"That's true!"

Many people gradually regained their senses.

Time passed quickly, seven hours weren't long, but not short either, just the time it takes to sleep.

Of course, almost no one could sleep.

As the time approached, the Pathfinder was getting closer and closer to the Ring of Stars, and the appearance of the entire mechanical city could be clearly seen. In fact, calling it a mechanical city, it was more like a mechanical planet.

Nick was now using every word of praise he could think of to wildly praise the magnificence of the Ring of Stars.

"My God, look at the scale, the sense of technology, it's simply a masterpiece..."

Just then, suddenly the ship's radar system issued a warning.

"Warning, unidentified ships detected..."

"Lord Zhang Wei, these ships also seem to be heading to the Ring of Stars."

The operator nervously reported to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei turned his head to Long Ming and the others and reported, "They are ships from other civilizations."

"Ignore them, proceed as normal. Without strength, any small action is unwise."

Long Ming issued the order very rationally.

"Understood."

Zhang Wei nodded in response.

At this time, a special prompt popped up on the virtual screen.

"Please proceed to Interstellar Port T01 according to the guidance."

Then, in the next second, a virtual light and shadow gathered in front of the Pathfinder, forming a guiding orbit.

"Slow down, follow the guidance, everyone prepare to land."

Zhang Wei immediately issued the order...

Nick excitedly reported to everyone, "Brothers and sisters, we are about to arrive at the Ring of Stars, and the moment to witness the miracle of history is coming soon."

At this time, a sergeant walked to Nick's side and whispered a few words in his ear.

Nick quickly nodded to show his understanding, and then Nick solemnly said to the many viewers, "Dear viewers, because we are not sure what it will be like to arrive at the Ring of Stars, the following live broadcast will no longer be explained. Only image transmission will be performed, and the smoothness of the image is not guaranteed, but we will try our best to ensure the smooth progress of the live broadcast."

Su Mo in front of the TV was watching with more and more fascination, his heart beating faster involuntarily, feeling a little excited.

At this time, the live broadcast viewership has reached ninety-nine percent.

In the live broadcast image, an operator reported loudly, "Entering the expected orbit in 1 minute."

"Present the Ring of Stars and the flight orbit, and display all the detected rotation rate and parameters of the Ring of Stars."

Zhang Wei gave the order in a deep voice. It was not easy to operate a ship.

"Yes!"

Then a row of complex parameters emerged.

Although there was guidance, the Ring of Stars was not stationary, and its gyroscope-shaped body was constantly rotating to form gravity.

This Pathfinder did not have an artificial intelligence system, and all operations needed to be done manually. Once there was a mistake, the ship might end up driving with its face to the ground and smashing into the interstellar port.

Even though those currently responsible for the operation were the most elite doctors in the Federation.

They were also very nervous at this time, after all, they didn't have much experience.

"Adjust the power system output, decrease another percentage point, correct the bow positive parameter by 0.03."

Zhang Wei looked at the floating values and constantly issued orders.

"Adjusting."

...

Through the optical imaging system, everyone could clearly see that the Ring of Stars was getting closer and closer, and becoming larger and larger.

The Pathfinder became smaller and smaller, like a grain of sand.

.....

"Distance: 172 kilometers!"

"Entering Interstellar Port 1!"

"Data correcting."

.....

"Turn off auxiliary power unit 3."

"Reduce power output and further decelerate."

"Activate the maintenance auxiliary system, turn on the anti-gravity system, prepare to land."

....

Looking down from the air, the Pathfinder was constantly decelerating, and the anti-gravity device was activated, gradually landing on the interstellar port.

Countless warships were parked in the entire interstellar port, but even so, there were still a lot of empty spaces.

After a while, with a vibration of the Pathfinder, it finally landed smoothly in the designated location.

"Successful landing."

Zhang Wei reported with a sigh of relief.

"Well done."

Long Ming took the lead in applauding.

Clap clap~~

Zhang Wei and the others also showed a smile.

......

After a while, the boarding exit of the Pathfinder opened, and Long Ming and others walked down, looking at the endless interstellar port and the countless ships parked here.

Long Ming and others were completely shocked. At this moment, they were like frogs in a well, seeing the magnificent sea for the first time.

At this time, a sweet voice sounded.

"Welcome to the Ring of Stars."

Long Ming and the others came back to their senses, not knowing when, Goli had already appeared in front of them.

"Hello, Miss Goli."

Long Ming greeted politely. It was always right to be polite. Of course, Long Ming was also constantly sizing up Goli, but unfortunately he couldn't tell whether Goli was a human or a robot.

"Council Speaker Long Ming doesn't need to be so polite. By the way, please wait a moment, others will be here soon, and then we will leave together."

Goli said with a smile.

"Okay."

Long Ming also wanted to see what people from other civilizations looked like.

