Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 79 A Regretful Departure

The terrifying aura even made Roger tremble.

He immediately patted Hunzhen on the shoulder: "Quickly, get inside the spaceship!"

This casual snapshot should have sent Hunzhen directly into the E9-class spaceship.

However, Hunzhen took the initiative to use his power to eliminate Roger's power and landed steadily.

Roger's eyes widened in fury: "At a time like this, stop causing trouble! You brat!"

Seeing Roger's furious expression at his "brainless" actions, Hunzhen felt a surge of warmth in his heart.

He feigned indifference, pointed at the giant crystal lizard monster, and said, "Uncle, that monster has already collapsed on its own."

"what?"

Roger paused for a moment, his earlier concern clouding his judgment, but now he noticed the lizard monster's aura rapidly declining.

I turned my head to look.

The crystals on the crystal lizard's body were rapidly shattering, oozing azure blood.

"Roar~——!!!"

The giant beast roared to the sky, but this roar was more sorrowful, mournful, and unwilling than its ferocious entrance.

Roger stared intently, then suddenly realized something, a look of shock flashing in his eyes: "This guy, this guy is Zaro! He possessed this lizard monster!?"

Hunzhen gazed at the lizard monster, its life force waning and even its soul fading away, with icy eyes, as if watching a desperate villain's final, agonizing confession before death.

With his advanced knowledge, he already knew that this was most likely not a case of possession, but he did not intend to explain it to Roger.

When Zaro and the giant beast perished together, and the three patriarchs all died, it also marked the end of their millennia-long scheme around the Sky Realm Star.

Perhaps in the distant future, new interstellar pirates will still roam this star field, but inhumane human experimentation and this path of advancement that uses human lives as resources will be cut off.

"My lord, traces of the 'Void Realm Origin Crystal' have been discovered at the core of this planet, right where that monster emerged!"

The mastermind is dead, but the purge of the three families will certainly not end in the short term. Those guilty will be held accountable according to the severity of their crimes, while the innocent will receive minor punishments and warnings. In addition, most of the families' illegal gains will be confiscated.

Shortly after the Giant Axe Arena staff began clearing the scene, a worker rushed up to report the shocking news to Roger.

"Is the information accurate!?"

Roger gripped the staff member's shoulder tightly, his voice trembling slightly.

This thing is really... incredibly valuable!

With the words "Source Crystal" in the title, some people might immediately think of "Vulcan Source Crystal".

Even the lowest grade of Vulcan Source Crystal with the lowest purity costs tens of thousands of Mixed Yuan Units, while the highest grade can easily sell for hundreds of billions of Mixed Yuan Units.

The Void Source Crystal, as its name suggests, is related to "space".

The explosion of the Vulcan Source Crystal is equivalent to the self-destruction of an immortal god. Once activated, this thing will cause a terrifying spatial storm.

A Void Origin Crystal of the same level is no less powerful than a Vulcan Origin Crystal, and is even harder to escape from. In terms of value, it is at least several times that of a Vulcan Origin Crystal of the same grade!

Even the worst and most worthless Void Origin Crystal would probably cost close to a million Chaos Units!

This is already equivalent to the assets of a peak Immortal Army Lord or the weakest Marquis Immortal!

"Hahaha! Hunzhen, you're truly my lucky star! This is all thanks to you! Half, no, I'll try my best to apply for it, at most we'll take 20%, and the remaining 80% is yours!"

Roger was overjoyed and excitedly patted Hunzhen's shoulder and rubbed Hunzhen's head.

Given Roger's personality, he never intended to get any benefits from Hunzhen from the beginning.

However, this time they were acting with members of the Giant Axe Arena and the Virtual Universe Company. Even disregarding the manpower and resources spent on dealing with the three major families, it would be against the rules to give the acquired resources to Hunzhen for himself.

Roger's proposed distribution plan was completely siding with Hun Zhen.

"No need. Everyone has worked hard; it wouldn't be right for me to hoard the resources myself!"

Hunzhen expressed his refusal in a righteous and indignant manner. No matter how Roger tried to persuade him, he was only willing to accept half of the profits. Roger then helped him apply for the conversion of his achievements into virtual universe company points.

Seeing Roger in a great mood, Hunzhen ultimately decided not to tell Roger that the "Void Crystal" had been contaminated.

Once a contaminated Void Crystal is used, the bloodline of humans in an entire star field will be polluted, and 99% of humans will die from genetic collapse.

Therefore, its value dropped drastically, and it was listed as a contraband by the two major human powers.

The main gain this time was the achievement of confiscating contraband, rather than the profit from "selling" the Void Crystal to the Giant Axe Arena.

"Although Uncle Luo will eventually realize his mistake, let's make him happy for now. Even if it's just for fun, it's still better than nothing."

Hunzhen murmured to himself, recalling the few words in the simulation record, and sighed deeply.

