Chapter 306: System Upgrading, New Worlds and Functions

"What the heck? Over forty billion Star Coins?" Li Yu's eyes widened as he looked at Peyton, who had a light as wind and cloud expression in front of him.

Ten days had passed since Star Gazer's invitation, and various trivial matters had been mostly handled.

He had also gone to see Princess Klein a few times after she returned from attending a meeting, to communicate their feelings.

And right now, he was in the laboratory. Inside the central observation room, the Alien Queen's entire bone-like outer shell was covered in a blood-red color, as if coated with a layer of blood-colored membrane.

It was soaked in a viscous green liquid, occasionally emitting low roars and bubbling profusely. The joints all over its body had blood-red fleshy matter constantly wriggling.

Even though the fusion was extremely painful, the look in the Alien Queen's eyes when she looked at Li Yu was filled with reverence.

"Is forty billion a lot? Just 100ml of the high-concentration Vitality Serum to maintain its vital signs requires ten million Star Coins, and what's here is calculated by the ton," Peyton explained casually.

"To eliminate the highly corrosive nature of the Divine Child's flesh and blood requires using powder ground from Dark Star Stone mixed with Star Marrow. Both of these items are calculated by the gram."

Peyton explained a whole bunch, all of them various terminologies, giving Li Yu a headache listening to it. He wasn't afraid of Peyton lining his own pockets.

"Truly burning money..." Li Yu clicked his tongue upon hearing this. Forty billion was enough to buy eighty Nano Cores, which could roughly fuse eight A-Tier Lifeforms.

Of course, accounts couldn't be calculated this way. The reason why the Nano Cores could still be so strong after fusion was due to the amplification from the Virtual Faith.

Normal Nano Cores, even after writing in the fusion program, couldn't reach the A-class after fusion unless there were more of them.

Moreover, after the Alien Queen was strengthened, she could probably parasitize even more powerful creatures. As long as the creatures could be supplied, he probably wouldn't lack ordinary B-Tier Lifeforms.

"If you want me to research brand new, unknown high-level lifeforms, or even modulate gene chains, it's best to find me a few more helpers..." Peyton reminded Li Yu, then added,

"The helpers I'm referring to aren't those lackeys outside doing chores."

Li Yu was somewhat speechless. Was his comprehension ability really that poor to need a specific reminder?

"I had some plans previously. I happen to be heading to Amethyst soon. Does Amethyst have any awesome people?" Li Yu asked.

"Amethyst Civilization?" Peyton furrowed his brows tightly, thought for a moment, and said, "The talents in Amethyst's high-level laboratories can be used. As for others, I haven't paid attention..."

"In top-tier journals like CSI, Cosmic Progress, and Genetic Exploration, the presence of the Amethyst Civilization is very low."

"Alright..." Li Yu wasn't disappointed either. Peyton hailed from the Star Glory Empire, why would he pay attention to the Amethyst Civilization when he had nothing to do.

He planned to ask Kansa when the time came; this Amethyst Prince should know quite a lot.

"Keep up the good work..." Li Yu patted Peyton's shoulder. Only after walking out of the laboratory did he let out a long sigh of relief.

The revolution has not yet succeeded; comrades still need to work hard!

And today was also the time the system upgrade would be completed. A month had already passed since the death and recovery of the Second Clone.

The life metamorphosis had also been thoroughly completed, and the system officially upgraded.

[Clone life metamorphosis completed. System Upgrading... Clone Count +1 (Life metamorphosis already completed). Unlocked [World List] function.]

The explanation was very brief, but it made Li Yu quite excited. The clone count increased by 1 again, and Clone Three officially came online. He didn't know what kind of behavioral style this clone would have.

There was also the new function. The previous [Task Mode] could be considered to have alleviated Li Yu's issue of the clones acting like slackers simply because they couldn't die.

Heading to worlds like the [Biohazard World] with the clones' current strength, it was fundamentally impossible to be in life-threatening danger.

The only result was slacking all the way, which could be considered wasting the clones.

[Task Mode] alleviated this awkwardness. Furthermore, many items in various worlds had no use for the current Li Yu.

Unless it was a conceptual-level reward, but that kind of reward couldn't be obtained frequently.

[Task Mode] at least allowed Li Yu to obtain the most valuable items among them.

And this new function also had a detailed explanation.

[World List: Search world function upgraded. Multiple worlds will be refreshed simultaneously for the Host to choose from.]

Li Yu's eyebrows twitched slightly. This function was quite practical. It was impossible to search out suitable worlds every single time.

