Swallowing the Stars: Analyzing All Things

Virtual universe, killing space.

This was once a massive interstellar city, but it was now a ruin. Skyscrapers were crumbling, roads were broken, and the rubble cast menacing shadows under the dark red light of the sky.

A hundred men in black stood silently throughout the ruins.

Their faces were covered by black masks, revealing only pairs of cold and ruthless eyes. Each of them was a seventh-level cosmic-level martial artist, wearing a third-level alloy battle suit and holding a blood-red battle sword.

In the center of an abandoned city.

On the rooftop of a half-collapsed building, Lin Yan appeared out of thin air. He was also dressed in black, and his cold gaze swept over the black-clad figures around the city.

"Whoosh~"

He extended his right hand.

Above the palm, an ice crystal lotus slowly rotates, its petals layered upon each other, each as thin as a cicada's wing, so translucent as to be almost ethereal, yet faintly reflecting a chilling luster that makes one's heart tremble.

Phantom Beast, Ice Crystal Lotus.

"kill!"

A cold shout suddenly rang out.

Below the building closest to him, more than a dozen men in black simultaneously transformed into streaks of black shadows and rushed madly toward the rooftop from different directions.

"Tch~"

The blood-red battle blades were raised in unison.

The blade was imbued with dense cosmic energy, drawing more than ten arcs that intertwined to form an impenetrable net of death.

"Haha, you've come at the right time!"

Lin Yan smiled, and the ice crystal lotus in his right palm suddenly bloomed, instantly disintegrating into a sky full of fireflies. The light spots poured down like a galaxy, spinning rapidly around him.

In the blink of an eye.

These firefly-like lights reassembled and transformed into a silver-white beast, like a lion with eagle wings, its body shrouded in a faint, ever-changing mist.

"roar--"

The winged lion roared to the sky, and the sound waves spread out like a tangible force, causing the three men in black who were directly in the path to freeze in their tracks.

The world before their eyes instantly distorted—

The ruined city vanished, replaced by an endless ice field, and above the ice field, a pair of blood-red eyes coldly stared at them.

Illusion.

It was just a fleeting moment of confusion.

Lin Yan's figure had already arrived in front of them, and the winged lion beast followed in sync, transforming into a silver-white battle blade.

"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"

A flash of light streaked across the sky, blood splattered, and three figures crashed to the ground, turning into fragments and dissipating into the ruins.

Less than a breath.

Three seventh-level cosmic-level black-clad warriors had already perished, while the remaining black-clad men launched an increasingly frenzied attack, with blades surging in from all directions like a tidal wave.

"die!"

Lin Yan withdrew from the Central Building.

The next instant, a loud crash was heard, and the entire central building was directly shattered into pieces of shapeless ruins. Amidst the flying debris, the silver-white battle blade in Lin Yan's hand once again transformed into a strange beast.

"what!"

A man in black suddenly screamed in agony. Countless overlapping illusions appeared in his eyes, and he froze on the spot as a blade flashed and severed his head.

The man in black was getting closer.

But Lin Yan became more and more composed as the battle progressed. Sometimes the mirage feathers transformed into phantom beasts to attack, and sometimes they condensed into an almost invisible stream of light, delivering a fatal blow from the most tricky angle.

Lin Yan could clearly feel that his compatibility with this weapon was rapidly increasing. This feeling was not like simple control or mastery, but more like his will and the weapon were becoming one...

Weapons seemed to become an extension of the body, allowing for more unrestrained execution of each secret technique.

"boom--"

The winged lion suddenly exploded, turning into a shower of silver light.

Under the shimmering light, the seven men in black who approached were simultaneously trapped in an illusion. Their movements froze at the same moment, and then a streak of light flashed past, instantly piercing through their bodies.

"puff!"

Amidst the rain of light, Lin Yan's figure emerged.

His speed was so fast that he left a trail of afterimages in the ruined city. He held a blood-red battle blade in his right hand, while a silver-white stream of light wrapped around the fingertips of his left hand.

Wherever they went.

Each encounter results in the death of one of the men in black.

From initially requiring deliberate manipulation of its form, the Mirage Feather can now evolve into the most suitable form for the current battle situation with just a thought.

When the last man in black disappeared, the ruined city fell silent once more.

"Phew~"

"Phew~"

Lin Yan's chest rose and fell slightly as he looked at the winged lion beast that Shen Yu had drawn, which was grooming its fur.

"It's getting easier and easier to use."

"It's becoming more and more realistic!"

He muttered to himself, and in the next instant, the entire interstellar city returned to normal, and hundreds of men in black dispersed to various places, their blood-red battle blades flashing with sharp light.

"Again!"

……

Several hours later.

The team is preparing to return to its base.

Lin Yan didn't linger; he exited the virtual universe the moment he received the message.

The killing space in the virtual universe allows users to submit their own requests to the virtual universe system and designate any opponent they desire.

From planets to world lords.

Whether it's humans or any other race in the universe, the system can be customized according to the user's requirements.

In addition to the Killing Space, the Killing Arena also has a Final Battle Space.

If the Killing Space is designed for one person, then the Battle Space is where martial artists duel with each other.

because……

The virtual universe is different from reality; otherwise, the Giant Axe Arena wouldn't be so popular.

Even if a virtual universe can be perfectly simulated, it is not the same as being completely real. In the killing space, it is impossible to create an opponent that is exactly the same as a real enemy.

and so.

It's fine to occasionally go to the killing field, but staying there for a long time is not only a waste of time, but also a waste of money.

……

Inside the spacious hall.

Spaceships were queuing up and entering the passage one by one. Soon it was Lin Yan's turn to enter their spaceship.

After flying straight for hundreds of thousands of kilometers along the passage, the spacecraft began to turn and fly along an arc-shaped passage.

A moment later.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Behind them, along the hundreds of thousands of kilometers long corridor, gates began to fall and shut tightly.

at the same time,

Throughout the massive military base, the outermost gates of the passageways were opened one after another. Of the tens of thousands of passageways, only a few hundred gates were open at this time.

The silver-white spaceship opened its energy shield and quickly flew out from one of the passageways.

Whoosh!

The spaceship left the military base and flew into the outer void of space, traveling at sub-light speed, getting further and further away from the military base.

Then.

The spaceship avoided some debris and junk in the void and accelerated to the speed of light in a cleared area.

「5......4......3......2......1！」

"Successful space travel!"

Inside the spacecraft's control room, a series of numbers appeared on a huge control screen.

"Silver Flying, unfold the star map!" Longke said.

The three-dimensional virtual projection forms a star map. The star map of the entire Ninth Battlefield is very complex, with densely packed special zones, and text markings around these zones.

The entire Ninth Battlefield.

It is a vast cosmic secret realm, the ninth battlefield outside the domain, or the Fengli Starfield and the Fengli Cosmic Secret Realm.

The more remote the area, the fewer powerful individuals there are. These areas are generally where world lords, domain lords, and universe-level beings operate.

Only near the core can immortal gods be found, and even king-level immortals may appear.

……