Secret Meeting

"The spacecraft will stop outside the Base City. I'll fly back myself," Lin Qingyu said.

"No problem." Bata chose a concealed location in the Wilderness Zone and landed the spacecraft.

This trip into the Universe had taken Lin Qingyu over a month. It was now August 15, 2052, Earth time.

Kyoto Base City, headquarters of the Special Operations Team "Huashan."

Jia Yi drank tea while reading the reports sent in by Huashan's operation teams from various locations.

"The land monsters have settled down somewhat, but the sea monsters are stirring again? Sigh, when will humanity become the Master of Earth again?" Jia Yi sighed.

He had lived through the era when humanity ruled Earth decades ago, as well as the Era of escape during the Great Nirvana. By the time the Base City era arrived, he had become one of humanity's upper ranks on Earth, and his cultivation had reached the Planetary level.

Even as a Planetary level expert, he could not possibly lead humanity to defeat the monsters through his strength alone.

However, that did not mean there was no hope at all.

"If Xiao Yu grows up..."

Thinking of Lin Qingyu, Jia Yi let out an even more helpless sigh.

Lin Qingyu was an unprecedented super genius on Earth. This was only his first year of cultivation, yet he had forcibly suppressed the land monsters! More than one King level monster had already died by his hand.

But after becoming Planetary level, Lin Qingyu's habit of running around everywhere gave Jia Yi a headache.

Leaving aside anything else, Lin Qingyu even dared to venture into Deadly zones! Those were places jointly recognized as Deadly zones by all of Earth's experts. Even Hong and Thor had no absolute confidence in exploring them.

Although Lin Qingyu had returned safely, that incident had still given Jia Yi quite a scare. He had gotten him a Black God Suit and put him under house arrest for a month, finally keeping Lin Qingyu settled down for a year.

Yet Lin Qingyu truly could not stay still. This time, he had vanished so completely that no one on Earth could find him.

Although he had informed him beforehand this time, Jia Yi was still worried.

"Xiao Yu, don't go running into Deadly zones again." Jia Yi had originally wanted to call Lin Qingyu back out of concern, but by the next day, Lin Qingyu was already nowhere to be found.

Unable to do anything else, Jia Yi could only give up. He had not even sent people out on a large-scale search for Lin Qingyu, lest Lin Qingyu's parents worry.

Ring, ring, ring—

Jia Yi's phone suddenly rang. Not many people on Earth knew this number. He picked it up and saw that it was Lin Qingyu calling.

"Xiao Yu, you're back?" Jia Yi hurriedly answered. "Where have you been for the past month and a half?"

"Master, I'll explain that later. I have something to tell you tomorrow. Hong and Hall Master Thor will be coming as well. Can you arrange a sufficiently secure meeting room? Also, what I need to discuss this time is very important and must be kept confidential. At least until you have heard my explanation tomorrow, don't tell anyone else. After tomorrow, we can discuss the specifics and decide together with Hall Master Hong and the others." Lin Qingyu's voice came through the phone.

"Something important? How important?" Jia Yi asked.

"It concerns the future of all humanity," Lin Qingyu said solemnly.

"Xiao Yu, are you serious?" Jia Yi asked.

"Yes. I'm serious," Lin Qingyu replied gravely.

"Alright, I'll arrange it." Jia Yi quickly gave him a location. "We'll hold the meeting there. It's very secure. Until tomorrow's meeting is over, no one else will know about it."

Jia Yi had watched Lin Qingyu grow up and understood his personality well. Although Lin Qingyu was only fifteen, both his strength and knowledge were truly on the level of Earth's top experts.

Since Lin Qingyu said this meeting might determine humanity's future, Jia Yi was willing to trust his judgment.

In the Wilderness Zone outside the Base City, Lin Qingyu ended his call with Jia Yi and then dialed Hong's number.

"Is that Lin Qingyu? Where have you been all this time?" Hong asked over the phone.

Even he was somewhat curious about Lin Qingyu's whereabouts. He knew that Lin Qingyu was actually capable of competing for the title of Earth's strongest expert. It was hard to imagine what place on Earth could keep Lin Qingyu exploring for a month and a half.

"I went into the Universe," Lin Qingyu said without concealing it. Compared to Jia Yi, Hong, as Earth's strongest expert, knew more.

"What? The Universe!" Even Hong's normally calm voice rose slightly. Even with his state of mind, the news was deeply shocking.

"Yes. As for the details, bring Hall Master Thor to Kyoto Base City in Huaxia Country tomorrow. I'll explain everything I know about the Universe in detail." Lin Qingyu gave Hong the location Jia Yi had provided and asked him to bring Thor over.

"Alright." Hong did not hesitate and nodded in acceptance of Lin Qingyu's invitation.

For someone like Hong, Earthly wealth and power meant nothing to him, but he had to take any information about the Universe seriously!

As one of Earth's foremost experts, he truly bore the fate of all humanity on his shoulders.

August 16, 2052, Kyoto Base City, Huaxia Country.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, kid Lin, long time no see. I never expected that after our last sparring match, you'd go straight into the Universe." A middle-aged man in white robes, with a shaved head and the appearance of a monk, spoke with an exaggerated expression.

Since making his name, Lin Qingyu had always kept a low profile and rarely appeared in public. He had never even visited the War God Palace. Hong had only met him twice, while Thor had met Lin Qingyu only once.

"I was making plans for the Future of human civilization as well. Alright, Hall Master Hong, Hall Master Thor, please come in." Lin Qingyu knew Thor's personality from the Original work, so he did not say much. He directly led the two into the meeting room Jia Yi had prepared.

Jia Yi had been waiting in the meeting room for quite some time.

Hong and Thor did not say much when they saw Jia Yi. Lin Qingyu was not a martial artist from a martial arts hall or the HR Alliance. He was one of Huaxia Country's direct line and Jia Yi's personal disciple. Whatever information Lin Qingyu had obtained in the Universe, he would certainly tell Jia Yi.

Hong and Thor took their seats one after another. They knew that Lin Qingyu was the main figure in today's meeting.

"There are no outsiders here, so I'll get straight to the point." Lin Qingyu spoke. "Over the past month and a half, I was not on Earth. I went into the Universe."

Although Hong and Thor were somewhat surprised, they already knew this news.

Jia Yi's pupils constricted, but with his excellent composure, he did not ask any questions at that moment.

"As for how I was able to enter the Universe, that begins with my previous trip to Australia to hunt monsters." Lin Qingyu began describing how he obtained an inheritance on Mist Island, then acquired a spacecraft in Dead Zone No. 12, and subsequently entered the Universe.

Aside from the core secrets Bata had instructed him to keep confidential, he told them everything he could.