This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!
Chapter 297: Chen Ke is panicking to death

Chapter 297: Chapter 297: Chen Ke is panicking to death

Chen Ke raised his left hand to look at the gun he was holding, a strange black handgun he had never seen before.

Someone patted his right shoulder.

Chen Ke turned to his right and saw a blurry-faced Asian dressed in black, but the words he spoke were crystal clear.

"Did we win this time?"

...

"What?"

Chen Ke tried to speak but found himself unable to make a sound.

"All humanity..."

Chen Ke felt himself speaking.

All humanity... What?

"This is the great war I had promised."

A distant voice echoed.

He saw among those evil creatures, a dark figure appeared, riding a white creature.

"I am Alpha, I am Omega, I am the beginning, I am the end, I will give the water from the Life Spring freely to those who are thirsty."

The dark figure’s voice carried over.

"Did we win this time?"

The person beside him asked again.

"Chen Ke?!"

Lucina’s voice.

"Chen Ke?!"

"Did we win this time?"

"I am Alpha, I am Omega..."

"Wait... just wait..."

Chen Ke felt as if he was being torn apart, the scene before his eyes a mess of jumbled images, with colors mixing chaotically. He looked down and saw his right palm holding six green diamonds...

"Chen Ke!"

Woosh, Chen Ke’s body shuddered, and he woke up with a start, sitting up abruptly, his back drenched with sweat.

"I am Alpha... I am Omega...?" Chen Ke murmured to himself, looking at his empty right palm.

The green Holy Diamonds...

"Chen Ke...? What just happened?" Lucina asked worriedly.

Chen Ke closed his eyes, calming his emotions, while the dull thudding still resonated in his mind.

"I’m going to... wash up..." Chen Ke grabbed his phone and walked into the bathroom.

"Are you sure you’re okay?" Lucina asked.

"I’ll deal with you in a moment," Chen Ke replied with a cold chuckle.

"Oh... I’ll be waiting then..." Lucina sighed in relief, leaning back on the bed.

As soon as he entered the bathroom, Chen Ke turned on the faucet and cleaned his face, then recalled the hallucination or vision he had just experienced.

Chen Ke couldn’t be certain if it was a hallucination, as it was too lifelike; he could even vividly feel the touch of the black gun and the six diamonds in his hand.

"I am Alpha, I am Omega, I am the beginning, I am the end, I will give the water from the Life Spring freely to those who are thirsty..."

This sentence lingered in Chen Ke’s mind, along with the green Holy Diamonds...

He had a premonition that the green Holy Diamonds were some kind of key; he had to obtain them all!

He grabbed his phone, opened the messaging app, and after some thought, he wrote, "I know a buyer who might be interested in purchasing the diamonds."

This should buy some time with Pihom.

Sure enough, just ten seconds later, Pihom replied, "Who is she?"

"A person from the Spiritual Ability Research Institute," Chen Ke responded.

"Are you sure?" Pihom replied.

"She’s well aware of my methods," Chen Ke responded.

"We need to meet with her first," Pihom was still cautious.

"I need to meet with her first. Wait for my news during this period," Chen Ke responded.

"Okay, we’ll wait for your news," Pihom replied.

Done.

Pihom won’t be looking for various potential buyers for a while now. This way, Chen Ke could figure out a way to get his hands on that diamond.

"Chen Ke? Are you still in there?" Lucina sounded a bit impatient outside the door.

"Don’t rush, don’t rush," Chen Ke said while the tap was still running, its water flowing noisily. He needed the sound of the water as a cover to make a phone call.

Wang Ailin... Diana had never introduced him to her before. Calling her now, he really didn’t know what to say.

But the situation was slightly different now, and Chen Ke dialed the number anyway.

It was just after 9:06 p.m.

"Beep... Beep... Beep..." Chen Ke waited patiently for the call to be answered.

Finally, it was picked up.

"Hello, I’m not interested in any sales," a woman’s voice came from the other end, her accent revealing she was of Asian descent.

