Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 88 Luo Feng's Awakening

In the original timeline, Babata specially used the Wood Crystal to evolve a Beast King in order to attract geniuses from all over the world to Kirishima.

But this time, it happened without a sound.

Upon discovering Luo Feng, Babata was overjoyed. In this moment of crisis, it was even planning to randomly choose someone to become the successor of Meteorite Star. However, fate led it to a suitable candidate.

After careful planning, Babata used the instruments on the spaceship to subtly influence Luo Feng's thinking, leading Luo Feng into the Meteorite Starship deep underground.

Luo Feng was completely unaware of this. When he discovered the open hatch deep underground, he simply guessed that he must have encountered a relic.

After becoming the God of War, Luo Feng joined the God of War Palace and learned of the existence of the ruins.

Although the war meant there was no time to explore the legendary ruins, the scene before him told him that this was a ruin that had not yet been discovered.

Especially after Luo Feng put away the hundreds of white crystals and entered the inner hall of the ruins, he was even more horrified when he discovered several strangely shaped corpses that still exuded terrifying power.

Apart from a few corpses, the hall was empty, with only some damage to the floor and ceiling, which looked like the result of a battle.

"drop!"

A sound rang out.

"Who?"

Luo Feng was taken aback. Only then did he realize that he had so recklessly entered an unknown ruin.

In the materials he had read, unexplored ruins were extremely dangerous, where even powerful beings surpassing the God of War could perish.

Inside the ruins, the originally dimly lit hall suddenly lit up, and at the same time, a black virtual figure appeared in the hall.

The figure was only 1.4 meters tall, resembling a child, with two sharp horns on its forehead, blood-red eyes, and wearing a black robe.

"Luo Feng, you've finally arrived. I've finally waited for you in the most dangerous time."

The child in black robes looked at Luo Feng, a hint of joy in his blood-red eyes.

"The most dangerous time?"

Luo Feng looked cautious and even more puzzled.

This strange black-robed boy actually knew his name and even mentioned the most dangerous time.

Today, the entire planet is moving towards unification, and humanity's power is unprecedented.

The monster crisis across the entire planet is almost over, so where does the danger come from?

"I have waited for fifty thousand years, and then I met you at the most dangerous time. Perhaps this is destiny."

The boy in black robes shook his head.

"Fifty thousand years? You mean this relic has existed for fifty thousand years?"

And what exactly is this danger you've been talking about?

Luo Feng was taken aback. What was the concept of 50,000 years?

The entire history of China is only five thousand years!

These ruins are made of metal, so it's understandable that they've been preserved for 50,000 years. But have those corpses also been preserved for 50,000 years?

Luo Feng was somewhat incredulous.

Following Luo Feng's gaze, the black-robed boy glanced at the several corpses around him.

Seemingly understanding Luo Feng's thoughts, the black-robed boy spoke to Qin Mu.

"They are indeed as you think, having been dead for fifty thousand years. Their strength is beyond your imagination; even after death, the bodies of immortal beings remain eternally immortal."

"As for the crisis I mentioned, I will explain it to you in detail after you become my disciple. This is a major crisis concerning the entire Earth, and even several surrounding star systems!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng was inexplicably startled.

A crisis affecting several galaxies? Could it be some kind of cosmic catastrophe? And what's with this apprenticeship offer?

Luo Feng was filled with doubt.

"Come with me, let's go and pay our respects to our master first."

The black-robed boy controlled the floor of the hall to open, revealing a passageway.

Although Luo Feng had doubts, he still followed.

Along the way, the boy in black robes chatted with Luo Feng and answered his questions.

It turns out that the black-robed boy was not human, but a strange intelligent life form that called itself Babata.

Although Babata is an intelligent life form, it has emotions like humans, including joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

It even once had a physical body, traversing the universe, but its body was damaged in a great war, and its owner also perished in the battle.

In Babata's account, a transparent crystal coffin slowly emerged from the ground.

There was a corpse inside the crystal coffin!

The body was roughly similar in appearance to a human, about three meters tall, with two flexible antennae on its forehead.

The corpse was very handsome, dressed in a black robe, with long hair flowing down, lying peacefully on the crystal coffin, as if asleep.

Even though he had been dead for 50,000 years, his long, narrow eyes still possessed a captivating and strange charm.

"Owner!"

Babata's eyes were filled with tears, his expression was agitated, and his face became unusually ferocious and terrifying.

"Kneel down and become my disciple."

After a while, Babata regained his composure and turned to look at Luo Feng.

Luo Feng was taken aback.

Become an apprentice? Become an apprentice to a corpse?

After waiting for 50,000 years, Babata's mind had actually become somewhat distorted.

But after discovering the traces of the insect swarm, it actually woke me up.

He wasn't as irritable as before.

Right now, it needs to find a successor for Meteorite Star to carry its legacy away from here and prevent its master's lineage from being cut off.

At this time, Luo Feng had not gone to Ruins No. 9, nor had he undergone any assessment, nor was he a member of Meteorite Star. How dare it be so presumptuous as it was in the original timeline, forcibly demanding that Luo Feng kneel down?

"My master, Hu Yanbo, the master of Meteorite Star, is an immortal powerhouse."

Even though he has passed away, it would be your good fortune to become his disciple.

Babata's expression was serious.

Seeing that Luo Feng seemed to be hesitant, Babata continued.

"Do you know how vast the universe is, or how powerful immortal beings are?"

Through Babata's narration, Luo Feng finally gained a general understanding of the universe and cultivation.

It turns out that the so-called war gods on Earth are only apprentices in the universe, and they don't even have the qualifications to survive in the universe.

Even a powerhouse surpassing the God of War, like Qin Mu, is only at the planetary level. In the universe, he can only make a living by serving as a henchman.

They also learned that above the planetary level, there are distinctions such as the eternal level, the cosmic level, the domain lord, and the world lord.

Above the Realm Lord lies Immortality!

We learned that there are more than 21 planets in the Milky Way galaxy where Earth is located, inhabited by a large number of humans, and that the Milky Way galaxy is just one of the eight star systems controlled by the Silver Blue Kingdom, a primary cosmic kingdom.

Even a behemoth like the Silver Blue Kingdom only has about ten universe-level powerhouses!

Luo Feng couldn't even imagine how incredibly powerful a stronger Domain Lord or World Lord could be.

Not to mention immortal powerhouses, powerhouses that even time cannot destroy.

At the same time, they also learned how poor the talents of humans on Earth were, and that there were terrifying races in the universe that did not need to cultivate, but could grow up and become domain lords simply by eating and drinking.

After gaining a basic understanding of the universe, Luo Feng did not hesitate to become an apprentice.

After completing the apprenticeship ceremony, Luo Feng finally asked the question that had been lingering in his mind.

"Babata, what exactly is this major crisis you're talking about that concerns the entire Earth, and even several galaxies in the vicinity?"

Babata remained silent for a moment before speaking to Luo Feng.

Do you know how powerful humanity is in the universe?

That was a powerful race that occupied billions of star systems, and whose immortal powerhouses, like my master, were countless!

"In the universe, besides humans, there are countless other races. Among these races, besides the human race, there is another exceptionally terrifying race that is hostile to humans—the Zerg!"

"This race called the Zerg are the embodiment of cosmic catastrophe; wherever they are, there will inevitably be war."

Their numbers are endless; they devour all life, extinguishing stars and annihilating everything in their path!

Hearing Babata's account, Luo Feng was stunned. Could there really be such a race in the universe? He also had a bad feeling.

"Has the Zerg discovered Earth?"

Luo Feng asked nervously.

"It's not that Earth was discovered by the Zerg; it's that the Zerg already exist on Earth!"

Babata looked serious.

"What?!?!"

Luo Feng was shocked. How could there be such a terrifying race on Earth?

"This might have something to do with my master."

Babata explained with a wry smile.

It turns out that the master of Meteorite Star once brought back a Zerg mother hive from the extraterrestrial battlefield, and inside this mother hive was a Zerg queen who was in a deep slumber!

The Zerg Queen is a master of soul manipulation and possesses a mysterious charm; almost every Zerg Queen has a large number of soul slaves.

"I suspect that Qin Mu, currently the strongest person on Earth, may very well be secretly controlled by that Zerg Queen!"

Fear was evident in Babata's eyes.

"Impossible! Brother Qin Mu is so strong, how could he be controlled!"

Luo Feng said decisively.

