The Northern Cross planet was a human civilization. The Northern Cross humans were exceptionally sensitive to energy, leading to extraordinarily rapid technological advancements.
Even without scientific instruments, through rigorous training, Northern Cross humans could achieve extremely precise energy sensing and manipulation—a powerful innate ability unmatched by the Water Planet's Star Humans.
Leveraging this exceptional talent, the Northern Cross civilization simultaneously developed technology and explored human mastery of energy. Through genetic modification and other technologies, they produced exceptionally powerful warriors whose individual combat abilities were so high that some could even bring down spacecraft.
Over two hundred years, the Northern Cross humans successively launched three massive space fleets into the depths of space to search for new habitable planets and expand the boundaries of their civilization.
However,
The universe is vast. Even with faster-than-light travel technology, the Northern Cross civilization still had to spend vast amounts of time traveling.
Over two hundred years, all three deep-space exploration fleets had vanished without a trace, and the Northern Cross planet's enthusiasm for outward exploration gradually cooled.
In contrast, their warrior system grew increasingly powerful. Coupled with breakthroughs in advanced technology, the Northern Cross planet had a profound abundance of powerful individuals.
Here, martial arts flourished—or rather, cosmic martial arts. The middle-aged man outside the canyon was a cosmic warrior, or perhaps a cosmic martial artist.
His name was Richter, a veteran of the Cosmic Fleet's warrior corps, possessing considerable combat experience and the strength to cleave mountains.
Upon detecting the draining of the planet's life force, he decisively entered the valley, without hesitation, seeking out the source of the life force drain and preparing to eliminate it.
No mercy.
Life force was a planet's most crucial energy source. As a warrior of the corps, Richter wouldn't allow anyone or anything to harm the Northern Cross planet in this way.
Soon,
Richter followed the trail of the draining life force to a vast expanse of bacterial mats. Before the mats stood a young girl.
Bang!
The moment their eyes met, Richter instantly drew his blade. A cold, sharp gleam flashed from the polished blade as he unleashed a powerful strike at the bacterial mats.
Richter instantly recognized the mats as the source of the life force drain. Whether the young girl was the mastermind or not was inconsequential; his actions spoke for themselves.
Boom!
The ferocious strike hurtled toward the bacterial mats, but shattered mid-flight. Richter's eyes narrowed, a wave of intense killing intent washing over him. He instantly tore through the air, his figure flashing, appearing before Mei and delivering a devastating blow.
Anything that impeded his destruction of the bacterial mats was an enemy of the planet. Richter made the most immediate judgment, delivering a swift, decisive, and lethal blow to Mei.
However,
Mei didn't even flinch. Richter felt himself momentarily frozen. Immense star energy surged forth, firmly binding his body.
Richter felt the terrifying star energy, his pupils constricting. For the first time, he experienced true fear, exclaiming in astonishment, "Who… who are you…?"
Hum—
The star energy vibrated. Before Richter could finish speaking, his body was utterly obliterated by the star energy, leaving no trace. Mei withdrew her attention, her gaze falling upon the bacterial mats.
Thump thump!
The bacterial mats voraciously absorbed the Northern Cross planet's life force, pulsating like a contracting membrane. Under Mei's control, the entire planet's life force was being extracted.
Compared to the Water Planet, the Northern Cross planet possessed a far greater and purer life force. The bacterial mats, after absorbing this life force, immediately began producing Star Beast spores.
Producing high-level Star Beast spores required a colossal amount of life force. Wasting a planet's life force on low-level Star Beasts was incredibly inefficient.
Pop!
The bacterial mats spewed forth countless low-level Star Beast spores, which Mei instantly drained of their life force, recycling it all back into the mats.
"Ooh?"
Shiro had just prepared to feast, only to find the Star Beast spores vanished.
Mei explained, "Producing low-level Star Beast spores is pointless. It's better to recycle this life force until we cultivate high-level Star Beasts."
Producing high-level Star Beasts was a matter of probability, something Mei couldn't control. However, she could control the efficient use of life force, avoiding waste on low-level Star Beasts.
The following day,
The bacterial mats, seemingly satiated, having absorbed sufficient life force from the Northern Cross planet, finally began mass-producing Level 5 Star Beast spores.
