Swallowed Star: Copy God

After a month of smooth sailing, Ye Yun ended his daily routine of cultivation. He sat in the control room chair, watching the simulated three-dimensional image before him, analyzing which area within the Fu Peng Starfield a star pirate organization might be hiding.

The Gan Wu Secret Realm held detailed star charts of the entire Fu Peng Starfield, but they weren't provided to Ye Yun. The information Ye Yun received only roughly marked areas within the Fu Peng Starfield where star pirate criminals were frequently active. These areas were like scattered gathering places, as these star pirate criminals also had resource needs, naturally forming these unstable trading hubs.

These trading hubs provided Ye Yun with some direction, preventing him from searching aimlessly. By focusing on these locations, there was a high probability of encountering his target, greatly reducing Ye Yun's search workload.

'Cu Long Star, Fama Meteorite Belt, Duya Continent...'

Ye Yun's gaze swept across these gathering areas, his fingers occasionally drawing lines in the air, trying to outline the most convenient exploration route. After a while, Ye Yun waved his hand, dismissing the star chart, and said in a low voice,

After a while, Ye Yun revealed a knowing look, muttering to himself,

"The virtual universe's information is correct. There really are such magical creatures as the Ruwa Tribe in the Fu Peng Starfield. Their innate secret techniques are still very suitable for me right now. I just don't know if the Gan Wu Secret Realm's information is outdated after so many years..."

After copying the Golden Horned Beast's clone talent secret technique, Ye Yun learned the limitations of his own talent secret technique, Copying Eye. He could only copy a maximum of ten different talent secret techniques, so since then, Ye Yun had been contemplating his subsequent talent secret technique choices. For him, without knowing if they could be replaced, each talent secret technique selection needed to be carefully considered.

Moreover, Ye Yun already had several predetermined options in mind, including the talent secret technique Luo Feng might still obtain later—I Am the Universe—and the World Tree's control of space-time. Ye Yun would basically not give up these, so the space left for other talent secret techniques was even smaller.

Of course, Ye Yun also had vacancies for three avatars. Three different avatars could also possess different talent secret techniques. However, similarly, Ye Yun didn't have a suitable target to nurture his first avatar yet.

Ye Yun used his identity as an external member of the virtual universe company's martial arts department to search for information within the virtual universe company. However, because his permissions were too low, much of the information was completely unsearchable. Among this limited information, he did find a suitable target.

The target Ye Yun valued needed to meet several conditions. One was that he could currently come into contact with them, which was the most important. Another was that the talent secret technique was powerful, at least outstanding in some aspects. As for the strength and cultivation level of the chosen target, it was completely unimportant. The effect of talent secret techniques on different people could sometimes be completely different.

It was precisely because of this that Ye Yun locked onto a special race within the Gan Wu Universe Country's Fu Peng Starfield—the Ruwa Tribe.

The virtual universe company's information showed that the Ruwa Tribe was a humanoid energy life form. Their living area had always been limited to the Fu Peng Starfield, but their appearance locations were completely random, with no fixed territory. Most of the tribe's strength was equivalent to Star-level warriors, but due to certain special reasons, they were naturally unable to cultivate. They generally didn't communicate with humans, making them a very mysterious race.

Although the Ruwa Tribe was scattered throughout the Fu Peng Starfield, seemingly in large numbers, that was based on many years of statistical data. In reality, the total number of Ruwa people existing simultaneously in the entire Fu Peng Starfield was estimated to be no more than ten thousand, which, compared to the vast Fu Peng Starfield, was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Under such difficult circumstances, Ye Yun still chose the Ruwa Tribe, naturally because of their uniqueness. Although they were weak, the talent secret technique they possessed was very valuable, known externally as Soul Barrier.

In fact, in the beginning, no one knew that the Ruwa Tribe possessed such a talent secret technique. It was only through multiple contacts that people discovered that although the Ruwa Tribe couldn't cultivate and the entire tribe's strength was stable at the Star-level, they could easily resist the mental energy impact of Universe-level beings, possessing incredible soul defense abilities.

After detailed research, the Ruwa Tribe's Soul Barrier talent secret technique was discovered. They were born with powerful soul defense, easily resisting Universe-level mental energy attacks when at the Star-level. It was just a pity that no matter what methods were used, it was impossible to help the Ruwa Tribe cultivate to a higher level, so the value of this powerful talent secret technique was very limited. As researchers lost interest, the outside world had almost forgotten the Ruwa Tribe's uniqueness.

