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

Chapter 385 First-Class Planet

Azure Star, Crimson Moon City.

As a deep blue spaceship, more than a kilometer long, slowly docked at the airport, demonic men and women, each about ten meters tall, stepped off, the once bustling airport became noisy and filled with panic.

"Is this... the Zerg attacking again? Quick! Notify the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy immediately!"

“No, Red Moon City has large-scale life detection equipment. If the Zerg were to attack, the people from Obsidian Martial Arts Academy should have known by now. These people shouldn’t be from the Zerg.”

"Look! The people getting off that spaceship look like the gray-robed disciples from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy!"

"This Obsidian Martial Arts School is too powerful. They've already started contacting people from other planets so quickly?"

The sudden appearance of the demon race initially caused tension among both the people from the Four Domains and those from the sanctuary. However, upon seeing the gray-clad disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School, their initial nervousness turned into amazement.

Now that the Zerg situation has been fully revealed by the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, coupled with the large influx of people from the sanctuary within the restricted area to the Four Domains, the information released by the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has become even more credible.

For the forces and ordinary people of the Four Domains, it doesn't really matter whether the Four Domains are secretly ruled by the Zerg or by the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.

It can only be said that under the rule of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, the four domains offer more opportunities to martial artists compared to the previous domain cities. Those talented martial artists no longer need to be treated as commodities and have little to do with ordinary people.

However, the fact that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has made contact with people from other planets has led many forces and ordinary martial artists to witness the arrival of a truly new era.

Especially for those living in the restricted zone sanctuary, they will no longer be trapped on Azure Star. They can enter the interstellar era, travel to other planets, and gain opportunities that were unimaginable before. After all, even before Azure Star was liberated, the people in the restricted zone sanctuary knew that Azure Star was just a fourth-order life planet.

The largest number of planets in the universe are just barely suitable for cultivation. There are many life-bearing planets in the universe with cultivation environments far superior to Azure Star. As long as one can go to those life-bearing planets to cultivate, the path of a martial artist can undoubtedly go much further.

For a moment, everyone gathered at the airport couldn't help but scrutinize the demon race members who were stepping off the spaceship. If it weren't for the gray-robed disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School standing guard nearby, many would have wanted to rush up and have a chat with them.

"Does the headquarters of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy have so many half-step Divine Fusion Realm experts?" Huang Yi, who stepped off the spaceship, sensed the entire Crimson Moon City, her expression slightly surprised.

He wasn't really willing to come to Azure Star with Huang Jiu this time, but considering that the powerful expert from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy at the Fusion God Realm defeated the second-star God General Bocas of the Imperial Kingdom, he had no choice but to come.

Although the two-star divine general Bocas was only at the initial stage of the Fusion God Realm, he possessed the Titan body at the limit of the initial stage of the Fusion God Realm. His true strength was no less than that of a normal mid-stage Fusion God Realm expert. The fact that the Fusion God Realm expert from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy could defeat him indicates that the Fusion God Realm expert must have the strength of a top-tier mid-stage Fusion God Realm expert.

A powerhouse at the Fusion God Realm with such strength is a force to be reckoned with even among the strongest races in the universe. Naturally, the Demon Race would do the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy a favor, and bringing them into the Starry Sky Merchant Guild would also bring in a significant contribution. The combined contribution of both would be greater than that of a top-tier second-class life planet.

While top-tier second-class life-bearing planets have a greater chance of giving birth to powerful beings at the Divine Fusion Realm, the impact of such beings at the initial stage of the Divine Fusion Realm on a race is very limited. They can usually only stay in the rear and manage a barren second-class life-bearing planet.

However, top-tier mid-stage Fusion God Realm experts are different. They are beings who can suppress a region on the front lines, and even dominate some weak star systems.

Therefore, the Demon Clan must win over this powerful expert at the Divine Fusion Realm from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.

