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Fourth Outer Domain Battlefield, Tongfeng Team's manor residence.

"These are the members of our team. Li Ze, introduce yourself." After introducing everyone present, Lairui'er spoke to Li Ze.

After seeing the captain finish introducing everyone, Li Ze looked at him and nodded with a smile.

"Li Ze, from the Ganwu Cosmic Nation, Black Dragon Empire. Universe Level 1 Warrior. Please guide me in the future." Li Ze stepped forward and gave everyone a military salute.

"Whoa!"

"Seriously?!"

"Universe Level 1? Li Ze, you're not fooling us, are you? A Universe Level 1 Warrior can possess the strength of a Universe Level General?" Li Ze's introduction immediately caused a commotion. Among them, Jirui Yu was clearly the sort who easily got along with others, and she directly questioned Li Ze.

One had to know that, aside from Li Ze, when everyone present had first arrived at the Outer Domain Battlefield, they had already reached Universe Level 9. Even then, they had only been Elite Universe Level Soldiers. Only after spending many years on the Outer Domain Battlefield had they gained the strength of Universe Level Generals capable of rivaling Domain Lords.

And now they were being told that someone at Universe Level 1 had already become a Universe Level General?

No matter what, they could not accept it.

One had to know that although the progression from Universe Level 1 to Universe Level 9 was not a leap in life level like Star Level to Universe level, or Universe level to Domain Lord level—

A Universe Level 9 Warrior's Original Force Total was 256 times that of a Universe Level 1 Warrior, while someone at the peak of Universe level could reach 512 times as much.

With such a vast difference in Original Force, even if their actual strength would not differ by that much, there would still be an enormous gap.

They could not believe that a newcomer at Universe Level 1 had already reached their level of strength.

It was not only the team members. Even Captain Lairui'er was staring at Li Ze with astonishment.

Seeing everyone's shock, Li Ze shrugged helplessly.

These teammates had become Universe Level Generals not only because they had comprehended Origin Laws at the Universe level. Their bloodlines were also far from ordinary. Most possessed peak Human Race bloodlines, and even those without peak bloodlines far surpassed Earthlings. Their Gene Levels were roughly three times that of ordinary humans.

If his Gene Level had not reached 160 times that of an ordinary human, he would not have been able to make up for the difference in Original Force Total between himself and them. That was also why they had not sensed that he was merely at Universe Level 1 when they first saw him.

"Because of certain special circumstances, I possess a Burst Talent that allows me to unleash my Original Force to the level of Universe Level 9," Li Ze said with a smile. Many Human lives in the universe possessed innate abilities, so attributing it to a burst talent would not make anyone think of anything else.

After Li Ze's explanation, everyone tactfully chose not to ask what kind of talent he actually possessed.

"Alright, now that Li Ze has introduced himself, stop asking questions. Mengqian, is everything for the banquet inside ready? Let's begin our welcome banquet." After hearing Li Ze's explanation, Lairui'er directly asked Tree Man Mengqian.

Hearing the captain say so, no one continued discussing the matter.

"Captain, everything is ready in the main hall. We can begin at any time," Mengqian replied after hearing the captain's words.

"Li Ze, come on. We prepared a welcome banquet especially for you inside." Lairui'er patted Li Ze on the shoulder and said with a smile.

With that, he pulled Li Ze along and called for everyone to head toward the castle's main hall.

Inside the hall, a long dining table had already been set up, with eight metal chairs placed along both sides.

The table was covered with all kinds of delicacies, fruit, and fine wine.

After everyone entered the hall, Lairui'er directly led Li Ze to the chairs at the front. He seated Li Ze in the first chair on the left, then sat opposite him in the first chair on the right. Seeing the two take their seats, everyone else casually sat down on either side of the table.

"Today is our welcome banquet for Li Ze. In the days ahead, I hope we can become the closest of comrades, trust one another, and help one another. Only then can we go farther on the Outer Domain Battlefield." Lairui'er raised the wineglass at hand and spoke to Li Ze and the others.

"Survive, and reach the peak! Cheers!" With that, he raised his wineglass high.

"Survive, and reach the peak!" Everyone else raised their glasses as well and shouted in response.

After that, everyone chatted and laughed as the banquet began.

Li Ze also quickly integrated into the Tongfeng Team through this banquet.

Through his conversations with everyone during the banquet, Li Ze learned much more about the team.

For example, the team was named "Tongfeng" because a powerful expert named King Tongfeng had emerged from it. Twenty thousand epochs ago, the team had merely been an ordinary squad within a legion. Later, one team member transformed through countless battles on the Outer Domain Battlefield, rising step by step. He successfully broke through to become an Immortal on the Outer Domain Battlefield, then fought for the Human Race for dozens of epochs after becoming an Immortal. He eventually became a King and was known as King Tongfeng. From then on, the team where that powerful expert had first grown was renamed "Tongfeng." At present, King Tongfeng had already left the Outer Domain Battlefield and gone to serve at Cosmic Army Headquarters, but the Tongfeng Team had been preserved.

