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Chapter 546: Decision!

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Xie Yi and his dark alter ego nodded. They were attracted by the scene happening below and thus neither of them said anything. Humans would have no recollection of anything that happened to them before they turned three years old, but this did not mean that memories prior that age did not exist; they were merely hidden deep within the mind. Only someone like Ling Lan who learned spiritual control would be able to dig those memories out.

A young father walked over hugging a baby.

"It's my father," Xie Yi said excitedly.

"Elders of the family, my child was born. I have brought him here today." Xie Yi's father went forwards and bowed to the elders. Xie Yi realized that there were seven elders in front of his father.

One of them waved at Xie Yi amiably. "Come, Xie Ling, carry him over here and let me take a look."

Xie Yi's father carefully passed the baby to the elder. The elder touched Xie Yi and smiled happily. "Not bad, he has a good physique. Little Seven, it is up to you now."

Another elder took over Xie Yi. He closed his eyes as he touched Xie Yi's head. After a few seconds, he opened them. He looked excited yet grim. "The two egos in this child are both very strong."

The rest of the elders had been relaxed at the start, but upon hearing this, their eyes lit up and they looked at Xie Ling simultaneously.

Xie Ling was happy at hearing that his child had two strong egos, but after a while, he appeared to be in a dilemma.

Normally, when a child from the Xie family was born, one of the two egos would be stronger than the other and thus the elders of the family would seal the one that was weaker. There were also some children who had two equally strong egos. This kind of child had a greater talent and would become the pillars of the Xie family. In these cases, however, the elders would have trouble choosing which ego to seal.

Xie Ling struggled for a long time before asking carefully, "Elder Seven, can I see the two energies?" Xie Ling didn't make a hasty decision. He had been looking forward to the arrival of Xie Yi for a very long time. As a father, he wanted to choose the best one for his child.

Elder Seven nodded and accepted his request. Every elder of the Xie family knew a secret technique. Elder Seven's technique allowed him to see the energy of different egos, as well as to replicate it.

Very soon, two energy bodies appeared on Elder Seven's hand. One of them was very cold, while the other was hot.

One of the elders felt the two energies and said, "Xie Ling, I think that we should keep this ego." He pointed at the cold energy. "Someone with such energy would be calm and mature. In other words, it would be harder for the devil in his heart to appear and damage the seal. I can foresee him becoming the most important pillar of our Xie family."

The other elders nodded in agreement to his words.

Xie Ling didn't reply but instead looked at the two energy bodies and hesitated again. In the end, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath to clear the thoughts in his head. When he opened his eyes again, they were already cold and determined—he had made his decision.

He suddenly knelt down and said to the seven elders, "Please forgive me for my selfishness. I choose to seal this ego." He pointed at the cold energy that the elders had recommended him to keep.

Xie Ling's words caused a change in the expressions of all the elders, who exchanged glances with one another. They hadn't expected Xie Ling to make this decision at all. The entire main hall was silent for a while, after which the oldest elder said, "Xie Ling, you have to think carefully. If you choose the other ego, there is a high chance that the devil in his heart will appear and that will cause our seal to be destroyed. If your child doesn't have the ability to suppress his other ego, he will become crazy. He might even become a formidable, frightening monster. If that happens, we will have to kill him. Your decision might end up killing your child."

Xie Ling was indifferent. He nodded his head. "I understand and know that if I make this decision, Xie Yi will have a hard time in the future. However, I want to have a happy and optimistic child. This is my selfish motive. Please fulfil my wish." Xie Ling kowtowed to show his determination.

The oldest elder stared at Xie Ling for a few seconds and saw how resolutely Xie Ling was kneeling on the ground; there was no hesitation to be found on him. The elder sighed lightly and said, "Up to you. I hope that you will not regret it the next time."

"Thank you, elder!" Xie Ling raised his head. There was no regret in his expression. The elders knew that this decision could not be changed anymore.

Once two equally strong egos appeared, the father had the right to make the decision—even the elders of the family couldn't interfere with his choice. This was the rule passed down from their ancestors. Hence, although the seven elders were dissatisfied with the decision, they had to follow the rules. There was nothing they could do. The seven elders worked together to seal the cold ego. Afterward, they passed Xie Yi to Xie Ling and chased him out of the old residence.

