The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 357 Dude, are you sure you came here to be a prisoner, and not for a reward?
Red Moon City, Obsidian Martial Arts School.

In the basic meditation room filled with various instruments and equipment, Luo Qi was fiddling with a steel suit of armor that was over three meters tall. As he input the final command through the Sky Dome Smart Wristband on his wrist, the energy circuits engraved on the steel suit lit up one after another.

As all the energy in her body lit up, Luo Qi couldn't help but feel excited.

"Success!"

"The Guardian Re-equipment has been successfully completed!"

As Luo Qi cheered, the other mechanics present couldn't help but hug and celebrate as well.

To create the Guardian Heavy Armor as depicted in the design blueprints, hundreds of mechanics, including Luo Qi, worked tirelessly day and night, and today they have finally succeeded.

The Guardian Heavy Armor will undoubtedly be a turning point in the history of the Four Domains. From now on, Tier 2 armor will no longer be the highest level of armor, and at most it can only assist warriors in the Bone Forging Realm.

"How effective is this Guardian Heavy Armor?" Lin Qi asked Luo Qi curiously, looking at the newly crafted armor. "Can it withstand attacks from a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm?"

According to the design blueprints of the Star Energy Civilization, this Guardian Heavy Armor is a Tier 4 battle armor, theoretically designed specifically for Grandmasters of the Celestial Realm, capable of withstanding the combat of a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm.

However, the quality level of the new alloy used is currently unclear. It is unknown whether it meets the requirements of a fourth-tier Guardian Heavy Armor. But as long as it can withstand the attack of a Celestial Realm Grandmaster, its value will undoubtedly be higher than that of the Sky Dome Armor, and it may even become a great help to the Obsidian Martial Arts School.

Although the Sky Armor can withstand a blow from a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm with its energy shield, it is ultimately only a Tier 3 armor. It can be of some help to Blood Condensation Realm warriors, but it cannot affect the overall situation. After all, whether in the Four Domains or the Forbidden Zone, the real key still lies with the Grandmaster.

"Theoretically, the Guardian Heavy Armor we've created should be perfect." Luo Qi looked at the tall battle armor in front of him and said with great confidence, "Not to mention withstanding the attacks of a Celestial Realm Grandmaster, even a Blood Condensation Realm warrior wearing this can fight against a Celestial Realm Grandmaster."

"Can someone at the Blood Condensation Realm fight against a Celestial Realm Grandmaster just by wearing this?" Lin Qi looked at the confident Luo Qi and then turned to Ino beside him. "Ino, why don't you try on this new armor?"

"Me?" Ino looked at the Guardian Heavy Armor and was also eager to try, so she stepped forward.

Recently, she has advanced to the middle stage of the Blood Condensation Realm through the fourth level of the intermediate cultivation tower. She is also very curious whether wearing this new battle armor will allow her to fight against a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm.

Then, Ino placed one hand on the black armor. At that moment, the armor seemed to be activated. The extremely hard armor turned into a liquid that directly enveloped Ino's entire body. In just two or three seconds, it transformed into a suit of armor that perfectly fit Ino's body. From the outside, it looked like a combat robot, much like the guard robots in the Fog Mountain Prison.

"So powerful! I feel incredibly strong right now!" Ino exclaimed in surprise from inside her armor. "With this kind of power, I feel like I could shatter a mountain with a single punch!"

"Let's use the instruments to measure how much strength Ino has now?" Lin Qi asked Luo Qi and the others to immediately measure Ino's strength, seeing how excited he was.

Luo Qi used the Sky Dome Smart Wristband to perform a detailed scan on Ino, and soon a set of data appeared, leaving everyone present, including Luo Qi, stunned.

The power display shows that Ino's power has now reached 3112 tons.

Originally, Ino had only advanced to the middle stage of the Blood Condensation Realm, and her panel data was only 112 tons. However, the Guardian Heavy Armor directly added 3000 tons of strength, which is stronger than that of a high-level Grandmaster in the Celestial Realm.