However, now that he has arrived at the headquarters of the Obsidian Martial Arts School, the school's strength has indeed exceeded his expectations.

He had thought that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy could only rely on that expert at the Fusion God Realm, but in Crimson Moon City, he actually sensed more than a dozen experts whose blood and qi were no less than those at the half-step Fusion God Realm. It was as if he had entered Crimson Demon City on Crimson Demon Star. The depth of their foundation was completely unbelievable.

"So many half-step Divine Fusion Realm experts, could it be that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has been hiding its strength all along?" After carefully sensing the surroundings, Huang Jiu also discovered a large number of experts whose blood and qi were comparable to those of half-step Divine Fusion Realm experts, and she was filled with surprise.

When I came here last time, there wasn't a single person in the city whose blood energy had reached the half-step Fusion God Realm. But this time there are so many. It's like I've entered a nest of half-step Fusion God Realm experts.

However, compared to the surprised Huang Yi and Huang Jiu, Luo Wushang and the others who returned together were actually even more shocked.

"These people are beasts!" Ragnarok Gods stared wide-eyed at the Blood Condensation Realm players walking down the street, and the occasional Celestial Realm players. "We've only been gone for twelve days, how come so many people have reached the Blood Condensation Realm and Celestial Realm?"

At this moment, Luo Wushang, who was at the Celestial Realm, was also amazed as she walked along the way to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

After Vanessa, the NPC of the martial arts school, established a branch in the Crimson Demon City on Crimson Demon Star, she was secretly delighted that she could experience more of the benefits of a second-class life planet than the players in Crimson Moon City.

She believed that she had made rapid progress on Crimson Demon Star these past few days, especially with the combination of the branch's beginner meditation room and the environment of Crimson Demon City. Not only was the cost-effectiveness outstanding, but the cultivation efficiency was also astonishing.

She has now reached the limit of the initial stage of the Celestial Realm, and as for Ragnarok, she is just one step away from breaking through to the Celestial Realm. The other members of the team are also at the limit of the high stage of the Blood Condensation Realm. The speed at which the team's strength is improving is terrifying.

But she never expected that Crimson Moon City would be completely transformed.

Although she was offline, she still heard Zhang Qingwei's reports quite a bit. She knew that the development speed of Crimson Moon City was extremely fast. In fact, in order to allow more people to experience the fun of High Martial Arts Descent, the game company increased the number of daily beta test slots. Now, one million new players are entering High Martial Arts Descent every day, bringing the total number of players in High Martial Arts Descent to over ten million. A large number of players are active in various parts of Azure Star.

Thanks to the in-game acceleration effect achieved through a large number of online live streams by players, the number of pre-registrations for the game has exceeded 500 million, making it the second largest new game in the country after Immortal Path Eternal.

But now that I'm back in Red Moon City, I'm amazed at how much the players there have improved.

In the previous large-scale battle event on Azure Star, the number of players who reached the Blood Condensation Realm was only slightly over 10,000. Now, the number of Blood Condensation Realm players in Crimson Moon City has probably exceeded 50,000, and the number of players at or above the high level of Blood Condensation Realm is no less than 5,000.

As for the Celestial Realm, we've seen more than twenty along the way, and the actual number is probably over forty. The advantage of the Celestial Realm is almost gone.

However, Luo Wushang was unaware that there were now more than fifty players at the Celestial Realm level. Lu Fanchen, Lin Xinyao, and Li Tianxing, with their golden blood, had even reached the middle stage of the Celestial Realm, and their strength was not much less than that of a true early-stage Fusion God Realm expert.

However, among these people, Ye Qinglu has improved the most.

Because a group of players were captured and taken to Hell Dragon Star, a resurrection device was set up on Hell Dragon Star, causing a large number of players who exchanged for level 4 clothing to rush to learn the first profound move of the demigod inheritance. Among them, Ye Qinglu learned the advanced profound move of the Desolate, which is also the eighteenth profound move. Although he is only at the initial stage of the Celestial Realm, his true strength is stronger than Lu Fanchen and the other two who are at the middle stage of the Celestial Realm.

