Late at night.
The snow fell even heavier.
The temperature dropped even lower, estimated to be close to twenty degrees below zero.
The snow accumulation on the ground had reached half a meter deep.
Linjiang City is located in the central part of the Great Xia Kingdom, and since the founding of the Great Xia Kingdom over a hundred years ago, this is the first time encountering such heavy snow.
Yang Fan, like a ghost in the night, quietly left his home.
He stepped into the staircase, each step without a single sound.
This is one of the small techniques in the application of the Light Spirit Superpower.
Yang Fan slightly bent his legs, jumped up, effortlessly leaping over a railing more than a meter high, heading straight down to the first floor.
Every two meters he descended, he quickly reached out a hand to press against the wall.
When his palm touched the wall, a suction force arose from thin air, creating resistance that instantly reduced his falling speed.
The superpower greatly enhanced his reaction speed and significantly improved his limb coordination, allowing him to perform these actions seamlessly.
Shortly after two seconds.
"Splat!"
Yang Fan landed steadily on the first floor.
Despite the sound being extremely subtle and completely drowned out by the wind, he wasn't satisfied: "Landing from a mere twenty meters still makes noise, I need more practice."
Yang Fan took a light breath, his figure moved, swiftly charging into the vast wind and snow.
Like a hero from movies and novels, his feet treading on the pure white snow, leaving behind only shallow footprints.
The snowflakes whirled down, quickly covering the footprints.
His form turned into a gale, with the distance between each pair of steps reaching a staggering five meters, allowing him to cover twenty-five meters per second.
Based on this calculation.
Sprinting a hundred meters takes under four seconds.
Compared to him, a world champion would be left miles behind.
When he was still tens of meters away from the community wall, Yang Fan suddenly spread his arms, soaring into the air like an eagle.
He effortlessly flipped over a wall more than two meters high, flying as far as thirty-five meters before gracefully landing on the snowy ground.
After landing.
He continued to dash forward without stopping, using the momentum of his leap, speeding up even more.
Yang Fan felt extreme exhilaration in his heart, unable to suppress a shout: "Awesome!"
The reason he ran out in the middle of the night was to fully unleash his Light Spirit Superpower and thoroughly test its effects.
Tens of meters away.
Building Eighteen of the community.
A little girl was curled up in her mother's arms.
Her mother was draped in a blanket and a thick duvet, holding a flashlight in her left hand and a book in her right hand, telling stories to her daughter who couldn't sleep.
With no electricity at home, the mother and daughter could only resist the cold in this way.
The little girl suddenly pointed outside the window, exclaiming with surprise: "Mom, I just saw someone flying out from there."
She was talking about Yang Fan's scene of leaping over the wall.
Due to the high reflectivity of the snow, combined with Yang Fan wearing black clothes, the little girl's eyesight was quite sharp, she happened to witness this scene.
The young mother completely didn't believe it: "The snow outside is so thick, even adults can hardly walk, how could anyone fly over a wall?"
The little girl pouted, arguing: "But I…"
The young mother interrupted her daughter's words: "Do you want to hear the story or not? If not, then go back to sleep."
The little girl hurriedly shouted: "I want to hear!"
*
On the other side.
Yang Fan had no idea that his movements were seen by a little girl.
He was swiftly traversing the desolate streets and suddenly leapt into the air, landing on a two-meter-high shrub.
His right foot lightly pushed against a branch, raising his form slightly, gently landing atop the crown of a tall tree.
His feet exerted force again, the entire person flying forward, tracing an "S" shaped curve in the air, landing on another tree's peak.
"Whoosh!"
The cold wind swept by.
Yang Fan soared out with the power of the wind, drawing a twenty-meter drifting arc, lightly touching a branch of the third tree, continuing to leap forward.
He kept jumping between one tall tree after another, his form faster than a ghost, truly like a great hero from martial arts films.
If an ordinary person witnessed this scene, they would surely be jaw-dropped in fear.
Five minutes later.
He galloped close to eight kilometers in one go, finally stopping.
This place was already the suburbs, able to see Lishui River bending around the city.
The latter is the eighth-largest river in the Great Xia Kingdom, and Linjiang City's water source.
Yang Fan stood atop a maple tree, laughed loudly: "It's so damn refreshing!"
The resentment he had felt after hearing of an old man's death, through this unprecedented wind-riding experience, vanished completely.
The maple tree swayed non-stop in the cold wind, he stood firmly on a thumb-thick branch, perfectly maintaining balance.
Yang Fan looked far into the distance, his gaze sweeping over the wide river, then across the distant fields, reaching the horizon, finally looking up at the sky.
The snowflakes flying.
The starlight was completely obscured.
He softly murmured: "I wonder when I can personally witness the starry sea of the Primordial World."
He had seen the night sky of the Primordial World many times in the dream realm.
It was an endlessly splendid, endlessly glorious starry ocean, far more magnificent than the starry sky of Canglan Star.
Just then.
Yang Fan suddenly felt a mysterious fluctuation within his superpower, faintly establishing a subtle connection with two entities above the sky.
This was a feeling hard to describe with words.
A bit like a seedling basking in long-awaited sunlight, also a bit like a child hearing the call of a mother.
"Dong! Dong!"
A phantom heartbeat echoed in his ears out of nowhere.
