Chapter 152

Vast deserts of yellow sand stretched endlessly, and a mysterious black triangular structure hundreds of meters tall stood silently in the desert, unmoved despite the battering winds and sand.

If someone dug up the sand nearby, they would discover this was merely one corner of a colossal spaceship.

"Hurry up!"

"Move faster, all of you."

At the ship's entrance, a line stretching like a long dragon rapidly filed inside—each row held over ten people, and the entire queue stretched hundreds of meters long.

On every face, there was either numbness, fear, or rage—but no one dared resist.

Along both sides of the line stood figures with blue skin, each holding long whips, driving the captives like livestock, casually lashing those who moved too slowly.

No one knew that, high above on the ship's roof, two pairs of eyes were watching the crowd below.

It was a towering man with two heads, his frame exceptionally massive, each forehead bearing a sharp, bluish-gray horn.

These were the infamous "Ship Brothers," infamous among extraterrestrial prisoners; from the perspective of conjoined beings, they could be considered one person—or two, because… they held two divine offices!

"Brother."

The right head gazed down at the crowd, speaking with regret: "After we finish exploring Earth's treasures, are we truly leaving Earth?"

"Quan."

The left head spoke in a low tone: "Don't you understand yet? Earth is no longer what it was when we first arrived. All civilizations are sealing off information about Earth's treasures. Earth is clearly far more than a mere 1.9-level civilization's main planet."

He added slowly: "After we explore the treasures of the Azure Archipelago, we'll sign a confidentiality contract with the Zhi Star Group and return home as soon as possible."

"Just go back like that?"

The right head frowned: "When will we ever get revenge? Didn't we agree to obtain a primordial-tier rare divine office on Earth, cultivate until we could transform into a star, and then leave?"

"We've been imprisoned too long—we only have three and a half years left," the left head sighed. "Is that enough time? Do you think we'll still have a chance to touch Earth's treasures once Earth fully integrates into the starry network?"

He shook his head. "Not to mention—if word leaks, hundreds of level-one civilizations across the entire galaxy will swarm here."

The right head fell silent for a moment, then said: "I understand, brother."

In the universe, a single level difference between civilizations was nearly the gap between two dimensions.

The Zhi Star civilization, though renowned in the galaxy, would be seen as nothing more than a bug in the eyes of level-two civilizations, where divine powers awakened everywhere.

Even a trace of a level-two civilization's leftover treasure was enough to drive a level-one civilization mad.

"Then we must secure more Sacred Script legacies before we leave."

The right head spoke low: "The star pirates who raided us were all ordinary divine offices. Our Commander was a primordial-tier Cosmic Messenger—yet those pirates, using some unknown Sacred Script and divine technique, killed our captain with a single strike…"

"Our Commander was simply too proud."

The left head sighed: "Sacred Scripts are etched for life; he refused anything unsuitable. Cosmic Messenger techniques are exceedingly rare—how could he possibly match such a powerful star pirate?"

"I wonder what the former civilization of Earth truly was—how could the Azure Archipelago hold so many legacies of Sacred Scripts and divine techniques?"

The right head sighed.

"Quan, snap out of it—this isn't something we have the right to dig into," the left head frowned slightly.

"I know."

The right head said: "If I can obtain even a few sets of Sacred Scripts like Bichinal, I'll be perfectly satisfied."

The left head frowned slightly: "Bichinal never entered the Azure Archipelago—no one knows where he got those Sacred Scripts. He must have had some extraordinary fortune…"

"Brother, before we leave, can't we capture more Earth humans?"

The right head glanced down at the Earth human queue: "Initial humans may be weak, but they have no limitations—they make perfect experimental subjects, fetch a good price, and as natives of this special planet, capturing a few hundred thousand before we go should earn us a nice profit from slave traders."

"That's trivial," the left head nodded, then sighed regretfully: "Too bad the Black Flame Clan is dead. I never expected Earth to have Black Flame Clan members—if only we could have captured one alive… who knows how valuable they'd be? Has the Black Flame Clan ever appeared in galactic history?"

