A C-class Universe spaceship entered the Dark Universe, heading towards its predetermined destination at twice the speed of light.
Inside the spaceship's F9-class metal lounge.
The Eleven members of the 003-3290813 Elite World Master Fighter team sat on individual sofas, with the veteran members closing their eyes to rest, while the six new members listened to the Captain introduce the First Battlefield.
Captain 'Fortress' explained, "This First Battlefield is divided into five 'small battlefields.' Of course, these 'small battlefields' are only relative to the entire First Battlefield."
"Not to mention the four Secret Realm Battlefields of varying sizes, the Cosmic Battlefield alone has a diameter of 140,000 light-years."
Fortress looked at the new recruits and smiled, "We all come from the Human Race's Universe Country territory, so I can speak frankly. The Cosmic Battlefield of the First Battlefield is very, very small compared to the four major Secret Realm Battlefields. Even the smallest of the four major Secret Realm Battlefields has a diameter of 310,000 light-years."
"The reason the Cosmic Battlefield is so small is because the Universe territory is too precious!"
"Our Human Race has Spiritual God Humans, Secret Realm Humans, and Universe Country Humans. In terms of numbers, Spiritual God Humans far outnumber the latter two, but in terms of potential, our Universe Country Humans and Secret Realm Humans far surpass Spiritual God Humans."
Fortress shook his head slightly and said, "As far as I know, the number of Immortals born among Spiritual God Humans is very, very small."
"There are many World Master powerhouses among Spiritual God Humans who fight long-term battles in the Extraterritorial Battlefield, enduring one life-and-death trial after another, acquiring huge military merits to exchange for treasures and Secret Techniques. In terms of strength, they can even rival Immortals, but almost none of them can Breakthrough to become Immortals."
At this point, Fortress solemnly stated, "The entrance to the Universe Secret Realm is in the Universe territory. As long as you control the Universe territory, you can control the Universe Secret Realm, so the Universe territory is very precious."
Ha—!
The old team members secretly laughed when they heard their captain's words, thinking that he was showing off his knowledge again.
Compared to the old team members, the new team members, except for Ender, showed shocked expressions upon hearing this analysis.
"This analysis is fine, but the data and intelligence are limited and not comprehensive."
After listening to Fortress's words, Ender secretly thought, "The potential of Secret Realm Humans is higher than Spiritual God Humans, but far less than Universe Country Humans."
It's like plants needing enough sunlight to grow. If the plants are too dense, all of them won't grow well.
The same principle applies! The formation of life is very special. Whether it's flesh-and-blood life, Mechanical life, plant life, etc., as long as it's life, it will absorb the "essence" of the entire Universe during its gestation.
Life's gestation and growth are achieved by absorbing special energy from the Universe.
For example, within a 1,000 light-year radius, if there's only one life planet with 10 billion people, then the Universe energy within that 1,000 light-year radius is almost entirely used to cultivate that single life planet.
As for the "Universe Secret Realm."
It has a population comparable to a Universe Country, yet it's squeezed onto a large landmass, with a population density many times higher. The "Universe essence" obtained is naturally much less.
And for "Spiritual God Humans."
The Spiritual God is in a spatial rift, not even in the Original Universe space, so the Universe essence it can absorb is even pitifully less than that of "Humans in the Universe Secret Realm"!
"Universe Country Humans are the fewest in number, but they occupy the most territory! Historically, a large number of Immortals have been born, and 98% of Universe Venerables are from Universe Country Humans."
Ender secretly thought, "Every Secret Realm Human who can Breakthrough to Universe Venerable has had immense Opportunity and is an existence of unparalleled talent, certainly no worse than a Prodigy-level Genius of tens of millions of eras."
For example, Venerable God Tree, who pioneered the 'Divine Tree Primal Chaos Tablet', many powerhouses believe that if he were a Universe Country Human, he might have become the first Beast God Path Universe Master.
Of course, the probability of Venerable God Tree becoming a Universe Master through the Beast God Path is very low. Although low, there is still hope, but his identity as a Secret Realm Human cuts off this probability.
So territory is like fertile soil!
The larger the territory, the greater the potential of that race, and the higher the probability of super powerhouses being born.
"I remember at the beginning of the original work, the Human Race had 1,008 Universe Countries, but now there are only 1,004 Universe Countries, a total of 4 fewer Universe Countries."
Ender was very puzzled about the 4 fewer Universe Countries and did not know what caused the Human Race to open up 4 more Universe Countries.
"Hmm... in this First Battlefield's Cosmic Battlefield, the strongest individuals active are only elementary Marquis-level Immortal, and their numbers are very small."
