Leaving himself alone in the office, the young man locked the door and turned to look at the rare bright sunshine in winter outside the glass wall. He felt that this was not the right time, so he walked back to his desk and turned on the computer. Casually browsing the news on the Internet, he waited for the arrival of the night.
All of a sudden, a headline in today's current affairs that sounded like a joke, "The United States Voyager No. 1 is recruiting the first batch of permanent alien residents" caused Zhang Lisheng's pupils to shrink right away. Originally, he was too sloppy, but now, he became serious.
He clicked on the news and read ten lines at a glance. "Associated Press News, settle in an alien planet and spend the rest of your life there!
It sounds like a fanciful story, but it's true.
At 10: 30 am today, the US National Space Administration and the non-profit scientific research institution, the Near-Earth Planet Research Center, held a press conference in Washington to openly recruit brave US citizens to participate in the 'Permanent Alien Residents' program that only has a 'one-way ticket' …
Two months later, 100 men and 100 women will be selected to become Earth's first batch of interstellar immigrants through a series of selection and training. They will be permanently migrated to a near-Earth planet …
The pioneers will build the first permanent human settlement on this undetermined near-Earth planet …
Norton L. Dopp, the CEO of the Near-Earth Planet Research Center, the co-initiator of this program, said that he began to prepare this bold plan 20 years ago …
NASA, experts from many space technology companies, and Nobel Prize winners believe that the space technology currently mastered by humans can send astronauts to near-Earth planets and settle there … "
After the young man finished reading the news, he was stunned for a while before looking at the comments under this news.
Nearly half of the comments were like, "If this is not treating Christmas as an April Fool's joke, then the space agency is preparing a naked massacre …"
"Yesterday, I was still complaining that the traffic in the city was too crowded, but today, I'm living in the sci-fi era of the 'Interstellar Migration'. Oh, how inspiring this is! I wonder if I'm dreaming right now or if I've become a madman …"
"I think the title of this news should be changed to 'Recruiting Fools for the Electric Chair'. I can't believe I actually voted for the government who increased the budget of such an absurd space agency during the election. What the hell …" and so on.
However, there were also many people who expressed their willingness to voluntarily take the risk of a one-way trip to an alien planet and become the first batch of epoch-making interstellar pioneers.
"An alien planet? I think it's a different world!
Recruiting the first batch of immigrants in such a reasonable and legal way? The brains of these US politicians are really … "After reading the entire news several times, Zhang Lisheng muttered with a dumbstruck expression.
He had a premonition that the true era of innovation was about to arrive, and the main reason for all of this was not the appearance of another world, but the greed of humans.
Tubalin the Unearthed Sage's smiling face that contained a profound meaning, as well as the last words he said when he bid farewell to him, "The bookmarks are going to be inserted into reality one by one. I hope that you'll still be lucky when the 'book' is spread out." The young man suddenly felt very depressed.
His eyes flashed with irritation and brutality, and he whispered to himself, "Now that the bookmark is inserted into reality, it's clear what's going on, but what does' when the book is flat 'mean?
Sh * t! If I had known that things would turn out like this, I would've killed that crazy old man when I first met him. In that case, perhaps nothing would have happened now … "
In his contemplation, time continued to pass by. By the time Zhang Lisheng's eyes began to blur as he stared at the computer screen motionlessly and woke up with a headache, it was already evening. The lights in the office automatically lit up.
Looking at the afterglow of the setting sun outside the window, the young man shook his head tiredly and stopped thinking about those unsolvable problems. After making himself a black pepper steak and eating it, the sky had already turned dark.
The night that Zhang Lisheng had been waiting for had already arrived. Wiping his oily mouth with a tissue, he breathed a sigh of relief and comforted himself, "The most important thing now is to become stronger. As long as I'm strong enough, I'll be able to deal with any strange accidents calmly …" Using his mind, he commanded Mountoad that had been hiding in the sea of blood under the factory for over 40 days to turn invisible and leap in front of him.
Seeing the wizard gu's body that had grown to the size of a winter melon turning into a crimson color as though it was dyed red by blood, the scabby skin and the thorns that bloomed on its body had also changed from the flower shape to the shape of a coin that was round on the outside and square on the inside, the young man could not help but smile.
Sensing that Mountoad that was squatting on the carpet in the office was emitting a terrifying feeling that was like an active volcano that had been silent for a long time that was about to erupt, he looked out of the window and realized that the night was clear. He could not help but mutter, "Looks like Mountoad's transformation doesn't need a stormy environment like Crocodragon's. Then, it's …"
As Zhang Lisheng was speaking, the wizard gu that was squatting on the floor suddenly opened its mouth wide. Its mouth, along with the hollow hole in the middle of the coin stripes, began to absorb air uncontrollably with a sizzling sound as its body expanded rapidly.
