Arc 3The Phoenix Empire

Li Mu upgraded the Phoenix, defeated the Kaiju invasion, and unified Blue Star under the Phoenix Empire. He then infiltrated the Precursors’ world to investigate their plans and entered their nursery.

  • Li Mu traded the Void Coffin for profession sparks and coins, fused with new techniques, and left Titan Sky City after failing to find what he sought.
  • Li Mu fought through the ant colony, killed its queen, and traded the Purple Heaven Grade Spark Nest for a Super Main Cannon and an energy shield.
  • Li Mu reached Black Goat Free City, sold space equipment, hunted Rubber Rabbits, and discovered a cavern beneath their tunnels.
  • Li Mu upgraded the Phoenix and traveled to a parallel Blue Star, where he killed Kaiju, captured one, and sent a locator through the wormhole to the Precursors’ planet.
  • Li Mu defeated the Pterosaur King, then helped Blue Star unite under the Phoenix Empire and integrated a Civilization Spark into the planet.
  • Li Mu trained Leng Yan, You Wen, and Du Chen as Phoenix Apostles, then crossed the wormhole disguised as a Jellyfish Kaiju to investigate the Precursors.
  • Li Mu captured a Precursor, learned about its species through Legilimency, and entered the nursery in disguise.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Captain’s Class Skills

Li Mu traded the Void Coffin for three profession skill sparks and fused them, gaining new ways to empower the Phoenix, transform into a humanoid battleship, and collect and switch HuoZhong. After testing the skills, he abandoned his search of Titan Sky City and left it behind.

  • Li Mu met a refined middle-aged man in the Spark Network, examined his profession skill sparks, and agreed to trade the Void Coffin for three sparks and one million HuoZhong Coins.
  • Li Mu withdrew the Void Coffin from the auction and fused with the Mental Fusion Technique, which let him enhance and fully control the Phoenix.
  • Li Mu fused with the Hull Fusion Technique and tested how it turned him into a fast humanoid battleship armed with the Phoenix's weapons.
  • Li Mu fused with the LV15 HuoZhong Codex, tested its remote collection and instant switching functions, and recorded the Elder Wand and his other HuoZhong.
  • Li Mu considered sending another Void Spirit into Titan Sky City, but after two failed searches, he left the city behind.

Ch. 52Mist Beasts

Li Mu set out for a free city to sell enchanted pockets and earn money for upgrades to the Phoenix. He found a caravan route, but a field of dangerous Mist Beasts blocked his way, leaving him to prepare to fight through.

  • Li Mu reviewed the Seedship knowledge he had downloaded and decided to save HuoZhong Coins for a Super Main Cannon, secondary cannons, ammunition, and an energy shield for the Phoenix.
  • Li Mu chose to sell Vanishment Charm pockets offline in a free city and learned that a nearby caravan could take him to its Spark teleportation point.
  • Li Mu traveled toward the nearest Wolf Fang Caravan, avoiding most Mist Beasts with the Illusionary Body Curse on his first day.
  • Li Mu reached a route blocked by magma abysses, fire-poison mist, and swarms of Explosion Fire Sparrows and Self-Destructing Flying Ants.
  • Li Mu put away his Steam Motorcycle, drew the Elder Wand, and prepared to fight through the Self-Destructing Flying Ants.

Ch. 53Suicide Flying Ants

Li Mu fought a vast colony of Self-Destructing Flying Ants, using Fiendfyre and spells to destroy their attackers while gaining Spark Energy. As the queen sent stronger ants to surround him, Li Mu began searching underground for her, hoping to claim the HuoZhong she would drop.

  • Li Mu released Fiendfyre and twelve Dragonblood Knights to attack the Self-Destructing Flying Ants, killing nearly ten thousand soldier ants.
  • The surviving ants retreated behind male ants, whose explosive mandibles Li Mu slowed and transformed into hummingbirds that flew back and detonated among the colony.
  • As the queen sent increasing numbers of male ants into battle, Li Mu realized the colony was testing him and that elite ants might be forming an underground encirclement.
  • Li Mu used Tracking Charms to scout and mark the ants beneath him, seeking the queen while avoiding a Hull Fusion attack that could harm nearby Explosion Fire Sparrows.

Ch. 54The Fireseed Nest

Li Mu destroyed the Self-Destructing Ant queen, gained a Spark Nest, and traded it for a Super Main Cannon and an energy shield. After resting and enhancing the Elder Wand, he traveled toward the Wolf Fang Caravan, nearing it within a day.

