132: Chapter 131 Starscream and Optimus Prime? The Official God-Making Plan (4k)

Chapter 131 Starscream and Optimus Prime? The Official God-Creation Plan (4k)

"Where did it go for just a moment, and this material has already turned into a spirit? [Wuzhiqi]! Stop it!!"

[Wuzhiqi] instantly flew out from Sun Po's body, a ball of cyan divine light flying out from his hand, firmly grasping the running little tripod in his hand.

This little tripod waved its four tripod legs in [Wuzhiqi]'s hand, struggling constantly, and emitted a mechanical voice: "Unable to move!! Unable to set off—"

[Wuzhiqi] raised it up, placed it beside his six ears, and listened intently: "Master, the Voice of Fate of this thing has not changed; its essence remains the [Fragment of Yi Yin's Soup Cauldron], but its spirituality has been greatly enhanced."

Sun Po felt increasingly curious: "That is to say, the garbled material sent by President Chen can activate materials? And greatly enhance their spirituality?"

[Wuzhiqi] said: "From the current perspective, that is indeed the case. This is a completely unfamiliar power."

Upon hearing this, Sun Po said: "Then why don't we find another material to try tomorrow? By the way, we can go ask President Chen Wang where this thing came from."

Sun Po had been dealing with these [Huzhang] over the past few days, and logically speaking, he should have accumulated quite a bit of material. Unfortunately, when [Huang Chao] / [Zhong Kui] annihilated the [Huzhang], they ate them directly, leaving not even a scrap behind, let alone any material.

Moreover, the materials sent by Li Tiance were all essentials for their respective card-making sequences. If something went wrong and they were hard to purchase, it would be terrible.

After much thought, he could only go to the material market tomorrow to buy some materials to try out.

The next day, the Gaoping City Card-Making Material Market.

As usual, Sun Po threw [Zhong Kui] / [Huang Chao] out to work, while he quietly went to the shop where he used to work.

The Card-Making Material Market was currently in an unsealed area, so business in the shop was very good, and the storefront looked much larger than when Sun Po worked there.

Even the glass counter where Sun Po used to work was fenced off, with a sign in front reading "Former Site of Master Sun".

Quite a few people were taking pictures in front of the sign, especially many parents bringing their children to watch, and there were also quite a few adult Card Makers lingering around.

Strictly speaking, Sun Po was still an employee of this material shop. After all, a salary of over two thousand yuan every month was still being deposited into Sun Po's card.

Old Wang, the owner of this shop, was also dressed much more elaborately than before. He wore a black brocade short jacket and wore a gold-rimmed monocle, looking entirely like a material appraisal expert.

Beaming with smiles, he was introducing to the surrounding people: "Back when Master Sun was here with me, I could tell at a glance that he was no ordinary person—"

Suddenly, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and then he quietly withdrew from the crowd, letting the newly hired clerk look after things for a moment.

He walked up to Sun Po, lowered his voice, and said with some excitement: "Sun Po, is it really you?!"

Sun Po was looking at the lavish new storefront. Seeing Old Wang come over to chat, he asked: "Uncle Wang, long time no see. Your shop is much bigger than before."

Old Wang said: "This is all thanks to your blessing!! You are now a celebrity in our city!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Po already felt the gazes of the surrounding people gathering over. Old Wang immediately said: "Let's go, let's go to the private room in the back courtyard, otherwise the people in the front will surround you in a moment, and you definitely won't be able to leave for a while."

Sun Po thought to himself: "Old Wang is indeed someone who knows how to do business and handle people. When my reputation soared, he decisively capitalized on the hype, expanded the scale of the shop, and raked in money fiercely.

When Sun Po came to the shop, he didn't kidnap Sun Po or use him as a living advertisement. He saw that Sun Po had matters to attend to, could stand in Sun Po's perspective, and went to the quiet back courtyard to talk with Sun Po, which fully demonstrated his tact."

Such thorough consideration, coupled with the fact that he had been depositing wages into his card just as when he was employed, made Sun Po harbor no bad feelings toward his hype-capitalizing behavior.

This reflected the importance of how to conduct oneself and do things. Old Wang only paid some wages and showed some kind considerations, but what he gained was Sun Po's goodwill.

Arriving in the back courtyard, Sun Po also asked about Old Wang's recent situation, and at the same time he was curious as to why his popularity was so high.

You must know that Sun Po had always thought that only the residents of the Jiaqing Residential Area saw Sun Po's true appearance that day.

Because ever since then, he had not shown his face, but simply observed from a place not far from [Zhong Kui] / [Huang Chao] every day before going about his own business.

