The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 487 - 342: Cradle of Life

Chapter 487: Chapter 342: Cradle of Life

As a blue and white thunderbolt fighter jet descended from the high skies, Li Yi, who had just executed Huo Hong, leaped from the aircraft and landed steadily on the ground.

"Everything went smoothly. Huo Hong is dead. That guy was tough to kill. I used three thunderbolt fighter jets and nine high-energy beam cannons, bombarding him for several minutes before taking him out. If it had been a level six gene-enhanced warrior, it would have taken me no more than ten seconds, rather than all this trouble."

Li Yi shook his head slightly at this moment.

He was not very satisfied with his own performance just now. If it weren’t for the sufficient firepower and Huo Hong’s poor condition, there might have been slip-ups.

"Don’t be so modest, Li Yi. You genuinely killed Huo Hong just now. He was strong in the Spirit Power Realm. Hu Fei and I were totally outclassed by him, never daring to resist. Look at this mess he made of me," Jiang Mingtian now revealed a long-lost smile on his face.

With Li Yi’s arrival, spring had come, and with his arrival, so had a future for himself.

He felt that the luckiest thing in his life was getting to know Li Yi.

"I had it rough too. At Base Number Six, I nearly lost my life," Li Yi said with a smile as he shook his head, "It’s lucky that I found some opportunities in this world and got my hands on a good amount of weapons and equipment. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t have had any way to handle Huo Hong. Alright, enough about that for now. Follow me onto the fighter jet; I’ll take you out of here."

"This place has made quite a commotion. The people from the Gene Federation will probably arrive soon. We must leave quickly and find a secure location to hide."

"You’re right, let’s get moving fast," Jiang Mingtian said, hopping and jumping.

"Wait a moment."

All of a sudden, Hu Fei dashed to a spot not far away, picked up something from the ground, and then hurried back. He tossed the object to Li Yi: "When Huo Hong was bombarded by the cannons, his body shattered and his armor was destroyed, but this thing wasn’t damaged. I think it must be some kind of treasure. However, since you killed Huo Hong, it should rightfully belong to you."

Li Yi immediately took it and saw that it was a jade pendant.

"This is a storage magic artifact, given to Huo Hong by Xu Wen Dao, from an End of Dharma Cultivation World."

He recognized the object at a glance.

Yet Li Yi was somewhat surprised that something from the End of Dharma Cultivation World could remain undamaged despite the concentrated firepower. But then he thought of his own Fei Mu Needle, which could easily destroy Wang Fan’s magic sword and defensive magic artifact, and he couldn’t help but intuitively realize just how fearsome the edge of the Fei Mu Needle was.

"A storage magic artifact? No wonder we never saw the loads of stuff Huo Hong looted. He was keeping it in here." Jiang Mingtian suddenly understood.

Li Yi said, "I don’t know what’s inside either. Let’s check it out later. We’ll share the findings, I won’t monopolize it. After all, you guys have credit for a lot of the stuff inside. Let’s leave now, and we’ll talk about this after settling down."

After speaking, he put away the storage magic artifact and then took them aboard a thunderbolt fighter jet.

Of course, before leaving, Li Yi didn’t forget to take the nine high-energy beam cannons set up around them. These precious items that he had brought from the public depot base were not meant to be abandoned after a single use.

As the three thunderbolt fighter jets broke through the sky and left, they left behind nothing but desolation.

However, roughly half an hour after Li Yi and the others disappeared,

a Gene Federation warship arrived above Mountain Ring Town. Based on the traces at the scene, they deduced that Huo Hong was dead, killed by high-energy beam cannon fire and thunderbolt fighter jet attacks. It looked like other nobles had taken action because the rebel army did not have such advanced weaponry, and it was unlikely that the vile Earth Prisoners would kill each other.

So after verifying the target’s death, the warship did not pursue further but chose to leave.

About two hours later,

Li Yi had Blue Ji control the thunderbolt fighter jet to a remote and uninhabited valley. Then, he activated stealth mode to conceal it in the cloud cover.

According to calculations, the probability of being discovered here was very low, less than one percent, which allowed them to rest assured temporarily, without fearing a sudden attack.

At this moment,

on a cliff in the valley, Li Yi had the thunderbolt fighter jet fire, forcibly blasting out a spacious cave to serve as a temporary shelter for the three of them.

"Let’s heal up here for the time being. Once we’ve recovered from our injuries, we’ll leave the Number Six world and return to the Golden Academy," Li Yi said.

"That’s fine. Jiang Mingtian and I have both been exposed. Staying in the Number Six world would only be more dangerous—it’s not worth the risk. It’s better to leave sooner rather than later," Hu Fei nodded in agreement.

Jiang Mingtian said, "With my missing limbs, I’m afraid it won’t be a quick recovery. For now, this will have to do."

Li Yi glanced at him and said, "Not necessarily. I have a life healing pod that should help you regrow your limbs. Want to give it a try?"

"You have such a thing?" Jiang Mingtian immediately discarded his metal crutch and excitedly said, "Definitely want to try. I don’t want to be hopping around all the time, and you know how inconvenient it is living with only one hand, right?"

"Don’t rush." Li Yi said and took out the life healing pod from the storage magic artifact.

Jiang Mingtian didn’t say another word and immediately laid down inside.

Li Yi instructed, "Blue Ji, activate the life healing pod and help Jiang Mingtian recover his limbs."

