Sitting Mountain Guest: Puti, who did you give the metal plate to?!! (3.5k)

The Genius Battle is over.

The Milky Way Galaxy, Earth.

A plump, somewhat endearing insect, several tens of centimeters long, gradually emerged; it had been in an "invisible" state until now.

Despite being called an insect, it doesn't look scary at all. When fully revealed, its body is a mixture of azure and meteorite colors, appearing and disappearing as if it could vanish into the void at any moment, making it seem very mysterious.

It was Chen Yi's:

"Starry Firmament Hibernation One" Clone!

The current Starry Firmament Hibernation One Clone is at the Universe Level Ninth Stage.

It's the same level as Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast.

Normally, Clone depends on the original body's realm, but Chen Yi's Clone was obtained through the Cloud Raising Mirror. That "Origin Core" can be transformed according to the highest realm of any Clone.

Right now...

If any Clone breaks through first, the Origin Core will follow suit.

The Starry Firmament Hibernation One awoke from a heavily fortified base on the seabed, a base he had built to prevent others from disturbing his Clone's slumber.

"You'd better take this Clone with you before heading to Chaos City."

This was Chen Yi's idea, because within Chaos City, the various laws were clearer, and the Starry Firmament Hibernation One were also very weak, mainly used to hide in the rear for "survival" and "comprehension".

Keeping it in a safe area such as Chaos City or the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters to avoid danger is a good option, Chen Yi thought.

As for the Chaos City Lord's investigation.

Chen Yi was not afraid.

He understood that what this universe truly cared about was the soul. His soul was still human. Even if the Chaos City Lord discovered that he had a Special Life Clone, he would not punish him in any way, but would only feel that he had more potential.

After all... the Chaos City Lord himself is a prime example of someone who possessed Special Lifeform, and the three Top Universe Overlord of the Human Race are all the same.

Even the average human's genetic makeup wouldn't be enough to make them Top Universe Overlord.

Therefore, there is no harm in revealing the ability to Clone.

Instead.

The Starry Firmament Hibernation One is unique in this universe.

No one truly understands the abilities of the Starry Firmament Hibernation One. With this body, Chen Yi can completely attribute the reason he has various law talents to the power of this Special Life Clone.

The other Clone that were conceived later can also be used to explain the other talents he extracted, using the Clone to whitewash his talents.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why he would display more "law-based talents" in the future.

Chen Yi focused his consciousness on the Starry Firmament Hibernation One, controlling this Clone to leave the underwater base. As soon as he climbed out of the underwater base, his gaze involuntarily turned to the seabed opposite.

At this time.:

A gigantic Planetary Level- King-level crab monster was frantically attacking a metal plate, which remained unscathed. Sensing the terrifying aura of the Starry Firmament Hibernation One, it immediately grabbed the metal plate and fled swiftly into the seabed.

"A metal plate? A metal plate that Planetary Level monster can't destroy?"

From Chen Yi's perspective, the metal plate was clearly broken, and it hadn't suffered any damage even after Planetary Level monster.

So.:

It is at least Ancient Civilization Ruins, that is, a remnant of a cosmic civilization.

But Chen Yi thought of something else.

"Could it be... that metal plate?" A startling thought suddenly occurred to Chen Yi.

He was thinking of a metal plate.

That is:

The Sitting Mountain Guest's "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual"!

He controlled the Starry Firmament Hibernation One Clone and immediately caught up with the King-level monster, Crab. With a single Soul Annihilation, the monster was instantly killed.

Chen Yi silently picked up the metal plate.

The obvious cracks indicated a level of sturdiness that was completely indestructible to him.

He also searched the information database of the Ganwu Universe Country, but found no corresponding material items. A large amount of information corresponded to the metal plate in the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual".

Highly likely.

This is the metal plate of the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual"!

"Under normal circumstances, it shouldn't have been after Luo Feng left Chaos City that Xu Xin took the metal plate out of the vault and handed it to Luo Feng." Chen Yi pondered for a moment, but he didn't get bogged down in the details; he had guessed some possibilities.