As Ender pondered, Fortress continued, "Marquis-level and King Level Immortal powerhouses generally fight and operate in the largest and most dangerous Hongwu Secret Realm Battlefield among the four major Secret Realms."
"The Hongwu Secret Realm itself is so dangerous that it can cause ordinary World Masters to perish. Only powerhouses of the Immortal level can fight and battle in the Secret Realm."
At this moment, Lightning Flash interjected, "Although the Hongwu Secret Realm is dangerous, it is a Secret Realm that is constantly expanding and evolving, and occasionally rare treasures will be born."
"Rare treasures are indeed born, but the Hongwu Secret Realm is too dangerous." Fortress shook his head and said, "There are countless Marquis-level and King Level Immortal powerhouses inside. For ordinary Immortals like us, obtaining treasures from it is as difficult as ascending to heaven."
"I'm just saying, for a Secret Realm like the Hongwu Secret Realm, where only Marquis-level Immortal are barely considered powerhouses, going there would be just giving away military merits." Lightning Flash said with self-awareness, "As for me, I'll just operate in the Cosmic Battlefield. Once I've accumulated enough military merits, I'll buy a Star Domain and become a local emperor."
"Lightning Flash, with your speed of using military merits, it'll be many years before you can accumulate enough to buy a Star Domain." An old team member laughed.
Within the Human Race Universe Country territory, a Star Domain generally contains more than 1,000 star systems.
A Star Domain with over 600 star systems has a starting bid of 1,000 Mixed-yuan Units, and the more star systems it has, the more expensive the auction price becomes.
Based on this price, a Star Domain with over 1,000 star systems would have a final transaction price reaching tens of thousands of Chaos units.
According to 100,000 military merits for 1 Mixed unit, tens of thousands of Mixed-yuan Units would be billions of military merits.
Military merits are obtained by killing alien powerhouses. Killing an Normal World Master Fighter alone can earn 100,000 military merits.
Elite World Master Fighter: 1 million military merits.
World Master General: 10 million military merits.
Ordinary Immortal: 100 million military merits.
The military merits obtained from a solo kill are all one-tenth of the lowest military merit quota for that army's authority Rank.
If Lightning Flash wants to purchase a Star Domain worth tens of thousands of Mixed-yuan Units, he would need to acquire military merits equivalent to killing dozens of Immortals alone.
For an Normal World Master Fighter, every life-and-death struggle against someone no weaker than themselves is a narrow escape, and the same applies to Immortals.
Therefore, it is very difficult and dangerous for Lightning Flash to obtain billions of military merits.
"Tsk, just accumulate for a while and you'll have it." Lightning Flash clicked his tongue lightly, then smiled at Ender and said, "Now that 'Atlas' is here, a powerhouse who can rival Immortals, we can safely hunt teams with an Immortal."
"That's right, with 'Atlas' here, we can be bolder." Fortress nodded and said, "After we reach our usual operating range, we will advance a bit further towards the center of the battlefield. There are more alien Immortal teams there."
After Fortress finished speaking, he clapped his hands and said, "Alright, everyone, take a break for now. When we approach our usual operating range, we will exit the Dark Universe. By then, it won't be difficult for everyone to rest peacefully."
"Understood." All the team members, including Ender, nodded and began to close their eyes and rest. ...
Dark Universe.
In the F9-class metal lounge of the C-class Universe spaceship.
After entering the Extraterritorial Battlefield, Fortress's nerves had been constantly tense. Although the detector was working non-stop, he was always vigilant of his surroundings.
Because in the Extraterritorial Battlefield, detectors cannot be fully trusted!
The Human Race's technological level is very high, ranking among the forefront in the entire Universe race, and their detectors are naturally very Advanced.
However, next to the Human Race is the Mechanical Race, also a Pinnacle race, and the Mechanical Race is the number one race in Universe technology. In terms of technological creations, the Human Race is inferior to the Mechanical Race, and the same applies to detectors.
The detectors in the hands of Mechanical Race powerhouses are often slightly superior to those of Human Race powerhouses of the same Rank, simply because their detectors of the same Rank are sold cheaper.
"Wake up, everyone."
Suddenly, Fortress's voice resonated like thunder in the minds of everyone in the lounge.
Everyone opened their eyes and looked at Captain Fortress. Since they were on the battlefield, even Naviya didn't speak, just waiting for Fortress to speak.
"We have arrived at our usual operating area 03258838. We are now about to traverse back to the Original Universe. Everyone be ready for battle at any time."
As his voice fell, the spaceship's speed decreased to a standstill, instantly exiting the Dark Universe.
...
