389: Chapter 421 An Ke Personally Visits the Giant Forest!

The announcement from the National Fortune Game at the start of the second phase had mentioned it.

Animals could also accidentally obtain a transcendent gene core and become transcendent animals.

It seemed this Prehistoric Giant Bear, wreathed in blazing flames with fiery orbs for eyes, was one such transcendent creature.

This realization made the live broadcast room viewers' faces turn frighteningly grim.

Based on its sheer size alone, this Prehistoric Giant Bear was an invincible presence.

Who could have imagined it was also a transcendent being?

So, the question was, who could handle this?

"This is a huge problem now!!"

"Three Hairs is in danger!"

"We can't even notify Lord An Ke, how should we deal with this immediate crisis?"

"Even if Lord An Ke came, this probably isn't something he could handle, right?"

"..."

Countless viewers from Dragon Country heard the news and flocked to the White Goose's live broadcast room. Upon seeing that transcendent Prehistoric Giant Bear, their hearts sank, filled with worry.

No matter how tough Three Hairs is, it's still afraid of fire!

You have to remember, even steel can melt...

Furthermore, while Three Hairs seems capable of controlling fire, the audience knows it's not true fire control in the literal sense.

It merely stores the flames and releases them when needed.

If there's a single mistake, Three Hairs is finished too.

As for An Ke...

Even his fellow Dragon Country compatriots didn't have much confidence in him.

This bear, standing up, was already comparable to Little Scar...

Meanwhile, the Foreigners, seeing this, grew excited.

They were happy just seeing any of An Ke's animals in danger.

Many Foreigners desperately wished for Three Hairs to die.

Because if Three Hairs died, then everyone would be on equal footing.

No country could take shortcuts; everyone would need to rely on luck to obtain a core.

Otherwise, whether it was An Ke possessing Three Hairs, or India's Sharu merging with Three Hairs to produce offspring,

neither was good news for them.

This was the National Fortune Game; everyone wanted their own country's contestant to do better.

In truth, after seeing the transcendent Prehistoric Giant Bear, viewers from India were already tempted.

What if they couldn't merge with Three Hairs?

If Sharu could produce giant beast offspring, it would be the same.

The effect might even be better. Imagine birthing a transcendent Prehistoric Giant Bear every day; after a month, which country could stand against them?

Just deploying one transcendent Prehistoric Giant Bear could annihilate ninety percent of the current contestants from other countries, right?

Wouldn't first place in the second phase be easily within grasp?

Inside the live broadcast.

Three Hairs stared at the Fiery Prehistoric Giant Bear before it, its expression slightly dazed.

It clutched its head, incredulous: "This bear can actually play with fire? This is truly turning the world upside down..."

Currently, without the giant strength projectile shooter, Jin Gang, its strongest attack was fire.

Now that fire was ineffective, how was it supposed to deal with this Prehistoric Giant Bear?

Three Hairs was a bit at a loss.

It missed An Ke again.

"It's still better staying by Master's side!" Three Hairs inexplicably felt wronged in its heart.

With An Ke around, it could just sleep soundly and muddle through the day in a daze.

Without An Ke by its side, it had to rely on itself, its little brain thinking non-stop.

Its brain was practically smoking.

"Anyway, Little Mouse me will stall for time first... then put the bamboo plank into the 'granary' and notify Master about the situation here."

Three Hairs didn't feel afraid, after all, its hardness was a fact.

It was no longer that timid Little Mouse from before.

But when Three Hairs turned its head, it found Oufu was still there.

It couldn't help but frown, scolding in a childish voice: "What are you still doing here? Didn't I tell you to leave immediately after finishing writing?"

"Forget it! Suit yourself. If you die, don't blame Little Mouse me."

Oufu's lips moved slightly as if he wanted to say something.

But after a moment's thought, he gritted his teeth and tossed the bamboo plank to Three Hairs.

"Thank you, Cute Mouse!" Oufu said solemnly.

Having said that, he hesitated no longer, got up, and sprinted away.

Oufu had originally wanted to use his Insect Master ability to help Three Hairs.

However, his insects were all less than a meter in size; they'd be swatted dead by the Prehistoric Giant Bear in one encounter.

Besides, the bear didn't even need to swat; it could just use its flames.

Seeing this, Three Hairs chuckled: "Master, Little Mouse me is so cool now~"

Without another word, its short little legs "thump-thump-thumped" towards the bamboo plank and stored it in its Portable Space.

This way, An Ke would know about the situation here.

