From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 431 The three-year term is over, welcome back the Dragon King! [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

"Do you think I'm arrogant, senior?"

On the outskirts of the far north, Chen Hong, who had been carried by Qian Daoliu for some distance, suddenly looked up and asked Qian Daoliu a question.

"???" Qian Daoliu looked at Chen Hong with a head full of question marks, wondering what this kid was thinking.

"Is someone talking badly about you behind your back?" Qian Daoliu thought for a moment and asked while flying.

As the possessor of the ultimate spiritual power martial soul, Chen Hong possessed a vast eavesdropping domain, which Qian Daoliu was aware of.

"Some people say I'm arrogant. But I'm just using the power of the situation to tell them that whether you exist or not is not important to me. It's like the saying that's circulating in Soto City now: 'If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will.'" Chen Hong shrugged and said helplessly.

Are Hyotei and Yukiteru important?

If they are willing to join Chen Hong's forces, then they are important; if they are not willing to join, then they are not important.

It's that simple.

However, some people who take it personally may feel a sense of being slighted.

The ridiculous thing is, if you don't want to be looked down upon, then you should show something of value that won't be looked down upon.

Hyotei's meaning was simple. Her not-so-bright mind "suddenly realized" that Chen Hong had been forcefully demanding that they make a choice and had an attitude of "if you don't do it, someone else will." This made Hyotei feel unimportant and neglected.

Chen Hong said he wanted to face the Sea God head-on, but what happened? Her Hyotei's brilliant fighting power was so disregarded. Isn't that arrogance?

Hyotei felt that Chen Hong had to unite all the forces that could be united in order to ultimately defeat the Sea God!

Hyotei: Aren't I power?! Aren't I power?! Tell me, am I power or not?!

"Soul beasts are generally not very bright, you'll get used to it." Qian Daoliu paused for a moment before saying this.

"On the contrary, your Domain of Selflessness Divine Rune has given me a lot to think about. Just as you said, the power you are using now is basically the 'power belonging to the gods' that was once unknown to others. The Sage Divine Rune can accelerate the cultivation of soul beasts, so by the same logic, the Selflessness Divine Rune can slow down the cultivation of soul beasts."

"Furthermore, based on the effect of the Domain Realm Divine Rune, it can transform the power of heaven and earth into its own. Theoretically, this should be a power that can change the environment to a certain extent. In other words, the Domain Realm Selfless Divine Rune can even create a domain that can suppress the growth of a soul beast's intelligence for a long time?" As a Limit Douluo, Qian Daoliu's mind was liberated, and his brain worked very quickly. He was able to think of the theoretical effect of Chen Hong's Domain Realm Divine Rune almost instantly, and thus had an epiphany.

If Chen Hong's Sage's Divine Rune, which could previously be explained as a coincidence in accelerating the cultivation of soul beasts, then the moment the Selfless Divine Rune appeared, the combination of Sage and Selflessness, with one added and the other subtracted, made it impossible for Qian Daoliu to feign ignorance any longer. Putting aside other matters, these two divine runes at least proved that laws exist in the world capable of interfering with the growth of soul beasts' intelligence. However, this knowledge of laws is far too distant for mortals, to the point that for millennia, neither human soul masters nor the soul beast world have had any related concepts.

"What you say is correct, senior. With the current productivity of Soto City, given ten years, it is theoretically possible to establish a mind-reducing matrix that covers Sunset Forest, causing the soul beasts of Sunset Forest to regress by an average of one major realm over a thousand years." Chen Hong could naturally think of what Qian Daoliu could think of, so he answered Qian Daoliu's question with a calm expression and a nonchalant tone.

The predecessor of a sage is called mental focus, and the predecessor of overclocking is called mental hormones. Okay, now I also have a down-to-earth nickname: the aura of intellectual decline.

Chen Hong currently has five spirit rings: [Sage], [Overclock], [Contract], [Illusion], and [Selflessness]. Almost every one of them has a nickname, and some of them are even nicknames that have been reversed and become his real name.

As a resident of an interstellar civilization from his previous life, Chen Hong was no stranger to the concept of "intelligence suppression." Technological civilizations have their own forms of intelligence suppression and intellectual blockade, and the extraordinary world also has its own unique forms of intelligence suppression and intellectual blockade.

"Only when you believe the world is knowable will you have the right to understand the world that was once incomprehensible," Chen Hong concluded.

"Understood." Qian Daoliu nodded and said nothing more, then led Chen Hong to fly quickly towards Soto City.

"Was the trip successful, Brother Hong?" In the headquarters building of the Technology Chamber of Commerce in Soto City, Ye Lingling, dressed in a blue dress and looking beautiful, smiled as she looked at Chen Hong who had returned from outside.

Chen Hong directly displayed his Martial Soul Wheel and released his soul power, laughing, "Lingling, look, my soul power level is higher than yours! I got a brain-depressing aura, so if anyone provokes me in the future, I can openly and legitimately debunk their brains."

Upon hearing this, Ye Lingling couldn't help but roll her eyes at Chen Hong. After listening to the explanation of the effect of Chen Hong's fifth soul skill, she said helplessly, "How can there be such a cheating skill in the world! There are already few smart people in this world. Brother Hong, you should stop your supernatural power quickly, lest Lingling become a fool too."

"Hehe." Chen Hong chuckled, then pinched Ye Lingling's fair cheek and said with a smile, "Alright, stop being cheeky. According to the principles of the Five Elements Soul Core, we can proceed with the second stage of the wood-attribute soul core engine modification."

"Don't worry, Brother Hong, everything is ready!" Ye Lingling said confidently.

Six months later, on a beautiful evening, Oscar, who looked much more mature, carried a backpack, wore a brown trench coat and a cowboy hat, and held a soul-guided cane. He looked back at the bustling Shrek Academy old campus in the Soto South District, his eyes filled with a touch of emotion.

Beside Oscar stood a robust, slightly overweight young man with short, fiery red hair that shone brightly in the twilight.

"I haven't been back for over a year, and this place has become so dilapidated?" Ma Hongjun, with his short red hair, looked at the old Shrek neighborhood with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes.

"Principal Flander said that the focus of work recently has been on the Tiandou campus. The development prospects there do seem to be much higher than in the Soto City-State." Oscar hung the Soul Guidance Scepter on his waist, adjusted his cowboy hat with his other hand, looked at a lawn in the old campus of Shrek Academy, and said softly, "It seems that Boss Dai and the others have arrived."

As he spoke, he led Ma Hongjun toward the lawn. On this lawn, they had once listened to Flander's admonitions, Yu Xiaogang's training, and Teacher Chen Hong's preaching.

(End of this chapter)