Path of Transcendence
Zhang Ping'an only learned about the Obelisk incident within the Alliance after Xun Min fell into a coma and Zhang Ping'an took over some of his duties.
It was then that he learned there were so many "bloody" secrets within the Alliance.
But he didn't know the details. After Old Huang glanced at him, he told him about this dark history.
The Alliance was incredibly excited when they first acquired this item and learned that it could help humanity evolve.
This is because it means that it has become easier for humans to become Legendary figures; those born with special talents will inevitably be able to ascend to the Legendary once they grow up.
And the fact that this thing can give people talent is truly bizarre.
If there are enough Legendary powerful beings, humanity can launch a counterattack against the Insectoid, and even completely eliminate their only rival in this Universe.
The Alliance's initial experiment was successful; they selected one hundred people to test their talents, and all of them succeeded.
Although the talents they activated were both good and bad, they did indeed open a shortcut to Legendary for people.
This result emboldened them, and they began selecting veterans stuck before reaching Legendary rank and helping them break through to Legendary.
Despite some setbacks, they managed to help the two advance to the Legendary within a year, a piece of news that shocked the human leadership.
But just as people were excitedly preparing to increase the intensity of the experiment, problems arose with the first 100 people to participate.
After their experiments, the Mecha leveled up rapidly, without any bottlenecks whatsoever.
But gradually people discovered that they seemed to have lost all human emotions and gradually turned into machines that looked exactly like the original people.
Eventually, they even stopped identifying themselves as human and began to look down on those whose talents hadn't been activated.
That wasn't the worst of it. Then one day, one of these men attacked his own comrades, all the while saying:
"Purify everything here, and await the arrival of the true God!"
Then, their unit of three thousand men was wiped out by the one hundred modified individuals.
The highest-ranking officer in the unit, the pilot of the level 57 Perfect Mecha Hurricane Hunter, was forcibly killed by them.
Old Huang learned about this at that time, because the Alliance sent three Legendary to secretly resolve this problem, and he was one of them.
The three of them completely overwhelmed the hundred people; one can never truly understand the terror of Legendary until one reaches the level of Legendary.
These people are easy to deal with, but the two who broke through to the Dao Legendary with the help of this Obelisk are not so easy to handle.
One of these two was the one who broke through to the Legendary after the other one hundred people. He had lost his humanity and was besieged and killed by the three of them.
Old Huang suffered a hidden injury in that battle, which worsened over the years of warfare until it finally manifested in recent years.
The person who broke the Legendary through external force should be very weak.
On the contrary, despite originally lacking the talent to break through to the Legendary, with the help of the Obelisk, his combat power was almost enough to take on two opponents at once.
If it weren't for the fact that Old Huang and his group outnumbered each other, the outcome of that battle would have been very different.
The other person was simpler; because he had just broken through to the Legendary using that thing, the Alliance easily controlled him.
"I heard that he and those who later used the Obelisk were all executed because they couldn't find a solution. Now that you mention it, it seems there's more to the story..." Old Huang said, glancing at Zhang Ping'an.
"They were secretly imprisoned on Prison Planet. How could Xun Min's men possibly give up such Perfect experimental subjects?" Zhang Ping'an.
"Who do you think you are? You think you're qualified to talk about them?" Old Huang.
"At least I won't let them escape. You must know about Black Shark, right?"
"What exactly are you trying to say? You're not trying to say that the person targeting me in the Alliance is Mao Ziyuan, who was imprisoned and then escaped, are you?" Old Huang.
"Of course not. After those people escaped, they fled to the Outer Domain and established a sect led by Mao Ziyuan."
You've probably heard of this sect; it's the White Lotus Evil Cult.
But they have been active in the Outer Domain, and we don't know much about them.
However, two years ago, Xun Min and his team encountered these people, and after decades of development, seven of them had broken through to the Legendary.
They clashed with the main force of the Xun Min in the Outer Domain. Although they were repelled by the Xun Min forces, the Xun Min's personal guard also suffered heavy losses.
The reason he was ambushed by Leviathan King some time ago was because his royal guard suffered too many casualties in that battle.
After that battle, some of Xun Min's men suggested restarting the Obelisk Project, Xun Min agreed.
Aside from ceasing human experimentation, they haven't actually stopped this plan over the years.
So after restarting the Obelisk project, they quickly achieved new results.
They discovered that this thing could not only help people randomly awaken their talents, but also transfer the talents of those born with innate talents to others.
And it has no side effects...
After Zhang Ping'an finished speaking, Old Huang understood the whole story, completely.
"Heh, so this is the Alliance I'm loyal to..."
Tell me which old geezer took a liking to her talent?
Old Huang spoke to Zhang Ping'an in a low voice, his almost tangible killing intent causing the surrounding air to drop several degrees.
In the entire Alliance, only a few old men who were about to die dared to lay a hand on his granddaughter.
They're already dying, what else do they care about?
"Don't be impulsive. Xun Min won't be able to keep this up for much longer. As long as he goes down, I promise you, I'll help you settle all these things," Zhang Ping'an.
His real intention was to get Old Huang to help him seize that exclusive position in the upcoming competition.
"No need. Xiao Rui's talent is very special. She has two special talents: special Mindscape energy and the ability to communicate with Magic Energy."
There are only a handful of people who need both of these talents to break through the Legendary, and who are also on the verge of death, and only one person can come into contact with the Obelisk.
"Then the person in charge of the Obelisk project, the pilot of the Mindscape Mecha, and the head of the Alliance Technology Research Center, Jiang Ford!"
Old Huang said directly that he had been investigating this matter as well, Zhang Ping'an had given him a lot of information.
"When did you become so smart?" Zhang Ping'an said with a wry smile.
"When my only child was harmed!"
"Old Huang, listen to me, wait a little longer. Xun Min can't protect them for much longer," Zhang Ping'an.
"Knew!"
After Old Huang finished speaking, he left. Zhang Ping'an wanted to say something, but ultimately didn't.
He felt he had made a mistake; he hadn't talked to his roommate for so long that he had forgotten what kind of person the other was.
How could the Six-Armed Wisdom King possibly tolerate someone using another's talent and life to break through the Legendary?
Moreover, since this happened to him, he was even less likely to let those people off the hook.
"Don't let anything happen, old classmate!" Zhang Ping'an thought to himself.
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The next day
8 o'clock
After a night's rest, Old Wang, now in peak condition, logged back into the game and went to General Zhang's place once more.
Yesterday, after his Mecha Evolution, he received a system message, which he didn't pay attention to at the time, only seeing it after logging in today.
The system message congratulated him on evolving to the next stage and subtly mentioned that General Zhang had heard his attack power had exceeded 1000 and wanted him to come over.
This was clearly the prelude to triggering a mission. He was stunned when he saw the message after logging in, not knowing if it was too late to go now.
"You're really something, kid. You're about the same age as me back in my day."
Okay, I have another task for you. This old man wants to eat lamb chops. Go to Planet M-32 and get me 10,000 lamb chops. Can you do that?
General Zhang, the white-bearded General Zhang, said to Old Wang. After he finished speaking, Old Wang heard the system notification sound again.
"System notification: General Zhang has issued you a mission, [Path of Transcendence 1], do you accept?"
"Accept!"
The Path of Transcendence 1: Please complete General Zhang's test.
Task progress: Lamb chops (0/10000)
Task Reward: 50,000 Experience Points
"Is this a series of quests? This old man wants 10,000 lamb chops, can he even finish them?" Old Wang looked at the quest and for a moment didn't know where to begin complaining.
What exactly is this mission? The Path of Transcendence —will I learn superpowers after completing it?