Chapter 2

The [Strongest Captain] system was activated when Xu Zi'an was sixteen, the first time he piloted a real spaceship after passing his virtual spaceship pilot qualification exam.

That is, the ultra-miniature spaceship he is piloting now.

It has been a year and a half since it was activated.

With a thought, a virtual 3D interface that only he could see appeared before his eyes.

[Name]: Xu Zi'an

[Realm]: Mortal Body

[Starship]: None

[Bio-Energy]: 77

[Evolution Value]: 77

[Wealth Value]: 9.4

[Novice Mission: Wealth value exceeds 10 points, system fully bound, reward 50 points of Bio-Energy.]

A very concise panel.

It displayed Xu Zi'an's personal information in complete digitized form.

Bio-Energy.

It is a special energy in the interstellar era, a magical energy cultivated by carbon-based lifeforms themselves.

Everyone possesses Bio-Energy, in varying amounts.

Only when Bio-Energy reaches 100 points does one meet the standard for awakening, and only then is there a certain chance to awaken as a Bio-Warrior!

But there is no doubt that Bio-Energy is extremely difficult to cultivate; over these years, Xu Zi'an has engaged in massive amounts of training and cultivation every single day.

Yet he has only reached 77 points.

Unsurprisingly... if not for the system, the possibility of him awakening his Bio-Energy in this lifetime would be slim to none.

Evolution Value, as the name suggests.

It is an energy used to evolve the bound Bio-Starship!

Or rather, it is a special converted form of Bio-Energy; every time 1 point of Bio-Energy is added, 1 point of Evolution Value is added accordingly.

Wealth Value...

This is a special point-based manifestation of the system.

Xu Zi'an is currently unclear about its main use, but he guesses it should be quite significant, as it is the only currency within the system.

The method of obtaining Wealth Value is simpler and more direct.

It is just earning money; however much money you earn, you get that much Wealth Value!

Over these years, the Federation subsidies, the money Xu Zi'an earned from odd jobs, and the money earned from scavenging with this broken-down ship left behind by his parents after he turned sixteen...

It amounts to about 94,000 credits.

The ratio of Wealth Value to currency is 1:10,000!

That is to say!

As long as he finishes repairing this seventh-generation God-Calculator star-crystal brain and sells it for 7,000 cosmic coins, he can fully bind the system and obtain the novice mission reward!

A one-time reward of 50 points of Bio-Energy is more than enough for awakening.

Fantasizing about successfully awakening and becoming a Bio-Warrior.

And then binding his own Bio-Starship to gallop across the vast universe...

Unknowingly, Xu Zi'an drifted off to sleep.

"Beep-beep—"

"Exiting superluminal propulsion!"

"Decelerating—"

The spaceship's star-crystal brain issued a prompt, waking the sleeping Xu Zi'an.

Drowsily opening his eyes to look, the spaceship had already arrived outside Earth's atmosphere, and its speed dropped sharply.

The azure Earth was still as dazzling and beautiful as ever, with spaceships and starships of all types constantly flying away from or into Earth, a scene of prosperity.

Large cargo ships passed by his ultra-miniature spaceship like behemoths, a contrast as shocking as an elephant and a beetle.

The spaceship exited superluminal propulsion, and the autopilot mode also automatically disengaged—

Oh right, speaking of this autopilot mode, it was something Xu Zi'an spent a full 1,200 credits to install extra, because this ship didn't even come with autopilot, can you believe it?

But remembering that its brand-new price was as low as 45,000 credits, and it was a product from over three hundred years ago, it wasn't hard to understand—

This ship was bought by Xu Zi'an's father back in the day for 8,000 credits as a fourth-hand vehicle.

Maneuvering the ship into the atmosphere, what came into view were high-rise buildings hundreds to thousands of meters tall, as well as star-shuttles, spaceships, and starships constantly weaving through the steel jungle.

And holographic advertisements in the sky that were too numerous to take in, looking vivid and lifelike.

The place where Xu Zi'an lives is Hucheng, a small second or third-tier city.

However, Xu Zi'an is not going home right now, but to school.

He is currently a senior at Hucheng No. 3 High School; every day after class, he drives his ship to scavenge on various garbage planets in the solar system.

He returns to Earth at four in the morning, catching up on sleep during the few hours on the road.

Hucheng High School also has its own landing pad, and at this moment, many spaceships and even starships are already parked there.

The difference between a spaceship and a starship is that the former has almost no combat capability, while the latter is mainly used for combat; at the same level, their sizes are actually about the same.

To put it more simply, a spaceship is a truck, and a starship is an armored vehicle mounted with weapons.

Bio-Starships are rare, and they all belong to the school's teachers.

Each Bio-Starship of different levels is full of intimidation, with ferocious gun barrels and thick armor, like fierce beasts.

Besides Bio-Starships, there are many high-end private spaceships and mechanical starships.

Starships are divided into mechanical and biological.

Mechanical starships are products created purely by technology and are not much worse than Bio-Starships of the same level.

The disadvantage is that they cannot evolve and require multiple people to operate!

Bio-Starships are bound to Bio-Warriors, can evolve, and most importantly, can be operated by the person alone!

Because they are bound to the Bio-Starship as one, they are even more flexible and powerful when operated, as if they were an extension of one's own limbs!

This is an interstellar era where Bio-Starships roam the universe.

Among the many high-end spaceships, mechanical starships, and even Bio-Starships.

Xu Zi'an's ship, built a thousand years ago by an ancient company from hundreds of thousands of years ago—

The [Wuling Interstellar · Mini Ball] ultra-compact private spaceship, is as out of place as a Chihuahua wandering into a pack of wolves.

The strange, mocking gazes around him could not affect Xu Zi's mood in the slightest; having lived two lives, he simply didn't care about these things.

Just as he stepped into the classroom.

A sarcastic voice rang out: "Yo, our school heartthrob and master expert Xu went scavenging again yesterday?"

Following this person's words, many sneers immediately erupted in the classroom.

Xu Zi'an swept a calm glance at the other party: "Even if I scavenge every day, I can still blast you to pieces in virtual star warfare... Do you want to try again?"

The youth with a face full of mockery immediately changed his expression, glared viciously at Xu Zi'an, and said coldly: "Don't be arrogant...

So what if you're the school's number one in virtual star warfare? If you can't awaken your Bio-Energy, it's still useless!

Hmph, there are only three days left until the Bio-Energy activation and awakening; looking at your Bio-Energy test last month of only 76 points... you have no hope in this lifetime!"

"Whether I can awaken or not is none of your business? Anyway, I can blast you to pieces right now; if you don't dare to fight me, shut your mouth!"

"You..."

Xu Zi'an was too lazy to even pay him any more mind.

He strolled to his seat, sat down, opened the holographic projection learning materials on the desk, and began to study on his own.

Leaving only the youth gnashing his teeth in resentment.