I Am Your Natural Enemy-Chapter 525 - 211: Explosive Great Sun, Merge into One (5k)_2
You can still see that massive fireball, churning, weakening, just like a sun, stepping down from its peak and entering its "old age."
Until it finally can’t go on any longer, collapsing completely—only then do you see the smoke and fire blending together, turning into a gigantic mushroom cloud, slowly rising up.
Wen Yan stood at the mountain’s peak, gazing at this spectacular scene from afar, suddenly and inexplicably moved. And this was just a small-yield mushroom bomb. If it were a large-yield bomb... he couldn’t even imagine how awe-inspiring that would be.
That would be a true sun. From the core principle, it’s really no different from the great sun in the sky.
When the brilliance faded, and the gale began to reverse and sweep back from the opposite direction, Wen Yan hurried down from the mountaintop.
After a while, once things had calmed down considerably, Wen Yan quickly mounted his horse and rushed towards the southern side of the mountains.
He really had no intention of going over to see if the ruined temple was still there, or if the idol had survived.
If after all this, the other side still hadn’t been vaporized, Wen Yan could only admit defeat.
He needed to get out fast. Next up was what he considered the most dangerous part—the radiation.
Fortunately, the mountains provided some cover; it would probably block a portion of it.
It was halfway through his trek in the mountains that Wen Yan noticed the passive ability Sunless Travel had been activated once more.
This meant that the mushroom bomb’s overwhelming influence had weakened to the point that it could no longer keep out the netherworld’s inherent environmental hazards here.
The passive effect of Eternal Sunrise was also activated along with it.
But new notifications appeared at the same time.
"Scorching Sun, current progress: 60%"
"Current effects.
Blessing: Your Yang Energy can now bless almost anything, and you can bestow far more Yang Energy than before. When certain special things are blessed, there may be special effects → All effects increased."
Enlighten: Your Yang Energy can enlighten ghosts, zombies, and various other species. The effect you obtain depends on current progress → All effects increased.
Eternal Sunrise: The sunrise in your heart will never set, allowing you to be immune to some negative effects → Sun rises, all effects increased.
Sunless Travel: With your physical body, you can move through places your flesh could never reach before, immune to the environmental damage inherent to those places → All effects increased."
And there was one new entry after that.
"Explosive Great Sun: The Great Sun isn’t just a symbol of vitality, but also of destruction. You can expend a huge amount of Yang Energy and unleash all its power in an instant; the effect depends on how you release it."
Scorching Sun, as his most versatile fixed ability, had far surpassed his other abilities in progress.
Just as Wen Yan had expected: for every 10% progress, a newly listed separate effect would appear.
This time, it was an active effect. He just didn’t know how it would work yet.
He’d have to try it out later.
For now, he needed to get moving, then get back as soon as possible.
Best to figure out a way to send intel back first.
When he made it out of the mountains and returned to the manor, he saw that the little thief Fu Guangfei was there too.
"At this hour, it’s already daylight in Tiandu. What are you doing here?"
"Minister Cai said everyone in the Scorching Sun Department who can access the netherworld has gone in. Whoever meets you can take intelligence back. I got drafted too.
I was just in Europa recently for a competition. At night, I stroll through here—if I have extra time, I’ll do a couple test papers. No time should be wasted."
Fu Guangfei pulled out his scripture scroll. On the back—damn, it actually was practice problems.
Fu Guangfei answered one quietly and obediently.
Wen Yan stared, seeing familiar markings but, when they were all put together, he got totally dizzy from the sight.
"You guys... seriously..."
Wen Yan thought for quite a while but just couldn’t come up with the right adjective. It felt wrong to use any word with a hint of criticism to describe such hardworking and diligent students.
Fu Guangfei glanced north and carefully asked,
"Brother Wen, is the sun about to rise over there? Does the sun rise from the north here?"
"Mm, it rose, and then it set again." Wen Yan strode into the manor, pulling Fu Guangfei along. "You came at the right time. I’ve got some intelligence—take it back, the sooner the better."
Wen Yan wrote down his assessments and intel, leaving out the part about the mushroom bomb—Cai Qidong would definitely know anyway.
Wen Yan had to account for the worst-case scenario; for example, what if the idol didn’t show up today? What if it didn’t wait for him?
Without having seen it in person, without confirming firsthand, all he could do was plan for the worst.
But even if the other side hadn’t descended, even if the main body was actually in the netherworld, it had definitely been vaporized too.
The part of it in the mortal realm would certainly be heavily affected as well.
These were all things the Scorching Sun Department would have to coordinate with.
He wrote quite a bit in detail and handed it to Fu Guangfei, telling him to use his talent, memorize it, and deliver it as soon as possible.
He trusted the Scorching Sun Department surely had a proper procedure in place.
"Why did you run off that way?"
"Just wanted to experience it for myself. At my level, I’m actually at the bottom of the team—just treating it like a sightseeing trip."
Fu Guangfei sounded a bit embarrassed as he spoke. He always felt he wasn’t exactly outstanding, and that being selected probably meant he’d pulled a few strings somewhere.
"It’s not very safe over there. Don’t wander, and don’t let anyone know you’re a professional. If anything happens, go straight to the Scorching Sun Department."
"Got it, I know. Our group leader told us not to run around. They said just a street away might already be unsafe. Our teacher said stealing stuff here is apparently not even illegal. I’m sort of regretting coming now."
