Gao Wu insists on cultivating immortality.

The Xuan Yin Cave in Qingcheng has entry standards: intermediate star masters can only enter in teams, while advanced star masters can enter alone.

Entering the underground cave requires signing a contract with strict confidentiality clauses, and you are responsible for all your actions, etc.

The Xuan Yin Cave has its own patrol team of Star Armorers, responsible for daily clearing and suppression.

For Star Masters who voluntarily enter the Abyss for training, their contribution is assessed based on the level of the alien beasts and demons they slay, and valuable materials are bought back at a high price.

Another advantage is that there's a giant Star Armor Factory at the entrance to the Xuan Yin Cavern. Star Armor damaged in the Abyss can receive free maintenance.

According to Ye Ning, this factory is the highest-level Star Armor factory on Qingyuan Star, and contribution points can also be used to upgrade Star Armor, making it very cost-effective.

Gao Wu asked Ye Ning what the relationship was between the Abyss here and the Battle.net Abyss.
Ye Ning smiled without saying a word, it was unclear whether she didn't know or knew but was unwilling to say.

Gao Wu didn't care about this at all. In any case, the Abyss was a place where he could go on a killing spree, so he didn't need to consider what the Abyss was really about.

If the Qi were hidden in the abyss, that would be even better.

As for the courses for advanced students, although they contain useful information, it is not necessary to attend the classes.

Therefore, the live teaching mode is still used, mainly to enhance the connection between students and teachers, and to strengthen the connection among students.

Such connections can increase trainees' recognition of Qingcheng, enhance their sense of belonging, and strengthen their sense of collective honor.

This is also an important way to maintain the Qingcheng Academy system.

Gao Wu didn't care about any of this, nor was he interested in building good relationships with the other students.

The most important thing right now is to improve my strength and reach the level of a Divine General as soon as possible.

For him, the so-called highest honor, the Star Sea Sword Token, was of no importance.

However, the Star Sea Sword Token is undoubtedly very important to Qingcheng. Obtaining this item should qualify them for the Divine General level meditation method.

The powerful alliance is clearly controlled by the divine generals. They have divided up the territory and managed the top-tier resources.

Advancing to the Master level is already this difficult; it must be even harder to become a Divine General!
Gao Wu obtained all the course videos from Ye Ning, and then entered the underground with the Xuan Yin Cave training certificate that Ye Ning had prepared for him.

The Xuan Yin Cave is located beneath two landmark buildings. Taking the elevator down three thousand meters underground leads to a heavily fortified steel fortress.

Standing in the fully enclosed passage, Gao Wu waited for a full ten minutes before completing all the security checks and gaining entry.

He was greeted by a staff member in uniform who looked just like a real person, but was actually a lifelike robot.

Its body structure is exceptionally rigid, and its entire body is covered in weapons, clearly indicating that it is a high-level combat robot.

However, she is very beautiful.

"Hello, my name is Ye Zhen, your personal contact person."

"Mr. Gao, this is your personal nameplate."

The beautiful female robot handed Gao Wu a black nameplate and explained, "This electronic nameplate connects to the Star Armor and records the battle process. Even if you don't gain any spoils, it can still evaluate your contribution based on the battle."

"Understood." Gao Wu accepted the nameplate and expressed his gratitude.

Ye Zhen opened the virtual screen and gave Gao Wu a brief introduction to the general situation of the surface of the abyss.

The nameplate also contained this information, but she emphasized a few key principles, such as never venturing into the third level and being extremely cautious when encountering alien life forms not listed in the encyclopedia...

Inside the control room, several Star Masters responsible for security monitoring were chatting idly.

Looking at the robot image of Ye Zhen on the screen, Liu Qingzhi laughed and said, "This Star Master is so perceptive; he can tell at a glance that Sister Ye is a robot."

Ye Zhen, standing to the side, pouted in annoyance: "I don't understand what I was thinking back then, insisting on using a real person's image to make a robot."

To be honest, every time she looked at her own android receiving the Star Master, she felt a strange sense of shame.

Xu Shiqiang chimed in from the side, "There are surveillance cameras everywhere, don't worry, even the robots won't be touched."

Ye Zhen glanced at Xu Shiqiang, that slippery fat man, and was too lazy to argue with him.

