Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Giant of Light

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However, judging from the other party's expression, Ultraman's clone could roughly guess what had happened.

Only after the video finished playing did the Ultraman clone's spiritual power fully merge into the crystal core in the wristband, recognizing it as its master.

After recognizing its owner, the smart wristband quickly adhered to the skin and simultaneously connected to the smartphone on Ultraman's clone, collecting information about Earthlings.

After a slight pause, a mechanical voice speaking in Chinese rang in the Ultraman clone's ear: "XXX model intelligent computer sends its highest greetings to its master."

"It is indeed an intelligent light brain, but it doesn't seem to be very intelligent."

The Ultraman clone seemed to be deep in thought before asking, "Translate the information from the screen just now, and your current state."

"Yes!"

The intelligent computer quickly translated the universal language in the previous image into Chinese: "Kind person who has my intelligent computer, please do not repair the damaged database. This is the last plea of ​​the deceased."

After understanding the information in the image, Ultraman's clone's lips twitched slightly. The previous owner of this quantum computer had already programmed it, and upon death, formatted and cleared the data inside, leaving behind an almost blank intelligent quantum computer.

"Don't worry, senior. I will protect your innocence. I will not repair the data on the quantum computer once we are in space."

Ultraman's clone thought to himself, "Although I didn't find anything else on the spaceship, having a smart computer is not bad. It will make exploring the ruins much easier."

Although the intelligent light brain was formatted, it mainly affected the data used. The original programs and information of the light brain itself were still there. Of course, the most important thing for Ultraman's clone was the universal language.

Most of the ruins on Earth are actually spaceships, which would be very difficult to explore if you don't understand the language. Moreover, with the power of Ultraman's clones, a moment's carelessness could cause devastating destruction.

"AI, let me name you!"

Now that they had an intelligent light brain, Ultraman's clone naturally had to name it. After thinking for a moment, he thought of a powerful god in the Ultraman universe: "I'll call you—Delacion!"

"Naming successful!"

The intelligent light brain—no, Delacion changed his virtual avatar into the appearance of a metal robot.

At the same time, Delacion also updated the data of Ultraman's clone: ​​"Strength: Mental Power (Planetary Rank 8), Genetic Energy (Planetary Rank 8)".

Because no specific power was used, Delacion was unable to display any concrete progress in his strength. Furthermore, an intelligent computer of this level couldn't detect things like gene multipliers. In other words, even with the power of a cosmic ruler, without directly injecting divine power into the opponent, he couldn't discern the gene multipliers of even a planetary-level being.

Ultraman's clone wasn't too concerned about specific strength or training progress. The former was already listed in the external cheat code, and the latter leveled up over time, so it wasn't a big deal.

Besides that, what bothered him was his realm of light, which was not shown in the encyclopedia at all.

After Ultraman's clone used the Light Domain, Delacion also revealed the domain's strength: "Light Domain (Double)".

"I never expected my domain to have reached two levels!"

Looking at the data provided by Delacion, Ultraman's clone was also somewhat surprised. It had only been a few months since he comprehended the Domain of Light, and he had already reached the second level. He truly deserved to be called the Giant of Light.

After examining his body, the Ultraman clone couldn't wait to enter the personal virtual space built by Delacion, but unfortunately, after being formatted, the entire virtual space was blank.

At the same time, because Ultraman's clone has never opened an account in the real world and is an unregistered entity in the "virtual universe network," it is unable to connect its consciousness to this virtual universe network that can cover the entire universe through Delacion.

In the world of Swallowed Star, the two key factors that allow even those who haven't reached the Immortal level to freely roam the universe are a virtual universe network with real-time communication covering the entire universe, and a dark universe that is equivalent to giving all light-speed spaceships a ten million-fold acceleration.

Without these two things, even world lord-level powerhouses below the immortal level would have to live their lives obediently within their own star system and wouldn't be able to go to other star systems.

"What a pity!"

Unable to connect to the virtual universe network, Ultraman's clone was truly disappointed. After searching the spaceship again and finding nothing of value, it flew towards the next ruin.

Chapter 29 The Sleeping Corpse

"Civilization No. 10 is an enormous pyramid in the Sahara Desert, and its interior is extremely dangerous."

Emerging from the depths of the ocean, Ultraman's clone flew towards the extremely arid desert. According to intelligence, this ruin had also never been explored by humans and remained a pristine virgin territory.

"It's another pyramid; hopefully it won't be another empty energy tower."

Seemingly influenced by the Machine Race, many human civilizations in the universe have built their energy towers in the shape of pyramids, such as on the moon and on Mars.

"arrive!"

Ultraman's clone arrived in front of a pyramid whose height exceeded 500 meters with only the part exposed above the ground. The entire pyramid was made of metal, with no visible gaps on the outside. From a distance, it looked like a metal mountain standing in the desert.

Ultra Vision!

He used his Ultra Vision to detect anything dangerous, but the energy tower seemed to be still running, making it impossible for him to see the details inside.

"I'm sorry, Master, my detector is unable to scan this pyramid."

After Ultra Vision failed, Ultraman's clone had Delacion scan the ruins again, but the results were even worse than Ultra Vision. It must be said that Delacion's intelligence system is not very advanced; even a small pyramid could block its detection.

The good news is that by following him, Delacion has a lot of room for improvement, and he might actually be able to reach the level of his original name.

"In the end, I still have to do it myself!"

