Kyoto, clear weather.
Four thousand meters above the ground, on the giant floating castle outside the wormhole, nearly twenty A-class powerhouses stood, including Ling Wanjun and the team leaders of his Pioneer Department. Among them was even the usually busy Prime Minister Lin Yongfeng.
Besides them, all the generals who had participated in the previous Lighthouse Nation conference were present, and they were all excitedly watching the members of the pioneer team emerge from the wormhole.
I, Li Changsheng, am alive and back!
After a long shout, Li Changsheng realized that there was a group of big shots on the floating city not far away. Fortunately, their attention was focused on the leading lightning ability user, and they didn't pay much attention to him.
So, he sheepishly followed the team towards the floating city.
As the first lightning ability user with a black storage ring stepped onto the floating city.
"Did you get the items back?" Before Ling Wanjun could speak, Lin Yongfeng, who had always been calm, floated forward with an anxious expression and asked.
As the nation's steward, he understood the strategic significance of the sensing stone too well. Whether the team that went to the dark world could bring back the sensing stone vein involved the destiny of Dragon Country, and he had to take it seriously.
Therefore, upon hearing that the expedition team was about to return, he immediately rushed over with a few generals, wanting to witness this great moment firsthand.
Hearing this, the leading B-class peak lightning ability user burst into laughter. He first saluted, then took off the ring in his hand and placed it in Lin Yongfeng's palm, saying, "We have not disgraced our mission. This operation brought back 1362 tons of sensing stone. We dug out the entire vein!"
"Good! Excellent!" Lin Yongfeng's face turned red with excitement. He then strictly ordered everyone to keep the matter secret, and then placed all the storage rings into a metal-cased box. Accompanied by a group of A-class powerhouses, they majestically headed towards the Supernatural Research Institute.
Li Changsheng did not attend the celebration banquet held by the Shenhua General Bureau after the return of the sensing stone.
Because there were lightning ability users in the reception team, they had already used electrotherapy to expel all karma from his body in the Evernight World, so his physical condition was quite good.
After returning to his residence in the Supernatural City and washing up, he went directly to the headquarters building, wanting to inquire about Yu Zhibo in the Information Department.
Undoubtedly, he was very grateful to Yu Zhibo. Without the latter's help, they would not have been able to bring back the information about the sensing stone.
On the way back, he had also asked the lightning ability user from the expedition team if it was a silver-haired youth who had passed the information to them, but the other party only said that they had accepted the mission and did not know the specific details.
As soon as he entered the building, a void circular hole appeared in the space behind him, and a wrist with slender fingers reached out, grabbed the collar of his back, and dragged him in.
When he came to his senses, Li Changsheng found himself in a spacious office. In front of him, Wang Shouyi, the Deputy Director of the Shenhua Bureau, was leaning lazily on his chair, holding his fist to his cheek with his right hand, his pair of divine light-flowing double pupils looking at him faintly.
"I heard you encountered a silver-haired youth wearing a mask in the Evernight World?"
Hearing Wang Shouyi's question, and recalling the reception team of 56 superhumans receiving them, Li Changsheng's face immediately showed a hint of understanding: As expected, it was that youth who transmitted the information, and only then was there a reception team to receive them.
So, he responded decisively, "Yes! That youth is about sixteen or seventeen years old. Besides having silver hair and wearing a mask, he has a scar on his right eye. He can use lightning magic and possesses powerful lightning-summoning techniques. It was precisely because he summoned karmic red lightning and struck down the dark winged dragon that had absorbed karma that our team members were able to survive."
Wang Shouyi nodded and asked no further questions. "I understand, you may withdraw!"
After the sensing stone team returned, he already knew that everything Lin Wanjun had said was true. Summoning Li Changsheng to ask was just a formality.
"Director, if it weren't for that youth, we probably wouldn't have brought back the sensing stone vein. He has made great contributions! You must not forget to reward him!" Li Changsheng chuckled.
Seeing Li Changsheng's clear gaze, without any intention of claiming such an astonishing contribution for himself, a smile appeared on Wang Shouyi's handsome face, and he said gently, "I understand, you may go down now!"
Li Changsheng nodded and turned to leave.
"It's time to issue rewards..."
After Li Changsheng left, Wang Shouyi sighed leisurely.
Then, he slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, a vision of stars appearing and disappearing flickered in the double pupils of his right eye. After emitting a dazzling light, a deep vortex slowly formed, and a prismatic black fragment floated out from his eye.
As soon as this fragment appeared, the surrounding space began to collapse and reassemble. It hovered above Wang Shouyi's palm, slowly rotating.
Wang Shouyi looked at the fragment before him with gentle eyes, filled with longing.
"My wife, ever since the Spirit Realm shattered, you have completely merged into this fragment of the World Heart. Our daughter Xiao Jiu is also nowhere to be found. No matter what means I use, I cannot awaken you."
"Now, I will transfer you to that youth in Ningcheng."
Wang Shouyi murmured, a look of reluctance on his face, but it was eventually replaced by a trace of determination.
"The old Taoist priest said that the youth has great fortune bestowed upon him. Following him, your awakening might have a new turning point."
"Now, I need to seal the spatial energy of the fragment again to allow that youth to integrate it smoothly."
"I hope you can reawaken!"
"Double Pupils Heavenly Eye, Seal!"
As the last word "Seal" was uttered, Wang Shouyi's double pupils erupted with endless brilliant light. The powerful sealing force completely enveloped the fluctuations around the World Heart fragment, finally turning it into a seemingly ordinary black prismatic crystal that fell into his palm.
Then, he sensed the power of the double pupils attached to Lin Wanjun, and his eyes once again burst with divine radiance.
"Double Pupils Open the Heavens, Track for Ten Thousand Miles!"
As the power of the double pupils circulated, a void portal appeared before him. The moment the portal opened, Wang Shouyi's terrifying double pupil power transformed into invisible energy, carving out a long tunnel in the turbulent void. At the end of the tunnel was Yu Zhibo, who was talking to Lin Wanjun.
Holding the World Heart fragment with his slender fingers, Wang Shouyi, with a pained expression, tossed it into the portal. Along with the fragment was a piece of silver spiritual energy metal the size of a fist.
"What the heck?" Yu Zhibo looked at the void portal in front of him, completely bewildered.
Lin Wanjun smiled slightly, caught the World Heart fragment and spiritual energy metal that came from the portal, and handed them to Yu Zhibo, saying, "This is your reward, the World Heart fragment, and spiritual energy metal!"
"World Heart fragment? Sounds pretty awesome!"
Yu Zhibo first watched the spatial portal close, then looked at the spiritual energy metal, and finally his gaze fell upon the World Heart fragment.
"But why does it look so ordinary? Like a piece of black stone."
"Meow?"
Just as Yu Zhibo was stunned, Mo Yu, who was eating dried fish under the table, suddenly turned her head to look at the World Heart fragment, her large eyes filled with confusion.