150: Section 150

"Ah!" The other person was somewhat surprised, then kindly reminded him, "Even if Lord Jing Yuan released him, you shouldn't get too close to him!"

"But we are friends after all!"

"Humph! You're lucky to have met good people like Lord Jing Yuan and Lord Marc. If it were the former Leader Charles, with the things he did, you all would have suffered along with him!"

4079 turned his face away, no longer wanting to talk to him.

"I'm just reminding you. Who is in charge of the Lighthouse now? You need to think clearly. Lord Jing Yuan is so good to us Dust Citizens, even letting us practice Returning to Origin with the Upper Citizens. Don't be foolish and ruin your future for the sake of some old sentiment!"

4079 still didn't speak.

The other person had a point, but he still couldn't let go of the old sentiment.

4068 watched from the side, learning as he watched. However, with his current weak body, he couldn't perform these training movements and could only memorize them in his mind.

When the physical training ended, the Wasteland Hunter Jeff walked toward 4079.

Jeff said with a smile, "4079, well done! The physical training teacher just praised you!"

"It's nothing! Big Brother Jeff, you're the one who's impressive!"

"We're just a bunch of old bones; the future depends on you young people. Practice hard. According to the new standards, if you can learn Returning to Origin first, you can directly join the Wasteland Hunters as an official Team Member!"

"Really?"

Jeff and 4079 were chatting and laughing, as if Jeff already considered 4079 to be on the same level.

And all of this was seen by 4068.

His face was full of disbelief.

How fierce Jeff used to be toward them Dust Citizens! He had been scolded several times himself, and now Jeff was actually chatting and laughing with a Dust Citizen.

Unconsciously, 4068 felt that a distance had grown between him and 4079.

At that moment, 4068 began to envy, and even feel jealous of, 4079.

He felt 4079's luck was better than his! He just had bad luck and made the wrong choice!

4277's training also ended, and she came over to return to the Lower Citizen District with 4079 and 4068.

Having missed the Upper Citizen food open day, 4068 could only gnaw on bug cakes in the Lower Citizen District.

At noon, the three of them chatted a lot about the recent changes on the Lighthouse.

The Lighthouse was indeed getting better, and these changes were brought about by Jing Yuan and Marc.

And these two people were exactly the ones 4068 wanted to kill.

By now, 4068 couldn't even tell if it was Charles who made him want to kill them, or if he wanted to himself!

4068 sometimes wondered, if he had succeeded back then, what would the Lighthouse be like?

Would it be even better than it is now?

He couldn't be sure if the Lighthouse would be better, but he was sure that he would definitely be better off than he was now!

If he had succeeded then, he would have become an Upper Citizen.

At that time, it would be 4079 envying him, not him envying 4079.

4277 would also have thrown herself into his arms!

Unfortunately, he just had bad luck!

After lunch, both 4277 and 4079 had to go out; 4277 went to the Research Department, and 4079 went to the Armament Preparation Depot.

They each had their own business, leaving 4068 alone in this dark and cramped corner.

When the two left, 4079 whispered to 4277, "Did you go and beg Lord Jing Yuan to release 4068?"

"No. He committed such a grave mistake; I didn't have the face to plead for him. But I also didn't expect Jing Yuan wouldn't hold a grudge."

"He is indeed very tolerant. Even the former Leader Charles, he only imprisoned him. Do you think he's not worried?"

"What does he have to worry about?" 4277 recalled some past events, feeling as if they were from another lifetime. "I heard from Lady Jing Nan that Jing Yuan's strength is already beyond our imagination. Even the powerful Phage Beasts on The Surface are killed by him at will. On the Lighthouse, let alone a mere Dust Citizen, even if Charles came out, what could he do to him? He simply doesn't care!"

"True! Fortunately, the person with this kind of power is Jing Yuan. If it were Charles... have you heard? He..."

Their voices gradually faded away until 4068 could no longer hear them.

Looking out from the stilt buildings in the Lower Citizen District, this place also felt like a prison.

"A mere Dust Citizen..."

Out of everything 4277 said, 4068 only took in the words "Dust Citizen."

Presumably, she still looked down on his status!

...On the other side, after Jing Yuan came out of the Law Enforcement Office, he first went to find Penny and then took her to the Sky Farm.

Arriving at the farm, Penny asked curiously, "Why come here?"

"It's relatively quiet here!"

Not long after the two arrived, Marc and Ran Bing also came.

Marc asked straightforwardly, "Jing Yuan, what kind of experiment do you want to do?"

Jing Yuan said directly, "I have a cultivation technique here. I want you to try it and see if you can use it."

"cultivation technique? What's that?"

"Simply put, if you train according to the method described, you will become stronger!"

"Did you get this from Dragon Bone Village?" Marc asked doubtfully.

"No. I can't explain the source of it to you right now. You just need to help me experiment to see if it can be practiced. If it works, I want to promote this method!"

As soon as he heard the word "promote," Marc immediately knew what Jing Yuan intended to do.

"Alright!"

Ran Bing asked curiously, "Why did you look for us?"

Jing Yuan looked at her and Marc and said, "One awakened, one not awakened—it makes for a perfect control experiment!"

They smiled at each other and then began to practice according to the method Jing Yuan taught them.

The first step of source energy cultivation: the Inner Vision Realm.

For those who had mastered Returning to Origin, it was very easy to get started.

Soon, Marc, Ran Bing, and Penny entered the state of insight and sensed source energy.

Jing Yuan watched the three of them from the side. Seeing that they had begun practicing, he couldn't help but sigh:

"As expected, this technique is applicable to everyone, not just me alone."

Cultivation is a long process, and Jing Yuan didn't want to just stand there and wait, so he also entered the source energy cultivation state.

But after entering the source energy space, Jing Yuan suddenly discovered something.

When the four of them practiced source energy cultivation at the same time, the source energy in the source energy space was simply not enough and quickly became depleted!

After the source energy was depleted, although it could recover quickly, it was always just in bits and pieces.

This made Jing Yuan very puzzled.

"Could it be that source energy resources are so scarce?"

"If it can't even satisfy four people practicing at once, how can it be promoted to the entire Lighthouse in the future?"

"Chapter 154: The Discovery of the Heluo Ancestors"

As the three finished their cultivation, Jing Yuan asked each of them about their situation.

source energy cultivation showed the most obvious improvement in physical fitness.

Among the three, Marc's strength increased the most. Ran Bing and Penny were next, while Jing Yuan himself improved the least.

Jing Yuan thought for a while.

He felt that this should be related to their own current strength.

Marc hadn't awakened his potential, so his strength was only slightly better than a normal human's, roughly at the First Order level.

While Ran Bing and Penny had awakened their potential and their bodies had been strengthened, roughly at the Second Order.

And Jing Yuan's body was at the Third Order.

For Jing Yuan, the strength gained from absorbing source energy was negligible.

But for Marc, the improvement was still significant.

Marc said with some excitement, "With this cultivation method of yours, there's no need to awaken potential anymore, right?"

Jing Yuan shook his head, "These are two different systems!"

Marc thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, then it couldn't be better. With awakening potential as the main focus, and having those who haven't awakened practice this technique, our overall strength will be greatly improved."

At this point, Jing Yuan wasn't sure what was going on either. "Let's promote it within a small scope first. There are many things I don't understand yet."

"That works!"