Swallowed Star: Lord of Primordial Gravity
Chapter 47

Points Betting Duel Invitation

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Li Qi Royce!

Upon entering the Stellar Training Camp, you received an initial 100 points!

For comprehending a domain before entering the Stellar Training Camp, you received an additional 100-point reward!

For comprehending a domain at the planetary level, you received a special reward of one second-tier low-grade psychic weapon, the Blood Blade Cone! It will be issued after the second trial mission ends!

After reading through the point rewards, Li Qi pondered, The initial 100 points are undoubtedly a reward every trainee can obtain.

The additional 100 points demonstrate the Stellar Training Camp's emphasis on trainees who have comprehended a domain.

It may look like only 100 extra points, but the increase in a domain-level trainee's chances of survival is far more than double!

Li Qi recalled something Lorenzo, the governor of Kuka Planet, had once said, and a few guesses formed in his mind.

Although I haven't received the Stellar Training Camp's points exchange list yet, the governor's past words suggest that psychic force weapons, genetic energy weapons, and genetic energy battle suits all require points to exchange for.

A difference of 100 points might mean the difference of one psychic force weapon or one genetic energy battle suit!

He frowned slightly. I know too little about the Stellar Training Camp. I need to find a way to gather some intelligence.

As the old saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles!

His gaze shifted, and Li Qi saw the first message on the light screen.

A faint smile immediately appeared on his face. "A betting duel! Perhaps that's a good option."

Virtual Universe, Qianwu Continent, Molten Island.

The Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp occupied more than ten thousand square kilometers in the Virtual Universe. Its buildings rose at varying heights, numbering over a hundred in total!

There were many plazas between the towering buildings. In one plaza, three trainees sat together and chatted.

One trainee leaned back in his chair boredly. "I'm just short of some points to exchange for a manual, but I haven't run into any newcomers lately."

Another trainee replied, "There are so few newcomers, and the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp is so huge. How could it be so easy for you to run into one?"

The first trainee nodded helplessly. "Sigh, I've been in the Stellar Training Camp for over ten years, and I've only had betting duels with newcomers twice."

The last trainee, who had blue hair, chimed in, "You've got it good! You at least won a total of 30 points from those two duels. Unlike Lak, who lost 40 points to a newcomer in a single match!"

Hearing Lak's name, the first trainee grew interested and said to the blue-haired trainee, "Hey, Rolando!

"I heard that newcomer named Ian is extremely strong. Is it true that he beat Lak so badly in that betting duel that Lak wanted to quit the Stellar Training Camp?"

The blue-haired trainee, Rolando, shook his head slightly. "My relationship with Lak is only average, but I heard he does intend to leave the Stellar Training Camp.

"That newcomer named Ian is incredibly strong. Apparently, he had already comprehended a domain before entering the Stellar Training Camp, and his mastery of it wasn't shallow either.

"Even across the entire Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp, he's at the very top. He probably only came to the Stellar Training Camp as a formality. The Molten Secret Realm is his real goal!"

When Rolando mentioned Ian and the Molten Secret Realm, the other two trainees revealed looks of envy and longing.

The two came from the same family. They had come to the Molten Empire's Stellar Training Camp in order to enter the legendary Molten Secret Realm. Otherwise, they would never have come to a Stellar Training Camp with such a high mortality rate.

They were direct descendants of a Domain Lord family, but that family had far too many direct descendants—thousands of them!

Their talent was certainly not bad, but the resources their family could provide were also extremely limited.

With those limited resources, becoming Stellar-level was no concern. But taking another step forward and becoming a Universe-level powerhouse was as difficult as ascending to the heavens!

In order to become powerhouses, they had fought through layers of competition to enter the Molten Empire's Stellar Training Camp!

Yet after arriving at the Stellar Training Camp, they discovered that they were merely ordinary members among its trainees. The legendary Molten Secret Realm was far beyond their reach!

Now, their greatest wish was to survive one trial mission after another, complete ten trial missions, and then leave the Stellar Training Camp.

Whoosh!

A figure suddenly appeared in the plaza, and the blue-haired trainee, Rolando, spotted him.

"Hmm? A newcomer!"

Rolando instantly rose to his feet and shot toward where the figure had appeared with a whoosh.

"What's with Rolando?"

Rolando's sudden departure left the other two confused, but when they saw the unfamiliar figure in the direction he had flown, they immediately understood.

"A newcomer!"

"Rolando beat us to him!"

The two stood up and watched Rolando's flying figure with frustration.

They had not expected a newcomer to appear while they were distracted, much less for Rolando to seize the lead before they noticed!

According to the unwritten rules of the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp, whoever discovered a newcomer first got that newcomer.

Rolando had found this newcomer first, so they had no reason to compete for him unless he gave up on betting with the newcomer.

Li Qi entered the Virtual Universe and used the invitation in his communicator to teleport to the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp.

The moment he entered the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp, before he could observe his surroundings, he saw a blue-haired young man swiftly fly over and stop before him.

"Hello! My name is Rolando."

Seeing the man introduce himself with a smile, Li Qi was somewhat surprised. Someone came looking for me this quickly?

He looked in the direction Rolando had come from and saw two people watching from afar with annoyed expressions.

First come, first served. It seems betting with newcomers has become routine for the old trainees.

Understanding the situation, Li Qi replied with a smile, "Li Qi."

After introducing themselves, the two began sizing each other up.

Li Qi looked at the young man named Rolando before him. He looks young, Stellar-level second tier. His strength is unknown for now; I'll need to test him before making an initial assessment.

When Rolando saw Li Qi's still somewhat youthful face, he muttered inwardly, Does this newcomer just have a baby face, or is he really that young?

Of course, he merely wondered about it. Whether Li Qi had a baby face or was truly young did not affect his ability to earn points through a betting duel. What truly mattered was Li Qi's strength.

Very quickly, he made his own preliminary judgment. A baby face. He entered the Stellar Training Camp at planetary-level eighth tier. He's probably from some major family, and his strength shouldn't be anything special.

Having reached that conclusion, Rolando wore a smile not only on his face but in his heart as well. Looks like this betting duel is in the bag. I can earn some extra points again!

"Li Qi, you've just entered the Stellar Training Camp, so you probably don't know much about this place. How about we have a match?"

Rolando said with a smile, "I'm sure you've read the message sent to you by the Stellar Training Camp. Newcomers can use points to make bets in duels.

"Let's have a small match. We won't bet much—just 20 points."

Hearing Rolando's simple and direct words, the smile on Li Qi's face stiffened slightly, and he could not help muttering inwardly, He didn't even bother finding an excuse. He just directly asked a newcomer for a betting duel? That straightforward?

There's no skill to it at all. He doesn't even know how to provoke someone!

Though he was grumbling inwardly, he nodded. "Sure! But..."

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