Swallowing the Stars: The Puzzle of Everything!

Chapter 8 Encounter with a Slave Fleet

Perseus quickly obtained Nolan's blood.

He then retreated back into the lab and repeated the puzzle-solving process he had been working on before.

Three months later.

"It's a success!"

Perseus raised his hand, revealing a card with a blue background and gold patterns. On the front of the card was a six-armed, snake-tailed figure with wings on its back, looking up with a smile, its long, bluish-white hair fluttering in the wind.

[One-Star Creature Card - Windcatcher Lv7]

[Introduction: A half-elf race that chases freedom and the raging winds, skilled at harnessing the wind and possessing exceptional talent in speed]

[Note: This bloodline can elevate the level of life genes, with a high probability of giving birth to innate secret techniques.]

The card eventually transformed into a dazzling cyan orb of light, which spun continuously and emitted an extremely rich aura of wind.

Half-elf?

Nolan, having completed the transformation, waved his hand somewhat awkwardly, seemingly uncomfortable, but in reality, he was extremely satisfied with his new talent.

That's right, he also has two talents.

One is "Flowing Wind," which can increase flight speed by 1%, boosting the power of wind-attribute secret techniques and instantly increasing flight speed to 3 times the original speed. As the understanding of the laws of wind deepens, the enhancement rate of secret techniques will also increase.

The remaining talent is called "Seal".

This is an extremely special talent. It can be used to adjust one's physical body and soul aura through sealing power, and can also be used to restrict opponents in battle.

Perseus was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

"Has your soul not changed?"

Nolan nodded. "No."

"Your bloodline modification must have affected your soul because of your talent. After all, I've never heard Lord Wayne mention that concept before. But with the sealing power, even a strong person wouldn't be able to detect my disguise."

"Perseus, human methods are no longer able to identify us. Should we leave Kungula immediately?"

Perseus immediately gave him a half-smile.

"You're leaving? I thought you were having so much fun and wouldn't want to go!"

"What's there to be reluctant about? You can't really let go here, with those weaklings..."

As he spoke, Nolan let out a long sigh, but soon his eyes sharpened again.

"Perseus, make your move!"

"You need murderous intent. Billions of lives should be enough to support your talent for a long time. Most importantly, we don't need to give up this readily available resource just because we're soft-hearted."

Perseus clearly thought so too.

When the Secret Pattern Flying Tower took off again, the first thing he did was unleash the Chaotic Heavenly Fire, which, like a raging torrent, instantly ignited the entire planet Kungula.

Flames surged, and countless malevolent intents converged into the lines between his brows.

Perseus's gaze grew ever more profound, devoid of sorrow or joy. He sat high on his spiritual platform, wielding the power of three thousand calamities, capable of overturning the world with a single thought.

But who cares?

This universe has never paid attention to the cries of ants; even its own kind can be enslaved, let alone him and humanity... they will always be mortal enemies!

"Let's go!"

"Nolan, your life gene level has reached 12 times. 10 times the gene level is considered a special life form. With your current talent, breaking through to the cosmic level is not difficult. We need to find a place to obtain human... no, I should say citizenship."

The Secret Pattern Flying Tower finally disappeared into the horizon.

About half a month after Perseus and Nolan disappeared, a ship marked with a whirlwind symbol arrived on Kungula and paused for a moment, facing the dark earth below.

"The planet has been destroyed?"

"Whether they are alien races or slave traders... never mind, it doesn't matter. Continue to search all the planets and make sure to capture the remnants of those alien races."

……

Fenglan Universe Country.

In a desolate asteroid belt within the Gray Calamity Starfield, six months have passed since the mass extinction of life on the planet Kungula.

"This is it!"

Perseus activated the intelligent light brain. "According to the information gathered by the race, this area is extremely chaotic. It contains not only space pirates from the Gray Evil Empire, but also wanted criminals from several surrounding empires, and even alien races. Because of the scarcity of resources, the Gray Evil Empire is too lazy to send people to encircle and suppress them."

Nolan frowned upon hearing this.

He looked at the information displayed on the screen in front of him, his gaze falling on the top few names among the space pirates on one side.

"Cosmic level ninth rank, cosmic level seventh rank... Even if we have already broken through to the cosmic level, isn't it a bit too risky to take action against these guys who lick blood from the edge of a knife?"

Combat isn't just about genes, talents, or secret techniques.

Due to the lack of inheritance within their clan, over the centuries, their combined strength has only reached around 20 times. Furthermore, their secret techniques were acquired from humans and are not well-suited to their own abilities.

In this situation, it might be able to deal with ordinary fourth or fifth-order cosmic-level beings, but dealing with seventh or eighth-order cosmic-level beings...

"What are you afraid of?"

Perseus looked confident. He still had a domain he hadn't revealed yet, and he could completely overcome the gap in power and combat skills by using his domain.

"When I said I was confident in dealing with these space pirates, I meant it, as long as not all of them swarm in at once... Huh?"

Perseus had been speaking confidently, asserting his ability to deal with eighth- or even ninth-level cosmic-level beings, but then abruptly stopped.

Nolan then followed his gaze.

In the dim starry sky ahead, several unknown spaceships suddenly appeared in a pocket shape and rushed toward the Secret Pattern Tower, with terrifying cannon fire brewing at their muzzles.

"Number 1, get out of the way!"

The flying tower, covered in secret patterns, flew diagonally to one side under intelligent control, narrowly avoiding several laser beams.

Perseus and Nolan then acted swiftly, issuing orders for a counterattack.

However, they did not use an interstellar orbital cannon, but a relatively special attack method called the Secret Pattern Flying Tower, which can use a strong magnetic field to interfere with the ship's intelligence and force it to shut down.

As it turned out, the other side used the same type of tactic.

A piercing noise erupted in both cabins, and finally, the two groups, who had met by chance, saw each other face to face in the starry sky.

……

"One is a snake-man, and... is this the Fire Cloud Clan?"

Dozens of figures at the Eternal Star level surrounded them from above, below, left, and right, while the expression of the gray-bearded burly man in front changed several times.

"Seeing a Mystic-Patterned Flying Tower here, I thought it was some alien race. I didn't expect you to be two lone Star-level beings. But since you're here, why don't you two go and sit on Boss Kowa's ship? What do you say?"

Perseus and Nolan exchanged a glance.

"Are you sure it's them?"

"They started by using a strong magnetic field to attack people; their purpose was definitely to capture them. And this 'boss'... he's basically an unlicensed slave trader."

"Shall we get started?"

"We've encountered a Class C slave ship here, and the manager is just a third-tier cosmic-level slave trader. With these ships, at least we can now legally enter human-inhabited planets!"

Soon, both of them looked away.

Before the gray-bearded giant could react, Nolan instantly removed the thin seals used to disguise the two men, unleashing their cosmic-level power. One charged towards dozens of star-level thugs, while the other took out a crimson spear from his world ring, igniting it and sweeping it towards the gray-bearded giant.