Chapter 10

For a whole day and night, Wang Yan played hide and seek and assassination with the nest of God-Slaying Bees. Finally, at the moment the sun rose the next day, Wang Yan managed to bind and send the entire nest of God-Slaying Bees into Space 104.

"Four hundred and thirty-two F-class God-Slaying Bees, one E-class Beast General God-Slaying Bee Queen." Wang Yan was quite satisfied with his efforts over the day and a half, considering the results were significant.

Wang Yan stood under the locust tree, using his mental force disc to cut the thick branch where the God-Slaying Bees had built their nest. He then casually took down the large nest and sent it into Space 104. This thing was definitely a good find, even though it wasn't useful now, it might come in handy in the future. The main thing was that his space was large enough.

"This time, a total of four hundred and ninety-eight Beast Soldier-level monsters were hunted, including the God-Slaying Bee Queen, a total of five E-class Beast General monsters. The space points have reached 105.48, mental force index 11.41, soul strength increased to 13.77, and gene evaluation number 2." Wang Yan glanced at the data changes in the Rebirth Space.

A moment later, Wang Yan directly flashed into Space 107, lightly touching the word 'exchange' marked below the 'Golden Wound Medicine' on the virtual black lotus.

"Exchange successful, deduct 5 space points, current space points 100.48." A line of text flashed on the black lotus.

At the same time, a message was transmitted into Wang Yan's mind.

"God-Slaying Bee venom gland, male land beetle, hairy crab shell, golden scorpion, angelica..." A total of eighteen herbs were listed, along with specific quantities and detailed refining methods, clear and straightforward. Even Wang Yan, a layman, could see everything clearly and understand it.

"It seems that apart from the God-Slaying Bees, the other seventeen are quite common, and can be bought from pharmacies in the base city, and the prices are also very cheap." After reading, Wang Yan felt relieved. He had thought that with the God-Slaying Bees, the formula might include some rare items, which would have been disastrous, and he would have wasted those five points, making it a loss.

"I still need a tripod. I'll check out the antique shops when I return to the base city; there should be one there." Wang Yan said after some consideration.

"You don't need to worry about the tripod. When you successfully activated the first black lotus, the nine lotus flowers, take out the nine rewards from the space now." At this moment, the voice of the skeleton mentor sounded, greeting Wang Yan.

Wang Yan couldn't help but move, feeling a bit excited. Without any hesitation, he took out the nine petal-shaped metals.

"Puncture your finger and drop a drop of blood on each one." The skeleton mentor continued to remind him.

Wang Yan did not hesitate. With a movement of his mental force disc, he pierced his index finger, squeezing out a few drops of blood and dropping them on the nine petal-shaped metals.

Buzz!

The nine petal-shaped metals floated up, releasing nine rays of light—black, white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple. A vortex instantly formed in the air, the blinding light making Wang Yan unable to open his eyes for a moment. When the light faded, a large bronze tripod appeared in front of him, at least two meters tall, nearly a head taller than Wang Yan, and wide enough for two people to hug.

"This..." Wang Yan found it hard to believe that this large tripod was formed from the nine small petal-shaped metals, the dimensions were completely disproportionate. However, such inexplicable things were not uncommon, and Wang Yan didn't bother to think too much about it.

"Ghost Medicine Tripod, the first tripod in heaven and earth, the universe and the primordial chaos." The skeleton mentor said with a domineering and arrogant tone.

"Uh..." Wang Yan didn't say much. In this situation, whatever the skeleton said, he would accept it without deliberately contradicting him. Besides, if what the skeleton said was true, he would have made a huge profit. "But how do I use this thing?"

"Very simple, exchange a usage guide, everything is clearly recorded. As long as you're not a fool, you should be able to understand it." The skeleton mentor said casually.

"Um, how do I exchange it?" Wang Yan was speechless again, humbly continuing to ask.

"Only two mental force points are required." The skeleton said this with a nonchalant attitude, making Wang Yan want to strangle him.

For Wang Yan, two mental force points required a great deal of effort.

"My current mental force index is 11.41. If I consume 2 points, my mental force index will be below 10. Would that be a problem?" Wang Yan calculated and couldn't help but consult the skeleton mentor.

"It won't be a problem, but once your mental force index drops below 10, your mental force disc will be sealed. It will only be unsealed once you reach 10 again." The skeleton mentor said indifferently.

"I... I'll pass. I'll slowly accumulate the 0.69 mental force points I'm short of. I don't need the Ghost Medicine Tripod urgently anyway." Wang Yan shook his head slightly. If he had to choose between the mental force disc and the Ghost Medicine Tripod, he would choose the mental force disc without hesitation. At least with the mental force disc, he felt safer.

