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Chapter 472: A-tier Regent

It was originally thought that Guang Wei was going to take the Floating City, but who could have expected him to get kicked out of it after no more than five minutes.

"What are you waiting for? Go grab the General!" Another C-tier quickly yelled.

"Ah, right right right!" The pilot snapped out of his daze and hurriedly flew the hover copter toward Guang Wei.

Guang Wei's injuries were not serious, but the impact still shook up his innards.

Most importantly, it was obviously unwise to try and fight again.

Qin Feng's growth was too scary!

Meanwhile, Qin Feng stood at the edge of the Floating City, staring downward as his internal force transmitted his voice.

"General Guang Wei, how does it feel to be hunted down?"

This sound made Guang Wei angry, but he almost fainted from getting the air knocked out of him.

The gunner and the other C-tier looked in Qin Feng's direction, only feeling that they were looking at something that was unattainable and unfathomable.

Otherwise, how could he have defeated Guang Wei so easily?

Their communicators also began to rang and what just happened to appear was Qin Feng's wanted status on the Bounty Hunter Network.

Obviously the person in front of them was not really a member of the Human Alliance, but a criminal.

However, after hearing the conversation between Qin Feng and Guang Wei, both the gunner and the C-tier looked at each other and knew that there was a deeper history in this kind of situation.

They both felt like a pair of bystanders that were roped into this madness.

No matter, they could not just ditch Guang Wei and run.

At this time, Guang Wei stood on the edge of the hover copter, glaring at Qin Feng.

"Qin Feng, you're stubborn. You've also made a great contribution this time, if you correct that attitude of yours then I wouldn't mind canceling your wanted status!" Guang Wei said in a menacing way.

Guang Wei rationalized that if they could not be beaten, then maybe they could be reasoned with.

"Oh? Then you'll find a few more reasons for me to give up the Floating City? General Guang Wei, you're pretty good at planning but I've been duped once, so why would I fall for it the second time?"

Guang Wei's face flushed with anger.

Duped?

Qin Feng was only saying it lightly. The last time Guang Wei demanded Qin Feng hand over his girlfriend's whip and a sum of money, did he not only not pay up, but also ran away?

He said it like he was the one who suffered a lot!

"Qin Feng, you attack me now and you'll be completely breaking off from the Human Alliance. Have you never thought of the kind of consequences you'll be facing?!"

Qin Feng let out a frosty laugh, "An A-tier person can get killed by the Floating City's artillery. What are you going to do? Send an S-tier?"

That was simply impossible!

Guang Wei racked his brain, until finally giving into anger.

However, he had already discovered that Qin Feng was invincible.

"What on Earth do you want?!"

At this time, words were powerless.

That was because Qin Feng had proven everything with his strength.

"What do I want? It's simple, General Guang Wei. You make everything clear to the public and give me justice, as for compensation…" Qin Feng smirked, "Didn't you say you wanted 5 trillion in the beginning? After I get back the money I have in my personal account when it gets unblocked, you compensate me with 5 trillion instead! Of course, I took the Floating City all by myself. Don't blame me for not being civil to whoever wants to get involved!"

Guang Wei was ashen-faced.

If the situation were known, then Guang Wei would get punished. Of course, when the strong were respected, the punishment would not be too serious. It would just be reputation and property that would suffer from it.

It was just that Guang Wei could not give out 5 trillion.

"Qin Feng, don't you dare extort me!" Guang Wei could only struggle at this point.

"General Guang Wei, was that not the price you gave me? You think I'm extorting you? You should be regretting your past behavior!" Qin Feng said coldly.

Guang Wei wanted to tear off Qin Feng's mouth.

He was being too unreasonable!

Guang Wei did not think about how he had been before. What about the fact that he was unreasonably merciless?

Qin Feng was only going in a tooth for a tooth.

Only after he had proven himself to be stronger did Guang Wei realize this.

"Fine, after a few days I'll send someone over to give you an answer!" Guang Wei said, but he was planning to gather a few B-tier friends of his to come and assassinate Qin Feng.

"Then I'll be waiting. I hope that you'll give me a good answer, General." Qin Feng said. "You can go now!"

As they were high up in the air, Qin Feng used his internal force to carry his voice. The pilot naturally heard what he said and sank into his seat in relief, immediately turning around to leave.

As for Guang Wei, he was still standing on the hover copter. His lower half was frozen over with ice, otherwise he would have been thrown off.

Even so, he had to face the violent gusts of wind until he lost sight of the Floating City. Only then did he walk back into the cabin.

"Do not report this to the Human Alliance, I'll handle this situation myself!" Guang Wei said in a serious tone.

The C-tier next to him trembled and finally opened up his dry mouth to say, "General Guang, I've just uh… I've already passed the news on and…"

Guang Wei immediately had a bad feeling!

"And what?"

"And…" The man gulped before continuing, "And just now, I passed on the conversation between you two to the Human Alliance. Someone should have reviewed it by now!"

Guang Wei did not look impressed.

Then, his communicator started to ring.

[Human Alliance Notice: General Guang Wei, please use the consciousness connector to enter the Consciousness Realm!]

Not only that, his communicator began to ring again and again.

Fu Wenjue: "General Guang, I can't hide what happened before anymore. I'll admit my mistakes to the Human Alliance, I'm very sorry!"

He Liming: "The plot's been exposed. I want to see how you explain yourself, and as for dragging me into this… If I'm getting punished too, just you wait!"

Wang Zhou: "You forced Qin Feng to leave the Human Alliance? You know he saved my life before, are you trying to make me lose face?"

Xu Qing: "Guang Wei, you told me to not listen to the other side but how are you going to explain this now?"

However, these were not the most important.

Fu Wenjue and He Liming were both people who reviewed Qin Feng when he was trying to become governor of the Four Cities on the North Sea and they had little to do in this matter.

Wang Zhou owed Qin Feng a favor and Xu Qing only cared about the situation.

It was the next person that gave Guang Wei chills!

Shang Han: "General Guang Wei, I hope you can give me an explanation!

Shang Han, an A-tier aptitude user, was the companion of Cui Lian, who had died in an artillery bombardment during their attack on the Grans.

This person was the one directly in charge of Bai City in the northern area of the Huaxia District.

Based on her position, she was basically minister of war, and was incredibly strong.

"Regent Shang Han, please listen to my explanation!"

Chapter 473: Vindication

"Explain to me? I'll listen to your explanation but I'm sure that everyone else here would like to hear it too! Come to the Consciousness Realm!"

Shang Han's words carried a commanding tone.

Not every A-tier served as a regent, but one who did had great status and great strength.

Backing Shang Han was an extremely old ancient warrior family that produced an S-tier aptitude user about two centuries ago.

They had once commanded a power that would completely dominate the sides of battle.

Guang Wei did not dare refute at all and immediately complied.

It was just that he naturally would not be able to bear the consequences alone.

Guang Wei wanted a way out for himself.

He turned to his communicator and quickly dialed for Lei Ying.

Lei Ying also quickly accepted the call.

"General Guang, it's rather late. What's your order?" Lei Ying had been injured, so he had been on retreat recently. Although Qin Feng had taken the Floating City and destroyed ten colonies, the time was only 2 o'clock in the middle of night.

When Guang Wei heard Lei Ying's tone, his heart skipped a beat. It seemed that Lei Ying did not know about the situation with Qin Feng.

That was even better!

"Upper Consciousness Realm, there's going to be an announcement!" Guang Wei said in a serious tone.

Lei Ying did not know what was going on, but suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively, "Could it be about the governor of the Four Cities?"

After all, this was the only reason these two people were talking to one another.

It was just that, after he had seen how quickly Qin Feng's strength was advancing, on the contrary, Lei Ying had not been paying much attention to the Four Cities on the North Sea.

Guang Wei maintained his serious tone, "When I say you're up then you're up, what nonsense is this, I'll tell you when it's time!"

He was a B-tier aptitude user, he had enough power to crush people like gnats. Even the arrogant Lei Ying dared not refute him. He responded quickly and put on a consciousness connector.

For aptitude users, their physical fitness had been greatly improved and most of their sleep time was taken by practicing. Although 2 o'clock in the morning was relatively late, there were more aptitude users in the Consciousness Realm.

As soon as Guang Wei entered, he saw the notification on his terminal.

Guang Wei took a deep breath and accepted the invitation on the notice. His vision blurred and when he regained sight he found himself in a huge auditorium this time.

In the very front of the auditorium, a large chair had appeared. Shang Han sat in the center of the chair, her face devoid of emotion.

She was a plain looking woman, but her eyes held an enigmatic gaze as if she had seen the heat of the world and was tired from it. Her hair was meticulously combed and she wore a gorgeous specially made combat uniform.

On her chest was a very special badge!

A-tier, Regent.

Those that appeared beside her happened to be familiar people.

B-tier aptitude users, Wang Zhou, Fu Wenjue, He Liming and so on. There were more than thirty ability users in the North.

These aptitude users could be anywhere in the world, but so long as they were using the consciousness connector, they could get here.

From the seating positions, only Guang Wei was sitting opposite them.

Moreover, there was only one table and chair, but he also felt that he was being watched.

That was because there were hundreds of C-tiers behind him.

When he took a closer look, he realized that these were all C-tiers that participated in the battle against the Grans' invasion.

This included Zheng Qian, who was still the deputy commander of the Fengli Mercenary Troop.

Then, even Lei Ying was here.

Everyone had arrived.

Shang Han had appeared early and after waiting for 10 minutes, everyone would have quickly responded.

There were even people that did not receive the invitation who joined. The auditorium continued to expand and the seats automatically increased.

However, Shang Han did not wait any longer. After seeing that Guang Wei had arrived, she immediately said, "Now, let's announce the contents of this meeting!"

"The city of Longchuan fell, and 3 hours ago the Gran invaders, a Wisdom Tribe, were all wiped out by an unknown person. This person took control of the Floating City, which makes this a special case. As such, we will be discussing this person who suddenly appeared. How are we going to deal with it? After all, the Floating City… can kill even an A-tier person!"

