Chapter 150: Wick

Qiao Sang’s pupils suddenly constricted.

One must know that vital energy is a characteristic of living beings; the more abundant one’s vital energy, the more spirited and vibrant they appear.

As long as a person is alive, they possess vital energy, it’s merely a matter of its ebb and flow. However, for this vital energy to attract the attention of a Ghost-type Pet, merely being alive isn’t enough.

Instead, the entire body needs to be filled with a large amount of vital energy.

The Ghost-type Pets in horror movies also prefer to absorb the vital energy from young people; they are never seen specifically seeking out and absorbing it from Old Ladies.

An Old Lady naturally has little vital energy, and it is contained within her body, so Ghost-type Pets cannot sense it at all.

Pets like the Ghost Absorption Lamp, which like to guide lost people in exchange for vital energy, according to big data, also guide young people.

And death qi is a type of aura of lifelessness.

The most death qi is found in places like funeral homes, morgues, and cemeteries.

When a person exhibits death qi, it indicates that their life is nearing its end.

The death qi that can attract Ghost-type Pets must be very浓郁, and sensing it in a living person basically indicates that this person will die within three days.

Logically speaking, the vital energy and death qi that can be sensed by Ghost-type Pets should both be beyond the normal energy range.

But the Little Treasure Hunting Ghost sensed both in the Old Lady.

This doesn’t make sense!

Qiao Sang pondered to herself, all abnormal phenomena are caused by extraordinary creatures. Could this be related to the missing Ghost Absorption Lamp?

For a moment, Qiao Sang’s mind raced.

She tried to connect all the events: the Old Lady was about to die, but on the same day, her family arrived, then the Ghost Absorption Lamp disappeared, and the Old Lady lived again.

The sequence of these events, strung together…

Qiao Sang unconsciously propped her chin with her right hand and began to theorize about a conspiracy.

Could it be that the Old Lady’s family knew about certain abilities of the Ghost Absorption Lamp, and then forced the Ghost Absorption Lamp to use them to extend the Old Lady’s lifespan?

But the cost of doing so was death, so the Ghost Absorption Lamp disappeared, and the Old Lady, unaware, was still foolishly posting quests to find the Ghost Absorption Lamp.

No…

Qiao Sang quickly dismissed her own conjecture.

If the Ghost Absorption Lamp died, the Old Lady, as its Yu Beast Master, would definitely know immediately…

But what if the Ghost Absorption Lamp saved the Old Lady and didn’t die?

Qiao Sang took out her phone and started searching.

“What abilities does the Ghost Absorption Lamp have that can bring a dying person back to life?”

Soon, the webpage provided a response.

“Sorry, no webpages related to ‘What abilities does the Ghost Absorption Lamp have that can bring a dying person back to life’ were found.”

Qiao Sang: “…”

It seems no one has asked this question before…

She didn’t give up and posted a question about it on the forum.

Just over ten seconds after she posted it, there were already a few replies.

“How the Ghost Absorption Lamp brings a dying person back to life, I don’t know, but how it makes a dying person die faster, I do know. Want to hear?”

“Why am I seeing this question?”

“Host, your thinking is a bit off.”

“Please! This is a Ghost-type Pet, do you think it’s a divine Pet with god-tier healing skills?!”

“I need to enlighten the Host here. The Ghost Absorption Lamp absorbs vital energy, it doesn’t give vital energy.”

Qiao Sang fell into deep thought as she looked at the last reply.

That’s right, the Ghost Absorption Lamp loves vital energy the most, and it must have stored some more or less within its body. What if it could transfer this vital energy to a person who is on the verge of death…

Qiao Sang exited the forum and quickly scrolled through her recent call history, finding the number she wanted to dial.

For questions that the general public wouldn’t discuss, it’s more reliable to ask someone knowledgeable.

The phone beeped twice and then connected.

“Hello, what’s wrong?” A steady voice came from the speaker.

“Vice Principal, I wanted to ask if the Ghost Absorption Lamp can transfer vital energy to people?” Qiao Sang asked directly.

Liu Yao put down the documents in his hand. Qiao Sang had been contacting him quite frequently lately, so he didn’t even need to check the caller ID; he knew it was her just by her voice.

However, he didn’t expect her to ask such a question as soon as she called this time.

Although Qiao Sang’s cultural scores weren’t great, the questions she liked to explore were already far beyond a high school student’s level.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Liu Yao replied, “No, the Ghost Absorption Lamp absorbs vital energy through its inner lamp wick. If the absorbed vital energy is released, it merely dissipates and does not enter the human body in any specific way.”

“The human body’s structure is such that it cannot absorb these energies like a Ghost-type Pet can.”

Qiao Sang frowned slightly. Could she have guessed wrong?

“Then can the Ghost Absorption Lamp’s lamp wick be transferred into a person’s body?”

Since the Ghost Absorption Lamp’s lamp wick is key to absorbing vital energy, wouldn’t it work the same way if it were inside a human body?

Liu Yao’s expression became solemn. He hadn’t expected Qiao Sang to ask this question.

For the Ghost Absorption Lamp’s inner lamp wick to enter a human body would be equivalent to removing the Pet’s most vital organ.

Several centuries ago, some researchers, in order to gain certain abilities of Pets for themselves, conducted such deranged experiments, which were later strictly prohibited by the Alliance before they ceased.

He hadn’t expected Qiao Sang, at such a young age, to think of such a dark aspect of the problem.

He felt it was very necessary to correct Qiao Sang’s thinking. With her genius, her future prospects were bound to be limitless, and if her thinking went astray, it could lead to great disaster.

Liu Yao said sternly, “Of course not. A Ghost Absorption Lamp without its lamp wick is like a person without a heart. Moreover, the human body simply cannot withstand such energy. If this were done, both the Ghost Absorption Lamp and the person into whom the lamp wick was transferred would perish.”

Qiao Sang pondered. If that were the case, then all her previous deductions were wrong.

But what about the changes happening to the Old Lady?

Liu Yao didn’t hear Qiao Sang speak and asked worriedly, “Where are you now? Did you see something or hear something from someone? Why are you suddenly asking this question?”

Qiao Sang sighed and said, “I’m out doing a quest right now. Today we went to the Yu Beast Center…”

After she spent two minutes explaining the whole story, she realized there was no sound from the other end of the phone.

Qiao Sang held the phone in front of her and saw that it was still connected.

“Vice Principal?” Qiao Sang held the phone to her ear and called out uncertainly.

“…I’m here, the signal was bad just now.”

Liu Yao was a bit embarrassed. Someone was working hard on a quest, and he was actually speculating that her thoughts were dangerous…

“Actually, the Ghost Absorption Lamp’s lamp wick isn’t entirely incapable of staying inside a human body for a period of time.” Liu Yao cleared his throat and said, “However, it cannot stay for too long, otherwise the Ghost Absorption Lamp itself will perish, and this lamp wick must be voluntarily removed by the Ghost Absorption Lamp.”

“Someone once researched it, and whether by scanning with instruments or dissecting a dead Ghost Absorption Lamp, its lamp wick could not be found.”