Source Star

A minute or two later, Su You emerged from the sand pit carrying Beiyuan Gang's body. He casually tossed down the headless corpse.

Zhang Yue, standing beside the pit, pointed at Beiyuan Gang's body. "Is he the guy who just attacked us?"

Su You nodded. "I suspect the Wang Family sent him. We'd better hurry back to the starting point!"

"Su You..." Zhang Yue moved her lips as if she wanted to say something, but then forced herself to stay silent.

Seeing her hesitate, Su You couldn't help giving her bottom a pat through her combat suit. "We'll talk after we get back to the Training Camp."

Zhang Yue shuddered and glared fiercely at Su You, her eyes full of embarrassment and annoyance.

Su You shamelessly acted as if he hadn't seen a thing. He took the fuming Zhang Yue by the hand, and they quickly ran toward the starting point.

After what they'd just been through, naturally they were both more alert on the way back. However, no one attacked them.

Besides, the Wang Family had most likely already learned that they were traveling together, so they didn't bother to split up on the way back.

On a dune seven or eight kilometers from where Su You and Zhang Yue had encountered Beiyuan Gang, fourteen people watched as the two ran toward the starting point.

"Mr. Franz, aren't we going to attack?" an Advanced War General asked.

"Hmph." Franz snorted. "Even Beiyuan Gang, a Mid-level War God, died there. Clark won't get here in time, and all of us together might not be able to stop them."

It was only a mission. It wasn't worth risking their lives over; at worst, they'd go back and take a little punishment.

After Su You and Zhang Yue disappeared from sight, Franz led the others toward the sand pit, clearly intending to retrieve Beiyuan Gang's body.

By the time Su You and Zhang Yue returned to the starting point, it was past nine in the morning. Most of the trainees who had ventured into the desert had already come back. They were gathered in groups of three or five, chatting as they waited for the Training Camp's Passenger Aircraft to arrive.

Quite a few trainees were surprised to see Su You and Zhang Yue return together. Li Zhong and the others, who lived with them at Kyoto Courtyard, teased them suggestively.

Time passed. At 11:50 a.m., the Training Camp's Passenger Aircraft landed on the oasis. Once the cabin doors opened, the trainees boarded one by one. Their August adventure, where they had risked their lives, was officially over.

The Passenger Aircraft stayed until two in the afternoon before slowly taking off toward Hongning Base City. At the same time, the image of a War God instructor appeared on the large screens in every cabin.

Of the 186 trainees who had set out on the 28-day life-or-death adventure, only 181 returned. Several of them had even lost an arm or a leg. Fortunately, Training Camp trainees were generally well-off, and buying a bottle of Life Water through the Training Camp's channels was no difficult matter.

In the upper cabin of the Passenger Aircraft, Su You leaned back in his seat with his eyes closed, resting. Every so often, the little girl's babbling voice rang out in his mind.

"Translation program for Universal Language and the native language of this planet, Chinese, established."

A clear sentence in Chinese suddenly sounded in Su You's mind. It startled him so much that he nearly jumped out of his seat.

"Hey, little native." The little girl's voice rang out in his mind, but this time she spoke Chinese.

Su You collected himself and glanced at the Training Camp trainees sitting around him, unsure how to communicate with the little girl.

The little girl seemed to have guessed what he was thinking. She snapped her fingers, and Su You found himself standing before an extravagantly luxurious castle. The little girl was beside him.

"This is a virtual space?"

"Not bad. An Apprentice Level little native actually knows about virtual spaces."

Su You paused, then asked, "Who are you?"

The little girl raised her chin. "My name is XXxx... Translated into your Earth's Chinese, you can call me Lady You Meng. From today onward, I'm your master. Understood?"

"???" Three question marks flashed through Su You's mind. Had she gotten the master and servant roles mixed up? Wasn't it normally the intelligent one who took a human as its master?

"Hmph. It's your honor to be my servant. Back when I was alive, I wouldn't have given an Apprentice Level person like you a second glance."

"What? You're already dead?" Su You was startled, and his confusion slipped out. "Aren't you an Intelligent Life?"

As soon as he'd said it, Su You regretted it. Given his current status, he shouldn't have known about Intelligent Life.

"Hm? You little native know more than I thought. You even know about Intelligent Life."

The little girl gave Su You a surprised look but didn't dwell on it. Instead, she explained:

"In the great war more than eight hundred thousand eras ago, at the moment I was about to die, I relied on a special secret technique and a treasure my father had prepared to transform into Intelligent Life. So it wouldn't be wrong to call me Intelligent Life."

"Do you know what an era is? It's a unit of time used in the universe. One era is equivalent to years in Earth time."

"More than eight hundred thousand eras?" Su You was stunned. Isn't that more than eight billion years? Earth isn't even that old, is it? The lifespan of a human World Lord is only around a thousand eras.

Su You blinked and deliberately said, "You're not trying to fool me, are you? How could anyone live that long?"

The little girl raised an eyebrow. "Tsk. You natives are so ignorant. Let me tell you: the Immortal Experts in the universe are Eternal Undying and have infinite lifespans."

"Immortal?" Su You asked, feigning confusion.

The little girl sighed and spoke with an air of authority:

"I'll teach you some basic knowledge first. In the universe, strength is generally ranked starting from Planetary Level. Someone like you, at Apprentice Level, isn't even qualified to be called a martial artist. Only after reaching Planetary Level are you eligible to obtain citizenship in a Universe Country, so Planetary Level people can only be considered ordinary."

"After Planetary Level comes Star Level, Universe Level, Domain Lord, and World Lord. Only after World Lord comes Immortal Expert, and only then can one attain eternal life."

Su You nodded, pretending to be deeply shocked. Somewhat dazed, he asked, "So you were an Immortal Expert?"

The little girl paused. "Ahem. I was only a Domain Lord back then, but that was because I'd been cultivating for too short a time. With my talent, if I hadn't transformed into Intelligent Life, becoming an Immortal would have been a certainty."

"Oh!" Su You nodded to show he understood. As long as an Intelligent Life's Intelligent Core wasn't destroyed, it could be said to have an eternal lifespan.

The little girl stared at Su You. "Well? Are you willing to be my servant now?"

Seeing Su You's troubled expression, the little girl hurriedly added, "Don't worry, I won't make you be my servant forever. If you do well in the future, I might even decide to take you on as a Source Star disciple."