Chapter 232

In Su Jing's mountaintop villa's spirit herb garden, under the activation of her third-tier wood-type ability, pale green spiritual energy seeped into the soil through her fingertips. The leaves of the 500 thousand-year-old spirit herbs grew even greener, and the spirit fruits at their tips gleamed with a lustrous sheen. They would be ready for harvest in three days.

Xiao Jin squatted on the stone platform next to him, holding a freshly picked spiritual fruit in his hands, and said clearly, "Su Jing, the spiritual fruit is growing even better this year than last year. We can extract more spiritual essence, and the sheep and fish in the space all like to drink it."

Over the past decade, nourished by the rich spiritual energy of the space and the energy of the core array, Xiao Jin has not only expanded its perception range to over 5 kilometers, but its intelligence has also become comparable to that of a human child. It can communicate fluently with people and even assist Su Jing in managing the spirit herb garden and the monster area.

Its fur became increasingly smooth, and the downy hair on its head shone with a faint, ethereal luster. Its little paws were so nimble that they could operate simple irrigation equipment.

"Yes, after refining, store half of it in the spatial storage area."

Su Jing nodded in response, withdrew the spiritual energy from her fingertips, and got up to walk towards the villa's studio.

As I passed the monitoring device, the screen was scrolling through the final data on the completion of Earth's restoration, with the words "[10 years after Earth's restoration, the land subsidence rate has recovered to 0.5% (close to the level before the apocalypse), the forest coverage rate has increased to 60%, the air pollution index has returned to the normal range, the magnetic field stability is 100%, the ecosystem has been completely restored, the reappearance rate of extinct species has reached 85%, human reconstruction is complete, global cities have regained their functions, and order has been restored]".

On the right side of the screen, the live feed shows the towering buildings of "Xinyuan City" at the foot of the mountain, bustling traffic on the wide roads, vibrant flowers in the green belts, and children running and playing on the lawns of the park, their faces beaming with pure smiles.

The distant forests are lush and green, flocks of birds flit among them, the river is crystal clear, and fish swim freely, creating a vibrant scene that is a world apart from the post-apocalyptic ruins of ten years ago.

Su Jing's gaze lingered on the screen for a moment, but her heart remained largely unmoved.

For the past decade, she has remained steadfast on the mountaintop, guarding the core array of nature, watching the earth gradually recover from its devastation and humanity rebuild its home from displacement. She, however, has always been an observer and has never set foot in the rebuilt city.

Just then, the long-dormant communicator suddenly vibrated, and a private message popped up on the screen. The sender was Lao Zhou.

She is now the president of the Global Association for the Management of Supernatural Abilities. Su Jing tapped her finger, and the private message appeared before her eyes:

"Comrade Su Jing ('I am the God of Wealth'), first of all, on behalf of all mankind, I thank you for your silent dedication over the past ten years. Without the natural core you have protected, the earth could not have fully recovered in just ten years."

Now that humanity has been rebuilt, in order to cultivate a new generation of superhumans, pass on survival skills, and cope with possible future crises, we have established the 'Global Superhuman Academy', and we sincerely invite you to serve as the academy's dean.

The academy will grant you the highest authority, allowing you to allocate faculty, resources, and facilities at will. There is no upper limit to your salary; we only hope you will pass on your extraordinary abilities and survival wisdom to the younger generation, safeguarding the continuation of human civilization. Looking forward to your reply.

The private message also included real-life photos of the academy: the campus, covering thousands of acres, is fully equipped with teaching buildings, training grounds, and laboratories. Many young superhumans were already practicing on the training grounds, their eyes filled with a desire for power.

After reading the private message, Su Jing swiped her finger across the screen and replied without hesitation: "Thank you for the invitation, but I am used to living alone and do not like being tied down."

The responsibilities of the Superpower Academy are immense, and I am unable to fulfill them. I wish the academy continued success and the enduring prosperity of human civilization.

After sending her reply, she placed the communicator on the table and didn't check for any further messages. Over the past ten years, humanity had extended invitations to her three times: from the initial invitation to rebuild the united team, to becoming a superpowered advisor, and now to serving as the dean of the academy; she politely declined each time.

