Chapter 1 The Abundant Light Energy

The space contained abundant light energy. From a mage's perspective, it was filled with an ultra-high concentration of light elements.

Han Xiao landed on a river shoal with Ames, the soil made of multi-colored light sand. Stepping on it felt no different from a beach.

Ames crouched down, picked up a grain of light sand, and curiously examined the irregular solid. She exerted a little force with her fingers and crushed it. The grain of light sand cracked and transformed into a mist-like light dust, slowly rising into the air.

Looking up, a vast sea of clouds obscured the sky, all composed of gaseous light dust. Dreamlike and illusionary, light dust occasionally rose from various places and merged into the sea of clouds. When enough accumulated, the sea of clouds would produce rain, causing the light dust to fall to the earth, forming new landforms in a continuous cycle.

"So beautiful," Ames exclaimed in admiration.

Han Xiao walked to the river, scooped up a handful of liquid light, watched the golden liquid flow between his fingers, and couldn't help but mutter, "There's a lot of light pollution here."

"...Do you have to ruin the atmosphere?" Ames asked helplessly.

"Just stating the truth."

Han Xiao curled his lip, summoned several industrial collection devices, and said casually,

"The phenomena here are peculiar and worthy of research. I'll just collect some materials to take back for experiments."

As he spoke, he anchored the coordinates of this sub-dimension, recording them in the database for future visits. After thinking for a moment, he named the sub-dimension the Land of Light.

With everything settled, Han Xiao deployed some space stabilization anchors with fixed space-time coefficients to prevent the Holy Light Particle from escaping. Then, he patted the Esoteric Mimic and said, "A Hun, force the Holy Light Particle out."

The Chaos Esoteric Energy was already impatient. Upon receiving the order, it released streams of red energy without hesitation, submerging into the earth and forming a giant spider web that quickly spread out.

Han Xiao silently counted to two hundred and twenty-one, and the Chaos Esoteric Energy finally reacted, saying with ill intent,

"I found it. It was indeed asleep. Watch me wake it up!"

As soon as the words fell, Han Xiao and Ames felt the ground beneath their feet suddenly tremble.

In the next moment, the entire space shook, and the earth trembled.

Rumble—

Before they could observe, a massive fountain of light suddenly erupted from the distant earth, shooting straight into the sky and transforming into a white-gold light sphere with a holy aura. At its core was a star-like, dazzling sphere, as if another sun had appeared in the sky.

At this moment, within the white-gold light sphere, there were visible strands of red Chaos Esoteric Energy, reacting extremely violently like hot oil meeting cold water.

As the light sphere appeared, a frantic and exasperated mental wave instantly swept out.

"Mosaniel! You're ambushing me while I'm sleeping again! I'm going to kill you today!"

"Narusis, is my energy delicious? Do you miss it?" The Chaos Esoteric Energy chuckled, its tone filled with lingering aftertaste.

Hearing this, the corner of Han Xiao's mouth twitched.

He felt that this was very informative, as if it wasn't the first time this had happened...

*Hiss*, the ability user circle is so messy.

The Chaos Esoteric Energy turned to look at Han Xiao and said with a smile, "This is the Holy Light Particle you mentioned. It's a bit grumpy when it wakes up. It's up to you next."

Original Esoteric Bodies are very ancient and have their own names. "Chaos Esoteric Energy" and "Holy Light Particle" are just what the outside world calls them.

The Holy Light Particle moved over quickly, and only then did it discover the group's presence. Seeing the appearance of the Esoteric Mimic, it turned from anger to joy, gloating,

"Huh? You've been made into a puppet again? Hahaha, karma, serves you right!"

"Don't be smug. You'll be next soon," the Chaos Esoteric Energy sneered. *Just wait, it's your turn next.*

The Holy Light Particle turned to look at Han Xiao and Ames, dissatisfied, "Humph, you're still as despicable as ever, helping enemies plot against my body, wanting to drag me down... You two little guys from the main universe, no matter how it bewitched you, I'm not interested in playing with you right now. Go back to the main universe and don't bother me."

Han Xiao didn't care, flipped his hand to take out a canned containment device, and tilted his head: "Are you coming in yourself, or should I help you?"

Hearing this, the Holy Light Particle's whole body shone brightly, and it suddenly released a torrential energy wave, as if its aura was fully open, causing the entire space to tremble slightly. Its tone was confident and arrogant.

"I'm not a weakling like Mosaniel. If you want to catch me, are you ready!"

Thirty seconds later.

"Ouch, ouch, don't hit me, don't hit me, I surrender."

The Holy Light Particle, which had been so arrogant just now, had shrunk countless times and was now packed in a can. Like a pool of golden liquid, it was crackling under the electromagnetic constraint field of the containment device.

Han Xiao shook the containment device, causing the Holy Light Particle to stagger.

"Is that it?" Ames said speechlessly.