Everyone else became alerted.

The Lord of Flames, Cui Lian, an A-tier fire ability user, was killed by the city.

There was no sadness on Shang Han's face, she still remained very calm and it seemed rather cold.

While Shang Han was Cui Lian's partner, this partnership, to put it bluntly, was merely superficial. It was a marriage of convenience. In fact, Cui Lian had several lovers and Shang Han would not have settled with Cui Lian either.

Both of them were too strong!

However, Shang Han had to do what needed to be done.

This was not just about Cui Lian.

"Let's take a look at this!"

Shang Han did not say more and directly put up Qin Feng's information.

A 3D projection appeared, allowing everyone to see what he looked like.

Of course, there was not any information about him in the past few months and most of the information about him only existed after his awakening.

[Qin Feng]

[Date of Birth]: New Century 201 November 8th

[Parents]: N/A

[Address]: Three Cities Along the Sun-Chengyang City-Chengbei Colony-Orphanage

[Date of Awakening]: New Century 217 June

[Mission Record]: 217.9.8: Passed the G-tier aptitude assessment!

The mission details came in one after the other, including the battle at Zimu Mountains, the battle in Han Town, the battle in Pinyun Colony and as the records continued, it showed that Qin Feng continued to get stronger.

By February of 218, Qin Feng had arrived in Shadong Town and was certified as a D-tier aptitude user.

Everyone was amazed.

That speed was too fast!

At this time, Zheng Qian was completely shocked.

'I've always known that the Boss was young, but I didn't expect that he has only been awakened for a year? He's only 17 years old?'

Now there were only two words in Zheng Qian's head to describe Qin Feng—a miracle*!

A divine miracle!

However, this kind of talent left behind a disgraceful final message in the Human Alliance.

[Record] 218.5.3: Qin Feng is suspected of delaying major war affairs and causing the Human Alliance to lose thousands of aptitude users. The circumstances are serious. This case has been reviewed and is being investigated. He absconded in fear of crime, and is hereby wanted!

Since then, Qin Feng had been removed from the Human Alliance!

Everyone's faces were a mix of emotions.

Shang Han said in a serious manner, "Before this, Qin Feng completed three rounds of siege and suppression missions. The first time, he killed 200 enemies. On the second mission he eliminated more than 2800 enemies. And the third time, he killed around 500 enemies in a single attack, there's even video evidence! With such a record, how did you review the case of him delaying war affairs?"

Shang Han's voice hit everyone's hearts.

Suddenly, a person stood up.

"That's all slander!"

It was Zheng Qian!

Zheng Qian finally understood what happened!

Qin Feng, her boss, managed to gain control of the Floating City.

Although she was not sure how he managed to do it, he had always been so mysterious that nothing seemed impossible to him.

And now, all of this was vindication!

Translator's Notes: The direct translation from the original text describes as 'Proud Son of Heaven', or a similar divine/god-like equivalent.

Chapter 474: Final Voting

Qin Feng had the capability to fight Guang Wei.

He used his own power to create the current situation.

Zheng Qian felt extremely happy.

She could also recall what Qin Feng had said to her before he left.

"How they drove me out today, I'll come back and drive them out the same way!"

Qin Feng did what he said he would do!

After hearing Zheng Qian's words, everyone directed their attention toward her.

She felt that she had been locked onto by countless consciousnesses and was a little bit nervous but when she thought about Qin Feng she felt as if these people were not that scary after all!

After all, what they could not do were things Qin Feng could do!

And he was her superior, her patron. Her boss!

In that instant, Zheng Qian's heart was full of determination.

Shang Han asked, "Are you someone with inside knowledge?"

Zheng Qian immediately stood up and bowed to Shang Han. "I am a C-tier ancient warrior who just recently ranked up this year, Zheng Qian. I serve as the deputy commander of the mercenary troop created by Qin Feng. At that time, when the incident happened, I was next door to Captain Qin. The Human Alliance had sent a C-tier to give the captain a consciousness connector…"

She did not hesitate to relay the entire story, especially mentioning how Guang Wei, Lei Ying and the dead Li Zishan partnered together to attack Qin Feng.

Shang Han's face gradually became ghastly, in fact, she had already known about these things!

And off stage, a pale-faced Lei Ying finally understood what was going on.

Qin Feng had turned the situation on its head!

The trouble that he caused was too great. The alliance wanted to find out what happened to Qin Feng before that and reconcile with him. Naturally, it was to find the culprit who wronged him and make them compensate him.

And now, it was naturally Lei Ying who was the culprit, and Guang Wei of course!

Lei Ying wanted to escape but soon a wave of consciousness locked onto him and a set of seats immediately appeared next to Guang Wei, where he himself instantly reappeared.

His own consciousness was locked onto and imprisoned. If Lei Ying wanted to escape by force it could only cause irreparable injuries.

It was too late to run now!

The first thing was to see how the punishment would go. Nobody was going to die anyway, so the punishment would not be too serious.

Lei Ying could only endure with gritted teeth.

"So all this happened in the Consciousness Realm? The people who received Qin Feng at that time, come out and explain!" Shang Han said.

He Liming immediately stood up and said, "Three months ago, Qin Feng planned to take over the position of governor of the Four Cities on the North Sea due to Wang Zhou's recommendation. However, back then, General Guang Wei recommended another person. He was inferior to Qin Feng in every way and accused…"

He Liming proceeded to go on and explain the events of what occurred during that time and then pointed to Fu Wenjue and said, "General Fu was also there at that time. He can prove that I opposed it, but General Guang Wei insisted on doing it his own way. Afterward, they warned me to not make things worse. That's about it. I didn't report this matter to the alliance, which means I am also responsible!"

Fu Wenjue felt like he was going to cry.

At that time, he dragged He Liming into the waters and now He Liming had shoved him into a river.

He felt like both sides had no humanity!

"General Fu, is there anything else you would like to add?" Shang Han looked between the two.

"No, no!" Fu Wenjue said with a dry mouth.

"Right, now that the truth of this matter has been revealed, Qin Feng has indeed been wronged. According to the regulations, his wanted status on the Bounty Hunter Network must be taken down and his personal account restored!"

Shang Han directly used her authority to restore Qin Feng's identity.

"However, this matter is not over!"

Shang Han looked at Guang Wei and Lei Ying, along with Fu Wenjue with cold regard. "Qin Feng has been falsely accused, so naturally a compensation must be paid in order to satisfy him. Otherwise, the pilot of the Floating City could join forces with the Dark Coalition. That would be the biggest joke of the century and I won't even have a job anymore!"

Everyone nodded, giving Qin Feng his identity back was one thing, but finding a way to calm him down was another.

"Now, let's take a look at this!"

Shang Hand played another video. It was actually the dialogue between Qin Feng and Guang Wei while they were on the Floating City.

This conversation also verified the things that He Liming and Fu Wenjue had said before as true. Not only that, Qin Feng's request was also frankly voiced.

All this was recorded via drone and passed on to Shang Han.

Among those C-tier aptitude users, it had also caused an uproar.

While Qin Feng did not know many C-tiers, a lot of C-tiers knew about him.

Cheng Dacheng, Han Chengming and Zheng Qian were naturally familiar, and there were several others who had seen Qin Feng's military exploits. He had wiped out too many Gran invaders!

Such a person was being falsely accused and extorted for 5 trillion at the time, and He Liming failed to mention this.

Now, even they felt angry!

If everyone were the same as Guang Wei, due to power and privileges, they could easily do this to anyone else at will. Who knew whether or not they would be next.

The fox mourns the rabbit's death. Without lips, the teeth get cold!*

B-tiers and C-tiers needed to look out for one another!

Shang Han spoke again. "Now everyone, let's discuss whether Qin Feng's request is reasonable or not so that it can be approved!"

Many B-tiers began to speak.

"I think it can be approved!"

"Money as compensation seems reasonable!"

"Yes, I'm afraid Qin Feng might want other punishments, like kicking Guang Wei and Lei Ying out!"

"Hmph, no matter how powerful and how much of a genius Qin Feng is, he isn't entirely faultless. The way I see it, it's best if we accept whatever is beneficial. The compensation shouldn't be so much, just give half of it! Who here has never used their privileges? This is uncalled for!"

"Qin Feng is basically trying to give the Human Alliance an ultimatum, that's too arrogant of him!"

"Figure out the situation, we don't even have good internal coordination. Now, Qin Feng's been wronged and not being given an explanation? Well, that's a bit disappointing, isn't it? Can the Human Alliance even develop further?"

Gradually, the quarrelling began to spread throughout the crowd.

Guang Wei felt relieved when he saw this scene!

Obviously, there were still people on his side. After all, everyone had used their status before but Guang Wei crossed the line this time and the most important reason was that Qin Feng was too powerful.

If it were not for his strength, Guang Wei would not be judged.

Since everyone was still arguing, naturally, this matter would be settled through voting!

"Alright, everyone has their own opinions. We shall begin voting. A-tier aptitude users will have one veto vote. A vote from B-tier aptitude users counts as ten votes and C-tier aptitude users will have one vote. The voting begins now!"

"Whether to pay Qin Feng's request of 5 trillion for compensation!"

"Agree!"

"Agree!"

"Disagree!"

"Disagree!"

Guang Wei and Lei Ying were both tense as they watched the poll data rise and fall.

Their faces completely drained of color.

Even Lei Ying, someone who was a C-tier ability user, was trembling all over.

Translator's Note: Translated directly from Chinese idioms. When put together, it roughly means 'Those who find similarities with one another are intimately interdependent with each other'.

Chapter 475: Heavy Penalty

When threatening others, he did not think that 5 trillion was a lot. After all, Qin Feng had probably earned that much during battles.

But when it fell onto himself, 5 trillion would knock the air out of him!

