HPDBC Chapter 27 Breaking Through
Chapter 27 Breaking Through
Nurse Wang Xiaofang cast a sidelong glance at Lin Rui in the life support pod and then pressed the 'Consciousness Connection' button.
"Initiating consciousness connection, descending into the alien body!"
Boom!
A loud explosion resounded in Lin Rui's mind.
Everything before his eyes turned black for a moment, then his vision slowly returned.
What lay before Lin Rui was no longer the bright and spacious rest room of the martial arts club; instead, he found himself in an old room made of blue bricks.
The air was filled with the scent of earth, wood, and medicine. The walls were blotched with blue bricks, sunlight poured through the wooden window lattices, casting mottled shadows on the floor tiles inside the room.
The room contained only a few pieces of simple furniture, a bed, two chairs, and a wardrobe that were rough and solid in design. In the corner on the east side sat a small stove, from which sounds gurgled above, and the aroma of the medicine was rich.
Lin Rui realized that his soul had descended upon Tianji Star.
Using quantum entanglement technology developed by the Earth Federation, Lin Rui's soul crossed several hundred thousand kilometers, bypassing Tianji Star's danger-laden atmosphere that even a few Four-Star Marshals of the Federation feared, and descended directly into his 'alien body'.
Lin Rui sat up from the bed, looking down at his own body.
It was the same as what he had seen in the cultivation tank previously, except he was dressed, and his chest and abdomen were wrapped with thick bandages, which seemed to be smeared with medicinal paste, giving off a strong medicinal smell.
He even felt a slight pain in his chest, which must have been a wound that cracked his sternum.
Lin Rui silently admired the Federation Alien Body Administration's extensive capabilities and thoroughness in their work.
The real Lin Twelve must have had the same external injuries, but as for where this Lin Twelve went, Lin Rui had no idea.
He might have died, his body disposed of by the Federation Alien Body Administration.
Now Lin Rui was Lin Twelve; even his facial features, physique, and voice were modeled after the real Lin Twelve with no discrepancies.
At this moment, Lin Rui's pupils contracted slightly as he discovered the Skull Ring on his finger!
But how could that be possible? The Skull Ring was clearly on his real body, back in the rest room of the martial arts club at Mingde University.
Another piece of information then appeared in his mind.
Instruction 6: The Battle Spirit Ring is bound to your soul.
Lin Rui couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips, thinking that was fine, this thing too had vast capabilities, and there seemed to be no need to delve into it.
Mainly because it was an enigma beyond his understanding. Who the heck knows what was going on.
He then got up, pushed open the door, and walked out.
Outside was a small courtyard of about sixty square meters, with two wing rooms on the left and right, all of which were closed with windows and doors, and even reinforced with wooden bars on the outside.
According to the intelligence Lin Rui read beforehand, Lin Twelve's parents had passed away, and he was the only one living in this yard with five rooms.
Looking beyond the courtyard walls, one could see a majestic city wall two kilometers away, made of bluish-gray bricks and stones, twelve meters high, entwined with vines and lush with greenery, exuding an air of time-worn vicissitudes.
Lin Rui thought to himself, is this Tianji Star? It's almost identical to ancient China.
The only difference was the lofty scale of the buildings here, which related to the height of the people of Tianji Star.
What will happen after awakening?"
"No, it's not just talent and Grandmaster-level stance, the internal environment of Tianji Star also plays a role. The ether inside Tianji Star is much denser than that at Base Nine, more suited for martial cultivation."
The so-called 'Ether Elements', called Heaven and Earth Qi by Tianji star people, are the source of True Qi, the foundation of cultivation, and remain unfathomable and unexplained by human scientists to this day.
Lin Rui practiced the Red Thunder Stance six times and became more and more skilled at it, fluid as the wind over water.
During this process, he even noticed some inadequacies in his own Grandmaster-level Red Thunder Stance.
This was because Lin Rui now had a complete set of meridians and chakras, better suited to this technique, which allowed him to sense its wonders while practicing the stance.
Lin Rui almost managed to forcefully clear one of the eight chakras during the stance practice, and in the process, accumulated a large amount of True Qi, with his spiritual power growing in tandem.
After practicing the Red Thunder Stance for an hour, Lin Rui switched to the Red Thunder Saber.
It is known that the human body has resistance to ether, so the longer the stance practice doesn't necessarily mean the better. Any time over an hour a day, the body's efficiency in absorbing Ether Elements drastically decreases.
Like when practicing the Red Thunder Stance, Lin Rui clearly sensed the surrounding 'Ether Elements' and gained even more insights into the Red Thunder Saber.
Besides that, he felt the powers of 'Divine Authority' and 'Heavenly Speed' within his body.
Lin Rui pondered that with his current body's talent, he could probably execute 'Red Thunder Nine Slashes' seventeen times in a row.
But just as he was practicing the Red Thunder Saber for the third round, Lin Rui suddenly sensed something.
Someone was coming, and they were quickly approaching from the nearby courtyard walls and rooftops!
By then, he didn't have enough time to retreat inside his house; he only slightly held back some strength while practicing the saber.
Shortly after, Lin Rui heard applause from outside the door.
"What a good move, Red Thunder, well executed!"
Lin Rui turned toward the door and saw a young man with a high-bridged nose, yellowish complexion, and a stately aura, standing on top of his wooden door, looking down at him.
This person was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, dressed in the attire of an arrest officer, with a bandage wrapped around his left shoulder and dried blood stains visible on it.
Lin Rui's mood sank, recalling the information provided to him by the Federation Alien Body Administration.
This was his superior, Zhang Tianchang, the arrest officer of Yinyue County.
Then another person came running over the wall, panting, and stood behind Zhang Tianchang.
He was two meters and twenty centimeters tall, robust in stature, with a round face and a pair of shiny black eyes that were signaling to him.
— That was the Alien Body that Wang Sen had manifested, identified as Wang Twenty-seven.
In Tianji Star, ordinary citizens did not have names. They were named based on the ranking among siblings, the sum of their parents' ages, or their birth date.
Lin Rui was born on March twelfth, hence he was called Lin Twelve, and Wang Sen's Alien Body was born on the twenty-seventh.
Only people with status like Zhang Tianchang could have proper names.
Lin Rui immediately clasped his fists in greeting, "Officer Tian Chang, good health to you!"
He was a bit worried that after seeing him practicing martial arts, Zhang Tianchang might suspect something.
Lin Rui also found it strange – wasn't he on sick leave? What did Zhang Tianchang want with him?