A High-Risk Profession

(Full of survival instinct, next chapter will be updated around 9:40 PM. Striving for a successful eighth tribulation.)

Under the starry sky, the Life Pool, blazing with crimson flames, flew back from afar, shrunk to the size of an egg, and landed in Wang Xuan's hand.

In the distance, a giant ship disintegrated and disappeared, completely destroyed. A few metal fragments were swallowed up by the spatial rift.

Wang Xuan stood in the Cosmic Void. The creature that made him uncomfortable disappeared, and the source of malice was completely eradicated. He looked around again and again, then returned to the spaceship and continued on his journey.

In the distance, on a habitable planet, within the fiefdom of a certain lord, in an ancient castle, a middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes.

"Dead. My 'Innate Divine Body,' which was originally enough to increase my Mental Power by 30%, was beaten to death in one day. And I even encountered such an unreasonable... thug!"

He had a full head of Golden-haired Woman, wore a knight's outfit, and was quite handsome, but now his expression was extremely gloomy, and he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

"Boss, your 'divine body,' which you've 'experienced' for eight hundred years and possessed immense power, has unexpectedly perished?" A woman approached, also dressed in knight's attire, but her address to the middle-aged man was strange and out of place in this knightly territory.

"Yes, it was raised for a full eight hundred years. It was an Anomalous Being's Body with naturally strong spiritual power. To us experiencers, it could be called Innate Divine Body or Innate Immortal Body. In the end, it was so ridiculously beaten to death." The blond middle-aged man said.

He is the body in which the main consciousness of the Yuan Dao resides.

As one of the most powerful Fallen Dreadful Spirits in this universe, he participated in the Chaos of the Ancient Emperors and joined forces with others to kill the Number One Person.

He has manipulated the lives of some exceptionally talented individuals; this is his way of cultivating himself—experiencing and ending the extraordinary lives of others, seizing their "foundation."

The scholarly-looking, bespectacled Yuan Dao was his most important achievement in the last eight hundred years. He was born with Innate Divine Body and, after being guided by him, personally entered the body and comprehended the Dharma. Although he could no longer cultivate in the current environment, his spiritual power had "matured".

Because he was willing to take risks, he didn't rush to reap the rewards. Instead, he let the Innate Divine Body act on his behalf, forming alliances and so on. He never expected that it would all be gone today. Eight hundred years of hard work and cultivation, the crystallization of his heart and soul, had vanished in an instant.

"I...#￥#!" At this moment, he desperately wanted to kill someone. It felt like a hundred venomous snakes were gnawing at his heart, making him extremely uncomfortable.

"Boss, are you alright?" the female lieutenant dressed as a knight asked, feeling a lingering fear. The lieutenant over there had died; thankfully, she hadn't been with him.

"It's nothing." Yuan Dao calmed down, but he still couldn't understand it. It was really unreasonable. That person didn't ask anything and just went straight for the kill.

Otherwise, that Innate Divine Body might be able to inject most of its spiritual power into the void through a sacrifice, and then retrieve some of it through some kind of ritual.

"Nothing is easy, but our line of work is especially difficult. It's a high-risk industry where people die tragically and without explanation," Yuan Dao sighed.

He didn't elaborate on some things. This industry is particularly "assistant-intensive." Over the years, he has experienced failures and setbacks, but most of the time his mental energy can escape most of it. However, his assistants are not so lucky. They have been killed by at least a dozen or twenty people. It is extremely high-risk.

"This person is very special. In the future, before I put any plans related to him into action, I must forget myself first, otherwise, there is no guarantee that something big will happen next time," he reflected.

That person's perception is terrifying. We haven't even met, we haven't had any contact at all, he was just passing by, and the other party threw out the contraband. There's nowhere to complain!

Thump!

He smashed his head against the castle wall, venting his final rage.

The assistant asked, "Boss, the environment has changed. Cultivation is no longer possible. There's almost nothing left to gain from these harvesting operations. Should we continue?"

The main reason was that she was scared. She was a participant and had experienced many things firsthand. This time, the boss wanted to catch a Giant Whale with contraband in his possession, which meant she was risking her life.

"Giant Whale, a sight seen only a handful even in Mythological Era, not to be missed. Although the one with Innate Divine Body just died, that prey could be called Super Divine Body, Super Immortal Body..."

Yuan Dao cut his hair short, abandoned his knightly attire, and donned modern clothing. Soon after, a spaceship broke through the clouds and disappeared from the planet.

As the giant black ship approached the Land of Immortal Dao, Ming Lun Xian Yue received a signal, and a man with short blond hair appeared on the screen.

"Ming Lun, my strongest experience body in recent history is dead. Be careful. That person is exceptionally perceptive. If you get close to him, even with the slightest malice, something bad will happen..." The middle-aged man with short blond hair issued a quick and direct warning.

"Brother, who is he?" Xian Yue asked.

"The true form where the consciousness of the Primordial Yuan Dao Master resides." Ming Lun's expression was solemn.

Yuan Dao told him that even appearing as a simulated personality was not enough; he needed to forget all unkind thoughts to be safe.

"Even the strongest Fallen One can get into trouble?" Xian Yue chuckled privately.

"Even those who inhabit another person's body for decades or even centuries according to the agreement may suffer a backlash. Let alone the Fallen One directly take over another person's life. In history, there have been quite a few Fallen One who have been killed, and those who have survived are the most powerful group."

Afterwards, Ming Lun entered the secret room. When he came out again, he was radiant, as if he had undergone a sacred baptism, giving people a feeling of sincerity and purity.

