98: Old acquaintance Lao Liu

After the meeting with the numerous Elders, Zhou Xing received a message from Wei Guangming and arrived at the Star Observation Platform in Dawn City.

This place could also be considered Wei Guangming's personal residence, located at the highest point in Dawn City.

"Have a seat," Wei Guangming said to Zhou Xing, gesturing to the chair opposite him. "Your handling of the situation this time was very timely. Otherwise, facing a Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert, even if you used all six of your abilities, it would have been useless."

Zhou Xing nodded as he sat down.

Indeed, the gap between the Control Realm and the Celestial Phenomenon Realm was too vast; it wasn't something that could be easily bridged.

Even if Zhou Xing activated the System's emergency mode, it would only raise him by one minor Realm at most, which wouldn't have helped.

"It's normal for the Divine Gene to know about your situation, but I didn't expect Li Qing to reveal it so quickly."

At this moment, Wei Guangming took out a Crystal Card and, with a wave of his hand, made it float in front of Zhou Xing.

"City Lord, what is this?"

"This is compensation from me on behalf of Dawn City. It contains five thousand Special Training Camp points. These points are highly valuable and should be enough for you to obtain some decent resources."

Wei Guangming's explanation made Zhou Xing's eyes Light up.

Previously, while staying with Xing Tian and the other two, he had learned quite a bit about the Special Training Camp. The universal currency there was the training camp points.

Normally, one point was equivalent to one million.

In reality, their value was even higher because in the Special Training Camp, many rare resources could only be exchanged using points.

Five thousand points was already a substantial fortune. Most new trainees who had just joined the Special Training Camp only started with five hundred points each.

To earn more points, one needed to take on missions or complete various high-difficulty challenges.

"Thank you, City Lord." Zhou Xing put away the Crystal Card and expressed his gratitude solemnly.

In truth, he knew this was a personal gift from Wei Guangming.

"Hehe, we'll be seeing each other often in the future because we Demigods regularly go to the training camp to teach."

Wei Guangming smiled and then continued, "Bei Chen told me you need a divinity fragment with disguise properties?"

Zhou Xing nodded.

Before Zhou Xing could speak, Wei Guangming suddenly raised his hand. A translucent glass vial containing a divinity fragment flew out from his sleeve and hovered between the two of them.

"This is a divinity fragment of the God of Simulation. I obtained it by killing a special Multi-element Mutated Beast. Its divinity content reaches 53%, meeting your requirements.

However, to fuse it, even with your special compatible Physique, you'll probably need to reach the Peak of Control or even the Celestial Phenomenon Realm."

Wei Guangming reminded him with a serious expression.

Zhou Xing suddenly held his breath.

He hadn't expected to actually obtain a divinity fragment of the God of Simulation.

These special types of divinity fragments were extremely rare. If frost, flame, and the like were common divinity fragments found everywhere, then fragments like the God of Simulation were one in a thousand or even one in ten thousand.

Since obtaining the System, Zhou Xing had acquired many divinity fragments, but most were common elemental types like metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. So far, he had only obtained two rare divinity fragments: Light and darkness.

Moreover, the divinity content of the God of Simulation fragment before him exceeded 50%, making it even more valuable.

"I know why you need this type of divinity fragment. Indeed, your abilities might increase in the future, and this type of fragment could save you some trouble.

Although three or four elements are rare, they have appeared before. But remember, before reaching the Demigod level, you must never reveal more than four elements, even within The Watchers.

Some people are unwilling to see an Eternal Realm expert appear and disrupt the balance."

Wei Guangming's expression turned serious at this point.

"Keep in mind, don't attempt to fuse this divinity fragment lightly unless you're absolutely certain."

Wei Guangming followed up with a warning, "The more special and rare the divinity fragment, the higher the difficulty of Fusion, especially with a high divinity content. If you fail, you should know the consequences..."

Zhou Xing nodded. He was well aware of the dangers of fusing divinity fragments, but with the System, these weren't issues.

"Beep—beep—!"

Just then, Zhou Xing's Communicator rang.

Opening it, Zhou Xing found it was someone he hadn't contacted in a long time—Lao Liu (who appeared in Chapter 1).

Strange, why did he suddenly show up now?

When Zhou Xing first obtained the System, he had actively sought out Lao Liu. He knew the other was an intelligence officer from The Officials and also an Awakened One; they had met by chance.

Previously, Zhou Xing had asked him to provide detailed information on Awakened Ones and solutions for divinity erosion.

However, after that contact, there had been no news for a long time. Later, Zhou Xing joined The Watchers at Lin Yue's invitation.

With this sudden contact now, Zhou Xing thought for a moment and realized the other probably knew about his current situation.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the change in Zhou Xing's expression, Wei Guangming asked.

"City Lord, I used to be a sniper in the official forces. Later, I contacted an intelligence officer from there named Lao Liu and asked him to investigate some things for me.

At that time, I had just Awakened, but after that, there was no news. However, I kept the communication channel saved.

Now he's actively requesting to contact me.

If I'm not mistaken, it's likely that the Xia Country officials have learned about my information."

Zhou Xing explained.

"Oh? It's fine. Go ahead and answer. I'm curious to see what The Officials plan to do; they probably want to recruit you."

Wei Guangming suddenly became interested.

"Alright, then I'll see what he wants."

With that, Zhou Xing directly answered the Communicator. As soon as the connection was made, Lao Liu's familiar voice came through:

"Ash, you've kept me in the dark..."

"I asked you to investigate something half a year ago with no response, and now you remember me?"

Zhou Xing glanced subtly at Wei Guangming.

"Uh, you're wronging me there. You were in Dragon City back then, and the Communicator's range was limited. I was in Yang City at the time, less than a hundred kilometers from Dragon City.

Later, I was transferred to another city. Because of the distance, I couldn't get in touch with you. Now, I suddenly heard news about you and figured your Communicator must have been upgraded, so I quickly tried to contact you."

Lao Liu's tone held a hint of grievance, but Zhou Xing knew it was just polite talk.

"Speak up, what do you want? Since you're contacting me proactively, I assume you know about my current situation? Are you contacting me as a friend, or on behalf of the Xia Country officials?"

Zhou Xing asked directly.