Swallowing the Stars: The cheat system only comes when I'm almost a god?

In the primordial universe, in the city of chaos, deep within the city lord's mansion.

Lin Yuan stood before the cyan stone platform in the clan's treasure vault, his account information displayed on the light screen:

[Current Account]

Holder: Lin Yuan

Treasure Points: 42.7

Heavy treasure points: 31.45

Looking at these numbers, a hint of emotion flashed in his eyes.

Over the centuries on the original planet, the three-person team fought countless battles, accumulating over seventy treasure points in loot. Based on their contributions in each battle, he ultimately received over forty points, which was all he had gained from his centuries of fighting.

Just then, Venerable Yan Yue's communication came through.

"Junior brother, I've already contacted a buyer for your Profound Flame Heavy Mountain Armor." Venerable Yan Yue's image appeared on one side of the light screen. "Venerable Huo Yun of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank is in need of a Supreme Treasure Armor and is willing to offer 4.8 Supreme Treasure Points to purchase it."

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up: "Thank you, Senior Sister."

Such private transactions involving valuable or precious treasures are common within human communities.

If he contributes the Xuan Yan Heavy Mountain Armor back to the clan's treasury, the buyback price is usually 90% of the listed price, which is about 4.5 Treasure Points. However, if the other party exchanges it directly from the treasury, it will still cost 5 Treasure Points.

He now sells it to Venerable Fire Cloud for 4.8 Treasure Points, saving the other party 0.2 Treasure Points, while he earns 0.3 more Treasure Points than if he had contributed it directly to the Treasure Vault—a win-win situation.

"The transaction is complete, and the Treasure Points should have been transferred to your account," Venerable Yan Yue said with a smile. "Now you have more Treasure Points than ever before, so you can choose some treasures that you like."

"Yes, Senior Sister."

After the communication ended, Lin Yuan checked his account and found that his Treasure Points had increased from 42.7 to 47.5.

With a thought, Lin Yuan switched the light screen to the treasure exchange page, setting the condition: high-grade treasure armor.

The list refreshed, displaying information on dozens of high-grade treasure armors.

He browsed through it carefully:

[Blazing Sun Armor]

Price: 24 Treasure Points

Description: A high-grade treasure armor naturally nurtured by the primordial star, containing the complete mysteries of the fundamental laws of fire, and its defensive power is among the top level in its class.

Defensive Characteristics: Any attack below the level of a top-tier cosmic overlord cannot reach the defensive limit; material attacks are always weakened to one ten-thousandth of their original strength. Once the defensive limit is exceeded, material attacks are weakened to one-thousandth of their original strength.

Evaluation: This is the highest quality of all high-grade treasure armors, possessing extremely strong defensive capabilities.

Voidwalker A

Price: 22 Treasure Points

Description: A high-grade treasure armor produced in the Cosmic Sea, possessing powerful spatial properties.

Defensive characteristics: Attacks below the top overlord level cannot penetrate its defenses; physical attacks are weakened to one ten-thousandth of their original strength. It possesses a built-in spatial displacement ability, which can slightly distort attack trajectories.

Evaluation: Space-type armor, specializing in evasion and mobile defense.

【Flame-Swept Armor】

Price: 20 Treasure Points

Description: A high-grade treasure armor naturally nurtured by the primordial star, with balanced defense.

Defensive characteristics: Attacks below the top overlord level cannot penetrate its defenses, and physical attacks are reduced to one eighty-thousandth of their original strength.

Evaluation: A well-balanced choice among fire-type armors, offering high cost-effectiveness.

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Lin Yuan's gaze shifted between the several suits of armor.

The Blazing Sky Armor is the most expensive but offers the strongest defense; the Void Walker Armor isn't a perfect match for him; the Flowing Flame Protective Armor offers good value but is slightly less defensive...

"I'll choose the Blazing Sun Armor." Lin Yuan quickly made his decision.

There's a reason why it's expensive. This high-grade treasure armor has top-tier defensive capabilities among treasures of the same level, allowing Lin Yuan to maximize the advantages of his divine power.

"Confirm redemption".

[Exchange request submitted...]

[Permission verification passed...]

[Payment with Treasure Points: 24 points]

[Redeem successful!]

On the blue stone platform, a dark red suit of armor with silver star-like patterns flowing across its surface slowly emerged.

The armor has a smooth design, with dragon heads on the shoulder armor and a red crystal that looks like a star in the center of the breastplate.

