The Ark System: A Cultivation Manual

[Fast-Paced Fantasy] [the Myriad Worlds] [Tight Logic] [How Was the System Forged?] [Smart Protagonist] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Saintly Savior Complex] [No Romance]

Amid the howling mountain wind, Liu Laogen took a huge swig of strong liquor, choking until his face turned red.

He hurled his gourd onto the bluestone and roared at the bottomless abyss below: “Damn this world! If only it had the internet!”

Li Jiye, sitting cross-legged in meditation, gathered the pale golden dragon essence around him.

He couldn’t even be bothered to raise his eyelids. He uttered two words:

“Too noisy.”

“How can I not make noise? It’s been over a month, and there’s still no word from Jiajia or Feng Rui!”

Liu Laogen plopped down and anxiously tugged at his hair.

[I wonder if those two unlucky kids are doing all right in the Western Territory.]

“Messaging jade talisman,” Li Jiye reminded him.

“Forget that!” Liu Laogen stiffened his neck. “Those things cost a fortune! If I use one recklessly, that penny-pincher Feng Rui will swallow my gourd whole when he gets back!”

The more Liu Laogen thought about it, the angrier he got. All he could do was hug his gourd and grumble under his breath.

“Ah, even a pager would be nice...”

Before the words had left his mouth,

a familiar voice, laced with amusement, rang out.

“Who says we can’t build a network ourselves?”

Whoosh!

Liu Laogen and Li Jiye whipped around!

At the edge of the cliff, above the bottomless abyss, a figure stood with his hands behind his back. No one knew when he had appeared!

Hu Bufan!

His robes whipped in the wind as his gaze pierced the heavens!

“First, we snatch a divine spark and put a satellite in orbit...”