Dark Forest

"This is... Intelligent life form?"

Babata was shocked. Could it be that other Intelligent life form existed on Earth?

Lin Yan's gaze was calm as he said, "I want to exchange the Golden Horn Beast for all the cultivation inheritance and cosmic knowledge you have obtained!"

"Because of the differences in physique and soul, the cosmic energy absorbed is also different. You are Metal attribute Gene Warrior, Golden Horn Beast is Starry Sky Beast with 'metal and space' attributes. It is the best choice for you to Soul Seizure, and it has a huge amount of inherited memories, which are definitely more valuable than the inheritance of the Immortal Expert you obtained."

"This is a win-win situation for us."

This is indeed a win-win situation. A copy of the cultivation inheritance from Yun Mo Star is given to Lin Yan, which has no impact on Luo Feng. The Golden Horn Beast is not very useful to Lin Yan, but it is crucial to Luo Feng.

Even if Lin Yan didn't know the "Soul Seizure" technique, if he did, and he Soul Seizure the body of the Golden Horn Beast and then split his current body into two separate entities, the two paths wouldn't complement each other, and the effect would be very poor.

The supreme law of light is time, while the Golden Horn Beast is associated with the attributes of gold and space. Comprehending the laws requires a great deal of effort. Trying to do too much at once will only lead to failure. In the early stages of cultivation, prolonging the process in this way will only wear you down.

Similarly, he has no reason to abandon his current Superhuman Bloodline. His cultivation speed and difficulty are now easier than those of the Golden Horn Beast. The Golden Horn Beast needs various metals to expand its "Inner World," and its strength growth is limited by its "Inner World," while Lin Yan does not.

Most importantly, the Golden Horn Beast can be considered Luo Feng's most important opportunity. If it weren't for the Golden Horn Beast's characteristics, he would have dared to cultivate the "Nine Tribulations Scripture" without even leaving his ashes behind.

Not to mention the final Nine Nether Blood Sea Clone.

To be honest, without the Golden Horn Beast, Luo Feng wouldn't even be qualified to travel with him. He's Planetary level Tier 3, and cultivation is getting harder and harder. Even with Babata's help, it would probably take him 50 years to reach the Stellar level.

Even by the time the World Master is around 100,000 years from now, he'll still be the most ordinary one.

I can't just travel through time and then do something that harms others and myself.

Upon hearing Lin Yan's words, Babata screamed wildly in Luo Feng's mind, "He actually dared to set his sights on the secret techniques of my Yunmo Star Lineage! That kid is absolutely despicable!"

It even denied it, saying, "Luo Feng, even if it's the Golden Horn Beast, it's not worth exchanging my Yun Mo Star's secret techniques for it!"

It agreed with Lin Yan's opinion and hoped that Luo Feng could Soul Seizure Golden Horn Beast. However, it valued the cultivation inheritance of Yun Mo Star very much. Not to mention the secret techniques created by Huyan Bo, such as "Soul Seal", "Six-Pointed Star" and "Tower of Void", it always cherished even the basic secret techniques it collected.

It knew that the Golden Horn Beast's bloodline was very strong, but it didn't know exactly how strong it was. It just felt that given time, Luo Feng could become the World Master. It couldn't bear to exchange the precious Yun Mo Star Secret Transmission for it.

Without a second thought, Luo Feng replied, "I understand what you mean."

"Although the Golden Horn Beast's bloodline is very strong, I am still human. I am unwilling to give up my human body. I cannot agree to this."

"In fact, after you eliminated the Golden Horn Beast last night, my fiancée Xu Xin told me some good news: she is pregnant with twins. I am going to be a father. Although I know that the bloodline of the Golden Horn Beast is very precious, I think the current situation is very good."

A hint of happiness appeared on his face.

Even if Babata agreed, he wouldn't want to. If he Soul Seizure the Golden Horn Beast, how could he face his family?

"Luo Feng," Lin Yan said solemnly, "Earth is not ignorant of the universe. I think you should also know that there are far too many powerful nations in the vast universe. Our Milky Way Galaxy is part of the Silver Blue Empire."

Luo Feng nodded; Babata had mentioned this to him before.

"Do you know what happens to an unclaimed planet like ours if it's discovered?"

"The universe is not as wonderful as we imagine; it is a Dark Forest. If we do not accumulate enough power before adventurers from the universe discover Earth, the most likely outcome is that all Earthling will be sold into slavery, and then the entire planet will be sold to some powerful individuals."

"I hope you can be happy, and I hope everyone can be happy, but given our current positions, some choices are unavoidable. I can take my loved ones with me and leave, and so can you, but what about the others?"

"Are we just going to watch them become the lowest commodities in the universe, at the mercy of others?"

"The Golden Horn Beast is powerful, but there is only one of it, which is why we can fight back," Lin Yan said with a grim expression. "However, the vast forces in the universe can easily send out an Interstellar Fleet, and we won't even have the ability to resist."

"I am not capable of protecting the Earth by myself. I need a capable partner. I can break through from the Apprentice Level to the Stellar level in just over three years. Can you do it?"

