"Secure, real-time communication via this tree doesn't seem impossible to implement. In fact, it might not even be difficult," Wang Yu mused, rubbing his chin. He examined the Tree of the Night Sky, which connected all of the Lady of the Night's followers aboveground.0

"At its core, this thing is programmable void energy. The Lady of the Night has transferred control of it to me, so I can manipulate this tree that connects her followers without expending any void energy. In reality, I don't even need to control it personally. My mental energy and void energy should both have the authority to manipulate this tree…"0

Wang Yu thought for a moment, then snapped his fingers. A faint surge of void energy, almost imperceptible, caused a small box to manifest in his hand. He placed the box next to the Tree of the Night and then used void energy to draw a line connecting it to the tree.0

This small box was a conceptual construct. It contained a simple switch that could only be in an on or off state, so creating it cost almost no void energy. What Wang Yu wanted to test was whether he could use void constructs created in the mindscape to control the Tree of the Night.0

Wang Yu flipped the switch, transmitting a signal of void energy to the Tree of the Night.0

Upon receiving the signal from Wang Yu's void energy, the tree, recognizing Wang Yu's authority, immediately executed the command. Charles's connection to the Lady of the Night was abruptly severed.0

In his room, Charles froze. His decent void affinity allowed him to sense that he had been disconnected from something he wasn't strongly tied to. Before he could react, the faint...1