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Inside the spacious hall, Qi Lingxiao, Chu Hongjun, and Yireina looked at the group of intelligent puppets with terrifying auras across from them.

"Dean Chu, these people… are they really puppets?"

Yireina couldn't help but transmit her thoughts, "Why do I feel like they are no different from living people?"

"The highest level of robots is 100% simulation," Chu Hongjun transmitted back. "These puppets were all obtained by Lin Qing from the Vacuum Tomb. They originated from a secondary civilization affiliated with the Beginning Realm. After being transformed into information lifeforms, they are now reappearing through puppet bodies. You can think of them as real lifeforms."

Qi Lingxiao also transmitted, "No, are these puppets really all at the ninth level of Star Abyss?"

"A portion of them."

Chu Hongjun transmitted, "The combat-type puppets are at the ninth level of Star Abyss, while the other types are equivalent to Star-level rare Divine Occupations."

"Are they trustworthy?" Qi Lingxiao transmitted.

"I'm not sure either."

Chu Hongjun said, "Lin Qing said that these puppets are loyal to the Beginning Realm, but the specifics are still unclear. We can initially trust them for now and see how it goes."

At this moment, among the group of puppets across from them, which included men, women, the old, and the young, a silver-haired woman with a stunningly beautiful face, cold as ice, wearing a tight-fitting blue-black military uniform, suddenly stepped forward.

"It seems that the adult from the Beginning Realm has already told you our origins?"

The silver-haired woman said, "I am good at observing the overall battle situation to formulate suitable tactics and strategies, and I am responsible for war command. Who among you will tell me about the current situation on Earth?"

Chu Hongjun took a step forward and said, "I will."

…

A moment later.

"…The situation is not good, or rather, it's terrible."

The silver-haired woman frowned slightly and said, "Destroying Earth as a deterrent is not a problem, but the premise is that the secondary civilization does not get involved, and that Earth will truly have the ability to resolve all of this in the future."

A dignified and gentle black-haired woman next to her also said softly, "If Earth is too weak, even if it can really destroy itself, it will not truly deter a 1.9-level civilization. We must make the 1.9-level civilization certain of Earth's threat in order to have the qualifications to negotiate."

Chu Hongjun pondered for a moment and asked, "It seems you don't understand Lin Qing?"

"Lin Qing?"

The silver-haired woman said, "Are you referring to that Star-level citizen adult from the Beginning Realm?"

"With his potential, he will be able to reverse Earth's fate in the future," Chu Hongjun said. "And what we need to do is just buy time."

"You are betting the future on him?"

The silver-haired woman frowned slightly and said, "Being able to sweep through the eighth level of Star Abyss within thirty years of transforming into a Star Creature is indeed a good talent, but Earth is facing the Void Creatures of a 1.9-level civilization, and even the terrifying powerhouses of a 2-level civilization. How can you simply place your hopes on one person?"

She said slowly, "We certainly respect the citizens of the Beginning Realm, but respect and trust are two different things."

When the legendary Beginning Realm still existed, she, as an elite of a secondary civilization, although she had never seen the big figures of the Beginning Realm, also knew that the Beginning Realm attached great importance to the natives. As long as their strength reached a certain standard, they could become citizens of the Beginning Realm.

For example, becoming a Star Divine Occupation in a few decades, sweeping through the eighth level of Star Abyss was too normal.

This standard, countless people in the secondary civilization could achieve, but as outsiders, they were not qualified to become citizens of the Beginning Realm.

But…

Now that the Beginning Realm fragments have only evolved into a newborn planetary civilization, they naturally look down on it.

"Trust?"

Chu Hongjun glanced at her and didn't say much.

He couldn't completely trust these puppets, and these puppets obviously didn't understand Lin Qing, so he naturally couldn't tell them about Lin Qing's special characteristics—such as his clones, authorities, and combat power.

"In addition, Earth needs a leader."

The silver-haired woman glanced at the three of them and said, "That Lord Lin Qing is still young, so we won't consider him for now. Regarding the three of you… do you have detailed information?"

"Take a look," Chu Hongjun said calmly, transmitting a document over.

After a while, the silver-haired woman nodded lightly and said in a faint voice, "Three Star-level rare Divine Occupations, not bad indeed."

Then, she opened her mental power and discussed with the other puppet lifeforms.

Soon—

The silver-haired woman retracted her mental power and first looked at Qi Lingxiao, saying, "Your strength is good. As a genius born in a planetary civilization, it's already a miracle that you have the strength of the ninth level of Star Abyss, but you are too idealistic and have no hope of facing Void Creatures. The position of Earth's leader is not suitable for you."

Qi Lingxiao spread out his hands, indicating he had nothing to say.

The silver-haired woman then looked at Chu Hongjun and said slowly, "You are excellent and very smart, but unfortunately, you are too rational and cold-blooded, which is another extreme from Qi Lingxiao. You are more suitable for research work and military strategist consulting, but not suitable as a leader."

Chu Hongjun said indifferently, "I know."

"As for you…"

The silver-haired woman looked at Yireina, "Your talent is good, and you are still a civilization instructor-type Divine Occupation, but you pay too much attention to personal feelings, and your spirit is still pinned on ethereal beliefs. You are only suitable as a civilizing educator, but not suitable as a leader."