"Now that this opportunity is in front of you, if you don't cherish it, when the earth really encounters that fate, nothing will be able to change it."

Wen Zhi'an was shocked when she heard Lin Yan's words, staring intently at the man she admired so much.

Lin Yan had told her about the dangers of Universe Adventurer, but he had never said that the universe existed in this order.

The consequence of discovering an unclaimed, Life Planet is that everyone becomes a slave?

She was somewhat lost in thought. Was this man, who wasn't much older than her, taking on such a responsibility at an age when many people were still too young to understand?

Wen Zhi'an felt very heavy-hearted.

His "I'm sorry," and the companionship he couldn't offer, stemmed from the sorrow of the weak in this Dark Forest.

He could have had more options, but his choice was not to betray those who trusted him.

Lin Yan's words sent a chill down Luo Feng.

However, he had to admit that Lin Yan's words made sense. If he felt uncomfortable about the human body, how would he face the choices that had happened today when everyone became slaves?

What about his parents, family, and children?

Luo Feng asked Babata, "Is what he said true?"

Babata wouldn't lie to him about something like this. "Earth doesn't have any special minerals or other special products, so this is indeed the most likely situation we'll face."

"The slave trade is an extremely profitable industry," Babata said. "A large population can multiply on a planet and then be sold. Not only does it require little investment, but selling hundreds of millions of people generates enormous wealth!"

"Among the countless races of humanity, some of the weaker races remain weak even after reaching adulthood. It is incredibly difficult for them to even give birth to a Planetary level. It is quite normal for such races to be treated as slave races."

It's so cold!

A bone-chilling cold!

Such rules and order are too dark.

There are even planets dedicated to raising slaves? Just like harvesting leeks, one crop after another!

"If, if Earth were discovered..." Luo Feng's heart trembled.

Should his unborn child bear the consequences of his father's wrong choices?

No! Absolutely not!

"Luo Feng, don't worry too much. Didn't I tell you? Back then, your teacher used his physical body to Cosmic Shuttle and enter the Dark Universe. Through Space Secret Technique, he directly covered the 'cosmic coordinates' corresponding to nearly a thousand light-years around Earth. Other spaceships simply couldn't find these coordinates, so naturally they couldn't reach Earth by Cosmic Shuttle." Babata said, "Ordinary spaceships can only reach Earth by continuously flying nearly a thousand light-years away for nearly a thousand years."

"Unless someone can crack your teacher's Space Secret Technique, or a new wormhole is suddenly discovered in the surrounding star system, Earth is still quite safe for the time being."

Babata's words reassured Luo Feng a little.

After thinking for a moment, he realized that since Lin Yan already knew that he had obtained the inheritance of Immortal Expert, there was no need to hide it from him, so he relayed Babata's words to Lin Yan.

Lin Yan shook his head and said, "Then how do you explain the Golden Horn Beast's egg?"

"Do you really think it traveled nearly a thousand light-years to reach Earth?"

"It's obvious that either the Space Secret Technique has malfunctioned, or a new wormhole has been created."

Luo Feng felt a chill. Yes, the Golden Horn Beast was only one year old. How could its egg have traveled nearly a thousand light-years to reach Earth?

Earth is not as safe as we imagine.

Lin Yan said, "We don't have much time left."

"Hong and Thunder God are very talented, but they have no master and their genes are too poor. Forty years ago, they were at the Planetary level, and now they are only at the seventh or eighth level. In another ten or twenty years, they may reach the ninth level of the Planetary level! However, it will take at least fifty or sixty years for the Planetary level to break through to the Stellar level one."

"You should know how far you are from being Stellar level being. Do we really have that much time?"

"But does Stellar level truly possess the ability to protect Earth?"

"I lack cultivation knowledge, while you lack a powerful bloodline. We can absolutely achieve a win-win situation and change the current situation, so I hope you will consider it carefully."

Lin Yan smiled gently as he spoke, "Of course, it's okay if it doesn't work. I'll think of other ways. Don't worry, I'll break through to the Stellar level soon. If we're not too unlucky, we should be able to overcome the difficulties."

Lin Yan was telling the truth.

His understanding of Luo Feng is based on the original work, and he hasn't had much real contact with him. If he ultimately disappoints himself at this moment, it means that his understanding of Luo Feng is biased, and there's no need to be too demanding.

His system can also uncover other inheritances, which offer a lot of room for maneuver. Immortal inheritances are hard to find, but those of World Master are not so difficult. However, the coordinates of the Dark Universe must be known, but the others are not so irreplaceable.

But if that were the case, he wouldn't be interested in having any further involvement with Luo Feng.

Let him just steadily continue on his current path.

Lin Yan waited quietly for Luo Feng's response.

Luo Feng's gaze hardened, and he communicated with his mind. "Babata, I want to..."

"Stop!" Babata, who could easily see what he meant, shouted, "Don't even think about it!"

"On our Yun Mo Star, privately passing on secret manuals is a capital offense!"

