Chapter 28 A Test

The couple temporarily left the virtual world and returned to their personal space.

"Jingming, you said before that Chi Tong is related to the Supreme Realm," Li Miaomiao said. "Could there be an even bigger background?"

Xu Jingming sat down. "The three Supreme beings have lived for a very, very long time, so at first I thought… Senior Brother Chi Tong was a descendant of one of the Supreme beings. Because of his outstanding talent, he received the Supreme being's nurturing."

"Isn't he?" Li Miaomiao asked.

Xu Jingming said, "He is the child of the 'Master of the Isolated Island of Time and Space,' one of the three Supreme beings!"

"Her child? Her own child?" Li Miaomiao pressed.

"Yes," Xu Jingming nodded.

Li Miaomiao couldn't believe it—the Supreme being's own child?

"Chi Tong is less than a thousand years old, which means he was born within the last thousand years?" Li Miaomiao said softly.

Xu Jingming said, "Of our human race's three Supreme beings, neither the Dean nor the one at the Eternal Academy had any children born after becoming Supreme beings. But the Master of the Isolated Island of Time and Space is different… She generally has children born every few million years."

"And in this era, the only living child of the Isolated Island of Time and Space is Senior Brother Chi Tong." Xu Jingming's expression was complicated.

Li Miaomiao exclaimed, "This is much more important than the status of an ordinary bloodline descendant."

Xu Jingming said softly, "Miaomiao, do you know why the Master of the Isolated Island of Time and Space has children born every few million years?"

"Why?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"Because it's an experiment," Xu Jingming said. "The Master of the Isolated Island of Time and Space once said that she wanted to try… to give birth to a high-dimensional life form from a high-dimensional life body."

"If she could give birth to a high-dimensional life form, then the human race of the universe could have a group of high-dimensional life forms and completely become the most powerful race in this universe."

"Most Origin Lifeforms know about this," Xu Jingming said. "Just listen to it and don't spread it."

Li Miaomiao nodded.

"The Supreme beings all possess incredible abilities. The Ancestor of the Prison race… created the entire Prison race. Our Dean also created Secretary-General Blackheaven. The one from the Eternal Academy also created the Eternal Guardian." Xu Jingming sighed. "The Master of the Isolated Island of Time and Space wants to give birth to generations of high-dimensional life forms. Although this goal is more difficult, it's not impossible."

Senior Brother Chi Tong is clearly one of the 'children' of this plan. Obviously, this plan hasn't succeeded yet; Senior Brother Chi Tong can only be considered to have become an Origin Lifeform relatively easily. He's still too far away from the Supreme Realm.

Li Miaomiao listened.

Now that she was in charge of Pearwood Group, she was able to learn many secrets of the universe's many civilizations. When chatting with her husband, she also learned a lot of secrets about the Prison race, the Void God race, and the human race, which opened her eyes.

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Three days later, Senior Brother Chi Tong and his girlfriend, Qi Xiao, hosted a banquet for Xu Jingming and the other six.

"Senior brothers and sisters, junior brothers and sisters," Chi Tong was in his youth appearance in reality, smiling as he looked at everyone. "Let me introduce you. This is my girlfriend, Qi Xiao. I troubled Junior Brother Wu Ming to help me connect with her back then."

"I just helped pass on a message," Xu Jingming said with a smile as he sat there.

"I must thank Junior Brother Wu Ming," Qi Xiao said with a somewhat restrained smile. After all, everyone present was a peerless genius, but her man, Chi Tong, was very outstanding, and his background was such that he could walk unbridled among the entire human race of the universe.

Gu Shan looked on and said with a smile, "You're publicly introducing your girlfriend; what, are you planning to get married?"

Chi Tong and Qi Xiao exchanged a glance.

"Yes," Chi Tong nodded with a smile. "Yes, we plan to go through the formalities in a few days."

"I just sent you a gift for becoming an Origin Lifeform, and now I have to prepare a wedding gift?" Senior Sister Mo Yu said. "You must be receiving so many gifts that your hands are cramping."

