Chapter 1 Tiersius' Request

Just as he was about to say something, Han Xiao suddenly discovered an additional coordinate in his mind. It was a mental message sent by Tiersius.

Han Xiao looked at Tiersius with suspicion.

"What are these coordinates you've given me?"

Tiersius shook his head, sighed softly, and slowly began to speak:

"My homeland is the only obsession I have left. Although I was born on Planet Klee, I left very early. When I was young, I surpassed all my predecessors, broke all records, and became the strongest in the entire civilization. But my civilization could no longer provide me with assistance, so in order to pursue a higher level of individual power, I traveled the starry seas alone. This journey has lasted countless years.

"In my homeland, no one was my match. I tried to find experts of my level throughout the universe, hoping to learn from each other's experiences. During my wandering career, I was mostly accompanied by lonely and desolate starry skies. I rarely encountered inhabited places, but I also saw civilizations that were either strong or weak. I would only appear when I encountered powerful espers. At other times, I would not interfere with the normal development of these civilizations. At that time, I only had the road ahead in my eyes, wanting to become stronger and stronger until the day I died. I never returned to my hometown even once.

"I don't know how many years I've been dead. I've been trapped here, without any perception of the outside world. I've long accepted reality, but the only thing I can't let go of is my hometown. I have nothing to do here. The only thing that comforts me is the incomplete memories of the past. However, my firm pursuit of higher levels and the wonderful experiences of wandering the universe have faded, while the life I had in my hometown as a child has become more and more profound.

"Back then, I could have chosen to stay and help build my hometown, but I was not willing to settle for that. I wandered for a higher pursuit, but now I miss my hometown more and more. So many years have passed, and I don't know what the situation is like in my hometown now. You have inherited my Superseding Legacy. If it's convenient for you, I ask you to go and take a look for me. The coordinates I gave you are the location of Planet Klee. I hope you can look after them for me, for my sake."

After listening to his explanation, Han Xiao raised his eyebrows and looked strange.

"Don't you know that it's best not to have contact between unfamiliar civilizations? You don't know my background, so you just gave me the coordinates of your hometown. Aren't you afraid that I'll bring people over to invade?"

Tiersius smiled faintly.

"You're the only person who's come in all these years. I'm about to die. Who else can I give it to if not you? It's a gamble, but what in this world is a sure thing? Otherwise, I wouldn't have braved the sense of crisis to break through to a higher level, which ultimately led to my death... Besides, I don't think you look like an invader."

"You're drawing conclusions after only seeing me once. That's too hasty." Han Xiao shook his head, not dwelling on it, and said, "I can help you take a look, but I don't promise anything. Also, I don't think a powerful cosmic civilization needs my care."

"You've misunderstood. My civilization isn't particularly developed."

Tiersius sighed:

"You can withstand the impact of cosmic assimilation. I can feel your strength. Conversely, you must also think I'm very powerful, but in reality, I wasn't that strong when I left my hometown. At that time, it was still very difficult for me to destroy a planet. All my strength came from constantly breaking through during my wandering journey... The experience I accumulated should have been brought back to my hometown to create more experts, but unfortunately I died, and these plans were all aborted."

Hearing this, Han Xiao quickly calculated in his mind.

It sounded like Tiersius's strength when he first started wandering should have been between High-level Calamity Grade and ordinary Beyond Grade A, with the latter being more likely. He gradually rose to the peak of Beyond Grade A in a long and lonely journey, sensing the existence of a higher level. He reached this step on his own without any experience to refer to, which was equivalent to being a pioneer.

Looking at it this way, Tiersius was also a stunning talent, probably no less than me... cough, no less than all the genius espers in the history of the three great civilizations.

If what the other party said was true, then the other party's civilization should be similar to a remote and backward place, not as strong as he imagined, but a genius was born, just like Planet Aquamarine produced himself back then.

If Tiersius were to return to his hometown with his experience and insights, the universe might have another civilization with a highly developed individual strength.

