Spaceship

"A girl? A support?" Fang Yu looked at her, a little surprised.

"What's wrong with being a girl? Don't look down on girls." Xia Yao snorted with a laugh. "I can carry several thousand kilograms, you know. And I can recite courses like 'Myriad Manifestations of the Void,' 'Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures,' and 'Primordial Star Toxins' without getting a single word wrong, you know?"

"I even took medicine as a second major specifically for that. I'm good at both detoxifying and poisoning," Xia Yao said proudly.

"Impressive," Fang Yu said, genuinely awed.

As martial artists rose in life level, their brains developed too, and their memories were exceptionally strong. But even he couldn't recite several courses totaling millions of words in full. He could only remember the gist.

That required an astonishing memory.

Sure enough, every position on a martial artist team that could stay on Primordial Star and brave life-and-death dangers was exceptional.

"Fang Yu, our team originally had six people," Bai Chen said. "But two of our teammates were fifth-year students. They've graduated now and have both left the team for the time being, so with you, we have five members. I've called the last one over so everyone can get together, since we're leaving tomorrow."

"Okay." Fang Yu nodded.

For combat on Primordial Star, martial artist teams generally had four to eight members of similar strength. University teams, in particular, were mostly made up of students from the same year.

That way, everyone could graduate at roughly the same time, preventing the team from suddenly falling apart.

Time passed as they chatted and waited.

Soon.

After Bai Chen contacted him, the team's final member arrived.

He was a quiet young man of few words.

He wore a black training outfit. His expression was calm, and his eyes were sharp as he gave Fang Yu a slight nod.

"Qin Yang is also an elite student, with a life level above 21," Bai Chen volunteered. "He's practiced archery since middle school, and he's an excellent shot."

"Hello, I'm Fang Yu." Fang Yu smiled and nodded to him.

"Fang Yu may be a junior college student, but don't underestimate him. He's an elite student too, and his life level is 21," Bai Chen said solemnly, looking at the two teammates who had arrived later. "Most importantly, his saber technique has reached Subtlety. In close combat, he's probably second only to me on the team."

"Subtlety in saber technique?" A rare flicker of emotion appeared on Qin Yang's face.

"An elite student? Awesome!"

Xiong Meng, however, was quick to make himself at home. He clapped Fang Yu hard on the shoulder, his eyes shining. "Great! That means we have three elite students on our team. We can definitely call ourselves an elite team."

Fang Yu nodded to himself as well. On this martial artist team, he, Bai Chen, and Qin Yang were all elite students.

Xiong Meng wasn't an elite student, but his life level was very high.

Even Xia Yao, the support, had reached life level 20.5. She could protect herself well enough in a fight not to hold the team back... This really was a formidable team, and it suited him well.

Martial Uncle Jiang Wei really had put thought into it.

"Fang Yu, add us as friends first," Bai Chen said with a smile. "Then join the group chat. If there's anything you don't understand, just ask us there."

"Okay."

The five chatted for a long time. Most of the time, Fang Yu asked questions, and Bai Chen, Xiong Meng, and the others answered them one by one, giving him a better understanding of Primordial Star.

Having experienced people show him the way was much easier than simply watching tutorial videos by himself.

"All right."

"We'll split up for now," Bai Chen said. "Tomorrow, we'll meet up again after we reach Primordial Star through the stargate... Fang Yu, you've noted down our Civilization Warrior codes. You should be assigned to the same 'trainee base.' Once you've set up your Civilization Warrior profile and been assigned a room, add us as friends on the base network."

"Understood." Fang Yu nodded.

On Blue Star, they used Blue Star's network, so adding each other as online friends was enough... But on Primordial Star, contacting one another through the base network was most convenient.

Night fell at villa number 1628.

In the underground martial arts room.

So many things aren't allowed, especially technology. Apart from a phone, I can't even bring a smartwatch? Drones, robot dogs, firearms, and the like are strictly prohibited? Fang Yu wondered. Why are the restrictions so strict?

In the courses they had studied.

Primordial Star was mysterious... From the descriptions, it seemed to be a planet very far from Blue Star, yet contact with Blue Star's old territories and New Moon also seemed frequent.

Even martial artists at levels 20 or 30 could travel back and forth regularly.

Normally, space travel should have been very difficult... Before the Great Burning Heaven era, for instance, it had taken humans months just to send a probe to Firefly Star.

Never mind.

