Chapter 141: Farm All You Like, Just Be Discreet
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Fang Ning logged back into the game with his spiritual sense and continued farming boss monsters.
The longer he played, the more he felt some people in the Truth Department were mysterious beyond comprehension. If it were not for his overly active imagination, he would not have been able to ascertain what they were trying to achieve.
They were obviously researching technology to remotely control weapons via spiritual sense, but their end goal did not seem to stop at replacing missiles and drones…
After ruminating for a while, Fang Ning logged out of the game and found Anderson in the Draconic Penitentiary. They were writing a new encyclopedia for martial techniques. Fang Ning could not stop being impressed by their hardworking attitude. If he was in their situation, he would have given up hope, unlike Anderson’s drive to keep getting better.
Fang Ning said, “Andy, I have a few questions for you.”
Anderson replied, “Please, ask away.”
Fang Ning shot him a series of questions, “Do you know who among us who descended was the earliest to do so? Since when did the Vitality of this land start recovering? What is the connection between last year’s Qixi Flame Meteor Incident and the recovery of Vitality?”
These three questions had been plaguing him for a long time, but prior to Anderson being caught, there was no one he could have asked.
Even after Anderson was caught, he was not sure he could ask them before he was certain Anderson was truly loyal to him.
Each of the three questions was equally important in the grand scheme of things. If someone had given him misguided answers, it could possibly be blown out of proportions, and the consequence may be dire.
Anderson said, “Oh, I guess Mr. True Dragon didn’t tell you. I don’t know the full truth, and there are no guarantees that what I know is true, so I shall tell you the objective truth that I found.”
Fang Ning thought, ‘ ‘Mr. True Dragon’ is my dragon form, of course I wouldn’t tell myself. And Sir System is an idiot, instead of asking it those things, I might as well ask it how it was born…’
Fang Ning said, “Please continue. I have been here for a while now, I would like to understand the settings of this era.”
Anderson was not curious about that, after all, the warden was just a servant, it was not out of the ordinary if Mr. True Dragon did not tell him.
Anderson kept talking like they would usually, “By the way, the earliest Descended whom I know had descended twenty-one years ago, that person is Elder Ancestor Bai…”
Fang Ning was surprised to hear the name. For an old fart who seemed so hidden and had always schemed underground, he descended really early. It was no wonder he could build such a huge empire for himself.
Anderson continued, “At the initial stage of Vitality’s recovery on Earth, perhaps before he had descended, I searched for its information from related research institutions in the United States. Twenty-two years ago, they detected a strange, tiny planet appearing in the solar system. Orbital anomalies. After it had appeared, it started orbiting around Earth, slowly lowering its altitude to the surface.”
“Immediately after that, they started noticing the weird occurrences in the news, including the appearances of the Descended Ones. When I first crossed paths with him, I did a check up on his background and realized something weird. Twenty-one years ago, his father claimed to have met a celestial deity in the day who taught him celestial arts. Aside from that, from all the other Descended Ones I knew, no one had exceeded him.”
Fang Ning suddenly understood, ‘Celestial deity my *ss, he obviously met a ghost and was possessed by one, that’s how this whole tragedy started…’
Anderson kept on explaining, “So the Vitality in this realm could have started to recover when the tiny planet appeared, and the closer to Earth the tiny planet is, the quicker the recovery. That kept on happening until last year when it breached the Earth’s atmospheric layers and became a bolide 1 scattering all around the world and quickening the recovery rate yet again. I reckon the Vitality Concentration outside would go up after every set amount of time.”
“Its last mission was probably to bring the talent to cultivate to all life, including those who had Descended before it did, the difference being the power of their talents. Those who came after should no longer have that benefit. The talents that would show signs during their early stages were called superpowers, these superpowers could only flourish with their own unique cultivation methods. Most people would probably not even come across it in their lifetime and could only use normal methods to cultivate, see if they will come across something to which they are most suited.”
At this point, Fang Ning was itching to find one for himself. ‘Who wouldn’t want to have a strong cultivation talent? I mean, Sir System took over my body and could cultivate a whole day, that must count as a unique talent too.’
However, humans are greedy. He would not mind having a few more of powers. Other people might find it hard to find unique cultivation methods, but not for him.
Fang Ning feigned a cough and asked, “Andy, your spiritual sense is very strong. Can you detect what cultivation talents I have?”
Anderson replied surely, “Mr. Warden, you do have a strong cultivation talent on you. I noticed your spiritual sense is rich and every time I saw you, your foundation was stronger than before. It probably is a powerful talent that grows by itself. From what I know, this type of talent is extra rare.”
Fang Ning was happy to hear Anderson’s analysis, ‘The benefit Sir System gave is actually not bad. All those Innateness, Perception, Strength stuff, I never looked at them, but they still impressed Anderson.’
