Superhumans of the Dome City
Chapter 127 - 127 35 The Unread Reply

127: Chapter 35 The Unread Reply 127: Chapter 35 The Unread Reply In the afternoon, the sun blazed overhead.

The superpower user still faintly smelled of paste, and he somewhat regretted not taking a bath at the information dealer’s house first.

The young lady next door didn’t seem to have returned yet.

Gongsun Ce took out his phone, glanced at the unanswered messages, and entered his home in a gloomy mood.

His emotions were starkly different from the night before.

Everything had been fine just a dozen hours ago, so why had it changed by this afternoon?

He knew the reason himself.

It was their own fault, wasn’t it?

It was because none of them were as mature as they pretended to be.

Qiluo, who always spoke her mind directly, was far smarter in this regard than the four of them.

He looked at his desk.

Where it had been empty before he left, there was now a thick, large parcel on it, with a letter placed on top.

“Shh…”

He already had a bad feeling and nearly wanted to flee.

The gilded envelope was sealed with a red wax, and the round wax seal bore a variant star-shaped emblem, indicating the identity of the sender.

It was a small seal he had seen before, and he knew how to open it.

Gongsun Ce used a white material to make a stamp, pressed it onto the wax seal, and the red wax automatically broke apart.

Inside the envelope lay two pieces of letter paper.

The young man with gray hair picked up the first piece, bracing himself mentally before looking at the words on the paper.

Comparing the knight lady’s letter with his own handwritten one felt like a form of mental self-harm.

Her letter appeared like a report from the Supibia Times, with neat handwriting and no allowable errors, just like her own style.

The first line of the letter read:

“Dear Ce.”

The young man with gray hair coughed violently, though there was no second person in the room besides him.

“‘Dear.’ By using this address, I want to remind you of a fact I’ve told you before.

Unlike the implicit Yong Guang Empire, in the Kingdom of Morton and the Ustus Federation, people are not stingy in expressing their feelings.

We show love not only to our lovers but also to friends and family.

Hence, feel free to use the usual address or write my name directly rather than using ‘Respected Dawn Knight,’ which makes you sound like a student preparing to submit a draft thesis to a tutor.”

Gongsun Ce let out a silent groan.

Can’t we skip the trivialities and get to the point?

“Considering your character, I will start addressing your questions from the next line and leave personal interactions for the latter part of the letter.”

You should have done this earlier.

This is official business!

Official business!!

“Regarding your Impermanence Skill qualification.

Silent Phase-15 is a shocking figure, but not unexpected in your case.

I am certain this is your inherent qualification, and not an influence of the Final Sword-Silent Star Tribulation.”

Wow, great.

So, I was born to be crazy.

How come I didn’t realize this earlier, huh?

That way, I could’ve booked a bed in the asylum sooner and saved some living space in the city.

“At this point, I believe you are making sarcastic remarks in your mind, although what I’ve written is purely factual.”

Please, do me a favor and skip the personal comments.

Getting it right won’t make you feel any better.

“The learned ‘Sky Extreme’ Yan Qi has informed you of the common knowledge about Impermanence Skill.

I want to emphasize again that you should believe everything he says—Dragon Slaying Skill is so dangerous that we had to keep you away from the field for a long time until we are absolutely sure of your stable condition.

Now that you have made your decision, I will dutifully offer assistance.

Here are my suggestions.”

Don’t talk like you’re my guardian.

“You should study the Silent Phase Skill.”

Are you serious?

Study Silent Phase?

With my Silent Phase-15, I’m afraid I’ll start growing hair and drooling the moment I begin learning.

“The introductory level of Dragon Slaying Skill is not as dangerous as you imagine.

Now, take note of my next sentence.”

“Do not study any Mind Phase other than Silent Phase.”

…?

“Especially beware of Desolate Form.

Do not engage with any knowledge related to it, even the most basic runes.”

I beat three Desolate Form Magi两周前两周前two weeks ago, and now Desolate Form becomes my nemesis.

Gongsun Ce suppressed his thoughts.

He remembered Yan Qi’s warning; he couldn’t afford to think any deeper.

What about Void Phase and Spiritual Image?

He was still talented in these areas, right?

“Regarding the Void Phase and Spiritual Image you’re curious about, I will provide some harmless explanations.”

“Void Phase was the first Mind Phase I abandoned.

As Yan Qi said, studying Void Phase would make your condition ‘worse’: you would become a second me.

Once you realize this fact, you would fall into intense self-loathing and are highly likely to spiral into madness.

Do not deny my conclusion—I understand your character, just as you understand mine.”

…

He wordlessly looked at the next lines.

“Regarding Spiritual Image, you should have been relatively stable with -10.

