All of the soldiers quickly saluted, "Yes, Captain." They then retreated like a receding tide. Immediately after, the 130 times gravity descended once more, and Lu Yin once again felt the suffocating pressure.
With the support of five-lined battle force, Lu Yin forcibly withstood the 130 times gravity and respectfully greeted the middle-aged man, "Student Lu Yin greets Captain."
The middle-aged man looked at Lu Yin in admiration. "I've seen you on the screen. You're very strong, and you're able to comprehend five-lined battle force at your age."
"You flatter me, Captain," Lu Yin politely replied.
The middle-aged man nodded. "You're welcome. The fact that you can speak means that 130 times gravity isn't your limit. However, it's close enough. Going too far is as bad as falling short."
Lu Yin nodded in agreement. Fortunately, he had already experienced 130 times gravity, or else he might have been seriously injured. The higher the gravity, the greater the pressure. He had underestimated it.
"Can you still walk?" The middle-aged man smiled as he sized Lu Yin up.
Lu Yin smiled and took a few steps. Although it was difficult, it was not a problem.
The middle-aged man smiled. "Even a normal Explorer would find it difficult to withstand 130 times gravity, but you're a Melder. It's incredible. I now understand why the Ten Arbiters are so terrifying at such a young age. Based on your development, you won't be inferior to them in the future."
"I hope so. By the way, I'm not disturbing you, Captain," Lu Yin said.
The middle-aged man shook his head. "I'm just warming up, so there's no need to disturb me. I thought that you had accidentally barged in and wanted to push you out. After all, no one else on this spacecraft can withstand 130 times gravity, but I forgot about you."
Lu Yin smiled but did not speak.
The middle-aged man didn't say anything else and just continued warming up on his own. Lu Yin looked at him enviously, as this man was able to move freely under 130 times the normal gravity. He was definitely not an ordinary Explorer, and he must have undergone at least four body remodelings.
Over the next few days, Lu Yin trained in the 130 times gravity room and gradually suppressed his battle force to the level of four-lined battle force. During this time, he occasionally chatted with the captain, but most of the time, it was just Lu Yin listening while the captain spoke. They talked about the interstellar war.
Lu Yin was very eager to know more about these matters. The Star Field's border wars were humanity's greatest wars, and they had never stopped. After countless years, too many powerhouses had been buried at the border.
"I remember a genius from the Astral Combat Academy chatting with me ten years ago, but it wasn't in the 130 times room. Instead, it was in the 110 times room. That young man was very strong, and I heard that he was even a student leader of the Astral Combat Academy. However, he never returned after going to the border and was buried in a foreign land."
"There was also a very beautiful girl who once chatted with me. She said that she was going to the border to gain experience and then go home to marry the man she loved. Unfortunately, before she could reach the border, she was destroyed by a giant beast that tore through the starry sky. I almost died that time."
"Border wars are cruel. No matter how talented or strong you are, there will always be ten thousand ways to kill you. Too many geniuses have been buried since ancient times, and to be honest, it's not wise for your Astral Combat Academy to send you to the border at this time. I don't know why Commander Shui agreed, but according to incomplete statistics, a third of the expelled students from the Astral Combat Academy are buried at the border, and a fifth of the graduating students are buried there."
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"The one that left the deepest impression on me was when I went to pick up a young man more than ten years ago. That young man was very passionate about battle, and he was also very simple and kind. I sent him to the border, and then …" The middle-aged man paused.
Lu Yin was using one finger to support himself, and when he heard this, he asked, "He died too?"
The man shook his head. "No, he became one of the Ten Arbiters."
Lu Yin almost fell over when he heard this, and he looked at the man in shock. "You picked up one of the Ten Arbiters?"
The man smiled. "Of course. This warship is often used to pick up people. That young man was really terrifying, and he was able to do the same in the 150 times room. He was just a little too big, and his voice was too loud. It was jarring to the ears."
"What's his name?
What race is he from? "
Lu Yin asked curiously. Information about the Ten Arbiters was too mysterious. Up until now, he only knew that there was someone from the Sword Sect who had comprehended the Thirteen Swords and Nightking Zhenwu. Right, there was also a rumor that he was from the Phoenix family. He had heard from Big Pao that Hart was that person's younger brother.
No one dared to mention the Ten Arbiters' names, and Lu Yin was becoming more and more curious about them. It was a pity that he had been dragged to the warfront right after the Astral Combat Tournament ended. Otherwise, he would have definitely joined the Council of Astral Academy to learn more about them.
The middle-aged man replied, "I can't tell you his name, as the Ten Arbiters' names are taboo. I don't know his race either, but I do know one thing for sure. That person was truly terrifying. At the time, I had just become an Explorer, but I still felt apprehensive whenever I faced him. Right, many people called him the War King."
Lu Yin frowned. War King?
Even an Explorer would feel apprehensive. "What was his cultivation back then?"
"The Limiteer realm," the middle-aged man replied.
Lu Yin relaxed. Fortunately, he had already become a peak Melder. If the Ten Arbiters had been stronger than him when they were Melders, then he really did not know how to surpass them.
