The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 343 The Forbidden Sky and a Punch

Introductory meditation room.

As Lin Qi asked the question, Fan Yaoguang, who had originally planned to talk at length, was also taken aback, clearly puzzled as to why Lin Qi would ask such a question.

"Isn't the First Domain City the last fortress built by various races to fight against the monster calamity?" Lin Qi looked at Fan Yaoguang, who was also somewhat confused, and then changed his question.

The First Domain City disappeared over a century ago. In that time, it's not impossible that something could have happened within the forbidden zone, such as it being occupied by other aliens and becoming an enemy of various races. After all, in his view, everyone on this planet except humans could be considered an alien.

However, Lin Qi's question made Fan Yaoguang's expression even more surprised.

"Lord Yaoguang, it seems there are significant differences between our understanding of history." Lin Qi took a deep breath and said slowly, "Why don't you first tell us what you know about the First Domain City?"

“No problem.” Fan Yaoguang understood what was going on and nodded. “According to what all our shelters know, after the great catastrophe, all the races that suddenly appeared were dealing with endless, increasingly powerful monsters, until one day alien creatures descended on our planet, wanting to take over our entire planet. Only then did our races truly join forces to fight against them.”

"This First Domain City was a fortress built by those alien bastards who captured a large number of geniuses from various races. The aliens were stronger than our races, and just when our races were about to be unable to resist, a great migration suddenly occurred, and our environment changed drastically."

"This sudden change in the environment, the emergence of aliens, not only caused monsters to kill each other, but also greatly affected those alien offspring. After our various sanctuaries discovered the First Domain City, we launched a fierce attack on it and paid a heavy price to destroy it and rescue many geniuses who were then ruled by those alien offspring. This is what I know about the First Domain City."

Fan Yaoguang's words left Wu Zhuoqun and Qin Mu, who had been standing behind Lin Qi, speechless for a long time.

"So this is what history is like. It's quite different from what we know about history." Lin Qi nodded, suppressing the shock in his heart.

Although he didn't know which side of them knew the true history, if what Fan Yaoguang said was true, then the current situation in the Four Regions was absolutely terrible.

All the existing domain cities can be said to have originated from the first domain city. This means that the existing domain cities are likely under the rule of aliens, and even the entire four domains are under the rule of aliens, but they just don't know it.

Just then, Qin Mu, who had been silent all along, looked at Fan Yaoguang and couldn't help but ask, "Lord Yaoguang, who exactly are those aliens you're talking about? Do you have any pictures or other information?"

Lin Qi did not stop Qin Mu from asking the question, but simply looked at Fan Yaoguang.

Because what Qin Mu wanted to ask was also what he wanted to know.

Currently, no single race is particularly powerful in the four domains. Even within the four domain cities, various races coexist, and the city lords of the four domain cities are of different races. It is hard to imagine that the four domain cities, or even the entire four domains, are under the rule of aliens.

"Aliens?" Fan Yaoguang couldn't help but laugh. "Those things aren't human."

"Not human?" Qin Mu asked in surprise. "Then what are they?"

“Insects! Or rather, insect-like things,” Fan Yaoguang said. “We don’t know what race those things are exactly. We just call them alien offspring. When they descended, they had various appearances, or rather, various humanoid life forms. After killing quite a few, we discovered that those alien offspring were parasitic species. The humanoid life forms that fought with us were all parasitized. Those alien offspring are very weak individually, and martial artists can kill them easily. However, the stronger the life form that these alien offspring parasitize, the stronger these alien offspring become. Moreover, they can still cultivate and improve after being parasitized.”

As soon as Fan Yaoguang finished speaking, the entire beginner meditation room became extremely silent. Wu Zhuoqun and Qin Mu, in particular, felt a chill run through their bodies, and their hair stood on end.

If what Fan Yaoguang said is true, then the entire Four Domain Cities, and even the entire Four Domains, are simply breeding grounds for these alien offspring, and no one has noticed or known this. They are all still working hard to cultivate and improve, and even the major cities are trying to send geniuses to the Domain Cities...