[World List] gave him more power of choice.

Acting immediately, Li Yu rubbed his hands and directly clicked the deployment button.

[Searching for deployment worlds... Analyzing data... [World List] opened. Please review, Host.]

Li Yu opened the [World List], and three world names flashing with special colors appeared in front of him.

[Predator Cities World]

Li Yu fairly understood this world; it was a world where massive land cities devoured each other. To him right now, it held little value.

[Godzilla World]

Oh ho, Li Yu's eyebrows twitched slightly. This world could still catch his eye; at least those few giant beasts were definitely at the level of A-Tier Lifeforms.

His gaze moved down to the last world, and Li Yu's expression stiffened slightly—

[Shanghai Fortress World]

He couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. It was actually this world. Such a terrifying existence, an immediate pass...

Fortunately, the system had upgraded, otherwise, what should he do if he searched out the [Shanghai Fortress World]?

Li Yu couldn't help but feel a burst of rejoicing. The answer was very obvious; it could only be the [Godzilla World].

He pondered carefully. The technological level of this world wasn't high; only those few giant beasts were relatively powerful.

Godzilla's potential was alright; it could be used as an alternative for gene chains or to cultivate talents.

Activate [Task Mode]—[Obtain a sufficient amount of Godzilla gene samples]

[Locating coordinates... World Barrier Smuggling Channel opening... Successfully opened... Please select a clone for deployment. [Task Mode] has been activated.]

After hesitating for a while, he still chose to send the newly online Clone Three.

[Clone deployed successfully. Please check the System Log after the task concludes.]

There was still the Second Clone fully geared up and ready to go. Li Yu didn't hesitate and directly chose to deploy.

[Searching for deployment worlds... Analyzing data... [World List] opened. Please review, Host.]

What surprised Li Yu a bit was that this time it wasn't three worlds, but four worlds.

[Biohazard World]

An old friend. Li Yu felt somewhat nostalgic. The very first world back then was the [Biohazard World], and it had appeared a few times later as well.

[Star Wars World]

The moment he saw this world, Li Yu's pupils shrank slightly. The worldview of this world was massive, and there was also a lot of advanced technology within it.

He could choose to deploy to this world. Li Yu didn't make a decision too hastily, but instead glanced at the remaining two worlds.

[Jurassic Park World] [Avatar World]

Then there was no need to hesitate. Li Yu set his sights on the [Star Wars World]. He was somewhat hesitant; using [Task Mode] in this world would be somewhat wasting heavenly resources.

He should just use the normal deployment mode. The master-grade talent—[Butterfly Effect] definitely had to be chosen; this was a good thing for fleecing rewards.

For the title, he'd simply take a purple [Invincible Defender] to enhance strength in a simple and brutal manner. This world also had super-large-scale fleets and tyrannical Sci-Martial Arts, so it was better to be prepared.

[Locating coordinates... World Barrier Smuggling Channel opening... Successfully opened... Please select a clone for deployment.]

[Deploying... Deployed successfully. Please wait for the System Log to refresh, Host. (Note: The time flow rate of the currently deployed world is inconsistent with the Main World, being 1:4)]

The time flow rate difference was even larger. Li Yu also couldn't figure out exactly how this thing was calculated, so he simply stopped thinking about it and quietly waited for good news to arrive.

Not long after returning to the base, he welcomed an unexpected visitor—the commander of the Rose Fleet—Keya.

This unconventional commander was as alluring as ever. The high heels on her feet made her height almost not much shorter than Li Yu's.

A charming smile hung at the corners of her mouth as she was welcomed in by a Domestic Robot, her high heels colliding with the metal floor to produce dull clacking sounds.

Her fair, long legs faintly appeared amidst the crimson hem of her skirt. Without waiting for Li Yu to entertain her, this fleet commander seated herself familiarly on the sofa.

The soft sofa wrapped around her rounded buttocks, and the extremely high-slit skirt hem displayed an astonishing curve.

Hunter, who had just returned from the Meteor Fleet, scanned this super beauty up and down, and the gaze he directed at Li Yu carried a bit of jealousy.

The Rose Fleet was a large fleet of Returning Star. Under a fully organized state, it had over ten thousand regular warships. She was an uncompromised commander with real power.

"You're that captain of Augustus?" Keya looked at Hunter with scrutiny, feeling quite a bit disappointed. "Looking at it now, the rumored Augustus is only so-so."

The Returning Star high command definitely knew of Hunter's identity, but not many people cared. Just a down-and-out captain, he couldn't stir up any waves.

