The battle against demons on the True Spirit Continent ended hastily.
A magnificent and evocative war of civilizations, in the face of higher-level forces, is nothing more than ants fighting and novices pecking each other.
In Lu Chen's impression, the empire's seal-class destroyers were equipped with star destroyer cannons, and one shot of the star destroyer cannon could destroy the Zhenling Continent.
History, civilization, heroes, unity, tenacity...
In the end it can only turn into ashes.
This is a cruel universe.
Lu Chen is just an adventurer and can't change anything.
Reaching this point is already his limit.
The arrival of the imperial fleet shattered the worldview of the cultivators in the True Spirit Continent.
The fleet even announced the historical truth of Zhenling Continent and awarded peace medals to the crew members of the Virgin on the Angel.
But in private, the heads of the five sects and their disciples gave their ancestors a bloody blow.
As a recipient of the Imperial Hero Medal, Lu Chen was summoned by Major Matsueda Ito of the Imperial Headquarters.
There are three categories of civilian medals in the Empire, namely:
Science and Technology Medal, Peace Medal, Hero Medal.
Among them, science and technology medals are relatively valuable, while peace medals and hero medals are similar to consolation prizes and are increasingly being distributed indiscriminately.
But... it's better than nothing.
Lu Chen boarded the Imperial Seal-class destroyer, met with Major Matsueda Ito, and received the hero medal, hero flag and five hundred spiritual stones awarded by the major himself.
——This is going to make the news!
Award ceremony, taking photos and videos.
After a set of procedures, Lu Chen was called to the captain's room by Major Ito.
"Please take a seat."
Major Ito is a thin, straight middle-aged man wearing glasses.
He loved the tea ceremony and prepared a cup of tea for Lu Chen.
“In the interstellar age, it’s rare to see a pure oriental face like yours.”
Lu Chen picked up the tea cup and thought about what era it was...
One hundred thousand years have passed since humans left their home planet. Nowadays, humans are basically of mixed race. It is difficult to distinguish blacks, whites and yellows.
Not only the skin color, but also the name was chosen casually. It was not linked to the skin color, and there was no distinction between high and low.
Someone named Ito may not be Japanese, and someone named Gloria may not be white.
The one named Ellie is even a werewolf...
But as a player, Lu Chen still created a standard yellow face and gave him a Chinese name.
The game has no borders, but players have their own homeland.
"Maybe, it's just some kind of atavism."
"Yes, there have been more and more atavisms recently."
The major did not elaborate.
Lu Chen guessed that the major had a level 60 cultivation level and might be able to see Ai Li's atavistic physique.
However, he was not sure.
After all, the sword key he took was put in the storage bag, and a lot of antique electrical appliances were placed in the armor, and the major didn't say anything.
Maybe not at all.
After all, how could such a big major and such a big fleet get lost in the black mist...
Major Ito picked up the thumb-sized tea cup and took a sip of tea, looking very elegant.
"You can outperform two teammates with a higher level of cultivation with a level 15 cultivation level. If you become the captain of a ship, you must be extraordinary."
Lu Chen smiled.
"It's just luck."
Major Ito stopped being polite and said straight to the point:
"I don't care about anything else. I just want to know how you got out of the black mist."
Lu Chen thought for a while and organized his words carefully.
"I wandered around the black fog layer for several days, marking the wreckage of many lost spaceships, recording their relative movements, and using the multi-point tracking method to eliminate wrong routes step by step..."
Major Ito couldn't listen anymore and quickly waved his hands and said:
"Okay, okay, let's have tea. If you don't want to say it, I won't force you."
Only then did Lu Chen drink up the tea cup in his hand.
"The tea is delicious."
Major Ito handed Lu Chen a card as big as a poker.
"This is my electronic business card. Remember it. If you get tired of the adventurous life one day, or encounter danger and need emergency rescue, you can call me... Don't underestimate the Empire's Hero Medal, it is very useful for finding a job. Yes, based on this medal, I even have the right to make you the captain of a certain ship in the fleet."
