148: Silent Counterattack and "Spark" Spreading Like Wildfire

The success of the "drive the tiger to devour the wolf" strategy was like a key, opening up a new situation for the Shelter.

External pressure eased slightly, and internal development accelerated.

With the return of Wang Wu's team and the continuous improvement of the "internal circulation" system, the Shelter displayed a vitality never seen before.

The cultivation of "star moss" achieved Breakthrough progress.

Senior Brother Zhang discovered that by fine-tuning the wavelength of starlight, it was possible to stimulate the "star moss" to release a more active nourishing energy.

This energy was not only beneficial to the growth of spirit plants, but could even slightly accelerate a Cultivator's spiritual power recovery.

Although the effect was far inferior to a Medicinal Pill, it had the advantage of being continuous, gentle, and free of any side effects.

Zhao Iron Pillar led his people and had successfully transplanted "star moss" to more than half of the Shelter's area.

The blue-purple luster connected into one piece, like a spread-out starry carpet, making the energy environment of the entire space more livable.

Under the nourishment of stable energy and the return flow of "star chain", the repair progress of the altar accelerated significantly.

The cracks in some core runes had disappeared, and the fluctuations emitted were more ancient and vast.

The space of the Shelter also expanded steadily along with it, now the size of a small plaza.

What was even more encouraging was that through the "star chain" and the optimized "dandelion" plan, the number of "Spark" awakened in the outside world was increasing slowly and steadily.

Wen Youyi was no longer satisfied with merely acting as a passive "guide".

He began to attempt to build a more secretive and safe "Spark network".

Utilizing his profound understanding of the star core and "Star Language", he designed a special "Spark Mark".

This mark was not a physical entity, but an encrypted encoding of Star Power fluctuations; only "Spark" who had been awakened by "spirit awakening stardust", possessed sufficiently firm willpower, and passed the preliminary tests, could naturally condense it within the depths of their Soul.

People possessing the "Spark Mark" could generate an extremely weak resonance with each other, and within a certain distance, could conduct limited and more secure communication through "Star Language".

They did not know each other's true identities, but they knew the other party was a "kindred spirit".

Wen Youyi called this dispersed, anonymous network the "Spark Alliance".

The members of the Alliance were scattered everywhere; they might be Loose Cultivators in the marketplace, ordinary Disciples within a Sect, or fringe figures of a certain Family.

They lived their own lives normally, silently Cultivating the shielding techniques taught by Wen Youyi, and feeling the subtle changes within themselves.

But when they encountered abnormal events related to the "spirit net" or "harvesting", or detected the traces of "Scavenger" or "hounds", they could issue warnings to nearby Alliance members through the "Spark Mark", or pass information through layers, eventually converging on Wen Youyi here.

This network was still very weak, with low transmission efficiency and full of risks.

But it meant that resistance was no longer an individual, isolated act, but had begun to have the embryonic form of an organization!

Through this network, Wen Youyi was able to piece together more fragmented intelligence about the outside world:

An "Opportunity" that induced Heart Demon appeared in a certain place again, and several Cultivators went mad after fighting over it...

A "Genius" Disciple of a small Sect had their cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, but their personality changed drastically, and they attacked their fellow Disciples...

The search team of the Discipline Hall encountered unknown resistance in a certain area, lost several people, and suspected it was related to "Spark"...

Even, some Alliance members vaguely heard that the upper echelons of the Qingxuan Sect seemed to feel uneasy about the recent continuous "abnormalities", and communication with the "Upper Realm" seemed to have become more frequent...

This intelligence was a mix of truth and falsehood, yet it outlined a scene of surging undercurrents.

The "web weaver" clearly had not given up; on the contrary, they might have become more vigilant due to repeated setbacks, and perhaps... might be preparing to take more drastic measures.

"Our time is running out."

Wen Youyi looked at the increasingly bright star core on the altar, feeling the weak yet tenacious existence of the "Spark Alliance", and his heart was filled with a sense of urgency.

The silent counterattack had already begun, and the "Spark" was gathering.

But the storm was also approaching.

Before this storm arrived, they had to make this spark burn even more vigorously, until... it could no longer be extinguished!

(End of Chapter)