Chapter 128: Chapter 113: Bizarre Spirit World, Benefits of Breaking the Limit

Unlike the minor level-ups within a tier, the extra Spiritual Energy from this upgrade sent Lin Feng’s consciousness plunging into a bizarre, pale world.

Like an inexplicable phenomenon from a dream, Lin Feng gazed at the desolate scenery and quickly realized this wasn’t reality, but a virtual construct simulated within his own mind.

However, when he raised his hand, he found he was still holding the long spear and the Lv21 Armor-Piercing Cannon, with the Flying Wing Tank parked silently behind him.

However, the tank’s exterior was a blur, presumably because it was in a state of upgrading.

With the appearance of his two bound items, Lin Feng’s sense of self grew increasingly lucid.

As if he’d realized something, he opened the tank’s side door, walked inside, and proceeded to the master bedroom past the living area.

Just as he expected, a figure was lying quietly on the bed.

It was none other than Chen Yanyan, who was sleeping soundly in his arms back in the Real World. Here, her projection in the Spirit World was sleeping just as peacefully on the soft bed.

Lin Feng looked around again. After confirming that every detail matched reality, he returned outside the tank. He began to observe this bizarre world, which felt both alien and yet vaguely familiar.

As far as the eye could see lay a stretch of desolation, a barren wasteland reminiscent of the aftermath of a nuclear war, devoid of any sign of life.

The dusky, reddish sky was filled with crimson clouds, utterly motionless, as if time itself had been frozen.

It seemed this bizarre world had no concept of time.

Lin Feng’s brow furrowed. He fired several shots into the sky. The shells flew straight up, never slowing or exploding, until they vanished into the clouds.

With no gravity, physical laws didn’t seem to apply.

This sight left Lin Feng deep in thought.

He slung the Armor-Piercing Cannon over his back, bent into a sprinter’s stance, and then burst forward, running for several dozen meters...

At the edge of a raised stone slope, he gave a sudden, powerful push and leaped!

In the next moment, just like the shells he had fired, Lin Feng shot upward. Propelled by the inertia of his jump, he continued to ascend at a constant speed...

Floating in mid-air, he felt as if he were in the vacuum of the cosmos, drifting endlessly without friction toward the clouds above.

Lin Feng flew higher and higher, probing the truth of this Spirit World. After passing through misty clouds crackling with lightning, he finally saw what lay above the sky!

The sky was a dim gray, with no stars in sight. The place where the Sun should have been was occupied by a bizarre celestial body—deep black at its core with a reddish outer ring.

Its outer ring glowed red, emitting radioactive-like rays that showered the planet below, dyeing the thick cloud cover a crimson red.

This scene reminded Lin Feng of the bizarre solar eclipse in the Real World that had accompanied the invasion of the Alien Zerg Race.

’Could it be that the scene I saw at home back then is now so deeply etched into my mind that my subconscious has replaced the Sun with it in this nightmare?’

Just as doubt crept into Lin Feng’s mind, his ascending body continued to fly onward...

He was unable to stop, a fact he barely noticed.

When he looked up again, he was horrified to discover that the bizarre sun—once the size of a basketball—had suddenly swelled into a colossal sphere.

Furious storms threatened to tear him apart. Lin Feng felt he had lost all control and was about to be pulled into the strange, dark celestial body.

The next moment, his body, tiny as a speck of dust, passed through the outer layer of blood-red, radiating storms without incident, entering a dead, dark space.

It was a place devoid of everything. Lin Feng couldn’t even see his own hands; only by touching his own body could he confirm his limbs were still attached.

As he floated in the boundless darkness, a fissure as vast as a canyon slowly opened in the center of it all.

From within, a dark red sphere emerged, darting up, down, left, and right, like a pupil revealed from behind an opening eyelid.

As the fissure widened, the pupil that had opened within the bizarre celestial body finally noticed the foreign object now present inside it.

The moment that continent-sized, black-and-red pupil locked onto him, Lin Feng’s heart leaped in alarm. He realized it had noticed him, and in the next instant...

He felt as if an invisible hand had seized him, tightly gripping his throat and binding his limbs.

His face flushed as he suffocated, completely paralyzed.

Then, Lin Feng was completely drawn in.

Just like the shells he had fired, he plummeted at an incredible speed, becoming a mere speck in the endless darkness.

The feeling of suffocation vanished, but the G-force overload from the accelerated fall threw his consciousness into chaos, and his sanity began to fray...

On the verge of losing consciousness, Lin Feng vaguely saw a point of light in the darkness and reached out for it.

A familiar female voice echoed from within it:

"Lin Feng, use your power well!"

As the voice reached his ears, Lin Feng’s eyes snapped open. He found himself still lying on the bed in the Flying Wing Tank’s bedroom.

Chen Yanyan, who had been in his arms, had rolled over to the other side of the bed.

As for Lin Feng, he was soaked to the bone. The sweat had not only drenched his clothes but had also left a human-shaped stain on the sheets...