The elders were furious. They couldn't do anything even though they knew that Xie Ling was making a mistake; they could only chase him out so that they wouldn't be able to see him. What they didn't see couldn't hurt them. Xie Ling was already lucky that they didn't kick him out.

Xie Ling left the old residence and the scene changed.

The dark alter ego stood beside Xie Yi, feeling hurt. "So father likes you. He doesn't want me!" His eyes turned red and his emotions became unstable. He was on the brink of going berserk.

"Continue looking. That isn't the end!" Ling Lan shouted when she saw what was happening. Her shout woke the dark alter ego up like a thunderbolt and his emotions disappeared. He felt calmed.

"My father has already given up on me, right? What else is there?" The dark alter ego turned his head to glare at Ling Lan. That was no way to tell a lie—he was no idiot.

The scene changed again.

"This is my house," Xie Yi said. He hadn't known that his house never changed in the least over the past 19 years. It looked exactly the same as the present house he lived in.

"The answer will be revealed soon," Ling Lan said calmly, looking at the dark alter ego.

Xie Ling placed Xie Yi on a small bed and looked at his son in a daze, tears falling down his cheeks.

"I am sorry," Xie Ling whispered. "I know what the sealed world looks like. It is a cold, quiet and oppressive world. The warm Xie Yi will not be able to survive there. Once I seal him, he will definitely turn crazy and fall into self-ruin. However, I know that you can do it. You are calm and mature. WIth anger and hate, you will be able to live in that world."

Chapter 547: Thank you!

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The dark alter ego was stunned upon hearing his father's words. His father knew what the sealed world was like, but only a sealed ego would know this—how did he know? Xie Yi was shocked as well. His father had chosen him because the former knew that he would never be able to survive in the sealed world.

"Both of you are my children and I can't bear to give up either. I am a selfish person. I want to give everything to my child, not just half the world, so I can only let you suffer. You are the best so you will definitely be stronger than the warm Xie Yi in the future.

"I picked the warm Xie Yi because I believe in his kindness and optimism. When he discovers your existence, he will not kill you—he will find a way to keep you and solve this problem. This is the one thing that you can never do. You are cold and logical, so you will always choose the best path for yourself. You will not take any risks and this is why I can't choose you. The secret technique of the Xie family seals the dark alter ego safely…"

Xie Ling reached out and caressed Xie Yi's forehead. "However, the kind and vibrant Xie Yi will let the devil in his heart appear easily. The seal will be destroyed, but I hope that during that time, you will be able to direct all your hate on me and live well together with the warm Xie Yi. I believe that the warm Xie Yi will be willing to do so as well."

Xie Ling gazed at Xie Yi remorsefully, merely sitting where he was in a daze for a few minutes. He only regained his senses when Xie Yi started crying, quickly hugging and coaxing him…

Ling Lan snapped her fingers and the scene in front of them disappeared. The next second, they were back in the sealed world.

"This is the truth? He sacrificed me so that he could live??" The dark alter ego looked cold and angry. He found it funny that his father had given him up to keep the weaker ego alive.

"In actual fact, your father understand the two of you very well. You're still alive. Although you're a little malicious, you aren't a lunatic yet," Ling Lan said calmly.

"But why did I have to suffer for so many years because of him?" The dark alter ego sneered. He hated his father and Xie Yi even more now.

"You father said that it was because he wanted you two to be stronger," Ling Lan explained.

"I will become stronger if he is alive? What a joke." The dark alter ego was unable to accept her explanation.

"You know that it's the truth." Ling Lan stared at the dark alter ego coldly. The dark alter ego was speechless.

"This point was proven when you worked together with Xie Yi just now. Your father must have been clear about this," Ling Lan continued.

Xie Yi eyes started glowing and he interrupted Ling Lan. "Boss, do you mean that my father knew what would happen after the seal was broken?"

Ling Lan nodded. "Yes. My guess is that your father personally broke his own seal and interacted with the sealed ego. He probably worked together with his dark alter ego before, which is how he knew what the sealed world is like and what would happen after the seal is removed. Of course, there is another possibility. Your father might have come to know a little about it due to a good friend of his experiencing something similar.

