On the Eight Extremes Star, I awakened the twelve talismans.

The forest fell silent again, and the swings were still swaying gently.

Just as Dia was about to say something to lighten the mood, a blinding white light suddenly exploded in front of her.

"!"

The three of them shrank back at the same time. Dia instinctively protected Lingling, while Bai Xue was ready to use the barrier at any moment.

As the light faded, a familiar figure stood on the grass—none other than Ye Han.

"Master!" Lingling was the first to react, screaming as she pounced on him.

"You scared me to death!" Bai Xue clutched her chest. "Could you at least give me a heads-up next time? I thought someone was calling."

Dia didn't say anything, but just stood aside and smiled, her eyes mostly showing excitement.

Ye Han took Lingling off his body: "I wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect to scare you."

"You were quite frightened, you should make it up to me." Bai Xue crossed her arms and pretended to be serious.

After some warm greetings, Ye Han gestured for everyone to sit down and briefly recounted what had happened on Titan.

He explained the rules of the resource competition and his plan to participate.

"Ye Han, you already have so many Rainbow Stones, do you still need the rewards for this competition?" Bai Xue asked, blushing.

Just now, in front of everyone, Ye Han made amends to Bai Xue.

Bai Xue calmed down at this moment, and her ears burned as she realized that she had made such an intimate gesture in public.

The meaning of these words is quite clear.

With the amount Ye Han has accumulated so far, it's more than enough. There's no need to take any more risks for Rainbow Stones, especially on the territory of monsters like Titan.

Ye Han understood her unspoken meaning: "You can never have too many rainbow stones."

"By the way, do you guys want to go to Titan together? The competition starts in a few hours. This tournament is different from Storm Famira; all the participants are truly strong."

The girls readily agreed.

Staying here is boring; I might as well go watch the game and broaden my horizons.

The Chaotic Star Sea was relatively unfamiliar to them.

We only learned about the general distribution of power from Kalia, but that dry information was far less real than seeing it with our own eyes.

"Alright, let's go then."

Ye Han shrunk the Eternal and placed it close to his body.

Spaceships must not be forgotten; they are mobile fortresses in the vast sea of ​​stars.

Then, he reached out his hand, gesturing for the three of them to come up.

Lingling immediately covered it with her hand, followed closely by Baixue and Dia.

The next second, a beam of light silently swept by, and while the swings in the forest were still swaying, the four figures had vanished.

Titan, inside a hotel room.

A flash of white light appeared, and the four of them materialized in the center of the room.

"arrive."

The three of them steadied themselves, their expressions somewhat dazed.

Bai Xue looked down at her hands, then at Ye Han, her eyes filled with shock.

From a desolate planet to Titan, spanning countless light-years, Ye Han accomplished it so easily.

"Ye Han, you've become stronger. I don't even know if I'll be able to catch up with you in the future."

Before Ye Han could even offer a few words of modesty, Lingling was already beaming with pride for him, her little face held high with an air of self-satisfaction: "Of course! Master is the best!"

As they were talking, the group felt an unusual heat in the environment.

Even in a hotel, one cannot escape the heatwave.

"It's so hot, Master! It's like a sauna in here!"

"There's a blue-white star next door, roasting this planet right in front of it." Ye Han walked to the window, parted a corner of the curtain, and saw that the streets outside were deserted.

At this temperature, very few people are outdoors.

"You guys take your time to adjust. I'm going to check on the competition arrangements. The hotel has a cooling system, so don't go out and wander around. Wait for me to come back," Ye Han said, lowering the curtains and turning to the three of them.

"Master, hurry back..."

Ye Han pushed open the door and went out.

The information registration office is located in a circular building in the center of the city, which, from a distance, looks like a giant copper ring lying on the ground.

The Titans' aesthetic sense has always been rugged.

The building has no superfluous decorations; its lines are sharp and clean, as if carved by a knife or axe. Two unidentified giant stone sculptures of beasts crouch at the entrance, baring their teeth and claws, with fierce expressions.

Just as Ye Han was about to step inside, he was suddenly drawn to a low murmur of conversation coming from the doorway.

Two oddly shaped people, of unknown ethnicity, were chatting in hushed tones.

To Ye Han's heightened hearing, the voice was indistinguishable from someone speaking right next to his ear.

"Have you heard? Her Majesty the Queen will be attending in person this time."

"Are you kidding me? Just for a resource competition? I've never seen her come before."

"Who knows? The news from above is absolutely true. It's said that even the guards in the throne room have started to make advance preparations; it's quite a large-scale operation."

"That's strange. It's just a matter of dividing up a few mining planets, why does it require the Queen to make a personal trip?"

Their conversation abruptly ended, and they went inside.

The Queen of Titan, has come in person?

Ye Han frowned, realizing that something was wrong.

The resource competition is ultimately a matter of allocation. Even if it is of great significance to the surrounding powers, it is nothing more than a trivial matter to the rulers of Titan.

What is the concept of the Queen of Titan?

The highest authority in the entire central star region, wielding immense power, is someone of that caliber. It just doesn't seem right for him to personally attend a resource competition.

It's like a country's head of state, who is extremely busy with state affairs, suddenly saying that he wants to personally attend an annual market at the township level, and he even brings a full ceremonial guard.

There's definitely something wrong.

Either something else is hidden in this market, or the head of state has ulterior motives.

The news he learned by chance made Ye Han somewhat wary.

He suppressed his doubts and stepped into the circular building.

Be vigilant as you are, just be careful, but don't let any energy points slip by.

The venue has a spacious interior, with beams of light projected from the ground and into the dome.

A few people were sparsely lined up in the hall; judging from their attire, they were contestants from different star systems.

Ye Han glanced at it and walked straight to the nearest registration desk.

The staff member is a robot.

"Register," Ye Han said succinctly.

"Personal information." The other party pushed a data board over.

Ye Han took it and quickly glanced through the required fields.

Name, race, affiliation, past achievements, recommendation letters, identity verification code, biometric data entry... The further he read, the more his brows furrowed.

Too cumbersome.

The first few items are manageable, but the recommendation letters and identity verification codes are unavoidable hurdles.

Although the Titans were technologically backward, they had learned the management procedures quite well, requiring a registered faction to provide guarantees or a temporary pass issued by the Titans' official authorities.

Ye Han didn't have any of these things.

It's not that he can't get them, but there's not enough time. By the time he finishes forging these certificates, the competition will have already ended.

"Is there a problem?" the staff member urged.

"No." Ye Han pushed the data panel back, his expression unchanged. "I need to confirm the details of the competition rules first, and I'll fill it in later."

The other party looked at Ye Han suspiciously.

Ye Han walked around the venue and, after confirming that the requirements for all registration channels were largely the same, returned.

If the official channels don't work, then try a different approach.