My health recovery is incredibly fast.

In Little Golden Bauhinia's eyes, Kamashiberian is "ingredients" waiting to ferment, while creatures including humans and otherworldly beings are "tiny creatures that ferment food."

However, in the descriptions of the Tamir civilization, the fusion planet was a biocatalytic site that fused the remains of many organisms and interstellar races together. All the "microorganisms" were themselves "ingredients waiting to ferment," and the final product of the fusion should be a new race that carried the characteristics of the remains of different organisms and interstellar races.

Little Golden Bauhinia believes that the result of "fermentation" is to turn the corpses of the Starry Sky races into something that can be used by higher-level Starry Sky demons.

In fact, the purpose of merging planets is to create new races, integrate them into the Sagumar Universe Empire, and finally allow the new races to spread their characteristics to other races through intermarriage with existing races.

Integration and marriage are two ways for the Saguma Universe Empire to strengthen itself. The other way is to encourage the unbridled use of supernatural arts and strengthen the supernatural void in the center of the empire.

Chapter 72 The Belated Mission

Visiting the Creation Crystal… no, I should say, visiting the Tamir civilization's stealth flagship was the best thing Xia Zuo did today, without a doubt.

The path forward is already very clear.

Defeat Vasaksat, break through the galactic stasis membrane, and then pilot the special operations stealth flagship away from this dangerous place.

Vasaksat's weaknesses and the method of piloting the special operations stealth flagship have all been transmitted to Shazo's mind by the cheat code.

The Golden Finger also formally introduced itself:

It is one of the sub-modules of this flagship, and its purpose is to select suitable hosts from the merging planet, guide the hosts to become an indispensable force on the planet, and help the flagship purify the planet.

As for why the cheat code didn't guide the host to contact the Genesis Crystal when Xia Zuo first stepped into the Genesis Hall, the cheat code didn't reveal the reason.

After listening to the Golden Finger's self-introduction, Xia Zuo received his first mission from the Golden Finger:

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[Mission Name] Leave the Boytan System

【Task Requirements】

The mission is considered a success if the stasis membrane of the Boitan galaxy is successfully breached by any means.

The host will be rewarded at different levels based on the mission path taken, the time taken, the number of alien demons killed, and the number of battle merits recorded by the special operations stealth ship at the end of the mission.

[Quest Path #1: The Hide-and-Seek Newbie]

Piloting a special operations stealth ship to hide on other planets, using the ship's stealth properties to survive for 982 years, and leaving the system during the next stasis membrane self-check.

This path has a success rate of 23%.

Defeating all the aliens known to be aware of the existence of the special operations stealth ships will increase the success rate of this route.

[Mission Path #2: Resolute Anti-Magic Defender]

Eliminate all the alien demons on the current planet, paralyze [Saguma's Ancient Obsession] with the purification crystal, create an alien purification legion, pilot a special operations stealth ship to other planets, paralyze all [Saguma's Ancient Obsession] before Vasaksat arrives, and finally escape the malfunctioning galactic stasis membrane.

This path has a success rate of 15%.

By doing everything in its power to eliminate all known aliens aware of the ship's existence, and after the temple breaks free from the August family's control, the host can fully control the creation process of the purification crystals and accelerate their production, thus increasing the success rate of this path.

[Mission Path #3: Deadly Ambush]

Following the path of mission number 2, paralyze all [Saguma's Ancient Obsession], kill the greatly weakened Vasaksat, and take Vasaksat's Anomalous Core away from this system.

This path has a success rate of 2%.

[Quest 4 Path: Hidden]

The task path details are unknown, but the success rate is 100% once triggered.

[Task Rewards]

Select mission path 1 to complete the mission and you will automatically become a regular crew member of the Special Operations Stealth Flagship.

Select mission path 2 to complete the mission and you will automatically become a special operations operative in the stealth flagship of the special operations force.

Select mission path 3 to complete the mission and you will automatically become a special operations military officer in the stealth flagship of the special operations force.