The number of votes rose steadily and finally reached an approval rate of 80%!

Shang Han nodded and announced the punishment: "Guang Wei will pay 4 trillion while Lei Ying will pay 1 trillion. You may mortgage items to the alliance to retrieve the money. You have a day's time!"

Guang Wei put on a gloomy expression while Lei Ying's body swayed and he almost collapsed onto his knees.

Even when he had always boasted about how much money the Leitang Organization had, 1 trillion was the equivalent of all of his property.

Shang Han's voice rang out again. It was obvious that this ruling was not over.

"As General Guang Wei abused his power, he is to be removed from his rank as a general. The voting begins now!"

"Agree!"

"Disagree!"

"Agree!"

"Disagree!"

Guang Wei's face soured, but the increase in votes was not as egregious as last time.

After all, Guang Wei was still a B-tier powerhouse. After so many years serving in the Northern region, his business contacts should not be underestimated. Most people believe that the compensation price was fair, but being stripped from his rank was a different thing.

Soon, the results came out and Guang Wei was not dismissed as a general.

Shang Han seemed to have expected this result, she nodded and said, "The position of general for Guang Wei will be temporarily preserved!"

He let out a sigh of relief.

"Other punishments will be carried out now!"

Shang Han obviously did not plan on letting Guang Wei go that easily.

After all, Guang Wei was responsible for her partner's death. If Guang Wei were not punished, she would feel like it was unreasonable.

Sometimes, only those who were truly strong would have the absolute right to speak.

"Other penalties will be imposed as stated. For a year, all of General Guang Wei's subsidiaries would be halted and any task rewards will be reduced by 50%!"

Guang Wei's face turned pale.

Shang Han's eyes were cold, and she continued, "Punishment: Fu Wenjue, for a year, your subsidies are reduced by 30% and any task rewards will be reduced by 30%!"

Fu Wenjue was taken aback, then smiled bitterly. He did not expect to lose all of the minor benefits he had gained back then, having to vomit all of them out. It was a year of resources, gone!

"Punishment: He Liming, even when you conducted yourself virtuously, you are still guilty. For half a year, your subsidies are reduced by 10% and any task rewards will be reduced by 10%!"

He Liming thought himself to be innocent of crime, but he also knew that this was all Guang Wei's fault, so he naturally started hating him.

"Punishment: Lei Ying!" Shang Han's attention fell onto him.

That person was not an employee of the Human Alliance and did not serve as governor or general so there was no statement about subsidiaries.

Lei Ying was just a president of the Leitang Organization. The Human Alliance had very little control over these people.

However, she knew just the way to deal with him.

"For a year, Lei Ying and his forces will have their task rewards reduced by 50%!"

Heavy penalty!

It could be said that the entire Leitang Organization had been brought to damnation because of Lei Ying's actions.

No member of the group would want to turn in their tasks at the halls only to realize that they were getting half of the rewards back.

Even when some of the Leitang members had physical properties and illegal side businesses, how many people could be accommodated by these resources?

How would these kinds of unbalance work out?

And if their resources were to be reduced, the number of people who were dissatisfied would gradually increase. Leitang would be unable to provide sufficient resources and the entire organization would collapse!

This trick was truly vicious!

"The sentencing is over. Now, I require a representative to negotiate with Qin Feng. Would anyone like to volunteer?" Shang Han asked.

"Let me go!"

"I'll go!"

There were actually two people who spoke up.

One of them was Wang Zhou, who owed Qin Feng a favor. Of course, the two of them did not owe each other anything due to the recommendation. In the end, Qin Feng was screwed over by Lei Ying and Wang Zhou felt as if his reputation was on the line if he did not do anything.

The other person turned out to be He Liming.

He had audited Qin Feng and tried to speak in his defense but was ultimately useless in changing the situation. He still felt as if he could win Qin Feng over.

After a divine miracle had occured, it should not be ignored but befriended instead.

"Yes, we will discuss this later. Meeting adjourned, you may all leave now!" Shang Han said.

Then, Shang Han invited Wang Zhou and He Liming to have another round of conversation.

"This time, tell Qin Feng that his money will be given to him by the other parties, along with the position as governor of the Four Cities!" Shang Han said. This can be both his reward and compensation.

Wang Zhou and He Liming nodded.

However, Shang Han clearly had another order.

"What do you two think about the Floating City?"

The two were surprised at the same time, but they both had the same idea of course.

The Floating City could kill even an A-tier. Who would not want such a powerful weapon?

What was more, the Grans obviously had technology that far surpassed their own. If it were studied, then even more powerful weapons could be made.

Ability users were the strongest, but they needed to be awakened. Ancient warriors were strong as well, but they were restricted by physical strength.

As for the gunners, even a child could kill someone if they had a gun.

Gunners were the only profession that could be mass produced.

This could change the current state of mankind!

"The regent wants to get the Floating City from Qin Feng?" Wang Zhou said.

Shang Han thought for a while and said, "Although Qin Feng is very young, he is hard to read. He was swindled by Lei Ying and with his skills could have easily assassinated the man but he didn't. It's almost as if he had expected this day to come!"

"Yes, if he really did kill Lei Ying, then the situation would be different!" Wang Zhou said with a sigh.

He Liming thought for a moment. "I don't think he would compromise so easily!"

He saw Qin Feng once in the Consciousness Realm and could already guess his intentions!

Shang Han nodded. "In the video, even as a C-tier he could manage to suppress the B-tier Guang Wei. He is vain and arrogant, I doubt he would hand the city over so easily. Ask him for cooperation, to share resources and provide technology. Tell him that we're ready to compensate him for it!"

"Right!"

"That's fine by me."

All three of them thought that this idea was pretty good!

***

On the Floating City, Qin Feng stared at the horizon as the sun slowly began to rise. However, his thoughts flickered quickly through his mind.

'Guang Wei and Lei Ying, the both of them might get punished but the Human Alliance wouldn't severely punish such a strong person. At best they'd get a small fine or something.'

'I don't need to pay attention to those two. The most important thing right now is how the Human Alliance is going to treat the Floating City!'

'If they think they can come here and just take it, then they really have their heads in the clouds!'

A bright glint appeared in his eyes.

If the Human Alliance did try to take the city, he could just easily leave with it.

At this moment, his communicator started to ring.

Chapter 476: Establishing Organization

Qin Feng lifted his hand, it was a message from Zheng Qian. She did not make the call out of consideration that Qin Feng might have been sleeping.

Zheng Qian could not wait until the next day to share the good news with Qin Feng.

"Noted." Qin Feng replied. The outcome did not come as a surprise to him.

'So… I still have one more day?' He smirked. It was indeed a piece of encouraging news.

Qin Feng took out his original communicator and switched it on. It had become functional again.

Not only that but the consciousness connector had also come alive now.

Qin Feng linked up the connector and instantly entered the Consciousness Realm.

Inside the realm, other than the largest Huaxia office building of the Human Alliance, there were also an auction house, battle ring, etc. The realm was comparable to a large city.

Even every person that had access to the realm owned a house there. The aptitude users had collectively formed a large community here.

Qin Feng did not go to other places and went straight to the Human Alliance office.

The place was open for 24 hours and the weakest staff here was at least an E-tier. Being served by these people was also considered a privilege.

"Mister, how can I help you today?" Consciousness did not require sleep but there were usually not many customers around this hour. The receptionist immediately sat up straight and looked at Qin Feng with a polite smile.

"I wish to register an organization!" Qin Feng conveyed his intention.

"Sure. You need to mortgage 100 billion assets to build an organization. Should I start compiling your assets now?" The receptionist asked.

Such a financial compilation was a tedious process since it encompassed assets of all kinds, including real estate, income, etc.

To establish an organization was not an easy task.

Though no rule forbade a D-tier to build an organization, the amount of assets needed was not what a D-tier could afford.

"There's no need to do so. I will pay with cash."

"Eh? Alright!"

The worker immediately helped Qin Feng to sign up for an organization account. Qin Feng then transferred 100 billion as a mortgage. Though it still belonged to the organization, Qin Feng had no right to withdraw or use it. In other words, 100 billion capital flow had been locked dead even before the organization began its operation.

'What a wealthy young man!' The staff thought.

"The money is already in. Please give me the name of your organization.

Qin Feng answered without delay, "Fengli!"

"The name is not taken so I will proceed with the registration accordingly."

Qin Feng did not stop after he registered the organization. He logged out from the Consciousness Realm and realized it was already five in the morning.

Qin Feng called Xue Xingfu through the communicator.

Xue Xingfu was woken up by the super early ring and cursed the inconsiderate caller. He had no choice but to answer when he saw that the caller was his boss.

"You sure are lively all the time."

Qin Feng seemed to always contact him to discuss matters around this hour.

"Boss, what do you need?" Xue Xingfu asked urgently.

"I will be sending you some samples. These are going to be mass-produced in the factory I have recently set up at North Sea Desert. I will allocate 100 billion to you for publicity. Make sure the news reaches every corner of the northern region."

Xue Xingfu was puzzled. "What product are you publicizing?"

Qin Feng smiled and announced calmly, "Fengli Organization, the largest firearms supplier!"

"Ah?" Xue Xingfu was even more confused than before. Since when did Fengli turn from a mercenary troop into an organization?

Qin Feng did not give Xue Xingfu a chance to ask another question and ordered, "You only have one day." After that, he sent all the details on the firearm samples to Xue Xingfu.

Xue Xingfu got up and read through it. He was deeply amazed.

'A cheap D-tier handgun that could be controlled merely through consciousness?'

'A plasma blaster that could kill a C-tier beast emperor?'

'Aircraft design? My god!'

Xue Xingfu's breath became shorter each time he turned the page and found a new product.

He was wide awake now. Together with him was the Fengli Mercenary Troop that had gone under the radar for some time now.

Everyone had received the latest update. Qin Feng's name had been cleared and he was no longer on the wanted list.

