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Chapter 315 - 171 Shadows of Asimara Collector Land of Stars Make Yourself at Home_2

Chapter 315: Chapter 171 Shadows of Asimara Collector Land of Stars Make Yourself at Home_2

He never expected Asimara to be so fixated on him, and it caught him off guard.

After pondering for a while, he left his room and found Ya Ro touching everything excitedly like a fool, "Tsk tsk, worthy of being a royal family member, they sure know how to enjoy themselves."

"A turbulent massage swimming pool, an all-encompassing advanced bed, all sorts of entertainment facilities, and even the bathtub is surrounded by holographic devices that can connect directly with the outer starry sky. It’s so damn high-end!"

Li Ming then asked, "How far are we from the Land of Stars?"

"We’re quite close now. From the seventh passageway, it’s the ’Collector’s’ territory, at most half a month," Ya Ro mused.

"Half a month..." Li Ming nodded, planning to develop securely in the Land of Stars for a while.

Once he evolved into a B-level Life Form, and as various Controlled Objects advanced side by side, even to the extent that the concept of the Mechanical Legion began to take shape, he wouldn’t have to fear Asimara, or even Yitelan.

The Land of Stars should have something like Evolution Theory, but his C-level gene seed was of the Thunder Element, so it had to contain seeds of this Element for him to use.

Moreover, he could consume the Secret Record of Liberation to safely release his gene form without risk; this was a very powerful ability.

However, he could only release one form at a time, so having too many wasn’t particularly useful.

The Gale Lord definitely couldn’t compare to the Flame Thunder Emperor, but it still felt like a waste to just leave it unused.

Given the vastness of the universe, couldn’t he stack the release forms? His thoughts wandered, bordering on fantastical.

Ya Ro then reminded him, "Before we go in, it would be wise to slightly change the appearance of this spaceship, otherwise it could be easily recognized."

"Do you have a familiar place?"

The Guches Shipyard, it’s in the Collector’s territory, they’re tight-lipped," Ya Ro said.

"Let’s head there then," Li Ming nodded. After assigning the rooms, he took out nutrient fluid from Duke Bai Ye’s cryogenic storage box.

The packaging was exquisitely designed, with golden green leaves wrapping around the entire metal tube.

This was B-level nutrient fluid, the nutrients were too rich so it had to be diluted into ten parts.

After greeting everyone, Li Ming went to further develop his genetic progress.

"Developing gene seeds again, what a freak," Ya Ro sighed, recalling the perilous events on the planet and couldn’t help but get fired up.

But three minutes later, he was lying in the holographic bathtub with starry space flowing around, and he sighed contentedly.

"What a trashy life I used to live."

Ten days flashed by, the novelty wore off for Ya Ro, but he got used to it,

Kay was on the ship and wasn’t very noticeable, hardly speaking a word in three days; without removing the gene inhibitor, no access to intelligent terminals, apart from more freedom of movement, her situation wasn’t much different from a prisoner’s.

That day, as Ya Ro was watching an interstellar program out of sheer boredom in his room, his intelligent terminal suddenly vibrated violently. Ya Ro glanced at the codename and his expression turned solemn instantly.

It was his superior, who only contacted him through a direct line; he could never initiate contact, only the other way around.

However, as soon as the connection was made, the other party asked with an urgency he had never heard before, "Ya Ro, where are you?"

Ya Ro was startled and replied, perplexed, "What’s wrong?"

The voice was grave, "Two days ago, we received news that Duke Bai Ye from the Sela Civilization and Atom, a B-level executive of the Star Hunter, were both killed on an unknown planet."

"What!?" Ya Ro jumped up from the bed in alarm, shouting, "They, they’re dead?"

"Yes, do you know anything? They both went to that planet to track down that shipment. According to the information we have, there were two people on that planet," the other party pressed on:

"One of them is a B-level Life Form, very powerful; it was probably him who killed Bai Ye and Atom. The other one is unclear."

Ya Ro’s heart surged with shock. Until just now, he had thought Li Ming was lucky to have escaped from Bai Ye and Atom.

