Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 186 The Incident Was Not Sudden

Recruiting new members for the Breaking Sky Team became a problem for a while, and after a period of time, no one was willing to come.

Zhao Youyue couldn't break the rules of the Tianwu Group and recruit freelancers at will.

A stalemate ensued, so they devoted more time to searching for the mutated beast's soul orb.

The Heavenly Martial Souls responsible for the investigation gradually sent over their findings.

The result was far from ideal.

Six-tenths of the intelligence indicates that the target has already been identified as a suspect in a waterborne operation.

Zhao Youyue felt that everything was going wrong, and she realized the huge gap between her ideals and reality.

'Uncle, I still have so much to learn...'

The death points of giant mutant beasts in the past were indeed greatly affected by the rainy years.

Lin Xiufeng and Lin Qiru spent more than two months traveling in the south, but all they got was a six-colored tree.

The rest, except for one, became waterlogged areas or were affected by water flow.

But they searched that spot thoroughly and found nothing.

On the map of mutated beasts, Lin Xiufeng marked the sixty-eighth X.

"We encountered a six-colored tree at the first survey point, and we thought it would be easy."

Lin Qiru couldn't help but sigh, "The contrast is too great; I have no confidence that I can still find it."

Lin Xiufeng held Lin Qiru's hand and pulled her along as they walked, saying:

"Prepare for the worst, hold onto the best hope, and keep striving!"

Lin Qiru passively allowed him to pull her along, and exclaimed in frustration:
"Ugh... I don't want to be disappointed again!"

Lin Xiufeng suggested, "Without hope, there is no disappointment. Let's treat this as reconnaissance. Confirming the locations of all the targets on the map will complete the mission. Any gains will be a pleasant surprise."

“Hmm…” Lin Qiru thought for a moment, then cheered herself up and said, “That’s good. There’s no disappointment, only surprise.”

"Right? Changing your perspective can help you maintain a positive and happy mindset even in difficult situations."

Lin Xiufeng no longer needed to pull on Lin Qiru's hand; Lin Qiru had already adjusted her emotions and was actively and proactively running around.

The two were running when they suddenly saw a dark shadow in the rainy sky.

Lin Qiru couldn't help but stop and look up, sizing her up as she said:
"Is the King of Snakeheads acting recklessly, or is it coming to find us?"

"Having been away for too long, I doubt the Lone King Volcano can be concealed any longer."

As Lin Xiufei spoke, he launched Meteor Chasing the Moon into the sky, bursting out bursts of black light.

The King of the Snake, which was already observing the ground, was particularly sensitive to high concentrations of Heavenly Martial Power and immediately detected it.

The King of Snakes' body gradually contracted and contracted from a fully inflated sphere...

The altitude is getting lower and lower.

But in Lin Xiufeng and Lin Qiru's eyes, it grew larger and larger until it dropped to a certain height and they felt that the King of Snakehead Fish was getting smaller and smaller.

Nine meters above the ground, the King of Snakes let out a willful and anxious voice:

"We've finally found you! Please, hurry back to Lonely King Volcano! It's about to explode!"

"Many of those who oppose Heaven suspect that you've reached an agreement with the Heavenly Martial Corps and secretly slipped back to Blue Sky Star!"

Lin Xiufeng sighed and said, "Just as I thought."

"Anyway, you guys should hurry back and show yourselves. Fang Yuan can't stop them anymore! Even Mei Xiaoxiao can't dispel the doubts!"

Seeing that the King of Snakehead Fish was inflating and growing larger again, Lin Xiufeng couldn't help but call out to her:
"What are you doing? Aren't you taking us with you?"

"You guys run even faster!" It grew larger and larger on its own, rising higher and higher.

Lin Xiufeng couldn't help but shout:

"Then why don't you run?"

He answered willfully and confidently:
"I don't have a ten-star Gale system! Of course, flying is more comfortable!"

"No, can you consider the actual situation? Use your brain to do some calculations!"

"I don't like calculations—anyway, you can run faster than I can fly!"

"No! Come down first, I want to have a good talk with you—come down! You can fly faster, you know! You know—"

Her stubbornness grew stronger and stronger, but perhaps the torrential rain drowned out her voice, and she didn't hear it at all.

