Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 267: Chapter 261: The Dean’s Foresight

Lin Yuan naturally accepted Day Traveler, but ended up being toyed with emotionally by her.

She didn’t hesitate to sacrifice her beauty, all for just one chance.

To kill him, or be killed by him.

When Lin Yuan discovered Day Traveler’s assassination attempt and was furious, he thought about killing her.

But for some reason, in the end, he stopped.

He wasn’t sure if it was their long-term partnership that made him have a sliver of affection for Day Traveler.

Or maybe Lin Yuan was just a horny bastard, obsessed with Day Traveler’s body?

Whatever the reason, Lin Yuan suddenly didn’t want Day Traveler to die.

Killing someone is easy, but it wouldn’t make Lin Yuan feel satisfied.

He wanted to destroy her beliefs, and then conquer her.

The reason Lin Yuan spared Day Traveler was to properly ”cook” her, to let her know the price of playing with his feelings.

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After adjusting his mood a little, Lin Yuan went to see Yang Dingguo.

He didn’t know how long this trip to Emperor Dragon City would take.

So, he decided it was best to discuss Peng City matters with Yang Dingguo first.

Ever since the Deceitful King Faction was wiped out, and that rotten element was gone,

not only Peng City, but the entire Dragon Country was free from threat.

Now, all of Dragon Country was entering a rapid phase of development.

The nine Giant Cities were being built in full swing.

It’s an era of great change, and the Human Race must stand firm through it.

After exchanging a few words with Yang Dingguo, and confirming Peng City didn’t need him for now,

Lin Yuan set out toward Emperor Dragon City to seek out the director and explore his next path.

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Emperor Dragon City.

Research Institute.

The table was crammed full of dishes, as the director, Lin Yuan, Meng Zhang, Jian Bing, Zhi Ming, and Ling Guang each took their seats.

”Eat!”

”After we finish eating, I’ll begin teaching you how to use your soul to bear power.” The director spoke slowly, signaling Lin Yuan to eat first.

”Master is so biased!”

”It’s been ages since you made this much good food!”

”If it weren’t for you, Brother Lin, Master wouldn’t have made so much delicious stuff!” Ling Guang buried her head in her food, mumbling.

Meng Zhang nodded and chimed in, ”Yeah! Ever since you left last time, Master has been researching the best method for bearing power with the soul.”

”Just the draft proposals alone add up to thousands of pages.”

Jian Bing smiled and gestured to Lin Yuan, ”Exactly! Just one stack is this thick!”

”Master never put in this much effort for us before.”

At the dinner table, everyone was chatting and laughing, feeling like a real family.

The director doted on his beloved disciples, smiling warmly, ”It’s not that I don’t care about you guys— it’s that your aptitude is just... dull!”

”With a little planning, I can help you all find optimal training paths.”

”But Lin Yuan is different; even as your master, I can’t foresee his path.”

The director’s intellect was remarkable, the peak of human wisdom.

Yet even he could not chart Lin Yuan’s future path.

He could only give some guidance along Lin Yuan’s journey.

”Thank you, Director. I’m grateful for your guidance!” Lin Yuan said, expressing his thanks.

The director smiled gently and replied, ”Don’t be so formal.”

”Whether for humanity’s future or for Jian Bing’s happiness, I’ll never keep anything back.”

”Your growth isn’t just your own; broadly speaking, it means all of humanity becomes stronger.”

One hour later.

After this family dinner, Jian Bing and Ling Guang, the two girls, took the initiative to clean up the table.

The director said to Lin Yuan, ”Come with me.”

Lin Yuan stepped forward, pushing the director’s wheelchair as they headed to the lab area of the institute.

All the way, heading deep into the lab, Lin Yuan felt a vibe like those Beautiful Country sci-fi movies, right before a supernatural invasion.

There were gleaming white metal walls everywhere, packed with hi-tech gear. As Lin Yuan pushed the director along, metal doors automatically opened for them.

