Chapter 1 The Meteor Shower's End

Can You Star, an unremarkable planet among the countless inhabited worlds of the universe, was home to over a billion people.

Night.

On a mountaintop outside the city, a young couple arrived.

"The meteor shower is about to start, hurry!" The girl pulled the boy, running to the summit.

"Don't worry, there's still a minute," the boy said.

"Don't trust those forecasts. They predicted rain during the day, but it didn't rain at all." As the girl spoke, she looked up at the starry sky, and her eyes lit up. "The meteor shower's here, it's here!"

Both of them gazed at the sky.

One after another, brilliant meteors streaked across the sky, dazzling and radiant. Soon, a large number of meteors appeared, and the entire meteor shower traversed the heavens, breathtakingly beautiful. At that moment, under the same starry sky, many people were captivated by the meteor shower. The girl was equally mesmerized, exclaiming, "So beautiful! This is the first time I've ever seen a meteor shower."

"Me too," the boy said, turning to look at the girl's profile. He then took out a crystal lock pendant from his pocket and handed it to her.

"Huh?" The girl was surprised, noticing the pendant.

"It's for you," the boy said.

The girl blushed and said softly, "Do you know what it means to give this?"

"Of course, I know," the boy said, looking directly at the girl.

"Of course, I know," the boy said, looking directly at the girl.

Under the meteor shower, they both understood each other's feelings.

Suddenly—

Whoosh.

The two of them disintegrated silently, like a gust of wind, disappearing into the world.

Not only them, but countless people throughout the world disintegrated, disappearing into the world.

Above the atmosphere of Can You Star.

Two Prison Clan Origin Lifeforms overlooked the entire planet, their eyes devoid of emotion. To them, exterminating the lifeforms of an entire planet was merely a whim, causing the collapse of the most basic structure of all human life.

"Feng, this is the 1000th human inhabited planet I've destroyed," a tall Prison Clan Origin Lifeform communicated telepathically.

"There are countless human inhabited planets. How many have you destroyed? Hurry up, we need to retreat in 30 seconds." The black-armored Prison Clan Origin Lifeform responded telepathically and instantly teleported away, beginning to loot rapidly.

The tall Prison Clan Origin Lifeform also teleported, joining the looting.

High-value technological creations and precious materials were quickly collected from the entire planet. The Prison Clan was too weak in production, so they mainly relied on 'looting.' They looted whatever they lacked.

Several major clans bordering them were subjected to their looting. The human clan, skilled in production and advanced in technology, was the most coveted by the Prison Clan.

Just a few seconds later.

"Hmm?"

Two Prison Clan Origin Lifeforms on different parts of the surface of Can You Star simultaneously looked up, gazing at the same location.

There, a black-robed man appeared, his gaze towards Can You Star filled with sorrow.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The two Prison Clan Origin Lifeforms converged and appeared around Xu Jingming.

"Prison Clan, you deserve to die." A long spear appeared in Xu Jingming's hand, and a dazzling light erupted from his body.

"Judging from the aura, Ninth Order?" the black-armored Prison Clan Origin Lifeform sneered. "I've killed two human Origin Lifeforms, you'll be the third." As his voice echoed, the two Prison Clan Origin Lifeforms unleashed bizarre undulations.

The spatial location they occupied instantly folded.

Xu Jingming felt the surrounding world folding, but he calmly watched everything.

"Pfft." "Pfft."

The black-armored Prison Clan Origin Lifeform's two blades emerged from the folded space and pierced Xu Jingming's body.

The other tall Universe Origin Lifeform also brought down a flaming hammer, smashing it onto Xu Jingming, causing his body to distort like flowing water.

Xu Jingming stood there unmoving.

The moment he was stabbed, he simply reached out and grabbed the black-armored Prison Clan Origin Lifeform who was close by. After all, the double blades had pierced him… the distance between them was already within reach. The other 'tall Prison Clan Origin Lifeform’ was slightly further away, and Xu Jingming dodged him with his spear.

"You?" The black-armored Prison Clan felt something was wrong as his dual blades pierced Xu Jingming, as if they had plunged into an endless abyss.

Xu Jingming grabbed him, and dozens of colored threads instantly drilled into the black-armored Prison Clan's body, causing him to disintegrate and vanish silently.

He just died like that.

"What?"

The other tall Prison Clan Origin Lifeform was shocked. "He died as soon as he touched him?"

"Our Prison Clan fights at close range with weapons, physical contact is normal. How could Cong Feng die just from being touched by his hand?" A chill ran down the tall Prison Clan Origin Lifeform’s spine.

Whoosh.

Xu Jingming appeared close to him.

Under the suppression of the light, the tall Prison Clan Origin Lifeform had difficulty even teleporting, and could only try his best to dodge.

Pfft!

A spear as fast as lightning! Xu Jingming did not hide any of his strength, his spear speed was at its limit!

Domain suppression, a spear at maximum speed. The tall Prison Clan Origin Lifeform was struck! At the moment of impact, dozens of colored threads naturally drilled into the opponent's body from the tip of the spear.

The tall Prison Clan Origin Lifeform also disintegrated and vanished.

Just like that, he killed two Prison Clan Origin Lifeforms.

