Swallowed Star: Lord of All Things
Chapter 358

Sacrifice Secret Pattern

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Inside the Palace Cluster on the outermost edge of the Wu Long Star Domain.

King Da Nian of the Cosmic First Bank is discussing business with someone.

"King Da Nian, this is the principal of 1 million Hun Yuan Unit for purchasing the goods, and this 15%... that is, 150,000 Hun Yuan Unit, is a small reward for keeping you busy, King Da Nian." A bald old man shrouded in a magnificent black robe spoke with a friendly voice and a smile.

The tall, thin man looked at the bald old man and narrowed his eyes. "One million Hunyuan, it seems you have someone guiding you. This amount... is indeed the upper limit of the transaction amount that I can approve on my own."

The bald old man in black robes remained noncommittal, a smile on his face, his eyes sparkling like the starry sky.

King Da Nian glanced at him again, but said nothing more.

This is hardly a big secret.

He nodded. "Okay, I'll help you with this. Go to the finance department and pay the money first. Since you are Immortal God, you are prohibited from entering the cargo storage area of Wu Long Star Domain. I will arrange for personnel to take the goods out directly."

The bald old man in black robes was overjoyed. "Thank you so much, King Da Nian."

"Then let's go." King Da Nian shook his head and stood up.

The position of the person in charge of the Wu Long Star Domain is obviously a very lucrative one. If someone of Lin Yan's status were in that position, he would naturally not ask for any benefits, but would rather do a favor.

But if someone doesn't have a strong background and there's no benefit to it, why would he open the door to convenience for them?

With a 15% profit margin on goods, King Da Nian only needs to provide some better quality goods to achieve a win-win situation.

However... what he didn't notice was that during the transaction, a crystal the size of a sesame seed secretly landed in the palm of a white-robed man, and was then silently put away by the white-robed man.

Soon.

Within one of the observation points in the Wu Long Star Domain.

The lean man with Black Scale Armor covering his head suddenly stood up, his eerie green eyes gleaming with killing intent as he stared at the detailed surveillance map of the entire Wu Long Star Domain projected on the screen in front of him.

"We can set off now."

"NO.1... You've been stuck in the Wu Long Star Domain for almost three years. This will be the worst decision you've ever made."

Call!

The lean man stood up abruptly, and at the same time, the screen projected by the intelligent Light Brain disappeared.

With a "whoosh," the alloy door opened, and the lean man walked straight out.

"Koser." A burly ape-man walked down the corridor, laughing heartily. "What, going out?"

"I'm so bored. I still have three chances left on Taobao. I'm going to go on Taobao now. Hey, wanna come?" the lean man said with a smile.

Taobao has become a tradition in the Nine Great Garbage Star Domains, including the Wu Long Star Domain.

Historically, there have indeed been some lucky individuals who have unearthed incredibly valuable treasures. After all, some of the Garbage Mountain in the Garbage Star Domain have been stored for countless billions of years, and there might be some overlooked treasures among them.

So!

Due to strong demands from some grassroots personnel within the Nine Great Garbage Star Domains, and the fact that the higher-ups also believed that Garbage Mountain were essentially a matter of luck with very few real treasures, and considering that the grassroots personnel were indeed very bored, a benefit was introduced—every 10,000 years, there would be a chance to use a 'small World Ring's to hunt for treasures.

The ape-man was somewhat envious and shook his head, saying, "I used up all my Taobao chances in one go. I'm so envious. You still have three more Taobao chances."

"Haha... I'm off then. Get ready to be congratulated on obtaining the treasure." The lean man laughed as he walked out.

"How come you learned from that guy Tere? He always says that, but it's all just wishful thinking," the ape-man said, shaking his head and laughing.

"Boom..."

The seemingly ordinary rocks on the outermost edge of the meteorite split apart. The lean man looked around with his eerie green eyes, then waved his hand and a silver-white flying saucer-shaped spaceship appeared out of thin air. He then boarded the spaceship and quickly accelerated into Cosmic Shuttle.

A moment later.

Outside the palace suspended in the starry sky, ripples spread, and a silver-white flying saucer-shaped spaceship appeared.

After retrieving the spaceship, the lean man, Number 6, flew directly to a side hall at the edge of the palace. His arrival did not attract any obstruction from the guards.

"Koser, what brings you here?"

"I'm bored, so I'm going to try my luck at those Garbage Mountain." The lean man, Number 6, casually exchanged a few words with the guards he knew before entering the side hall.

Inside the side hall.

There were quite a few people sitting there.

