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Chapter 450 The Origins of the Heavenly Dao [4000 words]

[One week later, at the headquarters of the New Federation Star Envoy Association]

The afternoon sun shines through the sycamore leaves, casting dappled shadows on the bluestone slabs.

Valentina, the president's secretary, walked expressionlessly through the courtyard's corridor, the leather document bag in her hand swaying gently, making a soft rustling sound as she held the paper.

The file folder contained her recently completed summary report of the Longevity Island trials.

Although the new Federation has now entered the era of full quantum information, Ennet still prefers physical documents.

In his own words, the illusory quantum data lacks a sense of reality, while the touch of this ink-stained paper feels much more tangible.

On the other side, Ennett was sitting in a wicker chair under the grape trellis, holding an old-fashioned ceramic teacup.

"President, this is the summary report of this trial."

Valentina approached Ennet and handed him one of the thickest documents.

She had been by Ennett's side for many years and had never seen him care so much about any young trainee, even personally reviewing their reports.

"sorry to bother you."

Ennett took the document, a slight smile playing on his lips.

The first page of the document features a photo of a silver-haired man standing atop a pyramid, a vector light blade slicing through vines, and golden light illuminating half the sky.

In addition to the photos, the documents also detailed his experiences on Changsheng Island.

For example, his encounter with 'Rose Gentleman Wilfer' when he first arrived on the island.

For example, in his later final battle at the top of the Divine Tree, he used 'vector reversal' to tamper with the equivalent exchange of Libra, and even forcibly tore open a breakthrough in the spacetime freeze field.

That's right, the building that looks like a pyramid is actually the constellation Libra itself.

Or rather, it is His true form in this life.

Because of the special nature of the Miracle Stone, it can become a conscious being, an unconscious object, or even something intangible and ethereal.

"It seems that the child has already received the gift I left for him."

After reading the information about the Heavenly Dao, Ennet smiled and put down the document in his hand, tea stains spreading faintly yellow along the edges of the pages.

Valentina paused for a moment, then asked curiously, "President, it seems you've been paying attention to this child for a long time?"

Ennett didn't hide anything from this, saying meaningfully, "Of course, I knew about this child's existence even before that guy Dragon."

"..."

Valentina fell silent upon hearing this.

Because of the background information about the Heavenly Dao that she had investigated.

He was unexpectedly encountered by Yunmeng after his city was overrun by the beast horde, which led Yunmeng to bring him to the Ember Base and participate in Project Star.

But now it seems that things are much more complicated than she thought.

Could it be that there were some secrets about that beast tide back then that I didn't know about?

Seeing Valentina's expression, Ennett seemed to read her mind and said with a smile, "Don't think about it. This child is much more special than you think."

"Otherwise, do you think geniuses come so easily?"

"His background is far more interesting than you think."

After speaking, Ennet returned the documents to Valentina, her tone regaining its authoritative tone.
"Seal off the Heavenly Dao's files. No one other than me is allowed to access them. As for other people's information, just file it according to the normal procedure."

Upon hearing this, Valentina nodded, took the documents in her hand, and turned to leave Ennet's courtyard.

Once Valentina's figure had completely disappeared, Ennett slowly got up and walked to the old locust tree in the corner of the yard.

The setting sun cast a long shadow of him as he raised his hand to touch the knife marks on the tree trunk, his face filled with reminiscence.

The tree trunk bore the scars left from its battles against the Star Beasts in its old days.

After an unknown amount of time, Ennett snapped out of his reverie and whispered, "Teacher, your grandson's performance might be much more exaggerated than you think."

"And if it were him, he might actually be able to create the perfect world that you and I envisioned back then."

"After all, humanity will only set aside all contradictions and unite completely when facing a common external enemy."

After saying that, Ennet turned and went back to his room.

In the corner of the frame, an old photograph sits on Ennett's desk.

It was a group photo of the New Federal State's mopping-up operations in the occupied territories, taken in the old days.

Due to the lighting, many people in the photo are so badly reflected that their faces are not clearly visible.

Only the two people standing in the very center can be clearly seen.

