One Year

Yun He walked out of the deep passage.

Yun He arrived inside a hall shrouded in hazy colorful light.

This place was like a beautiful palace where immortals lived, with hazy colorful light suffusing and flowing.

The palace was dozens of meters long and wide, comparable in size to a gymnasium.

Yun He looked around, and it was completely empty.

Suddenly.

A large amount of colorful light converged, rapidly forming a blurry, tall human figure, which then solidified and turned into a bald Crystal Man.

It's here, the intelligence within the ruins, Yun He thought to himself.

"XXXXX..." The bald Crystal Man said a sentence with a smile.

Its facial features were extremely delicate, and it looked very pretty.

Yun He lowered his head to look at the communication watch, and it displayed: Hello, Yun He.

The bald Crystal Man glanced at the communication watch, and immediately, a beam of light shot out from the palace and entered the communication watch.

The communication watch was suddenly manipulated rapidly, completely deleting all translation information inside the watch.

Yun He raised an eyebrow and did not speak.

"Don't be nervous," the bald Crystal Man said.

It actually spoke Chinese directly.

Yun He feigned a look of surprise and looked at the Crystal Man.

"No need to be startled. The human development history on this planet is entirely within my monitoring. Your cultural changes and history are all clear to me. Therefore, of course I understand your writing and language..."

The bald Crystal Man explained its existence to Yun He, and at the same time mentioned the Meteorite Star and this trial.

Yun He listened quietly, occasionally asking some questions cooperatively.

"Alright, I will now grant you the reward for succeeding in the assessment task."

Finally, the bald Crystal Man waved a hand. Immediately, several items deep within the palace flew out, supported by colorful light.

There were four items in total.

Black gloves, silver armguards, a book glowing with specks of starlight, and a hexagonal metal badge.

Pointing at the four items floating before it, the bald Crystal Man said, "The first item is the First-Order Force Battle Suit that you people call the Black God Set."

"The second silver armguard is the auxiliary optical computer."

"The third, the book, is the warrior attack method, Flowing Light."

"The fourth is the entry token of my Meteorite Star."

Touching the hexagonal metal badge, the bald Crystal Man sighed, "It's just that I can no longer contact the Meteorite Star, nor can I contact my master."

Then, the bald Crystal Man explained to Yun He the usage of the silver armguard, which was the auxiliary optical computer, and recounted some common knowledge in the universe.

For example, the so-called war gods on Earth were merely apprentices in the universe.

Only at the planetary level could one manage to get by with food and clothing.

Star level...

Universe level...

"You are the first Meteorite Star member to pass the elite trial in over five thousand years. I think very highly of you, so I will additionally gift you a Tier 3 Force Weapon longsword."

As the bald Crystal Man spoke, it waved a hand once more, and an unadorned longsword radiating flowing light flew out from deep within the palace, hovering before Yun He as it said, "The Flowing Light Sword is considered top-tier even among Tier 3 Force Weapons. Combined with this warrior attack method Flowing Light, it can unleash terrifying might. It will be enough for you to use all the way to the universe level."

"I hope it helps you go further."

"Many thanks!" Yun He accepted the Flowing Light Sword, bowed, and expressed his gratitude.

"Go on, work hard. Earth is your hometown. If one day, this place is discovered by adventurers in the universe and you do not possess sufficient strength, your fate will be very miserable."

The bald Crystal Man dissipated entirely, turning into countless streams of light: "The passage is already open, you may leave by following the passage. Remember, the information of the Meteorite Star must not be leaked!"

One wall of the palace rippled, forming a passage, and at the end of the passage was the light screen from when he entered.

"Goodbye!"

Yun He packed all the items into his backpack, stepped into the passage, and finally vanished into the light screen.

September 30, 2058.

Midday.

At the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins, inside the underground base.

This base was jointly built by various factions on Earth. Whether it was the Five Great Powers, the Two Great Dajjos, or the HR Alliance, all were qualified to send personnel into the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins. The numerous staff members here also came from different factions respectively.

Click, click, click~

The alloy gates of the passage slowly opened.

In the entire base lobby, nearly a hundred staff members immediately turned their heads to look at that great door.

That was the passage door leading to the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins. Unless the outside world actively opened it, then barring a war god coming out from inside, the passage door's sensing system would automatically open the gate upon recognition.

"Someone has come out?"

"So fast? The batch of war gods that went in this year just went in yesterday."

Yesterday, September 29, 2058, a batch of war gods had just entered, and someone was coming out already?

Everyone watched closely, wanting to see which war god was so badass that they actually came out in just a single day.

Clack!

When the passage gate was more than half open, a figure covered entirely in black walked out in large strides from within.

"Is this a black person?"

Everyone stared blankly at this 'black person' before them, covered in a full beard and looking filthy. At first glance, one really would have thought he was a black person.

The 'black person' stood there, a pair of bright eyes as brilliant as the stars sweeping across the entire underground base.

A powerful oppressive aura emanated faintly from his body.

Beep!

At this moment, a beam of light swept past.

"Welcome back, War God Yun He," the underground base control system emitted an electronic voice.

"War God Yun He?"

"It's War God Yun He!!!"

"Heavens! A full year's time..."

"War God Yun He is still alive!!!"

"OMG!"

Immediately, all the staff members stood up.

The entire lobby was completely in an uproar. The Limit Martial Hall had just issued a death notice in the morning announcing the deaths of War God Yun He and War God Luo Feng, yet by noon this person had come out alive?

He had stayed inside the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins for a full year!

"Welcome back, War God Yun He!" Some staff members stepped forward to greet him.

"Prepare a place for me to take a bath, and also help me arrange a fighter jet. I'll be leaving in a moment," Yun He instructed.

"Alright, please follow me. A fighter jet will be arranged for you immediately." The staff member led Yun He away.

"Report, War God Yun He has returned!"

"Report to Headquarters, China's war god, Yun He, has returned!"

"BOSS, Yun He..."

Many staff members inside the underground base reported this startling news to their respective factions one after another.

The major factions such as the Five Great Powers, the Two Great Dojos, and the HR Alliance received the news at the very first moment, and all factions were shocked.

Given the premise of having translation software, to have stayed inside for a full year before coming out-there was definitely a special circumstance.

Inside a suite in the underground base.

"War God Yun He, this is a clean set of clothes."

"War God Yun He, do you require any other services?"

Yun He, looking like a black person, glanced at the two delicate-looking young women before him.

"No need."

Waving a hand to chase them out, he shut the door with a loud bang.

Abominable, they actually wanted to use feminine charms to seduce me?

Too outrageous.

Yun He quickly stripped off the combat uniform on his body, entered the bathroom naked, and turned on the showerhead.

Whoosh~

Warm currents of water cascaded over his body, quickly washing away the grime upon him.

Black sewage slid down his body onto the floor, flowing toward the drain.