The fact that his younger brother Luo Hua was able to recover and stand up so quickly was thanks to Qin Mu's help. Moreover, Qin Mu is now the strongest person in China, and he has even used monster breeding technology to restore the entire country.

It even has the potential to unify the world.

How could such a powerful person be controlled!

Wait a minute? Monster breeding technology? Zerg?

Luo Feng suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, and a bad thought crossed his mind.

However, Luo Feng still didn't quite believe Babata's words. Compared to the inexplicably appearing Babata, he was more willing to believe Qin Mu, who had helped him.

Perhaps the one with ill intentions is Babata right in front of us?

Seeing that Luo Feng didn't believe him, Babata brought up a series of images, showing bizarre creature structures shaped like pyramids in dark caves.

Beside this biological structure, ferocious-looking mantises and giant tiger beetles hatched from their eggs.

These are all monsters belonging to the military during the war against the beast tide.

"This doesn't prove anything! It's just a monster breeding technology used by our Chinese military."

Luo Feng shook his head; how could he possibly convince him with just this?

Everyone has wondered how the military bred so many monsters.

During the war, the corpses of monsters near the war base were dragged into caves, and then insect-like monsters crawled out.

This is something many martial artists have witnessed firsthand.

Although he hadn't witnessed this scene firsthand, Luo Feng had some idea of ​​what was going on.

"If Qin Mu were truly being controlled, as you say, he should have launched wars against other countries long ago, or even destroyed the world. But in fact, he didn't; our world is becoming a better place!"

Luo Feng countered that he believed what he saw more than Babata's words.

"Now that you've joined the War God Palace, you should know that there are many ruins on Earth."

Among them, the No. 31 ruin, located deep within Shennongjia in Hubei Province, one of the three most perilous places in China, is a sphere over 800 meters in diameter emitting poisonous gas—that is actually a Zerg hive!

Babata's expression was bitter.

"That hive was brought back by my master himself. I suspect that the Zerg queen in that hive has awakened a sliver of consciousness from her slumber."

It should be noted that she was a Zerg Queen at the peak of the World Lord level, an existence capable of directly confronting immortal powerhouses. Even if she had only awakened a sliver of consciousness, it would be impossible for any powerhouse on Earth to contend with her.

Look, this is what the area around Site 31 looks like now.

As he spoke, Babata projected a video in front of Luo Feng.

In the dense primeval forest, a sphere with a diameter of 800 meters stood tall.

Shockingly, hundreds of thousands, even millions, of poisonous insects and monsters were swarming towards the sphere filled with poisonous gas.

Poisonous insects kept swarming in, killing the monsters, but the remaining poisonous insects and monsters poured in without fear, as if they were going to their deaths.

Around it, a dozen purple vines, hundreds of meters long, waved in the sky, occasionally probing into the poisonous gas and then dying from the poison.

It was like a sacrifice, leaving people inexplicably shocked.

"This scene has been going on for months, and the poison gas on the Zerg Queen's hive is getting thinner and thinner."

If this pace continues, it probably won't be long before these venomous monsters are able to enter the Zerg Queen's nest!

When the Zerg Queen is awakened, all life on Earth will be wiped out in an instant!

"We must leave Earth before the Zerg Queen is awakened! Otherwise, we will all die!"

Babata looked serious.

"Will all life on Earth be wiped out in an instant?"

Luo Feng's heart tightened.

"Leave Earth? Impossible! If what you say is true, then what we should be doing is preventing the disaster from happening, not running away!"

Luo Feng shook his head decisively.

He has family and a girl he loves on Earth, how could he possibly run away?

"You're wrong. If Qin Mu was being controlled, then why would this poison gas prevent him from entering the Zerg Queen's hive?"

Shouldn't we just go in and awaken the Zerg Queen you mentioned?

Luo Feng still didn't believe Babata's words, as there were many inconsistencies in his explanation.

"I will investigate thoroughly. If it is as you say, then even if it means mutual destruction, I will prevent the disaster from happening!"

If I were the only person living alone on Earth, escaping into space alone, I would rather be dead!

Luo Feng's gaze was firm; he had made up his mind.

Earth is his root; how could he possibly leave alone?

The Chinese nation is his root!

"I am but a branch on that towering tree; if the roots die, the branches and leaves will wither and die!"

Tomorrow's update will be a little earlier; things are mostly sorted out.

(End of this chapter)