"I'm here to collect the World Ring. I still have three more chances to purchase it." The lean man sat down in a chair and said to a white-robed figure in front of him, "I have just submitted my application in the Virtual Universe."

"It's Koser, haha, wait a moment." The white-robed man separated a wisp of his consciousness and entered the Virtual Universe to perform operations.

"Alright, this is a small World Ring. Remember, you must return the ring after the Taobao event ends. You can put the treasures you acquired into your Inner World yourself," the white-robed man said.

"Don't worry, it's not like I'm a first-time Taobao user. Haha, I can relax for another year," Koser said smugly.

"Stop showing off, good luck." The white-robed man tossed out the black World Ring, which Koser caught with a smile, and then leisurely walked outside.

Now.

The voice of the Wind Queen echoed in Lin Yan's mind, "Master, it has been six months now."

"Mm." Lin Yan nodded.

He stood atop a towering Garbage Mountain, looking down at the countless piles of debris, and frowned slightly. "It seems that this time, relying on detection equipment to search will not be feasible."

He originally wanted to try to use detection equipment to investigate, just like before, but six months have passed and he still hasn't found any corresponding unusual items.

It's just too difficult.

Previously, similar to "Feather Snail Sky Gold," he could use various information such as images and materials searched in the Virtual Universe for assistance, which was much easier.

He thought to himself, "It seems I can't avoid this opportunity."

Lin Yan was not disappointed, because he hadn't had high expectations for it anyway.

After all, the "Sacrifice Tower" of the Yan Ji Continent all possess the ability to repel detection, so it is likely that this complete Inheritance Item of "Sacrifice Secret Pattern" will also have the same effect.

I decided to try looking for it first, just to avoid "overthinking" and wasting a chance.

A single opportunity, or the potential profits of hundreds of billions of Hun Yuan Unit, can be considered the most basic consideration.

If no discoveries are made within the pre-determined six-month period, no more time will be wasted, and the opportunity will be opened directly.

Without further hesitation, Lin Yan clicked "Yes"!

All the text disappeared and vanished.

A moment later, new text appeared.

[You have unlocked an opportunity: Sacrifice Secret Pattern! (Domain Lord level unlock count: 3/4)]

Lin Yan had a vague feeling and his consciousness entered the Blue Mist Space. The space within this range of one hundred billion kilometers seemed to be reflected in it. In the depths of the Garbage Mountain that had been piled up for countless billions of years, a dazzling spot of light suddenly appeared.

"There it is!"

He gazed into the distance.

It immediately transformed into a streak of light and flew swiftly in that direction.

Dressed in a standard white battle suit, the lean man, Number 6, transformed into a streak of light, rapidly flying through the starry sky filled with endless debris.

He has been searching through some Garbage Mountain dumps inside the Wu Long Star Domain for Nine Heavens, and during these Nine Heavens days, he has been doing the same thing as other Internal Member.

They would search through one Garbage Mountain, then fly to another to search through yet another, and sometimes even use Garbage Mountain to Cosmic Shuttle to other distant Garbage Mountain to find treasures.

"It's time to go find that thing," Koser thought to himself.

He transformed into a streak of light and entered a Garbage Mountain. There, he used his World Ring to collect a large amount of debris. He then wandered around other Garbage Mountain, picked up some items, and finally flew to the nearest docking point to Cosmic Shuttle using his spaceship.

Dark Universe.

Inside the control room of a standard spacecraft.

Koser, number 6, sneered, and a fragment of a weapon appeared in his hand. It was a common third-tier weapon fragment that had been collected into his World Ring along with the large amount of wreckage.

However, embedded in this third-tier weapon fragment was a Black Crystal Stone the size of a sesame seed.

His emerald green eyes glanced at the Black Crystal Stone, which looked quite ordinary, but he knew in his heart that a small A World was hidden inside it.

That was the even more powerful killing move the organization had given him!

It is extremely difficult for the Zerg Infiltration Organization to plant its pawns in the Wu Long Star Domain, and the range of activity of these pawns is limited.

Making arrangements in a hurry is not an easy task.

Therefore, the Zerg used a lurking Feng Wang Immortal God had been granted a title to travel to the Wu Long Star Domain. Under the guise of a "transaction," they secretly handed the crystal to a "pawn." The "pawn" then moved it to the Garbage Mountain, and in this way, it eventually ended up in the hands of Number 6.

Such steps were controllable and secretive enough that when Number 6 was finally exposed, he had been in the Wu Long Star Domain for millions of years and was unable to find any clues from the known information to determine the true situation.

