Swallowing the Stars: You Can't Escape, Mountain Dweller

Chapter 177 Mercenary Assessment

Earth is now impregnable thanks to Bai Yang and Luo Feng's efforts. No matter what enemies there are, they will not be able to arrive for at least two years.

This gave the four of them plenty of time to immerse themselves in their own cultivation.

Luo Feng and his two companions chose to go to the [Battle Space] to experience the fun of fighting against real people.

Bai Yang, on the other hand, continued to stay in the [Killing Arena], where he could improve more quickly.

I just broke through to the fourth level of the domain two weeks ago, and I still need to consolidate my progress.

Upon receiving information about Bai Yang's performance, Ming Yu could no longer sit still.

Has this guy really stopped showing up?

He couldn't let such a genius slip through his fingers.

So one day, in a meditation room upstairs in the killing field hall.

He sent someone to invite the four people over and told them about the Virtual Universe Company and the bloodline ranking system.

Bai Yang wasn't embarrassed at all and said directly:

"From the current perspective, we Earthlings can only be considered to have the ninth-rank bloodline."

"What?"

Ming Yu, who looked like a burly man, was taken aback.

This is really strange, as all four of them can be considered geniuses.

Why is the bloodline of their home planet so weak?

Bai Yang was confident that he could gradually improve the bloodline level of Earthlings; he was just stating it directly.

Mingyu thought about it again and realized it was a good thing.

"If you use 'evolution agents' to improve your bloodline, because you start from a low point, it will be easier to improve your bloodline."

The question now is, would you be willing to join my Virtual Universe Company?

I can give you two doses of S-type bloodline evolution agent and two doses of regular one.

He had already explained the effects of this medicine to the four of them in detail.

After a brief discussion, Bai Yang readily agreed to become an external member of the Virtual Universe Company.

In April 2063, the four boarded a C9-class spaceship, said goodbye to their families, and officially entered space.

Their first stop is White Orchid Star, where they will collect the goods and use the Bloodline Evolution Agent.

On the fourth day after their arrival, staff from Virtual Universe Company finally delivered the items.

Each of the four took a corresponding bloodline evolution agent and entered their respective training rooms.

Bai Yang looked at the colorful liquid in the slender syringe in his hand. The liquid was incomparably beautiful, so beautiful that it made one's heart tremble.

"This is a truly limited item. It's extremely rare and hard to come by. In the future, you'll probably need to use Virtual Universe Company points to buy it."

"Have you decided how you're going to use it?"

Star Guardian sat on his shoulder and asked curiously.

"How else can it be used? Of course, it's the same as everyone else's."

Bai Yang chuckled.

"However, I only plan to inject half of it, and save the other half."

One day in the future, we will be able to directly replicate and produce it.

His bodily memory allows him to perfectly recall the effects of drugs, coupled with the talent he inherited from Dr. Gro.

This is not impossible.

Because we had communicated with Luo Feng and the others in advance, we had prepared the wooden crystal in advance.

An hour later, the four of them walked out of the cultivation room.

Although I felt very tired, nothing went wrong.

Luo Feng advanced from the seventh level of the Planetary Realm to the eighth level of the Planetary Realm, while his mental power advanced to the second level of the Constant Realm.

Hong finally broke through and reached the first level of the Hengxing star.

Thor then took the opportunity to reach the second level of the Eternal Star.

Although Bai Yang only used half of his power, he still managed to advance to the third stage of the Hengxing level.

This stuff is really effective!

All four looked very excited, but unfortunately it only worked once for each person.

"The intergalactic apprentice mercenary assessment is about to begin, isn't it?"

After chatting for a while, Bai Yang finally got to the point.

"Soon, we'll set off for Qiulong Star to register tomorrow!"

Thor is very attentive to this kind of thing and had already investigated everything.

Ten days later.

At the headquarters of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance on Qilong Star, four people held adventure cards issued by the alliance.

After spending more than an hour, I finally got the registration done.

The four of them went to a nearby bar, ordered drinks casually, and immediately began to carefully read the assessment task.

Upon entering the world of the Lord of Canglan Star, one obtains three Wind Horn Stones and a horn from a Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros.

This means the trainee mercenary has successfully passed the assessment.

They originally had four people, plus the two level 9 slaves that Luo Feng bought.

Ao Gu and Tie Nanhe together make a six-person group.

Star Guardian now has a very good relationship with Phyllis, and he cherishes the other slaves as well.

Bai Yang didn't want to waste these veterans; they would be of greater use in the future.

After purchasing some necessary items, Bai Yang and the others boarded a spaceship and left Qiulong Star for Canglan Star, which was more famous than Qiulong Star.

This is one of the top 100 most important planets within the territory of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and its owner is a 'World Lord'.

On this beautiful, aquamarine planet, Lord Kabu bought a villa in Thunder City and built the Thunder World within it.

Now, this place has become the location for the training of trainee space mercenaries.

The six people arrived at the second floor of the villa, and after passing through a stream of light, they officially entered the Thunder World.

It used to be a sunny, villa-filled, and bustling base of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into night!

The six people fell directly into the Death Sand mentioned in the intelligence report, where the gravity was 3900 times that of Earth.

The surrounding matter was incredibly heavy, which greatly affected the mentalist.

"The Death Desert is one of the most dangerous areas in the Thunder World," Hong said.

"Besides, it's the dead of night here, and we can't determine our exact direction. The longer we stay in the Death Desert, the more dangerous it becomes! We have to set off immediately, choose any direction, and move forward as fast as we can."

The Death Desert is one of the forbidden areas in the Thunder World, where even ferocious beasts dare not live.

"Yes, let's get going." Thor quickly added.

"Let's go in this direction, forward." Bai Yang pointed in a random direction.

Instantly, all six of them took to the air. Although the gravity here was strong, it was not strong enough to prevent even a star-level expert from flying.

Of course, their flight speed is also much slower than in the past.

In terms of area, this world is more than a hundred times the size of the entire Canglan Star.

It took them a full half hour to finally leave the desert area.

Bai Yang quickly discerned the location and found the direction of Demon Moon Lake.

This is the best location to capture their first target, the herd of one-horned iron rhinoceroses.

Once struck by lightning in this world, even a weaker domain lord will instantly turn to ashes.

There is absolutely no life in the stars.

The original route must have been extremely dangerous.

But after Bai Yang absorbed the flesh and blood of a ferocious beast here, everything became much easier.

Sometimes, these wild animals are just that adaptable to their environment.

They live here, and their senses have instinctively evolved to avoid lightning.

Bai Yang's only goal was the treasure within the realm; whether or not he passed the test was actually unimportant.

They slaughtered the beast horde with the force of a whirlwind sweeping away fallen leaves, and collected the horn of the Iron Rhinoceros.

Then they headed towards the entrance to the Wind and Thunder Canyon within the Realm.

(End of this chapter)