Just then, a group of figures walked over. Looking closely, they were not much different from humans, except that their skin was pale and their ears were pointed. They were all wearing silver high-necked body-hugging clothes and their eyes were extremely arrogant. The man in the lead held a scepter in his hand and wore a crown on his head. It could be seen that it was an empire system.

"I am Memikas, the lord of the Yanass State, and I am here by invitation."

The leading lord said.

Goli said with a smile: "Lord Yanass, please wait a moment."

Then two more teams of people walked over, all of whom were humanoid civilizations, but the styles of their clothes were different.

The team on the left had scales on their skin and gill-like organs on both sides of their jaws. Their hands had frog-like claws.

The team on the right was thin and short, with large pupils and dark and rough skin.

The two teams introduced themselves separately. The people with gill organs were from the Heck Free State and were a civilization living on the seabed.

The other team called themselves the Fales tribe, and their civilization was born underground.

Long Ming frowned, he looked at the participating civilizations, and his expression was constantly changing.

At this time, tall figures appeared, a group of burly men with horizontal flesh on their faces, their bodies embedded in metal outer armor, their eyes were violent and full of oppression, each of them was much taller than others.

Their leader had eyes like a beast, making people fearful.

Nick and the others couldn't close their mouths, there were people so tall.

"What are you looking at, little dwarf!"

A burly man who passed by said to Nick, his eyes full of disdain.

What was amazing was that Nick could actually understand. He was sure that the other party was definitely not speaking their language, and his tone was so loud that he almost suffocated himself.

And this was the overlord from the Komotos civilization.

Then the remaining civilizations appeared one after another, all of them were human-type creatures. Some civilizations had unusually lush body hair, a bit like savages, and some had very beautiful appearances, their skin was tender and their eyes were like sapphire humans.

There were also those who were extremely gloomy, wearing cloaks, wearing bone jewelry on their hands, and black beam guns on their waists, looking at everyone as enemies.

Long Ming took a deep breath. He had some clues in his heart. Those who came to participate should all be humanoid civilizations. It was just that there was a problem in a certain link of civilization progress. For example, on some planets, the sea flooded the land, so humans evolved into marine creatures.

Or climate change occurred, and in order to adapt to the environment, new evolution occurred.

In simple terms, it was more like the same species, heading towards different evolutionary terminals in different environments.

Goli glanced at it and saw that the teams of the thirteen civilizations were all there, so she snapped her fingers.

"Okay, let's go!"

In the next second, the metal square floor tiles under everyone's feet began to float, like small flying machines, carrying everyone into the sky.

Along the way, everyone could see magnificent steel buildings.

They could also vaguely see some figures, but no one could confirm whether they were humans or other creatures.

At the same time, miniature flying machines flew past them at a very fast speed from time to time in the air.

It seemed like they were about to crash, but they never did.

.....

After a while, everyone landed on a giant circular square in amazement.

In the center of the square stood a metal monument, and on top of the monument was a brilliant throne.

A girl with long silver hair, wearing a long blue dress, with a cold and frosty expression, behaving arrogantly and elegantly, wearing crystal high heels, leaning her graceful body, supporting her chin with one hand, and full of queen-like demeanor sat on it.

Everyone recognized the girl in front of them at a glance. It was Yilovis, the NPC who opened the Ring of Stars.

Yilovis slowly got up, her arrogant eyes overlooking everyone.

"Welcome to the Negative Universe. I am very honored to tell you that you thirteen civilizations from different dimensions have successfully stood out from hundreds of participants and obtained the qualification to participate in the Cup of Heaven."

Hearing Yilovis's words, everyone took a breath.

The implication of her words was that hundreds of civilizations had lost their qualifications and had no chance to stand here, destined to perish.

At this time, Lord Memikas of the Yanass State also lowered his arrogant head and asked: "Respected Lord Yilovis, what do we need to do to win the Cup of Heaven and obtain the continuation of civilization?"

Other civilization representatives also asked with awe.

Yilovis replied indifferently.

"The so-called victory in the Cup of Heaven is very simple, it is to survive.

As soon as these words came out, all civilization representatives looked at the representatives of other civilizations vigilantly.

Long Ming's heart sank, could it be infighting?

"You don't need to guess, what I mean by surviving is not to let you kill each other."

Yilovis explained blankly.

Hearing this, all civilizations breathed a sigh of relief. But Yilovis's next words made everyone's hearts cold.

"What I mean by surviving is more cruel than letting you kill each other."

Speaking of this, Yilovis waved her hand and a special virtual image expanded.

A vast star map emerged. It could be seen that the Ring of Stars was at the center. Thirteen flashing light spots were flashing on the orbit of the Ring of Stars, representing the thirteen different civilization planets that were selected.

However, looking further out, the outside of the star map was all bright red, the standard occupied area.

