351: Count the harvest

After going offline, Lin Tianwei found that the reception room was completely different from before, filled with alloy boxes of various sizes.

These alloy boxes naturally contained the items Lin Tianwei had auctioned.

Prioritizing his tasks, Lin Tianwei's first action was to check on the Space Node Planet.

After all, with such a large pile of items, Lin Tianwei wouldn't be able to store them all at once without sufficiently large spatial equipment.

After a brief scan, Lin Tianwei quickly located the alloy box containing the Space Node Planet.

Unexpectedly, this alloy box was incredibly mini.

It was hard to imagine how such a massive planet could be packed inside.

Seemingly noticing Lin Tianwei's confusion, Luo Ji explained:

"The after-sales service of Lotus Auction is quite excellent. These alloy boxes may seem simple, but during their forging, they were infused with dust particles attached to star gleam stone."

"Although these dust particles don't possess the same immense power as star gleam stone, which can completely compress the internal world of a Cosmic Beast, they still have a certain degree of Space Compression capability."

"It is precisely with this unique Space Compression ability that these alloy boxes can hold items far larger than their physical volume."

"In fact, these alloy boxes themselves are quite valuable, capable of selling for at least ten yuan crystal each on the black market."

"Of course, Cosmic Beasts who can afford these auctioned items wouldn't care about ten yuan crystal."

"But it's enough to show the thoughtfulness of Lotus Auction."

Nodding slightly, Lin Tianwei acknowledged the after-sales service of Lotus Auction. Without hesitation, he immediately placed his terminal on the verification spot of the alloy box.

With a crisp "ding," the verification passed, and the alloy box in front of him opened, revealing a Planet Treasure Box.

Along with it came an enthusiastic voice prompt:

"Verification passed, storage box opened."

"Esteemed Mr. Zeta, thank you for purchasing items from Lotus Auction."

"Please complete the receipt of your goods as soon as possible."

"If you encounter any problems during the signing process, please report them to Lotus Slave Market immediately, and we will resolve them for you as quickly as possible."

Ignoring the voice prompt, Lin Tianwei immediately took the Planet Treasure Box into his hand and began to examine it.

The so-called Planet Treasure Box, similar to a storage box, was a packaging box invented by the Dawn Merchant Guild, specifically used for storing and packing planets.

The unique mark of the Dawn Merchant Guild on it was exceptionally conspicuous, and its effect was also outstanding.

Not only could it compress a massive planet to just the right size, but its interior could also simulate the cosmic environment where the planet was originally located.

Under sufficient energy, it ensured that the planet remained as fresh as when it was first collected.

After all, many special planets, if not properly preserved, could easily lose their original vitality.

Just like Blue Star, if it were simply placed into Tiger Tooth Space by Lin Tianwei without an additional tiger-made sun, it would completely turn into a dead star in less than a week.

Opening the lid of the Planet Treasure Box, Lin Tianwei once again saw the familiar Space Node Planet.

It was exactly as he had perceived it in the virtual world.

Although incredibly desolate and utterly devoid of life, it was enveloped in terrifying Space Energy, serving as a space node connecting to an immensely vast space.

A space reaching ten galaxy units in volume.

The moment he confirmed that the item was fine, Lin Tianwei opened his tiger's maw and swallowed the Planet Treasure Box in front of him.

The main body of this Space Node Planet was immensely magnified, and taking it out and then swallowing it back in would be redundant.

Thus, it was better to directly swallow the Space Node Planet, box and all.

Once it entered Lin Tianwei's internal space, it would be a helpless little planet at Lin Tianwei's mercy.

Things unfolded exactly as Lin Tianwei had anticipated. The moment the Planet Treasure Box slipped into Lin Tianwei's inner world, it lost its freedom.

With just a slight pull from Lin Tianwei, the Space Node Planet was guided into his internal world.

As for the so-called Planet Treasure Box?

It was naturally annihilated instantly by Lin Tianwei using Star Power.

Although such a trinket from the Dawn Merchant Guild seemed useful, who could guarantee that it didn't contain any mechanisms or backdoors?

Taking a small advantage could lead to a huge loss; destroying it directly was the best option.

