181: Disaster, prophecy
“Recently has been a period of many events. Teacher's original intention was to hold the ceremony once things stabilized, and formally introduce our Little Junior Brother to everyone.”
Li Wenhao briefly explained the reason.
Fang Chengan nodded, smiled, and waved at Luo Chen, signaling him to come over.
Luo Chen looked left and right, confirmed that he was the one being referred to, and could only endure a certain awkward feeling as he walked over.
Throughout the process, the other young Beast Masters also curiously observed Luo Chen, wondering what was so special about him that National Elder Zhuang Sheng would take him as a disciple.
Among them, Bai Yu's gaze was the most intense, containing a special emotion.
“Hello, Elder Fang.” Having been called over, Luo Chen greeted him first, thinking it's always good to be polite.
“Hello, Luo Chen. It’s our first meeting. Take this little trinket. We didn't prepare much this time due to the rush. I’ll give you something better when you formally become a disciple.”
In Fang Chengan’s hand appeared a stone glowing with brilliant colors. Its rich energy fluctuations made it clear to any Beast Master with some discernment that it was a precious spiritual item.
Luo Chen hesitated, unsure whether to accept it. He subtly turned his head to look at his Third Senior Brother.
Third Senior Brother received the signal. Third Senior Brother successfully received the signal.
“When an elder bestows a gift, it is not to be refused. Just accept what Elder Fang gives you.”
Hearing Li Wenhao’s words, Luo Chen generously took the spiritual item from Fang Chengan’s hand.
“Thank you, Elder Fang.”
No sooner had Luo Chen finished thanking him than an eager voice interrupted.
“Hello, Luo Chen, my name is Bai Yu, and I am your…” Bai Yu’s eyes darted around before he continued, “I am your Senior Brother’s good friend.”
Li Wenhao rubbed his head and did not object.
“Ahem, you can get to know each other later. Let me first explain the disaster, so you can be mentally prepared.”
Fang Chengan spoke, stopping Bai Yu’s enthusiastic self-introduction.
“National Elder Zhuang Sheng predicted that the next spiritual energy resurgence would be accompanied by a Heaven and Earth calamity. Communication between cities will become even more difficult than it is now.
And the first disaster is very likely to be a cold calamity.”
“Communication between cities will be more difficult than now? Don’t we have spatial teleportation arrays?” A soft voice asked.
Luo Chen looked at the owner of the voice. Her voice matched her appearance; she was a beautiful and enchanting woman holding a jade green long flute.
Fang Chengan shook his head, “Heaven and Earth Ice Prisms, Spatial Severance, Imperial race Reappearance, Flood Retelling. These are the exact words of the prophecy.
Since Spatial Severance is the second in the prophecy, it can only mean that crossing space will definitely be more difficult than it is now. We cannot rule out the possibility of being unable to contact various cities.”
“So the Super City plan is to gather all the people of China tightly together? To prevent cities from being completely occupied by Star Beasts if contact is lost?”
Clearly, the young people present instantly understood why National Elder Zhuang Sheng insisted on implementing the Super City plan.
Heaven and Earth Ice Prisms, Spatial Severance, Imperial race Reappearance, Flood Retelling.
Everyone present silently chewed over this sentence.
Someone raised a new question, “What does ‘Imperial race’ mean in Imperial race Reappearance?”
“It might be a particularly powerful Star Beast race,” the gray-clothed, white-haired youth guessed.
However, Bai Yu disagreed, “Imperial race Reappearance, maybe it's referring to our human race. We can control all Star Beasts. If we’re talking about an Imperial race, how could it bypass us?”
Uh, although Bai Yu was somewhat blindly confident, if you think about it carefully, who could say he was wrong?
A strange silence fell over the scene for a moment. Finally, Li Wenhao spoke,
“Then the last sentence should be easier to understand. After the cold calamity, there should be a great flood, so we should think of ways to stop it in advance.”