  • Li Mu used decoys and tracking curses to locate the queen, then trapped her in a fiery explosion and killed her with repeated Killing Curses.
  • Li Mu escaped the ant nest and received a Purple Heaven Grade Spark Nest, then traded it through the Spark Network for a Super Main Cannon and an energy shield.
  • Li Mu checked his rising Transcendence Level, rested in a house made with the Polymorph Spell, and enhanced the Elder Wand to LV4.
  • Li Mu transformed into the Black Phoenix and traveled by Apparition toward the Wolf Fang Caravan, stopping to rest when mentally tired.

Ch. 55The Red Lotus Laser Cannon

Li Mu joined the Wolf Fang Caravan to reach the nearest Spark teleportation point and used the journey to install new modules on the Phoenix. After fitting the Red Lotus Laser Cannon and Thorn Energy Shield, he considered enhancing the Phoenix’s hull but hesitated over buying the rare Phoenix Divine Metal because it might attract his enemies.

  • Li Mu approached the Wolf Fang Caravan, signed its Spark Contract, and boarded the metal giant wolf as it crossed the wasteland.
  • A caravan member arranged a room for Li Mu inside the wolf, leaving him free to work on the Phoenix.
  • Li Mu integrated the Red Lotus Laser Cannon into the Phoenix and then began installing the Thorn Energy Shield.
  • Li Mu assessed the Phoenix’s remaining upgrade needs and decided its hull structure was the next priority.
  • Li Mu considered buying Phoenix Divine Metal for the hull upgrade but worried the purchase would draw the attention of the enemies who had destroyed the Phoenix.

Ch. 56Black Goat City

Li Mu traveled with the Wolf Fang Caravan to Black Goat Free City, where he learned about its unusual terrain, alien threats, and demand for space equipment. After realizing his space-pocket business could earn him a fortune, he considered a way around the slow production that limited his plans.

  • Li Mu decided to buy Phoenix Divine Gold when he next traveled to another world, after reasoning that the purchase would not expose the Phoenix.
  • The Wolf Fang Caravan crossed several thousand li and brought Li Mu to a Spark teleportation point, where he traveled to Black Goat Free City.
  • Li Mu checked into a hotel and learned that Black Goat Free City had been built to suppress the Black Goat, with alien races living in four surrounding regions.
  • Li Mu discovered that Spark Hunters greatly valued space equipment and saw an opportunity to profit from selling space pockets.
  • Li Mu recognized that his limited supply of ownerless HuoZhong Magic Power made production slow, then thought of a possible solution.

Ch. 57Waiting by the Stump for a Hare

Li Mu used wind tunnel iron to make and sell space equipment, earning enough to finish the Phoenix’s basic weapons and prepare for his next alternate world. After registering as a Spark Hunter, he traveled to Rubber Mountain to hunt Rubber Rabbits and captured one alive.

  • Li Mu crafted low-grade space equipment from wind tunnel iron and sold it to reach his savings goal ahead of schedule.
  • Li Mu bought two secondary cannons and fused them into the Phoenix, then decided to hunt Mist Beasts to raise his Transcendence Level to LV6.
  • Li Mu registered as a no-star Spark Hunter, fused his Spark Badge, and used the Spark Network to choose Rubber Rabbits as his target.
  • Li Mu rode a Spark Motorcycle to Rubber Mountain, where he lured out two Rubber Rabbits by cutting a rubber tree and releasing its latex.
  • Li Mu killed one Rubber Rabbit, then used fire and a Polymorph Spell to trap the other before controlling it with an Imperius Curse.

Ch. 58Seven-Colored Talent

Li Mu used his Disguise talent to infiltrate the Rubber Rabbits’ tunnels and discovered that the talent’s new Reality characteristic could replicate a creature down to its DNA and body. After harvesting a cavern full of Regeneration Mushrooms, he used Hull Fusion to scan deeper underground and was shocked by what he detected beneath his feet.

  • Li Mu lured hundreds of Rubber Rabbits into his Killing Curse and reached Transcendence Level LV6.
  • Li Mu raised Disguise to LV4 and discovered that its Reality characteristic could make his disguise biologically complete by consuming HuoZhong Source Power.
  • Li Mu disguised himself as a Rubber Rabbit and led five controlled Tool Rabbits through the tunnels to an unrecorded underground cavern.
  • Li Mu harvested more than a thousand Regeneration Mushrooms and stored them in the Supply Bay.
  • Li Mu activated Hull Fusion and Deep Space Radar, then stared in disbelief at the detection feedback from beneath his feet.