Yireina shook her head slowly and didn't say much.

"Since there are no suitable candidates, who are you planning to choose? Are you going to choose one from among yourselves?" Chu Hongjun looked at the group of puppets. "Speaking of which, we don't even know your names."

"We have already made a life-bound oath to dedicate ourselves to the Beginning Realm forever."

The silver-haired woman said calmly, "As remnants of the Beginning Realm fragments, you only need to know our functions. You can call me Commander."

The gentle woman next to her said, "I am a mental analyst."

"The twelve of us are the combat group, and can be numbered from Combat One to Combat Twelve."

"I am the Black Assassin, and he is the White Assassin."

"I am the guard group…"

"I am the resource surveyor…"

The puppets spoke one after another, obviously not caring about names, only referring to themselves by their functions.

Finally, the silver-haired woman said, "The leader of the Beginning Realm fragments can only be chosen from among the natives of the Beginning Realm. We are just puppets. Even if it's just a planet formed from the Beginning Realm fragments, we are not qualified to be the leader."

"Then let me do it."

At this moment, a voice came from outside the hall, and a young man walked in from the door.

Everyone looked towards the sound.

"Lin Qing, you're finally back," Qi Lingxiao smiled. "The people you brought are extraordinary."

After Lin Qing walked into the hall, the silver-haired woman couldn't help but frown slightly. Although she respected the citizens of the Beginning Realm, it didn't mean she was willing to hand over this newborn civilization of the Beginning Realm fragments to him. Just having a fast cultivation speed didn't mean anything.

In her opinion, as the leader of Earth, he would have to face 1.9-level civilizations and even 2-level civilizations in the future. Strength was important, and potential was also important.

A genius born in this planetary civilization was at most at Qi Lingxiao's level, and was not worthy of being the leader of this civilization.

But then—

"Hmm?"

The silver-haired woman suddenly froze, staring intently at Lin Qing, seemingly a little dazed, "You… how could you be a Star Creature? This… how is this possible?"

Lin Qing glanced at her and said, "Why can't I be a Star Creature?"

The group of puppets behind the silver-haired woman were also stunned at this time, looking at Lin Qing in disbelief, their eyes full of incredulity.

"Just being a Star Creature is enough to become a Star-level citizen of the Beginning Realm?"

"This… unbelievable… a Star Creature, a seventh-energy-level lifeform, easily swept through the eighth level of Star Abyss?"

"A planetary civilization that hasn't even connected to the starry sky can give birth to this legendary peerless genius?"

"Even in a secondary civilization's environment, it takes who knows how many years to produce one, but Earth, this kind of planet, actually has one?"

The puppets were now staring at Lin Qing in disbelief, as if they had seen something beyond their comprehension, almost not daring to believe their eyes.

"That's not right… your gene index?"

Suddenly, the silver-haired woman seemed to see something and exclaimed, "How could your gene index be so high? Even the Beginning Realm's gift to Star-level citizens wouldn't be able to increase your genes to such an exaggerated level, you…"

The other puppets were not good at detection and analysis, but she, as a war commander, was best at observation and investigation, and naturally saw the terrifying nature of Lin Qing's life aura, which had completely surpassed the gene limit recognized by the secondary civilization!

"It is indeed a gift from the Beginning Realm," Lin Qing glanced at her.

The silver-haired woman was even more shocked.

Didn't this mean that before becoming a Star-level citizen of the Beginning Realm, before gene optimization, he had the strength to sweep through the eighth level of Star Abyss?

An indigenous person born in a planetary civilization, even if they could obtain some treasures leaked from other relics of the Beginning Realm, how high could their gene index be?

This made her even more shocked.

Just a seventh-energy-level lifeform, not to mention a Star Divine Occupation, not even an Ultimate Star Creature, actually had the strength to sweep through the eighth level of Star Abyss?

And now he had such a terrifying gene index!

This made her unable to imagine the future achievements of this citizen of the Beginning Realm!

"…I understand."

The silver-haired woman suddenly took a deep breath and said slowly, "Adult, with your talent and potential, you are indeed qualified to be the leader of this newborn civilization of the Beginning Realm fragments."

Although the other puppets were not as shocked as her, they also understood the significance of 'a Star Creature being able to sweep through the eighth level of Star Abyss', and naturally had no objections.

A person like this could probably sweep through the legendary Star God Trial at will.

In the secondary civilization, those who are qualified to try the path of the Universe God series Divine Occupation have already been selected from who knows how many people, and those who can become God Sons are top geniuses.

And 'Star God' is a benchmark.

The benchmark for peerless geniuses!

It should be known that the God Son trial is only one in a hundred, while the Star God trial is not just one in a hundred. Just the preliminary selection can eliminate who knows how many God Sons.

This has led to many secondary civilizations never having a Star God!

And Star Gods can imitate the legendary faction artifacts, which have extraordinary significance for secondary civilizations, so secondary civilizations will try their best to cultivate Star Gods.

"Adult."

The puppets said respectfully one after another.