The moment the Space Node Planet entered Lin Tianwei's internal time, it reacted with the two Talent stars already present within Lin Tianwei.

Especially the pockmarked Space Energy Star, it was utterly overbearing, frantically releasing gravity towards the Space Node Planet.

It attempted to quickly pull it in front of itself and devour it whole.

However, this was Lin Tianwei's internal world after all, and Lin Tianwei was the one truly in charge.

Under Lin Tianwei's control, no matter how overbearing the Space Energy Star was, it could only obediently comply in the end, abandoning its devouring plan.

Not only that, but it also released vast Space Energy, beginning to refine this Space Node Planet.

This Space Planet was currently ownerless; any Cosmic Beast could control it by manipulating Space Energy.

Only by using Space Energy imbued with Lin Tianwei's primordial imprint to refine it could it be transformed into his exclusive Space Node Planet, a Space Node Planet that could only be opened by Lin Tianwei's Space Energy.

This process could be fast or slow, ultimately depending on Lin Tianwei's methods.

Talent: Infection (Mythical)!

Lin Tianwei's methods were naturally extremely sharp.

Under the effects of the Mythical-level Infection Talent and the King-level Space Energy Talent, in just a moment, Lin Tianwei conquered this Space Node Planet and perceived the enormous space it was linked to.

It must be said that this space was ridiculously large; even if Lin Tianwei's will could traverse billions of meters in an instant, it would still take an extremely long time to fully explore this space.

Void, nothingness.

This was Lin Tianwei's feeling about this space.

Perhaps many things had once existed here, but before being sold, it had definitely been cleared out by the Dawn Merchant Guild.

After all, a space with resources and a space without resources had completely different prices.

The good fortune of 'buy one get one free' ultimately did not fall to Lin Tianwei; this space was vast, but also terrifyingly desolate.

To develop it would require an astronomical amount of resources.

At least, it wasn't something Lin Tianwei could consider at his current stage.

Lin Tianwei didn't mind this at all; what he wanted to buy was merely a storage space.

From price to quality, this Space Node Planet perfectly met Lin Tianwei's requirements.

It even exceeded expectations.

Because while refining this Space Node Planet, Lin Tianwei also discovered that it was exceptionally sturdy; at least, its adaptability to Space Energy was very good, definitely not a flimsy, easily shattered object.

After much thought, Lin Tianwei decided to try refining this Space Node Planet into his own Talent star.

This way, his strength would also advance to a higher level, from Cosmic Level Stage Four to Cosmic Level Stage Seven.

After his basic strength increased, with the enhancement of countless Talents, the power Lin Tianwei could unleash in an instant would also become even more terrifying.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei no longer hesitated and directly unleashed his Talent power towards this Space Node Planet.

Talent: Space Creation (Transcendent)!

Terrifying Talent power poured into the Space Node Planet, gradually changing its characteristics, eventually transforming it into a Talent star belonging to Lin Tianwei.

While refining the Space Node Planet, Lin Tianwei also kept busy.

He had auctioned off far too many items; if he didn't quickly organize them, it would take ages to complete the inventory.

After a quick search, three figurines soon appeared in Lin Tianwei's hand.

These were none other than the three Time-type Slaves Lin Tianwei had purchased.

Their bodies were frozen at their most perfect moment, quietly resting in their display cases, showcasing their heroic posture to Lin Tianwei, their new master.

They awaited their new destiny, a destiny completely determined by their master.

Lin Tianwei valued these three Slaves naturally for the Talents they possessed.

Therefore, their fate was sealed the moment Lin Tianwei bought them: they were to become Lin Tianwei's food.

Without hesitation, Lin Tianwei once again opened his ruthless tiger's maw and put the three Time-type Slaves into his mouth, chewing them.

Finally, he swallowed all their flesh and blood, along with their powerful Talents, into his belly, completely transforming them into nourishment for Lin Tianwei's growth.

"Ding, congratulations Host, Talent: Mental Food (King) takes effect. After eating, Strength attribute +20,000! Constitution attribute +20,000! Agility attribute +20,000! Mental Power attribute +5,000!"

