MM Racing Chapter 65: It's Good to Be Alive
Chapter 65: It's Good to Be Alive
The massive body of the Golden Horned Beast lies silently on the seabed thousands of meters below the surface.
When Luo Feng, who was struggling to control the power of the Golden Horned Beast inside his body, heard that familiar voice again, his soul trembled violently.
The owner?
The thought had barely formed in his mind when he subconsciously rejected it.
impossible.
The museum master and Thor burned their souls and sacrificed them to himself through the hexagram, and he watched their life flames extinguish.
This must be an illusion, an illusion created by the turmoil of my own soul.
"Luo Feng! Alarm! Alarm!"
Within his mind, Babata's alarm sounded.
"Your soul is fluctuating abnormally violently. If this continues, your fragile soul will be damaged again!"
"Calm down. Don't let your imagination run wild. In this universe, there is no known technology or secret technique that can make a person whose soul has been completely burned out speak again. This is definitely an illusion."
Babata's scream seemed to further confirm Luo Feng's judgment. An indescribable sense of sorrow welled up in his heart.
It turns out that even the final victory was something he had to savor alone.
Just then, the voice rang out again.
"Don't doubt it. Second Brother's all-out Ninth Layer Thunder Blade, my soul-burning World-Destroying Spear, and the Void Tower you smashed into the Primal Core at the last moment. These details, apart from the three of us, no one else will know."
"I'm still alive."
These words shattered all of Luo Feng's doubts and sorrow.
This is a secret they shared through life and death, a secret they obtained at the cost of their lives.
Luo Feng's illusory soul trembled violently within the massive inner world of the Golden Horned Beast. The pain he had forcibly suppressed in his heart burst forth at this moment, transforming into an indescribable ecstasy.
"Master, you...you're really still alive?"
His soul was twisted by agitation.
"I'm still alive, and so is my second brother."
Hong's voice remained steady, yet it conveyed a sense of awe and shock that even he himself could not fully comprehend.
Countless questions flooded Luo Feng's mind in an instant.
"What's going on? How could you possibly... Babata said that soul burning is irreversible."
Hong remained silent for a moment, seemingly organizing his thoughts.
"I don't know how to explain it to you. In the final moments before my soul's flame was extinguished, I felt myself falling into nothingness. Just as my consciousness was about to completely dissipate, a great being beyond our comprehension intervened."
Hong's voice carried a hint of etherealness.
"He reshaped my and my second brother's souls. In a way I can't even imagine, he forged our burned-out souls into something more refined and pure than before."
Luo Feng's soul was completely stunned.
In his mind's eye, Babata also crashed. For the first time, this self-proclaimed omniscient intelligent life form's vast database showed an unresolvable blank.
Hong continued, "My second brother's injuries are more severe than mine. It will take time for his body and soul to reunite, so he is still unconscious."
The museum owner and Thor are both still alive, that's enough!
"Before I rushed into the Golden Horned Beast's body, I had already pre-programmed a high-privilege timed message. Now, the entire Earth's leadership, including our relatives and friends, believe that the three of us are seriously injured and are in seclusion in some top-secret location, our fate unknown."
"This gave us perfect cover; no one would bother us."
Luo Feng was quick-witted and instantly grasped Hong's intention.
"So, you've now possessed the Golden Horned Beast and are adapting to controlling its body?"
Luo Feng's consciousness jolted, and he said helplessly.
"Master, how do you know everything? I feel completely exposed in front of you, I can't hide anything from you."
Hong smiled, his voice becoming serious, "Your primary task now is to take perfect control of this golden-horned behemoth's body as soon as possible."
"This is not a monster, it is your fortress. It is the capital for you to roam the universe in the future. Do not resist it. Your soul is human, and you will always be human."
"Forget your past physical structure as a human being; that only restricts your imagination. Treat this body as an independent world, and your soul as the god of this world. Reinforce your will; do not command it with brute force, but feel it. Feel how the secret patterns on your scales guide cosmic energy, listen to the subtle rhythms of your muscle fibers, and look down upon the blood surging within you."
Hong imparted his martial arts insights on the unity of human and body to Luo Feng without reservation, guiding him on how to control this powerful clone.
Guided by Hong, Luo Feng forced himself to calm down. He stopped anxiously trying to move the golden-horned behemoth's claws or tail, and instead slowly integrated his human soul and will into every corner of this enormous body.
A wonderful feeling I had never experienced before arose.
He felt the golden blood surging within his body, containing life energy billions of times greater than that of a human body. Countless cells in this body were joyfully accepting the soul imprint of him, their new master.
The originally violent and unruly energy began to become docile under his will. The massive body of the golden-horned beast, which had been twitching unconsciously when forcibly controlled, slowly calmed down.
Just as Luo Feng was beginning to experience the joy of control, another equally weak yet familiar fluctuation of consciousness emanated from the Silver Guard beside him.
"Where am I... It's pitch black, have I gone to the underworld?"
Thor has awakened.
"Second brother."
"Thor".
Hong and Luo Feng's consciousness immediately connected.
"Brother Hong? Luo Feng, kid?"
Thor was taken aback at first, but then he understood the cause and effect after Hong's quick explanation. His consciousness fluctuated violently, from bewilderment to shock, and finally turned into the ecstasy of surviving a disaster.
The consciousnesses of the three strongest beings on Earth, beneath this ocean ten thousand meters deep, transcended the boundaries of life and death and finally reunited.
Having gone through this life-and-death experience together, Luo Feng had no more reservations and voluntarily confessed his secret to the two of them.
"Master, Thor... there's something I must tell you. The adventures on Kirishima actually originated from the legacy of the Meteorite Star in the universe..."
Luo Feng revealed everything about Babata's existence, Huyanbo's legacy, and his becoming the new master of Meteorite Star.
Unexpectedly, a knowing chuckle came from Hong's mind.
"You little brat, you're finally going to talk?"
"When I was exploring other ancient civilizations, I pieced together fragments of information, such as Meteorite Star and Huyanbo, from some remaining encrypted messages. After some probing, I had already guessed that what you received was the inheritance of Meteorite Star."
Thor's mind went completely blank after hearing this.
"Fine. You two. One of you is cunning and has a backup plan, and the other is hiding a huge secret. So you're only keeping things from me, huh? I'm risking my life to fight that beast head-on, and you two are doing nothing."
This accusation, filled with resentment, made all three of them laugh.
Thor's "anger" came and went quickly. He was filled with countless emotions, which finally turned into a long sigh that echoed deep in the souls of Hong and Luo Feng.
"But... it's so good to be alive."