196: Chapter 196 One Hundred and Eight Tons of Clothes?! And They Can Evolve?! (Two Chapters Combined)

Before going to bed that night, Su Ming lay in bed and scrolled through his phone.

There was an encrypted message from Instructor Ying Wuhen on the screen.

The content was simple, with only two words...

[Thank you.]

It had no context, but Su Ming understood instantly.

It seemed that kid Night Crow had already received the true inheritance of Shadow Kill that he had been yearning for.

He stroked his chin. Instructor Ying Wuhen had personally said before that all resources of the Shadow Academy were fully open to him, a "Supreme Lifetime Specially Invited Exchange Student."

In that case, could he also get his hands on Shadow Kill?

Although with his current physique, assassination was practically like ramming a fishing boat with an aircraft carrier, which was truly unnecessary.

But it would be a waste not to take free stuff.

He could ask about it when they met at the Shadow Academy this time.

Su Ming rolled over and fell fast asleep.

...

The next three days were calm and uneventful.

The underground Supreme suite was more than a notch above the Imperial Suite on the top floor.

Not only did it have an independent Training Room and fighting arena, but even the masseuses were all twin sisters.

Su Ming and Ye Xiao barely left the suite.

When they were hungry, a three-star Michelin chef was on call twenty-four hours a day.

When they were tired, the gentle hands of beautiful ladies could massage their bones to a pulp.

Su Ming swept the area a few times with his Gravity Domain and gravitational perception, and Ye Xiao also repeatedly sensed with his lightning talent, confirming that this place was indeed clean and free of any surveillance equipment.

Su Ming couldn't figure out what that old guy Zhou Kui was plotting, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

Ye Xiao was living like an immortal. The energy of a Tier 6 Peak Thunder Beast crystal core was poured into his body, and combined with the terrifying affinity of his SS-Rank Nine Heavens Thunder Body, his Breakthrough speed was ridiculously fast.

In just two days, he broke through the barrier and successfully promoted to Tier 4 Gold Early Stage.

And this was only after consuming less than half of the energy. It wasn't impossible for him to reach Tier 5 once he finished refining all of it!

The one who was even happier than him was Su Ming.

Because...

He could collect rent early!

In the Training Room, purple lightning surged violently. Ye Xiao's entire body was wrapped in lightning arcs, and after a muffled groan, his Aura suddenly climbed.

"Brother Ming! I feel full of power! Come! Fight me for three hundred rounds!"

Having just broken through, Ye Xiao's confidence was bursting as he challenged Su Ming.

Su Ming gladly accepted.

Ye Xiao shouted violently and punched out with a thunder fist!

The purple lightning, carrying the terrifying energy of a Tier 4 Gold level, struck Su Ming's chest with precision.

Boom!

The lightning exploded, causing the Training Room's Source Energy shielding layer to hum along with it.

Su Ming didn't budge an inch.

[Devoured Tier 4 Gold Thunder Affinity Source Energy impact... mass points +2,100]

It was more than double what it was at Tier 3!

"Use more force!"

The Nine Heavens Thunder Body operated at full power.

Purple lightning arcs condensed on his fist, and the air was ionized, giving off a pungent smell of ozone.

[mass points +2,150]

"Again!"

Ye Xiao swallowed his saliva and threw another punch.

[mass points +2,150]

"Keep going! You're already soft after just two hits?"

"Be more resilient!"

...

Three minutes later.

Ye Xiao lay on the floor of the Training Room like a dead dog.

He really couldn't squeeze out even a single drop more.

The strongest thunderstorm attack he had unleashed with all his might, burning his life force, struck Su Ming but couldn't even ruffle a single strand of his hair.

Lying on the cold floor, in addition to his brain lacking oxygen, a question kept spinning in Ye Xiao's mind.

Every time his attack hit Su Ming, the expression on Su Ming's face...

Looked like enjoyment no matter how he sliced it!

Is... is this right?

Ye Xiao's mind went blank, feeling his worldview refreshed once again.

Brother Ming... seemed to be playing with something very new?!

...

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Ming lay on the sofa, happily looking at his System panel.

[Host: Su Ming]

[True Mass: 1,240 tons (+)]

[mass points: 155,882]

In just three short days, it had increased by one hundred and five tons!

Su Ming was startled himself.

This was the terrifying thing about a 3% daily compound interest growth!

Out of the 150,000 mass points, Ye Xiao's three daily full-power outputs contributed nearly 50,000.

The rest came from the daily background devouring limit of 20,000 from that pile of ruins and debris in the System space.

With this growth rate, how could he possibly lose?!

A thought suddenly flashed through Su Ming's mind.

If he kept rolling down this compound interest curve, it wouldn't be long before his mass reached the scale of an asteroid.

By then, the coverage of his gravitational field would be far more than just a city.

The tides of the entire planet would have to depend on his mood.

In a few more years, he would be able to obtain an even more awesome title!