In the endless Starry Void, countless meteorites, spaceships, and planetary debris floated, seemingly boundless and endless.
Suddenly, a C-class Universe spaceship appeared in the Starry Void, then began to slowly accelerate its flight.
Inside the spaceship's lounge, Ender looked at the virtual simulation of the outside world.
Although this Universe spaceship was traveling at sub-light speed, Ender could clearly see the outside scene, such as some shattered Zerg corpses, broken spaceship wreckage, some Human Race remains, etc., floating in the Void, some directly struck by the Universe spaceship and passed through!
A Spiritwing Clan recruit asked, "Hmm... some wreckage, corpses, etc., are also valuable, right?"
"No chance, no one is stupid." Lightning Flash replied, "The Universe spaceship's detection signal has already scanned them. Those wreckage and corpses floating in the Void are worthless. If they were valuable, they would have been snatched away long ago."
"If they haven't been snatched... then it might actually be a trap."
Lightning Flash retorted, "Haven't you noticed that our Universe spaceship isn't moving in a straight line, but is avoiding planet wreckage and large spaceship wreckage?"
The Spiritwing Clan recruit looked at the virtual simulation and nodded slightly.
Lightning Flash answered himself, "Because those places are likely to hide alien enemies. You have to understand that the entire Extraterritorial Battlefield, except for the Barracks Base, is a battlefield."
"Now we have reached area 03258838, which is tens of thousands of light-years away from the Barracks Base, already deep into the Cosmic Battlefield."
Finally, Lightning Flash's voice became serious, "Don't think that us veterans are relaxed, but every one of us is ready to fight immediately."
...
In the distant Starry Void, tens of millions of kilometers away.
In the wreckage of a planet, several kilometers in diameter.
An Immortal, over ten meters tall at the shoulder, with a bull-like physique but a pair of wings and clawed limbs instead of hooves, was using Immortal Divine Power to manipulate a jar of wine, pouring it 'gurgling' into his upturned mouth.
Beside him stood a World Master of his own race, also drinking wine, while seven other World Masters were respectfully prostrated.
"Haha." After finishing a jar of wine, the alien Immortal laughed, "The Mechanical Race's detectors are indeed good. We discovered the Demon race team, and they didn't react until we launched our attack."
"It's indeed good." The World Master, who was also drinking, smiled, "Although the price is a bit high, it's still a higher Rank detector."
"Using a super-large range detector and a miniature detector simultaneously can both reduce the range at which we are discovered by the enemy and increase our detection range."
"It's not just a bit expensive, it's much more expensive than what the Mechanical Race exchanges them for," the alien Immortal corrected.
"The exchange price is high, but our efficiency in killing enemies has also increased. Killing a few more enemies will make up for the cost." The World Master shook his head helplessly, "Our race's technological level isn't good. Even if we could manufacture detectors of the same Rank, the manufacturing cost would far exceed that of the Mechanical Race."
"Yes, in terms of technological level, the Mechanical Race is the strongest in the entire Universe." The alien Immortal also nodded helplessly, "Our race fights for the Mechanical Race in the Extraterritorial Battlefield to obtain some technological creations and outdated technological data."
As the strongest technological race in the Universe, many races serve the Mechanical Race in the Extraterritorial Battlefield, precisely because of its super-high technological level.
"Hmm... enemies!"
Suddenly, the alien Immortal's eyes lit up. "Southeast direction, about 300 million kilometers away, constantly approaching. The target is a C-class spaceship."
"C-class spaceship? Can you detect their strength?" The World Master quickly asked.
"I'll try..." The alien Immortal nodded, attempting to increase the detector's power.
"No." After trying, the alien Immortal shook his head and said, "The opponent's miniature detector is good. The distance is too far for my detector to increase power. I'll have to wait until they get closer to detect their specific strength."
Increasing the detector's power comes at the cost of shrinking the detection range, improving detection accuracy. Conversely, if the detection range is large, the detection accuracy is small.
"So, should we make a move?" The World Master asked, "We can't know the enemy's strength, so it's hard to judge the probability of successfully defeating them."
"Wait a bit longer!" The alien Immortal said, "Let them get closer, and see if my detector can detect the enemy's strength."
20 million kilometers!
10 million kilometers!
5 million kilometers...
"Hmm... I've detected them!" The alien Immortal's eyes flashed fiercely. "It's the Human Race, there are Eleven of them, including two Immortals."
The World Master asked, "Make a move?"
"Make a move!" The alien Immortal nodded, "You hold back one Immortal, and the other one is mine!"
"Good!" The World Master nodded firmly.
I made some changes and found that the detector's detection range was too conservative...