After all, he is a level 16 master, and he would be a formidable expert if he were to be deployed outside.

In other words, the abyss is too dangerous, so this forty-year-old Star Armor Master can only stand guard here and tell some boring, vulgar jokes.

Liu Qingzhi wasn't interested in the joke either. She suggested, "I looked at this person's profile. He used to be a professional gamer."

"This must be his first time entering the abyss. Why don't we bet on how many contribution points he can get on his first try?"

"Pro gamer?"

Xu Shiqiang showed a hint of surprise. Professional gamers make money easily in the virtual world, and this was the first time he had encountered a situation where a professional gamer had become a Star Master.

He casually pulled up Gao Wu's information and looked at it again, and he became somewhat interested.

"This guy is amazing. He was just fired from the club not long ago. Now he's in the advanced training class and even defeated a level 14 Star Master."

Li Guofeng was no match for Xu Shiqiang; he only remembered Li Guofeng's Star Master level.

The speed at which a high-level martial arts character jumps from intermediate to advanced is a bit too fast.

Xu Shiqiang thought for a moment and said, "It's obvious that this white-haired guy likes taking risks. I bet he can get three thousand contribution points."

Liu Qingzhi's eyes widened in surprise: "That's so exaggerated! I'll bet on it! I'll bet on two night shifts."

Xu Shiqiang looked at the beautiful Ye Zhen: "Are you coming or not?"

"No interest. I just hope this kid doesn't wander off and then send out distress signals when he encounters danger."

Ye Zhen shook her head slightly. She preferred to be down-to-earth and disliked any uncertainty.

Xu Shiqiang also shook his head: "Dear colleague, you are very beautiful, but you are a very boring person..."

Ye Zhen didn't care at all about Master Xingjia's criticism.

At first, she respected the master a lot, but as time went on, she could only see his various problems.

No matter how powerful Xu Shiqiang is, he is still just a man, a greasy middle-aged man... "After I get off work, I'll go to the abyss to train for a few days."

Ye Zhen said to Liu Qingzhi, "If you have nothing to do, cover for me for a few shifts."

Liu Qingzhi's smile vanished instantly; being on duty in the underground cave was incredibly boring. Although she and Ye Zhen were close, she didn't want to take her shift.

"I'll give you 30% of the contribution points I earn."

Ye Zhen knew that Liu Qingzhi was greedy for money, so he immediately offered her a condition that she could not refuse.

"Good friend, you're being too formal!" Liu Qingzhi's pretty face immediately brightened, and she smiled radiantly, her words filled with loyalty.

She added enthusiastically, "The Sword Tournament is in three months, good luck, Sister Zhen! If you can break through to level sixteen, hehe, maybe you can get the Star Sea Sword Token!"

Ye Zhen laughed too. Even if she broke through to level sixteen, she was still far inferior to those geniuses. How could she be qualified to receive the Star Sea Sword Token?

However, level sixteen is the watershed for Star Masters.

Reaching level sixteen not only changes one's own destiny, but also the destiny of the whole family.

The next day, when it was time to change shifts, Ye Zhen put on his Star Armor Purple Lightning and entered the Abyss.

Ye Zhen chose to work in the Xuan Yin Cave because it was convenient for him to enter the abyss and he didn't need to report repeatedly.

Although the abyss is dangerous, it can unleash one's potential. She's already thirty years old; if she doesn't seize the opportunity while she's young, she might never have the chance to reach the master level in her lifetime.

Purple Lightning is a star armor from the Famous Sword series. The purple star armor is very beautiful, extremely fast, and can release plasma cannons. It can even add plasma power to swords, making it very special and very powerful.

There are requirements for Star Masters: they must be able to convert source energy into lightning energy, and their mental magnetic field must also be compatible.

Ye Zhen is exceptionally talented. He awakened the ability to control lightning at a young age, which allowed him to reach level 15 at the age of 30, just one step away from becoming a master.

She has been on duty in the underground cave for two years and is very familiar with the surface of the abyss.

Despite being called the Abyss, this place is not actually Qingyuan Star; the underground cave is merely a subspace entrance to the Abyss.

As Ye Zhen ventured deeper into the darkness-shrouded plain, he found himself in the Crimson Forest, a place he knew well by heart.

