Chapter 1 The Deteriorating Environment

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

"Since His Highness Lounador of the Yuansheng Civilization, a higher civilization of the universe, left Blue Star Civilization, the environment we face has become increasingly harsh." Secretary-General Angus said, "We must quickly determine how to deal with these dangerous circumstances."

The representative of the White Eagle Federation looked at the data in front of him and said in a low voice, "I need to report a piece of data. Currently, regarding purchasing goods through the virtual world network, throughout the entire Wu Gou Star Alliance, aside from the two major intermediate civilizations of the universe, no other civilization is willing to ship goods to us."

"Virtual items are not affected and can be traded with countless civilizations in the Hunter Universe Region. However, for real-world goods, only groups within the two major intermediate civilizations of the universe are willing to deliver! Because of the long distance, transportation costs are extremely expensive."

"Fortunately, there are still two major intermediate civilizations of the universe willing to trade with us; otherwise, we would have to rely on 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 universe for us has increased several times to dozens of times!"

Everyone present felt the pressure.

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

Secretary-General Angus said, "Our Blue Star Civilization is very weak, with only one inhabited planet, and our trade volume is not high, so those civilizations in the Wu Gou Star Alliance cut off trade with us as soon as they wanted. But this also shows... the power of His Highness Lounador!"

"If trade costs increase, then we will reduce the scale. Blue Star can bear these costs," the representative of the Roman Empire said. "But what worries me most is that without the Black Moon Civilization's garrison, some cosmic criminals might target us."

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

"Unless we can deter them, they will definitely come to rob us." The five national representatives discussed, also feeling a great deal of pressure.

They were well aware of the modus operandi of cosmic criminals. What cosmic criminals feared was "great strength." If you were strong, they wouldn't dare rob you. If you were weak? Regardless of your background, they would rob you first and ask questions later! There were all kinds of cosmic criminals! Even Origin lifeforms!

Some Origin lifeforms committed unforgivable crimes, such as large-scale slaughter and collusion with alien races, and were not tolerated by the Cosmic Human Alliance. The cosmic starry sky was vast, and with the strength of an Origin lifeform, it was too difficult to capture them if they really wanted to hide.

"All of this is because of Xu Jingming." The Roman Empire representative said, "Now, we are isolated, trade costs have risen sharply, and we are also facing the threat of space pirates! And we don't know how long these days will last."

"A hundred years, a thousand years, three thousand years? As long as His Highness Lounador is alive, we will probably continue to be isolated. The Gangding Fire Cosmic Civilization was supposed to be a time for our rapid development, but now we are in a dangerous situation of being isolated." The Roman Empire representative said anxiously, "I can even predict... in my three thousand years of life, I am afraid I will not see any improvement in the situation of Blue Star Civilization."

"If Blue Star Civilization really encounters a catastrophe because of this and is massacred by space pirates," the Roman Empire representative said through gritted teeth, "if the entire civilization is destroyed because of this! Then, Xu Jingming of your Xia Kingdom will be an unpardonable 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 put the entire civilization in a difficult situation?"

"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. There is no use in regretting it. Now we even have to coax him and get him to befriend Envoy Tinya Nuo." The other representatives nodded. Yes.

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

Because the only 'big shot' that Blue Star Civilization could rely on now was Envoy Tinya Nuo. And obviously Envoy Tinya Nuo and Xu Jingming were very good friends. "I will contact Xu Jingming," Director Zhou said, "hoping that he can use Envoy Tinya Nuo's power to improve the situation of our Blue Star Civilization."

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

"Let's first discuss how to deal with the dangerous environment in the future," Secretary-General Angus said. "I suggest increasing the construction of the planet's defense capabilities and increasing counterattack deterrence capabilities."

Xu Jingming's home, in the virtual room.

"Now, most of the senior officials of the Blue Star countries think I am a sinner." Xu Jingming looked at the scenes one by one. "Although they don't dare to say too much in front of me, they curse me very harshly behind my back."

Many people behind the scenes had hideous expressions, throwing their cups and cursing angrily. Cursing Xu Jingming as a fool.

"This is a more stupid behavior. Envoy Tinya Nuo's anger is something Blue Star Civilization can't afford to bear." "Especially those lackeys who colluded with the Black Moon Civilization," the Yuanchu combat suit AI said. "The Black Moon Civilization has completely abandoned them, and they all resent you, resent you for destroying their future, their future.'" These traitors are not worth mentioning," Xu Jingming said softly, "It's just that some of my friends resent me, alas…"

Although ordinary people do not understand the situation.

But the cosmic lifeforms all knew. Some cosmic lifeforms of the Xia Kingdom, some brothers and friends who had some friendship with Xu Jingming who were venturing into the 'Blood Rain World'. Many people felt that Xu Jingming had done something wrong! "I can understand them."

"They resent me, and they are right to resent me! I have indeed put the entire civilization in 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. You can't be blamed for this," the Yuanchu combat suit AI said, "Moreover, with you here, Blue Star Civilization will not really fall into a desperate situation."

"But... the people of Blue Star don't know this, and I can't make it public!" At this moment, Xu Jingming understood how his senior brothers and sisters felt. Each and every one of them was a chosen one, a peerless genius.

They all had to hide their true talents and true information! Once exposed, the cosmic aliens would target them, and that would be a real disaster. It was much more terrifying than being targeted by space pirates. "It's only possible to make it public after becoming an Origin lifeform," Xu Jingming thought.

Like his senior brother Gu Shan, his father was annoyed and didn't understand, and even abandoned this son, but senior brother Gu Shan still had to endure it. Everyone else was like this. They all had to endure.

