Inside a group chat space on the Dao Domain Network.
"New here, handsome? How come I haven't seen you before?"
A sweet voice reached Meng Chuan's ears.
Not far from him, a lava giant approached with a fire sprite resting in his palm. It was the latter who had spoken.
"A Wei, from the Rune Star Domain."
"Just call me Lanfei. I'm from the Ancestral Elf Domain."
The lava giant and the fire sprite greeted him in turn.
By cosmic convention, strangers introducing themselves only needed to state their star domain, not their specific star system or planet.
Nobody could remember those anyway. There were as many planets in the universe as grains of sand in a desert.
"Meng, from the Sea Blue Supercluster Region."
Meng Chuan smoothly gave the alias he used when traveling the stars.
The lava giant named A Wei placed the little sprite on a stool, then sat on the other side. Smiling at Meng Chuan, he said, "Man, I had to change transport ships several times. Getting to Radiant Star really isn't easy. Meng, would you like to team up with us to seek enlightenment?"
"At many of Radiant Star's Legendary Lands, people seeking enlightenment compete with one another. For instance, the closer you are to the core:
the denser the energy aura. If we stick together, we can secure better spots."
The palm-sized fire sprite, Lanfei, supplied the explanation.
Whenever Radiant Star made a brief stop, competition among those seeking enlightenment was always this intense.
An endless stream of enlightenment seekers arrived. Meng Chuan looked like an expert who kept his abilities hidden, so she had approached him, hoping to strengthen her little group.
Here, all enlightenment seekers were rivals. Aside from the small groups that banded together, they even regarded one another with