Chapter 1 Blue Star

Blue Star.

This is the 'Mother Planet' of the Blue Star civilization. In addition to the Pearwood Group headquarters, there are also branches of the Chimon Group, the Yuncheng Association, and the Wu Hook Chamber of Commerce. With over a hundred large organizations establishing branches here, it has become the most prosperous planet in the entire Wu Hook Star Alliance's Twelfth Star Region, with a large number of spaceships traveling back and forth every day.

The housing prices on Blue Star have also been rising steadily in recent years, to an unbelievable extent.

"Welcome home, Master." The smart robot opened the door to the villa, its tone enthusiastic.

Meng Tian*Qing Yuan nodded slightly and walked in: "Prepare the Number Three set meal for me."

"Yes."

The robot first helped close the door, then began to prepare food and drinks.

A moment later, the sumptuous meal was placed on the table. Meng Tian sat alone at the dining table and ate quickly, a habit he had developed since he was a child on Yan Quan Star. He was very focused and very fast when he ate.

After finishing all the food, Meng Tian felt a sense of satisfaction from the bottom of his heart. When he was a child, just being full was a kind of happiness.

Then he poured himself some wine, holding the glass alone in contemplation.

"It's been 35 years since I came to Blue Star."

Meng Tian thought, "Just because Senior Sister and I are close, and we've been on a few dates in reality, it's caused so much trouble."

"Yes, the Pearwood Group, with a net worth of over 100 trillion, as the person in charge of the Pearwood Group, as the only daughter of Lord Wu Ming... it is indeed driving countless family disciples in the entire Hunter Universe Domain crazy, and more than a dozen of the most insane have moved to Blue Star."

"On Blue Star, the planetary security system is strictly monitored, and the Pearwood Group is also monitoring. Those people don't dare to violate the law. If I were on another planet, I would probably have been assassinated countless times by now." Meng Tian smiled.

"Threaten me?"

"I've never cared about the Qing Yuan family, and I'm really not afraid of threats." Meng Tian drank his wine, feeling very happy.

He has been very happy on Blue Star these past few years.

First, freedom!

A sense of freedom he had never experienced since birth, no one to control him, he could slack off and lie flat as much as he wanted. His income was no longer subject to exploitation. He felt like he was truly alive.

Even his sword practice was filled with excitement, joy, and a sense of freedom.

Second, he also had a goal.

That was to make himself qualified to stand by Senior Sister's side, qualified to propose to Senior Sister!

"Although I am far inferior to Lord Wu Ming, I have passed the test of the Mysterious Land and have been recruited by the 'Secret Sword Society' of the seventeen top forces. The Secret Sword Society recruits outer members, and there is generally a 10% probability of becoming a Source Life." Meng Tian's eyes were filled with fighting spirit, "I believe that I will become the most outstanding outer member of the Secret Sword Society, and I will definitely become a Source Life."

"The day I become a Source Life will be the day I propose to Senior Sister." Thinking this, Meng Tian finished the glass of wine in his hand and entered the virtual room.

He can now enter the virtual world network anytime, anywhere, but he still has to pretend.

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In a penthouse on the top floor of a skyscraper, a handsome man with long silver hair looked at the scene displayed on the light screen in front of him, which was the external surveillance video of 'Meng Tian*Qing Yuan'.

"A lowly breed produced by a biological uterus production line, how could he be worthy of Miss Xu Li Xing." The silver-haired man said softly, "Only the core disciples of the most top-tier families in the Hunter Universe Domain are qualified to pursue Xu Li Xing. Otherwise, it would be a defilement of Miss Xu Li Xing."

"Young Master, I believe that as time goes on, Miss Xu Li Xing will understand this point more and more. That Meng Tian*Qing Yuan is simply not in the same world as her," the old servant beside him said with a smile.

The silver-haired man nodded: "I, Ya Xing*Nuo Fan, the third heir of the Nuo Fan civilization, my father is a tenth-order Source Life. Only by being with Xu Li Xing can we help each other."

"What have the other fifteen been doing recently?" the silver-haired man asked.

