"The Willpower has arrived at Gema Space Station. Students, please take your personal belongings and prepare for automated docking."
Lu Yin stood by the window, looking down. Gema Space Station was already a great distance from the Solar System, and this was the place where the Willpower would make its first wormhole jump.
To most people, Gema Space Station was very ordinary, but to Earthlings like Zhang Dingtian and Xu San who were entering space for the first time, everything was incredibly stunning.
Gema Space Station was enormous, thousands of times larger than the Willpower, constructed entirely of unknown metals and floating in space. Spaceships were everywhere; at a glance, it looked like a giant metal monster, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.
And right behind Gema Space Station was a defensive net formed by countless spaceships. Even from a great distance, Zhang Dingtian could feel the soul-shaking Star Energy fluctuations emanating from there. Those were Star-Wanderer level experts. Within this space station, there were Star-Wanderer level experts.
The Willpower was positioned on a huge docking frame. Below, beams of light descended, revealing groups of students.
Most of the students didn't need to go to the Capital Star. These students came from all over the Great Yu Empire and needed to transfer.
There were over 20 students who disembarked at the space station. Having left the Willpower, they were clearly much more relaxed.
Granny was one of them; she had finally gotten away from Lu Yin.
Before leaving, Granny turned her head to glance at the Willpower and saw Lu Yin waving at her from the opposite side. She gave him a fierce glare and muttered something under her breath, obviously nothing good.
Lu Yin's eyebrows twitched. That girl hadn't been taught a lesson in a long time.
Besides Granny, Willow, Bailey, and the others also left. Their academies weren't far from each other.
What surprised Lu Yin was that Yin had also left.
Lu Yin stared at Yin's back, his eyes contemplative. This person was impossible to figure out. Cooperation? It was a matter of who could outsmart whom. Before that, he had to figure out the power behind him.
In the sky, a figure tore through space; it was Siken Maldo.
Lu Yin glanced at the cosmos, then unconcernedly continued to observe his star chart. Being in space, he could truly feel its vastness. He was confident he could manifest the fifth star within a month. How strong would he be then? Generally speaking, one more star would double his previous power. His four stars had suppressed the Seeker, Qing Yu, making him invincible. With five stars, perhaps he could challenge the Melder realm students of the Martial Hall. People like Mo Nuo might not even be his match.
The commander of Gema Space Station was named Baruda. He was an Explorer with a combat power exceeding ten thousand, capable of traveling the starry sky. He had guarded Gema Space Station for over two hundred years with great diligence.
Station commanders like him usually didn't need to personally guard the wormhole, but Baruda was different. For over two hundred years, he had personally guarded the wormhole, his name known throughout the Great Yu Empire.
Siken Maldo crossed a long distance and appeared behind the space station, looking at the huge wormhole, then at the dense defensive net formed by countless spaceships not far away. In the center was Baruda's ship.
With a hiss, the spaceship's cabin door opened. A middle-aged man in battle armor stepped out, crossing several thousand meters in a single step to appear before Siken Maldo. "Gema Space Station Commander Baruda pays his respects to General Maldo."
Siken Maldo was very respectful of the man before him, smiling as he said, "Commander Baruda, it has been thirteen years since we last met. Have you been well?"
Baruda said seriously, "No enemy incursions have been detected in thirteen years."
Siken Maldo said, "That's good. His Majesty has mentioned you many times. Thank you for guarding the frontier for the Great Yu Empire."
Baruda immediately gave a military salute. "This subordinate is a soldier of the empire. Guarding the frontier is my duty."
"You have probably received the notification. A planet on the border called Earth has just undergone evolution. I must trouble Commander Baruda to monitor it closely and quickly dispatch people to eliminate the failed products, to prevent the enemy from infiltrating," Siken Maldo said seriously.
Baruda's eyes sharpened. "The New Human Alliance?"
Siken Maldo nodded, looking in the direction of Earth. "The zombies from the failed evolution must absolutely not be discovered by the New Human Alliance. Even if they take away just one Corpse King, it will be a disaster for our Great Yu Empire. You should understand the severity of this matter."
Baruda said grimly, "This subordinate understands. I will immediately dispatch troops to Earth to eliminate the zombie horde."