She thought the Holy Light Particle was powerful. She had just prepared for battle, but she didn't expect that Han Xiao would slap it and the Holy Light Particle would give up. It was too weak.

Han Xiao wasn't surprised at all. In front of a peak Beyond Grade A, the Original Esoteric Body couldn't cause any trouble. He only wondered where the Holy Light Particle got its confidence.

Seeing his old buddy in trouble, it was now the Chaos Esoteric Energy's turn to gloat. He leaned close to the containment device and said with a smile, "Welcome to join me. I won't be lonely anymore."

"Mosaniel! I'll kill you sooner or later!" The Holy Light Particle was filled with grief and indignation.

It was bad enough that it was having bad luck, but it also had to drag him down. It was a perfect example of having bad friends.

At this moment, Han Xiao tapped the glass of the containment device with his finger and interjected, "You'll have plenty of time to communicate in the future. Answer my questions first. What are your abilities?"

The Holy Light Particle was furious, "I'm telling you, I'm not as easy to succumb as Mosaniel. Even if you torture me, I will..."

Thirty seconds later.

The Holy Light Particle, softened by the Chaos Esoteric Energy, obediently lay on the bottom of the containment device, trembling as it introduced its abilities:

"My most basic abilities are enhancing physical fitness, super-speed flight, dimension travel. I can also grant others the power of the Holy Light. I also have an offensive ability. The host can use me to punish evil. There are two standards for judging evil. One depends on the host's own beliefs, and the other is based on the target's inner recognition of the crimes committed. The more serious the target's crimes, the stronger the punishment damage... In addition, I can purify filth, help the target dispel related negative states, and heal injuries to a certain extent..."

The Holy Light Particle spilled the beans, confessing all its secrets.

Han Xiao nodded as he listened, secretly despising the Holy Light Particle. Judging by the name, he thought this guy was pure and clean, but he didn't expect it to be honest after being beaten up. Like the Chaos Esoteric Energy, it had no integrity. Is that what happens when you live too long?

Judging sins and purifying evil, the Holy Light Particle's abilities did have a "holy" style, but the standard was relatively idealistic. Only when it met a righteous person with firm beliefs as its host could it exert its greatest power.

Compared to these, Han Xiao was more concerned about the Holy Light Particle's ability to grant others the Holy Light. After carefully inquiring, he couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised.

The Holy Light itself is a type of multi-dimensional energy and not a rare existence. Advanced mechanics and mages can use it and it has the characteristics of mental strength. However, although the Holy Light is not rare, ordinary people cannot use it.

However, the Holy Light Particle can grant any intelligent life form a "Holy Light Seed". As long as the target trains on its own and nourishes the seed with belief and faith, allowing it to blossom and bear fruit, they can master the Holy Light energy and strengthen it with training... This means that the Holy Light Particle can bring an additional growth system, allowing ordinary people to possess power from scratch, and even superhumans can obtain this ability.

However, since the prerequisite is to obtain the "Holy Light Seed", and the granted energy can be taken back by the Holy Light Particle, the applicability is limited. It is not one of the five major superpower systems that can be awakened on their own and is more like a secondary profession.

Han Xiao learned from the Holy Light Particle that when the Holy Light Particle followed its host, it used this method to enhance the host's strength in reverse—recovering the "Holy Light Seed" cultivated by others could enhance itself. This was equivalent to stealing the fruits of other people's labor, letting others work for it for free.

After hearing its experience, Han Xiao's eyes became much kinder when he looked at the Holy Light Particle.

—*Good kid, I didn't expect you to be a fellow in the leek capital world.*

Han Xiao believed in seeing is believing and made the unwilling Holy Light Particle use this ability on him. A warm, golden light poured into his body, and the panel immediately gave a prompt.

[You have obtained a new skill [Holy Light Seed]]

[[Holy Light Seed]: Passive ability. This is the foundation of the Holy Light power. It needs to be nourished by faith. After it matures, you can awaken the secondary profession [Holy Light Envoy]. Requires Faith Value 0/5000 (Faith Value can be increased through meditation, sacrifice, mental training, killing criminals, etc.)]

"I see... This ability is very strategic. If it's not recovered, many ordinary people without superpower qualifications can be cultivated into Holy Light warriors. In this way, the combat power of the military at the grassroots level will be greatly improved."

Han Xiao pondered secretly.

This was an unexpected surprise. Perhaps he could sell this opportunity to the players. It seemed to have a market.

However, Evans didn't show this ability in his previous life, so there must be some restrictions.

After questioning him, Han Xiao got the answer.

As expected, every Holy Light Seed was a share of the Holy Light Particle's original essence, and the original power recovered very slowly. If it was used too much, it would seriously deplete its vitality, and the host would suffer from kidney deficiency along with it. At that time, even if it was forcibly squeezed, there would really be nothing left.

"If it's about quickly restoring the source, I seem to have a way..." Han Xiao thought thoughtfully.