Several times he had felt fortunate for his good luck, but unexpectedly, it turned out that Li Ming had killed both of them, no wonder there was Duke Bai Ye’s keycard.

For a moment, his mind was in turmoil.

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"Ya Ro, who are those two people, and is one of them you?" the other party continued to press.

"I..." Ya Ro hesitated, then shook his head, "I don’t know."

"You don’t know?" the other party asked suspiciously, "Ya Ro, withholding information is a serious crime."

"Fuck, I risked my life to complete that sudden mission, and you’re still threatening me?" Ya Ro said discontentedly.

The other party’s tone softened suddenly, "It’s not a threat, don’t be anxious, many people are looking for this person, and Kay might have been taken away by him. If you have any news about him, remember to report it."

After ending the communication, Ya Ro furrowed his brows and inexplicably felt a toothache.

He had intended to report finding Kay, but now he couldn’t, a C-level life form killing two B-level life forms sounded terrifying.

"To think that both were killed, that’s horrifying." Ya Ro contemplated, and yet, he couldn’t help but be secretly astonished. Learning the truth so abruptly made it difficult for him to concentrate and calm down for a long time.

Another five or six days passed, and outside the porthole, a red ribbon that seemingly pierced the universe and had no end in sight grew closer.

This was the Red River Star Stream, its origin unknown, spanning numerous Star Clusters, forming a cosmic spectacle.

Cautiously navigating through an asteroid belt and making left and right turns according to the traces, they arrived at a mechanical factory established on several asteroids.

The workers here didn’t ask any superfluous questions, evaluated the difficulty of modification, quoted a price, and just demanded payment.

This time, the modifications required a hefty sum of 3.56 million Star Coins, only acceptable through Black Hole Network transactions, and nobody cared about their identities or origins, it was just pay for service.

As Ya Ro said, these people indeed knew their business, and in just two to three days, they significantly transformed the spaceship.

They removed many conspicuous features and added quite a few parts, even the color changed to a primarily black and red scheme.

The Land of Stars was now close at hand, and the place they were heading to was named "Collector’s Cabinet," commonly known as Trading Island.

It was a small terrestrial plate that had been modified to carry loads of equipment, even forming a localized atmospheric environment.

Islands like this were numerous in interstellar space, large and small, spread throughout the area, with no end in sight, together comprising the Land of Stars.

The architectural style of Trading Island was rugged, forming a cityscape, and looking down from above, the layout was uneven, a sense of wildness hit you in the face.

There was no sun or moon in the sky, only colorful neon lights illuminating the place, and the docks were lined with numerous ferociously modified spaceships, with no platforms for warship docking.

After completing the docking procedures, there were few safe zones here, with the docks being one of them, protected by an A-level life form, the Collector, which meant the docking fees were also exorbitantly high.

If you didn’t renew when the fees expired, they wouldn’t just evict you, but outright seize your ship.

Upon setting foot on the island, Li Ming’s development progress had reached 10%, and trailing behind them were two figures, one large and one small, both cloaked in black.

Life forms of various species could be seen everywhere in the streets, and humans were actually quite rare.

The air was filled with the tumultuous aura of killing intent and the smell of blood, making one’s hair stand on end.

"The Collector is an A-level life form; he’s not a raider, so this area is mainly for trading, with all sorts of goods available."

"The Collector loves to collect all kinds of exotic and bizarre things. Compared to other places, this one is relatively safe, and we can stay for a while."

Ya Ro introduced him, the Land of Stars was a mix of both good and bad, to hold sway over a Floating Island and have one’s own territory.

You’d at least need to be a seasoned B-level life form, with a development progress of over 90%, having people to back you up, and big players providing support to really stand firm.

And to truly have prestige and set rules, one had to become an A-level life form.

A-level life forms held an extremely high status in any civilization, and most of the A-level life forms here were not castaways but instead chose to be here.

In this place, so long as you didn’t break the rules, or rather, had the power to defy the rules.

You could freely vent your violence, rob, kill and be killed; none of these were a big deal.

Ya Ro whispered introductions, as plenty of malevolent gazes covertly sized them up. Li Ming suddenly cracked a smile and said, "Why do I feel right at home?"

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