Chapter 1 The Black Wind Type One

"Yuanchu Research Institute headquarters, inside a large warehouse. This Black Wind Type One cosmic spaceship is 92 meters long and is standard equipment for the ninth-order source life at the Yuanchu Research Institute, costing 500 billion universe coins." Secretary-General Heitian introduced with a smile, "Of course, the reason it can sell for so much is mainly because it's standard for the Yuanchu Research Institute's ninth-order experts. Its actual cost is probably only around 100 billion universe coins."

Xu Jingming nodded. "This is already the best cosmic spaceship I've owned."

"It can traverse wormholes up to 15 million light-years away in a single jump." Secretary-General Heitian said, "As a small cosmic spaceship, it cools down quickly and can perform a second wormhole jump in just 30 minutes. Overall, it's an average ride for a ninth-order source life. The only advantage is that it's provided for free."

Xu Jingming laughed. What more could he ask for from a free cosmic spaceship?

"Come in." Secretary-General Heitian entered the spaceship, and Xu Jingming followed. "We're going to collect the No. 9 Yuanchu battle armor now. This battle armor is only lent to you; the Yuanchu Research Institute will take it back when you no longer need it or after you die."

"This No. 9 Yuanchu battle armor—I can't find any information about it recorded in the virtual world network." Xu Jingming was very curious.

The cosmic spaceship quietly flew out of the warehouse.

"Of course you can't find it. The Yuanchu battle armor you wore before was the standard 2.0 version, a mass-produced battle armor." Secretary-General Heitian said, "In fact, when the Dean collected materials from high-dimensional space and personally researched the Yuanchu battle armor, he also specifically developed some battle armors that were very expensive. They all have individual serial numbers. The No. 9 Yuanchu battle armor is more focused on safety. Vice Dean Chihong wears the No. 1 Yuanchu battle armor."

Xu Jingming understood.

Vice Dean Chihong was wearing it, which showed its value.

"It's priceless." Secretary-General Heitian said, "Even tenth-order source life beings, only a very few who are valued by the Dean, are qualified to wear a numbered Yuanchu battle armor. You should understand the Dean's expectations of you."

Xu Jingming nodded.

If he didn't become a cosmic legend in the future, he would be letting down this No. 9 Yuanchu battle armor.

The cosmic spaceship silently arrived in front of a large mountain.

Heitian and Xu Jingming exited the cosmic spaceship and walked into a passage cleaved from the mountain.

"All the Yuanchu battle armors are stored here." Secretary-General Heitian pointed ahead. Inside the mountain's belly, droplets of red liquid floated, each droplet feeling like a celestial body.

"The numbered Yuanchu battle armors are in the deepest part. Go ahead; your access only allows you to touch the No. 9 Yuanchu battle armor," Secretary-General Heitian said.

Xu Jingming nodded and walked inside. The mountain belly contained countless droplets of red liquid. Xu Jingming saw more than a hundred thousand as he passed by, each one seemingly a condensed, miniature planet.

Soon, Xu Jingming saw droplets of dark-red liquid floating, their power even more terrifying. Because they had no master, each dark-red droplet seemed to exude the terrifying aura of a star. "They themselves possess very powerful forces, so when worn, source life beings can also draw upon these forces," Xu Jingming thought to himself. Listening to Secretary-General Heitian, the Yuanchu battle armor utilized materials from high-dimensional space. "The No. 9 Yuanchu battle armor is in the deepest part." Xu Jingming continued to move forward.

Ahead were droplets of black liquid suspended in the air—completely black! They seemed to swallow all light, each droplet like a black hole. "It feels like each droplet is a real black hole. There aren't many of them, only a few hundred. I wonder who they're for," Xu Jingming mused as he continued forward. Although they were mass-produced black hole-like battle armors, Xu Jingming faintly sensed that he probably couldn't use that type of battle armor.

Finally, Xu Jingming reached the very end.

He also saw droplets of liquid with different colors. "These droplets, each one is different, and their auras are also different."

Some were terrifyingly vast and boundless, some were so restrained that they had no presence at all, some were so cold that Xu Jingming felt a chill in his heart, and within some droplets, Xu Jingming actually sensed a world within!

A golden droplet of liquid took the initiative to fly over and instantly touched Xu Jingming's body, merging into his skin. "Master, hello. I am Little Nine." A cheerful voice sounded, "In the days to come, Little Nine will do his best to serve Master."

"Hello, Little Nine. I am Xu Jingming, and I'm very happy to meet you," Xu Jingming responded with a mental fluctuation.