Although they were considered elite talents in the secondary civilization in the past, they were far inferior to this legendary peerless genius, and were naturally sincerely convinced.

And the contempt for planetary civilizations in their hearts had also disappeared.

"Listen up."

Lin Qing glanced at these puppets and said, "The reason why I chose to give you autonomous consciousness when I selected you is because you have already sworn to be loyal to the Beginning Realm from the bottom of your hearts, and are willing to contribute to the Earth civilization formed from the Beginning Realm fragments. To me personally, you are not of much value, so… I don't need you to obey my every word, just do your duty."

"Adult, rest assured," the silver-haired woman said respectfully. "We have already made a life-bound oath and are willing to do everything for the current Earth."

Lin Qing nodded slightly and said, "How to contribute and how to allocate work, I believe you understand better than me."

The silver-haired woman nodded and said, "Adult only needs to continue cultivating, and will definitely be the greatest pillar of the Earth civilization in the future, so there is no need to worry about these trivial matters. Leave it to us."

Lin Qing looked at the group of puppets and said, "Keep your auras restrained. I happen to have something that I need your advice on."

"Please speak, Adult," the silver-haired woman said respectfully.

"I need to kill multiple Star Divine Occupations to promote the evolution of Divine Occupations," Lin Qing said. "The current target is the Star Divine Occupations stationed in the extraterrestrial civilizations on Mars. I will send you the information on those extraterrestrial civilizations on Mars. Discuss it and give me a suitable plan."

He paused and said, "However, I need to wait for a while. I have a clone that needs to participate in the Primal-level Divine Occupation trial."

He planned to have the Black Flame clone become a Primal Divine Occupation and then transform into an Ultimate Star Creature in one go.

If it was before, Lin Qing naturally wouldn't think so much.

But now that his strength was much stronger than expected, and there were so many terrifying puppets to help, he certainly couldn't let go of this opportunity.

"Yes," the silver-haired woman immediately responded.

Lin Qing nodded and said, "All of you, go down."

After the twenty-three people withdrew from the hall, Lin Qing then looked at the three of Qi Lingxiao, Chu Hongjun, and Yireina.

"Lin Qing, this group of helpers you brought from the Vacuum Tomb is really terrifying," Qi Lingxiao couldn't help but say. "The Yuan Chen civilization only has one at the ninth level of Star Abyss, how many did you bring out at once? Only a 1.9-level civilization is likely to have so many experts at the ninth level of Star Abyss, right?"

Yireina also nodded and said, "And there are other legendary abilities that only Star-level rare Divine Occupations have."

"I didn't expect the Vacuum Tomb to have this kind of benefit," Lin Qing smiled and said, "Now, apart from 1.9-level civilizations, there shouldn't be anything to fear on Earth, right?"

Chu Hongjun pondered for a moment and shook his head, "But relying on these puppets alone will not threaten a 1.9-level civilization after all. The strength of the legendary Void Creatures is still unknown, but it is definitely not something a group of ninth-level Star Abyss experts can threaten."

"I understand," Lin Qing nodded. "As far as I know, the gap increases exponentially from the eighth energy level onwards, and the power of Void Creatures is also beyond comprehension."

Chu Hongjun said, "Don't worry. According to the inheritance data I obtained, the Earth-destroying bomb I create can only be cracked by a Level 2 civilization. A Level 1.9 civilization can't stop it. So… after Earth opens up, it should at least buy you enough time."

Lin Qing nodded slowly and then said, "Now that I have become a Beginning Realm Star Citizen, I also have some more permissions. The three of you can enter the No. 3 Relic Cluster Star Treasury and the No. 5 Relic Silver Labyrinth again. These two relics will also be open to the three of you with better treasures. What you can get specifically depends on the three of you."

"I won't go to the Silver Labyrinth," Chu Hongjun shook his head. "I would like to go to the Star Treasury again."

Ilena also nodded and said, "Chu and I don't have good luck. The Silver Labyrinth has a risk of death, so let's forget it. The Star Treasury is enough."

"Haha, it just so happens that my luck has also improved after passing the Starry Sky Gladiator trial," Qi Lingxiao laughed. "This time, I want to see what good treasures I can get from that labyrinth now."

"There are only ten months left before Earth opens," Lin Qing said slowly. "I hope it's in time."

……

……

That day, Lin Qing also released the Black Flame clone into the Second Forbidden Zone and began the 'Primordial Blood Demon' priesthood trial.

With the Black Flame clone's current strength in mastering the divine skill 'Seven-Colored Fire', even if the trial is more difficult because it is a non-native life, it is enough to easily pass the trial.

Lin Qing happened to experience the Primordial Blood Demon's priesthood trial, and the difficulty was indeed much lower than the God Child trial.

Most of them only master holy characters, and even those who master divine skills only have three or four kinds of power essences forming low-level divine skills, which are not much stronger than holy characters.

Therefore, in just over a month, the Black Flame clone smoothly reached the final level of the trial and was about to succeed.

However…

On October 11, 2125, the solar system suddenly welcomed a mighty and vast space fleet.

Lin Qing also received the news from Kadoan as soon as possible—

"It's a Level 9 civilization fleet!"