My classmates chose martial arts and fantasy, but I chose the prehistoric world.

Chen Beixuan stood a few steps away, his face as pale as paper.

He had witnessed Meng Chuan's terrifying speed when Meng Chuan disappeared from the spot earlier.

Now that Meng Chuan has severely injured Shi Hao, he has witnessed Meng Chuan's incredible strength once again!

He realized that he no longer even had the right to look up to Meng Chuan.

Just a year ago, when the other person saw him, they didn't dare to look him in the eye, and remained timid and submissive throughout...

Now, it's his turn to lack the courage to look the other person in the eye.

He was beginning to regret why he had been so arrogant back then and hadn't become friends with the other party like Luo Feng and Xiao Yan had...

Given their current achievements, even a tiny bit of information slipping through their fingers would be enough to propel Luo Feng and Xiao Yan to new heights!

Outside the playground, parents, recovering from their initial shock, began to murmur amongst themselves.

"That's Shi Hao, the one who came back from the Demon Realm? He was knocked down by a single word?"

"Isn't this a bit outrageous? It feels like they're acting."

"Meng Chuan only said 'Get lost,' and Shi Hao, a Golden Immortal expert who could single-handedly suppress an entire nation, just fell down and fainted like that?"

"Are people who returned from the primordial era really that terrifying? What exactly is inside? I remember that Meng Chuan was just an ordinary person before he went in, right?"

"This is called being only slightly stronger than Shi Hao? This is clearly countless times stronger!"

"Is it possible that what he meant by 'a tiny bit' is actually a tiny, tiny bit...?"

……

Among the crowd, a few people dressed in casual clothes, who looked like ordinary onlookers, had unusually solemn expressions.

They didn't engage with the surrounding chatter, but quietly withdrew from the crowd and went to a secluded corner.

One of them pulled an encrypted communicator from his pocket, pressed a key, and whispered a rapid report: "The target has demonstrated combat capabilities, far exceeding expectations!"

"Shi Hao, a Golden Immortal in the early stage, came to challenge the target, but was severely injured by a single word uttered by the target and fell into the air unconscious. Now, the target has left with his family, and his whereabouts are unknown."

"Repeat, the target was severely injured by a single word at the early stage of the Golden Immortal realm. No fluctuations in magical power or energy dissipation were detected. Over!"

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the communicator before a deep voice came through: "Received. Remain in place and await further instructions."

The man in plainclothes hung up the call, put the communicator back in his pocket, and blended back into the crowd.

He looked up at the direction where Meng Chuan had disappeared, his eyes filled with deep apprehension.

A single word severely injured an early-stage Golden Immortal, without any energy fluctuations whatsoever...

What does this mean?

This means that the boy's control over his power has become so exquisite that it is completely contained within him, without any leakage!

To be able to severely injure an early-stage Golden Immortal under such circumstances, one can imagine how strong the opponent is.

The man in plain clothes took a deep breath to suppress the shock in his heart.

He knew that once this news reached the capital, the high-ranking officials of Great Xia would be shaken!

that's the truth.

The capital city, an underground conference room.

The tea on the long table had gone cold, and the ashtray was piled high with cigarette butts.

The large screen on the wall displayed an aerial view of the playground of Yuncheng No. 2 Middle School, where a small, black figure lying on the grass stood out starkly in the image.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was several times heavier than it had been a few minutes earlier.

"Confirmed."

The technician's voice was somewhat hoarse. "Shi Hao, an early-stage Golden Immortal, was severely injured by Meng Chuan from a distance and fell unconscious. No magical fluctuations or energy dissipation were detected at the scene."

"According to the medical team's initial diagnosis, Shi Hao has multiple ruptured meridians and suffered damage to his primordial spirit. He will need at least three months of rest to recover."

Silence fell over the meeting room.

After a long silence, the elderly man in a Zhongshan suit, seated at the head of the table, spoke slowly. His voice was calm, but the fingers gripping his teacup tightened slightly: "To utter a single word from afar, severely injuring an early-stage Golden Immortal without any leakage of one's own power... Of all those present, who can do that?"

No one answered.

Several powerful Golden Immortals exchanged glances, their expressions grave.

They are all top-tier combatants left behind on Blue Star by the Great Xia Dynasty. Each of them is a powerful figure who fought his way out of the world of immortals and demons, and their mastery of power is already unparalleled.

But they couldn't possibly severely injure Shi Hao, a Golden Immortal in the early stage, without revealing any of their aura!

"I can't do it either."

A calm voice broke the silence.

All eyes turned to the person who had spoken.

In the corner of the conference room, an elderly man with a gaunt face, dressed in loose-fitting exercise clothes, slowly spoke.

He looked to be in his early sixties, with gray hair, but his eyes were bright and his demeanor was as steady as a mountain.

He is the strongest person left behind on Blue Star by the Great Xia Dynasty, a peak Golden Immortal!

Hundreds of years ago, when he returned from the Immortal Realm, although he was only at the Xuanxian level, it was enough for him to maintain his youth and remain a young man forever...

But as he got older, especially after starting a family and career, his mindset changed. He no longer liked to "pretend to be young" and intentionally made himself look older, feeling that it made him look much more mature.

"To severely injure an early-stage Golden Immortal with a single blow without revealing the slightest trace of his aura means that his control over his power has reached a level of complete internal restraint and effortless control."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone present, and said, word by word, "That young man named Meng Chuan is at least a Taiyi Golden Immortal!"

These words shocked the entire audience!

"A Taiyi Golden Immortal?!"

"How is that possible?! He was just an ordinary person last year! In just one year, he went from zero to Taiyi?"

"The primordial world... is it really that outrageous?"

"In the past eight hundred years on Earth, the highest-ranking survivor to return from all the myriad realms is a late-stage Golden Immortal who returned from the Demon Realm! He jumped directly from zero to a Taiyi Golden Immortal? This…"

"Quiet!"

The elderly man in the Zhongshan suit tapped the table, silencing the murmurs. "I believe none of you will question Senior Lin Lei's judgment. The question now is—how should we treat this primordial being who has returned from beyond the Great Void, who is at least a Taiyi Golden Immortal?"

The meeting room fell silent again.

"Cultivation level above Taiyi..."

A middle-aged man in military uniform spoke slowly, his voice tinged with bitterness, "On Blue Star, where only Golden Immortals currently reside, even disregarding the national protective formation, it is already enough to suppress all enemies in the world!"

No one refuted this statement, because it was true!

"I believe that our attitude towards Meng Chuan must be adjusted immediately."

A middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses spoke up, "His family isn't well-off; his parents run a small convenience store, and his younger sister is still in school."

"We can arrange the best manor for him in the capital, and if he doesn't want to leave Yuncheng, we can also arrange accommodation of the same standard in Yuncheng."

"We can arrange a bank card for him that is topped up with 10 billion every day, so that he and his family will no longer have to worry about money."

"Although, with his strength, he doesn't need to care about these things at all... but if we give them to him, the nature of the situation is completely different."

"And we also need to make proper arrangements for the security of his family members!"