"Actually, even I don't know how to deal with you now. Five-lined battle force is truly powerful," the middle-aged man said as he looked at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin shrugged. "Tell me more about the warfront. Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"
"There's nothing to pay attention to, because whether or not you pay attention, astral beasts will still appear. All you have to do is fight hard and try your best to stay alive," the middle-aged man said casually. Although he spoke casually, Lu Yin could hear the bitterness and desolation in his tone.
There were ways to fight any war, but the Human Domain had no way of dealing with astral beasts. There were too many astral beasts and too many with strange innate gifts. No matter how advanced their technology was, they could not stop these beasts. They could only sacrifice human lives. This was the cruelest part of this war. Even the entire warfront command center was not safe because the astral beasts could tear through the heavens and even shatter planets.
"Captain, tell me more about Planet Conan," Lu Yin suddenly said. Planet Conan was where he was going to serve his military service.
The middle-aged man nodded. "Planet Conan is one of the thirty-seven guardian planets on the right side of the Erudite Flowzone's border. It was originally a very ordinary planet, but because of the Human Domain's border war, it was forcefully conscripted. Everyone on the planet moved away, leaving behind only the native creatures with no intelligence. However, most of them have already gone extinct. The highest guardian is Qu Ao from the Erudite Flowzone's Lost Radiance Academy, and he's a Hunter.
Lu Yin also had a rough understanding of Planet Conan as he listened to the man's introduction. At the same time, he also had a rough idea of the situation at the Erudite Flowzone's border. Planet Conan was only one of the thirty-seven planets on the right side, and there were still thirty-seven on the left and a hundred in the center. These planets formed a huge defensive net that protected the Astral Beast Domain. Every planet was guarded by an Explorer, and a large portion of the net was guarded by Cruisers and even Hunters.
These powerhouses had either joined of their own volition or had been forcefully conscripted. Of course, there were also death row criminals and so on. The soldiers on the planets were also divided into nomads and regular soldiers. There were also cannon fodder who were even weaker than the nomads. Most of these cannon fodder came from the planet's cruel evolutionary trial.
If Earth had not been protected by Lu Yin's identity as King Zishan, then these cultivators would have also been dragged to the battlefield. They would have either been fighting against the Great Yu Empire or other powers, or they would have been sent to the most brutal battlefield at the border.
A few more days passed. "Up ahead is the intersection between the Tempest Flowzone and the Erudite Flowzone. After passing through the flowzones, the ship will enter the space station for repairs, and then we'll reach the Erudite Flowzone. It'll take at most a day and a half to reach the border battlefield," the captain said.
Lu Yin's heart skipped a beat. "Captain, is there a Mavis Bank in the space station?"
The captain shook his head. "Of course there isn't one in the space station, but there are some on planets that aren't too far away. There's usually a Mavis Bank at the intersection of these flowzones. Why?
Do you want to withdraw money? "
Lu Yin nodded. "I used up all my star crystals when I broke through to the peak Melder realm, so I want to withdraw some."
The captain said, "I'll have someone take you there."
"Thank you, Captain," Lu Yin said gratefully.
Not long after, Lu Yin boarded a small spacecraft and left the space station, heading towards a nearby planet. The person who took him there was a Limiteer soldier.
The Mavis Bank had always been rich, and they could pick up universal currency as easily as scrap paper. However, in Lu Yin's eyes, universal currency was nothing more than scrap paper.
After entering the bank, Lu Yin wanted to withdraw all of his star crystals, but he suddenly remembered that his cosmic ring might not have enough space. The largest ring he had was the one that had won him 500,000 star crystals during the Astral Combat Tournament, but it could only hold 500,000 star crystals. He had a total of 710,000 star crystals, so it seemed that he would have to use multiple cosmic rings to store them.
At that moment, an elegant young woman walked up to Lu Yin and handed him a drink. "Hello, Student Lu."
Lu Yin was surprised. "You know me?"
"Student Lu, you're now a famous person in the universe. We watched the Astral Combat Tournament, and it was amazing." The woman smiled. Her movements were elegant, and she carried a fragrance that made people feel good about her.
"And you are?" Lu Yin asked.
The woman smiled and extended her hand. "I'm Mandy, the bank manager."
Lu Yin extended his hand as well. "Lu Yin, is there anything I can help you with?"
Mandy took out a purple crystal card and handed it to Lu Yin. "This is an account that the Mavis Bank has opened for you. Please accept it."
"Purple?" Lu Yin was shocked; he had never seen a purple crystal card before.
"Purple is a currency that is calculated in star essence. It's not given out in the Outerverse, only in the Innerverse," Mandy explained.
Star essence was a pure energy structure formed by compressing a star crystal to a certain degree and removing any impurities. Its quality and purity far surpassed that of a star crystal, and the two could even be said to be incomparable. It was like iron and gold, and the exchange ratio was exaggerated. "Manager Mandy, I don't have any star essence to store," Lu Yin said with a wry smile.