Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 254 Death Star

"Finally, I can go and take on a critical mission!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

Since ten years ago, Yang Wu has been diligently cultivating in his manor on the Wuchen Continent. However, because he did not start the simulation after the last simulation attempt was refreshed, his progress in strength has slowed down considerably.

Since Yang Wu received guidance from the Nine Swords Venerable and comprehended a kind of spatial essence, twenty years have passed and he has only barely grasped the basics of a new spatial essence.

However, after ten years of study, Yang Wu successfully replaced his original Blazing Sun Boots with the Sky-Treading Boots, and thus began to master the "Nine Steps to Sky-Treading".

When Yang Wu used the Sky-Treading Boots to perform the "Nine Steps to Heaven," he was able to fully unleash all his insights into the laws of space.

This also greatly improved Yang Wu's burst speed and ability to change direction.

Just now, Yang Wu's Yan God Clan clone has been successfully conceived, and he can finally take on the extreme-level mission according to his plan.

With this in mind, Yang Wu immediately connected his consciousness to the virtual universe, opened the virtual screen in his room, and began to select a cultivation task.

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"Extreme level!" Yang Wu clicked without any hesitation.

"Beep—beep—"

A piercing sound immediately emanated from the screen.

"Yang Wu, I solemnly remind you, this is a critical mission. Many members of my Virtual Universe Company from the Primordial Realm and the Primordial Secret Realm have lost their lives in these critical missions."

"Desperate missions have a minimum mortality rate of 90%! I suggest you take on desperate missions only after you've experienced a few qualifying battles!"

"To go back, please select Cancel; to continue accepting the mission, please select Confirm. Once confirmed, you can no longer go back."

Electronic sounds echoed continuously in the room.

Yang Wu smiled slightly and quickly clicked the OK button.

Qualifying match?

With Yang Wu's current cultivation speed, plus the assistance of the simulator, if he's lucky, he has a very good chance of passing through the cosmic-level Primal Tongtian Mountain before the first qualifying battle.

After all, in the previous two simulations, Yang Wu chose to stay at the cosmic level for two thousand years in order to fuse with the Blood Crystal.

When the next simulation begins, Yang Wu might break through to the Domain Lord level or even the World Lord level very quickly. In this way, his cultivation speed will definitely increase a lot, and he will be able to comprehend the essence of the 108 spatial laws more quickly.

Moreover, given Yang Wu's current overall strength, he has already surpassed most of the domain lords in the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company, so undertaking such a universe-level mission would naturally be extremely easy for him.

If even someone as strong as Yang Wu can perish in this desperate mission, then this desperate mission is no longer just a 90% mortality rate.

In fact, if Yang Wu hadn't planned to explore the secrets contained within the extreme mission, he wouldn't have even needed to wait for the Flame God Clan clone to be successfully conceived.

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"drop!"

"Yang Wu, as a member of the Primal Secret Realm, you can choose from a maximum of three Desperate-level missions. Please choose carefully!"

The following is a list of extreme missions:

1. Purgatory Abyss (The Original Secret Realm of the Virtual Universe Company).

2. Cloud Palace (Giant Axe Arena Divine Origin Secret Realm);

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8. Magic Mountain (Primordial Secret Realm of Virtual Universe Company);

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12. Death Star (Cosmic Mercenary Alliance Glory Realm);

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18. Blood Demon Continent (The Universe's Number One Bank: The Blood-Dripping Secret Realm).

Yang Wu looked at the mission list. There were a total of 186 dangerous missions across all the secret realms, but only 18 were of the extreme difficulty level, and only four of them belonged to the Virtual Universe Company. Among them, there were two Primordial Secret Realms, one Primordial Secret Realm, and one Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

In fact, the inheritance of the Demon Sound God General in the Demon Mountain quest is considered an extremely good opportunity in the universe.

Although Yang Wu is not a mentalist, soul amplitude still plays a significant role in the defense of the soul.

To become a top expert, one must not only possess extremely powerful methods, but also have no obvious weaknesses!

In the original story, the Limitless King-level expert who was once enslaved by Luo Feng's soul—the Extreme Rainbow King—possessed attack power comparable to an ordinary Invincible King-level expert when using the 'Purple Bell' to unleash secret techniques. However, he could not be called Invincible King-level because his other weaknesses were far too obvious.