"Understood, master."

The intelligent robot Blue Ji immediately remotely controlled the life healing pod. As the machine started up, Jiang Mingtian’s limbs began to regrow in an incredible way. In less than three minutes, his missing limbs had regrown.

Li Yi, not well-read and not savvy in high-tech, only heard from Blue Ji that this was bioprinting technology.

As Jiang Mingtian stepped out of the life healing pod, he looked at his newly grown limbs incredulously, "This thing is just magical. Though the new limbs seem a bit fragile and not as strong as the parts of my body that I had evolved before, it doesn’t matter. After some time, as the body’s cells renew, the strength of these limbs will quickly catch up."

"And with this machine, there’s no longer any worry about injuries, Li Yi, where did you get this?"

Li Yi said, "Stolen."

"No wonder, there’s nothing for sale on the market. Other than stealing, there’s no other way," Jiang Mingtian said: "Luckily, you have an AI that can crack this thing. Otherwise, even if you did manage to steal it, it would be useless. The virus device issued by the Golden Academy is not at all user-friendly. Not only does it not take immediate effect, but it also indiscriminately attacks all the machines nearby. It almost got us killed."

At this point, Hu Fei felt a bit embarrassed and said, "Li Yi, could I borrow this thing? I’ve been injured too, and if possible, I’d like to recover as soon as I can."

"No problem." Li Yi agreed generously.

This device only consumes energy sources with no other wear and tear. As for the energy sources, he had taken a lot from the public base and almost never ran out.

After Hu Fei borrowed the biological repair pod, his charred half of the body also recovered. He took a deep breath and felt much more relaxed.

Moreover, both were in better spirits after recovering from their injuries and felt even more grateful to Li Yi.

"Now that you two are alright, let’s see what good stuff is inside Huo Hong’s space artifact. Blue Ji, activate the signal jammer," Li Yi then ordered, worried that the items inside might emit a signal that could attract enemies once taken out.

These technological products are full of traps, and one must be guarded against them.

Ever since Li Yi acquired the AI Blue Ji, he had gained a lot of knowledge and developed a sense of caution.

"Signal jamming device activated," Blue Ji said.

Upon hearing this, Li Yi confidently poured out all the contents of the jade pendant-shaped storage artifact, not having the time to sift through them one by one.

As a jumble of items appeared before their eyes, the three of them immediately started sorting them out.

Among the items from Huo Hong’s storage artifact, they found many valuable items, including several boxes of mid-grade gene potions, each containing five vials, various models of smart robots, and some powerful combat weapons such as, sabers, spears, gauntlets, and armor.

Although they didn’t know which generation these combat equipments belonged to, since they were collected by a noble, they must be of high quality.

"Choose what you want for yourself, let’s all take a share as if this trip wasn’t in vain," Li Yi said.

"Li Yi, I’m not that thick-skinned. The loot is yours. I’ll be satisfied with just a piece of armor and a saber. I don’t need the rest," Hu Fei said, only taking two pieces of equipment and not touching anything else.

He didn’t want to take anything at all, but considering survival, he chose the most helpful weapons and armor.

"I’ll just take a box of gene potions, that’s enough for me," Jiang Mingtian also tactfully took only a box of mid-grade gene potions. He could buy other items with money, but this gene potion could start the journey of gene warrior cultivation, not something that money could buy.

"That’s all?" asked Li Yi. "You can take more, it doesn’t matter, since they’re all looted from Huo Hong anyway."

The two shook their heads, resolutely refusing to take more.

They had already received significant help from Li Yi, and taking more would be ungrateful.

"Alright, I’ll keep the rest then." Li Yi glanced over the items, sorted them, and then put them back into the storage artifact.

He would ask Blue Ji for anything he didn’t understand.

But he recognized most of them.

There was, however, one item he didn’t recognize.

An apparatus resembling a giant egg, with a transparent center filled with a yellowish liquid.

"This is the Cradle of Life, which can extract genes through a drop of blood and generate a new body. Combined with a memory transfer device, it can achieve a form of immortality," Blue Ji explained.

"What? A drop of blood can grow a new body?" Li Yi was momentarily shocked.

If that was the case, he could completely leave his body with his soul, switch to a new body, without even the need for a memory transfer device.

"There’s even such a thing in the Sixth World, that’s some revelation," said Hu Fei, also astonished.

However, Jiang Mingtian, the most excited of them all, stared at the Cradle of Life with shining eyes: "Li Yi, you’re mistaken. The greatest value of this thing isn’t to grow a new body for you, but to cultivate Extraordinary Creatures... no, mythical creatures. If you can obtain the blood of mythical creatures, you can get a mythical creature’s cub, no, countless of them."

"I have the beast taming method; if I combine it properly, I might be able to build an army of mythical creatures."

"Forget the Sky Tipping incident, from now on, you’ll be the one who could prevent it."

At that, Li Yi was also stunned.

But thinking along the lines of Jiang Mingtian’s idea, it seemed... truly possible.

He might not be able to kill a mythical creature himself, but getting a drop of blood should be doable.

Jiang Mingtian’s words instantly multiplied the value of the Cradle of Life by a hundredfold, a thousandfold.

Getting a new body is nothing.

Mass breeding mythical creatures; that’s terrifying.

If it were to succeed.

With just one mythical creature emerging, given its potential, it wouldn’t take long to grow to an extraordinarily terrifying state.