area51novel Chapter 239 Return to the New World
Chapter 239 Return to the New World
"I just want to study in peace and quiet, but you guys really won't let me have any peace and quiet!"
Looking at the four "classmates" in front of him who had taken advantage of his "mental storm" and "absence of attention" to lock him out of the laboratory, Huo Yuhao's still immature face showed a clear look of regret.
"Look closely, all this destruction is because you forced me to do it!"
Raising his right hand, he placed it on the deep-colored laboratory door. A faint golden light shimmered in Huo Yuhao's eyes, and three strangely colored spirit rings slowly floated up from his body. Focused mental energy possesses powerful penetrating and meticulous analytical abilities; Huo Yuhao now aimed his mental energy at the secure door in front of him.
Huo Yuhao didn't currently possess access cards. Having already been taught by Long You, Huo Yuhao knew very well that access control systems, while seemingly secure, were actually quite easy to crack. Especially the rather "simple" access cards currently used by the Sun Moon Empire; if he didn't want to expose Shrek Academy's expertise in soul-guided intelligence, Huo Yuhao would only need to give his auxiliary AI a command.
Even without the help of AI assistance, if Huo Yuhao is given about half an hour, cracking the access control system with his own brain wouldn't be too difficult.
However, given the current situation, waiting half an hour to resolve this access control issue would be far too inefficient. So, after finding the key point of the entire access control gate, Huo Yuhao, a sinister smile playing on his lips, slightly twitched his right hand, and a dark golden claw silently emerged.
Despite the lack of any dazzling "special effects," the dark golden claws pierced the seemingly hard metal of the access gate with ease, much like a hot knife cutting through butter.
"Crack!"
A piercing cracking sound and sparks appeared simultaneously. Huo Yuhao, who had already retracted his dark golden blade, gently pushed the door in front of him. This security door, which was "highly anticipated," easily opened its tightly closed embrace, revealing the astonishing "delicious pastries" behind it.
“Dear students, why do you think this is necessary? The cost of repairing the door is very expensive. Why should you, as students, bear such a heavy burden for the sake of other people’s wishes?”
"By the way, the patrol personnel from Mingde Hall should be here soon. I think you don't need me to explain what just happened. Trust me, I have the complete video recording of what happened. And Mingde Hall needs to maintain a rigorous and impartial attitude in dealing with my case."
Huo Yuhao's attitude was mild and polite, but the four people inside the laboratory looked quite grim. They knew that what Huo Yuhao had just said was true, and if he presented concrete evidence, Mingde Hall would absolutely not side with them. This meant that the four of them would indeed bear the responsibility for compensating for the damage to the laboratory's access door.
Although they haven't actually stepped into Mingde Hall yet, the four members of Orange are indeed elite students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. They possess a comprehensive understanding and research of soul tools, which means they are well aware of the difficulty and cost of repairing this soul tool gate. It must be said that even Orange, the most mysterious of the four, cannot afford such an astronomical debt at this stage.
"Damn brat, if you don't let us have an easy time, you won't have an easy time either."
Perhaps it was the increasingly urgent alarm that spurred the young students in the laboratory. A rather handsome young man erupted. In the blink of an eye, the moon-white uniform of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy on the young man's body was covered by the muzzles of soul-guided cannons of various calibers. Intense soul power fluctuations surged, and a great battle was about to break out.
Yes, in the eyes of those four students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, a great battle was about to erupt. For Huo Yuhao, the situation was still under control. With the enhancement of his soul skill, Huo Yuhao's eyes instantly turned a dazzling pure white. At the same time, a ring of pure white light spread outwards.
Wherever the halo passed, the air in the entire laboratory seemed to distort. Exclamations came from the mouths of the four members of the Orange Group. They had clearly locked onto Huo Yuhao using the abilities of their soul tools, but after this pure white halo spread, all the locks failed. A feeling of weakness and powerlessness filled everyone's body, and the soul tools they were so used to operating suddenly felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.
Even so, the expected attacks were still unleashed immediately. A barrage of oranges covered Huo Yuhao's approximate location, and the burly Soul Master also activated his coverage attack mode at that moment.
This response wasn't entirely inaccurate. If Huo Yuhao were merely an ordinary Soul Master or a Level 3 Soul Master, he would find it difficult to completely dodge such a wide-area attack, and might even suffer severe injuries in the process. But how could Huo Yuhao be ordinary? Since they were already prepared to fight, what made Ju Zi and the others believe that the image of Huo Yuhao they had previously seen was real?
The attack had landed, but the expressions on Ju Zi and the others' faces grew increasingly grim. As experienced Soul Masters, judging whether their attacks launched through Soul Tools had hit their targets was an absolutely fundamental skill.
"Defense, target lost."
Having been trapped in Huo Yuhao's mental interference from beginning to end, the four members of the Orange Group's attack undoubtedly failed. Their decent combat skills allowed them to try to save themselves, but so much time had passed that Huo Yuhao's prepared methods had already been fully charged.
There was no reaction time, not even a physical sensation; in the blink of an eye, Ju Zi and the others were transformed into four lifelike human ice sculptures. Well, it wasn't that bad. Huo Yuhao was merely acting in self-defense and had no intention of turning the matter into a criminal case, so the four of them were actually just encased in a layer of ice.
Following the conventions of TV dramas and movies, the disciplinary team arrived late, after all the events had concluded. Their menacing "Don't move!" clashes with Huo Yuhao, who is watching the entire video feed played on his smartwatch.