Ch. 59Battleship Enhancement

Li Mu traded a Rubber Physique spark for an Atomic Medical Bay, upgraded the Phoenix, and advanced it to Seed Destroyer Level 2. He then traveled to a Pacific Rim parallel world, where he prepared to fight the Kaiju and the Precursors.

  • Li Mu uncovered a Rubber Physique spark in the rubber rabbit graveyard and traded it for an Atomic Medical Bay, which he integrated into the Phoenix.
  • Li Mu bought Spark Energy, phoenix divine metal, and enhancement materials before upgrading the Phoenix's hull structure with HuoZhong Source Power and phoenix divine metal.
  • The Phoenix advanced to Seed Destroyer Level 2, and Li Mu used the Anchor of Fantasy to travel to another world.
  • The Phoenix's radar identified the destination as a post-apocalyptic Blue Star parallel world where the Precursors sent Kaiju to attack humanity.
  • Li Mu learned that humanity fought the Kaiju with giant mechs and prepared for the Phoenix's first battle against the Kaiju.

Ch. 60Pan-Pacific

Li Mu arrived at Blue Star in the Phoenix, introduced himself as a peaceful representative of the Phoenix Empire, and began eliminating Kaiju across the oceans. As humanity watched his overwhelming power reshape the crisis, he planned to capture the last detected Kaiju alive.

  • Li Mu ordered the Phoenix to locate Kaiju and descended toward Blue Star to make a show of his arrival.
  • The Pan-Pacific Joint Defense Force detected the Phoenix’s immense life index, and Li Mu broadcast a message introducing himself as a Spark Captain who came in peace.
  • Li Mu piloted the Phoenix into the Pacific Ocean and killed a Category Four Kaiju with its Red Lotus Laser Cannon and Fiendfyre.
  • The Phoenix cleared Kaiju from Blue Star’s major oceans, while hackers exposed Li Mu’s actions and made news of the Phoenix Empire dominate headlines.
  • Li Mu analyzed Kaiju genes in the Medical Bay, found a genetic lock protecting their core genes, and decided to capture the final detected Kaiju alive.

Ch. 61Ship Fusion

Li Mu used Hull Fusion with Phoenix to capture and shrink a Kaiju, then sent it through the Precursors’ wormhole carrying a locator to reveal their planet’s coordinates. He left the story awaiting the locator’s transmission so Phoenix could find the Precursors’ world.

  • Li Mu severed his mental fusion with Phoenix, lured a Kaiju to an uninhabited Pacific island, and activated Hull Fusion.
  • Li Mu repeatedly cast amplified Petrification Curses to immobilize the Kaiju, then shrank it and stored it in an enchanted cage.
  • Li Mu arrived at the Pan Pacific Defense Corps Headquarters and decided humanity had to witness despair before he could unite it under the Phoenix Empire.
  • Li Mu placed a protected spatial coordinate locator inside the captured Kaiju and sent it through the wormhole near Guam to the Precursors’ planet.

Ch. 62Total War

Li Mu explained how the fabricated Phoenix Empire and the exposed location of the Precursors' home world could provoke a full-scale invasion and push Blue Star toward joining his empire. During a meeting with world representatives, the Precursors began sending waves of self-melting Kaiju through the Guam wormhole, and Li Mu claimed he could not save humanity as the smaller nations erupted in anger.

  • Li Mu expected the Precursors to investigate the Phoenix Empire and launch a large-scale probe after receiving the spatial positioning transmitter.
  • Li Mu appeared at the Pan-Pacific Joint Forces Headquarters and used Legilimency to give national representatives memories about the fictional Phoenix Empire.
  • An alarm announced that repeated waves of Kaiju were emerging from the seabed wormhole near Guam and melting themselves to pollute the seawater.
  • Li Mu told the representatives that the Precursors had begun their invasion and that he could only watch humanity face destruction.
  • Representatives from small countries angrily accused Li Mu of abandoning them and questioned whether the Precursors existed.

Ch. 63The End of Humanity

Li Mu explained that the Phoenix Empire would not wage war against the Precursors to save Blue Star, and promised to evacuate ten thousand people in ten days. After humanity learned how to destroy the wormhole, a massive Kaiju assault overwhelmed its mechs and plunged the world into chaos, leaving nuclear strikes as its last resort.