"Quick! Get your ass up and working now. I need the advertisement and words out in the cities by today!"

They must achieve the goal set by Qin Feng—to make Fengli Organization the biggest firearms supplier in the northern region.

In one day, Xue Xingfu managed to make a big deal out of the few samples Qin Feng had sent to him and had the news become the hottest topic in town!

***

Ring!

Qin Feng's communicator was ringing non-stop.

"Qin Feng, you are back at last! I am going to return the captain position to you now."

"Zhou Hao, thanks for your hard work while I was away."

"It's nothing. I am just relieved that you are finally back."

Zhou Hao re-registered Qin Feng's name back into the troop and quickly switched back the captain position to Qin Feng.

The change of personnel had of course drawn the attention of the other members of the troop.

"Captain is back!"

"Great! Captain has returned safely!"

"We sure felt insecure when you were away!"

Qin Feng received a warm welcome. He realized none of the original members had left the troop during his absence in the past few months. He was gratified by their loyalty.

"Once the operation is on track, I will give out bonuses to everyone." Qin Feng promised.

"Thanks, Captain!"

"Eh? I think we should call him president now!"

"Haha! That's true. Captain has reached C-tier now too!"

There was a huge disparity between a troop captain and an organization president, especially in terms of status quo and wealth.

Qin Feng was no doubt proud of his own achievement. He again comforted the troop members before hanging up. But the communicator rang again not long after.

It was a call from Xu Qing. Qin Feng immediately picked it up.

"Qin Feng, you are really unpredictable," Xu Qing said.

Qin Feng used only about ten days to conquer the Floating City. Before that, some C-tiers on Xu Qing's side still chastised Qin Feng for being arrogant. None of them could say another word now. The slap on the face had come sooner than they expected.

"It's just a matter of time. I am right where I should be now," Qin Feng said confidently.

"Such confidence. But I guess it's appropriate coming from the mouth of someone who had claimed the Floating City!" Xu Qing laughed. Qin Feng clearly stood out from other people of his age.

"But you have to understand such a sudden surge of fame would only invite jealousy. Many people would be targeting you, now that you have taken down Floating City," Xu Qing warned.

Qin Feng had of course thought of it too. That was why he had taken a series of actions as precautionary measures.

"Thank you for your kind advice."

"I don't wish for there to be any misunderstanding between you and the Human Alliance in the future."

One time was enough. They could not afford to push such talent away from the Human Alliance again.

But powerful people usually loved to hoard resources. Shang Han probably would not give up going after the fortunes easily.

Chapter 477: Governor Badge

"Don't worry General, I know what to do."

"Okay. As long as you are aware." Xu Qing thought that Qin Feng would give in so he did not talk further. He had done his part to remind Qin Feng.

The conversation ended shortly after that. Qin Feng turned off the communicator and immediately went to bed.

Those who were looking for him could only wait now.

***

When Qin Feng was finally awake, it was already noon. Xue Xingfu did not remain idle during these hours. He had even constructed the basic structure of the organization and amassed a few hundred orders from different parties. The necessary resources to start running the organization had been put in place by Xue Xingfu.

Qin Feng did not need to worry about anything on the business side. He was bombarded by ample advertisements as soon as he switched his communicator back on. Xue Xingfu did a brilliant job in publicizing the direction of the newly established Fengli Organization.

A new organization rarely set out to do firearm business. After all, this faction had long been monopolized by the Wanzong Organization. It was almost impossible to compete with Wanzong's capitals and resources.

But Qin Feng could because he had developed a novel technology, which Wanzong could not replicate. This immediately diluted half of the market that was originally dominated by Wanzong.

Wanzong could not do anything to stop Qin Feng because it was not a technology that could be imitated overnight.

Of course, the actual product was still not out in the market yet but Qin Feng's personal wealth was sufficient to cover the entire startup cost.

The news quickly reached the powerhouses such as Shang Han, He Liming, Fu Wenjue, and Xu Qing.

Even Guang Wei and Lei Ying had heard.

"This young guy is truly admirable," Fu Wenjue was amazed after he saw the advertisements.

Of course, Qin Feng was using it as his leverage.

He did not keep the technology to himself. Neither did he surrender it to the Human Alliance nor Shang Han. Instead, he was offering it to everyone at a reasonable price.

Shang Han had no reason to ask Qin Feng to hand over the Floating City now. The presence of the Floating City had become an open secret under Xue Xingfu's effort. If she insisted on forcing Qin Feng to give up the city, then she would most certainly receive backlash not only from the commoners but also people who bought the firearms from Qin Feng.

This would greatly tarnish her reputation, especially when she was a well-respected A-tier aptitude user.

"Regent, are we going to continue with our plan?" He Liming asked.

Qin Feng's action had completely caught Shang Han off guard. "No. We can just buy it from him."

She initially wished to monopolize the technology but Qin Feng had beaten her to it. Now, she would never know whether the weapon Qin Feng had commercialized was the strongest version or not.

Xu Qing and his subordinates were stunned by the unexpected development too.

Xu Qing lamented helplessly, "I thought he would surrender the city to Shang Han and make her his backing. This is truly unexpected…"

"General, though he does benefit greatly by doing so, is it really wise and worth it to offend the regent?"

There was no love lost between Xu Qing's men and Qin Feng to begin with. After Qin Feng had successfully toppled the Grans, their bitterness toward Qin Feng only grew stronger out of jealousy.

Qin Feng's success had exposed their incapability and short-sightedness. Hence, they would never acknowledge his action.

"Well, I don't think Shang Han would be offended. This is just Qin Feng telling the world his stance."

"What stance?"

"That he would not bow to anyone for protection."

"That's…" Xu Qing's subordinates did not know what to say. They did not know whether Qing Feng was being smart or pompous.

Xu Qing thought about it and said, "Perhaps, he is still lacking confidence over the Human Alliance after what happened. With his current status and influence, he will be welcomed wherever he goes."

Firearm dealers had a great command of power in the modern world.

Gunners were the easiest manpower to nurture among aptitude users, after all.

***

The next afternoon, Fu Wenjue and He Liming had arrived at the Floating City subsequently. Qin Feng did not invite them to visit the Floating City but led them to the aircraft underneath it. He could easily finish them off with a blast from the energy cannon of the Floating City.

Though the two visitors were aware of the risk, they had no other choice but to follow Qin Feng.

The inside of the aircraft was grander than they expected.

"Have a seat, Generals!" Qin Feng waved and signaled for the two generals to sit down. He had prepared tea for them.

"This aircraft is pretty decent. I am tempted to order one now."

"I agree. It provides stealth even for a large troop and it's suitable for living in the wild too."

"Exactly."

Qin Feng smirked. "It seems I have just gotten myself another two purchases!"

"Good things will always attract buyers."

The three of them chatted randomly and got to the main point after a while.

"Qin Feng, we know that you have been through a lot. The regent had called for a hearing and voted to free you from all the false accusations." Fu Wenjue said.

He Liming was even more direct. "You can connect to the battle net now and claim 500 billion from the Human Alliance into your personal account as your compensation."

After that, they informed him regarding the punishment of Lei Ying and Guang Wei.

Qin Feng already knew about that. Zheng Qian had been following news about Lei Ying closely because of Gao Yukang.

Lei Ying had lost almost everything in one day.

He had to mortgage most of his equipment and current assets. His businesses near the Four Cities of the North Sea and Three Cities along the Sun had all been auctioned out. In this way, he managed to gather a few hundred billion and minimize the loss.

Since Lei Ying knew that the Leitang Organization was going to go bankrupt soon, he had the E-tier and D-tier aptitude users under him fork out 100 million and 1 billion, respectively.

He planned to use the money to prevent his members from leaving the organization. Some did stay because of the money, but many were disgusted by his actions and decided to cut ties with Leitang forever.

No matter what, the once prosperous Leitang had completely collapsed overnight.

"I am content with the decision." Qin Feng nodded. At least, he had achieved his goal.

Sometimes, death alone was not miserable. True misery was like what had happened to Lei Ying. He was well and alive but had nothing left.

Besides, Lei Ying had been heavily injured by Qin Feng several times and he was not as strong as before now.

"Great. Now, one last matter." He Liming turned solemn and took out a box. "Qin Feng, I, as a representative of the Human Alliance from the Hua Xia region, officially appoint you as the governor of the Four Cities. I hereby present you the governor batch."

It was the same badge that Gao Yukang had before.

A C-tier governor badge.

Chapter 478: Expanding Feng Li City

The two B-tier generals did not stay for long after handing over the badge. The cannons of the Floating City were still aiming at the aircraft after all.

After they left, Qin Feng looked at the badge and sighed quietly.

He had finally reached C-tier and gained the governor position. He was even given the badge without having to go through the C-tier aptitude test.

This time, he finally fulfilled what he had promised Gao Yukang.

"Members of the Fengli Mercenary Troop, we will gather at Niumeng City at once. We are going to arrange a funeral and pay Governor Gao his last respect," Qin Feng ordered.

Zheng Qian could not hold back her tears when she heard the order. They had waited for this day for too long.

Qin Feng acted swiftly and the funeral was held three days later in Niumeng City.

The city was once again flooded by a few hundred D-tier aptitude users.

From fifty mercenaries of the Fengli troop to the management of the Four Cities as well as representatives from various ancient warrior families, many had attended to pay respect.

Gao Yukang's body was relatively whole. His perforated chest had been filled and he was dressed in an army suit to cover the lethal wound.

The news of Gao Yukang's death was only known among the high-ranked officers. Some D-tiers might have been told about the incident, while most E-tiers had heard nothing of it.

The crowd watched in silence as Gao Yukang was being buried.

The attendees were dazzled not by the scale of the event but the host behind it.

Qin Feng walked up the stage after the ceremony. The C-tier governor badge pinned on his chest was eye-catching,

"From today onward, I will succeed the role as the governor of the Four Cities of North Sea under the direct order of Regent Shang Han…"

Qin Feng was only making a simple announcement but everyone under the stage knew that the power distribution in the North Sea had been greatly reshaped.

