Swallowing the Stars: Only in my later years did I come to the life-spending panel.

To all the die-hard fans of Le En Buleng, the latest chapter of "Swallowing the Stars: Only in My Later Years Did I Start Paying for My Life" has been released!

In the video, the walls of the underground palace are covered with ancient murals depicting the image of a huge creature—its eyes glow with amber light, its body is majestic and heavy, its limbs are thick, its body is bronze with dark gold patterns, and it is a humanoid creature with a long tail dragging behind it!

Even just a mural can evoke a sense of overwhelming oppression.

Below the mural, several twisted characters are carved, their lines ancient and bearing the marks of time.

"Number Seven, translate." Zhou Mu stared at the characters.

"Analyzing..."

Translation result: Cangyin tribe - Long, the land of eternal rest.

Cangyin Clan...

The footage continued playing, with the Nolan Mountain team's recorder following them deep into the palace, through dark corridors, around huge stone statues, and finally in a sealed stone chamber, they found a fragment in a sarcophagus.

The fragment was bronze in color, with fine lines on its surface, resembling the skin of some kind of creature. It was no bigger than the palm of your hand, and even through the image, you could feel its overwhelming weight.

The team members carefully placed the debris into a sealed alloy box and then began their evacuation.

During the evacuation, the footage began to shake violently, with alarms, screams, and bursts of energy beams all mixed together. The footage did not capture the full appearance of the creatures attacking them; only a few dark shadows flashed by occasionally at an astonishing speed. Finally, the screen went black, and the recording was interrupted.

"What happened next?"

Zhou Mu asked.

"They escaped the underground palace, immediately activated their spaceship, and forced their way through an unstable wormhole to this void region of the Milky Way."

Babata VII paused for a moment, then continued, "And then they ran into us."

Zhou Mu remained silent for a moment, feeling sorry for the bad luck of these adventurers from the Nuolanshan family.

They were being hunted by the creatures guarding the palace, and only managed to escape through a wormhole to this void region that wasn't even marked on a star map. They had barely escaped the tiger's den when they ran into him again.

Otherwise, in the vast universe, he wouldn't have a way to keep a close watch on and guard against this group of Nolan Mountain family members who had unexpectedly intruded and would discover Earth in the future.

Zhou Mu got up, intending to go to the cargo hold to check on the fragment.

"Mark the cargo hold location."

He turned and walked toward the cargo hold, the overhead lights flickering, the air thick with the smell of burning and blood. He stepped over several corpses, passed through a half-open isolation door, and entered the cargo hold.

The cargo hold wasn't large, but it was filled with all sorts of supplies. Zhou Mu scanned every corner of the space with his mental energy and finally found a sealed alloy box in an inconspicuous corner.

The box is half a meter square, with no markings on the surface. It is made of thicker and heavier material than other cargo boxes, and it also has an energy lock.

Zhou Mu reached out, and a powerful surge of lightning energy poured in, instantly burning out the circuitry of the energy lock and causing the lid to pop open.

Inside lay a bronze-colored fragment, no bigger than the palm of your hand.

When Zhou Mu's mental energy touched it, a strange feeling welled up in his heart—heavy, vast, like touching the earth itself...

He picked up the fragment; it was extremely heavy, much denser than a piece of red mixed copper mother of the same volume. The surface patterns gleamed faintly with gold under the light, and he could vaguely sense the residual aura of laws within it.

"Number Seven, analyze the material and origin of this fragment."

"Scanning..."

"Material unknown... The energy fluctuation frequency does not match any known substance in the database."

"Retrieving classified data from Meteorite Planet..."

"Found it!"

Babata No. 7's voice suddenly became urgent, "The Cangyin Clan, a special life form in the primordial universe, has a dual affinity for the laws of earth and space."

"Born as a Hengxing level, reaching the peak of the Realm Lord level upon adulthood."

"Database information shows that the Cangyin Clan has different skin colors at different life stages. The Hengxing level is cyan, the Universe level is bronze, the Domain Lord is bright silver, and the Realm Lord is dark gold."

Bronze color.

Zhou Mu's pupils contracted slightly. The fragment was bronze in color, and the guardian on the mural was also bronze with dark gold patterns.

Babata 7 deduced: "Based on the colors of the murals in the image and the color of this skin fragment, we can determine that the Cangyin tribe's life level is cosmic."

Zhou Mu held the shard in his hand, his palm slightly warm.

The Cangyin Clan, a cosmic-level race, is favored by the dual laws of earth and space. The potential of this special life form is almost comparable to that of the Golden Horned Beast, a peak race of star beasts.

More importantly, he has never used his innate secret technique, "Divided Spirit".

The number of clone slots created by the star system is too low to find suitable candidates on Earth. The genetic level of the monsters on Earth is too low, making it a complete waste of clone slots.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the universe, a kind person delivered a suitable clone to my door.

He looked down at the bronze fragment in his hand; the fine lines gleamed faintly with gold under the light. Suddenly, a thought popped into his mind:

Babata VII controlled the intelligent computer to fire a beam of blue light, scanning the fragment. The computer's data stream flowed rapidly, and after a few seconds, it replied:

"Some cells within the fragment were detected to remain viable, with 95% integrity of genetic information..."

Zhou Mu's lips curled into a wild smile. There was no need to risk venturing into that planet guarded by powerful beings; this fragment was all that was needed to nurture his clone.

The group of adventurers from the Norlan Mountain family not only delivered to him fragments of a special cosmic life form containing complete genetic information, but also eliminated the risk of exposure to Earth—a win-win situation.

The secret technique of "Dividing the Soul," a gift from the primordial cosmic will, imprinted deep within Zhou Mu's soul, surfaced in his mind.

No learning or training is required; you only need to follow your instincts to perform.

The principle behind the Soul Splitting Technique is simple: sever a portion of your own soul, combine it with the genetic material of the target organism, and supplement it with sufficient high-energy matter to create a clone of the target species. Furthermore, as long as the genetic material's owner's rank does not exceed that of the original, the creation is 100% successful.

He is currently at the third level of the Hengxing realm, while the owner of this fragment, the Cangyin Clan who lies dormant beneath the nameless planet, is at the cosmic level.

It's just right at the limit of the secret technique, so there's no need to gamble on the elusive success rate; that's enough.

Zhou Mu took a deep breath, carefully placed the fragment back into the alloy box, and then put the box and the fragment into his spatial ring.

The three conditions for creating an avatar are: the genetic material has been acquired, the soul has been severed, and this can be done at any time; the only remaining high-energy material was exhausted when breaking through to the star level.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to convert the ore into cash, purchase a batch of high-energy materials, find a sufficiently safe place, and begin to nurture clones.

Without further hesitation, Zhou Mu got up and returned to the Black Dragon Mountain spaceship.

"Number Seven, proceed to Qiulong Star as planned. Also, dispose of the Nolan Mountain spaceship."

"Received, the self-destruct sequence for the Norlhanshan spaceship has been initiated..."

"The flight path is being recalculated... Estimated arrival time at Qilong Star: 7 days."

"Countdown: 10, 9, 8..."

As the Nolan Mountain spaceship exploded and the Black Dragon Mountain spaceship accelerated, the starry sky began to distort and gradually stretched out, finally entering the dark universe with a pop.

I'm currently reading Chapter 67, "The Special Life Form: The Giant of the Vast Expanse," and I'm completely engrossed in it.