Together with the other teammates, Lin Sheng went out of the door. He had contacted the driver beforehand. The bus had pulled up at the entrance. Everyone went on board and tossed the luggage on the luggage rack.
Lin Sheng found a rearmost seat and sat down, exhaling softly as he rested on the back of the seat. Melissa was sitting on the left, on the other side of the aisle.
Melissa’s strange expression did not bother Lin Sheng at all. He was quietly trying to a.s.similate his holy power with the Rock Dragon blood in his body. The theory of energy convergence point is a singular argument held by the overthrown research inst.i.tute.
This theory did not mention that all energies could find the a.s.similation point. Indeed, all energies had the potential to a.s.similate the other energies. But the question was in what conditions, which was still unknown. Most energies required extremely harsh a.s.similation conditions.
The cool thing about this research inst.i.tute was that they had developed an Energy a.s.similation Point that worked. That was the shadow energy.
The person in charge of the lab had presided over an experiment. He a.s.similated the shadow energy with dark energy and successfully created the shades, monsters that most Darksiders could not detect. This had violated the taboos of the major cults, so destruction fell upon the lab.
Yet, Lin Sheng did not follow the a.s.similation method of the shades. Instead, he took a different path, trying to a.s.similate the holy power and the Rock Dragon blood. The possibility of it working was high, and he just needed some advanced equipment.
The bus rocked away on some steep and winding mountain roads. Less than ten people were on board.
Melissa sat on the opposite side of Lin Sheng, raising her head and then lowering it again. She had been hesitant for a long time. Due to her personality, she just could not say whatever was in her mind. The words got stuck in her mouth.
A sudden violent jolt threw almost everyone off their seats as the bus had run over a large pothole.
“Ouch!” a student sitting nearby cried, covering his head in pain. The sudden rough movement caused the back of his head to bang on something. This was the consequence of not turning dark energy into one’s instinct. In the event of a surprise attack, these novices were no better than any ordinary people.
The driver could not care less about what happened to the poor pa.s.sengers behind him. He just drove ahead as usual.
Melissa checked the time. They were about to arrive in the city. If she did not decide right now, the chances of being so close to Lin Sheng would slip away and she might not have another chance. After all, no matter what, Lin Sheng was the most powerful genius in the workshop. She was not sure about Lin Sheng’s words, what the feeling of giving her a whole new direction meant. But since he was a genius disciple at the Soul Fortress Workshop and the mission team leader, what Lin Sheng said definitely carried more weight and credibility than the ordinary students.
Lin Sheng was having some shuteye while Melissa looked at him. She finally plucked up her courage. Instead of twiddling her life away, it was better to put her life on the line and see what better choice Captain Lin Sheng could give her.
Choices always came in twos. If she did not like the direction Captain Lin Sheng gave, she could just ignore it and continue on the same path as before. Melissa thought so.
The bus ran into a pothole again, jolting things down on the floor. Melissa took the opportunity to come near to Lin Sheng. Just as she was about to wake him up, Lin Sheng suddenly opened his eyes. In those pale golden eyes was a calm, unsurprisingly gentle color.
“You’ve decided?” Lin Sheng looked at Melissa. “Once it starts, there is no turning back.”
Melissa took a deep breath and nodded.
“I’ve decided!” she said in a whisper, and Lin Sheng smiled.
What he left for Melissa was not as simple as a test of the human heart. Melissa possessed the potential of a rare evil soul. Her power did not lie in dark-energy cultivation or physical training.
Instead, she was in a state of tension, danger, excitement, and a strong sense of guilt. The more guilty she felt, the more powerful potential she could have. This was the evil soul, the real reason Melissa was so perverted. Theoretically, the stronger her guilt was, the greater her potential.
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However, Lin Sheng had never met such a case. This modern concept of the “sense of guilt” was known as penance during ancient times. Repentance would lead to enlightenment. Perhaps this referred to a potential person like Melissa.