Why? Why is Wang Lan still alive...
I clearly chopped off his head... Why can he still live?
Many questions flooded Sony’s mind as Qing Emperor threw his punch, but these were questions he was destined never to have answered.
"Congratulations Host, for assisting in the killing of the Paradise Bird’s expert Sony. Reward: 500,000 experience points and 80,000 skill points."
When the notification sounded, a smile spread across Wang Lan’s face. Qing Emperor slowly stood up, looking down at the headless corpse of Sony with a complex expression.
"This guy has been running rampant on Sky Blue Star for over twenty years; no one could handle him. Now, he’s finally dead. Taking out Sony is akin to destroying half of the Paradise Bird."
"Sony must have had many secrets about the Paradise Bird on him, right?"
"Of course, but no one was confident that they could capture Sony alive. I was afraid that if I were too slow, he’d escape again. Without Sony, the Paradise Bird can only hide in the sewers like rats, no longer daring to be as arrogant as before. Let’s go, we’re heading back!"
They didn’t use instant teleportation for the return journey but instead flew through the air. To accommodate Wang Lan’s speed, Qing Emperor had to slow down significantly, leisurely traversing the skies. "Slow" was relative to Qing Emperor; the 200-kiloter journey took only half an hour, which was not slow at all.
With Sony’s death, the greatest crisis was averted. The caravan set off again and, after two days and one night of travel, arrived at the safe underground base nestled in the mountains on the evening of the second day.
Seeing the environnt, Song Jia’s face fell. However, her mood gradually improved when she heard there were many children her age in the sanctuary and that there were many holographic amusent parks underground in the protection area.
"Successfully escorted Wang Qi to the secure zone, completing the protection mission. Reward: 300,000 experience points and 20,000 skill points."
First 80,000 skill points, now another 20,000. His skill points had reached 100,000. The past year and a half had been stable. Thanks to the Immortal Cloud Mysterious Green Record, Wang Lan’s leveling up hadn’t slowed, but skill points were hard to co by.
He usually earned skill points by a few thousand here and there, accumulating to seventy or eighty thousand over the past year and a half. But where was the thrill in that compared to gaining one hundred thousand in just a day or two? Indeed, people’s sense of happiness doesn’t co from the trickle; it cos from sudden wealth.
Originally, Wang Lan had planned to spend a relaxed and happy vacation after returning this sumr break, but just as it began, this incident occurred. Now, twenty days had passed. By the ti Wang Lan returned to Suzhou City, the end of July was already near.
After a year and a half of accumulation, Wang Lan’s main combat Star Martial Skills were almost at the latter stages of Platinum, and it was ti to max them out. Life Light had already reached its peak. Both Sunlight Sword Skill and Mandala Transformation were at Platinum level eight. Wang Lan was a bit conflicted about whether to upgrade Sunlight Sword Skill or Mandala Transformation.
Recalling the battle with Sony, Wang Lan also identified what he lacked compared to a true top-tier expert. It’s the ability to deliver a one-hit kill. I’m not deficient in comprehensive skills. Regardless of the environnt or the type of enemy, I can always deploy appropriate tactics. My life-saving skills are almost maxed out; even Sony would find it incredibly difficult to kill .
So, without much hesitation, Wang Lan invested his points into the Sunlight Sword Skill.
Although they are both Platinum-grade, the increase in destructive power with each upgrade is limited. But even a limited increase is a pure boost to output damage. At Platinum level eight, the Sunlight Sword Skill’s destructive power was still a bit weaker than the Star Sky God Arrow. However, after upgrading it to Platinum level nine, the fully unleashed power of the Sunlight Sword Skill was already on par with the Starry Sky Divine Sword.
The Star Sky God Arrow required exhausting all Star Power and one’s entire physical strength for a single arrow, but the Sunlight Sword Skill was different. Although a full-power attack consud a lot of energy, it could at least be used several tis.
After this crisis, it’s ti for to prepare to break into the Star Sea realm. He declined the military district’s offer to send soone to escort him and opted to take a plane back to Suzhou City on his own.
The attack by the Demon Clan and Sony had caused significant damage to Suzhou City. But Jade Country was a powerhouse in infrastructure, so by the ti Wang Lan arrived in Suzhou City, construction crews were already in place at the two damaged areas, ready to begin work any day.
Wang Lan’s four-person team gathered in the center of Suzhou City.
"Where’s Gong Feiyu? I only saw him once at the beginning of this sumr break and haven’t been able to contact him since," Wang Lan asked Xu Xiangwen, leaning back in the booth chair.
"He’s in the northwest. Didn’t he ntion on the eighth that he was going to the northwest with his girlfriend for training?"
"It’s been almost a month, and he’s still not back?"
"Back for what? You really think he went for training? You don’t know who his girlfriend is, do you?"
"This... I actually haven’t looked into it. He went to his girlfriend’s ho?"
"Yeah. Her uncle is with the Northwest Pioneer Space Command. With this connection, Gong Feiyu will probably try to make a career in the Northwest Pioneer Space. I really don’t know what he’s thinking. Isn’t our team good enough? With Xinyu’s strength and Wang Lan’s ’Reaper Physique,’ our future promotions are guaranteed to be like riding a helicopter."
"Wait a minute, what do you an by ’Reaper Physique’?"
"It ans wherever you go, things end badly; wherever you arrive, misfortune strikes."
"Damn it! I’ll strangle you—"
"HAHAHA..."