"There's no way around it; I'm poor."

Chi Tong said, "My irresponsible mother doesn't give me any money, so I can only try to save money."

Everyone present didn't dare to grumble.

Chi Tong's mother was the Master of the Isolated Island of Time and Space. Who dared to discuss her?

"Everyone, sit down," Senior Brother Gu Shan urged, raising his glass and smiling. "The eight of us gathered back then, and in the blink of an eye, four of us have become Origin Lifeforms one after another. The four of you remaining must work hard. Monina, you're the eldest senior sister now; you have to step it up!"

"I feel like it's very difficult for me," Monina said, lowering her head, without any confidence. "Junior Brother Chengyu and Junior Sister Kabuya will probably surpass me and become Origin Lifeforms before me. The only thing I'm sure of is that I'll be faster than Junior Brother Qing Lin."

Qing Lin was stunned, then nodded. "I've calculated that I should be the last to become an Origin Lifeform, or maybe… I won't be able to become an Origin Lifeform."

How sad.

Xu Jingming felt some sympathy for Senior Brother Qing Lin. Others had their evolutionary paths progress at different speeds, but they were all confident in becoming Origin Lifeforms. But Qing Lin's mental strength was increasing slower and slower after reaching the eighth-order limit, and it was becoming very difficult to reach 10,000 points.

"You're from the same batch as us…" Chi Tong said. "I still want the eight of us to gather again in ten thousand years."

"Don't be discouraged," Gu Shan also said. "As long as you improve a little every year, you'll eventually reach the threshold of Origin Lifeform."

Qing Lin raised his glass, with anticipation in his eyes. "Okay, let's gather again in ten thousand years."

He had to become an Origin Lifeform to have a chance of living for ten thousand years.

He was from the same batch as Wu Ming and Chi Tong… one peerless figure after another. He, Qing Lin, naturally had to work hard as well.

…

The gathering ended.

In Chi Tong's personal space, he invited Gu Shan, Mo Yu, and Xu Jingming.

"Senior Brother Gu Shan, Senior Sister Mo Yu, Junior Brother Wu Ming, please sit down first," Chi Tong said as he sat down, helping to pour wine enthusiastically. "I've had very few friends since I was little. There are even fewer friends who are 'Origin Lifeforms.' You are three of them."

"This wine is good," Gu Shan said as he picked it up to taste. Senior Sister Mo Yu and Xu Jingming were also tasting the wine.

"It's better than the wine in my personal space," Xu Jingming praised.

Chi Tong smiled and sat down, holding his wine glass. "Most Origin Lifeforms know that I'm actually just an experiment."

Xu Jingming and the other two were slightly taken aback.

"From birth until today, 800 years, I've only seen my mother three times," Chi Tong said. "The first time was when I was born; I had memories then. The second time we met was when I was just recruited by the Yuanchu Research Institute. The third time we met… was three days ago, the day I became an Origin Lifeform."

"After three meetings, I've long realized that I'm just an experiment. Didn't she publicly say that she wanted to give birth to a high-dimensional life form?" Chi Tong said. "And I'm obviously a failure."

The memories of the three meetings with his mother were all terrible.

Chi Tong couldn't feel any 'motherly love'; what he felt was a kind of scrutiny, a check on an experiment.

"Junior Brother Chi Tong," Gu Shan said, "I believe your mother also cares about you; it's just that she's a high-dimensional life form, and you simply can't understand her."

"I can't understand her?" Chi Tong was stunned, and he looked at Gu Shan. "Senior Brother Gu Shan, do you know what she said to me when she saw me three days ago?"

Gu Shan, Mo Yu, and Xu Jingming all listened.

"She said… 'Child, I will come to see you again when you become a Cosmic Legend. Otherwise, this will be the last time we meet,'" Chi Tong repeated, sneering. "The last time we meet in this lifetime? Is this what a high-dimensional life form is? I really don't understand."

"Become a Cosmic Legend?"