"If even the Zhi Star Group couldn't capture him, how could we?"

The right head said: "Besides, that Black Flame Clan member had already taken the Cosmic Demon office. Unless we evolve into primordial-tier, we couldn't suppress him."

At that moment—

"Bip."

The communicator emitted a soft chime.

The Ship Brothers opened it, glanced, and both smiled.

"That rising Earth native, Lin Qing, wants to talk to us?"

The left head chuckled: "Quan, have Mr. Bichinal join us for the talk, and ask my lord Bai Zhou to come and oversee."

"I understand," the right head said. "Since we're the stronger side, we'll push hard to reduce that Earth native's share during negotiations."

The left head grunted in agreement.

He and his brother were as one, yet held two rare divine offices, perfectly complementary—capable of holding their own even against normal Cosmic Messengers or Cosmic Demons. Only beings like the Black Flame Clan's aberrant talent made them hesitate.

After a while, a tall, slender man with gray hair entered the ship's forward cabin.

His eyes were cold and dark; black patterns marred his skin, radiating chaotic and dangerous energy, with faintly twisted transparent flames swirling around him.

"Mr. Bichinal."

The Ship Brothers smiled immediately: "That Earth native, Lin Qing, wants to talk. For safety, we've arranged the meeting near this ship—my lord Bai Zhou will also arrive to oversee."

Bichinal said coolly: "You can bring whoever you want. But during the exploration, I still claim first pick of half of all shareable treasures. You can divide the rest among yourselves—how much you give to that worthless Earth native is your business. My share remains unchanged."

The Ship Brothers' expressions shifted slightly.

"Mr. Bichinal," the right head blurted: "You're taking fifty percent? Isn't that—"

"Then let's fight now."

Bichinal said indifferently: "If the two of you can block me, I'll agree to reduce my share."

The Ship Brothers fell silent. The left head forced a faint smile: "Fine. Mr. Bichinal, your strength is formidable—fifty percent it is."

He sighed inwardly.

He had originally planned for Bichinal to take forty percent, his brother and himself to take forty percent, and give the Earth native twenty percent.

Now, it seemed they'd have to make up the difference from that Earthling.

"Give that Earthling one percent? He certainly won't agree... Never mind, if he refuses, just abandon him. Just a mere native anyway..." he thought darkly.

They, these prisoners possessing rare divine offices, though prisoners, were at least geniuses from various civilizations and had naturally prepared long ago.

With immense advantages in areas like genetic optimization and combat techniques, they naturally looked down on a single Earth native.

Not to mention, he had once followed a true genius like the Commander.

Suddenly—

Buchinal's pair of dim eyes suddenly shifted slightly; he said in a low voice, "Something feels off. It seems telekinesis just swept over."

Upon hearing this, Brother Boat became alert.

Normally, those who have not awakened telekinesis cannot sense it, but Buchinal's divine office ability is special and has a set of Holy Letters engraved upon it, allowing him to sense telekinesis as well.

At this moment, telekinetic probing suddenly appeared?

Brother Boat immediately extended a hand, and a floating metal plate materialized before him.

As long as he infused energy, he could mentally control the spaceship's hatch to close instantly.

This spaceship was constructed entirely from Tier Five materials; once sealed, attacks on the primal level could not possibly damage the ship!

Suddenly—

"Boom!"

Brother Boat suddenly felt his head go blank; he vaguely saw three illusory fire meteors penetrate the spaceship's outer shell and walls, flying at a terrifying speed, and directly embedding themselves into the bodies of Brother Boat and Buchinal and the third person.

These illusory fire meteors arrived too fast; by the time all three present had just reacted, they were already hit.

"It's a mental attack!!"

The three instantly understood this point.

In an instant, the three fire meteors entered the three people's seas of consciousness, exploding like bombs, instantly transforming into blazing suns that roared forth with boundless light and heat.

"Damn it!"

Under the eruption of violent mental shock, even though the three condensed their will and guarded their minds, they were now mentally chaotic.

At the same time, behind a dune ten kilometers away, a phantom completely shrouded in darkness suddenly appeared, crossing ten kilometers in the blink of an eye at an unimaginably terrifying speed!