Lin Yuan reached out and touched it, and the armor transformed into a stream of light that merged into his body.

"Buzz—"

The moment the divine power was injected, an unprecedented sense of security enveloped him; it was an absolute defense that no attack from even a top overlord could break through.

"This is how a cosmic overlord should fight," Lin Yuan realized.

He now possesses the high-grade treasure armor, the Blazing Sun Armor, as well as the high-grade treasure spear, the Crimson Meteor Mark Spear, in addition to the domain-type treasure, the Myriad Flowing Flame Light Realm, the auxiliary flight treasure, the Flowing Light Wings, and the soul-type treasure, the Soul-Suppressing Bell... His equipment system is already quite complete.

"If I were to fight the Overlord again now..." Lin Yuan imagined that scene.

The ultimate secret technique of the Overlord, Heaven-Shattering Strike, will not be able to exceed the defensive limit of the Blazing Sun Heaven-Burning Armor!

After the attack was constantly weakened to one ten-thousandth, it could at most obliterate one ten-millionth of his divine body in one go, which was not even a tickle.

He can attack with all his might without any scruples, quickly obliterating the opponent's divine body.

It has transformed from trading blows and risking one's life to a one-sided crushing defeat.

"The cosmic overlords of the four peak races are basically all equipped with high-grade treasure armor and weapons." Lin Yuan recalled his teacher, Venerable Yan Cang's, teachings. "In this way, even if a powerhouse of the same level uses an ultimate secret technique, their attack cannot exceed the upper limit of the armor's defensive power. After being weakened to one ten-thousandth, it basically cannot wear down much of their divine power."

His previous method of besieging and killing the Tyrant Venerable was highly risky. If it weren't for the advantage in divine power quality brought by the more than three thousand times the genetic level, that kind of fighting style of exchanging injuries would have already severely damaged his divine body.

"I must never develop this habit," Lin Yuan warned himself. "Otherwise, what if I encounter a special life form with an extremely high genetic level in the future? Will I have to fight it out to see whose divine body is stronger?"

Although those special life forms without a racial background are often poor and poorly equipped, they have extremely high genetic levels and enormous divine bodies. Trading injury with them is the most foolish choice.

"Things are different now." Lin Yuan sensed the fluctuations of the Blazing Sun Armor. "I have a high-grade treasure armor that weakens physical attacks to one ten-thousandth of their original strength, while those special life forms generally don't have defensive treasures of this level..."

This means that he will have absolute initiative in future battles.

It can both attack and defend, and move forward and backward with ease.

Before leaving the treasure vault, Lin Yuan glanced at his account balance: 23.5 Treasure Points.

"Keep these for now. We'll see what we need to exchange for after we create the ultimate secret technique."

His figure slowly faded away, and his consciousness returned to the cultivation room in Chaos City.

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Urgent! Major plot twist! Watch now!

Super God Universe, Earth, Washington, D.C.

The atmosphere in the White House Situation Room was oppressive and suffocating.

The huge screen displayed live satellite footage—the Japanese archipelago had been completely turned into hell.

Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto... all major cities were shrouded in a purplish-black fog.

Millions of demons roam the streets, some fighting, some destroying, and others performing some kind of twisted ritual.

Even more disturbingly, monitoring footage showed that some low-level demons that had just completed their transformation were instinctively trying to spread.

Yesterday afternoon, at the Yokosuka U.S. Naval Base.

Dozens of demons with tattered fleshy wings sprouted from their backs and took off from the port area, ignoring warnings, and flew straight west across the sea.

Although most of them were shot down by shipborne anti-aircraft fire at sea, a few managed to break through the interception and disappeared into the depths of the Pacific Ocean, their whereabouts unknown.

This is the first time a demon has shown clear intention to leave the homeland of the Little Book.

Early this morning, at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa.

A patrol of soldiers was attacked by a squad of demons that emerged from the nearby mountains, resulting in more than ten casualties.

Although the base reacted swiftly to eliminate it, the fact that the demon had begun to actively attack US overseas troops sent chills down the spines of all decision-makers.

This shows that although these little devils are intellectually deficient and many will fall into the sea halfway, they already possess the potential to cross the Pacific Ocean and land directly on the US mainland.

President Obama's face turned ashen.

The initial detached, indifferent mentality has long since vanished; the speed of the demon's evolution and its desire to spread far exceed expectations.

"We can't wait any longer." President Obama slammed his fist on the table. "Initiate the Doomsday Judgment Plan."

