Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 323 The Flame God Clan's Avatar (A Belated Happy New Year)

As the spaceship gradually disappeared from sight, the Bloodblade Squad members all felt a little uneasy.

"Xia has left!" Bloodblade Marquis said with utmost seriousness, "While a peak-level King-rank expert can be our backer, he also poses a great danger to us! Therefore, before leaving the extraterritorial battlefield, we must not reveal our relationship with Xia!"

"Yes, Captain!" the Bloodblade Squad members replied quickly.

Having spent years venturing into battlefields outside their own territory, they are certainly not fools.

If their relationship with Xia were exposed, Xia's enemies might come looking for trouble.

It would be better to keep it hidden until a real crisis occurs, then ask Xia for help.

"Alright, we've had enough to eat and drink this time. Let's head back to our rest area!"

After speaking, Bloodblade Marquis ordered the spaceship to fly in a different direction.

……

In the control room of the F-class spaceship, Yang Wu sat on a comfortable sofa, slowly sipping a glass of fruit wine.

With the valuable detector at his disposal, he had no worries about being ambushed by enemies on the extraterritorial battlefield.

After all, even if a large detector cannot detect the enemy's tracks, a small detector can still detect the enemy's probes.

"The resources I had before were almost exhausted, but now I have a lot more!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

Leaving aside his previous accumulations, the Fear Golden Hou, who was at the peak of the Marquis level, alone provided him with one trillion military merits and nearly fifty million mixed-element units.

Although it's not a huge amount, it's enough to keep the Time Palace running for a while.

Moreover, as time goes by, he will accumulate wealth at an increasingly faster pace, and he may soon be able to get the Time Palace running at an even higher time flow rate.

Yang Wu was filled with anticipation.

With the existence of the time simulator, the faster the flow of time within the Time Palace, the faster his strength will naturally increase.

"Master, there's mail!"

Suddenly, Chi Yan's voice rang in Yang Wu's mind.

"Hmm?" Yang Wu asked, somewhat puzzled, then ordered, "Project the message!"

Strong individuals on the battlefield outside the domain, unless they are in deep seclusion, generally will send a wisp of their consciousness to connect to the virtual universe.

For the strong, such a task is far too simple. Furthermore, during battle, they must activate virtual universe synchronous teleportation to monitor the fighting and record military achievements!

Soon, a series of messages appeared on the virtual screen in front of Yang Wu; it was an email sent by the military system.

"Soldier Yang Wu, you have successfully completed your military merit quota and left the unit. You now have two new options."

"One: Continue fighting on the extraterritorial battlefield; Two: Retire and leave the extraterritorial battlefield!"

"I choose to continue fighting!" Yang Wu said immediately.

His goal of coming to the battlefield outside the region has not yet been achieved, so naturally he cannot leave now.

After receiving Yang Wu's reply, the military withdrawal system for the overseas battlefield quickly sent another email.

"Now that you are a free person, you have gained the right to use military merits to 'exchange for treasures,' or you can directly exchange military merits for money. Every 100,000 military merits can be exchanged for 1 Hunyuan Unit. Considering that you are a core member of the Virtual Universe Company, you can also exchange military merits for points used internally by the Virtual Universe Company. Every 100,000 military merits can be exchanged for 1 point."

"You choose to continue fighting."

"First, you are free to act on your own."

"Second, you can choose to lead an army and act according to the army system's deployment. This way, you can get an extra 50% reward when you earn military merits."

Please make a choice!

"I choose the first option, alone!" Yang Wu said without hesitation. He had just left an elite team like the Blood Blade Squad, so he naturally had no interest in leading an army into battle again.

"Recorded. Soldier Yang Wu, you are now a free soldier in the Seventh Battlefield, enjoying many rights. Of course, you can also apply to lead troops into battle at any time." After recording Yang Wu's information, the extraterritorial battlefield army system immediately disconnected the connection.

"Next, my real journey on the extraterritorial battlefield will begin!" Yang Wu sat on the comfortable sofa in the control room, downed the fruit wine in his glass in one gulp, and looked down at the vast Yanji Continent through the exterior simulation.

With the detection range of the large detector that Yang Wu carries with him, he can detect the powerful alien squads at any time.

When he was with the Blood Blade Squad, he couldn't move freely, but now that he's alone, Yang Wu naturally wants to take care of his opponent easily.

