Interstellar World: Arc 7.1

[Ding! We have reached the mission world. The system will perform soul fusion for the host.]

[Ding! The soul fusion rate has reached 100%. I will now scan the fused physical attributes. ]

[Ding! The scan is complete. The original mental power attribute of this body is B grade, the physical attribute is A grade, and the soul attribute is now S grade as per the host's attributes.]

[The world's memories will now be collected. Ding! The collection of world memories has been completed. Sending world memory to Lord Host]

As S419M's words fell, Bai Lixin's mind was instantly filled with a large amount of information.

This was an S-rank advanced world, distinguished by gender. Humans were divided into men and women. However, they were differentiated by ability: Sentinels, Guides, and the Incapacitated.

The Guides are the least numerous and rarest ability holders, accounting for only 10% of the population. Guides have extremely powerful mental powers but are generally physically weak.

Sentinels, on the contrary, are somewhat more numerous than guides, accounting for almost 20% of the population. Sentinels are extremely powerful physically and can even become bestial and attack their enemies. However, sentinels have weak mental powers and are often compelled by others to do unpredictable things.

The incapacitated are the so-called ordinary people, who make up 70% of the total number.

Because guides and sentinels each have their flaws but can complement each other, guides and sentinels together are a complete package.

The guide assists the sentinel in stabilizing his mental powers and providing him with energy from the rear, while the Sentinel protects the Guide from threats.

And although they both have abilities, their status is also different.

The Guide has the right to choose the Sentinel, but the Sentinel does not have the right to choose the Guide.

So, in a certain sense, the guides are the ones at the top of the food chain.

Most of the worlds Bai Lixin had experienced before that had an element of war, would only have civil wars between races of the same world. In this world, however, the war was a long battle with zerg outside the interstellar.

The zerg are highly intelligent creatures with their own language and ecosystem, but the ecology of their planet itself is very poor.

With the eggs having only a 30% chance of survival, the mother zerg was forced to migrate from this difficult environment.

They are brutal by nature, and there are corpses everywhere they go. Decades ago, the queen mother zerg finally took over a planet 10,000 light-years away from Diyang planet. It made this planet its base, but its ultimate goal was the green hills of the planet Diyang.

With the zerg threat looming over them, the people of Diyang evolved at an unpredictable rate, and the human race gradually produced two types of ability users: guides and sentinels.

The Sentinels mastered taking on beast characteristics, and the Guides mastered mental attacks.

As the Diyang planet relied on the Sentinels and Guides to guard it, the ability users were even more revered on this planet.

This beloved son of this world was named Mo Shaojun, the fifteenth generation son of the Mo family, a sentinel family. His bestial incarnation is a black panther known for its athleticism and strength.

According to the ability calculation level of this world, the black panther's physical attributes had reached the SS level. He was the future hope of the Mo family and was even expected to lead the Mo family to glory when he becomes the patriarch.

The 15th generation of the Mo family had a total of two children, one of whom is Mo Shaojun, the eldest son of the Mo family.

The other was Mo Ye, whose identity Bai Lixin had now taken over.

The current patriarch of the Mo family is Mo Shaojun's father, Mo Tian, while Mo Ye's father is Mo Tian's brother. Mo Ye addresses Mo Shaojun's father as an uncle and Mo Shaojun as a brother.

The original successor of the Mo family was Mo Ye's father, who was also a Sentinel Guide duo with his wife, both of whom lost their lives in a battle against the zerg, and Mo Ye, who was still in infancy at the time, was raised by Mo Tian.

Mo Ye's father was an S-class Sentinel and his mother was also an S-class Guide, but their child, Mo Ye, was only a D-class Sentinel.

Mo Ye and Mo Shaojun were not very different in age, with Mo Ye being five years older than Mo Shaojun. At this time, they were both attending the most prestigious Sentinel School on the Diyang Star, the Diyang Sentinel Academy.

Although Mo Ye was a sentinel, he was never chosen by any of the guides because of his low ranking attributes. Without the support of a guide, he could not charge into battle.

Mo Ye's parents died for their country, and as their only son, Mo Ye was treated as a descendant of imperial heroes.

He lived his life comfortably in the protective circle of the Mo family and the Empire, and one could say he would die of old age with no worries.

Outsiders say that Mo Ye was truly blessed with a carefree life, earned for nothing by the sacrifice of his parents, a scumbag. A life of privilege that others would have struggled to attain all their lives was within his reach.

A son is not a fish, so how can he know the joy of a fish?

How can a tiger father have a weak dog son?

Mo Ye's life was a comfortable and stable one, but little did they know that in his heart, he wished to fight and kill the enemy like his parents.

