Cave Refuge

Normally, when a Companion Spiritual Treasure consumes a dark green Mysterious Core, it should be able to obtain or upgrade certain equipment, with the choice usually resting with the host.

However, after Dong Tianyu fed this giant Mysterious Core to his Companion Spiritual Treasure, it did not allow Dong Tianyu to choose the equipment he wanted to upgrade, nor did it offer him the choice to select new equipment; in fact, no new equipment appeared at all.

Once Dong Tianyu's Companion Spiritual Treasure consumed the giant Mysterious Core, it directly awakened its Artifact Spirit, but as it had ingested only one giant Mysterious Core, the awakening level of the Artifact Spirit was quite low.

If likened to artificial intelligence, although it was somewhat better than an artificial simpleton, it had only reached the capability to execute clear and simple commands.

For more complex and cumbersome commands, it could not execute them well. Let alone reaching the level of the AI in the films known as 'Skynet', it was far behind 'Friday'.

Nevertheless, having an Artifact Spirit was a breakthrough from zero to one. Although the Artifact Spirit was currently at the level of artificial simpleton, Dong Tianyu believed that even if it did not reach the level of 'Skynet', it would at least become as strong an assistant to Dong Tianyu as 'Jarvis'.

After handling all this, because he had prior experience, Dong Tianyu first controlled his Companion Spiritual Treasure to shrink to its original size before piloting the shrunken Companion Spiritual Treasure to surface from the water.

As the Companion Spiritual Treasure reached the surface area, it spotted someone not far away standing on something like a skateboard, flying directly through the air.

Seeing that the person was heading straight towards his location, Dong Tianyu, unsure of the other party's intentions, did not directly attack. However, he quietly summoned the Flying Swords, keeping them hidden in the cockpit, ready to attack at any moment.

The reason Dong Tianyu did not initiate an attack was twofold. The first was because they were very close to the Magic Capital's first Water Base. If anything happened, the base would likely notice quickly.

Moreover, for this fellow brazenly flying in the sky, Dong Tianyu would not believe that the Magic City Base had not noticed him.

Since the Magic City Base had already detected the person but had not acted against him, it indicated that the man's flight in the sky must have been sanctioned by the Magic City Base. If Dong Tianyu initiated an attack, it might create unnecessary complications.

The second reason, based on Dong Tianyu's Divine Sense observation, was that the Martial Cultivation of the other was not weak, and although the flying device beneath him seemed highly technological, it was far inferior to Dong Tianyu's Flying Swords in both agility and speed.

Should a battle truly become necessary, no further discussion was needed. The Flying Swords by Dong Tianyu's side could instantly reduce the flying device under the man's feet to shreds.

It was precisely because of this that Dong Tianyu stayed where he was without any intention of striking first.

The other party did not come directly to Dong Tianyu. Instead, he stopped about thirty to forty meters away from Dong Tianyu, voluntarily lowered his flight altitude, then took out a walkie-talkie from his waist, and after speaking, the words, amplified by the loudspeaker on his waist, reached Dong Tianyu's ears.

'Hello, this area belongs to the Magic City Base at Close Sea. Please present your pass. If you have a pass, please queue according to the passage rules to enter. If you have not obtained a pass, I can guide you to the relevant department for processing.'

Upon hearing the other's call, Dong Tianyu was just about to say that he did not have a pass and was willing to follow him to process it, when he suddenly remembered a scene from a classic anime. He then took out a tablet from his Storage Space and shouted to the other party, "Can I use this to process it?"

Seeing the tablet that Dong Tianyu had taken out, the other person was momentarily startled. He hadn't expected Dong Tianyu to be able to bring out such an item. Although purchasing a tablet required no qualifications, the cost had become the primary barrier, as few ordinary people would spend a lot of money on such an item.

In other words, the people who could produce a tablet were also not ordinary. However, there always existed those who sought to exploit loopholes. To prevent such inspectors from being unable to discern whether the tablet the person was holding was bought specially from their side, the Officials had arranged for a very convenient detection method.

"Hello, please enter the interface of Magic Capital's first base, select the Traffic Management App, then choose Pass Verification and speak out the verification code provided by the System."

Hearing the other person speak in this manner, Dong Tianyu also understood the other party's identity at this moment, no need to say the other party must be an inspector.

So Dong Tianyu followed the steps that had just been explained, operating on his tablet, and then spoke out the verification code he obtained.

The other party took out an instrument from his waist and verified the verification code Dong Tianyu had just reported.

Actually, when Dong Tianyu was seriously operating with his head down just now, he had already been willing to believe that the tablet in Dong Tianyu's hands was not fake, so his originally tense mindset relaxed a lot.

However, only after he used the instrument in his hands to verify that the verification code Dong Tianyu gave him was authentic and effective did he fully relax. Then he maneuvered the flying vehicle at his feet closer to Dong Tianyu's Companion Spiritual Treasure.

The other party saw Dong Tianyu staring intently at the flying vehicle beneath himself and took the initiative to smile and introduce to Dong Tianyu, "Seeing the earlier situation, you must have not come back here for a long time. You might be somewhat unclear about the changes here, would you like me to briefly introduce them to you?"

Hearing the other party initiate the conversation, Dong Tianyu was not embarrassed and nodded directly, "I really haven't come back in a long time. If it's convenient, it would be best to give me a brief introduction to the changes in the base. I don't want to go back three and be completely clueless like a primitive man."

After hearing Dong Tianyu agree, the other party then spoke, "If we talk about the biggest change from the past, it would be that this place has re-established a stable route with Kyoto, because by restoring this commuter line, some of the black technology developed by Kyoto has quickly spread to Magic City."

Just like this flying vehicle beneath my feet. Although similar things were made before the catastrophe, in terms of stability and endurance, they are far behind this one beneath my feet.

I don't know how they researched it in Kyoto, but now the vast majority of devices no longer require traditional electrical energy, but rely on the Inner Breath within Martial Artists as an energy source.

Compared to various sources of energy that are not convenient to carry, the ceaseless Inner Breath (Energy) within a Martial Artist is definitely in a class of its own within the realm of fuel."

You need not envy the flying vehicle beneath my feet. The tablet in your hand must have been bought a long time ago, and judging by your power back then, if nothing unexpected happens, with your current strength, buying a flying vehicle like the one beneath my feet is quite straightforward,"

Hearing the other person say this, Dong Tianyu just nodded indifferently.

Seeing Dong Tianyu's indifferent expression at this moment, the other party could not quite ascertain Dong Tianyu's current financial power and strength.

The reason the other party was so enthusiastic and proactive in wanting to introduce the situation in the base to Dong Tianyu, was simply because he thought that after he had finished speaking, Dong Tianyu should give some sort of reciprocal gift.

Even if Dong Tianyu was stingy and did not give anything back, he actually did not have much to lose, as the things he talked about did not involve any privacy or important intelligence.

In any case, as long as Dong Tianyu goes back, even if he didn't hear it from him now, he would get the information from someone else.

Just moving his mouth and wasting a little time, if he got something in return, it was a gain; if not, there was also no loss.

Dong Tianyu, seeing the other person suddenly become disinterested, instantly guessed the other person's thoughts. He originally didn't mind parting with some items and had planned to give them after getting the information he wanted.

But seeing the other person's expression now, Dong Tianyu feared that if he did not give the items now, the other might just turn around and leave.