Xu Jingming wasn't proud. One against three, he needed some strategy. One against two? Just kill one first, then chase down the last one. It was that simple!

With the No. 9 Original Battle Armor, his life-saving ability was extremely strong. Ninth Order opponents couldn’t harm him at all. Yet, the moment he touched them, they had to die. Unless… the opponent had a means to resist the penetration of the 'No. 9 Original Battle Armor.'

"Can You Star," Xu Jingming looked down. "The planet is still here, but the people are gone."

"Is evolving into a stronger lifeform just for the sake of destruction?"

Xu Jingming's sigh echoed in the night sky as he left that area of space.

Xu Jingming had just returned to the star system where Ji Shui Star was located when he received a message from the Original Research Institute.

"According to estimates, the Prison Clan squad that raided the An Su Star Alliance has suffered losses exceeding 30%, and the leader of the Prison Clan squad has been killed. This squad will most likely choose to retreat. Thank you for your hard work, Guardians."

This message made Xu Jingming feel relieved.

They retreated? The other inhabited planets of the An Su Star Alliance were temporarily safe. Although, for the countless planets in the entire Star Alliance, the probability of being chosen was very low, but once chosen, it would be a catastrophe.

"If you kill them hard enough, they'll be afraid!" Xu Jingming murmured.

"The captain is dead? Cong Luo and his three are dead? Cong Feng and his two are also dead?"

"How did so many die so early in the raid?"

"The An Su Star Alliance must have very powerful Guardians."

"Retreat."

The other Origin Lifeforms, though unable to communicate, could determine that their companions were dead through signals.

Normally, a raid would last for dozens of days, causing a bloodbath within a Star Alliance. With their spatial talents and escape methods, the human side had little success in intercepting them.

Although there were occasional casualties, sometimes the Prison Clan died, and sometimes the human side suffered losses.

But for a raid to have just started, and for seven Prison Clan Origin Lifeforms, including the First Order captain, to have died in just two waves of attacks, was definitely a rare occurrence.

"Retreat."

The remaining 12 Prison Clan Origin Lifeforms in the squad all chose to retreat, fleeing in a spaceship.

They suffered heavy losses this time, but it was normal. A Star Alliance had two terrifying Guardians: 'Mr. Jane' and a 'No. 9 Original Battle Armor holder.’ In terms of interception efficiency, the No. 9 Original Battle Armor holder 'Xu Jingming,’ who was the best at escaping in the Original Research Institute, was even more efficient than Mr. Jane.

It was precisely because they knew his high efficiency!

That's why Xu Jingming was transferred here even though he had just become a Ninth Order Origin Lifeform.

If he was stronger and more experienced, he would probably have been sent to the battlefield against the 'Void Gods.’

The night passed, and the sun rose.

The morning sunlight streamed in through the window, and Xu Jingming sat in the room, looking at the densely packed formulas on the light screen. Having experienced these events, he was even more focused on studying knowledge.

The young man 'Qiu Qingke,’ who had woken up early, came to the door. The door wasn't closed, and he saw the scene of that uncle looking at the light screen.

"Did the uncle not sleep all night?" Qiu Qingke thought. He reached out and gently knocked on the open door.

Xu Jingming looked at him and smiled. "Awake?"

"Thank you, Uncle, for saving me yesterday," Qiu Qingke said, bowing.

"It was nothing," Xu Jingming said.

Too bad…

Yesterday, there were so many humans on Fearfin Star and Can You Star, but he couldn't do anything.

Even the three Supreme Realm experts of humanity were constantly 'fighting’ in the high-dimensional space with their true bodies. Only by becoming stronger could they deter the enemy.

"By the way, you can go home now," Xu Jingming said. "The Chalo Group shouldn't be interested in dealing with you anymore."

"Not interested in dealing with me?" Qiu Qingke asked, puzzled.

"You'll find out when you check the internet later," Xu Jingming said.

Qiu Qingke nodded. "Then I'll take my leave first."

Xu Jingming nodded and continued looking at the light screen.

"Uncle," Qiu Qingke said again.

Xu Jingming looked at him.

Still not gone?

"I still don't know, what's your name, Uncle?" Qiu Qingke looked at Xu Jingming.

"Ming," Xu Jingming said, "Ming as in 'tomorrow’s’ Ming."

"Uncle Ming, thank you," Qiu Qingke thanked him again, bowing, and then quickly left.

As he went downstairs, Qiu Qingke was still muttering to himself, "On Uncle Ming's light screen, there were densely packed formulas, not a single word. It was all kinds of equations… It seems Uncle Ming is a very amazing scholar. I get dizzy just looking at it."

Qiu Qingke went outside and simultaneously opened the light screen on his watch, looking at the news.

"Wow—"

Qiu Qingke's mouth hung open.

"I just slept, and so many big shots have been arrested? And are going to be sentenced? Has the entire Ji Shui Star changed?" Qiu Qingke was dumbfounded, then became excited. "Who cares? I don't understand the struggle between these big shots at all, but, the entire Chalo Group is finished, haha, I'm free, I'm free."

Qiu Qingke laughed and used his movement technique, and with a few flashes, he quickly disappeared into the distance.

Inside the room.

Xu Jingming looked at the scene outside the window and continued to look at the light screen and study. He was still too weak.