221: Chapter 221 Wang Suming's "Level Two Skill"

[Detection of "Special Service Department" upgrade plan...]

[Do you want to upgrade?]

[This upgrade consumes no Source Energy points, but will forcibly retrieve the real-world object "forbidden object 003 · Imperial Mausoleum Core"]

Chu Hong, who had originally planned to nod and upgrade without a moment's hesitation, instantly gave a start.

"Don't! Brother Tong, that trick of yours just now was already terrifying enough. If you were to directly take out a treasure protected by layers of security and blockades within Daxia, I'd be sent to the dissection table the very next second..."

Chu Hong hurriedly refused.

Finding that he had regained his mobility, and that the [ "shentai" potential scanning core ] beneath him seemed to have entered standby mode, Chu Hong opened his eyes and slowly sat up from the bed.

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He had just sat up and hadn't had time to speak yet,

when an excited figure already took a stride and flashed in front of him.

"Student Chu Hong, you were truly frightened today. It's just... none of us expected that within the territory of Daxia, inside the Xialong Base City of the central district, someone would actually dare to brazenly snatch people in a public place!"

"It's simply... corrupting our standards!"

Liu Wanquan was this close to pointing right at Dean Wen Zhanshan and the others' noses to curse.

As he cursed, one of his hands was gripping Chu Hong's wrist tightly.

As if he were afraid that the next second, Chu Hong would be snatched away by someone again.

Without a word of explanation, he pulled Chu Hong and started walking outside.

"Student Chu Hong, don't worry. The information of you and your three companions has already been entered into our system backup. Those underhanded methods of certain people will, at most, just make us spend a little effort to restore the information."

"Student Chu Hong, you are still freshmen of our Longming Sacred Academy! The resources inside the mid-level Xuanlong City are much stronger than those in this lower level, and the people you come into contact with will at least be in the Core Condensation Realm..."

Liu Wanquan's footsteps came to a halt. Looking at Su Zheng, who was calmly blocking their path ahead, his eyes widened with fury.

"You dare to block me?! Do you think that just by relying on you, you can stop me?!"

Liu Wanquan let out a stern shout, and the surging Source Energy on his body instantly erupted, practically gushing out from him in substance. Then, amidst a burst of red light, it condensed into a ferocious and cruel fierce tiger with hanging eyes,

protecting both him and Chu Hong behind it.

A flash of shock crossed Chu Hong's eyes.

This fierce tiger was not an illusory projection, but a substantial entity that could be touched.

Yet it was not a living creature, nor was it the result of driving a red-quality collectible; rather, it felt like... the kind found in xianxia novels from his past life.

True Form of the Law Manifestation?

Is this the realm above the Core Condensation Realm?

Chu Hong took a deep breath internally, his eyes burning with fervor.

Meanwhile, Su Zheng, who was blocking the two of them, remained silent.

Yet a wave of Source Energy, no weaker than Liu Wanquan's, likewise rose from his body. Behind him, faint spatial ripples undulated, as if looking through a thin veil of another dimension.

A row of four illusory energy cannons, blooming with scorching light and seemingly charging up, pointed directly at Liu Wanquan before him.

Watching these two forms of methods possessing equal strength,

Chu Hong already vaguely guessed what kind of changes had actually occurred in the realm beyond the Core Condensation Realm...

"Alright, what is the point of fighting over these things now? The retrieval of [ forbidden object ] No. 003 is not something anyone can decide casually; this matter needs to be reported to the Long Pavilion!"

Dean Wen Zhanshan took off his glasses, drew in a slight breath of cold air, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and spoke calmly.

That brand-new fusion plan that inexplicably appeared on the console made it feel as though several windows that he had never imagined before had been pushed open in his world.

"Regardless of whether Student Chu Hong ultimately chooses to stay at Tiangong Academy or return to your Longming, Student Chu Hong is an important and precious talent resource for Daxia nowadays!"

"Even if he joins Longming Sacred Academy in the future, Tiangong Academy is still willing to provide him with the optimal resource assistance... just like how we treat our own students!"

Hearing Dean Wen Zhanshan's solemn words,

Liu Wanquan, whose sword was drawn and bow strung, also let out a small sigh of relief inwardly.

Snatching people was definitely a must; even if they had to fight, they had to snatch him. If such a top-tier good seedling like Chu Hong, who had a great possibility of becoming a new guardian deity of the country in the future, was simply handed over to Tiangong Academy because of his, Liu Wanquan's, inaction,

then Liu Wanquan's name would become utterly notorious in the school history of Longming Sacred Academy!

"I'll go report the situation to the Long Pavilion. Jiji, you continue matching [ forbidden object ] for Student Chu Hong's companions..."

Senior Sister Tao nodded, a look of excitement also carrying on her face.

When she walked back to the console, she couldn't help casting a burning gaze once more at Chu Hong, who was still tightly protected by Liu Wanquan.

A future guardian deity of the country...

Wang Suming's focus was rather novel. He blankly looked in the direction of Dean Wen Zhanshan, who had disappeared on the spot the moment he turned around as if shifting through space, and then looked at Senior Sister Tao.

"Se-, Senior Sister, the Jiji that Dean Wen called just now was you..."

Hearing this, Chu Hong's gaze couldn't help carrying a bit of a strange expression.

This Senior Sister Tao's name... is quite unconventional.

Tao Jiji glared at Wang Suming: "You talk too much! You're next! Go up and lie down..."

