The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 261 - 178 Anxiety Requires Action

Chapter 261: Chapter 178 Anxiety Requires Action

Xinyue Control Bureau.

Medical Department.

Zhou Yuan had brought those girls transformed into flowerpot girls by the white-faced, red-cheeked vendors over for treatment. With today’s medical technology, helping them rebuild their bodies was not a difficult task. As for psychological trauma, it was even easier. After the treatment, a memory wipe would make it seem as if nothing had happened.

No matter the process, at least they were still alive in the end, which was a blessing within misfortune.

The casualties in this abnormal event were controlled to fewer than ten, which could be considered a miracle. Under normal circumstances, the casualties in a Level 3 abnormal event would never be this low. This was all thanks to those few high-level extraordinary individuals who promptly evacuated most of the populace. Otherwise, the deaths and injuries would have been severe.

The aftermath of the event was no longer Zhou Yuan’s concern, leaving the headaches to the Control Bureau. There would inevitably be a large number of netizens protesting again, demanding that the Control Bureau publicize the cultivation methods so that they could protect themselves during abnormal events.

Such protests had become common since the curtain was lifted.

Everyone desired to obtain transcendent strength and turn their lives around, but they didn’t realize that cultivation wasn’t an easy task.

Ninety-nine percent of people didn’t have significant cultivation aptitude. In today’s fast-paced, restless modern society, people couldn’t even achieve the most basic "calm heart;" formally stepping onto the path of cultivation was simply a pipe dream.

Since the curtain was lifted, many wealthy elites had begun to recruit and employ extraordinary individuals to work for them, spending astronomical figures to purchase transcendent items and cultivation methods, investing substantial resources to ensure they stepped into the transcendent realm, were not left behind by the times, and protected their wealth, status, and lives.

Simultaneously, they turned their attention to their descendants and close confidants, providing them with abundant cultivation resources, hoping to nurture a new generation of extraordinary individuals.

Some wealthy elites even organized secret activities, gathering a thousand elites from all walks of life on a private island for special training and cultivation.

The result was naturally that there were very few successes.

But even so, countless people still chased after the chance for awakening, striving to reverse their fates.

After all, this was genuinely a force that could defy the heavens and change fate.

Zhou Yuan had been sitting in the Control Bureau’s lounge for more than half an hour when Chen Guangxi finally returned.

"There’s a huge problem."

Chen Guangxi had a serious expression.

Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but sit up straight, "How huge?"

Chen Guangxi replied seriously, "Bigger than me."

"?"

Zhou Yuan stared blankly for a long time, "Then it must be huge."

"How should I explain this..."

Chen Guangxi sat down on the sofa, took a sip of cold Coca-Cola, organized her thoughts, and then slowly recounted:

"Several months ago, the Master of the Ghost Market encountered..."

Zhou Yuan raised his hand to interrupt, "Encountered a strange monster, sat down to discuss the Tao with it, and finally apprenticed himself to it. Then the monster gave him a crystal compass, saying it could open the road to the immortal realm?"

Chen Guangxi was taken aback but quickly calmed down, having seen too many strange things, "Yes, that’s exactly it.

According to the memory extracted from the Master of the Ghost Market, that ’monster’ claimed it had accidentally fallen from the immortal realm, trapped in this world, and could only open the road to immortality at a certain correct time node to return to the immortal realm.

He asked the Master of the Ghost Market to guard the entrance to the immortal road, fend off enemies for him, and lead him into the immortal realm after he entered. Together, they would become immortals."

"What an Undying Emperor." Zhou Yuan commented.

"Don’t interrupt." Chen Guangxi glared at him, "After research by Control Bureau scholars, it was confirmed that the crystal compass was not an artifact made in the Great Qian world. Its crafting method was extremely ingenious, capable of recording plane coordinates and forcibly opening a passage connecting to other planes. But it was unstable, with a certain failure rate, clearly an experimental product.

Since there was an experimental product, there must be experimenters.

When we were strolling through the Ghost Market, all the high-level transcendents near Xinyue sensed an aura that did not belong to this world. When they arrived at the scene, they happened to encounter an illegal immigrant trying to enter our world.

It was a humanoid with the head of a goat, entirely black, with red tattoos on its back and arms, extremely powerful. Had there not been three Level 9s present, it might have really managed to get in."

"It took three Level 9s to stop it?" Zhou Yuan was dumbfounded, "How strong was it?"

"Actually, it wasn’t that strong, but it had a lot of strange tools and didn’t intend to fight, only wanted to flee. But those three Level 9s were no pushovers and eventually severely injured it, nearly capturing it alive. If it hadn’t run so fast, it would be in the Control Bureau’s Silent Prison by now.

That guy claimed to be Oro, the so-called master of the Master of the Ghost Market. In reality, he had deceived the Master of the Ghost Market. Everything he did was merely to test the crystal compass... Oh, but having the Master of the Ghost Market stall for time was true."

Chen Guangxi then turned serious, "The convergence of planes is still an uncontrollable factor, relying only on abnormal forces. But now, there’s a guy trying to establish a stable plane passageway. Do you know what that means?"

"If a stable passage is established, it means the two planes can communicate freely. In the best-case scenario, they might establish cooperative relations and develop together. In the worst-case scenario..."

Zhou Yuan said solemnly, "It would be war."

Chen Guangxi nodded, "Exactly, war. And it would be a more massive and cruel plane war. A civilization could be singing and dancing one second and be annihilated the next.

Oro claimed to be a ’Traveler.’ Control Bureau scholars speculated that a Traveler referred to a transcendent individual who could traverse various planes freely. However, this traversal was limited to the individual level and could not open a stable, large-scale space transmission gate. Otherwise, Oro wouldn’t need to study the plane connection device.

Based on his behavior, the Control Bureau categorized him as chaotic evil, meaning his intention of opening the plane passage was obviously not to help people."

"Traveler..."

Zhou Yuan thought of an item he had previously obtained—a ’Ticket to the Endless Train.’

According to the description, the Endless Train was a magical train that traveled through various planes, fitting the definition of a Traveler.

"I didn’t expect that with the resurrection of the transcendent, we would also encounter enemies from other universes." Chen Guangxi clicked her tongue in wonder, patting the sofa beneath her, "Infinite parallel universes hold infinite possibilities. Do you think there’s a universe where humans are sofas, and sofas are humans?"

"Maybe." Zhou Yuan’s thoughts wandered.

They had just started enjoying a few good days, and now a Traveler had appeared. If a plane war really broke out in the future, everything they had now could be wiped out...

Chen Guangxi snapped her fingers in front of him, knowing what he was thinking, "What’s the use of thinking so far ahead? Leave it to the Control Bureau to worry about. Even if the sky falls, taller people will hold it up. The gods aren’t just sitting idle.

Living in the moment and enjoying the present is the true meaning of life, my friend."

"I understand, but I’m still anxious."

Zhou Yuan sighed dejectedly, "You have a big heart; you don’t understand this feeling of uncertainty about the future."

"Why are you getting all emo before it’s even depression-hour?"

Chen Guangxi rolled her eyes, her words sharp and unrestrained, "If you’re anxious, go burn off the anxiety."

"Not in the mood."

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, shook his head to clear his cluttered thoughts, and after pondering for a moment, said:

"I’m planning to go to the Forge Association to forge some equipment. Are you coming?"

Earlier, Mr Feng from Wangu Gene had given him a usage ticket for the ’Random Forge Furnace.’ Now he had accumulated a lot of unused items that he could take to melt down.

"Of course I’ll go!"

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