182: The gates of hell are open for you!

The difference here is significant.

If it's an ordinary Star and there are no people on it, conquering it would be quite easy.

But if it's a world...

Then it's over.

If you want to conquer it completely, there's no telling how long it would take.

Villox heard him, but for a moment, he couldn't think of how to answer: "Theoretically, a Star is a world. Some Stars have rules similar to the Empire, while others are completely different. That's why the Star Tower's help is needed when conquering Stars."

Cross-realm.

It is the Star Tower's core function, and also the core function for conquering other realms.

Looking at it this way.

Lin Ye's hope of simply activating the Path of Stars is basically nil.

"I wonder if the Empire has any legacy left?"

"If there are still tens of thousands of Stars left, I could barely accept them."

Villox felt a bit ashamed and didn't know how to respond.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. When the expeditionary force departed, the Emperor was already uncontactable. As the prophecy stated, we set out into the Star Sea only to seek that last glimmer of hope."

"Your appearance, in fact, already signifies our failure."

"If the Empire was destroyed, it would also mean the fall of all Stars."

"However, you can inquire with the Star Tower. Perhaps there are other survivors like us. Maybe they preserved some Stars for the Empire as a spark of hope?"

Lin Ye hadn't seen this function of the Star Tower before.

He clicked it open and searched for a bit.

And there it was!

[Current number of controlled Stars: 1]

"One?"

Lin Ye forced a smile.

"Alright, one is better than zero."

"Where is this Star, though?"

"Forgotten Land?"

"This counts as a Star too?"

Lin Ye thought he could get some inheritance, but this last Star turned out to be this broken village exiled in a fragment of time and space?

Does eternal count as a Star?

Can it be fought?

Yes!

But can it be conquered?

That...

Let's discuss it again!

What about reality?

Certainly it counts.

But setting aside how to launch an expedition, can he first find a way to build a Star Tower there?

Lin Ye had to consider this.

On the other side.

Villox also breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as one Star remains, the Empire is not destroyed... No! The Empire will never be destroyed! What we face now are merely some twists and turns and hardships."

"The Empire will surely be fully revived amidst the shining of all Stars!"

"The Emperor will also..."

Alright, alright~

Lin Ye directly interrupted him to prevent him from continuing with official rhetoric.

Such a good Sword Saint, he's just a captain, why does he talk so much?

One Star.

For Lin Ye, it was actually enough.

Simply put.

As long as he could activate the divine artifact, it was enough.

Even if it was only for 1 second.

For Lin Ye's attributes and equipment.

1 second was already a very long time.

Considering the current situation in reality.

Is there any problem he couldn't solve within one second?

If there really was.

Then a few more seconds wouldn't necessarily change anything.

So, 1 second was enough.

The key was.

Could he activate it directly when needed, without logging in and out...

Lin Ye looked at the last line of the Divine Ring.

"This divine artifact can exist in any time and space?"

Log out!

Lin Ye logged out directly.

Then he looked at his palm.

That brilliant Divine Ring, superimposed in time and space, was still clearly visible.

Divine artifact!

It was a divine artifact.

Not a semi-finished product like the Hand of Time Reversal.

What cross-realm?

It doesn't exist!

The Emperor controls all Stars.

If he still needed to cross realms individually when going to battle in other realms, no matter if he had a lot of money and could cross freely.

Just the act of crossing realms itself would seem very demeaning.

Log in again?

No!

Lin Ye had another function to test.

After soul unification.

A problem arose.

After logging out, the soul returned to reality, but where was the body?

Was there a place in eternal where it was stored separately?

It's easy for time-space abilities to achieve this.

It wouldn't be a complete deletion and then recreation upon logging in, right?

So.

There was a question here.

That is, after Lin Ye logged out, could he control the Phantom.

The body was collected by the eternal system, but the Phantom's range of activity was calculated by time.

The eternal space storage device was unlikely to restrict time abilities.

No~

That should be a time-space storage device. The stored body should be exactly the same as when logged out, not even a difference in time.

But the possibility of controlling the Phantom still existed.

For example.

Lin Ye plans to log in after 3 seconds, and after 3 seconds, the body will be released in eternal, and the Phantom can move back to 3 seconds before, which means the Phantom can appear in eternal the moment Lin Ye decides to log in.

With a thought.

Lin Ye's mind immediately brought up the standard Phantom perspective.

