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Chapter 111: Seizing the Opportunity
Chapter 111: Seizing the Opportunity
"Let's go!"
Liu Wei felt his adrenaline surge as he sprinted. Near the park, there were several others like him, tasked with receiving the shipment, but not all were as fortunate as he was.
Boom!
He barely turned his head when a truck was hit by a laser cannon fired from the shoulder of a mech, instantly turning it into a massive fireball. The rebels in the incubation pods outside the truck within were reduced to charred remains.
Liu Wei gritted his teeth. On such a battlefield, anyone who wasn't a full-fledged professional didn't even have the qualifications to get involved!
The large truck roared as it sped away from the battlefield, its color, paint job, and even its license plate constantly changing.
"Faster! Faster!"
'Genius' sounded extremely urgent: "I can only disable the city's surveillance for three minutes... You must reach the designated location and use the underground passage to deliver the goods!"
"Sixty seconds left!"
"Thirty seconds!"
"Ten, nine, eight..."
'Genius''s voice was like a whip, urging Liu Wei on as he gritted his teeth and occasionally took over the driving, skillfully dodging obstacles and narrowly rushing into the underground garage.
He jumped out of the truck, opened the container, and found three massive incubation pods inside. Several rebel members were already waiting there, including one that Liu Wei recognized—the one who had provoked him earlier.
"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"
They lifted the incubation pods, each several cubic meters in size, and prepared to send them through the nearby passage directly to the sewer system.
The main sewer pipe was wide enough, half-submerged in sewage, and with the help of an inflatable boat, they could transport the pods.
Just as Liu Wei was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a sudden change occurred! Bang! A laser flashed by, and the provocateur beside him lost his head.
Clang! Clang!
Accompanied by heavy metallic footsteps, a man in black wearing exoskeleton armor slowly walked into the underground parking lot. "Look what I found... A few little rebel mice."
Whoosh!
Liu Wei's muscles tensed, his senses heightened to the extreme as he anticipated the impending danger. Even so, he could only catch a fleeting glimpse of a shadow.
The man in black manipulated his mech, and a light blade appeared in his hand, slicing through the air and the two rebels standing nearby.
Astonishment still etched on their faces, the rebels' upper bodies separated from their lower halves.
Although the exoskeleton armor the man in black wore was the most ordinary model, providing only the basic strength equivalent to a Four Realm Warrior, the mounted weapons module was top-notch.
This turned him into a deadly machine, reaping lives with ease.
If weapons modules had been allowed during the last Hundred Stars Joint Exam, Zhong Yuxiu's performance would have been drastically different, and she might even have had a chance at first place!
This was the power of technological augmentation.
Bang!
A set of specially designed handcuffs was thrown to the ground.
The man in black looked at Liu Wei and smiled mockingly. "Put them on yourself... "
He seemed to want to take a live prisoner.
"Damn it, 'Genius,' what's going on?"
Liu Wei felt overwhelmed by despair.
'Genius' sounded a little frantic over the earphones. "I'm under attack... I'm doing my best to protect most of you... I'm powerless about the leak on your end..."
"Bullshit!"
If 'Genius' were in front of him, Liu Wei swore he'd show him why flowers were so red.
Sizzle!
Having just cursed, he felt a gust of hot wind brush past his ear, and it felt like a hornet had stung his head. Warm liquid trickled down...
Liu Wei touched his head and found it covered in blood; one of his ears was gone.
"Little mouse, I gave you a chance."
The man in black was calm and collected, seemingly enjoying the cat-and-mouse game.
Liu Wei's heart sank.
He didn't know if today's rebel operation had succeeded, but he was sure he'd end up in prison.
'Damn it... My dream was to get into college, not jail...'
Liu Wei clenched his fists, ready to fight to the death.
Suddenly!
The man in black's expression changed, and he clutched his chest. "You..."
His pupils dilated, and he collapsed.
"What..."
Liu Wei immediately recognized that the man in black seemed to have been attacked by a Martial Arts Will.
But if it were Martial Arts Will, how could he not sense it at all? Martial Arts Will was the foundation of a warrior's power, and once experienced, it could never be mistaken.
Liu Wei reacted swiftly, his muscles flowing like water as he took a quick step forward, stomping on the man in black's head with all his might.
A sickening crack rang out from the opponent's neck, and blood gushed from his orifices, mixed with brain matter. It was clear that they were dead.
