Chapter 958: Decision (Requesting Monthly Votes)

On Lin Qi’s side, his group boarded their own Taixing spacecraft and began returning to Blue Star.

After passing verification at the planetary defense platform, they traveled without obstruction.

“We’re finally back!”

Lin Qi gazed at the familiar blue planet before him and sighed.

He hadn’t returned in a long time.

Hundreds of years had passed—long enough for a dynasty to rise and fall.

A family could span over a dozen generations.

In an instant, countless memories flooded Lin Qi’s heart.

Time passed too quickly; without noticing, his age had surpassed a thousand and was racing toward two thousand.

Blue Star had undergone earth-shattering changes.

He had buried himself in cultivation, and time had become nothing but a number.

If not for this event, he wouldn’t have known when he’d return.

Beside him, Jiang Tao sighed:

“It’s been a long time. So many people and things have changed drastically.”

“Brother Qi, if you return to Tianhai City now, you’ll probably feel like a stranger.”

Lin Qi smiled: “That’s normal—it’s been hundreds of years.”

At that moment, Qin Ling spoke:

“Lin Qi, go home first.”

“We have something to discuss with you tomorrow.”

Lin Qi nodded and replied:

“I’ll go then. See you tomorrow.”

After entering Blue Star, everyone parted ways.

His senior and junior brothers and sisters were all at the Blue Star Federation headquarters—the former headquarters of Chiqiong Martial Arts Hall.

Lin Qi himself boarded the Taixing spacecraft and returned to Cang Province, Tianhai City.

“Shh!”

He watched the ground through the porthole.

Countless magnetic levitation trains flew through the lower skies, while countless others raced along the ground.

Innumerable skyscrapers projected entirely new advertisements.

“Lin Corporation’s latest Model III Refinement Serum—significantly boosts muscle strength…”

Lin Qi looked at the ad—it was his own family’s company.

Lin Corporation, founded by his father Lin Zhen and uncle Fang Zhe.

It had become one of Blue Star’s largest enterprises.

He owned the largest share of the entire corporation.

No one else could compare.

…

Moments later, Tianhai City

Lin Estate—a vast, boundless estate filled with modern villa clusters and endless gardens.

Originally called Yujing Haoting Community, it had many villas, each owned by different families.

Now transformed into Lin Estate, it spanned dozens of kilometers—just slightly smaller than Tai Chu Holy Land.

Yet given Blue Star’s small size and massive population, owning a dozen-kilometer estate was already extraordinary.

On the spacious lawn, the Taixing spacecraft landed slowly.

“Hummm!!”

The cabin door opened, and Lin Qi stepped out wearing the Dark Yao Battle Armor.

Two figures appeared on the lawn—his father Lin Zhen and his mother Fang Huiyi.

“Dad! Mom!”

Lin Zhen looked at his son—familiar yet strange—and still smiled.

His mother Fang Huiyi chuckled:

“Son, doesn’t everything feel drastically different?”

Lin Qi nodded: “Absolutely.”

Lin Zhen smiled: “Come inside and talk.”

The three entered the villa. Compared to before, its style had changed—blending Blue Star’s aesthetics with those of cosmic races.

They sat on sofas as an AI lifeform poured them hot tea.

Lin Zhen sat on a nearby sofa and smiled:

“In these hundreds of years, so much has happened.”

“Our Blue Star rose too fast.”

“It felt like a new change every year—technology evolved too rapidly.”

“One slip, and you’d feel left behind.”

“Many places now feel like two different worlds.”

“We used to live in Yujing Haoting Community. Later, we expanded, and other residents gave up their land.”

“We reclaimed all the wilderness areas abandoned due to disaster beast invasions and built new cities.”

“But over the past few centuries, Blue Star’s population has exploded—it’s now over a hundred billion.”

“Many are from other civilizations.”

“They’re all rich or noble, and insist on living on Blue Star.”

“Blue Star can’t hold so many people—so we’ve reclaimed land from the seas and relocated people to trial planets.”

“But we heard the trial planets have suffered major upheavals—all inhabitants must be evacuated.”

“Some returned to Blue Star; others will be temporarily relocated to other planets.”

“All eight planets in the solar system are being modified—their environments now support ordinary humans.”

“Large numbers have already moved to the eight planets seeking opportunities.”

Lin Qi nodded—he’d seen it on his way back; bases and cities now dotted Venus, Jupiter, and other planets.

Each planet could accommodate most of the population.

It wasn’t just the solar system—they’d begun transforming and colonizing even more distant worlds.

His mother Fang Huiyi also smiled:

“Our Blue Star civilization now controls over a hundred inhabited planets.”

“Who would’ve dreamed of that in the past?”

Lin Qi sipped his hot tea and sighed:

“Our Blue Star has developed too fast.”

“Mom, Dad—how have you been lately?”

Lin Zhen smiled:

“Business has stabilized—we no longer need to be heavily involved.”

“We have plenty of cultivation resources, and we’ve lost the desire to push our realms further.”

“If higher realms didn’t extend lifespan, I bet your mother and I would’ve quit cultivation long ago.”

“Now we cultivate a little each day, play virtual games, and take walks in the garden.”

“Occasionally, we travel to newly opened inhabited planets for sightseeing.”

“Honestly, this life is incredibly comfortable.”

“I never imagined such a life in my youth.”

“So time feels like it flies even faster.”

Lin Qi smiled:

“This is just the beginning—there’s still a long future ahead.”

“After all, Blue Star is still very young.”

“Many civilizations have histories spanning ten thousand, hundreds of thousands, even hundreds of millions of years.”

“Compared to them, our Blue Star civilization is like a toddler just learning to walk.”

Lin Zhen chuckled: “We still need to push harder—raise our realms.”

“Void Realm isn’t enough anymore—we must reach Cosmic Stage Two, even Three.”

Afterward, Lin Qi stayed home for dinner cooked by his mother.

He hadn’t eaten her food in hundreds of years—he was starving for it.

Though he could simulate it in virtual reality, it wasn’t real.

For someone at his level, he still preferred reality.

…

After dinner, Lin Qi strolled and chatted with his parents in the yard, seeing numerous massive disaster beasts living peacefully.

Over hundreds of years, the disaster beasts from the trial planets had nearly been driven to extinction.

It was also the fulfillment of a dream he once had.

Many disaster beasts were locked in zoos, or bought by the wealthy and kept as pets.

Even within the estate, there were such beasts, their bloodlines modified so they no longer desired to devour humans.

Their strength surpassed that of ordinary disaster beasts.

After all, disaster beasts were merely cannon fodder created by the Demon Clan.

Such massive beasts included colossal beasts, abyss beasts, wind beasts, and others.

After touring the family estate, he went out for a walk to meet many old friends.

Some familiar elders, like former neighbors from his old neighborhood.

Many had passed away; their descendants either went to big cities to struggle, or ventured to other planets to fight for their future.

Yet familiar flavors remained—food shops still stood, though their decor and business styles had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Some shops had changed little, giving him a sense of centuries-old tradition.

……

Just as Lin Qi returned to Blue Star.

In the universe, beyond the Trial Planet.