Currently, they have only discovered that the Void Realm Star contains a Void Realm Origin Crystal. It will take some time before they realize that the entire planet is actually an extremely large and complete Void Realm Crystal.

They all originated from the corpse of that giant beast.

The giant beast may have been severely injured and attempted to recover through hibernation, but ultimately succumbed to its injuries and became a corpse.

Even after tens of thousands of epochs, a lifeless corpse will not cause too much harm, so the virtual universe network does not give it a very high priority.

The three families attempted to gradually seize the power of the giant beast, but their efforts were thwarted by their own interference.

The corpse was merely a remnant of a soul; Zaro's ultimate attempt was certainly not to possess another body.

Whether it was a fusion or something else, Hunzhen neither knew nor cared; all he needed to know was that Zhalo ultimately failed.

Shaking his head, Hunzhen stopped thinking about these trivial matters that had nothing to do with him, and his gaze quietly drifted toward the members of the three major families who were being examined for their sins by the staff of the Giant Axe Arena.

At his suggestion, the Giant Axe Arena did not use the most severe interrogation, but instead prioritized search and questioning.

So although most of these family members looked disheveled, apart from those who were injured in the tremors, they were only superficially in a sorry state.

Many people have very mixed feelings about Hunzhen. While they are angry that he destroyed everything he had, they are also grateful for his lenient treatment.

Just as seen in the Hunzhen simulation, even among the family's high-ranking members, only a few knew the inside story, while most others had minor faults but no major mistakes.

His gaze merely swept across most people's faces.

It quickly settled on three beautiful figures.

Based on the descriptions in the simulation records, the striking appearances of the three women, and the snippets of conversation he overheard, he quickly confirmed that these three simulated individuals were women with a close relationship in the simulation.

With her smooth, slightly wavy blonde hair, and even on trial, she couldn't hide her unique blend of elegance and pride—this was Joanna of the Roselle family.

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It looks like a big golden retriever.

Noticing Hunzhen's gaze, this guy, who always looked down on people in the early stages of the simulation, blushed and turned his face away for some reason.

With light brown, shoulder-length hair, wearing a neat black suit jacket, and a resolute expression, was Lavinia of the Zarro family.

Is this... a loyal dog, or a police dog?

She appears to be a strong, independent woman on the surface, but after marriage, she becomes gentle and virtuous.

Wow—what a contrast…

Even though she noticed Hunzhen's gaze, Lavinia's expression remained unchanged, and she didn't even glance at him.

Finally, the woman with short, gray-blue hair, bright blue eyes, dressed primarily in blue and black with black stockings, and a cool and aloof demeanor, was Teshir from the Drexler family.

She is a lone wolf who is independent, self-respecting, and independent.

A complex emotion flashed in Hunzhen's eyes.

Even in the simulation, the simulated human was involved with her in some way almost every time, and was attracted to her every time.

But... he didn't have that kind of instant attraction, that feeling of falling in love at first sight and deciding to spend his life with someone.

A sudden realization flashed through Hunzhen's mind.

"Yes, although all three are extremely good-looking, and with their wolf-dog attributes—furry animal ears and big tails that make you want to pet them—but..."

"Even with Teshir, whose personality is the most compatible, the relationship between the Sims and them is the result of long-term interaction and the development of feelings over time."

"Perhaps I, without a system... no, I am a simulator without a system. A simulator might pursue Teshir after realizing the compatibility between them, and then live a stable and happy life."

"But for me, there was never an option to stay here for a year or two and develop a relationship with any of them."

The confusion in Hunzhen's eyes vanished, and he regained his usual composure.

"A Sim is a Sim, and I am who I am."

"Whether or not we have a system, ambition, potential, courage, strength, trump cards... there is a huge, almost insurmountable gap between us in these qualities."

"They are now completely two different people."

"The simulated humans are content with a modest life, while I aspire to the stars and the sea."

Once again, Hunzhen gained a deeper understanding of himself and recognized the differences between himself and the simulated humans.

"We've seen it all, it's time to leave."

Hunzhen withdrew his gaze and turned to walk towards Roger.

After reporting the news, he will leave Kongjing Star directly.

After Hunzhen turned around, Teshir's gaze quietly fell on Hunzhen's back.

She knew that the other party was the number one genius in the universe.

Originally, Tessil had always been ambivalent about geniuses.

No matter how talented a person is, she only does what she wants, neither comparing herself to others nor trying to climb the social ladder.

But at this moment, watching Hunzhen's departing figure, she felt a sudden pang of fear for no reason.

It was as if some priceless treasure, which she could never encounter again, had slipped through her fingers and vanished from her life forever…

(Simulated Human: "Waaaaah, Teshir, my Teshir..."; Hunzhen: "I want to become the strongest in the universe, women are just a hindrance!")

I just realized today that I'd been typing "Longyun" incorrectly as "Longyun"... But oh well, I'm quite amused by this "insult to Yun" (a type of online character). It's even more amusing that I accidentally got the name wrong.

(End of this chapter)