In the long years to come, the Yuanchu battle armor, Little Nine, would be his most loyal partner. "Information about Little Nine's various functions is now being sent to Master." A large amount of information was transmitted to Xu Jingming. Although he was mentally prepared, Xu Jingming was still a little taken aback after receiving the information. "This battle armor feels like a weapons depot of a powerful civilization," Xu Jingming thought to himself. "If I can perfectly utilize it, it will be no less powerful than a medium-sized universe civilization."

"Of course, I've only just become a source life being, and my scientific knowledge is weak, so I can only unleash a small portion of its power," Xu Jingming understood. How much power a weapon could unleash also depended on its master.

Xu Jingming collected the No. 9 Yuanchu battle armor and walked out of the mountain's belly.

"收 (shou - receive/collect)."

With a wave of his hand, Xu Jingming stored the small cosmic spaceship parked in front of him. This No. 9 Yuanchu battle armor had a miniature auxiliary space function—a spherical space with a diameter of over 30,000 kilometers. "Next is the most important thing for every official member when they come to headquarters: to receive a complete inheritance." Secretary-General Heitian led Xu Jingming to a seemingly ordinary building. "Some of the earlier inheritances can be carried out in the virtual world network. But the most crucial part must be received at the Yuanchu Research Institute headquarters," Secretary-General Heitian said. "This is also to prevent accidents."

"Isn't the virtual world network absolutely safe?" Xu Jingming asked.

"The entire universe human race has experienced dark periods, and even history has been cut off. Do you think anything is absolutely safe?" Secretary-General Heitian laughed. "Of course, if the virtual world network has major problems, it will be a problem for the entire universe human race. That's something the Dean and the others need to consider. Alright; hurry in."

Xu Jingming nodded and walked in.

A desolate rocky planet, clearly unsuitable for life to flourish.

And inside this ordinary-looking rocky planet, one of countless in the universe, lay hidden a small cosmic spaceship.

"This life is really unbearable."

Star pirate leader Noke sat inside the cosmic spaceship, pouring himself a glass of wine. Drinking the wine, he felt bitter. "Being a star pirate, I can't even log into the virtual world network. Now I have to hide on an uninhabited planet and endure it for a full twenty years." He had endured eleven years and had nine years left.

Leader Noke, who had once commanded many star pirates and wreaked havoc on a local planetary lifeform, was now so aggrieved. "Nine years, just endure it."

Leader Noke threw back his head and drained the wine, then logged into the simple virtual world, "Wugou World." Although it was very average in terms of enjoyment, it was much better than being imprisoned on an uninhabited planet. Just as he logged into Wugou World—

"嗡 (wēng - buzzing sound)!"

An invisible wave spread across the planet and also covered Leader Noke, causing Leader Noke's body to begin collapsing from its most basic components. Silently and without a sound, Leader Noke's body disintegrated, turning into pure universe source power.

He was dead. When he died, he didn't feel anything.

In the outer space of this rocky planet.

A figure in a vague purple robe looked remotely at the rocky planet. "It's a pity. A star pirate force that does whatever it wants is sometimes very useful," the purple-robed man murmured. "But Noke previously foolishly launched an attack on the Blue Star civilization and offended Xu Jingming."

"Then I can only kill Noke and clear away all traces related to me." Abandoning the star pirate force that he had been running for so long was a great loss. But there was no choice. Whether it was the laws of the universe human alliance or Xu Jingming, the threat was too great. "Moreover, I have to prepare a gift for Xu Jingming's celebration this time," the purple-robed man thought, then disappeared.

Prince Lu Nador had a very strong entrepreneurial spirit. Since his elder brother rose to prominence, he had begun to plan for the future. In order to earn money, he went to weak civilizations to collect talent.

"I've recruited another eighth-order cosmic life being." Prince Lu Nador sat comfortably in the chair of the cosmic spaceship, but suddenly a message came. Lu Nador immediately perked up. "A message from my brother."

His contacts were also divided into levels. Among them, the message from his brother, Lu Naxing… no matter what Lu Nador was doing, it would forcibly pop up on the light screen for him to read immediately. He knew very well that his future depended on his brother. "What message did my brother send?" Lu Nador carefully read, "The Wuming identity document issued by the Yuanchu Research Institute?"

Wuming? Lu Nador couldn't help but shudder as he looked at the name in the document. He rubbed his eyes and looked again carefully.

That's right! The name was written clearly—Blue Star Civilization, Xu Jingming!

"Xu Jingming?" Prince Lu Nador mumbled, "How is that possible, how could this be…?" The 34 universe domains were boundless. How many talents had he encountered? How could he have encountered Wuming by chance?

If it were an ordinary source life being, Lu Nador wouldn't panic; he might even dare to curse a few times. "How could he be Wuming? I worked so hard, collecting talents from various weak civilizations in order to earn money. It was all to strive for a great career. Why did I provoke Wuming at this time?" Lu Nador was a little confused. He was ambitious.

