Chapter 261: Chapter 263: Capture, Solving Half of the Main Quest


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    "Phew~ It''s really difficult to handle such a big project alone. Luckily, my ''speak and follow'' ability is somewhat helpful. Otherwise, I''d literally be chipping away with my bare hands for a month."


    Qin Muye looked at the gigantic device. He had developed it by imitating an ancient weapon used by the Yin Mountain Lord and combining various Shadow Systems. It was meant for processing the meteorite and for the subsequent separation of the Shadow Realm.


    As for the Evangelical Spirit Monster, he had sent it back. The group annihilation engine on it had become increasingly terrifying, and had it stayed any longer, it would have perished entirely.


    As time passed, his human teammates also suffered incessant natural and man-made disasters. Whether it was power struggles or various calamities like droughts, floods, and snowstorms, there hadn''t been a pause—it was as though they would not rest until humanity was destroyed.


    Qin Muye guessed that if he really stayed for three to five years, without him lifting a finger, not only humans but also other animals and plants might become extinct, and even the world might implode because of this.


    This wasn''t an exaggeration on his part. One of his temporary skills really had such capacity because the skill description set no limits and did not confine itself to life forms, but everything around him. If he stayed too long, it could indeed destroy the world.


    It was the most terrifying among all the temporary identity-related skills he had encountered.


    Although other temporary skills were also troublesome, none showed tendencies to destroy the world.


    If he did blow up the world, he''d have a big problem on his hands. After all, the resources of a whole world could provide him with considerable help.


    His actions, significant as they were, had attracted official attention. However, due to severe internal strife and the fact that Qin Muye had isolated himself, they had only monitored him temporarily.


    As for the poor guy he had teleported into the evolution cesspool, he hadn''t come back. It was said that the man had quit and gone home to live the life of a wealthy layabout.


    Though it seemed off, Qin Muye thought that made sense. The man had been full of confidence when he entered the scene, only to end up in a cesspool in full view of the public and become a laughingstock. Even the shameless couldn''t endure that.


    As for revenge, the man had considered it but didn''t act. He might not have had the experience to gold-plate his reputation, but that didn''t mean he lacked brains. At the time, it would have been easy for Qin Muye to kill that group of people.


    Moreover, with the intense infighting in his own family and his completely ruined reputation, if he wanted revenge, he had to do it himself, because mobilizing family resources was out of the question.


    From this, Qin Muye could see that the whole world was starting to descend into chaos.


    His group annihilation engine was partly to blame, but that alone couldn''t create chaos out of thin air. The turmoil was more like a cause and effect, fundamentally due to the revelation of Transcendents like Shadowers and the disbandment of the Shadow Administration.


    If the Shadowers hadn''t been disclosed and the Shadow Administration hadn''t been disbanded... then chaos would probably have arisen in other ways, eventually leading to destruction.


    "Professor Li, may I ask what you intend to do with this device?" an official approached and asked.


    They had been surveilling Qin Muye from a distance for several days, watching as he started from scratch and forged this massive, sci-fi-themed device with nothing but a hammer.


    "Catching a meteorite, the one named ''Transcendent'' by the Astronomical Bureau," Qin Muye glanced at the man. He was not a Shadower, just an ordinary investigator.


    "???" The man was completely baffled. Catching a meteorite? Are you that bored?


    "Don''t worry, you report as you please. I won''t stop you," Qin Muye said leisurely.


    He speculated that the device might not be so simple, and words like ''apocalypse'' and ''mass extinction'' involuntarily surfaced in his mind.


    In a rush to go in and communicate with Qin Muye, he found an invisible barrier separating him, making entry impossible.


    This made him as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.


    "The meteorite enters the container."


    Qin Muye summoned the Prayer Technique, and in an instant, 2 percent of his magic power was drained away.


    Space began to distort, and a huge meteorite was squeezed out from the twisted space within the machinery. Seeing this, Qin Muye decisively began to control the machinery to capture and contain it.


    The meteorite was successfully seized.


    "Phew, it worked."


    Qin Muye breathed a sigh of relief.


    The device and container isolated the inside from the outside and also assisted him in capturing the meteorite.


    Without this device, trying to capture the meteorite with the Prayer Technique would have cost him at least 10 percent of his magic power and led to unnecessary trouble.


    With the device''s assistance, not only was the meteorite prevented from affecting the environment of the Human Realm, it also didn''t cause a significant impact.


    "Something about this doesn''t seem quite right?"


    Qin Muye reached out to touch it and didn''t find anything too strange. What''s more, the "Lord Era" didn''t classify it as a treasure.


    It was like an ordinary electronic device or piece of clothing, unable to be placed in his inventory, lacking any attribute or material value.


    But he had a feeling it wasn''t that simple.


    He then opened the Super Space-Time Transmission Channel and, using magic, crystals, and various other special means, sealed the meteorite along with its container and sent it back to the Supplies Warehouse.


    Leaving it in the World of Shadows was risky, so it was better to send it back first.


    He wasn''t in a hurry anyway; he would study it slowly once he finished his mission. If he carelessly made a mistake here that lead to failure of the main mission, the loss would outweigh the gain.


    With the isolation container, there was also no need to worry about problems arising in the warehouse.


    "Now that the meteorite issue is resolved, the next is the issue of the Shadow Realm. It''s indeed more problematic than the meteorite, though there''s more time at my disposal."


    "So, this requires careful consideration."


    Qin Muye continually replayed the separation plan for the Shadow Realm in his mind, considering how to execute it and gain the maximum benefit.