Consciousness sank, light and shadow swirled.
Ning Chuan’s spiritual body appeared precisely upon the cold metal platform.
The expanded safe zone beneath his feet was solid and stable.
In the distance, the pile of trash emitting an enticing glow still lay quietly seven or eight meters away, mocking his limited reach.
“No rush, you can’t become fat in one bite,” Ning Chuan muttered to himself, suppressing the desire in his heart as he turned his gaze toward the newly expanded outer edge of the platform.
The garbage piled here was equally varied.
Though not as dazzling as those farther away, a careful search might still yield something good.
With his will, he lifted the reinforced four-meter-long rake, with spirit power flowing through it, and began a new round of “cleaning.”
Crack!
Clang!
The sounds of metal colliding and scraping rang out continuously.
Ning Chuan was like a patient miner, carefully sifting through every inch of waste within his reach.
Broken weapons, charred armor fragments, dull gemstones, strange ceramic shards…
Most were sent into the decomposition light pillar, converted into varying amounts of points and basic materials.
His points grew slowly but steadily.
Suddenly, the rake’s teeth hooked onto a small, heavy metal box with a relatively intact structure.
The box was about a foot square, dark silver in color, its surface covered in fine scratches, but its overall structure did not appear severely damaged.
On one side of the box was a clear indentation of a palm print, with several charred marks along the edges, as if grazed by an energy weapon.
The lid was tightly shut, hiding its contents, but Ning Chuan could faintly sense an extremely weak, peculiar energy fluctuation emanating from within.
This fluctuation was strange—not a violent energy, but rather carrying an… orderly and gentle feeling?
“Station, scan this box,” Ning Chuan cautiously refrained from dragging it directly.
“Scanning…”
“Target: Portable Spirit Soul Guidance and Nourishing Device (moderately damaged)”
“Origin: Douluo Continent parallel world (designation T-742, high soul tool technology development branch)”
“Status: Shell slightly deformed, internal energy circuits partially interrupted, core nourishing function stalled, seal intact.”
“Internal detection: Low-activity thousand-year spirit souls x 2”
“Spirit Soul 1: Light attribute, status: Weak, dormant.”
“Spirit Soul 2: Life attribute, status: Weak, dormant.”
Internal spirit souls possess certain fusion value (especially suitable for the Station Master’s current martial soul system).
Risk: Low (spirit souls are in an unconscious dormant state).”
“Recommendation: Attempt to dismantle and recover device materials, or open the device to release the spirit souls for targeted handling.”
“A Douluo Continent parallel world?
Spirit souls?!” Ning Chuan’s heart shook violently, almost unable to believe his ears!
He stared fixedly at the dark silver box, his breathing growing rapid.
Spirit souls!
These were entities that only appeared after the second part of Douluo Continent, higher-level existences than spirit rings!
They could grant soul masters soul skills and even evolve alongside the soul master’s growth!
Though from a parallel world, their fundamental principles should be the same.
This was practically a treasure tailor-made for him!
Two of them!
And at the thousand-year level!
Light and life attributes!
This seemed to have an extremely high compatibility with his evolved “Azure Jade Willow Leaf Grass” Martial Soul!
A massive wave of pleasant surprise crashed over Ning Chuan’s mind.
Who would have thought that in this pile of multiversal junk, he could fish out a treasure so perfectly matched to his own power system!
Dismantle the device to recycle materials?
Only a fool would do that!
“Station, I want to activate this device and safely release the Spirit Souls inside!” Ning Chuan commanded without hesitation.
“Command confirmed.
Initiating safe unlocking procedure.”
A faint stream of energy flowed from the platform into a concealed interface on the box.
Click.
A soft sound echoed as the lid slowly popped open, revealing the internal structure.
The containers were filled with a pale golden, slightly viscous liquid.
At this moment, the glow on the surfaces of both containers was extremely dim, and the liquid inside was almost still.
Within each container, a sphere of light floated quietly.
The one on the left was only the size of a fist, emitting a soft, pure white glow.
The light was warm but not dazzling, and its form seemed to be subtly changing constantly—sometimes like dove feathers, sometimes like the dawn.
At its core was a point of extremely bright white light, like a miniature sun, though it too appeared somewhat dim now.
The sphere of light on the right was slightly larger, displaying a vibrant emerald green hue.
Its glow resembled the purest jadeite, and inside, countless tiny leaf-like veins seemed to flow and breathe slowly, exuding a refreshing aura of life.
However, this vitality also appeared very weak.
Both spheres of light floated silently, showing no signs of consciousness, as if they had fallen into the deepest slumber.
These were the two thousand-year Spirit Souls!
They looked extremely weak.
If they didn’t receive nourishment soon, they risked dissipating entirely.
“Station, how should I fuse with them?” Ning Chuan suppressed his excitement and asked solemnly.
He knew that fusing with Spirit Souls was no easy task, especially attempting to fuse with two thousand-year Spirit Souls at once.
For a Grand Spirit Master like him, who had just reached level twenty, it was theoretically almost impossible to withstand.
“Option One: Fuse one by one.
Prioritize fusing with the Spirit Soul with higher compatibility.
The other Spirit Soul will be temporarily sealed and maintained by the Station (requires point consumption).
Lower risk, higher success rate.”
“Option Two: Attempt dual Spirit Soul synchronous fusion.
Maximizes absorption of Spirit Soul power, potentially bringing additional benefits.
However, Spirit Power impact and soul load are doubled, making failure highly likely.
Failure may result in soul damage or Spirit Soul dissipation.
Risk: Extremely High.”
“Recommended Option: Option One.”