by <unknown>
Everything was in full preparation. The Super Star Cluster Alliance had planned to start after the World Tree invaded their territory. They would observe the situation and decide if they wanted to escape.
“If the three Universal Civilizations are defeated, Black Star and the others will not be destroyed together with them. They will retreat. At that time, we might have a chance to take over the Beyond Grade A Association…”
Someone whispered.
The leader of the Star Arc Civilization rubbed his finger and shook his head. “Hmm, you can’t say that. If we migrate to another area we will become the new ruler. An existence like the association will also become a threat to us. Therefore, if the three Universal Civilizations explode, it’s best that we don’t contact the association. It’s not bad to live our own lives.”
He sounded like he was saying, “Let’s split our luggage and go our separate ways. You go back to your Quicksand River, and I go back to my hometown.” Everyone could not help but laugh.
Although they were envious of the Beyond Grade As and the Sanctum Revival channel of the association, they knew that they would not have the chance to obtain such benefits.
The Super Star Cluster Alliance did not have the confidence and base strength of the three Universal Civilizations, and they were even more afraid that the Beyond Grade A Association would take over their territory. After all, their strength was weaker than the three Universal Civilizations. If they entered a migration period without any rules or regulations, the Beyond Grade A groups that could continuously revive would have the power to overthrow their regime. Therefore, if everyone had to evacuate one day, then parting ways would make them feel more at ease.
“Speaking of which, Black Star is truly a talent. He successfully fooled the three Universal Civilizations, and the current situation we see now has his shadow behind every step. In just a few decades, the Beyond Grade As already possess such strength, breaking the stalemate. It’s not an easy task.”
The leader of the Star Arc Civilization sighed softly, his tone filled with admiration and fear.
Although their relationship with Black Star often changed, from a personal perspective, the leader of the Star Arc Civilization and most of the Super Star Cluster leaders present mostly admired Black Star.
Everyone had carefully read Black Star’s file. If they had not witnessed everything with their own eyes, they would never have imagined that a bumpkin from the surface civilization would rise from the bottom and reach the top in just a hundred years.
It was a pity that such a person was not born in their civilization. If not for the fact that Planet Aquamarine was under Black Star’s protection, they would have dissected this planet to see why there were three Beyond Grade As.
The leader of the Star Arc Civilization changed into a more comfortable position and sighed. “I don’t have any hopes for the association now. I just hope that they can sell us more revivals… Speaking of which, the Sanctum revivals are unlimited. Will Black Star lower the price for us now?”
Everyone tilted their heads and pondered.
At the training base, the Calamity Grade combat training ground.
Energy surged, and light flashed. Five figures surrounded Hadavy. All kinds of attacks landed on his body and exploded into light fragments. They could only leave faint marks on his tough body and could not break through his defense.
The continuous sound of explosions mixed with Hadavy’s laughter.
“Hahahaha-useless, useless, useless! Your attacks are nothing compared to His Excellency Black Star’s Apostle Weapons. There’s no way they can break through my defense!”
Just from the tone of his voice, it sounded like he was fighting against five Calamity Grades alone. However, upon closer inspection, the five Calamity Grades were beating Hadavy up like a rubber ball.
On the spectator stands in the sky, many Calamity Grades looked down at the trembling training ground with strange expressions.
“He can still be so arrogant after being beaten up. Looks like he has learned the essence of what makes up the Army Commander.”
“This guy is indeed the Black Star Guard that has followed His Excellency Black Star for decades.”
Everyone chatted casually.
The Black Star Army had once harvested hundreds of Beyond Grade A seeds, and most of the spectators were members of the army. However, not only were they watching the show, but they were also waiting to beat Hadavy up.
After decades of training by Han Xiao, Hadavy’s Esper Ability had been developed to an astonishing level. He was used to being beaten by a Beyond Grade A Apostle Weapon, and normal Calamity Grade attacks were nothing to him. Even the weaker Calamity Grades would be able to break through his defenses.
Thus, Hadavy became a human sandbag in the training base. Many Calamity Grade students were willing to use him to test how far away they were from the Beyond Grade As. As long as they could beat Hadavy to the point that he screamed, it would mean that they were half a step away from the Calamity Grade.
The beating lasted for quite a while, and the five attackers stopped while panting. Hadavy immediately got up from the ground and pretended to pat the non-existent dust on his body. He shook his finger at the five of them and snorted.
“That’s it? I don’t feel anything yet. Let’s practice a little more and try to make me feel like dying next time.”
“Why do you always say such ambiguous words?” A Calamity Grade wiped his sweat and could not help but complain, “Is this the organizational culture of your Black Star Army?”
“A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow,” another person agreed.
“Horsing around is one thing, but spouting nonsense is another. Don’t joke about my dear Army Commander,” Sylvia, who was participating in the siege, said to her friend.
