Transmigration, Swallowed Star

Lanting Universe Nation.

Eternal Starfield.

Bibo Star.

"Young Master Hugo, take a look. This batch of goods is absolutely rare stock that has never appeared in the universe before."

"This is the Lei Yuan Clan, from a newly discovered Life Planet."

"They had never come into contact with cosmic civilization before. Relying only on a bit of inheritance that happened to fall from beyond the stars, quite a few of them reached the Planetary level. The strongest even figured out how to break through to the Star Traveller level on his own. This proves that the Lei Yuan Clan Bloodline has excellent talent. With a little training, they can become capable subordinates for you."

"Moreover, the Lei Yuan Clan are naturally highly resistant to lightning. I heard that your territory is rich in Thunder Crystal Ore. Wouldn't these Lei Yuan Clan make perfect tools for mining it?"

A slave merchant with a single horn on his head was enthusiastically peddling his goods to the cute, chubby-faced youth beside him, who wore purple-red Battle Armor.

The youth nodded repeatedly as he listened, seemingly quite satisfied.

"Name your price. If it's reasonable, I'll take them all."

"Haha, rest assured, Young Master Hugo. I'll definitely give you the best price."

Not long afterward, a silver-gray spacecraft packed with Lei Yuan Clan slaves flew out of Bibo Star's docking port and sped toward the vast expanse of space.

A few words from important people were enough to casually settle a transaction that would determine the lifelong fates of hundreds of living beings.

In the vast universe, the laws of survival were this cold and merciless.

The strong made the rules and enjoyed the privileges.

The weak, meanwhile, could only become merchandise and part of the strong's assets.

Inside the dim alloy cabin, Qi Yuan's consciousness gradually awakened.

A flood of unfamiliar memories surged into his mind. Countless scenes continuously surfaced in his head, plunging him into a brief daze.

Only after a moment did his consciousness finally begin functioning again.

"Lei Yuan Star warrior. Star Traveller level. Damn, I... I transmigrated? And I transmigrated into a world as absurdly dangerous and powerful as Swallowed Star!"

His emotions churned wildly.

After reading so many transmigration novels, he had never expected something this fantastical to actually happen to him!

Yet after only a brief moment of shock, he had no choice but to force himself to calm down.

Because he discovered that his current situation did not seem very good.

All around him, hundreds of figures wearing tattered Battle Armor sat slumped across the cold alloy floor.

Dejection and despair filled every face, making the atmosphere in the cabin feel oppressive.

And Qi Yuan was one of those hundreds.

The only difference was that his aura was clearly stronger than the others'.

"Cosmic slave... This really is a hellish start. I'm unbelievably unlucky."

After the memory fusion just now, he already understood the original owner's past experiences completely.

This group all came from a place called Lei Yuan Star.

Lei Yuan Star was a low-level Life Planet that had yet to connect with cosmic civilization. Its level of development was roughly comparable to Earth before Luo Feng's rise.

However, the Lei Yuan Star people seemed to possess slightly better cultivation talent. Most clan members could reach the Apprentice Level after adulthood, while quite a few had used the mysterious inheritances within the Ancient Ruins to break through to the Planetary level.

As for Qi Yuan—more precisely, the original Qi Yuan—he had been the most gifted and perceptive person in Lei Yuan Star's history. He had even reached the Heavenly Human Realm, the Star Traveller level, a realm no Lei Yuan Clan predecessor had ever attained!

They had thought that, led by him, the strongest leader in their history, the Lei Yuan Star people would enter the starry sea and march toward an unprecedented era of prosperity.

However, before their expedition plan could be carried out, visitors from beyond the stars arrived first.

A Slave Ship carrying more than a dozen high-ranking Star Travellers descended upon Lei Yuan Star.

Under absolute suppression of strength, there was no suspense whatsoever.

In an extremely short time, all of Lei Yuan Star fell completely. Qi Yuan and all Lei Yuan Clan members above the Planetary level were implanted with Biological Chips and transported directly to Bibo Star's slave market to be sold in bulk.

More than ten billion Lei Yuan Star people were penned up and enslaved, becoming "leeks" awaiting repeated harvesting by the Slave Organization.

The original owner had been injured while resisting the invasion. Then he endured the humiliation of watching his homeland fall and seeing himself and his people enslaved and sold. In his grief, rage, and despair, his soul directly collapsed and perished, allowing the present Qi Yuan to transmigrate into his body.

Feeling the pain and hatred that had seeped into the original owner's soul before his death, Qi Yuan's emotions rose and fell with them. His gaze became much colder.

