Age of Evolution

What did she mean, which of the two pieces of good news did he want to hear first? Was there even a difference?

After Chris’s promotion, her speech tended to be more humane, but she often ended up creating some comical moments, such as this absurd one.

“Well…let’s hear the first piece of good news then.”

“The first piece of good news is that the World King of the Machinery Realm is about to leave the Kirin Holy Star. Not only him, many World Kings are on the verge of departure too, for unknown purposes. You don’t have to worry about his threat anymore.”

“Oh! The World King is leaving?”

Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment. He didn’t know what the World King was going to do, but one thing he was sure of was that it must be a big deal, a very, very big deal.

But without the World King of the Machinery Realm around, indeed, it was good news for Lin Zhen. Despite the protection of the Mixed World King, Lin Zhen wasn’t worried about his personal safety, but he also had no chance to confront Ye Hua.

“So, what’s the other piece of good news?”

“Master, there’s news about the thing you asked me to pay attention to. On the Twin Star in the Tianhe Empire, indeed, a mountain fell from the sky.”

“Great!”

Excited, Lin Zhen stood up, his emotions surging.

Since his reincarnation, Lin Zhen’s reliance on memories of his previous life has decreased significantly. With his rising power, even if he got those opportunities from his previous life, they wouldn’t be much help.

But one thing he clearly remembered.

It happened inside the Tianhe Empire. On the capital planet of the Gemini constellation, a mountain fell from the sky.

This mountain, named Mount Sumeru, contained luminous stones that glowed. These stones were of no use to ordinary martial artists. However, if collected and taken to the temple on the peak, they could be exchanged for treasures with the intelligent life forms.

Things like the Heart of Star Plants were in abundance there, along with countless other priceless items rarely seen on typical days.

The most memorable treasure for Lin Zhen was something called Star Illusion Stone.

This thing was useless to ordinary people, but for martial artists with avatars, it was an invaluable treasure!

Because after absorbing this stone, the star power between the primary body and the avatar could be transferred mutually.

For instance, in Lin Zhen’s current situation, he had 7500 star power and his avatar had 6000. Then, he could borrow his avatar’s power and transfer its 6000 star power to his primary body.

A primary body with 7500 stars power and an avatar with 6000 might not be a match for a god with over 10,000 star power. But after transferring star power, the primary body would have 13,500 star power and could easily crush Xuan Jiang, a god with just over 10,000 star power!

He had shared this information with Chris ages ago, fearing he might forget. Now upon receiving Chris’s message, he suddenly remembered it all.

In his previous life, this Star Illusion Stone was obtained by a martial artist named Five Ghosts. Lin Zhen didn’t know who Five Ghosts was.

But he vaguely remembers that those who went to Mount Sumeru to exchange treasures were at most in the Star System Stage. There were no figures from the Star Domain Stage. Back then he didn’t know why, but thinking about it now, it was probably the high-ranking figures in the Star Domain Stage who were paying attention to the departure of the World Kings, hence missing this opportunity.

The Star Illusion Stone was unique amongst all the treasures, so Lin Zhen could not delay and prepared to embark immediately.

Temporarily closing the Heavenly Fire small shop, Lin Zhen took his avatar with him. Just as he was about to leave, he received a message from the Mixed World King, notifying him of his departure. However, he reassured Lin Zhen not to worry, as the World King of the Machinery Realm was also leaving, so there would be no danger.

However, the Mixed World King didn’t reveal what he was going to do, probably deducing that telling Lin Zhen, who was too low in stage, would be pointless.

Without asking more questions, Lin Zhen bid goodbye to the Mixed World King and started his journey, leaving the Kirin Holy Star for his homeland, the Tianhe Empire.

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The Twin Star was the capital planet of the Gemini constellation, a domain owned by a Marquis of the Tianhe Empire.

But ever since Mount Sumeru descended, the Marquis’s good days were over.

An indigenous explorer discovered a temple on top of Mount Sumeru and exchanged the luminous stones he found there for a small Perpetual Crystal Spaceship. After posting about his discovery in the Dimensional Universe, he ceased to be the absolute ruler of the local area.

Martial artists were often sensitive. A mountain that broke through space to come here was bound to be significant, and immediately, countless people from within the Tianhe Empire set off for Mount Sumeru to hunt for treasure.

Then, the news spread to the Sanjiang Star Domain Federation and drew in more people.

However, the realms of those arriving were varied. Even martial artists who had just reached the Star Realm sneaked in, all hoping to find luminous stones and exchange them for some good stuff.

Later arrivals even included martial artists from the Fire Kirin Empire and further afield. The later the arrivals, the more high-ranking they were.

Lin Zhen, always keeping an eye on such matters, should have been amongst the earlier arrivals. But, unexpectedly, on his way there, he received a message from someone.

“Master, someone called you in the Dimensional Universe. It’s your friend Ni Ke. Do you want to answer it?”

“Ni Ke? How could it be him?”

Lin Zhen had a deep impression of Ni Ke, the greedy dwarf. This guy had made quite a fortune during the World Stone incident. But after so many years, there wasn’t any news from him. Lin Zhen had thought they had become strangers again, never expecting Ni Ke to look for him once more.

