Swallowing the Stars: Becoming a God Starting with a Hundred Generations of Talent

The next morning.

Lu Yun arrived alone at the entrance hall of the mine tunnel.

He didn't disturb Rosen, only saying that he wanted to look around on his own.

It was the time when the early shift miners gathered, and the hall was bustling with noise.

Lu Yun stood on the high platform, looking down at the thousands of miners below.

Soon, that familiar figure appeared.

The space button is still there.

Lu Yun stepped down from the platform and naturally joined the torrent of miners preparing to go down into the mine.

As the giant lifting platform rumbled down, the miners' noise was gradually replaced by the roar of machinery.

Once the platform came to a stop, everyone filed out.

"Hu, which route are we going to today?" A familiar miner patted the man on the shoulder with a smile. "Of those eight veins down there, you know them best!"

"Yeah, you always dig the most, what's your secret?" someone chimed in.

The miner named Ah Hu smiled憨厚ly and scratched his head.

"Hehe, just luck."

His companions laughed and cursed, but didn't pursue the matter further.

Soon, the group arrived at the fork in the main road.

The miners dispersed in twos and threes, and Ah Hu greeted his companions before turning into one of the mine tunnels by himself.

Lu Yun followed at a leisurely pace.

As soon as we entered the fork in the road, the surroundings became quiet, with only the monotonous sound of footsteps echoing.

The mine tunnels are interconnected and have numerous branching paths.

Ah Hu did not follow one path to the end, but instead kept wandering through the spiderweb-like mine tunnels, with no discernible pattern to his route.

He would sometimes turn into narrow side streets and sometimes circle back to the main road, a process that lasted for nearly fifteen minutes.

However, under Lu Yun's mental perception, the seemingly complicated route formed a clear map.

No matter how Ah Hu tried to evade him, he remained firmly within his sights.

Finally, Ah Hu slipped into a narrow, long-abandoned mine tunnel.

He glanced back warily, making sure there was no one behind him.

Then, he walked to an inconspicuous rock wall, and with a quick sidestep, he disappeared into a narrow crevice in the rock that could only accommodate one person at a time.

A moment later, Lu Yun's figure appeared silently in front of the crack.

Beyond the crack lies an even narrower natural rock passage, only wide enough for one person to pass through, winding its way deeper into the earth.

This walk took nearly half an hour.

The temperature around us began to rise slightly, and a faint, dry heat permeated the air, a stark contrast to the extreme cold of the main mine tunnel.

Ah Hu, who was ahead, finally stopped.

In Lu Yun's mental perception, he arrived at the end of a passage, where a thick rock wall stood before him, seemingly without any abnormality.

"Crunch... crunch..."

A dull grating sound rang out.

Lu Yun could clearly "see" that Ah Hu was using all his strength to slowly push away a giant rock weighing tens of tons.

After the boulder was moved, a deep cave entrance was revealed.

Beyond the rock face, a breathtaking view suddenly opened up.

A wave of scorching heat rushed towards us.

This is a huge natural underground cave, with a dome so high that its edge is invisible.

There is no artificial lighting here; the only light source comes from the surrounding rock walls.

The walls of the cave were densely covered with countless crimson crystals, which emitted a warm yet intense red light, illuminating the entire vast underground space as if it were dusk.

Extremely Fiery Gold!

Moreover, its purity is extremely high, and its quality far exceeds that of the veins in the outside mines that require laborious mining.

These extremely hot metal objects, some as large as a fist, are almost everywhere, exposed nakedly in the air.

Something's definitely not right.

"Could this kid be stealing ore here?"

Lu Yun's gaze swept over the vast mineral deposit.

Hopefully it's not that simple.

Just as the thought flashed through his mind, a voice came from the depths of the cave.

"After following us for so long, it's time to come out."

Lu Yun's pupils contracted slightly.

It was discovered!

He considered himself to be quite skilled at stealth and concealment, and with the added shielding of his mental powers, ordinary planetary-level beings would have no chance of detecting him.

My vigilance instantly spiked.

With a thought, the dark silver [Thousand Machine Blade] silently appeared beside him, ready to strike.

"What are you doing here, sneaking around like this?" Lu Yun's voice was icy.

The miner named "Ahu" slowly turned around, his previously guileless facade completely gone.

With a flick of his right hand across the button on his chest, a dark red battle axe appeared in his hand.

Without uttering a single wasted word, he charged straight at Lu Yun!

Good guy!

Lu Yun's eyes narrowed.

This axe strike, seemingly simple and brutal, actually contains extremely sophisticated techniques for generating power.

"The power level is actually four or five times higher..." Lu Yun thought to himself. "It's a pretty good talent among planetary-level beings. It's a pity that it met me."

Faced with this ferocious attack, Lu Yun simply raised his right hand.

"Blade Net".

The [Thousand Machine Blade] hovering beside him instantly disintegrated, and the twenty willow-leaf throwing knives split a second time, transforming in an instant into forty tiny blades as thin as cicada wings!

