Zerg Lord of the Devouring Stars

Inside the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Relic Site.

This is a black hall with a hemispherical ceiling. The entire hall is several hundred square meters in size, and beams of dreamlike light shine down from the ceiling, making the whole hall appear like a dream.

This dreamlike radiance enveloped Jiang Chen for more than a minute without stopping.

"XX, XX, XX..." A rhythmic, piercing sound suddenly echoed throughout the dark hall.

Jiang Chen looked down at his communicator watch. The software was on, and a voice came from the watch: "Alarm, alarm, alarm..."

"Just as I thought, my talent as a mentalist has caused this ruin to undergo special changes, just like Luo Feng's..."

The dreamlike, colorful light that enveloped Jiang Chen suddenly disappeared. At the same time, crystal ropes, each as thick as a finger, shot down rapidly from the hemispherical ceiling of the black hall. More than a hundred crystal ropes moved like lightning, so fast that even Jiang Chen, the invincible war god, couldn't react in time.

In the blink of an eye, the crystal ropes moved at an incredible speed, instantly wrapping around and entangling Jiang Chen, turning him into a "zongzi" (a type of Chinese rice dumpling).

"Give it a try." More than a dozen blades flew out of Jiang Chen's backpack and cut into the crystal rope, making a piercing sound, but the crystal rope was completely unharmed.

This is the power of ancient civilization relics, this is the power of Meteorite Star!

With Jiang Chen's current strength, unless it's a Beast King, even ordinary King-level monsters wouldn't dare to stand still and let Jiang Chen cut them down.

At this moment, streams of light emanated from each of the crystal-clear ropes binding Jiang Chen, rapidly traveling towards the top of the black hall through the ropes themselves.

This process lasted for about 30 seconds, after which all the crystal ropes suddenly and rapidly retracted, merging back into the ceiling and disappearing.

"XXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX..." A long string of words echoed throughout the dark hall.

Jiang Chen looked down at his communication watch.

Complex text appeared on the communication watch screen, along with a message in Chinese: "Congratulations, your brain span is 30, which is greater than 18. You are qualified to enter the 'Elite Channel' of this trial base. This is the first time in five thousand years that the Elite Channel has been opened. Please wait 15 minutes."

"Just as I thought, then let's wait and see." Jiang Chen was not in a hurry at all, and simply sat cross-legged on the ground, waiting quietly.

The entire No. 9 ancient civilization ruins not only have the A-type and B-type passages, but also an elite passage. However, none of the mentalists from Earth who came here have a brain span exceeding 18, so their strength is too weak and they have been unable to open it.

Time passed second by second...

Jiang Chen waited silently.

"XXXXXXX..." A series of words echoed again in the black hall, while the walls of the hall began to tremble slowly.

Jiang Chen looked down at his communication watch, which displayed a message: "Please enter the elite channel."

Raise your head and look ahead.

A deep, bottomless black passage has appeared on the walls of the black hall, with complex text beside it, which looks very similar to a certain text displayed on the watch.

It should be the words "Elite Channel".

"Learning the universal language also needs to be put on the agenda, otherwise we'll still have to use translation software when we go to space, and people will look down on us." Jiang Chen thought casually as he slowly walked into the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins, the elite passage that had not been opened for five thousand years.

"The elite pathway looks pretty long, never mind..."

Jiang Chen leaped upwards, and the Sky Shuttle appeared beneath his feet. His movement speed suddenly increased, and he quickly traversed the passage.

Finally, things changed, and a series of branching paths appeared before Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen rode the Sky Shuttle, wielding a dark gold spear, and casually chose a path to pass through, continuing forward.

After a while, nine more paths appeared in front of him. Jiang Chen was no longer interested and randomly chose one of them to continue forward.

……

At this moment, in a side path about 300 meters away from Jiang Chen, a blurry black shadow seeped out from the side path wall where black tree roots were intertwined. After a moment, as if water droplets were falling, the black shadow also dripped down and landed on the ground of the side path. It gradually solidified and turned into a black-robed person wearing a silver-gray mask.

The same thing happened in the other side roads. In the nine side roads in front of Jiang Chen and the nine side roads behind him, a total of 18 men in black robes began to gather in Jiang Chen's direction along the side roads.

These men in black robes wore silver-gray masks and had green pupils. Their eyes were filled with undisguised killing intent as they looked at Jiang Chen.

