"Minister, what exactly is this place?"
Yu Xian looked at Xiao Cheng with a face full of shock. In his perception, all the bubbles placed on Earth had become incredibly distant. Although he could still instantly teleport there, that feeling of distance lingered.
"This is the Extraordinary Containment Institute, located on Kepler-186f in the Cygnus constellation, over six hundred light-years away from Earth. Isn't it astounding?" Xiao Cheng introduced with pride.
Yu Xian nodded subconsciously. This was more than just astounding; it was absolutely mind-blowing.
"Because you are a Space Blood Energy user, I'm telling you this. Remember to keep it a secret," Xiao Cheng said with a smile.
Although Elite Rank members were also qualified to enter the Extraordinary Containment Institute, the vast majority of people didn't know its exact location. At most, they would feel a slight change in gravity upon arrival, sensing that the place was a bit strange.
Only Space Blood Energy users like Yu Xian would keenly sense the changes in space and even discover the secret of the Extraordinary Containment Institute through spatial coordinates.
However, Xiao Cheng had already anticipated all of this when he brought Yu Xian over.
Mainly, Yu Xian was already qualified to learn more classified information.
"After you mastered the Skill: Appraisal, you should have discovered it, right? This year is 5322," Xiao Cheng continued walking forward. Yu Xian quickly followed after exiting the bubble. Xiao Cheng spoke as he walked.
Yu Xian, of course, knew this number.
Currently, he had seen that the lifespan of many creatures was 5322, and except for the Extreme Dragon being a question mark, 5322 seemed to be the lifespan limit for all creatures.
"5322 might be the limit of our world," Xiao Cheng said.
Yu Xian exclaimed in surprise, "Then what will happen after 5322 years?"
"I don't know. Perhaps our world will be destroyed, or it might be completely devoured by the Abyss. Every year, a large number of talents enter the Abyss, searching for a way to save the world. Do you know how many talents we Kirin lose every year?" Xiao Cheng sighed and asked Yu Xian.
Yu Xian shook his head. Xiao Cheng answered his own question, "Every year, we Kirin lose over ten Eagle Rank elites who enter the Abyss. We can't keep them, nor do we want to, because they go with the belief of saving the world, searching for hope. But most of them never return. We don't know if they are already dead or still fighting.
However, many people at the Headquarters are also looking for other ways out, such as the star sea beyond Earth. Kepler-186f is the result of one such attempt."
Kirin had always regarded 【5322】 as the final hypothetical enemy, with an unknown disaster level.
Compared to the unknown level crisis of 【5322】, the Itaitachuu crisis was merely a minor issue.
As they spoke, the two arrived in front of a glass room. Inside the glass room was an ancient bronze divine tree. Xiao Cheng took out his identity card and pressed it against the glass. Then, circuits of light condensed in the glass, quickly gathering on the identity card. After confirming his identity, the glass automatically dissolved.
"Go on, you're only allowed to take one Golden Crow," Xiao Cheng said to Yu Xian.
Yu Xian nodded and excitedly stepped forward. He instantly condensed silver threads to cut his finger and dripped his blood onto a Golden Crow. The Golden Crow, originally made of bronze, quickly turned blood-red, and then the blood-red was swallowed by gold, and its body rapidly emitted light.
This Golden Crow flapped its wings and affectionately flew to hover above Yu Xian's head. Yu Xian immediately felt as if he were standing under the midday Sun, and his whole body became hot.
But... it was very comfortable.
The Light Eater talent was taking effect. The talent that was originally supposed to awaken on the weekend was estimated to awaken in just a few more hours.
Yu Xian walked out of the glass room. Xiao Cheng took his identity card from the light circuits, and the glass that had instantly disappeared quickly reappeared, protecting the bronze divine tree once more.
"Follow me."
Xiao Cheng glanced at the Golden Crow above Yu Xian's head, then said to Yu Xian.
