Star Odyssey

coldly.

“A little planet in a savage borderland really thinks highly of itself.
Whatever, I’ll give you a chance to take her away, but it will depend on your ability.”

“Speak!” Yan Gang growled.

A slight smile grew on Qingyu’s face, “Go to China’s capital and fetch my stuff in exchange for this woman.”

Yan Gang’s eyes flashed, “Release Huo Xiaoling first, and then I’ll go and get it for you.”

Qingyu burst out in laughter, “Are you an imbecile, or do you think I’m an idiot? Release the hostage first? I do hope your brain hasn’t burnt to a complete crisp.”

Yan Gang was furious and clenched both fists, the air around him further distorted by the heat, “Fine, I’ll go, but you must promise not to harm her.”

Qingyu shrugged, “That depends on how long it takes you to get it.
I wouldn’t give you a guarantee if you take too long; this girl is quite pretty.”

Yan Gang was furious, “Xiaoling is a Melder; if you dare touch her, we’ll slaughter you even if it means we must break our seals.”

“Wouldn’t that mean you forfeit your chance to join Astral-10? Do you think the Astral Combat Academy accepts trash that can’t even handle Sentinel trials? How will you answer your leader?” Qingyu continued to mock him.

Yan Gang snorted, then told the student behind him, “Watch him, I’m going to China.”

“Munoor just fled after being defeated, are you sure you’ll be alright alone?” The student came from the Huo Family and Huo Xiaoling was his only concern.

“Don’t compare me to such trash!” Yan Gang snapped before flying away, a white trail of smoke behind him.
Assuming no mutant beasts barred the way, it would take about two days to get from where he was to Beijing.

……

Said city was mostly dark, with only a small part of the city lit up so it could avoid attracting mutant beasts.
Lu Yin arrived at the basement of the Research and Development Center under President Lian’s guidance to see what Qingyu had left behind—a stone about the size of a human skull.
It seemed round at first glance, but it actually had sixteen faces, each smooth and flat with an indecipherable mark in the center.
The entire stone emitted an aura that felt like it had weathered countless changes since the start of time.

Beside Lu Yin was Bai Xue; it was her recommendation that had finally allowed him to see this thing.
She had been strongly opposed to him even laying eyes on Qingyu’s belongings before, even claiming that such permission required the Seven Sages to agree, but now the entire capital was under his sole protection; there was simply no reason not to let him take a look.

He looked at the stone that was placed in a glass box with curiosity, “It looks like carved stone, but it feels… different.”

“Do you know how old it is?” President Lian asked, answering when he shook his head, “We don’t either.
It’s impossible to estimate.”

“Impossible to estimate?” Lu Yin was shocked.
It was rather inconceivable that Earth’s current technology couldn’t even measure a stone’s age.

President Lian continued, “It’s just too old for our knowledge, we can’t track some of the changes it has lasted through.
The traces of its age are everywhere, and we simply can’t come to a conclusion.
We’ve tried many approaches but were unable to glimpse anything.”

Bai Xue followed up, “We did manage to put together some information.
This Qingyu came here from the depths of the universe, and no news was spread despite the incredible distance of his escape.
The best explanation is that he’d stolen something far too valuable, this stone.”

“When you guys brought him back from Neptune, what else did he have besides this stone?” Lu Yin asked

She looked at President Lian, who said, “A sword, several crystals that turned out to be star crystals, and a chip that contained cultivation methods.
It was rather damaged, so we couldn’t read much, but we did what we could.”

She elaborated, “The blade is with Zhang Dingtian, and we absorbed the star crystals long ago to help with cultivation.
We were already close to the Realm of Sky before the Apocalypse started, or what the aliens call the Sentinel realm.”

Lu Yin looked at the stone, “So this stone and that sword are the only things Qingyu left behind?”

President Lian answered, “We have examined the war blade.
The material is very sturdy and far surpasses any metal or alloy that can be found on Earth, but that’s it.
As for this stone, we can’t make heads or tails of it at all.”

“Can I examine it?”

“Of course.”

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