"Hello... Are you Wang Ailin?" Chen Ke asked cautiously. Through the phone, he heard the sound of boiling water from a kettle. He guessed the other party was at home.

The other end was silent for a few seconds.

"Are you... Chen Ke?" the woman asked.

Chen Ke was taken aback.

"You... know it’s me? Did Diana tell you about me?" Chen Ke wondered. Diana had told him at noon today that she hadn’t introduced him to Wang Ailin.

"No... No, I mean... you know Diana?" Wang Ailin’s voice sounded a bit bewildered.

Chen Ke didn’t know why she was reacting this way, but that wasn’t what was important right now.

"You’re confusing me, Diana asked me to call you. It seems like she must have mentioned you to me," Chen Ke replied. Perhaps Diana had mentioned Wang Ailin to him earlier, but he had forgotten.

Ever since he discovered that reviving on the spot caused him to lose short-term memory, Chen Ke had always felt that he must have forgotten many things...

"Wait a minute..." Wang Ailin responded.

Chen Ke heard some thumping noises on the other side, as if the person had fallen down.

"Miss Wang...? Are you okay over there?" Chen Ke asked with caution, but there was no reply.

He heard heavy breathing, followed by the sound of someone struggling to prop themselves on the ground.

Chen Ke was anxious. Wang Ailin was the only lead for treating Ash symptoms and was part of the plan to swindle the Holy Diamond from the postman—if something happened to her tonight, that would be terribly unlucky.

After another period of silence on the other end, Chen Ke dared not hang up. He listened carefully for any response.

After a quiet spell on the other end, he couldn’t help but speak up, "Hello! Miss Wang Ailin? Are you there? Are you okay? What happened?"

He hoped she didn’t have an acute appendicitis or a heart attack...

"I’m fine... I’m fine, just slipped," Wang Ailin’s voice finally came through again.

"Are you sure?" Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing her respond.

"I’m really okay, Chen Ke. You should be more concerned about yourself..." Wang Ailin said.

Chen Ke paused, her words sounding as if she were very familiar with him...

"Okay... okay... You seem to know me pretty well," Chen Ke said cautiously.

"You’re in Opportunity City, right? Do you have time to come to Norton City soon? Those ashes... I’ve analyzed the stuff Diana brought," Wang Ailin’s voice sounded weak.

"I haven’t told you yet..." Chen Ke felt increasingly puzzled.

"I don’t know why I just do. Wait a minute... I distinctly remember it was you who told me! You said you came from Opportunity City... right at the door of my office," Wang Ailin said, now sounding utterly confused.

"Miss Wang... we haven’t met yet...?" Chen Ke reminded her.

There was silence on the other end for a second, then suddenly confusion, "What... catch what...?"

"I didn’t ask you to catch anything... Miss Wang, considering your current state... do you need help?" Chen Ke felt more and more that this Wang Ailin was strange.

"I... I... oh no..." There was a sound of vomiting from the other side.

"Oh my God... Miss Wang, I hear you throwing up... Are you okay? Miss Wang?" Chen Ke asked urgently.

But the other party hung up the phone.

Coming out of the restroom, Chen Ke had a look of distress and bewilderment on his face. Are all scientists like that...? Lucina lay on the bed asleep again; it seemed he had stayed in the bathroom a bit too long.

He turned Lucina over and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"What were you murmuring about in there?" Lucina asked.

"A car dealer called me, asking if I wanted to buy a car," Chen Ke evaded.

"You should indeed buy a car, Chen Ke. This is the United Federation; a person without a car is like a person without legs," Lucina laughed and touched Chen Ke’s neck.

"I have to make a long trip; it might take some time," Chen Ke said.

Lucina looked displeased and turned to the other side.

"You always have so many things to do," she complained.

Chen Ke sat on the edge of the bed silently, then suddenly patted Lucina’s back.

"Do you know how long it takes to get to Norton City?"