"Next, we'll have to rely on the avatar of the Flame God Clan to carry out our actions!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

"Firstly, it allows the Yan God Clan clone to fuse with more Blood Crystals and even evolve its own life gene level."

"Secondly, the Yan God Clan entered the extraterritorial battlefield and joined the Zerg camp. What the Yan God Clan did has nothing to do with our human camp?"

In fact, most powerful figures on the battlefield outside the region are unable to clearly distinguish which faction their enemy belongs to.

After all, the battlefield outside the realm is fraught with danger. A powerful figure might belong to the demon race today, but be enslaved by a powerful figure from the mechanical race tomorrow.

The only ones that could be clearly identified were the strong members of the same faction marked by the extraterritorial battlefield.

As for most alien enemies, one can only rely on past experience to determine their faction.

Just like the powerful demon race member enslaved by the Heavenly Array King in the original story, as long as he is not discovered by others to have attacked the powerful demon race members, then he belongs to the demon race camp.

In other words, as long as Yang Wu's Flame God Clan clone does not attack the Zerg camp's powerful members, or attacks with incredible speed, the Flame God Clan clone can completely disguise itself as a powerful member of the Zerg camp.

Of course, such disguise is only temporary. As long as a strong member of the Zerg faction contacts the Flame God Clan avatar through the military system, they can easily discover that Yang Wu does not belong to the Zerg faction.

Anyone who puts their mind to it will eventually figure out that the Flame God Clan's avatar belongs to the human camp.

However, the Zerg's military system is almost identical to that of the Demon Race, far inferior to that of the Human and Mechanical Races. By the time they are exposed, the Flame God Clan's clone may have already accumulated enough wealth.

With this in mind, Yang Wu immediately made a decision.

"From now on, when using the Flame God Clan clones, I'll only target the strong members of the Demon Clan and the Mechanical Clan. That way, I can keep it a secret for longer!"

"Red Flame, quickly mark all the alien powerhouse teams within the detection range, mainly the demon race and the mechanical race!" Yang Wu immediately ordered.

"Yes, Master!"

Soon, Chi Yan marked all the information about the alien races and quickly said, "Master, there are 12 powerful alien race teams within the detection range. Nine of them belong to the demon race and the mechanical race. Considering the distance and the wealth of the alien race teams, Master, your best choice is the powerful team that belongs to the demon race."

As soon as Chi Yan finished speaking, a projection of an alien squad appeared in front of Yang Wu.

This alien squad consists of six people, led by two short figures who are only a little over one meter tall, hunched over, covered in black scales, and with bright green eyes.

"Two Marquis-level Demonic Monkeys?" Yang Wu's heart stirred.

The Magic Snail Monkey is a member of the demon race, just like the Blade Clan is a member of the human race.

The two demonic snail monkeys in front of Yang Wu, one a high-ranking Marquis and the other a low-ranking Marquis, would be considered a formidable force even on the Yanji Continent.

"Master, this powerful squad of demons is 1.2 million kilometers away. I've been monitoring their conversations, and it seems they've killed a group of enemies and gained quite a bit. Should we make this squad our primary target?" Chi Yan asked Yang Wu in his mind.

"There are so many powerful figures in the demon race!" Yang Wu couldn't help but exclaim.

Although the strength of the four major factions on the extraterritorial battlefield is roughly the same, the proportion of strong individuals among the four top races varies greatly.

Since Yang Wu arrived at the extraterrestrial battlefield, he has encountered no strong individuals from the four major races. He has also encountered very few strong individuals from the insect race, and the mechanical race is also quite rare. As for the demon race, he has encountered the most strong individuals.

This is quite normal, as the demon race is the strongest among the four most powerful races today.

If we exclude the progenitors who were suppressed by the original universe, the number of immortal gods, cosmic venerables, cosmic lords, and the strongest beings in the universe is the largest among the four peak races. It is precisely because of this that the demon race has the largest territory.

The larger the territory, the more powerful individuals will emerge in the future.

In the original story, if Luo Feng hadn't suddenly risen to prominence, the human race might not have been a match for the demon race when the original universe was destroyed!

"These things are far off for me right now, let's focus on the present!"

Thinking of this, Yang Wu immediately ordered Chi Yan, "That's them! Activate signal jamming and fly over slowly!"

At the same time, Yang Wu also released his Fiery God Clan clone, handing over the auxiliary metal life form Kash and the God-Slaying Spear to the Fiery God Clan clone.