In other words, whoever puts on this armor is a high-level Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm!

"Is this the technology of the Star Energy Civilization?" Lin Qi was astonished as he looked at the data of the new battle armor.

He originally thought it would be good enough if he could fight against a Grandmaster at the early stage of the Celestial Realm in the Blood Condensation Realm, but he did not expect the Guardian Heavy Armor to be so heaven-defying. When a Blood Condensation Realm warrior wears it, he has the power of a Grandmaster at the high stage of the Celestial Realm, which is equivalent to the deputy city lord of the four major domain cities.

If this could be mass-produced, it would allow us to easily conquer the four major cities without waiting for players to grow stronger.

However, Lin Qi was only thinking about it; mass production was basically impossible.

The new alloy relies entirely on players to manually craft it. Even if all players combined to craft it by hand, they wouldn't be able to produce five tons of new alloy per day. However, to make this set of Guardian Heavy Armor, a full twenty tons of new alloy were used. Not to mention, the new alloy is extremely difficult to mold and engrave, requiring a Blood Coagulation Realm martial artist to forge it under extremely high temperatures.

It took Luo Qi and his team seven days just to make this set of Guardian Heavy Armor, so mass production is simply impossible.

Of course, even if the Guardian Heavy Armor cannot be mass-produced, it will still be a powerful weapon. After all, it allows a Blood Condensation Realm cultivator to instantly become a high-level Celestial Realm Grandmaster. There are not many high-level Celestial Realm Grandmasters in the entire Four Domains. One can be found every seven days. Not to mention the major forces in the Four Domains, even the sanctuaries in the Forbidden Zone probably wouldn't dare to dream of such a thing.

Just as Lin Qi was thinking about how to further increase the production of Guardians' heavy armor, he suddenly sensed a group of players rapidly moving away, and their speed was getting faster and faster.

How did they get to space?

Lin Qi quickly looked in the direction of the player he sensed and found that it was in the sky above.

The system granted him the ability to summon players, and also allowed him to sense the location of all players. Although he couldn't determine the exact distance, he could at least know roughly how far away they were.

The group of players he was currently facing were tens of millions of kilometers away, and they were still far away, and their speed was increasing. He didn't understand what these players were doing at the shelter.

He knew that the players were going to the restricted area shelter to provide support, and he even thought it was a good thing.

First, it allows players to level up quickly without any effort. Second, it allows players to get a general understanding of the Zerg's combat strength through battles with the Zerg in the Sanctuary. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

But now these players can play in space, which is something he never expected.

"Should we just cut off the connection?" Lin Qi hesitated, looking at the group of players getting further and further away.

Moving at such a speed in space is clearly abnormal. If players run into a range he can't even perceive, and these players die, they might not even be able to revive and might just perish on Earth.

It will definitely cause a huge sensation on Earth, and far fewer people will be willing to play the game "High Martial Arts Descends," which is something he doesn't want to see.

Of course, this is just his guess. He thinks that this kind of player perception should be related to player guidance in some way, or it may not be related at all. As for how far this player perception can go, he doesn't know either.

Just as Lin Qi was hesitating about whether to let the group of players who had gone far away die, several posts suddenly went viral on the system panel that was always connected to the official Blue Star forum.

Brothers! This game has a space map, and the pictures don't lie!

I became a prisoner of aliens in a game, and I'm livestreaming my first day as a prisoner!
……

As Lin Qi clicked on these posts, he was stunned. "What are they trying to do?" Lin Qi looked at the pictures of spaceships displayed in the posts, some of which were even live-streaming. For a moment, he didn't know what to say about these players.

Why go to the Zerg stronghold when there are plenty of other places to have fun? They really want to die and experience what it's like to be parasitized.

Although in his view, players cannot be parasitized at all. To be precise, once parasitized, the player's body will naturally die. The Zerg's parasitism is just like a parasite, except that it directly controls the brain, destroys the parasite's consciousness, and thus allows its own consciousness to replace the parasite's consciousness. So at the moment of parasitism, the parasite dies, and the Zerg will take over everything from the parasite.

