Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Just Entered the Secret Realm and Already Locked On by Mental Power?

With a command from the Provincial Government official.

Visible ripples spread across the distorted space portal of the Black Stone Secret Realm.

The students began to file in, class by class, in an orderly fashion.

「On the main platform.」

The gaze of Zhang Chengye, Director of the Provincial Education Bureau, never left Gu Yuexi’s shoulder, fixed on the dark red mosquito perched there.

He had made a special trip from the provincial capital for the sole purpose of seeing the mosquito with Top-Grade Five Stars Spiritual Wisdom with his own eyes.

Three days ago, when the top-secret, urgent report from Jiang City landed on his desk, his first reaction was that it was absurd.

’A mosquito with Top-Grade Five Stars Spiritual Wisdom?’

’Even myths aren’t this outlandish!’

But after seeing the images and data from the Universal Detector attached to the report, he couldn’t sit still.

The report caused a massive uproar among the Provincial Government’s top leadership!

The entire Beast Taming research department was in an uproar over it, arguing nonstop.

One faction believed it was an earth-shattering discovery, one that could change the future of the Human Race!

If they could unlock the secret to the mosquito’s high Spiritual Wisdom and apply it, the entire Beast Tamer system of the Human Race would undergo a revolution of epic proportions!

The other faction was more conservative, arguing it was likely an unreplicable, one-in-a-trillion genetic mutation with limited research value, unworthy of significant resource investment.

It was precisely because of this debate that Zhang Chengye had been dispatched to personally verify the situation and conduct a practical evaluation of this “Divine Mosquito” and its Beast Tamer.

Only when he saw Gu Yuexi walk into the Secret Realm alone did he finally tear his gaze from the tiny mosquito, unable to stop himself from remarking:

“This Gu Yuexi… She really is a loner, isn’t she?”

“A loner is putting it mildly.”

City Lord Lin Zhennan, who was standing nearby, gave a wry smile. “That girl isn’t just proud to the bone, she’s also incredibly stubborn! To think… she would actually practice that kind of Evil Technique that harms both the user and others!”

Upon hearing the words “Evil Technique,” Zhang Chengye’s brow furrowed tightly.

He said in a heavy tone, “The Ten Thousand Beasts Melting Furnace Technique was deemed forbidden by the Federation’s high command and has been banned for over a hundred years!”

“How did an ordinary high school student get her hands on it? Could she have come into contact with some shady Cult Organization?”

“City Lord Lin, and you, Principal Wang, you must investigate this matter thoroughly for me!”

City Lord Lin nodded seriously. “We will.”

Hearing this, the principal and the dean of students felt a chill and began scribbling furiously in their notebooks. “Yes, yes, yes! The Director is absolutely right! We will investigate it thoroughly!”

“Mm.”

Zhang Chengye nodded, then changed the subject. “By the way, regarding first place in this assessment…”

The principal and the dean of students nodded eagerly, continuing their frantic note-taking. “Yes! Exactly! Since it’s an assessment, there must be a first place! An excellent point, Director!”

Zhang Chengye: “…”

He shot a speechless glance at the two bootlicking idiots and waved his hand impatiently. “That’s enough, stop writing!”

He cleared his throat and said to City Lord Lin and the other leaders beside him, “Since I’m here this year, I can’t very well come empty-handed.”

“I’ll pay out of my own pocket. I will personally reward the first-place winner of this combat assessment with their choice of any Cultivation Resource worth up to two hundred thousand!”

At his words, the surrounding teachers all praised the Director’s generosity, and the atmosphere on the main platform grew more animated.

“Whoever gets first place this year is going to make out like a bandit! Who do you all think it’ll be?”

“I’d say it’s an eighty percent chance it’ll be either Zhou Kai from the Martial Arts Department or Zhao Qingtian from the Beast Taming Department. Among the few candidates at the Peak of First-Grade, those two are probably the strongest.”

“Not necessarily. Don’t forget, our school has a few top students in the less popular specializations, like that Qin Feng from the Spiritual Mind Master class. His strength has already reached the First-Grade Late Stage.”

