Golden Horned Beast Clone! Heading to the Universe!

The clone function—this was one of Luo Feng's greatest cheats in the world of Swallowed Star.

The Golden Horned Beast was formidable not just because of its innate secret techniques and internal space, but more importantly, because it could gestate clones.

And now, this system had directly given him a built-in "clone manufacturing machine."

Furthermore, the system's ability was even stronger and more monstrous.

It required no physical contact and no consumption of resources to gestate; it could simply consume True Self clones to accelerate the process.

Although doing so would put the True Self clone on a 24-hour cooldown, it was still sufficiently broken.

Lin Fan's brain whirred rapidly. What was the strongest life form on Earth right now?

The Tentacle Beast Emperor? The Thunder Dragon Emperor?

No.

At this point in the original story, there was another existence with a bloodline that truly stood at the pinnacle of the universe, hiding at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, having just broken out of its shell and currently in its weakest juvenile stage.

Starry Sky Behemoth—the Golden Horned Beast!

Of course, there was also a Zerg Mother Empress in Shennongjia.

But that Zerg, a life form incapable of comprehending laws, had almost no combat power before reaching the Immortal or World Lord level, and it would require him to consume massive resources to gestate the Zerg Nest.

Between all the money he had, he wasn't even sure he could promote Calamity and Sky Splitter to the 3rd rank. If he added a Zerg Nest on top of that, he might as well go sell his body.

"I wanted to rest for a few days, but it seems I can't stay idle."

"Golden Horned Beast... you haven't finished eating your eggshell yet, have you?"

Thinking of the Golden Horned Beast, Lin Fan could no longer hold back. He hadn't left the house in seven days anyway, so this was the perfect excuse to go out for a stroll.

Lin Fan left his villa and headed straight for the Wilderness Zone.

Arriving at the familiar basement in Wilderness Zone 003, Lin Fan summoned the X-101 warship and set off directly for the Atlantic Ocean.

Deep in the Atlantic, the X-101 warship moved like a ghost, piercing through the immense water pressure as it dove toward the deepest part of the trench.

The ship's "Ghost-IV" stealth system was running at full power, masking all heat signatures, magnetic field fluctuations, and engine vibrations.

"Master, we are about to reach the target coordinates."

"These coordinates are derived from the HR Alliance's abnormal records in the forbidden sea area and the warship system's calculations of the falling energy trajectory."

"Depth: 7,800 meters. The water pressure is extreme."

"Detecting a faint but extremely high-level life magnetic field reaction... this wave frequency does not belong to any known species on Earth."

101's voice echoed in the command cabin.

Lin Fan stood before the holographic screen, his eyes locked onto the pitch-black seabed.

"We're here."

He took a deep breath, his heart beating faster involuntarily.

There, on the jagged, rocky seabed, lay a massive crater that looked as if it had been smashed open by some immense force.

In the center of the crater lay a creature with a body of pure black, as if cast from black metal.

It was about twelve meters long, with a pair of scales and wings on its back that had not yet fully unfolded. Most striking was the dark golden horn on its forehead, which pierced proudly toward the heavens, covered in intricate and ancient golden secret patterns.

At this moment, the juvenile beast was holding a massive, strangely lustrous eggshell, gnawing on it with a "crunch, crunch" sound.

With every bite, the eggshell shattered, transforming into pure metallic energy that merged into its body, causing its aura to strengthen slightly.

Starry Sky Behemoth—the Golden Horned Beast!

And it was a juvenile that had just been born, currently passing through its weak period by devouring its eggshell!

This was an existence with a bloodline that stood at the pinnacle of the universe; it would be a World Lord upon adulthood, possessing an internal world and the clone talent.

"101, maintain a hover. Do not approach, and do not emit any active detection waves."

Lin Fan lowered his voice; even inside the ship, he dared not be the slightest bit careless.

The Golden Horned Beast possessed inherited memories and extremely keen senses. Once it was alerted, even though the X-101 wasn't afraid, it would be difficult to obtain its genes without being noticed.

After all, he hadn't used the system's new function yet, and heaven only knew how it worked.

If the target resisted and the genes couldn't be extracted, it would be a waste of time.

"System."

Lin Fan whispered in his heart.

"Activate the [Origin Placenta] analysis function."

"Target: Golden Horned Beast."

[Command confirmed.]

[Locking onto target... Starry Sky Behemoth: Golden Horned Beast (Juvenile).]

[Gene chain recorded successfully.]

[Reconstructing and optimizing via "Origin Placenta"...]

[Congratulations to the host, you have obtained a clone embryo: Golden Horned Beast (Gene Supplemented Version).]

"???"

Hearing the system's prompt, Lin Fan was stunned.

That was it? It was done?

Looking at the Golden Horned Beast in the distance, still gnawing on its eggshell without the slightest awareness, Lin Fan's mouth twitched.

For the umpteenth time, he sighed,

"The system is god-tier."

As his consciousness sank into his sea of consciousness, he saw that the Bronze Hall, which originally held only one True Self, now had ten standing on the floor, all practicing the first layer of the Calamity Killing Art.

Above the heads of these True Self clones, a massive golden placenta was slowly writhing, eventually transforming into a black egg wrapped in countless golden secret patterns.

"Is this the system's new function?"

Lin Fan looked at the black egg, his eyes filled with shock.

Without shedding a drop of blood, he had secured what could be considered one of the top three opportunities on Earth!

"Too insane."

Since his goal was achieved, Lin Fan didn't want to stay here any longer.

He had already advanced to the Planetary Level; there was nothing left on Earth worth lingering for.

So...

Wait.

Lin Fan suddenly thought of a very serious problem. The spatial coordinates around Earth had been shielded by that old man Hu Yanbo. Without a star map, going to planets outside of Earth was impossible.

If 101 didn't have a star map, then...

Would he have to go find Babata again?

Lin Fan's mouth twitched as he looked at the owl in front of him, probing,

"101, do you have a star map for travel outside of Earth?"

"Of course, Master."

101 bowed elegantly and continued,

"My system not only contains all the spatial coordinates around Earth, but also the detailed route to Qiu Long Planet."

"And with the warship's current energy, we have enough for three round trips."

Hearing this, the anxiety in Lin Fan's eyes vanished instantly.

"System, you are truly god-tier!"

"101, set the course. We are going to Qiu Long Planet!"

"Yes, Master!"

Following Lin Fan's order, the X-101 warship ascended rapidly, then silently pierced through the surface of the sea, dove into the clouds, and shot toward outer space.

In just a few seconds, the azure sky rapidly turned deep, until it transformed into an endless, pitch-black void.

"Activate 100% exterior simulation!"

As 101's voice fell, Lin Fan noticed that the ship's cabin walls, the console, and even the floor beneath his feet vanished in an instant.

Then, an unprecedented sense of loneliness and vastness instantly enveloped Lin Fan. He felt as if he were floating naked in the dead, silent vacuum.

Lin Fan held his breath.

Beneath his feet was an azure planet so massive it was suffocating.

On the huge curved horizon, the atmosphere looked like a thin layer of blue halo, gently wrapping around the earth, with white clouds rotating slowly over the oceans and land.

And when Lin Fan looked up, in the distance, a scorching sun, unobstructed by any atmosphere, was releasing its domineering light and heat without restraint.

The light was no longer the soft golden hue seen on Earth, but a blinding, pure, incandescent white.

On one side was the cold, silent, star-studded endless universe.

On the other was the magnificent, azure home that nurtured all life.

This extreme visual contrast struck Lin Fan's soul, making him, a newly promoted Planetary Level powerhouse, feel his own insignificance in an instant.

"This... is the starry sky."