The Sixth Councillor

Three days after the Level 1 Beast Tide broke out, Luo Feng paid a visit to Xiao Yu's private training room in the Limit Martial Hall.

"The Limit Martial Arts School has already sent me the notification for entering Civilization Relic No. 9," Luo Feng began. "It's scheduled for the end of this month, and I'm required to report to the Limit Martial Arts School headquarters in Hongning Base City on the 29th."

"After entering Civilization Relic No. 9, the situation everyone encounters is different," Xiao Yu said. "The time required also varies. Most people finish within a month, and the longest anyone has taken is seven months, but that was before. No one had ever triggered the Elite Trial before! Yet, I encountered it."

"The Elite Trial?" Luo Feng asked, puzzled.

"Whether the Elite Trial is triggered depends on your brain domain width. As long as the width is greater than 18, it will be triggered," Xiao Yu said with a smile. "I am a Gene Warrior, so the Elite Trial I triggered could also be called a Death Assessment. Within the time limit, you either pass or you die. As for you, being a Mind Controller, it's hard to say what will happen. The time involved is also unpredictable, so you had better prepare for the possibility of staying inside for a long time."

Luo Feng looked confused.

"You need to tell your family in advance to prevent them from worrying. According to our Limit Martial Arts School's standard procedure, if you haven't come out after more than half a year, they will certainly announce your death," Xiao Yu explained.

The two then discussed their experiences with the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, and Xiao Yu even suppressed his strength to spar with Luo Feng for half an hour.

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

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

Hong happened to be there as well.

After losing their spar at the end of July, Hong had been training incessantly for over a month, and his strength had grown significantly.

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 expensive liquor brewed from the materials of a King-level Monster.

This was Hong's special reserve, not available to the public.

"Hall Master, your Light Domain is about to break through again, right?" Xiao Yu smiled.

"Yes, I feel like I am about to break through to the Second Layer. By then, you won't be my match," Hong said calmly.

"Haha." Xiao Yu laughed without responding.

Not to mention that Xiao Yu had now reached three times his original Gene Level—which meant three times the power, genetic energy, defense, and nerve reaction speed—he would continue to improve his Gene Level in the future.

"Your strength was exposed during the last trip to Mist Island. Now, there are already people in the War God Palace proposing you become the Sixth Councillor," Hong laughed. "If I were you, I would just fully expose my strength and become the First Councillor."

"Don't, being the sixth is fine," Xiao Yu laughed.

The efficiency of the War God Palace was quite high.

On September 29, the day Luo Feng rushed to Hongning Base City, the War God Palace held a grand meeting.

At 20:30, almost all War Gods were present in the War God Palace hall. At the same time, the leaders of the Five Great Nations, the HR Alliance councillors, Hong, Thor, Mohanderson, East, Atkin, and others all arrived on time.

Standing in the void, Hong suddenly said, "I believe everyone saw the scene of the battle between Xiao Yu and Councillor Fal. With Xiao Yu's strength, the status of an ordinary councillor is no longer appropriate. I propose to promote Xiao Yu directly to the Sixth Councillor."

A large bald man next to the black-haired man, Hong, said, "I agree with the First Councillor's proposal."

Councillor Fal, who was below, spoke up, "I also agree."

Xiao Yu was watching from below; he didn't dare not to agree.

The likes of Liu He, Iceberg, and other councillor-level powerhouses from the Limit Martial Arts School and Thunder Martial Hall expressed their approval one after another. The councillors from the Chinese side also voted in favor, followed by some councillors from the Five Great Nations, and even the councillor-level powerhouses of the HR Alliance expressed their agreement.

Finally, the three councillors Mohanderson, East, and Atkin also indicated their support.

"Passed unanimously!" Hong's grand voice echoed. "From today on, Xiao Yu is the Sixth Councillor of our War God Palace."

A round of applause erupted from below.

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

Although Xiao Yu had become the Sixth Councillor and needed to attend meetings for major global events, such meetings were held less than once a year, and there were no major issues for the time being.

Xiao Yu's main priority remained improving his own strength.

He took two hundred cubic meters of Universe Crystal from his Space Ring, which amounted to exactly two hundred million Universe Coins.

