C141 – Rune Card with a Soul

Adrian’s words made He Yishu’s eyes light up. When he used the seal body rune card, he indeed never had any problems, so it was indeed possible that such a situation existed.

“I think you have a point, and we can determine if there is a problem in this regard in a very simple way.” He Yishu nodded, then turned his head to look at Arman. “Uncle, can I try?”

 

Arman only hesitated for a split second before nodding, “Yes, but you must pay attention to your safety.”

 

This was in the real world, completely different from the virtual internet, where even if one was blasted to crumbs in a match, they wouldn’t be substantially affected.

 

But if one was injured in the real world, they would really feel pain and bleed.

“Don’t worry, uncle, I’ll definitely pay attention.” He Yishu tried to assure him.

 

Adrian then held He Yishu’s hand: “I’ll accompany you.”

 

Without waiting for He Yishu to say anything, Arman already waved his hand with a look of disgust: “Go go go; I’ve long felt that the two of you are a bit of an eyesore.”

 

He Yishu and Adrian smiled at each other and left the monitoring room hand in hand, going to the training ground next door.

 

At this time, Adrian had already explained the situation to the staff through the military department’s internal communication, so He Yishu and Adrian easily boarded the mecha.

 

After the experiment started, He Yishu put the seal-form rune card he had just made into the rune card slot. This rune card was the same as the second rune card used in the experiment just now; it was a guardian-type summon.

 

After the use of the rune card, a giant beast with wings quickly appeared in the training ground. The beast first raised its head to the sky with a long hiss, and then it spread its huge wings and flew towards He Yishu’s side.

 

He Yishu’s one hand was placed in the rune card slot, although he didn’t think that the beast would attack him, but he still had to do it just in case; after all, this was reality; if something really went wrong, there was no second chance.

 

Arman, who was in the monitoring room next door, was also closely watching the situation on the training ground and was ready to open the highest level of the military department’s defense shield at any time.

 

But in a few seconds, the giant beast had already approached He Yishu’s mecha, and then it once again raised its voice to the sky, and at this point, it was already close to the mecha.

 

Then its two sharp claws suddenly reached out to the shoulder area of the mecha; the staff present all subconsciously held their breath; even Arman felt a little nervous. Then they saw that the beast slowly retracted its huge wings and landed on the shoulder of the mecha.

 

After that, it didn’t make any other movements except for bobbing its head from side to side to explore its surroundings.

 

This giant beast did not attack He Yishu’s mecha, nor did it disappear soon; it seemed very normal.

 

Arman breathed a sigh of relief and initiated the next command: “Mecha 2, launch an attack.”

 

Upon receiving the order, one of the mechas immediately went into action, launching a fierce attack on He Yishu’s mecha.

 

Since he knew the content of the test, He Yishu did not counterattack, and the mecha remained standing there motionless.

 

However, the giant beast standing on the shoulder of the mecha couldn’t stand still; it first sent out a warning chirp to the attacking mecha with an intimidating aura, and when it saw that the other party didn’t retreat, it spread its wings once again, flew into mid-air, and fiercely met the attacking mecha.

“Do we need to take out the rune card?” He Yishu asked Arman through the communicator.

 

Arman immediately gave a negative answer: “No need.”

 

After saying that, he immediately gave another order: “Mecha 2, stop attacking, and Mecha 3, start attacking.”

 

Upon hearing the command, Mecha #2 immediately stopped while Mecha #3, which was originally stationary, began to approach He Yishu’s Mecha #1.

 

The beast, which was originally raging, stopped after seeing mecha #2 stop. When mecha #3 started to approach He Yishu’s mecha, after a long hiss, it turned its head and flew towards mecha #3.

 

From this, it could be seen that the beast knew its duty very well and was only protecting He Yishu’s mech rather than taking the initiative to attack.

 

After that, Arman ordered a few more trials, and each time he got the same result, until the Han rune card passed its statute of limitations.

Undoubtedly, the result of this trial was very successful, and it was completely different from those two times just now.

 

After that, He Yishu used another Seal Character Rune Card with offensive properties, and the result was also very smooth.

 

In order to get a more definitive answer to the question, He Yishu left the mecha and returned to the monitoring room after using five Seal Body Rune Cards consecutively.

 

And after that, Arman sent three different people to use the Seal Body Rune Cards, and the result was that every time, there would be a problem, and the Rune Cards didn’t work properly at all.

 

This was very telling.

 

“It seems that this kind of Seal Character Rune Card is different from all the others and will pick who it will be used on its own.” Arman chuckled with a hint of snark.

 

After pondering for a moment, Adrian spoke, “The problem right now is that we simply cannot tell whether the use of the Seal Character Rune Cards is occurring because they were made by Xiao Shu or because Xiao Shu is the only one who understands the underpinnings of the Han characters.”

 

Both situations did exist, and both held true. He Yishu smiled faintly with anticipation, “It’s true that there’s no way to tell right now, but there will be a day when we can tell, and I think that in the future there should be a lot of people that will be able to successfully create Han character cards that can be used properly. But for now, there is no way to use this kind of rune card for the time being.”

