Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 1 Crossing the Swallowed Star

June 16, 2056, 6 PM, Yangzhou City, Yi'an District.

Inside a somewhat dilapidated residential building, a handsome young man lay unconscious on a computer desk.

Although he had fallen into a coma, the young man's face showed a pained expression.

After an unknown amount of time, the young man's finger twitched slightly.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Qin Mu instinctively covered his head, slowly regaining consciousness.

"Where is this?"

Qin Mu looked up at his surroundings, somewhat bewildered.

This is an unfamiliar room. The room is simply furnished, with only a bed, a wardrobe, and a computer desk.

On the left side of the computer desk is a photo frame containing a picture of an unfamiliar man and woman and a little boy.

This is a family photo.

The moment he saw the photo, a series of memories suddenly flooded Qin Mu's mind.

RR virus, evolution, monster, warrior.

Key moments of memory appeared in my mind.

"I live in Yangzhou City, one of the eight major cities in the Jiangnan Base City, in Yi'an District. I am a high school student."

"No, today is June 16th. The college entrance exam is over, and the results are coming out today."

I have a classmate named Luo Feng who fainted during the college entrance exam.

"Wait, Luo Feng??"

"Is this the Swallowed Star world?"

As his memories returned, Qin Mu finally realized that he had transmigrated to the world of Swallowing the Stars!

Touching his face, Qin Mu found a mirror and looked at his face, which was almost exactly the same as in his previous life, only much more youthful. He fell silent.

He really time-traveled. After waking up from working overtime, Qin Mu found himself inexplicably transported to another world.

The original owner of this body was also named Qin Mu. His father was a soldier who lost his life eight years ago while resisting a beast tide invasion.

The mother was a military researcher who was discovered by a monster during a research trip five years ago, and the entire team was wiped out.

He became an orphan at the age of 13.

Over the years, he has trained relentlessly, wanting to become a martial artist and kill all the monsters.

To become a martial artist, one needs to meet three conditions: a punching power of 900 kg, a speed of 25 m/s, and a powerful nerve reaction speed.

Unfortunately, the original owner's talent was average. Even with desperate training, he was still only an intermediate student in the Limitless Martial Arts Academy.

At his best, his punching power was only 756kg. He has good talent in terms of speed, with a best result of 24.12m/s, which is not far from the requirements of a quasi-martial artist. His nerve reaction speed has already reached the requirements of a quasi-martial artist.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient punching power, he could not even reach the standard punching power of 800kg for advanced students at the Extreme Martial Arts Academy.

Don't underestimate this difference in strength. Without any special opportunities, this would have been an almost impossible feat for the original owner of this body.

Even with his frantic training, his strength hadn't increased for a long time.

Ultimately, due to excessive training, his body accumulated too many hidden injuries. Half a year ago, he fainted in the training room during a training session and was rushed to the hospital for three days before reviving.

After that, whenever he tried to train, his whole body would feel like it was being pricked with needles, almost severing his path as a martial artist.

He tried everything he could, buying all sorts of medicines and trying all kinds of folk remedies, but his condition still didn't improve.

His dream was almost shattered, but even so, he did not give up and instead placed his hopes on the college entrance examination.

If he gets into a military academy and utilizes its resources, he still has a chance of recovery and a slight possibility of becoming a martial artist.

But a report card on the computer screen shattered his dream completely.

Candidate: Qin Mu

Sex: Male

ID number: 426123203705016012

Examination Certificate Number: 5878643567890745

Liberal Arts: 211

Science: 228

Mathematics: 121

Total score: 560

Undergraduate admission score: 561

The difference of just one point completely shattered the original owner's hope.

In a fit of extreme grief and anger, everything went black before his eyes, and when he woke up again, he was in another world.

"They were only one point short!"

Qin Mu sighed.

In fact, the original owner was really powerful, with a strong will far exceeding that of ordinary people, but fate played a cruel trick on him.

When he discovered that his body was damaged beyond repair, he did not despair, but hoped to realize his dream through another path.

Unfortunately, a single point can make all the difference—one thought can lead to heaven, the other to hell.

After carefully sorting through his memories, Qin Mu finally calmed his excitement.

In his previous life, Qin Mu loved reading novels, including "Swallowed Star".

