Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 310 The Plan Fails

In the palace where the Nightmare Candle King resides in the Wulong Starfield.

The Nightmare Candle King lay on a stone chair covered with the hide of the demon royal family's 'Nine Meng Beast,' while a beautiful and well-proportioned girl from the Illusionary Spirit Clan massaged his shoulders and legs.

Lying on the comfortable stone chair, King Nightmare Candle could see the infinitely beautiful starry sky outside, but at this moment he was cursing in his heart.

"Yang Wu, Yang Wu!"

"How dare they ignore me? They deserve to die!"

During the banquet just now, he had clearly shown great enthusiasm, but Yang Wu still ignored him.

You should know that as the only son of Venerable Fire Erosion, even some cosmic Venerables are quite kind to him when they meet. Apart from the damage that True King of Derivation caused him, when has he ever suffered such an insult?

"However, even if Yang Wu is highly talented, he is still a native and has never seen any treasures before."

"I don't know where I heard the news, but I came here to hunt for treasures!"

The Nightmare Candle King sneered inwardly.

For some immortal gods with no background, this garbage star field is certainly a treasure land, but for these powerful beings with backgrounds, what treasures could there be in the garbage field?

It should be noted that what is transported to this garbage star region consists of trash that has already been sorted out on the extraterrestrial battlefield.

If there were any valuable treasures, they would have been taken away long ago.

Even if a few items are occasionally lost, what kind of incredible luck would it take to find them in such a vast, garbage star field?

Treasure hunting in the garbage mountain is just a bit of fun, while the Realm Lord level is an extremely important stage in a cultivation career. Why waste time on it?

"Hmph, what is that? Just a bit more talented!"

"Besides, he's just a realm lord right now. I don't believe he can become that strong."

"The path to becoming a strongman is never easy. Every step is fraught with countless dangers. The more extraordinary his talent becomes, the more those alien races want to kill him!"

"Cody, who was once comparable to my father, has perished because of an assassination attempt by an alien race. I'll be waiting for the day you fall," Nightmare Candle King thought viciously to himself.

Nightmare Candle King's talent and comprehension are extremely ordinary. If he relies on his own cultivation, it is unlikely that he can break through to the World Lord level.

Fortunately, he had a father with extraordinary talent who became a cosmic venerable in just a few hundred thousand years, thus paying a huge price to help him break through to immortality.

But precisely because of this, the Nightmare Candle King was also extremely jealous of other geniuses.

For example, the True King, who lived in the same era as him, held a grudge for millions of years because he was humiliated by the other party.

Throughout countless millennia, whenever he had the chance, he would seek trouble with the True King, and he wouldn't even spare the king's disciples and friends!

……

Just as Yang Wu was heading to the garbage mountain to search for treasures.

"The name of Yang Wu, a peerless human genius, appeared on the bill of the Wulong Starfield, one of the nine garbage starfields in the human territory. He purchased a year of Taobao time in the Wulong Starfield. It is speculated that he will be in the Wulong Starfield within the next month."

This intelligence, after undergoing hundreds of password conversions in the virtual universe network, was finally delivered in a very ordinary email to an email receiving point under the command of a Zerg organization that had infiltrated human territory.

Within a magnificent divine realm, a towering temple sits atop a high mountain.

A green-skinned man with a black horn appeared out of thin air in a spacious hall.

In the hall, a figure shrouded in a golden robe sat cross-legged in meditation.

"Hmm?" The man in the golden robe looked up, his gaze falling on the green-skinned man like a sharp sword.

"Master!" the green-skinned man hurriedly and respectfully said, "We just received intelligence that Yang Wu, the peerless genius of the human race, has appeared in the Wulong Star Region, one of the nine garbage star regions in human territory, and has purchased a year's worth of Taobao time!"

"Yang Wu?" A glint of light flashed in the golden-robed man's eyes. "He's finally reappeared!"

Whoosh!

The figure in the golden robe vanished instantly.

With Yang Wu's current strength, the Zerg's infiltrative organizations within the human race's territory are simply incapable of carrying out the assassination.

Therefore, this message was transmitted to the Zerg territory in a very short time.

In the virtual world set up within the Zerg territory.

The Zerg Queen, Feathered Empress, sat high on her enormous throne.

"Humanity's garrison in the nine junk star systems is very strong. Even sending immortal gods or cosmic venerables would find it difficult to kill them!"

