Chapter 353 Branch Road

"Ahhh!"

"Bang!"

This is a blue sea, a giant octopus floats on the sea, lazily basking in the sun.

As a large sea monster with a life index of 199, the octopus is definitely qualified to be the father of the surrounding sea for hundreds of miles.

However, today, at this moment, it was attacked by a human who fell from the sky.

A human appeared out of thin air at a height of 100 meters, and then hit the octopus with a very beautiful entry into the water.

…

"Hey, this road feels pretty good, pretty soft!"

Chen Qi, whose world finally stopped spinning, subconsciously touched the "sea surface" under him, and the buoyancy was quite large.

At the moment of taking the last step on the fork in his life, Chen Qi felt the extremely terrifying spatial fluctuations.

A spatial vortex suddenly appeared and sucked him in.

If it were someone else, at most he would just feel physically uncomfortable.

However, Chen Qi was too sensitive to the perception of spatial power, and as a result, he was in bad luck.

The spiritual perception of time and space was disturbed. If Chen Qi had not obtained the heart of immobility, he would have to accompany Jin Yusheng this time.

…

Although Chen Qi's spiritual cognition was not tampered with under the maintenance of the power of the mind.

But his body lost control instantly, which was why Chen Qi fell into the sea.

Fortunately, it was only a height of 100 meters, and Chen Qi was not killed. This was probably what the senior sister said was a "small price".

"Swish!"

A 100-meter tentacle flashing with blue light tightly wrapped around Chen Qi.

The next moment, the tentacle exerted its strength desperately, trying to grind Chen Qi into a meat sauce.

"Stop it!"

"Let me see if I've taken the wrong path!"

"The landing point given by Old Wang is an uninhabited island thousands of miles away from the East Beric Strait."

"It seems a little off. Is it because my spirituality has affected the fluctuations of time and space?"

"Fortunately, the deviation is not big, only 100 kilometers."

Chen Qi looked around and didn't care about the confused octopus at all.

But the octopus was quite dissatisfied!

...

Strange, is this little body made of iron?

No, even those large steel monsters can be crushed by itself.

The octopus realized that one tentacle could not handle the prey, so it used its other two tentacles without hesitation.

Then it regretted it!

...

"Damn, you don't understand what people say, right?"

"I told you to be honest, don't move around, don't disturb me!"

"I told you to not listen, I'll teach you a lesson today!"

On the sea, a blue man was beating a 300-meter-long octopus.

This is naturally Chen Qi punching the big octopus.

After a round of punching and kicking, the originally unconvinced big octopus immediately understood human words.

Just today, Chen Qi defeated a large sea monster completely by relying on his own physical strength.

This is definitely a memorable moment!

…

"Let's go to that small island for a walk!"

"If you dare not obey, I will roast you!"

Chen Qi stood on the octopus's head and headed towards the uninhabited island majestically.

The big octopus under his feet slowly paddled the sea water, fearing that it would disturb the bully on his head.

It hurts, it hurts so much, my brain is almost beaten out!

It's a pity that it is the big brother in the sea, but today it has fallen to being a mount for a hairless monkey. How can it go back to the seabed in the future?

…

"My luck was just so-so today!"

"Although I fell a bit, I caught a sea monster."

"When I first stepped on the Sea Kite, I was so excited to see a D-level sea monster."

"Now I catch a C-level sea monster, but I'm too lazy to even eat it."

"I've really fallen!"

Chen Qi looked around the sea, and couldn't help sighing in his heart.

It's been less than two years, and he has changed so much.

If it weren't for his more energetic body and no wrinkles on his face, Chen Qi would have really thought he was old!

Chen Qi also discovered that since his sense of time exceeded that of normal humans by a hundred times, his perception of time began to become blurred.

Perhaps in the cognition of ordinary people, time is the movement of a clock in 1 minute and 1 second.

But in the eyes of Chen Qi now, time is dynamic, it is constantly expanding and contracting.

And what determines all this is the cognition of life.

The cognition of life can turn a second into eternity, and can collapse eternity into a second.

There is nothing outside the mind, so there is naturally no time.

The fairyland where the mind now lives is like this.

And it was originally evolved from spirituality, so it will naturally have some impact on Chen Qi's cognition.

...

Everything has two sides, and it is impossible to be strong without a price.

After the birth of the mind, because it is mysterious enough, it will bring a complete change to life.

But at the same time, because its state is too mysterious, it will cause some trouble to human cognition.

For example, Chen Qi's sense of time gradually began to blur.

This is the price that must be paid after cultivating the mind. In the final analysis, Chen Qi's current life essence is too low, which is not compatible with the high-level perception of the mind.

Of course, this phenomenon does not only appear in Chen Qi, but all practitioners who cultivate [mind] will encounter it.

Chen Qi has just stepped into this realm and has not adapted.

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"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The sea surface rolled, the waves roared, and the sea breeze whimpered. It only took 10 minutes for the giant octopus to reach the uninhabited island.

This is the result of its careful paddling.

It thought that after arriving at the place, it would be free.

It's a pity that this is purely a dream!

Without any hesitation, Chen Qi gave it another severe beating and said cruel words to make it wait there.

