105: Chapter 105: Second Lieutenant's Privileges - Tax Exemption and Discounts! Bai Ye is Jealous: Those evil privileges!

There were no welcoming banners, nor were there any senior students to guide the way.

Lin Yuan held the star key in his palm and followed the red route projected in his mind, walking alone across the surface of this grayish-black dead star.

There was no atmosphere in the sky, only several chains thick enough to span across Star Domains.

And the occasional flashes of warp light from the distant Star Gate.

Lin Yuan took a deep breath of the cold, coarse air, a flash of satisfaction in his eyes.

No nonsense, no wasting time.

He really liked the style of this school.

After walking along a metal corridor for about ten minutes, Lin Yuan arrived at an area isolated by a gravity field.

The buildings here were no longer a dense steel jungle, but rather individually distributed metal villa courtyards.

The perimeter of each courtyard was covered with a layer of translucent energy shield, emitting subtle fluctuations of the Law of space.

"Independent space, Formation defense." Lin Yuan glanced at the number on his star key.

He stopped in front of a villa labeled [079].

The school was quite generous in resource allocation, with no four-person shared dormitories.

After all, deities all had their own privacy. Many Law deductions and Divine Domain descents required an absolutely secure environment.

Lin Yuan was just about to press his star key against the access control panel.

"Oh, this back looks familiar!"

The shield of the neighboring villa [080] suddenly rippled.

A figure wearing a flashy white trench coat sauntered out.

Bai Ye.

His eyes lit up when he saw Lin Yuan. He immediately put on an extremely bright smile and hurried over in a few quick strides.

"I was wondering why the feng shui on this dead star suddenly got so much better today. It turns out Brother Lin Yuan has graced us with his presence!"

Lin Yuan paused, turning to look at Bai Ye, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

His impression of Bai Ye was actually not bad.

This guy had been extremely sneaky during the grand exam, surviving to the very end by scavenging and taking cheap advantages.

But at the life-and-death moment when the abyss Source Beasts descended,

Bai Ye had decisively self-detonated two Diamond-grade Undead Archons to buy him enough time to shatter the abyss core source.

He could be considered righteous and knew how to look at the bigger picture.

However, Lin Yuan also knew in his heart that this guy was too sly.

During the Alliance, Bai Ye had used the Void Dream Spirit to hide all his high-tier combat power completely, pretending to be poor and miserable the entire time.

If he hadn't been backed into a corner at the very end, who would have thought this guy had three Diamond-grade undead up his sleeve?

When dealing with someone like this, keeping one's guard up was a basic skill.

"Long time no see," Lin Yuan said, stopping in his tracks with a calm tone.

"It's fate!" Bai Ye leaned familiarly against the fence of Lin Yuan's yard. Not acting like a stranger at all, he immediately started chattering away.

"In our Tianhai Province, only four of us chose Starry Sky University this time, all things considered."

"You, me, Su Yueying, and that guy Xu Xingyan who plays with the starlight system."

"Chu Yunxuan went to the higher academy of the Machine Cult, that sword idiot Li Changfeng went to the Sword God Palace, and Qian Duoduo went back to his family's Dragon Island Secret Realm."

"As for the others, everyone has their own Dao, and they all headed to the academies that best fit their own Divine Domains."

"So the four of us being able to end up in the same school is definitely a reunion of fellow provincials."

Bai Ye shrugged, his tone carrying a hint of sighing emotion.

Lin Yuan nodded slightly; this was not surprising.

Although Starry Sky University was the highest academy of the Federation, its style was too ruthless.

With an extremely high mortality rate, not all family Prodigies were willing to risk their lives here.

"Right, you just got here, so you probably don't know the ropes yet." Bai Ye pointed to the largest complex of buildings in the center of the dead star in the distance.

"See that area? It's Starry Sky University's offline trading street, commonly known as the 'Myriad Worlds Trading Street'."

"In this school, besides academic credits, the hard currencies are Divine Crystals and Law fragments."

"The school encourages offline transactions. Buying and selling things on that street exempts you from all Federation taxes."

Speaking of this, Bai Ye clicked his tongue, looking resentfully at the non-existent Second Lieutenant shoulder straps on Lin Yuan's shoulders:

"But this rule probably isn't very appealing to you. As a military Second Lieutenant, you not only get tax-exempt purchases, but you also get a discount."

"The evil privileged class."

"Brother Lin Yuan, if I fancy any high-tier undead skeletons in the future, you have to help me buy them. We can easily negotiate the price difference."

