The Youth from the Ten Lords' Commission to Golden People Alley

Star Calendar 8073, Golden People Alley on the Xianzhou Luofu. This commercial street, unchanged for centuries, finally welcomed a new resident and shopkeeper.

The one who settled here was Dan Lei, opening a store selling automaton figurines.

Ever since being inexplicably thrown into a Sustainer Egg, Dan Lei had technically been on the Xianzhou Luofu for over six hundred years. Based on his calculations, he should have reincarnated here around Star Calendar 7379, after the Calamity of the Abundant.

Of course, Dan Lei hadn't actually lived that long. The normal incubation period for a Sustainer Egg was about three hundred years, but he had incubated for over five hundred, only being born into this world in Star Calendar 7880.

This might have been because he was a soul from another world, needing more time to merge with the Sustainer body, but the Chizuru Clan clearly attributed this to the egg suffering unknown trauma during the Calamity of the Abundant.

Especially after birth, Dan Lei found that he had suffered from a lack of talent in the Type-Moon World, so now he was being compensated. This body of his could practically be described as an Innate Dao Body.

As for Magic Circuits, this body itself was a Magic Circuit, capable of directly absorbing magical energy from the external Great Source, and the Great Source here was exceptionally active.

Then, Dan Lei met with tragedy.

After over five hundred years of slumber, having just been born not long ago, and discovering his unparalleled talent, Dan Lei completely forgot where he was.

The Xianzhou Luofu was not a planet. What was the Great Source that Dan Lei could perceive?

Of course, it was the power of the Path of the Hunt, infinitely opened to the Xianzhou by the Aeon of the Hunt, Lan.

Having just been born, Dan Lei had no idea what the Power of the Path was. He directly absorbed the Hunt's Imaginary Energy from the Luofu, instantly suffering from burning meridians.

If Dan Lei hadn't sensed something was wrong and immediately stopped, he would have ascended to heaven on the spot.

Of course, this accident was still attributed to Dan Lei's Sustainer Egg being damaged, leading to his innate deficiency. No one thought it was something the infant Dan Lei had done to himself.

However, the Chizuru Clan still cherished their own. Dan Lei was immediately sent to the Alchemy Commission for treatment.

With the medical skills of the Luofu Alchemy Commission, Dan Lei's injury, similar to Magic Circuit overload and rupture, was miraculously saved. Moreover, because of his desperate desire to heal, Dan Lei inexplicably stepped onto the Path of Abundance.

It could only be said that the Path of the Abundance Pharmacists was a bit sinister. Dan Lei was just lying there, thinking about getting better quickly, and then he could inexplicably call upon the power of the Abundance Path.

However, Dan Lei, a Pathstrider who had not been awakened to the Power of the Path by an Aeon's gaze, had very weak initial abilities. It could only be said that he was suited for developing medical skills in the future; otherwise, he was just like an ordinary person.

Moreover, from what Dan Lei learned later, there were many cases of severely injured people suddenly becoming Pathstriders of Abundance. Although Pathstriders were rare on any planet, the Xianzhou was different. People here lived long enough that the density of Pathstriders was far higher than in other factions.

At the same time, reality differed from the game. According to official Luofu information, Jing Yuan had never walked the Path of Knowledge; he had always been a Pathstrider of the Hunt.

Fu Xuan also had nothing to do with the Path of Preservation; she was instead a Pathstrider of Knowledge, as the third eye on her forehead was a treasure of the Path of Knowledge.

However, Dan Lei's awakening of the Abundance Path was not a big deal. The Xianzhou Alliance hunted the Abundance, not ordinary Pathstriders of Abundance, let alone Dan Lei, who didn't even know what Abundance was and had entered the Path out of a desire for self-healing.

In fact, analyzing it later, Dan Lei felt that his easy comprehension of the Abundance Path was probably not because he wanted to heal himself.

During the Luofu War, there were plenty of severely injured people who wanted to heal themselves, but few stepped onto the Path of Abundance.

Dan Lei thought that since he had followed the Holy Grail into the Root, and the Greater Grail's purpose in connecting to the Root was the Third Magic, Soul Materialization, achieving immortality and directly connecting to the Root for infinite energy.

Dan Lei certainly hadn't comprehended the Third Magic, but his soul, having been washed by the Root, must have gained some of its characteristics. Coupled with the Sustainer Dragon Clan being the dependents of Permanence, and the Path of Abundance being a split from the Path of Permanence, the Chizuru Clan was particularly suited for the Path of Abundance.

