“Lo Feng,” murmured Babata, a tiny fist perched on Lo Feng’s shoulder. “The Mengya Star System and the Veli Star System are very far apart. Even by the Yimo Star Ship, the shortest journey would take eight days, and we’re coming from the Qianwu Cosmic Nation… The distance from Qianwu Cosmic Nation to Guluon Cosmic Nation is too vast. You must ask Dylan for help and use the divine nation teleportation. Otherwise, the journey alone would take at least half a year, but the Blood Demon Trial begins in a month.”
“Mm,” Lo Feng nodded.
But he was pondering which star system to go to.
“Have you decided?” Babata asked. “The Virtual Universe Company gives you a choice: one million Stellar Humans or ten billion Planetary Humans. In my opinion… choosing Planetary means you’re compassionate, selecting Veli because you see more people. But if you choose one million Stellar Humans, it shows your belief in the strong surviving is stronger. Many powerful beings in the universe believe that those with greater strength deserve more right to survive.”
Lo Feng nodded slightly as he listened.
In the Doutuo Star Region, under the Blood Demon King’s oppressive rule, those who reached Stellar level had likely endured many hardships and setbacks.
As for Planetary-level individuals, a single star system could field hundreds of billions of them, clearly indicating that the Blood Demon King had made the Planetary level widespread.
So, would he choose the widespread ten billion?
Or the tried and tested one million Stellars?
“I choose the Veli Star System,” Lo Feng declared solemnly.
…
Lo Feng didn’t dare waste any time. That very day, he departed Earth aboard the Yimo Star Ship, and Dylan used divine teleportation to send them directly to the Yufu Star Region within the Guluon Cosmic Nation’s territory. From there, they flew toward the Veli Star System at maximum speed, estimating a journey of twenty-six days.
Within the dark universe, the Yimo Star Ship was advancing.
In the control room, Lo Feng and Dylan were in conversation.
“How convenient, Dylan. The nearest point to the Doutuo Star Region that your divine teleportation can reach is the Yufu Star Region. It takes twenty-six days to reach the Veli Star System and twenty-five days to reach the Mengya Star System,” Lo Feng looked at Dylan and asked with a smile, “Before the Virtual Universe Company set this mission, did they consult you?”
Dylan smiled and nodded slightly.
“Damn it,” Lo Feng couldn’t help but curse.
So it was true!
The Virtual Universe Company had meticulously calculated everything. They had probably even ordered Dylan not to use any closer ‘coordinate artifacts’ in the Guluon Cosmic Nation, even if Dylan had other closer options.
“The Virtual Universe Company does everything with cultivation in mind,” Dylan chuckled. “Don’t be angry.”
“I understand,” Lo Feng nodded.
Lo Feng bore no resentment toward the Virtual Universe Company.
As one of humanity’s two strongest powers, the Virtual Universe Company naturally acted from the perspective of ‘protecting and strengthening the human race.’ Since joining the company, Lo Feng had been quite satisfied with their actions—even the Earth transaction incident had been reasonably balanced.
Suppose an ordinary person on Earth obtained a treasure worth millions of Yuan units. If Lo Feng coveted it, with his status on Earth, he would probably buy it outright.
He might pay a hundred or so billion Earth credits, which would be generous.
In Lo Feng’s view, that much money would be enough for an ordinary person to live comfortably for life.
It’s the same principle!
To the Virtual Universe Company, ‘Earth’ was a cradle painstakingly created by that alien great being, of immeasurable value. Perhaps even a powerful Cosmic Venerable would not match a mere hundredth of Earth’s worth. But they couldn’t possibly give Lo Feng such a vast fortune just because of that.
“Your Highness, why did you choose ten billion Planetary Humans instead of one million Stellar Humans?” Dylan asked curiously. “Without any technology, under the Blood Demon King’s oppressive rule, 99% of those who became Stellar Humans must have endured great hardships. According to the information I’ve gathered, the Doutuo Star Region has a high overall evolutionary level. On any given life-bearing planet, you could find tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of Planetary Humans. A single star system gathering ten billion Planetary Humans isn’t difficult—they’re just ordinary warriors.”
“Each person is an independent life,” Lo Feng said softly. “My hometown, Earth, has experienced countless calamities. I know how cruel death can be.”
“It’s like my family. Back then, they were all ordinary people. Does their life mean nothing? At least in my eyes, my family is more precious than a million Realm Lords! Probably in the eyes of those ordinary people, their own lives are more valuable than a million Stellar Humans.”
“Should ten billion ordinary people die, while one million Stellar Humans live?”
Lo Feng shook his head.
No way!
Perhaps when it comes to the survival of a race or species, painful choices must be made. For example, hundreds of thousands of people sacrificing themselves to protect the strongest, because the strongest is the hope for the race’s survival.
But this time, Lo Feng’s choice clearly didn’t involve the survival of a race or species.
So naturally, Lo Feng made his choice decisively.
…
Twenty-six days later.