Yang Fan fell into an extraordinarily wondrous state.
He didn't know how long had passed.
He suddenly woke up.
At this moment, the snow had stopped.
Yang Fan looked around blankly, then realized where he was.
He glanced down at his watch and was shocked: "Three in the morning? Does that mean I've been standing on this tree for over two hours?"
Yang Fan suddenly remembered something and silently recited: "View attributes!"
A few lines of phantom text appeared.
[Attributes]
Physical Value: 6.6
Spirit Value: 14.2
Yang Fan's gaze locked onto the number "14.2" and he was dumbfounded.
He remembered clearly that his previous Spirit Value was 8.7 points.
This means that standing on the treetop in the cold wind for over two hours, his Spirit Value had bizarrely increased by 5.5 points.
This is unbelievable!
It took Yang Fan a while to recover, and he softly murmured: "Is this the effect of the 'Primordial Star Formation'?"
Earlier, he sensed two peculiar presences and fell into a wondrous state of trance. A piece of information inexplicably appeared in his mind, telling him this was—the Primordial Star Formation.
Yang Fan was dumbfounded: "What on earth is the Primordial Star Formation?"
Apart from the name, he knew nothing about the Primordial Star Formation.
Yang Fan shook his head: "Forget it, let's go back first."
*
Shangjing City.
Inside the Secret Base.
Today, General Lou came especially early.
"Splash!"
Ripples swelled in the pond.
A stunningly beautiful face, with an air of sleepy laziness, emerged from the water.
It was the Mermaid.
Although General Lou had interacted with her several times, he still couldn't help but be stunned upon seeing her like this for the first time.
The Mermaid greeted: "Morning!"
General Lou responded awkwardly: "Morning!"
He was about to speak, but the other interrupted.
The Mermaid gave a half-smile: "If I'm not mistaken, General, what you want to know today is related to superpowers, right?"
General Lou was surprised inside, but his face remained expressionless: "Indeed it is."
The Mermaid continued: "Major General Wu awakened a month ago, but his superpower hasn't changed at all. You want to know if there's a method to cultivate superpowers, right?"
General Lou finally couldn't hold it in, his old face showing surprise: "Please enlighten us, Miss Jana!"
The Mermaid chuckled softly: "I can only point you in the right direction, but how to obtain the specific cultivation method is something the Canglan People can only rely on themselves."
General Lou was a bit confused: "I'd like to hear more details."
The Mermaid organized her thoughts and began to explain eloquently.
"When a Civilization World descends upon the Primordial World in the first stage, the Primordial Law will merge with the origin of the Civilization World, forming a mystical entity known as the 'Primordial Star Formation.'
"Different Civilization Worlds have different Primordial Star Formations, and the sum of all Primordial Star Formations is called—the Star Map."
"This is not only what our Mei Jia Civilization calls it; it's the unanimous term among all Civilization Worlds."
General Lou couldn't help but ask: "The method to cultivate superpowers should be related to the Star Map, right?"
The Mermaid confirmed: "Of course!"
She continued: "In some sense, you can understand the Star Map as a gift from the Primordial World to a Civilization World.
"The Star Map of every Civilization World is most suitable for the life of that civilization.
"As long as you look at the Star Map, there is a chance to acquire cultivation methods, which is why I said the Canglan People can only rely on themselves."
General Lou was amazed: "It's so magical."
He pressed further: "How can we obtain the Star Map of Canglan Star?"
The Mermaid replied: "Individuals capable of sensing the Primordial Star Formation are called 'Civilization Pioneers' by various civilizations. They are the most outstanding and great individuals of each civilization.
"When the Civilization Pioneers of the Canglan People collect all the Primordial Star Formations, you will naturally obtain the Star Map of Canglan Star."
General Lou dug deeper: "How to sense the Primordial Star Formation?"
The Mermaid shook her head: "I already said, I can't help you with that."
General Lou sighed: "Alright, thank you for your guidance."
The Mermaid reminded: "The overwhelming majority of civilizations that survive in the Primordial World usually sense the first Primordial Star Formation within three years and acquire the Star Map within five years.
"It must not exceed six years. Otherwise, Canglan Star won't be able to cultivate enough warriors and will struggle to face the disaster of the second stage."
General Lou instantly felt a strong sense of urgency: "I understand."
Because the first stage of Canglan Star's descent into the Primordial World had already nearly passed for a year, the Canglan People didn't have much time left.
The Mermaid said, "Good luck to you all," and submerged underwater.
General Lou stood still for a while, then turned with a heavy expression and walked towards the door.
Although Miss Jana did not outright say it, he felt that she seemed not to have much faith in the Canglan People obtaining the Star Map within five years.
In the underwater lair.
The Mermaid lay lazily, muttering in the language of the Meijia Race: "A year has passed, and so few Canglan People have awakened superpowers.
"Clearly, the Canglan People are a race with very low potential. The probability of obtaining the Star Map within five years is estimated to be less than ten percent.
"Unlike our Mei Jia Civilization, which sensed the first Primordial Star Formation in just a year and a half and mastered the Star Map in nearly three years."
She complained again: "I truly can't understand why the Holy Grand Chief Priest spent immense human and material resources to send me to Canglan Star."
The Mermaid initially thought the Canglan People were a race with great potential, but what she saw and heard had left her very disappointed.