Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 165 War Begins

On that day, Qin Mu, Luo Feng, and others all signed up.

The registration period for the Ultimate Genius Battle for Humanity in the Universe is about one month.

During this time, Qin Mu and the others naturally continued their cultivation.

Hong Gang has stepped into the threshold of the origin of the Law of Light and needs to hurry up and comprehend it.

Luo Feng is diligently practicing the Divine Weapon technique, striving to master the second level.

Thor is under the most pressure, as he is the only one among the four who has not yet comprehended the fundamental laws.

Back in Earth's time, he was always number two. After Qin Mu rose to power, he became number three. Later, Luo Feng successfully possessed the Golden Horned Beast and turned the tables, making him number four.

They thought that with the opportunity presented by the Thunder Realm Lord, they could make a strong comeback, but they were still suppressed.

It's just that Thor has a good state of mind; if it were an ordinary person, their mentality would collapse.

But a good mindset doesn't mean indifference; he's currently training like crazy, wanting to take another step forward before the battle.

Whether it's Qin Mu, Luo Feng, or Hong and Lei Shen, they all have their own pride, so how could they be willing to fall behind?

While Qin Mu and the others were cultivating, countless powerful nations and forces throughout the vast universe mobilized.

……

Black Dragon Mountain Empire, Black Dragon Mountain Holy Land.

A tall, burly giant, clad in black scale armor and sporting a black dragon horn on his forehead, simply stood there, causing the surrounding space to freeze.

Around him, a large group of realm lords bowed their heads respectfully, for this burly and strong man was the founding emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, a great and immortal being.

Nearly a thousand young people of the Eternal Star level knelt before him, these former pride of heaven eagerly awaiting the great and immortal command.

A deep, hoarse voice rang out.

"Go forth and fight for the glory of Black Dragon Mountain!"

All the answers from the star-studded fanatics.

"Yes, Lord God."

……

Qianwu Universe Country, Qianwu Secret Realm.

In this starry sky, a giant whose face is obscured stands in the void. The space around him is faintly distorted, and in the distance in front of the giant, there are countless young people whose numbers cannot be seen at a glance.

"You are the future elites and pillars of our Qianwu Universe Kingdom."

A deep, resonant voice echoed between heaven and earth, and around him stood powerful, immortal beings, all standing respectfully.

Each immortal being possesses a terrifying divine power, and at this moment, at least a thousand immortal beings stand around.

Hundreds of millions of star-level geniuses knelt in immense excitement, gazing up at the legendary ruler of the universe, a great being who had established the Qianwu Universe Kingdom countless billions of years ago.

……

A blue planet, lush with vegetation, extremely primitive, with almost no technology.

However, on such a primitive planet, there are dozens of cosmic-level powerhouses, and countless star-level beings.

A young man in white, carrying a blood-red longsword on his back, stood neatly dressed behind a bald old man in white robes.

Behind him lay a pile of severed limbs, various telekinetic weapons, and Force weapons scattered all over the ground.

Just now, he single-handedly killed over a hundred martial artists and mentalists of the same level nine of the Eternal Star rank in an instant.

This is not a virtual universe, but the real world!

The white-robed, bald old man looked admiringly at the white-clad youth carrying a blood-red longsword on his back.

"Very good, you have improved again. You are the most remarkable genius I have ever seen in my travels through billions of galaxies."

"Go participate in the Cosmic Genius Battle. With your strength, you can enter the top 1000 in the universe. Only in a place like the Virtual Universe Company, where there are countless powerful individuals, can you find a suitable teacher to guide a genius like you."

The bald man in the white robe said, "Find your teacher after you achieve immortality."

The white-robed, bald old man vanished into thin air.

"Teacher—" The young man in white started to say something, but stopped abruptly, then said softly, "The Genius Battle?"

His name is Berlan.

……

"A battle of geniuses? Across the entire universe and numerous cosmic nations?"

A young, burly man with messy hair, over three meters tall, bare feet, strides across a desolate mountain range, carrying a short knife on his back, letting out a hearty laugh.

"Interesting, it's been a very, very long time since I, Tu Man, have encountered an opponent."

Not far behind him lay the corpse of a first-tier cosmic-level powerhouse.

……

Battle of Geniuses!

This is a stage for geniuses.

As time passed, and with the attention of countless people from numerous galaxies across various universes, the registration for the Peak Genius Battle finally came to an end.

A grand battle of geniuses, spanning the entire human realm and even countless divine kingdoms, involving cosmic-level beings, immortal disciples, and reclusive geniuses, is about to begin!

According to Chinese time, this day is April 16, 2066.