However, before Wu Zhuoqun and Qin Mu could recover from this shocking news, Fan Yaoguang dropped another bombshell.

"For the past hundred years, our various shelters haven't seen those alien creatures again. We thought they had given up on ruling our planet due to sudden environmental changes and alien invasion. But just yesterday, I realized we might have been wrong." Fan Yaoguang sighed and said slowly, "Just yesterday, our Dawn took off to investigate the planet's situation. But as soon as we left the atmosphere, we were hit by a beam of light. The hull, which could withstand attacks from high-level Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm, was pierced through, causing us to crash in the Eastern Seventh District."

"It can be basically determined that those alien creatures have not left in the past hundred years. Although we don't know what those alien creatures want to do, our planet should be under blockade."

Fan Yaoguang's words struck everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer.

The sky is blocked, and the four regions are still ruled by the four domain cities. If Fan Yaoguang is not lying, then it is almost certain that everyone in the four regions is currently being raised by alien offspring.

"Is there any way to identify who has been parasitized?" Lin Qi asked.

Compared to the extremely shocked Wu Zhuoqun and Qin Mu, he was not greatly affected. Whether it was other races or aliens, it was all the same to him, a transmigrator.

However, the insectoid race that Fan Yaoguang mentioned is extremely dangerous. It is no exaggeration to say that it is an enemy of all races. After all, no one wants to become a puppet controlled by an insect. If preparations are not made in advance, it will definitely be a big problem.

"It's very simple. All it takes is a detailed life scan. After all, it's a parasite. Once scanned, it will show two life reactions in one body. However, this requires a sophisticated life detector. The life fluctuations of those alien creatures are extremely small. The old models from a hundred years ago simply cannot detect them," Fan Yaoguang explained.

"Can I purchase some of your life detection instruments?" Lin Qi then took out a Fruit of Life and said, "I can exchange this precious Fruit of Life for it. This Fruit of Life has extraordinary healing power. It can save anyone who has a breath left, and it can even regenerate severed limbs."

"Can it regenerate severed limbs?" Upon hearing this, Fan Yaoguang couldn't help but look more closely at the Fruit of Life.

The technology for limb regeneration has not yet been developed in any of the major shelters. Only by becoming a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm and having one's brain fully developed can limb regeneration be achieved.

There are quite a few disabled geniuses in the shelter, especially some who have the potential to reach the Celestial Realm Grandmaster level. However, due to their disabilities, they are stuck at the Blood Condensation Realm. If they could be cured, the shelter might be able to produce another Celestial Realm Grandmaster.

At this moment, even the disabled crew members on the Dawn were staring intently at the Fruit of Life, their eyes filled with longing, wishing they could agree on Fan Yaoguang's behalf.

Although the Sky Dome Type III life detection instrument is expensive, with one unit costing as much as ten sets of Sky Dome armor, they can afford it with their wealth. It's just a matter of decades of accumulation. And if they were to return to normal, they would have a real chance to break through to the Celestial Realm. The Sky Dome Type III life detection instrument is just a small amount of money for them.

"Master Lin, is there only one Fruit of Life?" Fan Yaoguang asked.

Seeing that Fan Yaoguang clearly wanted more, Lin Qi didn't hide anything and said with a smile, "This Fruit of Life is precious and difficult to cultivate. I only have one at the moment. If Lord Yaoguang wants more, that's fine, but you'll need to exchange it for more life detection instruments."

"For ten Fruits of Life, our Starfire Chamber of Commerce is willing to exchange five Sky Dome Type III Life Detection Instruments. This is the limit we can offer right now," Fan Yaoguang said through gritted teeth, sounding somewhat distressed.

"Five life detectors and ten life fruits are too expensive. I can only offer a maximum of five life fruits," Lin Qi shook his head.

The life detector is indeed a good thing, but the Fruit of Life requires a very high amount of monster blood, and it is unique to him. The life detector is certainly not something that Sky Dome Sanctuary alone has, so it is impossible for him to sell it cheaply.

