novelraw Chapter 320 Deeply Infiltrating, Uncovering the Truth
Chapter 320 Deeply Infiltrating, Uncovering the Truth
Chapter 320 Deeply Infiltrating, Uncovering the Truth
"After a century, I've finally returned."
Ye Yang looked down at the familiar planet, which hadn't changed much compared to a hundred years ago, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Go down," Ye Yang said to the spirit of the small immortal boat he was riding.
He arrived via a teleportation array; this small celestial vessel was merely a means of transportation within the Heng star system.
This is, after all, the stronghold of the Daoist lineage, and the star system is equipped with various immortal arrays and weapons. Directly distorting spacetime and moving faster than light is somewhat impolite and could cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
Two minutes later, the celestial ship slowly landed on the planet following the guidance instructions. At this time, True Immortal Zhushan, Qian Tong, and others were already waiting outside.
"It's Junior Brother Minghong!"
"He's here."
"Quick, Xiaoyou, this is the genius senior uncle I told you about before, the one who went to the Silver Core Star Region for further studies. You're also studying the fire elemental laws, so you should try to get along well with your senior uncle later. You might be able to get guidance from him often—"
A Void Realm cultivator of the same generation as Ye Yang was speaking softly to a Foundation Establishment stage girl.
The girl nodded, her gaze towards Ye Yang filled with a mixture of doubt and anticipation.
To stand out from countless others and become a disciple of one's master is already extremely difficult. Of course, if one has some family background and connections, it's not impossible to get one's master, a Void Realm cultivator, to accept as a nominal disciple.
However, gaining the master's true approval and joining the Extreme Dao Clan is extremely difficult. The number of spots is limited; it's practically a race against time!
However, once she truly became a member of the Extreme Dao Clan, she discovered that there were always people more talented than her, and the sky was always higher than the heavens. Despite being a dazzling genius in the outside world, her cultivation talent and potential in dungeons were not outstanding among her fellow disciples; she was quite mediocre.
Compared to the senior martial uncle Minghong who had returned from further studies, he was utterly insignificant.
But young girls are full of longing, and girls like her, who have been pampered since childhood, yearn for a partner who is exceptionally beautiful and charming.
Therefore, the girl looked at Ye Yang with a hint of longing.
Besides, the people around him were all people from the Jili Dao lineage who had had many connections with Ye Yang, such as fellow disciples, senior uncles and grand-uncles, two managers from the business department, and several servants from Zhushan Manor.
They all looked at Ye Yang with great enthusiasm, including Ba Ji Xingjun, who was on duty at the base of the Dao lineage.
"Minghong, you can rest assured now that you're home. Take a good rest during this time," said True Immortal Zhushan.
Without making a sound, he handed over a storage ring.
"Hmm." Ye Yang nodded with a smile, and as he probed with his divine soul power, he saw a sealing bead lying quietly inside.
His second avatar is contained within this sealed bead.
Previously, because Ye Yang was threatened by the "Supreme True Spirit Holy Words", his consciousness would be subject to the attention of the "Void", so he asked the True Immortal of Zhushan to seal his second clone.
Later, the True Immortal of Zhushan packed it into a sealing bead for easy relocation to a more secluded location, and now it has been returned to its original owner.
"I'll release the second clone when I have time; the modified Void Worm is already ready."
Ye Yang was thinking about bringing his long-sealed second clone back into the light of day.
Qian Tong then looked Ye Yang up and down before saying, "Didn't you like the food in that Lost Immortal Realm? You seem thinner than in the video, not as muscular as before."
"Mom, what are you saying? I've already reached the Limitless Body Tempering stage. I can even refine a breath into physical matter. How could I possibly be hungry?" Ye Yang said speechlessly.
"Hehe, Minghong, are you still cultivating the fifth level of the Extreme War God Body? Do you have enough materials for body tempering? Body tempering is not like Qi refining; you can't survive on wind and dew." Lord Baji laughed.
"Junior brother, congratulations on your return."
