Light!

"Have you eaten? What did you eat? Do you want to order food?" Li Qingcheng didn't quite understand what Wang Man was talking about, but after this meeting, she also felt that Wang Man had changed a lot.

"No, nothing." Wang Man shook his head with a complicated look in his eyes.

The aura of light casting disappeared. This disappearance was different from previous seals or even destruction.

But how is this possible

The Sons of Gu Yinduo are immortal, they will never truly die. Even if the Sons of Gu Yinduo died in ancient wars, they will be resurrected after a period of time.

Immortality is one of their characteristics.

But the feeling of disappearance just now was really gone. It would never come back and would never revive. It was as if it had been recovered or absorbed by some force.

"Boss, pay the bill."

"Hey, are you leaving now?" Li Qingcheng was not quite sure what was going on with Wang Man.

They hadn't seen each other for a long time, but Wang Man was willing to ask her out, so she thought they could reconcile.

But now it looks like this...

"Don't think too much, Orange. I just have some work matters to deal with."

After saying that, Wang Man strode out of the cafe.

"Work matters? But your art troupe is about to disband, and you have been on vacation all the time..."

Li Qingcheng kept muttering, but Wang Man had already walked away.

…

On Xu Le's side, the light-cast pheromones have been extracted.

But this huge left ventricle still has surging vitality and energy. Based on the speed at which the furnace is drawing it, Xu Le doesn’t know how long it will take to drain it.

So he didn't plan to stay here any longer.

As soon as he stood up, the Soul Tree trembled slightly, and abundant power emerged out of nowhere.

Afterwards, the Soul Tree began to extract some of the ancient sound energy from Xu Le's spiritual energy pool, and Xu Le didn't know what it was for.

Immersing his consciousness in the spiritual world, Xu Le discovered that a fruit on the Tree of Souls was emitting a blazing white light.

Xu Le walked closer and found that this fruit was actually the Thunder Fruit that he had been storing.

This fruit had previously entered a higher level, and after absorbing various sacrifices and nourishment, it turned red.

But this time, Xu Le used Huangquan Samsara to absorb the heart of Lightcast, and all the pheromones left by Lightcast were replicated into this fruit by the Tree of Souls.

These pheromones gradually transformed into flowing seals and runes and began to be engraved on the Thunder Fruit.

The previous red aura was replaced by the power of light, and a brand new fruit gradually appeared in Xu Le's vision.

It is a white fruit full of light power... a thunder fruit

Xu Le was not sure for a moment whether this thing was elemental thunder or elemental light.

Elemental Advanced-Lightning

Reaching out and grabbing the fruit, clearer properties appeared in front of Xu Le.

Elemental Advanced-Lightning

The Thunder Fruit, which absorbed the power of the Son of Ancient Yinduo - Lightforged, contains the will of light and thunder, and it has matured.

"It's mature..."

When Xu Le saw this prompt, he understood that the growth of this fruit had reached its limit and it was time to pick it.

"I was wondering how long it would take for this thing to mature and be edible, but I didn't expect it to be so fast, and it was strengthened so much..."

Xu Le took a look at the part of the psychic pool in front of him that had been drained.

It sank to the height of two fingernails, what an astonishing amount.

It seems that the mother tree consumed a huge amount of spiritual energy in order to create this fruit, but it was all worth it.

"There are new fruits to eat!"

Without touching it in the spiritual space, Xu Le returned his consciousness to reality, picked the fruit with the ancient sound fruit branch, and then extended the fruit from his seventh vertebra.

Light and lightning instantly filled the entire room, and Yan Luo, who was still placing soap, was stunned.

"What did you do?"

"It's probably the power that the Mother Tree gave me after I recovered Lightforge, the son of Ancient Indo."

"Recycle… "

Although Yan Luo never asked and Xu Le never said anything, it had already guessed something at this moment, what the mother tree had given to Xu Le.

He silently made the decision in his heart that he would assist Xu Le in the future, but Yan Luo did not show any mercy in his words:

"Can you please move away from the light bulb display? Can't you see I'm displaying soap here? You are so ignorant."

"… OK."

Xu Le had no choice but to eat the fruit on the branch of Guyin Duoshi.

This Lightning Fruit cannot be taken outside as it would make too much noise. It is best to eat it here.

"You ate another fruit? Is that really okay?"

"You can eat it if it's from the same family." Xu Le nodded, indicating that he had no problem.

The Thunder Fruit is just a thunder fruit containing light-forged energy. Its essence is still lightning, not light itself, so there should be nothing wrong with it.

As the fruit entered his mouth, a nostalgic stench began to fill Xu Le's mouth.

