Light Fortress
Chapter 300 - 7 Departure! Changye!

Chapter 300: Chapter 7 Departure! Changye!

Sand particles whirled in the air.

The dry grains of sand from winter harshly pattered against the SUV’s windows, rolling snow dust congealing into fog... These were fairly adverse road conditions, but fortunately, with the Deep Sea navigation system integrated, the vehicle could still accurately capture the correct direction.

Potholes appeared one after another on the road.

Jostling back and forth.

Great Capital was eight thousand miles from Changye.

By taking a private plane, it would only take half a day.

But driving there, even via the fastest route... would require thirty hours.

And this time, they hadn’t taken a private plane... It was a vehement insistence from Tomb Ghost.

This guy was finally willing to go to Changye, but he absolutely refused to board a plane, only agreeing to travel by car, and he threw out a reason that Gu Shen and the others couldn’t refuse.

All the planes Tomb Ghost had been on... had all crashed.

A conveyance killer?

Considering this individual "cursed" by the Goddess of Destiny did indeed have a variety of past incidents, Gu Nanfeng decided to abandon the air route, starting the journey by land and opting to drive instead.

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Leaving the Great Capital Main City, they gradually entered a desolate no-man’s land.

So far, everything was peaceful.

Gu Nanfeng was seated at the driver’s seat, slightly lowering the window next to him, but not a single grain of sand or dust entered from the gap.

Because he had released his "Lan Qie".

The sand grains were carried by a gentle breeze, each grain distinctly suspended on one side of the vehicle, as if gathered by an invisible attracting force. From the outside, it looked like a delicate coil of sand dragons wrapping around.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Lu Nanjin tried to do exactly the same... But she fell short, stopping the sand wasn’t difficult, but to capture every grain that skimmed past the side of the vehicle with precise accuracy was tremendously more challenging.

From the other side, the grains of sand around Lu Nanjin were also swirling, but they couldn’t condense into form.

"As for the control over each person’s Extraordinary Ability, exploring it... Although Deep Sea has provided a systematic training algorithm, even without the assistance of the deep water area, one can still continuously develop on their own," said Gu Nanfeng calmly while multitasking.

"In North Continent, many people do not connect to ’Deep Sea’, they neither go through the Extraordinary Trial in the deep water area nor seek help from the Superbrain to break through their bottlenecks... This method is known as ’Penetration Cultivation Method’."

"Penetration Cultivation Method?"

Sitting in the back seat and petting a cat, Gu Shen awoke from his Jingzhe Breathing Technique.

"Suppose... there’s a technique that can swap the souls of two people," Gu Nanfeng said, answering a question that hadn’t been asked. "If we switched the souls of me and Lu Nanjin... After our bodies have switched owners, what would happen?"

Tomb Ghost, who was feigning sleep, perked up with interest at this sentence, but he had just managed a weird heh heh laughter when he heard the sheath held by Lu Nanjin resonate and immediately swallowed his mirth.

Gu Shen furrowed his brows in thought.

Quite coincidental.

The abilities of these two were both "Lan Qie", only one had cultivated to the realm of Great Success, while the other was likely wandering around the eighth or ninth layer of the Deep Sea.

"Cultivating transcendence... the spirit and body must be in harmony, but which is more important?" Gu Nanfeng changed the question, "If she takes over my body and we fight again, who would win?"

"You."

This time, Lu Nanjin spoke up.

Gu Shen had a vague understanding then.

Even if the body changed hands, the spirit storing memories and that insight would not... Gu Nanfeng would still perfectly master "Lan Qie"; he was still at the "Great Success" realm. Limited by the lower realm body, his strength would be impacted, and he could only exert certain lethality.

But Senior Sister Nanjin’s spirit could not reach the "twelfth layer" container’s height; even with a physical body, she could not unleash the power of Great Success Lan Qie.

"The ’Penetration Cultivation Method’, is to turn the spirit, insight, into physical memory, and penetrate into every cell," Gu Nanfeng spoke faintly, "Even if one abandons thinking, the body still possesses transcendental sensing. Transcendents refined under this cultivation method... are born warriors."

"You can say that the cultivation methods of the North Continent are primitive, but their actual combat capabilities are strong."

Gu Nanfeng said seriously, "These years, the academic faction of Central Continent has been leading the cultivation trend in the extraordinary world... Everyone is trying in the deep water area, indeed, such a manner boosts realm quickly, but it’s easy to become a hothouse flower from cultivating oneself that way."

He paused.

He smiled, "This is not to say that the Transcendents from the Judgement Institute are hothouse flowers... The East Continent Court trains newcomers through numerous missions, as well as life-and-death real combat, somewhat like a combination of Central Continent Academy faction and North Continent Penetration Technique."

"Consider this for a moment, a long time ago, before the Deep Sea was created by Allen Turing... How did the powerful Transcendents of the Five Continents Council cultivate?"

Including the Tomb Ghost.

The three people in the car all fell into deep thought.

Grope in the dark, one carries a lamp while another gropes entirely in the dark... there’s no doubt that the latter’s progress will be much slower. But if both reach the same stage because the latter encountered countless setbacks during the difficult journey, their experience in progress would be richer.

And then later on.

When there is no light at all... the latter still summarizes their own "experience."

The former, however, suddenly loses the lamp.

Deep Sea... that’s the lamp!

"That’s why... the deep water area is currently only open up to the twelfth layer," Gu Nanfeng said earnestly, "It’s not because the end of extraordinary cultivation is the twelfth layer, but because Deep Sea’s computing power can only reach this step for now. Those with Titled beyond the twelfth layer will not be able to rely on the Deep Sea to advance their cultivation anymore."

"Perhaps many years later, the Deep Sea’s computing power can go further, and the overall strength of the Transcendents can advance further. But for now... this lamp cannot help you reach the end."

Gu Nanfeng lowered his eyes, a hint of mocking smile on his face, "What’s more... the end of this road is really too far away."

One would understand after seeing the Divine Throne.

If there truly is an end to extraordinary cultivation... then they should be what’s called the end.

He didn’t believe that even if the Deep Sea were developed to the utmost, it could develop a deep water algorithm that "reaches the Divine Throne."

"So... if you want to become stronger, you need to drop the idea of relying on external aids as soon as possible..."

Gu Nanfeng had just started to speak, when his words were not yet finished.

With a "bang!"

It seemed like the tire of the off-road vehicle made a muffled sound, as if it ran over something. The car briefly went airborne in an instant, and then heavily landed, losing control. The moment when the electronic system alarm went off, Gu Nanfeng furrowed his brows, abruptly steering the wheel. The whirlwind that coiled around one side of the vehicle was instantly thrown, supporting the chassis.

After the vehicle landed and lost direction, with the aid of "Lan Qie", it finally came to a slow stop.