Chapter 770: The Invitation

“Who should I look for?” Fuweisa sat inside the living spacecraft, his sharp claws tapping on the armrest, producing a crisp sound.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up. “Right! My clansman Rekeya seems to be in the Shattered Star Belt. Let me find him.” Immediately, Fuweisa split a thread of his consciousness through the transmitter embedded in his protective bracer to contact his clansman. While reaching out, he muttered curses, “The Ya Zu may be one of the supreme races in the universe, but when it comes to transmitting messages, we’re far behind the humans and the Machine Clan. Especially the humans—rumor has it that they can allow their people to enter a virtual universe from anywhere in the vast cosmos at any time, and that universe is 100% realistic, just like the real world. How envious… I, a mighty immortal god, have never had such an opportunity.”

Consciousness virtualization technology had long been mature.

Even these alien immortal gods generally had the chance to enter a ‘virtual world,’ although such virtual worlds usually had very limited coverage. Like Earth’s former ‘Virtual World War God Hall,’ it only covered the Earth itself. The virtual worlds created by these alien races rarely covered more than a single galaxy at best—nothing like the humans who could blanket the entire universe!

And when it came to message transmission, it was even more embarrassing!

The universe was simply too vast, making information transmission an extremely difficult problem to solve.

Even within the Ya Zu’s territory, they could only achieve consciousness communication within a single star sector (the range of a cosmic nation), much like making a phone call on Earth—only voice communication, no visual contact. And even that was only possible within the same sector, and only within the Ya Zu’s domain. If one was outside the Ya Zu’s domain…

Communication was simply impossible!

Of course, due to special circumstances, each battlefield in the outer territories had been specially equipped with communication networks, allowing allied races under the Ya Zu to communicate within the battlefield—but only communicate.

…

The universe was vast, and information exchange was the ultimate challenge.

Among even the supreme races, only the humans and the Machine Clan could achieve seamless information exchange anywhere in the universe. Even the Machine Clan’s ‘virtual worlds’ generally only covered a single star sector! Across their entire domain, the Machine Clan had hundreds of sectors, each with its own separate virtual world.

Once outside the Machine Clan’s domain, communication in other parts of the universe was still possible, but only through ‘long-distance voice conversations’—very rudimentary.

Only the humans were different!

The humans possessed the ‘Virtual Universe,’ a miraculous existence. Within the Virtual Universe, any cosmic laws—even fused laws—could be simulated. The Virtual Universe could extend to every corner of the universe, even controlling another universe entirely—the ‘Primordial Universe.’

With the Virtual Universe, the strength of humanity could be effectively united, allowing them to dominate a vast cosmic territory and become a supreme race without surprise.

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Inside one of the countless shattered stars in the Shattered Star Belt.

An immortal scaled beast was leisurely sipping fine wine, enjoying himself, while several Monarch-level scaled beasts under his command sang praises of his greatness.

“Great Rekeya, you are the mightiest warrior in our Westhill Territory. Only you can become the supreme ruler of Westhill in the future.”

“Rekeya!”

The Monarch-level scaled beasts shouted loudly, praising him.

The immortal scaled beast seated high above listened with delight, when suddenly he raised a hand. Instantly, the group of Monarch-level scaled beasts fell silent.

“Fuweisa is actually looking for me?” Rekeya’s eyes gleamed with cunning. His ugly claws held the wine glass, gently swirling the fine wine inside. “Accept the call!”

“Rekeya.”

“Fuweisa, it’s rare for you to contact me. Do you need my help? Oh, you know, I’m quite busy now, wandering through the Shattered Star Belt. I might run into a battle at any moment. I can’t afford to chat with you for long. If you have something to say, say it quickly. Otherwise, I might suddenly get into a fight and have to cut off communication. Don’t blame me then,” Rekeya said.

“Tolu is dead.”

Rekeya, who had originally wanted to tease his opponent a little, paused, his expression turning serious.

The Qiu She Clan was a cruel and bloodthirsty race. Every Qiu She Clan member grew up in slaughter, fighting and killing each other, stepping over countless corpses to eventually reach the peak. Yet, no matter how fierce their internal struggles, once faced with external pressure, the entire Qiu She Clan would instantly unite with unwavering determination, each member fearless in the face of death.

“How did he die?” Rekeya asked in a low voice.

Through the communication system provided by the Ya Zu, the two conversed.

“He was killed by a human,” Fuweisa replied.

“Fuweisa, are you out of your mind? This is the outer battlefield—where the four supreme races and their countless vassal factions wage endless war. Alien powerhouses slaughter each other by the multitudes. Tolu falling to a human powerhouse is utterly mundane. Over the eons, how many of our kin’s champions have met their end?” Rekeya hissed.

“I want to kill that human squad,” Fuweisa said.

“Revenge?” Rekeya asked in confusion. “Can you confirm their location?”

“Yes. Among the loot they collected, there’s a spatial ring I left behind. That spatial ring was an ‘hidden move’ I had designed long ago—in case I ever suffered a major loss and needed to retaliate. The spiritual imprint on the spatial ring belongs to one of my Monarchs. Inside the ring, among a large amount of miscellaneous items, there’s a weapon. At first glance, it emits a Monarch’s aura, but inside the weapon, there’s a hidden layer containing my token, which bears my spiritual imprint. Unless they are a Marquis-level immortal god or even a King-level immortal god, capable of sensing the extremely faint imprint hidden within the weapon’s core, they won’t discover this hidden move of mine.”

