Secret Meeting

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

"No problem." Bata chose a concealed spot in the Wilderness Zone and set the spaceship down.

This trip into space had taken Lin Qingyu over a month. Earth's date was now August 15, 2052.

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

Jia Yi sipped tea as he reviewed the reports sent in by Huashan's operation teams across various regions.

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

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

Even as a Planetary level expert, he alone could not possibly enable humanity to defeat the monsters.

However, there was not no hope at all.

"If Xiao Yu grows up..."

Thinking of Lin Qingyu, Jia Yi sighed even more helplessly.

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 at his hands.

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

Leaving everything else aside, Lin Qingyu had even dared to venture into a Deadly zone! That was a Deadly zone jointly recognized by all of Earth's experts, one that even Hong and Thor were not completely confident they could explore.

Although Lin Qingyu had returned safely, the incident had still given Jia Yi quite a fright. He had helped him obtain a Black God Suit and placed him under House arrest for a month, finally keeping Lin Qingyu settled down for a year.

Yet Lin Qingyu truly could not stay still. Now he had run off so thoroughly that no one on Earth could find him.

Although he had given advance notice this time, Jia Yi was still worried.

"Xiao Yu, don't keep running into Deadly zones." 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.

With no other choice, Jia Yi could only give up. He had not even sent people out on a large-scale search for Lin Qingyu, so as not to worry Lin Qingyu's parents.

Ring, ring, ring—

Jia Yi's phone suddenly rang. Few people on Earth knew this number. When Jia Yi picked it up, he 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, and Hong and Hall Master Thor will be coming as well. Can you arrange a sufficiently secure meeting room? Oh, and what I need to discuss this time is very important and must be kept confidential. At least until you've heard my explanation tomorrow, don't tell anyone else. After tomorrow, we can discuss with Hall Master Hong and the others how to proceed," 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 answered gravely.

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

Jia Yi had watched Lin Qingyu grow up and understood his character well. Though Lin Qingyu was only fifteen, his strength and knowledge were indeed 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.

"Lin Qingyu? Where have you been during 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 position of Earth's number one expert. It was hard to imagine any place on Earth that could keep Lin Qingyu exploring for a month and a half.

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

"What? Space!" Even Hong's usually calm voice rose slightly. Even with his state of mind, this news deeply shocked him.

"Yes. As for the specifics, bring Hall Master Thor to Kyoto Base City in Huaxia Country tomorrow. I'll explain the intelligence related to space 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, money and power on Earth meant nothing, but he had to take any information about space seriously!

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

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

"Tut, tut, tut, kid Lin, long time no see. I didn't expect that after our last sparring match, you'd run straight into space," said a middle-aged man in white robes with a shaved head, looking like a monk, his expression exaggerated.

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

"I was planning for the Future of human civilization too. 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 and 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 upon seeing Jia Yi. Lin Qingyu was not a martial artist from a martial arts school or the HR Alliance. He was a direct member of Huaxia Country and Jia Yi's personal disciple. Whatever information Lin Qingyu had obtained in space, he would certainly tell Jia Yi.

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

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

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

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

"As for why I was able to travel into space, that begins with my previous trip to Australia to hunt monsters." Lin Qingyu began recounting how he had obtained an inheritance on Mist Island, then acquired a spaceship in Dead Zone No. 12, before entering space, along with the rest of his experiences.

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