I Am Your Natural Enemy

The desolate and barren lunar surface, devoid of even air.

This location was previously used by the Divine Land to collect samples during their exploration of the Moon, where the surrounding terrain is relatively flat.

The ground is mostly covered with scattered dust and countless fragments of rock.

A piece of White Jade was tossed here, and shortly after the stirred dust settled, it was covered with a layer of dust, blending seamlessly with everything around it.

No one expected Wen Yan to do such a thing.

As time passed, the temperature on the lunar surface began to rise, then swiftly surged to over a hundred degrees.

With the Moon’s rotation, by nightfall, the temperature plummeted rapidly to over a hundred degrees below zero.

The sealing power on the White Jade was naturally due to dissolve after a few days, but under such extreme conditions, the time for the seal to unravel accelerated swiftly.

Upon the seal breaking, the glow of the moonlight began forming an outline of the Heavenly Hound, like a spirit of light, appearing on the lunar surface.

The glowing Heavenly Hound, having lost control, immediately began accomplishing what it had left undone.

It started extracting the Essence of the Bright Moon from its Soul.

The gentle moonlight shed on the Moon in a way never seen before.

When the first drop of Essence of the Bright Moon fell, it transformed into a seed, sinking into the gray Lunar Soil of the Bright Moon.

The seed began to sprout.

A light tree, seemingly created by special effects, rapidly grew, its roots anchoring beneath the surface.

This is how the other side’s Essence of the Bright Moon merged into the present world’s bright moon.

The light tree kept growing, and in a very short time, the crown expanded, graceful like a canopy.

Beneath the trunk, the Heavenly Hound formed by light was swiping its paws as if it were a Big Cat waving its claws to grab something.

It was extracting the Essence of the Bright Moon from its Soul, every tug akin to tearing something from the light tree.

But in a blink, the light tree returned to normal.

With each pull, a wisp of the Essence of the Bright Moon began integrating into the Moon, growing like a seed.

Yet the Heavenly Hound would never know this itself.

Only when it sought a way to survive and attempted it would Wen Yan’s borrowed power truly show its might.

The Heavenly Hound would remain in this state, endlessly reliving that moment of its initial extraction.

To it, it would always feel like it was pulling out the first time.

Henceforth, it would never have doubts, regrets, or any such turmoil.

Unless it fully extracted and integrated all the Essence of the Bright Moon into the Bright Moon, this would go on ceaselessly.

This is the power of the Flame Emperor, and aside from the core power being the same, the manifestation is entirely different from the initial rollback.

At the Scorching Sun Department, the General Director hung up the phone.

He had just communicated with the Space Agency yesterday, and today the top official personally called him, informing him that their monitoring equipment detected something on the Moon, evidently requiring the attention of the Scorching Sun Department.

The General Director picked up the tablet, staring at the pictures in deep thought.

The photos weren’t particularly clear, probably cropped from a larger picture.

On the lunar surface, a tree emitting soft moonlight appeared, its crown expanded, trailing subtle glows.

Under the tree, an indistinct glowing creature was doing something unknown.

The General Director checked the original photo and confirmed the location.

As expected, the 1g of Lunar Soil given to Wen Yan was collected from that area.

This gave the General Director some peace of mind; at least knowing Wen Yan was involved revealed the reason,

otherwise, the Space Agency would be quite anxious, as each lunar expedition burns money, requiring contingency plans for any unforeseen occurrences.

The General Director dialed Wen Yan’s number.

”Do you have time to come over? There’s something I’d like you to explain.”

”A little hint on what it’s about? Or is it very confidential?”

”It’s definitely related to you.”

Upon hearing this, Wen Yan roughly understood the situation.

More than an hour later, he arrived at the Scorching Sun Headquarters, where the General Director handed him the tablet to see for himself.

Seeing the light tree and the glowing creature beneath it, Wen Yan immediately knew why.

”That’s the Heavenly Hound.”

”So it is, what’s up with the tree?”

”It’s all part of the previous plan: let it extract the Essence of the Bright Moon from its Soul and integrate those essences into the Moon.”

The General Director, seeing Wen Yan’s matter-of-fact demeanor, felt a headache coming on.

Thinking, I know what you’re aiming for, but even while you’re at home, you’ve thrown the Heavenly Hound onto the Moon.

This really scared the Space Agency people, the head even called personally to enlist the Scorching Sun Department’s help in understanding the situation.

Seeing the General Director’s look, Wen Yan quickly added.

”Don’t look at me, I don’t have that kind of power; it’s the Flame Emperor’s power.

He controls the Heavenly Hound, allowing it to peacefully extract the Essence of the Bright Moon.

The Divine Essence of the moon in our world was severely damaged in the past.

It was due to an even stronger Heavenly Hound.

Now that another one has come, I obviously want to replenish it, even if just to regrow a seed.”