"Their residences cannot be monitored, and each of them has interference equipment," the old servant said.

The silver-haired man nodded slightly: "Compared to that lowly breed, the other fifteen are a greater threat."

They all have very noble origins and high status, but they are still madly pursuing Xu Li Xing! This is because… Xu Li Xing can bring them too many benefits. They have many competitors within their families.

The elders and younger generations of the family take away too many resources, and the resources they actually control are limited.

Xu Li Xing? Under Li Miao Miao's delegation of power, Xu Li Xing almost completely controls the entire Pearwood Group! The Pearwood Group is expanding very rapidly, and its assets now exceed 100 trillion universe coins.

Xu Jingming only has one daughter! Commercial resources are almost entirely occupied by his daughter, so naturally there are many suitors.

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Virtual world.

Li Miao Miao, wearing ragged clothes and with a dirty face, walked alone in the vast wilderness. Suddenly, hyena-men emerged from the grass in the distance, staring at Li Miao Miao.

"Hyena-men?" Li Miao Miao looked at them. The hyena-men were notorious in this wasteland, only knowing how to kill and plunder.

These hyena-men quickly howled and surrounded Li Miao Miao.

Li Miao Miao did not escape, but took the initiative to charge forward.

"Shu."

A thin sword at her waist was instantly drawn, as fast as lightning, continuously piercing the heads of the three closest hyena-men. Surrounded by hyena-men, Li Miao Miao's figure was like the wind, the sword light flickering, and hyena-men fell one after another. The other hyena-men were soon frightened and howled as they fled.

Li Miao Miao flicked the blood off her sword, then sheathed it and walked away alone.

After arriving at a dwarf town and checking into a small inn, she went offline.

...

She came to a world of blue skies, white clouds, and grassland. She could see at a glance that only Xu Jingming was sitting on a chair, studying knowledge.

"Miao Miao." Xu Jingming looked at his wife, "Finished practicing swords today?"

"Yes."

Li Miao Miao nodded, "There are too many sword practice systems in the universe. I've gained a lot from learning the basics of different systems."

"I didn't see you so passionate about swordsmanship back then." Xu Jingming laughed, "Didn't you like singing?"

"Singing is work, it's earning money." Li Miao Miao sat down beside him, "Now I don't need to worry about money, I can do whatever I want! Actually, I liked playing games back then, playing swordsmen. It's just that the games back then... weren't realistic enough."

"Besides, my husband is the most dazzling genius of the human race in the universe. As his wife, I naturally can't be too weak." Li Miao Miao said with a smile, looking at the books and knowledge beside her, which she only found to be heavenly scriptures.

"How is Li Xing doing lately?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Of course she's doing well, she has so many suitors." Li Miao Miao said, "By the way, you've been away from Blue Star for over a hundred years. Has the Yuanchu Research Institute said when you'll be able to come back?"

"Not yet."

Xu Jingming looked at his wife, "I can't get away, so we can only meet in the virtual world."

"It's all the same." Li Miao Miao smiled, "You're on the front lines, able to save the humans of countless life-sustaining planets. Compared to the people living on the front lines, Li Xing and I are already many times better off."

Xu Jingming nodded and suddenly received a message. Xu Jingming casually opened it—

"Junior Brother, the Eternal Pagoda will officially open merit redemption in a month! The merit redemption list was just released internally today, so you can prepare in advance." Senior Brother Yi Jiu sent the message, also attaching detailed redemption information.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Yi Jiu." Xu Jingming replied, then opened the attached file to view the detailed redemption list information.

The Eternal Pagoda, one of the three strongest forces of the human race in the universe, has even more tenth-order Source Life than the Yuanchu Research Institute and the Space-Time Island combined.

"One, Nightmare-level Abyss Armor (100 pieces in total), redemption price: 100 million merits, limited to one piece per person, for personal use only."

Abyss Armor is unique to the Eternal Pagoda.

Their armor has the highest practicality among the three strongest forces. After obtaining it, they can quickly unleash super combat power. However, in terms of potential, it is generally inferior to the Yuanchu Armor.