"However, since Yang Wu has already left Chaos City, he must be planning to undergo life-or-death training at the World Lord level within the human race!"

The Lord of Yu Tu softly commanded, "Give the order to closely monitor Yang Wu's every move and find out where he is training."

"Yes!" The Zerg Queen, a cosmic sage-level being who was waiting respectfully below, replied respectfully.

……

The Wulong Starfield is filled with remnants of inter-tribal wars, which have been systematically divided into distinct areas.

Among the countless wreckage, a blood-red triangular spaceship appeared out of nowhere.

This spaceship was not a standard vessel in the Wulong Starfield, yet its appearance did not trigger any alerts from the defense systems within the Wulong Starfield.

Inside the spacecraft's control room, Yang Wu looked down at the monitoring screen on his wristband.

"My location has been marked with a red dot, which means it represents outsiders, while the numerous white dots must be the staff inside this Wulong Starfield!"

Soon, Yang Wu figured out how the monitoring star map worked.

Around the red dots representing outsiders, there are usually one or two white dots at the same time. Outsiders like Yang Wu, who act alone, are extremely rare on the star map.

Soon, Yang Wu chose a place with a lot of war debris and parked the spaceship.

Whoosh!

The hatch opened, and Yang Wu flew out of the spacecraft.

"Hmm?" After a moment, Yang Wu's expression changed slightly.

Because he did not feel anything unusual, which meant that the fragments of armor and general's armor were summoning the avatar of the Flame God Clan.

"Could it be because the Flame God Clan's avatar is inside my body?"

Thinking of this, Yang Wu quickly had his Yan Shen Clan clone use a secret technique recorded in "Notes on Time and Space" to change the size of the body, shrinking it to the size of a thumb and appearing in his hand.

"Still no feeling at all!"

Immediately afterwards, Yang Wu flew back into the spaceship and once again traveled through space to another area where war debris was gathered.

……

A month later.

In the spaceship's control room, Yang Wu frowned slightly.

"In the past month, I have arrived at dozens of large war wreckage sites, but my Flame God Clan avatar has never sensed anything unusual!"

There are nine garbage star regions in the human territory. Although other star regions may also contain fragments of the armor, Yang Wu still sensed the Wulong Star Region, where Luo Feng had collected fragments of the armor in the original work.

Unexpectedly, an unforeseen situation still occurred.

"Could it be that Luo Feng was able to sense the summoning of General Armor and King Armor because of the special nature of the 'Nine Tribulations Secret Manual'?"

Thinking of this, Yang Wu immediately began to search for relevant information about the Yan God Clan through the virtual universe.

A moment later, a look of disappointment appeared on Yang Wu's face.

"As expected, while the strong among the Yan Shen clan can use General Armor and King Armor, I've never heard of anyone being able to sense the summoning of General Armor, let alone reassemble countless fragments into a new General Armor!"

"It seems I was too presumptuous!" Yang Wu chuckled self-deprecatingly, thinking to himself, "If the Yan God Clan truly possessed such capabilities, there wouldn't be so many fragments of soldiers' and generals' armor in this garbage star field!"

"So be it. If I gain it, I'm lucky; if I lose it, it's my fate!"

Despite failing to collect the fragments of the armor, Yang Wu was not discouraged.

After all, aside from defensive capabilities, the support metal life form Kash has a greater advantage in granting power.

After using the armor, the body can no longer use the Amplification Secret Technique, but with the assistance of a metallic life form possessing it, the Amplification Technique can be performed again.

Yang Wu came to this garbage star field to find Jiang Jia, mostly with the intention of finding a bargain.

After all, it would take billions of Chaos Units to cultivate a support metal life form that could grant ten thousand times the power of a World Lord, but collecting a set of armor would not cost him any wealth.

"Perhaps an ordinary Realm Lord would gain more power using armor, but as the level of life's genes increases, Kashgar still has a greater advantage in bestowing power!"

Take Kashgar, a primary auxiliary metal life form, as an example.

To perfectly activate the weapon, one needs to unleash a power a hundred times greater than that of a Realm Lord (including the body's amplification techniques). Once activated, it can increase the power of a Realm Lord by ten thousand times.

However, a newly appointed auxiliary metal life form needs to have a foundation that is a hundred times stronger than that of a World Lord (at the level of life genes, and cannot use the body amplification secret technique) in order to fully mobilize its power. After possessing another life form, it can amplify its power again.

