Chapter 1 Gaze

"Water Blue Star... it really is blue enough."

Zhou Jing carefully read the pictures and data in the handbook. Unsurprisingly, this planet would likely be where he spent many years of his future.

The current territory of human civilization was entirely distributed on an arm of a large galaxy, with coordinates in the Halo System-Jin Emperor Constellation Arm.

In layer upon layer of celestial systems, human civilization was just a tiny speck of dust. Above the Halo System were even larger celestial systems such as galaxy groups, supergalaxy clusters, supercluster complexes, and large-scale cosmic filamentary structures.

The various colonies of the Star Federation were distributed among dozens to hundreds of star systems, mostly single-star systems, with a small number being binary and triple-star systems.

And between these star systems with colonies were many uninhabitable star systems, which were commonly referred to as "empty star systems."

The Star Federation's exploration of interstellar space to find colonies involved screening habitable planets from the surrounding star systems. If none were found, the spacecraft had to continue traveling to more distant star systems.

Based on the location of these colonies, the Star Federation divided its administrative territory, centered on the home planet, into multiple cone-shaped star regions in all directions, generally with 8-22 colonies in each region.

Water Blue Star was separated from his current Silver Wind Star by three empty star systems, which was considered very close and both were members of the Missile Star Region.

Water Blue Star was a planet within a single-star system, with a total area of 580 million square kilometers, 36% land and 64% ocean, with a suitable climate. The native beasts were all ordinary creatures. It had a rotation period of 24 Interstellar Convention hours and an orbital period of 360 days, making it suitable for habitation.

Through coordination and consultation by the Star Federation, Water Blue Star was currently managed by ten countries. Members of the Peak Seven Nations occupied three seats: Hein, Wester, and his own country, Chidu... Generally, the management of a colony would not include more than four members of the Peak Seven Nations.

After the initial construction and development by the first few batches of immigrants, there was no shortage of infrastructure, and living materials could be self-sufficient. The ten managing countries had built a large city, several medium-sized cities, and resource collection points on Water Blue Star, with each country's developed area being less than a province, and they were still under long-term construction.

With the engineering power of various countries, building new cities was not difficult, but the current immigrant population was not large enough, so city construction was no longer urgent, and they would slowly expand as the population grew. If too many cities were built at once, the appreciation space for land prices would be small, and they had to plan for the future.

Zhou Jing saw in the introduction of the handbook that Water Blue Star was one of the top five planets in terms of habitability currently discovered by human civilization.

"It's still in the early stages of development. Even the earliest immigrant groups have only produced one generation, with a total population of only about 100 million. The future is full of potential." Zhang Xiao poked Zhou Jing's kidney and said excitedly.

He saw immeasurable investment value in it and increasingly felt that his choice to immigrate was correct.

Although the population was small now and the market was small, the Star Federation's fertility welfare system was born to explode the population. The future was promising!

Even if he had to stay in the Esper Academy for a year or two, there would still be plenty of opportunities after coming out.

It was nothing like Silver Wind Star, where employment was difficult, jobs were scarce, and there was fierce competition everywhere… This was also a drawback of exploding the population. It could quickly transition to early development, but after it took shape, it would quickly become involuted.

Silver Wind Star had only been developed for two hundred years. Some older planets were even more terribly involuted… Of course, the "Gu Kings" raised were also fiercer. (Gu King: a reference to a poisonous insect that is made by placing many poisonous insects in a jar and letting them devour each other until only one survives.)

In comparison, Water Blue Star was simply paradise.

With just over a month before departure, all the immigrants in the class were looking forward to entering a new environment and starting a new life.

Zhou Jing was also filled with excitement, noting the information of the new planet in his heart.

…

In the next few days, Zhou Jing and the others accompanied Zhang Xiao to the Superpower Bureau for observation and attended pre-immigration training classes every day.

Li Xiaoyin was outgoing, and many fellow villagers deliberately courted her, so she quickly became familiar with them.

Zhou Jing and the others benefited from her and also became familiar with many fellow villagers.

Zhou Jing was also silently observing these future "classmates."

He paid more attention to Zhao He and Huang Wei, who had A-level potential, and two other people.

One was a ten-year-old child named Shi Qing, and the other was a young man named Wang Cheng.

Shi Qing was still a child, timid and introverted. He was reluctant to leave his hometown, but his parents insisted on taking him with them to seek opportunities.

His assistant spot was also given to his father, Shi Chenhai, at his parents' request. The father handled all external interactions, just like his agent.

Zhou Jing and the others did not like the slick and sophisticated Shi Chenhai, but liked teasing Shi Qing—among a group of adults, he was the only adorable child, and everyone regarded him as the group favorite.

