Chapter 170

"You applied to come here for trial roaming, so your academy passed the information to me." The old man in blue smiled slightly.

Li Yuan and Shi Xiao suddenly realized.

This is normal.

"My surname is Liu, called Liu Jing, and I am the chief officer of Base No. 3." The old man in blue said: "As elite students of Kunlun Martial Arts University, you are different from ordinary martial artists who come to roam. We will pay more attention to you."

"Senior Liu." Li Yuan and Shi Xiao immediately changed their form of address.

As the chief officer of a Star Realm war base, the old man in blue's power was absolutely astonishing.

And a war base here must have a very high degree of independence.

Roaming life and death on someone else's territory, one naturally has to respect the other party.

Moreover, Li Yuan had already vaguely guessed the reason for the other party being a 'Source Martial Artist', and a trace of respect couldn't help but arise in his heart.

"Since it's your first time here, there are some things I need to make clear to you in advance." The old man in blue said: "First of all, among the four outpost bases of our human civilization in the Mingxu Star Realm, No. 1 and No. 2 are very far from us, over ten thousand kilometers away, so we cannot count on them."

"Are No. 1 and No. 2 the two entrance bases in the African Continent?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask.

The four entrances to the Mingxu Star Realm.

Two are in the African Continent, and two are in the Xia Nation.

"Yes." Liu Jing nodded: "Our Base No. 3 and Base No. 4 are relatively close, but they are still over two thousand kilometers apart... Communication between us is often relayed through Blue Star."

Li Yuan and Shi Xiao were both dumbfounded.

Two thousand kilometers, in the Mingxu Star Realm, which is full of dangers and powerful alien races, is already very far.

"Therefore, if our Base No. 3 wants to survive, we basically have to rely on ourselves." The old man in blue, Liu Jing, looked at the two: "The base's main tasks are, first, to continuously slaughter the entry-rank alien races near the base and continuously expand our living space. This is a combat mission."

"Second is to search for various resources, such as heavenly materials and earthly treasures, mineral veins, suitable spiritual soil, etc. This is an exploration mission."

"Third is the garrison mission. Over the decades, the three hundred kilometers around the base have become our sphere of influence. We have opened up many resource points, but we still occasionally encounter attacks from alien races, so we need martial artists to guard them." The old man in blue looked at the two: "What kind of mission do you want to participate in?"

If ordinary martial artists came, they would have no choice at all.

"Combat mission." Li Yuan and Shi Xiao said in unison.

"Fine."

Liu Jing smiled faintly: "I will arrange for you to join a martial artist squad. I will help you find a squad that is strong enough."

"When many people in a team work together and cooperate with each other, the survival probability will be much higher."

"Fine." Shi Xiao nodded. It wasn't her first time roaming the Star Realm.

She had some experience.

"Senior Liu, can I roam alone?" Li Yuan suddenly said: "I remember that one can apply to form a team alone."

Before Liu Jing could speak, Shi Xiao was shocked first: "Li Yuan, are you crazy? This is your first time roaming the Star Realm, right? How high is your physical fitness?"

In her impression, Li Yuan's true strength should still be inferior to her own.

And he has no experience.

"Form a team alone? According to regulations, one must be a level 18 martial artist to roam alone." The old man in blue, Liu Jing, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Your data intelligence shows that your strength is comparable to a level 19 martial artist, so you do have the qualifications."

"Comparable to a level 19 martial artist?" Shi Xiao was shocked.

"It seems this little girl doesn't know yet." Liu Jing laughed: "Li Yuan performed excellently in the Fish Spirit Tide in Jiang City and won a first-class silver medal. It's really quite good."

"First-class silver medal?" Shi Xiao's small mouth had already formed an 'O' shape.

She wasn't naive; she knew very well how difficult it was to obtain this first-class silver medal.

She knew about the Fish Spirit Tide that broke out in Jiang City.

But she didn't know about Li Yuan's deeds; after all, she wouldn't deliberately pay attention to the commendation assembly.

"Li Yuan, your strength is very good, but strength and experience are two different things. Are you sure you don't want some veterans to lead you?" Liu Jing asked.

"No need." Li Yuan shook his head.

In terms of strength, he was almost a Source Martial Artist... A normal martial artist squad would only drag him down.

The key is, if he wants to quickly improve his spiritual awakening level, he must slaughter a large number of alien races, so it's better to be alone.

"Fine, the path is one you chose yourself. I won't force it, so you can roam alone." Liu Jing said: "Shi Xiao, how about you? Do you also want to roam alone?"

"No." Shi Xiao shook her head repeatedly: "Please arrange a martial artist squad for me, Senior."

In terms of physical fitness, she was over level 17, and with fourth-stage skill, Shi Xiao's frontal strength was also very close to a level 19 martial artist.

It's just that she didn't have the confidence that Li Yuan had.

"Good, you will receive news later." Liu Jing said: "Go engage in life-and-death battles with alien races, and remember three things. First, you must avoid Tier-Two alien races."

"Second, do not use thermal weapons easily."

"Third, within a 1,000-kilometer radius of the war base, if you ask for help, we can still know the news immediately. Beyond 1,000 kilometers... the signal will become very poor."

"Yes." Li Yuan and Shi Xiao said solemnly.

Regarding these warnings from Liu Jing, they both roughly knew the reason. In the Mingxu Star Realm, human civilization is only a very small force... It emphasizes low-key development and steady progress.

Each war base only operates in a surrounding area of several hundred kilometers.

Using thermal weapons can indeed kill a large number of alien races.

