Chapter 643: The Mysterious Stone
"On the other side is a relatively peaceful, non-magical world, with a technological level roughly equivalent to humanity's a hundred years ago..."
After wandering around the Manghuang Realm for a while, Bai Mo immediately intensified his preparations for undergoing his second Reincarnation Tribulation.
From the spatial layer coordinates he had obtained from Edward Teach, he selected a world with a relatively low risk factor to serve as the primary battlefield for his Reincarnation Tribulation.
The malice emanating from the unseen had become clear, so Bai Mo could only strive to prepare more contingencies, adding a few more chances of survival for himself.
However, he also confirmed from this that Edward Teach did not possess a highly precise method for gathering spatial layer intelligence; he could only roughly ascertain the presence of life on the other side. Otherwise, he would never have sold such precious coordinates.
In such a non-magical, low-tech world, a six-stage transcendent lifeform could simply do as they pleased.
Even if he lacked spirit qi and could only rely on the spirit energy within his body to proceed, he would still be capable of subduing the entire world before exhausting his strength.
If he had an entire world as his backing, everything would be different.
...
He fully delegated the plan to infect the Sun to the players on Earth, who would control most of the power Bai Mo had left behind to wage the Sun invasion war over the coming decades.
The demonic beasts and sacred beasts under the Land of White would serve as a stabilizing presence.
The Sun was simply too vast; Bai Mo could only proceed slowly and methodically.
...
Under spirit energy vision, the spatial rift remained bizarre and kaleidoscopic, with dozens of hues indiscernible to the naked eye, yet unnamed by humanity, rising and falling one after another.
Cruel spatial storms constantly formed and disappeared, slicing Bai Mo's body into several pieces from time to time.
Of course, "actively splitting open" might be a more fitting description.
The moment before a spatial storm's blade sliced through, Bai Mo's body would deform and tear, actively creating a large enough void for the sharp blade to pass straight through.
Once the spatial blade had passed, his torn body would reassemble into one piece.
Celestial Immortals at the Myriad Phases stage were all monsters whose bodies were completely elementized. Relying on this peculiar ability, they were immune to most ordinary physical attacks.
"Then, let the game begin."
Bai Mo began his second reincarnation.
...
"CRACK!"
"Lun Heping, you! Recite the first paragraph on page three of Federation Modern History!"
A stern-faced, middle-aged woman slammed the pointer in her hand forcefully onto the desk of a boy who was dozing off.
"Huh? What happened? Was that thunder?"
The sleepy-eyed youth lifted his head from his stack of books, rubbed his eyes, and looked with mild surprise at his whispering classmates.
"Classmate Lun Heping." A vast shadow loomed over him like Mount Tai.
"Here!" The boy finally snapped awake, understanding what had happened. He couldn't help but inwardly complain about his buddy beside him for not waking him up before the old hag erupted.
"Answer my question."
"Question, question... who the hell knows what the question was..."
Lun Heping, who had absolutely no idea what the old hag had just asked, felt sweat beginning to slick his palms.
The middle-aged woman was Lun Heping's history teacher, and she particularly enjoyed contacting parents for no reason.
And Lun Heping's dad, unfortunately, was a crude man who firmly believed in the saying "a loyal son comes from sticks." Every time he finished a call with the teacher, Lun Heping was inevitably treated to a "bamboo shoot stir-fry with meat" (a euphemism for a beating).
Tap-tap!
Just when he felt most helpless, a small paper ball flew over from behind him.
Lun Heping clutched it like a drowning man grasping a straw. He quickly unfolded the paper ball and read its contents.
"Recite Modern History P3 first paragraph."
The handwriting was a bit messy, but still revealed a delicate elegance.
With a glance full of gratitude, he stole a look at the girl in the seat behind him.
"In the 176th year of the Dayan Calendar, a mysterious stone fell from the sky onto the Western Continent wilderness. Its fragments scattered everywhere, and the Seris Empire, the Castiel Federation, and the Scandinavia Alliance each took a portion.
Half a year later, scientists participating in joint research discovered that, when excited by electromagnetic waves of a specific frequency, the mysterious stone could continuously output energy.
After continuous optimization and calibration, the stone's power output eventually surpassed any known energy storage material, and its output was inexhaustible, seemingly without end.
In the 179th year of the Dayan Calendar, the leading scientist Luo Qie Si Te, who spearheaded the research, designed the first source energy power plant powered by the mysterious stone, officially naming the stone the Infinite Origin Stone.
In the 183rd year of the Dayan Calendar, the Seris Empire announced its entry into the Source Energy Era. All national electricity was converted to be supplied by source energy power plants. The zero-cost, nearly infinite electrical energy allowed human society to undergo a leap forward in development..."
"Not bad." The middle-aged woman was quite satisfied with his recitation. She waved her hand gently, motioning for Lun Heping to sit down. She was a pragmatist; as long as her students could pass the examination, the method of learning didn't matter.
"This paragraph in the syllabus primarily contains two examination points: first, the three numbers 176, 179, and 183; second, the proper noun Infinite Origin Stone. These are all facts that must be firmly memorized..."
"Understood!"
...
"Phew..."
After getting past the history teacher, Lun Heping let out a long breath.
Napping was one thing, but he actually did study Modern History diligently outside of class.
Thinking this, he turned his head once more, looking at the girl behind him who was quietly taking notes.
Just as she happened to look up at the blackboard, their eyes met for an instant before quickly looking away.
"She seems quite cute too?"
For no apparent reason, such a thought suddenly sprouted in Lun Heping's mind.
The school uniforms were quite tacky, and students, both male and female, strongly disliked them, only wearing them out of obligation due to the strict school rules.
But at this moment, he felt that the girl in the seat behind him, wearing that very uniform, possessed a mysterious allure for him.
"I think I've fallen for her."
Adolescent love was like a gust of wind, suddenly arriving the moment two people caught each other's eye.
Lun Heping quickly pulled his head back, not daring to look at her again, and even ran a hand through his hair.
...
The next day.
"Where's Hui? Did she take a leave of absence?" Lun Heping, who felt he had fallen in love, arrived early to the classroom the next day, only to find Hui, who sat behind him, was gone.
"A boring day."
The third day.
"Is Hui still on leave?"
"A boring day."
The fourth day.
"She hasn't been back to school for three days now, something's not right..."
"Teacher An, may I ask if Classmate Little Hui has taken a leave of absence?"
"Yes, her father called a few days ago, saying that Little Hui had contracted severe pneumonia and needed to rest at home for a while..."
"Alright, thank you, Teacher." Lun Heping left the teacher's office, feeling a little dejected after hearing that.
The homeroom teacher watched Lun Heping, shaking her head with a smile, but said nothing.
She had seen too many such school romances. As long as they didn't affect studies, she would simply turn a blind eye.
PS: Shameless plug for "Konoha Shadow Emperor," a book written by one of the admins in the reader group..
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