What pride could he have in a life of inactivity? He would rather have been a soldier at the head of the battlefield than die in comfort.

However, until his death, this wish was never fulfilled.

Because his parents were heroes, he was always well "protected," and to protect the heroes' only child, he was forbidden to go to the battlefield.

On the other hand, Mo Shaojun was chosen by the second prince of the royal family to be his sentinel. The two men worked together perfectly, fighting bravely to kill the enemies, and after several years, they finally succeeded in killing the queen zerg.

Because of this outstanding battle success, the Second Prince's fame leapt above the First Prince's and he became the heir to the throne, the Crown Prince of the Empire. His sentinel, Mo Shaojun, naturally became the master of the Empire.

[S419M, what kind of animal is Mo Ye's bestialization?]

A sentinel's bestialization is turning into an animal, but not an ordinary animal. When they are bestialized, their claws are sharper than a blade and their bodies are tougher than steel armour making them a deservedly humanoid combat weapon.

[ Lord Host, although Mo Ye's beast body has never awakened, and it is unknown even to me as to what animal he will awaken.]

Hasn't been awakened?

Heh.

Bai Lixin smiled as he thought for a moment.

So what if you can't bestialize? So what if you can't awaken? Since you want to fight on the battlefield, I will help you fulfil this wish, even if it is in human form.

With this thought in mind, he slowly opened his eyes and surveyed his surroundings, his mind already having some clarity.

The point in time was just when the favoured son of the world, Mo Shaojun, had reached the age of twenty for graduation. It was the age at which sentinels would welcome the selection of their guides.

Due to their fragile bodies and powerful mental powers, the guides are taught separately from sentinels until the sentinels reach adulthood to prevent the guides from being harmed by sentinels who cannot control themselves.

Whenever a sentinel reaches the age of twenty, a wave of sentinel-less guides will come to select a replacement.

They would undergo a kind of spiritual frequency testing instrument to check whether the spirits of the Sentinel and the Guide could be at the same frequency. The pair would be qualified to work together only if the spiritual frequency fusion was at least 75%.

The Sentinel and Guide will then go through a practical test, and only after passing the practical test will the pair be able to sign a spiritual contract.

The Sentinel and the Guide will not fight for the first six months after signing the Spiritual Contract. They will have six months to get their spiritual frequencies more aligned. Only when the two can achieve a frequency fusion rate of 90% or more are they eligible to take part in the brutal war.

The day after tomorrow is when the guides will come to choose their sentinels, and it is also when Mo Shaojun and the Second Prince will sign their spiritual contract.

The day after tomorrow will be the start of Mo Ye's nightmare.

The number of Guides was half that of Sentinels, in other words, half of the Sentinels are without Guides. These sentinels without the guides' augmentation are not allowed to participate in battles with the zerg, they are only allowed to be in charge of logistics in the Diyang Star.

Likewise, the guides without sentries are not allowed to participate in cosmic battles and are also confined to Diyang Star.

Guides and sentinels without the other half were often more dangerous than ordinary people, so they were not qualified to participate in cosmic battles that ordinary people could participate in.

Because no one chose Mo Ye, he chose to go back a grade at the Sentinel Academy. He waited until he was twenty-five when he could no longer stay at the academy before leaving.

After leaving, he was protected by the Mo family and the officials in the family, but he would still participate when the Guides selected the Sentinels each year. It was only when he reached the age of thirty-five that he missed his last chance and had to give up in a state of depression.

"Brother Mo Ye, are you in your room?" A knock on the door jerked Bai Lixin out of Mo Ye's memories. He rubbed his eyes and adjusted to the darkness in front of him and said, "I am, but I'm already lying down."

"Brother Mo Ye, open the door. I have something to tell you." The person outside the room door continued to persuade, undeterred, so Bai Lixin had to get up from the bed, and without turning on the light, he went to the door in the dark and opened it.

The person knocking on the door was Mo Shaojun. Because Sentinel College adopted a fully closed military teaching program, they were all residential students. Students were not allowed to go out privately, nor were their families allowed to enter privately.

Mo Shaojun was very handsome and was dressed in a black uniform, and in the darkness, his eyes glowed brightly.

Mo Shaojun's beast form is that of a black panther, and he learned two years ago to be half-beast, allowing a part of his body to take the form of a beast. Over time, Mo Shaojun's eyes became as bright as a black panther's, burning brightly in the darkness.

"Is there something wrong, Xiaojun?" Bai Lixin tugged at his robe and smiled, "I'm already planning to sleep. The day after tomorrow is the guide selection. I still need my beauty sleep as I hope to catch the eyes of one of the guides."

