Ling Cage: I am a spiritual master, devouring source matter to become a god.

Jingyuan leaped down from the lighthouse, riding on a giant sword as he flew rapidly towards them.

Jing Yuan landed at the same altitude as the Dawn spaceship, and heard Chu Feng's voice in his ear: "Jing Yuan, you take command!"

"No! No need! Just tell me what materials you need, and I'll bring them up!"

Chu Feng was stunned. He was still thinking about going down and slaughtering everyone under Jing Yuan's leadership, but Jing Yuan had no intention of leading them into battle at all.

On closer inspection, that makes sense.

Jingyuan possesses telekinesis, so he simply flew down and used his telekinesis to lift the items onto the spaceship.

The officers on board the Dawn were Jessica and Arya.

Jingyuan took the two men and ransacked the factory on the ground.

Even though those Devouring Beasts sensed Jing Yuan's presence, they were frantic but helpless.

Soon, Jingyuan had looted all the materials in the factory.

After all the materials were in place, Jingyuan ordered the Dawn and the Lighthouse to leave first.

Then, Jing Yuan looked at the Devouring Beasts on the ground.

He has no intention of letting them go!

Chapter 250 Prometheus Research Institute

Jing Yuan directly controlled thirty-six flying knives, slaughtering all the Devouring Beasts below and absorbing all of their life essence.

As for the fact that absorbing life essence would attract the attention of the Mana ecosystem, Jingyuan didn't care.

Since Tao Jun appeared, Jing Yuan realized that even if the ecosystem noticed him and wanted to kill him, it could only rely on these Devouring Beasts.

My first encounter with the Gluttonous Lord was due to inexperience. At the time, I was unaware of the existence of Devouring Beasts of the Gluttonous Lord's level.

Fortunately, Penny's superpowers helped them escape.

Looking back, if I had recklessly slaughtered the Devouring Beasts to absorb life essence when I was weak, attracting the Gluttonous Lord, I wouldn't even have had a chance to escape.

Now that he knows of Tao Jun's existence, he naturally won't linger near the scene of the incident.

At Jingyuan's current speed, by the time the ecology sends Taojun over, Jingyuan will already be hundreds of kilometers away from the scene of the incident.

And indeed, things turned out exactly as Jingyuan had predicted.

After he left, a king-level Devouring Beast did indeed arrive at the factory.

Although the amount of life essence absorbed this time was not large, the Mana Ecosystem took it very seriously after learning that there were devourers capable of absorbing life essence.

So they dispatched a king-level Devouring Beast to inspect the area, but this time, it wasn't the Gluttonous Lord.

Meanwhile, Jing Yuan was already hundreds of kilometers away.

Following Jing Yuan's instructions, the Dawn spaceship hovered in the air.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Jing Yuan opened a spatial passage on the deck.

The dark passage seemed bottomless, and everyone who looked at it felt a lingering fear.

Jing Yuan directly controlled the scale disc to form a bridge within it, and said to everyone, "This is the passage to another world. Does anyone want to go in and take a look?"

"Another world?" Jessica said. "That sounds interesting, I want to go see it!"

Chu Feng, who was standing nearby, also said, "I'll go too!"

Arya, a scientist, was also very interested in this.

The three followed Jing Yuan into the spatial passage.

The other end of the passageway connects directly to the village.

Chu Feng and the others followed Jing Yuan out. Looking outside, they saw two large mountains under the clear sky, one made entirely of rock and the other resembling a mound of earth.

They were walking on a grassy field, behind them a barren rocky area, and in front of them a village.

"Fellow villagers! I'm back!"

Jingyuan shouted, and the sound reached the villagers' ears. Everyone came out of their homes and walked towards Jingyuan.

Qin Bohan, who was leading the way, walked the fastest. He walked up to Jing Yuan and said happily, "Jing Yuan, I didn't expect you to come back so soon."

"It could have been faster, but some things caused a delay!"

