196: Crystal Lizardman Statue

High above.

The special plane streaked across the blue sky, leaving a long contrail in its wake.

Although this trip to Riyadh was a complete success, Yang Dian was somewhat troubled.

Because the 'Favor' was being consumed.

Even though the Earth's Qi Revival had only been for 11 years, for individuals, it was already considered vast and rich in Opportunities.

As the plane cut through the sky, Yang Dian occasionally received some subtle guidance.

For example, which direction to fly to find Opportunities.

Or which area to visit to encounter certain wonders.

In short, mother earth had always been guiding him, wanting her beloved cub to benefit.

Was this good?

Good, but also not good.

If the Favor wasn't for another purpose, Yang Dian would have long since flown down to find treasures.

But the problem was, this Favor was what he planned to use to find the Fire Flame Turtle.

And mother earth constantly changing her guidance also consumed the Favor.

It was like having an unfilial son; you arrange for him to do this, but he doesn't want to.

Then you arrange for him to do that, and he still doesn't want to.

After many times, anyone would get annoyed.

mother earth was the same.

So, by the time the plane landed in Chengdu, a significant amount of Favor from mother earth had already been consumed.

Without entering the Unity of Man and Nature state, Yang Dian could barely perceive the existence of the Favor.

'Do I have to go down to that dimensional folded region beneath Chengdu and kill a bunch of things again?'

Thinking of the terrifying malice that the Alien Planet's will had directed at him when he left that dimensional folded region in Chengdu, Yang Dian couldn't help but feel a toothache.

'I'm afraid I'll be hit by a meteorite as soon as I enter.'

Thinking this, Yang Dian looked at Lei Ming, Yue Shan, and Old Daoist Qingfeng, who were preparing to disembark:

"Uh..."

"Uncle Lei, Uncle Yue, and Old Daoist."

"How about you accompany me down to Chengdu's dimensional folded region?"

The three exchanged glances and asked curiously:

"What's wrong?"

Yang Dian told them truthfully:

"Firstly, I snatched this egg from the Dimension Crystal Mine last time." Yang Dian took out the egg, whose black markings had disappeared, turning it back to a pinkish-white, and squeezed it:

"After snatching this thing, the Alien Planet's will erupted with extreme malice towards me, much, much stronger than the malice from the Alien Planet's will in Riyadh."

"Secondly, the Earth's Favor was consumed quite a bit on the way here. If there's an Opportunity, I need to go kill another batch of six-armed and Eight-Armed Lizardmen."

At this point, Yang Dian also explained to them the reason why the Earth's Favor was being consumed without cause.

After hearing Yang Dian's explanation, Yue Shan agreed without hesitation:

"Then I'll go down with you."

Old Daoist Qingfeng stroked his beard and smiled:

"I, this old Daoist, am quite interested in that underground cave you mentioned. I'll go see if I can catch a few red carp to raise."

Lei Ming smacked his lips:

"Is the Earth's Favor really that miraculous?"

"Then when you come up, I'll also go kill a wave of Lizardmen and experience that incredibly magical Favor you speak of..."

With a unified opinion, the four immediately exited the cabin door and, under the dumbfounded gazes of onlookers, directly rose from the ground and flew outside the spatial node.

Outside the circular city of the spatial node, it had now become a new Holy Land for check-ins.

An endless stream of influencers, streamers, and tourists visiting Chengdu were all taking photos, checking in outside the cordon, or simply starting live broadcasts.

Seeing this scene as he descended from the sky, Yang Dian couldn't help but shake his head and sigh:

"People are too well protected; they truly don't feel any sense of crisis."

"Otherwise, what can we do?" Yue Shan sighed:

"We can't just let Mutants run rampant to increase the Citizens' sense of crisis, can we?"

Yang Dian stepped into the circular city:

"If we used to be able to conduct psychological warfare externally, why can't we do fear-based warfare internally now?"

"Foreign countries are not as peaceful as ours; there are many incidents of Mutants attacking people."

"If you ask me, we should just lift the internet restrictions and let them see what foreign countries are like."

"Then let the Wen Organization and media guide them step by step to change their perceptions."

"The current world is not calm and peaceful."

Yue Shan nodded:

"The Wen Organization has such an idea."

"However, they're not planning to completely lift internet restrictions, but just to move some videos of Mutant unrest abroad onto domestic video software and provide traffic support, to make Citizens aware of the power and cruelty of Mutants as much as possible..."

As he spoke, the four, who had passed through multiple checks and reached the edge of the space-time node, did not hesitate and directly entered the node.

Then, they simultaneously chose to descend at the Lizardmen Sacred Mountain.

Their feet sank into the accumulated snow.

As the layer of energy enveloping them disappeared, Yang Dian immediately felt a strong malice emanating from all directions, as if trying to drag him into an abyss.

"Boom~~~"

As a sudden thunderclap rang out in the clear blue sky, the entire Sacred Mountain began to shake.

Looking up at the white tide sweeping down from the peak of the Sacred Mountain, and the faint sense of threat from higher up in the sky, Yang Dian exhaled, then swept away the snow in front of him, revealing the Dimension Crystal Mine beneath.

"Screech!!"

The moment he saw the Dimension Crystal Mine, the Crystal Lizardman had already blocked the entrance, staring at him with a pair of furious eyes, as if wanting to devour him alive.

Unfortunately, just like before, the Crystal Lizardman still couldn't take half a step out of the Dimension Crystal Mine.

It could only watch Yang Dian in impotent rage.

Yang Dian slightly pushed off with his toes, pulling himself out of the snow, then looked at Yue Shan and the other two:

"I'll go into the Dimension Crystal Mine first."

"Uncle Yue, you guys be careful; I sense a threat from high in the sky."

"Maybe a meteorite is about to fall."

After speaking, Yang Dian's body blurred into an afterimage and rushed into the Dimension Crystal Mine.

Then, before the Crystal Lizardman could react, he delivered a fierce kick to its lower back.

"Gah?"

The Crystal Lizardman, still wondering why Yang Dian's speed had become so fast, was directly kicked away by Yang Dian. It flew out of the Dimension Crystal Mine, crashed onto the snowy ground, and remained motionless for a long time.

Yang Dian blinked inside the mine tunnel, frowned in thought, then still walked out of the tunnel.

Coming to Yue Shan and the others, he realized that the Crystal Lizardman seemed to have truly turned into crystal.

It was embedded in the snow, motionless, in the exact posture Yang Dian had kicked it out of the Dimension Crystal Mine.

No heartbeat, no pulse, as if it had become a complete work of art.

"What is the meaning of this?"

Hearing Lei Ming's curious voice, Yang Dian shook his head:

"I don't know either."

Remembering something, he picked up the Crystal Lizardman, walked to the Crystal Mine, and placed the tip of its tail into the mine tunnel.

Then, the tip of its tail seemed to come alive, that short segment of tail tip began to rotate continuously.

When Yang Dian pulled its body out, it became like a dead object again, motionless:

"It seems to have great research value..."