A Catastrophe of Unthinkable Proportions!

Lin Yi fell silent.

Such a powerful force is merely standard equipment for the Constant Guard.

Standard configuration.

He could understand if it were just one or two Eternal Source Realm Mechanical Servants.

Can the Eternal Source Realm Completion?

That is the pinnacle of the Eternal Source Realm, just one step away from the Constant Source Realm. In any family, that person would be at least an elder. In some remote megacities, a person at the Eternal Source Realm Completion might even be qualified to serve as the city lord.

On this spaceship, the Blue-Armored Machine Servant at the Eternal Source Realm Completion were just one of the standard combat forces equipped on board.

More importantly, this Blue-Armored Machine Servant's cultivation level was three whole minor realms higher than his own.

Thinking about this, Lin Yi couldn't help but mutter to himself, "How can the Mechanical Servants be stronger than its master?"

But then he changed his mind.

wrong.

Strictly speaking, these Mechanical Servants were not his private property.

He was merely Constant Guard, the superior of these Mechanical Servants, or rather, their leader.

The supplies allocated to the Constant Guard, including spaceships, armor, weapons, and Mechanical Servants, all belong to the Constant Guard system. Individuals only have the right to use them, not ownership.

He felt like a high-end fighter pilot from the Blue Star era; you can't say that just because you've flown a fighter jet, it belongs to the pilot.

The day he leaves the Constant Guard, all these items must be returned without exception, as long as they weren't damaged in battle. Of course, if the damage was caused by a legitimate reason in battle, he can apply for repair or replacement.

With this thought, Lin Yi's subtle sense of unease dissipated considerably.

He refocused his attention on the information crystal.

The crystal clearly states the specific command authority over the Mechanical Servants: the Constant Guard has full command authority over the ship's Mechanical Servants.

The Mechanical Servants will unconditionally execute any orders issued by the Constant Guard, without giving reasons or explanations.

In other words, Lin Yi didn't need to prove anything to the Mechanical Servants, didn't need to earn their respect, and didn't even need to make them understand the considerations behind the orders.

He only needs to give the order, Mechanical Servants will carry it out.

Even if he orders the Mechanical Servants to self-destruct or self-destruct, Mechanical Servants will carry it out if he deems it necessary.

The crystal used four characters to describe the Mechanical Servants.

Absolute loyalty.

"No wonder the Constant Guard mostly act independently."

3

A single Constant Ban Spaceship is equipped with a crew of one Eternal Source Realm Completion, ten early-stage Eternal Source Realm cultivators, and one hundred perfected True Source Realm Mechanical Servants, in addition to the Constant Guard's own combat strength...

"What kind of event would require several Constant Guard to act in unison?"

Lin Yi silently complained to himself.

He then shook his head to clear his mind of these chaotic thoughts, reached out, picked up the last golden emblem in the box, and infused it with a wisp of Chaos Law.

The light patterns on the surface of the emblem suddenly lit up, and a pale golden beam of light shot out from the emblem, unfolding a semi-transparent virtual light screen in front of him.

Lines of concise text appeared on the light screen.

"The emblem is being activated..."

"Identity confirmed: Lin Yi."

Cultivation level: Early stage of the Eternal Source Realm.

"Access Level: Level 4"

"Binding soul imprint... Binding complete."

"Synchronizing with the Constant Guard Network... Synchronization complete."

"Welcome to the Constant Guard, Lin Yi."

As the last line of text faded from the light screen, Lin Yi felt that the emblem had established an extremely solid connection with him.

This connection is not as binding as a soul contract; it is more like an ever-open communication channel. As long as he has a thought, he can establish a connection with any node in the Constant Guard Network through the insignia.

Following the instructions in the information crystal, he immersed his consciousness into the emblem and began to examine its functions one by one.

A moment later, Lin Yi slowly regained consciousness.

communication.

The most essential function of this emblem is communication.

Its regular communication coverage extends to the entire megacity and its surrounding area, and it has very high permissions.

In other words, as long as someone is in Silent Giant City, they can use this emblem to establish real-time communication with any Constant Guard, any Imperial Army garrison, any Imperial Army capital ship, or even the City Lord's Mansion within the city.

