Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 315 Departure

"My military merits amount to one trillion," Yang Wu said calmly.

"One trillion?" The assassin stared at Yang Wu in astonishment, his eyes wide, and asked earnestly, "You're not mistaken, are you?"

Everyone else looked at Yang Wu with disbelief, as if they had witnessed something incredible. Even Bloodblade Marquis stared at Yang Wu in astonishment.

"Damn, a trillion military merits? Unbelievable!"

"My God, how long will it take to complete a trillion military merits?"

"It's hard to imagine that such a high amount of military merit would be awarded to a newcomer?"

"It seems our team has recruited a very skilled expert this time."

The members of the Bloodblade Squad were discussing among themselves.

The Yanbolu clan's high-ranking Marquis Immortal, nicknamed "Storm," seemed to have a hint of fighting spirit in his eyes as he looked at Yang Wu.

"Haha!" Bloodblade Marquis laughed loudly, "It seems our team has really struck gold this time!"

Then, Bloodblade Marquis looked at Yang Wu and explained, "Xia, you are a newcomer, so you may not be familiar with the military merit quota system."

"As the saying goes, 'the capable are given more work,' the stronger a person is, the higher their military merit will be! When a new recruit enters the battlefield outside the territory, the amount of military merit he is assigned can accurately reflect his strength."

"The so-called authorization granted at the beginning was just a very rough assessment of strength, only dividing people into 'ordinary realm lords,' 'elite realm lords,' 'realm lord generals,' 'low-level immortal military lords,' and so on. But this can only be considered a rough assessment of strength. Even two people with the same strength certification will have different strengths, and this can also be seen in the amount of military merit."

Bloodblade Marquis continued, "The military merits of those Realm Lords are roughly between 100 million and 1 billion, while the military merits of lower-ranking Immortal Lords are roughly between 10 billion and 10 billion. If a Realm Lord is assigned 10 billion military merits, it means that... the opponent possesses strength comparable to an ordinary Immortal God."

"The military merit points for a high-level Immortal Lord are between 10 billion and 100 billion, while those for a low-level Marquis are between 100 billion and 1 trillion. Your military merit points have reached the upper limit of 1 trillion, which is enough to show that you at least possess strength comparable to a high-level Marquis Immortal!"

"Yes, the captain is right!"

"One trillion military merits! My god, that assassin is a monster! He only had 900 billion military merits back then, which was quite close to the upper limit for a high-level military lord. I didn't expect this one to be even more monstrous!"

The other team members also looked at Yang Wu with awe.

Immortal God recruits are rare to begin with, and those who can reach the Marquis level are even rarer.

But now, the newcomer who has joined their team is not only at the initial level of the Marquis rank, but is also able to unleash even stronger strength. How could they not be surprised?

King Kong scratched his head and said憨厚ly, "One trillion military merits—that's something you have to kill ten thousand ordinary alien immortal gods to accumulate. Even a high-ranking military lord would need to kill a thousand! I've been in the extraterrestrial battlefield for six thousand years, and I've only accumulated a little over 50 billion military merits so far!"

The illusionist Huoxin from the Chimei clan also exclaimed in amazement, "No wonder you went to the Yanji Continent as soon as you arrived at the outer battlefield, Xia! It's really too difficult to accumulate so many military merits elsewhere! But don't worry, our team will work together and definitely help you reach your military merit quota!"

Defeating a World Lord general solo usually earns you 1000 million military merits.

Killing an ordinary immortal god solo earns 100 million military merits.

And so on, killing an Immortal Army Lord (high-level alien race) earns 1000 billion military merits, killing a Marquis (low-level alien race) earns 10 billion military merits, killing a Marquis (high-level alien race) earns 100 billion military merits... killing a King (high-level alien race) earns 100 trillion military merits, and killing a King (peak-level alien race) earns 1000 trillion military merits!

In other words... a new recruit needs to kill at least ten skilled fighters of the same rank to complete their military merit quota.

Yang Wu, on the other hand, was determined to kill a hundred beings of the same level as himself!

At the level of immortal gods, defeating an opponent is relatively easy, but killing an opponent has become extremely difficult.