These black-robed figures are manifestations of these relics. They have a robotic feel to them and cannot be compromised or communicated with. The only way to deal with them is to kill them!

"Rush!"

boom!

Jiang Chen rode the Sky-Piercing Shuttle, holding a dark gold spear in one hand, and transformed into a golden phantom as he rushed forward.

Twelve curved blades flew through the air, slicing through the air like streaks of light, and directly struck the first black-robed man who rushed into the passage. The black-robed man let out a low roar, and his hands, clad in silver-gray gloves, actually met the blades head-on, attempting to block their astonishing speed.

"Pfft!" A deep sound, the impact of each blade exceeding 50 kilograms, twelve blades simultaneously acted on the black-robed man.

Before the man in black could react, he was blasted into dust by this terrifying power.

Jiang Chen did not stop at all, continuing to kill enemies with his blade while using his dark gold spear to stab at the approaching black-robed men.

A dense barrage of gunfire enveloped the approaching black-robed figures, while simultaneously, blades traveling at more than ten times the speed of sound shot towards each of them.

After killing about half of them, Jiang Chen fled the scene while dealing with them.

"It's not worth fighting them. Not only is there no reward, but it will also consume a lot of your energy."

"Get rid of them directly."

Jiang Chen rode the Sky Shuttle, surpassing the speed of the group of black-robed men. With the help of the complex passageways, he easily escaped them.

"Those eighteen men in black robes are too troublesome. Each of them is comparable to a peak War God. Moreover, the gloves they wear are also very strange. They can all block the attack of the Sky-Piercing Shuttle blades."

With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Chen continued forward through the dazzling passage.

At the spot where Jiang Chen had fought, the eight black-robed figures were still there. The dismembered corpses of the dead black-robed figures were scattered on the ground of the passage. Suddenly, as if melting, the dismembered corpses slowly merged into the ground and disappeared. The bodies of the eight surviving black-robed figures became ethereal, turning into blurry black shadows and merging into the ground.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, things finally changed when we reached a fork in the road.

"Whoosh..."

Like rain, beams of transparent light shot down from the sky, instantly forming a crystal house five meters high, eight meters long and wide, and nine centimeters thick, enveloping Jiang Chen inside.

Whoosh!

A series of streaks of light flew out, and 13 blades struck the crystal house, but there was no change, only a slight tremor.

"Hmm? It is indeed very hard." Jiang Chen nodded slightly.

"XXXXXX..." A mysterious voice echoed in the crystal room for a long time.

Jiang Chen was overjoyed. This ancient civilization relic had finally spoken! He glanced down at his communication watch, and the translation software immediately translated the long message—

"Elite Apprentice Jiang Chen, your death mission for assessment has officially begun!"

"During this time, you will receive food and water supplies."

"On the walls of the assessment chamber are engraved the 312 basic techniques of the 'Master of Control' spiritual mastery. By learning these 312 techniques, you will have the opportunity to break through this assessment chamber."

The walls of this semi-transparent crystal room are covered with a large number of intricate carvings of various kinds, including more than three hundred human figures, accompanied by textual descriptions of ancient relics, making it look incredibly complex.

"Mission objective: Break through the assessment chamber within three years!"

"If the secret chamber cannot be broken within three years, it is considered a failure."

"Failure means death!"

Locked in the room, Jiang Chen had only one thought at that moment—

"Wait a minute, shouldn't I be considered an illusionist? Why am I being given the basic secrets of a mind control master? Shouldn't they be teaching me the basic secrets of a mind control illusionist?"

Jiang Chen glanced at the crystal house and immediately understood that illusions only work on beings with souls and cannot penetrate a crystal house.

It's also possible that the assessments for mentalists and illusionists are too difficult, and this place is just the most basic testing ground, which has remained unchanged for tens of thousands of years, making it impossible to conduct the actual tests.

Jiang Chen's eyes were bright and piercing as he scanned the pictures and words of the secret manuals on the crystal wall.

"brush!"

Jiang Chen pressed a button on his communication watch, as if taking a photo or video, capturing numerous pictures and texts on the crystal wall. The images and text were then translated into Chinese using translation software. Twenty minutes later, a complete set of the Master's secret manual, "Basic 312 Styles," was finished.

"Begin your training!"

Jiang Chen concentrated and began practicing the mental technique "Basic 312 Forms".