The young man was stunned. He realized that in just a few seconds, the wizard gu's body had already expanded to the size of a desk. Hastily, he cast the 'connect' spell without caring about anything and commanded Mountoad to turn invisible and fly towards the sea by riding on the clouds.
Fortunately, after Crocodragon had transformed into a wyrmdragon, it had the omniscient power of 'flying in the air and riding on the water'. Its speed was extremely fast when it flew with all its might. Very soon, Mountoad fell into the Atlantic Ocean that was more than ten kilometers away from the coastline.
At the bottom of the sea, the wizard gu continued to devour the air unscrupulously. Slowly, it attracted a whirlwind-like cyclone above the sea surface, whistling as it separated the seawater, transforming it into the 'dragon's eye' of the tornado.
Countless air was swept into the wizard gu's body by the increasingly strong wind. In just a short period of time, its body expanded several times to the size of a ten-story building.
Mountoad's body that mastered the omniscient power, 'Expand and Shrink', could not handle the continuous airflow that gushed into it. Its thick skin that was full of scars began to be scarred. Its body seemed like it was going to expand and crack into a few pieces soon.
"So this is how Mountoad transforms. I hope that it'll only be treated as an ordinary tornado and won't attract the public's attention …"
Looking at the dragon-like whirlwind that could be faintly seen outside the window, Zhang Lisheng smiled wryly as he sensed the wizard gu's current predicament. Coming to a realization, he turned off the office's light and pushed open a floor-to-ceiling window on the glass wall.
The cold night wind whistled into the room, causing the temperature in the room to drop by at least four to five degrees. The young man shrunk his neck and sat on the floor. Taking a deep breath, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of black mist all of a sudden.
Nourishing the wizard gu with his blood essence was the only trick that Zhang Lisheng knew that could help the wizard gu to transform. The mist that was formed from tiny blood droplets floated out of his mouth and slowly extended. Although it was fading, it continued to fly towards Mountoad that was more than ten kilometers away.
After that, the process of Mountoad's transformation was similar to Crocodragon. After being nourished by its owner's blood essence, the cracks on its skin would heal and its body would continue to grow. Its body would swell again and it would be healed by Zhang Lisheng's blood essence again … The cycle would repeat itself.
The only difference from when Crocodragon was transforming was that the young man had already made a breakthrough to Rank-6 Wizard. Although he did not transform, his wizard power had a qualitative change compared to when he was still a Rank-5 Wizard. Although his energy was almost exhausted and his flesh and blood were worn down to the point that he was only bones, his life was no longer in danger anymore.
As time went by, Mountoad in the sea had unknowingly expanded to the size of a mountain. The hurricane on the sea had also turned into a situation where four to five giant tornadoes were intertwined. Even Zhang Lisheng, who was far away by the shore, could hear the roaring of the wind clearly.
However, at this moment, the young man no longer cared about whether the hurricane caused by the wizard gu's transformation would attract the public's attention or not. All he could feel was that the consumption of his flesh and blood had made his entire body sore and numb. The pain was so unbearable that he might torture himself to death if this continued.
Right at this moment, the crimson coin-like patterns that were the size of cruise ships on Mountoad's body at the bottom of the sea began to gradually change into a blue and yellow color.
By the time the color of the patterns had completely changed, the hurricane on the sea stopped abruptly. The seawater that was separated by the whirlwind collapsed with a roar and drowned the wizard gu that was slowly shrinking at the bottom of the sea.
Sensing that Mountoad had finally completed its transformation at the most critical moment, Zhang Lisheng relaxed and laid down on the carpet.
He panted heavily and closed his eyes to rest for a long time. Slowly, he got up from the carpet and closed the window carefully. He walked to the desk in a few steps and leaned on the desk to stabilize himself. Impatiently, he commanded the wizard gu to turn invisible in the sea and fly to him.
At this moment, Mountoad's appearance was completely different from before. Its body had expanded to the size of a hunting dog. Its body was covered with scales that were covered with a blue circle and khaki squares. There were only three of its four limbs left. The two short claws in front of it were lying on the ground as usual while one of its hind legs was propped up in the middle of its stomach.
"This is the appearance of the ancient strange insect, the Money Toad. 'Devouring the sky and the earth, shooting the sun and shrinking the earth' …" Looking at the wizard gu, Zhang Lisheng muttered the hieroglyphic ancient text that appeared in his mind, "The sky is round and the earth is round … So what the Money Toad is carrying on its back is not a copper coin at all but the image of the world!
The myth of the boy playing with the Money Toad to take the copper coins on its back …
Sh * t, why am I thinking about this when I'm about to transform … "
As the young man was speaking, he chuckled and closed his eyes slowly. He began to slowly exhale the air in his stomach.
Half an hour later, he finally exhaled all of the breath in his body completely. He opened his eyes while his chest was deeply sunken. He then looked at Mountoad by his feet deeply for the last time. An agile and clear Demon God's image appeared in his mind, he began to inhale extremely softly.
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