It was in the Forgotten Land.

Right where he logged out.

It could move.

It could do anything.

There was no difference from the body, which meant there was no difference from him being logged in.

However.

The range of activity was centered on the logout location, and it was only a maximum of 3 seconds.

Enough.

Anyway, it was just for farming materials.

In the short term, no outsiders were needed in the Forgotten Land.

Lin Ye farming by himself would be more efficient and yield more.

To avoid further problems with keys.

Seraph could come.

He must have used a key.

Who bought it specifically would certainly need to be investigated, but as long as it continued to be open, it would be difficult to stop this phenomenon.

Unless...

Lin Ye suddenly recalled the Divine Ring's ability.

"Soul Control!"

"This, I believe, is one of the core abilities that the Empire absolutely trusted and absolutely controlled the entire Empire."

"Of course, the methods wouldn't be as cruel as a Necromancer."

"Star Tower?"

Lin Ye's Phantom went to the Star Tower. Inside, all the soul traces of those who had sworn allegiance were preserved.

The Divine Ring having no problem dispatching these souls within the Stars, of course.

It was also 1 second.

Such a short time, what else could he do by calling a soul over besides beating him to death?

Controlling a soul is equivalent to controlling the body.

Calling a soul over is equivalent to calling his body over.

Help!

Fight!

What can't be done?

Short on time?

Can't do anything in 1 second?

Sorry.

That's because you have too few Stars. It is recommended to increase the number of Stars.

"This means no matter where the other party is, they can be called over directly?"

"Tsk tsk~ The Emperor sure knows how to play..."

Lin Ye couldn't help but marvel at the heaven-defying nature of this ability.

"The Emperor~"

"The pressure of this job is indeed great, so there's always a need for some projects to pass the time."

"Understood, understood~"

"But everyone under him is outside, so he can't just call them back from the distant Stars for a new project, can he?"

"So, this pastime... oh no, this dispatch, is a very practical ability!"

"That..."

"A separate work report, sharing some combat experience, is also very useful, isn't it~"

"Oh?"

"The Phantom has already gotten the materials for the Star Tower upgrade."

Tsk~ Idling is so satisfying!

Later, he'd call Avinia over to see if she could handle the trial...

The Phantom in the Forgotten Land paused slightly.

Then it reached out and tapped Oriental Pride Snow on the head.

"What's wrong?"

"Mitsui Satoshi is here. Do you want him alive?"

"...Yes!"

Oriental Pride Snow was startled, immediately logged out, and Bian Yuerong also didn't hesitate.

Bai Shuya hadn't figured out what happened yet.

In reality.

Holiday Inn.

The door to Lin Ye's room slowly opened.

This floor.

This hotel.

And even the surrounding streets, should have been under strict lockdown.

No matter who it was.

Neither Bai Shuya nor Oriental Pride Snow had the right to open this door.

However.

Mitsui Satoshi, dressed in a white suit, still swaggered in. The guards at the door seemed to be blind and deaf, ignoring him.

Since he could do this much.

Then the various locks inside the hotel room door naturally couldn't be effective.

As soon as Mitsui Satoshi entered.

He saw Lin Ye leaning on the sofa, with his legs crossed.

"Demon Lord?"

"Heh~"

"Aren't you in the game?"

"Perfect!"

A perverse excitement gleamed in Mitsui Satoshi's eyes: "If I killed you in a dream, it would be utterly boring. This is perfect, saves me a step."

As his voice fell.

The TV in the room snapped on, instantly powering up.

On the screen.

Appeared a face that was somewhat unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar.

Lin Ye seemed to have seen it before, but couldn't recall the name.

Heh heh?

The man on the TV let out a cold laugh, the hatred in his eyes almost solidified into substance.

"Don't you remember?"

"We met just a few days ago, Time Knight."

"Ah, no~"

"For you, it was a few days ago."

"But for me..."

"Damn it, that was over a thousand years ago..."

"Time Knight... Lin Ye!"

"I've been looking for you for a thousand years!!!"

Lin Ye still couldn't remember, shaking his head and saying:

"I'm sorry, I really don't remember who you are, but that's not important. After all, I'm never interested in the names of corpses."

"But today, I must congratulate you two."

As he spoke.

Lin Ye slowly put the Time Soul Ring on his hand, smiling slightly:

"Because... the gates of hell, open for you!"