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

Absorbed two hundred cubic meters of Universe Origin Energy Crystal, gained 20,000 Wish Silver Coins.

"System, check 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 improve his Gene Level.

He increased his Gene Level by one fold almost every month.

The first month.

"System, increase my Gene Level by one fold."

Setting successful!

First Wish: Increase Gene Level by one fold (30 Wish Silver Coins).

"System, fulfill the first wish."

30 Wish Coins have been deducted.

The wish is being fulfilled.

Strands of blood-colored energy appeared and surged into Xiao Yu's body...

The wish has been fulfilled.

Xiao Yu's Gene Level reached four times that of an Earth Human. The following month, Xiao Yu spent his time continuously training to adapt to the increased power while recovering from physical fatigue.

Although the system's enhancement was perfectly safe, the body would still feel exhausted during such improvements.

The second month.

"System, increase my Gene Level by one fold."

Setting successful!

First Wish: Increase Gene Level by one fold (45 Wish Silver Coins).

The third month.

Setting successful!

First Wish: Increase Gene Level by one fold (75 Wish Silver Coins).

The fifth month.

Setting successful!

First Wish: Increase Gene Level by one fold (195 Wish Silver Coins).

The ninth month.

Setting successful!

First Wish: Increase Gene Level by one fold (1,335 Wish Silver Coins).

The twelfth month.

Setting successful!

First Wish: Increase Gene Level by one fold (5,655 Wish Silver Coins).

The wish has been fulfilled.

Xiao Yu's Gene Level had reached fifteen times. He felt an immense sense of fatigue, one that originated from his very soul.

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

"System, check remaining Wish Points."

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

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

Although Xiao Yu had not specifically cultivated the Cloud-Soaring Vine over the past year, its strength had also been growing continuously, and it had now reached the Planetary seventh stage.

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

Three months after Luo Feng entered the relic, someone had proposed declaring him dead, but Xiao Yu did not agree, and Hong rejected the proposal due to Xiao Yu's opinion.

By the time Luo Feng had been inside for half a year, even Hong had no choice but to define it as a possible death, though it remained unconfirmed.

At Xiao Yu's request, the 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 29, 2058, a Round Table Conference was held once again.

The Hall Master, Hong, and the six inspectors were all in attendance.

The meeting mainly discussed whether to announce the news of Luo Feng's death to the public and the issue of distributing his assets.

"Everyone, I still do not support announcing the news of Luo Feng's death," Xiao Yu said.

"Luo Feng has been inside Civilization Relic No. 9 for a full year. Even if one couldn't understand the language or read the text, the longest anyone has ever stayed inside and come out alive was just over seven months! After learning to understand and read, the longest was only a month and a half," a white man said slowly.

"Before me, no one had participated in a Death Assessment," Xiao Yu said. "Perhaps Luo Feng is also performing a Death Assessment mission within the Elite Channel. My time limit was one month; perhaps his mission limit is one year, two years, or even three."

With Xiao Yu's precedent, no one could refute this argument.

"Then when should we determine death? There has to be a time limit," a white-robed black man said.

"Two years. Let's set the limit at two years," Xiao Yu said.

"Fine, two years it is. We will maintain Luo Feng's status as missing for now, but the cash portion of his assets will be handed over to his family, while the ownership of the remaining assets will remain unchanged," the black-haired man, Hong, said.

After the Round Table Conference, Xiao Yu personally went to Luo Feng's home to visit his parents. Xiao Yu's parents also visited Luo Feng's home often, and the two families frequently socialized.

Even Xu Xin often visited Luo Feng's parents.

Luo Feng possessed a significant amount of cash, totaling over a hundred billion Huaxia Coin. The materials from the three High-level Lord-level Monsters he hunted during the Level 1 Beast Tide alone were worth nearly a hundred billion, and combined with the ten billion he won betting at the Elite Training Camp, his total wealth certainly exceeded that amount.

After obtaining such a massive sum of capital, Luo Hua operated aggressively in the global stock market and soon became the eighth-largest shareholder of the Huaxia Country Industrial and Commercial Bank.

Meanwhile, Scorpion and Vulture were overjoyed upon learning the news that Luo Feng had not returned from Civilization Relic No. 9. In their hearts, they were certain that Luo Feng was dead.

