Swallowed Star

by Alexander Buchanez

  "An existence that surpasses the wargod level?" Luo Feng and the others took in a deep breath.

  Holy.

  An existence like that can go head to head with an entire country! A whole country has to bow down to this kind of person. This is indeed one of the top existences of human society. No wonder all the top officials of the businesses, government, army, and even wargod fighters came to receive and greet him.

  You can say--

  Such a person is like a 'god' to humanity.

  Chapter 68: Guo Hai

  Grief echoed throughout the entire Heroes' Hall. From the government officials to the generals of the army to the wargod level fighters, all of them paid their respects. Even the national television was carefully recording this scene as the reporter described what was happening in front of the camera. Soon, it was Luo Feng and the group's turn.

  As the crowd flowed, the five members of the fire hammer squad quickly entered the Heroes' Hall.

  There was just a gigantic photo at the memorial meeting.

  "Just a photo, not even a body" thought Luo Feng to himself with amazement. Indeed, once you die after facing the infinite rat tide, not even your bones will remain! Luo Feng and the others respectfully bowed three times while being surrounded by the sounds of grief. Silently kneeling beside them were the powerful wargod fighter's wife and daughter.

  Luo Feng and the others quickly left the area.

  The mood of the area outside the hall seemed to have relaxed a bit; it wasn't so oppressive like the mood in the hall.

  "Senior Lu Gang was unfortunate" sighed Gao Feng as he shook his head, "He just happened to fall into the middle of a rat tide. And the leader of the infinite rat tide surely determined that senior Lu Gang was a top fighter of humanity, so it was willing to give up everything to kill him! And once the rat tide is willing to do so, there's no escaping it".

  Luo Feng said in a small voice: "From what I heard from the scenes captured by the satellites, a couple dozen skyscrapers fell and millions of rat monsters died in senior Lu Gang's struggle. One can imagine the scene".

  Before, Luo Feng, Wan Dong, and the others were only being chased by a small rat tide containing around tens of thousands of rat monsters.

  And there wasn't even a single commander level rat monster in that small rat tide, or else how come the rat tide couldn't catch up to Wan Dong and the others' speed? Even such a small rat tide was able to give Luo Feng such pressure. When he thinks about a scene of being surrounded by billions of rat monsters, he couldn't help but to shudder! The fact that the wargod fighter was able to kill millions of rat tide monsters in such a short time showed that he was extremely powerful.

  "If senior Lu Gang was a bit more careful from the start and tried to avoid the center of the rat tide, he wouldn't have died" sighed Gao Feng.

  The cold outside the Heroes' Hall was heavy, and the streets were filled with those from the circle of fighters, the government, the army, and people from family corporations.

  "Luo Feng" a sound carried over.

  Luo Feng turned his head and saw Xu Xin in a black outfit not too far away. This outfit gave Xu Xin a small feeling of coldness.

  "Xu Xin, you don't have class today?" asked Luo Feng.

  "Today is Saturday, so I came over with my family" Xu Xin couldn't help but to laugh.

  Luo Feng paused, and then laughed at himself: "Saturday, oh..... I can't even remember the day of the week once I stopped going to school". After you become a fighter, the day of the week doesn't matter at all. When he was still going to school, he was crystal clear on the date.

  "Now that classmate Luo Feng is a fighter, he's different from us other classmates" said Xu Xin purposefully.

  Luo Feng and Xu Xin chatted like this on the side of the street.

  And Xu Gang, who was currently chatting with a middle-aged lady, caught a glimpse of Luo Feng and Xu Xin together. He couldn't help but to frown, and then apologized to the middle-aged lady beside him: "Director Zhang, I have some things to attend to. We'll talk about this dividing case later".

  The middle-aged lady smiled as she nodded her head.

  Xu Gang walked to a close spot and paid attention to Luo Feng and Xu Xin out of the corner of his eye. With Xu Gang's vision, he could clearly see Luo Feng and Xu Xin's expressions. Clearly, they were having an enjoyable time, which made Xu Gang's face even worse: "Sister is a prideful person, so she usually doesn't like to talk to guys of the same age. How come with this Luo Feng....."