Moreover, Dan Lei could sense that the Holy Grail was still inside him, constantly absorbing surrounding energy through his body. It was likely that it had facilitated his entry into the Path of Abundance.

However, Dan Lei buried all these speculations in his heart and told no one.

After his body was healed, Dan Lei was assigned, like any ordinary Chizuru, to an older clansman for guidance.

The Chizuru who taught him happened to be the same one who had cared for him at the Alchemy Commission, the disciple of Yun Hua, the head of the Alchemy Commission, Dan Zhu.

This name might be unfamiliar, but in the future, in Star Calendar 8100, she would change her name to Ling Sha and become the new head of the Alchemy Commission.

The surname Dan was a major one among the Luofu Sustainer, so Dan Lei was allowed to keep the surname Dan. Because he was considered innately weak, he was fatefully named Lei, symbolizing the hope that his body would be as firm as a rock in the future.

Here, it was clear that the Chizuru Clan, seeing Dan Lei step onto the Path of Abundance shortly after birth, thought he was a good prospect and handed him over to the Alchemy Commission for training.

But Dan Lei had no interest in becoming a doctor. Although he completed all the assignments Dan Zhu gave him, he had absolutely no interest in healing people, which infuriated this hot-tempered older sister, who often chased him with a ruler.

However, Dan Lei spent his free time doing only one thing: trying to get this "Innate Dao Body" to absorb the Great Source.

You see, in the Star Rail Universe, Imaginary Energy was everywhere. If he could directly absorb the vast, ownerless Imaginary Energy in the universe, calling himself a minor Aeon wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Of course, this process was not smooth. Up until Star Calendar 8073, Dan Lei had not completed the transformation. Instead, his Magic Circuits kept burning, and he used Abundance power to heal himself, deepening his understanding of the Abundance Path.

However, Dan Lei's understanding of the Abundance Path was all focused on the single skill of self-healing. His body's regenerative ability was strong, but it wasn't much help in combat.

During this time, everything that should have happened in the Star Rail Universe remained unchanged.

With the help of the Dragon Masters, Yun Hua performed a secret technique on Dan Heng, who was imprisoned in the Imprisonment Court, to help him regain his memories, resulting in both him and Dan Zhu being expelled from the Luofu and forced to move to Zhuming.

Dan Lei, because of his relationship with Dan Zhu, was also investigated by the Ten Lords' Commission.

Dan Lei knew that once Yun Hua left, staying in the Alchemy Commission might make him a bargaining chip between the Dragon Masters and The Myriad-Self.

As for reporting The Myriad-Self in advance, Dan Lei had no evidence at all, and he had no connection with Jing Yuan. Who would believe him?

So, during the investigation and house arrest, Dan Lei deliberately performed some automaton-making techniques he had learned from Aozaki Touko, casually crafting a few automata to pass the time.

Dan Lei's behavior indeed caught the attention of the Ten Lords' Commission. After confirming Dan Lei was not a problem, they transferred him to the Ten Lords' Commission as an ordinary Nether Envoy, responsible for the maintenance and repair of golden men and automata.

Dan Lei stayed with the Ten Lords' Commission until Star Calendar 8073.

He chose to leave the Ten Lords' Commission that year because he sensed that after over a hundred years of passive charging, the Holy Grail had finally been filled.

To study this treasure brought from the Type-Moon World, Dan Lei naturally couldn't stay in the Imprisonment Court office, where any slight disturbance would set off alarms, so he decisively resigned.

Dan Lei was not a judge of the Ten Lords' Commission. Although he was responsible for maintaining golden men and automata, it was not a highly classified position.

Moreover, Dan Lei was still very young. Keeping a person trapped in the sunless Imprisonment Court was indeed inhumane.

Additionally, the Third Antimatter Legion War ended in Star Calendar 8072. In this battle, the Xianzhou Luofu lost a total of over sixty-three thousand warships and over one hundred and twenty thousand pilots. The Luofu would need many years to recuperate.

Therefore, after Dan Lei finished repairing the last batch of golden men and automata for the Ten Lords' Commission, he successfully resigned. However, the Ten Lords' Commission would periodically investigate Dan Lei's life to ensure he wasn't using his former position for illegal activities.