Zerg Lord of the Devouring Stars

The edge of the boundary within the boundary, inside the vast and undulating mountain range.

Jiang Chen, accompanied by his two bodyguards, Wu Xintong and Fang He, arrived at the lush forest in the mountains, preparing to begin the evolution of the Moyun Vine.

"With the Cloud Vine and a C-grade laser gun, we're invincible in this realm within a realm."

"Escape is also possible using a spaceship."

"It can attack or defend!"

As Jiang Chen pondered, a thought struck him, and the Cloud-Piercing Vine sent forth a joyful message. He stretched out his hands, and instantly, the Cloud-Piercing Vine branches extended wildly, rapidly spreading in all directions.

The long, twisting vines stretched as far as the eye could see, resembling thick, writhing pythons.

Numerous vines and thick roots penetrate directly into the soil, rapidly extending deeper into the ground.

Each main vine of the Moyun Vine is 30,000 meters long, or 30 kilometers long. There are a total of 36 long vines, each 30 kilometers long, with a large number of thin vines, creeping leaves, and an incredibly lush root system.

It's easy to imagine how enormous this plant-assisted life must be.

"The Fruit of Life." Jiang Chen took a deep breath and took out an ancient stone box.

Without hesitation, he immediately opened the transparent stone box, released the Fruit of Life inside, and tossed it forward.

The Moyun Vine immediately stretched out a leaf, rolled up the Life Fruit, and as if it had grown a mouth, swallowed the Life Fruit in one bite.

The enormous vines quickly contracted and retreated into the ground.

"A treasure valued even by a Realm Lord was devoured by a mere Talent-level Cloud Vine. No wonder Babata seemed so distressed back then; it pains me too!"

"However, it would be acceptable to evolve the Cloud Vine into a cosmic-level vine in one go, from 36 main vines to 72 main vines."

"But 72 main vines at the cosmic level are still too few. We need to increase investment in the future so that the Cloud Vine can have the most perfect 360 main vines during the World Lord era."

"Although it takes a huge amount of money, even more than Hu Yanbo could not afford, to make the Moyun Vine enter immortality, the money required to evolve it into 360 main vines after entering immortality will increase tenfold or a hundredfold."

"Thinking about it, it's still the most worthwhile to achieve perfection during the Realm Lord era."

"However, this means that nurturing someone at the cosmic level and nurturing them at the domain lord level would both require an astronomical expense. Even if I were to seize all the treasures of the realm within a realm, it still wouldn't be enough!"

As Jiang Chen pondered this with a troubled expression, he looked down at the screen on his arm guard, which displayed the underground situation.

The thick vines shimmered with green light like lightning, and the vines themselves expanded and contracted, with each expansion being greater than the contraction, causing the vines to grow larger and larger.

At the moment when the Moyun Vine was absorbing the fruit of life, with the arrival of an army of 200 million, there were more than 200 million ninth-level Hengxing beings in the realm within the realm. What an enormous number that was.

On the vast grasslands, about 100,000 kilometers away from the core area, a large number of adventurers gathered.

Inside a large tent, a burly, tall chimpanzee, about three meters tall, sat inside. His body was large and robust, and his head was almost identical to that of a chimpanzee.

This ape-man is called Yi Yi Chakto. He was previously a member of the ninth-rank Hengxing level in the army of the super strong "World Lord General Tianchen" of Three Axe Mountain.

Originally, he was just an ordinary member among the countless ninth-tier cannon fodder at the Eternal Star level, but now he has broken through and become a Universe-level being!

Without a breakthrough, one is merely cannon fodder or a bodyguard; a breakthrough drastically elevates one's status, from the ninth rank of the Hengxing level to the cosmic level.

It may seem like just a step apart, but it's a world of difference.

After becoming a cosmic-level being, he was appointed by the realm lord Jiang Tianchen as the 'captain' of the entire brigade, while the original captain became his deputy.

Moreover, he bestowed upon me thirty inhabited planets as my territory.

This is like rising to the top in one step.

Of course, he dared not slack off. He immediately gathered his men to either dig or seize the Thunderstone, and also helped the Realm Lord Jiang Tianchen exchange for one of the secrets of the Inheritance Crystal Ball.

Within this realm, there are a total of 200 million ninth-tier Eternal Stars, more than the combined ninth-tier Eternal Stars of ten star systems!

Moreover, these ninth-tier Hengxing soldiers were elite soldiers selected by those powerful realm lords and domain lords.

Under such constant life-or-death threats, it's quite normal for a cosmic-level being to emerge from among the 2 million level 9 Eternal Stars.

Given enough time, they might be able to produce six, seven, or even more cosmic-level beings.

Jiang Chen naturally understood this, which is why he also needed cosmic-level assistance—a bodyguard who could unleash cosmic-level power at all times—rather than just a laser gun.

On the edge of the boundary within a boundary, Jiang Chen was still observing the changes in his Moyun Vine.

On the screen of Jiang Chen's arm guard, a dark purple vine was undergoing a dramatic change.

Green bumps appeared on the surface of the already incredibly thick vines, and then the green color was absorbed and the bumps disappeared.

Occasionally, some bumps would burst open, like a bubble exploding, as the Cloud Vine released excess, unabsorbable life force.

Numerous vines and tendrils twisted, swelled, fell, and grew wildly.

Even standing on the ground, Jiang Chen could feel the vibrations caused by the changes in the Moyun Vine underground.

"That's amazing," Wu Xintong exclaimed.

