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Chapter 810: Psychological Assessment
Chapter 810: Psychological Assessment (Combined)
"Hello, Qiao Sang." Qiao Sang extended her hand in greeting.
"I know who you are", Mu Jing smiled. "The champion of the Beastmaster Star Tournament."
Qiao Sang blushed slightly and said, "Shall we find a place first?"
"Let's go straight to my classroom. It's empty right now", Mu Jing suggested.
"Sure." Qiao Sang nodded.
The two of them took the elevator to the ninth floor.
They attracted quite a bit of attention along the way, as many clearly recognized the recently famous figure.
Mu Jing waved to someone she knew from a distance and chuckled, "Almost everyone in our major knows you."
Qiao Sang asked casually, "Do people in your major watch the Beastmaster Star Tournament?"
"Not really", Mu Jing's expression became a bit more serious. "You're the first person to achieve a Bond Evolution with Steel Sparrow, and not just once but consecutively. That's why we're so curious about what kind of person can make a familiar like Steel Sparrow bond and evolve."
Qiao Sang, remembering the scene when Steel Treasure evolved, laughed and said, "I'm not sure what happened back then, but I think it's not that hard to bond with Steel Sparrow. You just need to make it genuinely acknowledge you."
Mu Jing smiled wryly, "Getting a familiar like Steel Sparrow to genuinely acknowledge someone is the hardest part."
As she spoke, she stopped and opened the door to the third-year Class 3 classroom. "We're here."
Qiao Sang followed her inside.
Mu Jing closed the door and said straightforwardly, "I mentioned in my message that I don't want credits. I hope we can discuss the mission reward in person. Did you see that?"
Qiao Sang sat down casually and nodded, "Yes, I saw it."
She paused and asked, "What do you want?"
"I hope to have a conversation with your Steelcut Falcon", Mu Jing explained her purpose. "Many people in our college have conducted similar research and even tried to interact with Steel Sparrow in the same way Blue Star did, but none of them managed to cause any emotional changes in Steel Sparrow."
"I'm wondering if your Steel Sparrow has a unique psychological profile. That's why I want to have a conversation that can detect its emotional fluctuations."
The Familiar Psychology Department studies the psychological phenomena and mental functions of familiars, as well as their behavioral activities. When the research reaches a certain level, it can not only facilitate psychological therapy but also easily influence a familiar's emotional fluctuations, making it stronger.
Bond Evolution is one form of such strength.
This evolutionary path might seem like a legend to other ordinary Beastmasters in Supernest, but Yulinton University has been conducting related research for a long time.
No wonder she didn't want credits; she must be interested in Steel Treasure... Qiao Sang thought to herself as she said, "If it's just a conversation and emotional detection, that's fine."
Honestly, this was a better deal than credits.
Aside from the credits she earned at the beginning of the semester, she had been spending more than she earned ever since...
Mu Jing's face lit up, and she immediately said, "Then I'll start the mission right away."
With that, she formed a hand seal.
The Green Star Array lit up, and a familiar about 80 centimeters tall appeared within it. The familiar had claws adorned with a Miniaturization Band, a mostly black body with a ghostly tail but no feet, a gray head wrapped in several layers of white bandages, and eyes with yellow irises and black sclera.
Night Keeper, a General-Class Ghost-type Companion Beast, is said to enjoy appearing by the side of those whose lives are nearing their end.
Attitudes toward Night Keeper are polarized.
Some people intensely loathe it.
Others, however, do not mind it and, in fact, those whose lives are nearing their end often specifically post missions to invite Night Keeper to their side.
This is because the vast majority of Night Keepers can Awaken the Advanced Skill of Memory Reading as they Evolve.
For those who still have some time left to live, this Skill is particularly intrusive.
For those who are bedridden with serious illnesses, their lives nearing their end, and unable to speak a word, the ability to see a fleeting review of their life before they die and share it with their loved ones is something they welcome.
Qiao Sang recalled the information about Night Keeper and turned to look at Air.
“Treasure Seeker.”
“Xunxun~”
Treasure Seeker appeared.
Mu Jing glanced at Treasure Seeker and began explaining the precautions before the Memory Scan: “My Night Keeper’s Memory Scan has reached the Perfection level. It won’t cause any harm to the Ghost Ring King when the memories are brought to the surface.”
“However, there is one thing to note: the person must be thinking of the specific memory to be read.”