After all, as long as spirituality is supplied to the cards, the cards can move around at a relatively far distance. Like President Chen Wang's [Heavenly Soldiers] previously, they could maintain the order of the municipal competition venue while far away from President Chen Wang.

Therefore, Sun Po had always thought that he shouldn't have let too many people know his appearance, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

Old Wang said: "You will know if you turn on the television and social media and take a look.

Mainstream media are currently reporting on your [Yinshen]'s activities of eating [Huzhang] every day, and they even call it the "Ghost-Eating Great General". Along with various internet celebrities constantly live-streaming under official protection—because the scenes are explosive and greatly stimulate the senses of the public—the popularity is extremely high. Your popularity in Gaoping City now does not even lose to those veteran star Card Makers.

Sun Po was also greatly astonished.

What is this trying to do?

Killing with praise? Creating a god?

He had made contributions, but the Card Association didn't belong to their family.

Why would they create such momentum for him, Sun Po?

The overwhelming publicity made Sun Po smell a hint of unusualness.

But Sun Po could only ponder in his heart; he still intended to go ask President Chen later.

Right now, what he needed was some materials to try out this strange garbled material.

After knowing Sun Po's intention, Old Wang also waved his hand grandly and presented numerous materials before Sun Po's eyes.

And he said: "Feel free to try them. These are all the highest quality materials in the shop. If it's of any help, it can be considered my honor."

Sun Po still wanted to pay money, but Old Wang hurriedly pushed him away and said: "My son also turned into a [Huzhang]. If it weren't for your [Yinshen], our family would be finished. Shamelessly, I still call you Little Sun. Please don't mention any money at all, otherwise you're looking down on your Uncle Wang."

Sun Po had no choice; he really couldn't push it away, so he had to comply.

Regardless of whether Old Wang's son truly turned into a [Huzhang] and was saved by Sun Po, he was always finding ways to make Sun Po owe him some small favors. This was the worldly wisdom of a businessman like Old Wang, and also the secret to his standing firm in this material market for so many years.

Sun Po could see through his intentions, but he didn't plan to expose them. After all, Old Wang hadn't capitalized on his hype any less, and he was just testing whether these materials would undergo any mutation. If there really was any mutation, it wouldn't be too late to buy them then.

But regretfully, a full thirty-odd materials, ranging from green quality to purple quality, had all been tried, but there was simply no reaction whatsoever.

Sun Po also guessed whether it was because the bronze tripod fragment was metal, but there were also plenty of swords and weapons among those materials, yet none of them mutated. This left Sun Po completely without direction, and finally, compelled by circumstances, he had to bid farewell to Old Wang.

Leaving the card-making material market, Sun Po contacted President Chen Wang, and learning that he was actually in the office of the Card Association today somewhat surprised Sun Po. You must know that President Chen Wang had been extremely busy these past few days, especially since this matter concerned President Chen Wang's future, he paid extra attention to it.

Unexpectedly, President Chen Wang didn't go to the front line today. Very soon, Sun Po arrived at President Chen Wang's office, where a capable young man was standing right beside President Chen Wang.

This was President Chen Wang's new secretary. The previous Secretary Wang had been possessed by a [Huzhang] and falsely transmitted orders, so President Chen Wang executed him on the spot.

The young man was holding a stack of documents in his hand and reporting something to President Chen Wang.

After Sun Po entered the door, the secretary stopped talking, but President Chen Wang said: "It's fine. Young Friend Sun is a recipient of the Flame and Yellow Third-Class Merit Medal, not an outsider."

Seeing this, the secretary continued his report, and Sun Po did not interrupt because he heard his own name within it.

Simply put, the authorities had a selection event for the "Top Ten Figures Who Moved Flame and Yellow", and Sun Po was selected. Now President Chen Wang was required to write something like a local representative's evaluation comment.

Sun Po's scalp went numb from listening, and he could no longer hold back. He asked: "President Chen? Isn't the publicity about me a bit too grandiose?"

President Chen Wang waved his hand at the secretary, and the secretary tactfully retreated and closed the door.

Only then did President Chen Wang say: "This involves some considerations from above. I won't hide it from you; someone above wants to establish you as a benchmark, a banner."

Sun Po had seen plenty of such things in his past life and was not surprised. What he was curious about was one point.

What was the purpose? What was the function?

Where was the function of himself acting as a benchmark and a banner?

Was it to attract civilians to enlist in the army? To join the authorities?

But wasn't the choice of civilians traditionally only the authorities?

