Chapter 1
Extraterritorial Battlefield
When people think of the universe, they usually picture darkness, coldness, and profundity, yet it is also full of hidden vitality and hope.
However, for the outermost battlefields at the very edge of the territories of many of the most powerful races in the primordial universe, the universe presents a completely different picture.
Although the vast and mysterious universe remains cold, the starry sky of this battlefield is undoubtedly much more spectacular.
One after another, mangled corpses, grotesque pieces of armor, piles of broken weapons, spaceship parts... these war debris piled up in space, forming small mountains hundreds or even thousands of kilometers long, silently floating in the void...
Cruel, cold, and fraught with danger.
Among these war debris, blurry figures often dart through the space, including technologically advanced spaceships, ferocious biological warships, and even powerful beings who traverse the universe in their physical bodies. These things move cautiously through the cosmos, wary of the slightest danger.
This is the borderland of the territories of the three major races of the primordial universe: humans, machines, and demons. It is also one of the eleven extraterritorial battlefields designated by the human race—the Fourth Battlefield!
As a super battlefield specially opened up by the elite races for war, the spacetime volume of the entire Fourth Battlefield is simply outrageous, with a maximum diameter of more than 340 million light-years. It was once an incredibly vast cosmic secret realm, which was specially cleared out by the three major races for use in the chaotic battle.
In such a battlefield, massive military formations charge against each other almost every minute, and tens of thousands of cosmic-level soldiers die every second.
In order to maintain their advantage on this battlefield, three of the four top races in the universe—the human race, the machine race, and the demon race—have all equipped the third battlefield with a massive number of soldiers, with huge numbers of warriors pouring into this battlefield every day.
Taking humanity as an example, the third battlefield has a total of 54 incredibly vast AAA-level god bases, each of which can accommodate tens of millions of realm lord warriors, and the number of universe-level and domain lord-level soldiers is beyond imagination.
Below this, there are an even larger number of medium and small bases protecting the area.
On this day, in the rest area of the Realm Lord warriors at the C37 AAA Divine Base, one of the 54 military bases, among hundreds of thousands of Realm Lord powerhouses, there was a seemingly inconspicuous man walking slowly through the elegant and magnificent hall with his hands behind his back.
It was a young man dressed in ancient, jet-black armor. He was about two meters tall, with a slender build and a steady gait. His features were somewhat soft, and his dark eyes were calm and deep, yet it seemed that even light could not escape from them.
Between his brows, a complex and obscure rune of law flickered uncertainly. The rune was an infinitely deep black color, yet it was also incredibly vast, profound, and immeasurable.
"It's Captain Guixu!"
"Lord Xu!"
"Lord of Guixu Army!"
Upon seeing this man arrive, the powerful realm lords nearby were startled. Many of them consciously left their seats and stood up. Even many powerful realm lords with the mark of the origin law between their eyebrows stood up and greeted him respectfully or with reverence.
This situation seemed rather strange. The man was clearly just a realm lord, yet the realm lords present were all quite respectful, calling out the name of the Lord of Guixu Army.
The reason for this was clear to all the realm masters present: the realm master codenamed Guixu was recognized by the human military system as an unparalleled figure who possessed the combat power of an immortal military master at the realm master level!
Guixu Army Lord has the record of killing a top-tier Immortal Army Lord in a head-on battle at the Realm Lord level!
These realm lords all deeply understood that, as realm lords, the Guixu realm lord before them was practically a powerhouse from two different worlds.
"Long time no see, Miracle Medicine, Guangling, Wild Dog, Illusionist..."
Despite being the focus of so many Realm Lord-level experts, the man codenamed Guixu didn't mind. He smiled and greeted several familiar Realm Lord-level experts, but didn't stop. The spatial law runes under his feet flickered, and he strode straight towards the depths of the God Base.
"Guixu, long time no see!"
