Chapter 1 The Campus of Yan Zhao Star Martial University

The campus of Yan Zhao Star Martial University was very quiet.

Although universities in various regions had not yet started their summer vacations, most of the students, led by their practical course teachers, were out assisting local police forces in maintaining social order, so there were very few people on campus.

The areas of Yan Zhao, Jinmen, and the Imperial Capital were among the second batch of areas cleared by Jiang Xiao, and the locations for star beast deployment had long been restricted to a single city.

These star martial students were out assisting local military police and maintaining order, facing not star beasts, but the troubles brought to people's lives by the conflicts and overlaps in terrain after the fusion of Earth and the Alien Sphere.

Earth and the Alien Sphere had been fused for a full seven days, and these seven days seemed like the constant adjustments and experiments of two-dimensional planets. When the two planets finally merged together, they presented the world with a "weird harmony."

There were no conflicts between buildings and terrain, no landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis, or other natural disasters, and all the terrains were cleverly integrated.

But even so, the fused terrain had brought great trouble to human society.

"I'm downstairs in the teaching building," Jiang Xiao said into the phone, looking up at the teaching building.

On the fourth floor, a window was pushed open, and Yi Qingchen was at the window, along with…

Jiang Xiao took Gu Shian and flashed up to the window, where he saw Yi Qingchen and, sitting behind the principal's desk, Yi Qingchen's mother, Dong Tingyue.

She... looked much older, probably because she was working day and night.

Jiang Xiao had a deep impression of this strong woman with slightly upturned eyes.

The first time he saw her, she had a full head of black hair and was radiant, but now her temples were slightly graying. Jiang Xiao sighed in his heart: They are all respectable people, so busy that they don't even have time to dye their hair...

"Principal Dong," Jiang Xiao nodded to Dong Tingyue.

Dong Tingyue had already stood up and stepped forward, extending her hand to Jiang Xiao: "Vice Division Leader Jiang, hello."

He shook hands with Dong Tingyue and took the initiative to change his form of address, "Don't be like that, Auntie, just call me Xiao Pi."

Dong Tingyue's expression softened a lot, and she regained the gentle look she had given Jiang Xiao during the apprenticeship ceremony: "Thanks to you for taking care of Qingchen and Xiaotao, they..."

Her husband and daughter entering the Alien Sphere had caused Dong Tingyue a lot of trouble.

But now everything had passed. Her husband had gone to the Star Legion and become a political commissar, taking a step further in his career, and her daughter, when she returned, was so strong that Dong Tingyue could hardly imagine it...

The Yi family had bet on the right person!

Jiang Xiao smiled and seized the opportunity, saying, "By the way, Auntie Dong, I'm in the same unit as Uncle Yi now. When you have time, call him more often and tell him not to be too strict with me."

"Hehe." Hearing this, Dong Tingyue couldn't help but chuckle. With Yi Qingchen's connection and Jiang Xiao's lack of pretense, Dong Tingyue's eyes were even kinder when she looked at Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao released her hand and said, "Well... Auntie Dong, I'll take Qingchen back now."

Dong Tingyue nodded and said, "Okay, go back quickly. Young people, work is important. When this phase is over, let Qingchen bring her teammates from the Wei Yu Squad home, and Auntie Dong will show you her cooking skills."

"Okay!" Jiang Xiao nodded repeatedly, threw out a strand of star power, and flashed with Yi Qingchen to Jiangbin.

Dong Tingyue breathed a long sigh of relief, returned to her desk, sat down, and looked at the place where Jiang Xiao and the others had left, shaking her head with a smile.

When her daughter became an apprentice, this child was just a deputy regiment commander, a lieutenant colonel. But now, in just one year, he was already a deputy army commander, a major general...

Dong Tingyue had a wealth of life experience. She was the principal of Yan Zhao Star Martial University. What hadn't she seen?

But she had never seen such a potential stock that could pierce the sky. It was simply too terrifying...

What was even more terrifying was Jiang Xiao's attitude towards her, which made her sigh with emotion.

A young man who was looked up to by everyone in terms of status and stood at the peak in terms of strength...

How much suffering must one have experienced in this world to still maintain such humility?

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Jiangbin City, west of the city.

Jiang Xiao, Gu Shian, and Yi Qingchen, the trio, teleported to the front of a residential complex located in the west of the city.

Although it was said to be west of Jiangbin City, it was actually almost at the border between Jiangbin and Beituan Linzi City.

And this "city" was also a new city that the country had concentrated its forces to build rapidly in the past six months. It used to be a wilderness.

Unlike most cities, Jiangbin City was a "fire seed" city of Beijiang Province.

Including the urban area, all the people in its seven counties and three cities had long been evacuated and relocated.

The state arranged housing for a large number of people in other surrounding cities, or allowed people to go to relatives in other provinces, with the state providing financial compensation.

