The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 162 - 119: The Philosopher’s Stone

Chapter 162: Chapter 119: The Philosopher’s Stone

After a brief moment of thought, Zhou Yuan manipulated the Shadow Pool and fled with the three of them.

The factors to consider in a battle between extraordinary persons were truly numerous: Aoneng power, technique, vision, combat experience, physical instinct, equipment, tools... even the right timing, geography, and human harmony.

With each additional extraordinary person participating in the battle, the variables increased. No one knew what kind of shocking weapon or tool a seemingly harmless person might pull out of their Storage Ring in the next second.

Isn’t this why most extraordinary persons loved to group up? Because group fighting was indeed effective.

At this moment, there were fifty or sixty people on the opposite side, all from world-renowned supernatural organizations. Each one had exceptional talent and unique skills. Their Aoneng power and equipment were astonishing, and their secret weapons were even more surprising.

It was obviously unwise to fight head-on—Zhou Yuan had his trump card, but how could these extraordinary persons from powerful forces not have theirs?

If there were slightly fewer people, he might have been able to catch them off guard with his speed and the bizarre Aoneng power of the Shadow System. But now, the other side had too many people, plus the hidden cultists in the dark...

Not a chance.

Goodbye.

In the sky, a cybernetically augmented person, with flames jetting from the soles of his feet and his back, flew through the air. His artificial eye, from a thousand meters away, clearly captured Zhou Yuan’s face and scanned it in the database.

A vast amount of relevant data flashed in his eye, and then he activated the loudspeaker function, shouting in an extremely loud voice, "I found out that guy’s identity. His name is Zhou Yuan, the newly appointed Saint Heir of the Holy Crow Church!

A second-tier Shadow System extraordinary person, with bizarre and varied abilities: Mud Shadow, Steel Shadow, Demon Shadow, Teleportation..."

The sound waves, comparable to an air raid siren, rolled and echoed in the sub-world city’s sky, sharing the information with everyone.

"Wait a minute, Zhou Yuan of the Holy Crow Church?"

The captain of the Eternal Gene task force found the name very familiar. While running, he raised his left wrist, tapped on the watch screen, and voice-input the name for a query.

"I knew it... We had a deal with him, handled by Mr. Feng from the Xinhu branch."

The Eternal Gene task force captain communicated to all team members, "Mr. Feng issued an internal notice. We should just watch later and not hurt our client."

"Captain, the way you said it, it sounds like we could actually beat him."

A genetic warrior with wings on his back said with a trembling voice, "You guys haven’t undergone deep biological gene modification, so your perception may not be as clear...

This guy clearly has the aura of a dragon!"

"A dragon?" The captain was stunned. "He’s close to Chen Guangxi, maybe that’s how he got it."

"Not that superficial kind of aura, but an internal one. It’s integrated into his flesh and even his soul... Just now, he punched and sent flying a defeated monk from Wufawutian Temple. A Shadow System extraordinary person shouldn’t have such great strength, combined with the Gang Qi flowing on his body...

This guy is actually a deeply hidden cross-training master!

I’ve seen his profile. He became an extraordinary person less than three months ago, yet he’s already reached the realm of a cross-training master in such a short time. And with that trace of dragon might... There’s no way his attainment has nothing to do with Chen Guangxi."

"Damn, could it be the legendary Yin and Yang Dual Cultivation?" someone cursed, "Did my goddess fall into his hands so tragically? I’m utterly despairing about this superficial world."

"You actually consider that abstract Golden Dragon your goddess? Are your eyes alright?"

"We Pokémon and Monster Hunter players are all furry enthusiasts and dragon-lovers. Is there a problem?"

"Oh, then it’s fine."

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In the swiftly fleeing shadows, Zhou Yuan asked in a low voice, "What exactly did you guys do?"

"A few days ago, a medieval Ghost Ship appeared in the European waters, loaded with gold and silver jewelry, as well as many abnormal items."

The man in the jacket explained, "The three of us were among the first batch of extraordinary persons to board the ship, took advantage of the chaos to grab lots of gold and silver jewelry, and even got two pretty powerful abnormal items."

Zhou Yuan was inwardly shocked. He happened to know about this from the disfigured woman’s information. The intel mentioned that the Ghost Ship had a batch of very precious treasures, causing major forces to vie for it, setting off a bloody storm in Europe.

The treasures had changed hands several times, and eventually, no one knew who ended up with them, their whereabouts becoming a mystery. Rumors had it that the items had been sent to Xinyue in the East Continent...

It matched, all of it matched.

So the ones who ultimately obtained those treasures were you guys.

"So you’re being hunted because of those two abnormal items?"

"No, it’s something we accidentally got later. That thing is the true treasure."

The high school girl lowered her voice, "It’s the legendary [Philosopher’s Stone]."

The philosopher’s stone... Zhou Yuan’s breath hitched. No wonder!

In the field of alchemy, the philosopher’s stone was hailed as a perfect miraculous creation, standing at the pinnacle of alchemy.

Alchemists generally believed that the philosopher’s stone was a mythical substance with incredible and mysterious powers, capable of many unbelievable feats: turning base metals into precious ones, creating the elixir of life, allowing living beings to evolve, granting immortality, and even realizing people’s wishes...

The rarity of the philosopher’s stone was second only to the True Dragon. The last time related news spread was twenty-six years ago when a grandmaster in the field of alchemy used himself as material, throwing himself into the crucible to create the legendary philosopher’s stone.