Planetary evolution, how come you're Ultraman?

Ultraman!

Lin Chen looked down at the three small plundering ships in front of him, which were not even as tall as his knees, and gently raised his fist.

His fist, shimmering with faint light patterns, traced a gentle trajectory through the universe.

The three raiders, only then realizing what was happening, frantically tried to escape in their spaceship, shouting:

"Where did Ultraman come from?! Run!"

"Holy crap! Space police! Help!"

But it was too late.

The next second, the fist came crashing down!

There was no sound at all; no sound could be heard in a vacuum. It was only visual. The three spaceships exploded into pieces the instant they touched the fist, as if they were made of paper!

That seemingly indestructible yellow shield, and all that armor, were instantly purified upon encountering pure light energy, leaving them no room for resistance whatsoever!

In less than a second, the three arrogant raiders who had stolen five planets with the help of their buff shields were instantly killed!

[The enemy planetary lord has been defeated. Do you wish to absorb its planetary core?]

"Yes."

Lin Chen nodded and activated the absorption function. The cores of those three planets were instantly drawn in. The light conversion function was activated, converting the resources inside into pure light energy.

[Light energy reserve +800!]

Get it done.

Lin Chen deactivated his transformation and floated back into the Dawn.

The three girls inside the spaceship were completely stunned.

Chu Yao opened her mouth wide, unable to utter a word for a long time. After a long while, she finally managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"Holy crap... Lin Chen, you... you're too strong! You transformed and wiped him out in an instant!"

Su Qingyue blushed and whispered.

"Senior...that giant was so powerful..."

Ye Zi pushed up her glasses, touched her chin, and nodded.

"As expected, the giant form's light energy purification efficiency is 70% higher than that of the cannon. I underestimated the parameters before."

Lin Chen couldn't help but laugh. This genius was still calculating parameters even at this point.

Just then, his evolutionary follower suddenly trembled!

[Warning! A Star Lord has detected sending you a planetary core! Do you wish to accept?]

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment. Before he could confirm, another beam of white light entered his body!

[Detection indicates planetary core has been automatically absorbed!]

[The bond connection has been automatically activated! Teammate: Ye Zi!]

[Your light energy can assist Ye Zi's planet in its healthy evolution!]

[Ye Zi's informational energy can be converted into your light energy reserves!]

Lin Chen: "..."

Well, here comes another one.

This is the third person to voluntarily give away cores. Does this mean he's opened a "campus belle shelter"?

Ye Zi floated in, wearing a plaid shirt and black-rimmed glasses. Her face still showed signs of fatigue from just finishing her work, but her eyes were very bright. She looked Lin Chen up and down, then glanced at Su Qingyue and Chu Yao beside her, and pushed up her glasses.

"Wow, Lin Chen, you've assembled a great team! With the Liberal Arts Department, the Physical Education Department, and me, you've got all three of our school's most beautiful girls!"

Chu Yao raised an eyebrow and patted her shoulder.

"Wow, Xiaozhi, you're amazing! I didn't expect you to be so skilled. You actually managed to hack into the communication channel. I thought you were just a shut-in girl who only knew how to code."

"So what if I'm a homebody? Homebodies have to survive too."

Ye Zi rolled her eyes, then looked at Lin Chen and handed him a data tablet.

"This is a list of information on all the star lords in the nearby star system, the locations of unclaimed resource stars, and the coordinates of those raiders. I've marked them all. Take a look; it will be useful for your development. We still have a dozen or so hours left to collect all these resources and max out your shield in advance to prepare for the upcoming global radiation surge."

Lin Chen took the data panel, glanced at it, and was instantly shocked.

Ye Zi actually compiled all the information within a thousand miles.

It showed how many resources each star lord had, how many people each raider had killed, how many cores each resource star had, and even which raiders' shields were built on malevolent energy and could be countered by light energy. It was even more detailed than what his hyperdimensional detection had compiled!

With this, his subsequent development was like having a god's-eye view!

"sharp."

Lin Chen couldn't help but give a compliment.

"That's right."

Ye Zi pushed up her glasses, looking a little smug.

"Otherwise, do you think my bargaining chips are free? By the way, that radioactive dust will arrive in three minutes. Let's hurry and hide behind that iron core planet, or it will be too late."

Lin Chen nodded, immediately started the spaceship, and flew towards the Iron Core Star.

In just two minutes, they arrived at the back of Iron Core Star. The massive planet blocked their view, completely obscuring the direction of the radioactive dust.

Almost as soon as they came to a stop, the distant universe was covered by a pale purple cloud of radiation!

The cloud swept across the sky, and wherever it passed, the spaceships of the scattered star lords who hadn't had time to hide were instantly reduced to fragments upon contact with the radiation, without even having a chance to send out a distress signal.

Su Qingyue hid by the porthole, looking at the scene outside. Her face turned pale with fright. She grabbed Lin Chen's sleeve and whispered.

"Senior...those people are so scary..."

Chu Yao frowned, paused for a moment, and said nothing.

Ye Zi adjusted her glasses and calmly analyzed the situation.

"This is just a small, localized radiation cloud, and it has already killed many retail investors who didn't have time to hide. The real test will come when the global radiation surge arrives in a dozen hours or so. I estimate that half of the people won't be able to withstand it."

Lin Chen looked at the radiation cloud outside and took a deep breath.

He had long expected that this star realm would be so cruel. He had already done more than enough by saving Su Qingyue, Chu Yao, and Ye Zi. He couldn't and didn't need to care about those strangers.

Just then, a warm current suddenly flowed through his body.

He paused for a moment, opened his control panel, and was instantly stunned.

[Bonds: Su Qingyue, Chu Yao, and Ye Zi are all activated!]

[Bond energy stacking complete, Light Energy reserve +2000! Current Light Energy: 4600!]

[Nexus's child form transformation time extended to 10 minutes!]

Lin Chen's eyes lit up.

It turns out that when the bonds between the four teammates are complete, there are actually so many bonuses?

Not only has the light energy increased so much, but the transformation time has also become longer?

This is too cool!

He looked up at the three girls beside him. Su Qingyue looked at him with a soft and cute expression, Chu Yao leaned against him with a cool and confident air, and Ye Zi pushed up his glasses and started typing on the data board, organizing the next development path.

This is his team.