Chapter 243: Lu Yin vs. Silver (1/2)
“Yes,” En Ya acknowledged before bringing Lu Yin away.
Shui Chuanxiao quietly mumbled to himself as he watched Lu Yin leave. The commander had thought that he was merely an ignorant person from a fringe weave, but choosing the Honor Point showed that he was not completely clueless.
Once in the corridor, Lu Yin asked about Planet Cangyuan’s situation.
“Planet Cangyuan is one of the hundred defending planets in the center of the warfront, and it’s location in space is much more important than Planet Conan’s, and thus, it naturally holds more powerhouses. One of the guardians is an elder from the Sylvan Dragon clan…” En Ya gave a simple introduction, allowing Lu Yin a slightly better understanding of Planet Cangyuan.
“You shouldn’t feel too concerned about this coming month, as there won’t be much action. Both sides need to rest for a period after a decisive battle, so there will be hardly any conflict,” En Ya explained.
Not long after, Lu Yin took the warship towards Planet Cangyuan.
Compared to Planet Conan, Planet Cangyuan was much bigger, and its environment was also completely different.
Lu Yin was assigned to a base and thus began his month of service.
En Ya was right, as there were almost no conflicts after the decisive battle. When he first arrived on Planet Conan, Lu Yin had fought hectic battles nearly every few days, to the point where the soldiers could not even catch their breaths. Now, however, Lu Yin had turned into an ordinary soldier, and he began to truly adapt to the nervous yet dull lifestyle of a frontier soldier.
He could use his gadget on this planet, and after arriving, Lu Yin checked the information on his identity. As expected, an Honor Point had been added to his name.
“Truly foolish.” The Ghost Monkey’s voice sounded in his mind, but Lu Yin did not bother with him.
“Hey, I’m saying that you’re really foolish! There were so many rewards, but you chose the most useless out of all of them!” the Ghost Monkey cried.
“It’s got nothing to do with you,” Lu Yin nonchalantly replied. He was currently outside the defensive perimeter and on sentry duty.
“I feel bad for you. I know about you humans’ Honor Points, since our Sheng Ao were given special missions to kill humans with Honor Points.”
“Why?”
“Anyone with Honor Points is obviously someone who’s made significant contributions to the Human Domain. Who should we target if not them? And people like you with just one Honor Point are our victim, as we can obtain a great contribution for our race with minimal risk. You are really stupid,” the Ghost Monkey explained mockingly.
“Continue.”
“Continue? Continue what? Continue scolding you?”
“I really want to kill you right now.”
“You talk too much. I don’t like it.”
“Alright, alright. From your tone, you don’t seem like you know what Honor Points are used for anyway. It’s such a shame that I actually have to explain to an enemy what their Honor Points are worth. Don’t you think that this is quite ironic?”
Lu Yin clenched his fist, causing star energy to surge through his body as he reached towards his right arm.
The Ghost Monkey immediately cried out, “Alright! I’m afraid, and I’ll tell you. You human’s Honor Points are indeed useful, but only after getting two points. The more points you have, the greater the authority it represents. From what I’ve heard, some people have even used their Honor Points to lessen their sentences for committing grievous crimes. For example, even if the allied troops’ commander, Shui Chuanxiao, betrayed the human race, he could use his Honor Points to reduce his punishment as long as his crimes were not too extensive. And if he dies, then your human race would send out countless experts to investigate his death, and there would be no way for the killer to escape unscathed.”
Lu Yin was astonished. “It can do such a thing? Then what about that Hall of Honor that he mentioned? I couldn’t find anything about it in my gadget.”
“The Hall of Honor is the organization that appraises Honor Points. I don’t know much about them either, as only space-exploring powerhouses are qualified to know anything about them. But I do know this; within the entire Human Domain, the Hall of Honor is one of the strongest powers. There are even rumors that a half-progenitor oversees it,” the Ghost Monkey solemnly answered.
“Half-progenitor?” Lu Yin was slightly stunned. “I overlooked it earlier, but you mentioned Progenitor Wushang before, and now there’s this half-ancestor. Is ‘progenitor’ a cultivation realm?”
“‘Progenitor’ is a word that represents an unsurpassed individual of the previous generation as well as the Progenitor realm. It is the apex domain that humans can reach and the endpoint of cultivation. Over the countless years, the universe has only birthed a few Progenitors. I don’t know about your human race, but for the Astral Beast Domain, I only know of Progenitor Wushang.”
“What about now? Are there any Progenitors?”
The Ghost Monkey laughed wryly. “How would I know that? Truthfully, I don’t even know how you cultivated to this point without anyone teaching you these things.” It paused for a moment before changing topics. “Though that’s not that much of a surprise when I think about it. You humans do like to conceal things and generally only share information with those closest to you. It means that even now there are many people who don’t have even the most basic knowledge about the universe.”
Just like that, Lu Yin chatted on and off with the Ghost Monkey, peacefully passing his last month of military service. This month was very tranquil, and this was perhaps the military life that the soldiers hoped for the most, as no one wished for a bloody war to break out.
Over the course of this month, Lu Yin completely adapted to his peaceful military life and built up several friendships with fellow soldiers. However, when he next visited the warfront, these soldiers might not even be alive anymore.
Even Xue Liuyun had died, let alone the ordinary soldiers. These new friends were mostly foot soldiers who were considered cannon fodders They had no formcast models, cultivated slowly, and had poor talent.