  Sister Xu Xin has already reached the required age for marriage, so Xu Gang was extremely attentive to her love life.

  No matter what..... he did not like Luo Feng.

  "A fighter who'll die off who knows when, and he's still bothering my sister? The deeper they go, the more bitter hardship my sister will have to go through in the future!" Xu Gang was enraged, "This Luo Feng, I already told him tactfully last time. If he knows, then he should stay away from my sister! He fails to appreciate my kindness!"

  Xu Gang was clearly mad, but what can he do even if he's mad?

  He won't foolishly charge in.

  "Hm?" Xu Gang's gaze unexpectedly landed on someone not too far away, and with a heartbeat, "I'll let Luo Feng have some pain and know his place!".

  As he thought that in his heart, Xu Gang headed towards the left.

  "Master Xu" a seemingly handsome youth whose head was shaved laughed as he gave his greetings.

  "Guo Hai" laughed Xu Gang, "I didn't think I would see brother Guo Hai here. I thought you were still in the wilderness".

  "Senior Lu Gang's memorial meeting is a huge thing, how could I not come?" the handsome youth looked towards the Heroes' Hall and shook his head as he sighed, "Back then, I received some pointers from senior Lu Gang. Who could've known that such an awesome, powerful fighter like senior Lu Gang would....."

  Xu Gang felt like Guo Hai was actually sad, and he secretly shook his head: "This Gao Hai isn't even that close to wargod Lu Gang. Isn't he putting up too much of a show".

  As a merchant, he was unable to understand the feeling between the fighters.

  Fighters that walk on the border of life and death never forget their favors. Naturally, one would never forget a senior's advice for the rest of their lives.

  "Guo Hai, my sister came here today too" laughed Xu Gang.

  "Xu Xin?" Guo Hai's heart skipped a beat, "Where?"

  Xu Gang laughed bitterly, and then showed the direction with his eyes: "Oh, over there, chatting with a young fighter".

  Guo Hai saw Luo Feng and Xu Xin far away and slightly frowned, he said in a surprised tone: "As far as I know, lady Xu Xin rarely talks to fighters, so I'm guessing that this young fighter has a special connection with her". Even though he liked Xu Xin, Guo Hai didn't believe that Xu Xin had to like him back.

  "He does have a special connection" Xu Gang shook his head, "They used to be classmates, so my sister is on quite good terms with this kid. Or else she wouldn't be talking so much with him!".

  Guo Hai nodded, indeed, Xu Xin rarely talked to young men.

  Even though he had quite a bit of self control, Guo Hai couldn't help but to feel a bit jealous.

  "This kid, I warned him before to stay away from my sister. However, it looks like he has some plans of his own for my sister" Xu Gang looked at Guo Hai, "This kid doesn't even look at his own position. A warrior level fighter, who knows when he'll die. And he still dares to chase after my sister! A commoner chasing after royalty!".

  Guo Hai frowned, but couldn't help but to feel a bit proud inside.

  Young people can't help but to compare themselves to others. As of now, he's already an intermediate level warlord! And he's only 21 years old.

  "Xu Gang, you're right. a warrior level fighter will have a hard time in the wilderness, who knows what he'll die to" nodded Guo Hai, "If that kid really cares about Xu Xin, he shouldn't her".

  "I think so too!" followed Xu Gang.

  Guo Hai looked at Luo Feng, and asked: "Oh yea,
what's his name?".

  "He's named Luo Feng, and just became a fighter not too long ago" said Xu Gang.

  "Luo Feng?" Guo Hai frowned, "Crazy?".

  Xu Gang froze and looked at Guo Hai suspiciously: "What Crazy?".

  "Crazy is a nickname. Only someone who has skill would receive a nickname from others. Usually, people don't even get nicknames even when they want them" Guo Hai looked towards Xu Gang and frowned as he said, "This Luo Feng has a bit of fame in the circle of fighters. You underestimate him. Even though he just became a fighter not too long ago, he killed over 10,000 soldier level monsters in just two short months. And I heard that they were mostly advanced level soldiers. I estimate that--he has the skill of a beginner level warlord!".

  "Killed over 10,000 monsters? Two months?" Xu Gang blinked twice.

