Return to the outer perimeter of Lin Feng's hiding place.
Yu sat in the car as if nothing had happened.
"Martial arts, annihilation, number one in the world..."
"Live sheep, participants, Leopard Fetus Immortal Pill, Five-Colored Dragon Envoy..."
"Number one in the world..."
Lin Feng sighed. The most important thing was still to be number one in the world. All the troubles could be eliminated simply by being number one in the world.
"Let's go, we're not staying here!" With a determined look, he decided to go out and see what was going on, and also to find a few other different martial arts techniques to see what they were.
Once seated in the car, Lin Feng chose the direction of the mountain range where he had previously hidden. Even if he encountered any troublesome enemies, he could easily shake them off within the mountains.
"Intercity high-speed rail travels at around 200 kilometers per hour. If it were any faster, it might even be able to catch a plane..."
The paper figure in the driver's seat slammed on the gas pedal, and the speed reached 100 kilometers per hour.
As the earth rushed past the car window, Lin Feng felt a surge of pride. This car ignored friction and didn't need to slow down or turn. It charged recklessly uphill and downhill. If the wheels were replaced with those of the Five Ghosts, it wouldn't be able to float.
"Oh? This speed is normal. If you're escaping for your life, you can go twice as fast?"
Lin Feng heard Hong Linggui's voice, and before he could think about it, the scenery outside the window sped up to 300 kilometers per hour.
"Unfortunately, it didn't last long..."
It consumes a great deal of energy from Hong Linggui.
After traveling for about two hours, they discovered a city and immediately circled it before stopping on a high ground outside the city: "These mountains look familiar, Mount Hua?"
Unfortunately, there was no specific terrain data inside Ironclad 99, otherwise he could have made further determinations. However, with specific reference points, the map in the corner of his inventory could be useful.
Lin Feng looked around. Although the mission world deviated from reality, some traces could still be found. The continuous mountain range in front of him seemed familiar, but unfortunately, the mountain range was now bare, and the mountaintops were swallowed by clouds.
After some reconnaissance, he released the mechanical dog and controlled the drone to approach the city from the air.
From a distance, the city appeared to be relatively normal, but upon closer inspection, it was found to be overgrown with weeds. The plaque on the city wall was damaged, with only the hook of the second character "城" (city) remaining visible.
The drone continued flying inward, but there was no sign of human life in the vast city. The streets, shops, and buildings were all crooked or collapsed; not a single one was intact.
The drone scanned the area along the main road, focusing its search on key buildings.
"The grain stores are all emptied..."
"There were no signs of a struggle inside the government office..."
"There are no remains; were they taken away?"
The drone circled around but found no concrete clues, so it focused its search on several large, seemingly luxurious mansions. Compared to other buildings, these mansions retained more of their original structure, and perhaps he could find some basic secrets to complete his mission.
"Let's explore this area first."
Taking out his Ironclad 99 armor, Lin Feng circled a few search targets and instinctively turned to look at Yu: "What do you think?"
Yu shook her head, having no particular idea.
Lin Feng chuckled, then sent out the Ironclad 99. As soon as its mechanical feet touched the ground, it quickly ran towards the city.
As the Ironclad 99 entered the city, Lin Feng did not wait in place. Instead, he drove around the surrounding mountains several times.
There were scattered footprints on the way up the mountain, and many traces of battle were left around. There were several dead trees that had been violently broken on the road into the deep mountains. Judging from the surrounding situation, these trees were either violently destroyed by experts with internal strength or smashed by humans who had turned into monsters.
"Are there normal people hiding in the mountains?"
Lin Feng was delighted by this sudden idea, but quickly suppressed his excitement, thinking that there might also be man-eating monsters in the mountains.
However, since we've come this far, there's no reason not to go up and take a look. The Huashan Sect in the world of The Deer and the Cauldron is full of masters, not to mention the previous generations' inheritances of the Huashan Sect. Any one of them could be considered unparalleled in the world.
However... how long could a normal person endure this barren landscape...?
Lin Feng gazed at the road leading into the deep mountains, his worry deepening. After a long while, he heard a voice from the control panel in his hand, and immediately extinguished the thought in his mind.
