After He Kao became a Tier Two Assassin, he finally unlocked new abilities of the Hidden Moth.
In the portal, there was nothing, and he was unable to do anything, but he could open a passage to any place he had been to and could remember, provided he was not being observed.
In other words, it seemed as if he possessed two portals.
The first was permanent, meaning the identity and abilities of Hidden Moth, marked by the Hidden Moth Object, could be placed anywhere at any time and withdrawn at will, as if it could be carried around with him.
For example, at this moment he placed the portal in his bedroom, and upon entering, he appeared in Peng Xian's office, as though passing through another portal.
The second portal was temporary, seemingly leading directly from the "Hidden Moth Space" to Peng Xian's office. He could emerge from here as if traversing space.
When he wished to return, he had to return to the "Hidden Moth Space" from the same location, at which point this temporary portal would disappear. He could then choose to go to another place or return to his bedroom through the first permanent portal.
There was no real space behind the portal; He Kao simply defined such a concept for ease of understanding.
By this point, he could basically replicate the various audacious moves that Huang Xiaopang once executed. But the "Hidden Moth Space" he defined seemed to differ a bit from Huang Xiaopang's description.
To him, the Hidden Moth Space did not truly exist, only serving as a concept for easier understanding. In contrast, Huang Xiaopang described a real space within the portal, where temporary storage for items like guns and ammunition was possible.
He Kao was not yet capable of this; the portal remained empty and could not store anything.
However, this made no difference to him, as he could create a secret base as a warehouse in reality. As long as it wasn't being observed, he could enter and exit at will, such as the secret room on the third floor of his home.
When he wished to store or retrieve items, it was merely a matter of traversing space twice.
For He Kao, a place he had been to and could remember was a form of observation method, locking onto the target through which he could instantaneously reach from the portal. During the day when he visited Peng Xian's office, he confirmed there was no surveillance.
Although some areas outside were monitored, Boss Peng's office was not. It wasn't a bank or gold store; people often worked overtime here at night, so it wasn't equipped with any security alarm system.
At this late hour, the entire Jinxing Media was deserted, giving him ample time to do what he intended in Peng Xian's office.
Yet, he didn't rush into action. Instead, he returned home to a large, unrenovated room on the second floor. This place resembled a workshop, filled with various tools and materials... after all, he came from a woodworking family.
In the past, an outstanding carpenter was not the same as today's woodworker; their skills encompassed various crafts.
The Zhou family had made a living from carpentry for generations, with He Kao's grandfather being the documented fifth generation. Zhou Du's craftsmanship was also quite good, but he did not learn as much as He Kao.
Because He Kao grew up with his grandfather, often helping him with work.
If some elders from the Magic Sect had seen his skills, they would have exclaimed that it was a pity he didn't cultivate the Micro-Entry Skill! The Micro Realm Sect had other nicknames, such as the Book Sect or Artifact Sect, requiring disciples to excel in various crafts.
Yet, what would not be considered a pity? Lin Qingshuang thought it was a shame He Kao couldn't join the Observing Body Sect!
In Peng Xian's office, several cabinets were locked, including the laptop locked within one.
He Kao returned home to retrieve some small tools and wore shoe covers and gloves, with Xiaopang's Monkey King mask on his face, suddenly feeling as if he'd traveled back to the night of Xiaopang.
He Kao was not a professional locksmith; he couldn't open many complex locks today, like the new lock he bought for the front door, at least not without destructive entry.
But this kind of simple cabinet lock was no challenge for He Kao; he only needed some small tools.
Just as he wasn't a professional hacker, merely a temporary actor today, it was enough to deal with Peng Xian's computer.
There was no specialized safe in Peng Xian's office. Perhaps this sorcerer wouldn't hide things that way since it would be too conspicuous, like marking a target.
He Kao quickly checked various documents and materials in Peng Xian's office. Some things were suspicious, but since they were unrelated to observing body techniques, he temporarily left them untended.
Even though he had plenty of "crime time," he didn't linger in the office for long. From an observer's perspective, he was actually very safe and would not be discovered, but he managed to make the atmosphere quite tense and exciting.
He Kao temporarily took both the desktop all-in-one on Peng Xian's desk and the laptop within the cabinet home with him.
Some people assumed hackers only needed their hands to type on a keyboard, but in reality, they often needed their own computers and various specialized software tools. He Kao, as a half-baked hacker, also wanted to appear as professional as possible.
When a person is well-prepared, things often go smoother than expected.
There was no valuable information found on Peng Xian's desktop computer, only a hidden folder containing numerous downloaded action movies from the internet.
He Kao couldn't help but sneer because Peng Xian's method of hiding these folders was too crude, far inferior to his own!
But in that notebook, He Kao managed to find the Observation Skill technique manual, which only contained the Foundation Establishment Chapter before entry and the Tier One part after entry. It could at most be refined to Tier One Perfection, barely breaking through to Tier Two.