...

In Shunqi City, Mizhou Garden Community, a middle-class residential area in Shunqi City, not considered high-end, but the prices were exorbitant, far more expensive than the government-built low-rent housing, by a factor of a hundred.

After the Great Catastrophe two hundred years ago, the proportion of land on Earth had increased slightly, but nearly one-fifth of the area had become the territory of monsters. Therefore, the land occupied by humans was much smaller compared to before the Great Catastrophe. The human population had grown by more than a third, so it was not an exaggeration to call the land suitable for human habitation in the base cities "an inch of land, an inch of gold."

At noon, a taxi stopped at the entrance of the community, and Wang Yan got out with his backpack.

"Finally home!" Wang Yan stretched and took a deep breath.

Wang Yan's father was also a martial artist, but his strength was not high, only reaching the Advanced Warrior level before his death. However, he had another identity, a senior researcher at the Shunqi City Gene Research Institute, with the qualifications of a Mid-Level Gene Alchemist. In this era, alchemists were not highly valued, but once 'gene' was involved, the significance was completely different, and the level would be several times higher, especially for gene alchemists, who were highly sought after. Therefore, it was not surprising that Wang Yan's father could afford a house here.

Wang Yan slung his backpack over his shoulder and walked leisurely down the main road of the community. Compared to the confusion a month ago, he was now full of confidence. In his own words, he was a genuine country bumpkin, or more accurately, a country bumpkin that could evolve. As long as he worked hard, anything was possible.

Those so-called rich and beautiful women, rich and handsome men, or second-generation rich and third-generation officials, compared to Wang Yan, who had the all-powerful rebirth system, he could be called a second-generation god.

Wang Yan lived on the 27th floor of Building 32. When he opened the door and saw the photo of him and his father hanging in the center of the living room, he couldn't help but stop.

In the photo, Wang Yan's father wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, exuding a scholarly aura, and he smiled as he gently hugged Wang Yan's shoulder.

Wang Yan stood at the door for three or four minutes, took a deep breath, changed into slippers, threw his backpack on the sofa, and hung his coat on the coat rack. Then he pushed open the door of the room on his right.

Inside the room, the bed was neatly made, and all items were neatly arranged. On the bedside table, there was a photo frame, and the photo inside was of his father. Behind the photo frame was a square porcelain crystal box containing his father's ashes. In front of the photo frame was an incense burner.

Wang Yan walked up, took out three incense sticks from the drawer, lit them, and bowed three times to his father's photo, then inserted the incense sticks into the incense burner. "Dad, your son is tougher than you. I'm back alive this time."

"As the old saying goes, those who survive great disasters will surely have good fortune. Your son really proved this this time. I have good news for you. Your son made a huge profit this time. Do you remember the ten-faced black lotus in your pocket? It turns out to be an all-powerful rebirth system space..."

Wang Yan recounted the events of these days in detail, as if his father could hear him.

Wang Yan had never seen his mother since he was a child and did not know whether she was alive or dead. Since his father never mentioned her, the always sensible Wang Yan never asked about it either, just silently burying it in his heart.

For seventeen years, his father had raised him from infancy. Wang Yan had deep feelings for his father. When his father's body was brought home by his colleagues, Wang Yan fainted on the spot. He could not accept the bad news, nor could he accept the fact that his father had passed away. He didn't know how he managed to get through that time, but he was grateful to his two best friends.

"Kid, how many years has your father been dead?" Just as Wang Yan was about to leave the room, the skeleton mentor appeared on his shoulder, glanced around the room, and asked indifferently.

"Two years." Wang Yan didn't show much emotion, but he still answered the skeleton mentor's question.

"If nothing goes wrong, his soul should not have dissipated yet." The skeleton mentor really wanted to slap him, as he had not realized this until now. It seemed that once something happened to him, he instantly became a fool.

"Um... What did you say?" Wang Yan finally reacted, turning sharply to the skeleton mentor sitting on his shoulder, breathing heavily and asking anxiously.

Actually, it wasn't Wang Yan's fault. Although the skeleton mentor had always said he had an all-powerful rebirth system, and that he could use the system space to revive souls, Wang Yan had never truly witnessed it. So he had always considered it a baseless claim and had never taken it to heart, leading him to ignore the concept of 'rebirth'.

"What do you think?" The skeleton mentor didn't say anything else because he knew Wang Yan already understood.

"Can it really be revived?" Wang Yan stood there for a while, then asked the skeleton mentor nervously.

"Believe and it exists; disbelieve and it doesn't." The skeleton mentor gave Wang Yan an official answer with a very professional phrase.

Wang Yan was stunned, then said hesitantly, "Even if my father's soul can be revived, I can't find his soul now."