Lin Feng’s brow furrowed, but he paid no mind to the profuse sweating. His thoughts were consumed by the final scene in the Spirit World before he’d awoken.

The voice that came from the point of light had a timbre he would never forget for the rest of his life.

Because that was the voice of his mother, He Yiwen!

Damn it!

At this thought, Lin Feng’s brow furrowed even deeper. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

His mother had been missing for several years. How could she appear in his subconscious?

Aside from right after they had disappeared, when Lin Feng would occasionally dream of them...

...but so many years had passed that he had almost forgotten.

’Could it be that the Spirit World from the nightmare wasn’t a fabrication, but a real place?’

’Was He Yiwen not actually dead?’

Lin Feng shook his head, thinking it was too fanciful. It was just a nightmare.

However, his mom’s words kept ringing in his ears.

"Make good use of my ability," Lin Feng muttered to himself, looking down at his hands.

’Why would He Yiwen give me a warning like that in the dream?’

Before Lin Feng could come up with any useful clues, his post-upgrade Attributes appeared before his eyes:

「Lin Feng, Lv21/29」

「Life Value 270, Physique 270, Spirit 295」

「Basic Attributes increased by 50 points. Spiritual Attribute increased by an additional 30 points. Breaking Limit Value is inheritable.」

「Note: A new piece of equipment can be bound. The highest quality for the bound item is Orange Quality.」

「Note: Spiritual Value has significantly surpassed the limit. Basic Skills (Identification, Upgrade, Copy, Mind Sensing) have gained additional enhancements.」

「Identification: Max range increased by 50% (5km). Identification detail increased.」

「Upgrade: Upgrade time reduced by 10%.」

「Copy: Replica effective range increased from 1km to 2km.」

「Mind Sensing: Detection range increased from 3km to 5km.」

Seeing all his Skills improve at once was incredibly satisfying for Lin Feng. While the individual effects weren’t overwhelmingly powerful, the comprehensive growth of his abilities was.

The effects of Breaking the Limit were truly impressive.

It was like a small-scale qualitative leap!

The increase in Upgrade speed was particularly welcome, as it would greatly alleviate his biggest worry: the slow Upgrade speed for large pieces of equipment.

For example, the upgrade for his Lv19 Flying Wing Tank had started at five in the morning, and it still wasn’t finished, even though it was now close to noon.

Granted, this was a major Tier Jumping Upgrade, so it was expected to take longer.

But in future battles against the Zerg Race, Upgrade speed would be absolutely critical.

Finishing an upgrade just a little faster could mean the difference between victory and defeat in a grueling battle.

At this thought, Lin Feng grew even more eager to hunt down and kill a Tier Two Spiritual Element Zerg.

’In the future, I’ll need to get closer to large human gatherings. Then I can use my Identification Skill to scout around. I might get a pleasant surprise.’

After all, a single Tier Two Spirit Element Zerg could raise his Spiritual Attribute Value by 30 points. That was too good a deal to pass up.

As Lin Feng savored the benefits of Breaking the Limit, his mind now full of vigor, he suddenly recalled his mother’s reminder to make good use of his ability.

’Did He Yiwen somehow know beforehand that I would gain powerful Superpowers? Or was it just a subconscious warning, born from the dark side of my own mind?’

Lin Feng rubbed his face, deciding not to dwell on things that might only happen in the future.

He wasn’t yet strong enough to influence the fate of humanity. When he did reach that level, he believed he could use his own formidable power to overcome any obstacle and turn the tide.

Composing himself, Lin Feng got up.

Looking at his phone, he saw that he had only slept for a little over an hour, but the fatigue from staying up all night had vanished without a trace.

Right now, Lin Feng was brimming with energy and boundless vitality.

’This must be another benefit of Spiritual Limit-Breaking.’

Looking at the woman still sleeping soundly on the bed, he noted her recovery was much slower.

Lin Feng quietly entered the bathroom. After a shower and a change of clothes...

...he went outside the tank.

He saw his team members were all resting in shifts.

When Li Ran saw Lin Feng was awake, he gave a quick greeting before succumbing to his exhaustion and heading into the vehicle to sleep.

Lin Feng nodded. He looked at the luxuriously decorated service area building with a sense of wistfulness.

In the past, Wu City’s economy had developed rapidly. The infrastructure in the surrounding areas was top-notch; even the highway service areas were built like shopping malls.

They had everything: fast food joints, bubble tea shops, cafes, and even clothing stores.

Now, however, it had been completely looted by refugees.

Only a few untaken beds remained in the second-floor motel, which the team members were using to rest.

Just as Lin Feng was familiarizing himself with their temporary camp,

Shen Jie came running over with good news.

Zhang Liying, who had the same Awakening Superpower as him, had just successfully fused with the flesh of a Cyan-winged Zerg.

A pair of Cyan Wing Membrane Wings had sprouted from her back!