Triggering mission path 4 and completing the mission will automatically make you the bridge commander of the special operations stealth flagship.

Once a host becomes a special operations military officer or higher-ranking crew member, they can unlock and learn about their own time travel process.

The higher the mission score, the more detailed the time travel information will be unlocked.

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The four mission paths correspond to four different ship crew identities.

The higher the crew member's rank, the more details Xia Zuo can learn about the time travel.

Considering that the cheat code could grant Level 12 access to the special operations stealth flagship, Xia Zuo quickly connected the cheat code with the special operations stealth ship and roughly reconstructed his time travel process.

It's simply the story of a naive young man from an information-civilized planet who is forcibly conscripted by the Tamir civilization to become a tool for invading the Saguma Universe Empire.

In his previous life, Xia Zuo had read many transmigration novels featuring characters with systems who engaged in thrilling battles in other worlds.

Xia Zuo's experiences are similar to those of a protagonist in a wish-fulfillment novel, but there are also some differences.

The biggest difference between the two is:

The cheat system didn't directly tell him what his purpose in transmigrating was; it basically assisted Xia Zuo in improving his strength by letting him grow on his own.

The only guidance the Golden Finger gave him was to lead him into the Temple and make him a part of it, instead of him being discovered by the Blood Demon Kaluowuqi on the Western Continent and falling into the hands of the Otherworldly Demons at a young age.

Thinking carefully about the relationship between the mission score and unlocking the time travel data mentioned in the mission details, Xia Zuo felt that his time travel process might not be as simple as he thought, and there seemed to be some more complex cause-and-effect relationship.

He doesn't yet know the exact causal relationship, but one thing is certain:

His time travel is definitely related to the captain of the special operations stealth flagship.

The captain is offline, and the details of mission path #4 are hidden. The mission path details are unknown, but the success rate is 100% once triggered!

Mission path #4 offers the highest chance of obtaining crew status, the highest mission score, and the most detailed unlocked travel information.

By piecing together a series of clues, it's not difficult to draw the following conclusion:

Find the captain who is offline, bring them back online, and command the special operations stealth ship. You can get the highest score and the best rewards. Maybe the captain himself is the whole story of Xia Zuo's time travel.

An absurd yet logical idea popped into Xia Zuo's mind.

Could he himself be the captain of this special operations stealth ship?

The identity you can obtain by completing mission path #4 is: Bridge Commander, which is the full title of the captain.

The captain is currently offline.

So if Xia Zuo really is the offline captain, then the trigger condition for mission path 4 might not be finding the missing captain, but rather having Xia Zuo find a way to become the captain.

The triggering conditions for Mission Path 4 clearly cannot be deduced using the [Spacetime Phase Simulator]—according to the cheat code, this system's ability to predict the future originates from the flagship. The spacetime laws possessed by Xia Zuo were also provided by the flagship, and their strength is roughly equal to the duration of the flagship's presence on this planet.

If the Creation Smoke is not dispelled and the higher-ups of the Otherworldly Church do not board the Flesh and Blood Ship and take off, then mission routes 1, 2, and 3 are the preferred options.

Now, Xia Zuo can only hope that the bombs he planted on the flesh-and-blood spaceship will detonate successfully, killing all the high-ranking members of the Otherworldly Church who escaped the planet. Only in this way can the existence of the flagship be prevented from being revealed by the Otherworldly beings.

If we're talking about which mission route is the safest, then it's undoubtedly mission route number 4.

A 100% mission success rate means a 100% success rate in escaping the planet, with absolutely no need to worry about casualties.

How do I activate quest route #4?

Xia Zuo pondered for nearly three minutes, recalling several very unique future timelines.

In the timelines from [Future.91] to [Future.99], "Xia Zuo" lived a truly laid-back life, retiring to a remote city in the Silver Moon Federation. Apart from reading, alchemy, and practicing spells, he did nothing else unusual.

After the creation smoke was dispelled, these "Xia Zuo" in the future timeline continued to live a life of idleness and did not react at all to the star monsters in the sky—of course, he still took necessary self-protection measures, such as hiding in a pre-dug hole and becoming a coward who did not care about the outside world.