"The evolution of the Cloud Vine into a cosmic-level form is truly unbelievable. I never thought I would witness such a scene one day." Fang He's eyes widened in shock.

Jiang Chen stared intently, not blinking. At that moment, the thick vine was undergoing rapid changes. Some of the outer skin of the vine was constantly peeling off from various parts, while the new vines exposed inside were becoming more and more resilient.

Then, as it sheds its vines time and time again, the vine itself grows thicker and longer as it transforms.

"That's terrifying. Based on the proportions, the length of a single Moyun Vine has now reached about 210 kilometers," Jiang Chen exclaimed in amazement.

A main vine is roughly equivalent to a regular highway on Earth.

What a spectacular scene that would be!

Moreover, the Moyun Vine currently has 72 main vines, each 210 kilometers long, spreading out in a continuous chain...

Just thinking about it makes me feel how terrifying and spectacular that scene must be!

Time passed slowly, and Jiang Chen and the others waited patiently.

Suddenly, a vast surge of joy and longing entered Jiang Chen's mind.

"The Cloud Vine has successfully transformed." Jiang Chen's eyes lit up with immense joy.

Deep underground, the 72 main vines, which had reached a length of nearly 300 kilometers, rapidly contracted and shrank, while the Moyun Vine surged upwards.

Boom!

The Cloud Vine burst forth from the ground, having shrunk a hundredfold, but it was still enormous. As it flew toward Jiang Chen, it enveloped the entire space in front of him and continued to shrink.

In the blink of an eye, the overwhelming Cloud Vine quickly contracted onto Jiang Chen's body, its root system merging into his skin.

Seventy-two small vines, each as thick as a thumb, spread out over a hundred meters, and then gradually formed a complete set of dark purple battle clothes, helmet, and boots on Jiang Chen's body.

"Such powerful, such domineering strength."

Jiang Chen was overjoyed. He felt that after putting on the Moyun Vine Battle Suit, even without much effort, a single punch from the Moyun Vine itself would be enough to turn hundreds of kilometers into ruins, and the shockwave could spread over thousands of kilometers.

"Hill, help me test Moyun's strength," Jiang Chen said. With a thought, a two-meter-tall Moyun vine emerged from his body and landed on the ground beside him.

Generally, human strength can be easily tested using auxiliary optical brains or intelligent optical brains.

Testing ferocious beasts and cosmic behemoths is also relatively easy.

Because they are all flesh-and-blood creatures.

Unlike humans, plant life forms do not have "miniature planets," making them difficult to test.

As a special type of auxiliary plant life, testing the strength of the Cloud Vine is quite troublesome; it must be separated from the body before it can be tested.

"Master, the Moyun Vine is at the fifth level of the universe level," Hill said. "The Moyun Vine is a very powerful creature. At the same level and rank, 99.9% of humans are no match for it."

"When the Cloud Vine of Master reaches the cosmic level, it evolves into 72 main vines, each of which is equivalent to a 'cosmic level fifth-order human martial artist'."

"With 72 vines working together, plus its amazing cellular activity, even a sixth-order human at the cosmic level is no match for it."

Of course, the Moyun Vine of the same level is weaker than the Golden Horned Beast of the same level and rank, and much weaker than the Zerg Queen.

When the Golden Horned Beast was at the seventh level of the Constant Star Realm, it could easily kill a ninth-level Constant Star Realm human.

During her time as a World Lord, the Zerg Queen could easily annihilate ordinary Immortals.

The fifth-order cosmic-level Moyun Vine, relying on its cellular activity and 72 vines, was able to entangle with a sixth-order cosmic-level human.

A moment later, Jiang Chen flew into the sky, waved his hand, and a spaceship appeared in front of him, its body a mixture of black and silver.

It wasn't the spaceship Jiang Chen used to own, but a C9-class alloy spaceship he purchased as a backup.

With Jiang Chen's financial resources, purchasing a C9 alloy spaceship would be a simple matter.

At this moment, the Heilongshan spaceship is parked at the spaceship docking port on Canglan Star.

After entering the control room with two bodyguards, Jiang Chen immediately gave the following instructions:

"Activate maximum range detection of the boundary within the boundary."

"Yes, Master," the spaceship's built-in intelligent system replied respectfully.

Spaceships are equipped with their own detection systems. For example, when a space adventure spaceship arrives at a certain planet...

It can scan and explore the general situation of the entire planet in a short period of time.

However, this detection is very rough, only detecting the approximate population, some powerful energy reactions, and so on.

Anything slightly more complex will not be detected.

Of course, the range will be very wide. For example, the detection range of this spacecraft has reached a diameter of 10 kilometers.

While probes like those of Hill and Babata, though limited to a range of only 10 or 20 kilometers, can detect a planet's mineral composition, human strength, suit level, brain capacity, and other details, making their detection extremely detailed.

"Master, there are 38929 humans within the detection range," the spaceship's AI immediately reported.

Jiang Chen nodded slightly and asked, "Very good, how many teams will we be divided into?"

"One team has 12000 people, another team has a total of 20000 people, and yet another team has 6929 people," the spaceship's AI said respectfully.

At the same time, the virtual screen quickly split into three views, each recording the approximate status of one of the three teams.

"Okay, let's go!"

"Go and deal with the largest team, and seize the spatial storage device of the leader of those 2 people!"

Jiang Chen immediately gave the order, and the spaceship activated its stealth mode, quickly flying towards the team from high altitude.

Then, after approaching the edge of this 20000-person force, the spaceship was put away, and the group cautiously advanced towards it.