The Strange Youth

"Give me a detailed report!"

Pusiluo looked at the soldier before him with a serious expression and spoke directly.

Although he had been repeating the same tasks for so many years, Pusiluo was nearly fed up with this job.

However, whenever an actual anomaly occurred, he remained very responsible.

"My lord, it is like this. This time, we went to a place called the Gorbachev Plane. The plane is similar to previous ones, with an area only half that of the Yulan Plane."

"We dispatched a vanguard unit, deployed several fighter jets, and immediately began scouting the plane while using the Divine Domain radar to detect it."

"As a result, the vanguard unit was restrained by a man in blue robes."

"But strangely, that man in blue was initially very furious, saying things like, 'You actually chased me to this plane? Can you not even let me go when I am the only one left?' Then he paused, saying, 'Why are you only at the Saint Realm?'"

"The man in blue did not kill them; he only asked who they were and where they came from."

"Following the contingency plan, the vanguard unit put on a look of unyielding defiance and stated bluntly that the person behind them was someone he couldn't afford to offend. That man finally left after saying, 'Whatever you intend to do to this plane, do not come and provoke me.'"

"Our Divine Domain radar detected that his domain is much stronger than that of a Lowgod, falling within the range of a Midgod."

"Originally, we intended to abandon this plane, but according to the computer's analysis, this plane appears to be a key node. If we skip it, many subsequent planes will not be connected."

"Are you certain he said 'this plane'? Were those his exact words?"

After hearing the report, Pusiluo immediately asked, his tone carrying a hint of gravity.

"Yes, my lord. The vanguard unit has already returned. How do you wish to proceed? Should we continue, or abandon this plane?"

The soldier asked cautiously.

"You may step down first."

Pusiluo did not answer immediately, instead waving his hand to dismiss the soldier.

"Yes, my lord. This subordinate takes his leave!"

The soldier bowed respectfully and retreated directly.

After the soldier left, Pusiluo fell into deep thought. Judging from the intelligence just transmitted, that fellow had likely returned from a Divine Plane.

On one hand, the small material planes that Huosi had been selecting over the years usually had no gods, or at most, only Lowgods. They had visited thousands of planes, and this was the first time they had encountered a Midgod powerhouse.

On the other hand, the man's mention of "this plane" suggested he was not a local, but rather someone who had fled from a Divine Plane, and was likely being hunted.

However, if he had come from a Divine Plane, he should at least have the strength of a Highgod; how could he be a Midgod?

Even without much knowledge of the Divine Planes, Pusiluo knew that returning from one was an extremely difficult feat, one that a Midgod would likely be unable to accomplish.

Pusiluo felt somewhat bewildered; no matter how he thought about it, something didn't seem right.

The Divine Domain radar developed by Huosi, while currently unable to detect Highgods, had no issues whatsoever with Midgods.

To this end, Huosi firmly believed that practice was the sole criterion for testing truth, and had even used the radar to test it against plane guardians, finally confirming that Midgods could not detect the radar's scanning.

"In other words, that man in blue is indeed a Midgod, and he fled back here after being hunted from a Divine Plane. But how could a Midgod return from a Divine Plane?"

Pusiluo felt a bit dazed. After thinking for a while, he gave up and decided to go report to his lord directly; he wasn't good at thinking anyway, he only liked to fight.

On the other side, Huosi and Adkins were observing blueprints of an aircraft carrier in the laboratory.

"My lord, Pusiluo requests an audience!"

"Let him in!"

Pusiluo's arrival interrupted the two of them, but Huosi knew that if Pusiluo had come, it must be for something important.

Therefore, he stopped his research to listen to what Pusiluo had to say.

"Oh? A Midgod?"

After hearing Pusiluo's report, Huosi raised an eyebrow and fell into deep thought.

Over the years, out of caution, the spatial teleportation arrays Huosi used were all connected to relatively small planes.

Although Huosi's current strength was not inferior to an average Midgod, there was no need to fight to the death with other Midgods if it could be avoided.

In any case, there was an abundance of material planes; it was safer to start with the smaller ones.

"However, the way he spoke makes him sound like a young master from some great clan who is on the run."

Huosi thought for a moment and spoke.

Generally speaking, for a Highgod to travel from a Divine Plane to a material plane, it cost one trillion inkstones. While it was less for a Midgod, it was still an astronomical figure.

Logically, a Midgod should not have enough wealth to travel to a material plane.

However, Huosi did remember one character who seemed to have a similar situation.

In the original story, Nisi's brother, Salomon, was such an existence. Because his clan had been wiped out, he had fled everywhere with his sister and their wealth.

The Divine Planes were filled with slaughter, and no clan could prosper forever. Even one as powerful as the Four Divine Beasts Clan had a day when they were cornered in the Tianji Mountain Range; if not for Beirut, they would have perished long ago.

Therefore, many clans would send out some of their outstanding disciples before their destruction, hoping they would become seeds for a future revival.