Therefore, it would be difficult to expose others through his identity.

The spacecraft has arrived at its docking point.

The hatch opened, Koser stowed the spacecraft, and then flew along the wide interstellar debris tunnel at a speed of 100,000 kilometers per second.

At the same time, his eerie green eyes scanned the screen on his wristband, which displayed a star field monitoring map... The monitoring map on his wristband had been specially enlarged to show the monitoring of the surrounding star field where he was located.

"A red light spot!"

"He's not far from me right now. We're both flying along the same star tunnel. He's flying this way, and I'm flying that way. We should be able to meet up if nothing unexpected happens," Koser calculated quickly.

"Um!"

"Kill NO.1 in the vicinity of the monitoring point 'E2787-87762-36682-37892'." Koser's dark green eyes flashed with a cold light.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Koser was flying rapidly toward Lin Yan, and Lin Yan was also flying toward Koser, both flying through the same space garbage tunnel.

Lin Yan used the map of the Blue Mist Space in his consciousness to search for the location of the "Sacrifice Secret Pattern" Inheritance Item.

He suddenly stopped and looked out of the Starry Sky Garbage Tunnel at a distant Garbage Mountain, where countless dark, massive pieces of debris were piled up.

"Right here!"

His figure transformed into a stream of light and swiftly entered the Garbage Mountain.

Suddenly--

"Master," Wind Queen warned, "There are white lights approaching in this direction, not far from us!"

Lin Yan frowned slightly, looked at the wristband screen, and quickly pulled up the monitoring map of the surrounding area. There was indeed a white dot not far from the same star tunnel on the monitoring map.

The white dots represent the grassroots personnel of the Wu Long Star Domain.

"He's from inside the Wu Long Star Domain." He thought for a moment. "Wind Queen, all his movements are being closely monitored, so there might be danger."

"If any abnormal situation occurs, notify King Long Jue immediately."

During Lin Yan's time in the Wu Long Star Domain, this wasn't the first time he had encountered grassroots personnel from the Wu Long Star Domain. After all, such a vast Garbage Star Domain had a lot of grassroots personnel. These grassroots personnel who carried out monitoring and service were entitled to Taobao benefits and sometimes needed to transfer goods here.

However... better safe than sorry.

Whoosh!

He swiftly drilled deeper into the Garbage Mountain, reaching a depth of approximately 200,000 kilometers. He released his telekinetic energy, pushing aside the surrounding trash, and with a gentle reach, a fragment of ancient armor appeared in his hand.

Lin Yan raised an eyebrow. "Whether it's using telekinesis or detection instruments, what we can sense are just very ordinary fragments of armor; there's nothing unusual about them."

"But... the information in my mind clearly shows that the Inheritance Item of the 'Sacrifice Secret Pattern' is among them."

He thought for a moment and then stored the armor fragments into his Inner World.

Moment.

The fragment of armor was grasped by the claws of the Green Line Devouring Worm.

Hiss hiss hiss...

The World Power within his Inner World surged, piercing the ancient armor fragments like needles, shattering them. The outer armor fragments instantly turned into dust, revealing the true secret within.

A metal sheet.

The metal plate is in the shape of Six-Pointed Star, containing incredibly complex sacrificial Law Secret Patterns and densely engraved tiny characters, all of which are the script of the native inhabitants of the Yan Ji Continent.

He had already mastered the entire language database.

With Lin Yan's speed of mental calculation, he can learn a language in seconds and use it flexibly.

However, the text on it doesn't describe anything specific; it only recounts some ordinary history of the Yan Ji Tribe.

"How peculiar." The Green Line Devouring Worm looked at the metal piece in its claws.

It was right in front of me, visible to the naked eye and touchable to the body, but neither the World Power nor any detection instruments could detect it; all I could sense was emptiness.

It was even Inner World, but "Hun An" couldn't sense the existence of this metal piece at all.

This is the magic of the "Sacrifice Secret Pattern".

The Secret Pattern Weapon created through the "Void Secret Pattern" is undoubtedly the highest achievement of the Yan Ji Tribe's civilization.

However, compared to that, Secret Pattern Weapon are meaningless to Universe Venerable, as they require a "Solid Secret Pattern" that can be carried. Although there are limitations, the power is greater in scenarios where Solid Secret Pattern are applicable.

It can be said that this is of great significance to the Universe Venerable.

Take the "Sacrifice Tower" as an example. It was the survival base of the Yan Ji Tribe when they fled, and the main tool for a clan to escape. Its height alone was tens of thousands of kilometers. It was a special Law Weapon made of some F-Grade Metal.