"He is the successor? How is that possible? A C-tier at this age!?" D-tiers from the Hou family were shocked.

"Who would have thought?" Members from the Tieh family appeared gloomy as well. They glanced at each other and were nervously considering what to do next.

Both the Tieh and Hou families had offended Qin Feng at one point in the past.

They could never forget how the Xue family was being single-handedly dismantled by Qin Feng.

Of course, Qin Feng could not destroy the two righteous ancient warrior families like how he had dealt with the Xue family, which was linked to the Dark Coalition. However, it would be hard for them to fawn the new governor.

In contrast, the Yang family was happy to see the coronation of Qin Feng since they were in a relatively positive relationship with the new governor.

On the other hand, the dukes of the four cities were also discouraged by the announcement and could only smile bitterly. From Gao Yukang to Qin Feng, both were young prodigies that made a name for themselves at such a young age. Even if they could reach C-tier one day in the future, the chances were still razor-thin for them to oust Qin Feng from the governor spot.

Unless something unthinkable were to happen to the governor, just like how Gao Yukang was killed unexpectedly during a mission.

Yet, the successor was not chosen among the four dukes but a more promising outsider.

If something were to happen to Qin Feng, the higher-ups could always find someone else to fill in, like how they had put Qin Feng into Gao Yukang's position. The chance would never go to the four dukes. Moreover, none of the dukes believed that thunder would strike the same place twice.

What Qin Feng had done was ridiculous and he definitely deserved the appointment. It was destiny calling.

"Governor, this is my contact. I will directly report to you in the future."

"Here's mine, Governor."

"Governor, we will follow your lead from now on!"

The four dukes approached Qin Feng to congratulate him while confirming their city's direction in the future under the new governor.

"I am not going to make a drastic reform and will not interfere with your governing. Just continue the good work you have been carrying out all this while." Qin Feng was clearly reluctant to get involved with bureaucratic matters of the other cities.

The most vital task at hand for Qin Feng was to develop the surroundings of the new Shadong town. He wanted to build up a real super city so naturally, the four cities were way down his priority list.

"Look for me at Shadong town if you need me." Qin Feng said and returned to the base with the Fengli Mercenary Troop.

Niumeng was once again a quiet town after the funeral. Shadong town was the complete opposite.

In just a few months, the surroundings of Shadong had undergone a total transformation.

The town was no longer encircled by endless deserts. Instead, paddy fields were seen at every corner of the town. The soil had become fertile and the air was no longer shrouded by sand. It had turned from a hostile place into a lively residence!

On top of Shadong town, the Floating City hovered majestically while monitoring the activity around the town. It was certainly a daunting presence and no one was daring enough to stir trouble in this place with the Floating City watching.

Chen Xiang and Gao Li who came from Shadong could not believe their eyes when they returned to their homegrown town.

"Captain, I don't think the name Shadong suits this place anymore," Chen Xiang joked, "I see no moving sand* around here!"

"I agree. Why don't we change its name to Fengli colony? That would resonate better with our organization's name. Shadong is in the past." Gao Li echoed Chen Xiang's suggestion.

Xue Xingfu was right by Qin Feng's side. Qin Feng had brought back a lot of pleasant surprises this time. All these had successfully materialized into profitable businesses. Xue Xingfu believed that the business would keep on expanding and the resources would keep rolling into their pockets.

"The name Fengli has been used for a small colony the president built in the past."

"Oh, I forgot about it entirely. But since our president is now a governor, it's fine to just let the small colony go."

They discussed frantically as Qin Feng was immersed in his train of thought.

'Since I am now the governor of the North Sea, I should no longer hold onto the mayor position of the Three Cities. It's time for me to transfer the position to someone else. That place is no longer suitable for further development anyway.'

'But I cannot let go of the Zimu Mountains just yet. My garden is still there, and then there's this fissure to be dealt with. It's time for me to go back to Fengli colony and settle the problems I have left behind.'

Qin Feng had left Fengli colony for about half a year now. It was time to head back and check on it.

This was when Bai Li voiced her opinion in a crisp voice, "Why don't we call it Fengli City? If this place is going to be the headquarters of the Fengli Organization and where the governor will reside, isn't it too stingy to call it a colony?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard Bai Li and turned to Qin Feng.

Expanding Shadong Town did not require a whole lot of money but the population, defense system, and weaponry were the major problems.

All this required Qin Feng's approval.

Qin Feng looked back at them and chuckled, "Why are you all looking at me? Go and do it now."

Xue Xingfu immediately replied, "Yes, President!"

"Haha, Fengli City, that's not bad!"

Everyone was inspired. They might not have followed Qin Feng for long but they knew that they were witnessing the rise of a legend.

Chapter 479: An Old Friend

Inside the slums of Chengbei colony.

A female figure was seen dragging a garbage truck in a narrow alley.

Even though it was a hot summer day, the girl still wrapped herself in a long sleeves cloth and did not expose any inch of her skin. One of her legs was fixed on a cheap metallic prosthetic.

She flipped the garbage truck over, and a decaying body fell out from it. The girl was not startled by it. In fact, she was a little intrigued by what she had just found.

She searched through the body quickly. Unfortunately, there was nothing valuable found on it. Her excitement immediately vanished, and she continued to pillage through the alley impassively.

No matter how many times the streets were being cleaned up, it could not rid itself of the rotten odor that had permeated into every corner of the slums.

Two guys paced wobbly toward the girl from the other end of the alley. The girl hastily looked down and avoided eye contact.

The two did not plan to let her loose easily. They cornered the girl quickly. One of them snatched her hat away rudely.

There was a pretty face hidden underneath the hat.

"Haha. Just like I told you. One hella good looking girl!"

"Too bad she is a cripple!"

"I don't mind as long as other parts of her are still intact, hehe!" The guy spoke vulgarly and reached in to grab the girl's chest.

The girl took out a blade and bellowed, "Leave me alone!"

"Look at that! A pepper! Just the type I love!"

"You wish to have another leg broken? I can help you with that!"

The two ruffians closed in and were not deterred by the lady's weapon.

The girl panicked but she pretended to be ruthless.

"Let me warn you. The mayor of Fengli colony is my classmate. He is very powerful… He is… He is an E-tier aptitude user! Don't you dare touch me!"

The two ruffians hesitated and stopped moving. But soon, one of them sneered, "If your friend is a mayor, then why are you picking up garbage here?"

The other guy also relaxed and mocked, "Classmate? Is he in the same class as you during primary school? Who would remember a cripple like you after he has awakened? Stop making up connections that you don't actually have!"

The girl was rattled after her lie was seen through. In that short instance of zoning out, one of the guys had grabbed onto her shoulder.

Her communicator was instantly smashed and she had lost the only thing that would allow her to call for help.

"Lady, be obedient. I will reward you after this!"

"We will kill you if you don't listen to us!"

"Let me go! Scram, you two pathetic scums!" The girl shouted angrily but she was unable to free herself from their grip.

This was when a luxury hover car stopped at the end of the alley. Then, a tall figure came flying in.

The next moment, the two ruffians were sent flying backward, smashing onto a wall.

"Yang Qian!" Qin Feng was infuriated when he saw Yang Qian's pity state.

Yang Qian was indeed Qin Feng's classmate. Nonetheless, since Qin Feng had been reborn at the point in time after his awakening, their friendship in primary school went way back to his previous life.

Other than Zhou Hao and Chen Ming, Qin Feng actually did not remember much about the other classmates. He had even forgotten some of them.

From Qin Feng's perspective, those things had taken place more than a few decades ago.

Because of his rebirth, their fate had all been altered radically. Their reunion turned into an ambush by the Dark Coalition. Consequently, Yang Qian's future strayed from being a promising teenager into a disabled person.

When Qin Feng decided to return to Fengli, he had decided to at least pay Yang Qian a visit. It shocked him greatly to see Yang Qian's current situation.

"Qin… Feng!" Yang Qian called out his name after hesitating for a while. After all, Qin Feng had changed a lot too since they last met, which was one year ago.

Yang Qian would not believe that the person standing in front of her was the Qin Feng she knew. Other than his face that did not change much, his height, figure, and vibe were an entirely different entity now.

Behind her, the two ruffians scrambled to their feet and groaned in pain. Qin Feng did not wish to terrify his old friend so he did not immediately kill the two ruffians.

"Spare my life!" The two ruffians went down on their knees to beg for their lives after having a taste of Qin Feng's power.

They were both stunned when they saw the badge on Qin Feng's chest.

"F*ck! Who are you trying to fool? C-tier? Why would a C-tier come to this slum? That must be fake!"

Yang Qian looked at Qin Feng and she, too, gasped in disbelief.

The badge on Qin Feng's chest was indeed representing C-tier.

Faking an aptitude user badge would be punished heftily if being caught.

"Qin Feng, are you…"

"Whether I am a C-tier or not, do you think the two of you can defeat me?" Qin Feng laughed coldly. He then turned to Yang Qian. "How should we deal with them?"

Yang Qian looked back at him and said determinedly, "Kill!"

Qin Feng was a little surprised by the answer.

Yang Qian kept her voice low. "They have seen your badge. It's best to shut them up."

Qin Feng initially planned to let the two ruffians go but Yang Qian was the one who had suggested killing them here. From Yang Qian's expression, Qin Feng realized this old friend that he did not really know in both this and his past lives was not as vulnerable as he had thought.

More so, Yang Qian might have gone through some really dark moments in her life.

Qin Feng's unfortunate past disappeared the moment he was awakened. He now remembered that he was living the exact same life before he was sixteen years old.

"Okay, let's kill them."

Qin Feng snapped his fingers and ignited two fireballs. The fireballs enlarged gradually in the ruffians' eyes and eventually burned them alive.

The two men did not suffer for long.

