Meteorite Star

Just as Lin Qingyu was considering whether to dig straight down and try to unearth the Meteorite Star, the entire Mist Island suddenly began to tremble.

A purple-black vine, twenty centimeters in diameter yet over a thousand meters long, burst from the ground and lashed directly at Lin Qingyu at three times the speed of sound.

"Moyun Vine? Why did it come out so quickly? I haven't even taken any Spirit of Plants and Trees." Lin Qingyu was somewhat surprised.

But surprised or not, his movements were not slow. His Domain instantly spread open as Origin Force and Mental Force erupted.

The spear in his hand seemed to tear through space as it directly collided with a branch of the Moyun Vine.

The sonic boom and shockwave produced by the clash between vine and spear swept across the entire Mist Island. Even War God level Spirits of Plants and Trees were like blades of grass in a hurricane amid such a collision.

The thousand-meter vine was sent flying backward by Lin Qingyu's spear, though Lin Qingyu himself was forced back several steps by its strength.

"Impressive. Worthy of the Moyun Vine," Lin Qingyu said.

Both he and Hong in the Plot possessed Domain 2nd layer, but his foundation was much weaker than Hong's. After all, Lin Qingyu had not even broken through to the Planetary level yet.

Of course, that did not mean he was actually afraid of the Moyun Vine.

Yet before he could attack again, the previously aggressive Moyun Vine abruptly stopped moving. Not only did it cease attacking Lin Qingyu, it began to contract.

At the same time, Lin Qingyu sensed a peculiar vitality emanating from the Moyun Vine. Its aura was slowly growing stronger!

Underground, Bata watched the Moyun Vine absorb Wood Crystals and undergo its transformation. Pain flashed across his face, but when he recalled the power Lin Qingyu had displayed—a control that could even interfere with space—he felt that it had been well worth it!

"He actually, actually comprehended a Domain! His Gene Level is high, and his comprehension is ridiculously high as well! If I can successfully bring Lin Qingyu into the Yunmo Star lineage, then throwing out five Wood Crystals will have been worthwhile. No, I'll have made an enormous profit!" Bata said.

Five Wood Crystals were not much, but Bata had originally thrown only three Wood Crystals onto Mist Island.

Moreover, this was a gamble. If Lin Qingyu failed to notice the Moyun Vine's transformation, or if he was overly cautious and left immediately, then the investment of five Wood Crystals would go down the drain.

To Bata, Wood Crystals were not particularly precious treasures. But now that he was trapped on Earth with no source of income, every bit of resource was valuable and could not be wasted carelessly.

"If Lin Qingyu leaves, then I can only increase the investment and use Wood Crystals to attract Earth's experts for selection, then have them call Lin Qingyu over. Hmm, let me think. This Jia Yi might be a suitable candidate."

Fortunately, Lin Qingyu did not retreat. Instead, he charged directly toward the place where the Moyun Vine had emerged, as if he had long known the source of its evolution and transformation.

"It seems Lin Qingyu's perception is not weak. He noticed the Moyun Vine's changes, and every expert is ambitious. As expected, he has come to investigate the Moyun Vine's secret." After detecting Lin Qingyu's movements, Bata smiled and nodded. Yet his expression soon shifted to one of concern.

"But he is still too reckless. There are countless dangers in the Universe. If he charges around relying on his strength, he may not even know when he gets himself killed. Once he becomes Master's disciple, I must teach him a proper lesson."

Bata had already begun designing Lin Qingyu's training plan.

On the surface, Lin Qingyu immediately followed after the Moyun Vine once it began to contract.

Elsewhere in the Universe, he might have been more cautious. But Mist Island was Bata's territory, and the Moyun Vine's abnormal change was most likely part of Bata's Plot. Bata probably wanted Lin Qingyu to follow his script, while Lin Qingyu wanted to obtain the Meteorite Star and its inheritance. Naturally, he would cooperate.

Very soon, Lin Qingyu discovered three Wood Crystals near the Moyun Vine's roots. The Moyun Vine was continuously digging downward, and then it unearthed another Wood Crystal.

Having obtained the Wood Crystals, the Moyun Vine began evolving and transforming without pause.

"Wood Crystals? They came from underground?" Lin Qingyu said. Then, without hesitation, he controlled his Mental Power Weapon and drilled straight down.

"Good, he finally came down." Bata breathed a sigh of relief, then began his "luring" plan.

Bata's plan was actually very simple. He would first toss out several Wood Crystals and let the Moyun Vine emerge to draw Lin Qingyu's attention. Once Lin Qingyu noticed the Moyun Vine evolving, he would naturally notice the Wood Crystals it was absorbing.

Even if Lin Qingyu did not know what Wood Crystals were, anything capable of evolving the Moyun Vine was naturally a treasure. Combined with the Moyun Vine's constant digging underground, it would lead Lin Qingyu to explore beneath the earth.

Then, throughout the process, Bata would continuously toss out Wood Crystals, planning Lin Qingyu's route all the way to the Meteorite Star.

Lin Qingyu also understood that Bata had probably deliberately thrown out these Wood Crystals to "lure" him. So he cooperatively picked up each Wood Crystal Bata tossed out, not even showing any confusion. After all, it cost him nothing.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. His vigilance is still far too low. He needs tempering—he must be tempered ruthlessly!" Inside the underground spaceship, Bata watched Lin Qingyu behave as though he had no defenses at all and felt somewhat helpless.

As the two harbored their own thoughts, this "script," written by Bata and performed by Lin Qingyu, finally reached its conclusion.

Lin Qingyu's spread-out Mental Power suddenly sensed a massive chunk of metal!

Lin Qingyu knew that he had arrived.

He controlled his Mental Power and directly forced apart the entire rock layer, creating a sizable cavity.

A dust-covered metal door appeared before him.

"Is this... Ruins?" Lin Qingyu used Mental Force to control his Mental Power Weapon, clearing away all the stones surrounding the Meteorite Star. Without much hesitation, he stepped inside.

Walking along the entrance passage of the Meteorite Star until he reached its end, Lin Qingyu saw a corpse.

The corpse was roughly eight meters tall, clad in armor and emanating an immense pressure, as though it were merely sleeping there.

"So this is the pressure of an Undying? It feels... just so-so." Lin Qingyu thought to himself, then shook his head. "All right, that was a little too arrogant. This Undying is already dead. If he were alive, he could probably slap the current me to death with one hand."

Lin Qingyu did not linger before the corpse. Instead, like in the Original work, he proceeded in a straight line along the widest passage.

He picked up quite a few Wood Crystals along the way. It seemed Bata was afraid he would fail to find Meteorite Star's inheritance.

Soon, after passing through a gate over ten meters tall and wide, Lin Qingyu arrived in a magnificent, enormous semicircular hall with a radius exceeding one hundred meters.

There were six corpses in the hall. Five were lifelike, as if they were merely asleep. The remaining one had only golden bones left; all its other tissues and organs had turned to ash.

Beep—

A sound rang out.

The lights in the dim hall suddenly came on, their dazzling radiance illuminating the entire hall with brilliant clarity.

At the same time, countless strange rays of light converged before Lin Qingyu, forming a translucent virtual figure.

It was a childlike figure about one meter forty-five tall, dressed in a black robe, with two small horns atop its head and blood-red eyes. It was none other than Demon Bata.

"Lin Qingyu, you finally came." Bata looked at Lin Qingyu with a calm expression, but inwardly, he let out a long sigh of relief.

This heaven-defying genius could finally join the Yunmo Star lineage.