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Chapter 198 Giant Grilled Squid! The Touch of Devouring Stars! The True Form Descends!
Crystallized Mountain, Central Valley.

Yu Jin's words echoed softly in the valley.

Wow——!
The thousand-meter-long tentacles, which were struggling in pain, paused their shaking motion by half a beat after hearing these words.

"Humanity……"

"court death!"

The kilometer-long tentacle emitted a low, human-like voice.

It never expected that this audacious human would covet its true form!
Wow——!
Black mist surged wildly in the void surrounding the tentacles.

It was careless that it didn't dodge the previous spatial confinement and dimensional strangulation attack.

It will do it all over again, and it will let this human know—

What is the price of arrogance!
Even though it's just one of the tentacles of the main body, it's still not someone to be trifled with!

the other side.

Inside the valley.

Nangong Linglong and her group were also stunned by Yu Jin's words.

"Ben, the original body?"

"This terrifying tentacle-like mutant beast isn't even its true form?"

Nangong Linglong's pretty face turned pale.

The group of eighth-tier evolvers from Linglong City, including Goldman Sachs, were now completely bewildered.

"no?"

"If this isn't the true form, how powerful would the true form have to be?"

Goldman Sachs pressed for answers, but its partners were unable to provide any.

They had just been rescued by Yu Jin, and their elemental energy was still slowly recovering. At this moment, they could do nothing but watch.

"Sir, be careful!"

Suddenly.

Nangong Linglong called out softly in a clear voice.

Just because——

Suddenly, the thousand-meter-long tentacle swept up a cloud of black mist and shot towards the location of the embers!

Previously, the group from Linglong City had only encountered splitting tentacles, and they were already powerless to resist.

But now?
This mysterious big shot was actually facing a kilometer-long tentacle!

"what?"

"remarkably brave."

Upon seeing this, Yu Jin smiled.

"It seems you won't cooperate properly unless I use some tricks on you, you little tentacle."

Say it.

Yu Jin raised his hand and pointed towards the void ahead.

Om-!
Spatial fluctuations swept outwards.

The thousand-meter-long tentacles that shot out and almost pierced through space were once again frozen in mid-air.

"Ugh——!"

A low hum emanated from the tentacles.

This time, it used all its polluting energy to resist, but still couldn't escape.

Obviously.

Human strength surpasses its own.

"Iron is coming!"

Yu Jin looked at the thousand-meter-long tentacles that were frozen in mid-air, twisting and entwining, and let out a soft shout.

hum-

The words fell.

Metal ability activated.

The earth trembled violently.

Beneath the earth's veins, various metallic elements that were originally hidden converged and surged forth like a torrent.

"This this……"

"What rank is this?"

Nangong Linglong and the others were completely dumbfounded.

At this moment, in their eyes, Yu Jin was almost no different from a god!
I saw——

Before the embers, above the sky.

Countless metallic elements converged into a vast ocean, which then solidified and materialized at a visible speed.

Just a few breaths.

A colossal iron plate, a full kilometer long and a hundred meters wide, came into view.

There was even hot oil on the hot plate!

"Come on fire!"

Yu Jin let out another soft shout.

Dark fire elements surged.

Beneath the iron plate, dazzling flames mixed with black mist rose from the void!

Even from a distance, the heat of the flames was so intense that Nangong Linglong and the others could feel the scorching heat emanating from them!
Intuition tells them—

If they were to come into contact with even a tiny spark of this fire, they would be instantly incinerated into nothingness!
To know……

Nangong Linglong herself is an evolved being who has awakened the fire attribute.

But for her, the result was no different.

The difference lies not in the attributes, but in the numerical values!
Pure numerical values ​​give even ordinary attributes immense power.

Not to mention, this is purely fire attribute, and it's a corrupted version of dark fire attribute.

"only……"

"What are you doing, sir?"

"Iron plate? Fire starter?"

"Could it be related to the 'local specialty food' he mentioned earlier...?"

Nangong Linglong looked up at the sky, and this extremely bold guess popped into her mind.

next moment.

Her guess came true.

"come over!"

Yu Jin gave another soft shout and waved his hand.

The thousand-meter-long tentacle, which had been forcibly confined in space and unable to move, was dragged by an invisible hand and forcibly pressed onto the thousand-meter-long iron plate by the power of space!

The iron plate was now completely red-hot.

The metal had already been melted into a liquid state by the high temperature.

However, thanks to Ember's precise control over the metallic elements, even liquid metal still maintains the appearance of an 'iron plate'.

"Zi——!"

"Zizzi——!"

