Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 68 Taiyu Star

"Tide of the Soul River?"

Zhou Yang and the others all looked puzzled.

What is that? I've never heard of it before.

It seems there's no description of this in the information Babata collected.

"Gentlemen...you didn't come here because of the Soul River Tide?"

A Liujin asked somewhat uncertainly.

That shouldn't be the case. For core geniuses of such powerful forces, apart from the Soul River Tide eruption, he really couldn't think of anything else in this secret realm that would attract them.

"Ahem... A gilded gold..."

Zhou Yang carefully considered his words before speaking:

"We've only been in this Soul River Secret Realm for a short time, and our information is limited. Could you tell us about the Soul River tides?"

"So that's how it is."

Ah Liujin nodded, not daring to probe further.

He revealed his auxiliary quantum computer and smiled at Zhou Yang, "Let's add each other as friends in the virtual universe, and I'll send you the data on the Soul River Tide."

"it is good."

Zhou Yang smiled and added A Liujin as a friend. Immediately afterward, the other party sent him a lot of information.

"Babata, analyze the data immediately and identify the key information."

Zhou Yang called out softly in his mind.

"receive!"

Babata replied.

A moment later, the information that Babata had analyzed and refined appeared in Zhou Yang's mind.

"The data has been fully analyzed. The key information about the Soul River Secret Realm is as follows."

"First, the Soul River Tide erupts once every 100 years, and each time it lasts for about a month."

The tidal wave will engulf the entire Soul River Secret Realm, but the initial eruption point will be near the 108 ancient stars within the realm.

"Secondly, during the tidal eruption, the 108 ancient stars will continuously spew out powerful blood and qi energy. Cultivating near these ancient stars during this period can greatly accelerate your advancement."

Furthermore, the eruption of the Qi and Blood Tide occasionally brings out some valuable materials, such as complete Blood Soul Crystals, the remains of unknown creatures, scales, and so on.

"Third, in the years following the Soul River Tide, the gestation speed of soul beasts in those secret realms will greatly accelerate, and there is a very high probability that a universe-level Blood Soul Beast King will be born."

Defeating these Blood Soul Beast Kings will yield precious Blood Soul Crystals, which are essentially an advanced version of Blood Soul Sand, but with effects hundreds of times stronger!

Zhou Yang silently digested the information extracted by Babata, and a hint of interest gradually appeared on his face.

The effects of Blood Soul Sand were already quite attractive to these "native" people.

Blood Soul Crystal, which is a hundred times more effective than Blood Soul Sand, is even more unmissable!

He had originally thought that he had collected several hundred Blood Soul Sands today, enough for several people to use, and was preparing to end this journey to the Soul River Secret Realm.

It now seems that the departure date may have to be postponed a bit...

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In the desolate starry sky, which was always shrouded in dark red, a dark blue spaceship and a silver-gray spaceship were traveling at high speed one after the other.

They would sometimes slip into larger spatial vortexes, and when they reappeared, they would be in another part of the dark red starry sky, their speed many times faster than simply flying.

The Soul River Secret Realm has evolved into countless smaller spaces, some large and some small.

Some spaces contain more than one passage, and these different passages connect to different locations in the starry sky.

Over time, some people gradually figured out how to use these small spaces as "transfer stations" to quickly traverse the starry sky.

Of course, the number of spaces that can be used as "transfer stations" is extremely limited.

After all, the entrance passages to most spaces are so small that even small spaceships cannot pass through.

At this moment, on the central control screen inside the silver-gray spaceship, the image of the Illusion Heart Clan man, A Liujin, kept flashing.

"Everyone, we are now heading to Taiyu Star, one of the 108 ancient stars in the Soul River Secret Realm."

"Although these 108 ancient stars are all sources of tidal eruptions, the intensity of the eruptions varies from one ancient star to another."

"According to previous explorers' statistics, there are 8 ancient stars that have the highest energy output and the most treasures during each tide, and Taiyu Star is one of them."

As Arujin spoke, a smile appeared on his face.

"It's thanks to you guys joining that I dared to suggest going here. Normally, with the strength of our team, we wouldn't dare to go to such a high-ranking ancient star."

"Oh? Why?"

Hearing his words, Zhou Yang and the others couldn't help but wonder, "Is there some other danger here?"

"certainly!"

On the screen, A Liujin's expression gradually became serious. He took a deep breath and explained:

"Each time the Soul River tide erupts, it brings out a large number of rare treasures and materials."

At that time, a large number of adventurers will gather near the 108 ancient stars to compete for treasures, and the higher the ranking of the ancient star, the more powerful people will gather near it.

Sometimes, even some poor, cosmic-level adventurers would take the opportunity to come here and loot.

I'm telling you, if you run into them, you'd better stay far away, or you'll definitely suffer a great loss!

A Liujin gave a solemn warning, clearly having learned from experience.

"Understood, thanks for reminding me!"

Zhou Yang and the others nodded, taking the words of this veteran adventurer to heart.

The two spaceships used the "transfer stations" to travel quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they were far away from the vast starry sky.

More than half a month later, a huge, dark red planet finally came into their view.

That planet appeared to be at least a hundred times the size of Earth.

The entire planet resembles a piece of jade, with a faint, dark red glow constantly flowing across its surface, making it extremely dazzling.

