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

A day passed quickly.

At 7:00 AM sharp, the disciplinary department's terminal vibrated.

Song Chen turned on the screen.

[Notice of Staffing Adjustment]

Applicant: Song Chen

Originally assigned to: Seventh Action Team, Seventh Branch, Galaxy General Administration, Department of Punishment, Deputy Captain

New Organization: Disciplinary Department, Galaxy General Administration, Independent Disciplinary Envoys

Task acceptance permissions: Tasks are available across all branches; cross-regional tasks can be accepted.

Equipment Acquisition Permissions: Independently Compile Standard Kits

Effective Date: Immediately

Attachments: Independently compiled code of conduct for disciplinary officers, logistical support standards for individual tasks, and confirmation of occupancy for the dormitory on the 72nd floor of the North District of the Judgment Star.

Song Chen read the notification twice from beginning to end, then turned off the screen, changed her clothes, and went out.

The first stop was the Equipment Section of the Logistics Department.

The independently developed standard kit includes a single-person jump ship, a standard resupply package, and intelligence terminal upgrade permissions.

After reviewing his staffing notice, the logistics officer on duty promptly packed all his belongings into a standard storage box and pushed it towards him.

The spacecraft was parked in a new berth in the seventh berth area. The independently organized personnel had a dedicated berthing area, which was separate from the original squad berth.

Then Song Chen spent a whole day filtering tasks in the task hall.

He clicked on each of the more than 300 results, read the task details, assessed the risk-reward ratio, and checked the background information of the task location.

I ate two meals during that time. The restaurant of the Disciplinary Department was right next to the mission hall, and the food was pretty good.

After choosing a day, he still remained on the Thunder Star mission.

He reviewed the mission details again.

When he first saw this task, he just thought it was suitable. Now, looking at it again, he feels more and more that this task was tailor-made for him.

A seventh-tier peak enemy is suitable for testing his skills, a large number of rebels is suitable for farming kill points, the internal strife situation is suitable for him to perform well on his own, and the unlimited means order means that he can unleash his power and complete the mission in any way.

Moreover, the atmosphere of Thunder Star is highly charged, which perfectly matches the attribute of its star core, Thunder Prison. Under such conditions, the power of lightning-based combat skills will be naturally enhanced.

He clicked the accept button.

A confirmation dialog box popped up on the terminal screen: [Confirm acceptance of mission CT-SR-1127? Recommended strength: Peak Rank 7 or above.]

Song Chen clicked "confirm".

[Mission accepted successfully. Punisher Song Chen, independent team, mission number CT-SR-1127, target planet: Thunder Star.]

[The intelligence package has been sent to your terminal. Please depart within 72 hours.]

The intelligence package contained far more detailed information than the publicly available mission details, including a complete map of the Thunder Continent, Lei Mo's personal profile, the rebel troop distribution, the current remaining controlled areas, and the activity patterns of the Charge Storm.

Song Chen read through the intelligence package from beginning to end and memorized all the key information.

Then he stood up, walked out of the mission hall, and returned to his dormitory. He was about to make a phone call to Blue Star before heading to Thunder Star.

He donned the Silver Armor, and the black crystal core on his chest automatically lit up in response to his psionic energy fluctuations. He placed his hand on the crystal core and probed the armor's communication module with his mental energy.

Four preset channels are displayed in sequence. The first is Lar's private frequency band, the second is an unknown encrypted frequency band, and the third and fourth are empty.

He selected the third empty channel and entered a series of coordinates into the communication interface. It was the quantum communication frequency code of the president's office of Blue Star Tianhai University.

While the disciplinary department's terminal has communication records, Yinhuang's quantum communication system is completely independent of the alliance system, and no one can eavesdrop on it.

The communication request has been sent.

Quantum communication has such low latency that it is almost non-existent, but it still took about ten seconds for the other end to connect.

Ten seconds later, the communication was established.

Zhou Wangyue's voice came through the armor's communication module, tinged with uncertainty and wariness: "Who is this?"

When Song Chen heard the teacher's voice, she couldn't help but smile: "Teacher, it's me."

There was silence on the other end of the communication for a few seconds.

"Song Chen?" Zhou Wangyue's voice rose a octave.

"How come you can suddenly make phone calls? What happened?"

"Nothing happened, and I have good news to tell you."

Song Chen first dispelled Zhou Wangyue's concerns.

"What good news?"

"The 1.2 million cosmic crystals that Earth owed the Alliance have been paid in full."

There was silence on the other end of the communication line again, this time for a full minute.

Song Chen could hear Zhou Wangyue's breathing, which was much more rapid than before, and then gradually calmed down.

"Payed off? Who paid it off?"

"It was Lar; he personally paid for Blue Star's bill."

Why?

"Because he placed a huge bet on me. Interest-free was the first step, penalty-free was the second step, paying off Blue Star's debt was the third step, and he also gave me a set of true star-level armor."

"it is good."

Zhou Wangyue pronounced that word with particular emphasis.

"Good lad."

Song Chen changed the subject and asked, "By the way, teacher, do my parents and Qingxue... do they know my current situation?"

"I don't know. After you left, I told your parents that you were still in seclusion on Earth, cultivating and needed peace and quiet."

"Qingxue is a very clever girl; she probably guessed what it was, but she didn't ask."

Song Chen thought for a moment and said, "Let's continue like this. The less we know, the safer we are. Once we've established ourselves here, we'll find an opportunity to return to Blue Star."

The two chatted for a while longer before hanging up.

An hour later.

Song Chen arrived at the logistics department of the disciplinary department, where his solo warp-in spaceship was parked.

He looked up carefully at the car that would be with him for a long time.

The ship is not large, about thirty meters long, and its shape resembles an elongated teardrop. The surface of the hull is covered with a layer of matte black armor coating.

The engine room occupies the rear half of the hull, and warp rings are arranged in the middle of the hull, each ring inlaid with light blue psionic patterns.

This ship is known internally as the "Shadow Bee" within the Department of Punishment. It is a single-person high-speed warp drive with a warp limit of 300 light-years per jump.

Song Chen walked up the gangway, and the cabin door closed silently behind him.

The cockpit isn't large, but it's more than enough for one person.

The seat automatically adjusted to his body shape, the control panel lit up, and the navigation system displayed a star map of the Milky Way.

He input the coordinates of Thunder Star into the navigation system, which automatically planned a jump route. It was 12,000 light-years away, requiring 117 jumps, and the estimated travel time was four days.

"Four days."

Song Chen leaned back in his seat and tapped his fingers twice on the armrest.

Four days is neither a long nor a short time; it's enough for him to go through the information about Lei Mingxing in the intelligence package again.