Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 129 Actions and Effects

In the cold, lonely starry sky, a base made up of fragments from a shattered planet burns fiercely.

Millions of raven-like monsters with wingspans exceeding 100 meters circled above the base, occasionally spewing flames hundreds of meters high from their mouths, setting the base ablaze.

On the massive fragmented base, there were wrecked space pirate warships everywhere. The broken bodies of the space pirates were scattered all over the place, and the severed limbs were set ablaze, emitting a foul stench.

Inside the virtual universe company's warship, Qin Mu looked at the burning world, but there was not a trace of pity in his eyes.

For these space pirates, death is the merciful end.

Through its own investigation, it was discovered that almost every space pirate entrenched here had blood on their hands; plundering and killing were commonplace for them.

Just by glancing through the files of a few cosmic-level space pirates, Qin Mu discovered that one of them had plundered an entire inhabited planet, slaughtering over a billion lives, all for the sake of amusement!

I have also seen instances of space pirates raiding and abducting large numbers of people, selling them as slaves.

Or it could be organ farms, killing games, or other heinous crimes that are too painful to look at.

But these things are just the most ordinary things in this darkest fragment base, and even just some fun.

"Your Highness, all the space pirates with names on the list have been cleared out, including all cosmic-level and some eternal-level space pirates."

Skyfire Raven sealed off all the surrounding passages, so almost no space pirates escaped.

Apart from the dead space pirates, the rest have mostly taken refuge inside the fragment base.

This base is too large and complex, and the space pirates are extremely familiar with the environment; it would take a very long time to wipe them all out.

After several hours of carnage, Ren Yu, exuding murderous intent, returned to the spaceship control room from the pirate base.

"Can't we just blow this pirate base to smithereens?"

A terrifying killing intent flashed in Qin Mu's eyes, his gaze icy cold. He had absolutely no patience for these so-called space pirates.

Perhaps there are innocent people among these space pirates, but the possibility is too small.

"Shattered?"

Ren Yu paused for a moment, then answered.

"With our strength, we can't do that yet. A domain lord-level being can wipe out surface life on a typical life-bearing planet, but they can't destroy the planet itself."

This space pirate base is made up of fragments of many planets and wrecked warships. It appears broken, but it is actually extremely sturdy, much more so than ordinary planets.

Unless it's a fleet like the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's fleet equipped with super-powerful planet-destroying cannons, it's impossible to completely destroy it.

Qin Mu frowned and nodded to indicate that he understood.

"If we can't destroy it, then let the Skyfire Crow burn this pirate base down first, and then we can clean it up slowly."

All the space pirate ships have been destroyed; they can't escape.

Although he couldn't destroy them, Qin Mu didn't intend to let them go; he just needed some time to clean them up.

This place will become a breeding ground for the insect swarm. How could Qin Mu allow a group of space pirates to survive?

With those few cosmic-level space pirate slaves around, the Zerg swarm not only had an unparalleled understanding of the Chaotic Starfield, but was also extremely familiar with it.

The natural spatial storms in the Chaotic Starfield not only help the Zerg swarm evolve and mutate, but also contain boundless energy. If the right methods are used, this place may become a true treasure trove!

Of course, relying on Skyfire Ravens is not enough to completely wipe out this pirate base.

Their size is too large, making them more suitable for space combat, and they cannot enter the complex environment inside the base.

Qin Mu was well prepared for this.

Compared to the Skyfire Crow, there is a monster in the starry sky that is more suitable for this place.

A type of interstellar monster called the Gold-Eating Ant, which, like a swarm of insects, relies on sheer numbers to win.

Gold-eating ants feed on metal and can enhance their strength and defense by digesting metal.

They have an extremely high reproductive capacity, reaching the planetary level upon adulthood, and can even reach the eternal level if they devour enough metal.

In this pirate base made up of planetary fragments and warship wreckage, metal is the one thing that is not lacking.

Unlike the Golden Horned Beast, the Gold-Eating Ant is not picky about its food. It can eat all kinds of metals and even minerals. In fact, the Gold-Eating Ant can process and refine the metals it has swallowed, extracting rare elements and energy from them.

The environment here is perfect for gold-eating ants.

Among the monster genes Qin Mu collected was this kind of interstellar monster.

However, compared to many Zerg units, the Gold-Eating Ants are not very strong in combat, so Qin Mu originally planned to use them as worker Zerg units.

However, after Ren Yu and his guards cleared out the remaining space pirates, the strongest among them, Cai Hengxing, and the Gold-Eating Ants were strong enough.

It flew out of the Virtual Universe Company's warship and landed on the surface of the space pirate base.

With a wave of his hand, a gold-devouring ant queen hatched from the mother nest in the primordial core space appeared in front of Qin Mu.

This gold-devouring ant queen is not very large, only about twenty meters long.

