Chapter 135: Tang Wanqiu's Shock

"Klorra."

Lin Qing looked at the blood-eyed woman not far away, grabbed with one hand, and a cyan light surged instantly, forming a long blade. "Since you've already escaped prison, why come to me to die?"

"Wait, you can't kill me!"

The blood-eyed woman looked at him with eyes full of fear and said in a trembling voice, "Now we suspect you killed Carol. She is a noble of our Dilanxi Civilization's main star. If you kill me too, that will completely confirm it. When the ambassador of our Dilanxi Civilization arrives on Earth in five years, you will be dead for sure!"

Seeing Lin Qing silent in thought, she hurriedly added, "I can help you hide it! I came this time just to test you. As long as I go back and clear your name, you'll be fine. Please believe me."

"You?" Lin Qing looked at her. "Is there also a Luxi from the Dilanxi Civilization like you?"

"Yes." The blood-eyed woman nodded quickly. "Don't worry. As long as I speak for you, Luxi won't come to kill you."

Lin Qing glanced at her and asked, "Since you suspect me, why didn't she come? Do you think there's even a shred of trustworthiness in your words?"

The blood-eyed woman hurriedly said, "Rest assured, we are actually allies with you now. So although Luxi suspects you, she doesn't want to break the alliance, which is why she gave up investigating you. If I persuade her again, she will let it go."

"Allies?"

Lin Qing's heart stirred, and he suddenly understood a bit.

"Master." Chen Guang's voice sounded in his mind: "No wonder, after these prisoners attacked the Patrol Headquarters a few days ago, only members of the Fuyong Sect died there. It seems... these extraterrestrial prisoners plan to join forces with the Autonomy Faction to fight against the Wisdom Star Group."

Lin Qing realized.

Tang Wanqiu is from the Autonomy Faction, and since he counts as Tang Wanqiu's man, he naturally belongs to the Autonomy Faction side as well.

The enemy of my enemy is my ally.

"Knowing I am an ally, you still came to attack me?" Lin Qing narrowed his eyes and looked at the blood-eyed woman.

"Sorry, I just wanted to investigate clearly." The blood-eyed woman said sincerely, "After all, Carol is a noble of our Dilanxi Civilization's main star. Her status is very high."

"Master, she is definitely after your Divine Post slot." Chen Guang reminded.

Lin Qing said nothing.

He understood this matter without Chen Guang needing to explain.

"I have a few questions."

Lin Qing looked at the blood-eyed woman. "Answer honestly, and I will treat it as if you never came."

"Ask." The blood-eyed woman nodded immediately.

Lin Qing asked, "Besides the Autonomy Faction, who else have you prisoners joined forces with?"

"As far as I know, there is the Illuminati's Original Research Institute, and the three powers representing the three major extraterrestrial civilizations." The blood-eyed woman said.

"With the strength of the Wisdom Star Group, can you extraterrestrial prisoners just find people to join forces and fight them?" Lin Qing asked.

These people were originally captured and imprisoned by the Wisdom Star Group; what difference does it make even if they are released?

"Not just us."

The blood-eyed woman said, "We have powerful backers behind us, and the Autonomy Faction does too. It's just that there is currently a ban preventing interference with Earth Civilization."

Lin Qing understood what she meant.

Those bound to extraterrestrial civilizations cannot interfere with Earth Civilization, and almost every elite in the metropolitan area is bound to an extraterrestrial civilization.

Multiple extraterrestrial civilizations exerted pressure, forcing the Wisdom Star Group to yield, creating this situation.

"Besides the slot for the Starry Sky Divine Post, what other reasons do you have for coming to Earth?" Lin Qing asked.

"I only came for the Divine Post."

The blood-eyed woman hurriedly said, "I heard that not only are there many vacant Divine Post slots on Earth, but there also seem to be undeveloped treasures. That's why I rushed here from my homeland, but I didn't expect the Wisdom Star Group to be so tyrannical, imprisoning us all."

"Treasures?" Lin Qing looked at her. "What treasures?"

"I'm not clear on the specifics." The blood-eyed woman said helplessly, "I only know it has something to do with the Second Universe Network."

Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly.

He had also heard Chen Guang mention the Second Universe Network. It is rumored to be a virtual world accessible only to at least Universe Citizens, and it is closely related to the real universe.

However, the region where Earth is located has not yet truly connected with the cosmic stars, so it hasn't "connected to the network" yet.

He didn't know the specifics either, having only heard Chen Guang chat about it a few times.

But...

The Wisdom Star Group invested in him, hoping that after he achieved a Divine Post, he would contribute in a virtual space.

Could that refer to the Second Universe?

For a moment, many thoughts flashed through Lin Qing's mind.

"I am speaking the truth."

The blood-eyed woman looked at Lin Qing nervously. "We really are allies. I was wrong today. Please forgive me and spare me?"

Lin Qing glanced at her and said calmly, "I keep my word. Tonight, I will treat it as if you never came."

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

The blood-eyed woman finally breathed a sigh of relief, bowed gratefully to Lin Qing, then carefully sidestepped him and walked out.

