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These two jade disks were naturally one genuine and one fake.
After receiving the mission, Ji Tianhao had already made his plans. He had secretly crafted a fake jade disk specifically for this purpose. On the surface, it was no different from the real one. Then, after arriving at the destination and obtaining the genuine Kunlun Jade Disk, he immediately stored it inside the dark space—what was now the space-time singularity space. The fake was left outside and carried on his person, to be brought directly back to the country, passing off the false as the real.
Openly repairing the plank road while secretly crossing at Chencang—he had naturally pulled it off with great ease.
Only, now that they had already fallen into the sinkhole, missions and the like no longer mattered. What mattered instead was the Kunlun Jade Disk itself. According to the information he had learned, it was an important treasure, not some ordinary mortal object. But as for what exactly it was, no one truly knew.
At this moment, holding it in his hand, he could not help feeling curious.
“Hm? Something’s wrong. Why is the Kunlun Jade Disk glowing? There are characters on it—are they runes, or something else?”
Just then, the Kunlun Jade Disk, having left the singularity space and appeared in the outside world, seemed to come into contact with some mysterious substance in the external environment. The jade disk, originally smooth, flawless, and snow-white, suddenly began to flicker with a golden spiritual light without any warning. Within that spiritual light was a kind of innate, indestructible spirituality. On the jade disk, countless profound runes and Dao markings emerged, sacred and majestic, giving one the sensation of glimpsing a sea of laws.
“Not good.”
The instant the jade disk began to react, Ji Tianhao instinctively felt a powerful warning rise within him. Without even thinking, he decisively stored the Kunlun Jade Disk back into the singularity space. That light was far too conspicuous.
Once it entered the singularity space, the changes that occurred once again exceeded his expectations.
He saw the black hole in his sea of consciousness seem to sense some irresistible temptation. Instinctively, it released a powerful attractive force, directly devouring the innate spiritual light emerging from the Kunlun Jade Disk. It looked like a starving ghost that had not eaten in who knew how many years suddenly seeing delicious food; it could no longer restrain itself and absorbed it completely.
The innate spiritual light within the Kunlun Jade Disk did not resist the black hole’s extraction. It was absorbed smoothly and effortlessly. In an instant, that entire innate, indestructible spiritual light merged into the black hole. The moment it did, the entire black hole seemed to gain spirituality, awakening all at once from its dormancy. The originally still black hole suddenly began to emit black light, then started to rotate, as if it had truly awakened.
Within the black hole, countless mysterious runes could be seen flickering and changing.
At the same time, as the innate spiritual light merged into the black hole, the Kunlun Jade Disk also formed a profound connection with it. The jade disk directly fused with the entire singularity space, becoming part of the space-time singularity. Within the dark space, it rotated naturally, emitting a faint, lustrous white glow. Suspended within that dark singularity space, it was like a bright moon in the sky, adding a different color to the darkness.
“The Kunlun Jade Disk, the innate indestructible spiritual light, activating the black hole, merging into the singularity space, becoming part of the space within it… This is far too wondrous. So the most miraculous thing within the Kunlun Jade Disk was that strand of innate indestructible spiritual light. It could originally have turned the Kunlun Jade Disk into an innate spirit treasure, but instead it became part of the black hole in my body, part of my talent.”
Ji Tianhao’s heart burned with excitement.
Without the slightest hesitation, he looked toward the Guixu Wristwatch, hoping to glimpse the specific changes in its data.
Talent: Black Hole.
Divine Abilities: Space-Time Singularity [Black Iron], Devour [Black Iron]
“It’s here. Sure enough, there’s been a change. Devour can send all things in heaven and earth into the black hole and allow them to be devoured. The black hole can devour all matter, extract its essence, strengthen itself, and grow. Right now, it has only allowed the black hole to begin operating. The innate spiritual light has opened the path for my talent to grow. However, as for its specific effects, I’ll still need to try them personally before I can understand.”
Ji Tianhao pondered inwardly.
Although his talent abilities were displayed on the Guixu Wristwatch, that was only data. True experience, limits, and everything else would have to be developed by himself.
Of course, the Kunlun Jade Disk had thoroughly fused with the black hole now. It could be considered to have become part of the black hole, and it had also stimulated the black hole into operation. In his view, this was absolutely making the best use of it. No matter what, the black hole could grow, and the Kunlun Jade Disk had fused with the space-time singularity. Thus, regardless of what state the Kunlun Jade Disk had been in before, or what function it once possessed, now it was merely part of his own talent.
As for what other effects the Kunlun Jade Disk had, he would eventually find out.
In any case, the meat had rotted in his own pot.
“The light that bloomed just now probably already attracted some attention. Perhaps someone will think of the Kunlun Jade Disk. In that case, the plan I prepared earlier can still be carried out. After all, aside from me, no one knows that there’s also a counterfeit Kunlun Jade Disk.”