Xu Le didn't know if it was because the stronger the fruit, the stronger the smell, but after eating this fruit, he really felt like he couldn't hold it back.

"Some people work hard, while others sit at home and eat shit secretly. Everyone is different."

Listening to Yan Luo's sarcastic tone, Xu Le wanted to give it a punch.

"That's enough. I've tolerated you for a long time."

"Hey? You want to hit me? Come on, come on, hit me!"

While provoking Xu Le, Yan Luo pointed at his own head with an expression that looked like he deserved a beating, at least that's what Xu Le thought.

"Humph, I've always been generous."

Xu Le wiped his mouth and walked out of the furnace core room.

There was no other way. He couldn't really fight with Yan Luo. Yan Luo was so strong. Even if his current strength had improved rapidly, it would still be a suicidal act to actively challenge such a combat-type level 5 lord.

After leaving the Guangming Soap Factory, Xu Le came to an empty alley.

He first clenched his fist, and a ball of white lightning began to gather in his hand.

As Gu Yinduo's spiritual power increased, the white lightning became more and more dense.

It became brighter and brighter, until it reached Xu Le's palm and turned into a ball of light, real light!

Xu Le stepped on the ground with both feet, the electric current began to resonate in his body, and then he suddenly stomped on the ground.

boom!

The cement road surface commonly used in Zion was cracked, and Xu Le's figure disappeared.

This was Xu Le’s first time experiencing the feeling of flying, but the speed was too fast, the energy consumption was enormous, and it was not easy to control.

After jumping up, Xu Le didn't even know how to turn or how to land.

He saw a few birds out of the corner of his eye, then dense clouds, and then endless darkness...

"Is this the void?"

Xu Le's body gradually stopped, and the power of the world was pulling him back.

He didn't stay there for long before he began to fall downwards, and his falling speed was extremely fast.

In mid-air, Xu Le could no longer find the rhythm of using lightning. The strong wind pressure made him open his mouth and say a lot of curse words.

"grass%!"

However, during the falling process, Xu Le gradually found his body balance.

He gathered the lightning once again, and his body once again transformed from lightning into light.

boom!

There was a loud thunder and Xu Le's figure disappeared in the sky.

"It's thundering? Is it going to rain?" A passerby looked up at the sky in confusion.

Although there were indeed quite a few clouds in the sky, the sky was still bright and there was no sign of rain.

But not far from this person, Wang Man was also looking at the sky in confusion.

"This feeling..."

…

On the other side, in old Moen's manor, a bolt of lightning struck out of nowhere.

boom!

Someone fell heavily into the pool.

"What's that sound?"

"Over there by the pool."

"Was it a bomb attack? It hurts my ears."

"I don't know, let's go and take a look."

The law enforcers and guards immediately pointed their guns at the pool, as they were all worried that someone was launching a terrorist attack or assassination against old Moen.

Although old Moen has clearly stated that he will abdicate and his health is not good.

But he is the richest man in Zion after all, and is now a member of parliament. If something happens to him at this time, the whole Zion will be in turmoil.

Xu Le staggered out of the pool.

Seeing everyone pointing their guns at him, he was a little embarrassed and said hello:

"I'm sorry, I'm Xu Le. I came here at the invitation of Mr. Moren. Some experimental accidents occurred during the journey, which caused such a big commotion.

You don't have to worry too much about this. Once I become more skilled, this situation won't happen again."

Because of his elemental body, Xu Le was not injured in the fall.

However, his control over the lightning ability was indeed too rough, just like his first contact with the lower element of electricity. It would probably take some days of practice before he could master this new ability, or even the ability to fly stably.

Several guards glanced at Xu Le and found him to be familiar, but his identity was still suspicious.

"Dr. Xu Le... Please wait a moment. We need to report to our superiors."

"It's okay. I understand."

As soon as Xu Le said this, Li Wen's voice came from the second floor in the distance:

"No need to report, he is indeed Xu Le, let him come over."

With Li Wen's words, the guards naturally didn't need to say much:

"Yes, Lord Li Wen."

Xu Le did not go to see Li Wen and Moen immediately, but took a shower and changed his clothes.

He originally thought that he would go to the office to discuss things, but when he followed the guard who led the way, he found that the place they were going to was not the office.

It was a place that looked like a hospital ward, old Moen's private ward.

A large amount of medicine and equipment were piled up here, and several doctors and nurses were busy.

Xu Le could tell from the fluctuations of their mental energy and the expressions on their faces that old Moen's physical condition was probably not optimistic.

"Where's Mr. Moen?"

"I'll be waiting for you inside. Please come in, Dr. Xu Le."

Xu Le nodded to these people and pushed open the door.

