Chapter 49 - The Street Immortal Foundation
Qi erupted from Eli in a ring.
Not golden.
Not elegant.
It smelled faintly like rain on hot pavement.
Mr. Zhou laughed.
“Appropriate.”
The twelve circuits connected.
His qi vortex compressed.
Foundation Realm cultivators normally formed a spiritual platform inside the dantian.
Eli formed something else.
A network.
Twelve channels linked like city streets around a central core.
Every route could feed every other route.
Efficient.
Flexible.
Ugly.
Perfect.
[FOUNDATION REALM ACHIEVED]
[UNIQUE FOUNDATION: STREET IMMORTAL]
[PASSIVE: ADAPTIVE QI ECONOMY]
[PASSIVE: ENVIRONMENTAL CULTIVATION]
[SKILL: BORROWED WORLD I]
Eli opened his eyes.
Maya, Jace, Priya, Trevor, and Lucas had gathered on the roof.
“Were you all watching?”
Trevor shrugged. “We heard an explosion.”
“There was no explosion.”
“Then why did we come?”
“Because you’re nosy.”
Lucas looked uncomfortable.
“My father disappeared.”
The mood changed.
“He took the Vane fragment,” Lucas continued. “And the resonator data.”
Elias spoke from Eli’s phone.
“He will seek the other fragments.”
Maya looked at the world map.
Five distant lights remained.
Then one moved.
The Seattle fragment was traveling east.
Fast.
A message appeared on Eli’s screen.
Not from Heaven.
Not from Elias.
From another system user.
[CANDIDATE 04 REQUESTS CONTACT.]
Then:
May you like
[WARNING: CANDIDATE 04 IS BEING HUNTED.]
