Chapter 397: The Package Has Been Delivered

At this moment, in a room at the Galaxy Center on the Moon.

Li Hao's Spirit retreated rapidly, finally returning to his body before his soul could scatter; in an instant, a tidal wave of tactile sensations and soreness flooded his consciousness. Damn it, it was heart-wrenchingly painful. Even with the fastest reaction, he still lost quite a bit of Spirit energy, and on top of that, he had forcibly used Dark Matter—damn it, he was drained.

Li Hao did not open his eyes immediately; he needed to let his Spirit and body's wavebands synchronize. If his true form had been there, would it have been so dangerous? He hadn't been able to hammer that dog-thing to death, and he didn't know if he had blown it to bits. Given the level of that explosion, he figured it couldn't have survived. Even if it were alive, it wouldn't be able to do anything.

After recovering for a good while, Li Hao felt his body warming up. Could his cultivation have improved again?

The last time he did something like this, he was bedridden for several days. This time, it felt sour and numb, which was a bit unusual.

Li Hao opened his eyes. What met his gaze was a stunningly beautiful face, though it was a bit pale at the moment, and her starry eyes had lost their luster. A Youyou's hands were placed on Li Hao's chest, and she was using her own Spirit to protect Li Hao's body...

A Youyou had been guarding Li Hao the whole time. Although there had been some changes, the situation was okay. Suddenly, Li Hao's body began to glow and was clearly losing its vitality. It terrified A Youyou, so she hurriedly used her own Mental Power to compensate, but she hadn't expected Li Hao's body to generate such a massive suction force.

Yet A Youyou gritted her teeth and persisted. Just when she was about to reach her limit, a warm current suddenly fed back into her, directly washing away her fatigue and weakness. Both of them couldn't help but moan; it was a kind of Spirit contact that was hard to describe in words, filled with an attraction that transcended biology. A Youyou's hands snapped away, and just as she wanted to stand up, her body collapsed without any strength.

Li Hao's right hand scooped her up, slowly lifting A Youyou, and he placed his left hand on her abdomen, his power slowly sinking in. "Don't do this next time, it's too dangerous!"

A Youyou closed her eyes, her eyelashes fluttered, and she pouted, saying nothing.

Angry!

After a good while, A Youyou fell asleep. Looking at the quiet girl in his arms, Li Hao felt he really had to be careful in the future.

Carefully placing A Youyou on the bed, he was also aching all over. He had to admit, the yin-yang mutual replenishment of the Spirit was truly useful. It was the same as when Zuo Xiaotang encountered Anlita, especially when the grade and waveband of the Spirits matched, it would form a Spirit attraction and entanglement effect. If it were Li Hao alone, he might not have been able to get up for three or four days, but now he was surprisingly only feeling sore and a bit weak, with part of that being the depletion from Kepler.

Li Hao checked the time: 5:00 AM. Guarding A Youyou, Li Hao immediately fell into deep thought.

Kepler possessed intelligent life—highly intelligent—and at the same time, it had a considerable understanding of Humans and even had connections with them. Furthermore, this thing had nothing to do with Bleem.

But what did it mean at the end?

Awakening?

What the hell was that? He was a red-blooded, authentic Human. It was a pity he hadn't been able to obtain more intelligence, and he hadn't found the courier either. He had originally suspected Polina, but after observing her for a few days, he hadn't discovered anything unusual.

Li Hao pondered for a while but couldn't make heads or tails of it. He glanced at A Youyou, who was curled up into a ball sleeping beside him... Li Hao subconsciously looked around, then carefully gave her a kiss, and just like that, face-to-face, he fell asleep watching her...

Within the Dark Net, a message was being transmitted: The package has been delivered.

Knock, knock, knock.

A burst of urgent knocking woke the two sleeping people. Two pairs of eyes looked at each other; at some point, A Youyou had curled up in Li Hao's arms like a little kitten. A Youyou's face was a little red.

Knock, knock, knock.

"A Youyou, if you don't open the door, I'm going to barge in!"

Dita said loudly from outside the door. She couldn't find Li Hao, and she couldn't find A Youyou. What were these two doing?

"Sister Dita, one moment, I'll be right there." A Youyou quickly broke free from the warm embrace; Li Hao couldn't even hold her back. He really wanted to swat Dita away.

Shouldn't they just pretend no one was there at a time like this?

A Youyou hurriedly tidied her clothes and opened the door. Dita rushed in, almost in a Flash Strike, sizing the two of them up and scouting for enemy intelligence everywhere.

It looked like they had tidied up in a panic; their clothes were still from yesterday, their hair was messy, Li Hao's face was a bit pale, and while A Youyou looked rosy, her movements clearly betrayed weakness—a classic case of looking strong on the outside but being hollow on the inside!!!

"What did you two do last night?!" Dita looked suspiciously between Li Hao and A Youyou. "Could it be..."

Li Hao hurriedly waved his hands. "We didn't do anything."

"Is that so?" Dita's nose sniffed repeatedly, looking Li Hao and A Youyou up and down. "A lone man and a woman, dry wood and raging fire—humph, humph, A Youyou, you're done for!"

Li Hao couldn't laugh or cry, shrugging helplessly.

A Youyou, however, gave a generous smile. "Sister Dita, sit down. We talked all night, so we got up late. Why did you come?"

"Humph," Dita felt that both of them were quite calm, and their expressions didn't look faked. Could it be that Li Hao had suffered internal injuries from holding it in? What a beast!

