Chapter 109 The Number 9 Primordial Battle Armor

“Yuan Chu Research Institute headquarters, inside a large warehouse. This Black Wind Type-I spaceship is 92 meters long and is the standard equipment for Tier 9 Origin Lifeforms at the Yuan Chu Research Institute, priced at 500 billion universe credits.” Secretary-General Heitian introduced with a smile, “Of course, the main reason it can sell for so much is because it’s standard equipment for Tier 9 members of the Yuan Chu Research Institute. Its true cost is estimated to be only about one hundred billion universe credits."

Xu Jingming nodded. "This is already the best spaceship I've ever owned."

"It can travel up to 15 million light-years in a single wormhole jump." Secretary-General Heitian said, "As a small spaceship, it cools down quickly and can perform a second wormhole jump in just 30 minutes. Overall, it's about average as a vehicle for a Tier 9 Origin Lifeform. The only advantage is that it's provided for free."

Xu Jingming laughed. What more could he ask for from a free spaceship?

"Come in." Secretary-General Heitian entered the spaceship, and Xu Jingming followed. "We're going to collect the Number 9 Primordial Battle Armor now. This battle armor is only lent to you for use. The Yuan Chu Research Institute will reclaim it when you no longer need it or after your death."

"This Number 9 Primordial Battle Armor… there's no recorded information about it on the virtual world network," Xu Jingming said, curious.

The spaceship silently flew out of the warehouse.

"Of course you can't find it. The Primordial Battle Armor you wore before was the standard 2.0 version, a mass-produced battle armor." Secretary-General Heitian said, "In fact, when the Director collected materials from high-dimensional space and personally developed the Primordial Battle Armor, he also specifically developed some battle armors with higher costs, all with individual numbers. The Number 9 Primordial Battle Armor is more focused on safety. Vice Director Chimon wears the Number 1 Primordial Battle Armor."

Xu Jingming understood.

Vice Director Chimon wears it, so its value is clear.

"This is priceless." Secretary-General Heitian said, "Even among Tier 10 Origin Lifeforms, only a very few who are valued by the Director are qualified to wear numbered Primordial Battle Armor. You should understand the Director's expectations for you."

Xu Jingming nodded.

"If I don't become a cosmic legend in the future, I'll be letting down this Number 9 Primordial Battle Armor."

The spaceship silently arrived in front of a large mountain.

Heitian and Xu Jingming exited the spaceship and walked into a passage that split from the mountain.

"All the Primordial Battle Armors are kept here." Secretary-General Heitian pointed forward. Inside the mountain's belly, droplets of red liquid were suspended, each droplet feeling like a celestial body.

"The numbered Primordial Battle Armors are at the deepest point. Go in; your permissions only allow you to touch the Number 9 Primordial Battle Armor," Secretary-General Heitian said.

Xu Jingming nodded and walked inside. The mountain's belly contained countless droplets of red liquid. Xu Jingming passed more than one hundred thousand, each one seemingly a shrunken, condensed planet.

Xu Jingming felt droplets of dark red liquid floating, their power even more terrifying. Because they had no master, each droplet exuded a terrifying aura like a star. "They themselves possess very vast power, so when worn, Origin Lifeforms can borrow this power," Xu Jingming thought. According to Secretary-General Heitian, the Primordial Battle Armor utilizes materials from high-dimensional space. "The Number 9 Primordial Battle Armor is at the deepest point," Xu Jingming continued forward.

Ahead were droplets of black liquid suspended. Completely black! Seemingly swallowing all light, each droplet was like a black hole. "It feels like each droplet is a real black hole. There aren't many of them, only a few hundred. I wonder who they're for." Xu Jingming continued to advance. Although they were mass-produced black hole-like battle armors, Xu Jingming faintly felt that he probably couldn't use this type of battle armor.

Xu Jingming reached the very end.

He saw droplets of liquid with different colors. "These droplets are all different, and their auras are also different."

Some were terrifyingly vast and boundless, some were so restrained that they had no presence, some were so cold that Xu Jingming felt a chill in his heart, and in some droplets, Xu Jingming actually sensed worlds!

A golden droplet of liquid actively flew over and instantly touched Xu Jingming's body, merging into his skin. "Master, hello. I am Little Nine." A cheerful voice sounded, "In the days to come, Little Nine will do its best to serve Master."

"Hello, Little Nine. I am Xu Jingming. It's a pleasure to meet you." Xu Jingming responded with a thought fluctuation.

In the long years to come, the Primordial Battle Armor Little Nine would be his most loyal partner. "Information about Little Nine's various functions is now being sent to Master." A large amount of information was transmitted to Xu Jingming. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still a little dumbfounded upon receiving the information. "This battle armor feels like a powerful civilization's arsenal," Xu Jingming thought. "If I can perfectly utilize it, it's not inferior to the power of a Grade C medium civilization."

