On the night road, Gu Yuena led Lan Xuanyu home.
Suddenly, Lan Xuanyu, who had been silent the entire way, abruptly asked Gu Yuena a completely random question:
"Teacher Nana, is Big Brother really strong?"
"Hm?" Gu Yuena looked at the somewhat dejected Lan Xuanyu. A trace of heartache flashed through her violet eyes as she crouched down to meet his gaze.
"Yes. Your brother is stronger than I expected. Although I can't remember some things, I can say with certainty that among those who could fight me at the same level, not a single one is stronger than your brother. Even I, at the same level, would be far from his match."
Gu Yuena stroked Lan Xuanyu's head, her voice gentle.
"So, Xuanyu, you must train properly with your brother in the Rasengan. The techniques within it are astonishing. As long as you can understand its principles, once you master other elements in the future, you can try mixing them in. The resulting power will increase exponentially."
"So Big Brother really is that strong and that talented." Lan Xuanyu sighed and sat down nearby, resting his chin in his hands as he gazed at the moon and murmured, "Then how am I supposed to surpass Big Brother?"
"Why do you want to surpass him?"
"Only by surpassing Big Brother can I help him accomplish the things he doesn't want to do."
"So that's why." Gu Yuena thought for a moment, her voice growing even gentler. "But you don't necessarily have to surpass him. You can treat him as the person you're chasing. I have a feeling that Lin Yuan will become incredibly powerful in the future, and the only person who can probably keep up with Lin Yuan's footsteps is you, Xuanyu."
"Only me..."
Hearing this, Lan Xuanyu was stunned. The anxiety in his heart was soothed considerably in that moment.
Time always flew by before one realized it.
During the following period, aside from training his two Soul Skills, listening to the voices of the stars, and cultivating that special state, Lin Yuan spent most of his time investigating Sin Planet.
Unfortunately...
After investigating for so long, Lin Yuan had found only a few traces that were nowhere near enough to be called evidence.
They were far from sufficient to point the finger at Sin Planet.
Lin Yuan had even begun to suspect that the military possessed more evidence against Sin Planet than he did!
Moreover, the people of Sin Planet were not truly a group of idiots. No matter how carefully Lin Yuan acted, those people seemed to have noticed that someone was investigating them in secret, and their movements became even more covert.
After who knew how long, Lin Yuan finally found one of Sin Planet's people beneath a bridge—along with a little girl he had abducted on a whim.
The man was sneaking around and wearing a suit of miniature armor. Behind him, a fairly pretty little girl had her mouth gagged and her eyes covered. She struggled incessantly, huge tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Quiet! Keep whining and I'll kill you right now, so you'll never see your mother again!"
The man from Sin Planet spoke in a frigid voice. After being threatened, the little girl instantly fell silent, leaving only soft sobs.
"Hmm, the mission data should be complete now."
The middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction. He held a Soul Tool resembling a scanner, apparently scanning something and collecting some data. Just as he finished collecting the data and was preparing to leave—
Suddenly, he felt himself being pulled tightly in place.
"Rise."
In an instant, the middle-aged man rose into the air as if he had defied gravity.
"I've been watching you sneak around these past few days. You really are one of Sin Planet's people."
Lin Yuan extended his right hand and walked out of the darkness.
"Ahhh!"
The little girl flailed wildly. Suddenly, she landed in someone's arms.
"It's too dangerous to be out at night. Don't run around anymore. Hurry home."
After using his high-tech binding rope to tie up the man from Sin Planet, Lin Yuan used Universal Pull to control the soil and bury him in the ground.
Only after confirming that the man had completely lost the ability to move did Lin Yuan ask the little girl and learn that her home was nearby. He escorted her home before returning to the area.
As expected, the man was completely unable to break free from the ropes or the earth's restraints.
"Uncle, just how much money did Sin Planet's higher-ups give you? Is it really worth risking your life like this?"
Lin Yuan used Universal Pull to suppress the four-ring Soul Master, whose body was half replaced by machinery, and sighed. Just moments earlier, he had pulled the man out of the ground and subjected him to harsh interrogation!
"Go ahead and torture me. I'll never tell you anything... Ahahaha!"
Before the man could finish speaking, Lin Yuan used several strands of Blue Silver Grass to tickle the soles of his feet, making him laugh so hard that he rocked back and forth.
"You really are a brave warrior. In that case, I'll grant your wish."
Seeing that the man was determined to die, Lin Yuan sighed.
Forget it. Those who carried out such highly classified missions were basically fanatics willing to die. Sin Planet undoubtedly had leverage over them.
With that thought, Lin Yuan casually snapped his fingers.
In an instant, the man's eyes became dull. The next second, his pupils rolled upward, and he fainted outright.
The only thing that could be said was that fanfiction from his previous life was damn well full of lies!
What was that nonsense about releasing an emperor's aura and making everyone spill all kinds of secrets? Anyone capable of crossing such a great distance to carry out this kind of mission was an absolutely loyal fanatic.
The butterfly effect really wasn't just empty talk. Sin Planet was, at the very least, one of the major powers in the universe. If it didn't even have this level of counterintelligence, it might as well disband on the spot.
"Why is there nothing in here?! Why are you carrying around a lousy schoolbag?"
Lin Yuan suddenly shouted angrily before slamming the man's schoolbag heavily onto the ground!
"Forget it. I'll just count today as doing a good deed." Lin Yuan stretched, clasped his hands behind his head, and hummed a little tune as he headed home.
Not long after Lin Yuan left, a figure suddenly appeared. He held a communicator and spoke to someone on the other end.
"Reporting to the Eternal Night Monarch... Hyena is dead, but his secret wasn't exposed..."
"That person didn't check the Storage Soul Tool?"
"He doesn't seem to have recognized it. After all, Eternal Night Monarch, you understand people's hearts. The greatest concealment is to make something look like it isn't concealed. He probably thought it was just an ordinary schoolbag, not a Storage Soul Tool."
The person on the other end of the communicator fell silent for quite a while before speaking. "Go check whether the Storage Soul Tool was searched."
"Yes."
The man picked up the schoolbag and examined it for quite some time before saying happily, "Reporting to the Eternal Night Monarch, there are no signs that it was searched!"
"Good. I thought the Federation had a few clever people, but in my eyes, they're nothing special..."
The Eternal Night Monarch's indifferent voice came through the communicator.
"Heh. If I'm not mistaken, this should be the exact location where the Eternal Night Monarch buried the bomb in the Skyscraper Tower in the original story, as well as his hideout in Ziluo City, right?"
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