"Brother, I feel like you've changed." Xian Yue showed a strange expression.

Ming Lun nodded and said, "After all, we may come into contact with that special person in a while. Although I have no ill intentions towards him and really want to cooperate, it's better to be more sincere. I've purified my mind."

"I'll purify myself too," Xian Yue said with a bright smile.

Wang Xuan and Zhao Qinghan's journey was peaceful and uneventful; of course, if there were any, they were all "nuclearized" by him.

Unfortunately, no special discoveries were made in the places where those ancient spaceships were found. Recently, those outdated ships have all gone far away and scattered to various parts of the universe.

Zhao Qinghan said, "Their frequent movements and sudden long journeys indicate an organized and large-scale mobilization. They must have some major operational plan."

Wang Xuan pondered, and realized that was indeed the case; these people might be planning something big.

They arrived on a planet that had preserved its pristine natural beauty. The afterglow of the setting sun painted the mountains and forests red, and giant Undying Bird flew about, bathed in the evening glow, as if a myth had been recreated. Carrying the two people and a bear, they flew towards the Sky City, enjoying various beautiful sights along the way.

This is the sacred bird of the Feather Clan. Of course, it has degenerated now, but its true form is still very powerful, barely maintaining the Supernatural Stage One.

After Wang Xuan displayed his supernatural powers, he gained the approval of the Feathered Clan and was regarded as an honored guest. They sent Undying Bird to escort them into the King City as a sign of respect.

In the past, the King City floated in the sky; now it rests on a magnificent and massive mountain, its summit leveled to create a grand spectacle, upon which the ancient city sits.

"As expected of Supernatural City back then." This was the first time Zhao Qinghan had ever seen such an ancient divine city. Gazing into the distance, overlooking the vast land and magnificent mountains and rivers, she felt refreshed and invigorated. The city still retained a sense of sacredness.

They stayed there for several days. Wang Xuan exchanged red Super Material for some extraordinary blood for the laboratory. The extraordinary divine blood of the Feather Clan, frozen in the snow mountain, still had some activity, which was already quite rare.

Several days later, they arrived on another planet and entered the kingdom of the elves. In the main city of the Moon Elf in the mountains, they saw the withered Life Tree. Wang Xuan made a deal with them and took a branch.

Afterwards, Wang Xuan and Zhao Qinghan rode snow-white unicorns, while the Mechanical Xiao rode a brown giant bear, traveling through the Moon Mountain where the Moon Elf lived, wandering among various ruins and beautiful scenery.

"I think it's more comfortable staying in the elven capital. Why do you ride Sacred Beast while I have to ride a slow, savage beast? I don't want to follow behind you and eat dust. I want to go back!"

The Mechanical Xiao expressed its dissatisfaction, and it became responsible for carrying tents, starting fires and cooking, and collecting all kinds of exotic flowers and herbs, thus becoming a logistics nanny.

The New Star, a colossal black ship, approached. After reporting its arrival and undergoing various tests, it was finally allowed to pass through and land.

Ming Lun Xian Yue arrived. According to the information, they started by visiting the New Star and then went to the Old Earth. However, when they arrived at this planet, they quickly received intermittent special signals, which shocked them.

"Higher class than our giant ships, on par with Father's mothership? Is it a mothership left behind by the predecessors who disappeared back then?"

The two were incredulous that such a thing existed on New Star, and more than one at that!

Ultimately, three motherships sent messages and made brief contact with them, informing them that there were a total of five motherships here!

"It's confirmed, it's the mothership that got lost back then. It actually crashed on this planet. Are there any survivors among the predecessors?"

The brother and sister's expressions changed.

"One of them was the vehicle of the tomb's cousin, 'Xuan,' but Xuan himself had long since disappeared."

Who is Tomb? The strongest among the Fallen Dreadful Spirits, and his cousin was naturally equally powerful, very famous among the experiencers, but disappeared for a long time.

As the signals they received became clearer and they learned some things, the two were shocked and overwhelmed by the news.

The brother and sister learned that the motherships had not crashed here, but were on the moon in outer space of Old Earth, and had been dug out from there.

The two were filled with unease and anxiety. Their ultimate destination was the Old Earth, and now they learned that five motherships had crashed there. What had happened back then?

"Perhaps, while traveling through chaotic times, they encountered some incredible strangeness, their time portals were destroyed, and that's why they all met their demise."

Currently, the mothership is only sending them information, and they want to go aboard in person to see if there are any remaining participants.

"The Qin Family, the Zhong family, the Sun family, the Agon Zaibatsu..."

They selected the Qin Family, intending to visit them before approaching the damaged mothership.

Soon, someone took the initiative to visit. A mysterious ancient robot who called himself Number Five appeared and came to visit first.

"Are robots... reliable?!" The brother and sister looked at each other and their expressions changed slightly.

They met with Mech Number Five at the hotel, but this ancient robot was in a sorry state. Although its exterior had been repaired, its interior had been severely damaged, and in this environment, it had lost its extraordinary attributes.

"The mothership invites you to visit. There are serious problems on the Moon of Old Earth. The terrible ordeal we experienced is not over yet, it is still ongoing..."

This single sentence chilled the brother and sister to the bone, making them regret their decision; their journey seemed fraught with uncertainty.

All five motherships have been damaged. Can they even get involved? Even in this great era where cultivation is forbidden, the problem still seems exceptionally serious!

"It's not just the Fallen One; Being an Experiencer is a high-risk profession too, it's extremely demanding," Ming Lun whispered.