Suddenly, a deep, rough male voice came from the crowd of realm masters. A blurry object was thrown up, drawing a perfect golden-red parabola containing the laws of space, and crashed towards the man named Guixu.
"Snapped!"
Faced with this unexpected attack, the Lord of Guixu remained calm and collected, simply raising his hand to catch the object steadily.
It was a spherical container made of golden-red crystal, burning fiercely like a miniature star, with a crimson liquid flowing inside, crystal clear and emitting the glow of laws.
"It's been many years, Brother Zhuoyan!"
Li Che, the commander of the Guixu Army, paid no attention to the temperature of over a thousand degrees on the surface of the spherical container. He simply turned around and waved to a burly man in the distance with a crimson-gold law mark burning between his eyebrows.
"Hahaha! When we first met five eras ago, you were just an insignificant Domain Lord-level warrior in my legion. In just over 50,000 years, even I have lost confidence in you!"
The military leader named Zhuoyan laughed like thunder. Although he was also a powerful expert at the level of a realm lord, his aura was completely different from the surrounding realm lords, making him far more powerful.
Clearly, this is also an extraordinary Realm Lord level expert, possessing combat power comparable to an Immortal Military Lord at the Realm Lord level.
"You flatter me. If it weren't for Brother Zhuoyan's protection in the early years, I'm afraid I would have had a hard time surviving this extraterrestrial battlefield."
Li Che, carrying the bottle of fine wine that resembled a miniature star, slowly walked to sit opposite the Zhuoyan Army Lord and smiled.
Zhuoyan Army Lord is a powerful Realm Lord from the Desolate God Clan, a major human race. He also seems to be a core member of the Virtual Universe Company and a senior figure to Li Che in the extraterrestrial battlefield.
After Li Che was certified as having the combat power of an immortal military master, the two even formed a team to explore a dangerous place deep in the fourth outer battlefield, which can be regarded as a life-and-death friendship.
"That was just fulfilling my duty. I've trained countless cosmic-level and world-lord-level warriors over the years, but you're the only one who has achieved this."
The Scorching Flame Army Lord snatched the miniature star-shaped wine bottle from Li Che's hand, chuckled, and poured a large glass for himself and Li Che respectively.
"Although we are both military leaders at the realm lord level, I, an old man who has lived for over seven hundred epochs, cannot compare to you, a young man who has lived for five or six epochs!"
Li Che picked up his wine glass, gently swirled the thick, molten red liquid inside, and then drank it all in one gulp.
This wine, called Ochre Fire Brew, is very precious. It helps one's understanding of the laws of fire and space. Just the sip he drank was probably worth seventy or eighty Mixed Yuan units.
The wine burned his stomach, and the fiery sensation made even a powerful Realm Lord like Li Che shudder. Even some fragments of memories buried deep in his mind gradually became clearer.
Calculating the time, it's been almost 60,000 years since I transmigrated to this Devouring Star dimension.
He drank with the Blazing Flame Army Lord from the Great Human Race, the Desolate God Clan. The Ochre Fire Wine, worth nearly a thousand Chaos Units, was quickly finished. Even the wine bottle, which resembled a miniature star, was crushed and mixed with wine before being drunk by the two of them.
"To be honest, Brother Zhuoyan, over 50,000 years is a long time for me. I'm already preparing to retire."
After finishing the last glass of fine wine, Li Che relaxed and leaned back in the luxurious and soft chair. This was inside the AAA God Base, an absolutely safe zone, and he had no worries about being attacked.
"Oh? Retiring?"
Upon hearing this, a glint of fire flashed in the Blazing Flame Realm Lord's enormous, bell-like eyes, but he quickly nodded slightly.
"That's right. A young genius like you should venture out into the territory of your clan and join the top powers. That way, your talent won't be wasted."
Li Che nodded.
Of course, he wouldn't tell Lord Zhuoyan that not long ago, the cheat system that had accompanied him through his transmigration had finally started to take effect.