He wanted to have a great career and wield great power. But he also knew that his brother had not yet inherited the throne! He couldn't afford to offend someone too powerful.

"嗡 (wēng - buzzing sound)."

A light screen showed a man.

"Brother." Lu Nador stood up, his face pale, and ingratiated himself. "I never expected Xu Jingming to be Wuming. I—you know me. I would never offend a truly powerful figure."

The man on the light screen, with ordinary features and restrained eyes, looked at Lu Nador. "Apologize to Xu Jingming, then return to the Yuanxing civilization. Don't cause me any more trouble."

"Yes, Brother," Lu Nador replied repeatedly. "I really didn't want to. You know me."

"Wuming's achievements will not be inferior to mine. Within the Yuanchu Research Institute, his status may even be above mine," Lu Naxing said calmly on the light screen. "The Yuanxing civilization's emperor position—the Yuanchu Research Institute has a great say in it."

"I know, I know everything. I never thought of offending Wuming," Lu Nador said repeatedly.

"Even if you can't inherit the throne, the Yuanxing civilization and the Yuanchu Research Institute are inherently interconnected. Xu Jingming's influence on the Yuanxing civilization in the future will be very profound," Lu Naxing said. "He will be my close friend, so you must know what to do."

Lu Nador nodded repeatedly.

"Don't let there be a next time," Lu Naxing said, then cut off the connection.

"There won't be," Lu Nador stood there, very flustered.

Although his brother had no children, although they were blood brothers, source life beings with long lifespans could have a group of children if they really wanted to. As long as his brother said a word, Lu Nador would become extremely mediocre.

"In my brother's eyes, Xu Jingming is much more important than me," Prince Lu Nador pondered. "I must do everything my brother tells me to do."

Xu Jingming received inheritance at the Yuanchu Research Institute headquarters for a full three days.

Among them, the full version of the "Yuanchu Star Conjecture" from the first to tenth order was taught in full. All the content of the supreme realm level of the "Light Cone" was taught. The most important thing was the countless information of the Yuanchu Star.

Focusing on the light aspects, all the information was transmitted.

As a source life being, although accepting information at the supreme realm level was very difficult, he still accepted it all after spending more than three days. "After receiving the inheritance, I realized how weak I am in scientific knowledge," Xu Jingming thought to himself. "Although the Dean wants me to lean towards combat and fighting, my academic level must also reach about level 100."

Because his knowledge was weak, he had accepted more information about the 'great high-dimensional celestial body, Yuanchu Star,' but a lot of the information was like a heavenly book, completely incomprehensible. "At least I have to master some of the knowledge the Dean mentioned and understand some of the Dean's commonly used terms," Xu Jingming got up and walked out of the building.

"How do you feel?" Heitian appeared out of thin air outside the building.

"I'm relatively lacking in knowledge," Xu Jingming said.

"That's normal; after all, you've only just become a source life being." Secretary-General Heitian smiled slightly. "With a source life being's brain, the speed of learning and progress is still quite fast."

Xu Jingming nodded.

He also believed that at this level of life, the ability to learn would be much stronger. "Now, I'll send you back to the Milky Way." Secretary-General Heitian waved his hand, and a splendid universe star map appeared in the surrounding air. Secretary-General Heitian swiped, "Hunter universe domain, Wugou Star Alliance, Milky Way, found it."

Xu Jingming also saw the galaxy that looked like a silver plate.

"The Yuanchu Research Institute is relatively special; it can transmit to any galaxy in the human universe domain." Secretary-General Heitian smiled slightly. "Xu Jingming, goodbye."

"Thank you for your care these past few days, Secretary-General Heitian." Xu Jingming bowed, then sensed himself quickly falling into the Milky Way's position on the star map.

Xu Jingming had the feeling that he was falling into a map. The surrounding space-time was very strange, not like space travel, but like descending. "Here?" Xu Jingming looked around. The surrounding area was dark, and a very dim star was emitting light in the distant. Connecting to the virtual world network with a thought, he naturally marked his coordinates in reality while logging in. "It's indeed within the Milky Way, more than 30,000 light-years away from the solar system." Xu Jingming understood, then used the Yuanchu battle armor, "Lock onto the solar system, traverse."

The current Xu Jingming only knew some basic source life being techniques.

He couldn't perform space travel that required more knowledge, so he could only rely on the Yuanchu battle armor.

Stepping out, Xu Jingming traversed the long distance and arrived in a new starry sky. He also saw a familiar sight—the solar system.

"I'm back." Xu Jingming took another step and returned to Blue Star.