Then, that black shadow instantly drilled into the spaceship from the entrance of the crowd queuing below the ship!

At the same time, a wave of telekinesis spread out, blocking the shockwave that would have dispersed toward the crowd during flight.

This dark phantom moved flexibly through the spaceship's corridors, rushing at extreme speed toward the forward cabin above the ship.

"Beep!!"

A piercing alarm suddenly sounded inside the spaceship; evidently, the ship's intelligence detected an enemy intrusion, and the doors of the corridors began to seal and close one by one.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

After continuously passing through the closing hatches of three corridors, the black shadow finally rushed into the spaceship's forward cabin in a flash of lightning and fire, just before the last hatch completely sealed.

Brother Boat and Buchinal inside the forward cabin were still in a state of mental chaos.

Amidst the shroud of darkness, the Black Flame Clone glanced around.

Although he was not skilled in mental attacks, and telekinetic penetration through the spaceship walls had weakened it considerably, primal-level telekinesis combined with primal-level telekinetic secret arts, after the Black Flame burned, made dealing with two awakened beings quite simple.

"Boom!"

Fist shadows covering the sky and earth, carrying terrifying power, instantly enveloped Brother Boat and Buchinal.

Even though they had unleashed their strongest defenses before their minds were confused, under this terrifying power, they instantly turned into countless flesh and blood fragments, splattering everywhere on the spot.

In just an instant, Brother Boat and Buchinal were dead beyond any possibility of life.

At this moment, the hatch also sealed completely.

The Black Flame Clone, shrouded in darkness, glanced at the hatch, then swept with telekinesis, immediately discovering the surveillance equipment inside the cabin.

"Sure enough, there is surveillance. Fortunately, I prepared early... Hmm?"

Just then, under the Black Flame Clone's spreading telekinesis, he discovered that the splattered flesh and blood fragments filling the cabin suddenly began to wriggle.

The flesh and blood fragments wriggled rapidly, converging toward a single central point, forming a massive lump of flesh.

At the same time, the aura of life force rapidly strengthened.

"How is this possible?"

The Black Flame Clone's heart was filled with disbelief; he watched the scene in shock. "I clearly smashed them to pieces, their aura was gone, yet they are still alive?"

With a sweep of telekinesis, he immediately discovered that at the point where a large amount of flesh and blood fragments had gathered, a tiny point of light was hovering.

Upon close observation, that tiny point of light turned out to be a series of strange and intricate characters!

"This is..."

Lin Qing, the main body ten thousand li away, frowned slightly at this moment and immediately transmitted a telekinetic message to Chen Guang.

"Resurrection? Special glowing characters?" Chen Guang's voice sounded in his mind: "Master, this should be the legendary Holy Letters, runes containing strange rules."

"Holy Letters..."

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.

At this time, Yan, also ten thousand li away, was attempting to destroy the flesh that was resurrecting.

But even after smashing the converging flesh apart, or crushing the flesh into even finer pieces, that flesh would gather again, or attacking the central Holy Letters proved utterly useless.

"Live on then. I want to see how many times you can live."

Lin Qing didn't care; the Black Flame Clone immediately waited on the side.

Ten-plus seconds later, that massive amount of flesh finally gathered completely, wriggling crazily like dough, and in the blink of an eye transformed into a tall, thin gray-haired man.

Black patterns adorned his skin, and around him, distorted transparent flames flickered indistinctly.

Buchinal stared fixedly at the figure shrouded in darkness opposite him; that terrifying aura made him tremble slightly from a life instinct.

His heart was filled with immense aftertaste of fear.

If not for that set of Holy Letters inheritance he obtained from a chance encounter back then, which allowed him to resurrect once while his soul had not yet scattered, he would truly be dead this time!

With this death, the Holy Script characters painstakingly engraved over many years also became ineffective.

"I cannot die... I cannot die here..."

Bichinar roared in his heart, then spoke in a low voice: "I do not know who you are, but if you kill me, you will not be able to get out."

"Oh?" A hoarse, low chuckle came from the darkness.

