Chapter 345 194: Celestial Empress in Jinghai?
Chapter 345 194: Celestial Empress in Jinghai?
Therefore, each of them possesses a "Celestial Sense" trait, which allows them to seek advantages and avoid harm, foreseeing crises ahead of time for self-preservation.
"In just one day, I earned 13 million... that's so freaking unbelievable!"
Lu Xun couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
He really has to thank that big brother from the Willow Race in the Mercenary Empire.
The "Planting Willow for Shade" ability is practically tailor-made for the "All-Knowing Right Hand".
186 puppets are fumbling all over the world, and the main body in Jinghai City can level up crazily.
Is there anything more exhilarating than this?!
"All-Knowing Right Hand, add points for me!"
Lu Xun impatiently issued the command.
He was already not far from Emperor Tier Two, and the puppets' harvesting wave directly helped him accumulate enough nutrients.
Buzz!
Over 13 million trait points were instantly cleared.
At the same time, his right hand exploded with surging evolutionary capability, roaring through his limbs and bones, initiating life level evolution.
Lu Xun's body was akin to a nuclear reactor, growing increasingly powerful, with his life aura climbing steadily, becoming more and more unfathomable.
Boom!!
An hour later, his majestic form trembled as he broke through life shackles, advancing to Emperor Tier Two.
"Haha, this feels awesome."
Lu Xun clenched his fist, feeling the destructive frenzy power within his body, and couldn't help but laugh heartily.
This evolution made him project numerous new entries from the Biological Illustrated Guide recorded by the puppets.
Adding several traits useful for his ultimate form, he continued down the path of being a "stat monster".
As an ultimate life form, he was already invincible within the Emperor Realm.
Yet, the gap between Catastrophe and Emperor is vast.
Even though Lu Xun is now at Emperor Tier Two, he still feels that against major Catastrophe figures, he wouldn't survive even one move.
Perhaps at Emperor Tier Eight or Nine, he'd have a chance to compete with entry-level Catastrophes.
Of course, while his combat power may be far from that of a Catastrophe, Lu Xun's survival ability is bug-level.
An undying body, coupled with infinite resurrection, who could ever kill him?
Besides, he possesses the most powerful trump card "Time Stop" with a whopping seven usages.
If pushed to the brink, he'd directly resort to dimensional reduction attack, freezing time and space of the entire planet, even mythical figures would be at his mercy.
This was the hack given to him by Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu is an immortal-level existence.
Although Lu Xun isn't clear about what rank "Immortal Level" holds on the cosmic stage, it certainly can handle mere myths with ease.
"Xi, continue to add one hundred new exploration routes."
Lu Xun summoned his artificial intelligence subordinate.
After breaking through to Emperor Tier Two, reaching Emperor Tier Three requires over 40 million trait points, which is excessive.
But he remains unfazed, because although the trait points needed for breakthroughs increase, his ability to earn them has also strengthened.
Now all his attributes have surged, his main body's total power increased, naturally allowing him to create more, stronger puppets.
Thus, like a snowball, it grows ever larger.
He would never face bottlenecks, and his leveling speed could never slow down.
[Received, planning in progress, please wait a few minutes.]—Xi responded, using the power of a supercomputer to integrate a hundred most efficient development routes into the original plan.
Hiss hiss hiss~
Lu Xun exuded verdant vitality, with one willow branch after another separating out, coiling and transforming.
All at once, he created a hundred new puppets.
Xi named each of them and assigned their identities, then Lu Xun maneuvered the "new recruits", setting off from Jinghai to join the world's exploration force.
There are now 283 puppets "serving".
His primary body realm firmly maintains at the bottom line of Emperor Tier Two, without degradation.
Actually, with Lu Xun's current soul strength, he could simultaneously control over 1500 puppets to explore the world, further increasing the efficiency of earning trait points.
But such an extreme state would exhaust him, almost mentally fatigued.
Moreover, with too much strength integrated elsewhere, it becomes challenging to handle particularly tricky problems on Lu Xun's main body side.
If he encounters a strong enemy of Emperor or Catastrophe Level, he'll have to reclaim the power he grafted out, and the foundations that the puppets have painstakingly built around the world would be lost.
So it's better to take it slow and steady, no need to be hasty.
"It's almost mealtime, time to head back."
