Tell Babata to Come Out and Talk

Shi Fen studied the auxiliary secret techniques.

Shi Fen discovered that it wasn't as difficult as he'd imagined. With the effects of ten overlapping Soul Domains and ten clones comprehending together, his cultivation speed was extremely fast.

Reincarnation was the simplest. It took him less than seven hours to master it completely.

Soul Fusion Technique was more complicated. The method of combining Genetic Origin Energy and Spiritual Force into "Fusion Soul Energy" was extremely intricate and troublesome, and it was especially easy to make mistakes.

The two forces had to be combined in exactly the right proportions. Even the slightest excess or shortage meant failure. Fortunately, progress was encouraging. A few days of careful study would be enough for him to master it completely.

During his cultivation, Shi Fen's main body left home and used the Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror's scanning function to search for the remains of alien starship alloys buried underground.

Shi Fen chose the best nearby target and ultimately settled on a piece of starship alloy debris over thirty meters in diameter, buried more than 16,400 meters beneath the ground north of Jiangnan Base City. He piloted the Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror straight underground and collected the debris, along with the surrounding rocks, into the World Ring.

One of Shi Fen's Main Clones and the Baby Machine entered the World Ring together to sort through the starship alloy debris for materials that could be reused.

As soon as Shi Fen's Main Clone entered his main body's World Ring, he saw the starship alloy debris. It was as rotten as "decayed wood." He immediately turned to the machine and asked, "It's practically rotted through. Machine, are you sure there's still any alloy inside that's grade B or higher?"

The Baby Machine shook its little head, then nodded vigorously. Its big silver eyes brimmed with certainty and confidence.

Seeing that Shi Fen still looked unconvinced, the Baby Machine explained in its childish voice, "Master, just hit it a few times with the Vibration Hammer. All the decayed parts will fall off, and the remaining alloy will definitely be grade B or higher.

I've thoroughly studied the metal materials section of Treasure Refining. I can't be wrong."

"All right." Shi Fen's Main Clone reluctantly agreed. Still doubtful, he took a Vibration Hammer from the Treasure Refining World.

To clear away the starship alloy debris quickly, Shi Fen had specifically taken a portable tool from the Silver Disc in the Treasure Refining World. It was this Vibration Hammer.

After unlocking permission to use the forging tools, Shi Fen discovered that he felt an intimate connection with them, as if he had already made every tool recognize him as its master. It was quite remarkable.

At last, he could use them as he pleased.

Shi Fen channeled the Genetic Origin Energy in his dantian into the Vibration Hammer, and it began to grow. He pushed the energy output to its limit. In the end, the hammerhead reached an astonishing diameter of more than three meters, while the handle retained its original diameter and grew several meters longer.

This was the largest Shi Fen could make the Vibration Hammer for now.

Shi Fen used his Spiritual Force to suspend the excavated starship alloy debris in the air.

Gripping the handle, Shi Fen gathered all his strength and swung the room-sized hammerhead, smashing it against the starship alloy debris. The Vibration Hammer's unique "shock wave" struck the wreckage with full force.

A great deal of soil, rock, and crumbling metal fragments instantly fell away from the main body of the starship alloy debris, pattering down into a small hill of garbage.

The once-solid alloy walls quickly disintegrated, revealing the surviving "alloy skeleton" inside.

Some exposed sections of the "alloy skeleton" looked like rough cast plates with uneven surfaces. Others resembled rows of long, flat bitter melons, also bumpy and uneven. The most badly decayed parts had been reduced to scattered "alloy bones" clinging to the "alloy skeleton."

Many other "bones," together with the decayed material, had fallen into the heap of garbage below.

Seeing how well it worked, Shi Fen kept swinging until no excess debris remained on the alloy wreckage.

Shi Fen stopped feeding energy into the Vibration Hammer. Without the energy supply, it immediately returned to its original size.

Shi Fen lowered the "alloy skeleton" onto a clean patch of ground in the distance and put the Vibration Hammer back into the World Ring. Looking at the remaining alloy skeleton, which was over twenty meters in diameter, he savored the feeling of swinging the hammer.