Hearing this, Hadavy looked at her and patted his chest.
“You quit your job as Chief Administrative Official, and you’ve been training behind closed doors for so long. Why haven’t you made any progress? I think you’d better not waste your time training here. You definitely won’t become a Beyond Grade A.”
Hearing this, Sylvia turned her head and said with a face full of disdain, “You have the cheek to say that about me. With your single ability, even if you become a Beyond Grade A, you will still be at the bottom.”
“At the very least, I have the ticket to immortality.”
Hadavy looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. Ever since the truth of the Sanctum Revival was revealed, such words could no longer hurt his heart.
To enjoy the revival of the Sanctum, he did not even play his favorite Wayne Cards anymore. Lagi had called him a few times, but he had rejected him.
Speaking of which, the number of people playing cards had decreased by 99% recently. Only Lagi was still pulling people in, but the frequency had also decreased. People often saw Lagi training in the magic training ground as well. His training duration had increased by ten times!
This was a sight that was hard to come by in ten years. Many of the officers who knew him were shocked and felt encouraged.
Even Lagi was working hard, what right do you have to be lazy?!
This time, a few more Calamity Grades jumped down from the sky and landed on the ground. “Alright, stop chatting. We’re still queuing. It’s our turn. Hadavy, do you want to take a break?”
Hadavy patted his chest and said in a booming voice,
“What are you resting for? These people are useless. I’m still thirsty. Come, face me!”
“I told you not to be ambiguous!”
The group roared.
While the Calamity Grade Supers were sparring, Feidin, who was deep in training, suddenly opened his eyes. A gleam flashed past. In that instant, it was as if some invisible boundary had been broken. A deep shiver from the depths of his cells started from his brain and slowly spread through his entire body inch by inch as if every cell was crying out in joy and desire.
Immediately after, the cells in his body started to stir, like water that was being heated up. “This feeling… I’m going to be promoted?!” Feidin was pleasantly surprised. He could not be wrong about this feeling of being elevated to the next level. However, the feeling this time was different from the previous Promotions. This time, it was dozens of times stronger, causing his body to tremble uncontrollably. His psychic energy also gushed out uncontrollably, sweeping around the room like a storm.
At this time, the Soul Swapper on him suddenly sensed something and began to vibrate at a high frequency. Black ripples appeared on the Soul Swapper. The Soul Swapper was contaminated with Psychic energy, and a subtle fusion was formed. The originally formless and colorless Psychic energy seemed to have been drawn to the edge of the Soul Swapper, and as if being traced out, the edges turned black.
Before Feidin could even react, he realized that his psychic energy seemed to have reached into an unknown realm, and countless voices began clamoring from his soul.
“Ah!”
Feidin cried out in pain, feeling as though his head was about to explode.
Amid the pain, a piece of information appeared in his mind. He realized that he had sensed an unknown existence, and a strong intuition was guiding him. The path to ascension was here.
It was a pity that Han Xiao did not see it at the moment, or else he would have sighed. He was very familiar with this rare treasure!
As expected of a child blessed by the heavens, even the Promotion Mission was different from the others. If he was here, he would have to interview Feidin and see what it was like to be one of the three thousand faces of the Goddess of Luck.
Chapter 1379: Opportunity for Sublimation, Soul Terminal |
"You said that not only did you sense the opportunity of sublimation, but the Soul Swapper also changed causing your psychic power to mutate?"
In the private workshop, Han Xiao turned around and looked at Feidin with a strange expression.
"That's right, I'm also very surprised. The Soul Connection level has increased by a level, and part of the Soul Swapper's characteristic is added to my Psychic powers. In addition, I can vaguely sense the existence of a secondary dimension, and my intuition leads me there."
Feidin shook his head in resignation.
What's with that helpless expression of yours? Why do you find it so troublesome when you've had a fortuitous encounter? Is this what it means to be favored by the heavens? How beautiful.
Han Xiao said in his mind.
Speaking of which, he had used [Bold Explorer] to look at the origin of the Soul Swapper before, and it was not that rare. It was an artificial product, but it might have formed a connection with a secondary dimension when it transformed into a Space Wonder.
He guessed that once a suitable person touched the Beyond Grade A sublimation, they would be able to activate this hidden benefit. The possibility was quite high.
No wonder the Soul Swapper was so eager to be pampered by Feidin. It turned out that it was because it saw the opportunity to unlock its new form in Feidin.
Han Xiao then poked Feidin. Feidin's main purpose for coming to report was to accept his 'physical examination'.
The moment he poked, combat information popped up on the interface.
Han Xiao looked at Feidin and realized that Feidin had a new energy attribute that involved the soul. At the same time, he had two new talents. One was the bonus from the Soul Swapper's mutation, which increased his Psychic Strength and other attributes. The other talent was a question mark and was still in a gray frozen state.
