468: Crazy, secondary refining and fusion (two in one)

Lin Yang stood by, truly not knowing how to offer comfort.

"Mommy, why are you crying?"

The little girl, Cai Sisi, holding a cup of tea, heard her mother's sobs and quickly scurried over.

"Big Brother Lin Yang, drink your tea!"

The little girl first handed the tea to Lin Yang, then walked to her mother's side.

After that, the little girl saw Cai Fei lying motionless in the hibernation pod, devoid of Life.

"Daddy!"

The little girl instantly froze.

At seven or eight years old, she already understood what death meant.

"Daddy! Daddy!"

The little girl immediately burst into tears, reaching out her small hands to caress Cai Fei's face, trying to wake him up.

In her young heart, she refused to believe that her father was gone just like that.

"Daddy, wake up, are you just scaring Sisi on purpose? Sisi won't be naughty anymore, please don't ignore Sisi, boo hoo, Daddy!"

"Sisi!"

Cai Fei's wife instantly pulled the little girl into her embrace, weeping silently.

Lin Yang watched from the side, feeling extremely pained.

Any words of comfort felt pale and powerless at this moment.

Soon, the local relevant agencies also received news of Cai Fei's sacrifice, and a specialized team rushed over to assist with Cai Fei's funeral arrangements.

Lin Yang stayed there until Cai Fei's funeral concluded.

"Sisi, Big Brother has to leave now. In the future, you must listen to your mother, and if you encounter any trouble, remember to tell Big Brother anytime!"

Lin Yang reached out and patted the little girl's head, gently admonishing her and leaving her a special communication device, then he said to Ms. Luo, Cai Fei's wife:

"Ms. Luo, if you need anything, please feel free to contact me or the Human Alliance anytime."

"Thank you, Your Excellency Lin Yang. You and the Human Alliance have already helped us so much; how could we possibly trouble the Alliance further?"

Cai Fei's wife shook her head gently.

During Cai Fei's funeral, a special representative from the Human Alliance also came to distribute Cai Fei's fallen soldier's pension.

It was the highest-grade pension, along with an additional subsidy from Lin Yang.

In terms of financial resources alone, it was enough for the mother and daughter to live a Life free from worry.

Furthermore, Lin Yang had specifically spoken to various local departments, asking them to provide extra care for them.

Cai Sisi would even gain direct admission to the highest local academy in the future.

It could be said that all concerns regarding their daily Life were taken care of.

Cai Fei's wife looked at Cai Sisi, wishing only to raise the little girl to adulthood safely and without worries.

Seeing this, Lin Yang did not say anything more. Whether it was financial aid or other forms of care, nothing could compensate for the regret and absence caused by Cai Fei's death.

Now, they needed more time to slowly buffer and recover.

Lin Yang immediately left and returned to the Alien Management Bureau... "Director, I don't plan to continue going to the battlefield. I want to request a leave of absence."

Upon returning to the Alien Management Bureau, Lin Yang went directly to Song Qingfeng's office and stated his purpose directly.

He had already killed many of the Mingye Clan on the front lines during the past two or three months.

However, after the incident where that Spirit Realm-level powerhouse of the Mingye Clan disguised himself to ambush him, Lin Yang felt that what truly determined and dominated the outcome of this racial war had to be the clash between the top-tier powerhouses.

Even on the most dangerous front lines, Spirit Realm-level powerhouses could come and go freely.

Killing more ordinary Mingye Clan members was not as significant or impactful as killing one Spirit Realm-level powerhouse of the enemy!

It also made him realize that the Mingye Clan was now desperate to kill him.

He needed to possess greater strength!

At the very least, he needed to fully integrate a high-quality extraordinary characteristic material and have the qualification to break through to the Spirit Realm.

Integrating a high-quality extraordinary characteristic material takes a long time, and he had originally planned to request a leave of absence after the System's hibernation upgrade was completed.

But now Lin Yang changed his mind.

With only one or two months left until the System's upgrade was complete, he could use this time to further refine his foundation, and then immediately begin integrating high-quality extraordinary characteristic material after the System upgrade.

The national treasure value he had accumulated during this period should be enough to exchange for an extraordinary characteristic material fusion device after the System upgrade finished.

He did not intend to continue earning merit on the battlefield.

"Alright, it's also true that continuing to the front lines isn't very safe. It's fine if you want to focus on integrating extraordinary characteristic material. Once your strength increases significantly again, earning merit will also be faster."

Song Qingfeng directly approved Lin Yang's request.