"Also, while eliminating the zombie horde, do not harm that planet. That planet, for the time being, belongs to King Zishan," Siken Maldo added as a reminder.
Baruda acknowledged and left immediately.
Not long after, the Willpower started up again, rising into the sky and flying towards the wormhole behind the space station.
The moment they entered the wormhole, everyone felt their bodies go weightless, but only for an instant. The next moment, everything returned to normal. The only difference was that the surrounding starry sky had changed. They had appeared from the Gema Space Station at the space station of another star system, leaving immediately without stopping.
Xu San let out a breath. The moment he entered the wormhole had terrified him. Not everyone dared to look into that deep darkness.
The wormhole had crossed an extremely vast distance. They had moved from the sector of the Solar System to another sector.
The universe was divided into ranges with the star system as the smallest unit. Above that were star clusters, each containing many star systems. Even larger were superclusters, each of which contained many star clusters. After that came sectors. Generally, large powers in the universe used sectors as their unit of measurement.
One sector contained many superclusters, its range infinitely vast. The Great Yu Empire encompassed thirteen sectors, and these thirteen sectors nearly bisected the Canglan Territory.
Above sectors were territories. The entire Outerverse had seventy-two territories, and the Canglan Territory was just one of them. On average, each territory had a hundred sectors. In other words, the Great Yu Empire's range was equivalent to one-tenth of the Canglan Territory, because the Canglan Territory had one hundred and twenty-five sectors.
The Solar System was located in the Fourth Sector. Just now, the Willpower had traveled from the Fourth Sector to the Third Sector. Their destination was the First Sector, which was where the Capital Star was located, the very center of the entire Great Yu Empire.
With a group of students gone, the training area was much emptier.
Lu Yin entered the training area and saw many familiar faces. When they saw Lu Yin, they avoided him like the plague and left. Lu Yin didn't care; he had no intention of living peacefully with them.
The moment his status as King Zishan was confirmed, someone had come looking for trouble. He could foresee that in the Great Yu Empire, he would absolutely be a persona non grata. But so what? His identity was fake anyway. All he needed was a kind of power that could influence the Great Yu Empire in the future. Of course, he couldn't achieve that now.
The training area simulated many environments and was quite large.
Lu Yin strolled to the gravity area. A place as good as this was perfect for tempering his body.
The gravity area had over 100 gravity rooms. Each room was very large and could accommodate more than one person for training, and they were all open-plan.
Lu Yin found an empty gravity room and directly increased the gravity to six times. He trained for a while, then increased the gravity again. Gradually, his body became heavier and heavier, and the pressure on his internal organs increased. When the gravity reached 30 times, he was drenched in sweat. This gravity value was the limit for the Seeker realm; an ordinary Seeker realm expert's body could at most withstand 30 times gravity.
"This will do. I'll train here for now," Lu Yin muttered to himself and began his very normal training routine. They were all basic movements, but very effective. It was with these movements that he had tempered his body to the point where he could use the Wave Palm without Star Energy. Now that his battle techniques had improved, the effects of the Wave Palm and Shattering Palm weren't as great, but he didn't want to give up on these two physical battle techniques. So, in the current situation without Star Energy crystals, he had to quickly increase the power of these two techniques.
Outside the gravity room, groups of students stared in amazement at the value. "30 times gravity? Which senior is training? Senior Mo Nuo or Yan Gang? Or Huo Xiaoling?" someone guessed.
"Perhaps it's an old veteran. There are Melder realm experts among the soldiers too."
"It's most likely a soldier. Those Roaming Soldiers who can't get Star Energy crystals to absorb can only temper their bodies. I heard many Seeker realm soldiers can reach the physical strength of a Melder."
"Just a bunch of wastes. What's the use of a strong body? Just Battle Slaves," a student said with disdain.
Not far away, several soldiers' faces turned ugly, but they didn't retort. They all came from trial planets. It was already very difficult to be selected to board the Willpower, but they were not qualified to have the Great Yu Empire reconstruct their bodies. They were indeed Battle Slaves.
"Alright, if you want to know who it is, can't you just open the door?" a student said impatiently.
Someone next to him immediately advised, "You'll be in trouble if you disturb someone's training. 30 times gravity, it's very likely a Melder realm expert. Are you sure you can bear the consequences?"
The student's expression changed, and in the end, he didn't step forward.