I make a contract with myself

"It's getting dark."

The blackness Sun Yan spoke of was not the blackness seen with the naked eye, but rather the blackness of spiritual energy.

The sunlight was still warm and bright, but because of the presence of spiritual energy, the sky was even brighter.

Unfortunately, when the spiritual energy level drops, the sky turns dark.

As expected, Project Starry Night has had a significant impact on the Ancient Spirit World.

The influence does not come from outer space, but from the world itself.

The spiritual energy has become thin.

Of course, it hasn't reached the point of depletion, and it's still very far from the end times.

Before long, Chu Yi calculated the result: "After calculation, the spiritual energy as a whole has decreased by about 31% to 34%."

Sun Yan sighed, "As expected, it didn't come without a price."

Shining among the stars, attracting a group of outsiders, years of war have resulted in countless deaths and injuries, and thirty percent of the world's spiritual energy has been depleted, all for the sake of legend... Is it really worth it?

Sun Yan didn't know either.

However, if Chu Yi were to stand in a position of absolute rationality, calculate before answering, she would only give two words.

"worth."

Sun Yan opened his mouth, seemingly unable to find a reason to refute, so he could only continue to ask, "How long will it take for the spiritual energy to recover?"

After some calculations, Chu Yi replied, "One thousand two hundred and thirty-four years."

Sun Yan nodded: "Send the investigation results to everyone, and we won't have to worry about it."

The opinions of the powerful beings of different races on the mechanical race are mixed. While it's not true that everyone owns one, mechanical creations are indeed convenient to use, and they always keep one on hand.

After finishing one matter, Sun Yan's eyes brightened, and he mobilized all his spiritual energy to activate the Invincible Technique.

The spiritual energy circulates along the meridians, following a specific path of cultivation.

As time went by, Sun Yan's health had almost fully recovered. Although he was still unable to fight, circulating his internal energy was now an instinct for cultivators, as easy as eating and drinking.

However, his cultivation level did not increase.

No matter how many cycles the spiritual energy circulated, it showed no increase whatsoever; its only effect was to help him recover faster.

After circulating through 486 cycles, the spiritual energy disperses throughout the body, permeating the bones and blood, and nourishing the soul.

Sun Yan opened his eyes, raised his right hand and clenched it, feeling that he was indeed stronger than before.

"At the current rate... three years, three years later, it will be fully recovered."

After saying this, Sun Yan summoned Chu Yi to check on the recent events.

Within the world, the ancestors of all races have returned, their injuries have all healed, and they have been assigned to star-space passes to guard their respective regions.

The decline in spiritual energy levels has a significant impact, but it is mainly concentrated above the Spirit level.

The weak are inherently content with their lot; whether they have more or less spirituality makes no difference.

However, after much discussion, the leaders came up with a corresponding solution.

Meanwhile, in the outer realms, the battlefield from many years ago has been cleared up, and research on otherworldly artifacts has begun. Quite a few useful items have been found, which is good news.

After reading it, Sun Yan suddenly asked, "How's the undercover agent doing?"

Chu Yi said while playing the video, "They are all still nobodies, but that's enough. We have already found out about the outsiders' alliance. There are at least six half-step legends. We have information on five of them, and the last one is a newcomer."

Sun Yan stroked his chin: "With this little fighting strength, where do they get the audacity to challenge us?"

At the same time, the screen split in two, and Duan Rong's voice rang out.

"The scouts have reported that they have begun their attack."

As shown on the screen, hordes of bizarre aliens, with overwhelming momentum, advanced towards the pass of the alien gods.

No trace of the Half-Step Legend was captured.

The same applies to other passes.

Sun Yan asked curiously, "Where's our undercover agent? Not a single clue?"

Locals definitely wouldn't be able to infiltrate the extraterrestrial invaders; the only option is to use the people from the Misty Immortal Sect, like that young sect leader.

Or perhaps, they were disciples recruited by our ancestors.

The spiritual energy cultivated by these people does not belong to the ancient spirit world and is not easily detected.

Forget about disguising yourself. Who knows what kind of extraterrestrial races they are? What if they have some special racial talent? Wouldn't that expose you right away?

Chu Yi's virtual avatar frowned and replied, "Yes, there are. Five out of ten people say it's a feint attack, two say it's a general attack, and the other three haven't received any information and are still hiding."

Sun Yan couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it: "Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, let's get ready."

Duan Rong, however, had a different opinion: "I think they should be killed."

Sun Yan sighed: "I'm afraid that if I kill too many people, I'll push them too far."

If you bring together half-legends, as long as you're willing to humble yourself and play guerrilla warfare against outsiders, killing them is actually quite simple.

The problem is that if everyone is shameless, even the enemy's half-legendary level can team up and directly break through the Starry Sky Pass. It's not difficult for them. By the time others receive the news and come to support them, the battlefield will probably be within the Ancient Spirit World.

Just as Duan Rong was hesitating, the undercover agent delivered intelligence.

The Half-Step Legend has completely disappeared, seemingly having directly entered the Ancient Spirit World.

Sun Yan: "..."

What I just said has been proven wrong.

The intelligence came from the young sect leader of the Misty Immortal Sect, and its credibility is extremely high, after all, she is the one with the highest cultivation among those undercover agents.

Duan Rong's voice was slightly cold: "Where's Skynet?"

Chu Yi replied, "Everything is normal."

At the same time, all the tribes received firsthand intelligence and began to take action.

Each has its own way of dealing with it, but unfortunately, the Ancient Spirit World is ultimately too vast, and it is difficult to achieve complete defense with only the power of eight star-space passes.

In particular, the enemies were all at the half-legendary level.

Those qualified to take action must at least be leaders.

In a very short time, Chu Yi made a judgment: "Once everyone leaves the edge of the world, Skynet will launch an indiscriminate attack!"

This is the highest level of alert.

Without anyone's permission, Chu Yi will take control, conduct the most rational and cold-blooded calculations, and decide whether to activate the contingency plan based on the results.

With Chu Yi's current cultivation level, she is already a leader-level individual and, as Sun Yan's spirit, she is qualified to make decisions.

At this moment, Yun Yun took over command again and, together with the other commanders of the passes, analyzed the current situation.

She even used a separate screen to ask, "Husband, where do you think it would be?"

Sun Yan's eyes were icy: "I think we can make a choice."

Yun Yun asked in confusion, "What choice?"

"Either launch a full-scale attack and wipe out all the enemies outside the Star Pass, or play it safe and maintain the status quo."

"..."

Everyone can hear what Sun Yan is saying now.

However, no one answered immediately.

"What about our home?" someone asked.

"They're just a few half-legendary figures. Even if they manage to break in, it won't be something they can accomplish overnight. They'll just lose some land and a few spiritual veins," Sun Yan said coldly.

As for the creatures on the land, they certainly wouldn't survive.

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

The oppressive atmosphere was broken only when Chu Yi's mechanical voice rang out again.

"Enemy detected, seven near-legendary figures..."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.