"Don't worry. Since I've taken over your body, your people are my people, and your home planet is my home planet. Once I have enough strength, I'll definitely do everything possible to reclaim Lei Yuan Star, save all our people, and make that damned Slave Organization pay the price it deserves!"

However, the coldness in his eyes lasted less than a second before collapsing again.

"But then again, shouldn't I first think about how I'm supposed to survive in this dangerous world? Especially with a slave identity hanging over my head."

The slaves of the Swallowed Star world all had Biological Chips implanted in them. Their actions were restricted by their masters. They did not even dare entertain thoughts of betrayal, or their Sea of Consciousness would directly shatter.

Only by breaking through to the Domain Lord level could one overcome the Biological Chip's restraint.

But slaves with the potential to break through to the Domain Lord level were either thoroughly enslaved in advance through special methods such as Soul Secret Methods by masters capable of doing so, or sold early to other powerful experts who could control Domain Lord level slaves.

In other words, this was a dead end. Without some extraordinary opportunity, he feared he would never escape his status as a slave for the rest of his life.

If that happened, forget saving his people or taking revenge on the Slave Organization. His master might throw him into some dangerous place as cannon fodder at any moment.

Those predecessors who transmigrated into the Swallowed Star world had it rough at worst: dead parents, a younger sister but no house, poverty, and terrible talent.

But at least they had freedom. With opportunities and effort, there was always some chance to defy fate.

At the very least, they could cling to the protagonist's thigh and hitch a ride on the fast track to success.

But what about him?

His story began with his family and homeland destroyed, and with himself sold as a slave. Forget searching for opportunities—his very life and death depended on a single thought from his master.

As for clinging to someone powerful—

He did not even know where he was or what time period this was. Even if he wanted to find someone to rely on, he had no idea where to start.

"In my previous life, I worked myself to the bone for capitalists. Now that I've transmigrated, do I still have to be someone's slave for the rest of my life? What kind of cursed fate is this?"

"Buzz—"

Just as Qi Yuan worried anxiously about his future fate, a mysterious and unfathomable aura suddenly spread through his mind.

At the same time, a crisp notification sounded directly in the depths of his consciousness—

Host successfully bound. The Disciple Return System has officially activated.

Usage requirements: Teaching disciples cultivation experience, gifting items, and so on may grant multiplied returns. The base return multiplier is related to the disciple's aptitude, with a range of 1–100 times.

When teaching cultivation experience or gifting items, they must be required by the disciple's current realm. Otherwise, the base return multiplier will be affected.

If the cultivation experience taught or the item gifted is extremely important to the disciple and causes a profound emotional impact, a 10–100 times critical reward may be triggered on top of the base return multiplier.

Items returned by the system will no longer trigger the return function when gifted again.

The Return System can be triggered once per month.

Warning: External interference with the host's consciousness detected. Blocked.

"Ah? This... this is..."

After a brief moment of sluggishness, Qi Yuan's heart was instantly flooded with boundless ecstasy!

"Rice dumplings go with sweetness, brains go with spice, and transmigrators go with cheat abilities! Hahaha, Heaven hasn't abandoned me after all!"

Though he rejoiced wildly inside, he tried his best to control his expression and dared not reveal even the slightest abnormality.

After all, this was a powerful world where both technology and martial arts had flourished to their utmost. All kinds of mysterious surveillance methods emerged endlessly.

If he did not want to draw anyone's attention, the more cautious he was, the better.

He slightly closed his eyes and pretended to sit in meditation, regulating his breathing, while his consciousness rapidly examined the system he had just obtained.

The entire system seemed to possess no physical form. With a mere thought from him, an illusory panel appeared deep within his Sea of Consciousness.

However, because he had not yet bound a disciple, the entire panel looked empty.

"Right, it seemed to say just now that it could block external interference with my consciousness. Could that mean... the Biological Chip?"

He silently sensed it.

Sure enough! The ever-present feeling of restraint from the implanted Biological Chip had completely vanished!

That meant the slave master who had purchased him could no longer control him through the Biological Chip!

If he were capable of surviving after destroying his own head, he could have violently removed the Biological Chip controlling him right now.

"That works too. If I directly destroy the Biological Chip now, I'll definitely alert the spacecraft's owner. With my current strength, I'm afraid I won't have the slightest chance of escaping."

"Since the system can block the Biological Chip's control anyway, there's no need to alarm anyone yet. I should keep a low profile, develop quietly, and see how things go."

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