Mo Shaojun thought for a moment before hesitantly saying, "Brother Mo Ye, father asked me to bring you a message. He said he wants you to go home and teach the next generation of pre-schoolers. "

"The next generation? You and I are the only ones in our generation, and we haven't even gotten married and had children yet, so how can he talk about the next generation?"

"Several of the children in the next generation of the side families are already four or five years old, and there is no one in the clan, so Father wants you to go back."

Bai Lixin nodded and tilted his head to pat Mo Shaojun's shoulder. "I understand, Xiaojun. Thank the patriarch for me. I appreciate his good intentions. But how can I teach the children well when my ambitions are not there? I would only be misleading them. "

"Brother Mo Ye!" Seeing him about to close the door, Mo Shaojun hurried against the door frame and stretched out his arm to hold Mo Ye's shoulder. "Big brother…"

Bai Lixin sighed and reopened the door. "Don't babble, get to the point."

"Two days ago, father received a notice from the school. This year is your last year before the school forces graduation on you, so after this year, you must return home. Instead of not being chosen by the guide and going home, it is better to use the excuse of teaching. When the time comes, our Mo family will use eight horses to pull you back so that you can save face. "

"Oh, I already know about this matter. The headmaster talked to me before. Don't worry, if no guide picks me this time, I will leave the Sentinel Academy. " Bai Lixin said, as he shrugged and patted Mo Shaojun's arm off his shoulder, "Well, if there's nothing else for you to do, go back and get some rest too. Your life is just beginning the day after tomorrow."

Mo Shaojun hesitated for a moment more before taking a step back to leave.

The relationship between Mo Ye and Mo Tian's parents was very good, and there was no such thing as a patriarchal dispute. The relationship between the children was also like that of brothers. Although they were not biological brothers, they were closer than biological brothers.

Mo Ye was not power-hungry and he never had any ambitions for the Mo family. Mo Shaojun was also the same. Compared to Mo Ye's low-profile and reclusive nature, Mo Shaojun was much more cheerful, but he also had ambitions in all directions and was not bound to the Mo family.

The two had no conflict of interest, and their personalities complimented each other, so they were very close.

Seeing Mo Shaojun finally walk away, Bai Lixin then locked the door behind him and said to S419M: [Can you scan the mental and physical attributes of this world?]

[As ordered, Lord Host. Ding, scanning of the world has begun. Ding! The scanning is complete. Lord Host, due to the high-level attribute of this world, I was unable to correctly obtain the corresponding mental and physical attributes. I also received interference from mental powers during the scanning process, and there was a problem with the signal transmission, I am very sorry.]

Bai Lixin nodded after a moment of contemplation, [Okay, I understand. First, help me adjust the physical attributes of my body to the highest possible level].

[As ordered, Lord Host. The body attribute will be raised one level higher than the soul attribute. The highest attribute will be at the SS level and will require a consumption of 5,000 points. Is the Lord Host willing to continue?]

[Continue.]

Bai Lixin gritted his teeth and flung himself headfirst onto the bed, wrapping himself in the blanket and waiting for the unimaginable pain to come.

[As ordered, Lord Host. Consuming 5000 points for body strengthening. The strengthening process will be accompanied by extremely intense pain. Because the pain index is too high, to protect the host's soul from harm, the system will force the host into hibernation.]

Bai Lixin: [...]

Doesn't hibernation mean a complete loss of consciousness?

A moment after thinking about this, Bai Lixin saw a flash before his eyes before he passed out.

When he woke up again, the yellow sunset was casting a glow from outside through the pure white curtains.

His body ached like it had been run over, and the slightest movement made him feel as if his bones were falling apart. The residual pain was so painful, he could only imagine the pain during the strengthening process.

With a gulp, Bai Lixin called out, [S419M].

[Yes, Lord host.]

[Can you do a body repair?]

[Yes, Lord Host, do you wish to perform body restoration?]

[Proceed, do a complete restoration.]

[Yes, Lord Host. Ding, 1000 dimensional points will be deducted for body restoration.]

[Ding! The body's restoration is complete.]

Bai Lixin nodded and moved his arm again, but the pain was gone, and every pore on his body felt relief after the torture.

Sighing in relief, Bai Lixin cursed in his mind: [If you could put me to sleep, why did I have to endure the previous body strengthening while awake?]

[Lord host, it is because the system did not have such authority before. After the system was upgraded to S level, it activated more abilities, one of which is to better serve the host. Alleviating pain is one of the permissions unlocked. Moreover, the pain of strengthening your body to the SS level is not something you can bear. If you had to, we would have left this world before walking out of this room. So, the system made a judgement.]

Bai Lixin nodded, recalling the pain he had just felt, and accepted S419M's answer.