"You might live a peaceful life without half of your ego and you could still advance quickly. However, removing half of yourself is the same as removing half of your talent—you'll never be able to reach the peak of your potential. Your father knows this so he wanted to give you both the chance of reaching the peak. That is why he chose the best path for you. He didn't care if other people misunderstood him."

Xie Yi was in a daze as he listened to Ling Lan. His face dimmed. "No wonder my father doesn't like to stay at home. I never noticed it the last time, but now that I think about it, he would always take the missions that no one wanted to take. The long, hard and dangerous missions…"

"That's because he's stupid. He brought it on himself," the dark alter ego said angrily. If his father had chosen him at the start, he would not have needed to live such a hard life.

"Don't say bad things about my father," Xie Yi yelled angrily. Xie Yi was brought up by his father and the latter had always loved him. Hence, he couldn't accept his dark alter ego saying bad things about his father. He pounced at the dark alter ego and the two of them broke into a fight, rolling back and forth on the sea.

Ling Lan raised her eyebrows and moved away from them.

Both of them harbored grudges against each other, so it would benefit them if they had a small fight now. Also, Ling Lan felt that boys should fight occasionally; it was a good way of improving their relationship. Xie Yi's egos were both guys so this rule would apply to them.

Xie Yi and the dark alter ego fought for almost half a day before finally getting tired. They lay on the floor together, panting.

Having calmed down, Xie Yi looked at the dark alter ego. He no longer hated or feared his dark alter ego. He opened his mouth and said, "I'm sorry! Thank you!"

The dark alter ego was stunned. He knew what these words meant.

Xie Yi continued, "Father was right. With my personality, I wouldn't have been able to survive a day in this world. I would definitely not have been able to survive for 16 years." He suddenly smiled. "If you were the main ego, I might not have been able to break through the seal for my entire life. There would have only been two endings for me—going crazy or disappearing totally. My endurance isn't as good as yours."

He was not as strong as Luo Lang either. If it was Luo Lang, he would be able to survive in any kind of environment. He had so many personalities inside his mind and every single one of them never gave up pestering and trying to control him. However, he still maintained his personality. He was optimistic and happy. On the other hand, he, Xie Yi, had only one dark alter ego. He would become frustrated, agitated, scared… he felt that he was quite weak. His father's concern was right.

Xie Yi was grateful to his father for all the things he had done. When he thought about this, he felt sorry towards the dark alter ego and was grateful to his dark alter ego as well. His dark alter ego had been sealed for 16 years, yet he still controlled his hatred and anger to work together with him.

The dark alter ego pouted with disdain. "It's good that you know."

He had been fighting Xie Yi for three years, so he knew what kind of person the latter was. Xie Yi would definitely not have been able to survive in this sealed world. Even if the seal was broken accidentally in the future, a crazy or dead Xie Yi would have been no threat to him. However, Xie Yi's boss was right too. Without Xie Yi, he would lose the chance to reach his full potential.

Chapter 548: Solution?

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The two people became quiet again. After a long while, Xie Yi said carefully, "I would like to know how we can solve our problem." His expression was firm. "Mind you, I won't give up this body."

The dark alter ego sneered. "So you'll continue to control this body and I'll continue to live in this world?"

Xie Yi frowned. "That's not what I meant. Boss said just now that we can cooperate with each other. Since that's the case, why not we continue this cooperation?"

"Continue cooperating? How? By releasing me every few days?" The dark alter ego was not pleased.

"I'm not sure either. However, I believe that my boss will know." Xie Yi revealed his trust in Ling Lan through his eyes.

"You think your boss knows everything?" The dark alter ego glanced at Ling Lan with doubt. Although she was very strong and he feared her, he didn't have much hope that she would be able to solve their problem.

"Of course, my boss will definitely find a solution," Xie Yi replied with certainty.

Fine, he was brainwashed! Before the dark alter ego could reply, Xie Yi raised his voice and shouted, "Boss!"

"Yes?" Ling Lan appeared before them within a second and looked at them calmly.