Little Fairy Boy!

Because not only the whole world, but the entire planet would revolve around him!

Su Ming also discovered that he seemed to be able to develop new abilities by relying on "cultivation."

For example, gravity object control had also made progress over these three days.

He had already improved from the level of a screw to a twenty-pound dumbbell, which was entirely a passive effect brought by his own gravitational field.

But he gave up after practicing for just one day.

This process was too long; like those lonely and cold celestial bodies, it required thousands of years to feel and settle.

Moreover, it consumed a huge amount of Mental Energy, leaving him lightheaded after just one day of practice.

Forget it, forget it.

Hard work doesn't guarantee success, but not working hard is definitely comfortable.

It was better to honestly be a pay-to-win player. Wasn't a sequence exchanged with money much better?

Su Ming lay back on the sofa with a clear conscience, turned on the light screen, and watched short videos of suggestive beauties dancing while waiting for his delivery to arrive.

Today was the day Teacher Lin Qinyin promised to deliver the "finished garment."

Just then...

"Rumble...!"

From the top floor of the entire Heaven on Earth building, a deafening roar of fighter jet engines suddenly echoed!

The sound was violent and overbearing, causing the entire building to tremble slightly.

It's here!

Su Ming's spirits lifted, and he bounced up from the sofa.

He swept his gravitational perception upward... there were three newcomers: one Tier 7 and two Tier 5s, with no other hidden forces.

Clean.

Su Ming kicked Ye Xiao, who was currently meditating and regulating his breathing.

"Let's go, Little Ye, upstairs to pick up the package!"

...

On the open-air helipad at the top of Heaven on Earth.

A heavy transport aircraft, entirely silver-gray and painted with Star Dome Heavy Industry's exclusive "Wings of the Star Ring" logo, was hovering a hundred meters in the air.

Four massive anti-gravity engines spewed pale blue flames, kicking up air currents like a category 12 hurricane that made the rooftop facilities creak.

On the streets of Jiang City, countless pedestrians stopped to look up, pulling out their phones to take videos.

"Is that... Star Dome Heavy Industry's 'Albatross'-class military transport aircraft?"

"Holy crap, why would a big guy of this caliber come to our Jiang City?"

Under the gaze of countless shocked eyes, the cargo doors at the belly of the transport aircraft slowly opened.

A massive, pitch-black airdrop pod gleaming with a metallic luster dropped from the belly of the plane.

"Boom!"

A car-sized metal lump crashed straight down, landing heavily in the center of the terrace with an earth-shattering boom.

A large area of specially made explosion-proof floor tiles was instantly shattered into powder, and the entire top floor trembled.

Immediately after, two figures leaped down from the cabin.

Wearing Star Dome Heavy Industry's special combat suits, their movements were crisp and clean, landing silently as the Tier 5 Awakened badges on their chests shone brightly.

The two looked around with disdain, their brows carrying an innate arrogance born of a major financial conglomerate.

Finally, a burly elderly man floated down slowly from the cabin.

Without the aid of any equipment, he stepped on invisible steps condensed from Source Energy, walking down step by step from a hundred meters in the air.

A Tier 7 powerhouse!

The elderly man wore a well-tailored dark gold Tang suit, had short gray hair, and a resolute face,

On his chest, he wore the golden emblem of a Star Dome Heavy Industry Senior Director.

His gaze swept Su Ming from top to bottom...

A casual T-shirt, sweatpants, flip-flops, and messy hair.

Thin and frail.

No Source Energy fluctuations.

The old man's brow furrowed.

"Are you Su Ming?"

His tone carried unconcealed scrutiny and contempt.

Su Ming put his hands in his pockets and tilted his head to look at him.

"Who might you be?"

"Star Dome Heavy Industry's Senior Director, Director Lin Yi."

The old man stood with his hands behind his back. "Ordered to escort strategic Materials."

This person was precisely the special envoy sent by Star Dome Heavy Industry this time, an influential elder from a branch of the Lin Family.

As a core figure of the Lin Family's conservative faction, he had always had complaints about Teacher Lin Qinyin, an heir who was keen on exploring the Star Domain and neglecting her proper duties.

What was the foundation of an Awakened?

It was one's own cultivation!

He was already at Tier 7 Peak, whereas Teacher Lin Qinyin spent all her time tinkering with scrap metal, lacking ambition, and was still hovering at Tier 6.

If she hadn't had good luck over the past few years, picking up some strategic-grade Materials outside and making some contributions to the Family, he would have proposed to revoke her inheritance status long ago.

And now, Teacher Lin Qinyin actually dared to privately use the Family's top strategic Materials to give to a kid with no background, no cultivation, and not even any Source Energy fluctuations?

It was simply a reckless waste of precious resources!

His active offer to escort the delivery this time was precisely to set things right and prevent the Family's assets from leaking out.

"The Lin Family's resources do not support useless trash."

