Chapter 1 After Five Days

Five days later.

Inside a flat, black spaceship, in the command hall, were sixteen Yu Clan Origin Lives. Leading them was Monarch Moyou, who had a pair of emerald green eyes. Tall and thin, with a dark red cloak, he watched the scene ahead with great interest.

"Lord Youfu, stay with me. The other lords are free to act independently," Monarch Moyou said leisurely.

"Yes, Monarch Moyou."

The fifteen Yu Clan lords all responded respectfully.

They felt incredibly honored that the great Monarch Moyou was personally leading this mission!

"Whoosh."

The spaceship finally arrived at its destination, the Yin Jie Star Alliance. Sixteen figures transformed into illusions and flew directly out of the spaceship.

They split into eight small teams, some acting alone, others in groups of two or three, traveling in eight small spaceships.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh—

The eight small spaceships successively traversed wormholes, heading towards their respective targets.

The female Yu Clan lord, Lord Youfu, followed Monarch Moyou to an unfamiliar starry sky, gazing at a tiny life-bearing planet.

"Youfu," Monarch Moyou said.

"Monarch," Lord Youfu, who was rather slender, replied respectfully.

"When the operation begins, I will merge into the real universe spacetime and hide myself, in case… I scare away the cute prey," Monarch Moyou said with a smile.

Lord Youfu was surprised.

Cute prey? Having followed Monarch Moyou for a long time, Lord Youfu knew his personality well. Ordinary human Tier 10 Origin Lives wouldn't interest him much.

"Does the Monarch have a special prey in mind?" Youfu asked.

"Indeed."

Monarch Moyou nodded slightly. "A very special prey. You'll know when we encounter it."

After a long while.

"The time is almost here. Prepare to descend upon that life-bearing planet," Monarch Moyou said.

"Yes," Lord Youfu replied.

They had been inside the spaceship, but suddenly, Monarch Moyou and the spaceship vanished without a trace.

An invisible force enveloped Lord Youfu, directly descending upon the distant life-bearing planet.

This life-bearing planet was one of the more prosperous planets in the entire Yin Jie Star Alliance, with a population of over a hundred billion. Many spaceships were docked at the planet's spaceport. However, the instant Lord Youfu appeared on the life-bearing planet—

Whoosh.

An invisible force instantly enveloped the life-bearing planet and the surrounding spaceport area.

In an instant, the flesh and consciousness of all life were completely 'devoured'.

"Compared to the Yu Clan's consciousness, human consciousness is much more colorful and exciting," Monarch Moyou's voice echoed in Lord Youfu's mind. "Devouring ten times the Yu Clan population isn't as satisfying as devouring humans."

Lord Youfu couldn't understand.

Devour consciousness?

Why not just kill them? Wouldn't a flick of a finger annihilate a life-bearing planet? Why devour consciousness?

Of course, Lord Youfu only muttered these thoughts in her heart and didn't dare to voice them.

"The power of the mind is full of infinite possibilities. Youfu, if you want to take another step and become a monarch, you must value mental power," Monarch Moyou's voice echoed in her mind. Perhaps due to the influence of the nightmare world, Monarch Moyou was only relatively kind to those who also grasped high-dimensional power. The weaker Yu Clan lords… only the female lords could receive his friendliness.

"If I want to become a monarch, do I also have to devour human consciousness?" Youfu responded mentally.

"Can you do it?" Monarch Moyou asked.

"No."

Lord Youfu was helpless.

She excelled at slaughter and annihilation, but devouring consciousness? She didn't understand.

"Strengthen yourself first. If your self is too weak, devouring consciousness will only lead to being lost. Alright, hurry up and plunder," Monarch Moyou urged.

"Yes, Monarch," Lord Youfu responded mentally and immediately began to act, plundering frantically on her own. Monarch Moyou, on the other hand, remained completely merged into the real universe in the form of the nightmare world.

On the surface, it seemed that only Lord Youfu was plundering.

Although Monarch Moyou didn't care about these spoils, he still had to put on a show, otherwise, how would he deceive the 'prey'?

"After slaughtering a planet with over a hundred billion people, humans should value it greatly and may send that mysterious guardian over," Monarch Moyou waited patiently.

******

Black Iron Star, inside the manor.

Xu Jingming, Senior Brother Jian, and Senior Brother Yi Jiu were each focused on their own tasks.

"A mission has arrived." Xu Jingming, who had been focusing on studying the knowledge of the 'Serpent Ring Model,' naturally set off immediately upon receiving the mission.

"Only five days have passed, and Junior Brother Wu Ming is going out on a mission again?" Senior Brother Yi Jiu, reeking of alcohol, exclaimed in amazement, "At this rate, how many Yu Clan Origin Lives will he kill in a year? How much merit will he accumulate?"

Senior Brother Jian said, "Junior Brother Wu Ming used to be in the middle and rear of the Heavenly Python Star Region, and his area of responsibility was much smaller! Now that his strength has broken through, his area of responsibility has only increased to one-third of a star region."

"Even with only one-tenth of the missions in the past, he still intercepted quite a few Yu Clan members," Yi Jiu exclaimed.

"It can also indirectly save more life-bearing planets," Senior Brother Jian said.

…

The destination of the first mission that Xu Jingming received had as many as three Yu Clan Origin Lives.