However, what Three Hairs didn't know was that An Ke was already on his way.

Ten minutes earlier.

While drawing "blueprints" for a hydraulic engineering project, An Ke sensed Three Hairs taking the bamboo plank from the Portable Space.

At first, An Ke didn't pay it much mind, even chuckling lightly to tease: "I guess Three Hairs misses me."

It had been days since Three Hairs left his side, and An Ke actually missed it too.

Occasionally, he would subconsciously reach for the top of his head, intending to pick Three Hairs up and play with it.

Each time, he realized belatedly that Three Hairs had entered the Giant Forest and wasn't by his side.

However, very soon, An Ke sensed that half of the flames stored in the Portable Space had vanished in an instant.

This immediately changed his expression.

To ensure a steady supply of flames during combat, An Ke had specifically assigned two wild men to tend the fire.

Then, they fed the blazing flames into the Portable Space.

The current total stored flames were enough to burn down an eight-story residential building.

Such a massive amount of fire, and Three Hairs used it all at once?

This indicated one thing: Three Hairs was in danger!!

Without another word, An Ke walked out of the Bamboo Village and found Jin Gang, who was in the middle of storytelling.

At that moment, Jin Gang was narrating the part where the Muscle Tyrant Wargod returned, only to witness his wife and daughter drinking swill in a pigsty.

"The swill was astringent and filthy, utterly unpalatable."

Xiao Mei and the wild men listened, filled with righteous indignation, gnashing their teeth, wishing they could kill the antagonist from Jin Gang's tale.

Just as the plot was about to reach its climax, An Ke grabbed Jin Gang and said quickly:

"Jin Gang, locate Three Hairs' position."

As he spoke, he strode directly towards the teleportation channel leading to the White Goose Camp.

The animals and wild men on the scene were all somewhat bewildered, not understanding why An Ke was leaving the Camp in such a hurry at night.

Xiao Mei's eyes held a trace of worry: "Could it be something happened to Three Hairs?"

Upon arriving at the White Goose Camp, An Ke ignored the White Goose Contestants who approached to greet him.

He directly used his telekinesis to lift himself into the air, flying straight towards the Giant Forest.

The White Goose Contestants who had gathered around all wore stunned expressions.

They stared dumbfounded at An Ke's figure gradually disappearing into the sky, utterly incredible.

"L-Lord An Ke... can fly?"

"Is Jin Gang carrying him?"

"No! Jin Gang is being held in his hand."

"This..."

The White Goose Contestants were inwardly Shock.

Returning to the present, in the Control Room Above the Moon.

Fama watched An Ke recklessly using telekinesis and couldn't help shaking his head: "This kid doesn't consider the consequences of his actions..."

...

The five Nobles had assimilated all of humanity's historical knowledge.

They clearly understood that humanity's comprehension of Mental Strength remained superficial, unable to even capture the neutrinos that constituted Mental Strength.

This showed humans were incapable of training Mental Strength. Therefore, as a human, An Ke's Mental Strength must be pitifully weak.

Yet he dared to use telekinesis so recklessly; wasn't he just asking for trouble?

"It is indeed somewhat thoughtless, but it's understandable. After all, that Hamster by his side is currently in danger," Noble Tik remarked calmly.

Fama sneered: "What kind of danger is this?"

"Although there's a huge disparity in size between the two, the greater the gap, the easier it is to escape."

"Three Hairs just needs to dig under tree roots to get away from this bear."

"Fama, you're looking from your perspective. We can observe from vast distances, but An Ke cannot," Tik chuckled softly.

"Therefore, his actions are perfectly normal."

"I rather like this little fellow; it shows he still has character."

Noble Fude nodded slightly in agreement: "Indeed! Nowadays, character is almost non-existent across the entire universe."

Fama continued to sneer repeatedly: "It's precisely because such things are useless that they're nearly obsolete."

"The essence of cosmic law is survival of the fittest."

"Character only gets people killed."

"Now, An Ke is ignoring his own consumption, using telekinesis to rush to that mouse's location."

"What can he achieve in the end?"

"With his Mental Strength severely depleted, he'll just be dizzy and unable to continue fighting."

"He might even collapse before reaching Three Hairs' location."

"Going there would just be a pointless sacrifice."

"If this guy wants to grow and qualify for promotion to the Civilization Game, he must discard emotions."

"In human terms, that way he won't have any weaknesses."

For a moment, none of the Nobles present spoke further.

The Chief Steward also fell silent, a hint of disappointment towards An Ke hidden beneath the darkness of his robe.