This information was also disguised and hidden; the file extension was modified, and the file name was a string of meaningless random letters, placed in a hidden system folder.
He Kao didn't use any professional hacking skills, just a simple content segment retrieval program, to find it.
He now knew that a Tier One Sorcerer of the Observing Body Sect was called a "Diagnoser." Lin Qingshuang's first technique annotations for him actually included a lot of general content from the Observing Body Skill's Foundation Establishment Chapter before entry.
He used this information as the content segment retrieval reference to find the desired file.
He Kao was now a Tier Two Sorcerer, his insight and knowledge different from before. He carefully examined this material and could confirm it was a technique manual, and the text clearly indicated it was the Observing Body Skill.
The most reliable evidence was that the Eight Pieces of Brocade that Lin Qingshuang instructed Qian Guran to teach him also appeared in the Foundation Establishment Chapter's external practice auxiliary content, showing no deviation.
But such content, without on-site demonstration and guidance, was difficult to grasp solely through text and image descriptions.
A technique secret that he longed for was so easily obtained? He Kao had a sense of disbelief!
But upon further reflection, this wasn't simple. The prerequisite was that he became a Hidden Moth. Becoming a Hidden Moth was much harder than becoming a Sorcerer of the Observing Body Sect; perhaps in twelve hundred years, he was the only such "True Moth" in the world.
Why did Peng Xian have the Observing Body Skill technique? The Magic Sect's inheritance spanned over a thousand years, and with many disciples of the Observing Body Sect, there were always successors scattered outside for various reasons, so low-level techniques might spread outside.
Take Wu Yanjun, for example. If his master Zhang Yanfei hadn't instructed him about Magic Sect matters, he would also have become a Loose Cultivator wandering the Jianghu. If so, if Wu Yanjun were willing to teach techniques in the future, Micro Realm Sect's low-level techniques might also spread out.
There are many so-called secret techniques in the world that are ambiguous or even fake. Just take a look at the mysticism forums online, but without confirming their true origins, one shouldn't casually practice them.
Peng Xian, being a Sorcerer of the Xingshen Sect, secretly collected such things, clearly showing his malicious intentions... Well, Peng Xian has other wrongdoings, so no need to use this to condemn him since He Kao did the same thing today.
According to this technique manual, it would stop at Tier Two entry, which was exactly what He Kao wanted. If Xiaopang could reach this realm one day, the so-called void loss could be compensated.
The technique manual should be genuine, but has Peng Xian tampered with it? If he deleted or altered some key parts, then there could be problems in cultivation...
No wonder He Kao had such concerns, as Peng Xian was indeed not trustworthy.
Yet, thinking carefully, this possibility seemed unlikely. The Eight Pieces of Brocade could explain the matter because Peng Xian couldn't foresee everything, like he hadn't anticipated disappearing that night or that He Kao would come to steal the computer that night...
Since the stuff was already in his possession, He Kao "returned" the computer and notebook and tried to restore Peng Xian's office to its original state as much as possible.
Back home, he had a sudden inspiration. Could he try the method he used last time?
The so-called last method was the means he used to summarize the "Observation Secret Manual," but this time the situation was different since he already had a complete manual.
Using his experience, he selected three groups of logical sources from the manual. Each group of logical sources contained at least ten different key content segments, then he remotely entered them into the company's intelligent platform for network retrieval and automatic generation.
This was equivalent to breaking the manual into different fragment groups, collected and recompiled by AI. Actually, he didn't need to do this, maybe it was just a personal hobby.
He decided to rest first and let the computer handle it, considering he borrowed a bit of the company's computational power again.
As dawn broke, He Kao got up and found that the AI had compiled dozens of "manuals" as he requested, finally determining the top ten with the highest logical completion.
The first two made He Kao shake his head; AI wasn't reliable at all in this regard. Was this a cultivation manual or AI filling in the blanks for an essay? They were not trying to write a cultivation novel!
But when he reached the fifth, his expression turned serious. This content closely matched the original Observation Skill technique, but its length almost doubled.
The additional content included many annotations and reviews; some annotations were quite accurate, while others seemed to interpret words literally or even pass on errors based on misunderstandings.
Quickly browsing through these ten "manuals," He Kao had confirmed that what Peng Xian had was basically reliable. To verify authenticity, the most effective method was to send it to Senior Lin Qingshuang for a look.
At that moment, there was movement in the bedroom opposite the main room; Gao Xue'e got up as well.
While having breakfast, Gao Xue'e curiously asked, "Xiao Kao, did something good happen? You seem so happy."
Although he was a bit busy last night, He Kao felt cheerful, as if a large burden had been lifted off his back, making him feel significantly lighter, giving Gao Xue'e an impression of refreshed spirits.
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