But in her heart, she sneered coldly: "Naive natives! As soon as I return, I will report to Lord Bai Zhou. Earth Civilization has produced such a perverted monster; it must be eliminated as soon as possible!"

As for whether it would affect the alliance, or whether there would be one less force to fight the Wisdom Star Group?

She didn't care at all.

Ultimately, she never wanted to risk fighting the Wisdom Star Group in the first place. As long as she waited five years until the ambassador of her Dilanxi Civilization arrived, she would be safe. Why bother making things hard for herself?

"Vile natives, making me suffer such a great humiliation!"

The blood-eyed woman cursed in her heart and hurriedly walked away as fast as she could.

Suddenly—

Her peripheral vision caught a flash of cyan light appearing.

Immediately following, blood sprayed out, and her head silently fell off.

"No! I..."

The head that had fallen to the ground held nothing in its eyes but deep fear and boundless regret.

Then, a foot imbued with terrifying power instantly crushed it into mush!

Lin Qing glanced indifferently and said softly, "I'll pretend I never saw you."

"Lin Qing, you have at least caught Lady Luxi's attention; I'm afraid you won't be able to lie low for much longer."

On the way back, Chen Guang's voice sounded in Lin Qing's mind.

"It doesn't matter."

Lin Qing said, "I'll be appointed to a divine post soon anyway. And now that it's confirmed the Autonomy Faction has allied with these prisoners, even if I'm suspected, they won't move against me without evidence."

"Indeed," Chen Guang said. "Your current strength is already very great. If you can develop the fifth-level ability of the Sky-Track Monarch bloodline, you can rise another tier, and there's great hope for a rare profession."

Lin Qing nodded slightly. "Then I won't wait. Let's find Dr. Chu Hui's legacy as soon as possible. I hope this big shot, Chu Hongjun, has truly researched the lower part of the Star-Refining Art."

He had originally wanted to wait until his strength was a bit greater, for instance, after advancing the "Source Divine Weapon," and only then seek Dr. Chu Hui's legacy with full confidence.

Now, although he has only eighty or ninety percent confidence, he can wait no longer.

"Rest assured. Although the research base where that legacy is located is dangerous, anyone with the strength of a three-star elite patrol can defend themselves; it poses little threat to you," Chen Guang said.

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

"However, before that, you must first resolve the trouble at hand."

Chen Guang said softly, "I have a plan you might consider."

"What?" Lin Qing asked, puzzled.

Chen Guang said, "Send Tang Wanqiu a message now and ask her to talk face-to-face."

That night, just forty minutes after Lin Qing and Tang Wanqiu ended their call, her new war machine crossed over ten thousand kilometers and arrived in Lin'an City. Lin Qing was waiting at the airport; as soon as Tang Wanqiu's war machine landed, he boarded directly and entered the cabin.

Inside the cabin.

"So urgent? Did something major happen?" Tang Wanqiu sized up Lin Qing sitting opposite her.

After confirming the war machine wouldn't be monitored, Lin Qing spoke: "Director, I killed several extraterrestrial prisoners."

"Extraterrestrial prisoners?" Tang Wanqiu asked, puzzled. "Just that? Who did you kill?"

Lin Qing fell silent for a moment, then said softly, "Uriel, Feiyao, Carol, Clora, and a few weaker ones."

Tang Wanqiu couldn't help but freeze.

She sized up Lin Qing and couldn't help saying, "Are you joking?"

Lin Qing simply took out several small bottles, placed them on the table before him, and said, "These are DNA extracted from their corpses, Director. You can verify them."

Tang Wanqiu looked at the small bottles, then turned her gaze to Lin Qing. After a long silence, she slowly spoke again, "Really?"

Lin Qing nodded.

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"How did you do it?"

Tang Wanqiu looked at him in disbelief. "Uriel's strength is enough to rival the top-tier three-star elite patrols. Feiyao and Carol are also at the three-star elite patrol level. Even if you've undergone genetic recombination, you shouldn't have this kind of strength, right?"

She shook her head again. "Moreover, Clora's survival ability is extremely strong. Even if I acted, I couldn't kill her."

Lin Qing said nothing, simply standing up.

In the next instant, his entire body erupted with cyan light, instantly transforming into a streak of flowing light, appearing on Tang Wanqiu's other side as if by teleportation.

"Flash of Instant Light!"

Tang Wanqiu suddenly rose, looking at Lin Qing in shock. "You excavated the core ability of the Sky-Track Monarch, 'Flash of Instant Light'?"

She knew Lin Qing had injected the 【trace】 version of the Sky-Track Monarch bloodline.

With merely a trace of bloodline, he actually excavated Flash of Instant Light?

That probability is even rarer than winning the first prize in a lottery; it is virtually nonexistent.

"Director, everyone has secrets."

Lin Qing said slowly, "I hide to avoid being targeted by the Wisdom Star Group. I believe you can understand me; like you, I simply do not wish to become a lackey of the Wisdom Star Group."

Tang Wanqiu stared blankly at Lin Qing, as if stunned.