"Nephew, it's been a long time—"
Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, creating a lively atmosphere.
Many of them knew the value of the "Enlightenment Project." If they could go there and graduate successfully, they would have no difficulty reaching the level of a True Immortal or even a Star Lord.
Thus, Ye Yang experienced the feeling of returning home in glory. In particular, this "hometown" was actually quite prestigious. Among the relatives and friends who came to welcome him, apart from the younger generation, the lowest level of cultivation was Void Realm, and there were even True Immortals and Star Lords among them.
It makes people feel even happier.
However, Ye Yang did not indulge in this brief moment of pleasure.
"Hmm, not bad. To have grasped a trace of the essence of the 'heat conduction' aspect of the fire elemental law at this age is quite impressive, but there are still some areas where you haven't mastered it very well—"
Ye Yang instructed the next senior disciple, a newly accepted disciple of the past century, and after sending him away, he excused himself from the table for a moment.
Leaning against the corridor, Ye Yang squinted at the lawn outside the manor, ignoring the passing servants. No one knew what he was thinking.
So—what exactly is the reason?
Ye Yang was filled with doubt.
As soon as he disembarked from the immortal ship and opened the hatch, letting in the outside air, he felt the flow of true essence within his body accelerate slightly.
The consumption also increased slightly.
How many layers of defense does Ye Yang have in his normal state?
The outermost layer is the Void Worm's cloak, used to weaken and divert the gaze power of the Void.
Then there's the guardian's magic power, trigger-type defensive magic items, passive defensive magic items, and a resilient physical body.
The most deeply hidden defensive method is the ever-flowing true essence of martial arts—
Ye Yang's true meaning was always operating in a low-consumption state, constantly refining himself and himself. In this way, if any silent influence or interference touched Ye Yang's body or his soul, causing any change in his physical or spiritual state, it would be immediately refined and eliminated!
This process, in turn, causes fluctuations in the consumption of true meaning.
Therefore, any attack that attempts to silently invade Ye Yang's body and distort or change his essence will be quickly detected by him!
Unless the difference between the Great Dao and the Law is too great—
This time, the defense mechanism activated by the true intent took effect, and Ye Yang noticed a slight change. This change began as soon as he came into contact with the air on the home planet.
"So, protective magic and self-cleaning robes are completely ineffective against this intrusion of an invisible force?"
"This attack contained profound principles and laws, and its methods were extremely sophisticated. At first, I could detect some traces, but later I gradually lost all sense of it."
Ye Yang pondered in his heart, his expression extremely serious:
"Through the constant circulation of my true essence to refine myself, I can tell from the consumption of energy that this silent invasion has never stopped!"
He stared intently at the countless dust particles in the air.
There are invisible water vapor, tiny dust particles, pollen and seeds drifting from flowers and plants, microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi, and condensed water droplets—all of which are incredibly ordinary things.
But at the very beginning, right after disembarking from the immortal ship, Ye Yang had already caught a trace of it. That seemingly invisible thing must be among the countless tiny particles of debris in the air and soil.
However, Ye Yang couldn't tell the difference!
I just have a vague feeling that there is a pair of eyes, but whose eyes are they?
This made Ye Yang feel extremely uncomfortable.
For this reason, Ye Yang suspected that the entire planet had been secretly tampered with, and that someone had been monitoring it using some unknown, covert method—which is why he didn't point it out directly when he first noticed something amiss.
"Does he know that I know he's spying on me?" Ye Yang wondered, hesitating whether to immediately capture all the particles in the air and then conduct detailed analysis.
But the fact that the mother is on this planet, and that the people of the Jili Dao Clan have lived here for so long without noticing, is even more terrifying.
The person behind it all possessed such profound and hidden power that even Ye Yang felt a chill run down his spine.
He had a gut feeling that this was coming for him!
Perhaps the planning started a long time ago.
"If that's the case, everything will be troublesome. Although I can invite the Supreme Ancestor to suppress all enemies with violence, such insidious methods are impossible to guard against. My relatives and friends haven't cultivated the True Intent Martial Arts like I have, and even if they have, they can't reach my level. They simply can't resist the invasion of that strange thing!"