If he places the insignia inside the Constant Ban Spaceship, the combined communication coverage will extend directly to the entire Silent Cosmos Domain.

Of course, this is on the premise that the other party has also connected to the Constant Guard Network, or that it is a major power such as the Imperial Army system or the city lords' mansions of various megacities that have already established default communication with the Constant Guard Network.

"The entire universe..."

Lin Yi murmured.

He felt a mix of emotions.

Back in Mist Sea City, when he first came into contact with the communication system of the Chaos Cosmic Sea, the information in the Blood Crystal told him that the chaotic environment greatly suppressed long-distance communication, and that practitioners of the Spacetime Origin Law could act as human communicators, making ultra-long-distance communication treasures extremely expensive.

At the time, he felt as if communication in the Chaos Cosmic Sea relied mainly on shouting.

Later, after joining the Imperial Army, he began to learn about the communication functions inside the sergeant's badge. He learned that different fleets and motherships could communicate in real time through a military network, but that required fixed communication tools on capital ships. Cross-city communication, on the other hand, could only be achieved by warships of the fortress class.

Later, when he moved into the Wen Family, he learned that these large families often had their own independent space-level communication channels, but these channels also had many limitations and were not usually used easily.

Now, a single Constant Guard insignia, combined with an Constant Ban Spaceship, can directly cover the entire cosmic domain.

"It seems that not all space-level communications require large locations like family strongholds or fortress ships," Lin Yi chuckled self-deprecatingly. "Ultimately, it's just that my level was too low back then."

He now truly understood that the so-called "difficulty in long-distance communication in the Chaos Cosmic Sea" only applied to cultivators at the lower levels.

At the level of the Constant Guard, transferring space-scale communications to a personal spaceship is not a problem at all.

However, these advanced communication methods are never within the reach of lower-level cultivators.

Just like when he was in the Origin Universe, he once thought that the pinnacle of the universe was the Supreme Being, but when he truly stepped into the Chaos Cosmic Sea, he realized that the Supreme Being was nothing more than the Cosmic Source Realm, and had only just entered the cultivation system of the Chaos Cosmic Sea.

Perspective determines cognition; cognition determines the upper limit.

Lin Yi suppressed these feelings and continued to examine the emblem's other functions.

Merit System.

The Constant Guard insignia integrates an independent Merit System.

There are many ways to earn merit: completing Constant Guard missions, investigating major cases, assisting the Imperial Army, and so on.

Merit points are used similarly to military merit points in the Imperial Army: they can be exchanged for treasures, cultivation techniques, equipment, and to apply for special privileges.

Strictly speaking, the Constant Guard can be considered part of the Imperial Army, but it is a unique type that operates independently.

The Constant Guard can apply to exchange for anything on the Imperial Army's exchange list, but the reverse is not possible.

At the same time, the military merits he possesses in the Imperial Army can also be converted into Constant Guard merit points.

The exchange rate is ten million to one.

Lin Yi checked the convertible military merit balance in his badge.

Approximately 1.53 billion.

He directly converted them all into Constant Guard merit points.

After finishing all this, Lin Yi began to organize his communication runes, because the badge had a function that could integrate all those communication runes into the badge.

He had quite a few communication talismans scattered around his body.

Following the instructions in the badge usage manual, he incorporated these communication symbols into the Constant Guard badge.

This is not a complicated operation. Simply place the talisman close to the surface of the emblem, and the emblem will automatically read the Contact Mark in the talisman and integrate it into its own communication network.

After doing all this, he thought for a moment and sent a message to Wen Xu via the insignia.

"Brother Wen Xu, you passed the assessment. Everything went smoothly. I just finished up and returned to my assigned quarters at the base. There's a welcome party tonight, so I can't get away. I'll host a small gathering tomorrow. Are you free?"

The message arrived as soon as it was Wen Xu.

"Hahaha! Congratulations, Brother Lin Yi! I knew you'd have no problem with your abilities! I've already heard about being number one on both lists. You didn't see Fourth Uncle's face; he was clearly smug but pretended to be calm. Haha, I'll definitely be there tomorrow! You choose the place, and we'll all come!"