After reading the more detailed information within the Gan Wu Secret Realm, Ye Yun had a better understanding of the Ruwa Tribe. The reason why the Ruwa Tribe was nomadic was because they were essentially a wandering universe race, not staying in one area for long. Moreover, the Ruwa Tribe was an energy life form, not needing to eat. The various energies filling the universe were the foundation for their survival. Combined with their own uniqueness, wandering the universe was not too difficult. In summary, they were a rather non-competitive race.

With Ye Yun's current position in the Gan Wu Secret Realm, the information he obtained was already relatively complete. The information also stated the areas where the Ruwa Tribe had appeared in recent years, but even the most recent was more than ten years ago, only serving as a reference. Whether he could actually encounter them would depend entirely on luck.

Ye Yun had originally planned to prepare everything and head to the Fu Peng Starfield alone to search for traces of the Ruwa Tribe, but he didn't expect to be assigned an external mission within the Fu Peng Starfield. Although it was somewhat rushed, Ye Yun still immediately added the Ruwa Tribe to his plan, striving to complete both goals at once.

After another two months of navigation, the Black Dragon Mountain—X81 spaceship exited the dark universe. Ye Yun saw the simulated exterior scenery. The entire universe sky in front was filled with a hazy feeling. This was because countless cosmic dust particles were scattered, blocking the passage of much light, creating this phenomenon through mutual interference. In addition to those tiny cosmic dust particles, there were many large and small pieces of gravel floating in the universe sky, giving people an exceptionally oppressive feeling from afar.

'Is this the periphery of the Fu Peng Starfield?'

The area of the Fu Peng Starfield was roughly the same as the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield, but the concept of galaxies had almost disappeared within the Fu Peng Starfield. The whole was very chaotic and disordered, so the outside world had always referred to the various locations of the Fu Peng Starfield as the periphery, the middle, and the interior. Each area was very vast, and the level of danger increased sequentially from the outside to the inside.

Ye Yun's route had always been within the plan, so the periphery of the Fu Peng Starfield he arrived at was the initial location where Ye Yun planned to enter the Fu Peng Starfield. He didn't hesitate at all, and said in a deep voice,

"Momo Fish, let's enter the Fu Peng Starfield!"

The stationary spaceship, which had been still in space, instantly began to accelerate, plunging into the hazy starfield ahead.

Because of the special environment of the Fu Peng Starfield, Ye Yun didn't enter the Fu Peng Starfield through the dark universe from the beginning. Instead, he advanced steadily from the outermost periphery, avoiding some large meteorite clusters and shuttling through the dense cosmic dust.

In the Fu Peng Starfield, it was necessary to choose a suitable area to perform superluminal acceleration. Otherwise, colliding with some large meteorites or other strange obstacles would affect the normal operation of the spaceship. Ye Yun had just arrived in this unfamiliar and dangerous starfield, so he was naturally cautious in everything. The spaceship's search device and shielding device were simultaneously turned on to maximum power, and Momo Fish was also fully alert, not relaxing in the slightest.

After entering the outer area of the Fu Peng Starfield and traveling quietly for two days, they were about to reach the first large acceleration transit zone. Only in these relatively wide areas could the spaceship accelerate to the speed of light and then enter the dark universe. Such areas were not uncommon in the Fu Peng Starfield, and they were all specially cleared for use.

After bypassing a large group of giant meteorites, they finally arrived at a relatively empty area of space. Just as Ye Yun was about to instruct Momo Fish to accelerate, the spaceship's monitoring system suddenly issued an alarm. After a while, more than a dozen spaceships of various sizes appeared from behind those giant meteorites, faintly surrounding Ye Yun's Black Dragon Mountain—X81 spaceship.

Looking at these suddenly emerging spaceships, Ye Yun was not surprised at all. On the contrary, he felt it was very normal. It was difficult to launch surprise attacks in the dark universe because the speed was too fast. Therefore, under normal circumstances, those evildoers in the Fu Peng Starfield chose to ambush at the periphery of these accelerated transition areas, similar to a hunting mode of waiting for the rabbit to come. As long as they had enough patience, they would always wait for someone passing through.

However, Ye Yun was still somewhat amazed by the quality of the equipment of these star pirate criminals. His Black Dragon Mountain—X81 spaceship was a C5-level spaceship. Ordinary Universe-level powerhouses would use spaceships of this level, and the various facilities equipped on the spaceship were also of this level, but they were easily locked on by these star pirates, which was enough to see their equipment level.