Chapter 109: 109. Contact (Requesting Subscription)

109. Chapter 109: Contact (Requesting Subscription)

Several months later.

In Yuanyu City, the weather gradually grew hot.

In a villa district, inside a three-story villa with a red roof.

In the quiet chamber, Fang Xing sat cross-legged; within his crown chakra’s mind sea, the Eight-Armed Ox-Headed Mingwang appeared fearsome, each of its ritual implements seeming to flow with profound, dense spiritual essence, even the white bone skull beneath it looked lifelike, like a multitude of White Bone Contemplations.

Not long after, a guardian deity passed through the wall, arriving at the center of Fang Xing’s forehead and sinking into the Ox-Headed Mingwang’s embrace.

“This ‘Great Golden Vajra Twin Guardian Deity’… has finally been completed, then.”

After a moment, Fang Xing opened his eyes and murmured to himself.

Since learning enough intelligence, he had asked Lan Fei to arrange a villa in Yuanyu City for his personal use.

Then he came here, sat daily in meditation and trained his martial arts, silently waiting.

He continuously visualized and cultivated the “Heavenly Mother Virtuous Golden Lotus Twin Guardian Deity Scripture,” eavesdropping on the cultivation center’s activities.

Now, this secret technique had achieved minor success:

【Heavenly Mother Virtuous Golden Lotus Twin Guardian Deity Scripture: 1/100 (Proficient)】

“At the proficient level, the guardian deity visualized and cultivated is sufficient for possession…”

Of course, during cultivation, Fang Xing inevitably eavesdropped on many private matters.

For instance, that teacher Lan Fei—seemed sharp, capable, and efficient, making him utterly enamored.

But in truth, she was a double agent!

Not only did she report every detail of his schedule to Yin Huazhen, but she was also suspected of having ties to another faction!

Though she believed she concealed it well, under Fang Xing’s guardian deity’s gaze, she was as defenseless as an open book.

“No wonder high-level cultivators grow erratic and moody with age… Under divine awareness, all secrets are exposed—yet everyone has their own hidden desires…”

Fang Xing sighed deeply.

Even he, about to take the college entrance exam and determined to become part of the Blue Star Federation’s elite, wasn’t he preparing to undermine the Federation itself?

Since learning of the rebels’ plans, Fang Xing had reported nothing, merely watching events unfold.

‘It’s a pity… Lan Fei was quite clever and resourceful, and she was once the original’s dream…’

Fang Xing rose and left the villa.

…

Outside Yuanyu City.

Inside an abandoned factory.

Liu Wei wore a blue work uniform, covered in grease, dismantling a scrapped hover car.

“You’re Liu Wei? Heard you’re in the same class as Fang Xing? He ranked third in the Hundred Stars—how come you’re so weak?”

Another worker approached, lowering his voice to ask.

This was a secret rebel base; all workers were rebels, each with false identities.

Thud!

Liu Wei’s expression remained blank; his muscles bulged as he ripped off the car hood with bare hands: “Does being in the same class mean you have to be equally strong?”

Within the rebels, there was never a unified front.

Especially after Fang Xing became famous, many young rebels, resentful, would come to challenge Liu Wei.

Liu Wei didn’t hold back—he generally punched one kid after another.

Did they really think the rebels restricted them?

No!

Even if they attended school together, only a handful of geniuses ever rose above the rest.

The rest vanished into obscurity!

‘But all that’s past now. For someone to provoke me today… something’s off…’

Liu Wei thought this, walked to the back of the warehouse, and entered a basement.

Inside the basement was a large room filled with dense surveillance screens.

A slumped youth in a white lab coat sat before them.

“Liu Wei? Need another new identity to go gallivanting in the city?”

The slumped youth glanced at Liu Wei.

“I got word someone’s trying to contact me.”

Liu Wei held up his communicator: “Whether for protocol or safety, I’ve got to come to you, genius.”

“Alright, leave it to me!”

The youth, codenamed ‘Genius,’ typed rapidly on his keyboard: “Your contact request came through the third covert line… I’ve encrypted it. You can try now.”

Liu Wei nodded and dialed a number from the black market, right before Genius’s eyes.

Long moments passed; there was no response.

“What’s going on?” Liu Wei looked at Genius.

“That number’s an anonymous black-market device—hard to trace the source… And why buy it to contact someone, yet never reach them…?”

Genius frowned: “Unless the other party already achieved their goal…”

Liu Wei’s heart stirred.

Could it be… him?!

If so, that’s clever.

Even black-market communicators aren’t 100% secure.

‘Now… let’s see how the other side contacts me.’

Liu Wei thought silently.

At that moment, ‘Genius’ spoke again: “Huh? What’s going on today… the instructor’s gathering everyone.”

Soon, a line of workers in blue uniforms gathered in the underground plaza.