"Boss, do you know how to solve our problem?" Xie Yi asked hopefully.

Ling Lan shook her head. "I'm not sure if my idea will work."

Xie Yi's eyes brightened. His boss had an idea, but she just didn't know if it would work. He knew that his boss was trustworthy. Xie Yi gave the dark alter ego a pleased look, but the latter almost choked in anger.

The dark alter ego sneered at Xie Yi. "He doesn't know if his idea will work yet. What are you being so proud for?"

Xie Yi immediately turned his head towards Ling Lan. He hoped that Ling Lan's idea would be able to give a blow to this arrogant and irritating dark alter ego.

Ling Lan shook her head. Xie Yi seemed to become more stupid after he met his dark alter ego. She was starting to doubt whether merging the two of them was a good idea after all. Xie Yi used to be a smart fellow.

Ling Lan covered her mouth and coughed. She felt that she needed to believe in her comrades and not underestimate them. She said calmly, "We need to find the reason why you two appeared in order to solve the problem."

The dark alter ego nodded at Ling Lan's words, feeling that Xie Yi's boss was still quite responsible. Xie Yi nodded his head furiously, too. As expected of his boss—he was always so thorough.

"From what I see, the spiritual fusion between the two of you will create an extremely strong spiritual power. This spiritual power can cause harm to the body and hence, the body's self-defense mechanism kicked in and split your spiritual power into two before you gained consciousness. That's why you have a split personality. This should be the special ability of the Xie family's bloodline. A lot of babies with strong spiritual power tend to die the moment they're born, while those that manage to survive will have to be bedridden for their entire life."

Ling Lan recalled how she was sick for the entirety of her previous life and she remembered how Li Lanfeng had poor health, too. The reason behind both cases was that they had overly powerful spiritual power. The Xie family's bloodline was actually quite nature-defying, enabling babies with strong spiritual power to survive and have a healthy body. Due to their strong spiritual power, these children would learn things faster, too.

However, you need to pay for what you get. If the descendants of the Xie family wanted to become strong, they needed to face the so-called devil in their hearts, which was their sealed alter ego. This process was very ingenious.

"The awakening of your alter ego proves that your body was strong enough to hold your other personality," Ling Lan explained seriously to Xie Yi. "Your body had the extra energy to handle the sealed ego, which was why your dark alter ego appeared.

"In other words, there is no such thing as a devil in your heart." Ling Lan's analysis was so shocking to Xie Yi that he gaped widely.

"Of course this is true. How could he be the devil in your heart? You didn't know of his existence before this, did you? I don't believe that you never made mistakes or felt regret in your childhood. Why did he only appear now?" Devil in the heart? What lie was this? Ling Lan didn't believe in such things at all.

Xie Yi smiled bitterly and then opened his mouth to speak. "The elders say that the negative feelings in us would accumulate and forced the devil in our heart out at a certain point…"

"Good explanation. Do you believe that?" Ling Lan asked indifferently.

Xie Yi pondered over it seriously before replying in a helpless tone. "If you hadn't told me all this, I would have." The elder's explanation was never doubted at all. No one had ever analyzed the explanation carefully. The members of their family all thought that since the elders had plenty of experience, whatever they said had to be right.

Xie Yi looked at Ling Lan with a firm expression. He trusted his boss. "But I think what you say makes more sense." He turned to look at his dark alter ego, who was deep in thought. "What do you think?"

The dark alter ego raised his head to nod at Ling Lan. "I thought about it. What you said should be the truth." He agreed with Ling Lan's analysis.

"Since you two belong together, why not merge together again? There shouldn't be any problem with that," Ling Lan suggested.

"There will still be a main ego. I'm not willing to bow down to him." The dark alter ego raised his objection first. His arrogance did not allow him to bow down to anyone, not even his other self.

Ling Lan smirked. "I didn't say that Xie Yi would be the main ego after the merging." She herself was not sure what would happen after they merged.

The dark alter ego looked at Ling Lan with a puzzled expression. "I looked into Xie Yi's memory and there's a person called Luo Lang. His personality is the main ego while his alter egos listen to him."

