Chapter 1 The Wu Ming Special Task Force

Within the territory of the Wu Gou Star Alliance, the first administrative star was filled with various administrative departments. Although the majority of staff worked through the 'virtual world network,' the core personnel resided on the first administrative star year-round.

On this star, a newly established department held particular significance. It was called the Wu Ming Special Task Force, officially formed five years prior.

"Team Leader, we've heard that Lord Wu Ming will become a Source Life soon. When exactly will he break through?"

"Yes, we're all so bored! If Lord Wu Ming doesn't break through, there's nothing we can do."

The members chatted amongst themselves.

"Soon."

Leaning against the window, the team leader, with his white, tentacle-like hair swaying, sipped his drink and said leisurely, "Don't be impatient. Once Lord Wu Ming breaks through, you won't have a moment of free time. You'll be spinning like tops."

"The team has been established for five years, and we've waited a full five years."

"Lord Hao Ming is the most exceptionally talented genius in the history of the Wu Gou Star Alliance," the team leader said with a smile. "He is among the top tier of the entire human race in the universe. It's an honor to work for him, so be patient. However, I remind everyone again that the Star Alliance Elders Council has listed Lord Wu Ming's matter as the top priority for the next decade! None of you can afford to make any mistakes. If you anger Lord Wu Ming and make him feel disrespected, causing him to lead his home civilization to migrate out of the Wu Gou Star Alliance, our entire task force is finished."

"Understood."

"Our preparation plans are extremely thorough."

"Lord Wu Ming will definitely be satisfied."

Over the past few years, the members had reviewed the preparation plans repeatedly. They also compared them with similar plans from other cosmic sectors, fearing any oversight, fearing that Lord Wu Ming might be 'poached.'

Poaching geniuses was a common occurrence in history.

Just as they were chatting, suddenly—

"Ding—"

A low reminder sound echoed throughout the office. All the staff members jolted and looked at the screens in front of them.

A document issued by the Yuanchu Research Institute had appeared on the screen.

"A document from the Yuanchu Research Institute. Lord Hao Ming's identity has been revealed." The team leader stared solemnly at the document in front of him. "Blue Star Civilization, Xu Jingming, began practicing evolution methods at age 29, and has been cultivating for 31 years."

"He's actually from a newly advanced civilization! Lord Wu Ming only came into contact with evolution methods at 29? Unbelievable!"

"In a weak, newly advanced civilization, without proper education and with ordinary cultivation in evolution, he's still grown so quickly. If he were in a powerful civilization, wouldn't Lord Wu Ming be even more dazzling?"

Seeing the document, the task force members immediately thought of many things.

"Team Leader!" Suddenly, a winged woman's expression changed drastically. She said anxiously, "The Blue Star Civilization is a newly advanced civilization. Its only core planet is the life-bearing planet Blue Star. There are very few people on Firefly Star. It's very easy to migrate the entire civilization. It only requires paying some price to move the entire Blue Star intact."

"In other words, it would be less costly for other Star Alliances to poach Lord Wu Ming and the entire Blue Star Civilization." The winged woman said anxiously, "We must prepare defenses."

"This is the most urgent situation." The team leader's face was solemn.

If Lord Wu Ming's true identity came from a relatively powerful civilization, such as one with territory spanning several star systems, then it would be almost impossible for the civilization to relocate.

Although migrating across Star Alliances was quite costly, the price of just one life-bearing planet was bearable.

The easier it was for the civilization to move, the higher the probability of Lord Wu Ming being poached.

"From now on, seize every moment. Our opponents won't wait for us." The team leader ordered, "Execute the contingency plan and immediately synchronize with all departments."

"Yes." All the staff members were filled with fighting spirit.

The task force had been preparing for five years. Although Lord Wu Ming's true identity was a bit troublesome—his home civilization was too weak—the task force had corresponding plans.

Everything would proceed according to plan!

While the various departments of the Wu Gou Star Alliance were coordinating, news of 'Lord Wu Ming's identity' spread to some powerful forces within the Wu Gou Star Alliance.

"Lord Wu Ming is actually from the Blue Star Civilization, and his real name is Xu Jingming?" The upper echelons of the major forces in the Wu Gou Star Alliance received the news immediately and began preparing.

"In the days to come, the power structure of the entire Wu Gou Star Alliance will undergo drastic changes. Many of these changes will be related to Lord Wu Ming."

"The closeness or distance of our relationship with Lord Wu Ming will determine the fate of our group for the next tens of thousands of years."

All parties took the matter very seriously.

In the assessment of all parties, Lord Wu Ming was at least a tenth-order Source Life. Currently, the entire Wu Gou Star Alliance only had three tenth-order Source Lifes. Any tenth-order Source Life would have a significant impact on the Star Alliance.