Luo Feng tried to reason with it for a while, but Babata just wouldn't listen... Luo Feng finally realized that when Intelligent life form become stubborn, there's no way to persuade them.

Lin Yan roughly figured out what was going on and laughed, "Is it your Intelligent life form that disagrees? Can I talk to it?"

Luo Feng thought for a moment and then consulted Babata for his opinion.

The virtual figure of the black-robed child also appeared, his blood-red eyes staring fiercely at Lin Yan: "Don't you dare try to steal my inheritance!"

"Even if you are stronger than Luo Feng now, I can definitely protect him before you make a move."

It could easily take Luo Feng into the Yun Mo Star spaceship. Lin Yan has no cosmic coordinates and cannot communicate with the universe. Even if his family tells Hong and Thunder God, they still can't defeat Lin Yan.

"No, there's no need to be so wary. I'm not here to threaten you." Lin Yan said with a relaxed expression, "I've said before that I'm pursuing a win-win situation."

"The Golden Horn Beast possesses three great Talent Secret Method, and its inherited memories contain 18 special secret techniques and 3,199 ordinary secret techniques. Your inheritance is far inferior to itss."

"And you may not understand what it means if Luo Feng has this opportunity. It means that at the very least, he will be an extremely strong person among the World Master. With your resources to nurture him, is it difficult for him to become an immortal?"

Upon hearing this, Babata was deeply shocked. He felt as if he had swallowed a lemon. Even among human races, the depth of this kind of inherited memory could probably only be compared to the Knowledge Repository of the Universe Country. His mindset began to waver.

This feels like I got a great deal!

If you don't take advantage of a good deal, you're a coward!

Lin Yan continued, "Why do you set your sights on training Luo Feng to be just an ordinary World Master? Why don't you consider that if Luo Feng's Qidian becomes so high, he might be able to contact the higher-ups of the human race in the future, and at a huge cost, have the opportunity to revive your master?"

"This is an incredible opportunity, yet you're turning it away?"

Babata's blood-red pupils narrowed, and his heart trembled. Lin Yan's words had struck at his very core.

Owner!

This feeling is unparalleled.

It never thought that Luo Feng had the ability to revive Huyan Bo, but Lin Yan's words gave it a glimmer of hope, and any glimmer of hope is worth the effort.

His master, Huyan Bo, merely Soul Seizure the bloodline of the "Longke Race," Cosmic level being, and came from humble origins, yet he still became Immortal Expert close to being granted the title of Marquis.

If Luo Feng Soul Seizure the Golden Horn Beast, he would not only have complete inherited memories, but his aptitude would also be completely transformed. In addition, with the resources left by his master, which amount to more than three million Hun Yuan Unit, and with Luo Feng's supervision, he might just have a chance.

Even if the chance is slim, it's still better than not being able to achieve immortality at all!

Although the master's account requires the Mental Power of Yun Mo Star to withdraw funds, this is achievable. Slaves can be made to cultivate the secret techniques of Yun Mo Star to acquire wealth. Even for Domain Lord level master account, Luo Feng has slave Soul Seal!

The more he thought about it, the more it felt right, and his heart burned with excitement.

Babata gritted his teeth and decided, "I agree, but Luo Feng must Soul Seizure first. We need to verify that what you said is true before we can pass on the cultivation inheritance to you."

It didn't know anything about the Golden Horn Beast and was worried that Lin Yan was deceiving them.

Lin Yan nodded. "No problem, but you can't hold back any of the knowledge you promised to pass on, and you also need to cover up the cosmic coordinates I need to cover up. We'll be in contact for a long time to come, so don't let a little bit of cleverness affect our relationship."

He didn't want to say these things, but he genuinely didn't trust Babata's character.

This guy isn't bad, but he is certainly quite clever.

Babata's thoughts were exposed. It thought about it and realized that Lin Yan and Luo Feng were both Earthling. If it concealed them now, there was a high chance that they would be discovered later. It didn't matter whether ordinary secret techniques were concealed or not, but techniques like "Soul Seal" and "Tower of Void" could not be hidden.

It hesitated and said, "Then you can't pass it on to other people."

Lin Yan thought for a moment, "I need to teach some basic secret techniques to a few people."

Babata wanted to argue, but then he thought that since they had already taken everything, there was no need to take some basic secret techniques too seriously, so he agreed.

Lin Yan asked, "When will you officially begin the Soul Seizure?"

"I didn't mention earlier that one of the Golden Horn Beast's Talent Secret Method is called 'clone.' Luo Feng, you can have a human clone, so you don't need to worry about your family or your human identity at all."

Overjoyed, Luo Feng blurted out, "Really?"

Although he agreed to Soul Seizure the Golden Horn Beast, he still felt somewhat heavy-hearted thinking about his family.

The way we interact from now on needs to be changed.

Lin Yan nodded. Luo Feng wanted to ask why he hadn't said it earlier, but he didn't ask. He already knew the answer in his heart.

This is also a test for him.

Luo Feng solemnly said, "I need to go back and tell my family, and then I will immediately begin the Soul Seizure."

Time waits for no one!

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