Chapter 1 The Saintly Anthem Committee

After finishing dinner and returning to the dormitory, the so-called mission hadn't arrived, but what the heck was the Saintly Anthem Committee?

"What? The Saintly Anthem Committee? What did you do to provoke them?" Gaia said blankly, "Broadly speaking, this is the highest authority for adjudicating the Saintly Anthem. Every member has the power to eliminate someone, but they generally don't directly issue missions."

"In your case, either you have extraordinary talent and, like me, have been selected for key training, or you've offended someone. Someone doesn't like you and wants to kick you out," Kuta said. "Or, could you spend some money?"

"Kuta, don't add fuel to the fire. If the other party is really a member, spending money will only irritate them. The Saintly Anthem are all old-school nobles, conservative to the core. They'll think you're insulting them. Someone as approachable as me is one in a million. You should cherish that," Gaia said.

Li Hao was dumbfounded. "It's not that serious, is it? How could a trivial nobody like me offend a committee member? Maybe it's just a simple mission. Don't overthink it."

"I think so too," Gasmi said. "Don't make things worse. This might be an opportunity." "Anyway, if you encounter a problem you can't solve, call my big account, Rasta Ya!" Gaia laughed.

"If money can solve the problem, come find me!" Kuta said.

"Call me for a fight." Gasmi felt a little embarrassed after speaking. He seemed to be the weakest one.

Li Hao smiled. A committee member... He checked, and that meant at least a chief warrant officer. He thought for a moment, but he didn't seem to have offended anyone like that.

...Wait, it wasn't impossible. Thinking about how he advanced, could it be that guy who owed him fifty yuan, trying to use this opportunity to silence him?

Li Hao smiled. Actually, he was very curious about what the other party wanted to do by deliberately putting someone like him in.

In the evening, the mission arrived. He really was made nervous by Blee. Every time he saw the word "mission," he had a conditioned reflex.

"Go to the Star River Biological Research Center and find His Excellency Hayes to complete the work he assigns."

According to the StarNet map guidance, Li Hao arrived at the Saintly Anthem's biological research center. The biological research center was mainly a place to keep various creatures of the Star River Alliance, to study biological characteristics, origins, and the commonality of species, and to find the roots of life's creation. In the research of the Tian Ren (Celestial Human), all things in the Star River, no matter what kind of basic composition, essentially followed a common life imprint model, which can be simply explained as a common wave function segment.

The Saintly Anthem would study various civilizations' more distinctive creatures. Biology was also a very important part of the Tian Ren technology. The Saintly Anthem's biological research center was obviously very impressive. It was said to house the creatures of thousands of civilizations... Where were they kept?

Finally arriving at the area where the biological research center was located... Looking at the building in front of him, it was quite magnificent, but Li Hao didn't think it could house many creatures at all.

The interior of the research center was very technological, with many staff members bustling about. A staff member took Li Hao to the director's office.

A gaunt old man who looked like a human in his seventies or eighties was immersed in dense virtual data, while the entire space was filled with images of various creatures, like a biological universe. Hayes was busy for a long time before he stopped and waved at Li Hao. "You're the one Helena sent?"

"Yes, Director Hayes. I'm here to complete the work you assigned," Li Hao said.

Hayes glanced at Li Hao's file and frowned. "That little girl is getting more and more unreliable. Here, you go to Sector D and feed all the animals in Sector D. Take good care of my babies. Remember to clean up the mess. Don't be clumsy. Karl, Karl, where the hell are you? Take him over and tell him the rules!"

A middle-aged man ran out and led Li Hao away, introducing the work to Li Hao along the way. It was very simple. The caretaker in Sector D was injured. Ordinary people couldn't do this job, so they had to find someone from the Saintly Anthem warriors. Karl was also very strange after looking at Li Hao's file. He was just a Saintly Anthem warrior, not even a non-commissioned officer. Could he handle this job?

"Li Hao, Sector D holds some very dangerous creatures. You must feed them according to the regulations on the rules, otherwise it will easily cause problems," Karl still reminded him.

