Void Island

"I want greater power."

Upon hearing that she could make a wish, Sonia answered without the slightest hesitation.

She and Mr. Dam had begun believing in the Void at roughly the same time, yet compared to her, Mr. Dam had clearly gained far greater power.

She was confident that she could grow stronger in the future, but she had to admit that her current starting point was still too low.

Receiving more blessings and laying a solid foundation would allow her future path to be much smoother.

As for money, Sonia had never considered it, because she knew she was about to face a world she had never encountered before.

She had seen far too many Nova Corps officers. The difference between each star from one to three stars was neither authority nor background.

It was the Nova Armor that surpassed lower ranks and granted greater power.

Therefore, Sonia understood very clearly that the foundation for surviving in a world inhabited by superpowered individuals was neither beauty, wealth, nor any kind of authority.

It was the strength to protect oneself in the face of any sudden crisis.

Seeing Sonia answer immediately, Harvey did not try to persuade her. He merely pointed, and purple Void Energy carrying life energy surged directly into Sonia’s body.

Void Energy and life energy rapidly strengthened every cell in Sonia’s body.

It was also because of the infusion of Void Energy that Sonia’s pure and innocent aura gained an intangible touch of allure.

"Great Mr. Kassadin, thank you for your benevolence."

Sonia felt her five senses and strength improve. She glanced at the wall beside her, now so bright it reflected light, then bowed deeply to Harvey in gratitude.

"This is the reward you deserve."

"Go adapt to your power first, then gather those chefs."

"I’ll be waiting for you at the villa."

Harvey looked at Sonia as he spoke.

Then Harvey vanished directly from the temple.

"Yes."

Sonia nodded in response with utmost seriousness.

She knew that even though Mr. Kassadin had already left, he could surely still hear her.

Even someone as weak as her could now clearly hear every rustle of wind and grass outside the temple after receiving further blessings.

Not to mention the mysterious and great Mr. Kassadin. The entire island, perhaps even the whole world, was likely within Mr. Kassadin’s sight.

Sonia then walked out of the temple. Her first steps were extremely cautious, but after merely several dozen meters, she began to accelerate slightly.

Less than a few minutes later, Sonia was darting and leaping between the island’s trees, her figure as nimble as a butterfly.

She felt the comfort of the breeze against her face, along with the sensation that everything within a hundred meters was completely under her control.

"This is the power of the Void."

"Great and glorious Mr. Kassadin, thank you sincerely for being willing to grant me this opportunity."

Sonia’s snow-white bare feet tapped against the branches in succession without causing any sway. She shot up to the top of a tree over twenty meters tall, her body incomparably steady as she gazed at the distant sea, her eyes filled with surprise and reverence.

Harvey arrived directly inside a European-style villa. Seeing that its furnishings were almost exactly as he had discussed with Sonia, he was extremely satisfied.

The villa stood halfway up a mountain, near the highest point of the island.

When Harvey stepped onto the balcony and looked out, he could see the harbor dozens of miles away.

Clearly, Sonia had considered that, given his abilities, he could see every part of the island from a high vantage point, so she had deliberately built the villa in such a location.

There was also a telescope on the balcony. When Sonia served him here in the future, she would be able to keep a closer watch on every part of the island.

Harvey walked around the villa and discovered that apart from the area surrounding the villa, the harbor, and the training facility, the rest of the island had no surveillance cameras.

Clearly, Sonia had considered every possibility and felt there was no need to install more.

Harvey sensed her intentions and had no objection to them. After all, nobody liked living under surveillance.

Still, he could find a way to bring this gravity device back for Tony to examine.

Even if Tony could not fully replicate it, as long as he could draw some inspiration from it and develop a less sophisticated gravity device—

—it would still allow Earth’s technology to break through a crucial barrier.

Before that, however, after Harvey finished touring the villa, he took out the Universal Communicator. Without any unnecessary words, he casually sent out a message.

"Believe in the great Void and join the glorious evolution—God of the Void Kassadin."

"The Void Cult will give everyone one opportunity. Those who wish to gain the power to change their lives, come to Void Island, forty nautical miles southeast of Starfall Harbor."

After that, Harvey paid it no more attention and planned to visit the training base twenty miles from the villa.

A gravity device was a fine thing. In the world-famous Dragon Ball from his previous life, Son Goku had trained in a gravity chamber for a period of time.

His strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, which Harvey found incredibly awesome.

After gaining power himself, he had also wanted to test whether training under a hundred times gravity was truly effective.

However, Earth did not possess such advanced technology. Now that he finally had a gravity chamber, even if its training effects might not be so powerful, he definitely had to try it out.

The next second, Harvey arrived directly outside the training facility.

From the outside, the entire facility appeared to be constructed from jet-black metal. It covered over five hundred meters, was divided into ten floors, and resembled a black tower.

Harvey examined the floors from outside and found that each one was marked with a different number.

The first floor had the lowest setting of two times gravity, while the tenth floor had the highest setting of one hundred times gravity.

Even without carrying any weight, if someone could adapt floor by floor until reaching the hundredfold gravity at the very bottom, their physical condition would become superhuman.

However, ordinary people simply could not achieve that. Even if they slowly adapted with the aid of genetic drugs or strange potions—

—that process of adaptation would inevitably be accompanied by unimaginable agony.

No wonder Sonia had specifically explained earlier that a training facility meeting his requirements would cost a great deal of money.

Of the more than 150 million Sonia had asked him for, perhaps a third would be spent on this training facility.

Spending over fifty million to build a gravity training facility that ordinary people could not make use of would probably seem insane to others.

But for those who had gained the power of the Void, it would be an excellent place.

After all, rapidly evolving and adapting under extreme conditions was precisely a characteristic of the Void.

Though the process would also be painful, the time required would certainly be shortened considerably.

Moreover, after fully evolving, that power would accompany them for life, without the side effects brought by the assistance of strange potions.

Then Harvey walked directly into the training facility.

As Harvey entered through the first-floor entrance, the lights automatically came on.

It looked like a black tower from outside, but the interior was not dark at all. Instead, it was exceptionally bright.

However, Harvey did not feel any change in gravity. After thinking for a moment, he understood.

The gravity would surely only alter within a limited area after special equipment had been activated.

If the entire black tower maintained altered gravity at all times, setting aside whether the ground could withstand it, the people installing those devices certainly could not.

And with all ten floors fully covered, fifty million probably would not even be enough to build this training facility.

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