Vulture sent people to harass Luo Feng's parents, deliberately stirring up trouble.

Because Luo Feng had caught the eye of Li Dawei and earned a quota for a one-thousand-man Guard Team, these individuals were assigned to protect his family.

Furthermore, Xiao Yu lived right there in the Mingyue Residential Area of Yangzhou City.

They only dared to initiate trouble during the two days Xiao Yu went out to the headquarters to spar with Hong, such as finding a shrew to harass Luo Feng's mother or starting a fight.

Any slightly major trouble was stopped by the guards.

Even these minor issues were discovered by Luo Hua, who spent a large sum of money to hire several High-level General martial artists to guard his parents.

Scorpion and Vulture even plotted whether they should take action themselves.

Luo Feng followed Hong's guard, Enchanting, into Civilization Relic No. 9. Upon entry, he was detected to have a brain-field width of 21, meeting the standard for a Mind Controller and the opening of the Elite Channel. After entering, he encountered eighteen black-robed figures who surrounded and intercepted him in the Nine Palaces Maze.

Having mastered the Fifth Layer of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, Luo Feng was stronger than in the original account. After eliminating three of the black-robed figures, he was trapped inside a crystal house five meters high and eight meters long and wide while trying to break through to find an exit.

The Death Assessment Mission had been activated.

Within three years, he had to break out of the assessment chamber by studying the Basic 312 Forms of the Master of Control secret transmission engraved on the walls of the chamber.

Passing would grant a reward; failure meant death.

When Luo Feng learned of this, he was extremely worried.

First, he worried that if he could not get out for so long, the Limit Martial Arts School would announce his death, causing his family distress.

Regarding his family's safety, he was not particularly worried; with his good friend Xiao Yu in Jiangnan Base City, those people would not dare to take any action.

Second, he worried about Xu Xin. What would she do if she learned he had died?

Because of this, he worked even harder, training as if his life depended on it.

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

Luo Feng successfully controlled sixteen flying knives, broke through the room, and passed the assessment, completing the Death Assessment Mission.

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

In fact, there was one more: the Master of Control secret transmission "Basic 312 Forms."

On November 29, 2058, the monthly sparring day began.

Hong, Thor, and Xiao Yu began their sparring inside a training ground the size of a soccer field. At first, it was every man for himself, but when Xiao Yu began to display some of his strength, even Hong's Light Domain, which had reached the Second Layer, gradually showed signs of defeat.

Hong and Thor began to cooperate. Their teamwork could be described as seamless, a classic example of one plus one being greater than two.

However, with Xiao Yu's current amplitude reaching 10 and his 15-fold Gene Level, his strength was equivalent to 150 times that of a peak Planetary ninth stage. Even if he only displayed one-tenth of his strength, it was still 15 times that of a peak Planetary ninth stage.

Thor was currently only at the Planetary eighth stage with an amplitude of 7—a level he only reached because he was crushed in every battle and kept striving to improve.

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

When Xiao Yu fought him, his strength was heavily suppressed, but the gap between the two was simply too large; even with half his strength suppressed, it was not enough.

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

In the virtual space, however, he could let loose.

Without restricting his strength, Xiao Yu could essentially one-shot them in a two-on-one fight.

When their physical fitness was restricted to the Planetary sixth stage, Xiao Yu could fight Hong to a standstill, unable to win. But against Thor, he remained in a state of total suppression due to the massive gap in amplitude.

"I accepted being suppressed by Hong before, since we are from the same era. But now, even a junior is stronger than me!" Thor said, sprawled on the sofa, feeling like life had lost its meaning.

"Thor, force-exertion techniques can be applied not just to power and speed, but also to defense. Your defense can't keep up; that won't do."

Previously in the virtual space, in the battles between Xiao Yu and Thor, Thor was shaken to death seven times out of ten, even with the protection of his combat suit.

"Master, Luo Feng has come out." Suddenly, Hong received the message transmitted from within Civilization Relic No. 9.

"Good." Hong said happily. After hanging up the video, he said to the Xiao Yu beside him: "Your judgment was correct. Luo Feng has already come out. Many thanks!"

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