Chapter 317: Chapter 299: Star Track

Star Track.

A special infrastructural facility of Great Xia, not constructed using physical Spiritual Materials, but built with Starlight and some mysterious rule, almost invisible on normal days. Only when activated will the occasional sky gazer see a fleeting starlight.

Very few can use this facility; it can not only link the isolated Ether networks of various cities but also acts as a track, swiftly transferring certain things between cities.

For example…

Ice Silkworm Cloud Pattern Paper.

Nanhai City Celestial Secret Bureau.

The commanding True Man on duty, Deputy Director Zhang Tingqiu, sat in his antiquely furnished office sipping tea, when a subtle gleam suddenly brightened in his eyes.

“The Level B Star Post Document from Zhen Sheng City.”

He gestured to capture a fleeting glow fly from outside the window, unfolded the Cloud Pattern Paper, scanned it with Spiritual Power, and solemnly without hesitation stamped the Vermilion Bird Copper Seal, then lightly urged it.

The Cloud Pattern Paper disappeared again, transforming into a thin beam of Starlight that pierced the sky, continuing its flight north.

Three moments later, far in the unknown thousands of miles away in Di Province.

Imperial Capital, Demon Suppression Bureau.

On the desk, a Cloud Pattern Paper wrapped in Starlight suddenly surfaced, moving the eyebrows of the stern middle-aged man reviewing documents slightly, True Intent swept over the content and the vine fragment, he slightly nodded, not hesitating at all, the Ziwei emblem floated down.

The next instant, in a mysterious and vast hall.

Above the hall, scenes of immense majesty and brilliance, unimaginable to ordinary people, were perennial manifestations here.

It was a nearly real galactic scene.

Myriad of stars, numbering in trillions, twinkled within, emitting diverse lights seemingly representing wisdom.

Yet if one looked closely, they’d discover… that galactic scene vaguely formed into the shape of a peculiar creature resembling a butterfly or spider.

And below the illusory shadow formed by the stars sat a small human figure in the void.

It was a young woman dressed in white.

In front of her was placed a chessboard that appeared plain, its black and white chess pieces entwined.

However, the upper black chess pieces seemed far more plentiful than the white, with the white side only defending against endless black pieces.

Yet when observed closely, it would dizzyingly reveal… this chess game seemed capable of endlessly continuing, perpetually boundaryless.

She seemed to sit here eternally, facing this chess game.

Suddenly, the woman slightly lifted her head, gaze at the Cloud Pattern Paper and the vine fragment that had appeared unknowingly, her eyes incomparably bright, sparkling with indescribable wise brilliance, seemingly calculating something.

After a moment, she slightly nodded, agreed to a certain application by Guofeng Kong attached to the end of the document.

“Approved.”

Upon speaking, she pinched in the void with two fingers, a white chess piece condensed from Starlight appeared out of thin air.

Then she pressed it down onto a spot on the chessboard.

“Implement immediately.”

Following her True Intent and Rule, countless people and things began to operate according to her Will.

…

Three PM.

A Tier Six Demon King attempted an invasion, information and warnings about the Blue Star Boundary Wall being weakened again from the inside had now reached Zhen Sheng City.

At the three great Wilderness entry points on the city’s outskirts, loud broadcasts looped this message, advising all Spirit Masters intending to tread the Wilderness not to enter that area, and those heading to the Celestial Ladder Secret Realm also to think twice.

Perhaps due to the impact, Zhen Sheng City’s official department had yet to announce the methods used by the Demon Race during the invasion, but the messages still emphasized the possibility of this affair reoccurring, dissuading many Spirit Masters from advancing towards the Wilderness in the southeast direction during this time.

Of course, some disregard it.

They may be exceptionally skillful and daring, or they may think that when the sky collapses, taller individuals will handle it, they still opted to leave the city and head for the Celestial Ladder Secret Realm.

That’s personal choice.

At this moment.

Twenty kilometers from the northern Wilderness entrance of Zhen Sheng City, a place that once seldom saw visitors, now drew no attention.

Amidst the lush Golden Birch Forest.

A youth suddenly appeared, walking on fallen leaves, slowly emerging before Lin Guang who was awaiting him here.

He looked about five foot seven, his shoulders slightly hunched, wearing a dusty cotton t-shirt and faded jeans, his height and appearance nearly belonged to those who seemed to meld perfectly into a crowd unable to be perceived, quite unremarkable.