Thanks to the large number of players who went to Hell Dragon Star to steal the secrets of demigods, Lin Qi has now mastered all eighteen forms of the Desolate technique and has reached a proficient level in all of them. In addition, with his high-level martial arts realm of Celestial Realm and the Heavy Sword Without Edge, his true strength has surpassed that of Tang Yilong.

Obsidian Martial Arts School, top-floor conference room.

Led by Vanessa, Huang Yi and Huang Jiu entered the conference hall. The moment they stepped in, they both felt a terrifying presence that almost made them stumble.

"Three people at the Divine Fusion Realm?" Huang Jiu stared wide-eyed at Lin Qi sitting in the conference room, and the two elderly human men dressed in heavy black armor beside him.

Although Lin Qi and the other two could not sense the blood and qi at this moment, the presence of that presence, the fear from the deepest part of their brains, and their years of contact with powerful beings in the Fusion God Realm made Huang Jiu certain that Lin Qi and the other two were all powerful beings in the Fusion God Realm.

When Huang Yi, a cultivator at the initial stage of the Divine Fusion Realm, saw Lin Qi and the other two, she was also taken aback. Her surprise was no less than that of Huang Jiu. She had thought that it was already incredibly powerful for the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, a force that had developed on a fourth-class breeding planet, to have even one expert at the Divine Fusion Realm.

What the heck are these three?

Even the main star of the Blood Sand Star System, Crimson Demon Star, of the Demon Race only has three Great Powers at the Fusion God Realm and a fourth-class breeding planet. What merit do they have to have three Great Powers at the Fusion God Realm?
"Your Excellency Huang Yi, I have heard everything from Vanessa about your matter." Lin Qi looked at Huang Yi, who had a look of surprise on her face, and said with a smile, "Whether it is the establishment of the Starry Sky Merchant Guild on Azure Star or the manufacture of the Star Gate, our Obsidian Martial Arts School will fully cooperate. As for the safety of the merchant ships traveling to and from Crimson Demon Star, we will also send people to protect them with all our might. If there are any problems during the transport of the merchant ships, our Obsidian Martial Arts School will provide full compensation."

The Starry Sky Merchant Guild, an alliance primarily focused on business, spans various star systems throughout the universe. Although the Starry Sky Merchant Guild, representing the Crimson Demon Star, agreed to protect Azure Star for a year to resist pressure from the Imperial Kingdom.

However, the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce is too large, involving countless star systems. On the surface, it is said that it can withstand the pressure from the Empire for a year, but the Empire has always wanted to occupy the Goddess Star System. Even though the Temple has resisted, there is still no result between the two sides. No one can guarantee that the Empire will not go crazy. In that case, it would not be surprising if the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce abandoned Azure Star and Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in order to avoid being dragged into it.

Therefore, the Obsidian Martial Arts School needs to demonstrate more value to the Starry Sky Merchant Guild, which will also enable the Starry Sky Merchant Guild to face greater pressure from the Empire.

After joining the Starry Sky Merchant Guild, Azure Star became a franchise star of the Starry Sky Merchant Guild. The Starry Sky Merchant Guild was responsible for opening stores on Azure Star and providing various goods, while the franchisees were responsible for security. Considering the safety of space transportation, he used the Crazy Chocolate he drew from the advanced roulette wheel these past few days to help Hank reach the half-step Fusion God Realm. Together with Tang Yilong, the Obsidian Martial Arts School now had two Fusion God Realm experts who could operate in the public eye.

Although he still has a lot of Crazy Chocolates that could help the city lords of other shelters break through, considering the problem that the local residents cannot be fully controlled, he will not easily increase the number of local residents whose strength reaches the middle stage of the Fusion God Realm until a large number of players enter the Celestial Realm or until players can easily deal with the local residents.