  • Li Mu silenced several representatives and explained that the Precursors had claimed Blue Star long ago, so the Phoenix Empire would not intervene in the conflict.
  • Li Mu rejected a small-nation representative’s request for Phoenix Empire protection and said he would take ten thousand people from Blue Star in ten days.
  • Dr. Newt developed a way to read Kaiju memories, confirming the Precursors’ involvement and revealing that a nuclear bomb detonated on the far side could destroy the wormhole.
  • Fifteen Kaiju attacked coastlines around the world, destroyed all six hastily assembled mechs, and tore apart Gipsy Danger before its pilots escaped.
  • Li Mu watched the coastal cities fall as people rioted, governments prepared nuclear strikes, and nuclear submarines launched a suicidal attack on the wormhole near Guam.

Ch. 64The Savior

Li Mu revealed the Precursors’ threat to the world, destroyed the Kaiju attacking coastal cities, and declared that he had defected from the Phoenix Empire to protect Blue Star. He upgraded the Phoenix’s Red Lotus Laser Cannon and reached the Guam wormhole, where a Level Seven Kaiju emerged fully.

  • A controlled representative exposed the Pan-Pacific Joint Defense Force’s meeting, revealing that the Kaiju were weapons of the Precursors and that the Phoenix Empire had abandoned Blue Star.
  • A Level Seven Kaiju emerged partly from the wormhole and destroyed the Nuclear Submarine fleet with a shockwave.
  • Li Mu summoned the Phoenix and killed the Kaiju attacking coastal cities, prompting nations to halt their missile launches.
  • Li Mu declared his defection from the Phoenix Empire as people debated whether to establish a New Phoenix Empire or reject alien rule.
  • Li Mu spent HuoZhong Source Power to upgrade the Red Lotus Laser Cannon to Level 2, then descended into the sea near Guam and fought his way toward the wormhole.
  • A Level Seven, apparently bird-like Kaiju emerged fully from the wormhole as Li Mu arrived.

Ch. 65Battle of the Pterosaur King

Li Mu used the Phoenix to battle the Precursors’ Level 7 Pterosaur King in space while humanity watched. The Phoenix and Pterosaur King traded attacks, and Li Mu expected the Seedship’s defenses and regeneration to win the fight.

  • Li Mu taunted the Level 7 Kaiju with Legilimency, let its spatial shockwave damage the Phoenix, and repaired the hull with Nirvana.
  • Li Mu fired the Phoenix’s secondary cannons at the Kaiju, prompting the Precursors to force it fully through the damaged wormhole.
  • The Kaiju emerged as the Pterosaur King, and Li Mu led it out of the ocean and into space so humanity could witness the battle.
  • The Phoenix evaded the Pterosaur King’s attacks and repeatedly struck it with the Red Lotus Laser Cannon, but its spatial shield deflected the shots.
  • The Pterosaur King teleported above the Phoenix and slowed it with spatially magnetic insects, then sustained a deep neck wound from a laser attack.
  • The Pterosaur King circled the slowed Phoenix and stripped away its Thorn Energy Shield, while Li Mu relied on the Phoenix’s hull strength, regeneration, and the cannon’s defense-ignoring damage.

Ch. 66The Nuclear Apple

Li Mu defeated the Pterosaur King with disguised nuclear bombs and gained a Spatial Nanoworm Nest module. He returned to the Pan-Pacific Joint Forces Headquarters as a celebrated savior, while planning to eliminate the Resistance Force and establish the Phoenix Empire.

  • Li Mu studied the Pterosaur King's abilities and prepared a counterattack as the Phoenix's Thorn Energy Shield broke.
  • Li Mu used Hull Fusion and Apparition to plant Polymorph Spell-disguised nuclear bombs on the Pterosaur King, then detonated them from a distance.
  • Li Mu found that the Pterosaur King had dropped a Spatial Nanoworm Nest spark and fused it into the Phoenix's repair bay.
  • Li Mu learned that spatial nanoworms could aid hyperspace travel and disrupt enemy ships, though producing them quickly required HuoZhong Source Power.
  • Li Mu returned to the Pan-Pacific Joint Forces Headquarters, where female soldiers welcomed him, and he planned to eliminate the Resistance Force and establish the Phoenix Empire.

Ch. 67The Origin of Humanity

Li Mu rejected a victory ball, repaired damage and treated the injured around the world, then revealed the Precursors’ threat and humanity’s origins while advocating for the Phoenix Empire. He exposed opposition to his plan and prepared to eliminate the remaining factions before the Civilization Spark appeared.