It wasn't that she was indifferent, but having experienced the turmoil and struggles of the apocalypse, she was already tired of the complicated interpersonal entanglements and only wanted to guard her little world on the mountaintop, with Xiao Jin and Linglu by her side, living a simple and peaceful life.

"Su Jing, is it someone from down the mountain who has come to invite you again?"

Xiao Jin walked into the studio, saw Su Jing's expression, and asked curiously.

"Yes, they invited me to be the dean of the Superpower Academy."

Su Jing picked up the spiritual fruit on the table and handed it to Xiao Jin, saying, "I refused."

Xiao Jin took the spirit fruit, took a bite, and said, "Good riddance! We're so much better off on the mountaintop. We have spirit herbs, sheep, fish, and companions from the monster area. Going down the mountain would mean taking care of so many people, it would be so troublesome."

It is clearly satisfied with its current life and does not want to be disturbed by the outside world.

Su Jing smiled but didn't say anything.

She walked to the villa's garage, activated her spatial ability, and the silver-gray flying car slowly drove out. In the past ten years, the flying car has undergone three upgrades. The energy core has been replaced with a fifth-order demon core, the top speed has exceeded 800 kilometers per hour, the range has reached 2,000 kilometers, and the vehicle's defensive shield has been upgraded to SS level, which can withstand attacks from abilities below the sixth order.

"Want to go out for a walk?"

Su Jing said to Xiao Jin.

Over the past decade, she has only gone out a few times a year, each time only traveling within a 50-kilometer radius to see the revived Earth, but never making contact with humans.

"Okay, okay! I want to go see the reeds by the river. When I went last year, there were many water birds nesting there."

Xiao Jin excitedly jumped into the passenger seat and fastened the special seatbelt.

The flying car slowly took off and flew towards the river below the mountain.

The view below is breathtaking: vast fields of golden rice paddies, with farmers working in the fields on agricultural machinery;

Reeds grow luxuriantly on both banks of the river, and white waterbirds circle above the reed beds, occasionally swooping down to snatch fish and shrimp from the water.

The distant mountains stretch endlessly, covered with dense forests, where spiritual energy swirls and forms a light mist.

Su Jing lowered her flight altitude and flew slowly along the river. Several fishermen sat leisurely on stools by the river, their fishing rods swaying gently. Occasionally, a fish would bite, and they would let out joyful shouts.

The children chased and played on the shallows by the river, holding nets in their hands, trying to catch small fish and tadpoles.

"Su Jing, look! There are more waterbirds than last year!"

Xiao Jin pointed to the reeds and shouted excitedly.

Su Jing looked in the direction it pointed and indeed saw hundreds of waterbirds gathered in the reeds. Their black and white feathers were particularly eye-catching in the sunlight. They were either playing on the water or building nests in the reeds, creating a peaceful scene.

She could clearly sense the faint spiritual energy contained within these waterbirds, which was obviously influenced by the Earth's revival, and the physical condition of the creatures was gradually improving.

The flying car continued its journey, passing through a dense forest, and arrived at "Mirror Lake," 50 kilometers away.

This is a natural lake formed after the Earth was revived. The lake water is as clear as a mirror, reflecting the mountains and forests on the shore.

A wooden boardwalk has been built along the lake, where couples stroll, elderly people practice Tai Chi, and others picnic, with laughter echoing around the lake.

Su Jing did not land, but instead drove the flying car and circled once over the lake.

With his intuition and perception extending to its limit, everything within a 5-kilometer radius was clearly visible: the lakebed was covered with lush aquatic plants, teeming with fish, and even a few second-tier spirit turtles were slowly crawling along the bottom of the lake.

In the forest on the shore, several deer were grazing on the grass. When they saw the flying car, they just looked up at it and continued to forage for food without any fear.

"It's beautiful here, but it's still better from our mountaintop."

Xiao Jin watched for a while and then said.

It is used to the tranquility of the mountaintop and is not well-suited to crowded places.

"Okay, let's go back."