In the virtual universe, at the headquarters of Galaxy Trading Company, Qin Mu, Luo Feng, Hong, Thor, and Jia Yi gathered in a small courtyard.

Qin Mu carefully read the email he had just received.

This describes the scale of the selection battle and the rules of the Peak Genius Battle.

This selection battle attracted over 8225 billion star-level experts from within the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, 1100 billion more than the previous one.

The entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom contains hundreds of millions of star systems.

8225 billion stars sounds like a lot, but if you spread them out across each galaxy, that's less than 10,000 people.

In each galaxy, there are millions, or even hundreds of millions, of powerful beings at the galactic level!

This means that, apart from a small number of people who went to experience the battle of geniuses, the vast majority of participants were people who had a certain degree of confidence in themselves and were geniuses who were one in ten thousand!

Immortal disciples, emperors' sons, princesses, noble children—they're everywhere.

To ensure fairness, all participants will have identical physical attributes, maintaining a level nine of the Hengxing Star system.

Everyone's mental power is also maintained at the ninth level of the Hengxing Star!

All participants possess the same physical attributes, and can choose their own appearance!

You can freely choose any type of Force weapon or psychic weapon (no more than 10 pieces), and you can also choose Force suits (no more than Tier 2). You can also obtain a space ring for storing food.

Although his Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel was composed of eleven divine weapons, as a combined divine weapon, it was counted as one piece, so there was no problem.

Keep reading.

The selection process for the Genius Battle tests a person's 'willpower,' 'domain of influence,' 'experience,' and 'comprehension of laws,' with all external conditions being equal for everyone.

The talent selection competition is divided into two major stages.

In the first phase, the top 1000 experts will be selected from various cosmic nations.

In the second stage, the top 1000 experts from each universe nation gather, bringing together all the geniuses from various universe nations for the final showdown. This will determine the top 1000 in the overall universe ranking.

The first phase is the largest in scale.

The Qianwu Universe Kingdom has over 8225 billion participants, divided into 'preliminary elimination' and 'final battle'.

The first round of eliminations involved over 8225 billion participants, and after the eliminations, only 100,100 people will remain!

Selecting 100,100 people from 800 billion is a brutal process, as you can imagine.

The preliminary elimination process involves dividing the virtual universe into 100 worlds, with each world containing over 82 billion participants.

More than 82 billion people are fighting each other in the same world, killing others to earn points. The more you kill, the more points you get! Each person only has one life, and death ends it.

At the end of the preliminary rounds, the person with the highest score wins and advances to the next stage.

100 worlds, and 1001 people are selected from each world.

The reason there are 1001 people is that the person with the highest score in each world does not need to participate in the arena finals and directly wins 100 spots out of the top 1000.

The remaining 100,000 people will compete in a ring battle for 900 spots.

The rules are fair, and those who come in first in the qualifiers are undoubtedly strong.

"Let's aim for first place!"

Qin Mu had no intention of holding back his strength. Once the qualifiers started, he went on a rampage and forcefully climbed to the top.

The arena battle is of little significance to Qin Mu now. No genius who has not comprehended the fundamental laws can withstand even a single move from him.

"China has been preparing for this battle of geniuses for many years, just waiting for you to achieve a good ranking this time so that you can soar to new heights."

Jia Yi sat opposite Qin Mu and said with a smile.

His strength is actually quite formidable. He used a cosmic-level bloodline potion and has abundant resources, so he has now reached the third level of the Domain.

However, compared to true geniuses like Qin Mu and Luo Feng, they are no match.

Although Jia Yi also participated in the Genius Battle, it was more for him to see the many powerful figures in the universe, and he would most likely be eliminated in the first round.

Like Qin Mu, Huaxia has also been preparing for this battle of geniuses since entering the universe.

Imagine what it would be like if Qin Mu, Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, and others all made it into the top 1,000 of the Qianwu Universe, and were all geniuses in the Huaxia Universe.

That's right. In Qin Mu's plan, after this genius battle selection is over, the Huaxia Universe Nation will be officially established, taking advantage of this opportunity to make its debut in the entire universe.

Qin Mu then became the first ruler of the universe.

As for the simultaneous emergence of multiple geniuses, will it attract the attention of humanity's higher-ups?

Qin Mu has already made some arrangements for this.

When they made contact with the universe, everyone's registered birth planet was not Earth, but rather scattered throughout the Milky Way.

At that time, Qin Mu's goal was to avoid revealing Earth's coordinates, while also taking into account this later step.

The same applies to Luo Feng, who came into contact with the universe relatively late.

The entire process was handled by China, which controls the entire Milky Way galaxy. From birth to growth, the four people's acquaintance has a complete set of evidence.

