Sacred Souls: Genesis
Chapter 589 - 568: Dinner at the Jiang Qiao’s Family

Chapter 589: Chapter 568: Dinner at the Jiang Qiao’s Family

Wan Xiang had dinner at Jiang Qiao’s place today again, ever since Jiang Qiao had agreed that she could visit his home during lunch and dinner.

Since then, Wan Xiang rarely went to the university cafeteria or ordered takeout.

In the beginning, during the first few days, Wan Xiang felt somewhat guilty about eating for free and thought about buying some groceries from the market to help out.

Unfortunately, this girl spent all her time studying in reality, and of course, knew nothing about cooking. Jiang Qiao had persuaded her by calling this a privilege from the Nameless Guild.

Only then did she honestly accept the free meals at Jiang Qiao’s place.

However, Jiang Qiao was truly skilled at cooking. His cooking was so good that even Hai Lan, who was the Devouring God, would ask Jiang Qiao to go out and buy groceries to cook when she got tired of takeout.

The dinner today was as sumptuous as always.

"The forum is all discussing you, the one who could rank in the top hundred of Sharpshooters."

Jiang Qiao scrolled through the messages on his phone. Wan Xiang’s recent life in the realm of the spirits was a routine of three fixed points: she would hitch a ride on Void Lockdown vehicles to boost her level if there were Void Lockdown instances available, and she would fight in the arena otherwise.

Apart from that, every night before sleep, she would spend two hours in a strength trial, then sleep for six hours before attending morning self-study, never leaving any fatigue for the next day. Even the counselors and professors at Wu University thought Wan Xiang was a good student.

But perhaps only Jiang Qiao knew the hardships behind it.

"Hmm..."

Wan Xiang might have been a bit shy. She just hummed softly and continued to eat her rice in small bites while holding her bowl.

"In any case, don’t stress yourself out too much. The spirit realm should be your time for entertainment."

Jiang Qiao couldn’t find the words to advise this diligent junior sister. Procrastination was not a term applicable to Wan Xiang, as her scheduling was as precise as a perfectly synchronized stopwatch.

All Jiang Qiao could do when Wan Xiang fought in a Void Lockdown... was to protect her by his side.

Jiang Qiao knew about the special abilities Wan Xiang had learned from Alma, but such unfamiliar powers were still no match for the overwhelming forces of the Void Swarm.

Hence, every time Wan Xiang went to a Void Lockdown instance, Jiang Qiao would team up with her.

"I play... happily, lately," Wan Xiang quietly replied.

"So, are you going to continue leveling up tonight?"

Jiang Qiao checked the messages on his phone. Players couldn’t access the Void Insect Nest instance through ordinary means; it was only triggerable in the Order Sanctuary when certain related beings were found.

Getting there required some players to grind the Path to Ascension; thus, the Void Insect Nest was considered by players as a hidden instance on the Path to Ascension.

Unusually, Wan Xiang shook her head. She placed her finished bowl and chopsticks in the kitchen sink and then told Jiang Qiao...

"I have an exam tonight; I need to leave."

"Be careful on your way home."

Jiang Qiao had things to do tonight as well, so he couldn’t escort Wan Xiang home like he usually did. Besides, with her current capabilities, despite her petite frame, a regular adult male probably could not withstand a punch from her.

"I will come again tomorrow," Wan Xiang said before leaving Jiang Qiao’s house, still bouncing happily.

The reason she probably thought the spirit realm was so much fun during this period was... because Jiang Qiao was always accompanying her to level up and play together.

After Wan Xiang left, Hai Lan, who had been chewing on her chopsticks, couldn’t hold back any longer.

"Jiang Qiao! I still don’t trust that Alma. The way her power combines with mine feels weird!"

"Alma is indeed testing the possibilities of integrating with the power of the Devouring God, but this is beneficial for us, or for our players," Jiang Qiao responded.

With a wave of his hand, a holographic projection appeared in front of him, showing the game avatar of Wan Xiang.

The appearance of this game character hadn’t changed much since he met her, and nothing special showed on the character panel, but there was an additional word in her profession row.