The other person of interest, Wang Cheng, was taciturn and basically did not participate in social interactions. He ignored Li Xiaoyin, Zhao He, and Huang Wei. He was also a newly awakened B-level potential esper and seemed like a lone wolf.

Once, Li Xiaoyin curiously went over to chat, and Wang Cheng directly used a series of cold responses like "um," "yes," and "okay," which stumped the usually talkative Li Xiaoyin. That was when Zhou Jing noticed him.

Apart from these few people, the other fellow villagers did not have anything special for the time being, and Zhou Jing just remembered their information.

…There was no way around it. Li Xiaoyin lacked scheming and was too thick-skinned, so the job of scrutinizing others could only be entrusted to him, the "strategist."

As for Xu Lingyun and Zhang Xiao, these two guys had been completely immersed in a battle of the weak over the past few days and could not be counted on at all.

Previously, Xu Lingyun did not have a suitable training partner. Fighting Zhou Jing was just being abused, and fighting Li Xiaoyin was just ascending to heaven.

Now that Zhang Xiao had received gene enhancement, the two of them suddenly hit it off—they were a perfect match!

Their levels were about the same, making them the best training partners.

These days, the two of them would hang out in the training room wrestling whenever they were free. Zhou Jing watched at first, but later found it an eyesore, so he stopped watching.

Soon, three days passed in a flash. Zhang Xiao finally passed the observation period and was allowed to leave the Superpower Bureau. The immigration procedures for the other four were also completed by the Superpower Bureau. There were no twists and turns, and the agency respected their wishes.

With the Superpower Bureau handling it, the process was much simpler. They just had to arrive at the West Sea City Superpower Branch at the appointed time and take the vehicle together to the immigration spaceship.

After leaving the Superpower Bureau, the four had a meal together and then temporarily dispersed, each returning to their own home.

…

Back at the rental house, Zhou Jing changed into casual clothes and sat on the bed to check the panel.

In the past three days, he had not traveled frequently and had mainly been letting Jason develop slowly at the Empire Hunter outpost.

About three months had passed in the Alien Beast World. Jason's life was calm. He had gained a firm foothold in the Empire Hunter group, completed several courses, mastered three new Hunter Breathing Techniques, and was starting to learn others. Progress was acceptable.

"Jason is on the right track. Just let him develop. After he learns a few more Breathing Techniques and there is a certain interval, I can see if I can strengthen him again… I've saved up a lot of Star Realm Points. I feel like I can open a new Apostle."

Zhou Jing made up his mind, and seeing that the cooldown time had passed, he entered the Transcendent Preparatory Space.

Whoosh—

His consciousness returned to the familiar stars, and the huge panel floated in front of him.

[Please select deployment target]

[Currently available: 1. Jason Wood (No. 002)]

[2. Vacant slot (not yet opened)]

Zhou Jing did not hesitate and directly invested 2000 Star Realm Points and 40 Information State Particles to expand the Apostle slot.

[Vacant Star Realm Apostle slot has been opened]

[Current Star Realm Apostle slots: 12]

[New Apostle template can be generated]

"Generate," Zhou Jing nodded.

Buzz!

The next moment, a waterfall of information was displayed on the panel.

[Generating new template…]

[New Star Realm Apostle template has been generated (No. 003)]

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[Current Template – Trait Archive]

[Name: Bill Rayson (can be changed)]

[Race Appearance: Terran (can be changed)]

[Identity: None]

[Personality: Greedy]

[Style: Pragmatic]

[Position: Utilitarian]

[Pursuit: Wealth]

[Synchronization Difficulty Rating: Extremely Easy]

[Life Goals: {Become a Rich Man}, {Establish City-Level Monopoly Industry}, {Raise Private Army}]

[Apostle Constant Standard: 0120]

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[Current Template – Ability Archive]

[Attributes: Physique 18, Resistance 12, Perception 9, Spirit 8, Energy 0]

[Aptitude: Eloquence - [Dark Green], Knowledge - [Dark Green], Alchemy - [Green], Affinity with Nature - [Green]… (Expand detailed list)]

[Talent: {Thirst for Knowledge} (Learning efficiency is accelerated), {Empty Slot} x1]

[Free Allocation Points: 10]

[Transcendent Power System: {Empty Slot} x1]

[Skills: None]

[Auxiliary Functions: {Empty Slot} x2]

[Rarity Rating: Slightly Talented]

[Note: The initial attributes and rarity of Star Realm Apostles are affected by the energy level of the Star Realm Transcendent and the level of the main body’s attributes.]

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[Total template free reset times: 0]

[Designated parameter free reset times: 4]

Zhou Jing looked at the characteristics of the new Apostle and couldn't help but blink in confusion.

"Huh?"