“Otherwise,” Mu Jing chuckled, “it might read something it shouldn’t.”
Treasure Seeker has always been forthright and upright… Qiao Sang wasn’t worried and smiled, “Just go ahead, it knows what to do.”
“Xunxun!”
Before Mu Jing could say more, Treasure Seeker raised its claws, indicating to wait a moment.
“What’s wrong?” Qiao Sang asked.
“Xunxun…” Treasure Seeker called out, indicating that some time had passed and it needed to recall the memory first.
Hearing this, Qiao Sang became serious, “Then hurry up and think about it.”
Memory Scan typically has three stages.
The first stage involves directly reading the memory, which can potentially cause severe brain damage, such as cerebral palsy.
The second stage allows the reader to access and display the memory the target is currently recalling.
The third stage can read any memory that has appeared in the mind, including imagined scenarios, and present them.
A Perfection-level Memory Scan should be at the third stage. Treasure Seeker’s imagination is always vivid, and Qiao Sang didn’t want it to confuse the Evolution scene with other thoughts.
“Xunxun…”
Treasure Seeker closed its eyes and concentrated.
Evolution scene, Evolution scene…
After about half a minute, Treasure Seeker opened its eyes and nodded solemnly, indicating it had recalled the memory.
Seeing this, Qiao Sang felt relieved and nodded at Mu Jing, “We can start now.”
“Do you want me to leave?” Mu Jing asked considerately.
Memory Scan is an extremely private matter, and most people do not like having unrelated strangers present to witness it.
“No need,” Qiao Sang replied.
Treasure Seeker’s next Evolution stage isn’t anything to be ashamed of, and unless she or Treasure Seeker mentioned it, no one would know what the background scene meant.
Mu Jing didn’t press further and looked at Night Keeper, “Let’s begin.”
“Xunxun!”
Treasure Seeker looked at Night Keeper with an expression that said, “Come on.”
Without a word, Night Keeper floated into Treasure Seeker’s mind.
Instantly, an image appeared above Treasure Seeker’s head.
The marble tabletop, leather sofa, metal decorations, and warm lighting.
At first glance, Qiao Sang's heart sank. Two words flashed through her mind:
It's over.
This was clearly the living room of a villa!
If there were any iconic buildings or landmarks outside, she might have had a direction to search.
But with countless villas, she couldn't just barge into someone else's to look around!
However, Qiao Sang quickly had a second thought:
Oh, this is the location for the next stage of Treasure Seeker's Evolution. That's fine...
The next Evolution form of Treasure Seeker was known. As long as its energy was full and it had the necessary Evolution Artifacts, the Evolution would go smoothly.
Knowing the Evolution location wasn't that important...
Qiao Sang calmed down, pulled out her mobile phone, and opened the camera. She snapped two photos of the scene that had appeared.
Just then, the image above Treasure Seeker's head changed.
In the new scene, Treasure Seeker was in the center, surrounded by Fangy, Lulu, and Steel Treasure.
"Fangy."
Fangy stepped forward, patted its shoulder, and said, "I didn't expect you to be so strong. Looks like you'll be the leader from now on."
"Ice Ai." Lulu nodded.
"Steel Slash." Steel Treasure also nodded.
Qiao Sang, with a satisfied expression, said, "Since Fangy said so, you'll be the Big Brother from now on."
"Xunxun, Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker threw back its head and laughed.
Qiao Sang: "???"
Fangy, who was quietly controlling the villa's Clone training from within Qiao Sang's Beastmaster's arms, was also puzzled: "???"
Lulu silently poked her head out of her backpack, her eyes deep and dark, staring at Treasure Seeker.
Was there any need to read this memory... Mu Jing only understood the sentence Qiao Sang had said in the scene, but was still confused.
During the Memory Scan, the subject's eyes were closed, and their attention was focused on the scenes appearing in their mind.
Although Treasure Seeker's eyes were closed, it felt a chill run down its back, as if a killing intent was approaching.
At that moment, it heard a voice say:
"It's done."
Then it felt Night Keeper leave its head.
Treasure Seeker opened its eyes to see Qiao Sang, Fangy Big Brother, and Lulu staring straight at it.
Especially Fangy Big Brother and Lulu, whose eyes seemed to be filled with killing intent.
"Xunxun?"
Treasure Seeker blinked, not understanding why everyone was looking at it like that.