"Nine!"

"Five!" "Eight!"

"Five!"

"Seven! No lower than that. This Sky Dome Type III life detection instrument is the latest model of our Sky Dome Shelter. It can detect things within a 100-kilometer radius and can also detect aliens. Other shelters simply cannot reach that distance."

Fan Yaoguang's words were firm, revealing a look that showed he would not back down. Although Lin Qi knew that the real bargaining had only just begun, it had met his expectations. Considering that he would be cooperating with the Sky Dome Shelter in the future, he agreed.

"Your Excellency Yaoguang, although the situation is different from what I expected, I still intend to keep my original conditions unchanged." After completing the first transaction, Lin Qi directly stated the conditions for the advanced student quota, "I would like to know the exact location of the First City."

Although he now knows the earth-shattering secret that the Four Domains have been hiding, his purpose in having the conversion device in the First City will not change; on the contrary, it will become even more urgent.

Previously, he was just slowly searching for a way out in the restricted area to solve the problem of insufficient energy and blood essence in the martial arts school. But now it seems that the four domains he is in are more dangerous. He must improve the strength of the martial arts school as soon as possible. Otherwise, once he turns against the four major domain cities, the current combat power of the Obsidian Martial Arts School will not be enough.

"The exact location of the First City?" Fan Yaoguang was slightly surprised, not expecting Lin Qi to dare to set his sights on the First City. He then nodded, "No problem. However, the current location of the First City is not a good place. Because of the great war, too many people gathered here. Many of them became aliens during the war, and now it has become a den of aliens, making the entire East Seventh District very dangerous. Our various shelters usually dare not approach it."

As he spoke, Fan Yaoguang gave Lin Qifa a detailed map of the Eastern Seventh District and marked the exact location of the First City on the map.

"Thank you for informing me." Lin Qi looked at the map, overjoyed.

While the alien's lair is indeed terrifying, it's only a matter of time before it's overrun by the players' resurrected hordes. Not only will the entire First City be his, but it can also serve as a rear base when facing the Zerg in the future.

After all, the Zerg haven't appeared in the restricted area for over a century, which shows that the restricted area does have a significant impact on the Zerg, forcing them to block it but not daring to set foot there. Otherwise, the various shelters, which are at a disadvantage, wouldn't have been able to live peacefully for over a century.

Lin Qi then instructed Qin Mu to escort Fan Yaoguang and the others to the rest area on the mountain. Afterward, he had Wu Zhuoqun distribute the four Sky Dome Type III life detection instruments he had acquired throughout the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, with particular emphasis on ensuring the safety of Chiyue Town. Furthermore, he stressed the importance of preventing the Zerg from infiltrating the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy and conducting thorough screenings. If any were discovered, they should be closely monitored, and any unforeseen circumstances should be used to deal with or expel them. In short, the Zerg must not be allowed to remain in the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.

Suddenly, the entire Obsidian Martial Arts Academy became bustling with activity, causing all the major forces to become cautious. They wondered what kind of madness the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy was about to unleash. Not only did they strictly check the people coming and going from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, but they also conducted a thorough inspection of the disciples who had joined the Academy. Everyone was terrified, thinking that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy was going to purge the personnel planted by the major forces.

Deep within the Mountains of the Dead lies an underground fortress.

As a surge of blood energy enveloped the entire fortress, everyone inside was alarmed, while the two smiling skeleton vice-captains waiting outside the secret room revealed expressions of ecstasy.

"Big brother succeeded!"

"The peak of the high-level Celestial Realm! Now our Smiling Skull also has a Grandmaster in charge!"

The two deputy commanders watched as the door to the secret room opened and the tall, middle-aged man from the Crystal Clan slowly walked out, their eyes filled with excitement and admiration.

Great master!
This is a title reserved for those who have reached the high-level limit of the Celestial Realm.