"It's already the afternoon. Don't you think I should have come to find you? If I hadn't helped you deal with Su Yu, it would have blown up by now!" Dita sat down with a flourish. "You two owe me a lot, especially you, Li Hao. You need to have a sense of gratitude."

Li Hao checked the time; it was already 2:00 PM. The two of them had slept for a long time. Li Hao had already checked on A Youyou; she was a bit weak, but with her constitution, she would fully recover after resting for two days. It was just that the Spirit exchange had created an inexplicable connection between them.

"Hey, hey, can you not have this kind of telepathic communication in front of me? I'm a person!" Dita was speechless. What was all this? They were inexplicably trying to feed her dog food; she had already eaten lunch before coming.

Li Hao saw his Skycom; the team had already finished their morning training. Zhou Naiyi asked him if he was going to join the group training in the afternoon. He couldn't be absent for that; he couldn't challenge the Class Monitor's limit of patience.

"A Youyou, there's a tactical arrangement this afternoon. I have to go; I'll come find you later." Li Hao said.

A Youyou nodded. "Is your body okay?"

"No problem, I'm in tip-top shape!" Li Hao said with a smile, waving his hand.

"Wait a second, tidy up your clothes." A Youyou hurriedly helped Li Hao tidy up. "Aren't you going back to change?"

Li Hao waved his hand and flashed away.

Dita closed the door and immediately grabbed A Youyou's hand, examining her closely. "Is he fierce?"

A Youyou giggled. "Although it hasn't happened yet, I don't think it would be bad."

"Ah, so it really didn't happen," Dita said with a look of disappointment. "Boring. This guy is too useless. If I were a man and we spent the night together, I wouldn't let you get out of bed."

"Then when you have a boyfriend, I'll be sure to tell him that."

"You're going to be the death of me, you bad girl!" Dita couldn't win with words, so she used her body to suppress her, pinning A Youyou on the sofa for a bit of a tussle. Seeing A Youyou's complexion looking a bit poor, she hurriedly stopped. "What's wrong with you?"

A Youyou took a deep breath. "A little dizzy, maybe I didn't sleep well."

"What nonsense are you talking about? With your Zone Value, you wouldn't have any issues even if you stayed up for a few days!" Dita held A Youyou's hand. "What exactly happened?"

A Youyou was helpless. "It's really nothing. Li Hao wasn't feeling well yesterday, so I used my Mental Power to help him replenish, and then I felt a bit weak."

Dita was half-doubting. "This guy looks pretty fierce; could it be he's all show and no go?"

When there were no outsiders, Dita's wild words flowed like a surging river.

"Why did you come? The North Caro match isn't easy to play. Don't you have training?"

At the mention of this, Dita got worked up. "It's not just 'not easy to play.' Right now, the fiercest ones are North Caro and Galaxy. We just happened to run into one of them. We're just trying not to get swept."

Actually, Dita had a good mindset. For Star Martial Arts to reach this point was already quite something. The rest was just to make a push; if a miracle happened, it was a bonus. If they lost, no one would say anything—their luck had already been quite good.

"We practiced all morning and designated a few plans; my head is about to explode. North Caro's current lineup has no flaws; every position is perfect. It's hard to even target them. It all depends on whether your Li Hao is reliable." Dita said. At first, she had been quite confident, but seeing Li Hao so weak, she didn't know if he could do it anymore.

"He said he could, so he definitely can." A Youyou said.

"Oh, you have a lot of confidence in him. This person is so strange, a bit hard to fathom. They are as uncomfortable as facing Vulcan, but with him and Cheng Konghai as two strong points, there's still hope to fight for it." Dita stretched her long legs. "It's so hot. I'm going to take a shower. Come on, beauty, let's go together."

"You wash first, I'll eat something."

"What are you afraid of? Let's go together, we're both girls." Dita spread her arms wide.

"Afraid you'll feel inferior," A Youyou blinked slyly.

Dita stomped her feet in anger; her figure was already impeccable, long, slender, and healthy, with everything in the right proportions, yet compared to A Youyou, there was still a gap, and the flavor of that, it was indescribable, the kind that even girls would be obsessed with.

At the Tianjing Martial Arts base, Tan Ziyuan was displaying the analysis charts for the Fire God Team; this was a detailed analysis table that Tan Ziyuan, Sheng Man, and Lu Lingxiao had spent a long time putting together.

Team Leader Basta, specializes in using Nether Fire Genesis, Golden Zone Flowing Heart Martial Arts, Demon Dragon Soul origin, head of the Mars Three Wolves, ability: Weightlessness.

Vanguard Amituo, specializes in using Nether Fire Genesis, Golden Zone Flowing Heart Martial Arts, Apocalypse member, currently known ability is Concealment.

Walan, the number one Centaur of Mars, Golden Zone Flowing Heart Martial Arts, Apocalypse member, ability is Ultrasonic Vibration.

Mengnaluo, Fire God's Heavy Armor Warrior, specializes in Deep Sea Berserker, Apocalypse member, Golden Zone Flowing Heart Martial Arts, ability is Energy Control.

Guma, Fire God's Sniper, Lihuo Mecha, Golden Zone Flowing Heart Martial Arts, ability unknown.

Substitute Belastan, primary abilities are also unclear; we have collected quite a few clips of their combat videos and technical characteristics, including those from the previous S Tournament, the EMP, and some performances from this time.

"The battle where Fire God defeated the Round Table Knights was essentially a bit of a crushing victory, so the abilities above are for reference only; they very likely have other ambushes."