Swallowing the Stars: Analyzing All Things

Virtual universe, inside the villa.

After purchasing the young Nether Lotus, Lin Yan quickly searched for the Time Palace, and soon relevant information appeared on the screen.

Item: Temple of Time.

"Description: A treasure created by a great cosmic ruler to accelerate the flow of time, with three adjustable speeds—two times, five times, and ten times."

Price: One million Mixed Yuan Units.

Note: This item is rather useless. Please purchase with caution unless you have a specific need for it.

Ignoring the highlighted annotation, Lin Yan tapped the screen lightly with his finger and confirmed the payment.

100 million mixed units were deducted from the account.

Then came a series of payments—energy resources, cultivation resources, evolution materials…

Each one is an astronomical figure.

Several days later, on an inconspicuous, desolate planet.

A silver-white spaceship passed through the atmosphere and landed on a flat wasteland.

"Splash!"

The hatch opened, and Lin Yan stepped out of the spaceship, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding gray-yellow wasteland.

A wind blew from afar, stirring up fine sand and gravel, and on the distant horizon, several low hills were distorted and deformed by the heat.

Half a day later.

In the sky above this desolate planet, a spaceship slowly descends from the clouds.

The spaceship was not large, only a few hundred meters long, but it had a star map emblem on its hull made up of countless points of light.

Cosmic Galaxy Bank!

Lin Yan logged into the mall using a six-star VIP account, and the escort service after placing the order was naturally handled by the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

The spaceship hovered above the wasteland.

The hatch opened, and a figure floated out. It was a middle-aged man in a dark blue robe, with an ordinary face that would go unnoticed in a crowd.

However, the aura he exuded made Lin Yan feel a heavy pressure.

Immortal gods!

The middle-aged man took out a world ring, handed it to Lin Yan for verification, then turned and boarded the spaceship to leave without saying a word.

"Six-star customer..."

As the spaceship flew away from space, in the command center, the middle-aged man finally murmured to himself, his voice tinged with emotion, "A mere realm lord can actually obtain six-star VIP service."

He has worked at the Cosmic Galaxy Bank for tens of thousands of epochs and served countless clients, most of whom were at the King-level or Immortal level. But this is the first time a Realm Lord has been able to receive six-star VIP service.

He didn't know who this realm lord was.

But he knew that this was not something he could ask.

The rules of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank are: don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't look at what you shouldn't look at, and don't remember what you shouldn't remember.

……

Not long after the Cosmic Galaxy Bank spaceship left, Lin Yan's spaceship also got up and left.

Inside the spacecraft control room.

Lin Yan is taking inventory of the goods.

The most eye-catching thing is naturally a seemingly ordinary palace. It is not large, about 30 meters high and about 100 meters long and wide. It is dark gray in color and its surface is covered with fine patterns.

The palace's outer walls were made of an unknown metal, while the top was a huge dome.

The Palace of Time.

Besides the Time Palace, there are also energy resources packaged in square boxes, piled up into small mountains. These are the resources that help accelerate the Time Palace.

In addition to the Time Palace and energy resources, Lin Yan also replenished some other resources, the most of which was nutrient solution.

and also……

"Mingxi Lotus!"

Lin Yan looked at a corner of the World Ring.

The plant seedling was encapsulated in a transparent culture chamber, which was cylindrical, about two meters high and one meter in diameter, and filled with a light blue culture solution.

The seedlings are suspended in the culture solution, their entire bodies a deep blue, their leaves as translucent as deep-sea emeralds, and their roots gently swaying in the solution like the tentacles of a jellyfish, each movement creating tiny ripples.

"Whoosh~"

The power of Lin Yan's world radiated outwards, directly touching the roots of the Mingxi Lotus.

The process of recognizing a master is very simple—

Simply infuse a trace of world power into the roots, and then establish a connection with the Nether Lotus deep within your soul.

That instant.

Lin Yan sensed Ming Xilian's consciousness.

It was a vague, chaotic consciousness, like that of a newborn infant. Lin Yan took the Mingxi Lotus out of the cultivation chamber and gently placed it into the Locke Divine Water Lake in his inner world.

"Eek~"

The moment the roots touched the water of the Rock God, the leaves of the Nether Lotus suddenly unfurled, its consciousness uttered a joyful sound, and its roots rapidly extended in the lake water, weaving, entwining, and taking root at the bottom of the lake.

Rock Water is a top-tier treasure for nurturing plant life.

The growth rate of the Nether Lotus within it will be several times faster than that of other types of nurtured treasures.

"Fat cat," Lin Yan said.

"exist!"

The illusory image of the fat cat appeared in the void and landed on his shoulder.

"From today onwards, you will be responsible for overseeing the evolution of the Nether Lotus, recording its growth status, number of veins, and energy absorption rate daily, and providing other resources to promote its evolution when appropriate."

"clear!"

A hint of excitement flashed in the fat cat's eyes, and its tail wrapped around Lin Yan's neck. "Don't worry, Master, leave it to me!"

Lin Yan grabbed it and threw it away.

Then he exited the inner world, re-entered the world ring, walked to the Temple of Time, and pushed open the heavy metal door.

"Click-clack~"

Behind the heavy metal door was a corridor, at the end of which was a spacious hall.

In the center of the main hall was a circular platform, above which was a huge dome painted with intricate patterns, some of which Lin Yan could barely recognize.

Those are the secret patterns of the laws of space.

He only recognized a few of the patterns; the rest of the patterns were completely unfamiliar to him.

"Phew~"

Lin Yan walked onto the platform and sat down cross-legged, his consciousness connecting with the Time Palace.

next moment.

He then learned the function of the Time Palace.

He can choose the acceleration factor of the Time Palace at will, as long as he consumes the corresponding energy resources. He can also stop the acceleration at any time and restore the normal flow rate at any time.

"10x speedup!"

With a thought, Lin Yan unleashed the power of the world, sweeping the energy resources from the cube-shaped box outside the palace into the energy core of the Time Palace. Immediately afterwards, a milky white light illuminated the entire palace.

"Buzz~"

Once the energy resources were replenished, the complex runes on the dome of the Time Palace suddenly lit up.

At the same time, Lin Yan sensed a change in the flow of time around him. It wasn't a noticeable, dramatic change, but rather a more subtle, oppressive feeling, like diving into the deep sea.

A few minutes later.

Lin Yan exited the time acceleration state.

He was overjoyed. With this time-accelerating treasure, he only needed to find a quiet place to cultivate in seclusion to grow at a much faster pace.

But before that.

There's one more thing I need to take care of first.

……