Once the player dies, their body will naturally perish, and the Zerg will only waste their time parasitizing, while the player will experience the feeling of being parasitized.

However, despite his words, Lin Qi thought it was good that the players were captured by the Zerg, as it would be a good opportunity to investigate the Zerg's situation and prepare for future actions. Since it wasn't him who would die, he abandoned the idea of ​​cutting off the connection and continued to observe the players' condition.

On the other side, on Hell Dragon Star, a second-class life form of the Zerg.

Inside a magnificent hall atop the city, over a hundred Zerg men and women dressed as legion commanders gathered. These people were of different races and appearances. Although most of them were sitting at a round table, they were virtual images, with only twenty or thirty being real people.

If Ye Qinglu were here, she would find that among these Zerg legion commanders, there was not only the blond unicorn man who had attacked Sky Dome Sanctuary, but also Gusion who had just attacked Frost Sanctuary.

These people gathered here, and although they didn't say much, their gazes were full of provocation. It wasn't until a holographic projection appeared on the tall golden throne at the head of the round table that everyone stood up straight, their eyes filled with indescribable respect.

The holographic projection was a figure over twenty meters tall, with skin as hard as rock, gray in color, and humanoid in appearance, but with a radiant light in its eyes. It was none other than the Titans, one of the many civilizations in the universe.

Although it was just a holographic projection, its majesty made the legion commanders present tremble, as if a god were watching.

"The next delivery time is approaching, and I hope you can all complete your targets as soon as possible." The Titan man looked around and said in a low voice, "This time, the Empire has produced many outstanding geniuses, so it attaches great importance to this shipment. The person who contributes the most this time will be rewarded by the Empire with a Soul Sharing Crystal that can only be created by several Fusion God Realm experts working together. This will allow you to better integrate with the host and further enhance your potential. I hope you will cherish this opportunity."

As the Titan man finished speaking and disappeared, the legion commanders present all had their eyes shining.

The Soul Crystal can only be made by pseudo-gods at the Fusion God Realm. Each batch requires the combined efforts of several Fusion God Realm experts and takes more than twenty years to produce. Even in a vast empire, very few people can obtain one.

Even those geniuses who have reached the Divine Fusion Realm may find it difficult to obtain even one in their entire lives.

If they could obtain one, their chances of advancing to the Divine Fusion Realm would undoubtedly increase significantly.

Just as the blond, unicorn-haired man and the two legion commanders, Gusion, were about to leave, a middle-aged winged man, over four meters tall and with eight wings, suddenly called out to them.

“Shakes, Gusion, I heard that you two suffered quite a loss on this fishing operation. Not only did you not bring back many people, but you were also seriously injured. How about giving me those two shelters?” The middle-aged man from the Feather Clan laughed. “Of course, I won’t treat you unfairly. I will make up for the manpower you are lacking. I can take you two to a third-class breeding planet for the next mission. There are much more high-quality goods there than on this fourth-class breeding planet.”

"Baroque, forget about it. I'm not giving up the Soul Crystal this time." The blond-haired, unicorn-like Shax rolled his eyes at the middle-aged winged man and walked straight out of the hall.

Baroque frowned slightly upon hearing this, not expecting that Shax, this battle maniac, would show him such disrespect.

Although everyone is a legion commander, there are differences in strength and ranking among legion commanders. Shax is only ranked 31st among the legion commanders on Hell Dragon Star, which is only in the middle to upper range among all legion commanders. It can be said that he has no right to compete for the Soul Crystal this time.

He ranked 11th, and his strength was much greater than that of Shax, who ranked 31st, and Gusion, who ranked 37th. He had a real chance to compete for the Soul Crystal.

Just when Baroque thought that Gusion would also refuse without hesitation, Gusion smiled and said, "No problem, I can agree to your request."

"Are you willing to give it up?" Baroque asked, slightly surprised.