"I admit your power is terrifying."

Bichinar tried his best to calm himself, speaking in a deep voice: "But you used a mental attack first to deal with us; you must be a Primordial Lifeform, right? You killed Brother Chuan; the spaceship's intelligence will not let you out, and this spaceship is made of Fifth-Grade materials; you cannot forcibly break it open to rush out."

"Relying solely on this, you think you can survive?" A hoarse mocking laugh came from the darkness: "So what if it is sealed off?"

He was not panicked at all... Bichinar was somewhat panicked.

No, I must live...

As long as I stall for time, my lord Bai Zhou will arrive soon...

Bichinar forcibly steadied his mind and spoke again: "I know a clue to a precious Holy Script inheritance; as long as you spare me, I can sign a contract with you on the Second Universe Network."

The Second Universe Network?

Lin Qing had not yet obtained the equipment to log into the Second Universe Network, and even if he had, he could not expose his identity for this.

"In that case..."

A hoarse voice sounded from the darkness, seeming moved.

Then—

The dark figure suddenly moved, appearing before Bichinar's eyes as if teleporting, and at the same time slapped down.

"Boom!"

Bichinar saw only boundless darkness instantly filling the world before his eyes.

"No!!"

He let out an angry, unwilling roar in his heart; illusory and transparent flames burned fiercely all over his body, attempting to scorch the other's mind.

But the figure in the darkness merely paused slightly, unaffected to any great degree.

"Boom!"

Under the explosion of terrifying power, Bichinar's entire body turned into flesh and blood fragments that splattered outward.

The Black Flame Clone, hidden in the darkness, looked at Bichinar scattered all over the ground and felt somewhat surprised: "Scorching the mind? The pain of scorching the mind is already somewhat difficult for ordinary Primordial Lifeforms to endure..."

The illusory, transparent flames Bichinar had just unleashed even made the Black Flame Clone, accustomed to self-combustion, feel a bit of pain.

If it were someone with insufficient willpower, it would truly be hard to say.

"Just relying on this strange flame that burns the mind, Bichinar could already gain a shocking advantage in battles at the same level..."

Lin Qing was secretly startled: "This should also be some kind of Holy Script power?"

He pondered silently, waited quietly for a moment, and found that Bichinar did not revive again.

"Dead? Can only revive once?"

He had been prepared to stall here indefinitely.

"That makes sense..."

He thought silently, "A power usable even by an Awakened Lifeform; even if it is a Holy Script, it cannot be too heaven-defying..." Immediately, the Black Flame Clone raised its head and glanced at the surveillance equipment hidden inside the front cabin.

This spaceship clearly considered defense against telekinesis; he could not use telekinesis to control the door mechanism, and he could not even destroy that surveillance equipment of unknown principle.

However, he had originally considered this point, which is why he deliberately stayed in the darkness.

This telekinetic secret technique that blinds surrounding light to form darkness was not difficult to learn; he had specifically learned it before coming.

"It does not matter."

The telekinesis burning within the Black Flame Clone moved.

The darkness enveloping the surroundings suddenly expanded, covering the entire front cabin in darkness.

When the darkness dissipated, the figure inside the front cabin had already vanished.

Inside Lin'an City.

!.

In a hollow thousands of meters underground, Lin Qing revealed a slight smile: "You thought I was going to flee?"

He immersed his consciousness in the Eternal Gate within his mind; as half the energy was consumed, a light point flew out from between his eyebrows, transforming into the naked Black Flame Clone before his eyes.

"Hmm... With this, when enemies investigate, they will only think I left the spaceship through special means; how would they think I committed suicide?"

Lin Qing opened the Domain of the False God and immediately cast Flash of Light again, instantly shuttling back to his residence on the ground.

Now that the Sky Track Monarch's ability has merged with the Divine Office, the Sky Track Coordinate can appear anywhere within the Domain, including imprinting a Sky Track Coordinate in the void.

Moreover, one can control the energy of the imprint, such as making the imprint energy weaker, reducing the maintenance time, and lowering the consumption.

