So You Agreed Just Like That?

The once-dim hall suddenly lit up. Dazzling light shone down from high above, illuminating the entire hall.

At the same time, strange light converged in the center of the hall, gradually forming a black virtual figure. It was a mere four and a half feet tall, like a child, with two horns protruding from its forehead, blood-red eyes, and a black robe.

"Jin Yu, you finally came." The Black-Robed Child looked at Jin Yu, completely ignoring Luo Feng. There was a trace of delight in his blood-red eyes.

"Ahem." Jin Yu felt rather awkward because of Babata. He pulled Luo Feng to his side and said, "Let me introduce you. This is my brother, Luo Feng."

"And this is?" Luo Feng was not angered or anything of the sort. He merely looked cautiously at the Black-Robed Child before him.

The other party was actually speaking Earth's language—Chinese!

"I have waited for you for fifty thousand years." The Black-Robed Child glanced at Luo Feng and nodded slightly in acknowledgment before continuing to Jin Yu, "You humans of Earth have truly terrible aptitude. It took fifty thousand years for me to find someone suitable."

"Fifty thousand years?" Luo Feng froze slightly. "You mean this ruin has been here for fifty thousand years? Then have they also been dead for fifty thousand years?" He pointed at the six strange corpses around them.

This time, Jin Yu silently pushed Luo Feng in front of himself. He already knew the situation, and simply listening to the other party speak made him feel awkward.

It felt like the plot of clearing stages in a video game.

Since Luo Feng wanted to ask, he could go ahead and ask.

"Yes." Babata gave Jin Yu, who had retreated behind Luo Feng, a surprised glance. He could only helplessly turn to Luo Feng.

"They have been dead for fifty thousand years." The Black-Robed Child looked at the six corpses in the hall and shook his head with a sigh. "They were all peerless figures in the vast universe, all immortal beings. Even time paled before them. Even in death... their corpses remained eternally imperishable."

"However, once Master died, they had to be buried with him." The Black-Robed Child looked at Jin Yu again. "Jin Yu, Luo Feng, come with me and pay respects to Master."

The main event is here! Jin Yu thought.

In the magnificent semicircular hall, the Black-Robed Child pointed his pale little finger toward the center of the floor. A hissing sound immediately rang out as the metal floor split apart, revealing a passageway.

"Follow me."

The Black-Robed Child walked ahead, with Jin Yu and Luo Feng following behind.

He wants us to pay respects to some Master? A Master who died fifty thousand years ago? Luo Feng's heart was filled with doubts.

Moreover, Big Brother Jin clearly seemed to know something, and he would not possibly bring him here to die. Luo Feng could only suppress the doubts in his heart and follow step by step.

When they reached the passageway, the Black-Robed Child leaped down. Jin Yu and Luo Feng followed.

The passageway was about thirty meters deep. When the Black-Robed Child and the two men landed below, lights also came on in the dark hall beneath them. The entire hall was empty, its walls forming an octagon, with not a single object inside.

"Open!" The Black-Robed Child pointed at the floor.

"Crack, crack, crack~~~"

The floor trembled slightly and slowly began to split open.

"Master's corpse is stored under extremely tight security. You will not see it until a moment later." The Black-Robed Child looked at Jin Yu, who was unwilling to pay him any attention, and truly wanted to slap him to death. But the hope of revenge made him choose to ignore it, comforting himself instead: This is my future Master, Yun Mo Star's future hope.

He could only turn to Luo Feng once more. His blood-colored pupils were unnerving. "Luo Feng, you must be full of questions right now, yes?"

"Yes." Luo Feng did not deny it.

"First, let me introduce myself. My name is Babata! You may call me 'Demon Babata.' Of course, that is the Earth Chinese translation. In the universal language, it should be pronounced 'XXXX.'" Luo Feng heard the string of words spoken by the Black-Robed Child clearly, but he did not understand them at all.

Jin Yu, standing behind him, understood perfectly. They were all contained within the Inherited Memory. This was the universal language.

"The word 'Demon' is a title I gave myself." The Black-Robed Child seemed to see Luo Feng's confusion and continued, "In essence, I am a form of intelligence!"

"Intelligence?" Luo Feng was even more puzzled.

Could intelligence really be this advanced? Compared with Babata, the so-called intelligence known on Earth could probably only be considered mentally deficient.

"However, intelligent cores are divided into levels! The simple logical processing programs on your Earth are not qualified to be called intelligence! To be considered intelligence... at the very least, one's ability to think must not be inferior to that of humans." The Black-Robed Child said.

"As for me..."

"Though I am fundamentally an intelligence, after following Master for countless years, I have transcended intelligence. I can be called an 'Intelligent Life'! A life-form like you human life-forms, animal life-forms, Plant Life, and so on!" The Black-Robed Child's tone grew impassioned. "I have all kinds of emotions—joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness! I also possess the aptitude to cultivate and evolve!"

"Moreover, Master once prepared a body for me. With that body, I spread the name 'Demon Babata' across countless star systems in the vast universe!" There was a trace of pride on the Black-Robed Child's face.

Luo Feng listened in secret shock.

Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness? Cultivation and evolution? How could that still be called an Intelligent System? It truly deserved to be called an Intelligent Life.

Jin Yu, however, rolled his eyes as he listened. Intelligent Life seemed pretty impressive in the early stages of the story, but later on, they would not even be qualified to appear.

Unless they obtained the Heart of Evolution of the Mechanical Race, Intelligent Life had no qualification to cultivate at all.