After reading the reply, Lin Yi smiled slightly.

He could picture Wen Yong's haughty yet undeniably smug expression.

Wen Xu's joy was clearly not just because the Wen Family had gained some prestige, but also because he was genuinely happy for him.

Just as he was about to put down the badge, Wen Xu sent another message.

"Oh, right, Maika asked me to tell you he'll definitely be there tomorrow. He's been restless ever since he found out you started your assessment, but he's completely relaxed after getting the news today. He even had a drink with me just now, saying you owe him a drink and you have to make it up to him tomorrow."

Lin Yi smiled and replied, "Okay, I'll add it all at once."

He then lightly tapped the emblem and sent roughly the same message to Wen Qianqi, Wen Qianqing, Wen Qianluo, Wen Qianlan, and others.

A reply came quickly.

Wen Qianqi: "Well done! We're drinking until we drop tomorrow!"

Wen Qianqing: "Congratulations, Brother Lin Yi. I'll definitely be there for the get-together tomorrow. I've already sent a message to my third sister, and she's very happy."

Wen Qianluo: "Congratulations. You'll be there tomorrow."

In the background of Wen Qianlan's message, she could also hear the instructor's helpless voice. "Sixteenth Miss, your cultivation task is not yet complete..."

Lin Yi put away the badge, leaned back in his chair, and let out a long sigh.

My nerves, which had been on edge these past few days, have finally relaxed a bit.

"Wait, there's still one person we haven't notified..."

Mist Sea City, Black Rock Mothership.

Bloodrage-class Assault Ship, captain's training room.

Li Zheng sat cross-legged in the center of the cultivation platform, closing his eyes to meditate.

In fact, ever since Lin Yi's clone told him that he had broken through to the Eternal Source Realm, Li had completely given up his obsession with breaking through.

He knew that Lin Yi was preparing for his breakthrough, and he also knew that the treasure called Source Fusion Crystal Marrow was priceless. So what he needed to do now was not to rush to break through that threshold that he didn't know if he could cross, but to adjust his condition to its best, solidify his foundation to the point that it couldn't be solidified any further, and then wait for Lin Yi to return.

He trusted Lin Yi, so he wasn't in a hurry.

Just then, the Zero Three Light Sphere suddenly appeared, "Li, Lord Lin is looking for you."

Upon hearing this, Li's heart stirred. Calculating the time, it seemed the Constant Guard's exam was about to begin!

He quickly told Zero Three to open the door and let Lin Yi in. However, he didn't directly ask about the Constant Guard assessment. Instead, he smiled and said, "What? Are you trying to persuade me not to rush my breakthrough again? Don't worry, I promised you, and I won't go back on my word. Besides, I do feel much better than before. I wasn't even aware of some minor issues with my foundation before, but I've gradually sorted them out over this period."

He had been keeping Lin Yi's participation in the Constant Guard assessment in mind.

He just won't ask.

Because he knew that with assessments, passing or failing was one thing, but adjusting one's mindset after failing was another.

If he doesn't pass, it would be inappropriate for him to ask again.

So he just waited for Lin Yi to speak for himself.

Lin Yi's clone shook his head, a smile appearing on his lips, "No, Captain, the assessment is over, and I've passed."

Upon hearing this, Li was taken aback for a moment, then grinned and laughed out loud.

He wasn't the type to cry tears of joy, nor was he the type to slap his thigh and shout with delight.

He just laughed, laughed heartily, laughed without any restraint, like a Veteran Platform who saw the new recruits he had personally trained finally don the armor of a general, proud and justified.

"Alright! Alright!" Li laughed for a while before stopping, then stood up. "Let's go, we need to talk to the commander. He's been keeping an eye on your assessment."

Lin Yi nodded. Lainiadun had also taken good care of him, which was only to be expected.

The two then walked outside side by side.

Just a few steps later, Zero Three's Light Sphere suddenly reappeared.