Moreover, the difficulty of Yang Wu's "Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body" demonstrates just how rare amplitude-type secret techniques are!

Even so, it was only because Yang Wu belonged to a top-tier race that it was extremely difficult for ordinary races in the universe to obtain such precious amplitude-type secret techniques.

Yang Wu had cultivated in the simulator for over a thousand years before finally succeeding in the first level of the "Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body," achieving an amplitude of only twice as high.

But if one could receive the inheritance of the Demonic Sound God General, one could achieve a soul amplitude of dozens of times in just a few years. How could such an opportunity not be tempting?

Unfortunately, in order to obtain even greater potential, Yang Wu's first clone chose a life form from the Yan God Clan.

Given Yang Wu's current strength, there is absolutely no way he can break through the encirclement of those immortal-level phantom beasts.

He naturally missed out on inheriting the legacy of the Demonic Sound God.

But Yang Wu had no regrets about his choice. If he had chosen to nurture a Demon Slayer Clan avatar for the sake of the Demon Sound God General's inheritance, that would have been 'picking up a sesame seed and losing a watermelon.'

The soul-type amplitude can be cultivated later, but the potential of the Yan God Clan clone is something Yang Wu desperately needs.

As for the two future clones, they will be Yang Wu's powerful combat force, and naturally he will not waste them for the sake of the Demonic Sound God General's inheritance.

"In that case, let's go to the Glory Secret Realm of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

In the Glory Realm of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, there is only one extreme mission, which is the 'Death Star' mission, ranked 12th.

This training mission called "Death Star" has three tasks, each of which can reward you with 100,000 points.

The reward of 300,000 points doesn't even rank in the top ten among many extreme missions.

However, near that dead star stood an enormous palace, which was called the "Wilderness Temple" by countless powerful figures in the Glory Secret Realm.

Others didn't know what the name meant, but Yang Wu did. The Lord of Desolation was the leader of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

Perhaps besides other extreme missions, there are other universe lords guarding them, but with Yang Wu's current authority, he simply cannot find any information about universe lords, including their names.

Therefore, after reading all the introductions to the extreme-level missions, Yang Wu could only think of the universe lords who had appeared in the original work.

The Lord of the Wasteland of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance is one of the most famous among them.

First, the Lord of Desolation is the leader of the three Universe Lords in the Universe Mercenary Alliance. Moreover, the Lord of Desolation is a Universe Lord with numerous clones.

Including its main body, the Lord of Desolate Mirror has a total of four bodies, making it extremely powerful.

Since the Lord of the Wasteland can guard outside the Death Star, the Death Star must be extremely important to the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

"It will probably take about two years to travel from the Primal Realm to the Glory Realm," Yang Wu thought to himself. "But it's worth it, considering the fact that the Desolate Temple can be stationed near the Death Star speaks volumes!"

Then, Yang Wu gently tapped the screen.

"drop!"

"Please confirm acceptance of the Death Star training mission."

"Received successfully."

"Please fill in your departure time. Virtual Universe Company will arrange for someone to take you to the Death Star."

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The Death Star is an ancient and mysterious star in the Glory Realm, which ranks first in the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, and it floats in the void.

Although it is called a star, the Death Star has a diameter of 30 billion kilometers, making it an extremely large celestial body in the universe.

It's important to understand that even the tens of thousands of primordial stars that appear only once every countless years, closest to the origin of the universe, are only a hundred billion kilometers in diameter.

The Death Star was born in the Glory Realm and is constantly shrouded in extremely rich cosmic energy, which makes the life on this planet incredibly powerful.

There are three Death Star missions:

1. Survive on the Death Star for three years; success will earn you 100,000 points.

2. Obtain the complete set of ten Origin Crystals (a specialty of the Death Star). Success will earn you 100,000 points.

3. Obtain any one of the Primal Gems (a specialty of the Death Star). Success will earn you 100,000 points.

Yang Wu looked at the introduction to the Death Star mission in front of him, and kept thinking.

"Primal Crystal? Primal Gem? Perhaps the secrets of the Death Star lie within this Primal Gem!"

Most of the missions in the extreme difficulty level are very ordinary "survival missions" and "collection missions", while the normal and dangerous missions are the ones with requirements such as "hunting".

After all, in extreme missions, the trial participants encounter many dangers, including the environment itself, which can hinder them from successfully completing the mission.