If it dares to move even half a step, all eight octopus legs will be removed.

After cleaning up the big octopus, Chen Qi landed on the island "quite depressed".

The big octopus stranded on the beach shivering, not daring to move at all.

This is of course not because it doesn't want to run, but because its eight tentacles are knotted into a ball and cannot run far at all.

Rather than suffer hardship after escaping, it's better to stay here now!

…

"Depressing!"

"I seem to have misunderstood my senior's warning!"

"To reach a certain place through the crossroads of life, you must pay a certain price."

"Originally, I thought the price was that I almost fell into the mouth of a sea monster, but now it seems it's more than that."

"Wang Jidao has clearly confirmed before that this is a remote and uninhabited island."

"But what about these damaged cruise ships and cargo ships now?"

"Did a small shipwreck happen here too?"

When Chen Qi was still more than ten kilometers away from the island, he saw several ships stranded on the island.

This was completely inconsistent with the information he had obtained before.

After all, the old guy Wang Jidao is proficient in the art of heavenly secrets, so there is no reason for him to make mistakes in intelligence.

In this case, these ships should appear here within one day.

After all, Chen Qi received the action notice on the 13th.

…

Chen Qi's original plan was to find a secluded place and quietly practice [The Art of Refining] for a few days.

When the time is almost up, it will appear in the East Burleigh Strait on time on December 25.

The art of mining and refining can only be practiced outside the academy and must not be disturbed. That uninhabited island is Chen Qi's best choice.

Unexpectedly, someone got there first.

But Chen Qi did not detect any life fluctuations on those stranded ships.

This situation is a bit interesting.

…

"Strange, there are no traces of fighting on the ship!"

"There are no extraordinary fluctuations. The passengers here seem to be ordinary people?"

Chen Qi casually inspected several broken ships and found that the interior of the ship's hull was not damaged, and the passengers' luggage was also intact and had not been taken away.

This doesn't look like asking for money, but "catching people."

Chen Qi originally thought it was a pirate robbery and wanted to broaden his horizons.

After all, no large-scale pirates have appeared in the inner world for a long time.

Even small shrimps cannot be seen casually. After all, the inner world is too big.

…

Chen Qi's vest [Jomoa Chris] is the vice president of the Navigators Association.

This organization misses the glory of our ancestors.

Chen Qi, who inherited some memories of Jomoa Chris, is still a little bit interested in becoming a pirate king across the world.

But reality doesn't give him a chance to show off!

…

There were so many traces left on the ship that Chen Qi could "visibly see them" with his naked eyes without using any spells.

Chen Qi followed the footsteps and went deeper into the island.

Finally, an altar of flesh and blood appeared in front of Chen Qi.

"Why!"

Chen Qi sighed with regret, knowing that this would be the case.

…

When he realized that the other party was not seeking money, but only people, Chen Qi knew that there was a big problem.

As long as it involves human plunder and trade, the darkness involved is simply bottomless.

The greatest value of those missing persons is themselves.

It may be used for organ transplantation, genetic research, or various evil sacrifices.

The use of human sacrifice can be regarded as squeezing out the last trace of value, which can be called the final destination of all missing people.

…

The world in the Inner Ring looks extremely peaceful, but this is just the general trend.

Troubles still occur from time to time, and evil deeds of all kinds are common.

"Human sacrifice" is an act that is severely cracked down on both in ancient times and today.

But the temptation is too great and cannot be cut off.

Chen Qi didn't expect that he would encounter such an incident today.

…

Inexplicably, Chen Qi felt angry in his heart.

But in the next moment, Chen Qi reacted.

It turned out to be a demon. The object of this sacrifice turned out to be a demon.

What Chen Qi sensed just now was the aura of the devil, so he instinctively felt angry and disgusted.

This is the nature of intelligent life.

…

"Haha, there are actually demons in the inner world?"

"That's right, how could an existence like the devil disappear?"

"interesting!"

"The power of this demon seems to be very powerful, but the demonic aura is not pure enough."

"It's far worse than Gutav, the ancestral demon!"

As an expert in hunting demons, especially after hunting the [Ancestral Demon], Chen Qi's knowledge of demons is definitely among the best in the inner ring world.

This demon seemed to have been born a long time ago, and the demon's aura was full of decay.

Its strength should still be at the level of a controller. At least Chen Qi did not feel any threat from the devil's aura.

It's a pity that this old devil seems to be lucky and has already left the desert island.

Chen Qi still has a mission, but he can't run around at will, so he can only let this guy go for the time being.

If the opponent was not a demon, Chen Qi would definitely kill it with [Death Curse].

…

"boom!"

Chen Qi waved his hand, and the blazing flames enveloped the flesh and blood altar.

In the blink of an eye, the altar of flesh and blood made up of hundreds of corpses turned into flying objects.

However, what surprised Chen Qi was that there was something left in the ashes.

This is a bit incredible!

You must know that these corpses were all ordinary people before they were alive, and although Chen Qi just released the spiritual flames casually, they were used to melt gold and iron.

Ordinary mortal objects cannot be preserved in spiritual flames.