He had a vague idea, but now was not the time to test it, so he put away the containment device.

Han Xiao also asked the Holy Light Particle to take back the Holy Light Seed in his body. He was just testing it and didn't need this secondary profession.

According to his original idea, he wanted to turn the Holy Light Particle into an Esoteric Mimic, but now it seemed that turning it into an Esoteric Mimic tool might not be the best choice.

Han Xiao looked at the panel. The [Nemesis of Chaos Esoteric Energy] mission had been completed.

24 billion experience points were obtained, and he also obtained two character cards. As expected, they were the Chaos Esoteric Energy and the Holy Light Particle. Their abilities weren't anything special. One was extracting star core energy, and the other was Holy Flame Judgment. With the original bodies in hand, these two character cards were better than nothing.

What Han Xiao was more concerned about was the new milestone mission opened by the mission, [Original Esoteric Body Collector].

[[Original Esoteric Body Collector (Unactivated)]: Activation condition - Own at least 4 Original Esoteric Bodies, currently 2/4]

[Ability: When you fight an Esper, all your attributes are slightly increased, and the damage caused to you by the Esper is -12~20%]

[Reward: [Third Sanctum] Skill Fragment x1]

Han Xiao was slightly surprised.

Third Sanctum? What is this again? I remember that the skill fragment in my hand seems to be the First Sanctum? Is there some connection here?

"What exactly are these things..."

Han Xiao muttered secretly.

This question had been bothering him for a long time, but he couldn't find any clues.

He suppressed the curiosity in his heart and looked at the milestone ability. The effect was targeted, specifically restraining Espers, so it was still useful.

"The mission requires 4 Original Esoteric Bodies, which means there are still 2 missing. The difficulty is still quite high. The main thing is that it's difficult to find targets. Let's try our best..."

Just as he had expected, solving the Holy Light Particle wasn't difficult. After finishing the business, Han Xiao accompanied Ames to visit the Land of Light and waited until enough sample materials were collected before the two left this sub-dimension and headed to the next stop, the Silent Land.

...

With a flash of light, the Chaos Esoteric Energy brought Han Xiao and the others to the Silent Land according to the coordinates given by Kirkmond.

Seeing the scene in front of him clearly, Han Xiao couldn't help but *whoa*.

"Whoa, this place is really scary."

He saw that the sub-dimension was deep in color, the space walls were riddled with holes, and violent space turbulence was constantly invading and raging. The sky was an endless space storm, flashing blue and purple light. Below was a black desert, but many places were swallowed by space turbulence, turning into nothingness. The land was torn apart, turning into broken floating islands.

Han Xiao's eyes moved, and he took out the revival coin he was wearing close to his body. He found that the revival coin was heating up, so there was a reaction.

"In that case, the Silent Land is indeed connected to Hela..."

Han Xiao released his perception and searched the entire sub-dimension, but he didn't find anything. He couldn't feel anything special.

Just like Kirkmond said, this sub-dimension was on the verge of extinction, and there was nothing there.

At this time, Ames shook her head and said, "It seems that only Hela can discover the clues when she comes here in person."

Hearing this, Han Xiao nodded in agreement. It was estimated that Hela's ability could resonate with the Silent Land and activate some special events. Although his strength was stronger, he obviously didn't meet the conditions.

"At least we helped her explore the way, so it will be convenient for her to come next time." Han Xiao anchored the coordinates of this dimension in the database.

As the two were about to leave, a powerful life energy source suddenly appeared out of thin air, intruding into the perception range of the two.

The two turned their heads to look and saw a scarred figure falling out of a space turbulence, just falling into the space wall hole of the Silent Land.

Ames blinked her eyes, her face showing a look of doubt.

"Huh, this person seems a little familiar..."

...

At the same time.

"Your Excellencies, the cross-dimensional detection radar has locked onto the target!"

In the spaceship command room, Luo and Fei hurriedly checked the map.

"It's not the person we met before, right?"

"No, he's in another sub-dimension. Now we've detected the signal of the second peak Beyond Grade A."

Confirming that there was no mistake, Luo decisively ordered:

"Okay, lock onto the new target and go full speed ahead!"

...

On the other side, Evil Energy Aggregation.

The space wall didn't know what kind of rough treatment it had suffered. It was cracked from the inside like a balloon, causing this sub-dimension to lose all protection. The originally active purple-green Evil Energy, like it had lost all its vitality, was swept away by the space turbulence along with all the corpses here and disappeared without a trace.

This special sub-dimension, which gave birth to life, had become a wreck, leaving only silence and was rapidly dying.

Krodi crushed the head of the last Beyond Grade A helper, looked up at the surrounding space storm, frowned, and was a little dissatisfied with his performance.

"I haven't done anything for too long. I've really regressed. I accidentally used too much force and he escaped by taking advantage of the space turbulence."