"In the entire human race of the universe, across 34 cosmos domains, there are only seven Cosmic Legends in the current era," Chi Tong said. "How can I become a Cosmic Legend? Perhaps in her eyes, her experiment can become a Cosmic Legend! That means it's closer to giving birth to a 'high-dimensional life form,' and my experiment is more valuable, so it's worth her seeing me again?"

Xu Jingming sighed inwardly.

To the Master of the Isolated Island of Time and Space, Chi Tong was just one of her experiments every few million years. She would watch Chi Tong grow up. When Chi Tong's lifespan was up, he would die, just like her past children.

But to Chi Tong, that was his mother! His only relative in this world!

Becoming an Origin Lifeform was such a joyous event, yet she came to see him, but the words she spoke made Chi Tong despair… If he didn't become a Cosmic Legend, this would be the last time they met? How could Chi Tong not resent her?

"I heard that the three Supreme beings are very busy; they are all venturing and fighting in high-dimensional space," Mo Yu comforted him. "They are all fighting for the entire human race, which is why they rarely see you."

"The three of them are the foundation of our entire human race of the universe," Xu Jingming said.

Having experienced a race conflict, Xu Jingming was very clear that when faced with the fate of the race, what did a little personal emotion matter?

If the three Supreme beings couldn't hold on, the entire human race was in danger of falling into a 'dark age' again. How many people would die then?

"She's great, but she's also ruthless."

Chi Tong said, "I won't talk about it anymore! You are my friends, so I want to do a transaction with you."

"What transaction?" Xu Jingming, Gu Shan, and Mo Yu were surprised.

"When my mother left, she threw some gifts at me," Chi Tong said. "This might also be the last gift I can get in my life… her last gift."

After all, if he wanted to see her again, he had to become a Cosmic Legend.

"I looked at these gifts, and they are indeed very precious," Chi Tong said. "Qi Xiao and I will be getting married soon, and I really need enough wealth, so I plan to sell some of the gifts."

Gu Shan quickly said, "Those were given to you by your mother."

"She said I could dispose of them as I wished," Chi Tong said. "Moreover, what I plan to sell is 'Time-Space Star Sand.' This kind of universe treasure is only useful for personal use once or twice, and then it's useless. And I have a whole bag of Time-Space Star Sand; what's the point of keeping it if I don't sell it?"

"Time-Space Star Sand?" Xu Jingming, Gu Shan, and Mo Yu's eyes lit up.

They had all heard of it.

The three top forces each had their own treasures and valuables.

Like Time-Space Star Sand, it was only occasionally produced in small quantities on the Isolated Island of Time and Space, and it was generally distributed among the top experts of the Isolated Island of Time and Space! If members of other top forces wanted to buy it, they had to increase the price or even pay other prices to get it.

"One grain of Time-Space Star Sand costs 100 trillion universe dollars," Chi Tong said. "You are my best friends, so I'll sell it to you at the internal price of the Isolated Island of Time and Space, limited to three grains per person."

"That's too cheap," Xu Jingming said. "Senior Brother Chi Tong, although the internal price tag on the Isolated Island of Time and Space is 100 trillion per grain, the internal tenth-order Origin Lifeforms compete with each other… to win a share, the price they pay is more than that."

"I know."

Chi Tong shook his head. "That's why I'm not selling much, just to my best friends, limited to three grains per person. Hurry up, don't talk nonsense; I need money for my wedding! I can't let Qi Xiao's family, the Moyun family, look down on me, right?"

"Then I'll take advantage of you," Senior Brother Gu Shan said with a smile. "I want three grains."

"I want three grains too," Xu Jingming also said.

"You two are really rich," Mo Yu said. "Junior Brother Chi Tong, give me some time; I need to raise the money. I want three grains as well." Mo Yu really couldn't come up with 300 trillion in wealth right now.

Chi Tong nodded. "Selling it to a few of my best friends to raise this sum of money is enough."

He planned to sell it to nine people.

With this wealth, Qi Xiao's branch could become one of the top three branches in the Moyun family. After getting married, Qi Xiao would be the relative he cared about most, and he naturally wanted Qi Xiao to have enough face in the family.