Site 9

Chen Hao immediately rose to his feet. Jiang Fang, Shi Jiang, and Zhao Ruo also hurriedly stood and bowed to the figure descending from the air and entering the hall. "Greetings, Lady Yao Rao."

"Sister Yao Rao, you're here."

Yao Rao gave Jiang Fang a slight nod. "It seems you really did take in a good student this time. Congratulations on reaching Peak God of War. With your realm, breaking through to Councilor Rank shouldn't be too difficult."

She then looked at Chen Hao. "Hello, Chen Hao. This is our first meeting. What happened to you was a mistake on the part of our headquarters."

"I have three options for you. The first is for you to graduate directly from the Training Camp and become an inspector for a Base City. You may choose the Base City yourself."

"The second is for you to remain at the Training Camp as an instructor. The resources you receive there will be compensated according to the contract for the most exceptional geniuses."

"The third is for you to graduate directly from the Training Camp. Then, you will be personally received by the Chief Hall Master and may have the chance to become his disciple. However, the Chief Hall Master is currently in seclusion, so you will have to wait until he emerges before you can meet him."

Jiang Fang, Shi Jiang, and Zhao Ruo's eyes instantly lit up. A disciple of the Chief Hall Master—that meant becoming the disciple of Earth's number one person.

"Then let's keep everything as it is. I'll graduate from the Training Camp first. We can discuss the rest after I come out of Site 9."

Yao Rao was extremely satisfied with Chen Hao's choice. His decision was equivalent to choosing the third option in disguise.

For an ordinary Invincible War God, Yao Rao would not need to come personally. But for a young and immensely talented genius like Chen Hao, the Chief Hall Master attached great importance to him. And whoever the Chief Hall Master valued was someone Yao Rao had to value as well.

That was why Yao Rao had personally come to notify Chen Hao. Once everything had been discussed, she prepared to leave. "Xiao Fang, come see me when you have time. I'll tell you about some of my experiences in breaking through to Councilor Rank."

"Alright, Sister Yao Rao. I'll come find you."

Shi Jiang and Zhao Ruo soon left Chen Hao's home.

Seeing that Jiang Fang was about to leave, Chen Hao called out to her. "Sister Fang, are you going to try breaking through to Councilor Rank?"

"Yes. My strength has already reached Peak God of War, and I want to give it a try and see whether I can break through to Councilor Rank." Jiang Fang stopped. "It's all thanks to your Spirit of Grass and Wood. Perhaps while its medicinal effects have yet to fade, I can try making a breakthrough."

Chen Hao nodded, and a box suddenly appeared in his hand. "In that case, I wish you success in breaking through to Councilor Rank. Actually, Councilor Rank is also called the Planetary Level. The most important things during a breakthrough are control of the body and harmony with spiritual power."

Seeing Jiang Fang's stunned expression, he continued without pause. "Once you break through to the Planetary Level, the Gene Energy in your body will condense into a sphere in the dantian. You've already reached the Artistic Conception level, so spiritual power shouldn't be a problem. And after so many years at the God of War realm, your control over your body is also very high. To break through to Councilor Rank, you only need to synchronize the frequencies of the two. There are some gifts I prepared for you inside. Consider them an early congratulations on reaching the Planetary Level."

Jiang Fang's expression was extremely complicated, filled with joy, resistance, confusion, temptation, and more. "Did you obtain an inheritance from an ancient civilization?"

"You can think of it that way!" Chen Hao directly stuffed the box into her arms. I obtained the original plot, all right.

After Jiang Fang left, Chen Hao recalled the items he had synthesized earlier, including those inside the box.

The box contained only a pair of twin blades, a pair of gauntlets, a Space Backpack, and a single plant. A 100,000-year Ginseng Spirit of Grass and Wood should not really be called a Spirit of Grass and Wood, but rather a Planetary-Level heavenly treasure.

Myriad-Year Ginseng (100,000 years)

Synthesized through a special method

Perfectly repaired bodily and soul damage

Strengthened and stabilized one's foundation, increasing potential.

