webnovelfull Chapter 425: Awakening of Consciousness
Chapter 425: Awakening of Consciousness
Loren stood alone in the middle of the street, watching Little John bounce away, a faint smile tugging at his lips.
What a talented little one......
Raven: "......"
The slums really shouldn’t exist!!!
After seeing Little John off, Loren continued down the street.
He hadn’t returned for months and noticed the whole atmosphere of the street had improved noticeably.
Not only the air, but many of the shops lining the street had closed down.
Those shops engaged in illegal trade collapsing one after another meant public order on this planet was gradually improving.
With the spirit stone deposits being reopened, many who had been forced into illegal businesses now had the chance to choose a new life.
Compared to constantly walking a dangerous path, some people chose a more stable existence.After all, the salaries the Energy Department offered had always been generous.
That pay was enough for many to live the life they wanted.
For most people, unless driven to desperation, who would willingly lick the blade all the time?
......
In the relatively cool atmosphere, Loren walked to the front of his agency, which sat at the center of the street.
The two-story building stood out like a crane among chickens on this block.
A somewhat shabby signboard lay fallen beside the agency’s main door, covered in dust.
Loren raised his hand and pushed open the agency’s door.
Dust from the push swirled out into the air.
Everything inside was arranged exactly as it had been when Loren left.
Furniture and the piled firearms were coated in a thick layer of dust, as if no one had disturbed the place since he departed.
Loren knew this was only a façade, only an appearance.
No surprise, the agency had long ago been turned inside out by people from the Energy Department and the Security Bureau.
He didn’t believe that after what he had done, those two powerful departments would remain indifferent.
Loren believed every piece of furniture had been carefully examined by Security Bureau agents, their traces wiped away, then everything restored to how it looked before.
It was precisely because Loren had become increasingly dangerous that this agency could retain some semblance of its original state.
People from the Gray Zone dared not enter; and when Energy Department and Security Bureau personnel came in, they would erase their traces out of caution!
Standing at the doorway, looking at the “familiar” layout inside, Loren let out a highly sarcastic smile.
"After your covert inspection, you didn’t even bother to help clean?"
"Gentlemen of the Security Bureau, your professional standards need improvement......"
After he spoke, Loren snapped his fingers crisply.
The next moment,
the raven on his shoulder vanished without a trace.
Behind Loren, the familiar broad black wings appeared again.
Standing in the doorway, he began to beat the wings on his back!
"Whoosh!"
A gale swept in!
A sudden gust in the agency’s ground-floor lobby sent the thick dust piled in the room swirling!
The wind howled, carrying the dust toward the only window in the room!
The closed window was blown open by the gust.
Then a wind, full of yellow dust, burst out through the window!
The room was instantly clean.
Not a speck of dust remained.
Loren, having cleaned the room while standing in the doorway, nodded with clear satisfaction.
At this moment, aside from some lighter firearms on the floor being nudged slightly out of place, the room’s large furnishings had not shifted an inch.
His strong spiritual power allowed Loren to precisely control his force.
Even the gale raised by the wings behind him was handled with the same precision......
Loren snapped his fingers again, and the raven returned to his right shoulder.
"Raven, I heard the Mages have a 'dust-cleaning spell.' I think it’s something you should learn," Loren suggested as he walked toward his desk.
"......Idiot master, I added that to my to-do list before you even said it."
Loren slumped into his black leather chair behind the desk in an extremely comfortable posture, imitating Retab Collin’s lazy pose.
He let out a somewhat languid sound:
"Is that so? Wisdom truly is a useful ability."
The raven jumped from Loren’s shoulder onto the desk. After shaking its feathers, it cocked its head and looked at Loren sprawled lazily in the chair, asking:
"......Master, have you decided which system we’ll train alongside our Legendary path?"
At this, Loren yawned, then straightened his expression!
He sat up, patted his face.
No more! I can’t be so slovenly!!
I almost picked up that money-loving slug’s bad habits......
After banishing his laziness, he turned to the raven and discussed business:
"What recommendations does Mr. Slab have?"
The raven on the desk was about to answer.
A somewhat simple, cute voice sounded right beside them.
"Honored Mr. Loren, and dignified Mr. Raven."
"I have carefully selected suitable inheritances for you both. Would you like to enter the Illusion Space to browse?"
When the voice finished, Loren and the raven glanced at each other.
Then the raven spoke with exaggerated grievance:
"That Slab fellow learned a telepathy spell that uses spiritual media!"
"In other words, even when you’re out in the world, it can talk to you at any time through this psychic telepathy spell."
Upon hearing the raven’s explanation, Loren’s expression grew oddly twitchy.
Hmm......this stone slab, is it serious?
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Federal Calendar 7709, January 2, late at night.
Using the raven’s invocation of his sixth ability, Loren’s soul once again descended into his mysterious Illusion Space.
Loren stood calmly at the crossroads in the field, studying the rather archaic earthen-yellow stone slab before him, with the old signpost where the raven usually perched beside it.
At this moment, the simple earthen-yellow slab displayed a large orc laughing emoji, missing a tooth, looking very honest and adorable.
Loren’s eyes twitched inexplicably.
One fifth of the Authority of Omniscience, and you do this?!
Show some seriousness! Okay?!
Is there not a single serious presence around me?!
"Regrettably, honored Mr. Loren, as you can see."
"As a slab that has been lonely for a long time, after gaining new consciousness, it’s clear I need to find some fun to maintain my humanity."
"That’s important."