In terms of materials, it is not even as good as the "Emperor" spacecraft.

However, the entire Sacrifice Tower contains incredibly complex sacrificial Law Secret Patterns. Under special use, it is like many weapons that can change size at will. Even the divine power detection and sweeping of Universe Venerable cannot detect it, and it is even difficult to destroy it.

The Self-destruct of Peak Feng Wang expert is already considered to be the power of an ordinary attack from Universe Venerable.

In the original work.

The Self-destruct of Peak Feng Wang Expert Purple Bell, resulted in a tenfold increase in power as the weapon was directed in one direction.

It has more than a hundred times the power of a normal strike from Universe Venerable!

However, it failed to damage the treasure chest made of G9-class Metal containing Sacrifice Secret Pattern. It only blasted a 6,000-kilometer-deep hole in the Sacrifice Tower, causing large-scale destruction of the Sacrifice Secret Pattern structure of the entire Sacrifice Tower, leaving only one or two tenths of its original effect.

Now, Lin Yan felt his blood boil at the thought of this.

This record is simply unbelievable!

While G9-class Metal is indeed precious, a treasure chest is only worth a little over ten million Hun Yuan Unit. With the blessing of the Sacrifice Secret Pattern, it remained undamaged under such power... What's even more astonishing is the Sacrifice Tower, made of F-Grade Metal. It's simply terrifying that it could withstand such power.

Like Huyan Bo's "Yun Mo Star" spaceship, which was made of F9-class metal "Crimson Chaos Copper Mother", it could be easily destroyed by any Feng Wang Immortal God.

Lin Yan's "Emperor" spaceship was also made of F9-class metal "Black Swan Pattern Mother," but its defensive capabilities reached the pinnacle of F9-class metal thanks to the perfected Law Secret Patterns of the Star Spirit race and the Virtual Universe Company.

However, when facing powerful beings among the Feng Wang Immortal God, such as those at the Peak Feng Wang, while it would be troublesome to destroy them, it would not be too difficult.

The contrast is so stark.

Sacrifice Secret Pattern —this is an extremely powerful and terrifying ability!

Therefore... the value of the Yan Ji Tribe's "Sacrifice Secret Pattern" was so high in Lin Yan's judgment that it was unpredictable. If the Four Great Peak Races had not wiped out the Yan Ji Tribe back then, perhaps one day, it would have become a powerful clan!

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs".

Such powerful abilities would surely be coveted even by the most elite clans.

If this "Solid Secret Pattern" were used on a spaceship, even if it couldn't achieve the same powerful effect as the Sacrifice Tower, its defensive capabilities and the ability to be undetected by instruments would still be astonishing enough.

With a thought, Lin Yan carefully stored away the metal pieces, linking them one by one into a world.

From this moment on, this will be his most precious treasure.

One day, when the "Sacrifice Secret Pattern" are widely developed among human races, there is a real possibility that they could become even more powerful!

For example, the Star Spirit race, a powerful human race in the Mu Xing Universe Country, is extremely strong in terms of technology, but compared with the Mechanical race, a top-tier race, the gap is huge and they cannot compare.

But!

Once they master the "Sacrifice Secret Pattern" and apply them to things like "Divine Base" and "Star Fortress," these will be creations even more magnificent than "Sacrifice Tower," and how awe-inspiring they will be.

Lin Yan smiled slightly as he thought of this.

Then his smile quickly vanished, and his gaze turned icy cold.

He quickly connected to the Virtual Universe Network and sent an email to King Long Jue.

"King Longjue, in area E27, members from the Wulong Starfield are attempting to assassinate me. Come immediately!"

In that instant.

Bang!

A suspended spherical instrument, located only tens of thousands of kilometers away from the star tunnel, exploded instantly. This black spherical instrument, with a diameter of about 3.9 meters, was a small monitoring point at the most basic level of the Wu Long Star Domain Monitoring System.

This black spherical instrument can monitor a spherical area with a radius of 3 million kilometers (10 light-seconds) centered on it.

Instantly, a very, very tiny area on the entire Wu Long Star Domain monitoring map became blank. The area was so small that it could not be seen with the naked eye on the monitoring map, but the alert system detected it immediately.

At the same time.

The Wu Long Star Domain Warning System directly issued an order, "The instrument at monitoring point E2787-87762-36682-37654 has malfunctioned. E2787-23, proceed immediately to repair it."

"E2787-23 spacecraft has been activated and is expected to arrive at the monitoring point in 92 seconds."

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