’Profession: Sharpshooter/Metal Control’

The profession suffix had been coded by Jiang Qiao. That was also a power mastered by Alma... it shouldn’t be called a power but rather a divine right.

The most powerful ability of this Eternal was metal control: she could manipulate anything defined as metal, including metals not yet discovered on Blue Star but that existed in the universe.

The precision of Alma’s control reached molecular levels; the simplest example being that her mechanical hounds were composed of nano-level metal components.

She passed on her abilities to Wan Xiang, not by teaching but through inheritance.

This was just like how a Spirit transmits its power seeds to other NPCs; Alma used the same method.

However, the powers between the two were incompatible, which resulted in... a very rapid decline of Alma’s divine power within Wan Xiang.

Thus, if Wan Xiang wanted to maintain her second class level, she had to grind daily, investing far more energy and talent than the average player.

As for how to combine the powers of the two classes, that would require guidance from Alma, the Divine Gun.

"I still don’t feel good about it, the power of the Eternal is beyond my control."

At this moment, Hai Lan expressed her worries as a mother, resembling a parent whose child had picked up some bad habits.

"Isn’t that good? Some players are already trying to break the limitations of their classes, and since everyone is on the same team, it should be comforting to see a teammate achieve a godlike pentakill, right?"

"But..."

"But their strength also means your strength, as the game server, is always improving, right?"

Jiang Qiao knew what Hai Lan was worried about, which was players becoming out of her control. However, this worry was unnecessary because as the players grew stronger, so did the server; it was mutual.

"That’s true."

Hai Lan then angrily took a big bite of her meal, gobbling it up as if trying to level up herself.

But Jiang Qiao wanted to remind Hai Lan that this would only increase her fat level; she was already developing a slight belly bulge. The former slim figure of the Devouring God... Well, being slim seemed never to have been a feature of Hai Lan to begin with, at most she was just thin.

While Jiang Qiao’s mind was brimming with all sorts of bizarre thoughts...

"President!"

Milk Plus swiftly opened Jiang Qiao’s room door and peeked in.

"How did she get into our house?" When Hai Lan saw Milk Plus peeking from the door, she almost choked on her food.

"I gave her the keys."

Jiang Qiao glanced at the time on his phone; it was exactly 21:00.

"Wan is caught up with an exam tonight and can’t make it, so she’s bailed... What about the others on your end?" Jiang Qiao asked.

"Everyone’s here, just waiting for me and the President to log in."

Milk Plus gave a thumbs up, standing behind the door with no intention of coming in; she was there to notify Jiang Qiao to come online.

"Alright, then let’s do it today."

Jiang Qiao put down his bowl and stood up from the couch.

"Wait a minute, what are you guys up to?" Hai Lan looked perplexedly between Jiang Qiao and Milk Plus. As the server’s spirit, she was supposed to know instantly what the players intended to do in the game.

"The Filling Sanctuary Bank heist! The highest difficulty, short two people." Jiang Qiao informed Hai Lan what they were about to do.

"Are you... serious?"

Hai Lan finally caught on; if it was a simulated heist in the game, Jiang Qiao and Milk Plus wouldn’t be so serious.

In the past month, hardly any player teams had been able to consistently achieve an S rank highest evaluation, mainly because the conditions set by Jiang Qiao were too stringent.

But grinding is always an excellent trait every player possesses, so throughout the month, Milk Plus’s team had finally managed to continuously achieve multiple S-rank evaluations in the highest difficulty of the Filling Sanctuary heist.

Now the duration of the Void Lockdown had extended from six to eight hours, and for a whole month, Queen Mei’s consciousness hadn’t been dragged into the Insect Nest.

But judging by the worsening condition of Queen Mei, Jiang Qiao felt it wouldn’t be long before those insects became restless.

Before the real battle to protect Queen Mei began, Jiang Qiao needed to create a batch of Spirit Apprentices capable of controlling extermination units.

So Jiang Qiao felt it was time...

"The Filling Sanctuary Great Heist Task· Participants 1/20".