124: Section 124

...The Lighthouse sailed to the edge of the ecology zone and hovered there.

Before dawn, Jing Yuan arrived on The Surface via the lift platform.

Only Jing Nan and Penny knew about Jing Yuan going to The Surface.

Jing Nan was in the Navigation Control Room, providing information support for Jing Yuan.

While Penny was responsible for providing cover for Jing Yuan.

On the Lighthouse now, Mark had fallen into a coma. Morgan and Charles were also still alive, so he had to be on guard.

For Jing Yuan, although he could stabilize the situation on the Lighthouse, he couldn't waste time just guarding it.

Now, the development of this world had exceeded the plot Jing Yuan knew; he only knew there was a Dragon Bone Village and Bai Yuekui on The Surface, and their villagers possessed supernatural abilities through source essence awakening.

The last encounter with Bai Yuekui made him realize that perhaps she wasn't as he had imagined.

Bai Yuekui was powerful, and he was no match for her at all.

But Jing Yuan had a cheat!

He would take this opportunity to search for the whereabouts of Dragon Bone Village and kill Phage Beasts to increase his strength.

This time Jing Yuan came down bringing only a motorcycle, a plasma light blade battle saber, the Tang sword Alaya-Vijnana, a scale disk, 4 Plasma Light Blade flying daggers, a laser drill, and compressed food.

After leaving the lift platform, Jing Yuan rode the motorcycle at full speed across the desert.

Not long after advancing into the wilderness, several Snake Dogs sensed his presence and gave chase.

Jing Yuan increased the throttle and sped away; those Snake Dogs also picked up speed to continue the pursuit, showing no intention of giving up.

The further Jing Yuan rode, the more Snake Dogs he attracted along the way.

Seeing that the time was right, Jing Yuan slammed on the brakes and stopped.

Those Snake Dogs had chased him all the way and were exhausted like dogs; seeing Jing Yuan stop, they didn't attack immediately.

When facing Phage Beasts, there's no such thing as waiting for you to rest before fighting.

Jing Yuan directly picked up the massive plasma light blade battle saber, activated the light blade, and charged straight into the pack of Phage Beasts.

Jing Yuan used Mental Force to control the scale disk to form a shield, guarding his surroundings at all times.

Holding the war blade with both hands, he killed a Snake Dog with a head-on strike.

Immediately, his Mental Power locked onto the location of the spirit seed, and a surge of Mental Force controlled a plasma flying dagger to plunge into the Snake Dog's body, instantly piercing the spirit seed.

Another Snake Dog took the opportunity to ambush Jing Yuan from behind, but it was blocked by the scale disk shield he controlled.

That Snake Dog didn't give up and pounced again.

But this time, Jing Yuan turned the blades of the scale disk upright.

When the Snake Dog pounced, it was sliced with wounds of various sizes.

However, these minor injuries wouldn't kill the Snake Dog, so Jing Yuan turned and swung his war blade, decapitating it with one strike, then repeated the trick, piercing the spirit seed with a plasma flying dagger.

Jing Yuan didn't wait until the end to finish them off; instead, he directly absorbed the life source essence.

The next dozen or so Snake Dogs were all handled in the same way.

Although there were over a dozen Snake Dogs around Jing Yuan, he was protected by the scale disk shield, which could block the attacks of the other Snake Dogs, allowing him to focus solely on the one in front of him.

Facing a single Snake Dog, Jing Yuan only needed two moves: one to decapitate it and one to pierce the spirit seed.

Before long, Jing Yuan had dealt with ten Snake Dogs and absorbed their life source essence.

Jing Yuan put away his weapons and set off again on his motorcycle.

While passing through a city ruin on the way, he suddenly heard a voice.

"Help!"

Chapter 128: The Earth Vine Reaching the Sky (Ten Updates)

Hearing the cry for help, Jing Yuan's first reaction was that someone was there.

However, he didn't need his eyes to find people; he only needed a Mental Power scan to determine their location.

With a sweep of his Mental Power, Jing Yuan discovered there was no one around, but rather a Phage Beast.

Jing Yuan could clearly distinguish between the auras of humans and Phage Beasts.

Jing Yuan looked over and saw a hand reaching out from a pile of rubble. The cry for help also came from there.

