Chapter 588: Harvesting

For dispute arbitration, the arbitration center can generally make a direct ruling; if it involves difficult or complex cases or has significant impact, it will be reported to the Sacred Song Committee, and for higher levels or disputes involving judicial power, it is appealed to the Supreme Anthem Committee where the Empire is located.

The current perfected Saint Song System is also a major part of the trading foundation of the Star River Alliance, which, combined with the Submarine Convention and the Commercial Convention, has constructed the current Star River Order.

Li Hao spent quite a while getting a general understanding of these three places; they were excellent, but almost anything that caught his eye required a high fee. Everything put out was usable, but one shouldn't expect it to be free.

Li Hao arrived at the Shengge Zhengzhan Zhongxin. The one responsible for operations and management was a member of the Mechanical Race, with an iron head and iron brain. In this strange place, it reminded him of the first good friend he had when he entered the Star River Alliance, numbered... Damn, he actually forgot. He really was too thoughtless. The Mechanical Race member's work badge had a name: Kashika 2.

The Mechanical Race member watched Li Hao silently, "Sir, is there anything you need help with?"

Li Hao rubbed his nose in embarrassment; the guy wasn't taking the bait.

"Ahem, I'd like to understand the usage conditions for the Anthem Battle Room."

"The Anthem Battle Room is 1,000 credits per hour, Boundary Stones are 5,000 credits each, and a non-attribute Ozil Empire standard Celestial Armament is 1,000,000 credits. If you have special requirements, we have a more comprehensive mall here, and we also provide custom orders," the Mechanical Race member replied earnestly, following a set procedure.

Li Hao's mouth twitched a few times. Custom orders, too? A rip-off, what a damn rip-off shop.

"Um, do newcomers get a discount?" Li Hao asked.

Li Hao paid the 1,000 credits for one hour of usage with a pained heart, and also purchased a combat-specific Boundary Stone for 5,000 credits, using a credit loan for Anthem Warriors.

Li Hao, Solar System civilization (place of origin), 20 years old (Human calendar), Ruling Sacred Song (affiliation), Merit: 5,100 (Warrior Tier).

Asset balance: -615,890.

This included classes, daily expenses, etc. Among them, 50 was for that set of standard Celestial Armament he received; it wasn't free, it was also charged to his account. Moreover, once it was damaged, repair fees and such would all be recorded in his Star Swift, which was his identity verification. As long as he wasn't dead and was still within the Star River, he had to pay the money back.

Why Li Hao didn't want to study the Star Swift, or even open it, was mainly because every time he saw this string of negative numbers, his heart couldn't take it.

Honestly, he didn't like being a debt-ridden Youzi, especially one who was in debt for no apparent reason. Was he born to be poor? He finally got a sweet treat, only to find out it belonged to someone else.

When it came to being a poor B, Da B Ge was consistent. If he were even a little bit generous, he might not have even been able to muster the thought of resisting.

Entering his own battle room, he followed the operation manual, placed the Boundary Stone into the inlay slot, paid the 100-credit single-battle fee, and *zoom*...

Li Hao entered the battle space, his whole person immersed in the Galaxy, with quite the feeling of having the universe overhead and the Galaxy under his feet. With a wave of his right hand, the operation interface appeared.

Li Hao chose "All-Rounder" without hesitation—super all-rounder, high cost-performance ratio.

ID: Li Hao

(Human · Solar System · Ruling Sacred Song)

Li Hao didn't want to fight at the Anthem Warrior level. It wasn't that he didn't like harvesting leeks, it was just that the leeks here were too tender and lacked flavor. He tried to accept those high-level challenges, but unfortunately, they all had conditions set, and he couldn't get in at all.

Li Hao didn't want to waste time. He put on the Celestial Armament according to the requirements and entered the Shengge System for an automatic promotion battle.

His first Anthem battle had

arrived.

His opponent was an Orc Warrior from the Lalutu Empire · Mag Sacred Song.

Accompanied by a burst of light, the two appeared on the same battlefield. This was the space technology of the Sacred Song, a temporary space formed with the Boundary Stone as the fusion point, so it was not a virtual battle.

The huge Orc Warrior, shrouded in Celestial Martial gear, looked at the opponent before him. He had already seen the data: a human. Anyway, the Lalutu Empire and the Solar System were already at odds now, and both sides found each other unpleasant. Whether in life or in the Shengge System, once they ran into each other, they wouldn't be polite.

The Orc Warrior swung his battle axe, accompanied by a roar, activated Universe Power, and with his armor overflowing with black Universe Flame, he charged toward Li Hao with great momentum. Boom, boom, boom—his heavy footsteps carried intimidation. As the distance closed, he leaped into the air.

