CHAPTER 441: CHAPTER 441: WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE

Is it a success?

Or—

A failure?

Every time the result is about to be revealed, Ji You feels like she has ingested a huge bucket of Anxiety Agent, making her whole person anxious...

Then—

The moment Boss stops and slips out of the Array Diagram, Ji You’s eyes widen as she fixates on the gradually fading luster of the Secret Silver Four-leaf Clover Pendant on the workbench.

Crack~

A very subtle crisp sound, particularly striking in this silent space, it was like a muffled thunder on the ground, heavily smashing into Ji You’s heart!

Ji You: "..."

Ji You stretches out her hand, clutching her chest tightly: "Quick! Get me a bottle of quick heart-saving pills!"

"Quick!"

No response.

No one in the single dorm cares about her.

Bang!

Ji You falls to the ground in response!

Inside the Spirit Space, the Six Strands huddle together, trembling. Sixth anxiously says:[Master might have died from anger, right?]

Old Five is fully panicked:[If Master has died, what will we do?]

The clever little Fourth spins in circles anxiously as he sees Ji You’s condition:[She’s still breathing, but it’s hard to say if she can hold on!]

Third also panics:[Master!!! Don’t die!!!]

Second spins in circles:[What do we do? What do we do? What do we do?]

Second, Third, Fourth, Old Five, and Sixth all look towards Boss. Boss forcefully calms themselves:[No! Master won’t die that easily! We should believe in Master! Master will definitely pull through! Come—let’s cheer her on together!]

As soon as Boss finishes speaking, the Six Strands turn towards Ji You, simultaneously shouting:[Master! You can do it! You’re the best!]

Ji You, lying motionlessly on the floor, suddenly twitches upon hearing this!

Six Strands:[Master!!! You can do it! You’re the fattest! Oops! The best!]

Ji You glares!

Six Strands:[Master! Hold on!]

Ji You, unable to bear it any longer, shouts: "Shut up! Even the dead could be angered back to life by you guys!"

Hearing Ji You’s vigorous scolding, the Six Threads instantly hug each other joyously:[Awesome! Master was saved by us!]

Ji You: "..."

Ji You raises her hand to her forehead: "Shut it! I was angered back to life by you guys!"

Six Strands:[...]

Ji You scolds the moment she opens her mouth: "No! It’s that you guys angered me to death and then back to life! You guys only do annoying things, only know how to make me angry!"

The Six Strands huddle together, shrunken like quails, not daring to make a sound.

Ji You takes a deep breath, feeling that she might have been a bit unreasonable, looking at the huddled silly threads, she awkwardly says: "I went too far just now, you guys don’t know about crafting Soul Devices, I shouldn’t have scolded you, nor should I have taken my anger out on you."

The Six Threads suddenly lift their heads, slightly disbelieving what they heard.

Ji You turns her face away, fidgeting as she says: "Sorry... my apologies!"

Six Strands:[Ah!!!]

Each of the Six Strands becomes even more terrified:[Master... is sick?]

Ji You: "..."

Ji You’s eyelid twitches, she scolds: "You are the ones who are sick! All of you are sick! Shut up! Focus! Get back to work now!"

The Six Strands happily wag their tails in unison:[That’s our Master!]

Ji You: "..."

Ji You was at a loss for words and deeply depressed. Suddenly, she heard the Six Strands joyfully shouting, "Master! Let’s keep pushing forward together!"

Ji You’s mouth curved upwards as she nodded lightly, "Okay! Let’s work hard together."

After this brief interlude, Ji You shook off her earlier listlessness and quickly cheered up, saying, "Boss, since you can’t control your strength freely right now, take a rest. Let’s have Second and Third give it a go."

Boss nodded.

Second and Third patted their chests, "Master, we’ll push harder!"

This time, Ji You still chose to experiment with the Companion Stone, but unfortunately, both Second and Third failed as well.

The Six Strands shrank their necks, looking nervously at Ji You. Ji You reassured them, "Don’t worry, I can hold on!"

Ji You lowered her head and pondered for a moment, a determined look flashed across her face as she said, "You two, try using Mithril one more time."

Then, Ji You meticulously refined and carved the Mithril.

However, unfortunately, both Second and Third failed at critical moments again.

Ji You frowned and asked, "Do you really think you controlled your strength?"

Boss, Second, and Third all had bitter expressions, almost swearing to the heavens, "We really controlled it! But... we just don’t know why it’s like this..."

Boss sounded especially aggrieved and pitiful, "Master, I tried to reduce my strength! That was really the weakest I could go..."

Ji You pondered, realizing that neither Boss, Second, nor Third could finely control their strength. Could it be that these materials couldn’t withstand their spiritual power?

Should she—

Give up?

Or—

Continue?

Ji You hardly hesitated and turned to Fourth, saying, "Fourth! It’s up to you now."

Known for usually being sly, Fourth was particularly serious and earnest this time, "Hmm! Fourth will push forward with Master!"

Ji You first used the Companion Stone as usual, and Fourth, spiritedly, made the exquisitely pink clover-shaped stone emit a soft glow amidst all attention.

After a while, the glow faded slightly but didn’t disappear. Instead, it subtly hid within the stone, appearing low-key and shimmering...

It worked!

Ji You was overjoyed!

This was the second success of the night!

Not just Ji You, but the Six Spiritual Threads were also very happy, each of them cheering while swimming around in the Spirit Space...

Ji You looked at Fourth, her eyes full of affection, "Fourth! Good boy!"

Fourth wagged its tail, expressing happiness.

Ji You said, "Let’s try with the Mithril next!"

Fourth patted his chest, "Sisi will keep pushing!"

As Ji You carved and prepared the Mithril seamlessly, while Fourth immediately started working, Ji You, full of anticipation, suddenly heard Fourth yell, "Master, if I use 20% strength it will break! If I only use 10%, it won’t reach the whole piece and will fail! This— is hard to control!"

Ji You: "Hmm?"

Fourth: "Ah!"

With a scream, the Mithril visibly shattered into several pieces.

Fourth shrank its neck, looking somewhat anxiously at Ji You.

Regardless of her disappointment, Ji You didn’t scold but quickly asked, "Did you just say that the size of the Mithril is hard to control?"

Fourth nodded, thought for a moment, and quickly explained, "Yes! Yes! Sisi isn’t being lazy on purpose! It’s really hard to control the surface area of this piece of Mithril."

Ji You asked, "Then Sisi, what size do you think can be controlled?"

Identifying a problem and not finding one leads to solutions. Now that they knew a potential reason for the failure, of course, the next step was to fix it!

Upon hearing this, Fourth wagged its tail, its plump body gradually shrinking and then curling into a circle, gesturing to Ji You, "This size is good, don’t make the area too big."

Ji You struggled to understand Fourth’s suggestion, and after a while, she finally figured out what to do!