One, two, three, four, seventy, eighty, ninety, a hundred, and a thousand rainbows flowed out of the translucent virtual worlds and melted into an enormous swirl.
They melted, swallowed, split, and absorbed. Different pieces collided nonstop, producing even more brilliant and splendid colors, as if they were living animals that were waiting for something.
In the end, a particularly bright and colorful rainbow joined the swirl, triggering an amazing chain reaction in the swirl. At first, it turned into a blossoming lotus. Then, something that looked like an egg or a cocoon grew out of the stamen. When the white, flawless cocoon broke apart, a naked baby broke out of the cocoon and swam happily in the ocean of data and information.
The baby was expanding and growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Very soon, he had experienced childhood and adolescence and turned into an unruly, extraordinary young man. As the data bubbles surged, the young man's life experience and hardships were added to his foundation. His every pore was brimming with an immeasurable aura. The pieces of the lotus flower and the jade cocoon turned into an awe-inspiring armor and a fluttering cape, covering his tall body that was almost perfect.
"Ahhh!"
The man, who could not be distinguished whether he was a young man or a middle-aged man, roared at the sky and yawned, which meant that he, Vulture Li Yao, had returned from the dream in the infinite virtual worlds!
The entire ocean of data was stirred up by his soul and resonated with each other as his willpower was spread out.
"What — what a powerful computational ability!
"What an incredible algorithm. So many brand-new algorithms have been combined perfectly. Dad's soul is more and more immeasurable!
"What level is this exactly? I've never sensed such a level in any human being before! Congratulations, Father. Congratulations, Father. You have made a new breakthrough through the training of the 'cloned avatars'! "
Xiaoming's data ripples turned into countless plankton, luminous jellyfish, and lily-like light spots. They danced around Li Yao and celebrated his rebirth.
"Yes. I've made a breakthrough again. This … is the most wonderful feeling!"
Looking at his hands that were made of 'thoughts', Li Yao was caught in his memories. He smiled and said, "When I was wandering in the mortal world, I saw every detail of my personality and soul clearly and activated unprecedented potential. I was an enlightened monk, I was a primeval emperor, I was an iron-blooded general, and I was an unparalleled ferocious beast that roamed the desolate lands. I was ambitious, and I was frustrated. I was corrupted by slaughter and animal desires. I was also faced with an overwhelming snowstorm. Eventually, I combined all the wonderful experiences and captured myself most clearly in the refraction and diffraction of countless pieces.
"I've changed.
"I'm taller, stronger, more handsome, more kind, more humble, and wiser.
"I've also become more cultured, approachable, elegant, and untainted by a speck of dust.
"Although my level right now cannot be measured purely by the level of my combat ability, which is too simple and crude to the demeanor of the Divinity Branching Stage.
"But I can clearly feel that I have a deeper understanding of the entire sea of stars and even the nature of the entire universe. I have seen through certain mysterious truths hidden in the gaps of the universe.
"Right now, when I'm faced with an enemy in a battle, I'm afraid that I will be even less restricted by the number of enemies. Whether I'm faced with one enemy or a hundred enemies, I will be able to output the most powerful combat ability at the same time. My endurance in battles will be significantly improved.
"More importantly, when I'm faced with certain indescribable horrors, monsters from the other side of the multiverse, or even the arrivals from the higher dimensions, my soul will be clearer, and my belief will be firmer. I will be less likely to be corrupted and disturbed by them. I vaguely feel that it will be of great importance for our upcoming adventure.
"Xiaoming, where is my body? Is it ready to bear the unprecedented blast?"
"Yes, Dad."
Xiaoming said delightedly, "Your body has been carefully modified by the best biochemistry specialists of the Blood Demon Sector to ensure that your life functions are at the highest state. Your every brain cell is as clear and intact as when you left. You've also been moved from the Gold Crystal Pyramid to the largest mobile communication base in the Imperium in space to ensure the smoothness of the Spiritual Nexus. We've been waiting for your return!"
"Very good. Then, let's meet again in reality — no, in the material world!"
Li Yao roared and split into countless streaks of brilliance that looked like rainbows, flying toward the feeble light spot above the ocean of data and information.
In a moment, his soul flew out of Eternal Salvation and moved forward at the speed of light in the dark vacuum.
He 'saw' the fully-automatic defense bases that were slowly being repaired around the entire Empyreal Terminus Sector, as well as the magnificent fleets. He also 'saw' the appearance and even the internal data of a lot of starships. He even accidentally hacked the network system of those starships and hijacked the surveillance cameras to see how busy the crew was.
