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Chapter 343 You're so capable, you really aren't human!
The absolute control over the Moon Palace, along with the pulse of the entire planet, rests entirely in the hands of one person.
Lu Sheng's consciousness withdrew from the vast, ocean-like golden source, and his feet once again touched the cold metal floor. Without pausing, his figure transformed into a streak of light, tearing through the vacuum, and resolutely returning to that azure planet.
He didn't come back to rest.
I came back to take stock of my assets and, incidentally, to clear the newly grown weeds in the backyard.
……
East China Sea, Dengxian Island.
Lu Sheng's figure appeared silently atop the iceberg of the Heroes' Tomb.
His gaze pierced through the thick ice and rock walls, looking down at the ravaged island below. Dao Yi and Li Xiaoyao were leading their disciples in clearing the battlefield, while 108 Immortal Qin terracotta warriors, under Luo Tianfei's command, were rebuilding the island's defensive array with absolute precision and efficiency.
Everything was in perfect order.
Apart from a few "rats" hiding in the shadows.
Lu Sheng's gaze locked onto a group of reefs on the southern side of the island. There, a dozen figures clad in black, tight-fitting combat suits were blending into the shadows of the reefs with the help of some kind of optical camouflage. They did not possess the stench of the abyss, nor the iron-blooded aura of the Immortal Qin, but rather a cold, deathly stillness, like that of tomb guardians.
"Interesting. My granary has already been targeted by thieves as soon as it changed owners."
Lu-Sheng's figure disappeared from the mountaintop.
The next second, he appeared behind Luo Tianfei, so close that he could smell the lingering gunpowder on her hair.
Luo Tianfei was focused on adjusting the defensive matrix of the terracotta warriors on the portable light screen when she suddenly felt a chilling aura descending from behind her. Her body tensed up instinctively, and she turned around to make a move.
When she recognized Lu Sheng, the wariness in her eyes turned into a relieved joy.
"You're back."
"Hmm." Lu Sheng nodded, his gaze casually sweeping over her slightly tired profile. He then changed the subject, asking in an almost teasing tone, "Speaking of which, I've never asked before, where are you from? You're so capable, your family must be very impressive too."
Luo Tianfei's fingers, which were adjusting the light screen, paused for a moment.
She quickly recovered and shook her head with a light laugh: "I have no family. I grew up in the war zone and was an orphan adopted by the military."
The answer was flawless.
If it were before, Lu Sheng might have believed it.
But now, he is the "administrator" of this planet.
The instant Luo Tianfei answered, Lu Sheng secretly activated the Earth rule permissions he had just acquired. An invisible probing force originating from the planet's very core quietly enveloped Luo Tianfei.
[Analyzing target life information...]
Parsing failed.
The target possesses an information barrier exceeding its specifications; planetary access has been forcibly denied.
A faint, deathly gray light swept across the depths of Lu Sheng's cross-shaped pupils.
The entire Earth is under his control. Only the woman before him is like a mystery shrouded in thick fog, whose true nature even the planet's will cannot fathom.
At that moment, a sudden change occurred!
On the southern reef group, the dozen or so lurking dark figures stirred.
Instead of charging, they knelt down in unison, forming a strange, blood-red seal with their hands in front of their chests, chanting dry, ancient syllables.
hum-
Above the Immortal Island, a gaping hole was torn in the crimson sky.
More than a dozen dark red beams of light descended from the sky, landing precisely around Luo Tianfei. Upon landing, the beams transformed into a cage constructed of countless twisted skeletons and wailing soul shadows, trapping her within.
A strange power leaning towards "sacrifice" and "summoning" began to frantically extract Luo Tianfei's life essence!
"Reclaim... the remnants of the ancient emperor!"
The leader of the men in black let out a hoarse roar, his eyes gleaming with fanaticism.
Their training system was unheard of.
"court death."
Lu Sheng didn't even turn around.
He simply raised his left hand, clenching his fist across the air towards the cage of bones.
Click!
The cage constructed of bizarre laws, along with the billions of wailing souls within, disintegrated instantly into countless points of light, like a crushed egg.
The attack was thwarted, and more than a dozen men in black, thousands of meters away, simultaneously coughed up a mouthful of black blood, their faces filled with disbelief.
They didn't even have time to make a second reaction.
A colossal hand made of black and gold flames descended from the sky, grabbing them and the group of reefs into its palm.
There were no screams.
There was only a tooth-grinding sound of bones and rocks being crushed together.
Lu Sheng made a grasping motion with his left hand, unleashing a powerful suction force that forcibly pulled the still-dissipating remnant soul of the leading black-clad man before him.
Soul Search.
The berserk will instantly shattered the opponent's spiritual defenses.
[Target: The gravedigger.]
[Mission: Retrieve the last visible bloodline of the ancient emperor left behind in this world and bring it back to the 'Ancestral Tomb' as a backup energy source to awaken 'Unit-01'.]
"A tomb keeper? An ancestral tomb?"
As Lu Sheng processed the fragmented memories, the killing intent in his eyes grew increasingly icy. He casually crushed the remnant soul, turned around, and his double-pointed pupils, burning with deathly gray flames, locked onto Luo Tianfei, whose face was deathly pale.
The surrounding air seemed to have been sucked out at that moment.
"Now, can you explain to me what 'Ancient Emperor Bloodline' means?"
Lu Sheng approached step by step.
With each step he took, the terrifying pressure emanating from him—a fusion of an ancient divine body and the will of a planet—intensified.
Under that pressure, Luo Tianfei's breathing became rapid, and her body involuntarily retreated until her back pressed against the cold stone wall of the Hero's Tomb, leaving her with nowhere to go.
She looked into Lu Sheng's emotionless eyes, a bitter and resolute expression on her face after struggling.
Finally, she gave up hiding it.
Luo Tianfei slowly raised her left hand and unfastened the seemingly ordinary obsidian bracelet on her wrist.
Beneath the bracelet, on her smooth, fair wrist, was a strikingly complex blood-red mark.
The shape of the mark was seven parts similar to the imperial mark on Lu Sheng's chest, but it had countless complex patterns like shackles, exuding a sealing aura that was of the same origin as Lu Sheng, yet completely opposite to it.
"I really don't have any family."
Luo Tianfei's voice trembled slightly, yet remained exceptionally clear.
"Because I am not a 'human being' at all."
She raised her head, looking directly into Lu Sheng's all-seeing eyes, and said, word by word:
"I am the backup start-up 'key' for the flagship of the Immortal Qin, 'Ark'."
"It was also the last safeguard left by the ancient emperor when he created you, this 'ferocious beast' that devours everything, to prevent the plan from spiraling out of control..."
"Insurance."