Anyway, it flew away on its own.

In fact, what the capricious person said wasn't wrong; the King of Snakes' flight speed wasn't actually that fast.

However... they traveled on foot, and the straight-line distance of 8,000 kilometers was actually much longer after crossing mountains and valleys.

What the capricious person calls "faster" is the ultimate speed.

The speed of the Ten-Star Gale is approximately 400 kilometers per hour at its maximum.

It moves 111 meters per second!
It's good for bursts of power during combat, but is it suitable for traveling?
They can't fly, they only travel at a hundred meters per second, so they crashed into trees and rocks all the way.
It's simply impossible to maintain that speed. Maintaining 80 kilometers per hour would be amazing; you'd have to be completely focused just to avoid crashing into trees or rocks!
So, in reality, it won't fly any faster than the King of Snakes!

Lin Qiru held Lin Xiufeng's arm and comforted him, saying:
"Let's treat this as practice in controlling our continuous movement speed. We'll give you the signal once we catch up. If Renxing sees it, he should come down."

"Alright." Lin Xiufeng had no choice but to sprint as fast as he could.

However, the road ahead was all mountainous.

The dark shadow in the sky was always ahead, and despite several attempts to signal it via the meteor shower, there was no response.

Fortunately, after traveling for more than an hour, Renxing suddenly landed again to pick them up.

So it turns out they could still see the signal.

"Why are you all running so slowly? Everyone said they were in a hurry, but the team leader is still slacking off and running so slowly?"

"Me! You!" Lin Xiufeng was speechless with anger.

Lin Qiru calmly explained the actual situation, then smiled knowingly and said:

"Oh right, right! Running too fast will cause you to crash into trees and rocks, how could I forget that! I just remember that you guys moved at full speed during battle, and Lin Xiufeng even said that you could maintain that speed if you wanted to."

Lin Xiufeng shouted angrily:

"Hey beautiful! Last time we were sparring on the sea! It was on the sea! There were no trees or rocks, of course we could move at full speed continuously!"

"Alright, alright, didn't I come to pick you up?"

Although he was feeling guilty, he definitely wouldn't admit his mistake, so he quickly changed the subject and asked:
"You've been searching for over two months, how many souls have you collected?"

"Over time, with the effects of rain and accumulated water, finding only the soul of a mutated beast is too exhausting and difficult!"

Lin Xiufeng sighed heavily.

He bluntly said, "Yes, yes, yes! You're working so hard but you're not going back. You're clearly enjoying yourselves in peace and quiet, having a great time. I bet you're sighing because you're being forced to go back to base!"

"No wonder you're so capricious, you even guessed that!"

Lin Xiufeng shamelessly admitted that he did feel tired just thinking about going back to deal with a bunch of troublesome things.

"With your attitude, you're the kind of tyrannical ruler who will bring about the downfall of a nation! The anti-heaven organization will likely be destroyed in your hands sooner or later."

Being willful is despicable.

"No, isn't it a bit strange coming from you? When did you start caring about these things?"

Lin Xiufeng knew that the willful person didn't consider these things.

After a moment of stubborn silence, he suddenly said with emotion:

"...Recently, I've been dealing with a lot of people who rebel against Heaven, and I've found that the vast majority of them are ordinary people with very simple wishes. They only joined the rebellion because they wanted to go back to Tianlan Star but couldn't."

"Most of them came here on a whim, and they are very attached to Tianlan Star."

"The more I get to know them, the more I think, since everyone shares the same wishes as you, shouldn't you, as the leader, have a greater sense of responsibility?"

"Otherwise, it would be better to let someone else be the leader."

Lin Xiufeng countered, "How about giving it to Fang Yuan?"

Do you think he'd agree?

A capricious and impatient retort.

"Or how about I let you be it?"

Lin Xiufeng then made another suggestion.

"Those who defy Heaven will perish even faster, okay!"

A capricious and irritable rant.

Lin Xiufeng concluded:

"That's the problem! Apart from the three of you, can anyone else ensure that fulfilling our wishes always comes first?"

"I can't believe it! So, I have no choice but to bite the bullet and stay in this position."

After thinking about it for a while, he realized it was true and could only sigh and say: