Orderly tyrant

Just then, Lin Qing suddenly felt a massive wave of mental energy sweep over him, its life level clearly higher than his own.

Immediately following, a voice filled with mockery echoed through the mental energy:

"Since Councilor Lin began exploring the Sky Islands, his targets have always been accurate. It seems he understands this treasure trove quite well. This time, he's heading straight for Sky Island 288. What kind of inheritance is on Sky Island 288?"

Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly, already recognizing the person transmitting the message.

He immediately said calmly, "Councilor Prolos might as well wait for Yan Qingqing to pass the test and then ask her yourself?"

Prolos, a Star Creature from the Intellect Star Group, is also one of the six councilors of the Star巡 Council.

"Councilor Lin doesn't need to test me."

Councilor Prolos sneered, "Yan Qingqing has already confirmed that the inheritance test on this Sky Island is extremely difficult. She can only try slowly. Maybe she'll fail in a moment? Why doesn't Councilor Lin wait for her to come out?"

"Trying to waste my time?" Lin Qing also laughed.

The Sky Islands are only open for a limited time. Unless there's no other choice, who would waste time waiting?

"A peerless genius like Councilor Lin certainly wouldn't be so foolish," Councilor Prolos mocked. "But as a major enemy of my Intellect Star Group, do you think we would give way in the slightest if we could hinder you?"

Lin Qing's eyes turned cold.

The Intellect Star Group had clearly seen through his understanding of the Sky Islands and could naturally guess that the Sky Island inheritance he had set his sights on was definitely what he needed most at this time.

Since Yan Qingqing happened to be on Sky Island 288, the Intellect Star Group naturally chose to keep Yan Qingqing on the island. As long as Yan Qingqing occupied the island, he wouldn't be able to enter.

Just then—

"Lin Qing, you have a call request. The number indicates it's from Yan Qingqing," Morningstar's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

"Yan Qingqing?"

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly and immediately ordered, "Connect it."

Immediately, a virtual screen that only he could see appeared, and on the screen was Yan Qingqing, looking like a young girl.

"Councilor Lin."

Yan Qingqing said, "I didn't expect that in just a few months, you've become a councilor-level figure. If you had this kind of strength last time, I would have been dead for sure."

"You think you can escape?" Lin Qing said expressionlessly.

Yan Qingqing frowned slightly and said, "So you really intended to kill me last time… We've never met before. What feud do we have?"

Lin Qing said indifferently, "Is that all you wanted to say?"

"So you're determined to kill me? Unfortunately… Councilor Lin, you can't kill me." Yan Qingqing said calmly, "Before the Yuanchen civilization descends on Earth, I won't leave the Intellect Star Group's space fortress even half a step. You have no chance."

"Oh?" Lin Qing looked at her.

"However, on behalf of the Intellect Star Group, I can make a deal with you."

Yan Qingqing said, "As long as you provide information on one hundred Sky Islands, I'll come out of Sky Island 288, how about it? The inheritance on this Sky Island should be very important to you, right?"

Lin Qing looked at her and suddenly chuckled, "Wishful thinking…"

"Unwilling? Then let's lower it, ninety…"

Yan Qingqing wanted to bargain further, but Lin Qing directly ended the call.

Immediately following, he sent a message to Chu Hongjun:

[Dean Chu, regarding the matter you entrusted to me last time, I've now found a good motive]

Chu Hongjun replied immediately:

[Then begin]

Lin Qing glanced at the Sky Island again and disappeared without a trace.

"Hmm?"

Councilor Prolos, who was observing from a distance with his mental energy, was stunned: "Where did he teleport to?"

He expanded his mental energy again, but even after covering half the Earth, he couldn't find Lin Qing's location. He couldn't have just logged off, right?

……

……

Inside the space fortress of the Intellect Star Group.

This massive Tier 7 fortress is divided into 380 layers, with the 350th layer and above belonging to the core area.

At this time, in Kadoan's laboratory.

Kadoan, in the form of a silver-haired old man, walked into the resting room and immersed his consciousness in the light gate in his mind, and then a tiny spot of light flew out from between his eyebrows.

The spatial scale of the light spot rapidly magnified, instantly forming a naked young man.

It was Lin Qing!

"Suicide is easy, resurrection is easy…"

Lin Qing sighed, and at the same time, a crack opened between his eyebrows, revealing a vertical eye that flickered with a faint silver light.

Then, he randomly took out a set of clothes from the other dimension and put them on, and walked out of the laboratory.

At this moment, his aura began to converge until it almost completely disappeared.

