Chapter 45: First Hearing of the Universe

That wave of fluctuation was hidden and formless, and Zhou Yang could not detect it at all.

In his subconscious right now, he had only one thought—

"Perhaps the Yunmo Star is buried too deep, and Babata's guidance distance is insufficient?"

"Anyway, it's already here, let's keep looking deeper."

With that idea, he began to continue moving deeper underground.

At first his movement path was aimless, basically changing direction slightly after each segment to broaden the search area.

But as time passed, his forward direction became unexpectedly clear.

Even Zhou Yang didn't notice that his current route was almost a straight line rapidly approaching a certain direction underground.

"It's coming, it's coming, finally it's coming!"

"This day, I have waited fifty thousand years!"

At this moment, in a rock layer about fifteen thousand meters underground, a massive stone began to tremble and writhe.

Hoo!

Immediately after, the massive stone dissolved like blown‑away foam, turning into void and vanishing.

And where the massive stone had been, a half‑opened, dust‑filled hatch appeared in the underground strata.

Zhou Yang was steering a spear of flying knives rapidly drilling underground when suddenly—

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The penetrating knives seemed to hit an extremely hard alloy, and a violent reverberation shot back.

"Huh? What is this?"

Zhou Yang's spirit stirred, and a surge of Spiritual Thought Power erupted.

A massive amount of rock was forcefully pushed aside, opening a circular cavity about ten meters in diameter deep underground.

At the edge of this space, a dust‑covered silver‑white metal door appeared before Zhou Yang.

The moment he saw the silver‑white metal door, Zhou Yang's spirit was startled, and his consciousness instantly cleared.

"What just happened to me? I felt some inexplicable sense, as if my subconscious insisted on this direction—it's Babata!"

Zhou Yang snapped awake, "This, this metal door is the Yunmo Star!"

In an instant, Zhou Yang's heart was filled with ecstatic joy!

During the recent search, he never sensed any guidance and thought his talent didn't meet Babata's requirements, his heart almost chilled half a beat.

Now it seems he had already received Babata's mysterious guidance.

Only the method was more advanced and bore no hostility, which is why he never noticed.

"Since I was guided, I must have passed Babata's test, so now let's go meet that great 'Demon' master!"

Zhou Yang's eyes brightened, and his form drifted slowly toward the silver‑white metal door.

To be cautious, his Black God suit rapidly extended, covering his entire body.

Creak!

Zhou Yang's steps lightly touched the entrance of the silver‑white hatch, then his Mental Power swiftly probed behind the door.

Behind the silver‑white hatch was an entry Route twelve meters wide and eight meters deep.

At the end of that Route lay a spacious Route extending left and right.

"Since Babata went to the trouble of guiding me here, it shouldn't be idly playing with me, so there should be no danger."

Zhou Yang paused briefly, then resolved to stride directly into the huge Route behind the hatch.

Soon he reached the intersection, and as he looked left and right along the spacious Route, his gaze was instantly drawn.

On the left side of that Route, a massive corpse was half‑leaning, seated on the floor.

The huge corpse's skin was jet‑black, its arms thick, and it wore a special battle armor imbued with intricate patterns.

Moreover, its fists wore special gloves, and a pair of blood‑red eyes strained to stay open.

Zhou Yang locked eyes with those blood‑red pupils, and a shiver ran through his heart!

The feeling was as if an ant faced a colossal dragon, a deep sense of helplessness welled up.

Hoo!

"This must be an Immortal corpse; even just a corpse makes me shiver, I dare not resist. How powerful the living Immortal must be!"

Zhou Yang took a deep breath.

At this moment, he felt profound awe for the endless Universe.

Just an Ordinary Immortal corpse gave him such pressure.

The living Immortal, even Venerable, Universe Master, Universe Strongest—how strong could they be!

"With this level of strength in the endless Universe, I'm probably not even a slightly stronger ant; I must guard against pride and impatience and keep striving!"

He silently reminded himself in his heart.

Then he no longer lingered, passed the massive corpse, and continued forward along the spacious Route.

Both sides of the Route had many side passages, but he simply bypassed them.

Following the main Route for about three hundred meters, it turned and a towering gate appeared!

The gate was over ten meters wide and high, half‑opened at the moment.

Zhou Yang stepped across the gate, and instantly a super‑semi‑circular, magnificent hall dozens of meters tall and nearly two hundred meters long and wide unfolded before his eyes!

Within this splendid hall, Zhou Yang again saw six corpses of varied shapes.

Five of them still looked lifelike, while the other was merely a Jin Shu skeleton.

Zhou Yang did not look at the corpses, but waited silently.

Sure enough, after a few seconds—

With a crisp electronic tick, the dim hall suddenly lit up with bright lights.

Blazing light poured down from the high ceiling, making the whole hall dazzlingly bright.

At the same time, strange light converged in the center of the hall, beginning to form a black virtual silhouette.

The silhouette resembled a child, about 1.45 meters tall, with two sharp horns on the forehead, blood‑red eyes, and dressed in a black robe.

"Zhou Yang, you finally came."

The black‑robed child stared at Zhou Yang, a hint of joy flickering in its blood‑red eyes.

The moment he saw the familiar figure, Zhou Yang instantly became excited.

He quickly spoke:

"No need to say more, I'm willing—be direct, the next step!"

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The black‑robed child fell into a brief silence, and Zhou Yang seemed to see its pale little hand clenching slightly.

After a moment, the black‑robed child finally spoke again.

"Aren't you curious about why I've come for you?"

"Um"

Only then did Zhou Yang realize his earlier reaction had been overly excited.

He gave an awkward smile and casually explained:

"Broadly speaking, it could be an ancient civilization relic—maybe a quest reward, maybe a master‑apprentice inheritance, you know. So, go on, you continue?"

"Ancient civilization relic?"

The black‑robed child smiled, but a trace of melancholy lingered in the smile.

"Only a few ten‑thousands of years have passed, and we're already called 'ancient civilization'?"

"Well, compared to your Earth's mere few thousand years of history, we truly can be called an ancient civilization."

"Enough of that. Let me introduce myself: I am Babata, and my master is the mighty Yunmo Star."

Then Babata began recounting the former glory and decline of the Yunmo Star lineage, while also giving Zhou Yang a brief primer on some basic universal facts.

"My master, the Lord of Yunmo Star, is a great Immortal God."

"The universe's territories are divided into star regions, star domains, and galaxies, and the cosmic nations are divided into—"

"Your Earth's Milky Way is merely one of the eight galaxies under the lowest‑tier civilization, the Silver‑Blue Empire."

"Warrior and Spiritual Thought Master ranks are mainly divided into Planet Level, Stellar Level, Universe Level, Domain Lord, and Realm Lord—the five major tiers. Those who surpass the Realm Lord… become Immortal!"

"What's a War God? That's just the most ordinary apprentice."

Zhou Yang had already seen these details in novels.

But Babata's description was even more detailed.

As he kept speaking, a vast universal blueprint slowly formed in Zhou Yang's mind.

At the same time, a certain yearning in Zhou Yang's heart kept expanding.

"The universe is so vast; if I don't take a look, it would seem I'm lacking in taste!"

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