Above a planet entirely the color of earth and yellow, the Yimo Star Ship hovered.
“This is a lifeless planet, nearly spherical, with a maximum diameter of 18,023 kilometers,” Babata’s high-pitched voice sounded. “According to the intelligence from the Virtual Universe Company, this is the location where the Blood Demon Trial will be held. Look… there are already many people stationed on this planet. Don’t worry! They have no chance of discovering us.”
“Mm.”
Lo Feng looked down. Indeed, there were already over a hundred people stationed on this mineral planet, mostly Cosmic-level warriors.
“Let’s wait. Wait for the ten billion Planetary Humans to be transported here,” Lo Feng said softly.
…
At this moment, the ten billion Planetary Humans gathered from hundreds of thousands of planets in the Veli Star System were being transported by ten thousand spacecraft through the dark universe, heading toward their destination.
…
Inside one of the spacecraft, three entire decks were filled with countless cages. Each cage held ten Planetary-level warriors. At a glance… each deck was densely packed with countless Planetary Humans, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
“Mom.”
“Lis~”
Faint cries and murmurs drifted from the densely packed cages—it was like hell.
Inside one of the cages,
A boy wearing tattered animal hides, his face dirty, was tightly hugging a girl. Under the Blood Demon King’s rule… the overall evolution level of humans in the Doutuo Star Region was high, so teenage Planetary warriors were very common. In fact, for selection purposes, they often chose these young teenagers for the Blood Demon Trial.
“Wuwua,” the boy hugged the girl. His dirty face had bright eyes, filled with a longing for life, as he whispered almost to himself, “Brother will definitely let you survive. Definitely.”
The girl suddenly trembled slightly.
She lifted her head. She was a very pretty girl, although equally dirty, her beauty was still visible. However, in the Doutuo Star Region… the concept of strength being paramount had long been established. Without strength, no matter how beautiful one was, it was useless.
“Brother,” the girl whispered, “will we die? I heard that in the Blood Demon Hell, only one hundred out of ten billion survive. These ten billion include many outstanding members from sects, some with mental power weapons, primal energy weapons, and special secret techniques. We don’t have good weapons, only knowing basic secret techniques. How can we survive?”
The boy couldn’t help shedding tears as he listened.
He had a tragic childhood.
His parents died early, and he wandered with his sister, diligently cultivating the widely spread basic secret techniques until he became a Planetary Human, finally able to live a stable and happy life. But this happiness lasted less than two years… without any background, they were forcibly taken to make up the numbers. After all, every planet must gather enough participants for the Blood Demon Trial.
If ordinary people were insufficient, even Planetary Humans with backgrounds would be forcibly taken!
The Blood Demon Trial was an order issued by the ‘Blood Demon King,’ and no one dared to defy it.
“We will survive. We will survive. Brother swears it,” the boy whispered.
“Mm.” The girl softly replied and buried herself in her brother’s arms again.
Perhaps…
Before the nightmare of the hellish trial arrived, in these last few days, clinging to her brother’s arms was the happiest thing she could do.
“I must,” the boy tightly clenched his right hand, his nails digging into his palm. His eyes showed a hint of hysteria as he screamed in his heart, “I must let my sister survive. I must.”
One hundred survivors from ten billion.
What a concept?
And it’s all life-or-death battles. Even those with special secret techniques, primal energy armor, and primal energy weapons might die if they’re attacked by a crowd. After all, with ten billion people on an ordinary mineral planet, the population density is simply too high. Once the chaos and attacks begin… who dares claim they will definitely survive?
Those who survive until the end must have strength! Intelligence! Courage! And a bit of luck!
…
The struggle at the bottom, all the Planetary Humans locked in cages were terrified and worried about the impending Blood Demon Hell. Even those with strength would feel despair when facing countless others in a chaotic melee.
…
“0229 spacecraft, park at position 0293!”
“3619 spacecraft, park at position 0123!”
The ochre-yellow planet had already been slightly modified, and now above this desolate planet hovered a deep purple, flat-shaped spacecraft, continuously directing the arrival of spacecraft transporting Planetary Humans. As each spacecraft arrived, it landed on the planet, and with the cargo bay doors opening.
A large number of cages were opened, and many men and women, their faces dirty and showing undeniable signs of panic, stepped out, their numbers densely packed, continuously walking onto this barren planet.
The surface temperature of the planet was extremely low, around minus 80 degrees. Since it was a mineral planet, there was no breathable air, but Planetary-level warriors no longer needed to breathe.
“Wu, wu…”
“So many… so many people.”
After the spacecraft landed the Planetary Humans on the mineral planet, they took off and left. The Planetary Humans looked into the distance and saw densely packed figures… over five billion had already arrived. Had they ever seen such a terrifying number of Planetary warriors?
At this moment—
A crimson triangular spacecraft with its stealth system activated was hovering tens of thousands of kilometers above the planet, monitoring all the Planetary Humans on the entire planet.
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