Old Moen was lying on the hospital bed with an IV drip, leaning on the bed and smoking with Li Wen beside him.

Well, one of the two people doesn’t smoke, and the other has quit smoking. That sounds really nice.

But Xu Le felt that the two of them never stopped smoking.

"Are you here? Sit down."

Old Moen pointed to the chair next to him and motioned Xu Le to sit down. Xu Le didn't hesitate and walked over and sat down on the chair.

Looking at old Moen, he found that the old man was in good spirits.

His face is rosy and he looks in good condition, not at all like he is about to collapse.

"Mr. Moen looks well."

"Well, that's a must. If I wasn't so old, 2-3 women a night wouldn't be a problem."

Xu Le's mouth twitched. Isn't it because this old man can't play with women because he is broken

"Uncle Li, Mr. Moen, what is the matter that you called me here for?"

After asking this question, Moen glanced at Li Wen, but Li Wen had no expression at all, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"Before, your personal publicity was very popular, and the people of Zion also talked a lot about you, but I also listened to Li Wen's advice and did not let you over-market and show your face."

"Yes, I personally think that there is no need for a scientific researcher to engage in excessive marketing. It is enough to let the public know and maintain a sufficient sense of mystery."

Morn nodded.

“Now many people already know about the ancient sound multi-tech weapons, and the ancient sound multi-energy core will probably be publicized without any promotion.

But the question now is, how much energy do you have in reserve? After so long of accumulation, if it can only sustain one Black Tide War, then this research will become meaningless. "

Xu Le narrowed his eyes. Was Old Moen trying to find out how much inventory he had

He glanced at Li Wen. Li Wen was still the same, smoking, not talking, and pretending to be deep.

At this time, it was more or less a bit excessive for him to leave Old Moen to Xu Le to deal with alone.

Fortunately, Xu Le had already made some preparations. He really needed to strictly control the output of the furnace.

"The revenue from Kuroshio for one night is about 930 bars of soap."

"930?" Old Moen's expression changed slightly.

Xu Le thought he felt it was too little, and wondered if he should report more.

After all, if his plan is to be implemented, in addition to the daily energy supply for the entire Zion, it is also necessary to support the research and development work of Zion Progressors, as well as weapons with huge consumption such as space-based cannons.

Although it is possible to optimize space-based cannons, this kind of optimization can generally only reduce energy consumption by 20-30% at best.

Therefore, the output supply of the furnace is still very urgent.

"Yes, 930 yuan." Xu Le repeated and decided to observe Old Moen's attitude.

“I didn’t expect there were so many,” Old Moen exclaimed.

The old man paused for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and looked at Xu Le:

"You're not making up a story, are you? This matter concerns the development of Zion, so it's not something you can joke about."

"Uh... No, absolutely not."

Xu Le glanced at Li Wen guiltily. Sure enough, this ungrateful guy had already lowered his head.

However, the always shrewd old Moen did not notice the change in the two people's expressions.

It’s not that he is not smart enough, but that he really can’t see clearly.

Xu Le suddenly discovered that old Moen's eyes had become cloudy and even seemed to have lost some of their luster.

"Is the end coming soon..."

Moen took two more puffs of his cigarette, then said slowly:

"Xu Le, I know you have some crazy plans, and I don't have the ability to stop you from doing those plans anymore. I'm dying."

"Mr. Moen, actually..."

“It’s nothing unreal. Everyone has to die someday. In order to experience the ups and downs of the world, from philosophical thoughts to family life, to experience the process of repeatedly getting up from hardships and despair, to realize one’s own insignificance, to realize that instead of getting in a tangle with them, it’s better to let go of the world’s prejudice against technology and step out of oneself. This is the path of Zion.

My life is already wonderful, and now it’s up to you.”

Xu Le glanced at Li Wen, and after pondering for a few seconds, he decided to take out the longevity fruit he had already prepared.

"Mr. Morn, here is a longevity fruit I prepared earlier. If you don't mind, I can..."

"Hahahaha!" Old Moen laughed loudly, and his laughter even attracted the attention of the guards and doctors outside the door.

However, this laughter also aroused Xu Le's own doubts:

"What are you laughing at, Mr. Moen?"

"Nothing, I just think that with young people like you in Zion, things won't be too bad in the future."

Xu Le frowned slightly, because Moen still had no intention of taking the fruit. At this time, he was a little confused.

My vitality is almost reaching its end, why should I refuse

Die bravely? That doesn't make sense, and Moen isn't that kind of person.

"Isn't Mr. Morn going to take this?"

"This thing is no longer useful to me. Thank you for your kindness, kid. It's easy to be sentimental when you get older, and it's also easy to recall the past.