For example, the least probable possibility is that he just happened to discover it.

This possibility is very low. Chen Yi speculated that the metal plate might simply have been placed on Earth by the Sitting Mountain Guest and Puti.

In the absence of a suitable successor.

Since metal plates don't exist on Earth, once they have a good target, they'll throw out a metal plate so the target can get it.

"Let's not explore further for now."

"The Nine Tribulations Secret Manual can only be cultivated by one person. If I cultivate it, Luo Feng will not be able to cultivate it anymore, and his potential will decrease."

"Let's just hand it over to Luo Feng then."

"Let him cultivate; I'll just extract the secret techniques or gene multipliers from him."

Filled with doubt, Chen Yi's "Starry Firmament Hibernation One" Clone a Machine Race spaceship, intending to reunite with Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast main body on Mars.

After the Starry Firmament Hibernation One departed.

A spacetime distortion occurred underwater, and a snake-man emerged, sporting a purple beard and possessing the lower body of a snake and the upper body of a human. "That kid got the metal plate."

"Judging from his appearance, he also noticed the difference in material. Therefore... he will definitely explore further, eventually discovering the secrets within, and then cultivate the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, becoming Earth Lineage."

Puti watched as Chen Yi took the metal plate, quite pleased with her masterpiece.

"This Chen Yi has quite a bit of potential..."

"Having cleared the Trial Tower, he decisively won first place in the Genius Battle. His future potential is limitless. Moreover, he is not as selfish as his second junior brother and even helps his friends grow together."

"His willpower is also quite impressive."

"I hope he can become the leader of Earth and fulfill his teacher's wish."

"Let's tell the teacher about the progress."

The surrounding spacetime reversed once again.

With a smile on his face, Puti disappeared into the sea, intending to report the news to his teacher Sitting Mountain Guest.

On Earth, this blue planet, a spaceship of the Machine Race flew out and headed towards Mars.

"Whoosh~"

The hatch opened.

At the same time.

On Mars... a Golden Horned Beast emerged, its jet-black scales and bloodthirsty vertical pupils radiating a terrifying aura. It flapped its wings and soared into the starry sky.

And on the opposite side.

It was a plump worm that was only a few dozen centimeters long. "Chen Yi... is this your Special Lifeform form?" The Golden Horned Beast looked at the tiny body in front of it, but it did not look down on it in any way.

He heard it from Chen Yi.

Chen Yi's genius stemmed from the abilities of this Special Life Clone... Moreover, Luo Feng had learned about the Gene Level information from the Ganwu Secret Realm.

His Golden Horned Beast Clone carried Babata.

Babata told him too.

Although Chen Yi's Special Lifeform appeared small, his aura was in no way inferior to that of his Golden Horned Beast, meaning...

At the Gene Level, this seemingly harmless and adorable mysterious insect is actually no weaker than the Golden Horned Beast.

"Right."

Chen Yi had already told Luo Feng about her ability to create Clone.

Babata was aware of this, but it was their first meeting. His explanation was that he had unexpectedly encountered a Special Lifeform with the ability to Clone, possessed the other party, and with the help of Senior Yun, quickly conceived a human body, and so on.

In this way, Chen Yi could explain his talent for the Law of Space Law of Metal, attributing it all to the "Starry Firmament Hibernation One".

As a Special Lifeform.

It's reasonable that they have more Innate Secret Technique, right?

The Golden Horned Beast Luo Feng burrowed into the Internal World of the Origin Core. Outside was a giant "Space Aspect Origin Spider." Then... the Space Aspect Origin Spider transformed into Luo Feng's own appearance, along with Chen Yi's "Starry Firmament Hibernation One" Clone.

Together they stepped into the Machine Race's spaceship.

"Luo Feng, Babata, this metal plate seems quite special. Do you guys think you can take a look at it?" Chen Yi said in the chat channel, taking out the metal plate.

After saying this, Luo Feng and Babata, curious...

