When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 519 - 391: Pioneer Stone

Chapter 519: Chapter 391: Pioneer Stone

Xiang Beifei was not at all surprised.

“Unrestrained might be behind them. I have always been looking, but unfortunately, they act very covertly. I caught a few members of Unrestrained, but couldn’t get anything out of them,” Elder Luo said.

“Are they still alive?” Xiang Beifei asked.

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Elder Luo shook his head, “Their secrecy measures are very well implemented. They use their lives to keep secrets.”

Xiang Beifei was not surprised either. Eternal Sleep and Keshi also mentioned this point. Both Unrestrained and the Su People have their own ways of keeping secrets.

“Let me try next time,” Xiang Beifei said.

“You think you can interrogate them?”

“Perhaps.”

Xiang Beifei didn’t need to interrogate them. All he had to do was take a look at their system logs.

“Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company looks like a very normal company, paying taxes to the alliance on time, conducting various public welfare activities, honest and upright businessmen. But I can’t find their core research base, I suspect this company has set up its core research base in the extraterritorial wilderness! And only certain special people can go there.”

“Extraterritorial wilderness?” Xiang Beifei was surprised, “No wonder then!”

“No wonder what?” Elder Luo asked.

“No wonder Xiao Sheng couldn’t find anything either.”

Xiang Beifei told Elder Luo about Xiao Sheng’s situation.

“He is indeed quite dependable,” Elder Luo nodded slightly.

“Did Elder Luo go to the extraterritorial wilderness to look for their research base?”

“The extraterritorial wilderness is too vast. You have to understand that even the Cultivated Domain close to the Jiuzhou continent encompasses the borders of nine provinces, which are extremely expansive. If we cannot pinpoint which province it’s in, searching there would be like finding a needle in a haystack. It’s impossible to determine exactly who is there.”

There was nothing Elder Luo could do about this.

The Jiuzhou continent is like a huge island, covered by the boundless extraterritorial wilderness. Each province guards a section of the border, and even the borders of Liangzhou are vastly expansive, not to mention the borders of Qingzhou, Yongzhou, and other places.

The Cultivated Domain of Unrestrained might not necessarily be the one near Liangzhou. It could also be in the Cultivated Domains on the peripheries of other provinces, making it even harder to search.

Elder Luo added, “By the way, regarding your parents, I suddenly found a very serious issue.”

“What happened?”

“They were pioneers. Sun Heshun, the head of the Pioneering Department, told me that Xiang Tianxing and others were not executing a mission in the Essential Domain. At that time, there was some turmoil in the Tranquil Domain, and Sun Heshun sent them to investigate. But that mission had already ended. They chose to move forward on their own, directly entering the Essential Domain. So, the latter incidents in the Essential Domain were not part of the pioneering missions.”

Elder Luo knew Sun Heshun and therefore knew these details.

The Tranquil Domain is a third-degree danger zone, whereas the Essential Domain is even deeper and more dangerous, seldom visited by humans.

“And then?” Xiang Beifei asked.

“I went to that place again recently,” Elder Luo said.

“Wasn’t it agreed we’d go together?”

“I followed a member of Unrestrained there. I discovered that guy rushed all the way to the Northern Mountain District of the Essential Domain. I tracked him to that place. At the time, I was also surprised, unfortunately, he slipped away from me!” Elder Luo said.

“A Heavenly Connection rank Unrestrained?” Xiang Beifei asked.

Elder Luo tugged at his short beard, awkwardly said, “It’s a bit embarrassing to say, but he was in the God Refining stage.”

“Really?”

Xiang Beifei was stunned!

A martial artist at the God Refining stage, managed to slip away from Elder Luo?

Zhu Yiji of the Heavenly Connection stage even had to rely on the Blood Burst Skill to barely escape, how could someone at the God Refining stage manage it?

“Did he rely on some system item?” Xiang Beifei asked.

Elder Luo furrowed his brows, reminiscing, “It should not be the case. It’s rather that the area in the Northern Mountain District of the Essential Domain is a bit peculiar. He disappeared very abruptly. Do you remember that thing I told you about initially? I went to find your parents, but ended up walking back to my original position.”

Xiang Beifei suddenly understood, “You mean, he found a way to move forward?”

Elder Luo nodded slightly, “Yes, many terrains in the extraterritorial wilderness are very peculiar. He definitely understands that region, must have mastered some special method. He moved forward, whereas, I ended up walking back to my original position. However, what’s most astonishing is that now I can’t even find the pioneering stone left by Xiang Tianxing anymore. The region has changed too much! I have been searching for a week without any results.”

Xiang Beifei hadn’t expected this.

Unrestrained had also gone to the Northern Mountain District of the Essential Domain.

And his parents had also disappeared in the Northern Mountain District of the Essential Domain. His father had even sent Xi Wenxuan with a golden bird cage to look for Qin Hongyi.

These matters are definitely related!

