Working as a consultant in the Ultra Universe

Back home, Gu Chen took off his coat and headed to the kitchen to start preparing dinner.

Behind him, Xingyao followed closely, her eyes fixed on Gu Chen, her brows slightly furrowed.

Gu Chen had just taken out the ingredients for tonight's dinner from the refrigerator when he turned around and almost bumped into Xing Yao.

Seeing this, Gu Chen couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you today? Is there something you want to tell me?"

Normally, when Xingyao gets home from school, she jumps onto the sofa to watch TV without fail, unlike today when she treats him like a TV.

Xingyao tilted her head slightly, frowned, and said, "Didn't you feel it?"

Gu Chen asked curiously, "What did you feel?"

Seeing that Gu Chen seemed genuinely unaware of the problem, Xing Yao stated directly, "It's the effect of negative energy."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen paused for a moment, then placed the ingredients in his hand into the sink.

Seeing this, Xingyao continued, "Since the outbreak of the negative energy disaster, you have absorbed a large amount of negative energy. Haven't you felt the effects of the negative energy yet?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen stopped what he was doing, then closed his eyes and carefully sensed it. He shook his head and said, "The negative energy has not had any effect on my consciousness. The barrier of dark power protecting my consciousness is also very strong and shows no signs of being broken through by the negative energy."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Xingyao's voice rang out: "I'm not referring to the direct impact, but the indirect impact. Haven't you noticed that your mood is particularly off today?"

Gu Chen turned around in surprise, looked at Xing Yao, and said, "Is it that obvious?"

Xingyao said earnestly, "Others may not be able to see it, but you are my chosen envoy for Earth and my only hope to get out of this crisis. So please don't doubt the attention I've paid to you. Even the slightest change in you will be obvious to me."

Gu Chen nodded thoughtfully, then explained, "I see. But you're probably overthinking it. I'm just a little unhappy because of what happened today. It's nothing serious, I'll be fine in a few days."

However, Xingyao disagreed with Gu Chen's words and retorted, "That's the problem. Although negative energy cannot directly affect your consciousness or thoughts, it can affect your mood, especially when your emotions are fluctuating significantly. Negative energy may take the opportunity to exert its power and intensify your emotional fluctuations."

"In this way, even if negative energy cannot directly affect your consciousness, it can indirectly affect your state by influencing your mood."

"If this situation isn't taken seriously, it will only get worse, and I remember you're not the sentimental type, are you?"

"From what I know, you're the kind of person who doesn't regret a decision once you've made it. What happened to make you so sentimental now?"

Gu Chen fell silent in response to Xing Yao's words.

He looked thoughtful, but felt somewhat agitated.

If it weren't for Xingyao's reminder, he might have thought that these negative emotions stemmed from his failure to prevent Zakar's death.

However, after Xingyao's reminder, Gu Chen vaguely felt that there might really be a problem.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly becoming incredibly profound.

He slightly activated the power of the Dark Seed, deliberately bringing himself into a state of absolute calm.

To be honest, Gu Chen didn't really like maintaining this state all the time, because it prevented him from deeply experiencing positive emotions like happiness and joy.

If this continues, Gu Chen will still worry that he will gradually lose the color of life and the motivation and creativity brought by emotions.

But now, he must use this situation to examine himself carefully.

After a moment of self-reflection, Gu Chen nodded with a somewhat grave expression and said, "Indeed, as you said, I was unknowingly indirectly affected by negative energy."

"Thanks to your reminder, otherwise this influence would have spread from me to others, and I would have unknowingly become a source of negative energy."

Gu Chen was very pleased that the useless Earth Will at home had finally come in handy.

Seeing that Gu Chen had gotten rid of the indirect effects of negative energy, Xing Yao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Negative energy is a very dangerous thing. Although the dark power in your body can transform it into harmless dark power, the large accumulation of negative energy will itself affect everything around you invisibly."

“You are now using your body as a vessel to absorb the negative energy controlled by the ultimate darkness, so you need to pay more attention to this issue. Sometimes the effects are subtle and gradual.”

"If things continue as they are, you may not become a puppet of negative energy or ultimately darkness, but you are very likely to undergo a drastic change in personality due to loss of emotional control, and then do something irreversible."

Listening to Xingyao's words, Gu Chen nodded in agreement. This was indeed a very possible thing to happen, but of course it wasn't absolute. Perhaps even without Xingyao's reminder, he would be able to discover the problem on his own one day?

However, that would mean he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't do something irreversible before he realized what was happening, given his current high position and the enormous impact of every decision he made.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen immediately reached out and affectionately rubbed Xingyao's little head, smiling and saying, "This time, we really owe you a lot. What would you like to eat tonight? I'll go and prepare it for you right now."

Upon hearing this, Xingyao's eyes lit up immediately, and she said, "Really? Then I want to eat a super-sized strawberry ice cream!"

Gu Chen nodded, then turned around, opened the refrigerator door, and took out new ingredients as he said, "Really? You want to eat spicy chicken? No problem, I'll make it for you right away."

Upon hearing this, Xingyao stared at Gu Chen with wide, incredulous eyes, who seemed to have misheard, and corrected him, "No, no, it's not spicy chicken, I meant extra-large strawberry ice cream!"

However, Gu Chen didn't care about any of that. He just nodded and said perfunctorily, "Okay, okay, spicy chicken, spicy chicken, I got it. Go to the living room and watch TV while you wait for dinner to be served."

What's a giant strawberry ice cream?

Who in their family would eat this for a proper dinner?

Don't think you can act recklessly just because you're the will of the Earth. Don't forget who you are now. At most, I'll buy you an ice cream as a dessert after dinner, but don't think you can eat it as a meal!