Sixth Councillor

On the third day after the Level 1 Beast Tide erupted, Luo Feng paid a visit to Xiao Yu's private Training Room inside the Limit Martial Hall.

"The Limit Martial Arts School has already notified me to enter Civilization Relic No. 9," Luo Feng said. "At the end of this month, I'm required to gather at the Limit Martial Arts School headquarters in Hongning Base City on the 29th."

"After entering Civilization Relic No. 9, everyone encounters different circumstances," Xiao Yu said. "And the time each person needs is different too. Most people can finish within a month, while the longest took seven months. But that was before—Elite Trials had never been activated before! Yet I encountered one."

"An Elite Trial?" Luo Feng was puzzled.

"Whether an Elite Trial is activated is related to brain domain breadth. As long as it exceeds 18, the Elite Trial will be activated." Xiao Yu smiled. "I'm a Gene Warrior, and the Elite Trial I activated could also be called a death trial. Within the time limit, you either pass or die. As for you, it's hard to say what will happen to a Mind Controller. The duration is also hard to predict. you'd better prepare yourself to stay inside for a long time."

Luo Feng was somewhat confused.

"You need to tell your family in advance, so they won't worry. According to the Limit Martial Arts School's usual practice, once you've been inside for more than half a year without coming out, they'll definitely announce your death to the public," Xiao Yu explained.

Afterward, the two discussed their cultivation experience with the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade. Xiao Yu even suppressed his strength and sparred with Luo Feng for half an hour.

While sparring with Luo Feng, Xiao Yu remembered his agreement with Hong to spar regularly.

The next day, his private aircraft, the Qiankun Intelligent Fighter, flew to Hongning Base City.

Hong happened to be there as well.

Since losing their sparring match at the end of July, Hong had trained continuously for over a month, and his strength had improved considerably.

In the Training Ground, shockwaves raged, followed by bursts of sonic booms.

Drenched in sweat, the two sat in the tea room beside the Training Ground, sipping precious wine brewed from materials taken from King-level Monsters.

This was Hong's exclusive supply and was not available to the public.

"Headmaster, your Light Domain is about to break through again, isn't it?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

"Yes. I feel like I'm about to break through to the Second Layer. When that happens, you won't be my opponent anymore," Hong said calmly.

"Haha." Xiao Yu smiled but said nothing.

Not to mention that Xiao Yu had now reached three times the Gene Level—three times the strength, Gene Force, defense, nerve reaction, and more. And Xiao Yu would continue raising his Gene Level in the future.

"Your strength was exposed during the last trip to Mist Island. Now, someone in the War God Palace has proposed making you the Sixth Councillor." Hong smiled. "If you ask me, you might as well reveal your full strength and become the First Councillor."

"No, being the sixth is enough for me," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

The War God Palace was highly efficient.

On September 29th, the same day Luo Feng headed for Hongning Base City, the War God Palace held a grand conference.

At 20:30, nearly every War God had gathered in the War God Palace hall. The leaders of the Five Great Nations, the HR Alliance chairman, Hong, Thor, Mohanderson, East, Atkin, and others all arrived on time as well.

Standing in midair, Hong suddenly said, "I believe everyone saw the battle between Xiao Yu and Councillor Fal earlier. Given Xiao Yu's strength, the position of councillor is no longer suitable for him. I propose directly elevating Xiao Yu to Sixth Councillor."

Beside the black-haired Hong in midair, a large bald man said, "I agree with the First Councillor's proposal."

At that moment, Councillor Fal below spoke up. "I agree as well."

Xiao Yu was watching from below. Fal did not dare disagree.

Councillor-level powerhouses from the Limit Martial Arts School and Thunder Martial Hall, such as Liu He and Iceberg, voiced their support one after another. The Huaxia councillors then voted in favor, followed by councillors from some of the Five Great Nations. Even the HR Alliance's councillor-level powerhouses all expressed their support.

Finally, Mohanderson, East, and Atkin, the three councillors, also voiced their agreement.

"Passed unanimously!" Hong's mighty voice rang out. "From this day forth, Xiao Yu is the Sixth Councillor of our War God Palace."

A wave of applause rose from below.

Afterward, the War God Palace held a grand banquet, with Hong providing free food and drinks.

Although becoming the Sixth Councillor meant Xiao Yu had to attend certain councils regarding major global events, such meetings were not even held once a year, and there were no particularly major events for the time being.

Xiao Yu's primary task remained improving his own strength.

He took out two hundred cubic meters of Universe Crystals from his Space Ring, worth exactly two hundred million Universe Coins.

"System, absorb two hundred cubic meters of Universe Crystals."