He has read "Swallowed Star" many times, and he still remembers most of the plot and even the timeline.

This is an incredibly vast world.

On Earth, there are countless monsters that have taken over the skies and oceans, confining humanity to base cities.

When humanity paid a tremendous price, with the near extinction of its elite, to defeat the monsters and leave Earth.

I only then realized how vast the universe is; the Milky Way alone has more than 200,000 life-bearing planets.

The Milky Way is merely one of eight star systems controlled by the Silver Blue Empire, a primitive civilization in the universe.

Eight star systems—what a vast cosmic empire this is!

However, this is only a rudimentary cosmic nation.

Above that lies the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, a medium-sized cosmic civilization that controls over eight thousand star systems.

The Black Dragon Mountain Empire has more than 500 vassal states of primordial cosmic civilizations.

The Silver Blue Empire was merely one of the vassal states of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Even a vast empire like the Black Dragon Mountain Empire is merely a small vassal state of the advanced cosmic civilization, the Qianwu Empire.

Above that lies the territory of human races, billions of races, the primordial universe, even the cosmic ocean, the origin continent.

The universe is vast, inhabited by countless races and powerful beings, as well as countless opportunities and dangers.

In this world, immortal gods are just a starting point.

The true power lies in the universe's ruler who controls time and space, and the strongest being who creates the universe.

This world is so vast that Earth is so small in comparison.

Although small, Earth is where the story begins.

He even became a classmate of Luo Feng, the protagonist of Swallowed Star.

If it weren't for the time travel and the existence of a cheat system, Qin Mu would have immediately sought out a powerful figure to rely on.

The college entrance exam had just ended, and Luo Feng wasn't even a quasi-martial artist yet. Knowing how the plot was unfolding, he still had a chance to curry favor with a powerful figure.

However, Qin Mu doesn't have that idea right now.

Because there is a peculiar soul connection in Qin Mu's mind.

The target of the link is on the right side of the computer desk in front of me.

A palm-sized insect with a flexible shell, resembling a caterpillar in appearance.

This is a Zerg larva, a Zerg larva that has been dormant for countless years, yet is still alive.

Through the soul connection, Qin Mu knew that it had become his clone.

Just like how Luo Feng later possessed a clone of the Golden Horned Beast.

Qin Mu could clearly perceive and control everything about it.

Qin Mu's mind stirred, and he transferred his consciousness into the Zerg larvae.

In an instant, Qin Mu felt his visual senses suddenly become strange, and the world in front of him seemed to be magnified a thousand times.

A giant appeared in his field of vision, startling Qin Mu. However, he quickly realized that this was the perspective of a Zerg larva, and the giant in front of him was himself.

The Zerg are a powerful race capable of endlessly consuming, evolving, and mutating.

In the world of Swallowed Star, there also exists a Zerg race.

Not only do they exist, but the Zerg are also one of the six dominant races that occupy billions of territories.

I've time-traveled, and I even have a cheat code!

After a moment of excitement, Qin Mu forced himself to calm down. If he didn't want to be as mediocre as he was in his previous life, then he had to consider his current situation.

The college entrance examination is over, and changing one's fate through the exam is no longer an option. So the only hope is this Zerg larva in front of me.

Knowing the future development, Qin Mu was well aware that Earth was a planet prone to disasters.

In the near future, Earth's civilization will face a near-extinction catastrophe.

Three years later, on January 13, 2060, the Golden Horned Beast attacked the American base in New York State.

This officially kicked off a war that nearly wiped out humanity.

This is an all-out war between humans and monsters.

Led by a golden-horned behemoth from the depths of space, most of the base cities were breached by monsters, including Yangzhou City, where I was located!

Hong, the strongest being on Earth, fought Thor to the death, burning his soul and falling into a coma, almost becoming a vegetable.

The protagonist, Luo Feng, sacrificed five powerful figures, burning everything away, yet he was still no match for them.

In the end, relying on the legacy of Hu Yanbo, the master of Meteorite Star, they successfully possessed the Golden Horned Beast and survived the crisis.

Without becoming a martial artist, one doesn't even qualify to be cannon fodder in such a war.

In this world, to control one's own destiny, one must possess power and become a martial artist.

(End of this chapter)