"Li, Commander Lainiadun is outside the ship. He says he wants to see you and Lin Yi."

Li's steps suddenly stopped.

He turned to look at Lin Yi's clone and said with a smile, "The commander came in person? That's quite rare. I guess he's already received news that you passed the test."

Lin Yi's clone also stopped, a slight thought stirring in his heart.

Not much time has passed since the assessment ended, and the Black Rock Mothership has no way of directly receiving messages from Silent City.

The only explanation is that Commander Wen Qianfei, having received the news, informed the commander.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The news spread way too fast.

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and Lin Yi's clone collected his thoughts and nodded to Li.

"Let's go and greet the commander."

The two quickened their pace, traversing the corridors inside the Fierce Blood Assault Ship, and headed towards the outside.

As Li walked, he glanced at Lin Yi's clone, then spoke thoughtfully.

"The news travels incredibly fast. From Silent City to Mist Sea City, which is almost half a universe apart, the commander here found out so quickly. Guess who else in Mist Sea City got the news?"

Lin Yi continued walking, his gaze slightly lowered.

He already knew the answer to this question.

The Wen Family was able to spread the news so quickly, so other major powers that could get tickets to watch the assessment must have their own methods. Even if they were a step slower than the Wen Family, they probably wouldn't be much slower.

for example...

... the Huo Family.

Mist Sea Giant City.

The Huo Family's floating island.

Deep within the floating island, in a secluded side hall.

The furnishings inside the hall were extremely simple. The walls were covered with densely packed sealing runes, each rune outlined with extremely fine dark silver metal wires, which gleamed with a cold, faint light under the illumination of the eerie blue light source on the ceiling.

In the very center of the side hall, a huge, dark green crystal core floats.

Its surface is covered with countless fine, almost invisible patterns of laws, which intertwine and form an extremely complex connection array.

This is the Huo Family's space-level Contact Core.

Real-time communication at the cosmic level is no easy feat. The energy consumed each time the Contact Core is activated is astonishing. If converted into Eternal Cosmos Crystal, the cost of each communication would be tens of thousands of Eternal Cosmos Crystal.

Therefore, unless there are unforeseen circumstances, the routine communication between the Huo Family branch in Mist Sea City and the main Huo Family in Silent City is usually fixed at once every 10,000 Epoch. This is mainly because the main family informs the branch of some important information to ensure that the branch's information is not too delayed.

At this moment, in the side hall, a cultivator dressed in a dark robe sat cross-legged in front of the crystal core, his eyes closed in concentration, the power of Chaos Rules slowly flowing around him.

This person had an ordinary face and was not particularly tall, but he possessed a calm and composed demeanor.

His name is Huo Min, and he is at the peak of the True Source Realm. He is considered a candidate for clan elder and is in charge of this liaison hall.

Over countless Universal Epoch, he had long since grown accustomed to this regular rhythm.

The Contact Core floated motionless in front of him, its dark green law patterns flickering slowly at a fixed frequency, seemingly destined to remain unchanged for tens or even hundreds of thousands of Epoch.

This kind of deathly silence, day after day, is the greatest torment for any practitioner who spends years in a side hall.

But Huo Min had long been accustomed to this monotony.

In fact, he quite enjoyed this quiet solitude.

Just as Huo Min was concentrating on refining his already thoroughly mastered Chaos Rules, a sudden change occurred.

The dark green Contact Core suddenly lit up without warning, its light so intense that it was as if a dark green sun had exploded in the dimly lit side hall.

The densely packed sealing runes on the walls of the side hall trembled violently at the same moment, and countless dark silver metal wires lit up like red-hot irons, emitting a low buzzing sound.

Huo Min suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze fixed on the Contact Core that was vibrating violently, his pupils shrinking slightly.

Has the Contact Core been activated?

He subconsciously glanced at the rapidly flowing patterns of laws on the surface of the crystal core.

The direction of the patterns, the frequency of the halo, and even the amplitude of the crystal core's own tremors all point to the same answer.

The host is actively activating the Contact Core.

Huo Min subconsciously calculated the time again.

The next moment, his brows furrowed tightly.