Despite knowing that Qin Feng was going to kill them, Yang Qian never thought that it could be done this easily and horrifyingly.

"That's scary, Qin Feng. We all thought that you had only awakened the ancient warrior ability. It was too chaotic then for me to realize that you also possess the fire ability. Of course, I have seen a lot of your battles through some of the PR videos." Yang Qian sounded calm when she mentioned the tragic reunion back then.

A lot of things that might seem unfortunate in other's eyes may no longer matter to the victim. Let bygones be bygones. What was the point of clinging on to the loss when one could still live on with dignity?

Qin Feng asked, "Zhou Hao and I have given you money. Why are you still in such a state now? Are you being oppressed?" He recalled another old acquaintance of his—Xiao Jing.

Chapter 480:

Reunion

The unfair treatment from Xiao Jing's parents had led her to take part in ultra beast hunting in the wilderness, which had then set her path to become an ancient warrior.

Could Yang Qian have also faced the same situation?

Yang Qian felt uncomfortable and reluctant to explain further, she added on, "This is not a good place for us to have a conversation, let me buy you something!"

Qin Feng showed no signs of disagreement and nodded

Both of them exited from the alley, Qin Feng opened the door for Yang Qian, and she seemed to be a little awkward.

"Just a couple of streets away, let's just walk, and there is dirt on my clothes!" Yang Qian said.

"Don't worry about it! Get in!" Qin Feng answered in a commanding tone, while Yang Qian subconsciously agreed and followed Qin Feng's instructions.

As soon as Yang Qian got in, she noticed that there was another person at the passenger's seat.

It was Bai Li.

"Hello!" Bai Li smiled at Yang Qian.

Yang Qian was caught in a surprise by Bai Li's smile, as she had not seen such a beautiful female in her entire life, and she even felt embarrassed for herself.

Qin Feng introduced them, "This is my girlfriend, Bai Li, my classmate, Yang Qian!"

Bai Li nodded. "I have seen her before!"

A bell rang in Qin Feng's mind, it was during the classmates gathering where Bai Li was still in the combat backpack.

"Yes!" Qin Feng nodded.

Yang Qian did not expect Bai Li to recognize her, from her own memories, she could not recall any of her past encounters with Bai Li, and even if they did meet each other, she would never forget about it.

The car travelled at a high speed, and within the blink of an eye, Yang Qian immediately pointed out: "Ay, we have passed it, this is the right street, yes, this is the place!"

The glamorous and fancy looking hover car stopped at the entrance of a small-sized stall, and it had caught everyone's attention.

Then, Qin Feng exited the car with the others and found their seats at a roadside stall.

Yang Qian immediately felt bad that she was not able to host Qin Feng and Bai Li at a decent place, and both of them seemed to be outcasts in the surroundings.

However, Qin Feng seemed to be quite familiar with the place and immediately placed his meal orders, and as soon as the dishes were served, he immediately continued the conversation with Yang Qian.

"What happened, how did you end up like this? Why didn't you go to the Fengli colony?" Qin Feng asked.

Yang Qian felt awkward in having to express herself, she began to explain, "I did not use any of the money that was given by you and Zhou Hao, and I do have my own reasons for my return!"

Qin Feng hinted at Yang Qian to continue.

Yang Qian did not want to trouble Qin Feng with her own injuries that had heavily burdened her family with a huge sum of expenses for her treatment. Ever since they had become aptitude users, Qin Feng and Zhou Hao handed over a sum of money to her, and to her, it was indeed a huge amount of money.

Of course, to Qin Feng, a hundred thousand from each of them was not a huge sum at all.

However, for any ordinary person, they could forget about having two hundred thousand as it was already impossible for them to accumulate a hundred thousand throughout their entire lifetime.

Yang Qian continued, "Zhou Hao told me that there is a spirit herb that could restore amputated limbs, and I am saving up for that!"

Hence, she did not spend any of the money that she received from Qin Feng and Zhou Hao, and she had even kept it as a secret from her parents, she would only use it if she were to encounter any opportunity to purchase such a spirit herb.

Qin Feng stared for a short while.

"Do you know how much such a spirit herb costs?"

"No, I don't, I was not told by Zhou Hao either, however, I do believe that it could easily be worth millions, or perhaps tens of millions! I believe that I would have the chance to purchase it!" Yang Qian answered.

Indeed, Yang Qian had accepted the fact that those were the difficulties that she had to face.

However, it would also be accurate to describe her as a stubborn person that would not give up on the final hope that she had granted herself. Perhaps it was being granted by Zhou Hao, regardless, it was still an unrealistic and unachievable goal for an ordinary person.

It could possibly cost a fortune for any C-tier aptitude user to achieve restoration of amputated limbs, and it was a luxurious wish for any D-tier aptitude user to do so.

For those who were below E-tier, they would have to live with such conditions for their entire life, it was because they would have lost their ability to earn, and they could never get their hands onto such items.

Coincidently, Qin Feng had such an item under his possession, it was the flesh from the Deca Turtle.

For any ordinary person, it was an extremely expensive item.

"You do not need to be here to earn for yourself!" Qin Feng frowned. "There are similar opportunities at Fengli!"

Yang Qian let out a bitter laugh and explained, "I do know that, however, it would be too much for me to receive such a favor from all of you, I am now a nobody, and we no longer share the same status anymore, it would be impossible for me to return such favor, also, I was told about something!"

Qin Feng remained silent and Yang Qian continued, "An aptitude user was found dead in an alley, and someone had profited a huge sum by picking up his spatial rune equipment, although Fengli is a good spot, however, without the presence of any highly ranked aptitude users, it is overly calm and peaceful, and I am more familiar with Cheng Bei!"

Qin Feng was left speechless.

"How often do you think you will have such a lucky encounter?!"

"There is still hope, and this job pays well too." Yang Qian answered.

Yang Qian was able to earn better and she would rather not have a proper job that allowed her to remain presentable, as it would most probably be assigned to her by the others out of their sympathy toward her situation.

Yang Qian was trying to preserve her own integrity.

Qin Feng instantly felt moved by the harsh reality that had hit hard on the skinny girl.

It seemed to have brought up his old memories.

Qin Feng had always been a top performer in school, despite Yang Qian's shortcomings in her training and below average results, she had persisted in her effort and never gave up on herself.

Qin Feng sank deep into his thoughts for a moment before he continued, "Yang Qian, I might have been involved in the past attack launched by the dark organization!"

"How could that be?!" Yang Qian was puzzled as there were still unsolved questions that she had on the attack.

After all, Yang Qian was just an ordinary person.

"During that time, the dark organization had reached out to Zhao Yuanyuan to plan for the capture of the ability users to be their experiment subjects, and actually, I was already awakened with abilities during the first day of the awakening potion injection; hence, if I were to speak up, things might have end up differently."

"If you had revealed yourself, you might also be in danger! You were right to make such a decision! Furthermore, it was just an assumption!" Yang Qian answered. "Life in this world is filled with all sorts of unfavorable uncertainties!"

However, Qin Feng knew that it had all happened before his rebirth, and Yang Qian was not the victim of the case.

Despite having the ability to change the fate of the others, the unfortunate situation of the others did not bother Qin Feng enough to have him feel sorry for them.

After Qin Feng's rebirth, the most innocent and severely impacted would definitely be the Flame Lord, Cui Lian, however, the death of the A-tier aptitude user did not even bother Qin Feng at all.

Aptitude users were constantly struggling and seizing opportunities to survive the end times.

Qin Feng was agreeable with resource looting and fighting for opportunities.

Perhaps, humans would often have a forgiving heart when it came to the weak and unfortunate ones.

Furthermore, it was crucial for Qin Feng to maintain an uninterrupted mental state for his practice, he did not wish to have Yang Qian as an imperfect flaw that could jeopardize and affect his mental state. Regardless of the magnitude of it, it could still possibly pose as his weak point.

Chapter 481: Restoration of Amputated Limbs

Qin Feng answered, "Let's just assume that I am defying the uncertainty! I am supposed to be responsible in compensating for your loss! Yang Qian, my purpose of being here is to provide you medicine that will allow the restoration of your amputated limbs!"

Yang Qian who was still feeling relaxed earlier was immediately struck dumb.

"Qin, Qin Feng, are… you serious? Do you really mean it? Can I really have my leg restored? Yang Qian stuttered in disbelief and asked.

Qin Feng assured her with a nod and continued, "Or else, I would not be here to look for you!"

Qin Feng had planned to take the matter into his own hands; however, he did not expect to meet Yang Qian in such a battered state.

Of course, he was grateful that he was there, or else, Yang Qian could have died on that day itself!

"Qin Feng, I, I do not know how I should thank you, I, I might not be able to afford this!"

Yang Qian was instantly stunned by the surprise, she was overwhelmed!

Qin Feng did not expect any requite from Yang Qian, neither did he need it.

He would even feel bad if Yang Qian were to insist on paying him back!

However, Qin Feng clearly knew that Yang Qian needed to move on from her current state.

"With such an item, you will have better physical attributes for your ancient warrior practice, and if you were to become an aptitude user, you could easily afford this!"

It was Qin Feng who had caused Yang Qian to suffer the loss of one of her legs.

Under Qin Feng's interference, Yang Qian would have the opportunity to advance from being an ordinary human to an aptitude user, and it would mean a world of difference for her.

It was up to her whether to perceive it as a loss or a great success!

"Qin Feng, from now on, I, Yang Qian, will serve you with all my life!" Yang Qian gritted her teeth and promised.

Although Qin Feng was not anticipating it, however, moving forward, he would certainly have a new add on to the list of his loyal followers.

Qin Feng requested that Yang Qian get herself ready and wait for him at the Fengli colony.

Meanwhile, Qin Feng and Bai Li continued their journey toward Chengyang City.

Qin Feng's main purpose was to meet with Bo Tianyang, the mayor of Chengyang City.