At this moment, Ironclad 99 pushed open the door of a house and rushed in. Its steel body quickly moved in and out of the rooms until it entered a room filled with various books, where it stopped.
"They were all ordinary books, the Four Books and Five Classics, casual novels, historical records..."
"Does this happen to normal books, or is it that they must be held in one's hands to be read, or is it only specific martial arts manuals that exhibit this strange phenomenon?"
"If that's the case, were these secret manuals deliberately spread by someone?"
Sensing that the truth was getting closer, Lin Feng asked Ironclad 99 to pack some books and dispatched mechanical dogs.
Several hours later, in a dilapidated temple outside the city.
Before Lin Feng were laid out the books he had taken from the city, including four martial arts manuals: one on internal energy cultivation and three on fist and foot techniques. The rest were various books from this era.
"Small Heavenly Circuit Breathing Technique, Arhat Fist, Heart-Piercing Kick, Iron Sand Palm..."
Of the four books, only the Small Heavenly Circuit Breathing Exercise showed abnormalities, but the most important one was not these four books, but a separate scripture placed next to them, a scripture that was placed upright in the largest mansion in the city.
"The Forty-Two Chapters Sutra..."
The book cover was yellow silk with red edges. Before opening it, Ironclad 99 scanned the book and found nothing hidden inside.
Upon opening it, Lin Feng immediately noticed the eerie aura emanating from it. Even the equally strange Minor Heavenly Circulation Breathing Technique did not exude such a fearsome aura.
"Evil Devouring Demon Technique (Small Heavenly Cycle Breathing Exercise) (Part 1): Heaven nourishes man with all things, man devours all things to seize Heaven. When the technique is perfected, one cultivates the supreme Devouring Demon Technique, forges an immortal demonic body, sees all things as food, and becomes invincible in the world!"
"Seven Deaths and Seven Rebirths: Good and Evil Without Fixed Law (Forty-Two Chapters Sutra) (Part Three): Seven deaths and seven rebirths, severing desires and eliminating attachments, ten good deeds and ten evil deeds, karmic fire leading to Nirvana, cultivating the unfixed Bodhi mind, attaining the thirty-four Arhat positions, and enjoying eternal bliss!"
"Task Two: Obtain a martial arts technique. (Completed)"
A soul-devouring aura swept over, and Lin Feng's body involuntarily moved closer. In that instant, every word of the prompt given by the Nightmare Space seemed to be real, showing him the signs of completion of his cultivation.
A terrifying monster with a body shaped like a sphere, with countless tentacles emerging from its mouth, constantly swallowing humans whole.
An Arhat composed of thirty-four heads spiraling around chants blissful Sanskrit sounds, drawing people into his blissful Buddha body.
With a snap!
Suddenly, Lin Feng was slapped hard on the forehead. The pain forced his pupils, which had been dilated to the extreme, to break free from the illusion. Then, his head hit the ground with a dull thud.
"hiss...."
It hurts, it really hurts, it hurts so much!
Lin Feng rubbed his head and got up, giving Yu a rather resentful look: "Thanks..."
Yu's face remained expressionless, as if it were an extremely simple matter, as she calmly watched Lin Feng get up.
The description of "Evil Devouring Demon Technique (Part 1)" indicates that there is a second half. The description of "Seven Deaths and Seven Lives, Good and Evil Without Fixed Law (Part 3)" indicates that there are other chapters, which correspond to their original cultivation methods. They are likely the Great Circulation Cultivation Method and the other Forty-Two Chapters Scripture.
The intention is even clearer: ordinary people who obtain these techniques, regardless of how well they cultivate them, will absolutely not ignore the fact that the remaining chapters fall into the hands of others.
Furthermore, those who spread these secret manuals behind the scenes clearly intend to bring disaster to the entire world.
Just then, a gust of cold wind descended from the sky, and the paper figure that had gone to explore the mountain fell from the wind with a thud, landing on the ground in the same way that Lin Feng had fallen.
Lin Feng turned his head and saw a sword mark tear open the paper figure's chest, obliterating the chilling aura that supported its existence.
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