"Mass-producing" meant only five or six at a time. Mei tossed five spores toward Shiro, who immediately rushed over and devoured them.
"Ooh."
However,
After consuming the five Level 5 Star Beast spores, Mei only felt an insignificant increase in her power; there was no change on the status screen.
Her Star Spirit level remained at LV11.
Mei realized that her and Shiro's life levels were too high; Level 5 Star Beast spores couldn't provide them with significant upgrades.
"A pity."
This deviated from the original plan. To maximize the upgrade process, using low-level Star Beast spores to push Shiro's level to its limit before completing the Upgrade Task—this would require far more life force than the Northern Cross planet could provide.
Higher-level Star Beasts required exponentially more life force to produce. The Northern Cross planet couldn't sustain such massive consumption.
Therefore, Mei abandoned the path of maximizing efficiency for upgrades, focusing her resources on cultivating higher-level Star Beasts to complete the Upgrade Tasks as quickly as possible.
After all,
She couldn't determine how long she could remain in this mission world, nor could she predict whether she'd find another habitable planet.
Mei then resumed her farming mode, clapping her hands to erect an invisible energy barrier outside the valley, preventing any interference.
Pop!
A Level 5 Star Beast spore was ejected by the bacterial mats, only to be drained of its life force by Mei and recycled back into the mats for further gestation.
Thus,
Ten days later,
Nourished by the pure life force of the Northern Cross planet, the bacterial mats finally produced the first Level 6 Star Beast spore, which Shiro promptly devoured.
[Upgrade Task 6・Complete]
[Star Beast Level Up]
[Star Beast・LV12⬆]
[Star Spirit・LV12⬆]
Instantly, the star energy ocean surged violently. Mei's Star Spirit lifeform leaped to a new level of unprecedented power.
Rumble!
The earth trembled violently before returning to calm. Mei suppressed the overflowing power, the star energy ocean churning. Her perception and control radius expanded rapidly, reaching 2 light-years.
Star Spirits are innately capable of controlling star energy. Since the vast majority of energy in the cosmos is star energy, this means that within their range of perception, Star Spirits possess almost absolute power.
Through matter-energy conversion, Mei can easily condense and transform star energy into any material, creating almost anything in the universe.
She could create planets, stars, even neutron stars—only black holes remain beyond her current creative abilities.
With each level increase, Mei's range of control expands rapidly, meaning she can control greater amounts of star energy and wield more power.
A radius of 2 light-years is immense. While unable to breach the Fusion Star System's planetary shell, it far exceeds the distance to the farthest planet within the system.
Within a 2 light-year radius, Mei can instantly travel to any location within her range of perception using the star energy ocean as a medium.
At LV11, Mei could already propel an entire star system to faster-than-light speeds. Similarly, she could easily reach and surpass the speed of light herself.
Theoretically, as an object approaches the speed of light, its mass increases immensely. This means Mei's attacks possess immense destructive power.
Even a small object, accelerated to the speed of light, could easily pierce a star and destroy an entire star system.
This fragile world was thinner than paper to her. She had no interest in childish games with others; she only wanted to farm.
Meanwhile,
[Main Mission・Phase Three・Complete]
[Reward Received: 2000 points]
[Main Mission・Phase Four: You have sufficiently proven your strength. To pursue the truth, you must now become a Starkiller.]
[Mission Reward: 1000 points]
By efficiently utilizing the Northern Cross planet's life force and eliminating countless Star Beast spores, Mei completed Phase Three of the Main Mission.
It was fortunate that Phase Four could still be pursued; she was genuinely curious how long this world would allow her to remain.
The bacterial mats had been transferred to the Northern Cross planet, preventing the Void Wanderers on the Water Planet from discovering the ultimate truth behind the Star Beasts and completing their mission.
Mei didn't believe the system would allow them to remain in this mission world indefinitely.
Pop!
The bacterial mats produced a Level 6 Star Beast spore, which Mei immediately destroyed, recycling the life force back into the mats.
"Ooh… Ooh…"
After consuming a Level 6 Star Beast spore, Shiro's personality seemed to have shifted. It acted like it had consumed a poisonous mushroom, bobbing its head smugly and playfully around, humming to itself.