One of the two was an older woman with a distinctive head of long, silver-white hair.

The other one is Ennett, who was unruly in his youth.

[Martial Arts Battle in Heavenly Capital, Heavenly Martial Training Base, half a month later]

boom!
The deafening roar nearly blew the dome off the training base.

As soon as Jing Liuli pushed open the soundproof door, she shrank back as she was scalded by the heat wave that hit her face.

Inside the exclusive training ground for celestial-level beings, a giant crater with a diameter of thirty meters was emitting black smoke, its walls covered with fine cracks, and the air was filled with the smell of ozone from an overload of stellar energy.

Tiandao stood at the bottom of the pit, his silver hair swaying slightly in the wind.

He wasn't wearing an eye patch, and his pale blue eyes were subtly framed by tiny, golden lines.

That is a sign of the deep integration of the Star Eclipse Sky Eye with the vector force field.

Seeing this, Jing Liuli couldn't help but ask, "Heavenly Dao, have you developed some new technique? Why are you making such a fuss? And what else?"

Jing Liuli walked around the giant pit and said curiously, "This is the third training ground you've destroyed this week. The maintenance manager has complained many times that you're increasing their workload."

Faced with Jing Liuli's teasing, Tiandao casually put on the eye mask, covering his eyes.

He then said to the empty training ground, "Repair the field."

The next second, a mechanical humming sound instantly filled the training ground.

Subsequently, the cracks on the training field began to heal rapidly, and the huge crater in the center was filled in by metal plates at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After finishing everything last night, Tiandao looked at Jing Liuli, who had walked to his side, and said in a calm tone, "It's nothing, just getting more familiar with my current body."

Although the Heavenly Dao spoke in a very calm tone, as if he were talking about something insignificant.

But Jing Liuli knew very well that Tiandao had definitely become stronger again.

However, she did not inquire further about it.

Simply put, when something illogical appears in the way of Heaven, it always seems reasonable to people.

After all, ever since she got to know Tiandao, his strength had never surprised her.

He can master techniques that others need months to learn in half a day.

He can always easily and effortlessly resolve troubles that others would avoid at all costs.

The Way of Heaven is a monster that cannot be measured by common sense.

Therefore, Jing Liuli didn't delve too deeply into this topic with Tiandao, and directly stated her purpose. "Tiandao, the patrol quotas from the association have been released. These are tasks I specially selected for you according to your requirements."

Tiandao nodded, then picked up his data terminal and looked at the information Jing Liuli had sent him.

The information here is not complicated; it is the association's mission that he needs to complete.

That's right, although the participants in the Starry Sky Ladder Ranking Competition are mainly competing on the number of floors they can climb.

That is, the number of times the occupied territories have been explored.

But besides these, they also have some daily tasks.

This includes addressing some relatively dangerous situations.

It's important to know that the territory of the new federation is very large.

Instead of every new federal city being as safe as the seven floating cities.

Due to their unique circumstances, some cities are prone to attacks by star beasts or dark star messengers.

As members of the Star Envoy Association, dealing with Star Beasts and some Star Envoys who do not follow the rules is one of the tasks of Tiandao and his group.

In other words, this is their responsibility.

After briefly reviewing the mission details, Tiandao nodded and said, "Understood."

After saying that, Tiandao stood up and walked outside.

Seeing this, Jing Liuli asked curiously, "Heavenly Dao, aren't you going to bring Caroline along?"

Without turning his head, Tiandao said, "It's just a simple clearing mission. I'll be back soon. There's no need to call her."

After saying that, the Heavenly Dao disappeared from Jing Liuli's sight.

[Outside the boundary gate in the sky above Yueshan City]

With a tearing of a subspace rift, Tiandao, dressed in a black tactical suit, emerged from the rift, the hem of the suit still carrying the residual chill of the subspace.

The New Federation's unique 'Gateway' allows Star Messengers to quickly travel to other places.

While the 'gateway' is convenient, it requires a lot of energy to open, and not everyone's body can withstand the tearing of subspace.