Absorbing two hundred cubic meters of Universe Origin Energy Crystals. Obtained 20,000 Wish Silver Coins.

"System, check my remaining Wish Points."

Remaining: 2 Wish Gold Coins, 67 Wish Silver Coins, 8,600 Wish Copper Coins.

Over the next year, he continuously used the system to raise his Gene Level.

He increased his Gene Level by nearly onefold every month.

The first month.

"System, increase my Gene Level by onefold."

Setup successful!

First Wish: Increase my Gene Level by onefold (30 Wish Silver Coins).

"System, fulfill the First Wish."

30 Wish Coins deducted.

Wish is being fulfilled.

Streams of blood-red energy appeared and surged into Xiao Yu's body...

Wish fulfilled.

Xiao Yu's Gene Level reached four times that of an Earth Human. For the following month, Xiao Yu trained continuously to adapt to his increased strength while recovering from his physical fatigue.

Although the system's enhancements were completely safe, his body still became fatigued during such improvements.

The second month.

"System, increase my Gene Level by onefold."

Setup successful!

First Wish: Increase my Gene Level by onefold (45 Wish Silver Coins).

The third month.

Setup successful!

First Wish: Increase my Gene Level by onefold (75 Wish Silver Coins).

The fifth month.

Setup successful!

First Wish: Increase my Gene Level by onefold (195 Wish Silver Coins).

The ninth month.

Setup successful!

First Wish: Increase my Gene Level by onefold (1,335 Wish Silver Coins).

The twelfth month.

Setup successful!

First Wish: Increase my Gene Level by onefold (5,655 Wish Silver Coins).

Wish fulfilled.

Xiao Yu's Gene Level had reached fifteen times. He felt an incomparably intense exhaustion, one that came from his soul.

Over the past year, the twelve Gene Level enhancements had consumed a total of 14,760 Wish Silver Coins.

"System, check my remaining Wish Points."

Remaining: 5,307 Wish Silver Coins, 8,600 Wish Copper Coins.

When Xiao Yu regained perfect control over his body, it was already September 20th, 2058.

Although Xiao Yu had not deliberately cultivated the Cloud-Soaring Vine over the past year, his strength had continued to grow. He had now reached the Planetary seventh stage.

Luo Feng had been inside Civilization Relic No. 9 for nearly a year.

Three months after Luo Feng entered Civilization Relic No. 9, someone proposed declaring Luo Feng dead. However, Xiao Yu did not agree, and Hong vetoed the proposal because of Xiao Yu's opinion.

When Luo Feng had been inside for half a year, even Hong had no choice but to classify him as possibly dead, pending confirmation.

At Xiao Yu's request, headquarters sent Jiang Fang, Luo Feng's former teacher at the Elite Training Camp, to explain the situation to Luo Feng's family and comfort them.

On September 29th, 2058, another Round Table Conference was held.

Headmaster Hong and the six inspectors were all present.

The meeting mainly discussed whether to publicly announce Luo Feng's death and how to distribute Luo Feng's assets.

"Everyone, I still oppose announcing Luo Feng's death," Xiao Yu said.

"Luo Feng has been inside Civilization Relic No. 9 for a full year. Even for those who initially could not understand the language or read the text, the longest anyone had survived inside was just over seven months! After they could understand and read, the longest was only a month and a half," a white man said slowly.

"Before me, no one had taken the Death Assessment," Xiao Yu said. "Perhaps Luo Feng is also undergoing the Death Assessment Mission in the Elite Channel. My time limit was one month. Perhaps his mission time limit is one year, two years, or even three years."

With Xiao Yu's precedent before them, no one could refute that argument.

"Then when do we confirm his death? There has to be a time limit, right?" a black man in white robes asked.

"Two years. Let's use two years as the deadline," Xiao Yu said.

"Fine. Two years it is. For now, Luo Feng will remain listed as missing, but the cash portion of his assets will be transferred to his family, while ownership of the rest remains unchanged," the black-haired Hong said.

After the Round Table Conference, Xiao Yu personally visited Luo Feng's home to see Father Luo and Mother Luo. Xiao Yu's parents also often visited the Luo family, and the two families frequently spent time together.

Even Xu Xin often came to visit Luo Feng's parents.

Luo Feng had quite a bit of cash—at least one hundred billion Huaxia Coin. The materials from the three High-level Lord-level Monsters he killed during the Level 1 Beast Tide alone were worth nearly one hundred billion Huaxia Coin. Adding the ten billion Huaxia Coin Luo Feng won through betting matches at the Elite Training Camp, the total definitely exceeded one hundred billion.

After obtaining such a huge sum, Luo Hua made major moves in the global stock market and quickly became the eighth-largest shareholder of the Huaxia Country Industrial and Commercial Bank.