"Die!"

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The two figures, one large and one small, expanded. The next second, the huge Orc Warrior went flying away in response; Li Hao had slapped him into nothingness.

He didn't intend to waste too much time in this vegetable patch. Quick battle, quick decision, to increase the efficiency of his time usage. Besides, he didn't want to excessively wear out his Celestial Armament. To become an official Anthem Warrior, this training-use Celestial Martial gear was at a discounted price; if it was damaged, it could be repaired, but if it needed to be replaced, it would cost at least 80 or more depending on the level. Li Hao decided to cherish his equipment.

And then the Orc was slapped into nothingness.

In one hour, Li Hao could easily fight over forty matches, all taking just a single palm strike. It was mainly because sometimes he would encounter particularly polite opponents, and Li Hao would feel bad, so he would politely finish the greeting and then slap them away.

Why slap? It was mainly to try not to cause too serious injury to the opponent. The Anthem Special Battle System had a fairly high rate of severe injury. If one accidentally caused a death, they would have to enter the Review and Audit System, and at the same time, the account would be banned and the Sacred Song status would be suspended until the audit was completed. Therefore, without fully understanding the rules, slapping them unconscious was a choice with a relatively high cost-performance ratio.

In the Sacred Song, there are mainly three levels of classification for Universe Power: Universe Flame, Universe Storm, and Universe Gale.

The intensity of Universe Flame is equivalent to the human Flowing Heart Martial Arts. As long as humans unlock their Gene Lock or achieve Tyrant Body, the top-tier group is actually quite competitive, even considered elites; those who don't reach this level are generally unlikely to be selected, and if they are selected by luck, they will be eliminated. The human method is Spirit-based, while in the Celestial system, when Universe Flame cultivation reaches its peak, one opens the "Heavenly Eye," strengthening a certain ability of one's own. It is the same goal by different paths; at this point, Universe Flame is mature.

When the intensity of Universe Flame breaks through the bottleneck, the Universe Power increases significantly and becomes violent, presenting a tornado state, reaching the Universe Storm realm. This realm will fully unleash the power of the Celestial Armament, achieving perfect unity with the Celestial Armament, with the peak manifestation being the opening of the "Star Ring."

Regarding this, Li Hao was noncommittal, because it was still not the same path as his understanding of power. Of course, these were just appearances; perhaps there were still unknown forms of power. Once discovered, the truth would be closer.

The Ozil Empire's specialty was fire-type Celestial Martial gear, but the one in Li Hao's hand was quite ordinary, just the basic Glory Zero model, which didn't have fire-type bonuses. Even so, the Celestial Martial gear's functions were complete—perception, comfort, and attack/defense attributes. Compared to human Mecha, it was indeed a complete crushing in terms of performance, feeling somewhat like memory metal and nanotechnology.

Celestial Martial gear is not a simple covering. In addition to providing technological functions, it has very high requirements for physical strength and Spirit strength, especially the latter. The excitation of the energy core requires sufficient Spirit strength; if the standard is not met, it either cannot be activated or the true functions of the Celestial Martial gear cannot be unleashed, turning it into an exoskeleton. At the same time, Celestial Martial gear needs to be recharged; it is not for infinite use.

According to Li Hao's heart, if there was enough time, he felt he could harvest this entire area. The Zhuque War Zone, which had been harvested all night, was calm and undisturbed. It was mainly because in the Star River Alliance, the base number of Warriors was too large. At the same time, although wins and losses at this level would result in loss of merit, the ratio was low, which was also to provide fault tolerance for growth.

A certain worker's merit value reached 6,900.

The rise was a bit slow, but Li Hao was a patient person. Slowly, as his opponents improved, everything would get better.

Returning to his residence, he inserted the Celestial Martial Box into the dedicated charging slot to charge. During battle, he would ensure his Celestial Armament was as undamaged as possible because to use the Special Battle System, unless one was an Insectoid, one must have Celestial Armament. As for energy consumption, it was basically not consumed during the confrontation, but Li Hao's own usage seemed to be a bit hard on the Celestial Martial gear.

He had been in the Ruling for a while now, and Li Hao finally felt he had grasped the rhythm and was on the right track. His first goal was to save enough merit to exchange for a "Sacred Song," so that he could establish the first human Sacred Song on Kepler. All things are difficult at the beginning; with a Sacred Song, it would be equivalent to connecting with the entire Star River Alliance, and he would no longer be at the mercy of others.

That night, Li Hao slept especially soundly.