Forty blades spun rapidly along an arcane trajectory, forming a dense yet impenetrable dark silver net, meeting the descending battle axe.

This is the second form of the Thousand Machine Blade!

The forty-fold amplification of mental power also erupted without reservation at this moment!

Chi Chi Chi -!

A piercing metallic scraping sound rang out.

The powerful battle axe seemed to sink into a quagmire of countless razors the moment it touched the blade net.

The rapidly spinning blades were frantically slicing through the axe, sending sparks flying everywhere!

Ah Hu's expression changed drastically. He felt an irresistible strangling force coming from the axe. His pride and joy seemed so ridiculous in front of this small "net".

Before he could react...

Lu Yun's gaze turned cold.

"receive."

hum!

The snarling net of blades tightened instantly!

Forty blades, as thin as cicada wings, pierced through Ah Hu's protective force in an instant, like a school of bloodthirsty piranhas, passing through every part of his body!

Puff puff puff!

The blood mist exploded.

Ah Hu's charging figure came to an abrupt halt. He froze on the spot, and the battle axe in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang".

His body was completely unharmed.

But his life was utterly extinguished in an instant.

"No doubt about it." Lu Yun remained calm.

Ah Hu lowered his head, his eyes filled with disbelief.

died.

Lu Yun shook his head, thinking to himself, "My mental power amplitude has now reached forty-two times. At this level, even in the Virtual Universe Company branch, I would be considered a third-level elite seed and a key candidate for cultivation."

The difference between them—a mere planetary-level third-tier martial artist exerting four or five times the force—was like an insurmountable chasm.

Lu Yun slowly walked to Ah Hu's body, his gaze falling on the inconspicuous spatial ring on his hand.

"Let me see how much wealth you've amassed through all that hard work mining and robbing." He muttered to himself, his mental energy probing in and easily erasing the remaining mental imprint.

The space inside the ring was not large, but it was filled with a large amount of freshly mined Extreme Fire Gold ore.

But that's not what Lu Yun cares about.

His attention was quickly drawn to several spatial rings of different styles in the corner.

"Oh? There's another ring inside the ring." Lu Yun raised an eyebrow, understanding dawning on him. "It seems this is his real stash, most likely stolen from someone else."

Lu Yun's heart stirred, and he took out all the rings.

He investigated them one by one.

"really……"

One of the rings contained a considerable amount of B-grade metal materials. Although not top-tier rare, they were still quite valuable.

The other ring contained jade slips and memory crystals.

"A secret technique?" Lu Yun's eyes lit up.

He scanned the jade slip and crystal with his mental power, and the information inside quickly flooded into his mind.

These secret techniques and methods are all of a very low level.

The Seven Forms of Star Splitting...

This is a sword technique that emphasizes concentrating power into a single point for an instantaneous burst. It consists of seven forms, and when mastered, it is said to be able to cleave stars in two with a single strike.

The Meteor Sword Manual...

The Blood-Burning Secret Technique...

The Power of Shattering Realms...

Lu Yun's gaze fell on the last spatial ring.

His mental energy swept in.

The space inside the ring was much larger than the previous ones, and it was filled with a dazzling array of various items.

There are over a hundred uniformly designed first- and second-tier Force battle knives, swords, and spears.

Clearly, this is a team's spoils.

But what really caught Lu Yun's attention were those precious materials, neatly categorized and arranged.

On one of the jade bottles made of special crystals.

"Star Marrow Fluid".

Lu Yun recognized it in his mind.

Star Marrow Liquid, just one gram, can increase the cultivation speed of a ninth-level planetary expert several times over, greatly shortening the time required to break through to the eternal star level!

Such wealth, such precious treasures...

This is something that a mere Tier 3 planetary miner like "Ah Hu" could never possess.

Lu Yun swept his mental energy over the area and quickly formed a rough estimate in his mind.

Those B-grade metals, hundreds of Force weapons, and that bottle of Star Essence Liquid... all together, they are worth a fortune.

"Around 50 billion Black Dragon Coins," Lu Yun thought to himself. "Converted to Qianwu Coins, that's about 50 million."

This wealth is enough for a planetary-level martial artist to break through to the eternal-level and live a comfortable life.

Did this "Ah Hu" acquire all this wealth here?

Lu Yun frowned slightly.

Not right.

Why would a third-tier planetary warrior, possessing all of this, not flee far away?

With this wealth and those secret techniques, he could easily find a safe place to cultivate in seclusion and make rapid progress in his strength. Why would he need to disguise himself as a miner and risk being discovered by coming here every day?

He comes every day...

This means that he had a reason to come here.

"Unless there's something more important here than these 50 billion Black Dragon Coins." Lu Yun's eyes flashed.

"Or perhaps, these treasures are merely a 'byproduct' of his actions here?"

Is there some secret in this area?

Thinking of this, Lu Yun's gaze sharpened.

His mental energy spread outwards from him throughout the entire massive natural cavern.

He began to scan the vast space inch by inch.

He believed that the secrets hidden in a place that would make a third-tier planetary expert risk danger to infiltrate every day were definitely not simple.

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