Could greatly enhance Planetary-Level Gene Energy.

First-Grade Force Twin Blades

Synthesized through a special method

When infused with Gene Energy, they could pierce Planetary-Level defenses.

First-Grade Force Battle Suit

Synthesized through a special method

When infused with Gene Energy, it could defend against attacks below the Stellar Level.

Besides that, Chen Hao also synthesized a First-Grade Force Battle Blade and a First-Grade Force Battle Suit for himself, as well as an enormous Space Backpack with a capacity of over a thousand cubic meters. As for his original one, he had given it directly to Jiang Fang.

The Universe-class Intelligent Fighter tore through the sky at astonishing speed. Inside the cabin were Yao Rao and Chen Hao.

"Site 9, an ancient civilization relic, is located deep within the South American Amazon Rainforest. Among ancient civilization relics, it is one of the less dangerous ones. This relic was likely an ancient secret realm used for selection, elimination, and testing. It normally opens only once a year, but this time, an individual assessment channel has been opened just for you."

"Once you enter, Martial Artists will follow the A-Type Channel into the depths of the relic. Spiritual Thought Masters, meanwhile, will be directed by the relic into the depths through the B-Type Channel."

"The A-Type Channel is more dangerous, while the B-Type Channel is extremely safe. After entering the depths of the relic, everyone's experiences may differ, and so may the difficulty. Those who succeed can receive the relic's reward—the Black God Set. Those who fail will either die or be crippled."

"Of course, ever since the relic was opened, there has never been a case of injury or death in the B channel."

"Also, the ruins of Site 9 contain a language and writing system completely different from any on Earth. You'll need to download translation software..."

In the South American Amazon Rainforest, the Universe-class Intelligent Fighter rapidly dived from high in the sky before slowly landing.

The cabin door opened, and Yao Rao and Chen Hao stepped out together. They stood in a patch of wasteland, surrounded by endless jungle.

The earth trembled, and the soil split apart to either side, revealing a passage leading underground that was a full five meters wide.

"Alright, hurry in. There's no danger to your life anyway. Good luck." With that, Yao Rao leaped into the Universe-class Fighter, which carried her away.

At that moment, an elderly man in red robes emerged from the passage. "Hello, you must be God of War Chen Hao. Come, let's go down. It seems the Martial Hall values you highly, to actually let you use the individual assessment channel. You should know that the group channel only offers one chance each year, while the individual channel also offers only one chance per year..."

As he spoke, the two took a silver-gray elevator down to a black corridor forged from alloy. After passing through nine checkpoints, they arrived in an empty hall four or five hundred meters across, where over a hundred humans of all skin colors from Earth were gathered.

"Open the individual entrance channel." At the red-robed elder's command, a two-meter-high opening appeared.

Chen Hao walked inside. Looking at the spectacle before him, which resembled countless tree roots entwined together, he was still deeply shaken despite having read about it in the original story.

He strolled onward until he reached a circular mirror radiating streams of light. He stepped into it, and the mirror swallowed him effortlessly like a rippling surface of water.

When Chen Hao's vision returned, he found himself in a black hall with a hemispherical ceiling. The entire hall covered several hundred square meters.

A hazy multicolored light enveloped Chen Hao in the hall. More than a minute quickly passed, and then a crystal rope suddenly shot down from the black hall's hemispherical dome, wrapping around him. More than a hundred crystal ropes followed, winding around and enclosing him.

Streams of light passed through the crystal ropes and rapidly traveled toward the ceiling of the black hall. The process lasted around twenty seconds before all the crystal ropes suddenly retracted and merged into the ceiling.

"×××××××, ×××××××..."

A final string of complex sounds echoed through the hall. Chen Hao checked the translation software.

"Please enter the B-Type Channel." A line of ancient language matching the pronunciation also appeared on the communications watch screen.

Huh? O_o? Where's the elite channel I was promised? Why did it turn into a B-Class channel? Damn it, I'd been looking forward to this for so long, and all I got was a B? Who are they looking down on?