Within the Domain, Flash of Light becomes energy-based, consumption is also reduced, casting it once consumes about thirty percent of energy, and the speed of Flash of Light is even faster.

Now it can probably maintain twelve hundred times the speed of sound.

"The Order Level has risen by more than ten levels."

Lin Qing revealed a slight smile, glanced at the current Order Level, and said, "Breaking the thousand-level mark should be soon."

Before the spaceship amidst the endless yellow sand.

A tall white-haired man stood in mid-air, looking down at a corner of the spaceship below; beneath his pale, bone-like mask, a hint of confusion shone in those ice-blue eyes.

He frowned, glanced at the panicked Earthlings below, and spoke: "Everyone, leave."

The panicked crowd immediately scattered; the green-skinned thugs seeing this did not dare to stop them.

The white-haired man wearing the white bone mask landed before the spaceship's hatch and said coldly: "Brother Chuan, Bichinar, what is happening?"

A beam of light scanned across, and only then did the spaceship's cabin door automatically open.

"Honorable Lord Bai Zhou."

A mechanical voice with no emotional fluctuation sounded: "I am the intelligent system of the Xilotte. Just five minutes ago, the Master and Mr. Bichinar were both killed."

"What?" Bai Zhou frowned.

He immediately followed the spaceship's intelligent system's prompt, walked into the ship, and the closed corridor doors along the way all opened automatically; he soon arrived inside the forward cabin.

Looking at the scene of flesh and blood flying everywhere inside the cabin, Bai Zhou frowned and said, "Where is the surveillance? Replay everything that just happened."

The intelligent system immediately controlled the light, began projecting everything that happened inside the spaceship, and started the replay.

Starting from when that black shadow appeared inside the spaceship, it moved at a terrifying speed, shuttling all the way into the spaceship's forward cabin, and then in an instant blew up Captain Brother and Bichinar.

"Suffered a mental attack?"

Bai Zhou slowly frowned.

Although the spaceship's surveillance could only restore the changes in light and sound inside the ship, replaying them via holographic projection without restoring telekinesis, he could still analyze it from the extremely sluggish reactions of Captain Brother and Bichinar.

Afterwards, a large amount of flesh fragments began to wriggle, and Bichinar was resurrected in just over ten seconds.

"A Holy Word capable of resurrection?"

Bai Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly. "Bichinar actually hid such a move?"

He knew Bichinar possessed a set of Chaotic Holy Words that could provide an unquenchable fire that burns the soul.

In terms of strength, although Bichinar was only an Awakened Being, the gap compared to the Senior Department Head of the Patrol Headquarters was not too large.

But... that soul-burning fire had no effect?

"Perhaps stronger than me..."

Frowning, Bai Zhou had to admit it.

With his strength, although he could also achieve this, it certainly wouldn't be as easy and simple as that black shadow.

"However, such strength is not enough to forcibly break through a spaceship made of Grade Five materials; how did it escape?"

Bai Zhou continued watching the replay.

However—

After the darkness expanded to cover the entire forward cabin, once the darkness dissipated, the black shadow also vanished.

"Hmm?"

Bai Zhou was slightly stunned, looking at the scene in disbelief. "This... how did it leave? Spatial ability? How is that possible?"

As far as he knew, once space was involved, it was already a power surpassing Earth's highest level.

Earth's highest level of power is the Eighth Energy Level, but the Liuda Sects only involve space starting from the Ninth Energy Level; theoretically, such an ability should be impossible to exist.

"No, this person deliberately obscured the light, obviously hiding the method of departure."

Bai Zhou shook his head slightly. "This would naturally make people suspect a spatial ability; since they deliberately concealed it, it should be another ability..."

But regardless, this result made him realize one thing—

He was destined not to find this black shadow; even if he found it, he currently had no way to deal with it.

"Why kill Captain Brother and Bichinar?"

Frowning and thinking, Bai Zhou asked, "Today they were just preparing to join hands with that Earthling Lin Qing to explore the Sky Archipelago, but they were killed immediately? Because of the Earth Treasure?"

