Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 638 - 253. Would you like to add some planets?

Chapter 638: 253. Would you like to add some planets?

Clang!

The pitch-black tachi pierced through the opponent’s chest, and at the same time, the magical blade at the tip of the opponent’s magic wand was thrust into Caramel Snail’s chest.

"What a remarkable junior you are..."

Leino sighed, his figure gradually turning into particles.

"Ha... ha... ugh..."

Caramel Snail overused his brain, and as his body turned into particles, he was already unable to speak.

"Haha... you really fought earnestly, I felt your determination."

Seeing him like this, Leino gave a knowing smile:

"When I’m free, I’ll visit your Baizhu Star; be sure to welcome me."

Clatter.

The magic wand and tachi fell to the ground, and the whole arena erupted with thunderous applause.

"Kiddo wins two and draws one, successfully advancing to the top sixteen!"

Kiddo stared at the ceiling, gradually recovering from his dizziness.

"Advancement." He clenched his fist and said confidently, "This is just the beginning!"

Swoosh!

Gravity pulled the opponent out of the maglev train, slamming them headfirst into the blade.

"Kiddo completes a three-win streak, shutting out GCR’s core shooter Helix Soul-Sucker!"

Gurgle gurgle gurgle!

Caramel Snail launched a sudden attack from the space station’s shelves, firing the Seed-Zang Blood Pressure Cannon intensely, melting the opponent into a pile of skeletal flesh.

"Kiddo is tearing up the competition! Is there anyone who can stop him?"

Shing!

The tachi was unsheathed, and Caramel Snail along with the gigantic Evil Spirit Warrior behind him raised their blades. With one punch, they deflected the bull spirit summoned by the Wizard. Then, the long sword unleashed dozens of rapid radiating slashes, shredding the opponent into fragments before they could step into the Spirit Realm.

"Merciless! Kiddo crushes the popular female contestant Violet’s dream of reaching the top four!"

"Starry Abyss" S1 Solo Tournament Battle Report:

"One of Qiongyu’s twin dragons, Long Yuqiong, returns to the fray, defeating three veteran professional players in succession"

"The solo player Caramel Snail becomes the best dark horse of the year, wielding a longsword with arcane energy, becoming fiercer with every strike!"

"Two players from the Fiery Summer District advance to the top four, making an internal battle highly likely!"

...

Closing the forum live stream, Li Aozi, far away on Baizhu Star, nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad, Caramel Snail has finally grown up, not disappointing my expectations."

To get Caramel Snail on the Pathway to the Act of Innocence, Li Aozi had poured in considerable effort.

The Sword Master wasn’t supposed to be a first-tier Martial Artist profession accessible on Baizhu Star, but Li Aozi pulled some strings and got a legendary mercenary to instruct Caramel Snail, guiding him on the right path.

For Caramel Snail’s Dominance-level secondary profession, Li Aozi went through several hundred implant gear bodies and gathered a vast amount of data and Biochemist knowledge from Isaac and N4 to make it happen.

He even managed to provide Caramel Snail with numerous high-quality arcane energy mutation potions nearly for free, through various channels, to ensure a beneficial mutation option.

Now, Caramel Snail not only fully matured, but his proficiency and mentality also reached commendable levels.

More importantly, through Li Aozi’s continuous guidance and accumulation, Caramel Snail had become a loyal little piggy completely dependent on his nurturing.

"The performance from the Fiery Summer District is great this time, but for the team competition..."

Li Aozi shook his head.

In the Mechanical World Society campaign, they lost many core players, and their proficiency could only be built back up. This competition was a write-off, so they could only wait until next season.

"The Contempt Maxim version is nearing its final stage; once version 2.0 is out... it’s time for the showdown with Lord Entropy."

Fortunately, he was prepared.

Though it seemed like a short time for the players, in Starry Abyss, five entire years had passed.

In these five years, he had been cautiously building his influence on Baizhu Star, expanding Newbie Village into a city. After Trevela City was destroyed and the Crystal Tower Civilization decided to abandon the planet without reconstruction effort...

Many workshops lost their Mages and Scholars, turning into heaps of scrap metal. The planet regressed from the magical interstellar era to the backward magic-industrial era.

Beyond the decline of workshops, the biggest issue was actually the population loss.

When the Baizhu Star government unit evacuated, Li Aozi was shocked to find out: out of the 3 billion people on Baizhu Star, less than 200 million held formal citizenship in the Crystal Tower Civilization.

This portion of the population consisted of the middle class, elites, and side branches of Scholarly Faction families, all taken by the Crystal Tower Civilization, leaving not one behind.

The remaining Tanas Clan members, though of the same species and ethnicity, were either lacking in magical prowess, intelligence to understand advanced magical concepts, or simply disabled, impoverished, and low-tier workers.

These individuals had no value to magical civilization.

Their industrial city life, excluding magical elements, was barely better than that on Azure Star, many still living at the atomic energy era level.

Many of them, upon hearing the evacuation news, scrambled to the teleportation arrays and spaceships to escape the hopeless planet, only to be kicked out or punched away from the hatch.

Thousands of Tanas people died in the escape night.

They were no longer needed.

Due to the transfer of the Discerning Eye Fragments, the construction of the new planet required low profile and secrecy, costing a price.

These 2.8 billion abandoned people were the price.

This revelation shook Li Aozi greatly, but soon he started to take over the mess.

Realistically, he lacked the capability to fully restart those advanced magical industries.