Therefore, in terms of explosive power, the initial-level support metal life form of the King is stronger than the General Armor, but it is much weaker in defense. It can be said that each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

"In that case, I will have to continue cultivating auxiliary metal life forms in the future, which will be another huge expense!" Yang Wu sighed inwardly.

Cultivating immortal-level auxiliary life forms comes at an extremely high cost.

Ordinary immortal gods can at most cultivate auxiliary life forms at the peak of the realm lord level. Even among the marquis-level immortals, only a portion can cultivate immortal-level auxiliary life forms.

While a King-level expert can easily cultivate an Immortal-level auxiliary life form, they can generally only cultivate auxiliary life forms at the peak of the Immortal Military Lord level or the initial level of the Marquis level.

As for cultivating auxiliary life forms at the King level, the cost is even more staggering.

"Forget it, 'the more debts you have, the less you worry.' I don't want to think about it anymore!" Yang Wu shook his head. "Since we can't collect the armor fragments, let's just leave this garbage starfield!"

……

As Yang Wu was about to leave the Wulong Star Region, he was once again warmly received by King Longjue and others, who prepared a lavish farewell banquet for him.

As for the Nightmare Candle King, he was unable to attend due to important matters.

"Your Highness Yang Wu, I wish you a speedy rise to become a new powerhouse among our human race!" King Longjue and the other three raised their glasses enthusiastically.

However, King Longjue and the others never inquired whether Yang Wu had obtained any treasures in the garbage mountain, or where he was going next.

Having lived for so long, King Longjue and the others had long since figured out what they should ask and what they shouldn't ask.

For a genius like Yang Wu, the level of confidentiality for any information is extremely high.

If they ask about Yang Wu's next whereabouts, and then Yang Wu is soon assassinated by the alien race, it will definitely cause them some trouble!

"Thank you all for your hospitality. I'll take my leave now!" Yang Wu said with a smile after the banquet ended.

Soon, under the watchful eyes of King Longjue and others, Yang Wu released his spaceship, which quickly ascended into the sky and, after accelerating to the speed of light, began its cosmic journey.

……

After half an hour.

In a remote corner of the universe, ripples suddenly appeared in space, and a blood-red spaceship materialized out of thin air.

Inside the spacecraft control room.

Yang Wu sat on the exquisite sofa, holding a gorgeous wine glass, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"This place is rather remote, so let's teleport here!" Yang Wu mentally commanded the auxiliary metal life form, Kash.

Long before Kashgar broke through to immortality, Yang Wu handed over a large number of tokens containing the immortal spirit of Kashgar to Ron, an immortal spirit with whom he had a good relationship.

Ron's job within the Virtual Universe Company was to handle transportation missions. During these missions, Ron carefully placed the tokens in various locations within the human territory.

Meanwhile, some of Ron's friends will also help place the keepsake.

Although it has only been a short time, the divine artifacts of Kashgar have already spread to some important areas of human territory.

"Yes, Master!" Kash responded immediately.

Wow!

The auxiliary metal life form Kash, which possessed Yang Wu, instantly emitted a dazzling light, and the hazy light enveloped the surroundings, including the spaceship.

call out!

Yang Wu and the spaceship entered the divine realm of Kashgar through a temporarily opened space passage.

Within the divine realm of Kashgar, Yang Wu once again opened a spatial passage, directly arriving at the location of the coordinate token—a desolate planet near the 'Mysterious Land' planet Augustus.

……

On the surface of a barren planet, golden light shone.

Immediately afterwards, a blood-red triangular spaceship flew out from the light.

Inside the spacecraft control room.

"Master, we have now arrived at a desolate planet two thousand light-years away from the 'Mysterious Land' planet Augustus!" Chi Yan's voice echoed in Yang Wu's mind.

"Head straight to Planet Augustus," Yang Wu ordered.

"Yes, Master," Chi Yan replied hastily.

Whoosh!

The spaceship broke through the planet's atmosphere and reached outer space. After reaching the speed of light, it re-entered the dark universe.

After leaving the Wulong Starfield, Yang Wu did not immediately head to the extraterrestrial battlefield. Instead, he went to his wife Qianshui's hometown, Planet Augustus.

In the previous simulation, his son Yang Chen was about to travel to Chaos City.

