Chapter 134: The Outsider's Desire

Lin Qing pondered for a moment and said, "I haven't determined what I lack most at present; may I consider it a bit longer?"

"Certainly."

The purple-haired youth didn't mind. "In any case, subsequent work contacts will be handled by others; you contact them yourself. Sign the contract once you've decided."

He said no more, rose, and left.

After the purple-haired youth departed, Lin Qing couldn't help but ask, "Chen Guang, what level of strength is this Intelligence Star being?"

"At least not a Primal Lifeform."

Chen Guang said, "But such external management personnel are generally those whose potential is exhausted, with no hope of transforming into Primal, so they are basically the strongest tier below Primal Lifeforms and have certainly obtained a Divine Office."

Lin Qing understood.

Indeed, under such circumstances, the path of evolution has reached its end, so there's no need to waste time on cultivation; moreover, the busy affairs of such management roles are perfectly suited for them.

Peripheral members' life-extension methods can extend life by twelve hundred years, let alone the Intelligence Star beings themselves as the core.

Furthermore, the gene-recombination tier can naturally live for over a thousand years with ease.

For many Earthlings, being able to live this long is already very satisfying.

For instance, the Inspectors are like this; even if they cannot transform into Primal, they don't care much.

"However, why don't such people try the dumb method you mentioned?" Lin Qing asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It's not that they don't try, but trying is useless."

Chen Guang shook his head slightly. "Master, for an Awakened Lifeform to cultivate a Primal-level combat technique to the instinctive level is nearly impossible. Finding a Primal-level combat technique that fits extremely well, entering it, and even mastering it is already extremely difficult, let alone reaching the instinctive level while cultivating a dozen or even dozens of techniques."

Lin Qing was speechless.

True.

If he hadn't had the Star-Transmitting Pagoda help him experience a perfect cultivation process once, just entering the technique would have taken who knows how many years.

Just the Primal threshold alone has blocked countless people.

Even the Intelligence Star beings seem helpless against it.

"At least I still have hope to defy heaven and change my fate..." Thinking this, Lin Qing felt greatly comforted.

He planned to finish learning the three Primal-level combat techniques from the Star-Transmitting Pagoda first, then select suitable ones from the combat techniques provided by the Intelligence Star Group based on the Primal-level combat techniques of the Chaoyang Martial Arts Hall.

Of course...

Before that, he must first obtain a Divine Office.

"Lin Qing."

At this moment, Zhao Jiayi's voice suddenly rang out through telepathic transmission: "Has that Intelligence Star being left?"

Lin Qing was somewhat puzzled: "Didn't you use telepathy to investigate?"

"I didn't dare use telepathy to scan."

Zhao Jiayi said cautiously, "I'm not sure if he has awakened telepathy; if he discovers me, I'm done for."

Lin Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, went upstairs, and found the girl crouching at the door of the second-floor room, carefully listening to the situation outside the door.

"He left on a flyer long ago; why are you so afraid?" Lin Qing said with some amusement. "Even if discovered, the Intelligence Star Group would at most forcibly recruit talent; it wouldn't be as serious as being done for, right?"

"That's the cruel Intelligence Star being; if he discovers me..."

As Zhao Jiayi spoke, she suddenly covered her mouth and mumbled, "Anyway, my situation is different..."

Lin Qing pondered thoughtfully.

He knew Zhao Jiayi must have a huge secret.

She just didn't want to say, and he had never probed deeply... Now it seemed Zhao Jiayi was very afraid of the Intelligence Star beings?

"Don't worry." Lin Qing reached out and patted her head. "I won't tell anyone."

"Of course I trust you," Zhao Jiayi murmured softly. "I'm just afraid of implicating you."

Lin Qing smiled and asked, "What level is needed to not fear being implicated?"

Zhao Jiayi thought for a moment and said, "I'm not clear either; Dad didn't say, but I know what I need to do so I don't implicate you."

"Oh?" Lin Qing looked at her. "Tell me."

"Hmm..."

Zhao Jiayi tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "First, you must awaken telepathy. After you awaken telepathy, I'll give you a gift that helps telepathy growth."

"Alright." Lin Qing smiled.

Unfortunately, it had already been two or three months, and the heart-cultivation method taught by Zhao Jiayi's father still hadn't been entered.

No way.

His mental perception wasn't sharp enough; it would take a few months at best, or several years at worst, to enter.

Three days later, late at night.

"Lin Qing."

A streak of light suddenly flew out, transforming into Chen Guang: "Someone is investigating your records, as well as your movement trajectory in Lin'an City at the end of September."

"End of September?" Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly. "Isn't that the time I killed Uriel and his group?"

"Judging from the trajectory the other party investigated, they are indeed looking into this matter."

Chen Guang nodded and said, "However, after I traced back, I didn't discover the other party's identity; they are very alert, probably guarding against the intelligent lifeforms of the Inspection Headquarters."

Lin Qing pondered for a moment and asked, "Can you determine who they are?"

"They should be prisoners from the Broken Tablet Prison." Chen Guang said. "According to the data provided by the headquarters, regarding Uriel's interpersonal relationships before imprisonment, it's possible that 'Lady Luxi' from the prison's forbidden zone is looking for him."