[Lord host, I cannot scan the soul attributes of this realm? Does it mean that you have lost your way of finding the whereabouts of the Lord God's soul fragment? Could the Lord God be in this world?]

[From the time I rescued the first soul fragment, which world have we traversed that did not have a fragment? I guess that since the system was created by Dijia, there must be a very subtle connection between him, the system, and me that you are unaware of. His soul fragments have always guided us to the world he is in, and I think this realm is no exception. Not only is Dijia in this realm, but he should be only a stone's throw away from me. I have a hunch that we will meet soon! ]

...….

The Sentinel Academy had a thousand graduates this year, and only six hundred guides came to select Sentinels, which meant that four hundred Sentinels were to be left out.

The Sentinels arrived early in the morning to assemble in front of the square of the testing room, and at around eight o'clock, the Guides landed in front of the square in an orderly fashion in their large flying machines.

With over six hundred guides, the ratio was already much higher than in previous years. Some of them were recent graduates from the Guide Academy; others were Guides from previous years.

Guides and sentinels are not permanently bonded together; in some guide-sentinel combinations, when the sentinels die, the guide needs to choose a new one. And when a guide dies, the Sentinel can also be chosen by another guide.

Bai Lixin stood in the second row and surveyed the guides who were walking down from the large craft in an orderly manner of ten rows.

They were all dressed in white robes. The special texture of their clothes was wrinkle-free, and they all looked like cranes on a high mountain.

The guides kept passing in front of them, not looking to the side, but unconsciously glancing at the sentinel area from the corner of their eyes.

Suddenly, a familiar pull of the soul reached Bai Lixin.

His eyes widened as he looked in the direction of the all-too-familiar sensation, which was coming from a large flying machine not far away!

The last guide had still not gone down, and the sensation was still within the large craft.

Just after the guide stepped out of the large craft, a man dressed completely differently from the normal guides came out and stepped down the ladder of the large craft.

Bai Lixin looked over with burning eyes. The last person to come down was dressed in pale gold robes, with pale gold hair blowing down to his shoulders. Bai Lixin's gaze followed the man for a while but then he suddenly frowned.

He was not his lover; his lover's aura was still in the large flying machine. Taking his eyes off the man without a moment's hesitation, Bai Lixin cast them once more towards the craft.

But the door of the craft unexpectedly closed gradually in front of him, silently speaking of a wordless rejection.

[S419M: Can you detect who is in the craft?]

[Yes, Lord Host. Ding! Scanning of the ship begins.]

[Ding, the scan is finished. Reporting to Lord Host, it is the Grand Prince of the Imperial Family, Lei Yao. SSS rank for both mental and physical body attributes.] S419M paused and said excitedly, [Lord host, could he be Lord God?]

Bai Lixin nodded imperceptibly, [Yes, send me his information.]

In the world's memories, the Grand Prince was a strange existence. He was an SSS level guide, and it was reasonable that a guide like him, who stood at the top of the food chain, should have had the most powerful sentinel, but he was unable to reach the same mental frequency as any of the sentinels in any way.

Due to his overpowering spiritual power, some of the sentinels he tested spiritual frequencies with even suffered mental breakdowns because they could not withstand his powerful spiritual power.

As time went on, no one among the sentinels dared test their spiritual frequencies with the Grand Prince.

Because he had no sentinel, the Grand Prince never participated in any of the wars and was extremely secretive within the royal family, rarely showing his face.

Even after scouring the memories of the entire world, all that was known about him was that.

There was no record of what happened to him after or where he went after the second prince ascended to the throne.

It was as if the First Prince had vanished into thin air and never appeared in the world's memory again.

After receiving the world memory, Bai Lixin felt his throat was a little dry and could not help but lick his lips, [So, Lei Yao came here today intending to choose a sentinel too?]

[That should be the case, Lord host.]

Bai Lixin lifted his head again, looked at the tightly closed hatch of the craft, and then looked at the circle of sentinels around him, and suddenly smiled.

His smile had mixed emotions; there was a joy and some grievance.

Dijia, you said you'd find me first in the next world, but how do you think you'll find me behind a closed hatch?

The sentinels around him sensed a great demon king-like aura from Bai Lixin and subconsciously moved away without a trace, leaving a conspicuous open space for him.

What's wrong with Mo Ye today? Signs of a demonic rampage?

Damn, isn't it this last year of school? This is too much of a shock for him, isn't it?

Someone, pull this madman away! He's about to demonize!

Just as the crowd was panicking and Bai Lixin was still grimacing, a discordant "click" was heard in the distance, and the hatch that had been tightly closed opened once again.

A tall, dark figure gradually appeared in front of the crowd as the hatch fell, and when Bai Lixin saw the figure, his fierce expression disappeared, leaving only a spring-like smile on his face.