Swallowing the Stars: Analyzing All Things

Ninth battlefield, 072nd barracks base.

Within the entire military base, there stands a unique building, situated on the base's central axis and occupying the most central area—that is…

Hall of Military Merit.

This is a huge domed hall, over a thousand kilometers high, with the dome cast from a single piece of transparent material.

Through the refracted light from the dome, Lin Yan could clearly see the vast universe outside, along with fragmented insectoid corpses, broken spaceship wreckage, human remains, and so on.

These debris floated in the void, some even being directly struck by flying spaceships.

In the very center of the hall is a huge handover platform, made of a dark gray alloy, with a ring of cool light inlaid around its edge.

Behind the platform, a huge holographic screen hangs from the dome, displaying real-time data streams from the battlefield ahead.

There was no quartermaster.

There was no bargaining.

Everything was handled by the military system.

Captain Longko simply placed the spatial ring filled with debris on the handover platform. A blue light swept across the platform, instantly verifying the debris inside the spatial ring.

"Verification complete!"

A deep, emotionless female voice echoed in the hall, while I scrolled through a string of data on the screen.

Category: Battlefield Debris Recovery

"Identification: Biological warship, insectoid wreckage, demon skeleton, mechanical spaceship, F-grade metal..."

"Military merit valuation: 132,400 points."

The woman's voice paused briefly before continuing coldly.

"Confirm submission?"

"Confirmed." Longko nodded. This was the established procedure. After all, in addition to the military system directly retrieving the wreckage, other human factions also had their own wreckage recovered.

"Confirmed, the military merit has been credited."

"Thank you for your contributions to the human community."

The cold light on the platform changed from blue to green, and the space ring filled with debris sank below the platform and was sent to the deep warehouse by the conveyor belt.

"Let's go back!"

Longko glanced at the restored handover platform and then led Lin Yan back to the rest area.

……

The rest area is a quiet room.

"Soldier: Lin Yan"

"Identity: Space Warrior of the Lanyou Universe Kingdom"

Military merits: 6120.

On the blue screen displayed on the warrior's watch, a series of data about Lin Yan appeared.

"Only six thousand military merits!"

Looking at the pitiful amount of military merits on the screen, Lin Yan frowned slightly. The amount was not much, because it took 10 military merits to exchange for 1 Hunyuan unit, and military merits were very difficult to obtain.

According to the requirements of the military system, a cosmic warrior can earn 1 to 10 military merits for killing a cosmic-level alien, 100 to 1000 military merits for killing a domain lord, and 10 military merits for killing an ordinary world lord.

If you can kill an elite realm lord, you will receive 100 million military merits; if you kill a realm lord general, you will receive 1000 million military merits.

Lin Yan is only at the cosmic level. It's already good enough if he can survive in the large-scale battles of the legion. How can he quickly accumulate military merits?

This time, the recovery of battlefield debris only earned me a little over 90 military merits.

"Soon!"

"Once you complete your military merit quota and become a free agent, you'll have the right to exchange for treasures!"

Lin Yan thought to himself that every soldier on the outer battlefield of the Upper Domain has a quota of military merits. They must accumulate enough military merits before they can gain their freedom.

For a cosmic-level warrior like him, the military merit requirement is 1 military merits. Once the requirement is met, he can choose to retire, exchange for treasures, exchange for money, continue fighting, or even fight alone.

They have the freedom to choose.

Before the full military merit quota is reached, everyone must obediently follow military orders.

Lin Yan turned off the watch screen, sat cross-legged, and took out several dark blue coin-shaped crystals from his spatial ring.

Cosmic crystal!

In the primordial universe, whether it was the human race or billions of other races, there were only two true hard currencies: one was the cosmic crystal, and the other was the immortal crystal.

Among them, the Immortal Crystal is a unique energy crystal that can only be condensed by immortal gods. It contains the power of the fundamental laws of the universe and can accelerate the recovery of the divine body of immortal gods. It is one of the important resources of immortal gods.

The other type is cosmic crystal.

This is a powerful energy crystal composed of the primordial energy of the universe, which can only be condensed by beings at the realm lord level. The cosmic energy inside is astonishing, and it is usually broken down into the shape of individual coins.

It serves as both a currency for transactions and a resource for cultivation.

"Breathe in."

Guided by mental power, pure primordial energy of the universe slowly flowed out from each of the cosmic coins, then poured into Lin Yan's body, infiltrating every part of his body.

In an instant.

Lin Yan's expression changed slightly.

He quickly guided this pure, almost transparent energy, free of any impurities, to circulate within his body.

With each cycle, a trace of energy is absorbed by the muscles, bones, and blood, strengthening every cell in the body.

More energy is concentrated in one location, a miniature spiral galaxy containing tiny black holes that are slowly devouring the surrounding stars and dust.

At the same time, it generates wisps of pure power in places that cannot be reached.

pain! ! !

It felt like being burned by flames, or like being soaked in ice water.

The infusion of primordial energy from the universe is never gentle; each absorption is a test of the body's limits. On Lin Yan's skin, spiderweb-like blue patterns faintly appeared.

That was a sign that the energy was too abundant and was about to burst through the body's surface, but he did not stop. Instead, he increased the rate at which he absorbed the primordial energy of the universe.

"Hiss~"

As more and more primal energy was converted within his body, his physical attributes finally surpassed the third rank of the cosmic level and entered the fourth rank.

"Hoo hoo~"

Lin Yan opened his eyes, and the cosmic coins around him had turned into dust and completely dissipated in the quiet room.

"Finally, a breakthrough!"

Although it has only been seven or eight years since he last broke through to the third level of the cosmic level, this speed of cultivation is perhaps astonishing compared to other idle martial artists.

However, when facing core members of powerful forces, such a cultivation speed is completely insufficient.

As a rogue cultivator.

Unlike the core members of powerful factions who use precious nutrient solutions, independent cultivators generally use cosmic crystals.

Although using cosmic crystals for cultivation is slow and the absorption process is quite painful, it is the most cost-effective option for independent cultivators like them. The next best option is to buy nutrient solutions.

The nutrient solution has a gentle energy source, and thanks to the nutrient chamber, its absorption efficiency is far greater than that of simply absorbing cosmic crystals.

of course.

The best option is naturally the precious nutrient solution specially formulated for the five major powers. With this nutrient solution, there is no need to worry about the body's condition or the efficiency of absorption and conversion.

Just inhale directly.

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