“You’re truly cunning.”

“Killing my brother’s subordinates, of course I must retaliate.”

“You should know that during combat, the humans have two things going on: one, they activate their detectors; two, they activate the Virtual Universe network to synchronize and record their military achievements. Both of these would detect the sudden appearance of an extra spatial ring among the countless floating spoils of war in space. That would be suspicious!”

“Don’t worry, I wouldn’t make such a foolish mistake,” Fuweisa said confidently. “At that time, I was engaged in a powerful clash with a human immortal, unleashing our strongest attacks. The collision tore through space, and the resulting shockwaves shattered many items, including several spatial rings. When those rings shattered, their contents appeared out of nowhere. I naturally took the opportunity to toss in this spatial ring. Even if the ‘detection instruments’ and ‘Virtual Universe synchronization’ noticed, they wouldn’t suspect anything.”

“Hmm… you really are cunning,” Rekeya admitted. Fuweisa’s plan indeed had no flaws.

“What’s the strength of the human squad?” Rekeya asked.

“The human squad consists of one immortal deity and nine Monarchs,” replied Fuweisa. “Among them, two Monarchs possess extraordinary combat prowess, comparable to that of immortals. One is an alchemist, while the other is a mentalist wielding the Divine Weapon. It was these two joining forces that effortlessly slew Tolu.”

“Three immortal-level fighters?” Rekeya was greatly shocked. He quickly asked, “Are they all ordinary immortals at the early stage?”

“Yes. Just think, if they were any stronger, do you think I could have survived to return?” Fuweisa said.

Immortal gods were divided into three levels: Immortal General, Marquis Immortal, and King Immortal.

Even among the lowest level, Immortal Generals, there were distinctions in strength. The weakest could only pass the tenth level of the Heaven’s Ascension Bridge, while the strongest could pass the fourteenth level. Once they passed the fifteenth level, they became Marquis Immortal gods.

From the tenth to the fourteenth level, all were considered Immortal Generals, but their strength varied greatly.

Immortal Generals were also known as ordinary immortals.

In the outer battlefield, they were naturally classified into ‘ordinary immortal early stage,’ ‘ordinary immortal high stage,’ and ‘ordinary immortal peak stage.’

“Hmm, that’s still manageable. But even if they’re all ordinary immortal early stage fighters, they are still three immortal-level opponents. You and I working together won’t stand a chance,” Rekeya shook his head.

“Don’t worry, I won’t ask you to throw your life away. Since I’ve set up this hidden move, I naturally have full confidence before taking action. Rekeya… you’re just one of the invited participants. I heard you have a good relationship with Prince ‘Mengweina’ of the Ya Zu?” Fuweisa said excitedly. “As long as we can invite Prince Mengweina to join us, even if we don’t invite any other allies or comrades, just Prince Mengweina alone would be enough to wipe out that human squad.”

“Prince Mengweina?” Rekeya was startled.

The Ya Zu’s communication system might be fragile, but their own strength was simply too overwhelming.

In terms of numbers… they were in no way inferior to the humans.

In terms of intelligence… even the weakest Ya Zu member could rival human intelligence.

Furthermore, the innate abilities of the Ya Zu surpassed those of humans. Thus, in the realms of Monarchs and Immortal Gods, the Ya Zu utterly dominated humanity. However, humans possessed formidable high-tier powerhouses and the seamless coordination of the Virtual Universe… which ensured that in the grand cosmic struggle, they were never truly subdued by the Ya Zu. For countless eons, these two supreme races have been locked in an eternal conflict.

The Ya Zu were different from humans.

The Ya Zu placed great emphasis on bloodline! Just like the ‘Star Beasts’ whose bloodline determined their hierarchy.

The Ya Zu had a strong sense of bloodline, which led to the existence of numerous royal families… and even legendary imperial families. Among the countless races within the Ya Zu, those who could be listed among the royal or imperial families represented the highest bloodlines. Any member of a royal or imperial family was respectfully addressed as ‘Prince.’

The vassal races like the Qiu She Clan and others held great respect for the Ya Zu.

Just like the Golden Horn Clan and other vassal races who revered the humans.

“Prince Mengweina is a member of the ‘Ziqian Wan She’ Royal Family. Invite him?” Rekeya hesitated.

“Although Mengweina’s normal form is only at the level of an ordinary immortal at the high stage, with his innate talent unleashed, his combat power approaches that of a Marquis-level immortal,” Fuweisa said. “Below the Marquis level, he can sweep all opponents aside. With him, we will have absolute confidence.”

“I can try to talk to him, but I have no guarantee,” Rekeya said.

“Give me Prince Mengweina’s communication code. You speak to the Prince first, and then I will contact him. I have full confidence in convincing Prince Mengweina to join us,” Fuweisa said.

“Full confidence?” Rekeya was surprised.

“You’ll see soon enough,” Fuweisa said confidently.