"This is also a kind of mind training," Xu Jingming said silently. "If you don't even have this bit of patience, how can your mental strength be strong? How can you become an Origin lifeform?"

The human race in the universe was vast, the number of humans was countless, and the universe was boundless, making it too easy to hide. So…

The scale of cosmic criminals was very large!

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

In a special virtual world, Wu Gou World, in a tavern, many criminals were drinking and chatting. This was a 'virtual world' privately built by the dark forces of the Wu Gou Star Alliance at some cost. Of course, this virtual world's construction technology was relatively low! It was impossible to practice evolution methods in the virtual world, it was only for everyone to contact each other more quickly. Moreover, this virtual world could only be connected to and logged into within the Wu Gou Star Alliance.

Criminals who were wanted did not dare to log in! Virtual World Network! Once they logged in, they would expose themselves.

This kind of privately built 'virtual world' was less technically advanced, but it was impossible to track the location of each login, which made criminals willing to use such a virtual world. "Blue Star Civilization is, after all, a civilization. It's not something that small space pirates like us can rob."

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

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

If they were caught while having committed crimes, they would be imprisoned for a thousand or two thousand years even if they weren't killed! Naturally, they would rather mingle with the criminal groups. In the corner of the tavern were two major criminal leaders.

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

"I don't have that much money. I can consider 100 billion cosmic dollars."

"If I sell this inhabited planet, I'll get at least 100 billion. And a 'uninhabited planet' that hasn't been recorded by the Cosmic Human Alliance, with a large number of natives, you can do whatever you want, how great is that? My asking price of 200 billion is not too much." "Hahaha… by the way, Noke, are you interested in Blue Star Civilization?" "Are you planning to go together if I say yes?" The two major criminal leaders chatted.

This virtual Wu Gou World's users were mainly criminals, but it was also mixed with some mysterious customers, such as the eyes and ears of some large families and groups, and even the minions of cosmic aliens. They would all log in.

Here, it was impossible to track the login address, which naturally made it easy to facilitate dark 'deals'. Some things were not suitable for large families and groups to do. But criminals were very suitable.

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

A menacing hammer-shaped spaceship, 30 kilometers long, tore through 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 the plan." On the screen, a burly bald man sitting there said leisurely, "This is just the beginning, we don't need much. Extort 300 billion cosmic dollars and that will be enough. We can also use this to see how strong this Blue Star Civilization really is.” "Yes," the gloomy man nodded. "I believe Blue Star Civilization will yield." "Begin," the burly bald man ordered.

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

These cosmic lifeform criminals were all wanted, and they were the most trustworthy subordinates. On the contrary, many of the planet lifeforms were coerced.

"Let's begin, let's see how fat and hard this piece of meat, Blue Star Civilization, really is." The gloomy man's eyes were crazy. "Kaka Kaka!!"

The surface of this hammer-shaped spaceship began to reveal a series of 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 discovered it and issued a warning. The high-level officials of Blue Star urgently gathered in the virtual world.

A scholar pointed to the hammer-shaped spaceship and introduced it. "This is a Black Ming V-class space transport ship, but it has been modified in a very exaggerated way. It is obviously much more bloated than a normal Black Ming V-class. It has also been equipped with a planetary-level main gun with a diameter of 800 meters, which is enough to severely damage a planet." "Can our Blue Star security defense system withstand their attacks?" A high-level official asked. "Yes," the scholar nodded. Just then—

An ultimatum had already been sent.

"Greetings, Blue Star Civilization." The gloomy man smiled slightly, "I will give you twenty minutes to prepare valuables worth 300 billion cosmic dollars. If you can't produce them in twenty minutes... we will launch an attack on your Blue Star."

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

"It's up to you to decide whether to hand over 300 billion or go to war. Hahaha… it's been a long time since I fought a civilization." There was madness in the gloomy man's eyes. "You still have 18 minutes and 39 seconds to prepare."

The screen only showed 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 twelve types of attacks he mentioned?" "Can we counterattack and destroy that spaceship?"

"Once the war starts, the moon will be destroyed, Mars 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, there will be another 300 billion, and another extortion each time. How can we bear it?" "If we agree once, there will be more times." "Then 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 received the warning from the Yuanchu combat suit AI as soon as possible and watched the hammer-shaped spaceship from afar.

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

"Fortunately, Tinya Nuo 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, one would not dare to reject His Highness Lounador.

Tinya Nuo had promised Xu Jingming that he would take full responsibility, and Xu Jingming was fully aware of his plan and was still very confident. "Mr. Xu Jingming, can I take action?" A message came. "Thank you," Xu Jingming said, "Please follow your planned actions." "Alright," a gentle voice responded.

Immediately afterward, in the solar system. Countless lights were converging on one point.

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

In the solar system, countless lights were converging toward that point, and finally, they condensed into a figure. A figure in yellow.

His whole body was glowing, 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 of the seventh-order cosmic lifeforms or the large number of planetary lifeforms that had been coerced. More than 80,000 people inside the ship felt their bodies were frozen and unable to move. Light naturally flowed within the ship, and everyone illuminated by the light was frozen.

"I am the Yellow-Clad Envoy of the Chimeng Group, number 1037," the Yellow-Clad man's voice sounded, echoing within the spaceship of the cosmic space pirates, and also echoing within the entire security defense system of Blue Star. The entire security defense system had been completely infiltrated by the Yellow-Clad man.

"Under orders, to protect Mr. Xu Jingming," the Yellow-Clad man's voice echoed throughout the ship and in every part of Blue Star Civilization.