The wealth accumulated by a great clan was terrifying, and it was more than enough to pay for a teleportation array.

Thus, it was quite normal for a young master from a fleeing clan to hide in a material plane.

However, even if the clan had been destroyed, the seeds preserved shouldn't be mere Midgods, right? Even for Midgods with decent talent, wouldn't they have guardians by their side?

When Salomon was fleeing, he still had two elders following him, partly for protection and partly to provide cover.

Looking at the result, the cover work was actually done quite well; it was just that he happened to run into someone who recognized him.

Or perhaps, this young master's guardians were already dead, and he didn't dare to continue fleeing after desperately escaping to a material plane.

If that were the case, what should he do? Should he ignore him and abandon this plane, or go take a look?

Huosi pondered for a while and finally decided that it would be better to go and take a look.

Regardless, this plane was at a critical connection node and could not be abandoned just like that.

Once this place was abandoned, the expedition of the material planes would very likely be forced to a halt.

Meanwhile, in the Gorbachev Plane, on the Northwest Plains.

A figure in blue robes hesitated in front of the teleportation array for a long time, but finally sighed, turned around, and left.

Sean Barbary was the young master of the Barbary Clan in the Water Divine Plane, the youngest son of the clan leader, Barbary.

Barbary had a son in his old age and was naturally very doting toward this youngest child.

Sean did not disappoint Barbary, as his talent was considered top-tier within the clan.

In just one hundred thousand years, he broke through to become a Midgod and was hailed as a genius of the clan, deeply loved by his father, Barbary.

Not everyone was Linley, capable of transcending and becoming a Controller in just a few tens of thousands of years.

One hundred thousand years to become a Midgod was already quite talented.

However, good times did not last long.

That day, Sean Barbary took his wife to the city to go shopping and happened to run into people from the Four Divine Beasts Clan.

Having long heard how overbearing the Four Divine Beasts Clan was, he didn't want to stir up trouble and tried to lead his wife away.

However, Xiusi Reding of the Azure Dragon clan saw his wife, his eyes lit up, and he proceeded to make a few lewd remarks.

A surge of blood rushed to Sean Barbary's head, and regardless of the other party's status, he couldn't help but start cursing directly at him.

This directly infuriated Xiusi Reding; their Reding Clan had never feared anyone, so they immediately started a heated argument with Sean Barbary in return.

It was only because the rule forbidding fighting in the city was set by a Sovereign that the people of the Reding Clan likely didn't care about such things and would have started fighting right then and there.

Later, the two sides almost arranged a duel outside the city, but fortunately, his father, Barbary, heard about the incident and arrived in time, slapping his son directly and forcing him to apologize to the other party.

Sean originally thought the matter ended there; after all, he had apologized, and even his father, Barbary, had put on a smiling face for the other party.

Who would have thought that not long after, the leader of the Four Divine Beasts Clan in the Water Divine Plane, Isaac Reding, would come knocking and threaten to execute Sean.

Barbary, an Asura-level powerhouse, had to swallow his pride and use every polite word he could muster when facing Isaac Reding, a Seven-Star Fiend.

However, Isaac would not budge, stating bluntly that this concerned the face of the Four Divine Beasts Clan and could not be compromised, even threatening that if Barbary interfered, there would be no need for their clan to exist.

Barbary remained silent for a long time, his heart screaming countless times to slap the Seven-Star Fiend before him to death and fight the Four Divine Beasts Clan to the end.

But in the end, he still gave the difficult order to expel Sean Barbary from the clan and hand him over to the Four Divine Beasts Clan to be dealt with as they pleased.

Regarding this result, Sean did not hate his father, because he would have made the same choice; it was the only way to preserve the entire clan.

As the clan leader, Barbary had to consider everyone and could not ruin everyone for the sake of one person, even if that person was his own son.

Fortunately, his father, Barbary, still had feelings for him and secretly had someone pass him a message, telling him to flee quickly.

After learning the news, Sean immediately took his wife and fled the clan, taking a teleportation array to leave the Water Divine Plane.

However, those guys from the Four Divine Beasts Clan were all a bunch of lunatics.

After Sean went to the Fire Divine Plane via the teleportation array, he was quickly discovered and surrounded by people from the Nimo Clan.

In that battle, his wife ultimately died, telling him to run quickly before she passed away.

Sean's eyes filled with tears, and he almost wanted to fight them to the death right there.

But remembering his wife's final words, he eventually fled alone, hoping only to one day be able to take revenge.

Sean drifted about several times like this, from the Fire Divine Plane to the Celestial Realm and the Underworld, fleeing constantly until he finally escaped to a material plane.

Then, Sean, who thought he was finally safe, had been living in the Gorbachev Plane for many years when he suddenly discovered a massive gate appearing in the sky, leaving him stunned for a moment.

After the strange gate opened, several objects resembling small metallic lifeforms rushed in, causing Sean's face to turn pale, thinking it was the Four Divine Beasts Clan coming to hunt him down.