48: return

Old Li’s sudden appearance nearly made Lin Chen lose his footing.

“Lin小子, how did you end up here?”

Lin Chen’s presence here greatly shocked Old Li.

After all,

this place was over ten thousand kilometers away from the nearest Human Federation base!

Looking at the kind and amiable old man before him,

there was no trace of the overbearing, sky-shaking demeanor he had just displayed.

Knowing he couldn't hide it from Old Li,

Lin Chen could only give a perfunctory explanation.

“Old Li… um… would you believe me if I said I was sucked in by a spatial rift that suddenly appeared on Blue Star?”

Old Li merely smiled faintly upon hearing this.

He didn’t overthink it.

He knew that geniuses like Lin Chen all had their secrets,

and he wouldn't pry.

“You only recently broke through to Super Spiritual Mind Master, and your Mental Energy is still too weak. A Martial Emperor Late Stage expert could discover your presence. It’s a good thing I was here this time.”

“Have your true body come over as well; we’ll head back soon.”

Only then did Lin Chen remember.

That’s right!

I am currently in a dream-traveling state.

If my dream true body returns to Modu Martial University’s dormitory now,

will I be able to see my real self?

He wanted to conduct an experiment.

Immediately, Lin Chen smiled and nodded.

Two minutes later,

his true body arrived.

He stored his Mental Energy clone into his spatial ring.

“Let’s go, we’ll go see Chen Mo’s family.”

Old Li looked at the shattered base below with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

Lin Chen’s face also gradually showed killing intent.

He followed Old Li to a hundred meters above the base.

Within the entire shattered base,

it was filled with the corpses of white-robed and grey-robed Heretics.

In the central plaza of the base,

seven or eight figures knelt on the ground.

Lin Chen’s gaze swept over them.

Chen Mo and his brother Chen Hai were both there.

The remaining few were all in the Martial King Realm.

There was also an old man with grizzled hair.

Martial King Realm peak!

This should be the Chen family’s old ancestor.

At this moment,

the trembling voice of the Martial King Realm peak old man came from below.

“Old Li… Old Li… we were wrong… I will bear all the blame… can you give our Chen family a way out?”

Old Li remained unmoved, his tone extremely indifferent as he said:

“You have touched the bottom line of the Human Federation. From the moment you defected, you were already dead men!”

Below, Chen Mo looked up.

He suddenly saw Lin Chen also beside Old Li.

His expression immediately twisted, and he cried out in anguish.

“Lin… Lin Chen… save me… I was wrong… spare my wretched life.”

Beside him, Chen Hai also wept.

“Lin Chen… you and I don’t have such deep animosity… this matter has nothing to do with me… let me go.”

Lin Chen, however, laughed upon hearing this.

“You can target me, but you absolutely should not collude with Heretics and seek your own demise.”

Below, Chen Mo suddenly roared,

“Lin Chen, you will die a terrible death! I won't let you off even if I become a ghost!”

Everyone in the Chen family looked at Lin Chen with monstrous hatred.

Everything started because of Lin Chen.

The Chen family’s old ancestor, Chen Yang, sighed deeply.

He knew the Chen family was finished the moment he learned that Chen Mo had leaked Lin Chen’s whereabouts to the Heretics.

Subsequently, he also used his connections to erase all traces.

Unfortunately,

the one investigating this matter this time was General Mo Zhanhai!

How could they contend with the methods of a Martial Emperor Late Stage expert?

Soon,

everyone who had sheltered Chen Mo was apprehended… “It’s all your fault for indulging him too much normally.”

Chen Yang kicked Chen Mo’s father away.

At this moment,

Old Li snorted coldly.

Terrifying pressure suppressed them.

Everyone below immediately prostrated themselves in terror.

Old Li merely waved his hand.

A transparent energy enveloped the crowd.

Whoosh—

Everyone was directly taken into Old Li’s Inner World!

Although Lin Chen was curious,

he didn't ask too many questions.

A Martial Emperor Late Stage’s Inner World could actually allow living people to enter… “Let’s go, Lin小子, we’re going back.”

Lin Chen also wanted to go back and see if his true body on Blue Star was still in the dormitory while he was in the dream-traveling state.

He had always wondered if the body he used to travel to the Other World

was his soul or his true body?

Or some other state.

Old Li merely sliced the void in front of them with one hand.

A spatial rift appeared.

Old Li waved his hand.

A transparent energy enveloped Lin Chen, and he drilled into the spatial rift.

It was the same feeling as last time.

Lin Chen only felt his vision go black.

The next instant,

when Lin Chen opened his eyes again,

he found himself still within the Exotic Beast Mountain Range.

Old Li didn’t speak.

He continued to tear open a spatial rift and took Lin Chen into it.

After consecutively traversing spatial rifts three times like this,

Lin Chen found himself in a giant base.

“This is Federation Base No. 82. To return to Modu, we need to go to Base No. 121. We’ll go to the base’s spatial teleportation gate.”

Spatial teleportation gate?

Lin Chen showed a look of confusion.

Old Li explained with a smile.

“The Other World is at least ten thousand times larger than Earth. Blue Star has five stable Other World passages.”

Lin Chen nodded.

He knew this.

“Our Human Federation has established 150 bases in the Other World through these five Other World passages.”

“By using these bases as strongholds to develop Other World resources, Blue Star humans have been able to rapidly grow stronger over the past millennium.”

“And to guard so many bases, we need to use teleportation gates!”

“The construction of a teleportation gate requires someone who has fully comprehended the spatial dao to build it, and it also requires precious spatial stones.”

Lin Chen suddenly understood.

He had also been suspicious before.

After all, the Other World was so vast, yet humans had so many bases.

Soon, Old Li led Lin Chen to the spatial teleportation gate of Base No. 82.

Guarding the teleportation gate was a Martial King Realm squad from the military.

The leader was surprisingly a Martial King Realm Late Stage.

It seemed this teleportation gate was very important to a base.

When the Martial King Realm squad saw that the person who arrived was Old Li,

they all respectfully greeted him.

They had just seen Old Li a few hours ago.

Before, Old Li had emerged from the teleportation gate, then left in a hurry again.

“This spatial teleportation gate is only a primary teleportation gate; it can transmit a maximum of 1 million kilometers.”

“The final transmission distance of a spatial teleportation gate is determined by the amount of spatial stones used.”

“From here to Base No. 121 is only over 800,000 kilometers.”

Old Li patiently explained to Lin Chen by his side.

The general in charge of guarding was also very surprised to see this scene.

This young man must be a super genius Old Li favored!

Everyone silently memorized Lin Chen’s appearance.

“Old Li, can only advanced teleportation gates transmit across regions?”

“Yes, in addition to requiring a massive amount of spatial stones, advanced teleportation gates also require Spatial Essence Gold.”

“This is even more precious than spatial stones. Our entire Federation only has 3 advanced spatial teleportation gates.”

Lin Chen’s heart was greatly shaken.

The Other World was simply too vast!

Subsequently, Lin Chen followed Old Li through the spatial teleportation gate and arrived at Base No. 121.

Soon, Lin Chen arrived at Modu Martial University.

At this moment, Blue Star’s sky had not yet brightened.

“Lin小子, you go back first. At 2 PM today, when the Modu execution ground broadcasts the execution globally, you should also go.”

After Old Li finished his instructions, he flashed and disappeared.

Lin Chen also hurried back to his dormitory.

He was very eager to know if there was a Lin Chen sleeping soundly in his dormitory at this moment!