—This is a secret technique used to test comprehension on the God Child Trial. This secret technique originally had the effect of disguising aura. It is considered a very remarkable secret technique in a first-level civilization. With his current strength, it is more useful than the Holy Word 'Seclusion'.

At the same time, Lin Qing also distorted the surrounding light with his domain to achieve the effect of invisibility.

When he walked to the wall of the laboratory, the vertical eye between his eyebrows lit up slightly, and immediately covered the wall in front of him with a passage from another dimension.

Then, he walked straight through it, as if the wall had disappeared.

—This is the application of the ability of the eye between his eyebrows.

The other dimension is like an invisible beast, and the other-dimensional passage is like its huge mouth. The things it bites will temporarily enter the other dimension, as if they have disappeared.

If it cannot resist the suction, it will be completely sucked into the other dimension, as if it has been swallowed into its stomach. If it resists the suction, it will be spit out intact.

He just used the other dimension to temporarily swallow the wall in front of him. Although the wall seems to be still there, it is actually in the other dimension.

Of course, this part of the wall is connected to the overall fortress, and the other dimension cannot truly suck it in, and can only temporarily make this part of the wall disappear.

This trick is very useful against inanimate objects. If it is a living thing that can resist the suction of the other dimension, it can easily withdraw from the other dimension.

"As expected…"

A smile appeared on the corner of Lin Qing's mouth, "Even a Tier 7 fortress cannot be built entirely with spatial materials…"

If there are materials with spatial properties, or an overly powerful energy aggregate, then the current spatial passage will not be able to do anything.

But there is no need to care about such inanimate objects.

How precious are materials with spatial properties? Such a huge fortress can only mix a small amount into the key body.

"Fortunately, Kadoan knows the structure of this fortress…"

The massive three-dimensional structure diagram of the fortress appeared in Lin Qing's mind, and he immediately began to walk out quickly.

……

Area A on the 352nd floor of the fortress, a bright and spacious personal residence.

The various rooms in the entire residence are mainly pure white, and are spotless, which shows that the owner of the room obviously has cleanliness.

Among them, in the sturdy and completely enclosed cultivation room, there is a translucent eggshell-shaped rest cabin.

And inside the rest cabin, a beautiful girl is lying quietly. She is wearing a pure white dress, and her closed eyes look like she is sleeping, serene and beautiful, as if she is innocent of the world.

It was Yan Qingqing.

Although she is not an Intellect Star person, as an original divine priest and having transplanted the eyes of the Three-Eyed Race, she is also qualified to live on the 352nd floor of this Lonely Star Fortress.

In fact, it is safe enough in the core layer of the Intellect Star Group's fortress, but every time she logs into the Second Universe Network, she is still in a cultivation room that isolates mental energy, force fields, energy fluctuations, etc., and then hides in this sturdy rest cabin to eliminate all possible dangers.

—This is a habit she developed during the apocalypse.

Suddenly, in this completely sealed and closed cultivation room, the space on the airtight and sturdy wall suddenly changed slightly, and a figure walked in silently.

I saw this figure walking to the translucent eggshell-like rest cabin, quietly looking at the girl sleeping inside.

At the center of his eyebrows, you can see a vertical eye emitting a faint silver light.

"So in need of security? Unfortunately, a cultivation room and a rest cabin cannot use spatial materials at all…"

The corners of Lin Qing's mouth raised slightly, and with a thought, the light of the vertical eye between his eyebrows flickered slightly, and Yan Qingqing, who was hiding in the rest cabin, disappeared out of thin air.

Although the gravitational force of this other-dimensional passage is very weak and not difficult to resist, Yan Qingqing's consciousness has logged into the Second Universe Network, like a vegetable, so naturally she cannot resist.

Immediately, with a thought, Lin Qing took all the energy of the World God into the other dimension, converged all his protective abilities, and then the power in his body suddenly shook—

Silently, his whole person had turned into an almost vacuum nothingness.

Instantly completely annihilated, leaving no trace.

……

Second Universe Network.

Sky Islands, Sky Island 288.

In the dark maze passage, Yan Qingqing frowned as she looked at the metal guard blocking the passage in the distance, "The guards on this road are actually stronger, and I can't get through from here either. It seems there's no way…"

She also really wanted to pass the test on this Sky Island, but this test was really too difficult.

As she delved deeper into this maze test, the strength of the maze guards became more and more terrifying. The one in front of her even had the peak of the fifth layer, close to the sixth layer.