"I wonder if Hong could withstand one of my blows without using any other means." Shi Fen made an unscrupulous comparison with Hong.

A Planetary Level first-stage body had a physical strength of one million kilograms.

Ever since his Main Clone's Gene Level had increased tenfold, its strength had also multiplied tenfold. Although Shi Fen was only a Planetary Level first-stage Martial Artist, even without using a Force Application Technique, he had over ten million kilograms of brute strength.

His main body had a full 1.1 billion kilograms of brute strength. Combined with the Vibration Hammer's extraordinary properties, it was hard to say whether Hong could take a hit.

"I'll try using the Vibration Hammer against an enemy sometime."

Shi Fen made up his mind.

He realized he loved the feeling of swinging the hammer with brute force and crushing everything in his path.

"Master, I told you there'd be uncorroded alloy inside. However badly such thick alloy corrodes, the center is bound to survive."

Once the starship alloy debris had been completely cleared, the Baby Machine realized its judgment had been right and immediately defended itself in its childish voice.

Shi Fen put aside his violent thoughts, scooped the machine into his arms, and praised it with a smile. "Machine is the best."

The Baby Machine wrapped its arms around Shi Fen, basking in its master's warmth, and gave a smug, cackling laugh.

Holding the machine with one arm, Shi Fen suddenly produced a small black Storage Card in his other hand. He activated it and collected the garbage beneath the alloy wreckage into the card.

"There are still some usable alloy fragments in the garbage. We can't waste this higher-grade scrap. If I save up a little more, I can recycle it all together." Shi Fen thought.

Shi Fen left the intact alloy skeleton he'd separated inside the World Ring, then carried the machine back to the Treasure Refining World to continue studying Soul Fusion Technique.

Shi Fen spent nearly two days making sure he could produce "Fusion Soul Energy" with complete reliability.

The "alloy skeleton" he'd obtained two days earlier now came in handy.

Shi Fen's ten Main Clones sat around the enormous alloy skeleton, practicing the specific procedures of Soul Fusion Technique.

At the same time,

the ten Main Clones divided their consciousness into ten portions and entered the Image World to analyze the Secret Patterns required for the "A9-Grade Laser Gun."

"Once our research on both sides is thorough, we'll use the alloy skeleton we already have—the grade B3 alloy—to try making an A9-Grade Laser Gun."

At first, Shi Fen had planned to use the "Ultra-High Temperature Furnace" he'd developed to manufacture a batch of weapons and earn his first pot of gold for traveling through the universe.

Unfortunately, the development process hadn't gone smoothly. Before he could use it, he had passed the "Foundation Trial," unlocking permission to use the Treasure Refining tools. On top of that, he now had Treasure Refining, so Shi Fen had a better option.

Among weapons of the same level in the universe, which were the most valuable?

Naturally, technological weapons!

Spiritual Force weapons and Original Force weapons were garbage next to technological weapons of the same level.

Treasure Refining recorded ten billion Planetary Level treasures. There were hundreds of different types of Laser Guns alone.

Each type was divided into nine grades.

They corresponded to grades A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, and A9.

Hoping to earn more startup capital, Shi Fen steeled himself and chose one of them: the A9-Grade Fire Energy Laser Gun.

The Secret Patterns for this A9-Grade Fire Energy Laser Gun were extremely similar to one of the Secret Pattern Diagrams near the end of the 360 diagrams in the "Foundation Trial."

Shi Fen had already learned all 360 Secret Pattern Diagrams. Compared with other Fire Energy Laser Guns of the same type, the A9-Grade Fire Energy Laser Gun's Secret Patterns were the easiest for him to understand.

Although the more complex Secret Patterns would make the gun harder to manufacture successfully, Shi Fen was taking another gamble for the sake of a comfortable supply of startup capital.

If he failed to make an A9-Grade Fire Energy Laser Gun, he planned to swallow his pride and ask Babata for help. With all his preparation, he was sure he could convince Babata.

