Chapter 553: Myriad Families Blood

Nomadic civilizations are called 'star-less' when spoken nicely, and 'mother-less' when spoken harshly—what normal civilization would go cruising the world in a ship?

Isn't that just a half‑blood galaxy loafer?

Or are they just afraid that having a home star makes them easy targets for revenge?

Now the Deep Space Giant Sword has arrived at the Alliance's Ring World port; a huge sword is perfectly planted atop the Ring World, moving with the black hole's rhythm, looking exceptionally magnificent.

"I didn't expect we'd have to fight side by side again."

Upon disembarking, the Alliance's Xiao Yi first smiled and greeted Zhang Jie, but instantly three icy gazes locked onto her, making her shiver involuntarily.

No need to say whose gaze it is—it definitely belongs to Lin Ran and Weiniya.

Meanwhile, Lan Baoshi stared at Xiao Yi's familiar face, her mouth hanging open wide.

"She! She! She! She! She! She!!!!"

"Don't say it!"

Zhang Jie clapped a hand over Lan Baoshi's mouth; this little cat isn't as sharp as before—since becoming a Heavenly Disaster, her head's gone dull, and only occasionally can her brain process anything.

It's probably already hard enough just to maintain this appearance.

"What's wrong with me?"

"It's fine, it's fine."

Suddenly, a wet, itchy sensation came from Zhang Jie's palm covering Lan Baoshi's mouth—no guess needed to know what the little cat was up to.

Bang!

Zhang Jie tapped her head with his knuckles; Lan Baoshi's eyes narrowed, and instead of calming down, she became even more relentless.

"Tsk, Lan Baoshi, don't cause trouble."

"Then let's get down to business."

The group marched mightily toward the meeting room.

Lan Baoshi and Weiniya also wanted to follow in, but Zhang Jie grabbed their collars and threw them out.

"Adults are talking—kids, don't butt in."

"Tch."

From the meeting room came discussion: this time the Deep Space Knights will go destroy the enemy, while the Alliance will not lift a finger.

The Deep Space Knights volunteered to become the Alliance's sword; the Alliance is now in a development phase, and the appearance of the Ring World will surely draw attention—no matter how well the Alliance hides, it won't help.

They aren't recluses hiding in remote star systems; as a lawful force, they are destined to intersect with many civilizations.

Know this: the Alliance's giant ship is itself equivalent to a massive mother star, bearing not only Alliance personnel but also life from other factions.

Wanting to develop furtively without a sound is absolutely impossible, but concealing things for a while is still doable.

So, at this critical juncture, Lin Ran must hold the Ring World—she, Zhang Jie, and Lan Baoshi all need to stay here.

For now, only Xiao Yi can act without restraint.

From Zhang Jie's perspective, Lan Baoshi, Lin Ran, Xiao Yi, and Yunxiao—these four should be in the same combat tier.

But since they haven't truly been compared, it's not certain who's stronger, and besides, they don't need to rank themselves.

Let the Deep Space Knights gain fame, boost the Alliance's deterrence, run internal and external operations in sync, and only speak of it when the Alliance truly can defend the Ring World.

Moreover, recruiting new troops through Heavenly Disasters has always been the Deep Space Knights' development path—especially since Zhang Jie helped them replenish their spiritual energy, they now need fresh blood even more.

This mechanism is truly outrageous—ordinary civilizations suffer mutual loss when facing Heavenly Disasters, with only a few escaping unscathed, but the Deep Space Knights directly turn Minotaur Heavenly Disasters into their own new recruits.

Zhang Jie estimates that as the Deep Space Knights develop further, they'll need another Deep Space Giant Sword, or else the new recruits will have nowhere to stay.

By then, the Alliance's bio‑warships will sublimate into Ship Life, and once Zhang Jie fully masters 'Genius ProMax', the Alliance will inevitably usher in a wave of development.

"Then that's settled."

"The Deep Space Knights will give it their all."

"What? I thought you weren't coming along."

Lin Ran shoved Zhang Jie, who responded with a helpless eye‑roll.

"When did I say I wanted to go too?"

"Tch."

Watching the Deep Space Giant Sword slowly unsheath from the Ring World and heading into deep space, Zhang Jie turned back to the Alliance Research Institute.

Research on Divine Ability Level 2 was nearly complete; after Yuan's brutal tutoring, Weiniya also managed to write down the new divine ability.

Now it's Zhang Jie's turn—backed by the Alliance and Yuan, even if his martial arts talent is poor, it doesn't matter; he can rely on resources and technology to brute‑force his way up.

Thus, under the resentful gazes of Weiniya and Weinina, Zhang Jie shrugged and picked up that heavy golden elixir.

Inside was rich golden martial‑arts qi‑blood, deriving not only from Weiniya and Weinina's qi‑blood but also from the bio‑warships that have deeply cultivated martial arts.

In short, this is a gift from the entire Alliance to Zhang Jie—the 'Myriad Families Blood' they sent him.

Of course, since it's the essence of each individual's qi‑blood, it does harm the individual, but resting ten days or half a month poses no problem.

Though, the elixir is still mostly Weiniya's qi‑blood, since she was the first to reach Divine Ability Level 2.

"Stop staring—just absorb it."

Yuan raised an eyebrow, urging him on.

"Okay."

Zhang Jie didn't hesitate, gripping the mercury‑like golden substance in his palm, joking, 'Injecting this into my body—isn't that just asking for death?'

As the golden flow slowly seeped from his palm into his whole body, Zhang Jie's aura began to rise.

Soon the bottle of concentrated golden blood was absorbed cleanly, yet Zhang Jie did not enter Divine Ability Level 2.

As expected, Yuan covered his mouth and laughed, then handed Zhang Jie an entire extra crate.

Zhang Jie: ……

He'd thought there was only this one bottle!

As expected, under countless resources piled up, Zhang Jie finally entered the second level of divine ability; compared to the first stage of divine ability, the divine ability power of the second level turned into a substance like mercury.

Like the previous gilded qi and blood of divine ability, this time the divine ability power turned into a liquid state; if it continues developing, could the third stage be solid? The fourth stage a supergalaxy? The fifth stage a black hole?

"Hmm, not bad for my student, quite clever."

Yuan showed Zhang Jie the chart of the future direction of martial arts, and said to him that it really is somewhat similar.

"We plan to develop according to this direction, just as you said."

"However, maybe the next stage is the end of this system; the road ahead is what truly needs to be pioneered."

Zhang Jie nodded, that's right, there's still a lot to study; he needs to quickly restore his brain to its previous state.

(Basically confirmed, from now on update one chapter before noon, and one chapter after midnight, exactly double updates.)