Ling Lan replied calmly, "In Luo Lang's case, he awakened his innate talent. Those aren't his alter egos. He uses a summoning technique—Spiritual Possession. Your case is completely different from his."

The dark alter ego was smart and immediately understood. "You mean that since Xie Yi and I belonged as a whole, you're not sure who'll become the main ego after we merge?"

Ling Lan nodded her head. "Yes. This is why I don't know whether it'll work or not. I don't know what will happen after the merging." They might not even be able to have their own thoughts anymore, but this was something Ling Lan would never tell them.

Xie Yi and the dark alter ego fell deep into their thoughts. Ling Lan's method had its risk—no one knew what the outcome would be. It could fail, or it could succeed. They could even end up becoming a completely different person…

Chapter 549: Merge!

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Xie Yi was the first to look up from his thoughts. He said to Ling Lan, "Boss, I'm willing to merge." If he didn't merge, he would need to suppress the dark alter ego. However, he didn't hate the dark alter ego. He had now seen the world that the dark alter ego lived in and couldn't bear to let him continue living in it. His father was right—he was too soft-hearted.

The dark alter ego looked at Xie Yi in disbelief. "Your boss said you might not be the main ego in the end. Why are you still willing to merge?"

Xie Yi smiled. His smile was bright and vibrant just as before. "If you become the main ego, it must be because you are stronger than me. I can accept that." Xie Yi was speaking the truth. If he couldn't even win against his dark alter ego, who had only held his body for a few minutes, he felt that he would have no rights to be the main ego.

The dark alter ego stared at Xie Yi intently. After a few seconds, he turned his head and said to Ling Lan, "Since he's willing to take the risk, I have nothing to worry about either." Ling Lan was very powerful. If Xie Yi chose to suppress him, Ling Lan would definitely help Xie Yi. The dark alter ego knew that at that time, he would be sealed again and this seal would be stronger than the one before. He might not be able to break it at all…

Xie Yi's decision had given him another path. He finally understood what his father's last words meant. Xie Yi was a soft-hearted person. Xie Yi gave him a chance to live after he broke the seal. If he had been the main ego, he would have calculated all his gains and losses and chosen the path that benefited him the most. He would not have given Xie Yi any chances.

As the dark alter ego felt gratitude, the hatred and anger in his heart disappeared. The two people began to grow closer to one another in front of Ling Lan…

"Open your minds and accept one another." Ling Lan's cold voice rang beside their ears and they followed her words. Xie Yi accepted the dark alter ego's negative emotions and the dark alter ego accepted Xie Yi's life in the past 19 years.

"So this is how painful it felt to stay here alone… but all of that is going to end soon. You'll have an interesting life just like mine in the future. I'll accompany you for the rest of your life."

"So you have negative emotions, too. Your life wasn't all happy and smooth. You also had your downs." When the dark alter ego saw the memories of how Ling Lan tormented Xie Yi till he almost died, he laughed silently. "Will I be able to experience all this as well?"

"Yes, we're supposed to be together. You only slept for a few years and missed out on that period. But my memories are yours, just like how your memories are mine, too."

"We'll learn and grow together!" Xie Yi and the dark alter ego smiled at each other, following which they turned into two balls of mist, which began to intertwine. Gradually, a new human figure was formed.

"What will Xie Yi's personality be like?" Ling Lan thought curiously. She wanted to smile but got a shock instead. She waved her finger and a piece of cloth wrapped around the human figure.

What the hell. Did the new human figure have to be naked? Ling Lan was once again reminded that she was a female. She didn't have what the other party had.

Xie Yi abruptly opened his eyes and, noticing the cloth wrapped around him, waved his hand. The cloth disappeared. Ling Lan appeared in front of him. He smiled and cried out, "Boss!"

"Wear your clothes." A cold voice entered his ear.

Xie Yi looked down and he patted his forehead while laughing. He was grateful for his boss' thoughtfulness which prevented him from feeling awkward. He snapped his fingers and his school uniform appeared on him. He looked at himself and made sure that he was presentable before crying out again, "Boss, I'm done."

Ling Lan turned around to look at Xie Yi and asked calmly, "How do you feel?"

