Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 162 Arrival at the Mercenary Alliance Base

Two hours later.

Jiangnan Base City, at the entrance of a villa.

Yao Rao stood beside the spaceship, looking at Jiang Lan, and said softly:

"Please be careful when you're out."

Jiang Lan smiled and patted Yao Rao's head. "Don't worry, I will. Just wait for me at home. If there's anything you need, have the female slaves do it."

Of the ten female slaves Jiang Lan brought back, three were sent to Hong's side, and seven remain in the villa.

Just now, Jiang Lan had manipulated the chip to make the group of female slaves regard Yao Rao as their real mistress.

Even without the chips, the female slaves wouldn't disobey.

But Jiang Lan did this mainly to be on the safe side.

After all, the female slave's strength at the fourth level of Hengxing was enough to make her a force to be reckoned with on Earth.

Although there has never been a precedent of slaves going out of control since this microchip was first used, Jiang Lan didn't want to be the first.

"Uh-huh."

She nodded obediently.

"Alright, let's go back. I'll be back soon," Jiang Lan said with a smile. "Besides, we're not completely out of sight. Don't forget, we can still meet in the virtual universe."

Her alluring eyes lit up.

Yup!

How could she forget that?

Earth's communication devices cannot contact people outside of Earth.

However, in the virtual universe, as long as the other party is also in the virtual universe, then no matter where their physical body is, as long as they are still in this universe, they can be contacted.

"Alright, alright." Jiang Lan patted Yao Rao's head again. "Let's chat in the virtual universe later. I need to get going."

With that, Jiang Lan stepped toward the cabin door.

Yao Rao didn't say anything, she just silently watched Jiang Lan enter the spaceship.

"Buzz".

After a slight humming sound, the spaceship took off and slowly rose into the air.

As the spaceship grew smaller and smaller before her eyes until it completely disappeared into the horizon, Yao Rao glanced longingly in the direction the spaceship had vanished before turning and leaving.

Inside the spaceship.

Jiang Lan sat in the driver's seat, legs crossed, and spoke to the screen in front of him:

Where do I register for the trainee mercenary assessment?

"Qiulongxing." Babata's voice came from all directions in the cockpit.

Jiang Lan: "..."

Dragon Star?

Are you kidding me?

If he had known the registration location was on Qiulong Star, wouldn't he have registered there directly?

This round trip will take up a lot more time on the road.

"No... why didn't you tell me back then?"

"You didn't ask either," Babata replied matter-of-factly.

Jiang Lan fell silent again.

No problem, he didn't ask.

But the Black Dragon Mountain Empire is so big, who would have thought that the registration place would happen to be on Qiulong Star?

Babata's voice rang out again.

"There are many places where you can sign up, and you don't necessarily have to go to Qiulong Star. It's just that Qiulong Star is the closest to Earth. If you want to travel to other planets, of course you can."

"No, then I'll go with Qiulongxing."

Jiang Lan refused repeatedly.

Knowing that there were a large number of demonic beasts in the assessment area, Jiang Lan was extremely anxious, feeling as if ants were crawling on him, and he didn't want to wait a moment longer.

Since Babata said that Qiulong Star was the closest, he certainly couldn't abandon the nearby planet and go to other planets to register.

"Okay. Actually, I did want to tell you this when we were on Qilong Star, but you seemed to be in a hurry to get back to Earth, so I didn't."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lan's breath hitched.

"Or do you think I'm in such a hurry to go back to Earth?"

"I don't know... but you were really anxious at the time."

Jiang Lan remained silent.

After a long pause, he finally spoke:

"I'm in a hurry to go back to Earth so I can come out again as soon as possible and participate in the trainee mercenary assessment."

"Oh……"

Jiang Lan: "..."

As expected, AI cannot replace humans.

Even though it has evolved into an intelligent life form, Babata is still a bit silly in some ways.

Of course, compared to his strengths, this weakness is nothing.

Now that things have come to this, Jiang Lan is no longer in a hurry.

Anyway, we've already come this far, so a few more days on the road won't make a difference.

After all, the location for the trainee mercenary assessment is right there. The entire Cosmic Mercenary Alliance can't just disband in a few days, can it?

So there's no use in being anxious.

"Fine, just connect me to the virtual universe and go in to keep Yao Rao company."

"OK!"

……

……

Ten days later, the Dragon Star.

Jiang Lan raised her head and looked at the headquarters of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, which resembled a small city.

Although it is only a base, its size is comparable to that of a base city on Earth.

The area around the main entrance was filled with humans of all different appearances. People came and went, shoulder to shoulder, creating a lively scene.

Most importantly, there are basically no planetary-level beings around this base; the weakest are at least fourth or fifth level of the constellation.

Jiang Lan even saw several cosmic-level beings, which are rarely seen in normal times, in just a short period of time.

However, Jiang Lan, a first-level Hengxing cultivator, is an exception in this place.

"Isn't it enough to be a Star-level expert to participate in the assessment? How come all these people are so strong?"

Jiang Lan asked Babata in his mind.

"Of course, being at the Hengxing level only qualifies you to participate in the assessment. The actual assessment grounds are extremely dangerous. Of those who actually pass, only two or three out of a hundred might actually succeed. Moreover, the casualty rate during the assessment is extremely high. Generally, without the strength of a Hengxing sixth or seventh level expert, it's useless to go."

"And scions of some large families, or princes of certain small cosmic nations, are often accompanied by many ninth-level Star Guardians when they participate in the assessment. It's not that they can't afford cosmic-level bodyguards, but rather that cosmic-level bodyguards are simply not allowed to enter the trainee mercenary assessment."

Jiang Lan looked somewhat shocked upon hearing this.

Good heavens, is this dangerous?

Looks like I'll have to be careful this time when I go for the assessment.

Although his main goal is to hunt monsters to increase his strength.

But it would be even better if I could pass the assessment at the same time.

He doesn't know what the assessment will entail yet, but he can guess that once he arrives at the assessment site, conflict between people will be inevitable.

Jiang Lan didn't believe that if everyone hunted monsters, the casualty rate would be as severe as Babata said.

He made up his mind that if he had to fight with others, he would wait until he had improved his strength first.

It's true that those at the Cosmic level can't enter the assessment, but if they break through to the Cosmic level at the assessment site, the Mercenary Alliance won't interfere.

With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Lan had already entered the camp.

He glanced at the roadside sign and followed the crowd toward the registration point for space adventurers.

To apply for the trainee mercenary assessment, you must first register as an adventurer in the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

(End of this chapter)