The importance of those annihilated life-bearing planets, the population size, and the number of detected Yu Clan members were all factors in determining the priority! Of course, some life-bearing planets had weaker detection capabilities, and the accurate number of Yu Clan members couldn't be detected even after they were destroyed.

Xu Jingming's mission destination had the highest priority.

"Three Yu Clan members."

Xu Jingming, wearing a tailored black robe, descended from a high dimension onto this desolate life-bearing planet. This once extremely prosperous life-bearing planet had been completely annihilated.

High-dimensional descent brought endless light!

Xu Jingming was like a god in the light!

"What?"

"How is it so fast?"

"A Tier 10!"

The three Yu Clan lords who were plundering spoils were terrified because there was no warning. This terrifying human Origin Life appeared within the planet's atmosphere! They were too close.

Moreover, the endless light had enveloped the entire planet, leaving them nowhere to hide.

The light concealed terrifying lasers that incinerated the three Yu Clan lords into nothingness.

"Mission complete." Xu Jingming didn't want to waste any time. While notifying the Primordial Research Institute through the virtual world network, he waved his hand to collect the spoils.

Immediately afterward, the second mission arrived.

Xu Jingming left the life-bearing planet without hesitation, heading to another location.

In this wave of plundering, Xu Jingming wanted to seize the time to intercept two locations.

This time, he was relatively fast and successfully intercepted the second location of Yu Clan members.

In two missions, he killed a total of five Yu Clan lords.

"I wonder if there will be another wave of operations," Xu Jingming said, standing on the top floor of a skyscraper, looking at the city, looking at the planet, and waiting silently.

…

At this moment, in another location.

Lord Youfu was naturally slower plundering alone. After plundering for a full twenty-eight seconds, a team of Origin Lives appeared. There were nine of them, and as soon as they appeared, dazzling starlight shone in all directions, and spacetime began to distort. A huge 'net' had enveloped the planet and was rapidly contracting, trying to completely bind Lord Youfu.

The eyes of the nine human Origin Lives were cold, showing no pity for the female Yu Clan lord.

On the battlefield, the combat strategies of humans and the Yu Clan were completely different.

The Yu Clan didn't care much about death. Yu Clan members were more scattered during plundering, so the attrition rate was relatively higher.

The human race was different.

Tier 9s usually formed teams and were equipped with powerful technological weapons! A Tier 9 Origin Life team equipped with the technological weapons issued by the Cosmic Human Alliance was enough to rival a Tier 10.

Even if they encountered a Yu Clan Tier 10 monarch, they could fight them and have a chance to escape.

Therefore, the attrition rate was relatively much lower.

However…

After all, it was a battlefield, and there would naturally be casualties!

"Hmm?"

The invisible nightmare world descended. Compared to it, the life-bearing planet was like a drop of water in a vast ocean. The faces of the nine human Origin Lives changed drastically, and the intelligence of the technological weapons issued warnings.

"Warning, high-dimensional power detected."

"Warning, high-dimensional power detected."

The technological weapons equipped by the nine Origin Lives were already very powerful. They hindered the manifestation and penetration of the nightmare world, but ultimately, they couldn't stop it.

Puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff!

The nine people, like nine bubbles, shattered instantly.

"Ah."

"Where is this?"

"No—"

The consciousness of the nine Origin Lives was dragged into the nightmare world, where they were devoured by monsters one by one.

"Sigh."

The figure of Monarch Moyou emerged from the illusion. He sighed softly. If you looked closely into his emerald green eyes, you could see the faces of nine humans struggling within them.

"I was waiting for the prey I wanted most, but these nine small figures were sent instead." Monarch Moyou glanced at the technological weapons left behind by the human Origin Life team. With a thought, the nightmare world collected them. "Human technological weapons are indeed powerful. The legendary forbidden weapons… even the Primordial Ancestor is wary of them. It's truly unbelievable! Technology can actually reach such a level."

"Monarch," Youfu arrived.

"Let's go. I've been exposed," Monarch Moyou said. "Humans won't let that cute prey come over."

"The Monarch ultimately killed nine human Origin Lives," Youfu said.

"In less than a hundred years, do you know how many Yu Clan lords that mysterious guardian, 'Dark Gun,' has killed?" Monarch Moyou said with a smile.

"I've heard it's quite a few," Youfu said.

"Although we reduced the frequency of plundering in the star alliance he guards, it is estimated that at least a thousand Yu Clan lords have died at his hands," Monarch Moyou said. "And I've been fighting on the front lines for a total of ten thousand years, and I've only killed two or three thousand human Origin Lives. How long has he been fighting?"

Lord Youfu said respectfully, "Battle records don't mean anything. Strength is the most important thing. That Dark Gun doesn't even dare to fight against Tier 10s."

"Yes, strength is the most important thing. It doesn't matter if some Yu Clan lords die. The weak will be eliminated anyway," Monarch Moyou said.

"Yes, even if there are errors in the selection process, the excellent ones will still be resurrected," Youfu said.

"Let's go. As long as that Dark Gun continues to take action, I will soon encounter him," Monarch Moyou said. "He is a good prey." The nine human faces hidden in his emerald green eyes had already shattered for the most part, and the remaining ones were still wailing in pain.

Whoosh.

Silently, Monarch Moyou disappeared with Lord Youfu.