"Outside your orbit, all are areas occupied by monsters. There are Titans, Zerg, Kiguzi..... and so on, more than tens of thousands of races. They will tear you apart at all costs. All you need to do is survive."

Hearing this, everyone present revealed infinite panic in their eyes. Wasn't this a fire pit?

Long Ming and others also looked unusually ugly. They knew that the difficulty of winning the Cup of Heaven would be very high, but no one thought it would be like this.

However, Long Ming still patiently didn't say anything. Normally, there shouldn't be a dead end.

But some hot-tempered people may not be able to bear it.

For example, the big man from the Komotos civilization pointed and accused with red eyes.

"What kind of Cup of Heaven is this? It's clearly a dead end."

Yilovis looked at him like an idiot and sneered.

"Life and death depend on yourselves. In the star systems occupied by monsters outside, there are countless relics of fallen civilizations. You can plunder them infinitely and achieve a new civilization. When you win, your civilization will be reborn from the fire and become the new master of the world."

"Of course, as the inviter, I have also prepared a gift for all of you, so that you can obtain the minimum qualification to fight against monsters. All of you will receive gold points and silver points from the Ring of Stars, which will be unconditionally converted into Star Coins at a ratio of 1:1 and 1:0.1. At that time, you can enter the Ring of Stars and exchange everything you want inside, materials, weapons, technology blueprints, etc....... One thing to note is that what can be exchanged for Star Coins are gold points and silver points, not the gold and silver metals in your hands. After all, those metals are not worth mentioning in the vast universe."

"In addition, one thing to note, you are strictly prohibited from attacking each other within the protected area of ​​the Ring of Stars. Of course, outside the area covered by the Ring of Stars, you can fight as you please. Of course, you can also ignore my words and choose your future at will and make all the choices you want, including civilizations attacking each other, or even attacking the Ring of Stars, as long as you have the strength and bear the corresponding consequences."

Hearing Yilovis's words, everyone fell into silence.

At this time, Long Ming's old face was constantly changing, and finally he asked.

"Respected Lord Yilovis, what about the civilizations that participated in the Cup of Heaven before?"

"They have all sunk into the endless sea of ​​stars! Before the real winner is determined in the Cup of Heaven, participants will continue to be selected. Your arrival proves their demise."

Yilovis revealed the cruel reality without concealment.

"Isn't this still a dead end, making us die in disguise?"

Some civilization representatives responded with some acceptance.

Yilovis's eyes became more and more cold. She flicked her sleeves and replied in a cold voice.

"The future can be used as a bet, what is a mere human life? Fate may be unfair, but death will be equal to all!"

In the next second, everyone present quieted down.

Including Su Mo and others who were watching the live broadcast, they also went from shock to silence at the beginning.

No matter what, this was the reality. If you don't fight, you will die, and if you fight, maybe there is still a chance of survival.

"Goli, give them the exchange passes, and the rest will be explained by you."

"Yes."

Goli replied respectfully.

Then Yilovis's figure disappeared into the sky full of light spots. No one knew whether the owner of the Ring of Stars, Yilovis, was a human or a virtual image.

At this time, Goli took out some metal cards and handed them to the representatives of the civilizations with a smile.

"This is your civilization symbol."

Long Ming took the card handed over and glanced at it. It said a five-digit number, which should represent their number.

Goli said with a smile: "Okay, now you can exchange the gold points and silver points on your body for Star Coins. Star Coins are the common currency of the Ring of Stars. The main material is made of star stones. Star Stone is an energy-containing mineral and the cornerstone of this world. You can use Star Coins to exchange for the weapons and all the technologies you want, and even materials. Of course, these are just your starting funds, which don't mean anything. You still need to see your own development in the future."

"Exchange seven hundred million gold points and sixteen hundred million silver points for us."

Lord Memikas of the Yanass State took the lead in speaking.

Hearing the words of Lord Memikas of the Yanass State, some civilizations were a little moved. Long Ming accurately captured the changes in their expressions. Seven hundred million gold points and silver points should be considered a lot.

Goli directly took out a special striped metal card and handed it to Memikas. At the same time, she directly operated on the bracelet on her hand and directly deducted the corresponding value of gold points and silver points.

"Next."

In fact, Long Ming's guess was right, seven hundred million was indeed a lot.

In the next exchange, many civilizations only had three hundred million or four hundred million, of course, there were also more.

But what surprised Long Ming the most was that the most was the unremarkable Fales civilization. They exchanged ten hundred million gold points and thirty hundred million silver points in one go.

Finally, it was Long Ming's turn, but he was not in a hurry to exchange, but waited for the civilization representatives who had exchanged to leave.

Goli said to the good people who had already exchanged: "You can go to the intelligent mechanical pillars erected in the Ring of Stars to exchange. You can also go to various stores to exchange. In short, everything is available here. There is only what you can't think of, there is nothing you can't exchange."