"Alright, you two, stop fooling around. Co, let’s toast to Wang Lan’s safe return and to us safely getting through this crisis," Xie Sisi proposed.
This incident had indeed been extrely dangerous; Sony alone could have destroyed all of Suzhou City. However, Xie Sisi and the others hadn’t been deeply involved throughout, so they didn’t fully understand the true level of danger. All they knew was that Sony, an expert on par with the Five Emperors, had co.
Then Sony died, beaten to death by Qing Emperor. That was all. Wang Lan didn’t tell them that he had already died once at Sony’s hands before Qing Emperor arrived.
"Cheers—"
Glasses clinked where Wang Lan and his friends were.
「anwhile, far away in Modu City, a loud bang erupted from a research institute.」
Billows of smoke rose as a group of scientists in white lab coats coughed their way out of the laboratory. The smoke gradually dissipated. After a long wait, the danger alert was lifted, and the scientists in white lab coats re-entered the laboratory.
Atop the laboratory’s console, a square, pitch-black Ti-Space Gemstone lay quietly.
"Check it!"
"Yes, sir!"
Several scientists lifted the Ti-Space Gemstone and placed it back on the instrunts for testing.
"No cracks on the surface. The surface texture variation remains at 0.1 nanoters. The internal structure is unchanged. Magnetic field peration analysis shows no change..."
As the data poured out, the scientist who was clearly the team leader couldn’t help but look grim. "What the hell is this material? It’s so hard to work with! We’ve tried over a thousand thods, and damn it, we still can’t damage it even a little."
"We’ve even tried nuclear fusion and nuclear fission. The Ti-Space Gemstone is like a single atom. Mr. Ke, the particle collider team has responded. They can schedule us for tomorrow."
"Alright, let’s try the Quantum Collider tomorrow. Everyone, pack up and go ho to rest early. We’re going to Pujiang tomorrow."
"Okay, Mr. Ke. This Ti-Space Gemstone is truly strange. Not only can it absorb energy on its own, but it can also form crystals externally. If Space Stones are crystals of the Ti-Space Gemstone, then could it be that all these Space Stone deposits might contain Ti-Space Gemstones?"
"In the future, don’t tell anyone you studied under ." The silver-haired Mr. Ke looked at the middle-aged professor before him with a cold sneer. "How is it that the more profound your studies beco, the more you forget the simplest common sense? When a refrigerator is running, frost appears even if there’s no water inside. What? Just because you see ice, you must suspect there’s water?
"Simply put, the Ti-Space Gemstone is a container holding highly concentrated spatial energy, and spatial energy is ubiquitous in our world. The Ti-Space Gemstone causing surrounding spatial energy to condense into Space Stones is the sa principle as a refrigerator freezing moisture from the air into frost."
"Yes, yes, yes, Teacher, please don’t be angry. It was I who overcomplicated the matter," the middle-aged professor hurriedly apologized. One must understand, he was also an authority in the field of energy. Outside these walls, he was always respectfully addressed as Doctor, Professor, or Teacher.
But in front of the old man, the middle-aged professor still nodded and bowed, taking the scolding like a grandson. This was simply because the old man before him was his doctoral supervisor; he had earned his doctorate under this silver-haired elder.
「The next day,」the scientific team departed early, escorted throughout their journey by ard police forces.
The strength of Jade Country in this world was much greater than that of its counterpart in the previous world. It had not missed the Industrial Revolution, nor even the Renaissance. Thus, in terms of scientific and technological reserves, it was not inferior to any other nation.
Moreover, Jade Country could proudly state that its scientific reserves were entirely self-accumulated, unlike White Eagle Country, which relied on enticing scientists from other nations to join in order to build up its scientific foundation.
There were a total of seven Quantum Colliders in the world, and Jade Country possessed two of them: one in Modu City and one in the Imperial Capital. Each Quantum Collider cost no less than twenty billion, and that didn’t even include the initial developnt and research expenses.
It was said that every component of a Quantum Collider was forged from gold, and every unit of energy it consud was like burning Jade Coins.
The scientists adeptly installed the Ti-Space Gemstone into the Quantum Collider and then proceeded with ticulous and patient calibration. Since the structural compactness of the Ti-Space Gemstone is sowhat like an atom, let’s use the Quantum Collider, which can shatter even atoms, to see if it can cause even the slightest damage to the Ti-Space Gemstone.
In the eyes of humanity, the Ti-Space Gemstone is the source of all evil. Without this thing, the Demon Clan could never have descended upon Sky Blue Star, bringing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years of war to mankind.
"Calibration complete. Awaiting instructions."
"All personnel, retreat to a safe distance."
"Everyone has retreated. Ready for the experint."
"Initiate—"
WHIRRR—The machine emitted a subtle roar. Listening to this sound, Professor Ke suddenly felt a flicker of unease in his heart.
"Particle acceleration complete. Preparing for collision."
BOOM—
Suddenly, a massive explosion resounded. A terrifying pillar of energy shot into the sky, accompanied by imperceptible waves that instantly spread outwards. However, no one present noticed this phenonon.
Because with that colossal sound, the Ti-Space Gemstone instantly unleashed a terrifying burst of spatio-temporal energy. Space-ti turbulence erged—a chaos from which not even a Star Martial Warrior at the Star Sea realm could guarantee a safe escape. How could a few ordinary scientists possibly withstand it?
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