The Golden Crow did not affect others; it only shone on Yu Xian. In the eyes of others, Yu Xian simply had a small golden bird above his head.
The two came to an empty room. Xiao Cheng said to Yu Xian, "Place a few bubbles here as a backup. If the other method of teleportation has problems in the future, at least you can serve as insurance."
"Okay."
Yu Xian nodded and immediately created a large number of tiny bubbles, attaching them to the surroundings of the room.
Because each bubble was very small, he specifically placed several hundred bubbles this time. This amount of Space Blood Energy consumption could be replenished in an hour.
After placing them, the two did not return to the Kirin Headquarters via the previous route, but instead directly teleported back using the Space Blood Energy bubbles.
However, as the two stepped out of the Space Blood Energy bubbles, before they could even speak, Xiao Cheng and Yu Xian discovered that the Golden Crow was gone. Both of them looked up almost simultaneously.
"Where's my Golden Crow?" Yu Xian asked in surprise.
Xiao Cheng also frowned, but before he could speak, Yu Xian said with a strange expression, "It seems to have been left on Kepler-186f."
As he spoke, Yu Xian controlled the bubble on Kepler-186f to teleport the Golden Crow over. As soon as the Golden Crow was teleported over, it excitedly flapped its wings and circled above Yu Xian's head.
"Minister, it seems to be a living creature!" Yu Xian said seriously, looking at Xiao Cheng.
Just now, he had mistakenly thought the Golden Crow was a non-living item, so when teleporting, he only thought about teleporting himself and Xiao Cheng. Thus, the Golden Crow, as an independent life form, was left behind.
"Are you sure?"
Xiao Cheng looked at the Golden Crow above Yu Xian's head, his expression moved, and he said in disbelief.
It wasn't that Kirin hadn't researched the Golden Crows of the bronze divine tree. In order to find a way to remove the side effects, all these Golden Crows had been researched, and the conclusion reached was that they were a ball of light.
There was no evidence to prove that the Golden Crow was a living creature.
At this moment, Yu Xian created a Space Blood Energy bubble. He directly used the Space Blood Energy bubble to wrap the Golden Crow above his head. The Golden Crow, which had been clinging to his head, instantly became a bird in a cage.
His Space Blood Energy bubble could imprison the Golden Crow!
Although Xiao Cheng had repeatedly overestimated Yu Xian's ability, when he saw Yu Xian effortlessly imprison the Golden Crow, he was completely stunned.
The Golden Crow that Kirin had researched for hundreds of years without solving the problem, the side effect was solved just like that?
The problem was that in the past, Kirin had actually tried to imprison the Golden Crow using Space Blood Energy abilities, but they couldn't contain it. So what was going on with Yu Xian's Space Blood Energy bubble?
"Only living creatures can I trap," Yu Xian demonstrated to Xiao Cheng.
Xiao Cheng furrowed his brows, thought a lot, and finally realized that whether the Golden Crow was a living creature or not was actually meaningless.
Because besides Yu Xian, no one else could do anything about the Golden Crow.
He tiredly pinched the bridge of his nose and turned to walk towards the office.
"Go play by yourself, I still have things to do!"
"Oh, goodbye, Minister."
Seeing Xiao Cheng's tired look, Yu Xian thought Xiao Cheng hadn't rested well last night, so after saying goodbye, he simply teleported away.
Silver City, Yu Xian returned home and immediately used a Space Blood Energy bubble to imprison the Golden Crow. He held the bubble in his hand, watching the Golden Crow constantly bumping against the bubble inside, and smiled, "Little one, be good, don't bump."
However, the Golden Crow didn't understand his words at all and continued to bump against the bubble.
Okay, this is a stupid thing.
Most likely, it thought he was its mother, which is why it kept staying above his head. But thinking of the 'mothers' who were sunburnt to death by the Golden Crow, Yu Xian decided. The name of this Golden Crow would be 'Stupid Thing', or 'Little Stupid' for short.