Because even he hadn't expected a Spirit Realm powerhouse of the Mingye Clan to disguise himself to kill Lin Yang.

"By the way, these are the mental will-type extraordinary characteristic materials you asked me to prepare last time. There are three different qualities."

Then Song Qingfeng took out a specially made large box and handed it to Lin Yang.

Inside were several portions of mental will-type extraordinary characteristic materials.

Cang Miao only needed three portions, but this large box contained four or five portions!

"Thank you, Director!" Lin Yang accepted the box and thanked him.

The quantity of these four or five portions was indeed somewhat beyond his estimation.

Although he had said 'the more the merrier' before, he thought getting one or two portions would be enough.

After all, this type of extraordinary characteristic material was not abundant.

But he hadn't expected there to be so many!

"Although this type of characteristic material is rare, similarly, not many people specialize in this aspect of characteristic talent, so some have accumulated," Song Qingfeng explained with a smile.

"I see."

Lin Yang nodded, then bid farewell.

He planned to return to Blue Star to give the mental will-type extraordinary characteristic materials to Cang Miao, so Cang Miao could also begin integrating extraordinary characteristic materials.

At the same time, he also intended to stay on Blue Star, awaiting the System upgrade to finish.

He informed Bai Pang Old Man.

A few days prior, while he was still attending Cai Fei's funeral, Bai Pang Old Man had already proactively told him that he had eliminated that Mingye Clan guy!

However, at that time, he was attending the funeral, so Bai Pang Old Man didn't go looking for him.

Therefore, Bai Pang Old Man quickly appeared and took him back to Blue Star.

"My dear disciple, are you planning to seclude yourself to focus on integrating extraordinary characteristic materials now?" Bai Pang Old Man asked.

"Yes, Master, I plan to at least complete the integration of the high-grade spatial extraordinary characteristic material first," Lin Yang replied.

Bai Pang Old Man had already prepared all qualities of spatial extraordinary characteristic materials for him long ago.

However, he never had much time to specifically focus on their integration.

"You've finally come to your senses, knowing to cherish time."

Bai Pang Old Man nodded with a smile:

"You possess all-characteristic talent, so you should have focused on integrating extraordinary characteristic materials much earlier. As for the position of Alien Management Bureau Director, let Song Qingfeng and the others handle that for you. Going to earn merit and contributions is a complete waste of time!"

Saying that, Bai Pang Old Man also handed him several different colored boxes:

"Each box contains extraordinary characteristic materials of different characteristics. Everything I, your master, could get for you is already here."

"You should seclude yourself for a hundred years. With your monstrous speed of integrating extraordinary characteristic materials, you should at least be able to integrate the extraordinary characteristic materials of the three supreme characteristic talents."

"Master!"

Lin Yang looked at Bai Pang Old Man solemnly: "Thank you!"

He was referring not only to Bai Pang Old Man chasing and killing that Mingye Clan Spirit Realm powerhouse for several days, forcefully eliminating him, but also to Bai Pang Old Man's meticulous care for him!

Bai Pang Old Man burst out laughing at Lin Yang's serious expression:

"Silly disciple, you are my disciple. If I, your master, am not good to you, am I supposed to be good to others?"

...Blue Star, Tiangong Base.

This time, when Lin Yang returned, he greeted his family and then stayed at the Tiangong Base.

It was relatively quiet there, convenient for him to focus on integrating extraordinary characteristic materials.

Anyway, if he missed home, a few seconds was enough to return.

He gave the mental will-type extraordinary characteristic materials to Cang Miao, and that fellow excitedly went into seclusion immediately.

Lin Yang also began integrating ordinary quality time characteristic materials.

The boxes Bai Pang Old Man gave him also contained time extraordinary characteristic materials.

During this period before the System's upgrade ended, he planned to integrate all the ordinary quality characteristic materials he could.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed.

Lin Yang integrated the ordinary quality extraordinary characteristic material of the time characteristic, as well as the medium quality extraordinary characteristic material of the Life characteristic.

He had already integrated the medium quality extraordinary characteristic material of the Life characteristic before, but it was only half integrated; these two months, he fully integrated it.

The System's upgrade also finished on time.

"Greetings, Host, the System has completed this hibernation upgrade. It is pleased to serve you again!"

"Have the information modules for the Unknown Space, ruins, and even High-Dimensional Space been unlocked?" Lin Yang asked.

"Replying to Host, the relevant information modules have been unlocked, but given your current situation, accessing the corresponding information within the modules requires an additional fee."

The System gave a positive reply.

Lin Yang instantly rolled his eyes but didn't say much.

