At that moment, a cold, piercing, and crisp voice rang out: "Indulging in play will sap your willpower. I told you long ago that you need to break through. When water overflows, the original meridians can't contain it anymore, so you have to break through and find a new vessel. Stop letting your thoughts wander, focus your mind and activate your cultivation technique..."

At this moment, Kevin Walker was truly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. The sudden appearance of extra Qi Gathering Pills, and now even Little Tyler had finally shown up—could this be a reversal of fortune after surviving disaster? He didn't have time to argue with Little Tyler; after all, logging into the virtual battle platform wasn't just for fun.

Getting into one of the six major martial academies would earn you state sponsorship—everyone knew this, and the amount of sponsorship was also public. As for himself...

Kevin Walker looked at the box. This box had been given to him by Grace Carter at the end. He had originally thought she just wanted to get back at him or mess with him because of all the trouble David Bolton's big mouth had caused, but unexpectedly...

Breaking through again, it felt as if a lot of impurities were expelled from his body. But now Kevin Walker had such fine control over his muscles that a slight tremor of his skin and muscles instantly shook them off.

The water system in the base had long since been destroyed, and bathing in the wilderness was far too dangerous. Even now, Kevin Walker didn't dare risk it just for that.

He had just eaten so much, but right after the breakthrough he immediately felt his stomach collapsing from hunger. Kevin Walker dashed straight into the forest.

Chapter 10: Finally Seeing People Again

To oneself, every person is unique and irreplaceable, but to the world, your presence or absence makes little difference—perhaps only a few people will ever truly remember you...

After the start of the semester at Earth University, humanity's deciphering of the latest Martian civilization became a hot topic repeatedly discussed by many experts and the media.

A riot broke out at the Venus high-security convict mining site, causing heavy casualties and even triggering fluctuations in the passage originally opened by the prehistoric star-beast, which seemed to have led to a small new beast tide.

There was a major breakthrough in deciphering Martian rune civilization. According to experts, it might be applied to the latest weapons, with even better results than electromagnetic weapons, especially in terms of defense...

The Titan civilization's research had made new discoveries, but reportedly required a very specific bloodline, which did not comply with the global sharing treaty...

In the blink of an eye, ten months passed quickly. Every day in the solar system, all kinds of major events occurred. Aside from the occasional attention to the progress of deciphering on Mars, people had long since stopped paying attention.

On Mars, a primeval forest caught fire, but the blaze hadn't lasted long before it was extinguished by a four-horned blue ox, standing eighteen or nineteen meters tall and several dozen meters long.

This creature didn't care about the fire at all, knocking down hundreds of giant trees, and using its four horns to carve out a huge firebreak in the ground, putting out the flames.

Trying to take advantage of the situation to do some barbecuing, Kevin Walker didn't escape its pursuit either. The four-horned blue ox roared to the sky, and birds in the air actually guided it, chasing Kevin Walker all the way.

"Come on, birds and beasts, you two are different species, aren't you? And you're still colluding..."

"Damn it, it's not even done yet, only medium rare..."

"Why are you chasing me? This is heavenly fire, Brother Ox, I was just here to grill some meat..."

"Seriously, which of your ox eyes saw me set the fire? You just keep targeting me..."

...

Kevin Walker's body leapt swiftly through the forest, easily clearing small trees over ten meters high. The four-horned ox behind him was too fierce—a dominant force in this several-hundred-mile area.

But Kevin Walker had chosen to defend against fires in its territory precisely because of his experience over the past year. This creature actually had trouble moving through the forest, and after smashing through who knows how many trees, it finally calmed down. Plus, the repeated shockwaves had affected many others, and now a hundred-meter-long flying python was spewing cold air, threatening it to retreat immediately.

Wherever the flying python's breath reached, the area for dozens of meters around turned into a frigid winter, with trees withering instantly. The four-horned ox was clearly wary and eventually chose to withdraw, while the flying python slowly retreated into a strange icy pool.

High in the sky, a giant fire-red eagle with a wingspan of a hundred meters circled overhead. Spotting prey that had been roasted by the fire, it swooped down and carried it off, the surrounding flames parting to make way.

Looking back at the ground behind him, which looked as if a giant tank had plowed through, Kevin Walker couldn't help but marvel at the creature's stubbornness. Even though the meat was only medium rare, after being chased all the way, Kevin Walker still happily finished off that dozens-of-kilograms leg.

This trip had lasted more than a month. It was already the fifth time Kevin Walker had gone searching for other military base buildings. Twice, he had actually found bases, but one was completely destroyed, and in the other, he hadn't found a virtual battle network pod.

Although he hadn't found it these past few times, searching while cultivating at least gave him a goal.

This time, Kevin Walker had returned because there were two terrifying prehistoric beasts fighting in that direction. Those two were far too powerful, completely beyond the scope of ordinary level-nine physiques.

The battle affected a thousand miles around, creating a small-scale beast tide in that area, turning everything into chaos and making it extremely dangerous. That's why Kevin Walker had come back to 0078 to rest for a while.

Just as Kevin Walker finished eating and casually tossed the bone toward the four-horned blue ox, he suddenly noticed an abnormal flicker in the sky. This was...