However, Lin Guang’s appearance at this moment was almost on the same level of lacking memorability as his.

The two exchanged a glance, neither showing any surprise.

Because this is a preset male appearance template that many disguise spiritual artifacts come with, which randomizes within a small range to ensure non-repetition.

Undoubtedly, both parties used disguise spiritual artifacts.

It was clear that Lin Guang was currently delivering this task, which had unexpectedly unraveled in many ways.

A few minutes after he plugged in the secret key and clicked task completion on the Spirit Alliance’s software, the other party arrived at the predetermined delivery location.

The other party didn’t care why Lin Guang’s hands were empty nor why there was no Spirit Beast guarding him, instead calmly reporting a number: “9527.”

This was a code randomly generated by the software, which due to its overly familiar form was jokingly referred to as a “pickup code” on the internal forum.

Lin Guang entered the code into the software in front of the other party. After confirming it was correct, he snapped his fingers.

The next instant, the still unconscious Mu Shunying was thrown from behind a tree not far away by pink telekinesis, landing gently.

The other party looked slightly surprised in that direction, then nodded at Lin Guang, took out a 32-inch leather suitcase from a spatial spiritual artifact, stuffed Mu Shunying in, said no more, and left the Golden Birch Forest.

After the other party’s figure disappeared, Vishdair’s voice came from behind a nearby tree.

“…Why do you guys make it look like human trafficking?”

While speaking, the silver-haired girl emerged from behind a tree that couldn’t actually hide her figure.

As a ripple of water-like pattern flashed by, the figures of Lisa and Chelina also appeared at that spot.

Actually, Lisa also has the disguise skill and her proficiency is quite good, only that in the relatively peaceful Great Xia, within Zhen Sheng City, there were mostly no opportunities for her to use it.

Recently, during breaks from combat training, the girl had been dedicating her spare time to specifically training and developing this skill, achieving results similar to invisibility when not moving, which is quite useful in certain situations.

Its function, of course, is for caution and insurance, as one must keep a guard against others.

Although there appeared unforeseen major twists in the process, at least… this task was considered successfully completed.

Lin Guang gently exhaled, pushed his glasses, undid his disguise, revealing his true face, then took out a whistle and used Spiritual Power to blow it, the Gale Eagle circling in the sky soon landed beside everyone.

After completing all this, he turned to look at his teammates, showing a somewhat weary smile.

Lin Guang seemed to want to say something, but Vishdair walked over, directly leaning her cheek only a few centimeters away from Lin Guang, her soft breasts pushing against his chest. With her hands on her hips, she prevented his gaze from wandering, her amber eyes slightly narrowed: “You weren’t about to say things like ’thank you all for your hard work, I’ll make you a nice meal when we get back’?”

“…Uh.”

“You blanked out inexplicably several times up there, who knows if something’s wrong again?”

She wouldn’t allow Lin Guang any opposition, urging: “Hurry, go to school and find that old woman.”

Lisa was also a bit nervous: “If you’re not feeling well, you must say so!”

“…”

In his mind flashed the scene where Lin Guang dodged the towel earlier, Chelina’s orange-red eyes gazed at Lin Guang’s face, softly saying: “If you’re feeling unwell, it’s better to get checked.”

Lin Guang looked at his teammates, pondering slightly.

Actually, the earlier distraction wasn’t due to any severe discomfort, as if things were really bad, Kong Guofeng wouldn’t have let him return easily.

It’s just…

Today’s events were quite sudden, occurring swiftly and ending quickly, even now he felt a bit out of sorts.

For some reason.

He kept intermittently recalling that look from the Void Eye Demon King.

Also, the feeling of forgetting thoughts he directly experienced when fighting the Tier Four Void Eye Demon.

It always felt inexplicably, indescribably strange.

Forgetfulness…?

Lin Guang has always trusted his intuition.

He felt this sensation might not be an illusion, but caused by things not yet connected.

But… right now he indeed felt somewhat drowsy, with his sea of spirit indeed somewhat unstable due to the recent series of high-intensity impacts, limiting his thinking ability, and he indeed couldn’t be sure if he would have any undetected after-effects from facing the Demon King.

After all, the Tier One Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence might overlook certain issues.

For safety’s sake, it’s best to consult a teacher.

“Yes.”

“Then let’s check together, we were all exposed to high concentrations of demonic qi just now, I’m a bit worried too.”

Lin Guang nodded.

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