paranoianovel Chapter 127 The Return Journey
Chapter 127 The Return Journey
Chapter 127 The Return Journey
"Finally, we've cracked the toughest nut..."
Chen Yuan let out a long sigh of relief and turned his gaze to the remaining Hengxing-level members: "It's time to clean up the remnants."
Despite the seemingly lengthy battle with the ten leaders, the entire fight, from the moment he killed the cosmic-level mentalist "Old Ten" to the moment he killed the scarred leader, lasted less than ten seconds.
In fact, a large portion of the time was spent on the final conversation with Scarface.
After all, at the cosmic level, the difference in strength between the cosmic and planetary levels is like heaven and earth. In just one second, it is enough for cosmic-level martial artists to fight for hundreds of rounds.
Therefore, when Chen Yuan dealt with the ten leaders and turned his attention to the key members of the Hengxing level, very few of them were able to escape the domain.
It should be noted that Chen Yuan's domain is equivalent to the power of a cosmic-level expert; ordinary celestial beings would find it difficult to even move normally within it.
Chen Yuan chuckled lightly, his figure instantly shifting as he rushed into the crowd like a streak of light. Wherever his sword light touched, enemies fell one after another.
Twenty minutes later, Chen Yuan sheathed his sword and stood there. By then, there were no survivors around, not even those who had managed to escape the area.
"Wanted Poster No. 16358, targeting all members of 'Cross Star', has been eliminated by elite Chen Yuan."
He reported softly to his superior: "Please have the virtual universe assess the mission's progress."
[Mission Objective: 10 Cross Star Universe-level Leaders; Current Status: Dead]
[Mission Objective: 5113 core members of the Cross Star System, current status: deceased]
[Mission Objective: 1087 Cross-Star Planetary-level members, current status: deceased]
Congratulations! You have completed wanted mission number 16358. Your points have increased by 301450.
"Wow, I didn't expect the majority of the points to come from these high-level members."
After checking the points details, Chen Yuan couldn't help but sigh.
Although these cosmic-level leaders have a lot of points, there are too few of them—only ten people—who have contributed a total of just over 60,000 points.
While the individual scores of the Hengxing members are not high, their sheer number makes up for it; the more than 5,000 members contributed a total of over 200,000 points.
As for planetary-level planets, their numbers are small and their points are low, so they only account for a tiny fraction.
At this point, Chen Yuan had accumulated 68 points, enough to view the Purple Radiance Carving many more times.
"Finally, I've completed this mission." Chen Yuan stretched and glanced at the panel, noticing that he had accumulated 86 billion kill points.
Unfortunately, despite having many weaknesses, he currently has no projects that need optimization.
"How about we optimize the Blue Fox?"
With a little extra money, Chen Yuan couldn't resist spending it. He tried creating a mission: "System, optimize the Azure Fox spaceship. Optimization direction: higher defense, faster speed, and bind it to my soul."
[Task established, target optimized: Azure Fox; optimization focus: improve defense and speed performance, and bind to the host.]
[130 billion kill points required. Insufficient kill points. Mission creation failed.]
"130 billion?!"
Chen Yuan's eyes widened, and he instantly lost his temper.
He then checked the specific costs and found that the system was optimized for Tier 5 treasures.
Tier 5 items start at 1 million kill points, depending on the system's pricing.
In other words, the basic optimization cost of the Azure Fox was 130 million, and with the hundredfold increase in the cost of soul binding, it reached a terrifying figure of 1.3 billion.
"In that case, it's still the most cost-effective to start optimizing an A-class spaceship, since a Tier 1 item only costs 10,000 kill points to start with."
After a moment's thought, Chen Yuan decided to abandon optimizing the Azure Fox and instead find an A-class spaceship for soul binding.
"Well, now it's time to collect the spoils."
Upon landing on the unnamed island, Chen Yuan activated his mental domain and began cleaning up the battlefield.
An hour later, the spatial rings he had collected had piled up like a mountain, numbering in the thousands.
"We have to check them one by one, which will take forever."
Chen Yuan stared speechlessly at the pile of rings in front of him, then his eyes lit up and he said, "Irene, take inventory of the items in this pile of rings, sort them out, and then tell me."