Li Hao smiled slightly. "Don't worry, I will definitely do a good job! If I don't know how, I can learn!"

Animal caretaker... He checked, and there really was such a mission. It required at least a non-commissioned officer rank, and at his level, he could be rewarded with 1,000 Star River credits and 200 merit points each time. He was joking, he could feed them until they went bankrupt!

Karl was stunned. He rarely saw anyone so enthusiastic about this kind of thing. Oh, a human, a new civilization. It was possible that they were full of curiosity about everything.

"Teacher Karl, can I leave after feeding Sector D and cleaning up the mess?"

"Yes, be sure to pay attention to safety and hygiene, and don't provoke those creatures. It's best not to let them roar and make noise. In short, complete it quietly. Ahem, Committee Member Hayes has a bad temper," Karl said helplessly. Ordinary people couldn't do the feeding, and neither could researchers. It had to be a Saintly Anthem warrior, but after deducting those nobles, how many were left willing to come here?

Some of the people before him were driven away, and some were angered away. If this one left too, he would have to take over. He didn't have enough time for his own research projects, how could he spare the time? Moreover, the creatures in Sector D were too troublesome. He wasn't a combat type, going there would be a disaster.

Karl took Li Hao in the elevator to the 15th floor underground. The elevator indicator showed the Ghost Creature Zone. The elevator door opened, revealing a hall, and then rows of doors, all marked with zones and classifications. There were signs hanging at the door, which specifically introduced the origins of the creatures in each zone and the precautions. Because it involved many very dangerous creatures, and some were very delicate, anyway, they all had a lot of problems. The environment in each zone was also different, all designed to suit the living environment of these creatures. Li Hao found D26, which was the area he was feeding today.

This area's creatures had the labels "Dangerous" and "Violent." There was a combination lock on the door. Li Hao entered the password, and golden lines appeared on the door and then opened like a magic door. Li Hao felt a space shift.

The D26 area he was going to was definitely not within the Saintly Anthem. Looking at the dim passage, Li Hao still stepped in. The moment he entered, he felt the expansion of space. This was genuine space technology, really awesome.

What came into view was a dark world. Some energy creatures and dark creatures were raised here. Generally, the visual effects of these creatures didn't conform to the aesthetics of intelligent creatures; they were just terrifying.

Rows of energy grids were keeping various creatures. These energy grids were all death ray beams. The safety manual had already written that: do not touch them.

At this time, in a barren world on the Emperor Martial Star, there was a lonely circular building, and around the building was endless darkness and desolation. This was a world specially built for ghost bodies to survive. The Tian Ren's convenient space conversion technology was limited to the same planet. Cross-planetary technology was still at a bottleneck. Of course, the cost of this technology was also extremely expensive, and the energy required to support it was terrifying. Only places like the Saintly Anthem had it.

Li Hao's responsibility was to feed and observe the condition of the creatures, of course, limited to simple observations, such as if they were about to die or had other serious problems, he should report them in time. If there was nothing else, cleaning up the environment would be considered completing the mission.

So-called biological research centers, many Saintly Anthem had them, but it was rare to establish a pan-Star River ecosystem inside the Saintly Anthem. The qualifications and status were here. What came into view was a monster glowing with a ghostly blue light and carrying a strong chill. It looked like an electric ray, but it was translucent, revealing a skeletal electrical network body, standing upright and open, with a pair of eyes staring at Li Hao, making a buzzing noise.

Li Hao followed the instructions in the manual, pushing a ore cart. These ores were rich in K23. There was no way, Li Hao was too familiar with K23. He had mined it back then, mined it for a long time, full of memories. When he thought of the Heart of the Ocean, he thought of his A You You. He didn't know how she was doing. With StarNet, he immediately sent a message to Kepler, but Kepler's current signal range was still quite limited, requiring various conversions. But if A You You and the others had StarNet, they could establish contact. He had to wait for Romero to respond.

Romero and the Solar System were actively promoting information to the network.