If not for the Spirit-Nourishing Technique and the Three Great Families, most civilians wouldn't even have the opportunity to become Card Makers.

Even if they became Card Makers, over ninety percent of civilian Card Makers were destined for a lifetime of serving the Three Great Families with card qualities not exceeding purple.

Such civilian Card Makers either joined the [Card Association] to become basic security team members or joined the military to become the lowest-ranking soldiers. Other than these two options, they had no other choice.

Card Makers with a certain level of strength and potential had the chance to land a job like a courtyard guard in a noble family, or become card-making material hunters, shuttling between major mystic realms.

But generally speaking, the final destination of the vast majority of civilian Card Makers was the security team or low-ranking military soldiers, and in the [Gaokao], these Card Makers were also derisively called "straw-bag Card Makers".

There was no help for it; from Li Tiance's domineering arrogance, one could see that these noble families' spending was indeed much more generous than the authorities.

Any Card Maker with the slightest bit of ability would not choose the authorities or the military.

Therefore, Sun Po looked at President Chen Wang and asked: "Does establishing me as this typical example mean the authorities want to compete with the noble families for higher-quality Card Makers?"

President Chen Wang said instead: "The meaning from above is hard for me to guess, but Elder Yin said that this is a rare opportunity."

Sun Po was unclear; with insufficient information, it was hard for him to see the overall picture.

What he could do at this time was to try his best to become stronger. Only when he became strong enough fast enough could he, Sun Po, have enough confidence to shatter all plots.

Moreover, Sun Po did not come this time for these matters, but for the strange garbled material sent by President Chen Wang.

After President Chen Wang understood Sun Po's intention, he said: "Are you talking about that thing?

That thing was a material I bought from a black market in the [Bald Eagle Federation] back then, but for so many years, I never figured out what it was. Everyone who saw it said it wasn't simple. I figured you liked collecting various materials and thought you would like it, so I had Xiao Xin help me bring it over. What's wrong?"

After Sun Po described the strangeness of that material, President Chen Wang stated that he had never encountered such a situation either. However, President Chen Wang's inadvertent description of the mystic realm that produced that material made a thunderbolt flash through Sun Po's heart.

President Chen Wang said: "The seller of this thing said that it was swept over by a burst of spatial turbulence. Swept along with it were also various machine-composed monsters, some of which could turn into airplanes and some into trucks. Their strength was very strong, but they didn't walk the path of becoming gods; they were very special. Later, those monsters were outnumbered and escaped into a nearby mystic realm, disappearing without a trace."

Sun Po's heart thumped wildly. How could he still fail to guess what it was at this time?

From the moment the bronze tripod fragment transformed into a little tripod and started shouting "set off" and running, he already had a guess in his heart, and at this moment it was basically confirmed.

This garbled material was probably the legendary [allspark]!!

Bestowing life upon metal objects and creating silicon-based life—these two points were simply too iconic.

As for that shape, it was probably because it was damaged.

And how similar were the monsters described by President Chen Wang to the Transformers in Sun Po's memory?

Airplanes and trucks? Starscream and Optimus Prime crossed over?

So Planet Cybertron plays at crossing over too?

It was as if Sun Po had instantly parted the clouds to see the bright moon; he immediately figured out why [Wuzhiqi] couldn't hear the Voice of Fate of that material. It was something with a very high status, and might not even be from this universe—it would be strange if he could hear it.

Having obtained the answer, Sun Po was deeply satisfied and returned safely to Yang Xinyue's home.

After returning to his room, Sun Po pondered for a long time.

Even if this [Fragment of Yi Yin's Soup Cauldron] material was missed, [Paoding] still met Sun Po's expectations.

Making [spirit meal], he was definitely qualified. But Sun Po always felt like trying. On one hand, this was currently the only instance of metal life mutation; if he missed this time, it was hard to say whether he would encounter it next time.

On the other hand, Sun Po felt that he had some fault tolerance, and the [mod loading system] was not something simple either—it wouldn't necessarily be afraid of this thing.

Having made up his mind, Sun Po summoned the card of [Paoding] once again, and [Wuzhiqi] also used cyan divine light to detain the four-legged little tripod out.

[Wuzhiqi] asked: "Master? Then I will withdraw the [Ren Water Divine Power]."

Sun Po nodded. Immediately, the cyan light dissipated, and the bronze little tripod, flashing with red light, plunged headfirst into the face of [Paoding]'s card.

Sun Po stepped forward and looked closely. Within the card face, Paoding was still Paoding, but at this moment he had a flustered expression SSsSSs