Particularly in areas like precision rune processing, magical synthetic materials, artificial blood magic, magic vein implantation, and magical surgery. These were too advanced even for the Layer Abyss, beyond the play of ordinary civilizations.

So, he opted for a different approach.

When the media from a narrative-level civilization approached Li Aozi, he offered a hefty payment, hoping they would report his deeds and find a company to establish star gates and routes.

To his luck, the approaching narrative-level empire was the "Empire of Heralds," renowned for their warmth and inclusivity.

The Empire readily agreed to Li Aozi’s request, though the costs offered no discount.

Six million ammonium gold was invested, and the star gate from the Azure Star’s Fairy Star Belt to Baizhu Star was completed two years ago. Li Aozi made several runs to Azure Star, releasing various selection tasks, bringing in some players from the Azure Star.

Not many.

Approximately... around 400,000 people.

400,000, undying, war-hardened individuals emerging from the desolate, corpse-laden, freezing wastelands of the Azure Star as Gamma Rank players.

Selected from large guilds, gaming studios, top-tier pro players, random ace bros, and popular streamers...

This 400,000-player crowd differed from the initial "Azure 25 rookies"; though their equipment was inferior, they had numbers, formed cliques, had organization, and most importantly, they had reached the peak on Azure Star. Staying longer, Azure Star couldn’t support them anymore.

Gamma ranks on Azure Star had reached a level where further advancement would cause an explosion.

But on Baizhu Star, that was just the standard for newly matured mortals.

This battle-experienced, fearless group of mad dogs arriving on Baizhu Star immediately sobered up the originally despondent Tanas people.

While everyone felt dejected from regressing from the interstellar era to the industrial era, feeling that the glory days were gone...

Now, they faced a bunch of relentless overachievers who never stopped questing, working, and fighting monsters, even those in poor sleep conditions.

What was this experience like?

Though 400,000 wasn’t enough to cause a regional uproar, Li Aozi aimed to bring in 5 million players to repopulate Baizhu Star.

After all, at the moment, the White Obelisk alone had over 700,000 believers, and the Azure Star Server peaked at 120 million concurrent users in recent months.

Currently, there were around 900,000 Gamma Rank players, while the staggering number of Beta Ranks reached 59.3 million!

What alarmed Li Aozi was that despite the 90,000-fold increase in Gamma Rank players on Azure Star, not much changed, and players could still ease into Gamma Rank.

This concerned Li Aozi.

He couldn’t tell if the Azure Star Will was weakening, struggling against Lord Entropy, or if the Azure Star Will was growing stronger, allowing more Gamma Ranks.

Li Aozi believed the former was most likely.

But limited by the planet’s resources, the Apostle of Entropy wouldn’t be too strong.

Thus, bringing 5 million converts, including Beta Ranks, wouldn’t alter Azure Star’s structure much.

Shortly after, a star route to Ajincour also completed a trial run last month, and if successful, it would soon open up for use.

By then, players from the Ajincour Service would become Li Aozi’s second piggy farm.

Benefitting from the close, realistic relationship between the two nations, players from Ajincour and Fiery Summer District had a great bond. With their natural background as cosmic residents, Li Aozi believed they would easily assimilate into Baizhu Star’s environment.

The pinnacle of Rune Study was converting immigration into colonization.

Baizhu Star inhabitants currently felt a bit pressured, but no worries, players would soon engage them, reigniting their aspirations for the starry sky.

However, these were just his surface achievements.

For five years, he acted low-key, secretly eliminating many pirates, Fallen Mercenaries, and even Society members eyeing the so-called Discerning Eye Fragments, amassing 120,000 point tickets.

On the surface, he remained at the peak of Zeta Rank, stalling his progress.

But in reality...

Li Aozi opened the arcane energy list:

[Sequence 9: Gravity]— Proficiency Level: Mastery

[Sequence 13: Dark Light]— Proficiency Level: Command

[Sequence 56: Waning Moon]— Proficiency Level: Command

[Sequence 77: Calamity]— Proficiency Level: Contact Level

[Sequence 82: Bloodline]— Proficiency Level: Considered Complete

[Inscription Saint Swordmaster]— Proficiency Level: Dominance Level

[Severing Life]— Proficiency Level: Sovereign

[Death Link]— Proficiency Level: Sovereign

The number of arcane energy borrowers reached millions, driving Li Aozi’s proficiency up significantly.

With at least five arcane sequences, the weakest [Calamity] reached Contact Level due to 80% of the players misunderstanding it, yet [Gravity] as Li Aozi’s main focus reached Mastery.

Due to Caramel Snail’s fame, [Inscription Saint Swordmaster] surged to Dominance Level quickly, becoming a widely revered star.

Now, his accumulation stood at a level that typical players needed multiple versions of continuous hard work to achieve.

"I’ve reached the peak of Zeta Rank."

If Canyue dared to challenge him again—no, he wouldn’t dare.

Just [Calamity] alone could make Canyue’s demise unpredictable.

Li Aozi nodded in satisfaction:

"It’s about time to complete my second transition occupation—[Lunar String Archbishop]."

But before that, there were a few matters to address.

Li Aozi glanced at the documents on his desk and smiled playfully.

"Baizhu Star Ownership Auction"

"Hunter Gathering Invitation"

"Tracy Exhibition Hall Entry Ticket"

"Looks like I’m no longer a small fry."

Li Aozi first picked up the auction document for Baizhu Star:

"The true road to dominating the universe begins with you."