If Shax is a battle maniac, then Gusion is a selfish and self-serving guy. He only asked Gusion for help as a side effect, but he didn't expect Gusion to agree.

“Of course, but I’d like to cultivate recently. There’s a room available in the Life Land of the First-Class District. It all depends on your sincerity,” Gusion nodded.

Upon hearing the words "Land of Life," Baroque's brow furrowed even more deeply.

As a second-class life-bearing planet, Hell Dragon Star has an energy density far exceeding that of third-class and fourth-class life-bearing planets. Among them, second-class life-bearing planets like Hell Dragon Star have many strange places that can help cultivators. These strange places are divided into four grades, with third grade being the worst and special grade being the best. The life-bearing place is also the only first-class strange place on the entire Hell Dragon Star.

Such extraordinary places are helpful not only to grandmasters like them, but even to false gods. Therefore, the cost of renting such extraordinary places is extremely high, and even legion commanders like them are usually reluctant to spend the money.

“One month! That’s the most I can offer!” Baroque said through gritted teeth.

"Deal!" Gusion said with a smile. "But you know the rules above. I can only let you make one move. How much you can make is up to you."

“I understand, as long as you don’t feel bad about it when the time comes,” Baroque said with a smile.

On Hell Dragon Star, although the number of subordinates under the command of a legion commander is roughly the same, the strength of the captains and deputy legion commanders within the legion varies greatly. It all depends on the strength of the legion commander. After all, the stronger the legion commander, the better one can do. Therefore, those with strong strength are willing to prioritize joining a legion commander with a high ranking in strength.

If it weren't for regulations, he would have arrested everyone in the fishing sanctuary during this operation.

While the legion commanders on Prison Dragon Star were holding a meeting, the prison area was in an uproar. The many geniuses from the sanctuary who had been captured during this operation gathered in front of a magnificent spire, their hearts filled with resentment.

"I'm one of the top ten geniuses of the younger generation in Storm Shelter, why am I only rated as a captain and given only one year to grow?" A young demon race member at the high level of Blood Condensation Realm couldn't help but curse when he saw the evaluation given by the insectoid test. "If I had ten years, I could definitely become a high level of Celestial Realm and easily defeat those captains!"

"Brother, stop calling me that. You're not even as good as me. I'm already at the Celestial Realm, and I'm only a captain. You're just one of the top ten geniuses of the younger generation in Storm Shelter. A genius who was once a rare find in ten years in Glimmer Shelter is now at the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm, and he's only been rated as a captain, given three years to grow." The three-eyed youth from the Celestial Realm rolled his eyes at the sub-demon youth, full of disdain. "If you're not convinced, you can challenge that person. Maybe you can defeat him, live two more years to grow, and strive for a higher evaluation."

Such conversations were frequent in front of the spire, leaving Ragnarok and his companions, who had just arrived, bewildered.

Even though they were all prisoners, just waiting to be parasitized, they were all fighting with high spirits and full of resentment, arguing about who was more talented, which really baffled them.

"Don't be surprised, this is a scheme devised by the Zerg." Huiyang explained helplessly to the somewhat bewildered Gods of Twilight and the others, "On this spire are many inheritances collected by the Zerg from all over the universe. The more you learn, the stronger you become, the higher your evaluation level will be, and the longer the Zerg will give you to grow. If you can reach the Fusion God Realm, the Zerg will even give you a hundred years and will not let you become a host. So those who are captured here can only try to improve their evaluation in order to avoid being parasitized."

"You've just arrived, and you'll be going up the tower for your first evaluation, just like the others. While you're waiting, you'd better make sure you're in good shape. If your first evaluation is only at the soldier level, you'll be taken out and parasitized by the Zerg soldiers. There's still plenty of time, so make sure you're all in good condition."

As Huiyang finished speaking, the assembled gods, including Ragnarok, were stunned.

Learning from the traditions of the universe?
Are they here to be prisoners, or for a reward?
(End of this chapter)