"You can attack now," the alien said, looking at Krillin with disdain.
Krillin quickly waved his hand. "No, you go first. I'm afraid you won't get another chance later." He made a welcoming gesture.
The alien was somewhat angered. He flared his Ki and charged straight at Krillin with considerable momentum.
To Krillin, the alien's movements were no different from a turtle crawling. Just as the alien was about to reach him, Krillin leaned back slightly and dodged the attack. The alien kept throwing punches at him like a blur of shadowboxing, but Krillin evaded them as easily as if he were taking a stroll through space.
Krillin leaped upward and floated above the alien's head.
"Damn it, where did that little runt go?" the alien gritted his teeth and looked around anxiously.
"Hey, you big idiot, I'm up here," Krillin shouted from above.
"Who are you calling—" Before he could react, the alien felt a gust of wind strike him. He was swept away and crashed into a corner of the ground.
Krillin flew over and said with a grin, "Well? Am I qualified, you big idiot?"
"How did you know my name is Shadao?" Shadao lay on the ground with a puzzled expression.
Krillin said, "It really is."
"Enough nonsense. Can you register me now? I need to go to Galactic Headquarters," Krillin said helplessly to Shadao.
"No problem, sir. Please follow me." Shadao quickly jumped up, bent at the waist, and spoke to Krillin with great respect.
"Sir, please sit!" Shadao somehow produced a stool-shaped piece of unknown ore.
Krillin nodded slightly and sat on it.
"Ding. Black iron ore detected. Contains 1 point of energy." "What? This has one point already? On Planet Namek, it took a hundred tons of coal sludge for one point of energy. And this thing is so small?"
Krillin could not help but feel delighted inside. He had indeed come to the right place.
Later, I need to ask Shadao about this properly.
"Sir, this is the information for the basic inspection. Though cumbersome procedures like these are unnecessary given your strength... they are rules set by the Galactic King. Please forgive me," Shadao said respectfully to Krillin.
Shadao took out a spherical object and tossed it toward Krillin. The scanner emitted a blue light and conducted a full scan of him.
A mechanical voice sounded moments later:
Carbon-based life-form species: Krillin Origin: Northern Galaxy, Solar System, Earth Battle Power: 50,000 Not affiliated with evil forces. Security rating: good.
"What? Fifty thousand? Is the scanner broken?" Shadao said in disbelief.
However, after checking the scanner several times, Shadao found that it was functioning normally. When he confirmed that Krillin truly had a Battle Power of 50,000, he nearly dropped to his knees. Why would such a terrifying figure come here to register? Normally, Shadao considered someone with a Battle Power of 1,000 extremely formidable. Even the Galactic Patrol Guard Team only averaged around 10,000 Battle Power. This was terrible. Shadao was utterly horrified, his face turning pale.
"H-Here... Lord Krillin... your pass," Shadao said in a trembling voice, looking flustered.
Krillin smiled. "Good. I have one more question."
"L-Lord Krillin, please ask." Shadao looked at Krillin expectantly, thinking there might still be a chance to make amends. If he served Lord Krillin well enough, perhaps what had happened earlier could be forgotten.
Krillin patted the stone beneath him and asked with interest, "This rock looks pretty good. Where did you get it?"
"In reply to you, sir, this is a specialty ore from Black Iron Star. It contains a modest amount of energy. After refinement, it can be used as energy for short-distance space travel. It is generally mined and sold by commercial planets under the Galactic King," Shadao hurriedly explained.
This is troublesome. It already has an owner. Robbing it by force is out of the question. The patrol organization holds all the power. If they pin some crime on me, I won't be able to clear my name even if I jumped into the galaxy, Krillin thought.
Seeing that Krillin seemed very interested in this kind of energy ore, Shadao cautiously said in a low voice, "I actually know of another type of high-energy ore."
Krillin became greatly interested when he heard that. "Tell me!"
"I actually fled to Galactic Headquarters with other aliens. When I was young, I lived on Dirt Clod Star. I heard from the elders that, in ancient times, Dirt Clod Star had experts like you as well, sir. Dirt Clod Star belongs to the Straw Hat Galaxy. Near the Straw Hat Galaxy, there is a mysterious galaxy that frequently emits energy. That energy can radiate into the surrounding nebulae."
"Because of that energy radiation, many combat geniuses emerged among our people, leading Dirt Clod Star into three thousand years of prosperity. But later, something seemed to happen in the nearby nebulae. Legend says they experienced a massive explosion. After that explosion, energy never leaked out again, and our people swiftly declined." As Shadao spoke, his eyes quickly dimmed.
The more Krillin heard, the more interested he became. Energy leakage could actually affect an entire galaxy. What terrifying energy that must have been.
"Then why did you say you fled here?" Krillin asked curiously.
"When I was young, our planet was still peaceful and harmonious. Although we no longer had the prosperity of our ancestors, under the leadership of the King of Dirt Clod Star, we still lived and worked in peace. Then one day, a large number of aliens invaded Dirt Clod Star. They killed my people and enslaved my people. They controlled us and made us mine the Black Stone buried in the land for them." Shadao spoke through gritted teeth, filled with hatred.
"Your planet also has the mysterious Black Stone you mentioned?" Krillin asked curiously.
"Yes. Every hundred years, there is a small spatial tremor, and this Black Stone falls onto our planet. It has been this way since ancient times."
"Then why did your people still decline? Didn't you have an energy source?"
"After the energy radiation disappeared, the earliest group of experts died off, and the energy was controlled by the descendants of those experts. From then on, only those people had cultivation resources. Every year, we had to hand over a certain amount of Black Stone. Even so, our lives were still fairly good. But two hundred years ago, evil forces of the universe invaded. Those experts actually fled without fighting. Once the warriors fled, we had no power left to resist. The evil forces looted and exploited my people without restraint." Shadao showed a pained expression, but the helplessness that followed gradually washed away his pain.
"Wait, two hundred years ago? How old are you now?"
"Two hundred and fifty years old. Influenced by that energy, our ancestors underwent genetic mutations, and their lifespans became extremely long. But as time passed, those lifespans gradually began to shorten," Shadao explained slowly.
P.S. Thank you to all the big shots for your recommendation votes. Xiao Ci silently remembers every one of them.
Also, the Straw Hat Galaxy really exists. It is also called the M104 Galaxy, and it is an extremely beautiful galaxy. However, it is still very far from the Milky Way.
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