Seeing the scene, Mu Jing suddenly understood something and asked:
"Was the scene that appeared not the one you wanted to read? Do you need to scan again? My Night Keeper's Memory Scan has reached Perfection, and it might unintentionally read the most recent thoughts from the Ghost Ring King's mind."
"Xunxun?"
Frequent thoughts?
Treasure Seeker was initially stunned, then it thought of something and its body stiffened, as if it had turned to stone.
"Fangy."
Fangy slowly bared its teeth.
Before Fangy could finish speaking, Treasure Seeker quickly vanished, pretending it wasn't there.
"Ice Ai."
Lulu snorted, the water bubbles forming in her nostrils bursting and retreating back into her backpack.
It seemed that during the time Treasure Seeker had been practicing Oppressive Aura, it had developed a lot of courage, often thinking about this... Qiao Sang felt the warmth in her arms and the chill on her back, silently worrying for Treasure Seeker. She smiled on the surface and said:
“No need, I’ve already seen the image I wanted to read.”
The layout of the villa in the image was neither the one she was currently living in nor one she had ever lived in before.
A Treasure Seeker’s imagined architectural layout couldn’t be that precise. If there were no surprises, this would be the location for the next stage of Evolution.
No wonder he didn’t mind me watching... Mu Jing thought to herself.
She picked up her phone to check the time and said, “We still have some time. My meeting only takes half an hour. How about we do it now?”
“Sure.” Qiao Sang finished speaking and formed a hand seal.
Soon, Steel Treasure was summoned.
Seeing the first Steelcut Falcon to achieve consecutive Bond Evolution on Supernest, Mu Jing’s eyes lit up.
“She wants to ask you a few questions to see how you differ from other Steel Sparrows that haven’t undergone Bond Evolution,” Qiao Sang explained succinctly.
“Steel Slash.”
Steel Slash nodded, indicating understanding, then looked at the human Qiao Sang had mentioned.
Mu Jing specialized in psychology and could interpret the micro-expressions of familiars to understand their intentions.
When she saw the expression on the Steelcut Falcon’s face, she immediately knew it was ready.
Mu Jing didn’t waste any time. She went to her usual seat, took out the specialized testing equipment from the drawer, and placed it on the table.
Steel Treasure flapped its wings and flew over to stand on the nearby table.
Mu Jing attached the testing head of the equipment to Steel Treasure’s head and said, “I’m going to start asking questions now.”
“Steel Slash.” Steel Treasure nodded.
Qiao Sang sat down nearby, watching the scene with great interest.
This was the first time she had seen a live demonstration of a familiar’s psychological questioning.
“What do you think of humans?”
“Steel Slash.”
She had no particular opinion.
“Is that how you feel now, or how you felt before?”
“Steel Slash.”
She had no opinion now, nor had she had one before. There were too many humans, and she hadn’t met many of them.
“Why did you bond with your Beastmaster?”
“Steel Slash.”
She was a good person.
“Do you like good people?”
“Steel Slash.”
There are many kinds of good people, such as foolish and not foolish. She liked good people who weren’t foolish.
“So, in your eyes, your Beastmaster is a good person who isn’t foolish?”
Steel Treasure hesitated for a moment:
“Steel Slash.”
Actually, she can be a bit foolish sometimes.
Qiao Sang: “???”
Hey, hey, hey, didn’t you notice I’m right here?
Night Keeper acted as the translator, and the conversation between the human and the beast flowed smoothly.
After each question, Mu Jing glanced at the testing equipment.
She noticed that the Steelcut Falcon showed almost no emotional fluctuations in response to her questions, just like the other Steel Sparrows, eerily calm.
How could such a Steelcut Falcon possibly bond with a human? Mu Jing couldn’t figure it out.
The questioning lasted for half an hour.
“Last question: Now that you are in a new form, have you ever thought that you might not evolve again?”
“Steel Slash.”
She hadn’t thought about it.
Mu Jing glanced at the equipment, noticing that the fluctuations remained steady, and felt somewhat disappointed.
“Are we done?” Qiao Sang asked.
Mu Jing replied, “We’re done.”
Qiao Sang looked at Steel Treasure, “Since we’re done, let’s head home.”
“Steel Slash.” Steel Treasure called out calmly.
Mu Jing stared at the screen, where the previously steady fluctuations suddenly turned orange and began to rise slightly. She was stunned.
The fluctuations had changed for the first time.
This was a signal of pleasure.
(End of Chapter)
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