Because they shared the same soul, Kash did not feel any aversion to the Fiery God Clan clone.

However, strictly speaking, the current strength of the Flame God Clan clone is a notch below that of the Earth human main body, because the Flame God Clan clone has not become a Black Warrior, and its current life gene is only 16 times that of ordinary life in the universe, while the Earth human main body has indeed reached 40 times.

Of course, even if the Yan God Clan clone could only mobilize 1600 times the power of a World Lord after being possessed by Kash, it still possessed the ultimate combat power of a King, making it easy for it to deal with a team of alien races led by a high-level Marquis-level Demon Snail Monkey.

"Yes, Master!" Chi Yan replied immediately.

Whoosh!

The spaceship quickly flew towards the powerful squad of demons.

……

Within the territory of the demon race, in a secret cosmic realm.

In the silent void, streaks of azure lightning flashed continuously, and at the very center of these lightning bolts stood a majestic temple.

Just after Yang Wu and the Blood Blade Squad separated, a silver fox with seven tails suddenly appeared in front of the temple.

A soft, alluring voice echoed throughout the space: "Dark Night, an old friend has arrived. Aren't you going to show yourself?"

Before the words had even faded, a giant two-headed serpent slowly flew out of the temple; it was none other than the temple's master, the Dark Lord.

The Dark Lord is a powerful cosmic overlord among the demon race, in charge of their intelligence department. Throughout countless ages, countless geniuses from other races have perished under his orders.

"Silver Fox, what brings you here?" The Dark Lord's voice hissed, sending shivers down one's spine.

"Hehe, can't I come sit here for a while if there's nothing wrong?" The seven-tailed silver fox said softly, "Dark Night, just now, our clan's Purple Sky King in the outer battlefield sent back a message saying that a new King-level powerhouse has appeared among the human race on the Yanji Continent, the seventh battlefield in the outer realms!"

"Oh? There are only so many people among the human race who have reached the pinnacle of the King-level powerhouse realm, and now another one has appeared?" The Dark Night Monarch frowned and asked, "Is the news accurate?"

Although there are many King-level experts on the human side of the extraterrestrial battlefield, most of them are powerful beings from various races in the universe who have temporarily joined the human side. The number of King-level experts who truly belong to the human race itself is not that many.

"Of course it's true! This is a battle video that little Ziqiong sent back to the clan!"

After the Seven-Tailed Silver Fox finished speaking, it immediately waved its front paw, and a phantom screen appeared in the void. The screen was playing a video of Yang Wu killing the peak-level Fear Golden Hou.

"To annihilate a peak Marquis with a single strike—that's undoubtedly the limit of a King!" the Dark Night Monarch said coldly. "I've never included this human in my records before; he must be a newly emerged human powerhouse. I never expected another King-level expert to appear among these damned humans!"

"This is the first time this person has entered the extraterritorial battlefield, so their strength may even improve."

"Snake Shadow!"

At the command of the Dark Lord, a phantom snake shadow appeared beside him.

"Master!" the illusory snake shadow said respectfully.

The Dark Lord made no attempt to conceal his identity from the Seven-Tailed Silver Fox, directly ordering, "Record this human's information and place him 13th on the Human Race's Second-Class Assassination List. His kill merit will be increased tenfold!"

The intelligence departments within the four top clans each maintain various assassination lists, with different rankings.

For races like humans and machines, the same list is used for both geniuses and immortal gods; however, for races like insects and demons, the assassination lists are divided into two separate lists for geniuses below the immortal level and immortal gods.

Among the demon race, the first-class assassination list targets geniuses below the immortal level from the other three races. Once such geniuses fall, unless they have extremely high talent or a powerful background, the strongmen of each race generally will not try to resurrect them. The second-class assassination list targets immortal gods from the other three races. Even if the strongmen of each race try to resurrect these people, they will pay a very high price.

"Yes, Master!" the illusory snake shadow replied respectfully immediately.

With a wave of his hand, the illusory snake shadow vanished.

Seeing that the Dark Lord had finished dealing with the matter, the Seven-Tailed Silver Fox continued softly, "Dark Lord, that little fellow Zi Qiong was able to discover such a threat this time, which can be considered a merit!"

