"There are still people who don’t know about S-class life forms?"
"It’s normal, the mainstream media is covering up the existence of powerful individuals. Imagine thinking about living in the same universe with a life form that can punch a planet into oblivion. Would you even wonder if life has any meaning?"
"S-class life forms can punch a planet to pieces????"
The multiple question marks underscored disbelief and astonishment.
"One punch might not do it, it could take a few more punches, but you can understand it in that way."
"I find that some life forms are really out of their minds, S-class life forms have their strengths and weaknesses, you can’t measure them all by the same stick."
"It’s a metaphor, a simple explanation. If you don’t get it, then just don’t talk..."
"Sigh, Asimara is still not up to par; after such a long time, they still couldn’t set up the defense array, and got invaded by an S-class life form, there’s no way to fight back, what a pity..."
"Here comes the know-it-all brother again"
The comments section began to get noisy, while the screen had transitioned to a platform exchange, labeling the identities of several people present.
Princess Asmara, Prince Bai Jiang, they are characters that can only be seen on some interstellar media.
Then, the main event, a few big captions—The Death of Gabriel.
Balten considerately provided an annotation—[Gabriel: of the Star Abyss Empire, the third son of Duke Bloodthorn, suspected to be killed by Reina.]
Star Abyss Empire? Duke Bloodthorn?
Every life form watching this had a momentary daze, followed by excitement.
Big news, absolutely big news!
When it comes to excitement that does not affect them personally, most people’s thoughts are—bigger, even bigger.
"Fuck, such big shots are dead?"
"Was it this Reina who killed him? Damn badass!"
Comments rapidly appeared as the first batch of witnesses got excited, then Albert raised his hand to draw people’s attention, and a soldier fell out of the shadows, suddenly revealing another person.
"Who is this now? How did he pop out of the shadows? Li Ming?"
Li Ming stood still, with captions beside him [Li Ming, student of the Casting Star Mechanic Azure Dragon]
"Who’s Azure Dragon? A Casting Star Mechanic? I see this name in the title too..."
The question didn’t last long, as the next person to emerge from the shadows was annotated as—[Casting Star Mechanic—Azure Dragon!]
"Casting Star Mechanic... What’s that?"
Some were puzzled again.
"Take it literally; this type of mechanic has the ability to forge a planet."
"Forge a planet? Holy shit, for real?"
"Seems to have infiltrated the place. Casting Star Mechanics are indeed formidable, their frontal combat strength doesn’t match up to S-class life forms, what a pity..."
"Pity brother, stop talking"
"He’s put on his Mecha, damn, that’s so cool."
"Looks so domineering."
The screen had entered a dazzling surge of energy, and for the next moment, there were hardly any comments because it was too thrilling.
In a short time, Reina’s proactive attack—a kilometer-long massive Energy Cannon—took everyone’s breath away.
"Didn’t they say S-class life forms could destroy planets? Why can’t they even penetrate a Mecha?"
"It’s hard to imagine that the life form who asked this question even has a brain."
"He can only take hits passively. Although temporarily impenetrable, there are plenty of ways for two S-class life forms to deal with him, what a pity..."
"Can ’pity boy’ watch the video title first before speaking!?"
Then, the turning point came suddenly, with the abrupt appearance of Dark Night, leading to a standoff on both sides.
[Dark Night: S-class life form, the assassin in the Duke Guya murder case.]
"Wow, another top-tier boss."
"They’re teaming up, damn. What’s Azure Dragon doing? Looks like he’s fixing a gun? Repairing it on-site?"
"Damn, is this even humanly possible? Do you guys have any idea what level the gun Dark Night is holding is? I gotta call my teacher over to check this out..."
"Fuck, my teacher fainted!"
Most people have no clue what this signifies, but the scene of Dark Night disappearing into the darkness, instilling awe, has triggered another climax.
But what followed, the happenings inside the Core Relics remained unknown to Balten.
The final frame shows an immense fleet, parting to create a corridor, silently watching as Azure Dragon and his companions leave.
Up to this point, it has been heart-stopping.