"Two, Fragmented Wings (only one piece), redemption price: 90 million merits, for personal use only."

Xu Jingming clicked lightly, and there was a more detailed introduction to the fragmented wings, even with images.

This is a pair of fragmented golden wings! The wings span 10.9 meters when unfolded and are high-dimensional weapons manufactured by high-dimensional life, suitable for Source Life in the 'Light' lineage who have reached the tenth-order peak.

"Three, a Fragment (only one piece), redemption price: 90 million merits, for personal use only."

Opening the detailed information records that the main body of this fragment exceeds 1.9 billion kilometers in length. It is a small fragment of a powerful high-dimensional weapon. It is extremely difficult to control, but once successfully controlled, it can unleash extremely powerful power.

"Four..."

"Five..."

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"56, Celestial Serpent Scale (limited to three pieces), redemption price: 50 million merits, limited to one piece per person."

Scales of the high-dimensional life 'Celestial Serpent'.

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"85, Pure Spirit Water (limited to 10 drops), redemption price: 35 million merits, limited to one drop per person."

Pure Spirit Water, originating from the 'Abyss' of high-dimensional space, is consumed to help with evolution.

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"97, Eternal Cocoon (limited to 3 pieces), redemption price: 30 million merits or 30 million trillion universe coins, limited to one piece per person."

The Eternal Cocoon is a high-dimensional technological weapon manufactured by the human race. As long as there are enough materials, it can be mass-produced, but the cost is very high.

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"198, Guardian (limited to 10 pieces), redemption price: 10 million merits or 10 million trillion universe coins, limited to one piece per person."

The Guardian is a civilization-level intelligent robot, whose strength is comparable to a newly promoted ninth-order Source Life.

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"300, Black and White Fruit (limited to 20 pieces), redemption price: 5 million merits or 5 million trillion universe coins, limited to one piece per person."

The Black and White Fruit is a universe treasure produced by the 'Non-Interference Subsidiary Universe Space', and is scarce.

Xu Jingming looked at a large amount of information, a total of three hundred types of redeemable items, sorted by redemption price from high to low. Some that can be mass-produced can be redeemed with universe coins. Others all require merit.

"Jingming, these?" Li Miao Miao was amazed to see them, "Civilization-level intelligent robots, high-dimensional technological weapons? Some powerful technological weapons of intermediate universe civilizations are all here. There's nowhere to buy them outside."

"They can't be bought." Xu Jingming nodded, "This is the list of items available for merit redemption at the Eternal Pagoda. As a member of the Yuanchu Research Institute, I can't directly redeem them."

"You want them?" Li Miao Miao heard what Xu Jingming meant.

"Just ask friends from the Eternal Pagoda to help redeem them. Most of them are not limited to personal use," Xu Jingming said. He was indeed eyeing some items.

For example, the 'Celestial Serpent Scale'. The high-dimensional life 'Celestial Serpent' is the source of the Celestial Serpent Evolution Method.

"Does the Pearwood Group need to contribute?" Li Miao Miao asked.

"Haha, no need." Xu Jingming smiled.

He had accumulated a lot of spoils of war over the years, and the Pearwood Group's little fortune was only a small part. It was relatively easy to get some of the items he wanted on this list. The only trouble was the 'Celestial Serpent Scale'!

Because there were only three pieces! He had to ask a big figure with the highest redemption qualification ranking to help. Because those top big figures generally redeem the best things, it's not the turn of the people behind.

"I have been cultivating the Celestial Serpent Evolution Method for so many years. If I want to break through from the tenth-order to the high-dimensional in the future, the Celestial Serpent Scale is very important to me." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "It even helps to break through from the ninth-order to the tenth-order."

"If I can't redeem it immediately, I'll have to collect it from the outside at several times the price." On Xu Jingming's evolutionary path, some high-dimensional items were very important, such as the Celestial Serpent Scale, the Yuanchu Star Flame, etc., which were all related to the foundation of his evolutionary path.