"Forget it…"

Yan Qingqing slowly retreated, feeling a little irritable in her heart: "If that Lin Qing told me the information about the other Sky Islands, that would be great. There's always an inheritance that suits me, and I don't have to be stuck here, wasting opportunities…"

Although she occupies this Sky Island and prevents Lin Qing from entering, this is purely harming others and not benefiting herself. She can't explore other Sky Islands either.

"This Lin Qing… What feud do I have with him that his killing intent towards me is so strong?"

Yan Qingqing frowned tightly.

Although she is hiding in the Lonely Star Fortress and does not care about Lin Qing's revenge, and there is even less to fear when Earth is open, she will still feel a little terrified in the face of such a terrifying genius.

She really can't figure it out.

She has always been cautious and careful in her actions, and will definitely eradicate any enemies, and will try to destroy any who may seek revenge.

Where did this Lin Qing come from?

"Forget it, let's give up this exploration. With the opening of Earth imminent, I must show as much loyalty to the Intellect Star Group as possible…"

Yan Qingqing shook her head slightly, and then carefully thought: "Just right, Lin Qing's desire for revenge against me can also be used. If I help the Intellect Star people solve this hidden danger, my status will be different, and in addition, that adult from the Nine Star Civilization also helped me back then…"

Suddenly—

"Hmm?"

Yan Qingqing's face suddenly changed: "My body…"

Although her consciousness has logged into the Second Universe Network, she still has a sense of her body in reality, but she can't control it.

At this time, she could feel that her body in reality was being moved!

Yan Qingqing gritted her teeth and instantly sent a message to the Intellect Star Group's high-level, and then exited the Second Universe Network.

At the same time as she exited the Second Universe Network, she was also expelled from this Sky Island.

When Yan Qingqing opened her eyes in reality, she couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

The front of her was pure darkness, without any light.

Her mental energy swept over, and she only felt a vast emptiness, without any energy or matter, and even without gravity, like in the cosmic space without stars.

The Starry Sky Battle Suit began to slowly absorb her energy to provide her with everything she needed for life activities.

"What is this place?"

Yan Qingqing couldn't believe it.

She was clearly in the personal residence in the core area of the Lonely Star Fortress, and she had specially hidden in the rest cabin to log into the Second Universe Network!

How did she appear here when she opened her eyes?

"What exactly is going on… Could it be my illusion?"

Yan Qingqing remained vigilant, sweeping around with her mental energy to avoid sudden crises.

……

Inside the underground base deep in the Earth's crust.

Inside the cultivation room.

The Black Flame clone sat cross-legged, his consciousness immersed in the light gate in his mind, and then a spot of light flew out from between his eyebrows.

The spot of light quickly magnified, immediately transforming into a naked young man.

"Returned."

Lin Qing appeared in the cultivation room, casually integrated the Starry Sky Battle Suit placed next to him into his body, transforming it into clothing, and then sat down opposite the Black Flame clone.

"Yan Qingqing… finally fell into my hands…"

Lin Qing's fingertips gently stroked the vertical eye between his eyebrows, not in a hurry to open the spatial passage to observe Yan Qingqing with his mental energy, but preparing to log into the Second Universe Network.

With Yan Qingqing's personality, she must have logged off.

He can take advantage of this time to enter Sky Island 288.

As for avenging Yan Qingqing… since she is already in the other dimension, then no one can save her.

"Take it slow."

Lin Qing immediately closed his eyes, and after logging into the Second Universe Network, he sent a message to Chu Hongjun [Success], and then flew into Sky Island 288.

……

Intellect Star Group.

"What?"

On the top floor of the Lonely Star Fortress, Lei Tong slowly frowned: "Yan Qingqing said her body in reality was moved?"

He is currently exploring a Sky Island in the upper layer of the Sky Islands.

As a Star Creature, he can enter the Second Universe Network with part of his consciousness, and leave part of his consciousness in reality.

Lei Tong looked at Prolos, who came to report below, and immediately unfolded his mental energy, while ordering the fortress's intelligent system to confirm.

Soon—

"Hmm? How is that possible? Yan Qingqing is actually gone!"

Lei Tong suddenly stood up, his eyes full of disbelief, and couldn't help but frown deeply, feeling very incredible.

How could a living person suddenly disappear from the core area of the Lone Star Fortress, under layers of protection?

Even a Star Abyss Level 9 expert like the Governor couldn't achieve such a feat in this Lone Star Fortress!

Silently, suddenly gone?

"After Yan Qingqing logged off, is she still alive?" Lei Tong asked Pros, frowning.

"I don't know."

Pros shook his head, "I've already sent her a message."