The crisp, piercing burning sound echoed through the valley.

Along with it came the heart-wrenching screams of the kilometer-long tentacles.

"what--!"

The kilometer-long tentacles thrashed and twisted, as if trying to break free from the iron plate.

"Eh?"

"I always felt like something was missing..."

Yu Jin muttered to himself, reaching out his hand towards the void ahead.

Om-!
A torrent of metal surged forth, and a colossal spatula materialized in the sky.

At this moment, Yu Jin chose to pay tribute to his mother, Cao Fang.

Bang-!
The spatula fell heavily, slamming onto the kilometer-long tentacle.

The tentacles, which had been thrashing about, were firmly held down by the spatula and pressed tightly against the hot plate.

Its originally jet-black body rapidly turned bright red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"How about a little breeze?"

Yu Jin chuckled softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a breeze arose in the valley.

The power of the wind element gathered, and a gentle breeze caressed the faces of Nangong Linglong and her group.

At the same time, the breeze also carried a strong smell of burnt flesh and blood.

Gulu——!
this moment.

Nangong Linglong and her group all swallowed hard.

It wasn't because I was tempted, but because I was filled with pure fear, extreme fear!

even if……

They could have imagined that the embers could suppress this terrifying thousand-meter-long tentacle mutant beast, but they never expected that its methods would be so ruthless and cruel.

How can this be called suppression?

This is almost like cooking!
"Woo-"

Valley Center.

Even more intense than the emotional reactions of Nangong Linglong and the others was those of the previously severely injured mutated black tiger.

It kept emitting low whimpers, and its huge body trembled uncontrollably.

Even when it encountered the Tentacle Boss, it had never been so terrified!
this moment.

It actually misses its mother...

"Zi——!"

"Zizzi——!"

On the iron plate, the tentacles' struggles grew weaker and weaker.

The acrid smell in the valley grew stronger.

Yu Jin isn't a professional gourmet, and he's not very good at controlling the heat.

"pity."

Yu Jin sighed softly.

He ruined this hometown delicacy, 'Grilled Squid'.

"Ok?"

"Finally couldn't hold back anymore?"

He suddenly raised an eyebrow, staring at the embers of the increasingly mature tentacles on the iron plate.

now.

Before his eyes, the information displayed by the Eye of Insight had suddenly changed.

[Evil Tentacles]

[Rank: 13]

[Attributes: Split, Devour, Pollute, Union]

【ability:……】

[Evaluation: The split of the galaxy-level mutated beast 'Touch of the Stars'... is suffering greatly and, out of its survival instinct, is sending a distress signal to its main body...]

now.

Yu Jin squinted, quietly sensing. With his powerful perception at the seventeenth level, he 'saw' the dish on the hot plate emitting a special kind of fluctuation towards the starry sky beyond the Morning Star.

"Oh……"

"His true form is hidden in the starry sky?"

"It seems quite reasonable for a galaxy-level mutated beast to exist in space."

Yu Jin paused for a moment, then nodded.

then.

Once the kilometer-long tentacles stopped emitting any vibrations, indicating that the distress signal had ended, he chose to intensify the fire.

That's how making delicious food is; you have to see it through to the end.

……

……

P-8808 star system.

This star field is filled with endless, thick nebulae.

Occasionally, a few stars shine through the nebula, but most areas are shrouded in endless darkness.

now.

It is approximately hundreds of millions of miles away from the Morning Star.

A terrifying aura suddenly swept out from a dark nebula.

Under this fluctuation of energy, the nebula trembled and the void collapsed.

whoosh-

Whizzing--!
Within the nebula, tentacles danced wildly.

Beyond the tentacles, a colossal head, a quarter the size of a planet, was revealed.

The head was dark red all over, with black mist swirling around it.

Its head was covered with eyes of all sizes, which was extremely creepy.

now.

The head, and the countless eyes on the tentacles, all looked in the same direction in the starry sky.

"Venus?"

It murmured to itself in the dark nebula.

It has lived in this star system since its birth.

Many years have passed since then.

During this time, he visited countless planets, leaving behind his own split tentacles on each one.

Those tentacles attract and devour humans or other mutated beasts in various ways.

As its main body, it periodically recycles these split entities, devouring them to enhance its own strength.

It has now reached the sixteenth level limit, and is only one step away from the seventeenth level.

Even in the vast wasteland of a galaxy.

Those at the sixteenth or even seventeenth rank are definitely considered top-tier experts.

Star system-level mutant beasts of rank 15 and above even have a specific title—Star Domain Overlord.

