747 A Mutant Civilization! (2/2)
”There's no pure yellow color representing the Spirit Immortal realm, no orange color representing the Planet realm, and no red color representing mighty figures at the Eternal Star realm!”
”Six planets, two being black, representing no fluctuations in spirit qi. We can ignore those. The other three planets are between green and light yellow, which means the strongest fighting force on the three planets is equivalent to the Nascent Soul realm and the Soul Conduit realm.”
”The last planet is emitting a light yellow glow. Based on past experience, this is a combat strength equivalent to the late-stage of the Soul Conduit realm!”
”This civilization poses a certain threat, but it's a bit weird. Their Eternal Star is going to die, so why are they still not leaving?”
Wang Baole listened to the words of the elders beside him, narrowed his eyes before suddenly speaking.
”If a civilization can have a mighty figure at the Soul Conduit realm, then it's not likely that there are planets that aren't being used and occupied, and yet, there are two unoccupied planets here.” Finishing his statement, Wang Baole looked towards the Grand Supreme Elder.
The Grand Supreme Elder of the Holy Crest Sect stared intently at the star map and looked at the two black planets. Afterward, he took a close, thoughtful look at the light yellow planet. According to the standard operating procedure of the Divine Eye civilization, when they met a civilization weaker than them, they would immediately descend and eliminate them by force, pillaging everything.
When coming into contact with civilizations that posed a certain threat to them, they would choose to sneak in, spread out, and pillage individually. They would note down the coordinates of this civilization and gather to leave together at a stipulated time. They would then notify the higher-ups of the sect and decide whether to travel a long distance to invade said civilization.
”Since we've come into contact with a civilization, let's just go in and see how valuable it is. If something goes wrong, we'll leave immediately. With these coordinates, we can still get rewards from the greater sect!” A glint flashed within the eyes of the Holy Crest Sect's Grand Supreme Elder as he spoke with decisiveness.
As the leader of the Holy Crest Sect, the other cultivators dared not speak once he spoke. Very quickly, the speed of the battleship increased, and the Dharmic Artifact used to escape detection by consciousness was activated. This made the entire battleship slowly hide itself in the cosmos like a black wandering spirit as it got closer and closer to the star system with the foreign civilization.
A few days later, in this almost stealth mode, the Holy Crest Sect's battleship finally neared the civilization. They entered the star system without slowing down, and the Grand Supreme Elder on the battleship immediately made hand seals. Instantly, a 3D star map much clearer than the one they saw before transmogrified within the battleship.
This star map was extremely clear. And because it was 3D, it could almost display the six planets in 360 degrees. One could even faintly make out the surfaces of the planets.
When the people saw these planets, the low-ranked cultivators all gasped. Wang Baole also narrowed his eyes as the other elders and the Grand Supreme Elder had changes in expression.
This was because… under this 360-degree display, they could clearly see that the two black planets had completely wilted, as though they were two shriveled oranges, and had lost all signs of life!
As for the other four planets, although they still had signs of life, it was obvious that they had started wilting. One could see numerous deep craters on their surfaces and faintly make out some wriggling objects. All of this gave one an ominous feeling!
This was the first time Wang Baole had seen such a weird civilization, and he couldn't help but take a few more looks at it. With his Dark Art, he could feel that a very strong sense of death was present in this star system.
At the same time, he heard the Grand Supreme Elder mumbling.
”A local mutant civilization?” The Grand Supreme Elder furrowed his brows and thought for a while before making a decision.
”Everyone, form groups and spread out to investigate. Keep in contact at all times. We shall meet back at the battleship in half a month's time!” As he spoke, he flicked his body, calling out two elders to follow him and taking along a portion of the low-ranked cultivators. They took a shuttle and headed straight towards the planet that was emitting a faint yellow glow on the star map.
The elders left in the battleship, including Wang Baole, also quickly discussed, made their decisions, and spread out. Wang Baole wasn't alone. Accompanying him was the fifth elder of the Holy Crest Sect, whose cultivation was at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. The two of them took a portion of the low-ranked cultivators, boarded shuttles, and headed straight towards their target planet immediately.
When they drew near, Wang Baole and the fifth elder could see the craters on the surface of the planet even more clearly. When they saw this, even Wang Baole widened his eyes in shock!