Xie Yi took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes, enjoying his current state of being. "I feel good. My body feels energized." He widened his eyes and looked at Ling Lan seriously as he continued, "I want to fight you again. I want to see if you're worthy of my loyalty."

"Loyalty?" Ling Lan raised her eyebrows. "I don't lack people who are loyal to me."

"Like how I was in the past?" Xie Yi gave a sinister smile.

"That's my comrade." Ling Lan walked closer to Xie Yi. Her eyes pierced right into his gaze and he couldn't maintain his smile anymore.

"Aren't you sad that I'm the one here?" Xie Yi tried to force out a smile again. He had made a deal with Xie Yi; he needed to find out what Xie Yi was to Ling Lan.

"He is him, you are you. Is there a difference?" Ling Lan replied indifferently. "I believe him. He won't disappoint me."

"Unfortunately, he lost. He was taken over by me. Your comrade has disappeared." Xie Yi retracted his smile and cold insanity filled his eyes.

Xie Yi's words didn't anger Ling Lan. She reached out to calmly fix Xie Yi's tie, following which she lightly touched Xie Yi's clothes as if she were patting some dust away. After doing all this, she said, "If you want to understand me and understand my relationship with Xie Yi, stay alive. Find and feel it for yourself."

Xie Yi's eyes turned red and tears silently fell from his eyes. "Can I still live?"

"Of course. As long as you want to live, you can. Merging doesn't mean that one of you has to die. You two can live together," Ling Lan replied sincerely.

"I want to live, I want to live…" Xie Yi repeated these words over and over again.

"Continue to live then." Ling Lan hugged Xie Yi tightly and patted his back hard.

Xie Yi's expression became more firm. When he opened his eyes again, the cold insanity in them was gone—his eyes were calm. He raised his head to look at Ling Lan and smiled. "Boss, you're hugging me too tightly. It hurts."

Ling Lan let go of Xie Yi and carefully examined him. She nodded after a while. "Doesn't look bad."

"Isn't it better if I destroy the dark alter ego?" Xie Yi asked unhappily.

"Destroying him won't solve anything," Ling Lan replied nonchalantly. "Also, you can't destroy him. I think that he will most likely destroy you instead."

"Then why didn't you believe him just now?" Xie Yi was curious.

"Because you can't bear to destroy him," Ling Lan replied.

"Not fun at all. How did you know that the personality I showed just now wasn't me?" Xie Yi felt unhappy.

"By feeling," Ling Lan answered. Before Xie Yi could ask anything again, she said, "Since your problem is solved, let's go back now." She snapped her fingers and the both of them disappeared from Xie Yi's mindscape.

Chapter 550: Recoil!

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In the cockpit of his mecha, Xie Yi's eyes suddenly moved and he came back to life.

"We're back again. Your world is very uncomfortable," Xie Yi complained.

"Ling Lan is very powerful! Of course he's powerful. He's my boss. He's not my boss yet… wait!" Xie Yi rubbed at his eyebrows as he talked to himself, and then he worriedly continued, "We need to discuss how we'll be communicating from now on. It's okay right now since there's only the two of us here, but it would be quite strange if we talked like this in front of someone else."

"What shall we do then? Do you want me to disappear?"

"Of course not. My boss doesn't want you to disappear either. Can we not talk and use our consciousness to communicate instead?" Xie Yi replied.

"We can try. Using my consciousness? I always did that in the sealed world."

"It's good that you don't have a problem, but I do. Let me try to use my consciousness to talk. My consciousness, consciousness." Xie Yi started hypnotizing himself.

"Pfft…" Xie Yi laughed.

"I said to use the consciousness to talk. Why are you laughing out loud? I know you're laughing at me." Xie Yi got angry.

"I get it. I'll laugh at you in my consciousness." Xie Yi rolled his eyes. The next second, the cockpit fell into silence.

"I'm extremely curious as to whether Luo Lang and his alter egos are also as lively when they talk to each other."

…

"Hey, why aren't you speaking?"

"Hey, why are you so quiet. Don't tell me you disappeared. This isn't funny at all." Xie Yi got anxious.

"You were the one who asked me to stop talking."

