Chapter 1 The Isolation

The Blue Star Civilization's virtual world, a conference hall. Secretary-General Angus and representatives from the five nations were participating in the meeting.

"Ever since His Highness Lounador of the Yuansheng Civilization, a cosmic advanced civilization, departed from the Blue Star Civilization, the environment we face has become increasingly harsh," Secretary-General Angus said. "We must quickly determine how to deal with these treacherous circumstances."

The representative of the White Eagle Federation, looking at the data in front of him, said in a low voice, "I need to report some figures. Currently, when purchasing goods through the virtual world network, the entire Wugou Star Alliance, except for the two major cosmic intermediate civilizations, is unwilling to ship to us."

"Virtual items are unaffected and can be traded with countless civilizations in the Hunter Cosmos Region. But for real-world goods, only groups within the two major cosmic intermediate civilizations are willing to deliver! Because of the vast distances, transportation costs are extremely high."

"Fortunately, there are still two major cosmic intermediate civilizations willing to trade with us, otherwise, we would have to resort to cross-star alliance trade. That would increase transportation costs several times over," the White Eagle Federation representative said. "Even so, the cost of many items in the cosmos has increased several times to dozens of times!"

Everyone present felt the pressure.

If purchasing goods had become so difficult, how would the Blue Star Civilization develop in the future?

Secretary-General Angus said, "Our Blue Star Civilization is very weak, with only one life-sustaining planet and a low trade volume, so those civilizations within the Wugou Star Alliance cut off trade with us as they pleased. But this also shows the power of His Highness Lounador's deterrent!"

"If trade costs rise, we will reduce the scale. The Blue Star Civilization can bear these costs," the Roman representative said. "But my biggest concern is that without the Black Moon Civilization's garrison, some cosmic criminals might target us."

"Yes, those cosmic criminals don't care about laws, only wealth!"

"Unless we can deter them, they will definitely come to rob us." The representatives of the five nations discussed, feeling great pressure.

They were well aware of the modus operandi of cosmic criminals. What cosmic criminals feared was "powerful strength." If someone was strong, they wouldn't dare rob them. If someone was weak, regardless of their background, they would rob them first! Cosmic criminals came in all shapes and sizes! Some were even Source Lifeforms!

Some Source Lifeforms committed unforgivable crimes, such as large-scale massacres, colluding with cosmic alien races, etc., and were not tolerated by the Cosmic Human Alliance. The cosmic starry sky was vast, and with the strength of a Source Lifeform, it was too difficult to catch them if they really wanted to hide.

"All of this is caused by Xu Jingming," the Roman representative said. "Now, we are isolated, trade costs have risen sharply, and we are also facing the threat of space pirates! And who knows how long these days will last?"

"One hundred years, one thousand years, three thousand years? As long as His Highness Lounador is alive, we will probably remain isolated. Originally, the Dinghuo Cosmos Civilization was supposed to be a time for our rapid development, but now we have fallen into a dangerous situation of being isolated," the Roman representative said anxiously. "I can even predict that within my three thousand years of life, I probably won't see any improvement in the situation of the Blue Star Civilization."

"If the Blue Star Civilization really encounters a catastrophe because of this and is massacred by space pirates," the Roman representative said through gritted teeth, "if the entire civilization is destroyed because of this! Then, Xu Jingming of your Xia nation will be an unforgivable sinner for the entire civilization." Director Zhou remained silent.

"I still can't understand it," Secretary-General Angus shook his head. "How could Xu Jingming be so selfish? Just because of personal reasons, he has plunged the entire civilization into trouble?"

"High martial arts talent does not mean that his character is not despicable," the White Eagle Federation representative said coldly. "Of course, we don't need to complain anymore. He is a member of the Blue Star Civilization, and he has already offended His Highness Lounador, so there is no use in regretting it. Now we even have to coax him and get him to befriend Venerable Tiyano." The other representatives nodded in agreement.

Although they were full of anger, complaining about Xu Jingming's selfishness and stupidity, they really didn't dare to push him too hard.

Because the only 'thigh' the Blue Star Civilization could rely on now was Venerable Tiyano. And it was clear that Venerable Tiyano and Xu Jingming were very good friends. "I will contact Xu Jingming," Director Zhou said. "I hope that he can use the power of Venerable Tiyano to improve the situation of our Blue Star Civilization."

"I don't expect too much. I just hope that our Blue Star Civilization won't really be destroyed because of this," the Roman representative snorted.

"Let's first discuss how to deal with the treacherous environment ahead," Secretary-General Angus said. "I suggest that we increase the construction of planetary defense capabilities and increase our retaliatory deterrence."

Xu Jingming's home, in the virtual room.

"Most of the high-level officials of the Blue Star nations now think of me as a sinner," Xu Jingming said, looking at the images. "Although they don't dare to say too much in front of me, they are cursing me fiercely behind my back."

Many people behind the scenes were scowling, slamming their cups down in anger and cursing Xu Jingming for being a fool.

