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Chapter 110: Variable Control (Requesting Monthly Votes)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wei felt his adrenaline surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?￠o\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the park, there were many other operatives like him, but not all were as lucky as he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his head slightly and saw a truck struck by a laser cannon mounted on the mech’s shoulder, instantly exploding into a massive fireball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the rebel operatives waiting outside the cultivation pods in the truck were reduced to charred corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wei clenched his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this battlefield, non-professionals had no right to even interfere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The large truck roared away from the battlefield, its color, paint, and even license plate continuously shifting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Genius’s” voice was frantic: “I can only hack the city’s surveillance for less than three minutes… you must reach the designated location and use the underground passage to transport the cargo out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sixty seconds left!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thirty seconds!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten, nine, eight…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Genius’s” voice was like a death’s whip, forcing Liu Wei to grit his teeth; he occasionally took over the autonomous driving to dodge obstacles, barely squeezing into the underground garage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped off the truck, opened the container, and found three massive cultivation pods inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several rebel members were already waiting there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them he actually recognized—it was the same guy who had provoked him before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They lifted the cubic-meter-sized pods and prepared to move them through the adjacent passage directly into the sewer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main sewer pipe was thick enough, half-submerged in sewage, and with inflatable rafts, it was sufficient for transport.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Liu Wei exhaled in relief, an unexpected change occurred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A laser shot flashed past—the very same guy who had provoked him moments ago lost his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud-thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With heavy metallic footsteps, a black-clad figure in an exoskeleton armor slowly entered the underground parking lot: \"Well... what have we here? A few little rebel mice...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wei’s muscles rippled like flowing water, his sense of danger reaching its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, he could only catch a blur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-clad man, controlling his mech, summoned a blade of light that slashed across two rebel operatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two rebels still wore expressions of shock as their upper and lower bodies split apart automatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the black-clad man’s exoskeleton armor was the most basic model, granting only the strength equivalent to a fourth-stage martial artist, its weapon modules were all genuine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This turned him into a machine for harvesting lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Zhong Yuxiu had been allowed to equip weapon modules during last year’s Hundred Star Exam, her score would never have been so low—she might have even had a chance at first place!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the power of technology and external tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A set of specialized handcuffs was thrown onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-clad man stared at Liu Wei and smirked: “Put them on yourself…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to want a live capture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it… Genius, what the hell are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wei felt engulfed by boundless despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his earpiece, “Genius’s” voice was also frantic: “I’m under attack… I’m trying to protect most people… Your location was compromised—I can’t help it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If “Genius” were right in front of him, Liu Wei swore he’d make the bastard understand why he was so red!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d barely cursed when he felt a hot wind brush past his ear—his head felt like it had been stung by a hornet, warm liquid trickling down…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wei touched his head and found it covered in blood—his right ear was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little mouse, I gave you a chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-clad man remained calm, savoring the pleasure of a cat toying with its prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wei’s heart sank further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know if today’s rebel operation had succeeded, but he was eighty percent sure he’d be going to prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fucking hell… my dream was to get into college, not prison…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wei clenched his fists, preparing for a final, desperate fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-clad man’s face changed drastically—he clutched his chest: “You…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pupils dilated, and he collapsed straight to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wei instantly recognized it—he’d been struck by martial will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if martial will had been used, how could he have felt nothing at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martial will was the core of a martial artist; once experienced, it could never be mistaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reacted instantly, his muscles rippling as he lunged forward, stomping his foot onto the black-clad man’s skull with all his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp bone-snapping sound erupted from the man’s neck; blood and even brain matter spurted from his orifices—he was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… actually killed a mech pilot?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wei couldn’t believe it, but he gritted his teeth and prepared to carry out the original plan—move the cultivation pods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he saw something that made his hair stand on end:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the truck’s container, the three cultivation pods had somehow become two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wei shuddered violently, shoved the pods into the sewer, and dove in after them…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the villa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing sat cross-legged, forming a hand seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A semi-transparent shadow flew in through the window—its head crowned with a lotus, its face exquisitely beautiful, like a celestial being, its body pure white and faintly translucent: the Great Golden Vajra Twin Guardian!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This guardian spirit can enter the mind-sea, similar to a spiritual attack… even more covert than martial will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, it was Fang Xing’s use of this technique that saved Liu Wei’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, in the hands of this guardian spirit was a bronze ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing took it, swept his spiritual force over it, and saw one cultivation pod and a large quantity of nutrient fluid—he smiled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For this operation, I even broke my own principles and brought along this space treasure—the Storage Ring…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, better safe than sorry…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of silver light—Fang Xing’s figure vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several seconds later, he reappeared in the same spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All the contraband has been dumped into the cultivation world—even if the pods had tracking devices, it won’t matter…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait… once inside a space treasure, they can’t be tracked at all, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, the rebels must have already taken precautions against this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing pondered for a moment, then stepped out of the meditation chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fang classmate…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, Lan Fei walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened outside? Why is it so chaotic?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing frowned, clearly displeased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard it was the rebels—they dared to attack a transport vehicle from the cultivation center… has it been suppressed yet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Fei sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A battle in the city meant heavy casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the entire Yuan Yu City was nearly paralyzed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I don’t want to stay in this chaos anymore… I’m leaving tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the contraband had already been sent to another world, he was now completely at ease—unafraid of any inspection…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Report: Yuan Yu City was attacked; 12 civilians dead, 739 injured… Yuan Yu City Mayor strongly condemned…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Vulture Star’s orbital cannon in outer space showed anomalous activity; Space Institute ruled out malfunction…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The new round of college entrance exams is about to begin; let us wish all the students success…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maple City, Happy Home Community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing, using the college entrance exams as an excuse, claimed he needed to focus on closed-door cultivation and casually sent Lan Fei away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he sat here watching TV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the devastation on the screen’s background, he fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rebels?