"Yes, Master."
As Ireil responded, the Blue Fox slowly descended, and she manipulated her energy-formed arm to store the pile of rings inside the cabin.
Chen Yuan also returned to the cabin. Before leaving, he picked up a B2-class spaceship from the nameless island and put it in the optimization panel.
Unfortunately, the so-called Class A spaceships are essentially equivalent to "King-class intelligent fighter jets" on Earth, capable of only flying around planets at most, and are of no value to these space pirates.
He searched around but couldn't find a single Class A ship, so he had to settle for a Class B one.
As the hatch closed, the Blue Fox soared into the sky, quickly breaking through the atmosphere of the planet Shuiyao and heading towards the vast starry sky.
Inside the control room, Irene was very quick with her tests, and soon she had finished organizing all the items in the spatial rings.
"Master, the spoils of this battle have been inventoried."
Ireil's figure materialized inside the spaceship through energy, handing a ring to Chen Yuan while reporting to the leader: "All the high-value spoils are inside. Roughly estimated, if sold to the company, they could fetch about 320 billion cosmic coins."
"Hmm." Chen Yuan took the ring and nodded casually.
Including the value of this batch of spoils, Chen Yuan has earned 1500 billion universe coins in the past three months.
However, considering his current net worth, it's only average, since this amount of money is only 0.15 units of mixed yuan.
He still had 340 Mixed Yuan Units left, and he didn't care about this small gain at all.
"By the way, Master, besides the aforementioned spoils of war, I also found something good in the scarred leader's spatial ring."
Irene smiled slightly and took out a gray-black stone.
"Huh, what does this stone look like?" Chen Yuan's eyes were immediately drawn to it, feeling as if he had seen the stone before.
He quickly retrieved the relevant information from his memory, and his face lit up with ecstasy: "This is—Grey Crystal?!"
"That's right, it's Gray Crystal."
Irene smiled faintly and handed the gray stone in her hand to Chen Yuan: "This is one of the key treasures needed for the seventh level of the Wind Radiance Body, worth more than 300 Mixed Yuan Units. The key is that the branch doesn't have any in stock yet, so you can't buy it even if you want to."
"You're saying this is Scarface's private collection?"
Chen Yuan took the gray crystal and asked curiously, "Since he has such a precious treasure, why does he still want to be a space pirate? Wouldn't it be better to retire early and sell it? Such a large fortune is enough for him to cultivate to the level of a domain lord or even a world lord."
"Because the Gray Crystal is so precious, Scarface has no idea of the value of this treasure."
Ireil smiled and explained, "A treasure worth 300 Chaos Units could be the grand finale item at a three-star auction. If a buyer is interested, it could easily sell for 400 Chaos Units."
"How could Scarface, a mere third-tier cosmic-level being, have ever come into contact with such a high-end treasure?"
"Although he couldn't recognize it, he knew it must be very valuable, so he kept it hidden, planning to find a powerful force to help him once he cleared his name."
"Of course, this treasure now belongs to you, master."
Chen Yuan nodded, carefully examining the gray crystal in his hand, a satisfied smile appearing on his face: "With this, once I complete the sixth level of the Wind Radiance Body, I can begin cultivating the seventh level."
"Given the quality of this dark gray crystal, it should be enough for me to push the progress to over 20%, which is 7.2 times the amplitude."
"Congratulations, Master."
Irene congratulated him, "There are only a few days left until the three-month deadline. Are you planning to return to Purple Star, or will you continue with your original plan to search for the 'Demon Blade'?"
"Let's go back to Purple Star."
Chen Yuan held the gray crystal, admiring it repeatedly, in a very pleasant mood: "Anyway, I have enough points, so one more mission won't make a difference."
It's good to go back early; I can't wait to comprehend the Purple Radiance Inscription.
"68 points is enough for 68 comprehension sessions. Even if you only do one comprehension session a month, it will last for more than five years."
"That will be the perfect time to participate in the Qianwu branch's assessment."
"So, let's just go back."
"Understood." Irene nodded. "The course has been adjusted; target: Purple Star."
As Ireil finished speaking, the Blue Fox changed direction and flew towards the location of Purple Star at top speed.