Pondering for a moment, Master Qin shook his head slowly and said,
"The second type of barrier is obviously in the style of the ancient barriers of the Star Ocean Imperium. I'm not an expert in the ancient barriers of that period. I'm afraid that it will be difficult for me to crack it. Maybe I can come up with a new algorithm to bypass the ancient barrier in a month. But the success rate is hard to say. No more than 30%!"
Li Yao frowned. He didn't know that the barriers in the Cosmos Ring were so complicated.
But it did make sense on second thought. If the barrier was simple, it would've been cracked by the Snake Demon King a long time ago.
Li Yao said,
"I can afford to wait for a month, but you said that the success rate is only 30%. Isn't that too low? Thank you, Grandmaster Qin!"
While he was talking, he was about to take back the mini crystal processor.
Master Qin controlled the crystal wires and sent the mini crystal processor into his pocket. He thought for a moment and said,
"The ancient barriers of the Star Ocean Imperium are a very unique field of study. Few Cryptographers in Serpent City are good at it. Let me see. You can go to 'Invisible Bug' Yuan Qi. He's an expert in this field."
"Invisible Bug?"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and pondered over the nickname.
…
An hour later, Li Yao marched to the underground of Serpent City on a giant lift.
Every city in the Federation had an underground ghost market. The underground of Serpent City was no exception.
Or rather, the underground world, which was ten times larger than the surface, was the main body of Serpent City!
Li Yao recalled the information that Master Qin told him.
Invisible Bug Yuan Qi didn't belong to any organization. He was an unaffiliated Cultivator.
He was a research-type Cultivator as well as a genius cryptographer. He had cracked countless barriers and hacked into the mainframe crystal processors of many sects. He was like an invisible worm, and there was no barrier that could stop him.
Because he had hacked the crystal processors of many sects, he was once wanted by the government of the Federation. Later, he made a deal with the Federation. Maybe the government thought highly of his talent in cryptography, too. Anyway, he was removed. The wanted order was removed, and he moved to the Serpent City. He behaved himself for a while and didn't cause any trouble.
Or rather, he stopped causing trouble with the name of 'Invisible Bug'.
Even if he caused trouble, he would not leave any traces behind.
This was the kind of person that Li Yao was looking for.
"Bang!"
The elevator stopped at the 37th floor of the Serpent City.
As soon as Li Yao walked out, a familiar smell of rust and heat hit him in the face.
What followed was the whistling sound of wind breaking. The crowd was shouting at the top of their lungs, and the shrieks of the power rune arrays being overloaded.
The air was burning.
What appeared in front of Li Yao were dozens of huge metal buildings, which were leaking on all sides. They looked like a bird's nest made of reinforced steel.
In the gaps of the bird's nest, there was a crisscrossing race track that was sometimes high and sometimes low.
Hundreds of shuttles. They were racing on the track, racing to be the first. Neither side gave in.
A lot of spectator seats were scattered around the Bird's Nest. Countless spectators were cheering loudly. When the shuttle brushed past them at such a close distance, the crowd roared crazily.
Above the dome of the underground city, there were dozens of light screens floating. Dozens of different world fragments were displayed on them.
The environment was extremely harsh. Some were raging storms, some were erupting volcanoes, some were out of control gravity, and the sky was full of broken stones.
Countless shuttles. They were racing in the world fragments as fast as lightning!
This floor was the 'Super Shuttle Race Zone' below the Serpent City.
Super shuttles were the most special shuttles.
Armed shuttles such as the Mystic Bird Armed Shuttle and the Red Flame Armed Shuttle were expensive, but their combat ability was more important. They carried a lot of attack magical equipment, and their models were designed with the need for battle in mind. Therefore, they were not necessarily the fastest shuttles.
Super shuttles, on the other hand, were shuttles that were specifically designed for speed.
All the unnecessary components were removed, and the weight was minimized. Comfort, attack ability, and defense ability were all ignored, just to break the limit of speed again and again!
Super shuttle racing was a very popular sport in the world of Cultivators.
When the speed of a shuttle broke the speed of sound easily, even Cultivators could feel the excitement of their heart beating faster and their blood vessels expanding.
Therefore, many Cultivators were interested in super shuttles.
Yuan Qi, the invisible bug, was one of them.
His passion for super shuttle racing was almost to the point of madness.
Standing outside the super shuttle race zone, Li Yao was in a trance.
Memories spread from his ankles to his head like seawater during a high tide and soon drowned him.
Ever since he was a little boy, in the weird dream that haunted him day and night, Li Yao, the earthling, was a race car mechanic and the best underground racer in his city.
Li Yao had kept the weird dream deep inside his brain carefully. He barely touched the super shuttle racing stuff.
Over the past year and a half, after absorbing Ou Yezi's memories, he had been dreaming about the Hundred Smelting Clan from forty thousand years ago every night. Even Li Yao, the earthling, had barely had any dreams about it.
He thought that the dream had gone with the wind.