What's more, if Lord Wu Ming went even further and became a cosmic legend? Then, the entire Wu Gou Star Alliance would revolve around Lord Wu Ming! Taking Lord Wu Ming as the core to participate in the cosmic human race's competition.

The Blackmoon Civilization was the most powerful civilization in the Wu Gou Star Alliance's twelfth star region. Although it was still in the ranks of a 'cosmic primary civilization,' it was already at the top tier, far stronger than a newly advanced civilization like the Blue Star Civilization.

Among the more than 980,000 civilizations in the entire Wu Gou Star Alliance, the Blackmoon Civilization could rank in the top hundred.

The Blackmoon Civilization even had two ninth-order Source Lifes, so naturally, they were well-informed.

"Mo Lilun, Wu Ming's true identity information has been made public. I think you need to take a careful look at it." A message came.

Mo Lilun was an old man with a hooked nose, currently sitting in a chair wearing loose robes, looking calmly at the document.

As a Source Life, he had experienced a lot, and there were few things that could make him lose his composure. But today—

"Cultivating for 31 years to become a Source Life, Wu Ming's true identity is Xu Jingming from the Blue Star Civilization?" Mo Lilun looked at the document, his expression changing. He even felt a sense of breathlessness, feeling difficulty in breathing.

It was very uncomfortable.

He knew very well what this 'Lord Wu Ming' meant. Not to mention the future, even now, he would quickly become one of the top ten figures in the entire Wu Gou Star Alliance!

As for the future? As long as the Blackmoon Civilization was within the Wu Gou Star Alliance, it would be affected by this Lord Wu Ming everywhere.

"Damn Lu Nuoduo! He has caused the Blackmoon Civilization so much misery!" Mo Lilun couldn't help but curse.

"If it weren't for Lu Nuoduo, it would just be normal trade with a weak civilization. Although there would be some oppression, there would also be protection, which is common in the universe. Making enough apologies would ease the conflict." Mo Lilun grew anxious.

It was normal for powerful civilizations to take advantage when trading with weaker civilizations!

"Because of Lu Nuoduo, the garrison was withdrawn! Even other civilizations in the entire star region didn't dare to trade with the Blue Star Civilization. Without any protection, the Blue Star Civilization was attacked by space pirates." Mo Lilun frowned.

"If it weren't for the Red Mist Group's help, the Blue Star Civilization would have even been in danger of destruction."

If the previous conflict was only about unfair trade and profits, then Lu Nuoduo had put the Blue Star Civilization in grave danger.

And obviously…

When the Blackmoon Civilization chose to stand with Lu Nuoduo, they knew that the Blue Star Civilization would encounter some watchers and possibly face space pirates. But the Blackmoon Civilization coldly watched everything happen.

"Lu Nuoduo is a member of the Yuan Star Civilization's royal family, so he's not afraid of Xu Jingming. After all, Xu Jingming has to abide by the laws of the cosmic human race."

"But we, the Blackmoon Civilization, within the Wu Gou Star Alliance, will be affected everywhere." The more Mo Lilun thought about it, the more anxious he became. "In the future, he will have all sorts of ways to deal with the Blackmoon Civilization."

Mo Lilun immediately connected to the virtual world network.

Soon, within a vast conference hall.

All thirteen elders of the Blackmoon Civilization's highest council were gathered. They held the highest status in the entire civilization, and their thirteen decisions determined the civilization's direction.

"Everyone," Mo Lilun said, looking at the other twelve people before him, "I have called this emergency supreme council because our Blackmoon Civilization is now facing a great calamity."

"A great calamity?" The twelve were somewhat surprised.

"Mo Lilun, what happened?" asked an elderly man with long reddish-brown hair.

"First, look at this document about Lord Wu Ming's identity." Mo Lilun sent the document to the other twelve.

The twelve fell silent, carefully reading the document.

After reading it, their expressions changed.

They were not ordinary people. From the information in the document, as well as the recent events involving Lu Nuoduo and the Blue Star Civilization, they could infer a great deal.

"If only we had ignored Lu Nuoduo in the first place! The Yuan Star Civilization can't control us in the Wu Gou Star Alliance across cosmic sectors."

"The decision we made at the time wasn't wrong. Once Lu Nuoduo's brother becomes the Emperor of the Yuan Star Civilization, Lu Nuoduo's power will greatly increase. I'm afraid many Source Lifes in the Wu Gou Star Alliance will give him face. It's right not to offend such a person. After all, we never thought that a newly advanced civilization like the Blue Star Civilization would produce someone like Lord Wu Ming."

"The deed is done. What should we do now?"

"Lord Hao Ming will quickly become one of the top ten figures in the Wu Gou Star Alliance! In the future, he might even become the number one figure in our Wu Gou Star Alliance. The power he creates might even reach the height of the Red Mist Group."

"How can we resolve his animosity?"