"I... I actually killed a mech pilot?" Liu Wei said, a bit incredulous. But then he gritted his teeth and prepared to carry out the original plan of moving the incubation pods.
Just then, he suddenly saw something that made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. Inside the truck's container, the three incubation pods had somehow turned into two!
"Run!"
Liu Wei felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly pushed the incubation pods into the sewer, and his entire body followed suit, rushing into the sewer with them...
...
In the villa, Fang Xing sat cross-legged with his hands forming an intricate seal.
A semi-transparent shadow flew in through the window. It wore a lotus crown and had a face so exquisite it could rival that of a celestial being. Its entire body was as white as jade and slightly transparent; it was the 'Great Vajra Twin Safeguard'!
"This guardian deity can even enter a person's sea of consciousness, similar to a spiritual attack... even more covert than Martial Arts Will."
It was this move that Fang Xing had just used to save Liu Wei's life.
And now, in the hands of this guardian deity, there was a bronze ring.
Fang Xing took it, scanned it with his spiritual power, and saw one of the incubation pods along with a large amount of nutrient solution inside. A slight smile appeared on his face.
'For this operation, I even went against my principles and brought the storage ring, a spatial treasure...'
'I guess it's better to be safe than sorry...'
With a flash of silver light, Fang Xing's figure disappeared.
A few seconds later, he reappeared in the same spot.
"I've dumped all the dirty stuff in the Cultivation World, so even if there was a tracking device in the incubation pod, there's no need to worry..."
"Wait, wouldn't putting it into a spatial treasure make it untraceable anyway?"
"Moreover, the rebels must have already taken precautions in this regard..."
Fang Xing pondered for a moment, then left the quiet room.
"Mr. Fang..."
Before long, Lan Fei walked over.
"What happened outside? Why is it so chaotic?"
Fang Xing frowned, looking quite displeased.
"I heard it was the rebels. They dared to attack the transport vehicles of the Cultivation Center... They must have been suppressed by now, right?"
Lan Fei sighed.
A battle in the city would result in heavy casualties.
At the moment, the entire Yuan Yu City had almost come to a standstill.
"But I don't want to stay in this chaotic place anymore... Let's leave tomorrow."
Fang Xing sighed as well.
Since the dirty stuff had been transported to another world, he was now as clean as could be, with nothing to fear from any inspections...
...
[News Report: Yuan Yu City was attacked, resulting in 12 civilian deaths and 739 injuries of varying severity... The Mayor of Yuan Yu City strongly condemns the attack...]
[The orbital cannon on the Eagle Nebula has shown unusual activity, and the Space Academy denies the possibility of a malfunction...]
[A new round of college entrance examinations is about to begin. Let us wish the best for all the candidates...]
...
In the Maple Leaf City, Happy Home Community.
Fang Xing used the excuse of the college entrance examinations to shut himself in for intensive preparation, casually dismissing Lan Fei.
And so, he ended up watching TV here.
Looking at the devastation on the screen, he fell silent.
"The rebels?"
According to some secret intelligence, this rebel operation couldn't be considered a complete success, but it wasn't a failure either.
Not only did they capture a large number of incubation pods, but they also managed to retreat smoothly.
It was said that the anomaly with the space cannon and the space forces was related to the rebels' spaceship.
It was even rumored that a very high-level force had intervened in this incident...
"But all of this has nothing to do with me now..."
"I might as well just take the college entrance exam and become a proud college student."
Fang Xing entered a quiet room and pasted a talisman on the door.
With a flash of silver light, his figure disappeared.
...
In the Cultivation World, an underground cave.
"This is... an incubation pod?"
Fang Xing held the bronze ring, and the incubation pod, which was several cubic meters in size, slowly descended to the ground.
This incubation pod was silvery-white with a sci-fi aesthetic. The front was a large glass panel that allowed a clear view of the interior.
Next to the pod were several silver boxes containing top-grade nutrient solutions exclusive to the incubation pods.
"I have a feeling that the rebels weren't after new blood, but specifically targeting these incubation pods... Maybe they've even accumulated a clone army."
Fang Xing opened the computer on the incubation pod and checked it out, nodding in satisfaction. "Good... All the basic functions are still intact."
As for energy?
The energy core was inside the incubation pod, and if there were no problems, it should be sufficient to operate for tens of thousands of hours...
"Luckily, I know how to program..."