The forest, as dark as ink, shimmered with an eerie dark red light under the infrared lens.

Inside, there are giant white bone spiders weighing a ton, crimson tree spirits that suck the blood of rotting flesh, black tiger-headed bats with wingspans of ten meters, armored snails weighing over ten tons, and blood sword grass that feeds on dark negative energy...

The abyss has a complex ecosystem, and all life within it is based on negative energy.

Plants and trees, as well as powerful, negative, and alien life forms, including some demons born from countless negative consciousnesses.

However, these powerful demons reside deep within the abyss, and only a sufficiently concentrated amount of negative energy can satisfy their needs.

It's like trying to raise whales in a pond.

Ye Zhen scanned the surrounding environment and noticed a star-armored marker within a 200-kilometer radius. After checking the marker's number, she realized it belonged to the High Martial Arts Academy, which had just entered yesterday.

She didn't care; how a star master acted upon entering the abyss was their prerogative. They wouldn't interfere.

Similarly, Star Masters are also responsible for their actions. Even if there is rescue after danger, in an environment like the Abyss, by the time rescue arrives, they might not even find any remains...

Ye Zhen searched for the Crimson Tree Spirit. This strange life form moved slowly and had a hard body, but it was being countered by her Thunder Sword Technique.

The heartwood produced by the Crimson Tree Spirit, after purification, becomes an extremely high-grade energy core with immense value.

With a flash of lightning, Ye Zhen's twin purple lightning swords transformed into two bolts of lightning that streaked across the sky and pierced directly into the body of the crimson tree spirit, which was more than ten meters tall.

The crimson tree spirit, which had been as still as a wooden statue, could not withstand the plasma eruption and its body exploded in a burst of brilliant lightning.

Ye Zhen took a tree heart from the tree spirit's broken body. It was a fist-sized, crimson crystal that was very beautiful.

She was quite pleased with this; it was the second heartwood she had harvested that day.

She glanced at the radar scanning screen and saw a white dot marked Gaowu enter the rusted mountains.

"Is this guy crazy?" Ye Zhen was shocked. She hurriedly tried to call Gao Wu through the communication channel, but the Skynet signal was severely interfered with here, and she was unable to contact Gao Wu.

Out of duty as a guardian, Ye Zhen could only speed up his Purple Lightning to catch up with Gao Wu.

When she rode the purple lightning to the top of the Silent Mountains, she saw that Gao Wu had already encountered a giant mechanical iron wolf.

The mechanical iron wolves are insectoid creatures powered by dark energy. Their gray metallic outer armor is mostly broken and rusted, revealing their mechanical skeletons underneath.

This mechanical iron wolf is thirty meters long from head to tail, and is entirely driven by the dark consciousness in its head, possessing only the instinct to devour all life.

The Mechanical Iron Wolf is marked at level sixteen, meaning that only master-level star masters would attempt to challenge it.

If a star master below the rank of master encounters this, they should immediately turn and run away; there might still be a chance to escape with their life.

Ye Zhen hurriedly shouted into the communication channel: "Run! It's a level 16 Dark Mechanical Wolf..."

The consciousness residing in the mechanical wolf is a complex, chaotic, and manic aggregate of various dark consciousnesses. The mental magnetic field emitted by this aggregate of dark consciousnesses alone is enough to drive a Star Master insane.

The communication channel was filled with electromagnetic interference, and Ye Zhen couldn't hear what Gao Wu was saying.

All she saw was Gao Wu's Qingming charging straight towards the mechanical giant wolf.

The mechanical giant wolf suddenly opened its mouth and pounced, swallowing the Azure Star Armor whole.

Ye Zhen's heart sank: "It's over!"

She couldn't help but yell, "Idiot! Who told you not to listen to me!"

Just then, a glimmer of azure light shone from the mechanical giant wolf's eyes, followed by the explosion of the mechanical giant wolf's eyes and skull, and Qingming's elegant and slender figure soared into the sky.

Without the magnetic field interference from the mechanical giant wolf, the communication channel also stopped making electromagnetic buzzing noises.

Gao Wu's voice also came clearly from the speaker: "What did you say?"

Ye Zhen stared at the unscathed Azure Star Armor in the sky, speechless for a moment… (End of Chapter)