...
While Mei diligently cultivated high-level Star Beasts, chaos erupted on both the Water Planet and the Northern Cross planet—the Northern Cross planet being particularly terrified.
The Venus System's faster-than-light travel only slowed down right before the two star systems began merging, allowing the Northern Cross civilization to observe it.
The Northern Cross observation personnel were utterly shocked. If it had been a faster-than-light fleet, they could have accepted it.
But what was an entire star system hurtling towards them at faster-than-light speed? And what kind of energy and propulsion could move an entire star system at faster-than-light speeds?!
The universe was far more wondrous than they could imagine.
Faced with a civilization capable of relocating an entire star system, the Northern Cross civilization was utterly despairing, anticipating imminent conquest and colonization.
However,
The Water Planet remained inert. Their civilization was far from achieving interstellar travel; even sending people to the moon was a monumental task.
At the same time,
The Water Planet's despair was likely no less than the Northern Cross civilization's. Jayce, however, was completely dumbfounded. This world was utterly insane.
"..."
Luo Changkong stared incredulously at the two suns in the sky, faintly perceiving several massive planets hanging in the heavens. He was speechless in shock.
"What in the world is going on?!"
"Damn it!"
In the Allied Council's high-level meeting, Flashy cursed inwardly, staring at the satellite images of the star system, a bead of cold sweat trickling down his forehead.
About 50 million kilometers from the Water Planet, countless satellites, space stations, and even a spaceport clearly orbited the Northern Cross planet.
They hadn't even dealt with the Star Beasts, and now they were going to fight aliens?
Were Tier 1 world missions this dangerous?
"Everyone,"
The chairman's expression was grave. "As you can see, the Venus System has stopped, but we face an even more serious situation."
...
As the mastermind behind this situation, Mei remained completely unconcerned. The collision of two planetary civilizations was insignificant to her.
Irrelevant.
In the blink of an eye, two years passed.
Pop!
After two years of gestation, the bacterial mats finally produced the first Level 7 Star Beast spore, which Mei tossed to the dozing Shiro.
"Shiro."
"Ooh!"
Shiro suddenly awoke, leaping up and devouring the Level 7 Star Beast spore. The spore transformed into power, flooding Mei's body in an instant, completing the task.
[Upgrade Task 7・Complete]
[Star Beast Level Up]
[Star Beast・LV13⬆]
[Star Spirit・LV13⬆]
Instantly, the star energy surged violently.
The life level increase expanded Mei's range of control again, from a 2 light-year radius to a 10 light-year radius.
While the perception radius only increased fourfold, Mei's ability to manipulate star energy actually increased by a staggering 125 times.
Sensing this immense power, Mei looked down at the Northern Cross planet. Abundant life force remained; cultivating even higher-level Star Beasts was simply a matter of time.
A flash of light appeared.
——
[Item Acquired: Super Active Cells]
[Super Active Cells: Consuming these cells grants unparalleled self-healing abilities; even a single piece of flesh can regenerate.]
——
The items dropped by a Level 7 Star Beast were barely worthwhile, though still useless to Mei, whose self-healing abilities were far more extraordinary.
Suddenly,
Mei's expression turned serious. She looked up into the deep cosmos; an incredibly powerful force had entered her range of perception and was approaching at an alarming speed.
"What's this?"
The powerful force contained a pure destructive intent. It seemed to have detected Mei's presence and directly revealed its hostility.
"Found you!"
Hearing this,
Mei was even more puzzled.
Before Mei could understand the situation, the force materialized before her from the star energy ocean, a fist slamming directly toward her face.
Clearly,
The opponent possessed abilities similar to a Star Spirit.
Boom!
Using the star energy ocean for teleportation and faster-than-light travel was essentially a shortcut, a near-instantaneous movement.
This punch approached infinite speed, possessing immense force. The terrifying power pierced the Northern Cross planet's atmosphere, scattering massive amounts of matter into space.
"A Star Spirit?"
No.
Mei dismissed her assumption. The newcomer could manipulate star energy, but not with the innate talent and instinct of a Star Spirit.
Instead, it felt like the manipulation of a tool, a forced control.
This alone was enough to prove the newcomer wasn't a Star Spirit.
