Upgrading Kai Star
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Just like when I came here a year ago, as far as the eye can see, huge stalagmites protrude from the ground like sharp spikes, which looks very strange, and further away, there is a dense forest.
At the other end of the teleportation array, the Silver Armor seemed to have been waiting there for a while. Upon seeing Li Wei, he hurriedly came forward and said, "My lord, the Star Tear Ore has been collected."
Seeing the Silver Armor's hurried manner, Li Wei found it amusing, but thinking about it, his anxiety was understandable. After all, as the royal family, they had ruled the Kai Star Domain for a long time, and it could be said that the rise and fall of Kai Star depended on the royal family. This time, if the Kai Star Domain was downgraded, it would directly affect their rule. After all, the Silver Armor had said last time that there were three or four forces on Kai Star that were no weaker than the royal family. If the star region was downgraded this time, they might immediately revolt and overthrow the royal family's rule.
Li Wei didn't care about any of that. The reason he came was because the Kai Star Royal Family had helped him before. In addition, nominally, he was also the Destroyer of Kai Star, so he naturally had an obligation to prevent Kai Star from being downgraded.
As Destroyer of a star field, Li Wei was not like a laborer who did the work without pay. On the contrary, Li Wei received a great deal.
The Kai Star Royal Family specially designated an area within the Kai Star Domain for Li Wei and built an extremely luxurious palace. The palace had countless servants, and more than 800 'Star Tear Ore' were neatly arranged in the palace courtyard.
Waiting for Li Wei in this palace was his father, the Silver Armor Man, also known as the Emperor of Kai Star, the Golden Armor Kai Star Man whom Li Wei had met before.
Red Armor, whom I hadn't seen in a long time, was also in the crowd. He was clearly very excited to see me. In addition, there were more than a hundred ministers and nobles from Kai Star.
This shows that the royal family of Kai Star takes the potential downgrade of their star region very seriously. Among the many eyes watching him, Li Wei also spotted a few with ill intentions; perhaps these were the forces opposing the royal family that Silver Armor had mentioned.
"Hopefully these people will be smart enough not to cause trouble, otherwise..." Li Wei's lips curled into a smile, but he took a step forward.
Seeing such a display for the first time, Li Wei was not flustered. Instead, he was generous and composed. He first nodded to the Red Armor, and then turned his gaze to the Golden Armor Kai Star of Triumph.
"Emperor Kai, your charm remains undiminished since our last meeting," Li Wei said, feeling somewhat affected by his words. However, it was a necessary diplomatic maneuver; now that he was on the same side as the Kai Star Royal Family, it was natural to act more amicably. As for him and Emperor Kai, they actually had absolutely no connection whatsoever.
Having held a high position for so long, Emperor Kai was well aware of these tactics. He laughed and said, "My lord, you must be tired from your journey. Why not rest for a while? I personally supervised the construction of this palace. I hope you will stay here permanently in the future, so that we can get to know each other better."
Li Wei thought to himself, "What's there to be close to? You Kai Star people are all like giant human crabs, even the women seem to be wearing a layer of streamlined armor. Although they are very pleasing to the eye, the feel of them... is mostly not good. What's there to be close to?"
However, Li Wei smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course, but I'm not tired. Let's get down to business first. The sooner we upgrade the star field, the sooner you can all feel at ease, right?"
As he spoke, he walked toward the 'Star Tear Ore' that resembled a small mountain.
Li Wei looked at the ores and clicked his tongue in amazement. After the Silver Armor left that day, he had sent people to search for this kind of ore containing powerful energy on Earth Star. It was said that Earth Star, which had already been upgraded to a level 3 star field, should have some 'Star Tear Ore', but in the past few days, not a single one of his men had found this kind of ore.
This shows how precious the 'Star Tear Ore' is; the fact that the Kai Star Royal Family managed to collect so much of it clearly indicates they put in a lot of effort.
Li Wei didn't want anyone around when he used his Devouring ability, so Kai Huang tactfully led everyone to wait outside for the time being. Li Wei then began his Devouring plan.
Normally, devouring these 'Star Tear Ore' would take a considerable amount of time. However, since Li Wei discovered that applying the Spatial Cage to devouring would exponentially increase the scale and power of devouring the black silk, Li Wei only spent a few minutes devouring all the 'Star Tear Ore' and subsequently obtained over 200,000 energy points.
"Gained 230,600 energy points, automatically converted into upgrade points... Received 2 upgrade points, remaining energy 30,600 points."
The calculation of 100,000 units of energy converting into one upgrade point is correct.
However, the Kai Star Domain is currently a Level 3 Star Domain. If it wants to upgrade to a Level 4 Star Domain, it needs 3 upgrade points. After calculating, it is still one short.
After thinking for a moment, Li Wei truthfully told Kai Huang about the situation.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Kai let out a long sigh, "My lord, you are unaware that those 'Star Tear Ore' have been mined by Kai Star over the past three years with a huge amount of manpower. Basically... all the 'Star Tear Ore' on Kai Star have been completely mined out. If we want more, we really have nothing left."