He had options either way, so Shi Fen wasn't worried about entering the universe without startup capital.

Shi Fen devoted himself to researching how to manufacture the A9-Grade Fire Energy Laser Gun.

He quietly waited for Luo Feng and Babata to arrive.

After returning home from Mist Island with a huge haul,

Luo Feng had been incredibly busy.

He exchanged treasures with Hong.

He improved his family's strength.

He took over as an Inspector of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.

After revealing his strength as a congressman, he also had to make small talk with Earth's major powers.

His younger brother's romantic life.

While confirming his relationship with Xu Xin and enjoying the sweetness of being in love, he still had to endure Babata's daily, brainwashing information dumps, learn all kinds of general knowledge about the universe and the Universal Language, and squeeze in time to cultivate with Wood Bud Crystals so he could raise his Spiritual Force to Planetary Level first-stage as quickly as possible.

Ever since returning from Mist Island, the past ten days or so had been nonstop.

It was painful, but also joyful.

In the blink of an eye, it was August 26.

Luo Feng left his home in Bright Moon Residential District and walked toward Shi Fen's house next door.

Babata was impatient with how slowly Luo Feng was walking. Its disgruntled voice rang in Luo Feng's mind. "You're already at Planetary Level. Why are you walking so slowly? You're going to drive me crazy!"

Luo Feng connected his consciousness to Babata's crystal-core carrier and replied irritably, "It's only a few steps away. Is there really any need to rush?"

Babata had been nagging him so much over the past few days that Luo Feng's ears were practically calloused. It urged him every day to hurry up and bring Shi Fen into the fold. A genius of the same level had to be secured quickly; if anything unexpected happened, they might lose their chance.

Luo Feng had no idea what Babata suspected about Shi Fen.

He figured nothing could happen in a little place like Earth. Besides, Babata was only urging him, not demanding it. Luo Feng had waited until he'd finished arranging all his affairs before coming to see Shi Fen. Now, walking slowly was his way of getting back at Babata for all its "nagging" over the past few days.

When Luo Feng arrived at Shi Fen's door, he found Shi Fen already waiting there.

Luo Feng wasn't surprised. Anyone with a Domain could sense the space within dozens of meters around them, even without deliberately using their Domain. It would have been strange if Shi Fen hadn't noticed him coming.

"Brother, let's go to the Cultivation Room. There's something I want to talk to you about," Luo Feng said mysteriously.

"Sure." Shi Fen nodded and led Luo Feng into the Cultivation Room.

After entering, Luo Feng closed the door and used his Gold Domain to carefully inspect the room. Only after confirming it was completely safe did he go to the lounge and sit on the sofa across from Shi Fen.

"What is it? Why so secretive?" Shi Fen asked, amused by Luo Feng's cautious manner. He pretended he had no idea what was coming.

"Brother, it's like this." Luo Feng paused briefly to gather his thoughts. "After the fight for the Wood Bud Crystals, I received a legacy underground on Mist Island. It contains a wealth of cultivation manuals for Spiritual Masters and Martial Artists, as well as information, treasures, and other things from the universe.

"Most importantly, the legacy includes a Sentient Lifeform left behind by its original owner. You can think of a Sentient Lifeform as the ultimate form of 'artificial intelligence.' It has emotions and its own ideas.

"It discovered that you're just as talented, brother, and wants to bring you into the legacy as well. So here I am.

"So, what do you think? Pretty good of me, right?"

Shi Fen listened quietly to Luo Feng's explanation, then smiled faintly. "Not bad."

Luo Feng had just poured his heart out, only to get a "not bad" in return. He immediately felt dissatisfied and frowned. "Huh? What kind of answer is that? This is a powerful legacy from the universe!"

Shi Fen released his Soul Domain's concealment of his aura. Ignoring Luo Feng's dissatisfaction, he said something astonishing. "Tell Babata to come out and talk. I didn't expect Babata to be so interested in me.

"It's only been ten days or so, and it couldn't wait to send you to find me."