The Helu City settlement at night is not completely asleep.
Most of the lights in the tent area were turned off, but some muffled coughs, children's murmurs in their sleep, and adults' low conversations could still be heard.
Lin Yi walked out of the tent quietly.
Breaking through in the tent area can easily disturb others.
He arranged his clothes and walked in the direction of Old Department Store Building.
Along the way, I met a group of armed police soldiers on night patrol. The squad leader obviously recognized him. He immediately stopped and stood at attention respectfully and saluted. "Major Lin, what are you?"
"I suddenly had some thoughts about cultivation at night. I was afraid of disturbing others in the tent, so I went to the rooftop to try it." Lin Yi explained.
The soldiers all had expressions of understanding and even a little respect on their faces.
Rumors about this young major's strength and contribution have already spread among the ranks.
"Understood, please!"
The monitor stepped aside to get out of the way.
Arriving at the entrance of Old Department Store Building, the guarding soldiers did not stop him at all. After confirming their identity, they immediately saluted and let him go. "Major Lin!"
"Thank you very much." Lin Yi also responded solemnly.
The inside of the building was much quieter than during the day. Only the duty room was still lit. He walked straight up the stairs to the rooftop.
Pushing open the heavy fire door, the night breeze rushed in instantly, bringing with it a faint chill.
There is a simple but sturdy shed in the center of the rooftop. The roof can block some sunlight and rain, and there is also a thick-looking cotton pad placed inside.
This is what Wang Wenhai Director Wang, who is in charge of coordination, mentioned yesterday, saying that he heard that he often practiced on the rooftop and wanted to give him a place that could shelter him from the wind and rain.
He didn't pay attention at the time and didn't expect that the other party would get things done so quickly.
Lin Yi Feeling warm in his heart, he walked under the shed and sat cross-legged on the mat.
The rooftop has an excellent view, overlooking the large sleeping tent area and the dark and silent city outline in the distance. If it is daytime, you can still see the slowly rotating Abyss Beast Nest from a distance, emitting purple-black light.
Lin Yi took a deep breath, gathered his mind, took out ten Source Energy Crystal bodies from his waist, and placed them in front of him one after another.
These crystals are slightly different from those he usually uses. They are darker in color, more restrained in luster, and the energy fluctuations they contain are significantly stronger.
These are the Level 2 Source Energy Crystal he opened from the higher-level gray crystals dropped by Giant Rock Abyss Bear, Shadow Abyss Leopard and other elite Abyss Beast.
For more than a week, he went around rescuing and killing, and killed almost twenty elite Abyss Beasts like Abyss Bear. Most of the crystals produced were this Source Energy Crystal body.
When the preparations are ready, Lin Yi slowly closes his eyes and sinks all his mind into Dantian Source Sea.
At this moment, Source Sea is like a lake that is completely filled with thick blue mist and is almost overflowing. The waves are turbulent, but there is no outlet for catharsis and transformation.
He concentrated and calmed down, and the fine control power that <Micro-Dust Art> had developed was brought into full play at this moment.
Under his guidance, the blue mist that filled the entire Source Sea began to swirl violently, and gradually separated and gathered, eventually forming twenty dense cyclones that were distinct and rotating independently.
This process is extremely labor-intensive, requiring every strand of Source Energy to be controlled like an arm.
Time passed little by little, and beads of sweat oozed from Lin Yi's forehead, but his expression was extremely focused and calm.
About an hour later, the rotation speed of the twenty groups of air became faster and faster, becoming more and more violent, and finally reached a certain critical point.
"Condensation!"
With a low cry in his heart, twenty cyclone cores suddenly collapsed inward at the same time.
It's like the universe was first opened and stars were born!
In an instant, the vast blue mist in the Source Sea suddenly disappeared, replaced by twenty tiny but extremely bright prismatic crystals, like the purest sapphires.
They are scattered and suspended in the Source Sea, which was originally filled with mist, exuding stable and powerful energy fluctuations.
The entire Source Sea instantly became much emptier, but it also became deeper and more stable.
The first step of Stardust Rank is to condense Source Energy Star Dust and complete it.