Su Jing nodded, turned the flying car around, and flew towards the mountaintop.

Her purpose in coming out was simply to see the Earth recover and to confirm that everything was alright; that was enough.

It was already evening when we returned to the mountaintop villa.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the villa's defensive light barrier, giving it a faint golden glow.

Su Jing stored the flying car in the garage and took Xiao Jin into the space.

On the spirit field, three adult spirit deer had grown into enormous creatures, nearly two meters tall at the shoulder, their antlers gleaming with a rich spiritual glow. Upon seeing Su Jing, they obediently walked forward and gently nuzzled her arm with their antlers.

Within the Monster Zone, the Ice Fang Beast, Rock Armor Beast, and Wind Wolf from back then have multiplied and now number over twenty. Under Xiao Jin's management, they live in harmony and never fight.

The sheep in the breeding area have multiplied to 100 and are divided into three groups, leisurely grazing on the grassland.

The fish population in the freshwater lake has exceeded 50,000. Robots regularly dredge the silt from the bottom of the lake to use as fertilizer for the spiritual herbs, forming a perfect ecological closed loop without much intervention from Su Jing.

Su Jing walked to the core protection area. The natural core array was still neatly arranged. The energy flow released by the 37 mineral cores, 20 spiritual plant cores, and 43 exotic beast cores circulated steadily, and the connection strength with the Earth's magnetic field remained at 100%.

The monitoring panel displays: [Core energy remaining at 90%, no replenishment required. Earth's ecosystem is stable. The core array has entered a dormant state and will automatically activate once a month to maintain the magnetic field.]

After ten years of guarding, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Su Jing raised her hand and infused a wisp of spiritual energy into it. The multicolored light screen of the core array flickered slightly, then gradually dimmed, entering a dormant state.

She knew that unless the Earth's ecosystem faced another crisis, the core array would not be activated again.

Back in the villa studio, Su Jing looked at the communicator on the table. There were still no new private messages on the screen. Old Zhou clearly respected her choice and did not continue to pester her.

She pondered for a moment, then raised her hand to activate the communicator, found the system channel settings, and clicked "Close all channels"—including global channels, regional chat, and private message receiving functions, leaving only the core array monitoring alerts.

"From now on, I will completely stop paying attention to the outside world."

Su Jing said softly. She didn't want to be disturbed by outside invitations or disputes anymore; she just wanted to guard this little world of her own and live a regular and peaceful life.

Xiao Jin sat down beside her and nodded, saying, "Yes! We tend to the spirit herbs every day, feed the sheep and fish, check on our companions in the monster area, and cultivate a bit more. Isn't that great?"

Su Jing smiled, got up, and walked to the open space outside the villa. This area had originally only contained hard granite, but now she planned to fill it with flowers and plants. She activated her wood-type ability and took out various flower and plant seeds from her spatial storage—

These seeds were collected during her previous trip, and after being soaked in the spiritual spring water, their survival rate was extremely high.

With the power of spiritual energy at his fingertips, the seeds fell into the soil and quickly took root and sprouted. In the blink of an eye, tender green shoots emerged around the villa.

She plans to use her wood-based powers to encourage the growth of these plants, making them bloom as soon as possible and transforming the area around the villa into a sea of ​​flowers.

In the future, she can cultivate amidst a sea of ​​flowers, Little Gold can chase butterflies among the blossoms, and the spirit deer can graze on the grass nearby. This is the kind of life she desires.

As night deepened, the breeze on the mountaintop carried a faint fragrance of grass and trees.

Su Jing sat cross-legged on a stone platform beside the sea of ​​flowers and began her daily cultivation.

Within his dantian, the spiritual energy of the late stage of Foundation Establishment Level 2 flowed smoothly. His lightning-type ability had broken through to the early stage of the fifth rank, his ice-type ability had reached the peak of the fourth rank, his wood-type ability had been upgraded to the late stage of the third rank, and his spiritual perception range had expanded to 8 kilometers.

Her appearance remained at its peak, around thirty years old, with firm skin, calm eyes, and a faint aura of spirituality surrounding her, blending seamlessly with the natural environment.