Li Yao shuddered. Firefly seemed to have disappeared. He was floating in front of a blue planet in a strange space again.
An extremely frustrated and desperate voice echoed next to his ears. "Failed. We have completely failed!
"Too strong. Too dark. We can't destroy it. We can't destroy it!"
Then, Li Yao heard himself roaring. "No. The Vulture Plan has not failed yet. Even if I am drifting to the end of the universe, I will fight until the end and make a comeback!"
BAM!
The picture blossomed like a broken Coloured Glaze. He was back inside Firefly, faced with dozens of himself who were deep in thought.
"It seems that the Vulture Plan is so important to us that we can't forget it even when we are reincarnated in the sea of stars. We even gave ourselves a nickname 'Vulture' subconsciously to remind ourselves that we must never forget it."
The dozens of Li Yao melted together one after another. He mumbled, "Does the so-called 'Earth' really exist? If it does exist, is it really an ordinary planet without the slightest spiritual energy? "
"I vaguely remember that there are legends about Pangu, Nuwa, the Primeval Lord of Heaven, and so on on Earth. Even dinosaurs, fossils, and prehistoric creatures exist, too. But in terms of the details, they are vastly different from our world.
"On Earth, the dinosaurs were just pure primeval beasts. They did not have the slightest bit of intelligence, nor did they create a brilliant civilization."
"What is the relationship between Earth and the three thousand worlds of Cultivators? Is Li Yao, the earthling, really a common mechanic? How were we banished from Earth, or rather, escaped to the Tian Yuan Realm?
"Mysterious! How mysterious! "
"Do you not want to unravel the mysteries of the Vulture Plan and even go to Earth to find out the ultimate truth one day?"
With every word he said … Two Li Yao melted together. When he threw out the last sentence, there was only one mirror image left in front of the real Li Yao.
Li Yao licked his lips. He was about to nod his head out of instinct when a stinging pain came from the depths of his soul. Shocked, he blurted out, "Who are you exactly?"
Li Yao smiled. "You know, I am you. It's just the part of your soul that has been blocked and sealed, the part about the 'Vulture Plan'! "
"I don't know why this part was sealed. Maybe someone didn't want us to know the truth?"
"All in all, when you tried to break into the Yuanying level just now, a crack was already left on the unbreakable seal. That's why so many soul pieces leaked out and threw a series of questions at yourself!
"Now. Don't you want to know the real answer since you've already found so many suspicious points? "
"Come on. Let's merge and break the seal. Let's crack the secrets of the Vulture Plan and figure out what the so-called 'Earth' is exactly!"
The guy's voice was full of weird enchantment as he extended his right hand.
Li Yao held his breath, his eyes somewhat confused. He couldn't help but raise his right hand. His fingertip touched the guy's fingertip.
The corners of the other party's mouth curled into a faint smile as he murmured, "Yes, that's how it should be. After we merge completely, we will figure out the truth of the whole thing! "
The last word "Xiang" was replaced by a mournful scream.
As it turned out, intense electric arcs suddenly spurted out of Li Yao's fingertip and darted at the guy brutally. Caught unprepared, the guy was enshrouded in electricity!
The guy shrieked in fury, "You! What are you doing? Don't you want to know the truth? "
Li Yao sniffed. The confusion in his eyes was gone, and his eyes were as clear and sharp as sabers. "You want me to be fooled by your petty tricks? I don't believe in barriers and seals!
"Let me think. What are you exactly?"
Li Yao thought quickly. Pictures of the past flashed in front of his eyes. He focused all his computational ability and scanned every anomaly.
Very soon, he found it!
It was when he had a fierce battle with Yan Xibei, who boasted an apocalyptic body, on Iron Plateau. A lot of their blood had stained each other's clothes!
Li Yao's pupils constricted violently. "You are the Blood Stripe Virus!"
The moment the name 'Blood Stripe Virus' was uttered, the enemy immediately shrieked in a voice that was even more twisted than before. The electric arcs stripped its camouflage bit by bit, transforming it into a weird statue that was identical to Li Yao's, except that its face was as red as blood, as if it had been painted with red paint.
The Blood Stripe Virus was a mysterious alien species from the other side of the sea of stars. It boasted the terrifying abilities of mind control and biological modification. It was the master of the Titan Warriors and the initiator of the apocalypse of the Flying Star Sector five thousand years ago!
Brilliance spread out inside Li Yao's pupils like ripples. He sneered, "That explains a lot!
"Decades ago, you snuck into the body of Yan Xibei, an expert on Iron Plateau, and bewitched him to become one of the four kings of the Immortal Sector. Then, you refined the apocalyptic body and carried out your plan in secret.