Mei remained unfazed. After sensing the newcomer's power, she felt confident. In terms of strength, she possessed an overwhelming advantage.
Hum—
The star energy vibrated. A humanoid creature with a tail and horns stepped across the cosmic space surrounding the Northern Cross planet as if it were solid ground, its body radiating a furious, destructive aura.
Mei used Psionic abilities to bypass language barriers and directly communicate her thoughts, a small technique she had learned from manual.
"Aren't you going to tell me why you're attacking me?"
"Unnecessary."
The humanoid creature, concealing no killing intent, hurtled toward Mei at near light speed, its full-power attack seeming to threaten the very fabric of space.
"This universe no longer needs Star Spirits!"
Boom!
A light-speed punch tore through the cosmos. The cosmic star energy churned violently, fiercely restraining the humanoid creature's attack.
As if trapped in a swamp, the humanoid's speed rapidly decreased. By the time it reached Mei, it moved at a snail's pace, its control over star energy completely stripped away by Mei.
It seemed this universe, or perhaps this being, had a history with Star Spirits, resulting in immense hostility.
Mei had only been a Star Spirit for a few years, yet this being had traveled across the cosmos to confront her. If an enemy, there would be no mercy.
The humanoid creature, restrained by the star energy, couldn't move, its expression grim. "It's grown to this level so soon after its birth?"
Logically, Star Spirits possessed high combat capabilities from birth, but certainly not to this degree. Their progress had far surpassed expectations.
The star energy within a 10 light-year radius was mobilized. With a mere glance, Mei used the immense star energy to crush the humanoid creature, offering no resistance.
A planet was pierced by the humanoid creature's retreating body, instantly exploding into cosmic dust. With a single blow, terrifying cracks appeared on the humanoid's body.
Giving an enemy a chance to breathe was foolish; even with the upper hand, one should never show mercy in battle.
Mei still had many unanswered questions, but she didn't expect her enemy to kindly provide answers; that would be naive.
Therefore, she attacked with full force, using absolute power to eliminate her opponent as quickly as possible. Her questions might remain unanswered, but her enemy had to die instantly!
Unstoppable!
Irrefutable victory!
The humanoid creature's blood sprayed across space. Quickly deciding to unleash its final power, it gathered all the energy it could muster.
"Star Spirit!"
The humanoid creature roared hoarsely.
However,
Before it could gather its strength for a final blow, a fist, imbued with immense power and speed, struck—a force comparable to a neutron star's light-speed impact.
The cosmos trembled violently.
The star energy within a 10 light-year radius was momentarily depleted, completely drained by Mei's single strike, before replenishing itself.
Boom!
The star energy ocean churned violently, the immense power exploding outward, instantly transforming into brilliant light that flooded the cosmos.
The unleashed star energy erupted in the form of gamma-ray bursts and photon shocks, annihilating all matter in its path.
When the chaos subsided, countless dust clouds and planetary fragments drifted through the star system. Several planets were scorched crimson by the gamma-ray bursts and photon shocks, their surfaces reduced to molten lava.
The humanoid creature's shattered body floated in space, its life force completely extinguished. The battle, from start to finish, was essentially instantaneous.
The Water Planet and Northern Cross civilizations had been completely caught off guard, narrowly escaping annihilation.
"Shiro."
"Ooh!"
Shiro instantly responded, darting through space like a predator, its jaws snapping shut to devour the humanoid creature's remains.
Undeniably, the humanoid creature was a cosmic warrior whose power reached Tier 4 standards—the strongest opponent Mei had faced.
According to Hyperdimensional Space's assessment, possessing explosive star power signifies Tier 4. However, the disparity within Tier 4 is immense; some Tier 4 beings can only unleash explosive star power, while others can instantly destroy everything within several light-years.
Mei currently remained at Tier 4. To reach Tier 5, she would need the power to destroy a galaxy.
[Enhancement Successful]
[Star Beast・LV13.2⬆]
[Star Spirit・LV13.2⬆]
A flash of light appeared before Mei; the humanoid creature had dropped an item, seemingly a Tier 4 item, though unappraised.
[Item Acquired: Cosmic Star Disk]
[Cosmic Star Disk: Summons countless abilities and precious bloodlines from the universe. Using it will randomly grant you a cosmic ability or bloodline.]