But this is just the beginning.
These twenty newborn Source Crystal are still too small, and their shape is not even stable. At this moment, they have a crystal structure. It is just that he used his control to forcefully compress and condense them. Once relaxed, they will immediately collapse.
What needs to be done now is to gather Secondary Source Crystal around it to stabilize the structure.
Lin Yi didn't pause at all. He stretched out his hands at the same time, opened the bow on the left and right, and each held a Level 2 Source Energy Crystal.
The operation route of <Nine-Layer Source Origin Method> is activated instantly.
Compared with the basic Guidance Technique, its absorption efficiency is several times higher.
Pure and majestic energy poured into the body crazily, along the widened and tough meridians, and merged into the empty Source Sea.
The twenty blue Source Crystal as the core seemed to have turned into twenty greedy black holes, madly absorbing the incoming energy, and around them, like stars attracting dust, new, slightly smaller blue Secondary Source Crystal began to condense.
One, two, three.--
And at the same time.
The outer defense line of the settlement, the third sentry post.
Armed police soldier Zhu Peng rubbed his hands, and after a brief handover with his comrades from the previous shift, he stood in a simple guard box.
The summer night was stuffy and hot, but the first thing he did was not go get the cattail leaf fan in the guard box. Instead, he couldn't wait and carefully put on the Portable Source Energy Detector, which is now regarded as a treasure by all the night shift sentries.
The cool metal touch fit against his right ear, and the light blue light curtain covered his field of vision. Zhu Peng felt at ease.
"What a good thing."
He couldn't help but sigh again, with this thing, the pressure of night duty would be more than doubled?
Those Abyss Beasts who have no heat signature and are good at sneak attacks can no longer hide.
He skilfully scanned the detection range first, confirming that no red dot representing Abyss Beast was close to the defense line, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, as if completing some kind of ritual, he habitually turned his gaze to the densely packed green dots in the tent area that represented survivors, looking for the most eye-catching and unique one among them.
That one represents the life Source Energy mark of Major Lin Yi.
Since he took the night shift, this has almost become his greatest pleasure and spiritual sustenance.
Looking at the value behind that logo, it has grown day by day from the initial forty points to 185 points yesterday. Zhu Peng has a sense of participation and pride in witnessing the growth of Guardian Deity.
"Should we break 200 tonight?"
Zhu Peng thought happily, "Hey, Giant Rock Abyss Bear only has 200 energy response points. Doesn't this mean that there is also a 'humanoid Abyss Bear' sitting in our settlement?"
He was secretly happy and began to search carefully among the green dots in the tent area.
"Huh?"
After scanning around, I couldn't find the familiar green dot with a super high value.
"I guess I went to the rooftop to practice."
Zhu Peng quickly realized that Major Lin often went to the rooftop at night.
He turned his attention to the direction of the Old Department Store Building rooftop.
The next second, his whole body suddenly froze, his mouth opened unconsciously, and his eyes stared at the data displayed on the light screen, as if he had seen a ghost.
The unique sign of life Source Energy is indeed on the rooftop.
But the following value was not at all the 200 points he expected!
But 370 points!
Moreover, during the few seconds when he was stunned, the number jumped and became 371372.
"What's going on?!"
Zhu Peng thought he was dazzled, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and looked again.
The numbers are still rising steadily and continuously.
380385390
Zhu Peng held his breath, his heart was beating wildly, and he stared at the constantly beating number for five minutes.
The value has soared from 370, breaking through the 500 mark without any hindrance, but there is no sign of stopping.
"Already. Already doubled and more than this. This is by no means an ordinary practice!"
Zhu Peng immediately realized that this was anything but ordinary.
He no longer hesitated and immediately pressed the call button on the walkie-talkie on his shoulder.
"Command Center, Command Center! This is Source Energy detection post Zhu Peng, reporting abnormal conditions."
"It has been detected that the intensity of Major Lin Yi's life Source Energy is rising rapidly and abnormally! Repeat, it is rising rapidly and abnormally. It has currently exceeded 500 points, and is still rising!"