Noble Lord Fama was absolutely right.

Emotions only gave oneself weaknesses.

If An Ke were in the Civilization Game right now, using this method to rescue Three Hairs,

would ultimately only plunge himself into crisis, most likely resulting in his demise.

With his Mental Strength severely depleted, what could he do upon arrival?

Wouldn't he just perish in the end?

It would only be moving himself.

However, at that moment, 1379 Number exclaimed in disbelief:

"My Lord, Noble Lords..."

"An... An Ke has been flying in the air for over ten minutes?"

1379 Number's screen displayed an expression of incredible.

"It's only been over ten minutes, wha..." Fama's dismissive tone suddenly halted.

Beneath the ornate mask, His expression turned to surprise.

He had been using telekinesis for over ten minutes? How was that possible?

The other Nobles also found it Incredible.

They all stared at An Ke in the live broadcast.

The live broadcast showed An Ke had already entered the Giant Forest, shuttleing between the trees.

His current size within the Giant Forest was akin to an ant.

But that wasn't what the Nobles were focusing on.

They were focused on An Ke's current state. His face remained ruddy, showing no signs of exhaustion.

His Mental Strength also seemed full, with no hint of weakness.

"How is this possible?!" Noble Fude exclaimed in surprise, looking at the other Nobles.

"Yes... how can this be?" Dainike was incredible.

They had just finished saying human Mental Strength was inferior, yet now An Ke showed no signs of weakness whatsoever.

An ordinary human would probably be fast asleep on the ground by now.

"Is he persisting through willpower?" Qieno suggested.

"No! With the meager Mental Strength of a human, no matter how strong the willpower, they couldn't last over ten minutes," Dainike's Yin voice came through.

"Besides, An Ke doesn't look the slightest bit weak right now."

"This indicates his foundation is genuinely solid, not reliant on a miracle."

Noble Tik at the head nodded, fully agreeing with the Yin贵族's statement:

"Although he's flying slowly, it's enough to confirm that An Ke's Mental Strength far surpasses that of an ordinary human."

"He... knows Mental Strength?!"

Fama was astonished.

But none of the Nobles present answered, because they didn't know either.

They could perceive fifty percent of the universe's essence.

All lower civilization beings were like naked books to them, with no privacy whatsoever.

But An Ke was different; he was a complete blank. The Nobles couldn't see anything on him.

So the Nobles were also at a loss.

Beside them, the Chief Steward's pupils widened beneath the darkness.

His Shock far exceeded that of the Nobles.

Because before leaving, the Chief Steward clearly knew what An Ke's Mental Strength was like.

Previously, using it for just a short while would deplete him greatly, requiring sleep to replenish.

How much time had passed since then?

Less than a week?

And An Ke had already elevated his Mental Strength to such a powerful level?

The Chief Steward felt as if his conversation with 1379 Number yesterday, saying telekinesis was just a useless ability for An Ke, was still fresh.

He couldn't help but look at 1379 Number, wanting to ask it for some information.

But when he saw the "confused" expression on 1379 Number's screen,

he realized it would be pointless to ask.

If he hadn't left back then to seek out the Nobles, he'd probably be in a state of confusion too.

As a human, how exactly did An Ke train his Mental Strength?

The Chief Steward couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh inwardly.

Regardless, this was good news for him.

Because the potential he saw in this seedling contestant was still increasing in value.

He wondered if An Ke could obtain the qualification to enter the Civilization Game...

What the Chief Steward didn't know was that every time An Ke used telekinesis before, he was actually improving his Mental Strength.

To the point where his current Mental Strength Proficiency was higher than his physical strength.

It had reached level 8.

Simultaneously, when Mental Strength reached a certain threshold,

An Ke discovered a new Proficiency had appeared.

Mental Strength Recovery Proficiency.

Without needing sleep, An Ke could recover his Mental Strength.

However, the recovery speed wasn't fast, as the Mental Strength Recovery Proficiency wasn't too high yet, only at level 3.

This was also why An Ke wasn't flying too quickly.

He needed to ensure that upon reaching Three Hairs' location, his Mental Strength wouldn't be too depleted to fight.

Meanwhile, in the India live broadcast room.

Sharu, Jimny, and the others saw the towering pillar of fire in the distance.

In the pitch-black forest, any light source was extremely conspicuous.

"What is that?!"

The Filipino Contestants' representative, Jimny, exclaimed in surprise.

The other Filipino and Indian contestants were also Very surprised.

"Could the forest be on fire?"

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