After the video finished playing, Huo Yuhao handed over the four, including Ju Zi, who were still in a frozen state, to the disciplinary team. Just as he himself had said, Mingde Hall and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy must maintain a rigorous and fair attitude in dealing with his case. As long as he could prove that he had no problems, no one could stop Huo Yuhao from carrying out his normal studies.
Of course, after such a commotion, there couldn't possibly be only a few students and disciplinary team members in the lab now. As Huo Yuhao's direct mentor, Xuan Ziwen appeared in the lab not long after the chaotic battle ended.
However, Xuan Ziwen doesn't have time to have a heart-to-heart talk with Huo Yuhao right now, because he arrived a bit late, and Huo Yuhao, who was furious, had already handed over the complete evidence video to the disciplinary team. So, Xuan Ziwen's first priority is to get his student out of trouble.
At night, after thoroughly checking his dormitory and releasing the barrier soul tool, Huo Yuhao lay down on his bed with a faint smile on his face.
Even before leaving Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao had been warned by many who cared about her to be careful of the inevitable show of force that would occur. In fact, ever since arriving at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Huo Yuhao had been on guard against such a thing. However, perhaps because the modification of the soul-guided warship had diverted the attention of everyone at the academy, from teachers to students, the show of force that Huo Yuhao had been preparing for had actually been delayed for over a month.
"That's good, one less thing to worry about. Although the academy's soul tool manufacturing capabilities are indeed unique and unconventional, the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool ideas do have many aspects worth learning from."
It's foreseeable that my campus life will be much quieter for the foreseeable future, and I should definitely settle down and focus on my studies.
[That's right, that's exactly it. No matter what Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy do, Xiao Yuhao, you should focus on improving yourself now.]
Don't worry, Brother Tianmeng, I know what's important. This world is so vast; it would be a real shame not to explore it properly.
The conversation ended, and the room fell into complete silence. In this timeline, with Long You protecting him, Huo Yuhao carried far less burden, making him feel much more relaxed. At the same time, he wasn't as dazzling or attention-grabbing as in the original timeline. Although he didn't slack off in his cultivation, he lacked the sense of urgency he felt in the original work, as if he were carrying a heavy burden and constantly striving to improve.
Just like now, if it were the Huo Yuhao from the original story, although he would be curious about the actions of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and try his best to pass the information to Shrek Academy, he would definitely not waste this time. During normal times, Huo Yuhao would study twice as hard and then squeeze out his rest time to gather any potentially useful intelligence.
However, in this timeline, Huo Yuhao, while not slacking off during his studies, also did not use his rest time to gather intelligence. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity of a newly enrolled student getting familiar with the campus to obtain various useful information.
Now, feeling he'd had enough fun, Huo Yuhao began forcing himself to focus entirely on his studies. Of course, his wanderings around the campus would continue for a while; otherwise, the fact that he immediately stopped wandering around the campus as soon as the soul-guided warship left Mingde Hall might have been noticed by those with ulterior motives.
The affairs of the Sun Moon Empire have temporarily come to an end, and attention has turned back to the New World. Long You, who had planned a week-long trip, didn't return for almost a month.
"Ow!"
The moment Long You stepped into the meticulously prepared living quarters, a loud, excited howl rang out. The wind in the woods picked up noticeably, and the next moment Long You was pounced on by a huge, furry creature and knocked to the ground.
"Aww, aww—(Bad guy, bad guy, how could you abandon me for so long!)"
The big cat had never been away from Longyou for so long since birth. This time, Longyou's unexpected extension of the trip broke their long-standing understanding. Although they could still communicate through mobile phones and radio, the feeling of mutual companionship could never be replaced by simple chats.
"Alright, alright, it was my fault, my little darling, please forgive me."
Long You quite enjoyed Xiao Muyang's dependence and even affection, but considering Xiao Muyang's current size, Long You's mortal body really couldn't withstand the Meow Meow Fist, so he had to beg for mercy first.
After playing around for more than ten minutes, Long You finally managed to calm Xiao Muyang down, who had been jealous for several days.
"Alright, alright, hurry up and clean up so we can get ready for lunch. If I'm not mistaken, the farm should have already produced some produce."
While the food on the Origin Continent is indeed more abundant, in terms of nutrition, the spirit beasts on the New Continent are more suitable for a spirit master's physique.
"After dinner, you'll have to help me with something. I need to find a place with relatively abundant life energy to inscribe a fairly large magic circle. If this magic circle works as I expect, I'll soon have a surprise for you."
"Hmm—, are we looking for a place with relatively abundant life energy? Then we'll have to leave the base and head to the mainland. And we might even need to deal with some lord-level soul beasts. After all, places with abundant life energy are considered treasure troves, and powerful soul beasts won't miss such places."
As mentioned before, Long You had no intention of monopolizing the entire New World; what he wanted was to control a life-bearing island surrounding the New World.
Based on this idea, Long You naturally couldn't place his painstakingly built base deep within the New World. After all, if he did that, when Long You relinquished control of the New World, this meticulously crafted base would simply fall into the hands of others. Therefore, Long You's current location is actually a land-connected island. When it's time to truly evacuate, Long You only needs to use a magic array to seal off the part of this land-connected island that connects to the mainland, thus ensuring the safety of the land-connected island base while also preserving a port for his own use.
However, no matter how many advantages Lulian Island has, it cannot change the fact that its foundation is not deep enough. That's why Xiao Muyang said that if Longyou needs to find a place with abundant life energy, they need to go to the main continent.