"In other words—the enemy may already have the lives of my family and friends in their hands."
Ye Yang's heart sank, but his expression remained calm, as if he were simply spacing out.
Meanwhile, in a void outside the Milky Way.
On the lonely surface of the planet, the thirty-two guardians frowned as they stared at the mushroom: "He's noticed? How come you haven't successfully infiltrated yet?"
The mushroom of the Nineteenth Protector twisted slightly, as if waving his hand, and said, "Don't worry, he's just suspicious. This kid hasn't taken any direct action; he probably just senses something's wrong and is a little puzzled."
"Ye Yang's intuition is terrifying, but it doesn't matter—I am now the most perfect life form!"
"The most perfect life form can adapt to any environment! Even though some strange power constantly surges from its body, refining my spores, it is also helping me to continuously evolve and iterate!"
"At first, he could barely sense what was invading his body, but now, after six evolutions, my spores have reached a point where he can no longer detect or identify them. Soon—the Great Dao defense line created by Ye Yang's special cultivation technique will finally lose its effectiveness under the power of [Life]!"
The mushroom declared with fervent enthusiasm, "Life will surely find a way!"
The thirty-two guardians were speechless and could only frown and wait in silence.
This so-called "perfect life" is the path that these nineteen guardians have pursued for millions of years.
Ye Yang was merely a sixth-level cultivator; it was already quite remarkable that he could briefly withstand the Nineteen Protectors' covert attacks. Continuing to resist or even countering the Nineteen Protectors' methods was virtually impossible.
How can a hundred years of cultivation compare to millions of years of accumulation?
However, the twists and turns of events made the Thirty-Two Protectors somewhat uneasy as they twirled their mustaches.
The truth is that everything he had done for Ye Yang before had exceeded his expectations and even caused great losses.
This gave the Thirty-Two Guardians a bad feeling about the operation of the Nineteen Guardians.
"Hmph, the seventh iteration is complete! Just watch, this little genius may be a bit unexpected, but he still can't escape my grasp." The mushroom of the Nineteenth Guardian shook its head and laughed.
"Cough cough cough cough—"
Qian Tong suddenly started coughing violently, and Ye Yang saw this scene as soon as he returned to the banquet.
"What's going on?" Ye Yang asked, frowning.
"Maybe he choked." The people around him didn't seem to care much.
They've already reached the Golden Core stage; it's impossible for them to get sick.
However, upon hearing the cough, Ye Yang felt a strange sense of familiarity.
"Bai Lin?"
However, before Ye Yang could go up to check on his mother's body, a suppressed but completely uncontrollable cough came from the other side—
"Hmm? Xiaoyou, what's wrong?"
As everyone looked over, they saw that even the youngest girl was coughing, covering her neck and mouth.
Ye Yang's expression changed drastically.
"What's going on?!"
The thirty-two guardians stared at the image formed by the combined apertures of countless spores, which displayed a scene of confusion and constant coughing at the banquet where Ye Yang and the others were located.
"Wasn't the pathogenicity rate of your spores only one in a trillion before the outbreak? How come two people around Ye Yang just happen to have contracted the disease?!"
The thirty-two guardians realized that the matter could no longer be concealed, and that the methods of the nineteen guardians were not as reliable as they had imagined.
"No, no, no, believe me, this is just an accident!" The mushroom trembled slightly and said rapidly, "Because it evolved too many times in the direction of 'breaking Ye Yang's Great Dao Refining,' some of the original characteristics of the new generation of spores have degenerated and been lost—but it doesn't matter, this is only a small-scale occurrence."
As is well known, for an infectious disease, a high mortality rate and high transmissibility are mutually exclusive.
However, for infectious diseases like the Nineteen Protectors, which can be artificially controlled to ignite, the two are not mutually exclusive.