Especially after reaching the Marquis level, all the powerful individuals possess immortality. If their strength is similar, it is very difficult to kill an opponent in a one-on-one fight.

"I think it's alright!" Yang Wu said with a smile.

To be honest, he didn't think much of the one trillion military merits allocated to him by the military system. He could easily accumulate them by killing a single alien at the peak of the Marquis level.

The Blood Blade Squad members thought Yang Wu's military achievements were exaggerated and never imagined that he had the potential to kill a high-ranking Marquis or even a peak Marquis.

After all, even the Blood Blade Marquis at the peak of the Marquis rank usually only deals with some low-rank Marquis rank enemies with the help of many teammates. If he wants to deal with high-rank Marquis rank enemies, he will inevitably have to pay a huge price.

But what they didn't know was...

Yang Wu's trillion military merits were the maximum limit that the military system could allocate to the initial level of immortality military merits. Even if Yang Wu had greater strength, the military system could not allocate a higher amount of military merits.

However, the life-and-death trials at the level of the Realm Master within the Virtual Universe Company also have certain requirements for Yang Wu.

The higher-ups at Virtual Universe Company clearly already knew about the treasures bestowed upon him by the Nine Swords Venerable and the Dragon Lord, so they had very high expectations for his life-or-death trials.

The requirement is—1000 trillion military merit points!

Only by accumulating a staggering 1000 trillion military merits can one leave the extraterritorial battlefield. This is Yang Wu's "World Lord-level Life and Death Trial".

One requirement is from the military system, and the other is from the life-and-death experience of a virtual universe company's world leader.

One is one trillion, and the other is ten quadrillion.

Aside from Yang Wu and the future Luo Feng, even peerless geniuses like Coty and Venerable Fiery, who exist in a single place for tens of millions of epochs, would probably find it difficult to complete such a training mission.

Of course, Yang Wu didn't take the military merit quota allocated by the Military Intelligence Bureau or the task requirements from the higher-ups of the Virtual Universe Company to heart.

He came to this extraterrestrial battlefield to accumulate enough wealth to maintain the operation of the Time Palace.

Even ten trillion military merits would be far from enough!

Moreover, if given the opportunity, Yang Wu would also try to kill a peak-level King-level expert like the Purple Bell King, who possesses powerful protective treasures. That would be far more difficult than completing a life-or-death trial at the World Lord level.

"Then when our team sets off next time, we'll have to see for ourselves how strong you are, our newest member!" Bloodblade Marquis said with a smile.

The other team members also looked at Yang Wu, their eyes filled with anticipation.

In the brutal battlefields beyond the borders, no one knows what dangers they will encounter next. The stronger the team, the greater their chances of survival.

"No problem," Yang Wu said with a smile.

Thus, after submitting his application to join the team, Yang Wu successfully became a member of the elite God Squad, the Blood Blade Squad.

Because the Bloodblade Squad had only recently returned to the barracks and needed to rest for more than ten days, Yang Wu had to stay at the barracks during this time, while also learning a lot about survival experience on the extraterritorial battlefield from the other team members.

Although Yang Wu has been fighting on the extraterritorial battlefield for tens of thousands of years in the simulator, he doesn't know much about the extraterritorial battlefield because the rewards he chooses are all martial arts insights.

All of Yang Wu's information was obtained through his own research. Although such information was detailed, there were some aspects that the Blood Blade Squad members, who had personally experienced the battles, did not understand as deeply.

There were also some experiences that these veterans had accumulated over many years of fighting on foreign battlefields, which Yang Wu could not find. He listened carefully to what they had to say, so that he would not be flustered when he encountered the same situation.

Although Yang Wu's strength was already quite good in this extraterrestrial battlefield, he did not feel invincible.

On this battlefield beyond the realm, there are countless powerful alien races, and their methods of killing are unpredictable and bizarre. Even the Purple Bell King, who had a lot of good fortune, is just one example. Even a powerful king at the limit of his power will perish. With Yang Wu's current defense, he is far from having the right to be proud.

……

Twelve days later, the Bloodblade Squad was finally about to set off for the extraterritorial battlefield.

Inside a large hall with a diameter exceeding 30,000 kilometers, the entire Bloodblade Squad gathered, fully prepared for battle.