…

Chen Qi made a casual move, and a blood-red badge that burned red appeared in his hand.

The style of the badge resembles a drop of blood.

At this time, after being burned by the spiritual flames, it was like blood burning, extremely bright red.

"This thing seems familiar?"

"This seems to be the logo of the three giants of the blood mining industry [Original Blood Consortium]."

"This badge is actually made of extraordinary metal with certain characteristics. In this case, the identity of the person wearing this badge will definitely not be simple."

"interesting!"

…

The answer seems to be very clear. In order to maintain his own status, an old demon secretly attacked several ordinary human ships.

With that demon's strength, even if it doesn't use any other skills, it can defeat all ordinary humans just by relying on its power of bewitchment.

No wonder there were no signs of fighting or any resistance on the ship.

The old demon must be in a very bad condition, because its sacrifice was prepared in a hurry and the sacrifice was not in optimal condition.

Generally speaking, in order to make the sacrifices of higher quality, the demons will torture the sacrifices for up to a month.

Human beings who contain the power of strong emotions are the most delicious food for demons.

…

However, the demon didn't seem to realize that one of the human sacrifices was special.

Or it might have discovered it long ago and just didn't care.

Just ordinary humans, in the eyes of demons, they are just food.

The guy with the badge might be considered a figure in the Original Blood Consortium, and he might even be a rich man.

As a result, he lost his life in an instant in the face of force majeure.

This is the tragedy of ordinary people!

…

"The Original Blood Consortium is quite wealthy. This guy has a decent status. I wonder if there is anything good on the ship!"

"The only luxury cruise ship should be his car."

"I didn't pay attention to it before, but maybe I should search it now."

"Even if you can't find any treasures, it's still good to find some criminal evidence."

Behind the Original Blood Consortium is the Blood God Palace, and the Blood God Palace has a grudge against Senior Feng Zining. Does Chen Qi need to think about what to do?

…

Normally, Chen Qi would naturally not think much about it. After all, how could there be so many coincidences in the world?

He could spot a demon at random, and burn a badge with just a light fire.

Maybe if he searches the cruise ship now, he will find more.

None of this makes sense.

…

But if all this is regarded as the price of "life's fork in the road", it is very reasonable.

Of course, there are a lot of forks in the road, or side tasks, that appear in front of Chen Qi now.

He can either track down the demon or dig deeper into the Original Blood Consortium.

Even the giant octopus that appeared by coincidence should be a side mission in itself.

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This is really a choice that determines life!

But these forks in the road should be relatively short-lived, just like the broken lines of human palm prints, which will end abruptly.

For example, if Chen Qi went to track down the demon, it might be a little troublesome to find it, but as long as Chen Qi found it, the demon would be dead.

Even if Chen Qi doesn't track the demon now, if he encounters it in the future, Chen Qi will still kill it.

This is a matter of position. After all, it may involve Article 5 of the Spirit World Declaration.

It can be said that when Chen Qi knew about the existence of this demon, his life had an extra plot of killing the demon.

It’s just a matter of time.

…

According to Chen Qi's guess, there are not so many coincidences in this world. There must be a reason why this old demon appears here.

Maybe he and Chen Qi were "traveling together", and they were all hired by others.

So even if Chen Qi doesn't look for him specifically, he is very likely to encounter that guy next.

…

Although Chen Qi can completely ignore the side mission of the Original Blood Consortium.

But the Blood God Palace behind these guys dared to offend Senior Sister Feng, and this was unbearable.

Well, one of the requirements for the true seed competition is "outstanding talent."

And this talent does not refer to talent and strength, but the ability to do things.

To be more precise, it is the ability to promote the school's reputation and maintain peace and stability in the inner world.

Therefore, any student who has hopes of running for the True Inheritance Seed will usually receive some tasks to gain meritorious service.

Such as fighting against the Skull and Bones Society and cleaning up the Yakuza organizations.

What Senior Sister Feng chose back then was to clean up the gene smuggling trade in the dark world.

So they confronted the Blood God Palace.

…

Chen Qi originally planned to practice with the top ten extreme organizations, but after the Ascension Island appeared, these ignorant guys were deliberately targeted by the top ten super spell schools.

Then they immediately became cowardly and now they have become extremely low-key.

Maybe after a few years, when the limelight has passed, these guys will be able to shake up again and come out to do evil again.

But in a short period of time, Chen Qi can't step on them to get to the top.

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The Blood God Palace is different. These guys are already strong. After bidding for the disaster star meteorite, they have established close ties with the fifth-ranked medium-sized power in the inner ring world.

Now they are active and arrogant.

And choosing to attack the Blood God Palace, Chen Qi can get the support of Senior Sister Feng, so why not?

…

Of course, these are not the real reasons why Chen Qi chose to clean up illegal gene trading.

Chen Qi himself is still very concerned about the gray light on his body.

Now it can be regarded as preparing for a rainy day and making some preparations in advance.

...

It was quite a coincidence that Chen Qi indeed found a secret document on that luxury cruise ship.

To be more precise, it was an extremely dirty evidence of a crime!

In the blood mining industry, there is no one who does not exploit people and eat human blood!