This colossal creature with countless tentacles is undoubtedly the overlord of the mutated beasts in the P-8808 star system.

There is another overlord like him in the star field, but that one belongs to the category of infected beings.

In the past, the two had kept to themselves and never interfered with each other.

"It's a distress signal..."

"This indicates that the situation is extremely critical."

On the touch of the star-devouring creature, countless eyes rolled around.

then.

It made the decision.

Wow——!
It rose from the void.

The vast nebulae paved the way for it.

Om-!
The void trembled continuously.

The figure of the Star Devourer's Touch vanished from the spot.

The ability to traverse interstellar space is a basic capability possessed by every galaxy-level mutated beast.

Not to mention, it is also the overlord of the mutant beasts in this star field.

……

……

Morning Star, Southern Hemisphere.

Crystallized Mountain, Central Valley.

The thousand-meter-long tentacles on the iron plate were completely lifeless.

It turned into a charred mess, becoming a truly culinary nightmare.

And then, a system notification popped up in front of Yu Jin's eyes—

[You, with your insignificant ant-like body, painstakingly suppressed the 'Sixteenth-Order Galaxy-Level Mutant Beast - Evil Tentacle', earning +2000 million Civilization Source Points!]

Such an act will shake the galaxy!

[Resource Acquired: 1 Tier 15 Energy Crystal]

The familiar 'ant-like body' remained unchanged even though the embers had reached the seventeenth level.

"2000 million source points?"

"It feels like they're giving too little..."

Yu Jin shook his head slightly.

After being promoted to the wasteland of the star system, the original wasteland points still exist.

However, the use of Wasteland Points is actually achieved by exchanging them for Civilization Source Points, which can then be used to make purchases in the Source Point Shop.

The exchange rate between the two is 10 to 1.

"If we look at it this way..."

"There was a good reason why Holland and the others didn't cooperate with the rules of Planet A3's missions back then."

"A mere 50 billion wasteland points are equivalent to only 500 source points."

“A commander of a fortress fleet would never be interested in such a paltry sum of 50.”

Yu Jin sighed, his thoughts returning to reality.

Now, the kilometer-long tentacle is dead.

But it had already sent out a distress signal, and now all it had to do was wait for the real entity to descend, if it was willing to come.

"S-lord!"

Nangong Linglong and the others were completely terrified at this moment.

They spoke almost tremblingly, their voices full of respect.

"hold head high."

Since there was nothing else to do at the moment, Yu Jin responded.

then.

He also informed the group about the mining task.

"Ten days to excavate this crystal mountain."

"Now, you, including the millions of citizens of Linglong City, are all temporary mining workers for my Dawn Fortress."

"Good performance and high earnings will lead to a chance to become a full-time employee."

"Yes, it is like that."

Yu Jin's few words were understated.

"..."

Nangong Linglong and the others fell silent.

So that's what the adults meant by 'colleague'...

this moment.

The dozen or so people were filled with a mix of emotions.

Good news—

He escaped death and was saved by a big shot.

bad news--

They became slave miners under the big boss, and they weren't even paid wages.

"Any objections?"

Yu Jin raised an eyebrow.

The voice just fell.

"no!"

"No no!"

The group from Linglong City responded hastily.

As he spoke, he glanced out of the corner of his eye at the huge iron plate still floating in the sky.

On the hot plate, there still lies a fully cooked galaxy-level mutated beast...

"That's fine."

Yu Jin nodded in satisfaction.

After that, he said nothing more.

The group from Linglong City exchanged glances, their eyes filled with curiosity and doubt.

For example--

Where did this big shot come from?

Where is the Dawn Fortress he just mentioned?
as well as--

Should he continue searching for the true form of this kilometer-long tentacle monster?

Many questions remained, but no one dared to ask them.

and.

Because the embers were still standing in mid-air without moving, they dared not leave without permission.

An eerie silence descended upon the valley.

Time passes slowly.

A full half-day later.

Nangong Linglong finally couldn't hold back any longer. She took a deep breath and slowly flew to Yu Jin's side.

The ninth-ranking female city lord bowed down.

"grown ups--"

just.

Nangong Linglong had just opened her mouth when Yu Jin waved his hand to interrupt her.

"finally come."

This statement came out.

Nangong Linglong was taken aback.

Goldman Sachs and the other evolved beings from Linglong City were also stunned.

until...

boom--!
Boom——!
The entire Morning Star suddenly trembled.

Meanwhile, the Southern Hemisphere, which was in the midst of daylight, was suddenly plunged into darkness...

(End of this chapter)