414: Strange Star Situation

After reprimanding the various corps commanders, who had become somewhat arrogant due to their increased strength and had suffered losses in their subordinate legions due to their reckless advances, Yang Dian finally sat down in his chair:

"Sit."

"Ya Zi, introduce the situation of the Strange Star."

Everyone sat down as instructed, and Ya Zi timely projected a massive sphere above the conference table.

The sphere had mountains, rivers, seas, lakes, cities, and plains.

This was the World of the Strange, or rather, the Strange Star, the Alien Planet #4 that Earth encountered.

In the hour since the channel opened, Yang Dian hadn't just idly waited for the Expeditionary Force to gather or done nothing else.

He had sent war robots with spatial rings to the Strange Star's satellite orbit to deploy surveillance satellites.

He dispatched nano-electronic insects to enter the Strange Star to collect intelligence.

Mapping the Strange Star's ge pulse map, marking its cities, mountains, strategic locations... collecting information on the weird and Alien Planet inhabitants... all these things were done by Yang Dian in the past hour.

This led to the simulated planet before them, which was almost in real-time sync with the Strange Star.

As the projection unfolded, Ya Zi's voice also echoed in the conference room:

"The Strange Star is the fourth Alien Planet we've encountered since the Qi Revival."

"From the intelligence gathered by surveillance satellites and nano-electronic insects, we know that the Strange Star is similar in size to Earth, with a diameter of about 12,500 kilometers."

"The planet has three continents, several islands, and approximately 750 million indigenous inhabitants."

As he spoke, the three continents and several islands lit up on the real-time planet.

"The indigenous inhabitants are humanoid in appearance, with animalistic features like Beast-Ears and tails, and some areas have dense fur."

A light screen appeared beside the real-time planet, showing Beast-Ear Tribe members with cat ears, fox ears, rabbit ears, and various other animal ear and tail features.

"For now, we will name this civilization the Beast-Ear Tribe."

"The Beast-Ear Tribe's civilization level is close to Earth's before the Qi Revival; they can launch lunar exploration rockets but have not yet developed spaceships or nuclear energy technology and weapons."

During the introduction, the Beast-Ear Tribe images were replaced with pictures of Alien Planet satellites and rockets identical to Earth's satellites and rockets, indicating the Beast-Ear Tribe's civilization level.

"Please note, these 750 million Beast-Ear Tribe members are the survivors after the World of the Strange invasion."

"The number of Beast-Ear Tribe members before the World of the Strange invasion is currently impossible to ascertain."

"Among the 750 million survivors, there are about 60,000 Transcendent Realm individuals, most of whom are Awakened, and a small portion Cultivate powers such as faith, spirit, and battle Qi."

Videos began playing on the real-time planet, showing Beast-Ear Tribe combat scenes.

"The three strongest individuals possess high-level Transcendent Realm combat power; the remaining strength is mostly in the Mortal Body Realm, with Transcendent Realm individuals being one in a hundred."

"Most of the 750 million survivors are kept as livestock by the weird, becoming vessels that provide fear and faith to the Heavenly Dao Ghost, or food for other weird."

Photos of ruined cities appeared before everyone.

In the photos, countless emaciated Beast-Ear Tribe members, their eyes filled with despair, turned into resources for the weird, seemed to narrate how tragic it would be if Earth also fell to the World of the Strange's invasion.

"A small portion, about 8 million survivors, led by Transcendent Realm individuals, are distributed in dozens of survivor bases across the three continents."

Red dots lit up on the continents and islands, marking the locations of the survivor bases.

"Due to some unknown interference, the weird turn a blind eye to these dozens of survivor bases."

"Even if the weird fly over or past the edges of the survivor bases, they will not cast their gaze upon them."

After showing photos and videos of the weird passing by survivor bases but ignoring them, Ya Zi took the opportunity to add:

"The World of the Strange has nearly 80 million weird."

"Most of these weird mutated from the native creatures of Alien Planet #4."

Videos then appeared before everyone, showing native creatures, plants, and even mud and stones transforming into weird.

"Compared to the Ghost God Guide information, a very small number of weird can match the abilities and appearances of Ghost God Star Ghost Gods, suspected to be Ghost God Star Ghost Gods and Jì Gods who fortunately survived the planet's fragmentation."

"No traces of Xi God, Yí God, or Subtle God have been found yet."

Hearing this, Yang Dian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If Ghost God Guide didn't exaggerate the Ghost Gods' strength, then his current strength was roughly between a Xi God and an Yí God.

Fighting on an Alien Planet away from home, under suppression, he could fight a Xi God.

Fighting on Earth's home ground, he could suppress a Xi God.

With the blessing of the territory map, even if suppressed while fighting on an Yí God's home ground, an Yí God was not untouchable.

As for the Subtle Gods after the Yí Gods?

He probably still couldn't beat them.

He would be instantly killed if he encountered one.

The Ghost God Star existed for 360,000 years, and only nine Subtle Gods were recorded in history.

How many Ghost Gods could be born in 360,000 years?

Yang Dian was too lazy to calculate.

Anyway, there were many.

To reach the pinnacle among countless Ghost Gods, the lives of the Nine Subtle Gods were considered cheat-like existences in the eyes of other Ghost Gods, or rather, other Transcendent Realm individuals.

Even if Yang Dian truly had a cheat, with insufficient resources, he couldn't catch up to others' hundreds of thousands of years of accumulation.

'Fortunately, the Nine Subtle Gods killed themselves in pursuit of the Invisible Realm.'

The moment he thought of the Invisible Ghost God, Yang Dian 'saw' a red dress appear in his peripheral vision.

The first time he saw her, she only showed a corner of her skirt, about the size of a fingernail.

But now, more of her skirt was visible.

It was already the size of a palm.

'Every time I think of her, she gains more presence?'

Focusing his mind and suppressing thoughts of the Invisible Ghost God deep within, Yang Dian then heard Ya Zi continue:

"After comparison, the destructive power that Ghost Gods can cause is equivalent to that which Martial Artist and Awakened in the Transcendent Realm can cause."

"On Alien Planet #4, there are about 5,000 Ghost Gods and strange entities at this stage."

"Jì Gods can cause destructive power equivalent to early to mid-stage Star-Patrolling Realm."

"There are only seventeen Jì Gods and strange entities at this stage."

"Among them, 'White Bone Contemplation,' 'Water Ghost,' 'Mud Weird,' and 'Shadow Weaver Weird' have been killed by the commander, and the 'Spatial Abnormality' was captured by the commander and sent to Mars for containment and is currently being researched by Dr. Bai."

"There are twelve Star-Patrolling Realm combat powers remaining on the Strange Star."

Hearing this, Yang Dian was surprised.

'Those weird have Star-Patrolling Realm combat power?'

'It feels like they could all be dealt with in one slap.'

'Also, if I remember correctly, after the director broke free from the influence of White Bone Contemplation, he seemed to have stomped White Bone Contemplation into the ground?'

'So, in some respects, the director also has Star-Patrolling Realm combat power?'

'Tsk, as expected, the poor rely on mutation, and the rich rely on technology.'

'It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to achieve Star-Patrolling Realm strength through Cultivation alone, without mutation or the aid of technology.'

While his thoughts raced, Yang Dian also spoke:

"That's roughly the situation on the Strange Star. After you return, carefully consider the combat plan for the Strange Star. Once you've finalized it, submit it to Ya Zi for simulated combat."

"Don't give me any more reckless advances that lead to losses."