Hearing this sentence, the peculiarity in Hunter's eyes rapidly faded.

His gaze toward Keya carried dissatisfaction. Regardless of what kind of beauty she was, no one was allowed to insult Augustus.

"May I ask which advanced fleet Your Excellency is the commander of?" Hunter asked with confusion. "I remember the fleet shouldn't have any combat records with you."

Hunter's meaning was, you don't even have the qualifications to fight with Augustus, yet you dare to belittle it?

Keya giggled and didn't bother responding to Hunter, but instead looked at Li Yu. "I haven't congratulated His Excellency the Baron on becoming the commander of the Meteor Fleet yet."

"How much time has it been, and Your Excellency has already become a fleet commander. Your future is limitless."

Hunter's expression wasn't very good. Keya's naked disregard was truly suffocating.

However, he looked at Li Yu and didn't dare to act up, avoiding delaying Li Yu's proper business.

Li Yu sighed deeply and said, "I remember when I first met Your Excellency Horus, he was still reminiscing about the times he fought against Augustus."

Keya's charming smile slightly restrained. Horus... a half-taboo figure of the Returning Star military, his achievements and strength could be questioned by no one.

Even Keya still had a long way to go before reaching Horus's level, and whether she could reach it in this lifetime was even a question mark.

Even Horus admired Augustus, so what did Keya amount to?

Hunter's expression relaxed, and he cast a grateful look at Li Yu. He could disregard anything else, but Augustus was the final forbidden ground in his heart.

Keya didn't continue tangling on this issue, but instead changed the subject, "Recently, all the commanders are discussing how His Excellency Li Yu's Meteor Fleet has been stuffed with quite a lot of good things."

"The Ghostly Whisper main ship was coveted by many captains, secretly gearing up for it, yet I didn't expect it to be intercepted by you."

"I am also very innocent. The two Your Excellencies, Justin and Booth, insisted on stuffing the things to me, I couldn't refuse even if I wanted to," Li Yu said helplessly.

Keya chuckled. Like I'd believe your nonsense. Justin and Booth had vaguely expressed on more than one public occasion that they were also very helpless.

There was clearly something fishy in this...

However, Keya didn't mind either. Fleets of her level were equipped with Interstellar Fortresses, far more powerful than main ships.

"Commander Keya didn't come today just to purely tell me about this matter, right." Li Yu had no interest in shooting the breeze with this coquettish fox.

Keya smiled seductively, her eyes soul-stealing: "His Excellency the Baron being so straightforward truly makes me unable to handle it."

You'll die if you don't make dirty jokes, won't you? Li Yu's mouth twitched slightly.

Keya was just teasing a bit, and then she said, "His Highness Titus wanted me to ask when you are preparing to set off for the Amethyst Civilization."

"Oh?" Li Yu's eyes moved slightly. Titus was getting anxious?

He probed, "For such a trivial matter, is there a need for you to personally come and ask?"

Keya leaned against the sofa, her fair arms crossed, squeezing out an alluring cleavage:

"His Excellency Baron Li Yu's status today is different from the past. In such a vast Returning Star, how many commanders are there in total..."

There was also a more important reason, which was that Titus also didn't know why Li Yu was so highly regarded by Digor.

Li Yu spread his hands and said, "Then please pass on to His Highness Titus, without a transfer order, if I go to the Amethyst Civilization without authorization, I'm afraid it will arouse the high attention of other civilizations..."

No matter how deep the water and scorching the fire the Amethyst Civilization was in, on the surface, the various major civilizations couldn't intervene and even had to express condolences.

Li Yu directly sailing the Meteor Fleet over, what would that look like?

"Rest assured... the transfer order will come down very soon, to assist in the defense of the Barot Civilization." Keya seemed to have had a draft in her mind early on.

Barot was an ally of Returning Star. The excuse of assisting in defense was plausible enough.

"Oh..." Li Yu seemed somewhat surprised: "Then what about you..."

"Me?" Keya's smile became even more seductive: "I still have other orders, I'm afraid I cannot participate in this matter..."

"However, rest assured, His Excellency the Baron, there will be two other fleets heading there with you."

Hearing this sentence, thought flitted across Li Yu's eyes. Keya wasn't going?

Although she couldn't intervene openly, if Keya was in the Barot Civilization, it would be a deterrent to all parties and very beneficial to Titus's plan.

But now she wasn't preparing to go. What exactly did Titus want to do...

(End of this chapter)