“This is a natural disaster, something that cannot be stopped by human power. The Council of Elders’ view is to preserve the safety of our Chinese residents as much as possible during these natural disasters.
Therefore, the tasks issued by the Council of Elders in the future will lean towards these calamities. You Breeders need to work in this direction, and if there are no surprises for you Beast Masters,
tasks for city relocation will soon be issued to you. So, you will be busy for a long time to come. You need to be mentally prepared.”
After saying these words, Fang Chengan seemed to have something urgent to attend to and quickly disappeared again.
Li Wenhao looked at the spot where Fang Chengan disappeared, furrowed his brow in deep thought for a moment, then turned to the dozens of young talents, all renowned in the capital, and said:
“Today’s matters conclude here. Everyone is clear on Elder Fang’s words. I hope everyone can be well prepared.”
It was evident that Li Wenhao held great authority among these people. Hearing his words, they all responded and agreed.
“Everyone, you may disperse. Take some time to relax during this period.”
As he spoke, Li Wenhao came to Luo Chen’s side. “Junior Brother, let’s go.”
“Hey, wait for me.” Seeing Li Wenhao about to leave, Bai Yu, with his shameless spirit, clung tightly to Li Wenhao’s arm.
…
Inside the Mechanical Armor’s flying mode.
Li Wenhao looked at Bai Yu, who was clinging tightly to him, a hint of helplessness flashing across his face.
“Why did you follow us?”
With his mask on, only Bai Yu’s eyes were visible to Luo Chen and Li Wenhao. His eyes darted around very flexibly. He pointed to Luo Chen, and said in a familiar tone,
“Of course, to get to know Junior Brother?”
“He’s my Junior Brother, not your Junior Brother,” Li Wenhao corrected him forcefully.
“Hey, my teacher and your teacher are both State Elders. Is it wrong for me to call him Junior Brother? No, right?” Bai Yu’s rebuttal was forceful and resonant.
“Alright, then take off your mask and let my Junior Brother see your face?”
Upon hearing this, even though his expression couldn’t be seen, Luo Chen could sense Bai Yu’s hesitation from his actions.
At that moment, Luo Chen wondered if Bai Yu was disfigured or perhaps not good-looking. If that were the case, was his Senior Brother being a bit excessive?
But without knowing what Bai Yu was thinking, he personally took off the mask he had been wearing since the beginning.
After seeing his face, Luo Chen retracted his guesses about disfigurement or ugliness. Although this face had some baby fat, it was absolutely not ugly.
His eyes were round, and the soft flesh on his cheeks looked very squeezable.
This was completely a cute shota face. Luo Chen then looked at his height, which was at least 1.85 meters, feeling uncertain.
This was too much of a contrast. No wonder he always wore that mask.
Seeing the surprise in Luo Chen’s eyes, Bai Yu quickly put his mask back on.
“You saw it, right? Can you call me Senior Brother now?”
Li Wenhao looked at Bai Yu’s aggrieved expression, a smile appearing in his eyes.
“Junior Brother, this is National Elder Huo Zheng’s only disciple. According to seniority, you should indeed call him Senior Brother.”
Luo Chen looked at Bai Yu’s large physique, but his mind recalled the perfectly cute baby face. He somewhat awkwardly uttered the four words, “Senior Brother Bai Yu.”
Upon hearing these four words, Bai Yu seemed to be fully revitalized. A small string of pearl bracelets appeared in his hand.
“This is a bracelet that can block one Star Beast attack. Take it as a meeting gift.”
This time, Luo Chen didn’t look at Li Wenhao again. Instead, he slowly reached out and accepted this very precious gift. Perhaps what was precious in his eyes was just a normal small gift in theirs.
“Junior Brother, you’re also a Breeder, right?”
“Uh, yes.” Luo Chen did not deny it.
Bai Yu’s eyes lit up. Another Star Beast appeared beside him, and he said to Luo Chen,
“Can you take a look at this Star Beast for me?”
As his words fell, a somewhat strangely shaped Star Beast appeared inside the Mechanical Armor.