As Qin Feng was planning for the transfer of Fengli colony, he had to coordinate the mayor position handover, and Bo Tianyang had already expressed his agreement during their previous call. In fact, Chengyang City had been overshadowed by Qin Feng's talent to drive the rise of Fengli at such a high speed.

Hence, Bo Tianyang was in favor of Qin Feng's request and his tactful way of handling the situation.

He did not care about the ownership of the resources from Fengli colony.

The Fengli colony was initially located at a non-strategic location, and if it were not because of Qin Feng, the colony would just be another place that was similar to the size of Han Town. Hence, it would be favorable for the management level to limit resources allocated to the colony.

Instead, the size of the previous Fengli colony had already expanded way beyond the perimeters of a small-sized colony!

Qin Feng and Bai Li walked into the management building of Chengyang City.

Everyone gave them their undivided attention.

Qin Feng approached the front reception and asked, "May I know where the mayor's office is?"

"Ah! It… it is on the thirtieth floor, mister, please hold on, let me show you the way up!" The receptionist was struck dumb by Qin Feng's presence and had even forgotten to check on the appointment schedule.

Or perhaps, it was not even required.

It was because Qin Feng was much more powerful than the mayor.

The badge on his chest had showcased his ranking that was even higher than the mayor.

Along the way, Qin Feng's presence had even shocked some of the aptitude users to the point where items were falling off from their hands, they were walking into walls, and many more bizarre scenes were occuring!

After all, they were all struck dumb by the situation!

Even the D-tier badge worn by Bai Li had topped the highest ranking within the Chengyang City, powerful figures were rare in the Three Cities along the Sun, the mayor was the only D-tier, and the city could hardly afford to have more of them.

Hence, how could the crowd not be shocked by the presence of Qin Feng and Bai Li?

The elevator rose up to the thirtieth floor, and as soon as the door was opened, Bo Tianyang was smiling in a restless manner while beads of sweat formed on his forehead.

"Mister Qin, you are here, welcome, welcome!" Bo Tianyang welcomed him repeatedly.

"Mayor, no formalities, please!" Qin Feng answered.

Bo Tianyang bitterly smiled as he also wished not to have such formalities, if possible, he even wished to ignore Qin Feng's call earlier.

How impactful could this young talent be? From thereon, they could just be on their own and not cross paths again, hence, Bo Tianyang did not really care about it.

However, Qin Feng's unexpected reappearance as a C-tier had shocked everyone.

"My pleasure, I was being told earlier that, Mister Qin, you have a slightly different badge now!" Bo Tianyang prompted Qin Feng to further elaborate.

Unless a D-tier aptitude user was directly assigned under a C-tier, or else, it would be rare for them to find out news about those that were ranked C-tier and above.

The Three Cities along the Sun was too confined within its own to receive news from the Four Cities of the North Sea!

"Hmm, I am assigned as the governor of the Four Cities of the North Sea, which is why I am here to let go of the position of the mayor of Fengli colony!"

After all, both of them were at different locations and Qin Feng did not want to take up multiple positions at once.

"Mayor of the Four Cities of the North Sea!" Bo Tianyang opened his eyes wide and instantly noticed that he had overreacted, he immediately calmed himself down.

Both of them continued with the conversation while walking, soon, they had entered into the meeting room, and Qin Feng was planning to leave as soon as the documents were signed.

"Governor Qin, what are your plans for the Fengli colony, do you have any favorable candidates in mind to take over?" Initially, Bo Tianyang was planning to take over the underground black market, although he might not run it as well as Qin Feng did, however, he could just entrust someone there to mimic the previous practice and reap a significant amount of profit from it.

However, his intentions were diminished as soon as he met with Qin Feng.

Qin Feng had several people that came across his mind, he then made a decision. "Let's have General Han Jian, the captain of the Chengbei colony garrison troop, take up the position!"

"Alright, it will be him then!"

Bo Tianyang did not hesitate and immediately agreed to assign Han Jian with the position, and Han Jian would definitely be dumbstruck by the sudden decision.

Qin Feng exited from the management tower, he did not use his hover car, instead, he activated his Sky Dweller and returned to Fengli.

Three days later!

At an underground laboratory within the Fengli colony.

Bai Yi was formulating potions while Yang Qian was already anesthetized on the operating station.

Being an ordinary human, Yang Qian was facing a totally different situation as Lei Ying, as he was a powerful figure that could control energy within his body to fuel the energy required by the restoration of his limbs.

A bite on the flesh of the Deca Turtle could easily rip apart the entire body of an F-tier aptitude user, what would happen to the body of an ordinary person?

However, Qin Feng and Bai Yi had channeled the energy toward restoring the limbs of the body, hence, it was a smooth and safe surgery.

"Chairman, you are really being very generous with the blood of the Deca Turtle, it is indeed a rare and beneficial ingredient!" Bai Yi was only involved in the research work and did not have any idea of Qin Feng's financial background at all, or perhaps, nobody within the Fengli Organization had access to such information.

"Don't worry about it, how is the experiment going? What is the rate of success for the experiment of Lin Wuyi's advancement? Qin Feng asked.

The previous ambush toward the Sand Eagle Clan, and also the Z Organization laboratory that was spearheaded by Yan Shuo had provided Qin Feng's research work with a huge amount of information that drove their research to a greater height.

Chapter 482: Prodigy Tournament

Qin Feng had an abundant of D-tier beast king cores, and he also had plenty of beast emperor cores, however, there was a limit to the amount of energy that a human body could withstand, hence, Lin Wuyi was unable to achieve the strong physical attributes required to host the beast emperor core.

Therefore, Qin Feng had picked a beast king core for Lin Wuyi's transformation, despite knowing the risk that was associated with it, Lin Wuyi had agreed to it!

"Don't worry, brother, there is still about sixty percent of success rate, which is already very high!"

"Hmm, if any threat arises, we would rather stop the surgery!"

"Understood!"

After the conversation with Bai Yi, another thing came into Qin Feng's mind.

Qin Feng took out his consciousness connector and entered into the Consciousness Realm.

"Information retrieval, Z Organization!"

With the authority of a governor, Qin Feng was allowed to access all sorts of information that he did not have a chance to access before his rebirth.

Before his rebirth, he was just hired as a soldier that did not hold any managerial position in the Huaxia area of the Human Alliance.

Soon, the information was presented to him, and there were just a few pages of them.

Qin Feng immediately frowned.

How could this be?!

Qin Feng knew that the information that he had reported was a lot more than this.

He immediately moved on to search for other information.

"Yan Fang!"

Yan Fang was the younger brother of Yan Shuo, who was also the experiment subject of a D-tier beast emperor experiment. As Qin Feng was the one who had captured Yang Fang, he should be able to lead him to other clues. However, Gao Yukang had taken Yan Shuo away and handed him over to the department that had been focusing on investigations related to the Dark Coalition, and there were no new findings from the long period of investigation.

Soon, Qin Feng's next findings caught him by surprise!

Surprisingly, Yan Fang was already dead.

The findings showed that it was three days after the position handover to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng was not informed about it, and Gao Yukang did not pay attention to it as well, hence, the case had remained undiscovered!

"Alright, seems like the Z Organization had already infiltrated into the Human Alliance!"

Qin Feng knew, right from the beginning of his investigation, that those scientists that had boldly claimed that the Z Organization was not part of the Dark Coalition were most probably influenced by some sort of powerful aptitude user that had spearheaded the entire plot.

And once again, the clue was disconnected!

However, whether it was the Z Organization tattoo, or the potion that had mass produced mutant experiment subjects, every clue was still traceable, and Qin Feng had already gathered a significant number of findings to further his investigation.

"I will eventually find out everyone that is behind this!"

Qin Feng exited from the Consciousness Realm.

Time passed by, soon, both Yang Qian and Lin Wuyi's surgeries were completed.

Yang Qian experienced a massive change within her body, to an ordinary human, it was like being suddenly gifted with a rare treasure, which was the ability to fulfill the requirement to practice the ancient warrior disposition.

Meanwhile, Lin Wuyi had succeeded in advancing to D-tier and it had brought new hope to Gao Li and the others.

Qin Feng had to excuse himself from the post-recovery training as he still had other things to handle.

***

At the top of the Zimu Mountains.

Qin Feng entered into an underground dark garden.

The garden was cultivating countless amounts of dark spirit herbs, fruits, and flowers, all of them were not hidden because they were rare and precious treasures.

Not only that, they were all deadly and poisonous.

However, the highest rank among them was only D-tier, and none of them would contribute any significant effect onto Qin Feng that was growing rapidly.

"I have built the dark garden and shrouded it with energy isolating barriers to contain the dark breath from spreading, or else, it might be harmful to the others, if I were to leave it, this place would definitely grow as a potential threat!"

"After all, these dark rune spirit herbs might not be necessary for the others, they might be wary of them, or perhaps those that have bad intentions might use them for their wrongdoings and create chaos!"

"However, it is too troublesome to transfer all of these!"

Qin Feng walked among the dark garden and sensed the countless amount of dark breath shrouding around him, the spinning of the Mutant Planet had also become faster.

"If that is the case, then I'll just absorb all of them!"

Whether or not the spirit herbs and fruits were ripe enough or whether the flowers had fully bloomed, they were all embedded with dark elements, and Qin Feng had decided to absorb all of them!

Qin Feng went ahead with his decision and arrived at the first floor of the garden; his ability exploded.

Qin Feng's current capability could only be described as horrifying, as soon as his absorption ability exploded, it was impossible for the lower rank spirit herbs to withstand such magnitude of absorption.

Within the blink of an eye, the healthy-looking plants were instantly drained and withered, there was no water or spirit aura left.

A tiny spirit herb could only contain tens of runes within it, and when compared to the size of Qin Feng's Diamond Starglobe, they were even finer than dust.

However, with the massive scale of the garden, it would still be possible to accumulate them to a significant amount!