"Of course, I've only just become an Origin Lifeform, and my scientific knowledge is weak, so I can only unleash a small portion of its power," Xu Jingming understood. How much power a weapon could unleash also depended on its master.

Xu Jingming collected the Number 9 Primordial Battle Armor and walked out of the mountain's belly.

"收 (Shou)." (Collect)

With a wave of his hand, Xu Jingming stored the small spaceship parked in front of him. This Number 9 Primordial Battle Armor had a micro-attached space function. The micro-attached space was a spherical space with a diameter of over 30,000 kilometers. "Next is the most important thing for every official member when they come to headquarters: to receive the complete inheritance."

Secretary-General Heitian led Xu Jingming to an ordinary-looking building. "Some of the initial inheritance can be done on the virtual world network. But the most crucial part must be received at the Yuan Chu Research Institute headquarters," Secretary-General Heitian said. "This is to prevent accidents."

"Isn't the virtual world network absolutely safe?" Xu Jingming asked.

"The entire human race has experienced dark periods, and even history has been severed. What do you think is absolutely safe?" Secretary-General Heitian laughed. "Of course, if the virtual world network has a major problem, it's when the entire human race has a major problem. That's something the Director and the others need to consider. Alright; hurry and go in."

Xu Jingming nodded and walked in.

A barren rocky planet, obviously unsuitable for life to thrive.

And this ordinary-looking rocky planet, of which there were countless in the universe, secretly harbored a small spaceship.

"This life is really hard."

Star pirate leader Noke sat inside the spaceship and poured himself a glass of wine. Drinking, he lamented bitterly, "Being a star pirate, it's already bad enough that I can't log into the virtual world network. Now I have to hide on an uninhabited planet for a full twenty years." He had endured for 11 years, with 9 years remaining.

Leader Noke had originally been a figure who led many star pirates, doing as he pleased on a native life planet, but now he was so stifled. "Nine years, just endure it."

Leader Noke tilted his head and drained the wine, then logged into the simple virtual world "Wu Gou World." Although it was generally poor in terms of enjoyment, it was still better than being imprisoned on an uninhabited planet.

Just as he logged into Wu Gou World—

"嗡 (Om)!"

An invisible fluctuation swept across the planet and across Leader Noke, causing Leader Noke's body to collapse from its most basic components. Silently, Leader Noke's body disintegrated, turning into pure cosmic origin power.

He died, and he didn't feel anything when he died.

In the outer space of this rocky planet.

A shadowy figure in purple robes looked at the rocky planet from afar. "It's a pity. A star pirate force that does as it pleases is sometimes very useful." The purple-robed man murmured, "But Noke foolishly launched an attack on Blue Star civilization, offending Xu Jingming."

"Then I can only kill Noke and wipe out all traces related to me." Abandoning a star pirate force that had been built up for so long was a great loss. "But there's no choice. Whether it's the laws of the Cosmic Human Alliance or Xu Jingming, the threat is too great. Moreover, I have to prepare a gift for Xu Jingming's celebration this time." The purple-robed man thought, and then disappeared.

His Highness Lu Naduo had a very strong ambition. Since his elder brother had risen to prominence, he had begun to plan for the future. In order to accumulate wealth, he went to one weak civilization after another to collect talent.

"I've recruited another Tier 8 Starspace Lifeform." His Highness Lu Naduo sat comfortably in the chair of the spaceship, but suddenly a message arrived, and Lu Naduo immediately perked up. "A message from my brother."

His contacts were also divided into levels. Among them, a message from his brother Lu Naxing would forcibly pop up regardless of what Lu Naduo was doing, so he could read it immediately. He knew very well that his future depended on his brother. "What message did my brother send?" Lu Naduo read carefully. "The Wu Ming identity document issued by the Yuan Chu Research Institute?"

Wu Ming? Lu Naduo couldn't help but shiver as he looked at the name in the document. He rubbed his eyes and looked again carefully.

That's right! The name was written clearly: Blue Star Civilization, Xu Jingming!

"Xu Jingming?" Lu Naduo muttered, "How is that possible? How could this be… The 34 cosmic domains are boundless, and I've only encountered a few talents. How could I have encountered Wu Ming by chance?"

If it were an ordinary Origin Lifeform, Lu Naduo wouldn't panic, and might even dare to curse a few times. "How could he be Wu Ming? I worked so hard, going to various weak civilizations to collect talent in order to fight for a great career. How could I offend Wu Ming at this time?" Lu Naduo was a little confused. He was ambitious.