 

“It is already very rare for other Han rune cards to be able to be used in one-to-many combat,” although they were very shocked by the usefulness of this kind of rune card. People always had to learn to be content, especially since they had indeed already gained a very great benefit now: “Today’s experiment has already been conducted, and the results are very pleasing and congratulatory.”

 

“Today’s harvest is indeed very huge, but my favorite is still the Seal Body Rune Card, because I think it’s more like a kind of Rune Card with a soul.” Adrian looked at He Yishu earnestly. “It only wants to serve those who can understand it. Xiao Shu, you should be proud of yourself for knowing this kind of Rune Card and this kind of language.”

 

He Yishu smiled broadly, “You’re right, I also like this kind of soulful rune card very much.”

 

“Ahem, flirting can wait until you get back; there are still elders present now,” Arman coughed dryly, pretending to be dissatisfied. “Next, we should talk about the mission I mentioned earlier.”

 

He Yishu secretly stuck out his tongue, “Uncle, please speak.”

 

“Let’s change places first; the staff here still needs to do further statistics and collation of the data.” Arman brought the two to his office.

 

Only after the three of them had taken their seats did Arman speak, “The mission I want to give you is actually in conjunction with the travel plan you proposed earlier.”

 

“Does Father want us to complete some sort of task while traveling?” Adrian guessed, a small grumble inevitable in his tone.

 

This was his and He Yishu’s first interstellar trip, and the process would feel less romantic and perfect if they had to juggle a mission as well.

 

“You don’t have the right to give advice in my place,” Arman glanced at his son. “Even if you really want to give advice, it can only be given by Xiao Shu.”

 

Adrian glanced at He Yishu aggressively, as if accusing him of his father’s ruthlessness. He Yishu couldn’t help but grin, but deliberately didn’t pay any attention to him, instead turning his head to look at Arman: “I don’t know what kind of mission Uncle is talking about.”

 

Arman asked without answering: “After the one-to-many test of the rune cards, what other experiments do we need to carry out?”

 

“It should be to expand the use of rune cards, but wasn’t that something Uncle had already said before? If it’s a Han character card, there should be no need to consider this.” He Yishu replied.

 

“It’s true that the range of effects of a Han character card is much broader than that of an ordinary rune card, but is this broadness really without any reference? We simply cannot determine the answer to this question,” Arman pulled up a map of the universe, “Is the Han character card’s scope of action an area, a planet, or a star field? And does it target plants, animals, or humans? Or does it also contain those inanimate objects? These are all questions that are well worth exploring and researching. And your previous use of the Han character card was, after all, all on the virtual network, which has a very big difference from reality itself.”

 

He Yishu and Adrian listened quietly; many things were indeed not as simple as they thought.

 

“Of course, these researches obviously take time, so the tasks I’ve set for you are only a very small part of it.” Arman slowed down his tone and speed of speech and continued, “I hope that you’ll be able to have someone from the military department follow you on your trip this time, and also during your journey, I hope that you’ll be able to find the suitable opportunities to test the range of Han character cards as much as possible while ensuring your own safety, and record these data.”

 

In other words, Arman was hoping that He Yishu would use the Han character card on different objects from time to time during the journey and then see what effect it would have.

 

And these different objects could be debris floating in the universe, objects seen on a certain planet, or even pirates they encountered in the universe.

 

He Yishu turned his head to look at Adrian for a moment. “What do you think?”

Adrian complained expressionlessly, “I don’t have the right to give my opinion at all.”

 

He Yishu laughed: “But you can tell me what you think first, and I’ll convey it to your father.”

 

Adrian paused slightly before speaking again. “My idea is that I support your choice.”

 

“Ahem, can you guys really not stop showing love like that in front of me?” Arman couldn’t bear to remind himself again; he had always felt that with his son’s personality, getting along with He Yishu should be extremely boring, but now he realized that in this aspect, his son might indeed have certain talents that even he himself didn’t know about.

 

At least as Adrian’s father, he couldn’t do that.

 

“Father, I’m just answering the question correctly, and it’s our right to do so.” Adrian said it in a serious manner.

 

Arman shrugged and tried to act as unconcerned as possible.

 

He Yishu lowered his head and snickered, only to raise his head again after a few moments, looking at Arman: “Uncle, I’m actually not sure that I can complete such a task; although this task sounds simple, in reality, it’s more like a tedious and lengthy job.”

 

Arman immediately responded: “Indeed, it is tedious and long, but I will leave the recording to others, and the only thing you need to do is to make and use the Han character cards. And when traveling with Adrian, you will quickly become bored, and at that point, you may find the task a good pastime.”

 

“Father.” Adrian addressed seriously.

 

Arman slightly lowered his head, deliberately not looking at Adrian.

He Yishu increasingly felt that this pair of father and son were very interesting; he smiled and said, “Alright, I am willing to accept this mission, but I can’t guarantee whether or not I will be able to complete it.”

 

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