Also, Qin Feng's capability had drawn in dark elements from the soil and they were all gushing toward him.

The soil that was rich in dark elements had now turned into ordinary soil, even losing all of its minerals.

If anyone were to enter the place, they would not be convinced that they were in a garden!

Qin Feng continued to go through every layer of the garden and absorbed every dark rune that was available.

All of a sudden, a black flower appeared on Qin Feng's Diamond Starglobe.

It was similar to the situation when Qin Feng first obtained the emperor core of the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor!

Surprisingly, Qin Feng had obtained a new inheritance!

Qin Feng raised his hand and a black lotus-shaped flower appeared on his hand; it was embedded with a massive amount of horrifying energy.

He clearly knew that if he were to lose control over the lotus, the entire Fengli colony could possibly be turned into a city of death.

The wild and violent energy was indeed threatening and horrifying!

Qin Feng immediately imposed his conscious energy control onto the Diamond Starglobe, bit by bit, the lotus was being recalled back into his conscious energy space.

"Phew!" Qin Feng felt an instant relief.

"Such a powerful flower, let's just name it as the Doomed Flower!"

Qin Feng had named his newly acquired skill!

Only then, Qin Feng exited from the dark garden. He had accomplished the final task on his list so he was no longer bothered by it as he went ahead to make the last announcement.

"Inform the people on the upcoming collective migration that will take place three days later, changes will occur within the management level, and those who are willing to follow us to the new Fengli City will be awarded with double special treatments!"

The news was instantly spread across the Fengli colony and was twisted into varied contexts.

Despite the varied news that had shifted everyone's focus from the official announcement, however, everyone was certain that the mayor of their colony had successfully advanced as a C-tier boss.

The rank of C-tier was much higher and more powerful than the mayor of Chengyang City.

A city built by such a powerful figure would most probably be guaranteed with a secured, peaceful and well-fortified environment.

Therefore, most of the people would rather forfeit the safe environment of Fengli colony and leave together with Qin Feng, surprisingly, eighty percent of all of the people decided to leave.

It was an unexpected outcome for Qin Feng; however, it was also a showcase of trust from the people toward him!

Then, Han Jian came forward with his own people for the mission handover.

Although Qin Feng had led eighty percent of the people to leave Fengli, however, Han Jian was still very grateful to Qin Feng for the well-structured environment that he had left behind. Han Jian could just begin with his work and not worry about the groundwork.

However, Qin Feng was surprised by another person that had come along with Han Jian.

Surprisingly, it was Deng Nian, the principal of the university!

"Can I help you with anything Principal Deng? Qin Feng asked.

"I do have something to tell you, Governor Qin, have you heard about the Prodigy Tournament?!"

Chapter 483: A C-tier Wanted To Participate

Prodigy Tournament?

Qin Feng was a little surprised when he heard this. He did hear of the "Prodigy Tournament" before he was reborn—a time when he was an A-tier aptitude user. He had even gone and watched the tournaments as a spectator.

These tournaments, to be honest, were actually a stage for the huge groups and organizations to scout out and recruit talents.

Nonetheless, the ones who would be accepted first into these tournaments and ranked quite highly were still the young warriors who came from rich, powerful families. However, to the others who were not from these renowned ancient warrior families, this was a great opportunity for the talented yet unknown youngsters to show off their abilities to the powerful families and organizations in hopes of getting employed by them.

"I've heard of it." Qin Feng nodded.

"Governor Qin, may I suggest that we put Lu Meng on the list to participate in it?"

Qin Feng was stunned when he heard this.

"What has this got anything to do with Lu Meng? Well, if she wants to participate, there's no reason to stop her."

Deng Nian's eyes widened as he responded, "Well, Lu Meng and her family decided to follow you to Fengli City. I thought you would know about this."

Deng Nian was quite amazed by this—Lu Meng's father was the richest man in the Chengbei colony. And yet, he decided to follow Qin Feng. And on top of that, Qin Feng did not seem to be fazed by this information.

"I honestly did not know this. However, if this is what you want, I'll talk to Lu Meng right away!"

After saying so, Qin Feng flipped out his communicator and established communication with Lu Meng.

"Lu Meng, Director Deng is looking for you."

It was true that Qin Feng did not know about all this. And frankly speaking, Lu Meng was not his underling now. The only other thing that connected him and her was their relationship in the university, and even then Lu Meng was his senior!

"Ah, Director Deng is looking for me? Alright, hold on… I'll be there right away!" Lu Meng hung up after saying so.

Ten minutes later, Lu Meng had arrived. And she was not alone—Zhou Hao was with her.

They were wearing their E-tier badges on their chest.

Qin Feng knew Zhou Hao had ascended to E-tier. However, he was quite surprised to learn that even Lu Meng had ascended to E-tier too!

As Deng Nian was discussing the matter with Lu Meng, Qin Feng pulled Zhou Hao to the side and asked, "Since when did Lu Meng become an E-tier?"

Sure, Lu Meng was quite gifted but she was also quite lazy and loved to procrastinate. She was also naïve and impulsive. If she did not put extra effort in training, it was quite impossible for her to have reached E-tier.

Zhou Hao said, "Hey, I did not play favourites. All I did was sell some good stuff to her. Her dad's money was almost dried up from the purchase!"

"Well, if she's going to be my little brother's wife, I wouldn't mind if you give her more." Qin Feng teased.

Zhou Hao anxiously replied, "Hey, it's your 'big brother's wife'!"

Qin Feng looked at Zhou Hao in the eyes and asked, "So, you're sure? Lu Meng is the one?"

It was almost certain that Zhou Hao's future would be as bright as the sun if he were to follow Qin Feng in his path.

Lu Meng was quite an adorable woman but she was not really that good looking. When Zhou Hao progressed further in his path, there would be more women that were much more beautiful than Lu Meng appearing in his life.

Nonetheless, to Zhou Hao, Lu Meng was the one.

"Of course! When we arrive at Fengli City, Lu Meng and I are going to have a wedding! And yet now, this Director Deng wants Lu Meng to participate in some stupid tournament!"

"Ah, I see. But you know… this tournament isn't a bad one to participate in. Would you not consider participating in it with Lu Meng?"

Qin Feng looked at Deng Nian. It seemed that poor Director Deng was trying his best to persuade the girl to participate in the tournament.

"Lu Meng, you've been with the school for 2 years now. I've also agreed to allow you to graduate early. Now this is the time for you to make our school shine! You must take part in this!"

"But Director… don't you have Gao Linghan?"

"Gao Linghan is going to be twenty years old by October!"

"E-tiers are just there to accompany the main players. Even if he isn't twenty years old, he would still not be able to participate in the trials!"

"Yes, and that's why you could!" Director Deng smiled as he looked at Lu Meng.

Lu Meng frowned—she walked right into that one herself.

"Director, come on. I'm about to get married!" Lu Meng pleaded.

In this world, as soon as one's abilities were awakened when they were sixteen years old, they had practically reached the age of consent, allowing them to get married. In some colonies, the governments there even provided an allowance if their citizens could produce offspring—this was to prevent their citizens from killing off their own babies to avoid facing financial burdens.

"You should put priorities in your career. You're an E-tier now. It doesn't matter if you marry a little late. Come on, you should think for the long-run!"

Lu Meng rolled her eyes and said, "If I participate in this tournament, I would need to engage in fierce mortal combat with the other participants. Even if we are able to get five spots for our colony, when we step into Chengyang City, we still need to fight those famous ancient warrior families there. And if I am able to proceed from that, I still need to take on the ones from Sea City and Fu City. And let's say I manage to fight them off, I still need to fight with the others from other states, then the trial is over. But that's where the real fight begins, in the north! I don't think I can survive even the first round, so why should I participate at all?"

Lu Meng had a point.

If you knew that there was no way to win this, why participate?

Thus, the more she heard about this, the less interest she had in participating.

However, Qin Feng suddenly remembered something.

'If I'm not mistaken, the grand prize for this tournament is going to be a region for a strong warrior!'

And this region was one that could produce great treasures—it could be some highly advanced technology, secret cultivation methods, or rune equipment. Besides, he did hear that there was some god-tier equipment buried deep in this unknown region.

This unknown region could have been a resting place for some deceased S-tier aptitude users in the past. As such, the temptation to acquire their legacies was quite huge for Qin Feng!

Thus, Qin Feng opened his mouth, "Director Deng, is there any limitation in the participants' power for this tournament?"

Deng Nian was surprised when he heard this. "What limitation?"

Qin Feng beamed up with a smile. "I mean, can a C-tier participate?"

Everyone looked at Qin Feng as their jaws dropped on the floor.

Han Jian asked in surprise, "Governor Qin, you're not intending to participate in this tournament, are you?"

This man was a governor and a C-tier. And yet, he wanted to participate in the Prodigy Tournament?

Was this man intending to bully the other contestants for fun? How could these people have any chance when facing Qin Feng?

"Yeah, is there any problem?"

"Well…"

Indeed, the rules did not say that he could not participate.

"So long as you're below the age of twenty and an E-tier, you're allowed to participate… but…"

Han Jian had never seen any participants with such power.

If one were gifted enough, after his awakening, one could reach F-tier in half a year.

However, it was quite difficult to go higher from there on.

If one were to reach E-tier when he was seventeen years old, then he would be considered a Hero Class. And then, ascending from E-tier to D-tier in a year was quite impossible to do. It was considered extraordinary for one to advance from E-tier to D-tier in two years.

Thus, even if one was nineteen years old and was a D-tier, he would still be considered a Hero Class. Yet, it was quite impossible for one to reach C-tier before twenty years old!

Qin Feng was just seventeen years old. And he had already ascended to C-tier.

This young man was not a Hero Class.

Because when compared to ultra beasts, The Hero Class was the equivalent of the King Class.

Qin Feng was more than that—he was an Emperor Class.

"If there's no problem, then consider me in… well, it's alright. I'll do the applications when I get back to Fengli City!"