Even Tier-Two alien races would meet their end under the siege of a large number of thermal weapons.

But who is the true hegemon of the entire Mingxu Star Realm? It's not those Tier-Two alien races, but the Sky-Flying level existences!

Once they provoke the hostility of a Sky-Flying level existence, the several outpost bases of human civilization will face a catastrophic disaster.

Similar things are common in the process of human civilization exploring numerous Star Realms.

"Chief." The door was pushed open, and the officer from before walked in.

"Make arrangements to let Wu Ying's squad accept Shi Xiao." Liu Jing said: "Isn't she clamoring for an expert? I'll send her one."

"Yes." The officer nodded: "Martial Artist Shi Xiao, come with me."

"Xu An, keep in touch with me." Shi Xiao blinked. She guessed that Li Yuan had his own cultivation plan and didn't force herself to be with Li Yuan.

"Good." Li Yuan nodded with a smile.

... The two left, and the door was closed again.

Only Li Yuan and Liu Jing remained inside the door.

"Don't worry, only I know your detailed information." Liu Jing smiled slightly: "How is your teacher, Li Yang?"

"Senior knows Teacher Li Yang?" Li Yuan was surprised.

"We were students in the same class at Kunlun Martial Arts University, and our relationship was quite good at the time." Liu Jing laughed: "It's a pity, I haven't seen him for more than thirty years."

Li Yuan sighed inwardly, more than thirty years?

The more he saw, the more Li Yuan could feel Kunlun Martial Arts University's influence on the Xia Nation. Looking around, many Source Martial Artists within the Xia Nation came from Kunlun Martial Arts University.

"According to your teacher's instructions."

"I have to grade your life-and-death roaming." Liu Jing smiled: "So, while you are roaming alone, if you kill an alien race, take the iconic items from their corpses to prove it, understand?"

"Yes." Li Yuan nodded.

The Mingxu Star Realm is not like the actual combat assessment; there is no comprehensive monitoring.

Everything has to rely on oneself.

"Shi Xiao joined a martial artist squad, and with teammates to help her, I don't need to say much. Since you are roaming alone, I will give you a few more pointers." Liu Jing said.

"While roaming, besides paying attention to those alien beasts, you also need to pay attention to two situations." Liu Jing said solemnly: "The first is the life forms of the Tianliang Civilization. Their appearance is similar to us humans, and their activity area is adjacent to our Base No. 3."

"According to exploration, one of their Star Realm entrances should be less than two thousand kilometers away from us."

"So close?" Li Yuan was surprised.

Less than two thousand kilometers, then, it is indeed possible for the experts of both sides to encounter each other while exploring and roaming.

"Yes, very close." Liu Jing said: "Besides that, pay attention to other human martial artists."

"Other human martial artists?" Li Yuan's pupils shrank slightly.

Cannibalism?

"People have selfishness. If two martial artist squads discover a heavenly material or earthly treasure of astonishing value at the same time, how do they divide it?" Liu Jing said faintly.

Li Yuan was silent.

"If one side retreats, it's fine. If both sides want it, there will inevitably be a fight." Liu Jing said: "On Blue Star, within the war base, there are legal systems to restrict it, and cannibalism is not allowed."

"But when facing the temptation of treasure, don't test human nature."

"Beyond 300 kilometers from the war fortress... we won't care about human martial artists killing each other."

"Therefore, you must keep a defensive heart toward other human martial artists." Liu Jing said.

"Thank you for the reminder, Senior." Li Yuan said.

Being willing to speak so thoroughly and clearly, Senior Liu Jing is definitely sincere.

"Go."

Watching Li Yuan leave.

"In the end, I'm slowly getting old." Liu Jing sighed inwardly: "More than thirty years."

As a Source Martial Artist, he can still live for a long time, but his heart is already very tired.

He wants to return to his hometown but cannot.

Such days will continue to go on.

After leaving Liu Jing's office.

Another martial artist officer came to receive Li Yuan.

It was mainly to introduce him to the environment within 500 kilometers of the war fortress, such as where Tier-Two alien races are, and where a large number of alien races gather.

Where the resource points (planting, minerals) and observation points of human civilization are specifically located.

And even the main activity areas of other martial artist squads, very detailed.

These are things that won't be written in the Starfire Martial Hall database.

With Li Yuan's current spiritual sense, although he can't achieve photographic memory, he can quickly memorize the general idea.

Finally.

"How many years has Senior Liu been here?" Li Yuan asked his question.

"You mean the Chief?" This martial artist officer was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "I heard it's been more than thirty years."

"He was the first chief officer of Base No. 3 and stayed here voluntarily. I heard he was a level 25 Source Martial Artist before, but later he was injured and his strength was damaged quite a bit."

"The several Source Martial Artists in the base all stayed here voluntarily."

"With Source Martial Artists, plus the war fortress as the final defense, our human civilization can barely gain a foothold in the Mingxu Star Realm." The martial artist officer sighed: "It is what makes the numerous alien forces around us tacitly accept these hundreds of kilometers as our sphere of influence."

"However."

"Like us Tier-One martial artists, we still have holidays and rotations, and we can always return to our country... but the Source Martial Artists have to stay here for a lifetime."

Li Yuan nodded slightly, a sense of inexplicable emotion in his heart.

In human civilization, there are always many silent contributors.

There is no night in the Mingxu Star Realm, and two suns are always intertwined in the sky.

Therefore, on the day of arriving at the Mingxu Star Realm.

At 6:00 PM Blue Star time, after preparing everything, Li Yuan left the No. 3 outpost base alone.

He began his first Star Realm roaming.

(End of chapter)