145: Chapter 145 Suspected Intelligent Life

"You have to be proactive! A good woman is afraid of a persistent man, but you get timid whenever you see a girl, and you even blush when you see a stranger. How are you supposed to stop being single?" Li Taibai said in a tone of frustration.

"Li Taibai, just you wait. What's wrong with my personality? Once I succeed in my cultivation, plenty of beautiful women will be chasing after me!" Ye Yan said defiantly.

"Then let's make a bet. Let's bet on whether you can find a girlfriend and stop being a virgin." Li Taibai chuckled.

"You're on!"

"Wait a minute! Me stop being a virgin? Are you saying you aren't one anymore?" Ye Yan seemed to realize something.

"Hehe... Yuxi and I have already 'cooked the rice'! Jie jie jie!" Li Taibai let go of Ye Yan's shoulder and bolted.

Ye Yan was stunned, his face turning bright red instantly as he squeezed three words through his teeth.

"Li... Tai... Bai!"

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The kongming mothership slowly entered the atmosphere of Shengyuan Star. Having already received notice, Jiang Zibo had taken to the sky and was flying toward the kongming.

The students inside the spaceship saw an old man with a white beard riding the wind, looking like an immortal. Their eyes lit up instantly, and the desire for cultivation filled their hearts once more.

Guided by Jiang Zibo, the spaceship landed on a vast open space not far from the Shengyuan Holy Land.

Su Fan and the others disembarked one after another.

"Elder Su, long ti—... Welcome, welcome!"

Jiang Zibo was about to say "long time no see," but before he could, he remembered that he had just met the Android Su Fan had left on Shengyuan Star yesterday, so he immediately changed it to "Welcome, welcome."

"Holy Lord Jiang, let me introduce them to you." Su Fan pointed to the Great Elder and Xia Feifei.

"You've already met General Xia, so I won't introduce her. This is the Great Elder of our Xia Country." Su Fan introduced, pointing to the Great Elder.

"Hello, Great Elder!" Jiang Zibo stepped forward and greeted him warmly.

"Hello, Holy Lord Jiang!" The Great Elder was also very enthusiastic.

"Elder Su, are these young people behind you here to learn skills on our Shengyuan Star?" Jiang Zibo asked with a smile, looking at the group of youths behind Su Fan.

"That's right, one thousand people in total. They are all young people between eighteen and twenty years old. I'll leave them in your care, Holy Lord Jiang." Su Fan said politely.

"You're too kind, Elder Su. When you return to Blue Star, don't forget to come to Shengyuan Star to pick up a group of people. Our Shengyuan Clan has also prepared a group of young people, and I hope you can look after them as well when the time comes." Jiang Zibo was also very polite.

Now, the Xia Clan and the Shenyuan Clan were both consciously moving closer and merging with each other.

After all, they shared the same roots and origin, the same genes, the same appearance, the same language, and the same script; even their cultures had many similarities.

There were many complementary aspects between the two clans. The Xia Clan had advanced technology, while the Shenyuan Clan was formidable in cultivation. If combined slightly, they might create a different kind of spark.

Of course, Jiang Zibo of the Shenyuan Clan had stated that to ensure a pure cultivation environment for the Shenyuan Clan, he did not want too much high-tech assistance.

The practice of the God-Forging Technique required very strong willpower, and such willpower definitely could not be cultivated in a greenhouse.

Su Fan had no say in this. After all, the actual ruler of Shengyuan Star was Jiang Zibo, not him.

Furthermore, through his observations, he found that the lives of the ordinary people on Shengyuan Star were actually quite good.

After more than 3 million years of development, the laws and various systems of Shengyuan Star were extremely sound. Instead, Xia Country needed to learn from the Shenyuan Clan.

Thus, the one thousand international students remained on Shengyuan Star, where they would write their own legends.

Whether any of these people would eventually succeed in their cultivation and ascend to a higher realm, Su Fan did not know for now.

The only thing he could do was silently protect them and wait for the flowers to bloom!

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The kongming mothership left Shengyuan Star and soared into the sky!

"Su Fan, where are we headed?" Xia Feifei looked at the star map on the large screen with some excitement.

This star map was an integration of the fragmented star maps from the spaceships of the Canglan Empire and the Black Dragon Empire.

"Let's wander around the southern region of the Fifth Ring first. The Canglan Empire and the Black Dragon Empire's emphasis on the Fifth Ring is too low; they didn't even label the civilizational powers." Su Fan complained.

"Maybe they don't care. After all, the civilizational powers in the Fifth Ring are all Level 0 or Level 1 Civilizations, and many are even primitive civilizations. Plus, resources are scarce, so there's nothing to covet." The Great Elder analyzed.

"Perhaps, but scarce resources aren't the same as exhausted resources." Su Fan smiled slightly.

"Red Queen, go to this area. There are relatively more stars here; there might be precious resources." Su Fan pointed to a region on the star map.

The precious resources he referred to were cosmic rarities.

For a Level 4 Civilization, many technologies required the use of various cosmic rarities to be realized.

Just as building houses in ancient times required wood, mud, and bricks, and building houses in modern times required steel and cement.

These were all essential materials!

This was also why Su Fan was so eager to head out in the kongming.

Without materials, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice. It would be impossible to independently develop level 4 gene optimization fluid and the kongming mothership.

"Target area confirmed. Distance approximately 100 light-years. Initiating Warp Drive." Red Queen's notification rang throughout the entire ship.

A distance of 100 light-years would require about 10 Space Jumps.

Space Jumps consumed dark energy crystals. If there were no cosmic rarities in that area, the cost of those 10 jumps would be wasted—a losing bargain!

Two hours later, the spaceship arrived at the area Su Fan had designated.

There were quite a few stars here, and right next to them was a very small star system.

"Red Queen, activate the sensors and scan this star system." Su Fan ordered.

"Yes, Master!"

The kongming's sensors were incredible. In just a moment, the basic information of the entire star system appeared on the large screen.

Red Queen's voice also sounded at the right time.

"Unknown star system. The star's volume is about 0.8 times that of the Sun. It has five planets, three of which are gas giants and two are terrestrial planets."

"Numbering the five planets by their distance from the unknown star: Planet One is a terrestrial planet, Planet Two is a terrestrial planet, Planet Three is a gas giant, Planet Four is a gas giant, and Planet Five is a gas giant."

"No technological civilization detected in the unknown star system, but a large number of life signals have been scanned on Planet Two."

"Planet Two has a volume 1.1 times that of Blue Star. It has a dense atmosphere with a more complex composition than Blue Star. Humans cannot survive on it without life-support equipment."

Hearing this, Su Fan felt a slight stir of excitement. He hadn't expected to discover life so soon after arriving in an unfamiliar region.

It seemed that life might indeed be very common in the universe.

During the former era of many nations, a civilization that hadn't even left its home planet actually had people who believed Blue Star was the only planet in the universe to harbor life.

How parochial and arrogant!

"Red Queen, approach Planet Two immediately!" Su Fan ordered.

"Yes, Master!"

Ten minutes later, the spaceship made a jump and arrived outside the atmosphere of Planet Two.

"Red Queen, open the sensors. I want to see what kind of life is on this planet. Hopefully, there is intelligent life." Su Fan said expectantly.

"Scanning..."

"Scan complete!"

"Detected a population of suspected intelligent life!"

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