Chapter 148 Freebie

148 Freebie

While Han Li and his Mother were inside the underground cavern, one trying to get Little Ruo to eat the candy in her hand and the other deeply in meditation, the outside world was full of chaos. Yang Wei and some allies he had put together were only one of the many intelligent enough to do something like that. By the time it was deep at night, as the moon hung high in the sky, filtering the land in gentle luminescence, hundreds died every hour.

It didn't take long before everyone understood that the world had Life Type Magical Resources, which was enough seed for all the chaos. At first, it was a battle between Evolved, and then, the intelligent ones slowly slipped away with their loot while those who still fought ended up seeing something interesting before they welcomed the bliss of death—a simple attack by a Power Born.

Soon enough, every Evolved was working like slaves for the Power Born, all searching fervently for a Magic Resource; if they didn't find it in some hours, one of them would be killed at random—that one of them could be them!

But the world didn't lack people who cared for life. There were some Power Born, like the Saintess Moon Girl, Monk Hen Shin, or such people who just ran around saving kids and the powerless from the struggles of the wicked. While some demons on the other hand...

Luckily, among Sacred Talent Cultivators, not many were so pitiful as to need helpless people to push their will on, if they needed to, they were superior enough to bend wills in the Seven Continents. Regardless, the world didn't lack evil, but none of the evil was Power Born, so almost all such ugly faces and weak men died at the hands of the righteous.

When a Power Born decides to do something, it was natural the Evolved would suffer. And Han Li hadn't noticed it, but this world was not nearly as vast as the continents. It was barely a day's work for people who could fly to go around and come back.

But just like in the real world, if they tried to fly above a certain height, their bodies would start to react badly. It would start to convulse, and just like the real world, it was a globe, so they could never find an 'edge' to the world.

Regardless, Power Born were too scary...

Even Han Li was afraid of them.

***

As the world filled up with more and more dead human bodies, in the underground cave, Han Li was seated cross-legged, his back drenched with sweat.

He had taken the risk of briefly going out; his mom wanted him to save at least one child for her, and he tried to, only to end up seeing a Power Born face to face. His heart thudded in his chest, and he took a deep breath. Luckily, that was Monk Hen Shin. A paragon of righteousness.

Yue Li was scared half to death after understanding that she had actually put her son's life in danger and that he was not some invincible god who could just go out and come in. As a result, she was now clinging to his chest with a pale face and kissing his cheeks like he would be lost if she let him free.

Whereas Ruo was now sleeping to the side with a sweet candy stick still in her mouth, it was nothing bad; it was edible too, so no one disturbed the completely fatigued girl. Yue Li had easily fed her the candy, and its effect of removing fatigue from the body really did wonders for Ruo; it made her fall asleep.

Yue Li covered her with the leftover clothing that Ruo herself wore—it was too big for her, so it was as good a blanket as they could find for now.

Suddenly, Han Li's meditation was once again broken.

Feeling his mother gently kiss his lips once more, he opened his eyes in annoyance. "Mom, let me meditate..." He sighed, "I can't focus with all this, it is such a good opportunity to get Energy... I am missing a Dao Crystal every minute of attention I give you."

As he glared with a gaze that said, 'I would ravage you till you go crazy and lose all manner of understanding if you don't sleep immediately,' she gulped and slept on his lap, whistling nervously. She didn't really know the extent of what Han Li could do when there was a child beside them, and for now, she didn't want to test it.

What if he really did that, and Ruo woke up to see something so horrendous?

She would lose all kinds of respect with this future Daughter in the law of hers!

Moreover, she was just a child, and she shouldn't be exposed to such things yet. There was time for everything, but Yue Li didn't know what Han Li would or wouldn't do anymore. He had grown a bit... unfathomable. In a bad way.

She had to crack his shields slowly. But she could already feel that she was at the cusp of figuring out his damned secret already. "Someday soon..." she muttered as she fell asleep, and he sighed, gently removing their heads from his lap. He walked to the side and once again began meditation.

The more he meditated, the faster the gains.

He felt as if he was gaining a crystal a minute at this point.

...

2 hours later, Han Li opened his eyes calmly. They shone like red gems.

"I wish I could stay here forever..." he sighed, "That would have been so great. Hiding with my girls from society till I reach my limits..."

He shook his head and used Life Vision on himself.

[Current Cultivation: Evolution Stage]

[Body: Below Average Evolved Physique]

[Skin Building Completed—Tempered Skin—Vibrating Skin]

[Organ Strengthening: 99% completion]

With a smile, he went back to meditation. He would only level up the rest one percent when his Mother woke up—it was a majestic sight worth seeing.

Till then, he had no reason to waste these freebie Dao Crystals.