Although he knew Captain Brother had captured Patrol members and a batch of Earth natives, this small matter shouldn't warrant directly killing them and giving up the opportunity to join hands, right?

Not to mention, he knew Lin Qing had only just achieved a Divine Office.

Not only was his strength far from enough, but the Army Commander also specialized only in long-range attacks.

So, he wouldn't suspect Lin Qing at all.

"Wisdom Star Group? Chaoyang Martial Arts Hall? Dawn Group? Black Warrior Military Resources Company? Expedition Association? The Upper Three Families?"

Among those Bai Zhou could think of who possessed such strength, it must be people from these forces in the Urban Circle.

The second-tier forces in the Urban Circle, their strongest might not even be as strong as him.

"Perhaps eliminating threats in advance..."

"What?"

Lin Qing looked at Xu Shaofeng on the projection screen in shock, asking in disbelief: "Captain Brother and Bichinar are both dead? Didn't we just agree to meet and talk today?"

Xu Shaofeng sighed and shook his head, saying: "I don't know the specific situation either; this is what Bai Zhou said. He said... the person who acted was very strong; even if not a Primal Divine Office holder, they were a High-Level Primal Being with a basic Divine Office."

Lin Qing understood his meaning.

Divine Office holders, not discussing Holy Words and Divine Skills, can roughly be divided into several tiers.

The first tier: Awakened Beings, which are Fourth Energy Level lifeforms, possessing a basic Divine Office, belonging to the weakest Divine Office holders.

The second tier: Primal Beings, which are Fifth Energy Level lifeforms, possessing a basic Divine Office, naturally stronger by a level.

The third tier: High-Level Primal Beings, which are Sixth Energy Level lifeforms; even with a basic Divine Office, their strength is equally formidable.

The fourth tier: Also High-Level Primal Beings of the Sixth Energy Level, but possessing a Primal Divine Office, that is, Primal Divine Office holders!

Generally, only the outstanding ones among the third tier have the confidence to obtain a Primal Divine Office.

Relying on its powerful foundation and Black Flame combustion, the Black Flame Clone could roughly match a High-Level Primal Being on the foundation, plus the Divine Office of Newborn Demon, so its strength was equivalent to the third tier.

But the gap compared to a Primal Divine Office holder was still very large.

This strength... although not considered high-level across the entire Urban Circle, it was still considered good.

Anyway, it was many times stronger than the strength his original body had displayed.

"Then... Department Head, am I still going today? Are there any prisoners or rare Divine Office holders left?" Lin Qing asked, knowing the answer.

"Just two, and they are both dead." Department Head Xu shook his head.

"Alright." Lin Qing sighed helplessly.

"Don't lose heart."

Director Xu said, "Factions of extraterrestrial civilizations from all over the urban circle will also dispatch teams. Dean Chu and Master Qi have already contacted them for you."

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

In his heart, he muttered to himself that it would be great if he could wipe out all these teams too.

But he also knew this was unrealistic.

Although these extraterrestrial prisoners had backgrounds, they currently could not interfere with Earth.

And the exploration teams from the urban circle all came from top-tier powers; their backgrounds were all on Earth, and their strength was more terrifying than the last.

Behind each of them stood at least a Primal-class Divine Servant.

He did not want to provoke enemies of this level yet.

After ending the call, Lin Qing continued to focus on his cultivation.

Primal energy, layer after layer, constantly gathered in his mind, outlining the strange lines and edges of the pseudo-divine spark, forming those special patterns.

"Almost..."

"Very soon..."

Lin Qing could feel it... the pseudo-divine spark was very close to fully forming.

The next day.

Xu Shaofeng, the Senior Director, sent a message saying that the urban circle team wanted to meet him to talk.

Lin Qing immediately boarded his newly exchanged fighter jet and rushed at high speed to the Patrol Headquarters.

"Where is everyone?"

After arriving at the meeting room in the headquarters, Lin Qing found it empty, with only Xu Shaofeng present.

"Here." Xu Shaofeng handed Lin Qing a pale gray ring, smiled, and said, "Those geniuses from the urban circle all treat us as natives; how could they possibly come to meet you personally?"

