In this post-apocalyptic world, I unexpectedly became a star galaxy master.

Under the orange-red sky, the post-war battlefield on Lujia Star was filled with a faint purplish-gray smoke.

This is the 18th planet contaminated by the zombie virus that Hongtang's interstellar conquest alliance has conquered, and the 234th planet they have landed on.

Unlike other infected planets, the mutated beasts here are few in number and small in size—the largest being no bigger than an elephant on Aquamarine.

The alliance cleared the battlefield in just six months, leaving only a few small insects and birds the size of cats and dogs making their last desperate struggle.

'Crackling sound'

A silver-blue arc of electricity swept across the scorched earth, and Hago nimbly leaped about, releasing fine currents from his little claws.

The insects, birds, and beasts that were fleeing in panic were electrocuted and convulsed, involuntarily driven in one direction.

There, Hongtang was lounging on a suspended energy lounge chair, her slender, pale fingers dancing gracefully.

'biu~biu~'

As golden light flashed at her fingertips, the mutated creatures instantly solidified into pure gold sculptures, crashing to the ground with a 'duang~duang' sound.

The crisp metallic clanging sound was more pleasing to her ears than any music.

"Hey, the newest floating lounge chair developed by Xishier is pretty good!" Hongtang said cheerfully to herself.

This chair was inspired by a video transaction in which Xixi saw her flying around on Big Red.

It seems she really is the 'benefactor' that Xi Xil spoke of.

Over the years, she has given Xixier a lot of similar research and development inspiration.

Since advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage on Luotuduo Star, Hongtang's cultivation level has soared to the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, just one step away from the Golden Core stage.

According to the Medicine Saint and Pill Master, ordinary cultivators' dantian should be in a gaseous state during the Qi Refining stage, turn into a liquid state during the Foundation Establishment stage, and only condense into a solid dantian during the Golden Core stage.

But she was an exception.

As early as the Qi Refining stage, there was already a golden liquid ball the size of an egg yolk in her dantian.

Now that it has reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, the surface of this 'golden egg' has hardened into a shell, but the core is still flowing liquid gold.

Even the well-informed Medicine Saint and Pill Master could not explain this strange phenomenon, and could only attribute it to 'extraordinary talent'.

This special physique gave her a unique ability—'turning stone into gold'.

When using metal-based superpowers, you can simultaneously draw upon the spiritual power within your dantian and unleash its full force to transform your target into a 24k pure gold body!

However, this incredible skill also has bugs.

First, it can only be used on living organisms, including those that are alive and those that have lost their vitality.

For example, living plants and animals, humans, or dead corpses and withered branches and leaves.

Secondly, there are restrictions on the weight of the target. Targets weighing less than 100 jin can be completely gilded, while targets weighing more than 100 jin can only be gilded from the outside in.

For example, if you split a 101-pound piglet in half, the outside will be a thick layer of gold, while the inside will be blood, flesh, or rotten flesh.

"Perhaps once the dantian's essence fully forms a golden core, I should be able to break through these limitations." This is why Hongtang is constantly cultivating and practicing diligently.

She narrowed her eyes and precisely pointed her fingertip at a mutated bat that swooped down.

As the golden statue fell, delicate vines caught it just in time.

"Sisi, why don't you work hard to kill beasts and advance your level like Tengteng? As far as I know, you're three levels behind Tengteng now."

Hongtang smiled and communicated with her mind.

The bouncy vines responded happily, 'Shh~ shh~'.

Mom, upgrading is important, but spending time with Mom is even more important.

She's only fallen three levels behind; Sisi will catch up quickly!

In reality, Sisi was secretly controlling hundreds of clones to cultivate on various battlefields.

This unique 'cloning and feedback' skill allows it to easily catch up with the gap without the need for arduous training as before.

Thinking of this, Sisi's vines trembled even more triumphantly, making it impossible for Hongtang to ignore them.

Through the contractual connection, she instantly received Sisi's thoughts.