The reasons for abandoning this Mind Phase are complex, one of which is that I believe Spiritual Image does not suit your character.

Studying Spiritual Image could very likely cause you long-term anxiety, panic, and unrest.

This is a situation a superpower user should always avoid.”

Accumulating negative emotions over time is very likely to trigger a superpower rampage…

just like when the young lady first arrived.

To abandon this Mind Phase is understandable, although he didn’t understand how -10 was supposed to be stable.

Normal squares turned dark, six of them, while the dreadful stars darkened four.

A symbol of balance?

“You are now aware of the direction you should study.

Starting from the next line, I will inform you of some matters regarding what you should be doing now.

First, you may pick up the second piece of paper and read the text unrelated to the Impermanence Skill.

This will help you maintain a peaceful mindset.”

I don’t think so.

I believe the things you wrote on that paper are more terrifying and horrifying than a hundred evil spellcasters.

My mindset would collapse, truly.

I fear losing control of my superpower.

By then, he had even put aside the events of the past few days.

She was that important to him.

He wanted to know her opinion, yet he deeply feared what she might say—just like Shiyu Lianyi dreaded hearing Kardesia’s rejection.

Distanced by fear, shrinking back because of timidity.

It had been three years since he last wrote to the knight lady.

What right did he have to blame Shiyu Lianyi for fleeing the battlefield?

His stomach ached faintly, his breathing became heavier, and he almost wanted to throw the letter aside, pretending he never knew about it.

In the end, Gongsun Ce chose a compromise—he would finish the first letter before anything else.

“If you disregard the advice and read this line immediately—”

At this point, she deliberately left two lines blank, only to write a tiny script below.

The script was so tiny; it almost required a magnifying glass to be read, the superpower user squinting and nearly pressing his face against the paper to barely make out what was written.

“It means you are still as childishly naive as before.”

You’re poisonous!

Are you happy playing tricks on me like this?

What right do you have to criticize me when you set up such tricks in a letter!

He read the main content below very quickly, his expression almost frantic.

“Cover the paper, and you will see a symbol.

Try to write the symbol you see on the paper or visualize it in some other way.

If you notice anything unusual, do not read the notes included in the package; hand them over to Yan Qi in their sealed state.”

“If no abnormalities occur, you may read the notes yourself and practice under the supervision of a trustworthy Impermanence Law Enforcer.

Your supervisor should meet the following basic criteria: a deep understanding of you; combat ability to subdue you quickly; expertise in interpreting dreams; medical ability or sealing skills.

He or she should be a Manifestation Realm, preferably a Creation Realm Impermanence Law Enforcer.”

…maybe I shouldn’t learn this after all?

How does it feel like it’s prepping me for disaster even when there isn’t one?

The superpower user began to doubt the meaning of his studies.

The knight lady didn’t specify what to cover the paper with; he thought for a moment and understood her intention.

Gongsun Ce muttered as he lightly tapped the paper, “Truly old-fashioned…

You must have been reading detective novels again recently, why not use fire instead?”

A white substance quickly covered the paper.

Unmanipulated, the pure white material autonomously receded partially, forming a hollowed-out symbol: two diagonal lines meeting to form an acute angle, with bends at the ends pointing toward themselves, piercing through the diagonal from the center.

The superpower user adjusted his glasses.

“The kind of rune used by Shiyu Ling?”

It looked rather aggressive.

He casually picked up a pen and paper, imitating and sketching out the peculiar arrow.

The gray-haired youth waited patiently for about half a minute.

No abnormalities occurred, and the world around remained tranquil.

It seemed the Dawn Knight was worrying needlessly this time.

He cracked a vengeful smile, “—”

He didn’t hear his own laughter.

Gongsun Ce abruptly closed his mouth.

He tapped the table with enough force to cause himself pain.

Pain journeyed from his knuckles, yet the room remained silent, devoid of any sound.

He tore up the paper with the drawn rune.

“Hss—” He immediately heard his own sharp intake of breath, and now the superpower user couldn’t laugh anymore.

The knight lady’s worries were justified; it seemed he was indeed a hapless super-genius.

Merely drawing a symbol could trigger anomalies.

He grabbed his phone, intending to seize this great opportunity to contact Yan Qi.

The screen lit up by itself, displaying his elder brother’s name.

The superpower user felt a bad premonition.

“What’s up, elder brother…

Wing of Death?”

He rushed outside, the news shocking him too.

“—Central District?!”

Something was wrong.

The superpower user told himself again.

The Central District was the domain of the academies, tightly controlled nowadays; there shouldn’t be such flagrant battles.

Everything sounded too absurd…

It was as if the city had returned to the past.