"It's wonderful that Master Lin agreed to these conditions." Huang Yi breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at Lin Qi, who readily agreed.

While powerful beings at the Fusion God Realm who join the Starry Sky Merchant Guild will receive protection, it is not unconditional. They will need to assist the Starry Sky Merchant Guild in its business dealings, with ensuring the safety of incoming and outgoing goods being of paramount importance.

However, the movement of goods is not very safe. If a problem occurs, some powerful beings at the Fusion God Realm are unwilling to compensate, or they may demand partial compensation, which makes things difficult for the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce.

Of course, considering that they wanted to win over the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, they would handle the remaining issues after discussing them. Especially now that they saw that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy had three experts at the Fusion God Realm, they needed to win them over even more. After all, there were many places in the universe where various forces needed experts at the Fusion God Realm, and even their Demon Clan was no exception.

Only by establishing a good relationship with a powerful being at the Fusion God Realm will it be easier to ask them for favors in the future.

"Master Lin, next is the arrangement of the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce's resource planets." Huang Yi then took out a star map and placed it on the table. "As a Fusion God Realm expert of the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce, you must complete a task assigned by the Chamber of Commerce every ten years. Therefore, my father specially selected a task for you to guard Wanlong Star, a first-class resource planet that is the closest to you and has the most lucrative resources. The task will last for half a year."

"Wanlong Star is a lair of magical beasts, with not only a large number of fourth-tier magical beasts but also fifth-tier magical beasts. However, Wanlong Star is rich in dragon crystals, a mineral that can help with the cultivation of the Fusion God Realm. Therefore, Wanlong Star has always been contested by various forces. However, the various forces have already made plans for Wanlong Star. You only need to guard our Starry Sky Merchant Guild's base, deal with the occasional fifth-tier magical beasts, or drive away the Fusion God Realm experts who step into our Merchant Guild's territory."

"If you, Master Lin, are interested in dragon crystals, you can also search for and mine them in the public areas of Wanlong Star. However, the premise is that the safety of the base area must be guaranteed. At that time, you will only need to hand over half of the profits, and the rest will be yours."

"A garrison mission on a first-class resource planet? I'll have to trouble Lord Crimson Demon Star." Lin Qi looked at Wanlong Star, a first-class resource planet located between the Tiankui Star System and the Goddess Star System, and couldn't help but feel surprised.

Based on the information he obtained from the Zerg, he knew that the life-bearing planets in this universe that could be cultivated were roughly divided into five levels, with level four being the lowest and level super being the best.

Second-class planets are the best planets that a powerful being at the Fusion God Realm can occupy. First-class planets are only occupied by major cosmic powers and strong races, and cannot be occupied by a single powerful being at the Fusion God Realm.

First-class resource planets are places that even many powerful beings at the Fusion God Realm cannot enter, because the things produced by first-class resource planets are useful even to those at the Fusion God Realm, such as the dragon crystals that Huang Yi mentioned. Therefore, they are extremely attractive to major forces in the universe.

He even suspected that being able to be stationed on a first-class resource planet was a perk given to him by the Crimson Demon Star Lord.

"I'm glad you're satisfied, Master Lin." Huang Yi looked at Lin Qi, who had a slightly surprised expression, and said with a smile, "If you accept this mission now, Master Lin, you only need to arrive at Wanlong Star within ten days to replace the original Chamber of Commerce manager. In addition, you can bring up to one hundred people below the Fusion God Realm into Wanlong Star for this mission."

Normally, the task of guarding Wanlong Star would not be left to newly promoted Fusion God Realm experts of the Chamber of Commerce. Even mid-level Fusion God Realm experts would not have the opportunity. It is a task that can only be accepted by high-level Fusion God Realm experts.

Therefore, this stationing mission can be considered as doing a great favor for the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, which Lin Qineng knows is the best thing that could happen.