"This is an even more foolish act. Venerable Tiyano's fury is something the Blue Star Civilization can't afford to bear." "Especially those lackeys who colluded with the Black Moon Civilization," the Yuanchu Battle Armor AI said. "The Black Moon Civilization has completely abandoned them. They are all resentful of you, blaming you for ruining their future, their prospects." "Those traitors are not worth mentioning," Xu Jingming said softly. "It's just that some of my friends are resenting me, alas..."

Although ordinary people didn't understand the situation.

But cosmic lifeforms knew. Some cosmic lifeforms in Xia nation, some brothers and friends who had some friendship with Xu Jingming and were adventuring in the Blood Rain World, felt that Xu Jingming had made a mistake! "I can understand them."

"They resent me, and they are right to resent me! I have indeed plunged the entire civilization into a more dangerous situation," Xu Jingming said.

"Master, you are a peripheral member of the Yuanchu Research Institute and it is impossible to sell yourself to Lounador. This is not your fault," the Yuanchu Battle Armor AI said. "Moreover, with you here, the Blue Star Civilization will not really fall into despair."

"But... the people of Blue Star don't know this, and I can't reveal it publicly!" At this moment, Xu Jingming understood how his senior brothers and sisters felt. Each of them was a proud son of heaven, a peerless genius.

They all had to hide their true talent, their true information! Once exposed, if the cosmic alien races targeted them, that would be a real disaster. It would be many times more terrifying than being targeted by space pirates. "Only after becoming a Source Lifeform can I reveal it," Xu Jingming thought.

Like Senior Brother Gushan, his father was angry and confused and even abandoned his son, but Senior Brother Gushan still had to endure it. Everyone else was the same. They all had to endure it.

"This is also a kind of mind training," Xu Jingming said silently. "Without this kind of endurance, how can the power of the mind be strong? How can I become a Source Lifeform?"

The cosmic human race was vast, the number of humans was uncountable, and the cosmos was boundless, making it too easy to hide. Therefore…

The scale of cosmic criminals was huge!

"Have you heard? In the Milky Way of the Twelfth Star Region, there is a weak civilization, the Blue Star Civilization, that offended a member of the Yuansheng Civilization's royal family. That Blue Star Civilization has precious mineral resources and is very wealthy." "I know, I heard it has at least trillions of cosmic dollars in wealth."

In a special virtual world called "Wugou World," in a tavern, many criminals were drinking and chatting. This was a virtual world privately built by the dark forces of the Wugou Star Alliance at some cost. Of course, the virtual world building technology was relatively low! It could not be used to cultivate evolution methods in the virtual world, only to allow everyone to connect more quickly. Moreover, this virtual world could only be connected to and logged into within the Wugou Star Alliance.

Criminals who were wanted did not dare to log in! Once they logged into the virtual world network, they would expose themselves.

This kind of privately built "virtual world," although technically inferior, could not track the location of each login, which made criminals more willing to use it. "The Blue Star Civilization is, after all, a civilization. It can't be robbed by small space pirates like us."

"That's right! No matter how weak a civilization is, it is still a civilization. With at least trillions of wealth, its military strength must not be too weak. I'm afraid that only the top ten space pirate forces in the Wugou Star Alliance would be confident enough to swallow it."

"We definitely can't swallow this piece of fat. Come, let's drink." The criminals drank and chatted.

Those with crimes on their records, if caught, would be imprisoned for a thousand or two thousand years, if not killed! They naturally preferred to mix with the criminal community. In the corner of the tavern, there were two major crime leaders.

"Nock, I heard that you discovered a native planet? Are you a local emperor on this native planet?" "Yes, do you want it? I'll sell it to you for 200 billion cosmic dollars."

"I don't have that much money. I might consider it for 100 billion cosmic dollars."

"If I sell this life-sustaining planet, I'll get at least 100 billion. Moreover, it is a life-sustaining planet that has not been recorded by the Cosmic Human Alliance, with a large number of natives. You can do whatever you want. Isn't that great? My asking price of 200 billion is not too much." "Hahaha... By the way, Nock, are you interested in the Blue Star Civilization?" "I'm considering it. Do you want to join me?" The two major crime leaders chatted.

This virtual "Wugou World" was mainly used by criminals, but it was also mixed with some mysterious customers, such as informants from some large families and groups, and even minions of cosmic alien races. They would all log in.

Here, the login address could not be tracked, making it easy to facilitate dark deals. Some things were not suitable for large families and groups to do. Criminals, however, were very suitable.

The 37th day after His Highness Lounador left the Blue Star Civilization.

A menacing hammer-shaped spaceship, 30 kilometers long, tore through cosmic space and appeared in the solar system. Inside the hammer-shaped spaceship, in the command hall.

A tall, gloomy man stood in the center, looking at the figure on the screen. "Big brother, we have arrived," the gloomy man said.

"Proceed according to plan," the burly, bald man sitting there said leisurely on the screen. "This is just the beginning. We don't need much. Extort 300 billion cosmic dollars, and that's enough. We can also use this to see how strong this Blue Star Civilization really is." "Yes," the gloomy man nodded. "I believe that the Blue Star Civilization will yield." "Begin," the burly, bald man instructed.