"Eight years ago, when I was fighting against Yan Xibei on Iron Plateau, you saw that Yan Xibei was doomed. So, you hid yourself in a drop of blood, splashed it on me, and snuck into my body without alarming anyone!"
"However, you were still weak at that time. Therefore, you had been lurking and accumulating your strength.
"Right. When I was training in Yan Xinjian's residence below the ground of Spider Den, there was a time when I was particularly agitated and sensed certain anomalies. I'm afraid that it was a test that you performed on me after you matured, wasn't it?
"However, you found out that my soul was still extremely solid at that time, and it was not a good opportunity to swallow it. Therefore, you lurked again.
"It was not until I had a fierce battle with the star child of the Imperium of True Human Beings and was heavily wounded by his self-detonation that your opportunity finally arrived!
"After my soul was shattered and I fell into a coma, you intentionally created the illusion of the Heaven's Origin Sector deep inside my brain, hoping that my soul would abandon its vitality and fall into a complete hibernation. Then, you would be able to occupy my body and occupy it!"
"But as it turned out, you accidentally triggered the 'Vulture Plan' that was hidden in the deepest part of my soul at the critical moment and woke me up!
"There was nothing you could do, and you were afraid that you would alert the enemy if you tried to possess my body. Therefore, you changed your plan and continued to influence me.
"Now that I think about it, the decision I made at the beginning was quite strange!
"I was only in my twenties, but I had already advanced into the superlative height of Jin Dan, whose combat ability was as good as that of a Yuanying monster. It was not that I was too slow but that I was too fast!
"As the saying goes, one can't achieve what one wants. My foundation was not solid, and my belief was not firm. The most important thing at that moment was to consolidate my level instead of rushing forward recklessly. Why did I have to train myself in the four-dimensional space?
"The competition between two Sectors was about comprehensive capability. Even if I had advanced into the Yuanying Realm, I was afraid that I wouldn't have been able to change the outcome of the battle!
"Besides, even if I had to train myself in the four-dimensional space, I could've opened a training room inside Sparkle. Why did I have to build a starship on my own?
"Now, I finally understand that I must've been bewildered by you at that time!
"You were trying to possess my body when my soul was shaken by my breakthrough in the four-dimensional space!
"If I were on Sparkle, my training status would've been closely monitored by Professor Mo Xuan and the rest of them. Once they discovered that something was wrong, they would've rushed in to rescue me. It would've been easier for them to detect the anomalies inside my body!
"But on Firefly, I was all by myself. Once the anomalies occurred, I would've been at a loss for what to do, wouldn't I?"
Bloody Li Yao on his opposite side was like an ice sculpture exposed to the sun. Blood was spreading out of his body and gradually melting away.
His face, however, was more and more mysterious and evil. He smiled and said, "We are indeed very smart. Most of what we said is correct. But there's one thing that you haven't figured out yet.
"It's true that we have been infected by the Blood Stripe Virus. However, the life form of the Blood Stripe Virus is entirely different from that of human beings and even from all other creatures. They do not have self-awareness, thinking ability, or soul!
"Therefore, it's true that I am not the Blood Stripe Virus but you. To be more exact, I am just the other side of your heart."
Li Yao's eyelids were twitching violently. He was fully alert.
Bloody Li Yao opened his hands and said with an evil smile, "Don't be so nervous. Where there is light, there is darkness. Light and darkness are just two sides of the same coin. You have always been righteous, determined, and determined all the time."
"But ask yourself, are you really as righteous, tenacious, and resolute as you appear to be?
"When you were struggling in the magical equipment graveyard, did you not have strong killing intent?
"When you were mocked and taunted by your classmates, and when you saw them driving luxury shuttles, did you not feel intense jealousy?
"When you were faced with an overwhelming beast tide, did you not have a moment when you thought of running away?
"When Yan Xibei and Xiao Xuance inculcated their ideology into you, did you not waver at all? Did it not occur to you that maybe they were walking on the right path?
"When you learned that the apocalypse of the Imperium of True Human Beings was about to assault the Tian Yuan Realm, did you not have dark thoughts in your heart, and you cursed aloud in the deepest part of your heart, complaining that the Flying Star Sector was a burden to the Tian Yuan Realm?
"For a moment, you even hoped that the apocalypse would turn around and lunge at the Flying Star Sector right now, didn't you?
"It was exactly the dark thoughts in your heart — hatred, jealousy, fear, suspicion, anger, and confusion — that slowly accumulated, bred, and spread until I was born.
"Who am I? I am just a small reflection of your Divine Soul in the dark abyss. "
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