Unless there's a thorough investigation by higher authorities, it's unlikely to be exposed.

Even if the Huaxia Universe Kingdom is established, Qin Mu will not manage it. His task is still cultivation; he will just be a figurehead.

If the plan goes smoothly, Qin Mu will buy some star systems around the Milky Way after the Genius Battle to provide a place for the insect swarm to develop.

If the results are good enough, the emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire would not refuse to purchase some star systems in Qin Mu's name, such as the territory of the former Silver Blue Empire.

Even the emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire might directly gift large tracts of land as a reward.

The Qianwu Universe Kingdom can receive a considerable reward for producing even one truly outstanding genius in the Peak Genius Battle, let alone the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Even if the Black Dragon Mountain Empire were to send over a few star systems, it wouldn't be at a loss.

Qin Mu doesn't need those inhabited planets; what he needs are resources and territory.

In galaxies like the Milky Way, there are only about 20 planets with life.

However, the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy containing a large number of stars and planets, with the number of stars alone estimated to be between 1000 billion and 4000 billion.

As for the number of planets, it far exceeds that of stars. In addition, there are interstellar planets that do not orbit stars, also known as "rogue planets".

This is an extremely large number; if the insect swarm were to develop and utilize it, it would be enough to support the growth and development of billions upon billions of insect swarms.

At that time, without any scruples, the size of the insect swarm will undergo a real qualitative change!

Buying resources with money is too costly for the Zerg swarm; it's better to just buy star systems!

A galaxy only costs 2600 million universe coins.

Many inhabited planets are under the rule of the Chinese, while other resources are exploited by the insect swarm.

The insect swarm and the Chinese people cooperated and supported each other.

"I never imagined that in such a short time, China would not only control the entire Milky Way galaxy, but also establish a cosmic nation."

Jia Yi sighed.

Several years have passed, and with the resources of the entire Milky Way and the support of Qin Mu, they now possess the resources of the entire galaxy.

Humans living on Earth have essentially achieved the goal of reaching the planetary level as adults.

This is actually not difficult to achieve; all you need is one planetary bloodline potion for each person, and enough resources for their growth.

Qin Mu was responsible for providing the bloodline potion, while the resources were provided by Huaxia.

"Haha, maybe in a few years, our Chinese nation can also become one of those super races in the universe."

Jia Yi smiled.

"Yes, it will depend on your joint efforts."

Qin Mu said with a smile.

"Those are still too far off; we'll have to see how the geniuses perform in the final battle."

Hong said calmly.

"That's right. In just one preliminary round, more than 800 billion people were eliminated, leaving only 100,100. Such a battle is truly something to look forward to."

Luo Feng smiled, a hint of bloodlust in his eyes. Despite possessing the Golden Horned Beast clone, he was inherently tyrannical.

Luo Feng had been looking forward to the upcoming battle for a long time.

After the registration deadline, Virtual Universe Company began preparations. The preparations were indeed very tedious, but Virtual Universe Company was extremely efficient.

One month after the registration deadline.

The Chinese time is May 16, 2066, and the preliminary rounds have just begun.

In the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, all the major human races and 8225 billion star-level experts gathered together.

This includes 136 Eternal Star level members from China.

"The preliminary rounds will be divided into 100 world zones."

"I'm from District 72, and you are?" Hong asked.

"Haha, I'm from District 88. Luo Feng, Qin Mu, where are you guys?"

"Me, from District 1!" Luo Feng said.

"I'm in district 8."

Qin Mu looked at everyone and smiled.

There are a total of one hundred regions. Among the 136 Eternal Stars in China, some are in the same world region, but unfortunately, none of them are in the same region as Qin Mu.

At this moment, there were people everywhere, some tall and some short, some with different shapes and sizes.

Across the entire continent, over 820 billion!

The sight of so many powerful beings at the celestial level together was truly magnificent.

Such a scene has never been seen even among insect swarms.

As the group was talking, a clear voice echoed across the entire continent.

"Attention everyone, this preliminary elimination round will be divided into one hundred 'world zones'. We will be teleported to our respective 'world zones' shortly."

"Mass teleportation imminent, countdown: 60...59...58..."

The sound resounded throughout the entire continent.

People in the crowd looked at each other.

"Good luck," Luo Feng said with a smile.

"Let's pass the qualifiers together." Thor's face was full of determination.

"Keep it up," Hong said with a smile.

"See you at the summit!" Qin Mu said with a smile.

「10……9……8……7……6……5……4……3……2……1！传送！」

That clear universal language echoed in the ears of everyone on this gathered continent, and then in an instant, everyone on the entire continent vanished.

The ultimate battle of human geniuses across the universe has officially begun!

(End of this chapter)