This led to the association stipulating that only Star Envoys of Level 3 or above, and those who meet certain opening requirements, can use the Boundary Gate.

And the Heavenly Dao, in order to complete the mission, just happens to meet this requirement.

Tiandao stood in the sky above this unfamiliar city, looking down at the brightly lit city below.

"Has something happened?"

According to the procedure, the Star Messenger from the Moon Mountain City branch should be waiting at the exit.

But right now there's not a soul in sight outside the gate, which is very strange.

His mission this time was to help the local Star Envoy deal with a special Star Beast that had infiltrated the city.

Because that star beast could access the memories of star envoys below the Calamity level, the local branch star envoys searched for a long time but were unable to find it.

That's why they sought outside help.

What's particularly noteworthy is that the person who posted the distress call wasn't a local high-level Star Envoy of level three or above, but a young Star Envoy who had only recently joined the association.

According to the Dao, there are only two possible reasons for this situation.

Firstly, the other party happened to discover the existence of that special star beast and determined that a branch office alone could not handle it, so they bypassed the branch office and contacted headquarters directly.

Another one is...
"It seems that guy has turned this place into his lair."

The Heavenly Dao stood a hundred meters in the air, and the Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye glowed faintly.

The city lights transformed into countless energy nodes in his eyes, and within those nodes, a strange gray aura permeated the air.

That's the smell of the fusion of star beast energy and human star energy.

The place with the strongest flavor is none other than the Star Envoy Association branch in Yueshan City.

[Moon Mountain City, outside the Star Envoy Association branch]

"Captain, vice-captain, have you both fallen too?"

Outside the Star Envoy Branch in Yueshan City, a Level 1 Star Envoy wearing glasses stared at the two people in front of him in disbelief.

These two were the two people he once trusted and admired the most.

But now, not only do these two people look unfamiliar to him, but their appearances have also changed drastically.

The captain's arm transformed into scaled claws, and the vice-captain sprouted bat-like membranous wings from his back. Both of their pupils turned a murky yellow, and their auras were as violent as those of out-of-control star beasts.

It was as if the two people in front of them were not star messengers at all, but two humanoid ferocious beasts.

He had just considered escaping from the two of them.

Given the vast difference in strength, he had no choice but to run away.

“Mitchell, don’t blame me. Blame yourself for contacting headquarters on your own initiative. There’s a death order from above: you must die here tonight.”

The vice-captain's voice was hoarse, like sandpaper being rubbed, and devoid of any emotion.

Upon hearing this, Mitchell's eyes filled with utter despair.

Although he had already received word that people from headquarters would be coming to investigate the situation.

Mitchell was unsure whether the person who came would arrive in time, or whether that person would notice anything unusual about the chapter.

Even in Mitchell's mind, there was another, extremely desperate thought.

Those are people from headquarters. Perhaps they might also encounter a situation similar to that of the 'Captain' and 'Vice-Captain', being assimilated by that terrifying monster.

If that's the case, then everything will be in trouble.

However, all of this seemed to be irrelevant to him.

Because the monstrous vice-captain had spread his demon-like wings and flown to him, raising the blood-stained longsword in his hand.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened!
boom!
The monstrous vice-captain seemed to have been struck by a heavy blow, and suddenly fell from the sky, crashing heavily to the ground.

The impact caused his wings to break instantly, and he coughed up blood, unable to get up for a long time.

"?!"

Upon seeing this, Mitchell was stunned.

"It seems that the situation here is much more complicated than the report described."

"After all, the report didn't say that the entire branch had fallen."

Mitchell looked in the direction of the sound and saw a silver-haired man who looked very young.

When Mitchell saw the silver-haired man's black tactical uniform and the General Star Envoy badge on his chest, a glint of wild joy flashed in his eyes.

Reinforcements! Reinforcements sent from headquarters!
He watched the other person fall from the sky, even though the other person clearly looked like a young man who looked to be around twenty years old.

However, it made him feel an oppressive feeling like a mountain, stronger than any high-level star envoy he had ever seen.

It seems he doesn't have to die!
At that moment, Mitchell was overjoyed.

(End of this chapter)