"I guess I thought too highly of myself." Lin Qing also smiled, immediately took the ring, and asked in confusion, "What is this?"

Xu Shaofeng said, "Dean Chu asked me to give this to you. A consciousness sensor, or rather... a Second Universe Network login device."

"Oh?"

Lin Qing's eyes lit up.

"Telekinesis and personal genetic energy can both be used; telekinesis is more convenient." Xu Shaofeng said.

"Fine, I'm going back." Lin Qing nodded, then added, "However, why didn't Dean Chu have someone deliver it to me directly?"

"That is a bit strange."

Xu Shaofeng said, "Perhaps he didn't want to make you seem too special. Anyway, once you go online, Dean Chu will contact you."

Back at home.

After putting on the ring, Lin Qing immediately split off a strand of telekinesis and merged it into the ring.

Immediately, he sensed a vast, boundless fluctuation, as if for the first time gazing up at the boundless starry sky and knowing the existence of the vast universe; a wisp of his consciousness quickly immersed itself within it.

At the same time, that universe-like vast fluctuation also transmitted messages one by one to his consciousness.

【Welcome, Universe Citizen. Your current citizen rank is One-Star.】

【Every 16 days, 21 hours, 54 minutes, and 11 seconds, the Second Universe will reboot; all consciousness outside the subsidiary space will be expelled from the Second Universe.】

【Every time the Second Universe reboots, it will remirror the Main Universe.】

【The next reboot time is 16 days, 16 hours, 37 minutes, and 15 seconds.】

When Lin Qing opened his eyes again, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

The surroundings were still his familiar cultivation room.

"Didn't I enter the Second Universe Network? Why am I still in reality... hmm?"

But in the blink of an eye, he suddenly realized—

This is the Second Universe Network!

"It reboots every 16 days, 21 hours, 54 minutes, and 11 seconds, remirroring the Main Universe?"

Lin Qing noticed that the position of the medicine box in the cultivation room was different; this was clearly the position it was in hours ago before he took out the medicine.

"Is this Second Universe Network exactly the same as reality? Remirroring the Main Universe?"

At this moment, he finally understood why the Second Universe Network was called the 【Second Universe】!

"Master."

A wisp of flowing light flew out, transforming into Chen Guang, the three-nothing loli.

"Why did you come in too?" Lin Qing asked in confusion.

Chen Guang said, "Because Master you came in. The Star-Transmitting Tower is originally a subsidiary space of the Second Universe Network; I, the subsidiary intelligence, naturally came in with you."

"The Star-Transmitting Tower is a subsidiary space of the Second Universe Network?" Lin Qing was stunned.

"Of course." Chen Guang said, "However, the Star-Transmitting Tower is only a One-Star subsidiary space, so its functions are limited."

"What about the Twilight Paradise in the Twilight Frontline?" Lin Qing asked curiously.

Chen Guang thought for a moment and said, "I don't know either, but being able to alter the flow of time, it must be at least a Two-Star subsidiary space, right?"

Lin Qing pushed open the large door of the cultivation room, walked out of the villa, swept his telekinesis around, and found that this Second Universe Network was no different from the real world; the people he knew were all present.

"Compared to the real world, is the Second Universe Network exactly the same except for the Universe Citizens?" Lin Qing asked.

"Yes." Chen Guang nodded and said, "Actually, before Universe Citizens enter the Second Universe Network, they are also the same as the real world; all living beings are simulated and calculated by intelligence."

"Exactly the same, what is the point of that?" Lin Qing asked in confusion.

"Of course it has meaning."

Chen Yanan said, "In the real world, time cannot go backward; once a mistake is made, it cannot be undone. But in this Second Universe Network, which is identical to the real world, even if something irreversible is done, it has no bearing on reality. Even the gravest errors can be corrected."

"Master, this is equivalent to giving every human citizen of the universe a chance to make amends."

She looked at Lin Qing. "For instance, in the war between the human race and the alien races, by using the Second Universe Network to reflect reality, there is also a chance to try again."

(End of this chapter)