  • Li Mu refused the M Country President’s victory ball and urged governments to evacuate coastal residents ahead of another invasion.
  • Li Mu traveled across coastal cities, restoring damaged buildings and healing the injured for several days.
  • Li Mu told reporters that the Precursors could send Level Seven to Level Nine Kaiju within six months, that humanity across the Milky Way descended from the Spark Civilization, and that a united planet could awaken a Civilization Spark.
  • Li Mu’s interview spread worldwide, increasing his support as officials failed to suppress it.
  • Li Mu arranged for powerful officials and military commanders to wear Spark Masks, and hackers exposed scandals among opponents of the Phoenix Empire, provoking public fury.
  • Li Mu let a small opposition movement take shape so he could wipe it out before establishing the Phoenix Empire.

Ch. 68Public Referendum

Li Mu unified Blue Star under the Phoenix Empire after a global referendum, then completed his conquest and condensed a Civilization Spark. The Spark began changing the planet and linking it to the Harry Potter world, leaving Blue Star with emerging traces of magic.

  • Li Mu ordered the Shipborne Optical Computer to monitor the global network as the referendum began, and over 95% of voters supported unification under the Phoenix Empire.
  • People checked the streets for signs of fraud, and scattered opponents returned home as nations' armies moved in to place the globe under temporary control.
  • Li Mu established the Phoenix Empire's framework, reorganized national armies into its legions, and secretly erased Resistance Force members and their memories.
  • The Shipborne Optical Computer announced that the conquest was complete, and Li Mu's HuoZhong Source Power surged as a purple-quality Civilization Spark formed.
  • Li Mu integrated the Civilization Spark into Blue Star, which quickly grew greener and healthier, while traces of magic began appearing through its connection to the Harry Potter world's Spark.

Ch. 69Enchanted Mecha

Li Mu upgraded the Phoenix’s weapons and defenses, secured a way to control the spatial wormhole, and oversaw the creation of enchanted Phoenix Apostles to protect the Phoenix Empire. The chapter left the empire with three powerful mechas as its final guardians.

  • Li Mu upgraded the Red Lotus Laser Cannon and Thorn Energy Shield to LV5, raising the Phoenix to LV3.
  • Li Mu invested in the Spatial Nanoworm Nest so he could control or destroy the wormhole if the Precursors became too dangerous, then upgraded the Elder Wand to LV6.
  • Li Mu used Wind Tunnel Iron and the Vanishment Charm to create a smaller world around the Civilization Spark for scientists to use.
  • Li Mu inspected the Jaeger manufacturing plant and explained how the Phoenix Apostle’s enchanted cockpit, body, and blade made it a powerful combat mecha.
  • Li Mu left the Phoenix Empire with only three Phoenix Apostles because each ship-cleaving blade required nearly a thousand cards of HuoZhong Source Power to create.

Ch. 70Top Student

Li Mu selected Leng Yan, Yuwen, and Du Chen to pilot the Phoenix Apostles and transformed them into Dragonblood Knights using Spark Potions. After they began merging with Kindling Tomes and training, three Level 4 Kaiju attacked their island.

  • Li Mu reviewed the academy's candidates and chose Leng Yan, Yuwen, and Du Chen as the top land, air, and naval performers.
  • Li Mu gave each of the three a Spark Dragon Blood Potion, and they endured painful blood replacements that made them Dragonblood Knights.
  • Li Mu gave the trio Kindling Tomes and instructed them to merge with the sparks using their Mental Power.
  • A few days later, Leng Yan fought Yuwen and Du Chen on an island near Guam, where all three demonstrated strength enough to kill Level 4 Kaiju.
  • Three Level 4 Kaiju emerged from the sea and pounced toward the island.

Ch. 71The Forerunner’s Counterattack

Li Mu trained Leng Yan, You Wen, and Du Chen to use their new Phoenix Apostle mechs, then interrupted the exercise when the dormant wormhole began releasing jellyfish Kaiju. He destroyed a swarm of miniature Kaiju and discovered they had been made from Blue Star’s native marine life, leaving the source and purpose of the invasion unresolved.