He suddenly remembered that his “Return to the Original State” ability was now completely under his control. It was time to restore that pioneering stone; perhaps he could find some clues.

——

Xiang Beifei sat on his dormitory bed, staring at the pioneering stone in front of him.

He was finally ready to deal with the pioneering stone.

If it were as Elder Luo had said, and there had been changes in the Northern District of the Essential Domain, then to find out what Xiang Tianxing and the others were up to, he needed to unlock the pioneering stone and perhaps use its records to clarify the direction.

The pioneering stone was the key.

Elder Luo, being a master of the Heavenly Connection realm, had sought the help of various people to repair the pioneering stone, but all attempts had ended in failure. The pioneering stone was too special; it simply couldn’t be repaired with systematic abilities.

Therefore, Xiang Beifei didn’t repair it in front of Elder Luo because he didn’t know how to explain his own abilities.

Xiang Beifei’s palm emitted a white glow.

Although he could now control “Return to the Original State” and wasn’t at risk of being backfired upon by it, the process still needed to be handled with extreme caution. Even though “Return to the Original State” couldn’t backfire on him now, it could still backfire on other objects. If not carefully controlled, it could still destroy the pioneering stone.

Xiang Beifei manipulated the Return to the Original State with his Spiritual Power, and it quickly emitted a faint aura that spread over the pioneering stone. Under his guidance, the power of Return to the Original State rapidly permeated the stone.

Every tiny crack within the pioneering stone seemed to be filled with the aura of Return to the Original State, beginning to change and gradually, the stone reunited into its original form.

The whole process wasn’t too difficult. Xiang Beifei was no longer the novice he had been six months ago. Soon, the pioneering stone was completely restored by Return to the Original State!

“What exactly did you leave behind?”

Xiang Beifei calmly looked at the pioneering stone, now unharmed, then made an imprint of it onto paper.

Buzz!

Lines of text soon appeared on the paper; they were Xiang Tianxing’s handwriting, left during his expedition in the outer wilds.

In just a moment, all the words appeared in front of Xiang Beifei!

A complete diary!

Xiang Beifei eagerly opened the diary and began to read from the beginning.

This matter was very important to him!

The first few pages of the diary were routine records of Xiang Tianxing’s journey before venturing out to pioneer, including where he set up pioneering points, what kind of terrain he encountered, any special markers, and the desolate beasts in the area.

All this data was recorded clearly, as pioneers had to leave behind their records to facilitate the reference for their successors.

Such information wasn’t what Xiang Beifei was looking for, but he still read through earnestly, not missing a single word.

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[July 18th, Northern District of the Essential Domain. We’ve exited the bounds of the Northern District of the Essential Domain; barely any pioneers come this way. Lian and I are among the few who do. We continued north and entered a withered forest. The withered forest is peculiar—it revives as we advance. I quickly realized that what surrounds us are not trees, but a unique kind of desolate beast.

Because they are distributed around Mao Hou!

We finally reached Mao Hou, confirming that our direction was correct.

These treelike beings—I think they should be called Youmeng, which sounds like their call. The Youmeng chased after us the whole way, although I wasn’t too concerned about them. However, Lian said she could sense that these Youmeng were different from ordinary desolate beasts, and advised me not to harm them for now.

Once we reached Mao Hou, the Youmeng stopped pursuing us. This place is their sacred ground, and my guess was right. Mao Hou, Yin Wood, restrains Youmeng.

At the foot of Mao Hou, the Youmeng watched us with keen eyes, but I knew they meant no harm. I discovered that they—I still decide to call them ‘he’ because their intelligence is far superior to that of ordinary desolate beasts—their tone is quite special. Although they only make two sounds, the length and tone of these sounds make them easy to master.

One of the Youmeng tried to communicate with me. It was difficult to converse with a Youmeng, but I think I managed it; at least I learned their tones. In the process of communicating with them, I gradually learned about the Youmeng’s past.

The Youmeng are a unique species. I don’t even want to categorize them as desolate beasts because they have their unique way of living, though their fate is somewhat bumpy. When asleep, they are trees; when awake, they are people. They said that they are a race burdened with fate, forced to be connected with Mao Hou.

I asked why they had to be connected with Mao Hou; they wouldn’t say but only told me that even I was no better off than they, as we are all bound by fate.

Mao Hou is like the shackles of fate, binding them here. Lian asked them why they don’t try to break this bondage; they said they were powerless, having tried and failed.

I know this because we are also trying; hence I came to find that answer.

I decided to leave the withered forest. The Youmeng told me where I could find the answer I was searching for, but I had to leave the forest first. They told me to ‘fly north.’ Interestingly, because my son’s name is Xiang Beifei, taken by his grandfather.

I wonder if Chou Hou is still intact?]

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This was the record from July 18th. As Xiang Beifei read this entry, he suddenly noticed something amiss!

Because he saw some strange phrases.