The many civilization representatives left after hearing Goli's words.

At this time, Long Ming stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Exchange 2 billion gold points and 8 billion silver points for me."

Goli took a meaningful look at Long Ming, and then replied.

"Okay! A total of 2.8 billion Star Coins, please keep them."

In fact, under normal circumstances, the Federation could not have so many gold points and silver points, but the Federation was different from other civilizations in one point. They participated in the Cup of Earth twice.

The accumulated background was naturally thicker than others. This was a gamble!

Fortunately, they won the bet. After giving up the first Cup of Heaven, all countries gritted their teeth and reached a unified agreement to overcome difficulties together and survive until the second opening of the Cup of Earth.

There was no infighting or collapse.

Goli took a card and handed it to Long Ming.

"Good luck to you."

"Thank you."

Long Ming took the card.

After completing everything, Goli turned around and left directly.

At this time, the councilors such as Oglas looked at Long Ming with very ugly expressions.

"I feel that the Ring of Stars summoned us here to use us as shields and consumables to resist external monsters."

"Yes, like cannon fodder."

"I have this feeling too."

.....

Long Ming raised his hand to interrupt everyone's words and said in a deep voice.

"Fate is earned by yourself. I think this is not a bad thing. Don't say this kind of thing in the future. This is also our opportunity, our opportunity to rise."

"That makes sense."

Oglas nodded in response.

At this time, Long Ming suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance, a few figures left in a panic.

"What's wrong?"

Oglas asked.

"Someone is staring at us, but it's not clear whether it's a person or something. Let's ignore them for now. Let's go and see what resources and weapons can be exchanged, and then discuss how to maximize the use of the limited funds in hand."

Long Ming replied in a deep voice.

"Okay, but should we find a store to exchange or find a mechanical pillar to exchange?"

"Find a mechanical pillar. I have a feeling that the mechanical pillar was opened by the owner of the Ring of Stars. But the stores are not necessarily. Although the prices in the stores may be cheaper, they may be scammed. After all, their knowledge is much richer than ours."

"That makes sense."

Everyone responded.

So Long Ming led the people towards a mechanical pillar in the distance with no one around.

At the same time, Nick whispered to the broadcasting equipment in his hand: "Dear viewers, the next thing involves federal secrets, so there will be no more public live broadcasts, goodbye!"

With that, Nick cut off the live broadcast signal.

Suddenly, the TV screen in front of Su Mo was full of snowflakes.

Su Mo was speechless, he was watching with fascination. He was extremely curious about what could be exchanged in the Ring of Stars.

Once this kind of curiosity comes up, it makes people very uncomfortable.

Su Mo walked back and forth in the room. He was a little egg-pain. Although the Federation did not restrict the public from accessing the truth, even if the public knew the use of gold points and silver points, it was actually unlikely that they could play a role.

Because the premise for you to use these two things is that you must go to the Ring of Stars.

And going to the Ring of Stars must have a ship, and only the Federation has ships now, which means that the exchange channel is controlled by the Federation.

Even if you have so much money, it is difficult to exchange. Maybe there will be a way in the future, but at least that's how it is now.

On the other side, Long Ming and others stood in front of the mechanical pillar, checked the exchange interface, and everyone was stunned when they saw the dazzling list of exchanges.

A type i gene potion that can comprehensively strengthen people and a potion that can extend a person's life by a hundred years only costs 100 Star Coins.

It was simply too cheap, but this was limited to the lowest level gene potion, the higher the level, the more expensive it was. For example, a type v gene potion costs 1 billion Star Coins, and the price also varies depending on the variety.

There were even more types of ships that made people drool.

They even saw a Star Destroyer that cost 100 billion Star Coins.

The remark parameter clearly stated that the main gun was equipped with a meteor cannon, which could easily destroy a standard planet in a fully charged state.

Destroying a planet-level ship was something they usually didn't dare to think about.

Now it was just a bunch of exchange numbers, how could it not make people tempted.

"Look at this Planet-level Fortress! It's super cheap, it only costs 200 billion Star Coins."

Spade said with red eyes.

Long Ming also frowned and reminded: "Calm down, we only have 2 billion Star Stones, and it's impossible to only exchange for a single variety of things. We need to exchange for production lines, blueprints, and reserve materials, as well as various urgently needed items."

When Spade and others heard Long Ming's words, they gradually calmed down, replaced by infinite disappointment.

It was like the treasure was in front of them, almost within reach, but unfortunately the balance was insufficient.

Oglas said in a deep voice: "Long Ming, you are the calmest here, so you will allocate the purchase, and we will unconditionally support you."

Oglas didn't dare to let others give advice now, including himself, he had the urge to spend all the money to buy a large ship.