However, the Immortal Alliance is not a civilization without any defenses against infectious crises. In the various bizarre methods of the Heavens Era, viruses are merely minor matters; the most terrifying thing is—
I've seen countless terrifying meme attacks, pattern-based weapons, and mathematical weapons.
Therefore, "concealment" is the most important thing.
If possible, avoid developing symptoms altogether. If symptoms do appear, ensure that others cannot detect the cause. As long as the number of patients is small and there are no abnormalities during the incubation period, the Star Alliance's infectious crisis emergency plan will not be triggered.
Therefore, in this "parasitic operation of the nineteen protectors", infiltration and spread are the main themes!
The final explosion and destruction were nothing more than fireworks celebrating victory.
"I'll be able to successfully invade soon. I have a feeling I only need two more iterations—no, just one more! Next time, I'll definitely be able to invade Ye Yang's body!"
The mushroom spoke rapidly, shaking violently, and layers of pollen fell, while a kind of aggressive and unpredictable power of the Great Dao flowed quickly.
It's clear that he was showing his true skills at this moment.
Meanwhile, the moment Ye Yang connected his mother's and Youyou's discomfort with the symptoms he had seen on Bailin, a sense of great terror instantly enveloped him.
"conspiracy!"
"Silent and stealthy, it deceived everyone, orchestrating a grand scheme that encompassed the entire galaxy!"
Ye Yang's mind was in complete turmoil.
The Immortal Alliance, which had been stable for millions of years, unexpectedly unleashed such a huge bombshell.
However, his reaction was also extremely decisive. In the blink of an eye, he took out the sealing bead containing his second clone.
"Grandmaster, Ancestor Baji, there's not much time to explain now. Something terrible is about to happen. Do you believe me?" Ye Yang immediately transmitted his thoughts to the two people present.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?" Both of them remained relatively calm, but at this moment they both sensed something unusual.
"This illness is caused by something, but those below the True Immortal level have probably already been invaded and are under its control. I noticed it when I first came back, but I couldn't tell what it was, and I was afraid of alerting it, so I didn't make a fuss."
"However, I can now confirm that this is not an event confined to one planet, but rather an event affecting numerous planets within the Immortal Alliance, and it may be highly contagious!"
"In short! I need time! I need to immediately use some void power technique to prolong the time!"
Through Ye Yang's telepathic communication, the two immediately understood: "We understand, you want me to release the restrictions of the immortal array on this aspect, right?"
Lord Baji immediately said, "I can grant you the authority."
"Ye Yang, don't act rashly. If things get really bad, notify the Ancestor of Jili," said True Immortal Zhushan solemnly.
"I know--"
Ye Yang's expression was solemn.
He immediately received the celestial array access key from Lord Baji Star.
Then—Ye Yang unleashed a burst of power without hesitation, enveloping everyone present below the True Immortal level.
"Don't resist!" Ba Ji Xingjun hissed.
brush!
Everyone was instantly enveloped in darkness—a spacetime where the movement of matter slowed to almost a standstill, making it difficult for even light to enter or leave!
Although Ye Yang had not yet fully comprehended the complete "time stop" in the Devouring World, he could almost freeze time and space by using the power of the void in the main world.
Then, a vast amount of void power transformed in Ye Yang's hand and spread out with a roar!
Suddenly, the entire sky above the planet darkened rapidly, revealing the stars, which then quickly redshifted and dimmed again.
As spacetime expanded, a sealing bead was also thrown out.
With a "bang," it exploded, and a space-time overlapped, revealing the enormous clone of the first Golden Horned Beast.
This is the second avatar of the main world.
"Trinity, transform!" Ye Yang roared, and his second clone transformed into human form.
At the same time, as consciousness connected and true intent was activated, the cultivation level of this second clone also surged.
However, this was irrelevant. He immediately fused with a large amount of the flesh and blood reserves of his first clone, changed his appearance, and then used spacetime teleportation to travel to the nearest interstellar teleportation array.
Ye Yang's second clone must avoid the surveillance of that unknown entity and go find Bai Lin!
Perhaps the truth of everything can be revealed through him.