Excellent!
Mei's eyes lit up; this item was invaluable. Without hesitation, she used it immediately.
A flash of light.
The Cosmic Star Disk transformed into a beam of light, merging into Mei's body. The acquired ability instantly became an instinct, easily wielded.
[Item Used: Cosmic Star Disk]
[Ability Acquired: Planck Membrane Lifeform]
——
[Planck Membrane Lifeform: A lifeform capable of freely traversing the Planck membrane of the universe. Any three-dimensional spatial barrier is meaningless to it.]
[Description: This ability cannot be upgraded.]
——
A jackpot!
Mei didn't know how rare this ability was among the Cosmic Star Disk's possibilities, but for her, it was incredibly powerful.
If the universe is considered a membrane, then the Planck membrane is another universe. A Planck Membrane Lifeform is innately capable of traversing and traveling between these two cosmic spaces—immensely powerful.
Simply put, the Planck membrane can be considered a different dimensional space. Becoming a Planck Membrane Lifeform allows Mei to freely jump into this other dimension at any time and any place, move within it, and then jump back into this universe.
Any three-dimensional spatial barrier is incapable of hindering this movement. Furthermore, Mei's body has undergone further enhancements.
A Planck Membrane Lifeform is composed of unknown matter. Its strength is such that it can withstand a black hole's pull without injury; its defense is virtually limitless. The only weakness is its immense energy consumption; if energy is depleted, the body becomes vulnerable to attacks of comparable strength.
But Mei doesn't have this weakness. The Star Spirit's innate abilities compensate for the Planck lifeform's shortcomings; unless the star energy is depleted, the Star Spirit's energy is effectively infinite.
"A stroke of luck."
Mei was somewhat surprised.
Having carefully traveled for countless years, she couldn't glean more information from the humanoid creature, but she could make some inferences.
"This universe no longer needs Star Spirits."
Those were the humanoid creature's words. It's likely that this universe once experienced a cataclysmic battle with Star Spirits, and the Star Spirits lost.
The hostility Mei faced might not only come from some cosmic beings but from all civilizations and all non-Star Spirit powerful beings in the universe.
The danger was self-evident.
Consider this: the humanoid creature appeared to eliminate the newly born Star Spirit. If the cosmic force behind it discovered the humanoid's death, what would happen next?
They would undoubtedly try to eliminate the new Star Spirit quickly, never allowing it to grow stronger.
Therefore, Mei's situation is perilous, but she has options. Completing the Main Mission would allow her to return to Hyperdimensional Space.
This would undoubtedly waste the remaining Upgrade Tasks, but becoming a Planck Membrane Lifeform gives Mei another solution.
A healthy planet requires an entire star system to maintain its life force stability. Mei planned to pull the entire Fusion Star System into the Planck membrane.
Mei looked up at the deep cosmos.
"There's still time."
Then,
She teleported back to the Northern Cross planet.
The Northern Cross planet was currently Mei's primary source of life force and couldn't be destroyed. The gamma-ray bursts and photon shocks from the recent battle had been deliberately diverted from the planet.
The Water Planet was only tens of millions of kilometers from the Northern Cross planet; their orbits were close, allowing the Water Planet to narrowly escape.
The Northern Cross planet's atmosphere had been breached, and a small portion of landmass was lost—a devastating blow to the planet.
It wasn't long before Mei returned to the Northern Cross planet. With a thought, she healed the planet's injuries. After confirming the bacterial mats were unharmed, she reached out.
Hum—
A warped spatial rift suddenly tore open in the cosmos above, like a cosmic beast opening its maw, instantly swallowing the entire star system.
The universe was a profound darkness, but the Planck membrane was a void—devoid of celestial bodies, devoid of matter, simply nothingness.
The Fusion Star System drifted alone in this void. After the darkness, the Water Planet and the Northern Cross planet could no longer see the stars.
An hour after Mei vanished with the Fusion Star System into the Planck membrane, an invisible attack followed, striking the central black hole.
Then,
The core exploded with blinding light, the entire star energy ocean churning violently, evaporating and collapsing like a real ocean, triggering a chain reaction affecting celestial bodies within a range of 100,000 light-years.
