"Not human?"
Hearing Babata's words, Luo Feng replied to her in his mind through consciousness, confused.
"He definitely isn't from Earth. An Earthling's bloodline couldn't improve his body so quickly."
Babata said with certainty.
The more she spoke, the more certain she became. With the physical talents of Earthlings, how could anyone reach Jiang Ming's level in less than two years?
Even disregarding what his body could withstand, it would have been impossible even if he had used a Domain Lord bloodline evolution serum at the Apprentice level.
So Jiang Ming definitely wasn't human!
At the very least, he wasn't from Earth!
"Then how do you explain Teacher's life story?"
Luo Feng knew Jiang Ming's background very well. Everything about Jiang Ming before he broke through to the Apprentice level could be traced.
"With the technology of a cosmic civilization, replacing someone's identity on Earth would be incredibly easy. Making it flawless wouldn't be difficult at all."
Babata was becoming increasingly convinced that Jiang Ming was not an Earthling. She had remained on Earth for over fifty thousand years. Although she often slept, she knew quite a bit about Earthlings.
However, Luo Feng did not entirely agree with Babata. Just as he was about to refute her, he heard a thunderous rumble.
Jiang Ming controlled his origin force and steadily brought the spaceship down.
"Hall Master, Luo Feng, long time no see."
After setting down the spaceship, Jiang Ming smiled brightly at Hong and Luo Feng.
"Long time no see."
Seeing Jiang Ming return from the stars, Hong had countless questions he wanted to ask.
"Come on, let's talk inside first. Thor will be here soon too."
Hong continued.
On the day Jiang Ming departed, countless eyes around the world had watched him, so naturally, everyone knew the spaceship he had boarded.
Now, news of Jiang Ming's return swept across the globe like a whirlwind.
Inside a conference room at the Limitless Martial Arts School headquarters, Jiang Ming, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor sat around a sofa.
"Only after leaving Earth can you truly feel the vastness of the universe."
Jiang Ming briefly described what he had seen among the stars before concluding.
"Yeah, the starry sky is far too vast."
Hong and Thor had also taken a spaceship to the Moon in their early years. Standing upon its surface, they too had felt the cold desolation of space.
"But we Earthlings must venture out. Only by going out can we have a future."
When Jiang Ming had ridden that battered spaceship, the feeling had struck him deeply.
A ship so dilapidated it could have been thrown into a scrapyard was still something Earthlings had to look up to.
That feeling reminded Jiang Ming of his childhood life in the orphanage.
Hearing Jiang Ming's words, the other three all nodded.
They all knew quite a bit about the world beyond Earth, especially Luo Feng.
Thinking of the world beyond Earth, and of how even the strongest person on Earth could only ride in a battered spaceship, they all deeply felt the contrast.
"Although there are quite a few Planetary-level warriors on Earth now, only the four of us have the ability to gain a foothold among the stars. In the days ahead, I'll explore ways to head into space. Earth's future will depend on the four of us."
Jiang Ming spoke to the three of them.
"Mm."
Hearing Jiang Ming's words, the three of them immediately perked up and nodded together.
Over the vast sea, Jiang Ming streaked across the sky.
"The Kinkaku Beast should have been born some time ago. I killed every King-class creature in the sea ahead of time. Without King-class monsters as a food source, it will have to feed frantically without pause."
Jiang Ming thought to himself.
The ocean was boundless. Relying on manpower to find a monster that was estimated to be just over ten meters long, and at most no more than thirty meters, was incredibly difficult.
Because there were too many monsters like that.
King-class sea monsters were over a hundred meters long, while Lord-class ones exceeded twenty meters.
No one knew how many Lord-class monsters lurked in the ocean. They could not be found as easily as King-class monsters.
Moreover, the Kinkaku Beast was highly intelligent. Before it was strong enough, it would never surface and allow human satellites to spot it.
Jiang Ming had already been searching the seas for several days.
"Zero, compare the data. Check which areas of the ocean have seen a rapid decline in monsters over the past few days."
With Jiang Ming's strength, he could travel through every sea region in a single day and investigate the situation beneath the ocean.
Originally, Jiang Ming had thought one day would be enough to find the Kinkaku Beast. But after searching for an entire day, he had not found it.
Jiang Ming guessed that the Kinkaku Beast must have some method of concealing itself, which was why he had not located it directly.
"Found it."
After Jiang Ming had continuously examined conditions across the sea for several days, even though he had not found the Kinkaku Beast directly, he still discovered an abnormal area.
Once Jiang Ming confirmed the location, he did not hesitate. His figure swiftly cut across the horizon.
Before long, he arrived in a sea region in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Jiang Ming began searching inch by inch.
His detection reached forty kilometers underground. Unless the newborn Kinkaku Beast could burrow into the core of the earth, it could never escape Jiang Ming's search.
"So it's here."
Jiang Ming smiled faintly. His origin force plunged thousands of meters into the seawater, where he found the Kinkaku Beast within a deep-sea trench.
"Roar!!!"
Directly seized by Jiang Ming's origin force, the Kinkaku Beast roared madly and struggled with all its strength.
The ripples of power pierced through thousands of meters of seawater, stirring wave after wave upon the surface.
"It's quite lively. Then calm down for a bit."
Seeing the Kinkaku Beast struggle so fiercely against his origin force, Jiang Ming chuckled softly. The origin force gripping the Kinkaku Beast entered its body.
The instant the origin force surged in, the Kinkaku Beast fell quiet.
The seawater split apart, and the deeply unconscious Kinkaku Beast appeared before Jiang Ming.
"So this is what a Kinkaku Beast looks like. It's pretty handsome."
Jiang Ming looked at the Kinkaku Beast before him. It resembled a lion, its body covered in black scales, with a pair of black wings, and a single horn on its head traced with golden patterns.
"Looks like it's been starving badly lately."
The Kinkaku Beast before Jiang Ming was only around seventeen meters long. Among Kinkaku Beasts, it was equivalent to a newborn child that had only had its first feeding.
"It's fine. You won't have to go hungry anymore."
Jiang Ming could not stand seeing children starve, so he decided to help the Kinkaku Beast escape the misery of never having enough to eat.
Mm, I'm helping a pitiful child escape hunger while also solving Luo Feng's bloodline problem. The title of the universe's great philanthropist should belong to me today.
As for that tiny handling fee involved, it's not worth mentioning. Not worth mentioning at all.
Jiang Ming thought to himself. The more he considered it, the more he felt that he truly was a great philanthropist.
"Babata, why do you think Teacher suddenly called for me?"
Luo Feng rode in a King-class fighter jet and asked Babata through his thoughts.
Jiang Ming had suddenly called him just now, saying that he had something good to show him.
"Maybe he found some alien relics."
Jiang Ming had previously said that he would explore the various dangerous regions on Earth next. Those places were mostly remnants left behind by cosmic factions, so it would not be strange for Jiang Ming to find something.
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