  "And, you said he's a beginner warlord level? A 18 year old beginner warlord level fighter?" Xu Gang couldn't help but to exclaim.

  Guo Hai nodded.

  Xu Gang widened his eyes as he turned around to look at Luo Feng, who was currently joyfully chatting with Xu Xin, and couldn't help but to curse: "****, this kid pretended to be weak and tricked me! Who knew he was such a person!". A 18 year old beginner warlord compared to a 21 year old intermediate warlord. As for potential, Luo Feng's is slightly higher.

  Xu Gang's attitude changed a bit.

  "Who knew that this Crazy also liked Xu Xin" Guo Hai let out a smile, "Interesting, interesting!".

  "Luo Feng, is actually called Crazy..... this nickname".

  Xu Gang was amazed beyond belief, "However, killing around 10,000 monsters in two months! This is indeed quite crazy!".

  Chapter 69: #003 City

  He was completely shocked, but Xu Gang quickly regained his composure. As he examined Luo Feng from far away, the merchant quickly came to a conclusion, "This Luo Feng is still young, but he's already a beginner level warlord! And the conditions he had back home weren't good at all, so being able to come to this stage is indeed quite rare! I'll look at it this way..... if he's able to become a wargod level existence some day, then I'm afraid that my dad and the others will have no choice but to let sister marry him".

  "However....."

  "A fighter is ultimately a fighter. Even Lu Gang can die, so who knows when he'll die. Whatever, whatever, I won't think any further. I'll just see how Luo Feng will grow from here" thought Xu Gang to himself. Indeed, a warlord level fighter is really nothing to a big family like the Xu family.

  The memorial meeting was still ongoing, but some fighters were already starting to leave.

  After the five members of the fire hammer squad left, they immediately started searching for a nice looking hotel with a classical style. The owner of this restaurant knew that there were quite a bit of people attending the memorial meeting today, since the memorial meeting was broadcasted across the country. Once he saw the direction Luo Feng and the others came from, along with the fighter-only car beside them, the owner of the restaurant immediately understood who these five were and led them to the best room on the third floor.

  "Alright, go now" Chen Gu quickly ordered some dishes and waved his hand signalling the waiter to leave.

  The most beautiful female waiter of the restaurant snuck a peek at them and then obediently left the room.

  "****, I was in a pretty good mood today until I saw the bastards of the tiger fang squad. Just seeing them completely destroyed my great mood!" Gao Feng couldn't help but to say out of anger while clenching his teeth. Before they left, Luo Feng and the others met the tiger fang squad, who also came to pay their respects.

  "Captain, there's no need to get so angry over those bastards, it's not worth it" Wei Tie shook his head.

  "After we enter the wilderness, we'll find a chance to get rid of them" laughed Wei Qing coldly.

  Luo Feng frowned and scanned the entire room with his spiritual force to make sure there weren't any hidden listening devices.

  After seeing Luo Feng like that, Gao Feng laughed as he said: "Luo Feng, no worries! This restaurant counts as a high class one, so people who eat in rooms like these are usually quite important people. Classified information frequently goes around here. If the owner of this restaurant dares to eavesdrop, he's looking for death!".

  Chen Gu also spoke: "Who cares if someone is eavesdropping. We just talked about killing people, but we didn't kill anyone yet. We can't even talk about it with our mouths?".

  Luo Feng laughed in agreement.

  "Captain, are there any annoying figures behind the tiger fang squad*?" asked Luo Feng, "If there are, then we have to be cautious".

  *TL note: No matter where I looked, it said "fire hammer squad", but considering the context, I'm pretty sure it's the tiger fang squad (it could just be a typo, but this is the first time I've ever seen a typo like this on all the sources I checked).

  "Who could there be?"

  Gao Feng sneered, "It's not like their parents are wargods".

  "Oh yea, senior wargod Lu Gang has three children, two sons and one daughter. And the oldest son and daughter are warlord level experts. Only the second son's strength is average" sighed Wei Tie, "These experts are just not the same. Even the daughter is so powerful already".

  "Oh, three children and two of them are warlord level?" Luo Feng was shocked.

  "That's quite normal".