"Mr. President!" several advisors exclaimed in unison.

"Doomsday Judgment" is a top-secret contingency plan developed by the Pentagon. When the United States faces an insurmountable threat, nuclear weapons will be used to launch a devastating attack on the source of the threat.

"We really can't wait any longer," the Secretary of State said in a deep voice. "We also need to immediately activate the highest level of diplomatic contingency planning and issue an emergency notification to the UN Security Council and all nuclear-armed states."

"What are you telling them? Are we going to use nuclear weapons to clean up the mess?" an advisor exclaimed.

"Watch your tone, sir." The Secretary of State's eyes were sharp. "We must clearly inform them of our action plan, the scope of our strikes, and our justifications."

At the same time, it solemnly declares that any nuclear strike launched against our homeland or overseas military facilities during this period will be considered an act of war.

She looked at the president: "Mr. President, the purpose of this briefing is to prevent other countries from pressing the nuclear launch button due to strategic miscalculation."

We must make them understand that our goal is to eliminate the source of biocontamination on the Japanese archipelago, not to start a world war.

Obama remained silent for a full minute. Only the soft hum of the instruments could be heard in the command room.

"So, how much do you need?" he finally asked, his voice hoarse.

The Minister of Defense drew up the operational plan: "According to the simulation, to ensure coverage of all major demon-infested areas, it would be necessary to use 30 strategic nuclear warheads, with yields ranging from 50 kilotons to 150 million kilotons, employing a combination of airburst and earth-penetrating methods."

This would be enough to thoroughly scour the main islands of the Japanese colony, eliminating demons and disrupting their conversion environment to the greatest extent possible, while confining radioactive fallout primarily to the Japanese Sea and the North Pacific, keeping the impact on surrounding countries relatively manageable.

"Then, let the children do the work..."

The order was conveyed swiftly.

Missile silos in Wyoming slowly opened, Ohio-class nuclear submarines went on high alert, and B-2 stealth bombers took off carrying the latest bunker-buster nuclear bombs...

The entire American war machine began to operate.

Deep in the clouds above Washington, D.C.

Morgana sat with her legs crossed, dozens of light screens floating in front of her, one of which was playing live footage from the White House Situation Room.

"Tsk tsk, you want to use a nuclear bomb to clean up the mess?" She scoffed. "Do you really think I'm one of those brainless little devils?"

Beside him, Ato, who had fully recovered, asked in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, should I handle this?"

"No rush." ​​Morgana waved her hand, a sly glint in her eyes. "Let those idiots in the Alliance of Haters be nervous for a few days. When they think they can protect that moron president... then we'll make our move."

New York, the Hate Building.

Tony Stark had just finished testing a new suit of armor and was about to open a bottle of champagne to celebrate when an emergency White House communication came through.

"Tony, the president has initiated the Doomsday Judgment Plan, targeting the Little Book. We need the Alliance of Haters to go to Washington immediately to carry out the highest level of security." The Secretary of Defense's image was grave.

An hour later, all members of the Hate League gathered at the White House.

Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow... This team, representing the strongest fighting force in the United States, is now on high alert.

Three layers of defense were set up around the White House: the outermost layer was the National Guard, the middle layer was agents of the S.H.I.E.L.D., and the innermost layer was the Alliance of Haters.

Night was falling.

The streets of Washington, D.C. were unusually quiet, like the calm before a storm.

11:27 PM.

Inside the White House, Tony was inspecting his suit's energy system when Jarvis suddenly sounded an alarm: "Sir, an unusual spatial fluctuation has been detected, just three meters in front of you!"

"What?"

Tony looked up abruptly and saw the air in front of him ripple like water, and a miniature wormhole the size of a fist instantly formed.

Before he could even react, a jet-black, god-slaying bullet shot out of the wormhole and struck him precisely between the eyebrows.

"Bang!"

The helmet was pierced, Tony's body stiffened for a moment, and then he fell heavily to the ground.

"Stark!" Captain America exclaimed, but before he could finish speaking, a tiny wormhole appeared next to his neck.

The same god-killing bullet, the same precise shot.

"puff!"

The carotid artery was punctured, and blood gushed out.

"Enemy attack! Take cover!" Black Widow shouted, but her voice was cut short as a wormhole shot out from the back of her head, piercing her skull.

Hawkeye tried to locate the sniper, but tiny wormholes suddenly appeared all around him.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

God-killing bullets rained down from wormholes at every angle, each one hitting a vital spot with pinpoint accuracy.

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