"I asked you to stop talking verbally, not to stop talking through your mind. Is it fun to scare me like this?" Xie Yi was furious. The dark alter ego was not fun at all. He admired Luo Lang. He admired that face that he could subdue all his alter egos while he himself could only be played around by his other personality. Xie Yi started to respect Luo Lang even more. He decided to learn from Luo Lang and not let the dark alter ego bullied him anymore.

Luo Lang? He had to go and understand this person whom Xie Yi respected so much… the other Xie Yi thought secretly. Doesn't the other Xie Yi know that he would know what he is thinking? Erm, it should be the same the other way round as well…

The two different Xie Yi were confused. They had just merged and so Xie Yi was not able to grasp the switching of the two personalities yet. Hence, this would always happen. This was one of the hidden treasures of Ling Lan's battle team in the future and something that every new member wanted to see. Lin Zhong-qing made this into a reward which could be redeemed with battle points. Because of this, Xie Yi became a legend in the battle clan.

"Beep, beep. Lingtian No. 8 has lost and is out of the battle." All the participants in the competition received this announcement. Leiting didn't have any reaction, but the members of Lingtian were astounded.

Lingtian No. 8 was the mecha controlled by their boss—Ling Lan.

Tang Yu also realized this and was shocked; he couldn't believe what had happened. In actual fact, they hadn't even witnessed the scene of Lingtian No. 8 fighting. Did Ling Lan accidentally log out of Mecha World? Was he forced to log out due to his login pod short-circuiting?

The members of Lingtian understood what had happened quickly. Did someone win against their boss? That was impossible. Everyone rejected this speculation.

Ling Lan opened her login pod in her villa. Her face was pale. She wanted to get up, but blood gushed up her throat and she spat it out. The login pod was stained with her blood.

"Boss, are you okay?" Little Four shouted in concern through her mindscape.

Ling Lan quickly started practicing her Qi exercises and slowly recuperated. Her massive headache got better, too. After a long time, Ling Lan opened her eyes and gave a forced smile. "I was still too rash."

Her energy was not enough for her to execute the top-tier technique of the Divine Command sect—Invasion of Dreams. She had forced herself too much and got hurt; her spirit was heavily injured. She was kicked out of the competition by the mainframe due to no longer being able to operate her mecha.

Invasion of Dreams was a dangerous technique, to both the user and target. If someone forcefully executed this technique, they would be heavily injured and might injure their brain—it could even render that person brain-dead. It was similar to what spectres were capable of, but was more powerful as it could be used in the real world.

Invasion of Dreams required the user to use their spiritual power to enter another's spiritual world and read their memories. A powerful person could change a person's memory. They could even destroy a person's spiritual world. The victim would either injure the brain or turned brain-dead. This was similar to the abilities of the spectres in the virtual world.

The Divine Command sect was able to survive because they only passed this technique to one disciple in each generation. This disciple would be taught personally to prevent the secret from being leaked. If they didn't do this, the different countries would definitely kill them as they would not allow this formidable technique to exist. Even if there were survivors, they would become the secret weapons of a nation.

Of course, this formidable technique could not be executed so easily. According to the requirements set by the Divine Command sect, it was necessary to reach the peak realm, which was half step to God-Realm, in order to execute this technique. Otherwise, the user would be seriously injured.

Ling Lan would not endanger herself. However, she had carried out research with Little Four and realized that in the virtual world where everyone was using their spiritual power, she would be able to execute Invasion of Dreams with Little Four's help and enter the spiritual world of others.

This conclusion allowed Ling Lan to make a plan. Ling Lan knew that she needed to enter Xie Yi's spiritual world in order to solve his problem—to meet the other Xie Yi. She was unable to do this in reality, but she could do so in the virtual world.

However, the dark alter ego was very scared of Ling Lan and didn't give her any chances to invade his spiritual world. Ling Lan had no choice but to find other ways to catch him off his guard. In the end, Ling Lan chose to do it during the challenge.

The results proved that her plan was a success. The dark alter ego appeared and she managed to enter his spiritual world successfully.

However, she had still underestimated the recoil of this technique. She had forced herself to stay till the end, but by the time Xie Yi merged with his dark alter ego, she could not support herself anymore and ended her conversation with him.