At the same time, Scorpion and Vulture, the married couple, were overjoyed to learn that Luo Feng had not returned from Civilization No. 9. In their hearts, they had already decided that Luo Feng was dead.

Vulture had people cause trouble for Luo Feng's parents, deliberately manufacturing disputes.

Because Luo Feng had gained Li Dawei's favor and received a quota for a thousand-man Guard Team, he had arranged for those people to protect his family.

Furthermore, Xiao Yu lived nearby in Mingyue Residential Area of Yangzhou City.

They only dared to stir up trouble during the days when Xiao Yu went to headquarters to spar with Hong, such as having a shrew deliberately pick a fight with Mother Luo and start a brawl.

Any somewhat serious trouble was stopped by the guards.

Even such minor incidents were noticed by Luo Hua, who spent a large sum to hire several High-level General Warriors to protect his parents.

Scorpion and Vulture even considered whether they should act personally.

Luo Feng followed Enchanting, one of Hong's guards, into Civilization Relic No. 9. The moment he entered, he was tested and found to have a brain domain breadth of 21, meeting the activation requirements for a Mind Controller Elite Channel. After entering, he encountered eighteen black-robed figures pursuing and intercepting him in the Nine Palaces Maze.

Having cultivated the fifth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, Luo Feng was somewhat stronger than in the original story. After destroying three black-robed figures, he was trapped while breaking out and searching for an exit by a crystal chamber five meters tall and eight meters long and wide.

The Death Assessment Mission was activated.

Within three years, he had to learn the Master of Control's secret Basic 312 Forms engraved on the walls of the chamber and break out of the assessment room.

Pass and receive rewards; fail and die.

When Luo Feng learned this news, he was deeply worried.

First, he worried that if he could not leave for so long, the Limit Martial Arts School would announce his death and make his family worry.

As for his family's safety, he was not particularly concerned. His good friend Xiao Yu was in Jiangnan Base City, and those people would not dare make a move.

Second, he worried about Xu Xin. If she learned that he had died, what would happen to her?

Because of this, he worked even harder, cultivating desperately.

Finally, after one year and two months, on November 29th, 2058.

After successfully controlling sixteen flying blades, Luo Feng broke out of the room, passed the assessment, and completed the Death Assessment Mission.

He received four prizes: the Black God Set, an Auxiliary Optical Computer, the Master of Control attack technique "Duntian," and the Meteor Star Token.

There was actually one more item: the Master of Control secret manual, "Basic 312 Forms."

On November 29th, 2058, the monthly sparring day began once more.

Hong, Thor, and Xiao Yu began sparring in a Training Ground the size of a football field. At first, they fought individually, but once Xiao Yu began displaying some of his strength, even though Hong's Light Domain had reached the Second Layer, Hong gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Hong and Thor began cooperating. Their teamwork was seamless, a textbook example of one plus one being greater than two.

But with Xiao Yu's current amplitude of 10 and fifteen times the Gene Level, his strength was equivalent to one hundred and fifty times the peak of the Planetary level ninth stage. Even displaying only a tenth of his strength made him fifteen times stronger than the peak of the Planetary level ninth stage.

Thor was only at the Planetary level eighth stage now, with an amplitude of 7. He had only reached that point because he was crushed in every battle and kept pushing himself forward.

As for Hong, he was still at the Planetary sixth stage, though his domain had reached the Second Layer.

Xiao Yu suppressed his strength significantly when fighting him, but the gap between them was simply too great. Even suppressing half his strength was not enough.

Xiao Yu always had to hold back a little when sparring with them in reality.

But in virtual space, he could fight without restraint.

With no restrictions on strength, Xiao Yu could basically kill both of them instantly in a one-against-two battle.

When all their physical qualities were restricted to the Planetary sixth stage, Xiao Yu could fight Hong to a draw but could not win. Against Thor, however, he still crushed him completely. The gap in amplitude was simply too great.

"I could accept always being beaten by Hong before, since we're from the same generation. But now even a junior is stronger than me!" Thor said lifelessly as he collapsed onto the sofa.

"Thor, force application techniques can be used not only for strength and speed, but also for defense. Your defense cannot keep falling behind."

During Xiao Yu's previous battles with Thor in virtual space, Thor had been shaken to death in seven out of ten fights, even with the protection of a combat suit.

"Headmaster, Luo Feng has come out." Suddenly, Hong received a message transmitted from inside Civilization Relic No. 9.

"Good." Hong said happily. After ending the video call, he turned to Xiao Yu beside him. "Your judgment was correct. Luo Feng has come out. Thank you!"

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