Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 25

"Entering the sun!?"

Everyone's expression changed immediately.

The name "Hengxing" contains the word "Hengxing," but how could a life form of this level possibly survive on Hengxing?

This is sending them to their deaths!

Even Yamu, who had just been comforted by Hunzhen, changed his expression and panicked again.

"Quiet!"

The enormous human face exuded an imposing aura without anger: "Everything comes at a price. If you are unwilling, then die now."

He offered no explanation.

As the leader of a mercenary group, he naturally possessed his own pride.

Those subordinates who were ordered to do things by him might speak gently and politely in order to better complete the tasks he assigned, but as the leader, the person with the highest status at this time and place, why should he care about other people's opinions?

When the time comes, these ants of the celestial sphere have no other choice.

The cabin fell silent instantly.

Everyone's faces turned pale, but they dared not utter another word of protest.

The projection disappeared, and the blond, four-eyed man returned to the cabin. Whether they believed him or not, he began to explain in detail the precautions for entering the "sun".

Among the crowd, Yamu noticed that Hunzhen remained calm throughout.

Though she didn't say it aloud, she admired him more and more in her heart.

While listening to the blond, bespectacled man's explanation, he asked telepathically, "Brother Hunzhen, aren't you even a little bit surprised or curious? We're going to go inside the sun!?"

Hunzhen pouted and replied, "Didn't you hear what that person said before? 'Retrieve the treasure.' What's the first thing that comes to mind when you start talking about the treasure? We can't exactly send you to your death, can we? So I guess there must be a secret realm where the treasure is buried inside. The sun's appearance is most likely just a way to conceal the secret realm inside."

The explanation given by the blond, four-eyed man then proved the claim that Hunzhen was indeed true.

Although he hadn't personally confirmed it, Yamu was already 80% convinced and was immediately filled with admiration.

A few minutes later, the group lined up and, escorted by a dozen or so mercenaries, headed toward the spaceship's hatch.

Leaving the spaceship, the mercenaries "protected" dozens of Star-level humans who had been marked with soul imprints, slowly approaching the sun.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."

Someone in the group was breathing heavily.

Someone glanced at him with suspicion and found that the person who was panting was sweating profusely, his face was as pale as paper, and his size seemed to be gradually shrinking and flattening, looking like a Trisolaran who was about to be completely dehydrated.

The Trisolaran suddenly cried out, "No, no! I'll die! I can't get any closer!"

In a panic, he knocked several of his companions away and fled towards the edge of the mercenary escort team's encirclement.

Before he could fly out of the encirclement, a mercenary gave him a cold look, waved to stop the other mercenaries from moving, and at the same time extended a finger and shot out a bright white laser.

The transparent shield on the Trisolaran's body lit up and collided with the laser, but was pierced in an instant.

The laser's momentum continued unabated, piercing a huge hole through his body.

Bang.

This celestial human race exploded into ashes.

The mercenary gave a cold laugh and said nothing, but the captured men fell silent.

Everything went smoothly after that, and they finally got very close to the surface of the sun.

A huge, square-shaped light gate, covering more than a hundred square meters, came into view.

Unlike the blinding light and the heatwaves that required constant consumption of Force to combat, the area within this portal was bathed in a gentle, orange-yellow light.

The mercenary reminded them, "We're here, let's go in."

As soon as he finished speaking, while everyone hesitated, Hunzhen moved sideways and rushed into the light gate as if he couldn't wait.

Yamu opened his mouth, his expression changing from astonishment to determination. He gritted his teeth and was the first to follow him into the door.

I don't know how much time has passed; it felt like a moment, yet also like several long years.

The chaotic and disordered light returned to order at a certain moment, and the spatial structure in front of him became the familiar one to Yamu.

pat.

He found himself on unfamiliar land.

The sky was orange-red, as if covered by a dense carpet of maple leaves, forming a giant canopy. Thanks to this, the whole world seemed draped in an orange-red curtain, even the skin of people was tinged red.

In this orange-red world, blood-red snowflakes fall endlessly.

The land was barren, a wasteland stretching as far as the eye could see. It was hard to imagine what kind of treasure could be hidden in such a "so-called" secret realm.

Upon seeing the eerie snowflakes, Yamu instinctively tried to dodge, only to find himself covered in snowflakes before regaining consciousness.

"This is... although it's red, it's just ordinary snow?"

He wiped the snowflakes off his body, sniffed, and used his mental powers to investigate, but ultimately found nothing unusual.

He suddenly looked up and found Hunzhen staring at him intently, expressionless.

Yamu felt a chill run down his spine, but then Hunzhen grinned and said, "How about that? Now you're not worried that this is hell after death, are you?"

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Yamu was taken aback, and gave a helpless wry smile at Hunzhen's teasing words: "Brother Hunzhen, please stop making fun of me."

Then, he scratched his cheek a little sheepishly and said, "By the way... can I come with you? I won't cause you any trouble! Whatever the benefits or dangers, I'll prioritize your opinion, Brother Hunzhen!"

He really is a shy young man.

It's obvious that they haven't experienced much hardship in the real world.

Even with the warm tones of the Fiery Hell Realm obscuring the light, Hunzhen still noticed that Yamu's face was slightly flushed.

"OK."

He agreed with a faint smile, and Yamu immediately beamed with joy.

It's obvious what Yamu is thinking without even having to think about it.

It's likely that Yamu knows his own strength is weak, and even if he follows, he can only play the role of an assistant at most.

My approachable guidance, several prophetic insights, and detached demeanor had helped this fledgling interstellar bird build a basic level of trust in me.

I don't ask for any special opportunities; I just want to stay behind my steady and confident self and survive the fierce competition that may come my way.

That's why he bluntly stated that "the benefits can be distributed freely."

Even so, Hunzhen could not easily trust the other party.

What if this guy is pretending to be naive and innocent in order to get close to and take advantage of me?

So as soon as he landed, after guessing that Yamu might request to follow him, he conducted a simulation based on that premise.

The conclusion, however, is...

This guy is definitely a typical naive and innocent type.

Or rather, his previous behavior led the other party to believe that he was a person of morality who would not stoop to discarding someone after they have served their purpose.

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Just as Yamu was overjoyed that Hunzhen had agreed to his request, a series of thuds sounded as the ground hit the ground.

Following the sound, spatial ripples appeared out of thin air, and several somewhat familiar figures passed through the ripples and landed on the wasteland.

Seeing this, Yamu thought to himself in disbelief, "Did I also appear out of thin air like this before?"

With a smile on his face, should he continue the performance according to the simulated record?

(End of this chapter)