If you can't see inside, start from the outside. Ultraman's clone once again used his mental power and easily found the door of the energy tower buried underground.

Sensing that the energy tower was still operating, Ultraman's clone did not rush in like he did on the moon, but instead prepared to use the artificial passage.

Once underground, Ultraman's clone discovered that there was no city built beneath this energy tower. Apart from some man-made ruins, the main core was the pyramid above.

"Were all the items moved inside the pyramid?"

Ultraman's clone carefully passed through the pyramid gate. According to the information in the original work, the side of Mars was the mining area of ​​the Silver Blue Empire, while the side of Earth was the aquaculture industry. Then, he was shot and killed by the dying Hu Yanbo.

As soon as Ultraman's clone stepped through the gate, he saw a passage several tens of meters long, with densely packed holes on both sides of the passage.

"Master, it's a laser channel, and its intensity is only A3 level!"

Delacion performed well this time, discovering the intensity of the laser channel that Ultraman's clone could not detect, and smashing the environment inside the channel. The A3-level laser can easily kill a first-level planetary warrior.

However, the embarrassing thing is that Ultraman's clone is a being with ten times the power of two eighth-tier beings, and standing there, these laser attacks cannot damage it.

shhhhhh!

Once the laser channel detected the intruder, it instantly lit up with beams of white light that pierced through the entire channel, with some lasers even slightly turning.

Ultra Fist!

Faced with these seemingly dangerous lasers, Ultraman's clone simply swung his fist forward, and a terrifying shockwave swept through the entire laser channel.

boom!

A loud roar rang out, and the entire laser channel was instantly blasted apart, ceasing its attack. Only the sound of electricity still echoed within the channel.

"solved!"

Ultraman's clone crossed the exploding laser tunnel and continued forward, eventually encountering a group of robots after passing through a long corridor.

Rows of standard-looking silver robots marched in unison toward the intruders.

"What a weak robot."

Ultraman's clone easily dismantled a robot. According to Delacion's detection, the strength of this group of robots was only at the ninth level of the Apprentice rank, with their defense barely reaching the planetary level, but their overall strength was even weaker than the laser channel in front.

"Although these robots are pretty lousy, I'm really curious about what's inside this pyramid."

Ultraman's clone was somewhat curious. Ordinary civilization ruins would have trouble even operating, let alone laser channels, so there must be something inside ruins that could still function.

call out!

Following the route discovered by Delacion, Ultraman's clone flew straight into the pyramid, ignoring the numerous robots along the way.

"The overall flight direction appears to be the apex of a pyramid!"

After circling several times and flying straight up for a full four hundred meters, Ultraman's clone finally spotted a bright light, which seemed to be the core of the pyramid.

As he entered through the door, Ultraman's clone was immediately drawn to a huge crystal above the secret room. The energy emanating from it made him feel warm all over, and his genetic energy began to circulate rapidly.

Meanwhile, in the center of the entire crystal chamber, a crystal coffin lay prominently, bathed in the light of the crystal above.

"Corpse!"

Reluctantly shifting his gaze from the crystal above his head, Ultraman's clone also discovered a human corpse inside the crystal coffin.

"Master, be careful, there might be traps here!"

Delacion warned that the laser tunnel and numerous robots in front were probably there to protect the body in the coffin, and there were definitely more dangerous mechanisms inside the secret chamber.

"I see!"

Ultraman's clone nodded, but with equal skill and daring, it slowly flew towards the crystal coffin.

"According to the history of this pyramid, the body in the coffin is a genuine corpse—50,000 years old!"

Ultraman's clone arrived above the crystal coffin and clearly saw the human figure inside. It appeared to be male, and its appearance was not much different from that of a human, but its size was a full three meters.

Unlike those corpses that have long since weathered away in the torrent of time, this crystal coffin seems to have the effect of preserving appearance, and the entire body still maintains the appearance it had in front of it.

Instead of being amazed by the appearance of the corpse, Ultraman's clone was quickly drawn to the ring on the other person's finger.

"Could it be..."

Thinking of a certain must-have artifact for the protagonist, Ultraman's clone was instantly tempted. Even though he knew there was definitely something wrong with the crystal coffin, he couldn't resist the temptation.

"Use your mental power!"

Ultraman's clone transformed back into his true form, now standing eight meters tall, far exceeding the average height of humans in the universe. He then activated his aerial double-power enhancement, equivalent to twenty times the mental power of an eighth-level planet, which directly enveloped the entire crystal coffin.

"open!"

The powerful mental force directly opened the coffin lid and reached for the ring in the corpse's hand. However, the ring seemed to have been tampered with, and the mental force failed to grab it on the first attempt. Only after exerting force again was the ring finally removed from the corpse's hand.

boom!

However, in that brief moment of delay, the door that had been open slammed shut, and the crystal sphere above emitted a blazing light, flickering intermittently, and an extremely dangerous aura permeated the entire secret chamber.

Chapter 30 Ruins No. 9

"We've fallen into a trap!"

The Ultraman clone said with some regret, but there was no worry on his face, and even a hint of joy.

Because when he infused his mental energy into the entire silver ring, the ring underwent some subtle changes and directly merged into his skin.

At the same time, Ultraman's clone also sensed a spatial entity with a length, width, and height of about two hundred meters from inside the ring.

"It really is a storage ring!"

Ultraman's clone glanced around and found that the vast space contained only some white crystals that smelled of rice and a weapon; otherwise, it was completely empty.