Inside the hall, spaceships were lined up in their respective orders. Some of these spaceships were thousands of meters in diameter, while others were hundreds of meters in diameter.

The number of space warriors carried on spaceships also varies. Some spaceships can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, while others, like the Blood Blade Squad, only have a few powerful warriors.

"Set off!"

Clad in blood-red armor, Bloodblade Marquis exuded an astonishing aura. With a low shout, he swiftly retrieved a flattened F-class spaceship entirely crafted from Guiyan Stone Mother from his World Ring.

Whoosh!

The hatch opened.

Bloodblade Marquis was the first to quickly board the spaceship through the hatch, followed closely by the other team members. The hatch was only closed after the last member of the Yanpolo tribe, Storm, boarded the spaceship.

A dense array of spaceships were seen parked in the assembly hall, then slowly flew forward one by one, entering different passages.

After entering the spaceship, Bloodblade Marquis walked at the front and shouted, "Let's go to the rest room!"

Actually, this was said to Yang Wu; the others had already gotten into the habit of saying it.

The assassin sat down next to Yang Wu and explained with a smile, "Xia, this rest room can also command the intelligent control ship, just like the control room! And you'll understand why once we're in the rest room."

The assassin was a young man from the winged race. Perhaps because they were both geniuses, they admired each other, and he had become the person Yang Wu was closest to these past few days.

Soon, the group arrived at the spaceship's lounge.

The lounge was about 20 meters in diameter and about 10 meters high. Although it was not small, it was not spacious enough for the many members of the Blood Blade Squad, but everyone was extremely satisfied.

"It's so reassuring to be in a safe house!" The assassin walked to the round table, poured himself a glass of fruit wine, and slowly sipped it.

"G-grade metal?" Yang Wu looked around and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

No wonder the space is so small; it turns out this lounge is made of G-grade metal.

The price of just this one lounge is probably equivalent to more than ten F-class spaceships.

"Yes!" The smiling, immortal deity of the Demon Clan, Huoxin, walked to Yang Wu's side and said softly, "The rest room is entirely made of G-grade metal; it's arguably the safest place on the entire spaceship!"

"This was obtained by our captain at an incredible cost for everyone's safety! This rest area can withstand even an attack from a King-level expert!"

Yang Wu nodded.

With the strength of the Bloodblade Squad, they naturally don't need to travel on low-level spaceships like ordinary squads. However, if they wanted to customize a G-class spaceship, even if the entire Bloodblade Squad took out all their wealth, it probably wouldn't be enough.

Therefore, exchanging for such a lounge made of G-grade metal is a good option.

Of course, even this rest room is incredibly valuable. Even a peak-level Marquis would find it quite difficult to produce such a thing.

This shows that Bloodblade Marquis takes great care of his team members; otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to exchange for such a rest room.

"Haha, this rest room alone has already cost me more than half of my wealth. If I wanted to buy a G-class spaceship, it would be beyond my means!" Bloodblade Marquis said with a laugh. "However, if it can make my brothers and sisters safer, this rest room is worth it! I'll just sell it when I retire!"

"Xia, this is your first time in the extraterritorial battlefield, so you should take a good look at what the barracks base looks like!" Bloodblade Marquis said, while ordering, "Activate 100% exterior simulation!"

"Yes!" the assassin beside him exclaimed in agreement, "I've seen this military base countless times, but every time I see it, I'm still awestruck!"

drop!

In an instant, the spaceship seemed to disappear, and Yang Wu and the others felt as if they were in the starry sky.

The spaceships were still waiting in the hall. As time went by, one spaceship after another flew into the passage, and soon it was the Bloodblade Squad's turn.

After flying in a straight line for hundreds of thousands of kilometers within the passage, the spacecraft began to fly along an arc-shaped passage.

Just a moment!

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Along that straight corridor stretching hundreds of thousands of kilometers, heavy gates fell and closed one after another.

at the same time.

The outermost gates of the massive military base were opened one after another. Of the tens of thousands of passages, only a few hundred gates were open at this time.

"Activate the energy defense shield and proceed!" Captain Bloodblade Marquis ordered in a deep voice.