He 'saw' the capital planet that had been reborn in fire, as well as the towns and residents that were scattered on the capital planet. He could even 'see' the feeble energy layer that looked like mist and clouds three feet above his head when the brainwaves of the residents were released, intertwined, and resonated.
Infinite information flooded into his soul incessantly. If it were the Li Yao in the past, he would've complained that it was too much for him to handle and would've had to abandon 99% of the information. But right now, he could perform thousands of algorithms at the same time and perform calculations as fast as lightning.
However, right now, he was not in the mood to calculate at all. There was only one thing on his mind.
He could not wait to return to his body and meet the most important woman in his life.
The invisible rainbow accelerated and disappeared into the communication base that was floating in space. When he arrived, all the crystal processors in the entire communication base were humming, and all the crystal cameras were flashing nonstop. Even the bouncing waves on the light beams turned into hazy rainbows.
Deep inside the communication base, inside a medical cabin that was specially designed for him, his body was floating and sinking in the high-energy nutrition liquids, closely monitored by the most excellent medical team in the Pangu universe.
Suddenly, all the parameters on the light beam of the medical crystal processor soared to the maximum. The nutrition liquids suddenly turned transparent, only to be swallowed up by his ravenous body in the next moment. Even the lights were flashing nonstop. His body was like a black hole that was crazily absorbing all the spiritual energy around!
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!
All the medical crystal processors exploded. The light sources on the ceiling and the wall all died out. The medical room was mired in darkness. In the exclamations of the medical specialists, he slowly opened his eyes, with glamorous brilliance that looked like a rainbow swirl beaming out of them.
"Are you kidding me? Do I have to do such an unbelievable upgrade every time?"
He swallowed and warmed up his throat, which was somewhat dry, before he mumbled to himself, "Last time, it was cosmetic surgery. This time, it was cosmetic surgery?"
…
Half a day later, not far away from the communication base, on a fully-automatic shuttle that was painted with the emblem of the Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars, there were not many crew members.
The shuttles of such a model did not require many crew members in the first place. After special modifications, all the crew members had been replaced by spiritual puppets and controlled by Xiaoming remotely. Li Yao could even control the shuttles with a few parts of his soul. In the vast sea of stars, the shuttles were almost undisturbed.
Although Li Yao had surpassed the Divinity Branching Stage and advanced into one of the few super experts in the Pangu universe, when the door of the shuttle was slowly opened, he could not help but feel that his heart was beating fast. He felt that he was back to the days when he visited Ding Ling Dong's house for the first time, when he was an ignorant and vigorous young man.
He had imagined the scene where he reunited with Ding Ling Dong countless times.
For example, would the door of the shuttle be opened, and his wife, whose hair reached her waist, would look at the sea of stars below the window and not turn around until a while later?
Or perhaps, it was not a sweet smile, but a bitter cry. The years of separation, fear, and longing for each other were all melted in tears.
However, he was obviously wrong.
Just as the cabin door opened a crack, a big hand reached out from inside, grabbed him by the collar, and dragged him in.
Then, he felt that an octopus weighing a hundred thousand tons had pressed on him brutally, and all the sucking discs had been activated.
"Wife?"
Li Yao only had the time to say two words before he lost his voice.
Even a super expert in the Divinity Branching Stage would not be able to say anything when his tongue was sucked by a black hole.
Well, nothing needed to be said. This was indeed his wife's style.
Li Yao could only turn himself into an octopus and respond a hundred times more passionately, entangling himself with Ding Ling Dong shamelessly.
The two of them hugged for a long time, so long that the entire universe was about to be melted by them.
In the past few years, they had gone through life and death again and again, and they had experienced many thrilling experiences, many twists and turns, and many desperate counterattacks. All of these were poured out in the sweet and moist breaths of the two of them, slowly rippling.
Finally, before his tongue was necrotized due to blood loss, Li Yao regained his freedom.
He took a deep breath and said cautiously, "Wife?"
"Shh, don't talk."
Ding Ling Dong buried her head in his chest, and her fiery red hair was like countless hungry tentacles that drilled into his body. "Let me hug you for a while longer. Let me hug you for a while longer."
"Okay."
Li Yao blinked his eyes. After about five or fifty minutes, he called for the third time. "… Wife?"
"You are so annoying. Can't you just let me hug you for a while?"
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