Celestial bodies disintegrated, their matter consumed. The star energy ocean coalesced into an unimaginably vast bomb.
Like a field of explosives, a single spark would ignite the entire mass, creating a spectacle comparable to the Big Bang.
The galaxy's final, cataclysmic flash would, after countless years, become a faint gleam in other star systems, a tiny point of light in some night sky.
After the final flash, the galaxy ceased to exist.
...
The battle at near light speed, from beginning to end, and the subsequent entry into the Planck membrane, only became apparent to the Water Planet and Northern Cross civilizations afterward.
The gamma-ray bursts and photon shocks hadn't impacted either planet, but the dazzling light show in space was unmistakable and couldn't be overlooked.
Almost at the very moment before entering the Planck membrane, the battle's images, recorded at light speed, reached the two planets' satellites.
The following day.
Water Planet, Allied Council headquarters, meeting room.
A scientist presented a report on the cosmic gamma-ray bursts and photon shocks, concluding with these words:
"According to our calculations, the energy released by these gamma-ray bursts and photon shocks was equivalent to the combined energy of 500 suns. If our planet were to face that energy, it would instantly become a dead star."
"..."
The Allied Council's high-ranking officials and the assembled high-level Starkillers remained silent, feeling insignificant before the immense power of the cosmos.
"Everyone, these are images captured by our satellites. While incredibly unbelievable, we must accept this reality."
With that,
The large screen displayed images from a satellite: brilliant photon shocks scattered across the cosmos. A monochrome image, specially processed, revealed a single black point.
The image rapidly zoomed in, magnified countless times, until the assembled crowd could slowly make out the details. The Starkillers' pupils constricted; someone involuntarily stood up.
"Chairman, that's… a person?!"
His voice was full of disbelief.
"Indeed."
The chairman's expression was grave. "This is the only image our satellite captured. Studies indicate that the epicenter of the gamma-ray burst and photon shock perfectly coincides with this person's location. I think the implications are clear."
This meant the terrifying gamma-ray burst and photon shock were caused by a single individual—a reality beyond comprehension.
A single person could unleash energy equivalent to 500 stars?
This was utterly absurd.
The Starkillers knew the universe was vast, aware that other civilizations existed, but they could never have imagined individual power reaching this level.
The sheer thought was unfathomable.
Lucia and Flashy, both high-level Starkillers, naturally had the clearance to attend such a meeting. As they looked at the figure in the image, their expressions turned increasingly astonished.
That figure… looked familiar.
"Is it her?"
As the figure in the satellite image began to merge with a certain person in her memory, Lucia's worldview was once again shattered.
"Furthermore, negotiations with the Northern Cross civilization regarding the impact of this incident have begun. At their request, we've moved directly to the next phase…"
The Northern Cross planet wasn't faring any better than the Water Planet. The incident's aftermath had caused immense panic, but they faced even more serious problems.
The planet's life force drain was causing rapid environmental degradation. After contact with the Water Planet, they abandoned the idea of colonization.
It was pointless.
The Water Planet's situation was even worse.
"Leader, the planet's life force is accelerating its depletion. If this isn't stopped, the Water Planet will become the Northern Cross planet's future."
"Is the life force still draining from that location?"
"Yes, that valley."
"And the barrier?"
"It remains."
The Northern Cross humans are extremely sensitive to energy. How could they have remained oblivious to the life force drain for so long? It wasn't that they didn't detect it; they couldn't stop it.
They couldn't breach the energy barrier surrounding the valley and could only watch helplessly as their planet's life force continued to drain away.
"Sigh."
The Northern Cross leader looked up at the hazy sky. Despite a cloudless expanse, not a single star was visible. He felt a sense of restraint.
Civilizations struggling for survival always face multiple crises. From a cosmic perspective, they were incredibly small and helpless, yet it was precisely this vulnerability that made their civilization great.
In fact, the energy barrier around the canyon had been briefly breached by the humanoid creature, but Mei quickly restored it. The Northern Cross civilization didn't observe this fleeting moment.
But even if they had, it wouldn't have mattered.
Three years after entering the Planck membrane, the bacterial mats finally produced a Level 8 Star Beast spore. After Shiro devoured it, Mei completed her eighth Upgrade Task.