  • Leng Yan killed a Level 4 Kaiju, and You Wen and Du Chen defeated the other two before Li Mu arrived.
  • Li Mu gave Leng Yan, You Wen, and Du Chen spatial rings containing their customized Phoenix Apostle mechs and began practical combat training.
  • Li Mu used fire, water, and thunder dragons to push the three apostles into trouble and force them to learn to cooperate.
  • The Deep Space Radar detected activity at the wormhole, so Li Mu abandoned training and flew the Phoenix toward the deep sea.
  • Li Mu tracked a jellyfish Kaiju that was spawning tens of thousands of miniature Kaiju, captured some for analysis, and burned the rest.
  • The Atomic Medical Bay found that the miniature Kaiju lacked Precursor genes and toxins and had instead been created from Blue Star’s native marine species.

Ch. 72Crossing the Wormhole

Li Mu followed the Jellyfish Kaiju through the wormhole to reach the Precursors’ nest, hoping to learn how to control the Mini Kaiju threatening Blue Star’s marine life. Inside a colossal creature, he discovered captive Jellyfish People and learned more about the Precursors’ powers.

  • Li Mu decided he had to reach the Precursors’ nest and obtain a way to control the Mini Kaiju before they wiped out marine life.
  • Li Mu warned Phoenix Empire officials about the ocean threat, disguised himself as a Jellyfish Kaiju, and followed the remaining Jellyfish Kaiju through the wormhole.
  • Li Mu emerged inside a giant creature’s oxygen-filled body, where he found a lake and a battered triangular battleship.
  • Li Mu sent an alchemical eyeball into the battleship and discovered a Jellyfish Person controlled by a stinger-scorpion beetle.
  • Li Mu used Legilimency to learn that the Precursors had captured the Jellyfish People’s battleship and forced its survivors to care for the Jellyfish Kaiju.
  • Li Mu learned that the Precursors used spatial and biochemical technology, controlled biological weapons across space, and could spread powerful mental contamination.

Ch. 73Magma Hell

Li Mu escaped the giant beast and surveyed the Precursors’ magma-covered world, then planned to use True Disguise to turn their own power against them. A nightmare revealed that capturing a Precursor alive would alert the entire race through their collective mind, so he changed his plan to study dead Precursors instead.

  • Li Mu abandoned the Imperius Curse on the Jellyfish People and searched the giant beast until he found an exit on its back.
  • Li Mu transformed into the Black Phoenix and rode a fire column out of the beast, discovering the Precursors’ magma world and its wormhole power system.
  • Li Mu decided to cripple the Precursors before leaving and considered disguising himself as one of them.
  • A Precursor sensed Li Mu’s presence and attacked, forcing him to flee more than ten kilometers away.
  • Li Mu used the Nightmare Crystal Ball and learned that capturing a Precursor alive would alert the entire race through their collective mind.
  • Li Mu abandoned his plan to capture one alive and decided to study dead Precursors instead.

Ch. 74Capturing the Forerunner Alive

Li Mu captured a Precursor by trapping it near a damaged lightning-collection device, then escaped pursuit and began examining the captive’s memories. He learned that Precursors extended their lives through repeated mental reincarnation.

  • Li Mu sabotaged a remote lightning-collection device and prepared a spell trap for the Precursor who came to repair it.
  • The trap cursed, weakened, and petrified the Precursor, and Li Mu stored it in the Phoenix before fleeing into the magma.
  • A Precursor saucer pursued Li Mu, but the Phoenix resisted its heat and damaged its hull with Nirvana Flame, forcing it to retreat.
  • Li Mu escaped to a concealed location, anesthetized the captive, and successfully extracted its memories with Legilimency.
  • Li Mu discovered from the Precursor’s memories that its species used clones and mental contamination to transfer their consciousness and prolong their lives.

Ch. 75The Fruit of Civilization

Li Mu learned that the Precursors sought other civilizations' technology and had launched a full-scale attack on Blue Star after judging its strength. He disguised himself as a Precursor and entered their nursery near the planet's core to infiltrate their civilization.

  • Li Mu used Legilimency to learn about the Precursors' small population, their past defeat, and their plan to use Blue Star's humans to advance their civilization.
  • Li Mu discovered that the Precursors had chosen war after debating whether to attack, and that they intended to flee if their enemy proved stronger.
  • Li Mu transformed into a Precursor, killed the unconscious captive, and sent the corpse to a secluded lava pillar so the nursery would awaken a replacement.
  • Li Mu traveled toward the planet's core, reached the nursery, and created a safe space outside it.
  • Li Mu transformed into a Precursor, passed the nursery's scan, and entered through its spiraling door.
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