... "Ding, congratulations Host, you have killed a new target."

"Ding, Talent extraction successful. Host has acquired Talent: Time Reversal (Normal), Time Acceleration (Advanced), Time Deceleration (Advanced)."

"Ding, please confirm whether to use this Talent."

"Time Reversal (Beginner): Beginner Talent, reverses events that occurred in a certain period in the target area."

"Time Acceleration (Advanced): Advanced Talent, accelerates the flow of time for all things within the target area."

"Time Deceleration (Advanced): Advanced Talent, slows down the flow of time for all things within the target area."

"Note: Time Acceleration and Time Deceleration may cause unknown changes. Please use with caution."

These three Time-type Slaves varied in strength, and coupled with the unique nature of Time-type Talents, under normal circumstances, Lin Tianwei wouldn't have found it so easy to devour all of them.

Unfortunately, they were Lin Tianwei's Slaves and wouldn't even conceive of resisting.

They would only be ecstatic to become Lin Tianwei's food.

For the three hard-won Time-type Talents, Lin Tianwei naturally chose to use them without hesitation.

Not only that, but he also consumed a large number of Talent Fragments to directly upgrade all three Talents to Transcendent-level.

For other Cosmic Beasts, Time-type Talents were incredibly difficult to upgrade, but for Lin Tianwei, upgrading them was simply that easy.

It was simply unreasonaably overbearing.

Talent: Time Acceleration (Transcendent) activated!

The first thing to do after acquiring a new Talent was naturally to test its power.

Lin Tianwei immediately activated the Time Acceleration Talent on himself without hesitation.

However, since it was his first time using this Talent, Lin Tianwei only intended to test the waters, trying the effect of five times Time Acceleration first.

It wasn't his entire body, but a localized area. Strictly speaking, Lin Tianwei's accelerated area was precisely on the Space Node Planet within his body.

Under normal circumstances, refining a planet into a Talent star would take a very long time.

At this moment, Lin Tianwei naturally had no time or energy to wait. Talent: Time Acceleration (Transcendent) was perfectly suited to shorten the time required for Talent star refinement.

In an instant, a terrifying suction force emanated from the Space Node Planet.

It began to rotate rapidly, its speed even exceeding Lin Tianwei's sensory limit, giving him a dizzying sensation.

This was the result of the Space Node Planet's time being accelerated, creating an illusion for Lin Tianwei that it was spinning infinitely fast.

Not only that, but a terrifying suction force also came from the Space Node Planet, frantically drawing in Lin Tianwei's Talent energy and Star Power.

If it weren't for Lin Tianwei's terrifying amount of energy, this sudden suction alone would have been enough to instantly drain him dry.

This was the potentially unknown, terrifying effect of the Time Acceleration Talent.

Although Time Acceleration could speed up the refinement of the Space Node Planet, the energy required for refinement could not be reduced at all.

It could only frantically draw energy from Lin Tianwei's body to compensate for the energy deficit caused by the rapid refinement.

This was the terrible consequence of inconsistent time flows.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the target of the Time Acceleration Talent was usually a complete individual.

Otherwise, the discrepancies caused by different time flows alone would be enough to cause insufficiently powerful individuals to disintegrate and self-destruct.

Of course.

The powerful Lin Tianwei was completely exempt from this category.

The vast energy hidden within his body was sufficient for him to cope with the Space Node Planet's demands.

As long as he could resist the negative effects, the Time Acceleration Talent would only have positive effects on him.

Ten times!

A hundred times!

A thousand times!

Lin Tianwei even felt that the degree of Time Acceleration was not enough and began even more frantic acceleration.

His body was strong enough to cope with the Space Node Planet's endless demands.

Only after accelerating time to a thousand times did Lin Tianwei feel a slight pressure and stopped the acceleration.

Under the frantic acceleration of time, the refinement of the Talent star, which would normally take several months, was completed in less than three hours this time.

The moment Lin Tianwei stopped Time Acceleration, a terrifying Star Power emanated from the Space Node Planet.

It had completed its evolution, becoming Lin Tianwei's Talent star, and also acquired a new name—Space Creation Star. (End of chapter)