[Upgrade Task 8・Complete]
[Star Beast Level Up]
[Star Beast・LV14⬆]
[Star Spirit・LV14⬆]
Upgrade Task rewards only grant integer level increases; Mei was well aware of this. Unfortunately, the humanoid creature hadn't allowed Shiro to accumulate more potential. With sufficient potential, Shiro might have reached LV15 during the upgrade.
However, as the level increased, leveling up by two levels became increasingly improbable. Mei had only witnessed this phenomenon at lower levels.
That year, the Water Planet and Northern Cross civilizations fully cooperated strategically, shifting their focus to planetary regeneration technology.
Only by developing sufficiently mature planetary regeneration technology could they restore their planets and create more habitable environments.
The Void Wanderers on the Water Planet were stuck on the final Phase of their Main Mission. The energy barrier over the Great Canyon had vanished, but the bacterial mats below were also gone.
Unable to verify the origin and truth behind the Star Beasts, they couldn't complete their mission. These aimless individuals were utterly lost.
Mei remained indifferent, focusing solely on cultivating high-level Star Beasts, occasionally strolling across the Northern Cross planet to relax.
In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed since entering the Planck membrane.
Pop!
The bacterial mats, having absorbed more than half of the Northern Cross planet's life force, finally produced a Level 9 Star Beast spore—the limit.
The Northern Cross planet's life force was insufficient to gestate higher-level Star Beasts. However, Mei was satisfied with producing a Level 9 spore.
"Shiro."
"Ooh!"
Shiro devoured the spore in one gulp.
[Upgrade Task 9・Complete]
[Star Beast Level Up]
[Star Beast・LV15⬆]
[Star Spirit・LV15⬆]
An LV15 Star Spirit lifeform!
After leveling up twice, Mei's control over star energy expanded to an approximate radius of 1000 light-years—an astronomical distance.
If the galaxy still existed, Mei could locate all habitable planets within a 1000 light-year radius with a single thought. Unfortunately, it was gone.
Even within the Planck membrane, Mei could sense what had happened to the galaxy. She was certain that if she revealed herself, she would face mortal danger within minutes.
"To eliminate a newly born Star Spirit, they destroyed a galaxy 100,000 light-years in diameter. Just how much enmity does this universe harbor towards Star Spirits?"
Mei sighed.
Thus,
It was time to complete the Main Mission; this mission world had served its purpose.
...
Water Planet, Allied Council headquarters.
"Whew—"
The chairman concluded a meeting, returning to his office exhausted, barely able to breathe. As he opened the door, he encountered a young person.
Mei offered a polite smile. "Sir, I have something to discuss."
"Who are you?"
The chairman was stunned.
That day, Mei received special approval from the Allied Council, bypassing all examination procedures and becoming a Starkiller. The moment the approval was issued, Mei completed the Main Mission.
[Main Mission・Phase Four・Complete]
[Reward Received: 1000 points]
——
[Main Mission・Phase Five: This is the final phase. Please verify the origin and truth behind the Star Beasts.]
[Mission Reward: 3000 points]
——
[Main Mission・Phase Five・Complete]
[Reward Received: 3000 points]
——
[Main Mission・Complete]
[Accept Next Mission?]
[Yes]
Having already located the bacterial mats, Mei completed Phase Five of the Main Mission. Upon entering the mission selection phase, she immediately chose "Yes."
After completing one mission world, Mei was familiar with the process.
Tzzt—
Suddenly,
Mei's figure flickered and vanished.
[Main Mission Assignment Successful]
[Upgrade Task 10・Failed]
[Settlement Complete]
[Remaining Points: 7300]
…
In the Hyperdimensional Space plaza, Mei and her cohort of Void Wanderers successfully returned, including the blue-haired Star and Charles.
After their second mission world, the new recruits had become increasingly adept; each one now wielded sophisticated weaponry and possessed ample equipment and items.
Charles breathed a sigh of relief. "We actually made it back alive."
Star's eyes scanned the surroundings, quickly locating some of the more eccentric recruits. Fortunately, they had all returned safely.
"Ha ha, Star, we made it!"
"Come on, Star, drinks are on me!"