After receiving the mission, Yang Wu set the date for five days later because he needed to make some preparations before heading to the Death Star.

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Five days later.

A spaceship arrived in Yang Wu's territory. This was the spaceship arranged by the Virtual Universe Company to take him to the Glory Secret Realm of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

A lean old man with silver scales covering his face stepped out of the spaceship. He had a smile on his face and exuded an aura of eternal immortality.

Upon closer inspection, Yang Wu discovered that the lean old man was none other than Ron, the immortal deity who had escorted him to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company on Rhine Star more than a hundred years ago.

"Your Highness Yang Wu." The lean old man, Ron, had bright eyes and his voice was even more respectful than when he first met Yang Wu.

"What a coincidence!" Fully armed Yang Wu said with a smile upon seeing Ron, "Looks like I'll have to trouble you again, Mr. Ron!"

"Your Highness is too kind!" the lean old man, Ron, said with a smile. "This is simply my duty! Moreover, it is my honor to have such a connection with Your Highness!"

Actually, it wasn't a coincidence that Ron came to pick up Yang Wu to go to the Glory Secret Realm.

For the past 100,000 years, Ron's task within the Virtual Universe Corporation has been to transport some of the company's important members.

Originally, it was a friend of Ron who was supposed to escort Yang Wu to the Glory Secret Realm, but after learning about this, he had to pay a considerable price to get the mission in return.

Changing tasks, especially for a peerless genius like Yang Wu, is quite troublesome.

Fortunately, Ron had a good relationship with his friend, and his performance evaluations within the company had always been excellent. Even so, he paid the price of nearly a thousand mixed units.

An ordinary immortal deity in the universe has a total asset of only ten thousand Chaos Units.

As a member of the Virtual Universe Corporation, Ron is quite powerful, and his wealth naturally surpasses that of ordinary immortals.

But nearly a thousand mixed units, which is almost one percent of all the cash he has on him.

Ron went to such great lengths to secure the task of picking up and dropping off Yang Wu in order to cultivate a good relationship with Yang Wu beforehand.

Over the past hundred years, many pieces of news about Yang Wu have greatly shocked Ron.

More than a hundred years ago, when Ron first took Yang Wu to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, he had already realized Yang Wu's extraordinary nature, so he was very polite to Yang Wu along the way.

But what he didn't expect was that Yang Wu's extraordinary abilities were yet to come!

During his thirty years in Chaos City, Yang Wu first passed the sixth level of the Bridge to Heaven, then became a disciple of the Nine Swords Venerable, and finally passed the ninth level of the Bridge to Heaven when he left Chaos City.

Ron had participated in a cosmic-level battle of powerhouses before, so he understood better what Yang Wu's cultivation speed meant.

Ron was originally the master of the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, and after a long period of cultivation, he finally broke through to the Immortal Realm. But now, tens of millions of years have passed, and his understanding of the laws has only reached the thirteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

As for Yang Wu, he only had thirty years of cultivation before he passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge!

With such talent, as long as he doesn't perish, reaching the pinnacle of becoming a king in the future will be no problem at all.

More importantly, Yang Wu is a direct disciple of the Nine Swords Venerable! The Nine Swords Venerable has dozens of King-level experts under his command, making him one of the top executives in the Virtual Universe Company.

Once Yang Wu becomes a King-level Immortal, he will wield considerable power within the Virtual Universe Company! And if Ron can cultivate a good relationship with Yang Wu beforehand, he will undoubtedly benefit greatly in the future.

If Ron had known earlier that Yang Wu's talent was so extraordinary, he would have warmly befriended Yang Wu the first time he met him.

Every time news of Yang Wu reached Ron's ears, he felt a pang of regret.

Fortunately, the opportunity has come again, so Ron paid a considerable price to get the mission of picking up and dropping off Yang Wu.

"Your Highness, please board the spaceship!" said the lean old man, Ron, respectfully.

"Okay!" Yang Wu nodded and, led by Ron, entered the spaceship. The hatch closed and the spaceship began to slowly ascend.

"Respectfully seeing off Your Highness!"

Led by Field, the leader of the guards, numerous guards and servants bowed in salute.

Whoosh!

The spaceship's speed soared, and it quickly left the Wuchen space-time. After accelerating to the speed of light in a specially cleared area, it began its cosmic journey and entered the dark universe.

(End of this chapter)