266: I can’t trick you, level four civilization?

Lin Yang was a little suspicious that he had misheard, and couldn't help but reconfirm with Li Mu, "Li Mu, what did you say? A star diamond?"

"Yes, isn't this a star diamond?" Li Mu nodded, looking at Lin Yang with some confusion, "Lin Yang, don't you recognize a star diamond?"

Your Excellency Lin Yang had taken it out himself, but it seemed he didn't know it was a star diamond, which made Li Mu a little puzzled.

Lin Yang took a deep breath and slowly said, "No, I'm just a little surprised that this thing actually has another name."

"Another name?" Li Mu looked at Lin Yang, thoughtfully saying, "Are you saying that you don't call it a star diamond?"

"Yes, we usually call it a star crystal," Lin Yang didn't hide anything.

"A star crystal? That's also a very nice name. star diamonds sparkle and shine, so calling them star crystals is also very fitting."

Li Mu repeated the words 'star crystal' and then smiled:

"Perhaps different places have different names for it. It seems your hometown must be quite far from our Tianji Federal Empire. Here, we all call it a star diamond, and it's the common high-level currency throughout the entire Tianji Federal Empire."

"Perhaps so." Although Lin Mu was a little surprised, he didn't think too much about it and instead said again, "I still want to buy a spaceship."

Even if the Apocalypse was repaired, it couldn't be used outside.

That Fourth-Level Civilization guy offered a bounty for the Apocalypse, and he couldn't take the risk.

Li Mu immediately put a hand to his forehead and said, "Your Excellency Lin Yang, since you have star diamonds and want to buy a spaceship, I suggest you first take our spaceship to the capital of the Tianji Federal Empire. It would be better to buy a spaceship once you reach the capital of the Empire. The Empire has more advanced spaceships. Most of our Li Clan's spaceships are quite ordinary, and buying them wouldn't be very useful, wasting your star diamonds. The few advanced spaceships we have were bought by our Li Clan at great expense and are not for sale."

He had indeed been considering Lin Yang earlier; buying materials to repair a spaceship would be quite expensive. But upon seeing Lin Yang take out a star diamond, Li Mu knew that Lin Yang was not short on money, so he no longer tried to dissuade Lin Yang from buying a spaceship, but instead offered a suggestion.

Lin Yang was a little surprised again. Whether it was called a star crystal or a star diamond, it was just a different name, but the value of the star crystal itself clearly hadn't changed here.

But the Li Clan actually wouldn't earn star crystals?

Previously, on Guiyun Star, as soon as he took out a star crystal, everyone, whether from the trading market or the slave market, wished he would spend more star crystals.

Here with Li Mu, it was good; even though he had shown some surprise and envy the moment he saw the star crystal, he actually advised him not to buy a spaceship from them.

This was very...

Lin Yang was a little at a loss for words to describe his current feelings.

If he had to find a word, it would be 'simple'!

Too simple!

Not only did they not show any greed for his star crystals, but they also offered a better suggestion.

This was simply a bit against human nature!

Can people really be this good?

Lin Yang even suspected that he was being too small-minded.

But the behavior of Li Mu and the Li Clan truly made Lin Yang feel that their friendliness was unbelievably excessive!

After a pause, Lin Yang couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Li Mu, don't you want to earn these star... diamonds?"

"Of course!" Li Mu blurted out without hesitation.

This made Lin Yang pause.

He had thought Li Mu would deny it.

Then, before he could think further, he heard Li Mu continue, "star diamonds are very valuable things. To say we don't want to earn them, that's definitely impossible. But we can't earn money that goes against our conscience. Our Li Clan's spaceships are indeed ordinary and not worth the price of a star diamond. If we let you buy one, wouldn't that be cheating you?"

"This..." Your Excellency Lin Yang was a little unsure how to respond.

Li Mu then said, "Your Excellency Lin Yang, you don't need to try to repay us this way just because we rescued you. It's completely unnecessary. In the universe, we should naturally help each other."

"..."

Lin Yang truly didn't know what to say.

Because... he hadn't thought that way!

He just wanted to test Li Mu and the Li Clan's reaction.

But he hadn't expected Li Mu to imagine that he was taking out star crystals to buy a spaceship as a way to repay them.

This simply left Your Excellency Lin Yang completely speechless and unable to say anything!

Seeing this, Li Mu smiled and said, "Your Excellency Lin Yang, you don't need to be embarrassed. If you want to go to the Empire, we have a spaceship departing for the Imperial Capital in two days. We'll take you along then."

"...Okay." Lin Yang said no more.

Li Mu had already said so much; if this was truly an act, then he would accept it.

"Then I'll go reserve a spot for you first."

Li Mu finished speaking and turned to leave.

Lin Yang looked at Li Mu's back, his eyes flickering a few times.

This was truly unreal.

However, he didn't think any further. He was sure he would find some clues once he reached the Tianji Federal Empire.

...

Two days later.

The Li Clan's spaceship bound for the capital of the Tianji Empire departed on time.

"Your Excellency Lin Yang, it will take some time to reach the capital. You can choose to go into hibernation."

When boarding the ship, Li Mu reminded him.

It takes about a month to travel from their location to the capital of the Tianji Federal Empire.

The Li Clan regularly travels to the capital of the Imperial Federation to procure supplies.

A month is neither long nor short, and Lin Yang naturally chose to go into hibernation.

However, when he came out of the hibernation pod after hibernation, he felt that there was still some difference between the Li Clan spaceship's hibernation and the Apocalypse's hibernation.

The Apocalypse's hibernation pod was indeed very advanced; there was absolutely no discomfort after hibernation.

But the Li Clan spaceship's hibernation pod would cause a slight dizziness after hibernation. Although not severe, there was indeed a little dizziness.

It was then that Lin Yang realized that there were also different qualities of hibernation pods.

...

Tianji Federal Empire, Capital City.

Although called a capital city, it was actually a vast planet.

However, within all the affiliated civilizations of the entire Tianji Federal Empire, this place was referred to as the Capital City.

The entire planet was one gigantic city.

Yes, that's right, there was only one city on this entire planet.

As it was about to land, Lin Yang looked through the porthole at this so-called Capital City planet, silently comparing it to Guiyun Star.

He hadn't seen many other alien civilization planets, having only visited Guiyun Star before this.

In comparison, Lin Yang found that the Capital City planet of the Tianji Federal Empire was more advanced than Guiyun Star.

Some technologies clearly should not be available to a Peak Third-Level Civilization.

It was very likely that this Tianji Federal Empire was a Fourth-Level Civilization.

This discovery made Lin Yang even more cautious.

If the Tianji Federal Empire was a Fourth-Level Civilization, then he had to be even more careful.

The Li Clan might not recognize the Apocalypse, but a Fourth-Level Civilization absolutely could not be unaware of the Apocalypse!

Lin Mu, beside him, was also continuously scanning, simultaneously transmitting data to Lin Yang.

"Commander, after comparison, the technological level here is indeed higher than Guiyun Star, far exceeding the standard of a Peak Third-Level Civilization."

Hearing this, Lin Yang's eyes flashed.

A Fourth-Level Civilization?

That was a completely different level of existence.

"If the Tianji Federal Empire is truly a Fourth-Level Civilization... it might not be a bad thing," Lin Yang's gaze was deep.

At least, he could buy a more advanced spaceship to replace the Apocalypse!

Starting tomorrow, I will resume more frequent updates and catch up on drafts.