"Stirring the Star Sea, the center of widespread attention, a true man ought to be !"
Balten’s editing was superb, a second more, and one would’ve seen this group entering an old, decrepit spacecraft, quite the sensory disruption.
But that was enough, the information contained within these five videos was simply explosive, ensuring they would sweep at unparalleled speeds through every civilization of the Northern Crown Star Ring not subjected to a Star Network ban.
Balten, looking at the soaring numbers of new followers on the backend, felt his heart pounding fiercely.
As he predicted, merely fifteen minutes later, the views of the first video exceeded one hundred million, and the trend showed no signs of slowing but was increasing at an even more terrifying pace.
It had already caught the attention of several mainstream media, which applied to repost in the backend.
People had started to rebroadcast it secondarily, delving deep into every detail of the incident, every character that appeared, especially Azure Dragon, about whom there was almost no information.
One hour later, the question "Who is Azure Dragon?" topped the regional trending searches.
After six hours, various special programs were released, and commentators pointed out that the event might cause massive regional turmoil.
The spread of the news continued, growing more intense with no abatement.
Blue Star Civilization--Capital Star, University of Science and Technology, Energy Application Department’s Academic Building.
In the classroom, the teacher who was about to speak glanced at the time and said, "Okay, that’s the end of the class. Look at you all, nearly dozing off. The homework from the day before yesterday was ’The Differential Principle of Energy Transmission Efficiency between Silicon Crystals and Silver Crystals.’"
A wailing sound rose from below. The teacher didn’t even look and packed up her stuff and walked away.
Ji Ya stretched lazily, her ample curves drawing eyes, then slumped over on the desk, mournfully saying:
"Taro, I really can’t understand it. What possessed me to choose the most difficult Energy Application Department with you?"
Yang Yu was packing up her things, stood up, tidied her knee-length skirt, her delicate and fair legs standing firm, and said with helplessness:
"This is for your own good. The Energy Application Department is a newly established ace discipline, but if you graduate successfully, the job prospects are broad, and you’re not limited to staying on Blue Star."
"Nonsense." Ji Ya stood up abruptly, her chest jostling, and humphed, "For my good? Don’t think I don’t know, you’re just chasing after Li Ming. He ran off all on his own..."
Halfway through, she suddenly covered her mouth, looking at Yang Yu, whose face turned somber. She quickly said, "Ah, I was confused, I know you’re trying to help me..."
"It’s okay." Yang Yu shook her head. Ji Ya asked cautiously, "Has he contacted you recently?"
"Knowing he’s alright is enough for me." Yang Yu smiled gently, and Ji Ya felt even more sympathetic, muttering, "Li Ming is really heartless, running off on his own, leaving you behind."
"Ah, he has his reasons." Yang Yu shook her head. Ji Ya sighed and changed the subject, "The mid-term assessment for the second year is approaching fast, we..."
A loud roar startled Ji Ya, who turned around to notice that the other students who should have been dispersing were all standing still, buzzing with low voices.
"Who is this? Doesn’t seem to be a friend of Li Ming." Confused, Ji Ya listened as someone pointed at the screen and excitedly said:
"Li Ming, the one who came first in our cohort’s enrollment assessment, who defeated many challengers from Sela Royal Academy, and later refused the recruitment by Yitelan Civilization, the super stud who vanished without a trace."
"It really is him. He’s already become a student of a Casting Star Mechanic. No wonder he’s indifferent to the recruitment by Yitelan Civilization."
Ji Ya and Yang Yu exchanged glances, both feeling somewhat perplexed.
"Why is there such a big gap between people? He’s already involved in these kinds of interstellar big events, and we’re still here slogging through energy application studies." He was woeful yet excited, as if sharing in the glory.
Ji Ya saw the longing in Yang Yu’s eyes, asked the nearest classmate a few questions, ran back with the answer, and quickly started searching on her smart terminal.
Soon, she found a few trimmed videos from a Blue Star self-media platform, with a very eye-catching title.
[Red River Star Stream Major Event--The Background and Rundown of Li Ming]