And what kind of body had Hu Yanbo prepared? Without a Heart of Evolution, it was, at most, an energy-powered World Master level mechanical body. It could not cultivate at all. With Hu Yanbo's strength—not even at Marquis level—he was nowhere near qualified to obtain a Heart of Evolution.

In the end, this world was one where great power rested in the individual. Everything else was hollow. Strength was everything.

Still, Jin Yu did not refute him. If Babata wanted to brag, then let him brag. He could treat it as common knowledge for Luo Feng.

"Fifty thousand years ago, in a battle that destroyed heaven and earth and swept across countless star systems, my body was destroyed, and I reverted to an intelligent virtual existence." A trace of sorrow appeared on the Black-Robed Child's face. "I could still become an intelligent virtual existence again. But Master..." He turned to look at the Crystal Coffin that was slowly emerging!

The transparent Crystal Coffin slowly rose from the floor!

This time, Jin Yu also watched carefully with interest. The Crystal Coffin was six meters long, four meters wide, and two meters high. The completely transparent coffin emitted terrifying cold air.

Even though he was a Planetary level Warrior and a Planetary level 1 Mental Master, his body could not help but shudder. It was too cold!

Inside the Crystal Coffin lay a corpse!

So this is Hu Yanbo? He's truly a model for clinging to a powerful backer. Even after dying, he managed to latch onto one and get revived to ascend to the heavens. Jin Yu could not help giving Hu Yanbo a thumbs-up.

Hu Yanbo's corpse was roughly three meters tall, with two flexible antennae on his forehead. Other than the antennae and his larger build, he looked exactly like an Earth human.

He wore a Black Robe that glimmered with faint specks of light. His long hair was loose as he lay peacefully in the Crystal Coffin, as though asleep. His features were exceptionally handsome, and his long, narrow Eyes gave him an effeminate air... Though he was now merely a corpse, he possessed a strange charm that could stir one's very soul.

"Master!"

The Black-Robed Child gripped the Crystal Coffin, his pale little hands clenched tightly, his expression twisted.

Slap! Slap!

Two tears fell.

"Ah."

Jin Yu could not help shaking his head at the sight. Babata's feelings for Hu Yanbo were truly like those of a son or younger brother toward a father or elder brother. After relying on each other through life and death for tens of millions of years, suddenly being separated by death must have been hard on him.

"Jin Yu, Luo Feng, are you willing to take my Master Hu Yanbo as your teacher?" The Black-Robed Child suddenly turned to look at Jin Yu and Luo Feng.

This time, Babata had learned his lesson and asked both of them together.

Luo Feng froze. Jin Yu hurriedly stepped forward instead. Babata was emotionally agitated right now. If he was provoked into breaking down, they might not be able to leave Earth afterward.

"I ask you, are you willing to take my Master as your teacher?!" The Black-Robed Child continued roaring. There was a hint of madness in his eyes, but then he shut them. When he opened them again, he was much calmer. He smiled bitterly. "I have not communicated with anyone for fifty thousand years. My emotions are a little volatile. If I had no joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness and were only a simple intelligence, fifty thousand years of loneliness would have been nothing. But after gaining emotions, these fifty thousand years became even harder to endure. Actually... I used to have a very good temper."

Luo Feng and Jin Yu exchanged glances, both unsure whether to laugh or cry.

"Say, Babata, shouldn't you introduce your Master to us first? Then we can discuss becoming disciples." Jin Yu guided him.

"My Master, translated into your Earth Chinese, can be called Hu Yanbo! He was the master of Yun Mo Star, a superpower in the universe." The Black-Robed Child's mood seemed to gradually ease.

"My Master was an eternal existence! Throughout the more than six thousand eras from his birth to his death, he roamed the vast universe and was a truly peerless powerhouse of the cosmos." The more Babata spoke, the more excited he became, seemingly filled with pride.

"But hateful as it is... Yun Mo Star has already been destroyed, and this power has perished." Babata said with hatred written all over his face.

"Well, the two of us will join." Seeing that Luo Feng was still standing there in a daze, Jin Yu agreed immediately.

Otherwise, who knew how long this guy would keep talking? Besides, it had money and an inheritance, with no one around to boss them about. Who would not love an organization like that?

Now it was Babata's turn to freeze. He agreed just like that? No resistance? And Babata had not even finished speaking yet.

This was completely outside the script.

He had considered many possibilities. Based on Jin Yu's series of actions since arriving, Babata had even prepared himself to be rejected. Then he would reason with him and appeal to his emotions to persuade him.

But Jin Yu agreed before he had even said anything? This was not how it was supposed to go! Where was the most basic sincerity between people?

Well, he was not really a person.

"You agreed?" Babata asked Jin Yu repeatedly, looking delighted.

"Not me. Us! Both of us!" Jin Yu corrected.

"No problem. Luo Feng barely meets the requirements too. As long as you agree, that is enough." Babata nodded repeatedly. As long as Jin Yu agreed, everything else was easy.

This time, Luo Feng was so frustrated that he rolled his eyes. What did he mean, barely? A Council-level Mental Master as young as him was being looked down on like this?

"Luo Feng, you are unconvinced?" Babata had clearly noticed Luo Feng's expression and said disdainfully, "In your Earth's words, you are a frog at the bottom of a well!"

"Today, I will teach you a lesson and let you understand the mystery and vastness of this boundless universe!"

Ahem. Hearing this, Luo Feng's eye twitched as he looked at Jin Yu. Why did those words sound so familiar?