He wanted to have a great career and wield great power. But he also knew that his brother had not yet inherited the throne! He couldn't offend too many powerful figures.

"嗡 (Om)."

A light curtain showed a man. "Brother." Lu Naduo stood up, his face pale, and said flatteringly, "I never thought that Xu Jingming would be Wu Ming. You know me; I would never offend a truly powerful figure."

The man on the light curtain, with an ordinary appearance and restrained eyes, just looked at Lu Naduo. "Apologize to Xu Jingming, then return to Yuan Star Civilization and don't cause me any more trouble."

"Yes, Brother." Lu Naduo replied quickly, "I really didn't mean to; you know that."

"Wu Ming's achievements will not be inferior to mine. Within the Yuan Chu Research Institute, his status may even be above mine." Lu Naxing said calmly on the light curtain, "The Yuan Chu Research Institute has a great say in who becomes the emperor of Yuan Star Civilization."

"I know, I know. I never thought of offending Wu Ming," Lu Naduo said quickly.

"Even if I can't inherit the throne, Yuan Star Civilization and the Yuan Chu Research Institute are intertwined. Xu Jingming will have a profound impact on Yuan Star Civilization in the future," Lu Naxing said, "He will be one of my closest friends, so you must know what to do."

Lu Naduo nodded repeatedly.

"Don't let it happen again." After Lu Naxing finished speaking, he cut off the connection.

"It won't happen again." Lu Naduo stood there, very flustered.

Although his brother had no children, although they were close brothers, Origin Lifeforms with long lifespans could have a group of children if they really wanted to. As long as his brother said a word, Lu Naduo would become extremely mediocre.

"In my brother's eyes, Xu Jingming is much more important than me," His Highness Lu Naduo pondered, "I must do everything my brother tells me to do."

Xu Jingming received the inheritance at the Yuan Chu Research Institute headquarters for more than three full days.

Among them, the complete Tier 1 to Tier 10 content of the *Yuan Chu Star Conjecture* was fully taught. All the content of the Supreme Realm level of *Light Cone* was fully taught, and the most important was the countless information of the Yuan Chu Star.

Focusing on the light aspect, all information was transmitted.

As an Origin Lifeform, although it was difficult to accept information at the Supreme Realm level, he still managed to accept it all after spending more than three days.

"After receiving the inheritance, I realized how weak I am in terms of scientific knowledge," Xu Jingming thought. "Although the Director wants me to lean towards combat, my academic qualifications must also reach about level 100."

His knowledge was weak, and he had accepted more information about the high-dimensional space great celestial body, the Yuan Chu Star, but a lot of the information was like a heavenly book, completely incomprehensible. "At least I have to master some of the knowledge the Director mentioned and understand some of the Director's common terms," Xu Jingming got up and walked out of the building.

"How do you feel?" Heitian appeared out of thin air outside the building.

"My knowledge is relatively poor," Xu Jingming said.

"That's normal; you've only just become an Origin Lifeform." Secretary-General Heitian smiled slightly. "With the brain of an Origin Lifeform, the speed of learning is still quite fast."

Xu Jingming nodded.

He also believed that at this life level, the ability to learn would be much stronger.

"I'll send you back to the Milky Way now." With a wave of his hand, Secretary-General Heitian conjured up a splendid cosmic star chart in the surrounding air. Secretary-General Heitian swiped, "Hunter Cosmic Domain, Wu Gou Star Alliance, Milky Way, found it."

Xu Jingming also saw the galaxy that looked like a silver disk.

"The Yuan Chu Research Institute is special. It can teleport you to any galaxy in the human cosmic domain." Secretary-General Heitian smiled. "Xu Jingming, goodbye."

"Thank you for your care these past few days, Secretary-General Heitian." Xu Jingming bowed and then sensed that he was rapidly falling into the Milky Way's position in the star chart.

Xu Jingming had the feeling that he was falling into a map. The surrounding space-time was very strange, not like space travel, but like descending. "Here?" Xu Jingming looked around. The surroundings were dark, and a very dim star in the far distance was emitting light. He connected to the virtual world network. At the same time as logging in, he naturally marked his real-world coordinates. "I'm indeed in the Milky Way, more than 30,000 light-years away from the solar system," Xu Jingming understood, then used the Primordial Battle Armor. "Lock onto the solar system and warp."

The current Xu Jingming only knew some basic methods of Origin Lifeforms.

He couldn't yet use space travel that required a high degree of knowledge, and could only rely on the Primordial Battle Armor.

Stepping out, Xu Jingming traversed the distant distance and arrived at a new starry sky. He also saw a familiar scene: the solar system. "I'm back." Xu Jingming took another step and had already returned to Blue Star.