Searching for the Meteorite Star

The night was deep, a dazzling, enchanting river of stars flowing overhead. A bright full moon drifted through the clouds, its gentle light spilling like water across the vast, desolate land. Only distant beast roars broke the stillness.

He wore a gray-black combat suit, with the newly bonded Moyun Vine seedling clinging to his skin. Beneath his feet was the Flowing Fire Battle Blade, while sixteen throwing knives guarded his body, ready to strike at any moment.

Wang Yi stood high in the air, looking like an immortal riding the wind beneath the night breeze.

He gazed toward the vast lake a hundred li across in the distance, his eyes blazing as though they could pierce through the thick mist shrouding the lake and see the mysterious Fog Island within.

Whoosh!

The next instant, Wang Yi abruptly became an afterimage and plunged straight toward the ground. Before reaching it, sixteen throwing knives flew from his body, spinning as they cut into the earth.

Ssshh, ssshh~~

Soil scattered everywhere. Driven by Mental Power, Wang Yi burrowed into the ground like a drilling machine.

The soil and rocks beneath the earth were as insubstantial as air before the spinning charge of the throwing knives. Wang Yi descended at tremendous speed.

"Hmm, ten thousand meters. That should be about right." Wang Yi made a rough estimate, then suddenly changed direction, shifting from a vertical descent to horizontal movement—toward Fog Island.

"According to the original story, the ship Babata is in should be around fifteen thousand meters beneath Fog Island..." Wang Yi controlled his Mental Power and the throwing knives, darting through the earth like a diligent gopher. "The Moyun Vine should be somewhere between one thousand and three thousand meters beneath Fog Island, but to be safe, I'd better go straight to ten thousand meters."

Although Wang Yi's strength had increased greatly, he was still only a War God. Without the Black God Set, he stood no chance against a Planetary-level Moyun Vine.

It was better to keep his distance.

"Once I get close, Babata should be able to detect me. What will he do then?" Wang Yi felt somewhat expectant.

Wang Yi now possessed the same Mental Power talent as Luo Feng. In the original story, Luo Feng had caught Babata's eye and been chosen as the Inheritor of Meteorite Star precisely because he possessed the best Mental Power talent among Earthlings, with a Brain Domain Width of 21.

The underground was dark and deathly silent, but with Wang Yi's current eyesight, he could still easily see things in the darkness. Furthermore, his Mental Power could spread out to a hundred meters, making reconnaissance extremely convenient.

After some time, Wang Yi, who had been moving forward, glanced at his Communication Watch. "I'm directly beneath Fog Island now... Time to begin searching." He looked around. At the moment, he was inside a layer of rock.

Six streams of light flew out from Wang Yi's side and shot spinning toward the rock before him. Under the high-speed rotation of the throwing knives, the rock was drilled through as easily as tofu, and Wang Yi rushed in after them.

However, Wang Yi did not hurry forward. Instead, he slowed down, carefully searching as he advanced.

He kept sniffing as well.

There was no scent of rice.

"Has Babata even noticed me?" After a while, Wang Yi had found nothing. Sitting on a stone underground, he felt a little helpless. "Could he be asleep? Does an Intelligent Life even have a sleep function? Or do I not meet his requirements, so he can't be bothered with me?"

Wang Yi pulled himself together.

"Forget it. Even if he doesn't want to bother with me, as long as I can find the Meteorite Star's location and sign in while I'm at it, this trip won't have been wasted."

Wang Yi stood up.

Babata's ship had camouflage and concealment functions. Even Earth's ancient civilization technology, which could monitor the entire planet, had been unable to discover the existence of the Meteorite Star.

Wang Yi believed that no matter how thoroughly he searched with his Mental Power, he would not be able to find Babata's ship either.

But he had the Sign-in Panel.

As long as Wang Yi chose to sign in within a hundred meters of a Sign-in Location, so even if he did not discover the ship, a successful sign-in would mean that the ship had to be nearby.

For the current Wang Yi, successfully signing in aboard the Yunmo Starship would make the trip worthwhile.

He secretly looked forward to what reward signing in at the Yunmo Starship would give him.

"It was, after all, the personal spacecraft of an immortal, worth several Million Origin Units. Although it's damaged enough that it can't even fly now, its overall value is still there. No matter how low-grade the reward is, it can't be too bad." Wang Yi was full of anticipation.

"I wonder what signing in at the Yunmo Starship will give me? Could it give me another Yunmo Starship? Tch—" He sucked in a cold breath. "Wouldn't that reward be a little too exciting?"

"Could it give me a Babata?"

"Or some kind of treasure, some Yunmo Star secret technique inheritance?"

"There are plenty of immortal corpses inside the ship... Don't tell me it'll give me a corpse?"

Wang Yi's thoughts began to run wild.

The entire Earth was a great treasure trove. Aside from the Earth created by Mountaineer Guest, a reincarnated God King and Strongest in Universe, the next greatest treasures were those left behind by the master of Yunmo Star.

The Ancient Civilization Ruins, the Yunmo Starship, the Mechanical Race Ship, the Silver Blue Empire Ship, the Zerg Mother Queen Nest... all of these were excellent places for Wang Yi to sign in.

With enough luck, a bicycle could turn into a rocket in minutes!

A slingshot could become a nuclear bomb!

With enough luck, all it took to reach the pinnacle of life was one successful sign-in.

Wang Yi could not help gazing fondly at the golden panel as if he were looking at his own son...

As silent as ever, the golden panel said nothing.

No matter how the host tormented it, it always treated the host like its own father.

Even if it occasionally dropped the ball, it would absolutely never abandon its host—its dear dad.

"Son, whether your dad can reach the pinnacle of life and live it up across the universe in the future all depends on you..." Wang Yi spoke to the panel with deep feeling. "Don't start sulking with your dad at a time like this. You're already a mature panel. You need to learn to take responsibility for your work."

Sign-in Panel: "..."

Time slowly passed. After traveling through the dark rock for an unknown length of time, Wang Yi's nose suddenly twitched. A faint scent of rice drifted into it.

The smell of rice?

Wang Yi's spirits soared, and he grew excited. "Wood Crystal! This must be the scent of Wood Crystal!"

Wang Yi sped up, rapidly advancing in the direction the rice scent came from. Soon, a faint glimmer of light appeared ahead.

Wang Yi swept the area with his Mental Power and smiled. "It really is Wood Crystal!"

"Wood Crystal appearing here means Babata really did notice me."

Both the Moyun Vine and the Wood Crystal had actually been placed there by Babata to attract Earth's powerhouses and test their talent.

Wood Crystal was extremely precious—an invaluable treasure on Earth. If Wang Yi had not met Babata's requirements, Babata would never have released it so casually.

The translucent white crystal emitted wave after wave of rice fragrance, making one instinctively want to drool.

With a sweep of Wang Yi's Mental Power, the translucent white crystal automatically flew over and landed in his hand.