The Last Sentinel

The Ancient Library of the Sages.

The black bookshelves stood like walls, solemn and dignified.

Now, without Hua Xiaobai or Charlie, this place is empty, like a graveyard, with those bookshelves resembling the last tombstones of the Neanderthals.

Ye Feng stepped into the library, and the stone door behind him slammed shut. In the vast library, only a few narrow windows let in a few slivers of cold light.

"I am coming."

Ye Feng looked around. "The primordial will of the Perfect Continent, you may appear!"

Facing them, dark gray air currents converged and twisted, and an unimaginably powerful sense of pressure swept over them.

This kind of pressure is by no means a pressure based on aura, cultivation level, or martial arts skills.

This is the pressure from the level of life itself.

It's like the awe that arises when ants face Homo sapiens, or when Homo sapiens face gods—a sense of fear etched deep into the genetic code.

It is the fundamental will!

This was Ye Feng's second contact with the primordial will.

The last time we met was during the Great Wall Watch's decisive battle against Hughes. At that time, the primordial will of the Earth was startled awake, and after a brief moment of shock, it fell silent.

The primordial will manifested as a distorted, gaseous humanoid form. Looking at Ye Feng before it, it remained silent, its thoughts rippling outwards like waves on water.

"It's clear you've been preparing for this for a long time."

"A young hero!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Feng was a little confused. "What do you mean I've been preparing for a long time? I don't understand what you mean!"

The Origin Will said, "By cultivating only spiritual power and not the physical body, you are preparing to merge with the Origin Will. In that case, you can use a tangible continent or a planet as your body to formally enter the cosmic-level cultivation system!"

The words of the primordial will are as cold as a knife, piercing straight into the heart.

Ye Feng tried to argue that he didn't cultivate his physical body because his physical condition wasn't good enough. He said that if he had Brother Long's physique, he would have cultivated his physical body long ago!

No one really likes a cultivation method where one leg is longer than the other!

I was forced into this!

But in his mind, the chat group interrupted Ye Feng's attempt to explain.

Hongmeng's First Deepest Affection: Wow! This primordial will is something else! It actually figured out the cultivation path that the Lord of Machines paved for Ye Feng!

Master of Machines: There are still some sensible people on this planet! He saw through my plan and wisely entered into it. He is not only sensible, but also very clever.

Immortal God of Magic: I can tell you with absolute certainty, yes, that's exactly right! Little brother, you need to understand one thing: those guys who are always active in your chat group aren't bad, they're just incredibly powerful. They're so powerful that there's nothing that can bother them anymore, which is why they're just idly chatting in the group every day. Back when you were cultivating, a few of us had a discussion about how you should cultivate. Deep Affection brought out the Sword Path of the Mind, Mechanical brought out the High Martial Universe Cultivation System, I brought out the Elemental Codex, and Great Love Immortal King brought out the [Great Fortune Gu] and the [Persistence Gu]...

Hongmeng's First Deepest Affection: After discussion, the High Martial Universe Cultivation System of the Mechanical Lord prevailed. It will now transfer power to you on a spiritual level, locking your physical cultivation, but promising that you can modify your body with genetic technology in the future.

Master of Machines: No matter how you modify it, there's no such thing as possession. The change from fusion is far more thorough! We were just saying you'd definitely gain something from this, and now you've got it, haven't you? Brother Ye, follow the big shots' arrangements, and race like crazy on the path of cultivation. Not only do you need to drift gracefully, but you also need to take shortcuts! Focus on being both fast and stable!

The primordial will of the Perfect Continent interrupted Ye Feng's conversation with the chat group.

The Perfect Origin Will said, "In your human terms, my current state is like a computer that has just been completely formatted. I don't have my own goals or missions, nor have I developed my own rules. Fusion is possible, but as an origin will, what will my future be like if we merge? Or rather, what are your plans for the future?"

Ye Feng replied without hesitation, "Then naturally it's about breaking through the fourth wall, transcending the cosmic prison, and venturing into all the myriad worlds!"

The Perfect Origin Will said, "Your words are not exactly the same as the Neanderthals', but they are not far off either. Yet, the Neanderthals never even transcended Earth, let alone managed to free me from Father God's imprisonment!"

Ye Feng said, "No, Neanderthals are different from me."

The Perfect Origin Will said, "It is different. You are a Homo sapiens, and they are Neanderthals. In terms of your status, you should be a child of the Father God, and you should be fused with the Father God. However, the Father God is very proud. He only accepts temporary cooperation, that is, cooperation with the most powerful beings on the planetary plane. Your strength is not very strong, and the Father God does not think much of you."

