The Insectoid Hive.
Lu Ran had just established a cooperative relationship with the Insect Queen, and now he was preparing to make contact with the Beast King.
For Lu Ran and the others, who wanted to reach Universe-level, drawing on outside help to break through was the easiest method. This was also one of their reasons for coming to this universe.
The conditions in their original universe did not support their breakthrough, but this universe was full of opportunities.
Meanwhile, shortly after the Gemstone Queen Ying sent Lu Ran to the hive, she arrived at the central planet of the Milky Way, Blue Star!
Blue Star held a unique position in this universe as well.
It was the home planet of the current cosmic overlord, Panda King Eleven, and of powerful beings such as the Universe-level Lord of Dreams, the Gemstone Queen, and the Canopy Emperor. More importantly, it was the home planet of this universe's Universe Maintainer, Shi Yu.
Although only a handful of people knew the information concerning the Maintainer and Universe-level beings, even any one of Blue Star's publicly known Transcendent God-level fighters was renowned throughout the universe.
Lin Xiuzhu, the Blue Star Super-God whose projection Lu Ran had previously defeated in the Cosmic Dream Network, was one of them.
On the azure planet stood a silver-white city of ruins.
The Gemstone Queen slowly appeared there. After she waited a moment, spatial fluctuations flickered, and a beautiful woman wearing black-and-white battle armor emerged. Beside her was an Iron-Eating Beast half a person's height, its expression impassioned, as though it had yet to calm down.
"Teacher Ying." The person who appeared was none other than Lin Xiuzhu.
"What's the matter? You actually came in person," Lin Xiuzhu asked curiously.
"Could it be about that John Doe?"
She recalled