749: The value of Star God is still rising

Did Yang Dian have any objections?

Naturally, he did.

If the Nuo Ling Civilization was truly that powerful, they could lock onto Azurewave through Yu Tian's corpse.

That meant there was a significant possibility they could lock onto the Lingwen Star System through Azurewave.

Then, by following the various traces he left in the Lingwen Star System, they could find Earth.

'So, should I put on an act and try to bluff the Nuo Ling people?'

As soon as the thought arose, Yang Dian dismissed it.

Earth's foundation was simply too shallow.

He did not know what kind of civilization qualified as a high-level civilization, nor did he know what kind qualified as a super-level civilization.

He had even less idea how high-level, super-level, or even mid- or low-level civilizations manifested in terms of technology and individual strength.

He could only guess that if technology and transcendent powers could penetrate beyond the 66th layer, it might be a high-level civilization.

If they could penetrate beyond the 77th layer, perhaps it was a super-level civilization.

Beyond that, he knew nothing at all. He didn't even know if his previous guesses were correct.

The Nuo Ling Civilization was clearly an incredibly powerful one, and they surely had plenty of ways to gather relevant information through his words and actions.

So, just to be safe, "I'd better keep hiding in the deep space interlayer."

Just as he sighed, a beeping alarm sounded from reality. Time rewound to a few seconds ago.

Holding a scalpel and tweezers, with clips, bone saws, bone drills, syringes, and other surgical tools hovering around them, Qi Ling did not wait for Yang Dian's reply. Without a word, they picked up the scalpel and made a cut on Yu Tian's body.

The scalpel looked unremarkable, but in the world of Cultivation, it was likely some kind of divine weapon or Immortal Treasure.

With just one cut, Yu Tian's body—which even average Star-Patrolling Realm or Star Dome Realm cultivators couldn't leave a mark on despite using their full strength—was sliced open, revealing the flesh and tissue beneath.

Syringes drew blood, the blade cut off flesh, tweezers extracted nerves, the bone saw cut off bone fragments, and the marrow needle extracted bone marrow...

In no time, the oval-shaped sci-fi instrument hovering beside Qi Ling, which had collected various samples of Yu Tian's human tissue, began to broadcast information:

"Human body tissue detected, beginning analysis..."

"Beep ~ Tier 4 flesh factors detected..."

"Beep ~ No traces of technology factors above Tier 4 detected..."

"Beep ~ Mutant high-energy conceptual factors detected..."

"Beep ~ No traces of constant high-energy conceptual factors detected..."

"Beep ~ Beep ~ Beep ~"

"Beep ~ Beginning summary of relevant information based on existing data..."

"Race: Human, Name: Unknown, Strength: Tier 4, Civilization Level: Intermediate..."

"Mastery of three types of mutant high-energy conceptual factors, derived from self-Cultivation, with no signs of large-scale cultivation of transcendent beings..."

"The civilization to which this human belongs has a 99.98% probability of being in the feudal Dynasty stage, with no developed technology..."

"The transcendent energy concentration of the civilization to which this human belongs is below the average level of an intermediate civilization..."

Hidden in the deep space, Yang Dian was somewhat stunned.

"Yu Tian's Great Yu Immortal Dynasty only counts as an intermediate civilization?"

Mumbling this, Yang Dian let out a breath.

"Although the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty already possesses ultra-long-distance teleportation methods, the methods are relatively singular, and they haven't even developed other planets within their star system."

"Besides that, apart from Yu Tian, the highest strength of anyone else is only at the Star Dome Realm."

"Given the power of the Nuo Ling Civilization, it seems normal for them to rank the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty as an intermediate civilization, right?"

"And that's only because Yu Tian exists."

"If there were no Yu Tian, perhaps the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty would be a low-level civilization?"

"According to this logic, should Earth also count as an intermediate civilization now?"

"What is used to measure civilization levels?"

"Ruled territory? Degree of development of the Universe? Or the strength of the strongest individual?"

Just as Yang Dian was pondering this, the piercing beeping sound rang out again.

Time rewound a few seconds earlier.

After the instrument analyzed the environment where Yu Tian was located, Qi Ling put down the scalpel and ordered:

"Read flesh memory, lock onto the location of this lifeform's home planet."

"Beep ~ Reading flesh memory..."

"Name: Yu Tian, Identity: Heavenly Emperor of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty, Star System coordinates α 75663; β 214; γ 3152..."

"Distance from Green Star is approximately 33.51 million light-years, located outside the civilization's actual control area..."

"Beep, beep, beep..."

"Small Dimensional Battlefield detected..."

"Alert... Alert..."

"Star God traces detected, Star God traces detected."

"Erasing traces..."

"Erased."

"Hiding information..."

"Hidden."

"Alert... Alert..."

"Coordinates α 75663; β 214; γ 3152... A juvenile Star God exists. This information has been reported to the High Council, and the engineering team has been notified to cancel the expansion plan in that direction..."

The Nuo Ling team beside the detector was thrown into chaos upon hearing the words "Star God."

Yang Dian, hiding in the deep space interlayer, also fell silent.

"The value of a Star God seems to be rising even higher?"

"The Little Star God's backing is this strong?"

"Even the badass Qi Ling Civilization has to steer clear of them?"

"Was I courting death when I grabbed the Little Star God's Wormhole Tadpoles, gravitational black coal balls, and other basic silicon-based life units before..."

"Damn, I won't be held accountable later, will I!"

Just as Yang Dian was wondering if the Star God would come knocking at some point, or if he should take the initiative to make friends with the Little Star God, the detector beside Qi Ling had already sprayed a fine black dust onto Yu Tian's body.

Watching Yu Tian's body decompose into the black dust in an instant, Yang Dian couldn't help but marvel once more at the value of a Star God.

"Just a name alone made the Nuo Ling Civilization abandon Azurewave, and even Taicang Star and Chongming Star, which are right next to Azurewave at this very moment, and even go so far as to directly annihilate Yu Tian's body."

"Just how terrifying is a Star God?"

One's vision determines one's knowledge. Just like a frog in a well doesn't know how vast the world is, and summer insects don't know how cold winter ice is.

Yang Dian also didn't know just how terrifying a Star God was.

"But it is very clear that the Nuo Ling Civilization is unwilling to antagonize a Star God, and doesn't even want to have any interaction with a Star God."

"So..."

"The Star God is stronger than the Nuo Ling Civilization."

"Perhaps I can catch a glimpse of the full picture from a narrow perspective, and peek at a fragment of the Star God's power through the Nuo Ling Civilization."

"I wonder if I can 'trade' for some information from the Nuo Ling Civilization..."

Yang Dian pondered matters regarding the Nuo Ling Civilization and the Star God. Qi Ling, having erased Yu Tian's body, looked toward their subordinates:

"Continue to sign contracts with the indigenous people of Green Star and start the star rail laying project."

Hearing this, Yang Dian's heart stirred.

"That's right."

"What did Qi Ling just say?"

"They are interstellar rail engineers of the Nuo Ling Civilization, and this team here is an engineering team of the Nuo Ling Civilization..."