"Thank you for informing me, Lord Huang Yi." Lin Qi nodded, understanding that this was probably the biggest benefit of the garrison mission. Not only could he mine dragon crystals, but he could also lead people to first-class resource planets. Just the fact that he could lead people to first-class resource planets alone would earn him countless favors from others.

The first-class resource planet, Wanlong Star, not to mention the dragon crystals within, has a cultivation environment that surpasses that of second-class planets. It would likely be helpful even to powerful beings in the Fusion God Realm, let alone those below the Fusion God Realm.

However, he wouldn't sell or give away these spots; he planned to use them all himself. After all, things like dragon crystals are only produced on first-class resource planets, and if he missed them, he didn't know when he would get another chance.

Moreover, unlike others, once he gets into Wanlong Star, he doesn't care how many people are on Wanlong Star anymore.

Then, with Huang Yi as a witness, Lin Qi completed all the procedures for joining the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce and assigned Tang Yilong to take on the garrison mission on Wanlong Star. Huang Yi and Huang Jiu were both astonished. They never expected that Lin Qi would be willing to give such an opportunity to enter a first-class planet to his subordinate. It was simply crazy.

However, Lin Qi didn't care at all. He simply posted an emergency exploration and collection mission on the system, recruiting one hundred people, with priority given to those at the Celestial Realm. The mission location was Wanlong Star, a first-class resource planet.

As soon as the system mission was released, players across the entire Azure Star were in an uproar.

By this time, the players were no longer novices; they knew just as much as Vanessa and the others. In particular, Luo Wushang and the others had been to the second-class life planet, Crimson Demon Star, and knew that the higher the planet's level, the better the cultivation. They all eagerly signed up.

After selecting all the Celestial Realm players, Lin Qi randomly picked one hundred people and had Tang Yilong lead them in a spaceship to Wanlong Star as soon as possible.

Wanlong Star, Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce Base.

Two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators dressed in Starry Sky Merchant Guild attire and wearing the Starry Sky Merchant Guild elder's insignia gathered in the hall. Both were over ten meters tall, tall among the demon race, but their expressions were not good at the moment.

"The Crimson Demon has gone mad! For an outsider, he actually took away one of our Demon Clan's spots! Does he even know how precious that spot is to our Demon Clan?" A middle-aged man with half-white hair and a silver-gray horn stared angrily at the scene of the handover of management on the screen in the hall. His terrifying aura made the entire room boil.

The Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce's base area has three managers, who are normally replaced every six months. The mission to guard Wanlong Star has always been held by the Demon Clan, and the clan has paid countless prices to obtain this mission.

Unexpectedly, the Crimson Demon would give this guard duty to an outsider. It's impossible not to feel angry and envious.

"The Crimson Demon has always relied on his high-level Divine Fusion Realm status to completely disregard us elders. Since the Crimson Demon wants to win over this newcomer, then let's show him that without our cooperation, this newcomer will never get a single Dragon Crystal on Wanlong Star in his lifetime!" The white-haired elder beside him said with a cold gaze, "I want to see how the Crimson Demon can still sell favors!"

The entire Wanlong Star is controlled by dozens of major forces, including several top-tier forces. Therefore, apart from these powerful beings at the Fusion God Realm, there are countless peerless geniuses who enter Wanlong Star. If they don't act together with them, it's almost impossible for the people they bring in to obtain dragon crystals in public areas.

On Wanlong Star, it wasn't just the elders of the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce who were paying attention to the handover of authority of the base; the powerful beings at the Fusion God Realm from various forces on Wanlong Star were also watching. However, unlike the two elders of the Demon Clan, the various forces were more curious about who this newcomer was, and they all began to send people to investigate and find out.

You don't know until you check, and what you find is shocking.

"Has this force called Obsidian Martial Arts School gone mad? They actually dare to steal the Imperial Kingdom's breeding planet?"

(End of this chapter)