After dealing with the puppet affairs, Lu Xun checked the time, noticing it wasn't long before school ended, so he returned to his normal human form, put on his clothes, and left the Underground World.
He went to Jinghai First Middle School to pick up Xie Manyu and head home together.
On the way, Xiao Yu gave her brother a resentful look, unhappily pulling out a thick stack of love letters from her bag and handed them over, sarcastically saying:
"Here, enjoy reminiscing! In just a few classes, there are over twenty more letters. Brother, did you transfer me to First Middle School just to help you collect love letters? Are you a reincarnated Succubus or something, always attracting so much attention?"
"Who asked you to actually bring them?" Lu Xun shrugged, giving a sly smile, "A bunch of little kids, not focusing on their studies, only thinking about love. Later this afternoon, I'll take these letters to the school counselor and report them for harassing me, get them all punished."
"Are you a devil?!" Xiao Yu's eyes widened, quickly snatching the love letters back and stuffing them into her bag.
This brother of hers is too cold-blooded and ruthless.
Those little admirers write him love letters, and not only does he not read or reply, he even plans to report them.
What a beast!
Then Xie Manyu would become the enemy of all the girls in school.
Because in their eyes, how could her excellent Brother Lu do such a disgraceful thing?
It must be his wicked little sister who reported it!
Xie Manyu must be a brother complex!
At that point, she would have no way to explain and would have to take the blame for her brother.
"Just kidding, why so nervous?" Lu Xun laughed heartily, seeing her so tense.
"Hmph!"
Xie Manyu turned her little face away, not wanting to pay attention to him.
She was in a bad mood this morning.
Thinking about so many flashy girls at school having improper thoughts about her brother, even her deskmate wanting to be her sister-in-law, made her very uncomfortable.
It's normal to have fantasies about the opposite sex during puberty.
But with so many guys at school, why are you all focused on my brother?
Although Xiao Yu knew they wouldn't succeed, she was still annoyed!
"Cough, cough, by the way, I heard Kong Zihan came to Jinghai?" Lu Xun, noticing her mood, changed the subject to something she was interested in.
Sure enough, at the mention of this music empress, Xie Manyu perked up, shaking off her foul mood, and engaged in lively conversation—
"Yes, yes, brother, you heard too?"
"Yeah, lots of people were talking about it on the way, hard not to know." Lu Xun nodded.
Kong Zihan recently held a concert in Jiuyue City. The reason why their aunt and her family chose to travel there was partly because of this, as both the uncle and Xiao Yu and her dad were fans of the Celestial Empress Kong, they really liked her music.
Attending an idol concert is a must once in a lifetime, and the tickets weren't expensive either.
But then the Blood Race and Empire suddenly launched an attack.
It's said that, like their aunt, the Celestial Empress also managed to leave Jiuyue City just before the conflict by catching a flight to her next tour destination.
On the surface, she avoided the conflict.
Unfortunately, the city where the flight was headed was also attacked and put under martial law, completely locked down.
So, the plane had to change its destination mid-flight and landed at Jinghai City instead.
Of course, Lu Xun wasn't star-struck, wasn't too interested in these things, and was just making small talk.
But Xiao Yu was very excited, unable to stop once she started talking about the Celestial Empress.
"Brother, did you know, the City Lord of Jinghai City is also a huge fan of the Celestial Empress? As soon as she got off the plane, she was invited by the City Lord to stay at his mansion. Her tour was canceled, and the City Lord offered to personally fund a solo concert for her in Jinghai City..." Xiao Yu continued excitedly.
Personally fund?
Lu Xun smirked, feeling skeptical.
Earlier, when he had just come out of the Rift, he was invited to the City Lord's Mansion, met Qiu Yaoyang, and during the toasting, used his mind-reading techniques to talk to him for a long time. Lu Xun had a pretty good understanding of this person.
It's usually hard to judge a person's true nature just by their words and actions, especially those seasoned politicians, every one of them is a genius at acting, capable of Oscar-level performances.
But in the face of Lu Xun's mind-reading techniques, even the deepest secrets can be exposed, no disguise is effective.
Given Qiu Yaoyang's questionable character, it's likely that he's chasing stars on public funds, isn't it?
Of course, none of this really matters.
After all, Lu Xun was about to take his whole family and leave Jinghai City, people like Qiu Yaoyang might never be seen again.
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