The reason for the difference between them and Grandmasters is that the gap between the initial stage of the advanced Celestial Realm and the limit of the advanced Celestial Realm is too large. The minimum standard for the advanced Celestial Realm is only 2400 tons, but the limit of the advanced Celestial Realm can reach 4800 tons.

The difference in basic strength is a full 100%. In front of a Grandmaster, a high-level Celestial Realm Grandmaster is like a child. Therefore, people at the peak of the high-level Celestial Realm are all called Grandmasters!
This is a true master who stands at the very pinnacle of the four realms!
With a Grandmaster in charge, the Smiling Skull can become a major force on par with the four major domain cities.

Just as Lawson, the leader of the Smiling Skull, was about to celebrate, a loud bang shook the entire underground fortress, and then an old man and two young men appeared in front of Lawson and his companions.

Lawson and the other two were stunned for a moment when they saw the old man.

Because this old man was none other than Frost Wolf, the city lord of Misty Mountain City, and the pride of all the half-beast races in the four domains, standing at the pinnacle of the four domains.

"Frostwolf, what are you doing here? I don't recall inviting you!" Lawson looked at the old man, who was only a little over three meters tall and had blue beast ears, with a slightly cold gaze.

In the past, he would have been wary of Frost Wolf, the city lord of Misty Mountain City, but now he is a Grandmaster.

They were all Grandmasters, and none of them were afraid of the other. If you angered him, he would go and overturn the Misty Mountain Domain City, and Frost Wolf couldn't do anything about it.

"What am I doing here?" Frostwolf looked at Lawson with a smile in his eyes, as if he were admiring a work of art. "I have been waiting for you to break through to the Grandmaster level for so long, but thankfully you have not disappointed me. Breaking through to the Grandmaster level at this age is more talented than those peerless geniuses. Now our family will have another Grandmaster with extraordinary talent, so all these years of hard work have not been in vain."

"What do you mean?" Lawson looked at Frostwolf's strange gaze and saw two middle-level Celestial Realm youths standing on either side, people he had never even heard of before. He sensed that something was wrong.

“You don’t need to know, you just need to come with me.” Frostwolf looked at the wary Lawson and chuckled. “Don’t worry, you won’t be in pain. When you wake up, you will be reborn.”

"Frostwolf, do you really think I'm afraid of you! We're both Grandmasters now, what can you do to me?" Looking at Lawson who was about to take him away, he couldn't help but laugh. His laughter was cold as he drew the third-tier blood-red battle blade from his back and slashed out with it.

In an instant, a blade of light stretching for tens of kilometers cleaved the entire underground fortress in two, and the impact spread for several kilometers in radius, killing all martial artists below the Bone Forging Realm.

However, as the smoke cleared, not only was Lawson, who had been wielding the sword, stunned on the spot, but the two smiling skeleton vice-captains beside him were also dumbfounded.

Lawson's battle sword was caught in mid-air by a nearly tangible hand of blood and qi, preventing it from advancing even an inch further.

"Grandmaster? Don't you know there are differences between Grandmasters?" Frostwolf smiled and casually threw a punch.

Suddenly, a massive, almost tangible hand of qi and blood slammed towards Lawson, who immediately swung his sword with all his might to defend.

boom!
The enormous blade shadow formed from the phantom of blood and qi shattered directly under the giant hand of blood and qi, blasting Lawson hundreds of meters away from the underground fortress. He coughed up blood incessantly, and it felt as if all the bones in his body had been broken. Before Lawson could even recover, Frostwolf was already standing in front of him, his hand transforming into a blade, and he slashed at Lawson twice.

Lawson's limbs flew off on the spot. Lawson tried to condense a phantom of blood and qi to escape, but Frostwolf grabbed him in mid-air with one hand. The almost materialized blood and qi hand grabbed Lawson, who was unable to move at all. Like a dead dog, he could only gasp for breath in the almost materialized blood and qi hand. His eyes were filled with surprise and confusion, not understanding what was going on.

"How could this happen?!"

This scene left the two smiling skeleton vice-captains in the bunker speechless, trembling all over, completely unable to believe their eyes.

(End of this chapter)