Babata's Bitterness

"Mm, go on. We're listening." Jin Yu nodded with an utterly harmless expression.

"Hmph. Earth belongs to the Milky Way Galaxy, but do you know how many galaxies there are in the entire universe?" Babata asked, regaining his pride.

"Mm, no. So you know?" Jin Yu truly did not know. Who in the Original Universe dared claim they knew? Well, perhaps Origin Ancestor did.

This isn't how the script is supposed to go. Shouldn't they either casually guess a number or say they don't know?

Babata was left awkwardly stuck.

The hell do you mean, I know?! If I knew, would I be living this miserably?

For a moment, bitterness spread across Babata's face. Just as he was about to change the subject, Jin Yu stepped forward.

"Um, Babata, we've already joined Yun Mo Star. So, what benefits do we get?" Jin Yu asked casually, seizing control of the conversation at the same time.

That guy had been alone for tens of thousands of years. Calling him chatty was an understatement. He did not have time to listen to him ramble on.

"Benefits?" Babata froze at the question, the words he had been about to say catching in his throat.

"Almost forgot the important matter. Come over and kowtow eight times to my master, and that will count as becoming his disciples. Since Master is already dead, he can't give you any gifts for taking you in. But don't worry, Master left behind an inheritance and enough resources to more than adequately train you two little fellows." Babata hurriedly stepped aside, revealing Hu Yanbo.

Luo Feng looked at Jin Yu. Seeing him nod, he followed him in kneeling down.

Hu Yanbo, Hu Yanbo, you've struck it rich. The future City Lord Luo is kneeling before you. Your ancestors must be smoking seven-colored smoke from their graves. Jin Yu ranted inwardly.

As for himself? Even the Golden Horned Beast only had World Master level potential. No one knew what the future held. Besides, City Lord Luo had already knelt, so there was nothing shameful about him kneeling as well. He could just treat it as swearing brotherhood.

With that thought, everything immediately felt right.

After the two had "respectfully" paid their respects, they stood up. Luo Feng looked at Babata with particular anticipation.

"Uh... ordinarily, when Master accepted Personal Disciples, he would invite all his friends and make a grand celebration of it. But Master is dead, Yun Mo Star has been destroyed, so we'll keep everything simple." Babata awkwardly avoided Luo Feng's eager gaze.

"From today onward, Jin Yu is Master's fifth Personal Disciple, while Luo Feng, you are his sixth Personal Disciple. You are also the final two Personal Disciples, the only living Personal Disciples left!" Babata looked at Luo Feng and Jin Yu.

Luo Feng seemed to understand why Jin Yu had called this an opportunity... So everyone had died, and they had to beg them to join and carry on the legacy.

This was simply wonderful!

"Jin Yu, Luo Feng, Master has died and cannot personally teach you, so... I will teach you in his place." Babata looked at Jin Yu.

Jin Yu and Luo Feng both nodded.

"Rest assured. Before Master died, he entrusted everything to me. Besides, I am an Intelligent Life and have always followed Master. I can play you videos of every occasion when Master taught his Personal Disciples. So you needn't worry." Babata was extremely confident.

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng was completely reassured. Jin Yu also cared quite a bit about this. He had Inherited Memory, and it was far beyond anything an immortal could compare to, but it was all limited to the cultivation of the Golden Horned Beast.

And beyond the complete inheritance, what he valued most was Babata's ability to take him away from Earth.

"Alright, I'll first give you each a storage item." With a casual toss from Babata, two streaks of silver light flew over.

Jin Yu and Luo Feng reached out at the same time and caught them, then opened their palms... They were seemingly ordinary silver rings.

"Storage items can take many forms: rings, wristguards, and so on." Babata smiled. "However, creating a Space Ring is extremely difficult. Even in the universe, it counts as a luxury item. The material of this Space Ring is unusual and can merge into your skin."

Following his instructions, Jin Yu and Luo Feng put the rings on the middle fingers of their left hands.

The rings silently flowed like mercury and merged into their skin. They only felt a burst of coldness, after which the rings completely vanished from their fingers.

"Send a thread of Mental power into them and merge your mental imprint with them. You only need to do this once; you won't need to do it again in the future," Babata said.

"Mental imprint?" Luo Feng asked in confusion. "How do we do that?"

Jin Yu nearly laughed out loud and hurriedly told Luo Feng, "You just need to send your Mental power into it."

Then, without bothering about anything else, he swiftly sent a thread of Mental power along his arm and into his finger, penetrating the ring.

The ring underwent a subtle change. In only a moment—

Jin Yu had the feeling that the ring had become like one of his own limbs. Without needing Mental power at all, he could clearly sense everything inside it. There was an empty space within the ring, with an enormous capacity. Based on his intuition, it was about a hundred meters high.

This really isn't bad. I've finally unlocked a beginner achievement, though it's a little small. Jin Yu thought happily. After all, carrying too many things was genuinely inconvenient. With a Space Ring, he would save himself quite a lot of trouble.

Luo Feng, meanwhile, was filled with delight. "This space is huge!"

"Of course it is! The space inside this ring is a rectangular prism. By your Earth's units of measurement, it is 612 meters long, 521 meters wide, and 108 meters high. We'll ignore the digits after the decimal point." Babata looked smugly at Luo Feng, seemingly wanting to see astonishment and shock on Luo Feng and Jin Yu's faces.

But he was disappointed.

Jin Yu merely remarked that retrieving things would be more convenient in the future, while Luo Feng was delighted that he no longer had to carry that damned backpack. With a thought, he stored the backpack in the Space Ring.

"This feels so much better." The feeling of being unrestrained put Luo Feng in a fine mood. Anyone carrying dozens of tons of things would want to be freed from them.

"Damn it, don't you know how difficult it is to cut off a piece of Universe Space and fuse it into an object? And one with such a huge space at that?" Babata was extremely dissatisfied by the expressions on Luo Feng and Jin Yu's faces, jumping about in agitation.

"If the experts of the universe learned of this, you'd lose your lives. But as long as you don't tell anyone yourselves, no one will know."

This time, Luo Feng was secretly alarmed...

Creating a Space Ring actually meant cutting off a piece of Universe Space? That was insane! No wonder even the arrogant Babata had said that making a Space Ring was extremely difficult.

But Jin Yu wanted to roll his eyes. Was he trying to fool the two of them as country bumpkins? Was he taking advantage of their ignorance?

This was standard ability for World Master level experts. What was so difficult about it? Besides, it was not a World Ring. With the Virtual Universe's capabilities, Space Rings could probably be mass-produced without limit.

"Let's go. We're heading up," Babata said rather listlessly.

"Mm, this Crystal Coffin..." Luo Feng looked toward the coffin.

The Black-Robed Child Babata turned to look at the corpse inside the Crystal Coffin. His expression became complicated for a moment as he murmured, "Boss, from today onward, I'll follow your two disciples. Don't worry. Leave everything to me." His voice was so low that neither Luo Feng nor Jin Yu heard it clearly. Then Babata pointed at the ground.

Crack, crack, crack—

The Crystal Coffin began to sink slowly. Moments later, it had sunk beneath the ground, and the floor began closing over it.

"Let's go up." Babata had become much calmer.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Jin Yu and Luo Feng followed behind Babata, flying directly through the passage to the circular hall above.

The circular hall was brightly illuminated beneath the lights.

And at this moment, everything began to change.