Whoosh!

The spaceship carrying Yang Wu and the others immediately flew out from one of the passageways of the huge military base, and Yang Wu also saw the huge military base floating in the void through the external simulation.

The entire War Base 026 has a diameter of millions of kilometers, making it larger than a star!

This massive war base was completely covered by a layer of colorful energy shield, engraved with countless mysterious and powerful solidified law runes. The mechanical cannons with diameters exceeding hundreds of kilometers looked extremely ferocious, bringing unimaginable shock to everyone when observed up close!

"It's incredibly powerful!" Yang Wu couldn't help but exclaim.

In terms of sheer grandeur, this military base is far inferior to the entire universe headquarters continent of the Virtual Universe Company.

However, in terms of external deterrence, this war base is superior.

After all, the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters has a more restrained defense. Even with such a powerful war base, it is usually hidden away and not as arrogant and unrestrained as it is now.

"This is a top-tier AAA-level divine base!" The ape-man giant King Kong's eyes were filled with fanaticism. "Every military base is our human race's main base on the extraterrestrial battlefield, meaning absolute security. Even a powerful being like a cosmic ruler wouldn't be able to destroy this AAA-level divine base!"

"Look at those cannon muzzles. Most spaceships have already started using energy beams, but the mechanical cannons in this god base, though seemingly outdated, can instantly reduce the vast surrounding starry sky to nothingness once they unleash their power!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Wu smiled, but inwardly shook his head.

The reason why the human race can truly be at peace is not because of these few divine bases, but because of the presence of the strongest being in the universe and nearly twenty universe lords.

Of course, in terms of the battlefield outside the region, this war base can be considered the most powerful force.

Such a top-tier divine base is probably unaffordable even for ordinary cosmic venerables.

……

Inside the spaceship's lounge.

Yang Wu looked out at the void through the exterior simulation.

Although the spaceship was traveling at near-light speed, with his strength, he could still easily see the scene in the void. For example, some shattered insectoid corpses, broken spaceship wreckage, and the corpses and remains of some humans and alien races were floating in the void.

Some were even directly struck by the spaceship carrying Yang Wu and his group.

"The barracks base is our haven! Once we leave the barracks base, anywhere could become our battlefield!"

The assassin brought over a glass of wine and handed it to Yang Wu, asking with a smile, "Xia, is it nerve-wracking entering the extraterritorial battlefield for the first time?"

Yang Wu smiled and said, "The ones who should be nervous about coming to this extraterrestrial battlefield are the alien races!"

"Hahaha!" Vice-Captain Storm laughed, "Well said! Then I wish our Bloodblade Squad a fruitful return from this trip to the extraterritorial battlefield!"

After saying that, Storm drank the wine in his cup in one gulp.

"A successful haul!"

At the same time, the other team members also shouted out.

"Haha, there's no rush to fight yet."

Captain Bloodblade Marquis said with a smile, "We're traveling in an F-class spaceship, so we're unlikely to encounter any combat in these low-level combat zones!"

"We'll arrive at an area shortly where there's no wreckage or trash, and we can accelerate to the speed of light for space travel. Once we enter the dark universe, we'll have about ten days to rest. After we arrive at the Yanji Continent, the real bloody battle will begin."

The secret realm of the universe is different from the normal cosmic sky. In addition, there is a lot of dust and debris due to the constant fighting and killing. Therefore, it is necessary to deliberately clear out an area without any obstacles to accelerate the process and thus enable cosmic travel.

In the seventh extraterrestrial battlefield, there are hundreds of millions of such cosmic shuttle points.

Boom!

boom!

Yang Wu and the others boarded the spaceship and avoided some dangerous areas as much as possible. After a short while, they arrived at the cleared area.

However, even within this short distance, Yang Wu sensed the energy fluctuations from several battles.

Fortunately, they were traveling on an F-class spaceship, which was standard equipment for Marquis-level immortal gods, so no one dared to provoke them in this low-level combat zone.

Of course, Bloodblade Marquis and others never let their guard down. They had been venturing into the outer battlefields for many years and had long since developed this habit.

Only after the spaceship entered the dark universe did everyone relax a lot!

(End of this chapter)