Fang Ning continued his questioning, “So what unique cultivation method do you think would suit me?”
Anderson hesitated, “I think there’s a type that’s suitable for you, but I don’t know if I should say it…”
Fang Ning rolled his eyes, “Weren’t you staying in the US after you have descended? I’ve heard people tell things to your face over there, but why do you keep beating around the bush only after staying in here for a few days?”
Anderson said, “I’ll say it then. In my opinion, the ones that are most suitable for you should be a method that can run on its own.”
It was as if Fang Ning was electrocuted, he did not respond for a good while, ‘How did Anderson know about my severe procrastination?’
‘They had always been in the System Prison, and I hung out in the System Cyber Cafe, they shouldn’t know that about me, that’s spooky.’
After having those thoughts, Fang Ning asked, “How did you know?”
Anderson was really straightforward this time, bordering on tactless, “I notice you’re not passionate in the path of cultivation. For example, the methods of cultivation I’m currently sorting. Any powerhouses that were caught and jailed in these cells, one of the first things we need to make them divulge was their methods of cultivation. Mr. Warden, you have never asked for it, so I’m guessing you’re not enthusiastic with cultivation. I think you wouldn’t have the patience to go through the usual cultivation methods.”
Fang Ning was completely dumbfounded, ‘I only habitually procrastinated a little, and even that you can catch. Your spiritual sense is really, really sharp…’
Fang Ning continued, “So, do you have this type of cultivation method?”
Anderson said, “No.”
Fang Ning said, “That’s a shame… Okay, one more question, do you know where that mysterious planet came from?”
Anderson shrugged helplessly and said, “I don’t know. I’m guessing no one among the Descended Ones would know its mysterious origin. Even with the huge racial legacy of knowledge I inherited, nothing was written about it, so it’s hard to say.”
Fang Ning asked as he heard a keyword, “Anderson, what race are you from that can give you so much knowledge?”
Anderson hesitated again, “Let’s… not talk about it, I don’t want to scare you.”
Fang Ning was confident he would not be scared, “Just say it, I’m knowledgeable enough to not be scared of anything.”
Anderson spoke a phrase, to which Fang Ning reacted with a shudder, silently rejoicing the fact that he did not come out during the System’s fight with them.
Now that they were bound to the System Prison, he was no longer worried.
After Fang Ning had finished asking questions, he left the Draconic Penitentiary. However, something heavy was bothering him.
Returning to the System Cyber Cafe and looking at the Battle of the Beasts, for the first time, he did not feel like playing it, ‘This is not just a game, it must be the overture of some epic-scale drama…’
Twenty-two years ago, when Vitality started recovering throughout the lands, a new era had started unfurling, and someone then had the sensitivity to notice the trends that would happen.
They chose to combine the spiritual sense technology with modern technology, designing a futuristic way of living. They kept working on it, until now, when they finally could utilize the technology in this game.
While everyone else only saw the mystery of the new game mode, Fang Ning’s active imagination could already visualize many possibilities in the future.
When this technology was moved from gaming to reality, the future had already been set in stone. It would only be a matter of time when humans could hold a universe in their chest, or swallow mountains and rivers in one breath.
‘With so many geniuses and hardworking people in this new age, how would my lazy *ss win against them?’
‘If I don’t work harder to advance my own power, I probably wouldn’t have relaxing days to enjoy in the future.’
Fang Ning was getting more and more worried until he saw the System who was running around without caring about the grand scheme and just kept slicing and dicing the monsters up. He realized he was overthinking again.
‘Heh, I’ll just let Sir System here fight the hardworking geniuses, the only thing I need to do is to make sure my wildly imaginative brain stays so. Speaking of imagination, I’m as good as the other geniuses.’
Just as Fang Ning was being smug, another system notification popped up.
[Long Fan the Stygian Snake is currently in a life-threatening situation, the System Map within vicinity will be revealed for the next 24 hours. Activating the skill Thousand-mile Assistance, there are two allies or followers in life-threatening situations, please select your target to provide assistance.]
After seeing the notification, Fang Ning pouted and thought, ‘One of it must be Brett who was invoking the Summon Dragon God ritual, on the other hand, Long Fan can’t die, so we don’t need to-‘
[The System is evaluating…]
[The System is evaluating…]
[The System has decided to farm the Blood Porcupine demon…]
[The System activated Thousand-mile Assistance to save ally Long Fan.]
Fang Ning was speechless, ‘Not only did Sir System not think of the big picture, it thinks of farming daily…’
‘It must be because the success escaping from N’gun self-destruction had given it a strange confidence, so now it dared to goof around at the Truth Department’s Land of Heritage…’
Having prior experience, Fang Ning knew Sir System would not be able to listen to anyone else’s advice, so he only said, “Farm all you like, just be discreet…”