Because the System had said before that although the information modules were unlocked, querying advanced encrypted information within them required a separate payment.

"What's the approximate price?" Lin Yang asked again.

"The charging standards vary for different information. It depends on what kind of information Host needs to query."

"How much does the information about that Stone Statue cost?"

Lin Yang was mainly curious about the origin of that Stone Statue.

"Replying to Host, the information regarding the Stone Statue costs ten billion national treasure value in total."

"...Are you out of your mind?"

Lin Yang was instantly speechless.

Just to query some information, it actually required ten billion national treasure value. Did it really think national treasure value grew on trees?

"Apologies, Host. If you find the overall information too expensive, you can also pay separately to query partial information."

The System then offered another method:

"The relevant information about the Stone Statue can be broken down into ten parts. Each part only requires one billion national treasure value. You can purchase them separately in installments."

Lin Yang: ...He was numb.

His scalp felt a little numb.

This damned System would stop at nothing to earn national treasure value!

Even information had to be sold in batches?!

"You're out of your mind, I think you're really out of your mind!"

Lin Yang was completely speechless.

Then, he was too lazy to argue with the System and directly said:

"I need an extraordinary characteristic material fusion device to accelerate the efficiency of integrating extraordinary characteristic materials."

He didn't have that much as of now, one billion national treasure value.

And even if he did, he wouldn't possibly buy a single portion of that Stone Statue's partial information.

What was more important now was to get an extraordinary characteristic material fusion device first!

"Alright, Host, the System has detected that you have killed a large number of Mingye Clan members during this period, and completed some tasks of the Nether Night Dirge. Coupled with the passive national treasure value brought by 'Homeland Glory,' your current accumulated national treasure value is five hundred seventy million. The extraordinary characteristic material fusion device requires five hundred million national treasure value. Would you like to deduct the national treasure value immediately to exchange for the extraordinary characteristic material fusion device?"

"...Deduct!"

Lin Yang rolled his eyes again.

He knew it, national treasure value would never accumulate!

"Alright, Host, the corresponding national treasure value has been deducted. The extraordinary characteristic material fusion device has been successfully exchanged for you!"

As the System spoke, Lin Yang directly took out the extraordinary characteristic material fusion device from the System space.

Its appearance was not much different from the Gene Potion fusion device.

However, it had an extra red glow.

"Host, please be aware that extraordinary characteristic materials integrated with the extraordinary characteristic material fusion device can only be used by you alone, unless your personal information lock is removed!"

The System then gave a routine reminder.

"Understood!"

Lin Yang already knew this rule. He directly placed the high-quality spatial extraordinary characteristic material into the extraordinary characteristic material fusion device first.

Thirty seconds later, the integration was complete.

Lin Yang directly took out the integrated high-quality extraordinary spatial characteristic material and attempted the integration.

Then he had a sudden realization:

"After integration, coupled with my already somewhat abnormal integration speed, integrating one high-quality extraordinary characteristic material will take ten years!"

Ten years.

This speed still felt a bit long to Lin Yang.

Although compared to normal circumstances, it had already improved many times over.

Under normal circumstances, integrating a high-quality extraordinary characteristic material would take decades or even a hundred years.

His ability to complete the integration of a high-quality extraordinary characteristic material in ten years could already be considered an extremely monstrous speed.

But for Lin Yang, this time was still a bit too long.

"System, is ten years already the limit? Is there any other way to speed it up a bit more?"

Lin Yang asked the System.

"Host, there is another way. If you use double the amount of extraordinary characteristic material of the same quality for integration, after integration, you will only obtain one portion of extraordinary characteristic material, but you can shorten the speed of integrating high-quality extraordinary characteristic material to five years!"

This time, the System was quite effective in offering a new solution again.

However, the cost of this method was a bit high.

High-quality extraordinary characteristic materials were already very precious, and now it meant wasting one.

This made Lin Yang somewhat hesitant.

"Forget it, ten years it is. Only shortening it by five years but having to waste a high-quality extraordinary characteristic material is a bit uneconomical."

After hesitating, Lin Yang did not intend to reintegrate.

"Host, you can also spend national treasure value to perform a secondary refining and integration of the same extraordinary characteristic material. After refining and integration, the time can be further shortened."

The System suddenly offered another method.

"Hmm? Secondary refining and integration? Only need to consume national treasure value?"

Lin Yang was startled.

"Yes, Host!"

"Then... how much national treasure value does it need? Don't tell me it's another exorbitant price!"

Lin Yang immediately pouted.