There are still nearly six thousand Epoch until the next routine contact.

If the timing doesn't match, then it's not routine communication.

It was a temporary contact.

As for temporary contact, there is only one possibility.

Something important has happened at the master's house, and we need to get the news over there immediately.

Suppressing his surprise and doubt, Huo Min quickly took two steps back, leaving the central space of the side hall entirely to the Contact Core that was trembling violently.

The dark green light on the surface of the crystal core grew stronger and stronger, and countless Dao Law patterns moved rapidly across the surface of the crystal core as if they were alive. With each circle they moved, the light became even brighter.

A moment later, the crystal core suddenly trembled, and a highly condensed dark green beam of light shot out from the very core of the crystal core, striking the void in front of the crystal core.

The beam of light seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand, abruptly stopping in mid-air before beginning to collapse inward.

The light collapsed extremely quickly, shrinking from the size of a head to the size of a fist, then to the size of a thumb, and finally completely disappearing.

As the last glimmer of light dissipated, a small, dark green crystal remained in the void, hovering directly in front of the crystal core, slowly rotating and emitting a faint halo.

The communication has ended.

It came abruptly, and it ended just as abruptly.

Huo Min stood there for a few breaths, confirming that the light of the Contact Core had completely faded, before stepping forward, reaching out, and pinching the small crystal that was floating in the void and slowly rotating between his fingers.

Then he turned and walked out of the side hall.

His duty was to guard the Contact Core and ensure that messages were delivered as quickly as possible, not to open or read the contents of the messages.

That was the task of the clan elder on duty.

Huo Min pushed open the heavy stone door of the side hall and walked quickly along the corridor toward the central area of the floating island.

The servants and lower-ranking clansmen he encountered along the way all bowed to him, but he simply nodded expressionlessly and continued walking without stopping.

Finally, he stopped outside a heavy, ebony-colored wooden door, then raised his right hand and placed his palm on the dark, dark green mark in the center of the door panel.

The moment his palm touched the mark, the mark suddenly lit up with an extremely thin halo of light, which circled along the edge of his palm before receding back.

The seal has been verified, and the identity has been confirmed.

The wooden door slid open silently.

Huo Min stepped inside and bowed slightly.

"The Han clan elder just activated the Contact Core, initiated temporary communication, and sent over a Message Crystal."

Huo Han, who was meditating, raised his eyes and his gaze fell on Huo Min.

"Oh?"

Huo Min didn't explain, but silently presented the dark green crystal with both hands, then stepped aside and remained silent.

Huo Han reached out and held the crystal between his fingers, looking at it over and over again before placing it on his forehead.

The moment the crystal touched his forehead, a faint, dark green light emanated from within the crystal and flowed into his consciousness.

The amount of information inside is not much.

"The Constant Guard's assessment is complete. The new Constant Guard Lin Yi."

"He hails from Mist Sea City and has close ties to the Wen Family. As is customary, newly appointed Constant Guard often conduct their first patrol in their place of origin. You must be extremely careful in your words and actions, and do everything you can to establish a relationship with this newly appointed Constant Guard."

Finally, there is a video of Lin Yi.

Lin Yi!

Lin Yi Huo Han naturally knew this, but wasn't he serving on the Frontline the Mist Sea City Imperial Army? Some time ago, their family had already planted some disciples in the Mist Sea City Imperial Army, and a few Epoch ago they even sent a message saying they saw Lin Yi appear in the rest area of Black Rock Mothership.

But now, how did I suddenly become a Constant Guard?

No, it's a clone!

Some things will not be discovered unless you delve into them; problems are easily found by working backward from the result.

After all, the information provided by the master would never be wrong, and the master would never spread rumors about the Constant Guard.

At this moment, Huo Han had figured it out: the Imperial Army left in Mist Sea City were clearly just a cover for their true intentions!

However, its Main Body somehow ended up in Silent City and became Constant Guard.

Constant Guard!

Thinking of this, Huo Han's hand holding the crystal even trembled slightly.

He slowly put down the crystal, muttering, "Disaster... disaster..."

This is a catastrophe!

Enjoy