“However, now it’s time to collect supplies. If I don’t collect them now, once the people in the hotel react, they’ll definitely start fighting over all kinds of resources. In an unknown environment and unknown circumstances, survival is the first priority. Keeping myself alive is what matters most.”
A trace of resolve flashed in Ji Tianhao’s eyes.
He had never thought of himself as a perfect person who could sacrifice himself for others, utterly selfless and devoted to the common good. If he could ensure his own safety, then saving people was his conscience, the bottom line of his morality. But if even he could not survive, then the instinct of life was to live—to seek every possible means that would allow him to survive.
Now, in the face of this sudden disaster, the most important thing for survival was supplies.
Food, drink, clothing, daily necessities.
Ji Tianhao wanted them all.
After deciding on his next objective, he immediately began searching the room he was staying in.
This time, he had booked a luxurious suite. Not only was the interior lavishly decorated, but all the basic items were also complete.
The blue-and-white porcelain teapot and teacups used for drinking tea, the entire tea set—take.
The six bottles of Nongfu Spring placed at the entrance—take!
The small snacks provided in the suite, a large bag of preserved plums—take.
Very quickly, he collected everything in the room that could be collected. Even the Simmons mattress on the bed, the quilt, towels, and so on were all stored away first. The singularity space was one thousand cubic meters in size. Placing this little bit of stuff inside was child’s play, barely a splash of water. Otherwise, back then, he would never have been able to transport certain precision instruments back from abroad.
He collected these things just in case.
Years of life as a bounty hunter had long since formed in him a character that prepared for the unexpected.
When disaster struck, supplies were everything.
After storing away everything in the suite that could be taken, and with his own luggage having long since been packed, he walked outside without hesitation.
Click!
Opening the door and closing it were done in one smooth motion.
His room was on the eighteenth floor. The elevator could not be used; it was already scrap. Without power, it was nothing but an iron shell. If he got inside, he would even have to worry that it might fall. At a time like this, of course he would take the stairs.
“The spatial fractures earlier should have been an abnormality produced when we fell into the sinkhole. After truly landing on the ground, everything was actually intact. But if someone had stepped into them at the time, their body would probably have been torn apart.”
Ji Tianhao entered the stairwell and looked around. Whether the stairs led upward or downward, they were all completely intact.
“There’s a high probability that the supply storage room is on the first floor or the basement level.”
After that thought flashed through his mind, he no longer hesitated and swiftly rushed downstairs. There was technique to descending stairs. His soles contracted, his toes drew together, and he landed on the tips of his feet, like an agile leopard. He descended three steps at a time, not finding it strenuous in the slightest; instead, he appeared exceptionally relaxed.
His many years of training in traditional martial arts had not been for nothing.
For an ordinary person going downstairs, each floor would take around two seconds no matter what. But on Ji Tianhao’s side, he directly controlled each floor to one second. From the eighteenth floor down to the first, he used only eighteen seconds.
When he came down, the hotel staff, servers, lobby manager, and others in the first-floor lobby were already in complete chaos. The hotel security guards were holding batons and guarding the hotel entrance. The main doors had already been shut, and the thick fog outside blocked their view. The terror from when the hotel had fallen had not yet dissipated.
At the same time, they had all discovered the wristwatch mark that had suddenly appeared on their wrists.
The clever ones had already begun to investigate it.
“Perfect. This makes it convenient for me to collect supplies and avoid being disturbed.”
Ji Tianhao glanced toward the lobby. From the hotel’s fall into the sinkhole until now, not much time had actually passed. It could even be said to have been extremely brief. With the Guixu Wristwatch drawing their attention, no one had the presence of mind to pay attention to anything else. This was his best opportunity.
Without thinking, he quickly headed toward the back kitchen.
The hotel had its own restaurant, and as a star-rated hotel, the back kitchen was also very luxurious.
All kinds of high-end kitchenware were fully available. The kitchen looked somewhat messy, clearly having been thrown into disorder during the fall.
Quite a few ingredients were scattered inside as well.
Chicken, duck, fish, and meat were all there. When he saw these ingredients, he did not think twice and directly stored them away. Pots, bowls, ladles, basins, knives, and the like were also quickly gathered in a batch. He did not take everything. Space was limited, and he could not waste it on things that could not be eaten.
The back kitchen was not far from the warehouse where supplies were stored.
The storage area itself existed for the convenience of the back kitchen, so it was not difficult to find at all.
Very soon, he found the warehouse. It seemed someone had previously been taking supplies from it, so the warehouse was not locked. Instead, it was wide open. After all, no one could have imagined that something like this would happen inside the hotel.
The warehouse occupied a large area. The first things visible inside were all kinds of hotel supplies—necessities such as quilts and towels, piled together like small mountains. He collected a batch of unopened quilts, towels, and other hotel supplies. They were all high-grade goods; the supplies of a star-rated hotel were still relatively strictly controlled. However, he did not take too many.
The most important things in the warehouse were the grain and the stored meat.
In one area, he clearly saw bags of rice and flour piled up like a small mountain.