The gloomy man immediately turned around and looked at a group of cosmic lifeform criminals under his command.

These cosmic lifeform criminals were all wanted and were the most trustworthy subordinates. On the other hand, many of the planetary lifeforms were coerced.

"Let's begin. Let's see how fat and tough this piece of meat that is the Blue Star Civilization really is." The gloomy man's eyes were crazed. "Kaka Kaka!!"

The surface of this hammer-shaped spaceship began to reveal menacing gunports.

The most conspicuous main gunport was 800 meters in diameter, and the auxiliary gunports were 120 meters in diameter.

As soon as this spaceship arrived in the solar system, the Blue Star security defense system had already detected it and issued an alarm. The high-level officials of Blue Star urgently gathered in the virtual world.

A scholar, pointing to the hammer-shaped spaceship, introduced it. "This is a Black Ming Type 5 cosmic transport ship, but it has been modified in an exaggerated manner. It is obviously much bulkier than a normal Black Ming Type 5. It is also equipped with a planetary-level main gun, with a muzzle diameter of 800 meters, enough to seriously damage a planet." "Can our Blue Star security defense system withstand their attacks?" a high-level official asked. "Yes," the scholar nodded. At that moment—

An ultimatum had already been sent over.

"Greetings, Blue Star Civilization," the gloomy man said with a smile. "I'll give you twenty minutes to prepare valuables worth 300 billion cosmic dollars. If you can't come up with it after 20 minutes… we will launch an attack on your Blue Star."

"I hope your planetary defense system can perfectly defend against the 12 different types of attacks we have prepared, but according to my prediction, those planetary security defense systems are not so perfect. At least one-tenth of the population on your planet will die!" the gloomy man said. "At the same time, we will destroy the moon and severely damage Firefly Star." "I believe you will still be able to survive with the help of the planetary security defense system, but your future ecology will be much worse." The gloomy man smiled. "I don't want much, just 300 billion!"

"Whether you hand over 300 billion or go to war is up to you to decide. Hahaha… it has been a long time since I fought a civilization." The gloomy man's eyes were filled with madness. "You now have 18 minutes and 39 seconds to prepare."

The screen showed only the countdown, decreasing second by second. The high-level officials of Blue Star looked at each other in shock and anger.

"Can we perfectly defend against the 12 types of attacks he mentioned?" "Can we counterattack and destroy that spaceship?"

"Once the war starts, the moon will be destroyed, Firefly Star will be severely damaged, and the entire operating system of the solar system will be affected." "We can't agree! If this extortion of 300 billion succeeds, then there will be another 300 billion, and another extortion each time. How can we withstand it?" "If we agree once, there will be more times." "What should we do? Reject him? Go to war?" The high-level officials of Blue Star were arguing.

"Cosmic space pirates have finally appeared." Xu Jingming immediately received the Yuanchu Battle Armor AI's warning, remotely watching the hammer-shaped spaceship.

"Those who have nothing to lose are not afraid of those who have something to lose. These cosmic space pirates are all desperadoes! They are the ones who have nothing to lose, while the Blue Star Civilization needs to worry about too much. Once the war starts, if one-tenth of the population on Blue Star dies, that would be hundreds of millions of people," Xu Jingming thought.

"Fortunately, Tiyano has completely taken over. Otherwise, I would really have to ask the Yuanchu City forces for help," Xu Jingming thought to himself. Without enough power, he wouldn't dare to refuse His Highness Lounador.

Tiyano had promised Xu Jingming to hand it over to him completely. Xu Jingming was also fully aware of his plan and was still very confident. "Mr. Xu Jingming, may I take action?" a connection came. "I'm troubling you," Xu Jingming said. "Follow your plan." "Okay," a gentle voice responded.

Following that, in the solar system. Countless rays of light were converging on one point.

"What is that?" Whether it was the space pirate side or the Blue Star Civilization side, they were all shocked to discover that a large number of rays of light in the solar system were being attracted to one point! This strange phenomenon made them all a little uneasy.

In the solar system, countless rays of light converged on that point, and finally, they condensed into a figure. A figure in yellow clothes.

His whole body was emitting light, and his eyes were as dazzling as stars.

He looked at the hammer-shaped spaceship. Inside the huge spaceship, all the space pirates, whether it was the leader, a seventh-order cosmic lifeform, or the large number of coerced planetary lifeforms, felt their bodies freeze, unable to move. The light naturally flowed within the spaceship, and everyone illuminated by the light was frozen.

"I am the Red Mont Group, Yellow-Clad Envoy, code number 1037," the yellow-clad man's voice rang out, echoing within the cosmic space pirate spaceship, and also echoing within the entire Blue Star security defense system. The entire security defense system was completely infiltrated by the yellow-clad man.

"Under orders to protect Mr. Xu Jingming." The yellow-clad man's voice echoed in the spaceship and in various parts of the Blue Star Civilization.