"Lady Luxi?" Lin Qing also knew this prisoner.

A woman of the Dilanxi civilization, likely holding some basic Divine Office, but seemingly unable to transform to the Primal level either.

However, an Inspector-level strength is still terrifying.

At the very least, he could not provoke them now.

"The other party should have regular contact with Uriel, but since Uriel suddenly went missing, they would naturally suspect you, my lord," Chen Guang analyzed.

Lin Qing nodded slightly and said, "Judging from Lady Luxi's data, if she comes to kill me, I am absolutely certain I can escape."

Now, he had already reassembled and completed both the Flash of Instant Light and the Celestial Orbit Coordinates.

The range of the Return Coordinate technique had also become even greater.

"It would be good if we could locate the other party's position."

Lin Qing lamented, "If we directly reported them anonymously to the Headquarters, the Patrol Envoys would mobilize, and perhaps we could eliminate the other party directly."

"The other party is unaware of your situation and is equally on guard," Chen Guang said.

On November 14, the Patrol Headquarters released an uplifting piece of good news.

The former three-star elite patrol member, 'Jean Courvia', is assuming the post of a new Patrol Envoy today!

Although the situation was special and a grand inauguration ceremony and banquet could not be held together, elite patrol members from all over the world still sent their congratulations.

Not long ago, the Patrol Headquarters had lost two Patrol Envoys and one Senior Department Head; now, the newly appointed Patrol Envoy could be considered a shot in the arm for the Headquarters.

Lin Qing often saw this former three-star Patrol Envoy in the work report group chat, though they had hardly chatted.

Before this, the other party had also been the supreme commander for hundreds of millions of people on the other side of the great ocean.

At this moment, on the other end of the great ocean, far away.

Inside a lush garden, a blue-haired girl in revealing clothing sat on a swing, happily swinging her body back and forth; the pointed horn on her forehead revealed that she was not an Earthling. A brown-haired man sat quietly opposite her, his gray eyes revealing a certain depth.

After a while, the blue-haired girl jumped down from the swing and said with a smile, "Patrol Envoy Jean Courvia, my lord, why are you not happy despite your promotion?"

He was none other than Jean Courvia, who had just assumed the post of Patrol Envoy.

The brown-haired, gray-eyed man gazed at her and said in a low voice, "Luxi Shen, you did not tell me before... that you prisoners are actually cooperating with that group of madmen from the Primitive Research Institute?"

"So what?"

The blue-haired girl said with a grin, "The Primitive Research Institute inherited the will of the Illuminati; isn't it also an Autonomous Faction in the same camp as you?"

The brown-haired, gray-eyed man said coldly, "The Autonomous Faction cannot tolerate madmen like the Primitive Research Institute; they would rather destroy the Earth than perish together with the invaders. Are you not afraid of the Primitive Research Institute going mad?"

"I am afraid, but what can be done?"

The blue-haired girl smiled and said, "Bai Zhou, my lord, has already helped you eliminate several enemies of the Fuyong Sect; that should be enough sincerity, right?"

The brown-haired, gray-eyed man fell silent for a while before speaking, "What do you want me to do?"

"It is not time yet."

!.

The blue-haired girl said, "By the end of next year at the latest, the Wisdom Star Group will ask you to assist on the Second Universe Network; by then, you will understand."

"I see..." the brown-haired, gray-eyed man said, "So the reason you asked me to accept investment from the Wisdom Star Group was for this? You want me to act as a spy for you..."

"This is also for the good of the Earth; everyone gets what they need, isn't it?" the blue-haired girl said with a smile.

The brown-haired, gray-eyed man paused for a moment and asked, "Who is the person helping you prisoners escape?"

"I do not know."

The blue-haired girl said frankly, "Isn't your Autonomous Faction the same? You do not even know where the faction truly supporting you comes from. As long as the goal is the same, that is enough; everyone is just trying to drive the Wisdom Star Group out of the Earth, isn't it?"

She said with a grin, "Even if the Autonomous Faction dislikes us prisoners, you can wait until the Wisdom Star Group is expelled before fighting us."

The brown-haired, gray-eyed man frowned slightly, "I know. Next, you plan to eliminate the geniuses invested in by the Wisdom Star Group in advance, but some of them are our Autonomous Faction's seedlings; you cannot touch them."

"Tell me," the blue-haired girl said, looking at him.

"This is the list." The brown-haired, gray-eyed man handed her a piece of paper.

The blue-haired girl looked at it, suddenly made an "Eh?" sound, and said, "This Lin Qing is on it too? What a pity..."

"He is someone Patrol Envoy Tang favors," the brown-haired, gray-eyed man said coldly. "He has at least a thirty percent chance of successfully assuming office in the future; you cannot touch him."

"Alright, I know, I know," the blue-haired girl waved her hand. "It is only thirty percent anyway."

The brown-haired, gray-eyed man said no more, glanced at her, and then turned to leave.

After he left, the blue-haired girl sat back on the swing and frowned in thought.