He switched back to Senior Yun's alias and continued:

"No need to study it anymore. I know this thing. It was made by that little guy who created Earth. It seems he took a liking to your talents. There's an illusion inside this metal plate. You need to use your mental power to penetrate it and break through the illusion—"

"Once you pass the test, you will be able to obtain the secret method."

"This secret technique can increase gene multiplication rate, but it can only be practiced by one person at a time."

Upon hearing that only one person could cultivate, Luo Feng looked at Chen Yi. He felt that if only one person could cultivate, it would definitely be better to let Chen Yi do it.

The strong first will drive the strong later.

Making Chen Yi stronger, and then helping them in return, is clearly better for the collective growth of the group.

However, Senior Yun in his mind said:

"Based on my projections of the future timeline, Luo Feng, you're more suitable to handle this secret technique. Chen Yi still has his own opportunities."

"Is that so?" Luo Feng hesitated.

Senior Yun continued, "Of course, just like when Chen Yi possessed the Golden Horned Beast, if he had possessed the Golden Horned Beast, he wouldn't have encountered the Special Lifeform 'Starry Firmament Hibernation One,' and both of your gains would have been smaller."

Luo Feng nodded after listening. He felt that he should indeed trust the all-powerful Senior Yun. He then looked at Chen Yi, and after Chen Yi also had no objections, Luo Feng agreed.

And so, Chen Yi began her explanation through Senior Yun.

Under his guidance, Luo Feng attempted to crack the metal plate, his consciousness penetrating into it.

Chen Yi watched silently. He wasn't sure if Luo Feng could decipher the metal plate and obtain the text inside, because in his memory, Luo Feng had only obtained this panel when he was at the Domain Lord Ninth Stage. The metal plate itself was a test.

It's really hard to say whether Luo Feng can break through the illusion.

Far beyond Earth.

Puti met his teacher, Sitting Mountain Guest Sitting Mountain Guest, who was also quietly waiting for the genius born on Earth this time.

"Is everything taken care of?" asked the Sitting Mountain Guest.

Puti nodded, and then said:

"As you requested, the metal plate has been delivered to the target without revealing our identities."

"Very good." The Sitting Mountain Guest nodded with a smile.

"Teacher... why don't you just tell these candidates about your plan to train successors? There's no need to hide their identities! You could even learn from the Human Race and train a large number of the best of the best."

"Letting them know the situation might motivate them to work even harder. After all, the allure of becoming the disciple of one of the Universe Supreme Master is quite strong," Puti couldn't help but say.

The Sitting Mountain Guest glanced at his disciple.

He disagreed. The Sitting Mountain Guest thought... if someone is truly a genius, only through such secret testing, with each test increasing in difficulty, could a disciple emerge who is indomitable and self-reliant.

Only through such a selection process can there be hope of finding a genius to avenge him.

There's no need to nurture less talented individuals.

Even if one Reincarnation Era isn't enough, he can simply wait for the Reincarnation Era; better to have none than something of poor quality!

I have my own plans.

The Sitting Mountain Guest didn't want to explain further.

Not long after... the Sitting Mountain Guest sensed that the trial within the metal plate had been triggered.

"They've arrived."

He had already made arrangements; the difficulty of cracking the metal plate would be automatically adjusted to test the cracker's skill level, as well as their willpower and talent.

The requirements are extremely high!

It's extremely difficult for anyone to pass. Historically, he has sought out many good candidates, but only two have been able to pass the test of the metal plate and officially become candidates.

This time, Chen Yi... is the third.

"Hahaha!"

"Puti, Chen Yi, one of the examinees this time, has quite good aptitude. His consciousness and willpower are rapidly breaking through the illusion!"

The Sitting Mountain Guest prepared to greet Chen Yi. In the past, after each candidate passed the test of the metal plate, he would instinctively call out "My child."

At this moment... that consciousness had pierced through the metal plate, completely shattering the illusion.

The Sitting Mountain Guest was about to call out.

He sensed an unfamiliar presence; this examiner... wasn't Chen Yi at all!!!

"Where's Chen Yi? Where's my candidate? Puti, who did you deliver the metal plate to?!"