Because she understood that even with Flash of Instant Light alone, it would be impossible to kill Uriel and the others.

Therefore, Lin Qing must be hiding even more strength.

A mere youngster with less than a year of cultivation time, yet possessing such strength?

She had never seen anyone so monstrous.

Only those urban-circle geniuses who exist only in legends, such as that legendary genius who became a member of the Star Patrol Council before turning twenty, could be more monstrous than Lin Qing.

But such geniuses were signed away by extraterrestrial civilizations long ago and no longer belong to Earth civilization.

Precisely because of this, they received extremely high cultivation conditions, enabling them to be so monstrous.

Regarding this, Earth civilization is also helpless.

A small temple cannot house a great Buddha; shallow water cannot raise a true dragon.

Watching helplessly as one genius after another was poached by extraterrestrial civilizations, Earth civilization could do nothing.

And now...

Tang Wanqiu discovered that a super genius who had not yet been poached by extraterrestrial civilizations was standing right before her!

The key is... this super genius is very resistant to the Wisdom Star Group!

"Lin Qing."

Tang Wanqiu took a deep breath, suddenly grabbed Lin Qing's arms with both hands, suppressed the excitement in her heart, fixed her gaze on him, and said seriously, "Tonight, I'll pretend I never heard what you said. You must not tell anyone, understand?"

Lin Qing pondered for a moment, then said, "Clora came to test me tonight; Lady Luxi knows. Clora is already dead; Lady Luxi cannot but suspect me."

Tang Wanqiu shook her head slightly and said, "Leave this matter to me to resolve; it has nothing to do with you."

"Director?" Lin Qing looked at her.

"You should know that our Earth civilization, due to differing ideologies, split into three major factions."

Tang Wanqiu released him and said slowly, "I am a member of the Autonomous Faction. The Inspection Headquarters also has a Senior Director, several Inspectors, and a portion of elite inspectors who are all part of the Autonomous Faction."

"However, the Autonomous Faction is not a monolith internally, so I do not intend to disclose your situation to the Autonomous Faction."

Tang Wanqiu said, "Currently, only Senior Director Xu Shaofeng is absolutely trustworthy. I will tell only him, and having him handle your matter is the safest approach."

"Senior Director Xu Shaofeng?" Lin Qing was somewhat surprised.

This Senior Director usually showed no factional tendencies; could he really be part of the Autonomous Faction?

"What you must do is hide yourself well."

Tang Wanqiu said seriously, "Before you are inducted as a Universal Citizen, you must not reveal yourself. Do you understand my meaning?"

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

Before becoming a Universal Citizen, the Wisdom Star Group can force a contract.

Once one becomes a Universal Citizen, one will not be at the mercy of others.

"Rest assured," Tang Wanqiu said. "At worst, we will ask Director Xu to act, find a pretext, and eliminate Lady Luxi directly to prevent your exposure."

Lin Qing was stunned.

A Senior Director acting to kill?

He couldn't help but say, "Currently, the Extraterrestrial Prisoners and the Autonomous Faction are cooperating, right? If Bai Zhou acts in this situation..."

"Don't worry."

Tang Wanqiu smiled. "That group of Extraterrestrial Prisoners attacking the headquarters was within our expectations. We are simply using their hands to eliminate some lackeys of the Fuyong Sect. Director Xu was hiding his strength that day; with his power, he has no fear of that Bai Zhou."

"Hiding his strength?" Lin Qing was stunned.

He also understood that Tang Wanqiu was sharing these secrets with him specifically to increase his sense of belonging and trust.

"So, do not worry."

Tang Wanqiu smiled slightly and asked again, "Do you have hope of undergoing the Primordial Transformation?"

Lin Qing nodded and said, "Yes."

He understood that Tang Wanqiu was actually asking if he could perceive the power of the Sixth Energy Level and whether he possessed the aptitude for the Primordial Transformation.

Although he lacked aptitude in this regard, he could use a "stupid method."

"Oh?"

Tang Wanqiu's gaze at him became even more surprised and fervent. She immediately smiled and said, "Tell me what you need now. Although we cannot offer conditions as good as the Wisdom Star Group, we will do our best to help you; we will help as much as we can."

Lin Qing, however, felt somewhat strange.

Tang Wanqiu was not certain before whether he could undergo the Primordial Transformation; she only knew his current combat power was strong, yet she treated him so well?

Normally, if one cannot perceive the power of the Sixth Energy Level, one cannot undergo the Primordial Transformation and would ultimately just be another Inspector.

Yet Tang Wanqiu's reaction was so surprised?

"Director."

Lin Qing did not beat around the bush: "Since you were not certain before whether I could undergo the Primordial Transformation, why do you value me so highly? If I cannot undergo the Primordial Transformation, I am just another Inspector, which is not particularly important, is it?"

"Haha..."

Tang Wanqiu laughed. "Having the potential for the Primordial Transformation is naturally more surprising, but even if you lack this potential, you are equally very important to us."

"Why?" Lin Qing asked in confusion.

(End of this chapter)