Previously scattered, they now stood straight-backed, chests out, their qi and blood surging—like wolves and tigers.

“Good…”

A middle-aged man with a black eye patch walked through, his gaze sweeping each rebel’s face: “A thousand days of training, one day of use. This time, our branch will make a big move.”

As he spoke, the one-eyed instructor projected a map—the center clearly marked the largest cultivation center in Yuanyu City.

“Here…” he began assigning tasks, then asked: “Any questions?”

“Instructor… if we carry this out, we’ll be wanted across the entire planet—every professional will go mad…”

A youth raised his hand: “Then… how do we hide? Not to mention—the cultivation pods need a stable environment to function.”

“Good question. But the Chick Hawk Planet can’t hold us—why not go to a new planet?”

The one-eyed instructor smiled faintly, his voice tinged with excitement: “We rebels have our own planet… and two space transport ships will arrive soon to extract us!”

“Leave!”

“Leave this cage!”

Liu Wei, seemingly moved by the instructor’s words, raised his arm and shouted.

For him, Chick Hawk Planet was a cage—a cage for bio-engineered beings!

He longed to step out, to see the new interstellar world!

“Sigh…”

At that moment, he seemed to hear a sigh.

It didn’t come from beside him—it came from within… his own heart?

“Huh?”

Onstage, the one-eyed instructor’s single eye swept across the crowd—but found nothing amiss, forcing him to suppress his suspicion.

…

The villa.

“Huh… No wonder martial artists have such keen intuition—even if they can’t see my guardian deity, they can still sense it slightly…”

The one who had spied on the gathering just now was, of course, Fang Xing.

Or rather, the guardian deity he had manifested.

Thanks to its invisible, intangible nature, gathering intelligence was easy.

“But can martial artists’ spiritual senses still detect me?”

Fang Xing rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

“Good thing I reacted fast—I ordered the guardian deity to disperse immediately… It’s just a matter of re-forming it.”

“Next, I need to acquire a cultivation pod, then focus entirely on the college entrance exam…”

Unconsciously, it was already the second semester of senior year.

The moment that would decide the fate of countless Chick Hawk Planet candidates was approaching.

Fang Xing gazed toward a distant point, his eyes growing dark and deep…

…

Several days later.

Liu Wei, wearing a mask and dressed like an ordinary construction worker, walked through Yuanyu City.

“Huh…”

He looked up at the scorching sun and let out a long sigh: “I really want to eat ice cream…”

“Liu Wei, do your job.”

A man’s voice came through a miniature earpiece at his ear: “According to plan, now… you should go to the alley behind.”

“I know…”

Liu Wei swiftly reached an alley and slightly lifted a sewer cover.

Then, he walked away as if nothing had happened, entering a shop next door.

“It’s about to begin… Today, the cultivation center will receive 100 cultivation pods, all the latest models, transported via ‘Ke Long Flyers’…”

Liu Wei silently waited in his mind.

A few minutes later.

He heard a faint commotion around him.

A passerby was walking when he suddenly slipped, dropping his cigarette to the ground, where it rolled into the sewer cover he had lifted.

Beneath the cover, an aged pipe suddenly exploded, spilling countless high-energy fuels…

BOOM!

That single spark seemed to ignite a towering wave of fire!

A staggering pillar of flame shot into the sky, causing many nearby residents to scream…

The flame swept across the sky, blocking the path of several flying sedans.

The sedans collided with each other, exploding into giant fireworks in midair, alarms blaring wildly.

Even several anti-aircraft missiles were launched directly!

They did not target the flying sedans, but instead aimed at a massive flyer.

BOOM!

Though a fluorescent blue glow flickered across the flyer, one corner was still blown off.

The massive flyer, as if losing control, wobbled and descended toward a park in the city district…

“Control of variables—truly astonishing ability… It’s my turn.”

Liu Wei knew this was the ability of a master within the Resistance, capable of manipulating countless “variables” to steer events toward his desired outcome.

Of course, activating this ability required many prerequisites, and the more familiar one was with the target environment and the longer the setup, the more likely events would unfold as planned.

It was said that the ultimate form of this ability was the hypothetical “Laplace’s Demon,” whose power, even compared to a host of extraterrestrial demons, was no less formidable—perhaps even greater!

He took a deep breath, walked to a nearby parking lot, and climbed into a large cargo truck loaded with shipping containers.

“Autopilot has been reprogrammed and route recalculated…”

The voice of “Genius” came from the speakers.

“Let’s go!”

Liu Wei nodded and ordered the cargo truck to ignite and start…

Not long after, they arrived near the park.

Above the sky, dozens of mechs were locked in midair combat, unleashing elemental powers of wind, fire, thunder, and lightning in turn.

THUD!

As Liu Wei opened the container, several cultivation pods were tossed inside: “Hurry up!”