Like the queen ant of ordinary ants, it has an unusually large abdomen, but its body is as hard as steel and gleams with a metallic luster.

Beside it were thousands of soldier ants, each only ten meters or so long and made entirely of metal, and tens of thousands of worker ants, each even smaller.

Let's go!

After setting the gold-devouring ants down, Qin Mu turned and left.

"The fire crows have stayed here these past few days; we should go."

Ren Yu and the other guards were startled by the sudden appearance of a large number of gold-devouring ants. After exchanging glances, they all fell silent!

It can hold living things; this is the World Ring!

However, it's not surprising that an immortal disciple would have a world ring. Ren Yu thought about the box he brought to Qin Mu and knew that the world ring was most likely a gift from Lord Yu Chen.

As their personal bodyguards, there was no need for them to hide the matter of the World Ring.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Following in Qin Mu's footsteps, the group returned to the spaceship.

After making some arrangements, the space pirate with the strength of the third level of the universe was left behind, while the other two space pirates with the strength of the first level of the universe followed the Star River Trading Company's fleet back to Cold Moon Star.

Qin Mu himself did not intend to return to Hanyue Star, but instead went directly to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company's pharmacists to formally become their apprentice.

Calculating the time, it's almost time to meet the teacher. Since I'm formally becoming his apprentice, I definitely need to arrive early, not at the last minute.

After everything was arranged, the spaceship slowly started up, accelerated, and left the chaotic star field along a rift.

After all the spaceships had left, the Gold-Eating Ant Queen, along with her numerous soldier and worker ants, crawled into a metal tunnel that had been cleaned by the Skyfire Ravens and headed towards the interior of the space pirate base.

Inside a space within the space pirate base, all the soldier ants and worker ants dispersed and began collecting the metal that was readily available.

The enormous-abundant queen ant lay down and began incubating the eggs.

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A little bit earlier in time, in the virtual universe.

A burly man with a rhinoceros horn on his head looked at a newly arrived intelligence report, his face turning extremely grim.

"How is this possible? The background of this Galaxy Trading Company is actually a Virtual Universe Company?!"

"This is a huge problem!"

"The information we found earlier was fake! No, it might not be fake. It might really be something that a member of a powerful family acquired. It's just that this family has the background of a virtual universe company, and we were misled."

Training the younger generation of disciples?

The more he looked, the gloomier his face became.

They don't make a move unless they're a Domain Lord level expert, so why bother with a mere group of space pirates?

That's a domain lord! It's the Virtual Universe Company!

"With such a relationship, who would dare offend them with just a word?"

"Fortunately, I only had someone spread some rumors in the Chaotic Starfield; I didn't actually take any action."

"We can't afford to mess with Xinghe Trading Company anymore."

The burly man with the rhinoceros horn looked relieved. His usual caution had kept him from making a move, and it was precisely this caution that had saved his life many times.

However, his relief did not last long, as another piece of information plunged him into terror.

"What?! They actually stormed into the Chaotic Starfield and killed all the space pirates!"

"How can they be so vindictive? No, I must contact the adults immediately!"

Because of the existence of the virtual universe, news travels extremely fast. The news spread as soon as Qin Mu and his group arrived in the Chaotic Starfield.

Some space pirates even filmed the overwhelming swarms of fire crows and uploaded all the battle scenes to the virtual universe.

All those forces secretly monitoring Galaxy Trading Company received this information.

Emergency meetings were held one after another, and some forces that had been openly or covertly testing Xinghe Trading Company were in a panic.

They might be planning to apologize, or perhaps they'd find someone to mediate...

In their view, the Star River Trading Company was too ruthless. It actually killed all the star pirates because of their looting, and even destroyed their lair. It was simply brutal!

If this applies to space pirates, what about to them?!

With Virtual Universe Company involved, how could they not be traced?

It's terrifying to think carefully.

It's not just these forces that are holding emergency meetings to discuss what to do.

Xinghe Trading Company, and even within China, are also making significant moves at this time.

Within China, a large number of financial elites, including Luo Feng's younger brother Luo Hua, were drawn to form a financial department that began to reap profits in the market.

On the one hand, it is a counterattack against the various forces that had previously tested the waters in China.

The destruction of the space pirates will inevitably cause small-scale economic turmoil.

And that is the opportunity.

Of course, this is just a trial run, a trial run for China in the field of cosmic finance.

Compared to the real economy, the financial sector allows for frighteningly fast ways to make money.

Originally, China did not dare to touch this area because it lacked the strength, intelligence, and funding.

Now, with the ten billion cosmic coins allocated by Qin Mu, and the background and intelligence of the Virtual Universe Company, the situation is different.

Qin Mu becoming a Level 2 Pharmacist and an Immortal Disciple has had a tremendous impact on China!

Riding this wave of opportunity, China is also rising in the universe, with the possibility of soaring to new heights.

(End of this chapter)