This was literally the scenario of sitting at home, talents descending from the sky… Tsk, what was this?
Han Xiao coughed and said,
"Since it's your intuition that leads you to that secondary dimension, you can go over and take a look. Did you get a sense of direction or specific coordinates?"
"Coordinates," Feidin replied with a nod.
"Oh, that's convenient. There's no need to spend too much time on the journey. However, most people get a sense of direction. Your coordinates should be the information recorded by the Soul Swapper. Let's set off after I pack up."
As he spoke, Han Xiao prepared to put away the technology he was studying and summon the carrier.
However, Feidin shook his head and rejected.
"Black Star, I have a feeling that this is my own training. If you follow me, I won't have any sense of danger. I'll go alone."
Han Xiao paused and said,
"Since you have such a request, that's fine too. I'll give you a King, and you can bring another Throne. If you encounter any problems that you can't solve, just ask me for help…"
Seeing that Feidin still wanted to say something, Han Xiao waved his hand and interrupted him.
"You're my good friend. I can't possibly let you take the risk without any backup plan. That's my bottom line."
"…Alright then." Feidin smiled helplessly.
Han Xiao took out the equipment and a small carrier that was specially used in secondary dimensions. He got the mechanical assistant to bring them to the departure area. Feidin thanked him and followed along.
After watching Feidin disappear, Han Xiao looked away and shook his head.
To a Calamity Grade, the secondary dimensions were still quite dangerous. Han Xiao was worried about Feidin's safety and wanted to accompany him. However, Feidin wanted to clear the dungeon alone, and it involved the opportunity of Beyond Grade A sublimation. He respected Feidin's premonition.
However, with Feidin's luck, he would most likely be able to turn any misfortune into good luck. Whereas, with Han Xiao's luck black hole, there might be some twists and turns. It would be a good thing if he did not go.
However, Han Xiao would not sit back and watch this treasure put himself in danger. He had secretly given Feidin an Observer's Mark just now and planned to monitor the risk. After all, Feidin had coordinates unlike Harrison, it would not waste too much of his time.
Han Xiao turned around and looked at the research device that was analyzing the new technology. He temporarily stopped the progress.
Every Beyond Grade A had their own training plan. Han Xiao had brought out more blueprints from the Sanctum this time, and he was researching these technologies during this period while also optimizing and raising his attributes. To Mechanics, this was called optimizing the allocation of resources. Putting the attribute points in a more cost-effective area could also increase his combat strength.
After entering the First Sanctum this time, his authority had increased to level nine, and his memory capacity had increased again. Furthermore, there were fewer gaps in the message board, but the last few paragraphs were still mostly empty.
The last time, the valuable information about the 'Information Form Stripping Plan' had appeared in the fourth last paragraph, but this time, the last paragraph caught his attention. Han Xiao could not help but recall.
[…The previous Iteration███ planned route should be correct, but because of some flaws and failures, we decided to add a controlling terminal on███to reduce the processing cost of ███. However, what will the controlling terminal become after the mutation of ███…]
In the days after he left the Sanctum, he had been pondering over this piece of information. It seemed that the last Iteration had agreed with the previous Iteration's plan and made some improvements.
Generally speaking, a civilization that was facing the Great Reboot would not place all its hopes on the path of its predecessors. After all, the failures of their predecessors had already proved that their plans were not effective, and they could only provide some experience.
However, the previous Iteration was actually willing to believe in the past Iteration's plan. If not for the fact that this plan had its merits, the subsequent civilization would not have made such a decision. This way, the plan that had improved the two Iterations was very valuable as a reference. Han Xiao was also secretly interested.
/> "I'll have to enter the First Sanctum a few more times in the future. I wonder how much authority I need to unlock these two messages."
Han Xiao calmed himself down, left the workshop, and returned to the office on the top floor. He first looked down at the combat training of the other Calamity Grades before entering the field of vision of the Observer's Mark.
...
At the private space dock, the mechanical assistants quickly finished the adjustments in the small carrier.
Feidin sat in the pilot's seat and recalled for a while. He then entered the secondary dimension coordinates into the navigator and started the shuttle engine. He immediately felt the spaceship tremble.
"Locking the secondary dimension coordinates… preheating the shuttle engine… activating the internal space stabilization device…"
The artificial intelligence of the spaceship kept reporting, and a large number of navigation parameters appeared on the screen.
Feidin set the autopilot, took out the Soul Swapper, and pressed it against his chest. He took a deep breath to calm himself down.
Not long after, the spaceship completed its self-examination before the voyage and the vibration suddenly disappeared. Feidin felt his body suddenly become heavy, as though he was pressed onto his seat by a strong force. The scene of the dock outside the window also shattered in an instant, turning into endless streams of light, and the spaceship entered the traveling mode.
After an unknown period of time, the spaceship shook again and exited the traveling mode. The scene outside changed.