Once they passed, the metal doors would close automatically behind them.

The entire lab was made from Guardian Demon Alloy.

This ensured no evil spirits could break in.

It also ensured that any evil spirits used for experiments were unable to escape.

Previously, Lin Yuan thought the Ghost Leader’s Deceitful King Faction headquarters was pretty well built.

But compared to the director’s institute, the Deceitful King Faction headquarters seemed hugely inferior.

Yet, when he thought about it, however impressive the director’s institute was, it felt entirely justified.

Compared to evil spirits, humanity’s only edge is wisdom.

The director’s research institute is the crystallization of human wisdom.

You could say, this place represents humanity’s hope to defeat evil spirits.

Soon, Lin Yuan and the director reached an office at the far end of the institute— the director’s personal lab.

”Sit.” After signaling Lin Yuan to take a seat, the director said, ”Actually, I foresaw your current situation long ago.”

”However, in my estimation, Tier Five was supposed to be the upper limit for Life Pattern Masters.”

”You had some fortuitous encounters and raised the upper ceiling for Life Pattern Masters, boosting the original Tier Five cap up to Tier Four.”

”But now, it’s tough to break past that!”

With that, the director handed Lin Yuan a stack of documents.

This file was the director’s analysis of the Life Pattern Master cultivation system.

A Life Pattern Master engraves mysterious patterns on the flesh. These patterns, during a supernatural invasion, receive enlightenment or perhaps divine blessing, thus granting great power.

However, the flesh is weak, unable to carry power beyond Tier Five.

Once reaching Tier Five, the Life Pattern Master’s cultivation path is broken.

That’s why the director introduced the Totem Visualization Method as another practice path— giving ordinary people hope for cultivation.

The Totem Visualization Method unlocks strength through meditation.

It starts from the soul, using it as the vessel for power.

This report also lays out the advantages and disadvantages of both the Life Pattern Master and Visualization Method systems.

The Life Pattern Master’s advantage is speed; once the tattoos awaken, by hunting evil spirits and absorbing Deceitful Qi, it’s easy to reach Tier Six.

With some luck, there’s even a shot at reaching Tier Five.

But the disadvantage is, beyond Tier Five, progress stops. The physical body just can’t bear more power.

The Totem Visualization Method’s advantage is training with soul power from the outset, theoretically limitless, with the possibility to reach Tier One.

However, the drawbacks of Totem Visualization seem harsher than those of Life Pattern Masters.

Cultivating Totem Visualization is incredibly slow— unless someone is freakishly gifted, born with massive spiritual power, everyone else progresses at a snail’s pace.

And though it looks like anyone can start on the Totem Visualization path, in reality, most people can’t even get a foot in the door.

Those who make it to Tier Nine in Visualization are one in ten thousand; with each rank, a huge portion are weeded out.

Totem Visualization looks like a system open to all, but in reality it’s full of barriers.

When Lin Yuan finished the report, he glanced at the final date— it was only one month after the supernatural invasion.

The director foresaw so many things just one month after the supernatural outbreak?

After Lin Yuan finished reading, the director said to him, ”I have two ways for you to bear power with your soul.”

”First, you enter an ecopod, which will keep your body from withering. Meanwhile, I’ll hypnotize you— sending you into a state close to ’reincarnation.’”

”Yes, reincarnation, like in mythology.”

”In this reincarnation, you are the Ten Yama Kings; through cycles of reincarnation, you’ll achieve an effect similar to Totem Visualization, allowing your soul to control the Ten Yama Kings’ power.”

”This is very slow. By my estimate, fully mastering the power of the Ten Yama Kings will take at least ten years!”

Before the director could continue, Lin Yuan interrupted immediately: ”I’ll choose the second way.”

(ps: Old and new plot transition; writing’s a bit stuck, so it’s shorter. Once the transition’s done, pacing will return! Author only graduated middle school, skill is limited; doing my best, so go easy on me, alright?)