Translator: CinderTL
In the end, Feng Qi couldn't find any information on the Star City Academy forum explaining why Mu Qing had become a rune augment.
Having exhausted his search, Feng Qi gave up.
As night deepened, he washed up, lay down on his bed, and quickly drifted into a dream.
Dark clouds hung low over a landscape littered with corpses.
A bone-chilling wind swept across the land, carrying the distant howls of the living dead.
Opening his eyes, Feng Qi instinctively grabbed a broken bone and brought it down in a leaping strike, smashing the still-rising "Little Cripple" to the ground. He followed up with several more blows, killing it.
With the task completed, he turned his gaze westward.
The area was shrouded in white mist, impenetrable to sight. Yet, crimson eyes and ghostly figures occasionally flickered within the fog, vanishing as quickly as they appeared.
As if sensing Feng Qi's curiosity about the mist-shrouded region, the Narrator's voice echoed in his mind:
Realizing the white mist is fraught with danger, you suppress your curiosity and resolve to continue hunting the living dead to grow stronger!
Feng Qi: ...
Suppressing his curiosity, he heeded the Narrator's guidance and resumed hunting the living dead.
Heading east toward the Star City Shelter, Feng Qi began targeting not only the crippled living dead but also those with intact bodies.
With his increasing physical strength and the enhancements from his prefix title, ordinary living dead no longer posed a threat to him.
The first time he entered the Dream Realm, Feng Qi had struggled to hunt even a crippled living dead.
Now, he could easily dispatch living dead in short order, even in direct confrontations. His killing efficiency had increased in proportion to his growing strength.
Following a familiar path, he encountered several worms burrowing out from beneath piles of bones. Each one became another experience point, further advancing his "Resilience" prefix title milestone percentage.
Feng Qi's objective for this Dream Realm visit remained the Star City Shelter.
He believed that relying solely on Cultivation Exercises and Fierce Tiger Fist was clearly insufficient.
Without more skills, he couldn't show off in the real world, let alone be considered a genius!
In the dream world, where neither moon nor sun graced the sky, dim light cast the landscape in shadow. Feng Qi moved through the hordes of living dead, hunting relentlessly.
By the time he reached the stone tablet again, his attributes had already changed:
Resilience · Normal Living Dead: Feng Qi
Strength Level: Unranked
Prefix Title: Normal, Resilience LV1 (Muscle Resilience +1%)
Bloodline: Human (Primary)
Bloodline Evolution Points: 58/1000
Prefix Title Milestones:
Normal (Upgradeable):
Second Milestone: 67%
Resilience LV1 (Upgradeable): 72%
As Feng Qi absorbed more bloodline evolution points, a layer of pinkish new flesh began to cover his internal organs, significantly reducing the putrid odor emanating from his body. The definition of his muscles also became more pronounced.
He felt he was getting closer to becoming human again.
Or maybe just a muscle-bound freak, like the Tyrant from Resident Evil.
"Shut up!"
Arriving at the stone tablet, he dripped a drop of blood onto it. The tablet slowly opened, revealing a metallic passageway.
Feng Qi strode into the passage and headed straight for the database.
After skillfully activating the database, he first searched for his own information.
Feng Qi (Cultivation Technique Researcher)
Age at Death: 32
Cause of Death: During an external research mission, he followed the Death Domain Combat Team deep into the Domain Field and was unexpectedly killed by a domain creature.
Date of Death: April 8, 2042
Lifetime Achievements (Honors): B-Class Outstanding Graduate of Galaxy Academy, Modifier of Cultivation Exercises Version 2.0, B-Class Human Elite Medal, Outstanding Contribution to Human Development Award, Founder of Fierce Tiger Fist.
Evaluation: In his early years, Feng Qi displayed remarkable talent, improving the Cultivation Exercises and creating the body cultivation technique Fierce Tiger Fist. He was hailed as humanity's rising star. However, after this initial burst of innovation, he produced no further breakthroughs in cultivation technique research. The world came to believe his creative well had run dry. He met an untimely end at the age of 32 during an external research mission.
Young man, your face is dark with ill omen. You haven't long to live. I bet you won't make it past 32.
"Shut up! Next time, I'll live to be 100 just to spite you."
As Feng Qi examined the detailed information on the screen, he realized something crucial.
While time in the real world hadn't stopped when he entered the dream realm, his counterpart in this timeline, having never entered the dream realm, had only achieved mastery of the Cultivation Exercises and the Fierce Tiger Fist. He had made no further innovations in cultivation techniques.
Yet this time, the future's assessment of him had improved again.
The only constant remained his tragically short lifespan. Various circumstances always seemed to cut his time in this beautiful world short.
After reviewing his profile, Feng Qi opened the technique list.
As expected, the information for the Fierce Tiger Fist had changed.
Fierce Tiger Fist (Sixth Revised Edition)
Technique Founder: Feng Qi
Technique Rating: Three Stars
Technique Description: The Fierce Tiger Fist is derived from the ancient martial art Xingyi Fist. It is an extremely potent body cultivation technique, encompassing both training methods and body cultivation skills. It is particularly suitable for individuals with high physical strength.
Technique Notes: Bloodline strength must reach 20 points before attempting to cultivate this technique. Failure to meet this requirement will result in severe physical injury.
Having confirmed the future's trajectory, Feng Qi was about to begin studying a new cultivation technique when a name suddenly came to mind.
Without hesitation, he typed "Mu Qing" into the search bar.
After filtering the results, Mu Qing's detailed information and a blurry photograph appeared.
The photo seemed to have been taken from a distance, capturing Mu Qing's icy expression. Her once-petite frame had matured into a commanding figure, and the rune crystal on her right arm pulsed with a brilliant glow.
Mu Qing (Human Rebel)
Description: Originally a student at Star City Academy, Mu Qing joined a domain combat team after graduation, becoming a warrior. During an investigation mission, she betrayed her team and personally killed their leader. She then vanished from public view, secretly recruiting vast numbers of scavengers to establish the human rebel group "Dawn." She also revived the rune augment project, initiating a conflict against humanity that lasted over thirty years.
Mu Qing's hands were stained with the blood of countless innocents. She led Dawn in the slaughter of several human cities, committing heinous crimes that earned her the eternal scorn of future generations.
Tags: Rune Augment, Dawn Rebel Leader
Personality: Brutal, cold-blooded, unscrupulous
Feng Qi: !!!
The future's assessment of Mu Qing left him in disbelief.
He never imagined that his junior academy sister would become a traitor to humanity, not only refusing to stand with her own kind but turning her blade against them.
(End of the Chapter)
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