Therefore, I have become a remnant of the old era. The new era has no ship that can carry me. I have no regrets to be able to see the day when Zion Technology rises.

After I die, I will donate 99% of my property, including my collection of technology, artwork, and weapons and equipment. "

"What about your children?"

"1% of the money is enough for them. Without me, too much wealth will only bring them death."

Xu Le was stunned. He really wanted to say something like he could also protect the Moren family, but he looked at Li Wen. Even Li Wen didn't speak at this time, so he didn't try to show off.

"I see. Thank you Mr. Moen for your generosity."

“Develop it well. Although Zion is likely to attract the attention of the Red Moon Temple after this incident, the people of the Red Moon Temple are very arrogant and they don’t understand the significance of energy.

Even if someone could understand, those who understood would not be able to ascend to a high position in the Red Moon Temple.

The next few months will be our time to work hard.

You should get ready..."

Xu Le was stunned:

"Me? You mean about becoming a councillor?"

"No, becoming a member of parliament is a foregone conclusion for you. In the next few days, as long as you don't get too stupid and create some earth-shattering scandal that we can't cover up, it's almost impossible for anything to go wrong.

So what you need to do is to take a long-term view and prepare for what will happen after you become a member of parliament."

"What to do after becoming a member of parliament?" Xu Le didn't know what he would do after becoming a member of parliament. Wouldn't he start implementing his own policies

When Xu Le was confused, Moen glanced at Li Wen and signaled Li Wen to explain to Xu Le what to do next.

"Whenever the parliamentary system changes, the new parliamentarians must pay a friendly visit to the city-state alliance. While demonstrating our own strength, we must also conduct certain diplomatic, political, or military cooperation with other countries.

Of course, these requirements are just for show, you just need to get it roughly right."

A friendly visit from the City-State Federation

When he heard this, the corners of Xu Le's mouth began to twitch...

Political exchanges? Military alliances? Just pretending? Is this something a jerk like him can understand

"But I'm just an ordinary researcher. How can a researcher possibly understand these things?"

"Okay, then you should stop being a member of parliament."

Seeing Li Wen's straightforward attitude, Xu Le's expression instantly fell.

"Okay, but for something like a friendly visit, there are three city-states. How do I choose? Where do I go?"

"There are three new councillors coming to power, so naturally they will each go to a city-state. As for which city-state you want to go to, you will need to discuss it with the other two new councillors after you become a councillor."

Hearing Li Wen's words, Xu Le nodded.

If that is the case, which city should he choose to go to

Lighthouse? To settle the unfinished grudge

Tianrui Lifeng? That martial city with unique customs and political system.

Red Moon Temple? The true deep blue core, the most powerful place in the world.

I seem to have reasons to go to these three places. If I really want to go, I really need to think about it carefully...

"I understand. As a member of the Zion Congress, it is our duty to restore the glory of Zion."

Hearing what Xu Le said, Old Moen also smiled:

"Haha, young people are full of energy. Okay, that's about it. Oh, by the way, Li Wen.

I'll go back and arrange some unimportant work for my good-for-nothing grandsons. Finding something for them to do will help prevent them from getting into trouble.

They don't have much brains, protect them a little."

Moen's words sounded a bit like a last will and testament. Not only that, in fact, when he was talking to Xu Le just now, he had already expressed some regrets.

It’s just that he entrusted the future development of Zion to Xu Le, and entrusted the matters concerning his offspring to Li Wen.

"Well, don't worry, I will take care of their affairs."

"Okay, old man, I'm going to sleep, boy, help me put the disc on."

Xu Le glanced at the projection disc beside the bed...

Turtle, it's actually yellow and astringent!

Is there such a thing in this day and age? But probably only rich people like Moen can afford it.

Compared with the previous life, the previous life is still better. Thanks to that country where we live a good life and provide us with so many high-quality discs.

"Okay, let's go." Li Wen said.

"good."

…

Leaving the room, Xu Le couldn't help but ask:

"Uncle Li, why doesn't Mr. Moen want the longevity fruit? This thing can stably prolong..."

Before Xu Le could finish his words, Li Wen actually took out a fruit from his pocket.

It was the same fruit as the one in Xu Le's hand, which also meant longevity.

"It turns out that Uncle Li also prepared longevity fruit."

Li Wen nodded, and it was obvious that he was in a gloomy mood:

“I’m not very clear about the principle of the longevity fruit, but according to Moen himself, after eating enough life fruits, the effect will become less and less.

He is not a warrior, nor a sorcerer, and the essence of his life has not changed, so... Old Morn is already running out of energy."