"King Ziqiong's contribution this time is indeed significant. I can award him a military merit equivalent to killing a peak-level King!" Lord Dark Night nodded and said.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he only ranked that human at the peak of the King realm thirteenth on the assassination list this time; that's the thirteenth among all the immortal gods of the human race!

In terms of prestige, it's far superior to those of geniuses!

It's just that the geniuses on the top assassination list are easier to assassinate, which is why they have a higher priority.

"Dark Night, Zi Qiong doesn't really need these military merits. Could you plead with the Assassin King on her behalf and ask him to stop making things difficult for her?" the Seven-Tailed Silver Fox asked softly.

"Silver Fox, it's not that I don't want to help you!" the Dark Night Monarch said helplessly, "That Thorn King is a direct descendant of the Demon Ancestor, even I have to give him some face. Besides, although the Purple Sky King's contribution this time was not bad, it's not much among my demon race. I really have no choice!"

"It would be more plausible if the Purple Sky King had discovered traces of Yang Wu, that peerless human genius!"

"Besides, Thorn King is considered one of the most outstanding geniuses in our demon race, I don't know why Zi Qiong just won't agree!"

"Alas!" The seven-tailed silver fox sighed and said, "Yang Wu is an unparalleled genius of the human race, whose talent is no less than that of the former Lord Changjiu. How could the human race possibly let him venture into the outer battlefields!"

"Forget it, I'll think of another way, Ziqiong!" the seven-tailed silver fox said helplessly.

She was the only Universe Venerable in the Silver Fox Clan, and the Purple Sky King's strength was enough to rank him among the top five in the clan. She really didn't want him to stay in the perilous extraterrestrial battlefield.

Back in the clan, there are many treasures that can aid in cultivation, and perhaps the Purple Sky King's strength can increase considerably.

Seeing the Seven-Tailed Silver Fox's helpless expression, the Dark Night Monarch immediately said, "Silver Fox, why don't you try to plead with the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf? If the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf intervenes, then the Thorn King will definitely stop bothering the Purple Sky King!"

"Hmm!" The seven-tailed silver fox nodded slightly and then disappeared, while the Dark Lord returned to the temple.

……

At this moment, Yang Wu had no idea that his casually disguised identity had already attracted the attention of the demon race.

"Die!"

A dazzling crimson spear light traversed the sky, completely annihilating the high-ranking Marquis-level Demon Snail Monkey. The aftershocks even caused several other immortal gods to lose a significant amount of their divine bodies.

"How is this possible? How is this possible?" The remaining low-ranking Marquis-level Demon Snail Monkey was terrified.

He didn't even see the enemy before his captain, who was even stronger than him, had already fallen.

Then, several more spear lights flashed, and the remaining few demon race immortals didn't even have time to escape before the battle ended.

Until their demise, these immortal gods of the demon race never saw where the enemy came from.

call!

After the battle ended, Yang Wu appeared in the sky above the battle area, wearing the Sky-Stepping Boots.

"With my current strength, killing a high-level Marquis is indeed very easy!"

Yang Wu casually put away his spoils and sighed with a smile.

Killing a high-ranking alien marquis would earn him military merits, enough to be exchanged for one million Chaos Units, with spoils of war worth at least several million Chaos Units. All of this would be enough for the Time Palace to operate at ten times the time flow for half a month, and this was merely Yang Wu's harvest in a short moment.

"The extraterritorial battlefield is indeed my treasure trove!" Yang Wu thought to himself. "Even if I can't kill the Purple Bell King for the time being, I can probably still maintain the Time Palace operating at an even faster time flow rate!"

"Okay, let's move on to the next team!"

With this in mind, Yang Wu immediately boarded a spaceship and left. Then, following Chi Yan's analysis, he headed towards the second alien team.

Yang Wu then began his killing spree on the Yanji Continent.

The true human from Earth remained hidden behind the scenes, no longer appearing, while the avatar of the Flame God Clan disguised himself as a powerful member of the Zerg camp, frantically slaughtering many powerful members of the Demon Clan and the Mechanical Clan.

In subsequent battles, whenever Yang Wu accumulated a large amount of resources, he would send them to the Time Palace located at the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters through the divine kingdom of the metal life form Kash.

Meanwhile, the Time Palace began operating at ten times the speed of time flow, without ever stopping.

I was still a bit busy today. I wrote over 5,000 words, not counting any extra chapters, but consider it a blessing from yesterday.

(End of this chapter)