Drawn by the seemingly invisible magnetic field, Luo Feng’s entire body tingled, his skin prickling as if every cell deep within him were boiling—his bones, his internal organs, all of it. This call made his entire being tremble, as if something desperately beckoned him—Come! Hurry! Come here!
“Prince Luo Feng, which direction shall we take? There are many garbage mountains around,” one of the black-skinned, white-robed figures asked.
“That one!”
Luo Feng pointed far into the distance at a towering garbage mountain.
“Yes!”
The two white-robed figures respectfully responded, then manipulated the power of the world to envelop Luo Feng. The trio transformed into a streak of light and swiftly flew toward the distant, colossal garbage mountain. Though it appeared close, the distance was actually immense—it took over three hours of flight at a speed of 100,000 kilometers per second to finally reach it.
“Your Highness may enter the garbage mountain to seek treasures. We shall wait here,” the black-skinned, white-robed figure respectfully said.
“Hmm?”
Luo Feng, however, frowned. He felt the pull had not intensified significantly. Immediately, he transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the garbage mountain. The garbage mountain was the size of a super-large planet, its diameter spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers. Luo Feng flew around a small portion of it and reached its rear.
With his back to the garbage mountain, Luo Feng gazed into the distant starry void.
“It’s still in that direction. The thing calling me isn’t on this garbage mountain—it lies even farther away!” Luo Feng looked into the distance, puzzled. The distant starry expanse was filled with countless objects, and far beyond, faintly visible, was another garbage mountain. At this moment, Luo Feng could not confirm whether the mysterious object calling him was truly located on that distant garbage mountain.
In any case!
It was definitely in that direction.
…
Swoosh!
Luo Feng flew back to the two white-robed figures.
“Your Highness has already finished treasure hunting?” The two looked at him in astonishment—it had been far too quick.
“I don’t wish to search for treasures on this garbage mountain,” Luo Feng shook his head and pointed far into the distance. “Let’s continue moving in that direction. I want to follow my instincts and find a garbage mountain I like to explore.”
“These peerless geniuses sure have strange temperaments. Following instincts? He just said this was the right mountain, and now he’s changing his mind. But who cares—he’s the one assigned by Lord Zhenyan!” The two peak Monarchs, who served as guides, grumbled inwardly. Outwardly, however, they remained respectful and enthusiastic. “Yes, Prince Luo Feng.”
They released the power of the world once more, wrapping Luo Feng within it. The trio transformed into streaks of light and continued flying into the distance.
They kept flying…
Passing one garbage mountain after another, the pull still did not originate from any of them, so they continued onward…
Passing one garbage mountain after another, they flew nonstop for sixteen days. The two guides silently grumbled that this genius was truly difficult to deal with—being so picky about garbage mountains. Yet they dared not disobey orders. Since it was Lord Zhenyan’s command, they had no choice but to diligently carry it out, continuing their flight without complaint.
Boom~~~
After circling the current garbage mountain, the overwhelming pull caused Luo Feng’s blood to surge through his veins, each cell boiling to the point of near loss of control.
“This is it!”
“I must search for treasures here!” Luo Feng flew back to the two white-robed figures and declared.
The two white-robed figures exchanged glances and inwardly sighed in relief. Finally, the esteemed Prince Luo Feng had decided on a garbage mountain. It had taken a full sixteen days of continuous flight, maintaining a speed of 100,000 kilometers per second all the while. How exhausting had it been for them?
“We shall wait here for Your Highness,” the black-skinned, white-robed figure said.
“Very well.”
Unable to contain himself any longer, Luo Feng immediately flew toward the interior of the garbage mountain.
Watching Luo Feng rapidly approach the garbage mountain, shrinking into a tiny black speck as he entered its massive form, the two white-robed figures finally relaxed their postures, stretching their limbs. The green-skinned white-robed figure muttered, “We sure drew the short stick this time. Searching for a garbage mountain was this troublesome. I bet the next one will be just as bad.”
“Just take this chance to relax while you can. I’m going to play a virtual reality game,” the black-skinned white-robed figure said, standing in the void as he split off a fragment of his consciousness to connect to the virtual universe network, diving into the virtual game world.
…
Inside the garbage mountain, Luo Feng was steadily drilling deeper. The garbage mountain was hundreds of thousands of kilometers in diameter, filled with all sorts of decaying wreckage. Luo Feng moved like an armadillo, burrowing further inside.
“Closer.”
“Closer.”
The pull intensified as he advanced, his entire body vibrating with excitement.
After burrowing several ten thousand kilometers deeper, Luo Feng frowned in confusion. He felt multiple chaotic pulls—some from the left front, some from the right front, some directly ahead. There were over a dozen sources of the call, varying in strength.
Over a dozen sources!
“It seems there’s more than one item,” Luo Feng paused briefly before selecting the strongest pull and flying toward it. Simultaneously, his invisible mental force pushed aside the surrounding wreckage, carving out a path. After advancing about thirty thousand kilometers, Luo Feng finally stopped.
Before him floated a fragment of armor plating, with surrounding debris forcibly cleared away by his mental force.
Wave after wave of summons radiated from this armor fragment.
Armor fragment?
“What is this?” Luo Feng stared intently. This fragment was about the size of a book’s cover, entirely black, simply floating there.
