Star Odyssey

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The uncontrollable, surging star energy on the surface of his body slowly dissipated over the course of two days.
At the end, he opened his eyes, took out another hundred thousand crystals, and crushed them.
This time, he was definitely going to become a peak Melder.

One day later, Lu Yin left the Time Stop Space.
During the time he had spent cultivating, only a second had passed for the rest of the universe.

He looked at his hands.
He had finally become a peak Melder after consuming around 400,000 star crystals.
If it weren’t for his Cosmic Art and supply of star crystals, then it would have taken him forever to fill up his energy capacity through just absorbing the stray star energy wandering about in the universe.

Cultivation was something that required both resources and talent.
Many people said that having resources was even more important than having talent, and Lu Yin was beginning to understand what they meant by that now.

It generally took around 150,000 or so star crystals to push an ordinary person to the Melder realm in a short period of time.
This was a huge amount of money, or at least, that was how it was seen in the Outerverse.
Even though the Outerverse consisted of numerous planets that had star crystal mines, it was still difficult for the large organizations to support such a high rate of consumption.
It was no wonder why so many soldiers were merely at the Sentinel or even Seeker realm.

150,000 star crystals was the amount required to raise a mere Melder.
To raise a Limiteer, that amount was ten times higher, and the resources required to raise an Explorer was even higher beyond that.

There were two main obstacles towards becoming an Explorer.
One was the star energy requirement, and the other was actually breaking through.
Lu Yin had once asked Uncle You Ling about the difference between an Explorer and a Limiteer.
Uncle You Ling had vaguely mentioned that the body of an Explorer was qualitatively different from that of a regular human and that there was also a state of “Exhaustion.” He hadn’t really explained much, but it was enough for Lu Yin to realize that it was not easy to become an Explorer.

Of course, within the scope of the entire universe, there was a large number of Explorers despite the vast amount of resources that it took to raise each one.
Even if each Explorer consumed all of the resources of an entire planet, there would still be countless Explorers within the Human Domain.

It was true that there were numerous Explorers throughout the entire Human Domain, but the majority of them were undoubtedly at the warfront.

Lu Yin switched his gadget on and started to browse through it, searching for reports on the Human Domain’s warfront.
Besides some general news, there wasn’t much else available, though he did manage to find some recent pictures.
Through them, he saw how merciless the situation at the warfront was.
Many of the pictures had captions explaining that the dead people in the pictures were all Explorers or even Cruisers.

He then searched for Planet Conan, but there were no results.

Lu Yin set his gadget down and retrieved the harmless sourcebox from his cosmic ring.
He activated his Cosmic Art and took out the Emperor Giant’s third eye as well.
He then focused intently on the sourcebox, causing his senses to sink into an entirely different world filled with complicated structures.

This was a world composed of star energy with all sorts of other energy mixed in.
Lu Yin had Charon’s lockbreaking experience, so he was already qualified to try unlocking this sourcebox, but he didn’t have enough time.
It took a long time to unlock every sourcebox, and there were too many uncertainties in the process.
Mentor Wusheng had told him that there was no such thing as a harmless sourcebox and that every one of them could potentially kill a Lockbreaker.
Lu Yin was planning to take things one step at a time with this sourcebox, so there was no need to be overly ambitious.
The most important thing to do right now was to get some rest and wait to leave for the Erudite Flowzone.

Beep beep beep!

His gadget beeped a couple hours later, prompting Lu Yin to open his eyes.
It was time.

When Lu Yin arrived at Astral-10’s space station, he saw a large warship docked there.
It was massive and covered with fierce-looking weapons that exuded an intimidating aura.
The spacecraft had an emblem of a bloodstained book on it, which was the symbol of the Human Domain’s Erudite Flowzone Border Allied Troops and proof that this warship belonged to the Erudite Flowzone’s troops.

Nobody came to welcome him, and Lu Yin entered as soon as the doors opened.
The first thing he saw was Silver’s smiling face.

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes.
“You’re also going to Erudite Flowzone’s allied army?”

Silver smiled as he replied, “Yes.
You’re my captain now.”

Lu Yin loosened up his shoulders.
“We’re just foot soldiers in the army.
Did you really think that I’ll be a captain?”

“You can be a small captain,” Silver joked with a bright grin, as if he was delighted with their circumstances.

Lu Yin checked out the spacecraft’s interior.
The decorations were simple without any excess luxury.
The troops who were patrolling around inside had a stern look and emanated a subdued bloodlust.
Lu Yin realized that every person here had spilled blood before.

The two of them were led by a soldier to a cabin at the bottommost level.
“Before we arrive at the warfront, this will be your room.
The two of you will share it.” After saying that, the soldier left.

Lu Yin opened the door and entered the room.
Despite both of them being assigned to a single room, it was very small.
After looking around a bit, he chose one of the beds and sat down on it.
It wasn’t too bad, all things considered.

At this point, the warship jolted as it started to depart, leaving Astral-10 and heading straight into space.

Silver lay on his bed and smiled at Lu Yin.
“Are you disappointed, captain?”

“Disappointed about what?” Lu Yin asked curiously.

Silver smiled.
“Even though you’re one of the final four fighters in the Astral Combat Tournament and one of the top students in the Astral Combat Academy, you were still assigned to a cabin on the bottom floor and have to squeeze in together with a footsoldier like me.
Aren’t you disappointed? Don’t you feel like you’re not getting the treatment you deserve?”

Lu Yin burst into laughter.
“We’re just students and not anybody famous.
Why should they give us any special treatment? Besides, in the eyes of soldiers, only the strong are worthy of respect.”

“Aren’t you one of the strong? On this spacecraft, I would think that only the Explorers stand a chance of defeating you.
And how many Explorers do you think there are on this spacecraft?” Silver asked with a grin.

For some reason, Lu Yin was suddenly reminded of the betrayal that had happened when he had travelled from Earth to the Great Yu Empire’s capital star.
He stared intently at Silver.
“What are you planning?”

Silver chuckled.
“You’re looking nervous, captain.”

Lu Yin suddenly grabbed Silver, causing the grinning youth’s eyes to go wide.
Those wide eyes held an endless cold edge, and his butterfly knife suddenly swung towards Lu Yin’s neck.
Lu Yin easily dodged the blade as four-lined battle force covered his hand that was holding Silver.
Lu Yin then said in an icy tone, “I’m warning you.
Don’t try anything funny.”

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