The thirteen members of the Blackmoon Civilization were all very anxious.

Helping Lu Nuoduo a bit had now put the entire Blackmoon Civilization on the hot seat.

The most deadly thing was that Lu Nuoduo himself was in the Yuan Star Civilization's royal family, and nothing would happen to him. The Blackmoon Civilization was within the Wu Gou Star Alliance and had nowhere to hide.

"The thirteen of us are here today, and we must come up with a plan." Mo Lilun said, "We can't hesitate. Once Lord Wu Ming returns from the Yuanchu Research Institute and makes his attitude towards the Blackmoon Civilization public, it will be difficult to get him to retract his decision."

Currently, various civilizations and forces within the Star Alliance were thinking about how to befriend Xu Jingming.

Only the Blackmoon Civilization was thinking about how to resolve the hatred and the conflict between them.

While winds of change swept through the Wu Gou Star Alliance, Xu Jingming, at the Yuanchu Research Institute headquarters, had arrived at the Dean's residence.

Vice-Dean Chihong, Secretary-General Heitian, and Xu Jingming stood before a massive, peculiar structure.

"Don't be anxious," Vice-Dean Chihong said. "The Dean is very busy. He will arrange some matters properly before seeing us."

"Just wait a moment." Secretary-General Heitian was already used to it.

Xu Jingming nodded.

What was a bit of waiting outside the Dean's door? Waiting a day was nothing! Vice-Dean Chihong and the others were waiting patiently, so naturally, he, a small fry, had to be even more obedient.

Xu Jingming stood outside the building's gate for more than half an hour before the gate rumbled slowly open.

"That was quite fast this time," Secretary-General Heitian said.

"Let's go in," Vice-Dean Chihong said, taking the lead.

Xu Jingming followed. As they entered the building, Xu Jingming felt an intense heat.

"The temperature here must have reached tens of millions of degrees." Xu Jingming thought to himself, but as a Source Life, he naturally didn't care about this level of heat.

As they walked further in, the space was distorted, and the degree of distortion varied.

After walking for a while,

"That is—"

Xu Jingming saw it. In the magnificent space in the distance, there was a miniature Yuanchu Star.

"Yuanchu Star?" When Xu Jingming became an outer member, he had received a legacy, and there was an image of the Yuanchu Star in his mind, which was very similar to the scene before him.

The miniature Yuanchu Star in the distance was clearly there, but Xu Jingming felt that the distance between them was very, very far.

Endless light and heat passed through layers of space-time obstacles and were transmitted here, and the temperature was still terrifyingly high.

"I can be sure that this miniature Yuanchu Star looks like it's inside the building and is very small, but it's actually separated by multiple layers of space-time, and it's actually at least a hundred million kilometers in diameter." Xu Jingming felt its greatness just by looking at it. "No, using diameter to describe it is not correct. It is not a star as I normally understand it. It is a high-dimensional existence."

"The layers of space-time isolation are actually to protect the Source Lifes of the Yuanchu Research Institute."

"Even with layers of space-time isolation, endless light is still transmitted over?"

Large amounts of information from the *Light Ray Chapter* surfaced in Xu Jingming's mind, and many confusions were resolved, giving him a greater understanding of endless light.

"That old fellow, even his split consciousness carriers are high-dimensional life forms, while my carrier is so weak." Secretary-General Heitian muttered.

Whoosh.

Xu Jingming saw that the miniature Yuanchu Star outside the layers of space-time suddenly converged all its light and heat, and the surroundings began to darken. The Yuanchu Star then condensed into a figure. An eighth-order Starry Sky life form had already materialized their energy.

Xu Jingming was not surprised that the miniature Yuanchu Star had condensed into a human form. At this level of life, the external appearance was secondary. The fundamental unit of the life structure was the root.

The figure was thin, short-haired, and had calm, unwavering eyes. When he looked at Xu Jingming…

Xu Jingming had an illusion.

It was as if a high and mighty being was overlooking the people in a small caged world.

"A high-dimensional life form?" This was the first time Xu Jingming had seen a high-dimensional life form. "And it's just the Dean's split consciousness carrier."

The Dean walked over, as if a behemoth was passing through layers of space-time obstacles, finally reaching the front. Although the Dean had completely restrained all his power, Xu Jingming was still instinctively frightened.

That was a life form that transcended this vast universe.

"Just seeing one of my carriers gave you a deeper understanding of endless light?" The Dean looked at Xu Jingming with a smile. In his vision, he could see traces of Xu Jingming's physical body, mental strength, and the projection of his thoughts.

"Dean," Vice-Dean Chihong and Secretary-General Heitian bowed. Xu Jingming reacted slightly slower but immediately bowed as well: "Dean."

"A little fellow with good talent." The Dean praised with a smile. Because he had restrained all light and heat, the temperature in the building quickly dropped, and even frost began to appear.