After thinking it through, Luo Feng did not ask any further questions.
After the family finished their meal, they did not leave immediately. Instead, they sat at the table and chatted for a while.
However, because both Luo Fan and Luo Feng always kept an avatar at home,
they did not chat for very long.
After resting for a bit, Luo Fan's parents went into the Virtual Universe to play games.
Dumpling and Babata went along with them.
Because he now had a Mechanical Race avatar, Luo Fan no longer needed an intelligent life.
After all, the Mechanical Race avatar itself was the strongest form of intelligent life.
Moreover, Luo Fan's Mechanical Race avatar had been enhanced.
Its raw computing power was even stronger than that of other Mechanical Race members.
After activating its innate secret art, its computing power was comparable to an Invincible King-level Mechanical Race expert.
As a result, Luo Fan's current information-processing speed was extremely fast.
Luo Feng's avatar also had nothing pressing to do, so he decided to take this opportunity to exchange insights on the Space Origin Law with Luo Fan.
After the two arrived in the courtyard and were just about to discuss their understanding of the Space Origin Law,
Fang Xueyi walked in holding an object.
"Husband, Ah Feng, Xiao Yi found a piece of metal like this a few days ago while watching giant whales in the deep sea."
"No matter what she tried, she couldn't damage this metal at all."
"So she handed it to me just now."
The Xiao Yi Fang Xueyi mentioned was Luo Xingyu's youngest granddaughter.
Because the descendants of both Luo Xingyu and Luo Xingzhou possessed the same Domain Lord-level bloodline as the others,
this Domain Lord-level bloodline had extremely strong talent in the Water Origin Law.
As a result, Luo Fan's descendants often cultivated in the sea.
After speaking, Fang Xueyi took out a black metal plate from her World Ring.
"I also tried it myself."
"Even I can't leave the slightest mark on it."
"Even an F9-grade laser gun can't leave a trace on it."
"I couldn't find any information about this metal in the database at all."
Fang Xueyi's F9-grade laser gun had, of course, been given to her by Luo Fan.
After all, Fang Xueyi's talent in laws was not particularly strong.
So she had not put much effort into cultivation.
Instead, she would occasionally travel with Luo Fan to tourist destinations of the Human Race and even other races.
With the Space Worm avatar, they could even make a round trip within a single day.
At first, Luo Fan did not react much, thinking it was just debris that had fallen from Hu Yan bo's ship.
However, as Fang Xueyi continued speaking, Luo Fan's expression could not help but change.
Then he looked at the black metal plate.
He immediately understood.
One had to know that Fang Xueyi's database had all been compiled by Luo Fan himself.
The information inside was extremely comprehensive.
After all, Luo Fan had received the complete memories of that Mechanical Race.
Yet even then, there was no matching record.
Moreover, even an F9-grade laser gun capable of killing Immortals could not destroy it.
That meant there was only one such item on Earth.
The Heavenly Soul Crystal that carried the Nine Calamities Secret Manual.
Looking at the black metal plate in Fang Xueyi's hand, Luo Fan's expression became very complicated.
At this moment, Luo Feng also looked over curiously.
"Big Brother, what is this?"
"Babata doesn't recognize it either."
Hearing this, Fang Xueyi looked at Luo Feng in surprise, then turned to Luo Fan.
"Ah Feng doesn't know what this is either?"
"Husband, do you know what kind of metal this is?"
"Could it be some kind of G-grade metal?"
Listening to the two of them, Luo Fan did not know how to answer.
Moreover, he was hesitating.
Should he cultivate the Nine Calamities Secret Manual himself?
This was a secret art that could break through the limits of the Original Universe.
However, once he cultivated the Nine Calamities Secret Manual, his future path would become clear.
Acknowledging the Star Tower as his master, obtaining the Origin Cleaving Art, enslaving a World Beast, and confronting the Food Kingdom.
Each stage was extremely difficult.
Even Luo Feng in the original story had only barely made it through.
Without the Nine Calamities Secret Manual, Luo Feng might not even have reached his original height.
After all, the Nine Calamities Secret Manual represented far more than just a secret art that increased genetic level.
It also came with a whole series of subsequent opportunities.
Therefore, the Nine Calamities Secret Manual could be said to be one of Luo Feng's most important opportunities.
Upon seeing it, even Luo Fan felt tempted.
However, very quickly, Luo Fan thought it through.
Once he successfully nurtured his third avatar, the Nine Calamities Secret Manual would no longer be that important.
As for the Star Tower,
if Luo Feng grew to the same height as in the original story, Luo Fan could have as many as he wanted.
Besides, without these things, would he really be unable to reach the peak?
He already had a cheat, and now he was going to snatch his own younger brother's opportunity?
After making his decision, Luo Fan felt that even his state of mind had improved a little.
At this moment, he had not yet noticed that just now,
his willpower cultivation had risen from 78.9125% to 98.9989%.
After deciding, Luo Fan felt much more relaxed.
Just as he was about to take the Heavenly Soul Crystal from Fang Xueyi's hand, he suddenly thought that he could first establish a task.
Maybe there would be a surprise.
At times like this, it was time to see what the all-powerful system could do.
