The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 437 - 309: Relic

Chapter 437: Chapter 309: Relic

The disciples of the Golden Academy did not live in dormitory buildings, but in Cultivation Houses that were arranged in an orderly manner on open ground. Each Cultivation House was not very large, about fifty square meters, sufficient for the needs of one person, or even two or three. These Cultivation Houses were provided free of charge; as long as one entered the Golden Academy and became a Cultivator, they would be allocated one.

But now, many of the Cultivation Houses were damaged, incomplete, on fire, emitting thick smoke... Since this area of Cultivation Houses was arranged for newcomer disciples, this place became the target of concerted attention from the opposing genetic warriors.

"At least a dozen newcomers are dead." Li Yi looked at the body bags on the ground, his face couldn’t help but turn grim.

Those who could enter the Golden Academy were all geniuses, with Cultivation Values exceeding one thousand percent, possessing extraordinary potential. However, not everyone was like him in the face of this sudden attack, capable of fighting off strong enemies. Some were defeated and killed in combat since the strength of Level 4 genetic warriors was indeed very strong.

"The attacks like this one will only increase in the future, not decrease," Zhou Yu said. "But these genetic warriors are nothing much. After the Sky Tipping incident, there are far more dangerous invaders. Even we ourselves don’t know how many terrifying things are lurking in every corner of the world. Alright, you guys wait here for a while, I need to go treat my injuries. I will have another instructor come and give you a task later."

After speaking, he left, dragging his badly injured body, blood still flowing from his wounds.

It had to be said, the life force of Evolvers at the Soul Realm was truly astonishing.

Li Yi and Jiang Mingtian were preparing to find a place to sit down and rest, but before they could settle down, a Soul Realm Evolver came over and pointed at them: "My name is Wang Ping, I am the administrator of this area. You two newcomers, yes, I mean you two, looking lively and well, so you must be fine. Since that’s the case, come and join the cleanup squad to help with the aftermath. The Golden Academy isn’t abundant with personnel, and we can’t get more people over here in a short time."

"Alright then."

Li Yi didn’t refuse. After all, he was new here, and doing a bit of work wasn’t bad; just sitting around would be equally boring.

"Got roped into labor." Jiang Mingtian couldn’t help but quip.

Wang Ping then arranged for two more people to come over: "You four form a temporary team, responsible for that area. Help put out fires where there are any, and gather up the bodies. Also be careful. Although this area is now secure, it doesn’t rule out the possibility of one or two fish slipping through the net, and if there’s a problem, I will come over immediately to support."

After he finished speaking, this administrator named Wang Ping left to take care of other matters.

"When did you two enter the Golden Academy? I haven’t seen you before," asked an Evolver who was also pulled over to work, scrutinizing Li Yi and Jiang Mingtian.

"Just arrived today," Li Yi answered.

"I see, you really are unlucky then, encountering an invasion right as you arrived. It seems you are quite capable, defeating the enemy. My name is Zhu Yue, I entered the Golden Academy ten days ago, so I barely count as a newcomer too."

This Evolver named Zhu Yue noticed that both Li Yi and Jiang Mingtian bore signs of a fierce battle, and being targeted by an opposing genetic warrior could only have two outcomes: either be killed or kill the enemy.

Clearly, Li Yi and Jiang Mingtian belonged to the latter.

Thus, he shelved his contempt and his gaze took on a few more shades of respect.

"By the way, this is Sun Wei, who also joined the Golden Academy around the same time as me." Then Zhu Yue introduced another female Cultivator next to him.

"Hello," Sun Wei offered a smile in greeting.

Li Yi and Jiang Mingtian introduced themselves too, and thus the few of them got to know each other initially.

"Alright, let’s not waste time, let’s move. We’re indeed short-handed right now, and the area we’re responsible for is quite large. Let’s get busy and then rest early," Zhu Yue said.

The four of them quickly got to work, putting out fires in Cultivation Cabins as they came upon them, and retrieving bodies they found. However, most of these bodies were of genetic warriors; most disciples of the Golden Academy had already been properly dealt with.

"Li Yi, Jiang Mingtian, just a heads-up, pay attention to the bodies of these genetic warriors. They might be carrying some important equipment. Whatever you find is yours to keep and you don’t need to turn it in; it’s your spoils of war," Zhu Yue suddenly said.

"Is that so?" Li Yi couldn’t help but rejoice.

He loved the idea of finding treasures.

Jiang Mingtian laughed and said, "Li Yi, don’t get too excited. These guys are Dead Soldiers; the chances of them carrying anything good are slim. Besides, didn’t instructor Zhou Yu say before that the armor and weapons of these genetic warriors require authorization to use? Even if we got them, we couldn’t use them."