Thinking of this, espers born in the three major civilizations were lucky. There were many strong people here, and they could learn and communicate with many opponents. For small civilizations with poor individual strength like Tiersius, they could only travel to other places to find opponents and be a lonely seeker.

Just as he was thinking, the interface suddenly made a sound.

[You have triggered the mission [Shadows of the Past]!]

[Mission Description: Tiersius wandered the universe alone to explore the road ahead and never returned to his hometown. He hopes you can go and take a look.]

[Mission Requirement: Arrive at Planet Klee]

[Reward: 20 billion experience, Character Summon Card x1]

"A mission has appeared..."

Han Xiao's heart stirred.

He didn't know whether Tiersius's open-mindedness and sincerity were due to his nature, or whether he felt relieved after explaining his affairs, or whether he had a special feeling for his successor.

At this time, Tiersius's figure was becoming increasingly faint, almost disappearing. He didn't care, just smiling and sighing:

"It seems like my time is almost up. After so many years of loneliness, I can still talk to someone at the end of my journey. I'm satisfied..."

Han Xiao silently watched him mutter to himself. Although it was an unexpected encounter, it was also the first and last time. Tiersius's wandering experiences would have been a valuable channel to learn about more unknown civilizations, but there was no time.

But at this moment, Tiersius seemed to remember something and said softly:

"By the way, I'll give you a piece of advice. If one day you encounter a civilization called the World Tree, it's best to run as far as you can..."

Han Xiao was stunned, his expression slightly changed.

But before he could ask for details, Tiersius's figure completely dissipated, leaving only a faint sigh:

"In my life, I didn't leave anything for my civilization. What a failure..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the blue figure in front of Han Xiao turned into light particles and disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, the mental burden that was becoming weaker and weaker finally stopped.

The white alien space in front of him suddenly collapsed. Han Xiao was in a daze, and realized that his vision had returned to the main material universe. He was still in the same place and had not moved at all.

And this Superseding Legacy had been completely integrated into his body, occupying it alone, but it did not produce any further reaction with him.

Now that he had obtained the Superseding Legacy, Han Xiao wasn't very excited. He felt secretly pained.

"He only said half of what he wanted to say. He really deserves to be beaten. He should have told me that he encountered the World Tree civilization earlier..."

Han Xiao was helpless, but since the person was gone, he could only complain.

After all, Tiersius didn't know that they were at war with the World Tree civilization. If the other party hadn't taken the initiative to mention it, he wouldn't have known that Tiersius had encountered the World Tree civilization.

"It sounds like this guy has seen the invasiveness of the World Tree, and maybe they had an intersection. Maybe the World Tree still remembers this guy?"

Han Xiao was thoughtful.

Soon, he shook his head, temporarily put the matter aside, and turned to study the Superseding Legacy in his body. This was the main goal.

After absorbing the Superseding Legacy, his strength had not changed at all. He could only sense its existence at any time, as if it had been simply stored in his body as a container.

It should only be activated during advancement, becoming a catalyst for advancement. He roughly guessed that whether the advancement was successful or not, this Superseding Legacy would be consumed. It was a one-time thing.

"The higher-level steps need to be built with the bones of predecessors... Tsk, transforming into firewood, burning oneself, and benefiting future generations. In any case, I owe you a favor."

Han Xiao exhaled.

Although the person was dead, he remembered this favor. Next time the Sanctuary revived, he planned to try to revive this guy, but he thought the chances were very low.

Transforming into a Superseding Legacy, he didn't know if it was like the previous two sisters who intercepted the information state. Even if he completely died now, he might not be able to revive in the Sanctuary. Han Xiao only planned to do his best and listen to fate.

At this time, Han Xiao suddenly thought of something and smiled:

"Speaking of which, this is the easiest Superseding Legacy to obtain in the explored universe. If Urlenos reaches this step one day, he can only sail far away to find other Superseding Legacies."

Han Xiao felt amused.

Urlenos was so willing to help him advance, perhaps with the idea of ​​letting him explore the way, but he didn't know that the unique advancement material nearby had passed him by.