In any competition, intelligence and information were the top priority. Humans were very clear about this. Even if they spent more on this aspect, they had to do it. Of course, the Galastar Commercial Alliance in charge also knew that there was nothing for granted; it all required a great price. Humans' accumulated wealth and resources over ten thousand years were being eroded little by little, and they still had to be grateful.

Civilization's crushing, whether it was war or peace, was not easy. Of course, these were not things that Li Hao worried about. He would complete the work first. Li Hao approached the electric ray thing. The label on it said, "Ghost Face Flounder, Origin, Shadow Wraith Empire, Five Jin." There were also some brief habits about this creature. Basically, they could absorb the souls of living organisms through contact. The Shadow Wraith Empire had many such creatures. Although dangerous, they were very helpful for soul research.

The creatures absorbed by them did not involve flesh and blood, but they would soon weaken and die.

Li Hao weighed about five *jin* of ore and put it in. The Ghost Face Flounder immediately pounced on him and roared at Li Hao. The infrasound wave directly hit Li Hao. Due to the Ghost Face Flounder's agitation, the entire D26's creatures showed signs of excitement. This ore was to maintain life. They liked to devour living things.

Listening to the clanging sounds of pots and pans, his hair was fried by electricity. Li Hao straightened his hair, not angry at all, even looking at the Ghost Face Flounder with a strange gaze, approaching step by step, tapping the car with a shovel and licking his lips. "Little cuties, eat well, don't seduce me."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and touched the death ray energy grid. With a *bo* sound, Li Hao retracted his hand, not injured, just a little tingling, but the Ghost Face Flounder, which was stretching and releasing this strong energy, was frightened and shrank into a ball,窜 (*cuan*)ing to the farthest corner of the room, shivering.

It felt the suffocating soul suppression, a natural enemy. It had nothing to do with strength. That feeling was infiltrated in the species' survival inheritance. The creature in front of it was born to feed on them…

Li Hao swallowed hard. It was really difficult. Was this testing his endurance? It was already hard enough with Dasha, and now he had to test his willpower even when doing odd jobs. Although he didn't need to devour them in terms of energy needs, who would dislike more delicious food? The things here… besides being a little ugly, were all delicious, and there were many flavors.

He was still growing.

*Gulu, gulu*… his stomach was hungry, he was salivating.

Such energy creatures had one thing in common: they were particularly sensitive to danger. When Li Hao released some hunger, almost all the creatures in D26 felt that the natural enemy had arrived, and the increasingly intensifying mania suddenly quieted down.

Li Hao had devoured a lot of Void creatures, and his golden cells were full of this aura. And Void creatures were a dimensionality reduction strike against these creatures.

All the creatures curled up in the corners, and the largest energy creature put its head between its buttocks. The cubicle that was approached immediately became nervous.

This one looked the most plump. Li Hao didn't like this job very much, it was too tempting. "Big guy, eat more, eat more, eat more to get fat."

Dream Eater, Shadow Wraith Empire, natural ferocious beast, a mature Dream Eater can control souls, highly dangerous.

At this time, the highly dangerous creature was shivering. It understood what Li Hao said. Although it didn't know what language he was speaking, the thought was directly instilled into the Dream Eater's mind. And it also knew that the creature in front of it had devoured similar creatures that were several levels higher than it, so it naturally carried a superior factor.

These creatures usually had a great demand for energy and were also very manic when eating, which was almost an irresistible instinct of energy-devouring creatures, but today, each cubicle ate very politely, tremblingly.

Li Hao was very serious about his work. If he made money in the future, he might be able to buy one to try.

Li Hao looked at the rows of lovely creatures and couldn't help but swallow again. This sound echoed in the empty and quiet D26 area, and all the creatures immediately stopped eating…

"Eat quickly, eat well, eat your fill, I will come to see you," Li Hao said with emotion. It was worthy of being the Saintly Anthem, raising so many lovely pets.

No, he had to be cold-blooded. What pets? They were just food. Once he developed feelings, they wouldn't be delicious.