Director Lin Yi snorted coldly in his heart.

He raised his chin and pointed at the massive airdrop pod, his voice not loud but clearly reaching across the entire rooftop.

"The item you want is inside."

"However, I must remind you. Because the purification of the Materials for this 'Liquid Sink-Gold Suit' is extremely difficult, its density is ridiculously high. The total mass of the entire outfit reaches 108 tons."

One hundred and eight tons!

Beside him, Ye Xiao sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.

How was this an outfit?

This was clearly a small mountain of steel!

Looking at Ye Xiao's inexperienced reaction, a mockery curled at the corner of Director Lin Yi's mouth.

"Without a specialized Body Refining Physical Body at the Tier 7 Peak, the moment you put it on, you will be crushed into a puddle of flesh by the weight of your own clothes."

An equipment that even he didn't dare to try—this kid had even less of a chance.

He just wanted to see Su Ming make a fool of himself.

As long as this kid couldn't lift it, or even got injured from the pressure, he could rightfully take this treasure back to the Family.

Hearing this, Ye Xiao's face turned pale with anger. How was this delivering a package? This was clearly coming to their door to humiliate them!

Who the hell could wear an outfit weighing over a hundred tons?

Even the shell of a Tier 7 turtle-type Source Beast wouldn't be this ridiculous, right?!

Just as he was about to step forward to argue, he was stopped by a hand.

Su Ming patted his shoulder, gesturing for him to stay calm.

Facing Director Lin Yi's cold sarcasm, Su Ming was not angry at all. Instead, he flashed a brilliant smile, as if looking at a fat sheep.

One doesn't get angry at a yapping Chihuahua.

"Where's the item? Open the box."

Director Lin Yi's face turned cold.

As a Tier 7 powerhouse, he didn't even get a single polite word in return from this wet-behind-the-ears kid?

Who did this kid think he was commanding with that tone?

Director Lin Yi's face was as dark as water, thinking about how to teach this kid a lesson.

Su Ming couldn't be bothered with him. He bypassed Director Lin Yi's group and walked straight toward the heavy airdrop pod, looking impatient to unbox and inspect the goods.

Being so utterly ignored by a kid, Director Lin Yi felt he had lost face completely, a harsh look flashing in his eyes.

"Young man, let me teach you a rule."

He snorted coldly, no longer hiding it.

The Source Energy of a Tier 7 Peak erupted violently!

A terrifying Aura soared into the sky. He extended his right hand, his five fingers forming a claw wrapped in a sharp, earthy yellow astral wind, clawing at Su Ming's shoulder like lightning!

He wanted to teach this reckless kid a lesson he would never forget!

However, Su Ming still didn't dodge or avoid, and didn't even look back at him.

All of his attention was focused on unboxing.

"Click."

The combination lock of the airdrop pod was casually snapped by him, and the heavy doors slid open to both sides.

The cold mist of the Source Energy constant-temperature chamber slowly dispersed, revealing the item inside.

It was a combat suit.

It was pitch black all over, so black that even light falling on it would be swallowed up, with a faint star-like shimmer flowing across its surface.

There were no redundant decorations, no fancy source runes, only a pure, oppressive sense of presence.

Just as Su Ming reached out to grab the combat suit, Director Lin Yi's attack arrived!

That claw, powerful enough to crush the skull of a Tier 6 Source Beast, landed solidly on Su Ming's shoulder!

A sinister grin of success had already appeared on Director Lin Yi's face.

But in the next second, his smile froze.

The moment his hand touched Su Ming's shoulder, an extremely hard counter-shock force frantically poured back through his fingertips!

It didn't feel like he was grabbing someone's shoulder.

But rather clawing at a divine mountain forged of solid steel!

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, Director Lin Yi's finger bones were actually cracked on the spot by that counter-shock force.

His entire body fell back two steps uncontrollably.

He looked up in horror.

Only to see that Su Ming had already effortlessly lifted the combat suit... with a single hand!

That "Liquid Sink-Gold Suit," weighing up to 108 tons and enough to crush a Tier 6 powerhouse,

Was as light as an ordinary T-shirt in his hand.

The color instantly drained from Director Lin Yi's face, and he pointed at Su Ming, stammering without being able to utter a single word.

"You... you you you..."

Meanwhile, Su Ming had absolutely no interest in bickering with a clown right now.

Because the moment he touched the combat suit, the long-awaited System prompt sounded in his mind!

[Ding! Damaged Exoskeletal Star Core Armor Matrix detected (unfused)!]

[Current Armament Rank: Planet-grade (damaged and sealed state)]

[Host's Star Core compatibility: 100%! Unique fit, irreplaceable!]

[Upon Fusion, the [Celestial Armament Evolution Tree] will be permanently unlocked. It can be repaired and upgraded by devouring mass and Source Energy substances!]

[Estimated time for the first Fusion: 10 seconds]

[Initiate Fusion immediately?]

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