Exotic Battlefield: I Can Activate Dual Talents-Chapter 577 - 435: The Plot That Began Seven Thousand Years Ago (Part 2)

"Director Cha, please contact the people at the Federal Medical Department. There are some symbols and terms we don't quite understand."

"Okay."

Cha Yuan and Lu Lin responded simultaneously.

After closing the communication, Lu Lin left the laboratory, leaving the rest to others to handle.

He needed to rush to Detroit immediately, where there was another branch of the Superman Laboratory.

On his way, Lu Lin sent a text to Cha Yuan, asking him to ensure everything was secured on his side.

Cha Yuan also questioned why Lu Lin didn't directly contact the local Star Investigation Office in North Magnesium.

Jack was quite capable. They had met twice before, and his impression of Jack was decent.

Lu Lin responded with a peculiar expression, suggesting Cha Yuan visit North Magnesium himself to understand better.

This piqued Cha Yuan's curiosity.

Could there be issues on Jack's side?

Lu Lin didn't elaborate further. After several teleports, he boarded the Air Cruiser with Chen Xiran and John, swiftly heading to Detroit.

...

An hour and forty minutes later, Lu Lin left the Detroit branch of the Superman Laboratory.

Having visited two places, Lu Lin acquired the locations of all the branches of the Superman Laboratory.

Now, instead of just seven branches, the laboratory had expanded tenfold to seventy-two branches.

However, most of these laboratories did not access the hidden secrets of the Superman Laboratory.

The real core laboratories were the initial seven branches.

Yet, to Lu Lin's puzzlement, despite searching through many people's memories in these laboratories, he couldn't locate the headquarters of the Superman Laboratory.

It was quite unbelievable.

Despite a night and another day of efforts finding the seven laboratories, with Cha Yuan's side maintaining control, the headquarters of the Superman Laboratory still hadn't surfaced.

It seemed.

As though the seven branches they found were all there was of the Superman Laboratory.

That evening, after wrapping up a series of matters in Yazhou, Cha Yuan flew to North Magnesium. Jack, upon hearing the news of his arrival, chose to disappear.

This further made Cha Yuan feel the situation in North Magnesium was quite significant.

Texas.

Lu Lin met a calm-faced Cha Yuan here.

It seemed Cha Yuan's face always carried the same expression.

"Director."

"Mm, Lu Lin, you've done well this time."

Cha Yuan patted Lu Lin's shoulder, then paused.

He suddenly realized Lu Lin's abilities had far surpassed his own, and Lu Lin was no longer just a subordinate.

However, Lu Lin felt indifferent about this.

No matter the identity or ability, Cha Yuan was the Star Coordinator Division Director he recognized, and that would remain unchanged.

"In recent years, we've focused our attention on Alien stars and Exotic Battlefields, resulting in neglecting some aspects within the Federation."

"This time, had you not pointed it out, we may not have realized the internal state of the Federation."

"Hmm."

Lu Lin didn't express much.

During this more than half-month journey, Lu Lin saw many things he hadn't expected.

In Yazhou and on the Flying Continent, things were okay in Zhongdong, but upon reaching the Magnesium Continent, regardless of South Magnesium or North Magnesium, it felt like they were slipping from the Federation's control.

The Bai Na Goddess Sect in South Magnesium summoned Bai Na directly from the Void.

If not for Lu Lin's intervention, who knows what path this cult might have taken.

While in North Magnesium, even though the Superman Laboratory eliminated seven branches, the final headquarters remained elusive.

The current problem was, Lu Lin couldn't find the headquarters at all.

Moreover, due to the dispersion of the Mental Power Column, Lu Lin couldn't achieve his basic goal.

Ancient jade.

To Lu Lin, this object was a major evil artifact; as long as it remained on Blue Star for another day, it felt like the Human Federation was perched atop a volcano, capable of overturning at any moment.

After a few words with Cha Yuan, Cha Yuan began commanding in Texas, dispatching troops and strategies.

Since he came to North Magnesium, he was determined to resolve the local Star Investigation Office issues.

…

The following day, Cha Yuan stayed out of sight at the hotel, and Lu Lin naturally did not disturb him.

Lu Lin and John pondered for a long time, but could not devise a way to locate the headquarters of the Superman Laboratory.

By this point, Lu Lin could only use the most straightforward solution.

At night, he flew upwards from the hotel continuously.

As the city below grew smaller, and the stars above became faintly discernible, Lu Lin finally broke through the atmosphere.

His simple plan was to search at high altitude directly.

To find the Beam of Light, or the so-called instrument that dispersed the Beam.

His current priority was to quickly locate the Mental Power Column; if the Superman Laboratory couldn't be quickly resolved, it would be up to Cha Yuan.

Searching from the air sounds simple, but in practice, it was particularly challenging.

While Lu Lin could survive without dying thanks to his current ability, he still couldn't escape Blue Star's gravity.

Reaching 200 kilometers above the ground was his limit, but this altitude was only a quarter of the atmosphere's layer.

Lu Lin searched slowly above.

One day.

Two days.

Three days.

The third day happened to be June 1st.

Flying in the air, Lu Lin suddenly felt energized.

Today marked the day all high school graduates across the Federation took their College Entrance Exams; it was also his one-year Awakening anniversary.

200 kilometers above the ground, Lu Lin sensed something unusual.

Spiritual Strength.

Life Mark.

Was rising from the countless cities below.

This slowly emerging power was extremely weak.

Even the sharpest perception couldn't detect this force.

Only Lu Lin could sense it; it was as though only he and communicators could see that Beam of Light descending from the sky.

Despite its enormity, the force appeared exceptionally feeble, yet as it rose, it became increasingly concentrated.

Then, under Lu Lin's gaze, energy, Spiritual Strength, and Life Force inadvertently emitted from newly awakened Martial Artists were absorbed by countless black circular holes.

Reduced.

The Star Power, Life Force beneath the entire atmosphere significantly lessened.

Lu Lin had a premonition that next year, Blue Star's Awakeners would be greatly reduced compared to this year.

This must be due to that massive grinding wheel.

It constantly absorbed all of Blue Star's essence, humanity's essence.

Indeed!

Lu Lin suddenly had an epiphany.

Previously, he heard from Lv Susu that the federation's luck was severed by a strong Alien Race.

This had led to the stagnation in the number of Titled Kings within the Federation over the years.

Many were stuck at bottlenecks unable to breakthrough, precisely because of this.

Lu Lin previously found the notion of luck somewhat dubious, but now seeing this, he realized it was not dubious at all. In fact, it far exceeded everyone's expectations.

Simultaneously, the severance of humanity's luck wasn't something from a thousand years ago, nor was it closely tied to Alien Races.

After all, as far back as seven thousand years, before Black Sharks and others even entered the Exotic Battlefield, Imhotep from Ancient Egypt had already noticed the Beam of Light.

This was a conspiracy.

A grand conspiracy against the entire human world. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Lu Lin felt his heart beating irregularly.

Could he resolve such a substantial matter?