228: Chapter 228 The Excited Xiao Shuihan

"General, you're dead. Ha!"

Commander Long Kui laughed heartily and couldn't help but take a sip of his drink. He had been an A-sequence fifty years ago, and even now, as an S-sequence, he was still some distance away from the peak of a Level 1 Life Form, making him stuck in a middle ground. Although he still held the position of Dragon Group leader, it was limited to the Earth Dragon Group; he could no longer manage the extraterrestrial Dragon Group, and every year, he even had to cultivate a certain number of Level 1 Life Forms for the Lunar Base and Mars Base.

Xiao Shuihan, who was about to be checkmated, snorted coldly: "It's just a game of chess. Why are you in such a rush? Can't you play slowly?"

"Chess is about competition, about gaming for advantages. There is no such thing as taking it slow. When there's an advantage to be had and a current situation to be won, one must naturally pounce like a starving tiger, giving it their all."

Commander Long Kui said dismissively.

"I think you mean like a vicious dog pouncing on food," Xiao Shuihan retorted with a curl of his lip.

"Are the people from the Lunar Base and Mars Base here to demand more people again?"

"Yeah, more or less. This month's quota is about 10 Level 1 Life Forms."

Commander Long Kui said indifferently.

"That's truly an exorbitant demand!"

Xiao Shuihan complained with dissatisfaction, "They don't give Earth any benefits, yet they only know how to suck Earth dry every day, taking people away and leaving Earth looking like an abandoned trash planet..."

"Your grandson is here."

Commander Long Kui suddenly pointed at Xiao Qi behind him.

"Grandfather!"

Xiao Qi quickly stepped forward and called out.

Xiao Shuihan said without turning his head, "What are you here for? If you're here for people, there are none."

"I'm not here for people."

Xiao Qi gave a bitter smile. Nowadays, every department was either going to Commander Long Kui to ask for Level 1 Life Forms or coming to the Elder to ask if he had cultivated any Level 1 Life Forms. Everyone came demanding people, talking about grand goals, great objectives, and lofty ideals, but no one offered any benefits, and no one thought about the future of Earth.

They were all experts at making empty promises!

"Grandfather, I've brought you someone from fifty years ago, a division-level warship commander who used to belong to the aircraft carrier strike group..."

As Xiao Qi was speaking, Jiang Chen waved his hand and took the initiative to step forward and greet him.

"Elder Xiao, I have long heard of your reputation."

Xiao Shuihan pricked up his ears, turned around, and looked, stunned for a moment: "Who are you?"

"Qin Xueyao is my wife, and my warship was the fishing boat pearl river 888..."

Before Jiang Chen could finish, Commander Long Kui jumped up first, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

He grabbed Jiang Chen's arm.

"Holy crap! Jiang Chen, it's really you!"

"Damn it, give me back my Gene Warriors..."

At first, Commander Long Kui hadn't recognized Jiang Chen, only feeling that he looked familiar, but as Jiang Chen spoke, his past painful history immediately flooded his mind. He excitedly grabbed Jiang Chen's arm and shook it vigorously.

Jiang Chen quickly pushed him away: "Commander Long Kui, that was so many years ago. I've already forgotten about it; do you still remember?"

"...Damn, they aren't the Gene Warriors you cultivated, so of course you don't feel the pain." Commander Long Kui rolled his eyes at him.

A considerable portion of those Gene Warriors later became Level 1 Life Forms and became capable assistants for extraterrestrial planets; they were all rounded up and taken away by Qin Xueyao.

"Forget it, I can't be bothered to talk to you. Anyway, your wife has retired, so it's considered a closed chapter, with nothing left to owe."

Commander Long Kui said.

"..."

Jiang Chen felt it was necessary to have Xue Yao return to the position of commander; otherwise, this guy would tell everyone that his wife... had retired.

"You are... Jiang Chen?"

At this moment, Xiao Shuihan's eyes widened, and he stood up in disbelief.

Fifty years ago, in a thunder blizzard of that magnitude, this kid didn't turn into ashes; he actually came out alive?

He couldn't help but reach out and touch Jiang Chen; he practically suspected that this kid might be a cyborg.

Jiang Chen cupped his hands and said: "Elder Xiao, it is indeed me. I heard from my wife that you even came to the Arctic Circle to look for me fifty years ago. I thank you for that. Rest assured, my words are not empty promises; I will definitely contribute earnestly."

"No breathing, Level 2 Lifeform, abundant energy, Thunder Fusion..."

Xiao Shuihan muttered, touching Jiang Chen's chest, and immediately felt a powerful surge of energy—it was Lightning qi particles.

Through fifty years of research, Xiao Shuihan had managed to develop some simple testing methods. He muttered: "Such strong Lightning Qi; no wonder the subsequent Lightning attributes are so hard to cultivate... It was all absorbed by you, kid."

"Yes, there was an extraterrestrial device in Area 51 specifically for absorbing Lightning qi particles. I accidentally activated it and ended up absorbing quite a lot."

Jiang Chen did not hide anything, because as long as one measured it slightly, they would know that the content of Lightning qi particles on Earth was insufficient.

"So, what Level Lifeform are you now?"

Xiao Shuihan suddenly asked with some excitement.

Jiang Chen shook his head: "I don't know either. I only know that I can resonate with the lightning in the distance; it looks as if I can control lightning."

"Holy crap, that awesome? I don't believe it, unless you demonstrate it."

Commander Long Kui, standing nearby, also became interested, his thick eyebrows raised.

Xiao Shuihan also asked: "Would it be convenient to demonstrate?"

Having studied qi for so long, the strongest he had seen were the people from the Earth United Fleet, but he had never heard of anyone who could manipulate external qi particles.

Jiang Chen nodded, and the Fusion Pill in his chest began to vibrate, as naturally as breathing.

Xiao Shuihan and the others immediately felt a scorching energy radiate from Jiang Chen's body, emitting crackling thunderous sounds. They all retreated dozens of steps.

They watched in shock as Jiang Chen guided the energy within his body with his mind.

Rumble!

Suddenly, a thunderous explosion occurred in the sky in the distance.

This was the Lightning qi particles resonating with the Lightning Qi energy inside Jiang Chen's body.

Boom, boom, boom!

This thunderous sound even repeated in a rhythmic manner.

It was clearly not generated naturally, but artificially.

"This, this is too heaven-defying."

Commander Long Kui was stunned nearby; just how great must the energy inside his body be to resonate with the energy in the distance?

Xiao Qi was dumbfounded: "A god, this is a god, this is comparable to the God of Thunder!"

"It seems my theory was indeed correct... This is a sky-reaching and earth-shattering energy. Once the energy one masters exceeds a certain limit, one is no longer a human, but a deity."

Xiao Shuihan muttered to himself.

Although the energy inside his body had long surpassed that of an ordinary person.

It could only be called extraordinary, surpassing mortals.

Even for a Level 2 Lifeform, it was just evolution to the point of not having lungs and having new organs instead.

Someone like Jiang Chen, who could resonate with external energy, possessed truly heaven-defying abilities.

This is definitely a Level 3 Lifeform at the very least!

"Level 3 Lifeform, you are definitely a Level 3 Lifeform!"

"Humanity's first Level 3 Lifeform has been born!"

Xiao Shuihan said with an excited expression.

The reason why the research on qi was stuck was largely because the strongest person currently was only at the peak of a Level 2 Lifeform.

And Level 2 Lifeforms had existed for many years.

No one had broken this boundary, so naturally, it was impossible to push the development of qi further.