"Not only that, most armor systems are tied to life preservation systems. If the user dies, the armor will self-destruct its core, rendering it completely useless. Even if some armors can be preserved, they cannot be used because the systems cannot be deciphered," Sun Wei piped in from the side. "If being part of a cleanup squad was nice, it wouldn’t be our turn as newcomers."

With that, Li Yi’s enthusiasm for treasure hunting was greatly dampened.

Zhu Yue said, "It’s a matter of luck, and things don’t have to be so absolute."

"That’s true, but whether we find anything or not isn’t important. What’s important is that I’m definitely going to buy a suit of armor to play with after this," Jiang Mingtian said. He had deep pockets and was always ready to buy good stuff; he could definitely afford it.

The group proceeded to clean up.

Soon, their assigned area was almost finished being dealt with.

However, while Li Yi was cleaning up a Cultivation House that was half-destroyed, he saw a genetic warrior lying in the rubble. The warrior had a large gash across the abdomen, but the armor had turned into a pool of metallic liquid covering the wound, staunching the injury and forcibly preserving the warrior’s life.

"This person is still alive."

Li Yi could not sense any life force from the individual, so he assumed it was a corpse, but he knew the person must still be alive because the armor was still operating. If the person were dead, this armor would certainly not be keeping a corpse alive.

So, this person was very likely playing dead.

"Fine, since you like playing dead, I’ll help make it more convincing for you, keen on being the good-hearted person that I am."

He sighed, clenched his hand, and Gang Qi formed a Long Spear that condensed in his grasp. He didn’t plan to approach but was ready to land a distant final blow to end the other’s life.

However, just as Li Yi was about to make his move.

Suddenly.

The genetic warrior trembled and weakly opened his eyes, a pair of pale blue eyes calmly staring at Li Yi.

Clearly, this person was pretending to be dead, and although he was on the verge of death, if Li Yi carelessly got close, he might face his last-ditch counterattack, but such an attack could only be successful if Li Yi was unsuspecting, if alert, it would be futile.

"You play dead well. Even the strong who passed by didn’t notice your presence, thinking you were dead," Li Yi said slowly.

"Life-blocking device, do you want it? I’ll give it to you," the genetic warrior glanced at the accessory on his wrist that looked like a watch.

Li Yi replied, "Are you out of your mind? The stuff will be mine once you’re dead anyway."

"..."

The genetic warrior fell silent for a moment before saying, "I haven’t untied the binding, you can’t use it. Your world’s technology can’t crack our smart encryption system. Not just the life-blocking device, I can also unbind this liquid metal armor and give it to you."

"No good deed goes unpunished, you’re either a schemer or a thief."

Li Yi said, "You group of inherently evil genetic warriors invading our homeland, and now you want to buy me off? There must be some ulterior motive. I am inherently innocent and will not be fooled."

"I’ve left an encrypted message in the armor. If you wear the armor to our world one day, the message will be sent out. Rest assured, the encrypted message will only be sent to my sister, no one else. I am dying, and the person I’m most worried about is her, so I want to exchange these things for a chance."

The genetic warrior spoke calmly, but a hint of regret and reluctance shone in his pale blue eyes.

"Are you trying to send last will and testament?" Li Yi said, "Why should I believe you?"

The genetic warrior didn’t waste words, weakly saying, "Armor unbinding, revert to initial state."

"Activating life support system, confirm unbinding?"

"Confirm." The genetic warrior proceeded with the unbinding.

"Password?"

"Xiaozhi."

"Password confirmed, releasing the bind and reverting to the initial state," the smart system announced.

Then a mass of liquid metal quickly detached from the genetic warrior’s abdomen and pooled together, forming a black metal box.

Having lost the support of the armor, the genetic warrior’s wounds bled profusely, and his life force began to rapidly fade away, but he still mustered his last breath to unbind the life-blocking device on his wrist.

"Whether you use it or not is up to you. I’m just leaving a hope behind."

After speaking, the light in the genetic warrior’s eyes gradually faded and finally extinguished.

"Isn’t this tempting me?" Li Yi couldn’t help but stroke his chin and fell into hesitation.

"If it were beauty tempting me, I could resist; after all, I am a cultivator of the Bai Bone Temple. But when using this to test a young man eager for progress, who could withstand that?"

After a brief hesitation, Li Yi immediately went over, removed the warrior’s watch-like device and picked up the metal box on the ground.

"Scanning for new user..." As he picked up the black box, a gap opened, and a beam of light shone upon Li Yi.

"Do you wish to bind the fourth-generation liquid metal armor?"

Li Yi promptly said, "Not for now."

Are you kidding? Dare to bind it?

What if it turns out to be a bomb before he’s figured things out?

These inherently evil genetic warriors might have left some sort of failsafe; better to be cautious.

"But I really did find a treasure, no matter whether I use it or not, at least I can sell it for money," Li Yi thought to himself.

As a repayment.

He decided to cremate the genetic warrior separately, so he may rest in peace.