Swallowed Star: The Zerg Overlord

Chapter 61: Wish Fulfilled

As Qin Mu's body touched the glowing circular mirror, the surface rippled gently, as if crossing an invisible threshold, and he appeared in a black hall. He glanced behind him; Lu Dun and Dong Xingchen, who had been following closely, had vanished, leaving him alone. The black hall was hundreds of square meters in size, with a hemispherical ceiling from which dreamy lights shone down, converging on Qin Mu.

"Indeed, as the information stated, even if we enter the ruins simultaneously, we will be separated," Qin Mu thought to himself as he carefully observed his surroundings.

"These dreamy lights must be a way to distinguish between fighters and spirit masters. They can test the brain width, and the longer the detection time, the higher the brain width. If it exceeds 60 seconds, it's basically confirmed that the elite passage has been opened."

Qin Mu counted silently in his heart. When the time exceeded sixty seconds, the dreamy lights remained unchanged.

"When Luo Feng entered, these dreamy lights couldn't specifically detect his brain width. The combat watch was invaded by the base's AI crystal man, and there would be a new detection method, the crystal rope. This crystal rope is extremely fast and hard, impossible to destroy."

Just as the thought appeared in Qin Mu's mind, the combat watch on his hand emitted a beeping alarm. This was a sign that the military combat watch had been invaded. A harsh electronic sound also echoed in the black hall.

"xx, xx, xx..." The electronic sound seemed to be making some kind of announcement. As the announcement sounded, the top of the black hall suddenly produced numerous crystal ropes as thick as fingers, binding Qin Mu below. 

Qin Mu, who had anticipated this scene, pretended not to know, holding a long spear, his body seemingly ready to dodge, and the thirty-six short spears hovering behind him also spun rapidly. The crystal ropes were incredibly fast, and Qin Mu's attempt to dodge was easily thwarted as he was securely bound.

"Clang—" The short spears struck the crystal ropes, producing sounds of metal clashing, but were easily deflected, leaving not a trace on the crystal ropes.

"As expected, these crystal ropes cannot be destroyed even by Planetary-level attacks," Qin Mu thought.

After symbolically resisting for a while, Qin Mu stopped the futile struggle. He was not afraid of any unexpected changes from the crystal ropes. If something really happened, at worst, this body would be lost here, and he could be reborn in any nest.

The Zerg swarm was his confidence.

Streams of light passed through the crystal ropes, seemingly conducting a deeper level of detection. After another minute, all the crystal ropes suddenly retracted to the top of the hall. At the same time, an electronic voice sounded in the black hall. The translation software function on Qin Mu's combat watch finally activated, and a line of text appeared on the screen.

"Congratulations, your brain width is 35, greater than 18, qualifying you to enter the elite passage of this training base. Since this is the first time the elite passage has been opened in five thousand years, please wait for 15 minutes."

When he saw this line of text, Qin Mu's heart, which had been hanging, finally settled. Although Qin Mu was confident that his brain width could open the elite passage, nothing was certain until it was confirmed.

"35? I wonder what level that is in the universe?" Qin Mu was curious, but no one could answer his question.

Fifteen minutes quickly passed, and as soon as the time was up, the electronic sound echoed in the hall again. The walls of the hall slowly cracked open, revealing a passage. A sentence also appeared on the tactical handwatch.

"Please enter the elite passage."

Looking at the open passage, Qin Mu felt a hint of anticipation.

"After entering this passage, there should be nine branches, and each time there will be nine branches, with the possibility of encountering a black-robed person in each channel. The black-robed people are very strong, each comparable to the peak of a Wargod, and will try to kill the examinees. After a certain amount of time, the death assessment task will be activated."

Qin Mu was well aware of what was to come, his face impassive, and his body floated into the passage. As Qin Mu had predicted, after entering the passage, there were indeed nine branches ahead. A faint smile appeared on his face as he casually chose a channel and flew in. Knowing the plot, Qin Mu was not the least bit panicked. When he reached the end, there were another nine branches in front of him, and Qin Mu randomly chose another to enter.

This cycle repeated.

When he entered another passage, nine black-robed figures condensed in front of Qin Mu, and nine more behind him. A total of eighteen black-robed figures blocked the path ahead and behind. These black-robed figures wore silver-gray masks, revealing only a pair of green eyes filled with killing intent.

"Finally." A flash of excitement appeared in Qin Mu's eyes. "Come, let me test your mettle."

Behind Qin Mu, thirty-six short spears hovered, sixteen of which gathered in front of him. These sixteen short spears rotated at high speed, and all their tips converged into a point, forming a high-speed rotating cone.