“Connect.”

Sitting in the chair of the Permanent Crystal Battleship, Lin Zhen connected Ni Ke’s message.

“Hey hey hey~! My old friend, Lin Zhen, how are you doing? Have you missed your handsome old partner?”

In the virtual image, Ni Ke, the dwarf in the artifact armor, seemed to be doing very well. She was sitting in a Permanent Crystal spaceship, chatting with Lin Zhen.

Most importantly, Ni Ke has become a Star System Level 5 master, which really surprised Lin Zhen.

“You’re doing pretty well, aren’t you? What made you contact me today?”

“Hehe! Can’t I just have a chat with an old friend?”

“Save it, you never make a move without a reason. Spit it out, what’s the matter? If there’s nothing else, I have things to do, bye.”

“Ah! No, no, no! Can’t you give me some face? Fine, fine, I’ll tell you. Lin Zhen, have you heard about Mount Sumeru descending in Gemini Star?”

“Yeah, I have. I was planning to go and have a look. What about it?”

“That’s perfect. I’m here at the virtual mountain, but I’m not competitive enough by myself. Several God-level masters have arrived. With them around, no one else can get much Luminous Stone. Come on over, if we join forces, we’re guaranteed to get a ton of Luminous Stones.”

“God-level? Who are these God-levels?” Lin Zhen asked.

“Who else could be called God-level but the guys from the Dimensional Arena? You know Xuan Jiang, right? This guy is now on Mount Sumeru. I don’t know how he got here so fast, just one day after me….”

“Wait, who did you say? Xuan Jiang? You know Xuan Jiang? How do you know him?” Lin Zhen immediately realized the problem.

“Uh… Lin Zhen, promise you won’t get mad at me, actually I’m in the same small battle zone as you in the Dimensional Arena. I know everything about you. I support you spiritually, but…. you know, I can’t afford to offend Xuan Jiang.”

Lin Zhen was somewhat speechless. He understood the dwarf’s words. Not everyone dares to offend the God-level contestants in the arena. But he was surprised that he happened to be in the same battle zone as the dwarf.

However, teaming up with the dwarf was indeed the best choice. The dwarf’s innate ability to treasure hunt is the biggest help in times like this.

Since Xuan Jiang is here, if he wants to get the Star Illusion Stone first, he cannot do without the dwarf’s help.

“Fine, wait for me. I’ll be there in a day.”

“Wow! You’re fast. Aren’t you at the Kirin Holy Star? I only got here so fast because I was at the Sanjiang Star Domain Federation.”

“I also came as soon as I heard about this. No more talking. See you on Mount Sumeru.”

After cutting off the communication in the Dimensional Universe, the Permanent Crystal Battleship had entered the Milky Way.

After flying in the parallel universe for a while and crossing through two wormholes, Lin Zhen even encountered several waves of battleships along the way. Judging from their routes, they were all heading towards Gemini Star. Apparently, Sumeru Mountain had attracted a large number of martial artists.

The following noon, Lin Zhen’s spaceship arrived at Gemini Star.

Gemini Star is a special planet, where two huge planets orbit each other without collision.

It’s said that this planet was born twin, hence the name Gemini.

Legend has it that the descendants of Gemini possess dual-natured personalities, embodying both good and evil aspects.

Lin Zhen didn’t care about this legend. He immediately flew towards the planet where Mount Sumeru was located.

Unlike the Kirin Holy Star, which is even larger than the sun, this planet is similar in size to Earth. He didn’t need to deliberately search for it. Seeing a huge shadow on one planet, he knew that it was the location of Mount Sumeru.

When his spaceship reached the sky above Mount Sumeru, Lin Zhen called Ni Ke again.

“Ni Ke, I’ve arrived. Where are you?”

“I’m at the foot of Mount Sumeru, at the entrance to the mountain. There’s only one entrance here. The rest of the places are so weird that you can’t get in. You can’t fly or teleport, either. Hurry, I’m in some trouble.”

Lin Zhen put away his spaceship, then locked onto the location of the mountain entrance and performed a planetary instantaneous movement. The next second, he appeared here.

After his arrival, he immediately saw a group of people not far away, preparing to take action against one person. It seemed to be Ni Ke.

One of the guys with large wings seemed familiar to Lin Zhen, so he walked over immediately.

“Lin Zhen! You’re here. Save me! These guys want to steal my Luminous Stones.”

Hearing Ni Ke’s call for help, before Lin Zhen could say anything, the leader of the group suddenly turned his head to look at Lin Zhen.

“Hehehe!! It’s just as they say, ‘one finds what one is searching for without making much effort.’ Lin Zhen, I looked everywhere for you but couldn’t find you. I didn’t expect you’d come here to die. This time, you will lose more than just ten billion Cosmic Crystals, you’re going to lose your life!”

After a closer look, Lin Zhen was taken aback.

Because this person was none other than the Tianying Clan martial artist, Ao Xiang, whom he had taken down with him in the arena by self-detonation.