Many teams on the Outer Domain Battlefield that had produced super experts were named in this manner as well.

The banquet continued for quite some time.

"Everyone, quiet down." Lairui'er spoke to the group.

Hearing Lairui'er's voice, everyone fell silent.

"Next comes the second part of the welcome banquet. Li Ze, one of the team members will fight you in the Virtual Universe Training Ground. On one hand, it will let us understand your strength, making it easier to play to our respective strengths during missions. On the other hand, we want to see how someone who became a Universe Level General the moment he enlisted managed to do it." Lairui'er looked at Li Ze with a smile.

Hearing Lairui'er's words, Li Ze looked at the others and found them all wearing excited expressions, eager for his answer.

Everyone had spent years fighting on the Outer Domain Battlefield. They were all battle maniacs through and through. The internal members knew one another too well, and they had already prepared countermeasures before every fight, so fighting each other was no longer interesting.

In a situation like this, where there was no danger of death and they could fight with all their strength, they were all more than willing to participate.

"Hahaha, sure. Let's have a match. I also want to see what our team is capable of." Seeing everyone's excited expressions, Li Ze knew this was a normal part of a newcomer joining the team. He smiled and did not refuse.

After some arguing, they ultimately decided that Shantuo would fight Li Ze.

Soon afterward, everyone connected to the Virtual Universe Network.

Li Ze also entered the Virtual Network and arrived in his personal space within the Virtual Universe. Because he had joined the Cosmic Army and come to the Outer Domain Battlefield, his address within the Virtual Universe had also been transferred to the Cosmic Army Continent.

"Master, you have received eight unknown Good Friend requests. Please confirm," Walli said as soon as Li Ze entered the Virtual Universe.

"Accept them." Before entering the Virtual Universe, Li Ze had already given everyone his contact information. Seeing their requests, he immediately accepted them.

After the requests were approved, Captain Lairui'er immediately sent him an invitation.

"Accept invitation."

The instant he spoke, the scene before him shifted, and he arrived at the edge of a training ground.

At this moment, the other team members were already waiting by the side.

"Li Ze, since you're here, let's begin." Shantuo looked at Li Ze with excitement, unable to wait for the coming battle to start.

Li Ze smiled at Shantuo and nodded.

Afterward, Lairui'er created a Virtual Battle Space and sent invitations to Li Ze and Shantuo.

In the Virtual Universe, ordinary people had to pay to use a Virtual Battle Space. Only personnel stationed on the Outer Domain Battlefield under the Cosmic Army could use it for free. Every enlisted soldier was granted this authority, though it would be revoked after retirement.

Li Ze and Shantuo accepted the invitation at the same time.

Afterward, the two appeared in an asteroid belt in space, separated by a thousand meters as they faced each other from afar.

For this battle, both sides used bodies configured with the Original Force Total of Universe Level 9. All other equipment was identical to the equipment they normally used.

"Come on, come on! Anyone want to place a bet on the outcome between Li Ze and Shantuo? Let's see which one of them wins. I'll be the bookmaker." Outside the Virtual Battle Space, the dwarf Han Fu became excited when he saw that both sides were ready to begin and invited the team members to gamble.

"I bet on Li Ze. One Universe Level Life Fruit. If I win, Han Fu, how about you use the Renxu Water of your Water Dwarf Race to reforge my weapon?" Jirui Yu's eyes turned as she spoke to the dwarf Han Fu.

The Water Dwarf Race was one of the few races within the Human Race skilled in weapon forging. Rather than using the fire-based forging methods common throughout the universe, they had created their own Water Refining Method. Their race also cultivated many special liquids that could enhance the characteristics of weapons and equipment in different ways.

Renxu Water was a special liquid that increased the limit a Telekinetic Weapon could endure during explosive Spiritual Power output. This liquid was extremely troublesome to formulate, fairly valuable, and took too long to prepare. Jirui Yu had asked Han Fu many times before but had never succeeded, so she used Han Fu's gambling proposal to raise the matter again in another way.

"Stop messing around. How many times have I told you not to use other people's matches for gambling?" Lairui'er stopped the two from fooling around and glared at Han Fu at the same time.

Seeing the captain speak, the others, who had been eager to join the bet, suppressed the thought.

Seeing the captain get angry, the dwarf Han Fu also stopped encouraging everyone. However, where the captain could not see, he made a gesture to Jirui Yu indicating that they had a deal.

Afterward, everyone's attention returned to the Virtual Battle Space.

To be continued.

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