346: Chapter 340 Battle Merit Exchange

[System Prompt: You are about to exchange for access to the 'Seventh Star Sector Exclusive Secret Realm—Shattered Star Land'. This will consume one million war merits. This operation is irreversible. Do you confirm?]

On the virtual light screen, bright red warning text flashed continuously.

Song Yang's fingertips didn't pause for a second as he pressed the 'Confirm' option directly.

[Exchange successful.]

[War Merits -1,000,000.]

[Remaining War Merits: 2,414,000.]

A series of numbers flashed before his eyes, and his massive war merit balance was instantly slashed by nearly a third.

If the soldiers on the front lines, who risked their lives for a few hundred or thousand war merits, saw this scene, they would probably suffer a heart attack on the spot.

War merits were meant to be spent.

Only resources that could be converted into strength had true value.

His gaze moved away from the 'Shattered Star Land' entry, but another matter came to mind.

He thought of the people waiting for him at home.

He was currently roaming the universe, his strength advancing by leaps and bounds, but their life levels were still stuck in the realm of mortals.

Faced with even the slightest ripple of a future cosmic-level disaster, they would be as fragile as glass.

Song Yang did not like this feeling.

His family and friends deserved to stand at a higher starting point.

With this thought, his fingers, which had been ready to close the exchange platform, began tapping on the search bar again.

This time, he was no longer typing in world-shaking secret realms or weapons.

Instead, it was a purer and even more precious treasure.

[Life Level Optimization Fluid (Perfect Edition)]

The light screen refreshed, and an exquisite crystal bottle, appearing as if it contained a brilliant galaxy, appeared on the interface.

The introduction below was concise yet shocking.

[Effect: Can elevate the life level of carbon-based intelligent life to the War God Level with no side effects, significantly extend lifespan, and optimize genetic structure.]

[Exchange Requirement: 50,000 War Merits per vial.]

Ordinary people could spend their entire lives without even imagining such a creation.

Its sole function was to allow an ordinary person to reach the heavens in a single step, possessing the physique of a War God Level being.

Song Yang lightly tapped the quantity column and entered the number '10'.

[Exchanging for 'Life Level Optimization Fluid (Perfect Edition)' x10 will consume 500,000 war merits. Do you confirm?]

"Confirm."

Another 500,000 war merits vanished into thin air.

Having handled this matter, Song Yang's thoughts drifted further.

Earth.

That was his root.

Although given Earth's current situation, average civilizations wouldn't have the guts to invade.

But the universe was vast; any accident could happen.

He couldn't stay there forever to guard it.

Therefore, he needed an absolutely loyal and powerful force to protect that homeland for him.

His finger slid across the light screen again, quickly filtering through the dazzling array of war machine categories.

Soon, his gaze locked onto a combat robot with a ferocious design full of violent aesthetics.

['Punisher' Series - Type VII Combat Robot]

[Description: A top-tier mass-produced war machine from the Federal Factory, equipped with a miniature annihilation energy core, a Gauss kinetic spear, and shoulder-mounted particle light spears. The outer armor uses Clara Alloy, sufficient to withstand three seconds of direct fire from a battleship's main cannon.]

[The AI core is absolutely loyal and cannot be hacked or subverted by any conventional means.]

[Individual Combat Power Evaluation: Stellar Level Nine.]

[Exchange Requirement: 100 War Merits per unit.]

Song Yang looked at the price, his brow twitching slightly.

It wasn't because he thought it was expensive.

Rather, he felt it was too cheap.

To the current him, a hundred war merits was practically no different from getting it for free.

He directly entered a cold number in the quantity column.

One thousand.

He wanted to buy a thousand of them!

A thousand Stellar Level Nine combat robots forming an iron legion would be enough to tear any petty thieves who dared covet Earth, along with their fleets, into cosmic dust!

[Exchanging for 'Punisher-Type VII' x1000 will consume 100,000 war merits. Do you confirm?]

"Confirm."

[Ding!]

[All exchange items confirmed.]

[Logistics plan being generated...]

[Federal Military Standard Logistics, estimated delivery time: 7 standard days.]

[Logistics plan confirmed. Delivery will be made via the quantum transmission network to your designated private coordinates.]

[Preparing for delivery...]

The progress bar on the light screen loaded rapidly.

Song Yang leaned back against his chair, his gaze returning to the galaxy receding rapidly outside the window.

In just a few minutes, over 1.6 million war merits had vanished.

In exchange, he had secured his family's transformation and the peace of his homeland.

He glanced at his remaining war merit balance.

[Current War Merits: 1,814,000]

It was still a number that would drive anyone crazy.

"Money only has meaning when it's spent."

Seven standard days passed in the blink of an eye.

Above the Heart of God, space rippled like the surface of water.

The next moment, a sleek private starship tore through space and steadily hovered over the landing pad in the center of a manor.

The hatch slid open silently.

Song Yang's figure appeared at the end of the gangway.

Not far from the landing pad, four figures stood quietly, waiting with anticipation.

The mature and charming Bai Jie, full of grace.

The sexy and noble Zhang Xinmei, who naturally exuded a queenly aura.

Liliya, who was like an elf, pure and unlike a mortal.

And the youthful and lively Yang Yueqi, with her hair in twin ponytails.

They were like four of the most beautiful sights, instantly filling this steel manor with the warmth of a home.

"You're back!"

Yang Yueqi was the first to lose control, rushing over like a happy little rabbit.

Song Yang opened his arms with a smile, catching her in a full embrace and ruffling her soft twin ponytails.

"Yeah, I'm back."

Bai Jie and Zhang Xinmei also walked over. Their gazes weren't as overt as Yang Yueqi's, but they were filled with an inseparable longing and tenderness.

"Did everything go smoothly this time?"

Bai Jie asked softly, habitually reaching out to straighten his collar, only to find he was completely spotless.

"Everything went smoothly," Song Yang nodded.

The group crowded around Song Yang as they walked toward the main Villa.

"While you were away these few days, the Heart of God has been quite lively."

Zhang Xinmei spoke up; she was in charge of investments and was most sensitive to such information.

"Quite a few people wanted to visit you—some from the military, some from financial groups, and even some strangers. We turned them all away."

"After all, since you weren't here, it wasn't our place to decide who you should or shouldn't see."

Entering the Villa's main hall, Song Yang sat down on the sofa and motioned for them to sit as well.

He didn't keep them in suspense, lightly sweeping his palm across the void in front of him.

Buzz!

Ten crystal-clear crystal bottles appeared out of thin air, floating in mid-air and rotating slowly.

Inside each bottle, it seemed as if an entire brilliant galaxy had been sealed. Light flowed through them, dreamlike to the extreme, bathing the entire hall in a layer of sacred radiance.