At this moment, a large number of spaceships were already hovering around this planet; they could see at least tens of thousands of them just from their direction.

"Damn, so many people!"

Inside the silver-gray spaceship, the bald Thor's eyes widened in disbelief. "How many treasures can this Taiyu Star produce at once? Are they enough for all these people to fight over?!"

"Why don't these people land on a planet? Wouldn't it be more advantageous for them to plunder the treasures if they were closer?"

Luo Feng couldn't help but ask in confusion.

The image of A Liujin on the screen smiled and explained softly:

"You may not know this, but these ancient stars are surrounded by a special energy shield. Not to mention a celestial being like us, even a world lord-level powerhouse would not be able to break through this shield."

He paused, then added:

"As for the people around them, they are not simply there to seize the treasure. Many of them are at the peak of the planetary level or have just broken through to the constant level and want to use the special effect of the blood energy burst to break through their realm."

"I see!"

Zhou Yang and the others all nodded.

"Everyone, there's about a month and a half until this tidal surge, so let's grab a good spot in advance."

Ah Liujin on the screen smiled and said:

"My people and I have already discussed it. This time, with the outbreak of the Soul River Tide, we will do our best to assist you in your fight for the treasure."

Furthermore, all the spoils will belong to you all, as a way of repaying your kindness.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Yang and Luo Feng exchanged glances, all feeling a sense of goodwill towards this martial artist from the Illusion Heart Clan.

"Ah Liujin, there's no need for that. You can find your own opportunity to seize the treasure!"

Zhou Yang smiled and declined.

To everyone's surprise, A Liujin's attitude was unusually firm.

"My friends, please give us a chance to repay your kindness. We, the Illusionary Heart Clan, are a race that knows no gratitude!"

Seeing the determined look on his face, Zhou Yang and the others exchanged smiles and finally had no choice but to agree.

"Alright, but your own safety should be the priority. There's no need to be reckless."

At this time, there was still about a month before the Soul River tide erupted.

Zhou Yang and the others piloted their silver-gray spaceship and found a relatively empty spot to wait quietly.

The Arujin side was echoing them from a distance not far to their left.

As time passed, new adventurers continued to arrive, and the number of spaceships around the dark red planet increased, gradually becoming "crowded".

Of course, this "crowding" is far from reaching the point where spaceships are side by side.

However, when the Soul River tide erupts, the treasures are randomly ejected.

Therefore, the more "territory" one occupies, the greater the probability of obtaining treasures.

Many later adventurers couldn't get good spots and had to attract the attention of others.

As a result, more than half a month before the Soul River Tide erupted, conflicts began to break out ahead of schedule.

In the dark red starry sky, battles break out every day, new spaceships join the fray, and others depart in disarray.

The battles escalated, and eventually even Zhou Yang and his group were targeted.

Two jet-black shuttle-shaped spaceships sandwiched their silver-gray spaceship in the middle.

Immediately afterwards, Babata notified that an unknown number had requested to connect.

After Zhou Yang agreed, a portrait of a man with four eyes and a head covered in blue feathers appeared on the screen.

"We are the Barob Interstellar Adventure Team. This area is ours. Leave immediately!"

The man was expressionless, speaking in a commanding tone.

"Let us leave?"

Inside the silver-gray spaceship, Zhou Yang and the others exchanged glances and burst into laughter.

Whether it's him, or Hong and Luo Feng, they are all proud and arrogant. How could they be intimidated by just someone giving them a heads-up?

"The Barobo Adventure Team? What kind of crap is that! Even if you were the Power Rangers, you wouldn't stand a chance!"

The bald Thor's eyes flashed with lightning as he retorted without hesitation.

"Hey, Lei-ge, what's Power Rangers?"

Hearing the rare term that Thor used, Luo Feng, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but ask a question out of curiosity.

"Oh, this is an animated series I watched when I was a kid. The main characters were a few dinosaurs that had been genetically modified by scientists."

Thor turned around and quickly began to explain things to Luo Feng, his face full of reminiscence.

"Okay, you're very good."

The four-eyed man on the screen, who had been rebuked by Thor and then ignored, looked grim.

"Hmph, you just wait. If you're so capable, don't even bother coming out of the spaceship when we're actually robbing the treasure!"

The man gave a cold threat and then cut off the call.

However, the two black shuttle-shaped spaceships did not leave; instead, they moved even closer to them, seemingly determined to keep them occupied.

However, they should have realized that this silver-gray spaceship was a Class C spaceship capable of withstanding cosmic-level attacks, so their efforts to attack it were not in vain.

"Babata, find out what's going on with that Barobu Adventure Team."

After the communication was disconnected, Zhou Yang called out to Babata.

Soon, Babata's lazy voice rang out.

"I don't know, I can't find it. It's probably just a random team of low-level adventurers; none of them have registered."

"None of them have registered? Looks like they're just a nobody, an ordinary little team."

Hearing Babata's reply, Zhou Yang understood the situation and stopped paying attention to them.

He closed his eyes to rest, but secretly he frantically mobilized a continuous stream of life force to inject into the Cloud Vine behind him.

With continuous nourishment, the Moyun Vine is now showing signs of transformation.

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