Chapter 1105: Zhao Yi's Special Characteristics

Author: Sanyin YinyuWord Count: 1154

"You just made up a few stories. How did that turn into losing faith in the era?" Chen Ling was somewhat speechless.

"Oh, come on... just don't expose me, okay? Just save me some face, alright?" Zhao Yi had given up struggling, his gaze at Chen Ling now purely pleading.

Chen Ling remained silent for a long time, then let out a sigh.

In the human domain, he was rumored to be an unforgivable, world-ending calamity that everyone sought to destroy; yet, in this desolate, remote Integration Faction, he was hailed as an omnipotent savior... Fate truly was unpredictable.

In any case, Zhao Yi had arranged the best accommodation for him and received him with the highest honors. Exposing him now would indeed be quite heartless.

"Alright," Chen Ling nodded slightly. "But I can only try to remain silent. It's impossible for me to vouch for you..."

"That's enough! More than enough, brother!" Zhao Yi grinned.

Led by Zhao Yi, Chen Ling roamed inside the Mother Tree. Whenever they reached a crowded area, young integrators would cast admiring glances at them... Fortunately, Chen Ling had a thick skin; the spectacle was much grander when he impersonated the Golden Emissary in the Mortal World back then.

"This floor is the activity area. There's a gym, a snack bar, a small market, and a cafeteria..."

"The equipment in the gym was specially modified by Teacher Ye. There are different training systems for integrating various types of calamities. The snacks in the snack bar are secretly bought from the human domain. Those of us, like Old Wolf and me, who don't have obvious calamity features after integration, often go to the human domain for purchases. The small market is where everyone exchanges things, like expired newspapers, radios, novels, comics. No need to introduce the cafeteria further..."

"Upstairs is the teaching area. We have a total of three classrooms. Besides 'Integration Theory,' which is a compulsory course, we also have electives like music, art, geography, and history..."

"You even teach art, music, and history??" Chen Ling couldn't help but ask, "Do you have that many teachers?"

"No."

Zhao Yi walked to the window of a classroom where a class was in session and pointed towards the podium. "All the courses are taught by Teacher Ye personally..."

Chen Ling looked in that direction and saw Teacher Ye, still in his shirt, holding a lecture script in one hand and chalk in the other, rapidly writing something on the blackboard. Seemingly noticing their gaze, he smiled slightly at them, inviting them to come in and sit down.

"Shoot, I shouldn't have come to this floor!" Zhao Yi slapped his head and muttered, "Skipping class got discovered... Luckily you're here. I can use showing you around as an excuse... hopefully, I won't lose academic credits."

"So I'm your shield, am I?"

Left with no choice, Zhao Yi and Chen Ling entered the classroom through the back door and sat in the last row. Chen Ling's entry immediately drew curious stares from many students.

This seemed to be a history class. The blackboard was filled with "Shennongjia Exploration," "Great Cataclysm," "Hibernation Project," and the names of the nine major bases. In the center of the blackboard, two bold, red characters were highlighted:

Crimson Star.

Seeing this, Chen Ling's expression immediately became surprised... It was important to note that neither "Shennongjia Exploration" nor "Hibernation Project" were topics taught in schools in the human domain. Furthermore, next to each base on the blackboard, there were annotations detailing the names of the corresponding Nine Lords and their former fields of research.

Only someone deeply involved in that history back then could know so much... Teacher Ye gave Chen Ling the impression of an observer independent of the human domain, whose eyes consistently watched human development from the Grey Realm and taught his conclusions to the children of the Integration Faction.

Perhaps these children themselves didn't fully understand the true significance of what they learned in their daily classes.

"Last class, we focused on Lord Aurora, Yang Xiao," Teacher Ye's gentle voice echoed in the classroom.

"As I said, Yang Xiao was the most special among the Nine Lords. His uniqueness wasn't in the strength of his power, but in the nature of his ability itself... He was the only one among the Nine Lords who could control souls.

In 'Fundamental Principles of Integration 2,' we discussed that the fusion of humans and calamities is essentially an entanglement of souls, a battle of consciousness. Current integration technology struggles to break through because human souls are at a disadvantage against calamity souls. Even if human consciousness gains the upper hand temporarily, it will eventually face a backlash.

Theoretically, however, Yang Xiao's ability could solve this problem. He could decompose calamity consciousness at the soul level, putting it into a 'blank' state devoid of independent thought, like an empty shell. This would achieve absolute human control over calamities... This point, perhaps even Yang Xiao himself never realized; even I only recently concluded this theory."

As he spoke, Teacher Ye glanced at Zhao Yi, who was sitting in the back row with a big yawn, and tapped the blackboard pointedly with his chalk.

"So, this knowledge point is a combined test topic from 'History of the Nine Lords' and 'Fundamental Principles of Integration 2.' You'd best take notes; it's highly likely to appear on the final exam..."

As his words fell, the students who had been distracted immediately bowed their heads, frantically copying the content from the blackboard.

Chen Ling didn't write anything down. Instead, he turned to look at Zhao Yi... Teacher Ye's theory was undoubtedly derived from his observations of Zhao Yi. Zhao Yi was the only one who had undergone the integration research at Aurora Base and was saved by Yang Xiao. Before this, Chen Ling had never understood why Zhao Yi was so highly regarded by Teacher Ye, but now he understood.

What Zhao Yi integrated was not a single calamity, but concentrated cells from a large number of calamities refined by the Aurora Base, possessing characteristics of various Forbidden Sea calamities. This kind of insane experiment was undoubtedly fatal, but Zhao Yi was fortunate enough to encounter Lord Aurora, who was at the end of his life... Ultimately, Lord Aurora imbued Zhao Yi with some of his power, and the consciousnesses of these calamities were completely erased.

The ultimate result of all this was the creation of Zhao Yi, the only integrator in history who had absolute control over multiple calamities.

Zhao Yi seemed unaware that Teacher Ye was referring to him. Sensing Chen Ling's gaze, he whispered with a strange expression:

"Why are you looking at me? Take notes! Don't think you don't need to study just because you're new... You'll have to take the final exam too!"

Chen Ling: ...

"Teacher Ye, the Nine Lords' powers are so miraculous. Are they all from the Crimson Star? What exactly is the Crimson Star?" a boy with a grey wolf tail raised his hand and asked.