Luo Feng cautiously approached.
When Luo Feng came within about five meters, the previously inert armor fragment suddenly seemed to awaken with life. The fragment quivered and then shot toward Luo Feng like lightning, instantly reaching his right hand and attempting to burrow into his body upon contact.
Hiss! A greenish film immediately appeared on Luo Feng’s right hand—it was the Muyun Battle Armor.
It successfully blocked the black armor fragment.
“Hmm?”
Luo Feng tried to use his mental force to push the armor fragment away, only to be startled to find that the fragment desperately tried to cling to his skin. His mental force alone could not resist the fragment’s power! Instantly, a thin vine extended from one of his fingers—it was one of the 216 primary vines.
This slender green vine instantly coiled around the armor fragment, its leaves tightly wrapping the fragment.
The armor fragment struggled violently.
Yet it was firmly restrained by this single Muyun vine.
“What exactly is this? At first glance, it’s a lifeless object, but the moment I approached, it tried to burrow into my skin,” Luo Feng frowned in thought. “And it can emit a mysterious call. Clearly, others who came to the Wulong Star Region should not have felt this call. If they had, they would have followed it and discovered this item. Even if they didn’t understand its secrets, they would have taken it with them.”
Over billions of years…
Seeing so many decaying and rotting objects, it was clear that the items buried deep within this garbage mountain carried a long history. Many had come to the Wulong Star Region to seek treasures, yet none had taken this item.
Strange.
“Why am I the only one receiving this call?”
Luo Feng frowned. “I’m not that different from others. Could it be the Blood-Net Power? No, there must be others within the Virtual Universe Company who have fused with Blood-Net Crystals. Could it be because of the incomplete secret technique I cultivated from the mysterious metal tablet discovered on Earth? Or is it due to my Earthling genes?”
He couldn’t determine the reason, but Luo Feng dared not recklessly allow the item to enter his body. If it brought benefits, all well and good—but if it caused trouble, it would be too late to regret.
“Hmm.”
Luo Feng flipped his hand and took out a silver-white world ring. This was given to him by Lord Zhenyan. Inside it was a world measuring 100,000 kilometers in length, width, and height. The maximum amount of items Luo Feng could carry from the garbage mountain was limited to this world ring—no more. The monitoring system of the Wulong Star Region could detect the volume of all items.
The system would record the volume of all items Luo Feng took. Once the cumulative volume reached 100,000 kilometers in length, width, and height, it would be officially documented.
“I’ll temporarily place the core within this world. Even if my Earthling body runs into trouble, I can always form a new body,” Luo Feng thought. He flipped his hand again, revealing a black stone in his palm. This was the stone form of his Mosha Clan clone, containing the core within.
With a thought, he tossed the stone into the silver-white world ring.
This world ring had already been marked with Luo Feng’s spiritual imprint during previous treasure hunts.
“Alright, the core is now inside the world ring.” Luo Feng looked at the black armor fragment before him. “Let’s go.”
The vine quickly loosened its grip on the black armor fragment. The moment it did, the fragment immediately shot toward Luo Feng’s finger. Upon contact with his skin, it transformed into black liquid and rapidly seeped into his body. As soon as it entered, Luo Feng detected some basic information from the mysterious black armor fragment.
“How marvelous is this?” Luo Feng pondered. In an instant, a layer of obsidian armor materialized upon his arm—its dimensions perfectly mirroring the fragment from before.
This black armor could change in size—it could shrink or expand, but its maximum size was limited to that of the fragment. Its coverage was similar to that of an arm guard.
“What immense power.”
Luo Feng felt an incomparable strength in his right arm. A single punch could rival the power of a peak Monarch. This strength was granted by the black armor, yet it felt completely integrated with Luo Feng himself.
Unlike the power of the Muyun vines, which could only be wielded by the vines themselves.
This armor was entirely his!
“A single fragment rivals the power of a peak Monarch?” Luo Feng was stunned. Without hesitation, he immediately went in search of the other dozen or so sources of the call.
…
Swoosh!
Luo Feng burrowed through the garbage mountain, searching for one item after another—each a fragment of armor plating. After a while, he had gathered all the special items hidden deep within the garbage mountain.
“Adding the first one I found, there are a total of 18 black armor fragments and one silver armor fragment,” Luo Feng had stripped himself completely naked. The 18 black armor fragments had fully merged into his body, their black liquid capable of forming armor up to the size of a black vest.
But this black vest granted Luo Feng a power…
Equivalent to the combined strength of over 20 peak Monarchs.
“What kind of special item is this black armor fragment?” Luo Feng stared at the black vest on his body, his heart filled with awe. “It grants me such immense power! And this is still a broken piece of armor… As for that silver armor!”
Luo Feng looked at a palm-sized piece of silver armor resting in his hand.
He had already tried it—only after expelling all the black armor fragments from his body could he merge with the silver armor fragment. Even this small piece of silver armor granted Luo Feng the strength of five ordinary peak Monarchs.
“The silver armor’s effects are tenfold that of the black armor, clearly of a higher tier.”
“However!”
“The two are clearly incompatible.” Luo Feng mused.
Naked and standing deep within the garbage mountain, Luo Feng looked at the expelled black armor fragments and the silver bracer on his arm, his eyes gleaming with intense light.
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