Swallowing the Stars: The Birth of a Cosmic God King

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As the martial artists from the surrounding areas gradually returned to the base city to rest and recuperate.

The topic of "a mysterious shadow has appeared in Kunlun Base City" quickly went viral on the martial arts forum.

Posts kept popping up.

They recounted the strange sights they encountered in the wild.

"Our team saw a flash of silver light, and that beast general-level Ironback Wolf was instantly and irrevocably dead."

"We encountered a lord-level earth dragon, and just as we were preparing to fight to the death, suddenly a giant vine burst out of the ground and swallowed the earth dragon whole! Then the vine vanished, and the earth dragon wasn't even left with its bones!"

"You saw it too?"

I thought I was seeing things. Those vines were at least ten meters long, with golden veins on them. They didn't look like a monster, but more like... a plant?

"Plants? What kind of plant can devour a lord-level monster?"

"have no idea.

But one thing is certain: that thing meant no harm to humans; it only attacked monsters, and it even saved our lives!

Although the details in everyone's descriptions differ.

But they have one thing in common.

Silver, vines.

Silver represents the gleam of a blade.

The vines are the life of that mysterious plant.

then.

A new topic has begun to emerge:

What exactly is that thing? Is it a newly born mutated monster? Or a plant life form tamed by some powerful being?

The answer was quickly revealed.

Someone posted a photo on the forum.

Although it was so blurry that it was almost impossible to see.

However, even after technical processing, the outlines in the image can still be discerned.

A lord-level monster's body is being pierced by silver light, and huge vines are passing through its body.

At the base of the vine.

A human-shaped shadow can be vaguely seen.

The forum exploded the moment the photo was posted!

"It's a human!"

"A single person, carrying the life of a plant, single-handedly killed a Lord-level monster? And judging from the monster in the photo, it looks like the Armored Lizard King? A mid-level Lord!"

"What level of powerhouse is this? A war god? Or... a planetary-level expert?"

"When did Kunlun Base City produce someone like this?"

An absolutely stunning experience!

Utterly terrifying!

But even more shocking news was yet to come.

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Kunlun Base City Council Hall.

Data Analysis Room.

The young researcher stared at the data on the screen, his eyes widening as his fingers typed faster and faster on the keyboard.

He checked the data three times.

Then he suddenly stood up, the chair tipped backward with a loud crash.

"impossible…"

"What's wrong?" The colleague next to him was startled.

"Look at this."

The researcher turned the screen to his colleague, his voice trembling, "The peak concentration of life in the northwest has decreased by six percentage points in just one day."

A colleague came over for a look and was also stunned.

Life concentration.

This is an important indicator for measuring the overall strength of monsters in a region.

The stronger and more numerous the monsters, the higher the life concentration.

This value usually changes very slowly.

Unless there is a large-scale beast tide or a systematic purge of human warriors, there will be no significant fluctuations in the short term.

What does a six percentage point decrease mean?

But after thinking about it, the colleague still shook his head and said in denial:

"That's impossible."

"Even if ten lord-level monsters were to die simultaneously, the impact on the life concentration would not exceed two percentage points. Six percentage points... how large would that be?"

"That's the problem."

The researchers pulled up another set of data.

"Today's Lord-level monster death record: four, only four."

The two men looked at each other in bewilderment.

They both saw deep confusion in each other's eyes.

The deaths of four lord-level beings could not possibly cause a six-percentage-point drop.

unless...

"Unless it's not just the lords who die."

"The number of deaths of Beast Soldier and Beast General level monsters may be dozens or even hundreds of times that number, and... when those monsters died, their life energy was drained by something."

The decrease in life concentration...

It wasn't because the monsters died, but because their energy was completely drained!

The office fell into dead silence.

"This matter..." the colleague began with difficulty, "is beyond our control."

The researcher nodded.

He picked up the phone and dialed the Speaker's office number.

......

An hour later.

An emergency meeting was held in the Kunlun Base City Council Hall.

The speaker attended in person, and all the councilors in base city were present.

The holographic screen projected the blurry photograph and the plummeting life concentration curve.

The speaker's voice was serious:

"Everyone has seen it."

"In the northwest direction of the Kunlun Mountains, an unidentified person or object appeared today, causing a large-scale monster death. According to current data, the number of high-level beast general-class monsters that died or disappeared is at least 180, including at least four lord-class monsters."

A collective gasp filled the conference room.

The speaker's voice grew increasingly solemn:

"This is a force we have never seen before."

"It doesn't belong to any known martial arts team, nor to any known monster species. Where did it come from? What does it want? Is it friend or foe? We need answers."

"speaker."

"Could that figure in the photo be a reclusive powerhouse?"

"Unlikely."

Another councilor shook his head, "Every planetary-level powerhouse on Azure Star is registered with the War God Palace. If such a person truly exists, we couldn't possibly be unaware of it."

"Could it be an alien civilization?"

"It's even more impossible. We've seen quite a few alien ruins, but an alien civilization that can tame plant life must be at least at the Stellar level or higher."

If such a being were to descend upon the azure, it could not do so silently.

The discussion reached a stalemate.

After a long period of silent contemplation, the speaker finally made a decision: "Initiate the highest-level investigation."

Mobilize all available satellites and reconnaissance equipment to locate the unusual area in the northwest. Simultaneously, contact the War God Palace to request the dispatch of a powerful inspector-level expert.

"in addition--"

"Check all the outside martial artists who have entered Kunlun Base City in the past few days. I don't think this power fell from the sky; someone must have brought it in."

"Yes."

After the meeting.

The speaker sat alone in his office, staring at the blurry photograph on the holographic screen.

In the photo.

Silver light and emerald green vines intertwined, tearing a lord-level monster to shreds. At the boundary between light and shadow, a blurry human figure appeared and disappeared.

"Who exactly are you?" the speaker murmured.

......

The photo's popularity continues to grow online.

Kunlun Base City took the lead in launching a comprehensive self-inspection.

They retrieved records of all outside martial artists who had entered the base city in the past week and compared them one by one.

Nanjiang, Beidahuang, Donghai, Shenghai…

The files of the most outstanding martial artists in all the major base cities were thoroughly searched, but none of them matched the description.

Some suspected it was a veteran powerhouse from the War God Palace, but this was quickly denied.

The fighting styles of the elders are all recorded in detail.

None of them used silver blades or plant vines.

Some suspect they are messengers from an extraterrestrial civilization, but this speculation is so outrageous that even the person who proposed it thinks it's unreliable.

Some people suspect it is some kind of undiscovered natural phenomenon.

But the silhouette of the person in the photo is clearly discernible, and it is definitely a human being.

The discussion grew increasingly heated, and the speculations became increasingly outrageous.

The truth remains shrouded in mystery.