From star gatherer to leader of humanity

In a secluded restaurant in Space City.

Xu Bai found the Lone Rangers organization. There were more than 30 people when they first gathered, but now only 18 remain.

When Xu Bai saw everyone, he thought he had arrived at the final stage of the all-nighter competition.

Everyone had dark circles under their eyes and looked listless, as if they were rewarding themselves for staying up all night for four or five days in a row.

Xu Bai knew that this was caused by the mental pressure from that powerful Ghost Face Clan member.

"The mental damage caused by the pressure of a powerful figure isn't all bad. As long as you get through it, your mental strength will grow significantly. You didn't get your money's worth for those 600 million strands of spiritual energy Tranquility Pills," Qiao Meng said with some regret, looking at Xu Bai, who was in good condition.

"Old Joe, your approach is misleading. If you don't recover in time and suffer permanent psychological trauma, who will you blame?"

"We old folks don't care anymore, let's not let the young people suffer a big loss in this regard," the thin-faced man who spoke at the banquet a few days ago said with a smile.

"Let's get down to business."

"The Twenty-Nine Shattered Star Cities were likely destroyed by the powerful members of the Ghost Face Clan. Based on the Hundred Refinements Sect's past practices, they certainly won't rebuild them."

"Our best outcome is to stay with Team Caixing 185, but if we're transferred to other teams, we lone wolves are going to suffer a lot." The thin-faced man sighed and took a sip of his tea.

"Living is more important than anything else, Old Zhao, Old Zhou, and the others..."

A group of people were sighing and complaining in the small restaurant, while Xu Bai listened quietly without saying a word.

Three days later, a unique magical spaceship flew out from the Shattered Star Sea.

All the members of the star-collecting team present in the entire space city lined up to welcome him, and Xu Bai once again became a passerby.

The unique magical spaceship slowly descended into the spaceport.

Immediately, tens of thousands of members of the star-collecting team, lined up in rows, bowed in respect.

The hatch of the magical spaceship slid open slowly, and a figure clad in full battle armor stepped out.

His aura was as heavy and imposing as a mountain pressing down, and an invisible pressure spread out, weighing heavily on the hearts of every member of the star-gathering team, inspiring awe.

"Welcome Minister Sun!" Li Mingsheng, the captain of the Caixing team, and a group of high-ranking officials never straightened their backs in front of the powerful man in armor.

"The matter has been resolved, but the Twenty-Nine Shattered Star Cities are destroyed."

"As for these star gatherers who escaped..."

The armored warrior paused for a moment after saying this.

All the Star Gathering Team members who had escaped from Shattered Star City, bowing deeply, tensed up.

"It just so happens that the major cities in the Shattered Star Domain have suffered some losses recently, so let's distribute them evenly."

A single casual remark from a powerful figure sealed the fate of the Star Gathering Team members who had escaped from the Twenty-Nine Shattered Star Cities.

"Okay, we will arrange it according to your instructions."

After the welcoming ceremony, Xu Bai returned to the spaceship.

Now that it's impossible to rent a room in Space City and hotels are fully booked, Xu Bai simply decided to stay on the spaceship.

"Hakimi, viewing mode~"

Xu Bai leaned back in the control chair and said something softly. The interior of the spaceship began to blur, and the entire spaceship became transparent.

Looking around, overlooking the entire space city and the universe.

"My life of wandering is so unstable."

Looking at the distant, dimly glowing star, Xu Bai then gazed at the distant Sea of ​​Shattered Stars.

"I wonder where I'll be assigned this time."

At this moment, Xu Bai suddenly felt something in his heart. With a thought, he used his spiritual power as a guide to begin inscribing runes in the void.

A basic psychic rune slowly took shape in the void. This is one of the most commonly used basic runes for magical artifacts. It looks like a simple rune with just a few strokes.

However, the internal structure of the runes is intricate and complex, making it no less difficult than carving a Buddha's hand on a grain of rice.

With the amplification of tenfold mental power, coupled with his newfound understanding, Xu Bai actually managed to completely inscribe the mental power runes in the void.

A psychic rune emitting a faint glow fully materialized from the void, and Xu Bai's face showed a relaxed expression.

"We finally succeeded!"

With a gentle touch of his divine sense, Xu Bai's mental energy runes transformed into spiritual light and dissipated in the void.

"If we have the chance, we should add attributes that amplify mental power to the White Ink Robe. We can't exactly refine weapons in the spaceship."

Thinking of this, Xu Bai brought up the attribute panel of Bai Mo Bao Yi.

White Ink Robe - Attributes: Spell Mastery [Spell Power +20%], Cleverness [Slightly increases Comprehension, the difference being as minor as the difference between rotten wood and mud]

"Assign them all green attributes and see if we can extract the 'spirited' attribute."

A screen of light appeared in front of Xu Bai.

"There are still 5.2 million strands of spiritual energy left, that's enough~"

I queued for an hour outside the United Bank and received 4000 spirit stones.

Inside the spaceship, Xu Bai absorbed the spirit stone, which transformed into four green attribute spiritual lights within his dantian.

"No rush. Once the inner city allocation is finalized, we can activate the Qi Transfer Wheel in the new sea area."

As long as the rotating disc is activated, this fortune will be attached to him, whether he is inside the spaceship or not.

To be on the safe side, Xu Bai would only activate the Luck Wheel within the Shattered Star Sea. Firstly, to avoid wasting any good luck, he could search for spirit mines anytime, anywhere. Secondly, he already had experience dealing with bad luck in the Shattered Star Sea, and if he drew luck elsewhere, he would be extremely unlucky and might even trigger a new crisis.

At the port outside the space city, a large spaceship, 10,000 meters long and shaped like an orca, slowly approached the main spaceship's berth.

Xu Bai, who was preparing for training in the spaceship's lounge, received a message on his personal terminal.

"Shattered Star City 25 is located in the Shattered Star Sea near the Space City of Star Collection Team 147".

Looking at the allocation information on his personal terminal, Xu Bai controlled the spaceship to leave the public port and fly towards the port outside the space city. Numerous mining spaceships flew into the large spaceship that was 10,000 meters long.

After entering the large spaceship and finding his cabin, Xu Bai sent a message to Qiao Meng.

Upon learning that Qiao Meng had been assigned to Shattered Star City 21, Xu Bai expressed some regret that they weren't assigned to the same Shattered Star City.

The large spaceship slowly started up and flew along the edge of the Shattered Star Sea.

Five days later, Xu Bai, along with more than 400 magical artifact mining ships, left the large spaceship cabin and flew towards the space city of the Star Mining Team 147.

A massive space city, far exceeding the size of the Star-Collecting Team 185, appeared before Xu Bai.

"The Space City of Team 147 was built 132 years ago and has undergone three expansions. It has 15 floors and a total area of ​​11 square kilometers," Hakimi introduced the space city in front of Xu Bai.

"Have you finished collecting information from the Space City Forum for Team 147? How is it going?" Xu Bai asked, leaning back in his control chair. Since gaining the attribute of intelligent spirit, Hakimi has become increasingly intelligent.

"The situation is not good. Both the 147th Space City and the 25th Shattered Star City are ruled by the Backer Gang."

"Searching the forum's historical data, there are no lone wolves in the 147th Space City and the 25th Shattered Star Sea; they are all members of the Backer Gang."

"Master, the situation you least wanted to see has happened."