  Gao Feng said, "Luo Feng, you haven't been in the circle of fighters for a long time, so you probably aren't too sure. Actually, a powerful fighter's children will also be quite powerful! For example, the world's strongest fighter, 'Hong', is an existence that surpasses a wargod. And his sons and daughters are all wargod level!".

  Luo Feng blinked twice, he really didn't know about this.

  "It's quite simple actually" laughed Gao Feng as he continued, "When a fighter trains, every cell in his body absorbs genetic energy, perfecting the genes in his body. The genes of his body continuously get better! And in that process, the stronger the fighter, the higher quality his genes will become".

  "And when he marries and has kids, those genes are passed onto the next generation!".

  "It's not weird for children of the exceptionally powerful fighters like 'Hong', 'Thunder God', and 'Zhu Xi' to reach the wargod level! Because their genes are already great. However, this doesn't carry completely. If they aren't as powerful as their parents, it'll lead to each generation getting weaker and weaker. Eventually, the genes of that family will become average again".

  Luo Feng nodded.

  Genes are indeed passed when having children. The children of powerful fighters have an advantage right at birth!

  The door opened, and the waiter came in with the food.

  "Okay"

  After the waiter put everything on the table and left, Gao Feng sighed as he said: "Actually, if humanity keeps on going like this, the genes of the powerful fighters will spread around, therefore increasing the quality of all the genes of humanity! However, when a weak person marries a powerful person, their children could be quite normal".

  "So, it's very hard to raise the quality of the genes of humanity as a whole".

  "Powerful people raise the quality of humanity's genes, while weak people lower them".

  "However, one point is clear. As time passes, the genes of humanity as a whole will continuously rise in quality! One day, almost all of humanity can become fighters!".

  Luo Feng slightly nodded at Gao Feng's conclusion.

  "Of course, for every single human to become a fighter... who knows how long that'll take! 500 years? 1,000 years? 50,000 years?" laughed Gao Feng as he shook his head. Evolution for all of humanity is indeed a slow process.

  Luo Feng and the others quickly finished lunch and, after the dishes were taken away, ordered some tea.

  "Old Chen and Wei Tie and his brother have pretty much gotten used to their strength. Let me see, we'll go into the wilderness these two days" said Gao Feng as he looked at the others, "Anyone have any opinions?".

  "How about, the da
y after tomorrow?" spoke Chen Gu.

  Luo Feng nodded: "Let's depart on the day after tomorrow. However, captain, where are we going to this time?".

  "Haha" Chen Gu laughed, "This time we surely won't be going to those small country level cities. Our squad is much more powerful than it was before". Saying that the squad as a whole has increased in strength by at least 10 times is no exaggeration.

  "Let's go to a major city area" Wei Tie and Wei Qing's eyes flashed.

  In the past, they were only willing to fight a bit in prefecture-level cities.

  "How about--we get arrogant and try the #003 city?" said Gao Feng quietly as he took in a deep breath.

  "#003 city?".

  Luo Feng and the others were completely shocked.

  #003 city, what does that represent?

  You could say it's one of the most horrifying areas in all of Eurasia. This place is near the sea, so there are large amounts of ocean monsters. This city also has one of the highest building densities, so the amount of monsters here has reached an alarming amount. There are many horde leader level monsters, and even monsters that surpass the horde leader level live here!

  Large amounts of top fighters come here!

  Fighters from other headquarter cities in Asia also come to this area just for this city!

  Here, is where human fighters and soldiers slaughter each other!

  Here, is where the center of China's economy was before the Grand Nirvana Period--Shanghai city!

  "There?" Wei Tie and Wei Qing were both shocked.

  "That's too much, the difficulty gap is too great" Wei Tie couldn't help but to say, "How about we go to #023 city in old Suzhou first?" No matter how arrogant, anyone would tremble in fear after hearing the name of #003 city. This place is where the real dragons, snakes, and alligators appear!

  Gao Feng looked at the others and laughed: "Scared?".

  "Who's scared, whoever goes to #003 city will get major bragging rights" Chen Gu's eyes flashed, "Go, of course we're going! #003 city is a gigantic city anyway, probably more than 10 times larger than the other cities. We're just creeping along the border, what is there to be afraid of".