Hearing this, Wang Suming then nervously lay down inside the [ "shentai" potential scanning core ].

As the machine began to operate normally under Tao Jiji's operation,

data streams like those of Chu Hong earlier once again began to sweep across the screen one by one.

However,

with Chu Hong's fine example ahead of them, although everyone was staring at the screen at this moment, their inner thoughts had long drifted to the scene of Chu Hong achieving the status of a guardian deity of the country in the future.

Especially Song Jiaojiao.

She was already under considerable pressure, and right now, due to exerting force, the joints of her jade hands were somewhat white.

"Beep beep beep," one wave after another of sounds indicating that plans were rejected came over.

Suddenly, Chu Hong's brows lightly furrowed.

"Is matching [ forbidden object ] for everyone this troublesome?"

His sudden speech brought everyone, whose thoughts were elsewhere, back to their senses. Afterwards, when everyone saw the information on the screen, their brains couldn't help crashing for a moment.

"[ forbidden object 75 · Insect Valley Sacrifice ]... Rejected!"

"..."

"[ forbidden object 17 · Death Refining Demon ]... Rejected!"

"..."

After Dean Wen Zhanshan left, Liu Wanquan and Su Zheng, the two people with the highest authority and status at the scene, upon seeing this absurd scene, were actually shocked into speechlessness on the spot by such an outrageous scene.

"Th-, how come there's another one?!"

17, 16, 15... One forbidden object after another was rejected.

Just as everyone's breathing seemed to be held at this moment,

the data on the console finally settled down.

"[ forbidden object 10 · Radiation Behemoth ]... Fusion estimation... 85%"

"Reaches the data standard for perfect fusion, permissions meet the conditions for fusion... Do you want to retrieve [ forbidden object 10 · Radiation Behemoth ] and initiate fusion?"

forbidden object Number Ten!

An 85% fusion estimation—that was simply a perfect contract mold!

Su Zheng and Liu Wanquan exchanged a glance.

Liu Wanquan spoke first: "I'll take responsibility! An 85% fusion estimation requires no reporting; retrieve the [ forbidden object ] directly!"

Su Zheng used the communicator in his hand to send a message to Dean Wen Zhanshan, who had just left.

After a delay of a few seconds, Dean Wen Zhanshan's reply arrived.

Seeing Su Zheng nod, Tao Jiji then took a deep breath and began operating the console.

And the white blocks, grid by grid behind the console, also began to move, resembling container loading at a port.

A petrified demon statue sealed inside a glass container soon appeared before everyone's eyes.

[Item Name]: forbidden object · Radiation Behemoth

[Item Grade]: Red

[Value]: 7,500,000

[Type]: Crafted Collection

[Weight]: 30kg

[Inventory Grid Capacity Occupied]: 3 × 3

[Item Description]: Unknown substance, possessing extremely violent Source Energy factors, by no means a product from within a secret realm. Forced sealing has petrified and imprisoned the core of the radiation fiend, but breaking out of the seal is only a matter of time. No one knows where its energy peak is; they only know that from the moment it descended into this world, it has constantly been in a state of energy growth.

"Begin fusion!"

Tao Jiji sternly issued the command, and the [ forbidden object · Radiation Behemoth ] was instantly pushed into the feeding slot at the back of the [ "shentai" potential scanning core ].

"Hum!!!"

Amidst a huge buzzing sound, Wang Suming, lying inside, had his entire body completely covered by a dazzling light,

to the point where his human form could hardly even be seen.

"Holy crap... Why does this look like cremation..." Chu Hong's untimely dark joke, however, did not elicit agreement from anyone.

Su Zheng and Liu Wanquan quickly came to the front of the console.

On the screen, as the fusion progress rapidly climbed from 1% to 10%, and then 30%, 40%...

When the 100% fusion was complete,

on the screen, right after Wang Suming's personal information, a brand-new line of skill information also appeared.

[ Weight and Force ]: Level 2 skill, can activate the skill by consuming Source Energy in a weight-bearing state. The greater the weight borne, the greater the strength brought by the enhancement, and it can be repeatedly stacked and activated.

Chu Hong widened his eyes, for a moment still not understanding whether this skill was what he understood it to mean.

He drew in a slight breath of cold air.

"The more weight you bear, the greater your strength; the greater your strength, the more weight you can bear. So... stepping on your left foot with your right foot?"

Meanwhile, on the other side,

in the upper-level Xuanlong City, amidst a cluster of antique Daxia garden-style buildings, Dean Wen Zhanshan slightly wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked out from inside.

In his hand, however, an extra golden dragon token had appeared.

Long Pavilion approved!

Permission granted for Chu Hong to fuse [ forbidden object · Imperial Mausoleum Core ]!

[Item Name]: forbidden object · Imperial Mausoleum Core

[Item Grade]: Red

[Value]: 9,000,000

[Type]: Tool Material

[Weight]: 8.8 kg

[Inventory Grid Capacity Occupied]: 2 × 2

[Item Description]: Unknown substance, possessing extremely violent Source Energy factors, by no means a product from within a secret realm. It seems to contain a total sum of Source Energy sufficient to rival a hell-grade secret realm, requiring rigorous and meticulous maintenance and guard to prevent an irreversible Source Energy disaster.

"Chu Hong ah, you must absolutely not let Daxia down..."

PS: Heavens! Lightning and thunder! The humble author's home actually suffered a power outage, but fortunately it was caught up with in the end. o(╥﹏╥)o