Lu Chen put away the card and said seriously:
"Thanks, I'll consider it."
…
After leaving the imperial warship, Lu Chen did not immediately set up a ship to leave the Lanmu star system.
He planned to rest for a day in Zhenling Continent.
By the way, let's see if, as a hero of the True Spirit Continent, we can get some more benefits.
The cockpit of the Leonin.
Gloria's face turned green when she saw the trophies that Lu Chen brought back.
"What, such a big spaceship is gone, just give me a broken medal, a small flag, and five hundred spiritual stones? The empire disrespects heroes too much. Didn't you say you are the chosen one? Ask the empire for more Money!”
Lu Chen argued:
"What do you know? Hero medals also have benefits. For example, I can go to the planet where the imperial fleet is stationed to add supplies."
"It's not free... Anyway, five hundred spirit stones are still too few, and it's not enough for our hard work."
"Shh, don't be nervous. I took the most valuable sword key in the spaceship, as well as a lot of antique electrical appliances. This is a big deal."
When Gloria heard this, she quickly went to take a look at the armor, and then asked Lu Chen to display the Demon-Slaying Sword.
"This is a demon-slaying sword... The first sword I struck ashore, you want to kill me first!"
"Idiot, if you were casually killed by a sword, what use would I need from you? This sword is a big treasure, very valuable!"
"That's not bad."
…
Lu Chen got off the boat alone and returned to Qinglan Sect.
He was treated like the savior of the sect.
The sect sent a large amount of cultivation elixirs, enough to fill a good storage bag.
He even invited Lu Chen to stay and become the head of Qinglan Sect.
Lu Chen politely declined.
Then we came to Stone Peak.
The top of the rocky peak.
The little Taoist boy sat cross-legged on the boulder, crying hard while carving the hero monument.
Lu Chen couldn't help frowning when he saw his name.
"I'm not dead yet. Is it too early to carve a monument?"
The little Taoist boy wiped his tears.
"I've heard that once adventurers leave, they will never come back, and the outside world is too dangerous. You will die soon. Poor my Ellie..."
"Whose Ellie?"
Ahem, Lu Chen had already noticed that this kid stared at Ai Li in a daze every day.
The little Taoist boy looked around and didn't see Ai Li. He was somewhat disappointed and said seriously:
"Actually, this is Master's monument. Before he passed away, he asked me to engrave your names and that woman's name on it."
When Lu Chen heard this, his heart skipped a beat.
"What, Ran Deng Zhenren has passed away?"
The little Taoist boy opened his eyes again and started crying.
"The demons invaded the mountain gate, and the master held up the mountain-protecting formation with his own strength. It was not until the demons left that the master passed away..."
"What does it mean for Master to pass away?"
"Master has reached the end of his lifespan, but he is still alive today because that woman once said that as long as Master lives, he will wait until the true chosen one appears."
When Lu Chen heard this, his face turned pale.
Could this woman be... a prophet?
Even predicting that he is the real chosen one?
"Do you know the woman's name?"
The little Taoist boy shook his head.
"I don't know. Master just asked me to carve a weird hat and a gray crow... It's a pity, Master wanted to see you for the last time."
Lu Chen also shook his head and sighed.
"It doesn't matter. I will go see him when I have lived enough in tens of thousands of years."
The little Taoist boy rolled his eyes at Lu Chen.
"Bragging, you are still the best."
…
The Imperial fleet soon left.
Only one patrol ship was left stationed in Zhenling Continent.
Subsequently, Zhenling Continent was changed to Zhenling Star, which was rarely designated by the empire as the base of the imperial fleet.
Lu Chen was very puzzled, but he soon understood.
That afternoon, the empire's planetary development fleet and reporters from the "Empire Entertainment Weekly" came to the True Spirit Planet.
It is planned to develop Zhenling Star into a cultivation theme park.
It's similar to the American TV series "Westworld" that Lu Chen watched back then.
Zhenling Continent will become a real-life version of "The World of Cultivation".