Thinking too much gives me a headache, Fang Yu thought. Fortunately, there's no ban on bringing qi and blood elixirs, though there's a weight limit... I have to bring the Crimson Star Pills I bought, along with some qi and blood mixtures, Bone-Strengthening Pills, and Cell Vitality Elixir. I need enough for a month of cultivation.

Without Crimson Star Pills, Fang Yu would need around 500,000 Star Coins a month to cultivate and temper his body using Cell Vitality Elixir and Vitality Regeneration Elixir as his main treasures.

After he began using Crimson Star Pills, Fang Yu's need for those cultivation elixirs dropped sharply, but he still needed to spend over 100,000 Star Coins a month.

Spending money quickly isn't the problem.

The problem is whether the body can take it! Fang Yu thought. Many wealthy people had vast fortunes, yet still had to consume all kinds of top-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures slowly, taking a year or two to become Advanced Martial Artists.

No matter how good the treasure, the body needed time to absorb it as it grew and evolved.

The fact that Fang Yu's life level could rise so quickly using only some "cheap treasures" was already astonishing.

Early the next morning, Fang Yu packed what he needed into a large bag and boarded one of the school's dedicated "driverless cars." He soon arrived at Building No. 9.

"Fang Yu," Wang Mo said.

"Fang Yu, you're carrying so little?" Zhang Tao waved too. Both had already arrived and came over to greet him.

"There's no need to bring much. A member of the martial artist team I joined told me," Fang Yu said. "On Primordial Star, once you become an official Civilization Warrior, you're given a lot of things."

"I only brought one change of clothes, for example."

Zhang Tao understood.

A little over ten minutes later, more than a hundred people had gathered in front of the building, all of them quite excited.

"Zuo Lian and the others are here too," Zhang Tao said. "Looks like most of the first and second batches of junior college transfer students admitted by recommendation chose to take part in actual combat."

"Yeah." Wang Mo nodded. "Even if they weren't very willing at first, once they get to school and learn about Coefficient Scores, they'll most likely apply to take part in actual combat anyway."

Fang Yu also glanced into the distance. Quite a few were from Wuling City Martial Arts College's first batch of recommended students, and several in that batch had reached level 20.

All of them were at least level 16.

Martial arts undergraduates only needed to be level 15 to go to Primordial Star and fight... However, most martial artists below level 20 practiced against low-level ferocious beasts in the safe zone.

Martial artist teams were basically made up of martial artists above level 20 and specialized in hunting powerful ferocious beasts.

But in any case, even if they only killed low-level ferocious beasts and slowly accumulated Civilization Points, they could still raise their Coefficient Scores to 1.1 or 1.2... At a martial arts university, ranking was everything.

For those ranked too low, many things that had originally been free to use required additional payment.

In short.

Whether it was the 220 ordinary martial arts universities, the 30 first-rate martial arts universities, or even the ten key martial arts institutions on New Moon and Crescent Moon Martial Arts University, all encouraged students to take part in actual combat.

Another ten-odd minutes passed.

More than 160 people had gathered in front of the building... Clearly, the vast majority of the recommended students had chosen to fight. Huguang Martial Arts University only admitted around 200 recommended junior college transfer students each year.

"Quiet-"

An icy female voice rang out, so penetrating that it instantly suppressed all the clamor in the square. Everyone's hearts jolted, and they fell silent.

"Associate Professor Tang." Fang Yu spotted the figure on the raised platform at once. It was Associate Professor Tang.

Several teachers stood beside her, all of them teachers who had been responsible for recruiting students from the junior colleges over the past few days. Jiang Wei was among them.

"When I call your name, come forward to collect your communication star ring," a teacher said in a low voice. "Remember, the communication star ring is important. Don't lose it. You should already know how to use it. Fully activate it after you reach Primordial Star."

"Huang Shuo."

"Deng Tinglan."

Names were called out in rapid succession, and everyone went up in turn to collect their communication star rings. Fang Yu and the others collected theirs too, then quickly strapped them to their wrists as instructed the previous day.

The communication star ring was somewhat similar to a communication watch.

It was designed specifically for use on Primordial Star.

"Prepare to depart," Jiang Wei said in a low voice.

Hum~

The previously empty sky a hundred meters overhead suddenly flickered. A dark-blue spaceship over fifty meters long appeared as if out of thin air, then slowly descended.

Its hull was streamlined and beautiful.

The sight made Fang Yu and the others hold their breath.

"A fully stealth-capable spaceship. It's a planetary transport ship." Wang Mo's eyes lit up.