At this moment, in the chat group...

The Master of Machines said: Ye Feng, this old guy is haggling! Talking to him is pointless! Just throw some serious stuff at him!

Ye Feng: Breaking news? What breaking news?

Master of Machines: I'm sharing with you a power hierarchy chart for mechanical life forms!

Ding! Group member "Master of Mechanics" has shared a [Mechanical Life Strength and Tier Correspondence Table] with you.

Ye Feng's eyes shone brightly as he addressed the Perfect Origin Will, "You should still be in the juvenile stage of an unknown continental plate, right?"

The Perfect Will said, "I have existed for hundreds of thousands of years..."

"Age doesn't apply to your kind of life form," Ye Feng said. "What corresponds to your life form is scale, or rather, spatial mass. Going up a level above that, you would be a complete continental plate, a satellite-level, a planetary-level, a constellation-level, a galaxy-level, a celestial-level, and so on!"

"I can't promise you anything else, but if you follow me, you'll have unlimited energy, and I'll feed you whatever elements on the periodic table are expensive! Within three years, I'll get you to the level of a complete continental plate!"

"To reach satellite-level capability within ten years!"

"To reach planetary level within a century!"

"Reaching the constellation level within ten thousand years!"

"If you follow me, surpassing your Father God will no longer be a dream!"

"I'd even say, let your Father God call you Lord Star Father!"

"How is it?"

The source of perfect will remained silent for a moment, then said, "Why should I believe you can do these things! If you really could, you could go directly to my Father God and cooperate with him. He is more powerful than me, and he craves that energy even more!"

Ye Feng laughed and said, "We're all young people. Your father is old, and I don't like dealing with old fogies. I prefer to work with young and energetic people so that we can go further in the future!"

The Perfect Origin Will paced back and forth three times before continuing, "Being able to directly articulate a higher level of our life form demonstrates that you are a holy son of a sect with a profound lineage, rather than an ordinary genius who stumbled upon good fortune by chance. As a Star Spirit, the conditions you offer are absolutely impeccable. However, I am different from other Star Spirits. I particularly love small animals, especially those of enormous size! Like Behemoths, mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, and other ferocious beasts! But as you've seen, many of the Behemoths I've raised have died or been injured, leaving only one adult fighting Behemoth left..."

The way this guy talks is like those ordinary turtle owners talking about how they raise turtles, how they take care of them, and how quickly they die.

Ye Feng said, "I have a friend who likes to keep fish. He told me that the secret to keeping fish is not how much food you feed them or what the water temperature is, but that you buy a new batch of fish at the market every Sunday. As long as you buy fish fast enough to keep up with the rate at which they die, the fish tank will always be full of life!"

The Perfect Origin Will probed, "Does the Sentinel mean you will continue to send large numbers of ferocious beasts into my plane?"

Ye Feng said, "To be honest, I love dogs. I have a large group of dogs in the surface world, each one bigger than a Frost Titan! Once you advance to the Satellite level, I can summon them to you!"

The Perfect Origin Will laughed, "This is fantastic! It even guarantees my upgrade to satellite level, but the continental origin's advancement requires consuming massive amounts of energy resources..."

Ye Feng said, "I'm about to embark on an interstellar voyage to plunder resources! Don't worry about that; all the resources and energy we bring back will be yours to eat!"

"Looting and then bringing it back is too much trouble!" said the Perfect Origin Will. "Besides, we'd have to go through my father's domain on the surface, and he won't give me a chance to surpass him. How about this, we'll merge now. After the fusion is complete, once you arrive on the alien planet, sit directly on their mine, open a dark matter channel, and pull me there. We can discover and consume it on the spot, without any loss, and it will even be as good as the original food!"

Ye Feng said, "As for fusion, I'm not ready yet..."

"It's okay, I'm ready!"

Before Ye Feng could react, the gaseous humanoid source suddenly dispersed, transforming into countless gray-black energy lines that rushed into Ye Feng's body.

Behind Ye Feng, a fiercely burning divine crown rose up, and his divine force field fully unfolded, making the entire ancient library appear golden, magnificent, and splendid.

Such a dazzling scene attracted the attention of many people outside, but the Human Alliance warriors standing guard at the gate knew very well that the one who went in was Ye Feng, a big shot in the Human Alliance. They figured that the big shot had made a breakthrough in his secluded cultivation inside, so they guarded the gate even more carefully and dared not be careless.