High Martial Arts: Slay enemies to become stronger, forge invincibility from billions of corpses.

The moment Song Chen saw the captain, he knew one thing: this person was not on the same level as the others.

Because the energy within him is neither blood and qi nor spiritual power.

It was an energy form that Song Chen had only read about in documents but had never seen in person.

The energy swirled slowly within his body, emanating an extremely gentle yet profound fluctuation, like the root of all things growing, or like creation itself being condensed into a vortex.

The surrounding psionic particles automatically submit to this energy, like iron filings meeting a magnet.

If he guessed correctly, this should be the Star Source Power. It takes one million units of Qi and Blood plus one million units of Spiritual Power to condense one point, and one hundred points are needed to break through to the eighth rank.

The head of personnel cleared his throat, and the seven people around the conference table simultaneously stopped what they were doing, all seven pairs of eyes turning toward the door.

"Seventh Action Team, your new recruits have arrived."

As he spoke, he stepped aside to let Song Chen pass, pointed at him and continued, "Song Chen, early stage of the Star Core Realm, from a newly advanced first-level civilization."

"You have just passed the entry combat test with excellent results. According to the disciplinary department regulations, you will be assigned to the Seventh Action Team during your probationary period."

"Before completing three official missions and passing the probationary assessment, his rank was Trainee Punisher. His current position is your vice captain."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the seventh squad in the meeting room was shocked.

Song Chen could feel seven pairs of eyes scrutinizing him at the same time, each pair of eyes conveying a different emotion.

"Seventh Rank, Initial Stage?" The first voice to ring out was that of a team member named Bone Armor, his voice deep and resonant.

"What gives him the right?" another team member shouted.

"Are you done talking?" the director interrupted them, turning his gaze to Kane.

"Kane, you're the captain, say something."

Captain Kane spoke up: "Quiet, no talking."

The meeting room fell silent.

Kane then looked at the head of personnel: "I need an explanation."

"No explanation needed, just do as instructed."

Kane didn't say anything more, but just looked Song Chen up and down.

He didn't want the team to clash with the personnel department over this matter, and the organizational adjustment was a formal decision made by the disciplinary department, which the team leader had no right to overturn.

Moreover, he noticed something: from the moment the director entered until now, his attitude had remained neither humble nor arrogant, but his tone was always exceptionally cautious whenever Song Chen was mentioned.

It's impossible for an ordinary new employee to be personally escorted to the meeting room by the head of the personnel allocation department.

Kane thought about it carefully for a moment, then stood up and made a welcoming gesture to Song Chen: "Welcome to the Seventh Action Team, Vice Captain."

Song Chen shook hands with him: "Hello, Captain. I hope we can work together happily in the future."

Kane smiled and said, "You can just call me Kane from now on. You're a newcomer, so I'll go over the rules first. There aren't that many rules in the team. You can arrange your own daily training, and just follow orders when you're on a mission. If you don't understand something, ask the senior members. Nobody will laugh at you."

Before Song Chen could answer, the conference room door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

A figure walked in. This person was wearing a pure black high-ranking uniform of the Discipline Department, with a gold star above the insignia on the chest, a mark only high-ranking members of the Discipline Department possessed.

He walked very fast, almost jogging in.

"Seventh Action Team, Emergency Notice"

"Starting today, your organization will be augmented with a special mission directive."

He glanced down at the information board, then looked up, his gaze landing precisely on Song Chen.

"Song Chen, trainee disciplinary messenger, holder of the Black Crystal Token, directly recommended by Lord Ral Aurelion Castor."

"Special mission instructions are as follows: All members of the Seventh Action Team bear the absolute responsibility for protecting Song Chen's personal safety."

"If Song Chen dies during the mission, all members of the Seventh Action Team will be transferred to the military court of the Disciplinary Department to be tried for 'negligence resulting in the death of a protected person,' with a maximum sentence of death."

The meeting room was deathly silent.

The teammates were startled again.

Even Captain Kane was stunned for a moment, just a moment, but Song Chen saw it.

The official who issued the notice closed the information board, glanced at the expressions of everyone present, and added in the same tone: "This is an order personally signed by Lord Ral. The above terms are effective immediately, with no appeal channels and no exemptions."

Then he turned and left, the hem of his uniform disappearing in a flash at the door, leaving everyone in the room looking at each other in bewilderment.

One of the team members looked at the captain, then at Song Chen, his voice hoarse: "So our job now is to be a bodyguard for a seventh-tier beginner?"

"Shut up," Kane said, his tone not harsh, but the man with the tail immediately shut up.

Kane looked at Song Chen: "Vice Captain, you're no ordinary person."

"It's all luck."

Song Chen's attitude didn't change much, although it was indeed unexpected.

Kane didn't pursue the matter further and turned to the team to begin his introduction.

"Vice Captain, let me introduce you."

"This is bone armor, high-level seventh tier, specializing in melee combat."

The strong man with bone plates nodded to Song Chen.

"Lina, a high-level seventh-tier expert in energy manipulation, can turn an area of ​​thousands of kilometers into an ionized sea of ​​fire in an instant."

Lina, a woman with short hair, nodded to Song Chen.

"Rickie, Tier 7 High, specializing in stealth and melee combat."

Ricky, the man with the tail, nodded reluctantly as a greeting.

"Zoe, a high-level seventh-tier energy life form, possesses the strongest perception expertise in the entire team; no psionic fluctuations within a radius of one million kilometers can escape his perception."

Zoe, a tentacle sphere, raised hundreds of tentacles at the same time and waved them at Song Chen.

"Iron Hammer, Rank 7, High-level, Semi-mechanical Warrior."

The cyborg Iron Hammer tapped the table twice with the fingers of its robotic arm and said, "Hello."

"Neris, peak seventh rank, has the highest mental strength in the entire team, and is a master of mental manipulation. He can make the entire fleet have a nightmare simultaneously without lifting a finger."

The tall, thin Nellis looked up and gave Song Chen a very subtle smile.

After Kane finished speaking, everyone looked at Song Chen.

The weakest member of the team has over 50 million in both health and mental strength, making him dozens of times stronger than Song Chen.

After learning that they had to be Song Chen's bodyguards and that they would die with him if he died, these people became much more respectful towards Song Chen.

Because they knew that behind him was a powerful expert at the peak of the ninth rank.

Song Chen stood in the center of the conference room, looking at these people who could crush him with a single finger, each with their heads down, not daring to ask a single question.

He suddenly felt a bit ironic. Back on Earth, he was used to letting his fists do the talking, and whoever had the stronger fist was the one who set the rules.

In the universe, the rules change; whoever has the strongest background, their fists are just decorations.

His background is that of a peak ninth-tier expert, one of the top 100 strongest in the Milky Way.