He paused and couldn't help but say, "Could it be related to that Lin Qing? Because Yan Qingqing happened to occupy the Sky Island he wanted to explore. He disappeared directly from the Second Universe Network at the time. I thought he teleported away, but now it seems, maybe he logged off?"

"Lin Qing?" Lei Tong frowned. "Where is he now?"

As a Star Creature, Pros kept part of his consciousness logged into the Second Universe Network, his psychic power constantly observing everything.

He immediately said, "Lin Qing just appeared outside Sky Island 288 and went straight in."

Lei Tong slowly narrowed his eyes.

Just then—

"Yan Qingqing is online," Pros suddenly said, then exclaimed in surprise, "She says she's in an empty space, a zero-gravity environment similar to space, or maybe it's an illusion."

"An empty space?" Lei Tong's expression suddenly changed, and he transmitted his voice, "Lord Kadoan, please come here."

Soon, the silver-haired elder appeared in the hall.

"...Lord Kadoan, that's the general situation."

Lei Tong frowned, "I think this might be the ability Lin Qing obtained from that Ninth Order genius of the Three-Eyed Race. After all, Ninth Order involves space. What do you think?"

"That can only be the reason," the silver-haired elder frowned. "But...we're not sure what kind of ability it is, to directly make Yan Qingqing appear in a desolate space? Has she explored that space?"

Pros nodded and said, "Yan Qingqing said she checked. The space is about a hundred kilometers in diameter, but there's no energy or matter."

The silver-haired elder frowned, "Space, this is our Level 1 civilization's blind spot...Report it to the Governor as soon as possible."

Lei Tong slowly nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "What I'm most worried about now is...if it's really Lin Qing who did it, is he remotely transmitting Yan Qingqing into that space? Or...has he actually infiltrated the Lone Star Fortress?"

His face was gloomy, "If it's the latter, this Lone Star Fortress will no longer be an invincible refuge without flaws..."

Kadoan frowned upon hearing this, then said, "There's no need to worry too much. Even if Lin Qing really has the ability to enter, he can't turn the world upside down. Otherwise, if the Earth side could deal with you, why wait until now?"

Lei Tong's expression softened slightly, and he nodded gently, "That's true. The Earth side has their last chance to explore the Sky Islands, but Qi Lingxiao hasn't come to explore. It seems his Divine Trial really failed."

Only Star Divine Job holders among Earth's universe citizens can enter the nine Sky Islands on the upper level of the Sky Islands.

And this Sky Islands is the last chance before Earth opens up.

Chu Hongjun and Irene Doe have both come, and he can't think of any other reason for Qi Lingxiao's absence other than the failure of his Divine Trial.

"As Chu Hongjun expected..."

Lin Qing thought to himself below, "However, why did Chu Hongjun want me to find an opportunity to make a move..."

However, this suits his intention.

"I have already reported Yan Qingqing's matter to the Governor," Lei Tong suddenly said, "The Governor said that Yan Qingqing was once a servant of a great figure from a Nine-Star civilization, and he wants me to inform that figure about this."

"A great figure from a Nine-Star civilization?" Lin Qing couldn't help but be stunned.

The silver-haired elder opened his mouth and said, "When did this happen? Yan Qingqing was a servant of a great figure from a Nine-Star civilization?"

"That was decades ago. Because that great figure came to Earth secretly from the Nine-Star civilization, we were asked to keep it a secret. Only the Governor knew, so I didn't tell you."

Lei Tong said, "Yan Qingqing and Grok were both servants that great figure randomly took in on Earth to help him explore Earth's ruins, such as the Star Cluster Vault in Ruin No. 3."

"If that great figure hadn't specifically named Yan Qingqing, how could she have been qualified to obtain the eyes of the Three-Eyed Race?" Lei Tong sighed softly.

Lin Qing immediately remembered that Irene Doe had also said that an unknown person had entered the Star Cluster Vault before her, suspected to be Grok.

Moreover, the origin of Yan Qingqing's third eye also matched Chu Hongjun's guess.

"What is the origin of that great figure from the Nine-Star civilization?" the silver-haired elder immediately asked.

"I don't know."

Lei Tong shook his head, "But when that great figure came to Earth, he was a Primal Divine Job holder. He left Earth because he was about to break through. This time, the Governor was able to confirm that Earth was transformed from a fragment of a Level 2 civilization, thanks to that great figure helping to consult the ancestor of the Nine-Star civilization."

Lin Qing's heart sank.

He originally thought...that even if Earth was discovered by a Level 1.9 civilization, it would have to wait until after it opened, but he didn't expect it had already been discovered?