In Jiangbin City, a large number of soldier teams were stationed. The once relatively prosperous provincial capital was now a scene of silence. The Night Watch Army, the Guardian Army, the Triumph Army, and other corps had long taken over here.

Xia Yan's home was no longer the original home, but a family building for the pioneers of Jiangbin City, west of the city...

The people of this city, like the residents of "fire seed cities" in dozens of other provinces, had sacrificed a lot for China, because they had to leave their homes.

The fusion of Earth and the Alien Sphere meant that there were no more projections, and no more so-called alien dimensions or Sacred Ruins.

Therefore, in order to ensure the variety of star beasts and the acquisition of star beads, each province had to retain such a special city.

At this time, in addition to the Jiangbin City urban area being cleared by the troops to establish a joint operations command center, its seven counties and three cities had become a paradise for star beasts...

A huge star beast paradise with an area of more than 50,000 square kilometers!

In the steel city submerged by giant wood forests, there were white ghosts flying everywhere, as well as white ghost witches wandering around.

The white ghosts used to like to climb trees, but now they could fly around in high-rise buildings like King Kong.

In the wilderness, in the rolling volcanic mountains, the Lava Ghost Witch and its Lava Ghost Legion were entrenched, with huge Lava Ghost Generals and Lava Ghost Warriors wandering around.

In one quiet village after another, teams of wild men had moved into the villages where humans once lived.

They already possessed a certain racial culture and awareness. Under the leadership of the wild man shamans and wild man witches of various tribes, they occupied the land and established "wild man villages."

The wild men were also trying to study and use the living utensils left by the human villagers in the villages, obviously entering a stage of self-exploration and enlightenment.

The Ape Ghost King led its Ape Ghost Legion to wander outside the villages and towns, or settled in the deep mountains and old forests.

They were born to like the wilderness, deep forests, and high mountains. After suddenly coming to this world full of human buildings, they instead drew a clear line with the living places of the wild man race.

This was a star beast paradise where steel cities, small towns, wild villages, and primitive terrain were cleverly intertwined. At this stage, the various star beast races were still occupying territories and familiarizing themselves with new living places.

But Jiang Xiao estimated that it wouldn't be long before the various forces might start a war.

And at that time, artificial intervention would be inevitable. The Night Watch Army and Guardian Army forces here would not allow the star beasts to fight freely, causing large-scale unwarranted casualties.

After all... the creatures active in the entire Jiangbin Star Beast Paradise could be said to be raised by China.

The star beasts' mission was to breed offspring, continue the fire, and provide star beads for humans.

But to be honest, Jiang Xiao was not afraid of these star beasts going extinct. Instead, he felt that appropriate fighting was possible and was one of the ways to control the star beast population from becoming too large.

Because... the reproductive ability of these alien star beasts was particularly strong, at least humans could not compare.

During Jiang Xiao's years of fighting north and south, the White Ghost tribe had given Jiang Xiao many vivid lessons!

Once, on the Alien Sphere, in the lands of Northern Jiangsu, Jiang Xiao was transformed into the Jiang Ghost Witch, calling on the White Ghost army to follow him. A White Ghost gave birth to a cub, and it was during the running process!

After giving birth to the cub, the White Ghost mother did not rest, but continued to run with Jiang Ghost Witch and the main force, holding her child...

You tell me, can this kind of creature go extinct?

Even if all humans were dead, the White Ghosts would not go extinct, right!?

"You're here~ Jiang Xiao!" Xia Yan ran to the gate of the residential complex and waved to Jiang Xiao.

Since Jiangbin City was a "frontline city," the city was heavily guarded.

Jiang Xiao could not directly flash into the residential complex. The trio was talking to the soldiers on duty at the gate of the residential complex when Xia Yan flashed to the gate of the residential complex.

Xia Yan held a pass in her hand and handed it to the soldiers, saying, "These are my comrades."

The soldiers of course knew who Jiang Xiao was. They had already recognized him!

After receiving the pass for the residential complex, the soldiers looked embarrassed, stood at attention, and saluted Jiang Xiao: "Please do not use space-type star techniques here, as it may cause unnecessary trouble."

"Ah!" Jiang Xiao nodded to show his understanding and said, "We'll leave now, we'll leave now..."

"Don't! Come in and have breakfast. My mom has already made it, and Xia Shanhai is waiting for you at home too. Come on." Xia Yan grabbed Jiang Xiao's arm and dragged him into the courtyard.

Jiang Xiao looked uncomfortable and said, "It's 9:30 in the morning now. Your family eats pretty late?"

Jiang Xiao had specifically chosen to pick up Gu Shian and Yi Qingchen at nine in the morning in order to avoid the meal times for breakfast and lunch, for fear of being asked to stay.

"I heard you were coming to pick me up, so my mom got up early to prepare. You have to come." Xia Yan hugged Jiang Xiao's arm and led him in, "Good Jiang Xiao, obedient Jiang Xiao, come home with me."

Jiang Xiao: "......"

What does this girl want to do?