Because he needed to get to the battlefield outside the domain as soon as possible, Yang Wu could no longer stay in Chaos City to teach the other party.

However, Yang Wu had already prepared some cultivation treasures for Yang Chen.

Moreover, since Yang Chen was born, apart from the initial period when Yang Wu taught him seriously, his wife Qian Shui had been the one to teach him the rest of the time, which made Yang Wu feel somewhat guilty.

Now that Yang Wu is about to head to the extraterrestrial battlefield, and there are Kashgar's divine kingdom teleportation coordinates near the planet Augustus, Yang Wu naturally wants to see his wife Qianshui and son Yang Chen.

After more than ten minutes of dark space travel, the spaceship arrived in outer space of the planet Augustus.

Before the spaceship even approached the atmosphere of Planet Augustus, Yang Wu had already flown out of the spaceship.

call!

With a wave of his hand, Yang Wu's blood-red spaceship vanished into thin air. He then transformed into a dark golden streak of light, swiftly breaking through the atmosphere and flying into the planet's interior.

The planet Augustus has existed for an incredibly long time, so long that a second cosmic ruler has already appeared on the planet.

It should be noted that the human race comprises 1008 cosmic kingdoms, yet the number of Venerable Ones is only a few thousand.

On average, only a few Venerables can emerge within the territory of a cosmic kingdom.

Of course, after these cosmic venerables broke through, they all belonged to the upper echelons of the five major powers and no longer belonged to a single cosmic nation.

Some of the most elite bloodlines in human races, such as the Wild Gods and the Manka Star People, have only one Universe Venerable among them.

However, two cosmic venerables have already emerged from the lineage of Planet Augustus.

For this reason, the planet Augustus is extremely famous in human territory and is even known as a mysterious place.

Soon, an ancient city suspended in mid-air appeared in Yang Wu's field of vision.

That is the sacred temple of the Augustus planet lineage, where only true immortal gods and some peerless geniuses can reside.

As far as Yang Wu knew, there were tens of thousands of immortal gods living in that floating city, which was comparable to the number of immortal powerhouses in half a universe kingdom.

Furthermore, with the guidance of powerful figures from Planet Augustus, these immortal gods are far more powerful than those immortal gods within the Qianwu Universe.

As one of the most talented geniuses of this era on Planet Augustus, Qian Shui is certainly qualified to live in this floating city.

Wow!

Yang Wu encountered no obstacles and landed directly in front of an exquisite manor within the suspended city.

Qian Shui and Yang Chen were already waiting at the entrance of the manor. When they saw Yang Wu appear, smiles appeared on their faces.

……

Inside the exquisite manor hall.

"Dad!" Yang Chen respectfully knelt down on the ground.

"Get up!" Yang Wu said with a smile, looking at the handsome young man in front of him.

It is unclear whether it is because Yang Wu's life gene level was improved after birth, but Yang Chen's appearance is more similar to that of the Augustus planet lineage.

Fortunately, the Augustians are similar in height and appearance to humans, with little difference except for the mysterious green markings on their bodies.

"Dad, why did you leave Chaos City?" Yang Chen asked in confusion.

"I've now joined the core layer of the Virtual Universe Corporation and will soon be qualified to travel to Chaos City!"

"I originally planned to wait for you in Chaos City!" Yang Wu said with a smile, "However, my strength is now sufficient, and it's time for me to begin my life-and-death training at the World Lord level. After seeing you, I'll be heading to the outer battlefield immediately!"

"An extraterritorial battlefield?" Yang Chen was slightly taken aback.

Qian Shui, who was standing to the side, felt a pang of anxiety upon hearing this.

There are countless powerful figures on the extraterritorial battlefield, and many of them are from the Augustus planet lineage and have perished there.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing Qian Shui's nervousness, Yang Wu smiled and said, "Don't worry, with my strength, as long as I'm careful, there won't be any problems with my safety!"

Immediately, Yang Wu had a thought, and a world ring appeared in his hand.

Yang Wu waved the ring towards Yang Chen and continued, "Inside are some treasures I've prepared for you. Use them wisely!"

Just as Yang Chen accepted the World Ring, Qian Shui, who was standing to the side, suddenly paused for a moment.

"Qianshui, what's wrong?" Yang Wu asked, puzzled.

"Yang Wu, the ancestor of my lineage from Planet Augustus wishes to see you!"

(End of this chapter)