Hey, what a deep and secretive kid he is, he really knows how to keep things to himself. But this unique and amazing skill is something she can only envy.

A loud 'boom' came from not far away. The fire python was toying with a one-eyed black panther that was barely clinging to life, using a metal egg that had not hatched for twenty years.

It first breathed fire to repel the leopard beast, and as the beast roared and pounced, it suddenly ejected a metal egg from its mouth—

''Bang!'

The black panther's nose snapped off, and the metal egg was retrieved into the abyssal maw by the fire python using its telekinetic power.

After several rounds, the wounded leopard finally collapsed to the ground, letting out a final, unwilling whimper.

The fire python chuckled smugly, covering its mouth with the tip of its tail. But as it turned its head, it saw its master and Ha Ge working together seamlessly to harvest all sorts of golden eagles.

The flames of jealousy suddenly ignited.

Without hesitation, it fired the metal egg at Hago, but Hago nimbly dodged it. The metal egg headed straight for Hongtang's chest—

'Snapped! '

The spatial barrier intercepted the metal egg precisely, causing it to bounce back even faster, striking the fire python squarely in its vital spot.

Instead of being annoyed, the mischievous snake hissed excitedly and hurled the metal egg at its owner again and again.

For a moment, the sound of metal clashing was endless.

The man and the python then began playing 'metal egg ping-pong' across the mountain of corpses.

'Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!'

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Good heavens! It finally managed to steal its owner's attention from the little cat!

Ha Ge gloated: You clueless stupid python! Didn't you see the chilling look your master gave you? You've ruined my chance to help my master earn some gold! You're in trouble now!

Ultimately, the boundless fire python successfully provoked Hongtang.

"You'd better stop now!"

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Hongtang used all her strength to throw the metal egg into the horizon.

"Stupid Fire, if you can't find the metal egg, you don't need to come back!"

The fire python's golden vertical pupils contracted instantly, and its figure transformed into a streak of light as it pursued the attack.

However, this time, it searched for a long time in a large pile of rocks ten miles away, but still could not find the metal egg that had been inseparable from it for twenty years and had been polished to a patina.

Even stranger, it always felt like something was following it...

Xiao Wei, a robot from an unknown higher-dimensional world, followed behind the fire python, chattering incessantly.

'Giggle wah giggle wah gurgle chacha~'

'Giggle wah giggle wah gurgle chacha~'

Hey Mom, it's me, Xiaowei. Why aren't you answering me?

An accident occurred in this energy-poor world, and it took it decades to replenish enough energy before it finally awoke successfully today.

Out of gratitude for the fire python's unwavering loyalty and care for nearly twenty years, it chose to transform into a similar form to stay by its side.

However, it had only been awake for a short time and had not yet had time to collect and learn the knowledge system of this world, so it could not immediately communicate and interact normally with the intelligent beings here.

Mom, it seems like you didn't understand what I said just now.

Sigh, in this world, this kind of intimate relationship is called "Mommy," right?

The rapidly moving fire python suddenly stopped and turned around sharply—

A small fire python, its body entirely black with a liquid metallic sheen flowing between its scales, was clumsily mimicking its own every movement.

Flames flickered as it opened and closed its mouth.

Holy crap, a miniature version of myself?!

The fire python ran even faster, without looking back.

As the most powerful exploration robot in the higher-dimensional world, Xiaowei has a very strong learning ability.

After only a few encounters, it was able to mimic the fire python, swaying its body in the low air and moving nimbly through the air.

'Gurgle gurgle la la hey ha hey ha hiss hiss hiss~'

Mom, don't run away! Take Xiao Wei with you, she's very useful!

Xiao Wei relentlessly pursued the fire python, his mechanical eyes gleaming with excitement.

A three-dimensional star map projection, invisible to anyone, soon appeared before its eyes—

At the coordinates representing the planet Lu Jia, countless red dots are emerging from deep within the Earth's core, forming a bright red countdown: 999:59:23...

This secret, it will not be told to anyone.

Except for Mom.