[Task: Obtain a Heavenly Soul Crystal fragment that records the Nine Calamities Secret Manual. Reward: First two layers of the Chaos Secret Manual]
The moment he saw the task reward, a trace of doubt flashed across Luo Fan's face.
However, he still took the Heavenly Soul Crystal from Fang Xueyi.
At the moment he took it, the sound of task completion rang out in his mind.
He held the Heavenly Soul Crystal and examined it, without using spiritual force to probe it.
On the surface, it was simply a pitch-black metal plate.
There were some patterns on the surface, but it seemed that the metal plate had once been smashed and fractured.
Because this Heavenly Soul Crystal was only a fragment, its shape was not very regular.
It had six sides, with the longest side measuring 11.2 centimeters and the shortest side 3.1 centimeters, only about the size of a palm.
The weight in his hand felt about the same as a pencil.
As he touched this palm-sized black metal plate, it felt icy and smooth, like jade.
At this moment, Luo Feng also looked at Luo Fan curiously.
"Big Brother, do you recognize this thing?"
Luo Fan shook his head and first established another task.
[Task: Give the Heavenly Soul Crystal fragment that records the Nine Calamities Secret Manual to Luo Feng. Reward: Luck +10,000,000,000, Life Origin Golden Fruit +10]
Ten billion points of luck, and ten Life Origin Golden Fruits.
The effect of the Life Origin Golden Fruit was very simple. It directly increased genetic level by a hundred times.
Of course, the limit was 10,081 times genetic level.
And now, ten Life Origin Golden Fruits were being rewarded.
Thinking about it carefully, it really did seem worth it.
After all, this was basically the only Heavenly Soul Crystal in this universe sea.
And it recorded the Nine Calamities Secret Manual, which could break the limits of the universe.
He even felt that the system had given too little this time.
Perhaps it was because he was benefiting twice from one opportunity.
After setting up the task, he directly tossed the Heavenly Soul Crystal to Luo Feng, who was standing nearby with a curious expression.
"I don't recognize it either."
"See if you can figure out something."
After Luo Feng took the Heavenly Soul Crystal fragment, he observed it for a while.
Then he tried to break it with force.
But forget the fact that this was only one of Luo Feng's avatars.
Even his true body would not be able to damage it in the slightest.
He even began to wonder whether the Giant Axe could destroy it.
"What kind of metal is this?"
"Could it be F-grade, or even G-grade metal?"
Luo Feng clicked his tongue in amazement.
Luo Fan casually pulled out a reclining chair and said lazily,
"In any case, there's no record of this metal in my information database, and it can't be found in the Virtual Universe either."
Hearing this, Luo Feng's face was filled with shock.
He knew very well that Luo Fan's teacher was the Lord of Ice Peak.
If even Luo Fan's access level could not find information on it, there was no need to mention himself.
After thinking for a moment, Luo Feng used his spiritual force to make contact with the Heavenly Soul Crystal fragment.
"Hm!"
"Big Brother, it can be probed with spiritual force!"
Hearing this, Luo Fan said with interest,
"Give it a try and see if you can discover anything."
Luo Feng nodded and increased the output of his spiritual force.
Fortunately, his current body was transformed from the Space Worm avatar.
His Space Worm avatar had also reached Domain Lord level.
Otherwise, relying solely on Universe-level spiritual force would not even be enough to probe it.
Very soon, Luo Feng's spiritual force passed through layer after layer of obstruction.
In the next instant, his expression suddenly changed.
A booming sound echoed in his mind.
"My child."
Six vast and faint voices rang out in Luo Feng's mind, and in an instant, his consciousness was dragged into the illusion contained within those voices.
At this moment, Luo Feng was completely trapped in the illusion, his face twisted with strain.
Seeing this, Fang Xueyi's expression changed immediately.
"Husband, what's wrong with Ah Feng?"
Luo Fan also put on a grave expression.
Then he pretended to examine Luo Feng's condition.
"It seems he's fallen into an illusion."
"But this illusion doesn't seem to be causing him any harm."
Only then did Fang Xueyi let out a sigh of relief.
If Luo Feng were put in danger because of the black metal fragment she brought back, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.
After a long while, Luo Feng finally opened his eyes.
There was still a trace of lingering fear and wariness in them.
"Hoo…"
Luo Fan asked with concern,
"Ah Feng, how was it?"
"How do you feel now?"
"Any discomfort?"
"Just now, were you trapped in an illusion?"
Luo Feng did not hide anything and said with lingering fear,
"Big Brother, after I probed the metal plate with spiritual force, I was directly dragged into an illusion."
"This illusion was completely different from any of the Human Race's schools."
"I broke through more than ten thousand illusions before I truly escaped."
At this moment, Luo Feng's complexion did not look good.
Just as he said, this kind of illusion technique did not belong to any Human Race illusionary school.
Ordinary illusion secret arts targeted the heart, using desire, inner thoughts, and emotions to trap someone beyond escape.
But the illusion Luo Feng had just experienced
was purely a kind of overwhelming, oppressive illusion.
One illusion after another was generated along with that mysterious voice.
Every time Luo Feng shattered one illusion, even more illusions were born.
This caused Luo Feng to keep breaking illusions, while the number of new illusions only grew, giving him the nightmare-like feeling of falling into a bottomless abyss he could never climb out of.
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