Perhaps Urlenos didn't have a panel prompt, so he couldn't mine the Superseding Legacy induction, or he didn't enter the critical state, and the mission was stuck. Anyway, he didn't know that he was guarding a treasure mountain, and he was the first to reach it.

Feeling the Superseding Legacy quietly staying in his body, Han Xiao smiled. Although there were some unexpected situations, he finally obtained a Superseding Legacy, which was smoother than expected. It was not in vain that he gathered so many mascots in the legion.

In this way, of the three advancement requirements, only the simplest one was left, which was to find four handsome guys to help.

Han Xiao's nerves finally relaxed. Then he muttered the coordinates of Planet Klee sent by Tiersius and fell into deep thought.

"There must be risks in contacting an unfamiliar civilization rashly. Although Tiersius said that his civilization is not strong, that was a long time ago. Now that so many years have passed, it may have become a powerful cosmic civilization, and it cannot be ruled out that Tiersius is cheating..."

After calculating for a while, Han Xiao still felt that he had to take a look. He could come and go freely with the Emperor's authority, and he planned to send a Ruler clone to take a look like a Mechanic, and he didn't plan to take the risk himself.

On the one hand, it was to complete the mission and see what subsequent events would occur. On the other hand, he felt that Tiersius's civilization might be a potential ally, and maybe he could pull them over to fight the World Tree together. After all, the World Tree's style and mechanism could be called the enemy of most intelligent civilizations.

...

Two days later, in the Ancient Star Desert, a remote military base of the Shining Federation.

A high-dimensional Apocalypse Teleportation Device was slowly warming up. A Ruler's shell was waiting in the teleportation area, and Han Xiao was watching from afar in the base outside, accompanied by the respectful base commander.

Han Xiao's Face Fruit was now complete. Borrowing the high-dimensional Apocalypse Teleportation Device from the Shining Federation was basically impossible to be refused.

Looking at the two giant mechanical rings of the teleportation device spinning rapidly, turning into a ball of light, Han Xiao couldn't help but sigh.

"Your high-dimensional Apocalypse Teleportation Device is really a convenient invention. As long as you have the coordinates, you can go anywhere in the universe."

"That's right, this is the highest technological achievement of our Shining Federation." The base commander straightened his back, somewhat proud.

"Amazing, amazing. Can you let me take it back for research?"

"This... please don't embarrass me." The base commander was stunned and smiled bitterly.

Han Xiao smiled faintly and didn't tease the little officer anymore. He activated the Ruler clone.

At this time, the power of the teleportation device reached its peak. Suddenly, a flash of light exploded, and the Ruler's body disappeared without a trace.

Han Xiao's vision shifted and he arrived in the outer space of a planet. Before him was a dark green giant planet.

Satellites were floating on the outer orbit of the planet. The appearance seemed to be fine, but Han Xiao glanced over and saw that these satellites had not been repaired for many years and had all been scrapped, becoming scrap metal. Vegetation covered the entire planet's surface. A rough sweep revealed that there were no traces of civilized cities, and there were no life signals, revealing a desolate and declining feeling.

The only thing that was eye-catching was a brown metal tower. Looking down from outer space, it looked like the planet was wearing a small pointed hat. Converting the ratio, he knew that the metal tower was extremely huge and went straight into the sky.

The appearance was very rough, like countless metal objects of different shapes piled together. The building structure was loose, like a giant garbage mountain.

"This is Planet Klee? It seems that something has happened..."

Just as Han Xiao was thinking, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he quickly adjusted to the farsight mode. The field of vision quickly zoomed in, locking onto a small black dot slowly moving halfway up the metal tower.

It was a robot covered in mottled rust. It was carrying a piece of metal debris that was several times larger than it. It was slowly climbing along the steep path towards the top of the metal tower. Within Han Xiao's field of vision, this was the only thing that moved.

Han Xiao's eyes flickered, and he controlled the Ruler clone to descend, landing in front of the robot and revealing his figure.

The robot, however, didn't seem to see him, and walked straight past him. When they brushed past each other, Han Xiao even heard the other party constantly repeating a word, constantly chanting.

"Bury it... bury it..."