vncnus Chapter 15: The Harvest
Chapter 15: The Harvest
"Go, it's time for you to see the wider world beyond the martial arts school."
In the top-floor office of the global headquarters of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy in Hongning Base City, Hong watched Luo Feng's departing figure with a fatherly sense of satisfaction in his eyes.
Just now, he exchanged for Luo Feng the "Basic Guide to Spiritual Mind Mastery", a set of Sky-Escape Shuttle, and some auxiliary cultivation materials that are currently very helpful to him.
Sure enough, after seeing these equipment and secret techniques specially designed for mentalists, Luo Feng didn't say anything, but the light in his eyes was unmistakable.
The final choice was similar to that in the original story: he gave up the opportunity to stay at the training camp headquarters and chose to return to Jiangnan Base City to serve as an inspector.
"Everything is unfolding according to the script. Next up is the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins... Only after he emerges from there will he truly sprout wings and begin to soar into the sky, right?"
Hong picked up the teacup on the table, took a small sip, and a smile appeared on his lips.
It's a wonderful feeling, like watching your child, whom you raised with your own hands, finally get into the prestigious university they've always dreamed of before you time travel—it's incredibly fulfilling.
After Luo Feng's figure completely disappeared through the office doorway, the smile on Hong's face slowly faded, and his expression turned serious. He put down his teacup, and his eyes sharpened again.
He flipped his hand and took out a crystal-clear wooden shard from his pocket, feeling the surging life energy within it, and fell into thought.
"I got a total of thirty-six Wood Crystals from Babata this time. Adding them to my own previous stock, I wonder if it will be enough for me to break through that final barrier and step into the Hengxing level."
He was making plans in his mind.
The Golden Horned Beast is like a Damocles' sword hanging over the Earth; its time is truly running out.
We must break through as soon as possible!
He seemed to suddenly remember something, raised his head, and spoke in a calm tone to the empty office door.
"Have the alluring, the icy, and the wild come to my office."
As soon as he finished speaking, a black shadow in the shadows outside the office twitched slightly and then disappeared without a sound.
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Meanwhile, deep underground, inside the control room of the Meteorite Star warship.
An intelligent life form wearing a black cloak, with two cute little dragon horns on its head, and looking like a seven or eight-year-old child, was jumping up and down in anger, cursing incessantly in the universal language.
"Damn it! Damn it! That native named Hong, what kind of monster did he come from out of nowhere?! I'm so angry! I'm so angry!!!"
On the huge virtual screen in front of him, the scene that had recently taken place over and over again was being played.
In the scene, the black-clad, black-haired Earth native calmly stepped off the blood-red fighter jet. With just the unfolding of his domain, he rendered the Demon Cloud Vine, which he had spurred to the sixth-order planetary level, unable to move.
Then, with a casual thrust of his spear, he suppressed the Demon Cloud Vine, the whole process as effortless as shooing away an annoying fly.
What Babata found most unbearable was that after doing all this, Hong, as if strolling through his own backyard, swept up all the spirits of plants and trees on the island and stored them in his spatial equipment.
Before leaving, he gave a meaningful smile towards the underground location of the Meteorite Star.
That smile was like a needle, piercing deep into the core of Babata's logic.
"Damn it! He definitely found me! That smile of his was mocking me! Mocking me, Babata!!!"
Babata grew angrier and angrier, and with a loud "bang," he slammed his small fist hard onto the cold metal control panel.
"Twice now! Twice in total!!!"
He paced back and forth in the control room in a fit of rage, his cloak nearly flying off his wrist.
"I, Lord Babata, have waited a full fifty thousand years! Fifty thousand years! I finally found a successor with such a perfect brain capacity! I used the incomparably precious Wood Crystal left by my master to pave the way for him, hoping he could grow up quickly! And what happened? This native named Hong intercepted it all!"
"The first time he stole Willow Heart and five Wood Sprout Crystals! This time it was even worse. I used ten Wood Sprout Crystals to cultivate the Plant Spirit, plus more than twenty Wood Sprout Crystals buried underneath, and he took them all! He even took my Demon Cloud Vine! That was my pet! It's mine!"
Babata felt increasingly aggrieved and angry. He abruptly stopped and pulled up all the publicly available information about Hong, as well as the battle footage he had secretly taken from various angles, and began a frantic data analysis.
"Planetary level nine...possessing a complete domain?! And judging by its strength, it doesn't seem like it just grasped it; it's already quite proficient in using it! This is illogical!!! How could such a monster be born on a native planet that hasn't even ventured beyond its own star system?!"
Babata's core processor is running at high speed, and in its massive database, the records of similar cases are extremely rare, one in a billion!
"Something's not right...something's not right! His growth trajectory is too bizarre! There's no sign of him being a mentalist, yet he knows the mentalist cultivation system inside and out! The Sky-Escape Shuttle and secret techniques he recommended to Luo Feng are the most orthodox and efficient choices! It's as if...as if he also possesses a complete mentalist inheritance!"
An idea that sent a chill down Babata's spine surfaced in his logic.
Babata's anger gradually subsided, turning into deep anxiety and unease.
His core mission was to find a successor for his master, Huyanbo, to carry on his legacy and make the Meteorite Star lineage flourish.
Just when Luo Feng, the perfect successor, was within reach, they were repeatedly disrupted by Hong, a huge variable.
He realized that he could no longer rely on passive methods such as "seduction" and "hints" as before.
That native named Hong has a control over the earth that exceeds his imagination; the emergence of any rare and precious treasures cannot escape his eyes.
If I continue to "feed" Luo Feng like this, I will only hand over Luo Feng's opportunities to Hong time and time again, which is tantamount to aiding the enemy!
We must take the initiative!
We must bind Luo Feng firmly to the legacy chariot of Meteorite Star before Hong does!
"No, we can't wait any longer! This Hong seems to have a far greater understanding of the universe than I imagined. If he continues to guide Luo Feng like this, he'll completely corrupt this top-notch talent! What if he makes Luo Feng study under another teacher? How can I face my master then!"
The more Babata thought about it, the more urgent the situation seemed. It slapped its thigh and made up its mind.
"I have to find an opportunity to confront Luo Feng directly! I want him to know that what he's cultivating now is nothing but a child's game compared to the true inheritance of the Meteorite Star!"
He began to rapidly devise a perfect opportunity in his mind to bypass Hong's surveillance and establish direct contact with Luo Feng.
"The Ninth Ancient Civilization Ruins... Yes! That's it! The strongest humans on Earth go there to train and obtain the Black God Set, and Luo Feng should be no exception. The intelligence within the Ninth Ancient Civilization Ruins should be able to initially screen and guide Luo Feng, and then completely guide him here!"
Babata's face finally broke into a confident smile again. He put his hands on his hips and announced triumphantly to the empty control room.
"Luo Feng, my dear successor, are you ready to welcome your true teacher?"