“Oh, I almost forgot about him! That kid definitely has a shot. A Spiritual Mind Master’s attack methods are strange and unpredictable; they can almost all perform Cross-Level Combat!”

“Exactly. The difficulty and danger of cultivating as a Spiritual Mind Master are just too high, which is why it’s not a mainstream path. But in terms of pure combat strength, they’re absolutely terrifying…”

After discussing a few candidates, someone brought up Gu Yuexi.

“What place do you think that Gu Yuexi can get? She’s a First-Grade Late Stage Martial Artist now, so she’s not weak!”

“Hmm… she’s a shoo-in for the top twenty, but breaking into the top fifteen might be difficult. She can only rely on her own strength, after all. That mosquito is only at the First-Grade Early Stage, so it’s basically useless…”

…

Meanwhile, on the other side of the main platform.

The president of the Jingzhe Guild looked at the rows of high-ranking officials from the Provincial Government, growing more nervous by the second. A cold sweat was starting to form.

He carefully used his Mental Power to send a message to Leng Yan, who was seated beside him:

“Leng Yan! Tell me the truth. Are you really just here to observe? I’m warning you, don’t you dare do anything reckless! All the officials from the Provincial Government are right here!”

“That Gu Yuexi is the apple of their eye right now. If you dare to start something, our entire guild is done for!”

The guild president’s heart was pounding with terror. This Leng Yan had insisted on coming to observe the assessment. As one of the major local powers, the Jingzhe Guild certainly had the standing to be here.

But how could he possibly feel at ease letting her come alone?

’Who knows if she’s been blinded by hatred and has come here to make a move on Gu Yuexi?’

However, in response to the president’s anxious warning, Leng Yan simply sat there calmly and sent back a placid voice transmission:

“Relax. I know what I’m doing.”

Her expression was completely serene, but deep within her icy eyes flickered a grim, murderous intent imperceptible to others.

’Of course, she wouldn’t do it herself.’

Leng Yan scoffed internally.

Over the past three days, she had already used several intermediaries to contact a few students ranked in the school’s top twenty—students from poor families but with impressive strength.

She had promised them a substantial reward to “accidentally” eliminate Gu Yuexi during the Secret Realm assessment.

’She was well aware that if Gu Yuexi died in the Secret Realm, she would be the prime suspect.’

’But so what?’

’The students she’d hired had no idea she was the one pulling the strings.’

’And her reason for appearing here in person today was precisely to create the illusion of having a clear conscience, proving she had nothing to hide!’

…

「Inside the Secret Realm.」

After a moment of vertigo, Gu Yuexi and Chu Sheng were randomly teleported into a dense jungle.

Gu Yuexi instantly steadied herself, her eyes darting around to confirm the area was safe.

’Spiritual Crystal… I remember from my past life, that student found it at the bottom of a lake in the Secret Realm’s central region.’

A map of the Black Stone Secret Realm, which she knew like the back of her hand, instantly materialized in her mind.

She quickly got her bearings and began to move stealthily toward the lake’s location from her memory.

The Black Stone Secret Realm was a Newbie Secret Realm through and through. The Demon Beasts inside were mostly at the First-Grade Middle Stage, with only the occasional First-Grade Late Stage beast to be found.

As for Second-Grade Demon Beasts, they were exceedingly rare and only occupied the very core of the realm.

For the girl and her mosquito, the place was as safe as their own backyard.

However, they had just passed through a thicket of bushes and hadn’t gone far when Gu Yuexi’s steps came to a sudden halt.

Her cool eyes narrowed instantly, a flicker of vigilance in their depths.

Just a moment ago, she had clearly felt an invisible Mental Power lock onto her, as silent and persistent as a maggot clinging to bone!

She immediately sent out her own Mental Power, tracing it back to its source.

’Hm?’

’First-Grade Late Stage… a Spiritual Mind Master?’

Gu Yuexi’s brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

’What is this person’s intention?’

’Locking onto someone with Mental Power is an extremely impolite act…’