As he said this, the Silver Armor and Red Armor behind him wore the same expression. At that moment, the Red Armor stepped forward and said to Li Wei, "My lord, do you see any other way to gather this energy?"
Yes, of course there are.
Li Wei naturally knew that the Devouring ability could convert a lot of matter into energy, but the effect would be different. Last time, Li Wei managed to gather 100,000 units of energy points on Earth Star, which was basically due to sheer luck.
After acquiring the Devouring ability, Li Wei had been using it continuously. In total, he had devoured over a thousand things, most of which were useless junk energy. If converted into energy points, they would amount to less than a thousand. However, some of the things Li Wei devoured contained enormous amounts of energy.
Just like how Li Wei devoured the body tissues of many ferocious beasts inside the Xuanyuan Sword, the energy contained within them was astronomical, but Li Wei didn't notice this at the time.
In addition, Li Wei had devoured all sorts of monsters, which were also the main source of energy. It was through these energies that Li Wei was able to accumulate 100,000 units of energy with great luck.
However, no one knows whether these things contain energy. So, if he tries to devour whatever he sees, Li Wei estimates that he will die from overeating before he can gather the remaining energy points. Even if he doesn't die from overeating, it may take him ten days or even several months to gather the remaining energy points.
Thinking of this, Li Wei said, "The best option is the kind of ore that contains energy; that gives us the best chance of success. If that doesn't work, we'll just have to slowly accumulate energy points."
Upon hearing this, Red Armor became anxious and said, "My lord, we can't wait any longer. In a few days, it will be exactly three years since Kai Star upgraded to level 3. If the star domain is not upgraded by then, according to the rules, the star domain will be downgraded. At that time, the star domains that were once suppressed by Kai Star may launch a group attack."
Li Wei was immediately startled. Indeed, this matter couldn't be delayed any longer. The problem was, there really wasn't anywhere to find those energy points right now.
Currently, there are 30,600 energy points remaining. To reach 100,000, there are still nearly 70,000 energy points to go. Collecting these energy points will not be an easy task.
"How about we go to other star regions and plunder some 'Star Tear Ore'?" Red Armor slapped his forehead and came up with an idea that Li Wei thought was somewhat 'bad'.
Before Li Wei could say anything, the Kai Star people present cheered in unison. At this moment, they naturally didn't care about making enemies of other star regions. After all, if they were really downgraded, the royal family would probably have to undergo a major change. Of course, Li Wei wouldn't get involved in any of this. As for which unfortunate star region they were targeting, that was beyond Li Wei's control.
In short, Li Wei enjoyed himself comfortably in Kai Star's palace for the next two days. Beautiful Kai Star women massaged his shoulders from behind. Li Wei felt it was a pity about these women; they were like Devil Kai Star wearing tight-fitting leather armor. Although their figures were beautiful, he couldn't see their smooth skin; all he saw was a hard shell.
In fact, not all Kai Star people have such hard shells. Many Kai Star women have relatively soft armor. However, no matter how soft the shell is, it is not skin.
Li Wei summoned the Black Paper and saw that there was only one day left before the next mandatory mission, and also only one day left before the deadline for upgrading the Kai Star Domain.
Finally, early the next morning, the two brothers, Red Armor and Silver Armor, flew back, panting heavily. The Kai Star people do not rely on so-called flight magic, but rather on their evolved armor.
That is, from behind the armor, there are engine-like nozzles that can shoot out powerful airflow, which makes the Kai Star people fly faster than airplanes.
When the Red Armor and Silver Armor landed at the palace, Li Wei briefly thought they were characters from a movie he had once seen. Li Wei seemed to remember that the movie was called 'Iron Man'.
Behind the two brothers were giant flying beasts with hard shells. Many members of the royal family and Emperor Kai also arrived, after all, this was the most important moment for them.
This time, they brought more than 300 pieces of 'Star Tear Ore'.
Without delay, Li Wei immediately devoured the 'Star Tear Ore', successfully accumulating over 100,000 energy points once again. Soon, Li Wei gained another upgrade point.
Currently, Li Wei has 3 upgrade points, just enough to upgrade Kai Star to level 4. Li Wei has no intention of keeping these upgrade points for himself to upgrade Earth Star. In his view, although Earth Star is his home planet, Kai Star is currently his strongest ally. Moreover, it would be too unethical to just steal the 'Star Tear Ore' that others have worked so hard to collect. At least, Li Wei would not do such a thing.
Li Wei summoned the Black Paper and brought up the interface for allocating upgrade points. Two virtual icons resembling star systems appeared before him, one a level 3 Earth Star and the other a level 3 Kai Star. This time, Li Wei added all three upgrade points to the Kai Star icon.
Almost simultaneously, the ground on Kai Star shook violently.