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to some secret intelligence, this rebel operation was not a success, but neither was it a failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They not only seized a large number of growth pods, but also withdrew successfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is said the movements of the space cannons and space forces were linked to the rebels’ spacecraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even high-grade forces from the other side reportedly intervened in this incident…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But all this is no longer my concern…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll just focus on my college entrance exams and become a glorious university student.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing entered a quiet chamber and stuck a talisman on the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of silver light—and his figure vanished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation world, underground cavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So this is… a growth pod?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing held a bronze ring, causing several cubic meters’ worth of growth pods to slowly descend to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This growth pod was entirely silver-white, radiating a sci-fi aesthetic, its front face a large pane of glass allowing clear visibility of the interior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the pod were several silver boxes—premium nutrient solution specially designed for the pod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I get the feeling the rebels didn’t come for new blood—they came for the pods themselves… They might even have stockpiled a whole army of clones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing powered on the pod’s computer, checked its status, and nodded in satisfaction: “Good… all basic functions are intact.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy core is inside the pod—if undamaged, it should last tens of thousands of hours…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thankfully I studied programming…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some operations, Fang Xing pulled out a test tube.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the tube was the blood he had collected earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If cloning were done in the main universe, environmental factors might interfere… but here, in the cultivation world, the spiritual root quality should be identical, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped a single drop of blood into the pod and watched intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the glass, he saw a tiny embryo had already formed inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first no larger than a pinprick, now it had grown to the size of a sesame seed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the nutrient solution was being consumed at an astonishing rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Accelerate maturation…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing programmed another sequence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To develop properly, the clone should be removed from the pod as an infant and raised in society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fang Xing clearly had no intention of doing so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He added more nutrient solution and set the pod to direct “accelerated maturation”—a rapid growth mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this mode, the infant grew at an incredible speed inside the pod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few days, it would resemble the teenage boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, such an accelerated body would be merely a hollow shell—without soul, mindless…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, that was exactly what Fang Xing wanted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a soul and consciousness had already formed, it would be undesirable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he intended to possess it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A person’s soul is the sum total of all postnatal influences…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A hastily accelerated body has no soul—far easier to possess…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If there truly were a clone army, perhaps consciousness injection would be needed to reach peak effectiveness… but that would crush potential, rendering it largely useless anyway?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Federation had long voiced calls to build a clone army, the demand was never strong and quickly faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because the cost-benefit ratio was too low!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did clone troops consume massive resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once accelerated, they crushed the innate spiritual quality of life, drastically reducing the probability of later breakthroughs into Martial Saint, Martial God, or other high-rank professions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing waited silently, watching the embryo in the pod gradually develop—from sesame seed to pearl-sized, then orange-sized, apple-sized…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tiny infant appeared, curled into a ball, immersed in nutrient solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he began growing again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One year, two years… until around sixteen, growth finally halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I took as much nutrient solution as I could... I never expected these supplies would only allow me to clone nine more...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing checked the consumption and his expression darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pod’s nutrient solution was specially formulated; he had taken a generous amount this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the bronze ring still had spare space after storing one pod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then… let’s begin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing reached out and touched the pod, finally making his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chanted the “Great Sun Tathagata Mantra,” and in his mind’s sea, the Great Golden Ox-Headed Vidyaraja appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Mother Vidyarani manifested, now transformed into the Great Golden Twin Protective Deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Possession!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing willed it—and the celestial protective deity smiled faintly, like a soul entering a vessel, passing through the thick glass and merging with the teenager inside the pod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So this is… possession? What an extraordinary sensation…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the protective deity was perfectly attuned to his original self, Fang Xing now felt it too—the clone’s resistance was nonexistent… the deity had effortlessly completed the possession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it had just been born—what thoughts or will could it possibly have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screech!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, the pod opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A youth with sharp eyebrows and starlit eyes stepped out, dressed in the ancient robe already prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this what it feels like to be an external incarnation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing carefully sensed this novel sensation—as if he now had an extra perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This body has been tested with a Spiritual Root Detection Talisman—it possesses a Metal Heavenly Spiritual Root…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since everything occurred within the cultivation world, all variables are controlled—the outcome shouldn’t differ much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not examine his incarnation in detail; instead, he willed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three seconds later—a flash of silver light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing’s original body vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy Home Community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing’s form materialized out of thin air; he touched his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the protective deity’s perfect attunement, he could still see his incarnation adjusting the pod, cloning a second, then a third spiritual-genius…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good… now I don’t need to shuttle back and forth between worlds—too risky, too likely to expose me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now my original body stays in the main universe, while my cultivation incarnation handles affairs in the cultivation world—much more convenient…”\u003C\u002Fp>",2220,"2026-06-20T11:03:20.053Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","83f37d6f4611ecc48620cb96d08b72a7cfea59fddd1b1cb4fc5f1f597fc54ba9","starlight-professional-chapter-111","starlight-professional-chapter-109",726,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarlight-professional-cover.jpg"]