However, when he was standing outside the super shuttle race zone, listening to the roaring of the power rune arrays, the roaring of the steel, the exploding of the flames, the twisting of the air, and the hysterical roars of the audience, he found that …
An invisible seal deep inside his heart was torn apart instantly, as if a ferocious beast that had been lurking in his heart for years had broken out of its cage. Restless strength flowed all over his body. Every finger and every toe was itching and bouncing up and down uncontrollably.
"Hu …"
Li Yao took a long breath.
Why did Yuan Qi, the invisible bug, have to like super shuttle racing?
Li Yao had planned to wait outside the super shuttle race zone.
But his legs seemed to be bewitched and dragged him into the race zone uncontrollably.
Through the lift platform, he came to a gap above the bird's nest and found a random seat to sit down.
At the center of the bird's nest, the super shuttle race had come to an end.
Eight streaks of brilliance had all broken the speed of sound. The deafening roar was transformed by the rune arrays into blood-boiling shrieks that could make one's heart beat faster. One could tell from the sound that they were moving at an unparalleled speed!
"Swoosh!"
"Swoosh!"
"Swoosh!"
The racetrack in the bird's nest was three-dimensional. It was full of cliffs and high walls. Now and then, it would go up, down, or even turn 360 degrees.
In the final sprint, three super shuttles failed to react in time and crashed into the racetrack.
Thankfully, there were defense rune arrays around the racetrack. Inside the super shuttles, there were pink gels that protected the drivers, too. Except for the fact that the super shuttles had been turned into scrap metal, the drivers were safe and sound.
The remaining five super shuttles were moving up and down, chasing each other. A black streak of light was in the lead, followed by an orange streak of light. The orange streak of light was trying to overtake the other super shuttles, but it was always suppressed by the black streak of light, even at the last corner. Because of its high acceleration, it almost missed the racetrack and was caught up by the other two super shuttles, falling to fourth place.
"Swoosh!"
The black streak of brilliance broke through the finish line first. The race was over!
Very soon, all five super shuttles arrived at the maintenance area at the bottom of the bird's nest.
On the cover of the orange super shuttle, there was a bug with wings that was flying in the sky. Suddenly, the cover was opened.
One of them had dark circles under his eyes and pale skin. A haggard young man, who seemed to have been deprived of sunlight for years, jumped out and slapped the cover, cursing.
"Yuan Qi, you've lost another three million to me this time!"
A tall young man crawled out of the black super shuttle with the pattern of demons on it. He burst into laughter.
"Gao Rong, don't be so arrogant. I was careless at the last corner. Otherwise, I would have overtaken you! I'm going to strengthen the super shuttle right now. Do you have the guts? Let's have another race later! "
The invisible bug, Yuan Qi, blushed. Blue veins were popping out on his neck.
The tall young man 'Gao Rong' grinned and said casually, "Anytime.
As long as you're not afraid of losing, just bring it on!
The super shuttle racing field also provided super shuttles for rent, which was quite an enjoyable service.
However, it was mainly through selling and modifying super shuttles that made a high profit.
The price of a super shuttle was even higher than that of armed shuttles such as the Mystic Bird Armed Shuttle and the Red Flame Armed Shuttle. The cost of strengthening and modification was bottomless, too.
Most of the people who were interested in super shuttle racing were rich Cultivators. It was quite normal that they would spend millions of dollars to strengthen their super shuttles when they were having fun.
Yuan Qi, the invisible bug, was a regular customer of the super shuttle racing field. As soon as he spoke, many staff members had already dragged his super shuttle to the modification table. A professional looking old man with grey hair was holding a light beam and asking Yuan Qi to choose a strengthening plan.
Naturally, the price was astronomical.
Li Yao stepped forward.
"Master Yuan, Master Qin of the Bountiful Treasures Pavilion told me to come to you. I have a double barrier. It is said that you are the only one who can crack it in Serpent City."
Yuan Qi didn't even raise his head. His eyes were bloodshot. He stared at the glamorous modification plan and gnashed his teeth, saying,
"Good, good, good. I'll use the power components of the latest model and the sprint system. Haha. The maximum speed is increased by 3%. Gao Rong is dead meat this time!"
Li Yao frowned and raised his voice.
"Master Yuan?"
Yuan Qi didn't even look at him. He waved his hands and said casually, "Wait a minute.
"Wait, if there's anything, wait until I beat Gao Rong!"
Li Yao glanced at the modification plan. His frown deepened. He did not have that much time to wait. He said bluntly, "Alright.
He said straightforwardly, "But your speed will be even slower. You won't be able to beat your opponent even if you race ten more times."
"What?"
Yuan Qi finally raised his head. His triangular eyes were beaming. "What did you say?"
The old man who was promoting the modification plan to Yuan Qi looked at Li Yao discontentedly and said,
"Mister, the Aurora Coachworks is a well-known coachworks in the Serpent City for decades. We are absolutely trustworthy and honest to all customers! The modification plan uses the components of the latest super shuttle. Although the price is higher, the performance of the super shuttle will be improved significantly. What's your basis? "
Li Yao said,
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