1: Zuxing Cyber Heaven

Chapter 1: Ancestral Star, Cyber Heavenly Court

Unknown Star Region, Heavenly Court Year 96.

After nearly a century of conquest, Su Mu, the Lord of the Cyber Heavenly Court, finally conquered the entire star region, making it his territory.

It was also in this year that the entire star region was completely renamed the Heavenly Court Star Region!

Under the rule of Heavenly Court, Ancestral Star.

Universe Star Gate, South Heaven Gate.

Today was the day for the selection of Heavenly Soldiers on the Ancestral Star.

Countless young people who stood out from the Ancestral Star, led by the Yang Jian Protector, crossed the Star Gate and boarded transport ships, heading towards the Heavenly Court they longed for.

After an unknown period, the transport ship began to slowly decelerate, and the young people inside finally saw the true appearance of the Heavenly Court.

Through the windows of the transport ship, they first saw several red “patterns” composed of specks of red light, quietly suspended in space.

When the transport ship got closer to these red “patterns,” they finally saw what those specks of red light truly were.

These specks of red light were all silver battleships with red energy shields activated!

“I… I know what this is!”

“This should be the Suzaku Fleet, part of the Twenty-Eight Constellations Battleship Fleet under Celestial Venerable Su Mu!”

“I once saw in a document that only the Suzaku Fleet’s energy shields are red!”

Looking at the magnificent scene outside, a refined-looking young man in the crowd suddenly spoke up.

As he spoke, the young people throughout the transport fleet began to discuss animatedly.

“Really? Is this the Suzaku Fleet? I heard the Suzaku Fleet is a legendary fleet, taking only half a day to completely occupy an enemy galaxy!”

“That’s right! And I heard that the tens of thousands of soldiers on the Suzaku Fleet are all at the level of Third-Generation Super Soldiers! Even the seven commanders have reached the level of First-Grade Divine Bodies!”

“No way! Is that true? If it is, if I could serve in the Suzaku Fleet, that would be incredibly lucky!”

“Don’t say that! One should still have some ambition. While the Twenty-Eight Constellations Battleships are strong, under Celestial Venerable Su Mu, they are still relatively low-ranking fleets! I, for one, think I can serve in a more advanced battleship!”

While these young people were conversing, the transport ship slowly entered the “Hangar Barracks” behind the Suzaku Fleet.

Once the transport ship had completely stopped, electronic synthesized voices echoed from within the transport ship.

“Optimizing hangar internal environment, please do not exit!”

“Optimizing hangar internal environment, please do not exit!”

“Optimizing hangar internal environment, please do not exit!”

Because these young people had not yet passed the Heavenly Soldier selection, they could not adapt to the complex environment of space, so the hangar needed to help create a safe environment for them.

Barring any surprises, these young people would only be able to stay in this “Hangar Barracks” until they had completely graduated.

“Hangar internal environment optimization complete! You may proceed with disembarkation!”

The hangar worked quickly, optimizing the entire hangar environment for human survival in just a few seconds.

As the prompt sounded, Yang Jian opened the transport ship’s hatch and leaped to the other end of the hangar.

As soon as Yang Jian landed, a charming woman, leading a squad of soldiers, came from a door at the other end of the hangar to greet him.

“Yang Jian Protector.” Liu Qing bowed slightly in greeting.

Although Liu Qing was one of the commanders in the Suzaku Fleet, her status was still very low compared to Yang Jian.

Looking at Liu Qing, who was bowing to him, Yang Jian spoke indifferently: “This batch consists of the chosen seeds from Ancestral Star for the selection.”

“Oh? Is this all of them? They don’t seem to be very many!” Liu Qing looked at the young people behind Yang Jian with captivating eyes.

“Celestial Venerable has ordered that this year’s selection will be used to expand new fleets, so these individuals are almost all one in ten thousand. Having this many is already sufficient,” Yang Jian said slowly, looking at Liu Qing.

“Alright, I’ll leave this group to you for now. I still need to report back to Celestial Venerable quickly.”

Liu Qing softly “hmm-ed”: “Yang Jian Protector, please go ahead.”

However, just as Yang Jian entered the small South Heaven Gate and passed through the wormhole to the Lingxiao Battleship to meet Su Mu, a huge blue light screen slowly unfolded above the entire Heavenly Court.

Not only Heavenly Court, but almost all civilizations in the entire Super God Universe saw a blue light screen suspended above their own civilization.

Cyber Heavenly Court, Lingxiao Battleship.

Lingxiao Palace.

As the palace where the Lord of Heavenly Court resided, the entire Lingxiao Palace was designed to be vast, almost the size of a city.

The technologically advanced gates were inlaid with rare treasures offered from various star systems!

Each one of these, if placed outside, would be enough to trigger a galactic war!

But here in Lingxiao Palace, they could only be used as decorations, adorning the gates!

Beyond the gates lay steel corridors built with various technologies!

Within the corridors, several small South Heaven Gates stood quietly, connecting to various major fleets, making it convenient for them to come to Lingxiao Palace for discussions.

Through the corridors was the location of the Celestial Venerable’s throne.

Compared to the serious, robust technological feel outside, the furnishings around the Celestial Venerable’s throne were very simple; apart from the magnificent throne and necessary facilities, there was nothing else in the entire hall.

But it was precisely this simple arrangement that highlighted the solemnity and dignity of the discussion place!

Su Mu, sitting on the throne, narrowed his eyes as he looked at the blue light screen that suddenly appeared in the sky and spoke to Nezha, his personal guard below the throne: “Nezha, go and see what that blue light screen in the sky is.”

“If circumstances permit, bring that blue light screen back to me.”

“Yes!”

After receiving Su Mu’s command, Nezha first bowed, then turned and left Lingxiao Palace.

Just as Nezha left, the light screen suspended in space emitted ripples.

When the ripples dissipated, text slowly appeared on the light screen.

“Universe Civilization Strength Ranking!”

“Hmm?” Su Mu, sitting on the throne, softly hummed, looking at the text displayed on the light screen.

Su Mu didn’t expect that the ranking he had seen in novels in his previous life would actually appear here.

After a brief thought, Su Mu composed himself and asked the system in his mind: “System, do you know what’s going on with this ranking?”

“Detecting the cause of the ranking’s appearance.”

“Please wait, Host!”

“Detection successful!”

“Based on detection data and analysis, the ranking was naturally born within this universe.”

“Host can also understand it as the ranking being the embodiment of this universe’s will.”

“The embodiment of the universe’s will?”

Listening to the system’s explanation, Su Mu softly murmured, then looked back at the blue light screen with profound meaning.