At this time, a tall woman with blood-red eyes silently appeared beside her.

"Luxi Shen, why did you not tell him that the disappearance of Uriel and others might be related to this Lin Qing?"

The blood-eyed woman frowned and said, "Since we are cooperating, should we not also make this Earth native named Lin Qing reveal Uriel's whereabouts?"

"He is most likely dead; what is the point of revealing anything?" The blue-haired girl glanced at her. "If we bring it up, the Autonomous Faction will only value that Lin Qing more and want to protect him even more; they would be delighted if we all died out."

"But if Lin Qing really killed Uriel and the others, that would mean Carol was also killed by him."

The blood-eyed woman said coldly, "Carol is a noble from our Home Star. When the Ambassador arrives on Earth in the future, how should we explain this?"

The blue-haired girl looked at her and suddenly said with a smile, "I almost forgot... Krola, you are also one of the superiors from the Home Star. So, what do you want to do?"

The blood-eyed woman heard the undisguised mockery in her tone and snorted, "Regardless, Carol's disappearance is definitely not unrelated to this Lin Qing."

"I will go test him."

She said in a deep voice, "If he does not have this capability, I will cripple him and bring him back; you help me enslave him and make him my slave."

"Oh?" The blue-haired girl looked at her with a half-smile. "You want to sabotage the cooperation?"

"Is it not just a native genius with only a thirty percent chance of assuming office?"

The blood-eyed woman frowned slightly and said, "I also happen to need a Cleric slot. With my potential, I will definitely succeed in assuming office, and then I will undergo the Primal Transformation; I will be far stronger than you, Luxi Shen, and it might even be a rare profession."

She snorted, "By then, with such a powerful helper as me, the Earth Autonomous Faction will surely not mind these things."

The blue-haired girl laughed with some mockery, "You are underestimating the temper of the Autonomous Faction too much."

A group of weaklings facing a behemoth like the Wisdom Star Group still have the courage to resist; how could such a temperament be so simple?

She could tell that this great figure from the main star merely coveted a single slot.

They, these outsiders, were after all not beings born on Earth; even if they had awakened and evolved on Earth, their priority was inferior to that of the locals.

Now that even the Earthlings themselves had candidates waiting in line, let alone these outsiders.

"Enough of this nonsense. Will you help or not?"

The woman with blood-red eyes spoke coldly, "With Bai Zhou, my lord, here, I don't understand what you are afraid of."

The blue-haired girl narrowed her eyes slightly, then smiled and said, "What if it was truly Lin Qing who killed Uriel? Can you take him down?"

"He has cultivated for less than a year. Relying on some Earthling native?" The woman with blood-red eyes sneered. "One doesn't need to think to know; it was most likely that Inspector Tang who helped him in the shadows."

She added, "Even if it truly was him, confirming it is good. When the Ambassador arrives on Earth, he will not escape."

"Miss Krola, if he can kill Uriel, perhaps he can kill you too?"

The blue-haired girl stared at her, a hint of danger permeating her smile.

The woman with blood-red eyes laughed, mocking, "Lady Luxi, are you afraid that after I successfully take office, I will ride on your head?"

She said leisurely, "Pity you cannot kill me. With my abilities, even an Inspector cannot kill me. Yet you still expect a native to kill me?"

That night.

"Boom!!"

A fist carrying terrifying power compressed the air into layers of explosive booms, rapidly expanding in Krola's blood-red eyes, as if occupying the entire world before her.

Merely feeling this punch, Krola could not help but feel despair.

Just a native... how could this be?!

"Bang!"

Her head burst and shattered instantly like a watermelon, splattering all over the ground.

Lin Qing slowly retracted his fist and also reined in that mighty, terrifying power. "Such big talk, and this is all you have?"

"Lin Qing, this woman seems to have two identical bodies. Just now, her spiritual fluctuations suddenly appeared on another body."

Just then, Zhao Jiayi's telepathic voice sounded: "She is in the direction of White Oak Street, about thirty-five kilometers away from here."

Lin Qing did not hesitate; he immediately took out an alloy throwing knife marked with a sky-track coordinate, leaped into mid-air, and then hurled the knife fiercely toward the night sky in the direction of White Oak Street.

The knife instantly broke through thirty times the speed of sound, stirring up a long trail of fire that tore through the sky.

While falling from mid-air, Lin Qing spoke, "Jiayi, you correct the knife's direction and landing point."

Three seconds later, Zhao Jiayi's telepathic voice said, "It is done."

Lin Qing let himself fall, and in the mid-air shrouded by the night, sensing the sky-track coordinate of that knife, he instantly constructed an invisible sky-track.

And then—

"Instant Light!"

In an instant, he had transformed into a streak of pale cyan light, crossing the thirty-five-kilometer distance with terrifying speed in a flash, and seized the knife that had flown into a building.

In the dim night, the woman with blood-red eyes, who had just completed her consciousness transfer and switched to a new body, stepped out the door and froze.

Immediately, incomparable fear rapidly arose in her eyes.

Locked in the small dark room, I can't get out until I finish writing...

(End of this chapter)