One look and Jing Yuan knew it was that crafty lurker of a Fuzi Beast.

He directly controlled a flying dagger to rush over, severing the arm in one strike.

"Eee-yah, eee-yah!"

A series of screams rang out as the Fuzi Beast jumped out from the rubble.

It was used to using bait to lure prey, but it hadn't expected to be the prey itself.

The Fuzi Beast pinpointed Jing Yuan's location and rushed toward him at high speed.

With a wave of Jing Yuan's hand, four plasma flying daggers took to the air, charging toward the Fuzi Beast at high speed.

Sensing danger, the Fuzi Beast dodged by jumping side to side.

But Jing Yuan's flying daggers weren't bullets; if you could turn, they could turn too.

Moreover, the flying daggers weren't aimed at the mother beast, but at the Cub Beasts.

The flying daggers threaded through the heads of the Cub Beasts like stringing beads.

Some Cub Beasts hadn't even opened their eyes before being pierced by the plasma flying daggers.

The Fuzi Beast stomped its feet in anxiety and accelerated its pace to attack Jing Yuan.

Meanwhile, Jing Yuan, holding his war blade, had already locked onto the location of the spirit seed with his Mental Power.

He sidestepped the Fuzi Beast's attack and slashed his war blade directly at its abdomen.

This strike hit the spirit seed directly, instantly damaging it and causing the life source essence to flow out.

Since the initial system interface disappeared, Jing Yuan hadn't seen the system's existence at all, except for obtaining the Mental Force talent and advancement rewards.

Although he could feel his body being strengthened every time he absorbed life source essence, without quantified data, he couldn't know how many more Phage Beasts he needed to kill to advance to the third stage.

After dealing with this Fuzi Beast, seven or eight more Fuzi Beasts emerged.

Jing Yuan continued to use the same tactic he used against the Snake Dogs, controlling the scale disk for defense while slaying the Fuzi Beasts.

It was just that the Fuzi Beasts had a large number of Cub Beasts, which was a bit troublesome.

However, Mental Force was least afraid of group attacks.

Although there were many Cub Beasts, their defense was relatively weak.

Jing Yuan used his Mental Force to control the 108 blades of the scale disk to unfold, adjusted their direction, and then made them spin 360 degrees around him as a whole.

Instantly, all the Cub Beasts that approached were slaughtered.

Then he controlled the scale disk to form a shield again and killed the Fuzi Beast in front of him with one strike.

As the life source essence Jing Yuan absorbed increased, his strength also improved significantly.

When he reached the last one, Jing Yuan directly split a leaping Cub Beast in two with one strike, then followed through with the war blade, hitting the mother beast and slicing through the spirit seed all the way down.

Jing Yuan fought with increasing courage, but he had killed all the Phage Beasts in the vicinity; they were gone for now.

Thus, Jing Yuan rode his motorcycle forward once again.

"Jing Yuan, you have now entered the Ecological Core Zone."

Jing Nan's voice came through the communicator.

Jing Yuan opened the map to check his position; he had indeed entered the Ecological Core Zone.

Jing Yuan stopped his motorcycle on a broken bridge and looked at the scene ahead, feeling greatly shocked in his heart.

He didn't see an open and peaceful grassland; what appeared before him was an inconceivable scene.

A massive vine erupted from the ground; part of the vine covered The Surface, while another part shot straight into the sky, like a pillar holding up the heavens.

In the sky, dark clouds gathered, and there were faint flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder.

"So this is the Earth Vine!"

The communication frequency was still open; hearing Jing Yuan's words, Jing Nan quickly asked, "Did you see the Earth Vine?"

"Yes."

Jing Nan said, "I've only ever seen the Earth Vine in reference photos."

Jing Yuan lamented, "At first, I didn't understand how the Earth Vine, being just a giant plant, could change the topography. Now that I see it with my own eyes, I've discovered it's not just normally big!"

Jing Yuan found it hard to understand what this mana ecology really was and why a plant like the Earth Vine would be so staggeringly large.

"Jing Yuan, since there's an Earth Vine here, this must be the true Ecological Core Zone. I suggest you get out of there quickly!"

"Alright!"