After some operation, Fang Xing took out a test tube.
Within the test tube was the blood he had taken earlier.
"If cloning were done in the main universe, it might be affected by the environment... But now, with cloning done in the Cultivation World, the spiritual root talent should be exactly the same, right?"
After dripping a drop of blood into the incubation pod, Fang Xing watched intently.
Through the glass, he could see that inside the pod, an embryo had formed.
Initially, it was only the size of a needle tip, but now it had grown to the size of a sesame seed...
And the consumption of nutrient solution had reached an astonishing level.
"Let's accelerate the maturation process..."
Fang Xing set up another program.
If he wanted optimal development, he should remove the clone from the pod during infancy and introduce it to socialized nurturing.
But Fang Xing had other plans.
He added more nutrient solution to the pod and set it to 'accelerated maturation', a mode that would speed up the clone's growth.
Under this setting, the infant inside the pod grew at an incredibly fast rate.
In just a few days, it would transform into the young man's appearance.
Of course, this 'accelerated growth' would result in an empty shell, devoid of a soul and consciousness, which was precisely what Fang Xing wanted.
After all, he intended to perform a soul-seizing ritual.
'The soul of a person should be the sum of all postnatal influences...'
'A body that is hastily matured will definitely lack a soul, making it much easier for soul-seizing...'
'If it were an army of legendary clones, then one would probably also need to use consciousness-infusion technology to truly reach the pinnacle... But that would also stifle potential and may not be very useful anyway?'
Although there had been calls in the Federation for the creation of a clone army, they were not widespread and quickly died down.
This was because the cost-benefit ratio was not favorable. Aside from the vast amount of resources required to create clone soldiers, accelerating their growth would stifle their innate spirituality, reducing their chances of breaking through to become Martial Saints, Martial Gods, or attaining other high-level occupations.
Fang Xing waited quietly, watching the embryo in the incubation pod develop, growing from the size of a sesame seed to a pearl, then to an orange, and finally to an apple...
A tiny infant formed, curled up in the nutrient solution.
Then, it continued to grow! From one year old to two years old... until it reached about sixteen years old, and then it stopped.
"I've taken as much nutrient solution as I could... I didn't expect that with this stock, I could only clone nine more..."
Fang Xing frowned as he considered the consumption rate.
The nutrient solution for the incubation pods was specially formulated, and this time, he had taken quite a bit.
After all, there was still some space left in the bronze ring after storing an incubation pod.
"Then... let's begin!"
Fang Xing reached out and caressed the incubation pod, finally steeling his resolve.
He recited the 'Great Sun Tathagata Mantra', and in his sea of consciousness, the Great Vajra Ox-Headed Wisdom King appeared.
The heavenly mother, Bright Consort, emerged and transformed into the Great Vajra Twin Safeguard.
"Soul-seizing!"
At Fang Xing's thought, the ethereal guardian deity, as beautiful as a celestial being, smiled faintly, as if its soul and body were merging with the clone in the pod.
"So this is... soul-seizing? What a fascinating feeling..."
Due to the heart-to-heart connection between Fang Xing and the guardian deity, he could also sense the clone's resistance, or rather, the lack thereof, as the guardian deity easily performed the soul-seizing.
After all, the clone had just been born and lacked any thoughts or willpower.
Rip!
Before long, the incubation pod opened.
A young man with a sword-like eyebrow and a starry gaze stepped out, donning an ancient robe that had been prepared in advance.
"So this is what it feels like to have an external incarnation?"
Fang Xing carefully savored this novel sensation, as if he had gained an additional perspective.
"This clone body has been tested with a spirit-detecting talisman and possesses a golden celestial spiritual root..."
"After all, everything happened in the Cultivation World... With the variables controlled, the results shouldn't deviate too much."
He didn't bother to inspect the clone's condition further but instead willed it with his thoughts.
Three seconds later, a flash of silver light signaled the disappearance of Fang Xing's physical body.
Happy Home Community.
Fang Xing's physical form materialized out of thin air, and he touched his brow.
Thanks to the heart-to-heart connection with the guardian deity, he could even see his incarnation adjusting the incubation pod, continuing the process of cloning a second and third spiritual genius...
"Excellent... This way, I won't have to frequently travel between the two worlds, reducing the risk of exposure."
"Now, my physical body is in the main universe, and my Cultivation World incarnation can handle matters there. How convenient..."
(End of Chapter)
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