"It's alright, it's alright! We've lived here for sixty years, there's no rush."

Jingyuan looked at the villagers and said, "Fellow villagers, I told you about the situation outside before, and I'll repeat it now. There's a spaceship outside this passage. After you go out, you can only live on the spaceship and the lighthouse. But if you want to stay, you can. Or if you want to come back after you go out, you can. In the future, we will transform this small world and make it our rear base."

Everyone was very happy after hearing Jingyuan's words.

With Jingyuan able to open the spatial passage at any time, this place is no longer a closed world, and the living conditions are actually better than those outside.

Out of curiosity, everyone in the village followed Jing Yuan out and onto the Dawn spaceship.

These people are all descendants of scientists.

In these years in their little world, they had no other entertainment, and most of them found pleasure in studying mathematical and physical theories.

Although their main work is farming and weaving, more than half of them are mathematicians and physicists.

Jingyuan left them on the Dawn, where they could also participate in the construction of the Soul Extinction Tower.

Afterwards, Jingyuan arranged for the Lighthouse and Dawn to hover near the space passage, while he himself piloted the Phantom small spaceship to the former territory of Zeon to search for traces of the Zeon people.

After careful consideration, Jingyuan went to the J-33 collection point first.

This is a biological research institute in the old world, called the Prometheus Biological Research Institute.

It is a national research institute supported and built by the old world's Zeon nation.

The Prometheus Institute was originally built on an island far from the core, but due to geological changes, the island later became part of the mainland.

Jing Yuan piloted the spaceship, hovering above the research institute, while the spaceship's radar continuously scanned the situation below.

Today, the research institute is buried under the yellow sand, with only a small part of the buildings exposed.

Behind Jing Yuan were Penny, Chu Feng, Fei Xue, Erica, and Ran Bing.

Originally, Jing Yuan did not plan to bring Ran Bing along.

However, for Mark's sake, Ran Bing still decided to come in person and participate in the operation.

Of these people, only Ran Bing and Fei Xue were members who participated in the Prometheus Institute's collection mission back then.

Feixue looked at the radar scan of the spaceship and said, "It doesn't look much different from back then."

Ran Bing also stated, "The thermal imager did not detect any signs of biological activity."

Jing Yuan used his mental power to scan the area, but found neither the Devouring Beast nor any people.

"Indeed, there's nothing down there!"

Feixue said, "We didn't encounter any Devouring Beasts when we came down here back then."

“However, there is a Mana flower inside the research institute,” Ran Bing said. “We cannot let our guard down.”

Jing Yuan piloted the spaceship to land, saying, "Let's go down and take a look!"

The spaceship then landed in the desert.

The institute's main gate was buried, and they entered through one of the broken roofs.

Jing Yuan controlled the scale disc, carrying the other five people, and slowly landed in the building's lobby.

On the ground, there are vines of mana flowers and some spores.

When stimulated, the spores release bromine mist.

The six men wore masks; the mere bromine mist posed no threat to them.

Jingyuan led the way, saying as he walked, "This place feels strange. Although there are Mana Flowers, there are no Devouring Beasts." Jingyuan turned to look at Feixue and asked, "How long did you stay here when you were on your mission three years ago?"

"Less than an hour!"

Hunters are tasked with quick and efficient missions, grabbing what they need and leaving immediately.

However, most of the time, due to bad luck, they will encounter Devouring Beasts.

However, there are also times when you're lucky.

For example, when they came to this research institute last time, they did not encounter any Devouring Beasts.

Three years have passed, and upon returning here, I still haven't encountered the Devouring Beast.

"Feixue, take us to the warehouse where we collected supplies back then!"

"it is good!"

Although three years have passed, the internal layout of the research institute remains unchanged.

In addition, Feixue had read the information beforehand and quickly found the way in back then.

Upon entering the corridor, Jingyuan began to enhance his senses.

Now he is a sixth-level mentalist, and his senses have become extremely sharp.

"Feixue, wait a minute!"