"Sky-Piercing Cone." Without hesitation, Qin Mu used his ultimate move. 

The terrifying cone attack rushed towards a black-robed figure at ten times the speed of sound. The black-robed figure let out a beast-like roar, fearlessly charging forward, extending its hands clad in silver-gray gloves to actually try to catch Qin Mu's move.

"Rip—" Sixteen high-speed rotating short spears collided with the silver-gray gloves, their terrifying penetrating power drilling cracks into the gloves.

Those silver-gray gloves could actually withstand Qin Mu's full-powered strike. Attacks that could tear through the defenses of a King-level monster.

Unfortunately, these silver-gray gloves, made of unknown material, were tough.

But each of the sixteen short spears carried a force of 500,000 kilograms. The combined force of the sixteen short spears exceeded 8 million kilograms, instantly slamming the black-robed figure into the wall of the passage. The moment the figure was knocked away, its chest was exposed, and the high-speed rotating cone pierced through, opening a large hole and spilling a large amount of liquid. 

The black-robed figure's chest was not as tough as the gloves.

"Roar—" The other seventeen black-robed figures roared and rushed forward, trying to take the opportunity to kill Qin Mu. These black-robed figures were incredibly fast, each running at about 800 meters per second.

Unfortunately, when they tried to approach Qin Mu, he had twenty short spears hovering behind him, sixteen of which flew out to block a black-robed figure each.

"Clang—" The black-robed figures roared and swung their fists, encased in silver-gray gloves, smashing into the short spears. Some short spears were knocked away, while others were blocked, but they did not cause substantial harm to the black-robed figures. Obviously, a single short spear could not handle the black-robed figures.

But Qin Mu only wanted to buy time.

The sixteen short spears forming the Sky-Piercing Cone selected another black-robed figure and burst forth. Another black-robed figure was pierced through. Qin Mu had never considered escaping. He intended to annihilate these black-robed figures. Soon, all eighteen black-robed figures died under Qin Mu's attacks, especially the last one, which was pierced by thirty short spears, resembling a hedgehog, a tragic sight.

When all eighteen black-robed figures were dead, their broken bodies seemed to melt and were slowly absorbed by the ground.

"I knew it, these things aren't alive," Qin Mu thought to himself as he watched this scene.

When all eighteen black-robed figures were dead, streams of transparent light shot down from above. These transparent streams formed a crystal house five meters high and eight meters long and wide, enveloping Qin Mu inside. Trapped in the crystal house, Qin Mu was not panicked at all; instead, he was delighted.

"When Luo Feng encountered the black-robed figures, he barely killed one before constantly fleeing, not knowing how long it took to trigger the death assessment. It turns out that killing all the black-robed figures can also directly trigger the death assessment."

When the crystal room appeared, the electronic sound echoed in the passage again. A large paragraph of text also appeared on Qin Mu's tactical handwatch.

"Elite apprentice Qin Mu, your death assessment task is officially activated. The walls of the assessment chamber are engraved with the 312 basic moves of the Spirit Master's Controller techniques. By learning these 312 moves, you will have the opportunity to break through this assessment chamber."

Qin Mu's eyes lit up. After a long wait, he finally saw the "Basic 312 Moves". He came to participate in this assessment for this very inheritance. In Qin Mu's opinion, this set of "Basic 312 Moves" was even more important than the reward for passing the assessment.

Without further ado, he focused on the complex engravings on the walls of the crystal house. These engravings were actually a series of human body illustrations, totaling 312, corresponding to the 312 moves. Each human body illustration was accompanied by a large amount of ancient text explaining the cultivation method for each picture.

Qin Mu immediately began studying the first human body illustration, not even bothering to look at the punishment for failing the assessment within three years. As long as he wanted to, he could leave this chamber now. But Qin Mu had no such intention. Without thoroughly mastering the "Basic 312 Moves," he had no plans to leave.

Linking his consciousness to the nest, using the nest's vast computing power, Qin Mu devoted himself to studying each illustration.

Unlike the "Celestial Deity Diagram," which was just a series of normal drawings, the "Basic 312 Moves" was profound and extensive. This was a basic training method for Spirit Masters created by an immortal powerhouse of the Yun Mo lineage. Even in the universe, it could be considered a precious cultivation method, and on Earth, there was nothing else like it.

Just by completing the cultivation of the first human body illustration, Qin Mu felt his control over the short spears improve significantly, reaching perfect operation of 37 spears.

The effect was immediate.

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