In these future timelines, "Xia Zuo" all share a similar ending: they remain hidden underground, trapped in an incredibly long slumber.

When Xia Zuo first looked at these future timelines, he found them absurd because the events that occurred in these future timelines were completely unlike anything he could do.

But now that he has accessed the Genesis Crystal through the cheat code, Xia Zuo gradually realizes that the [Future.9x] timeline is unusual and he must find some time to take a good look at it.

Xia Zuo brought up the control panel of the cheat code and looked at it. Half an hour had passed since he touched the Genesis Crystal.

He then switched to the perspectives of several blood element servants to observe the situation around the world.

Protected by the vine-covered dome and the primordial smoke, Starry Night City remained unscathed. The Starry Night Demons descending from the sky unanimously avoided the smoke-shrouded city and chased after Xia Zuo's special forces team towards the southern ocean.

The Temple Territory was in utter chaos.

After the August family took away the most important members of the temple, the Mystic Guild immediately ran into trouble.

The Arcane Guild relies heavily on intelligence provided by the August family, and predictions from Bovaru often form the basis for the Arcane Guild's decision-making.

With the departure of the August family and the commanders of the Arcane Guild, the entire Temple army lost its leader and fell into chaos.

When news spread that the August family was piloting an alchemical spaceship, the powerful sorcerers, who only obeyed orders, were transformed into a group of villains who took advantage of the situation to rob nobles and extort their wealth, led by their unscrupulous superior officers.

They wouldn't be violating the temple's laws by doing this, because the higher-ranking officers would first use the pretext that the case involved demons to detain the noble members, and then, under the pretext of further investigating the demons' whereabouts, take away all their property.

In the past, under the supervision of the Witcher School and the Inquisition, such an absurd thing would not have happened.

But now, the judges of the Inquisition have left with the August family. Although the Demon Hunters have not abandoned the planet, they are short-handed and busy dealing with the invading alien demons, unable to spare the attention to deal with the evil sorcerers.

Seeing the chaos in the temple territory escalating, Xia Zuo knew he had to put the Creation Crystal back into the Creation Hall as soon as possible.

He severed his connection with the Creation Crystal and reappeared directly above it.

He took out a spell scroll, tore off the seal, and poured in attribute-free energy. A dazzling white light appeared in Xia Zuo's hand.

At the same time, in the Hall of Creation, Rexor and the Faceless Vest arrived with a large group of Temple Mages.

Master Lemon, an expert in energy ripples, directs his students to set up a magic array; Adanavados and Master Tiger join forces to place a new crystal base in the original location of the Creation Crystal, preparing for the impact of the teleportation of the Creation Crystal; Shazor's faceless vest, along with Merlindora, constructs a protective barrier to safeguard the Hall of Creation.

The orderly work proceeded swiftly. Xia Zuo silently calculated the time, and after Master Lemon finished setting up the teleportation array, he suddenly increased the energy output in his hands, exerting all his strength to activate the teleportation spell on the magic scroll.

Ten minutes later, when the figure of the Starry Sky Demon appeared in the sky above the crater, the light of the teleportation spell barely covered the Creation Crystal.

The next second, Master Lemon activated the teleportation array in the Hall of Creation.

The Creation Crystal transformed into white light and entered the spell scroll. In an instant, it emerged from Master Lemon's teleportation array and slammed into the hall floor like a heavy hammer.

Everyone watched the Genesis Crystal fall with bated breath, only letting out a long sigh of relief when it was firmly supported by the crystal base.

Thus, the Creation Crystal successfully returned to its place after briefly leaving the Hall of Creation.

The volcano erupted again, spewing thick black smoke.

Xia Zuo flew out of the volcano, casually controlled several Starry Sky Demons that were wandering around, and threw them into the black smoke.

Xia Zuo smiled with satisfaction as he watched the Starry Sky Demon turn to ashes in the smoke.