"Depends on my mood." Lin Yuan ignored his sarcasm. As a member of a wealthy family clan, he had the nerve to call someone else privileged.

He asked casually, "How do credits work?"

"That is the core of Starry Sky University." Bai Ye put away his playful grin, his expression turning rare and serious.

"This school implements a free-range policy. There are no traditional midterm or final exams, and classes aren't mandatory daily."

"If you want credits, there is only one way—conquer foreign race planes, or go to the abyss frontlines to fill the trenches."

"The purchasing power of credits is absolutely terrifying."

"In the school's internal treasury, as long as you have enough credits, let alone high-tier Divine Domain construction blueprints,"

"even complete Divine Godhead Fragments, or even control over a single Law, can be redeemed for you."

Listening to Bai Ye rattle off information, the high-ponytail girl named Xia Luoluo on the spaceship suddenly flashed across Lin Yuan's mind.

If Bai Ye and Xia Luoluo were put together, the two of them could probably talk until the entire galaxy got a headache.

Like-minded Souls meeting in a desolate swamp—that was probably the picture.

However, Bai Ye was much smarter than Xia Luoluo.

Behind his chatter lay clear logic and an exchange of interests.

By providing information, he was showing goodwill to Lin Yuan and establishing an Alliance.

Lin Yuan interrupted Bai Ye's long-winded speech and asked directly, "So when do we go to plunder the foreign races and the abyss?"

Bai Ye was just getting into his stride when he was choked up by this question.

"Ah?"

Bai Ye blinked, looking at Lin Yuan's face, which seemed slightly eager to try. His brain couldn't quite process it.

"No, buddy, how is your brain wired?"

"You just got off the spaceship!"

"You haven't even put down your luggage, and your breath isn't even steady, yet you're already thinking about going to the frontlines to hack people?"

"Don't we need like three to five days of psychological preparation?"

"Don't we need to stroll around the school first, make connections with various big shots, or form some club Alliances?"

Looking at Lin Yuan, Bai Ye felt as if ten thousand Undead Bone Dragons were roaring through his mind.

But immediately after, scenes from the grand exam flashed through Bai Ye's mind.

He remembered those completely unreasonable mutated races under Lin Yuan's command.

Especially those things Lin Yuan called 'Tyrant Demons'.

Bai Ye had specifically looked up various information about Lin Yuan later, only to discover that they had actually mutated from the lowliest Grey Goblins!

"What the hell, Grey Goblins?!"

"What kind of Grey Goblins could mutate to simultaneously master the two extreme traits of [Titan] and [Stealth]?"

Even more terrifyingly, this pack of monsters grew stronger as they fought in desperate situations, with death seemingly acting as a catalyst for their evolution.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye suddenly felt relieved.

The worshipers were all a bunch of freaks who reveled in piles of corpses.

As the god of these monsters, it was only normal for his mind to be abnormal.

Forcing down the complaints in his heart, Bai Ye squeezed out a smile again.

"Cough... Brother Lin Yuan, although the school encourages practical combat, it's not that urgent," Bai Ye explained. "New students have just arrived, so there has to be an adjustment period."

"Tomorrow morning, there is a unified freshman lecture. The instructor will explain the rules for using the Star Gate and the coordinates of the first batch of planes to conquer."

"It'll probably be a matter of a few days. It'll be very quick."

"Got it, thanks."

Lin Yuan obtained the answer he wanted, didn't waste any more words, and pressed his star key against the access control panel.

*Beep.*

The fence slid open, and Lin Yuan walked straight into the courtyard, throwing back a line without turning his head: "See you tomorrow."

*Thud.*

The villa's main door closed, and the energy shield resealed, shutting out all sound and sight.

Bai Ye stood in place, looking at the closed door of the villa, and rubbed his chin.

"Just which rock crack did this pervert pop out of..."

Bai Ye muttered softly, but an interested glint ignited in his eyes.

He originally thought he had hidden deep enough and his methods were ruthless enough.

Even if he couldn't walk with his head held high in Starry Sky University, he could still make quite a splash.

But looking at it now, there were far more perverts in this place than he had imagined.

"Interesting." Bai Ye adjusted his collar. "With someone like this leading the charge, these few years of university life certainly won't be boring."

Humming an unknown tune, Bai Ye turned and strolled back to his own yard.

...

Inside the villa.

Lin Yuan looked around.

What met his eyes was a minimalist layout.

There were no extra decorations, and outside the French windows was a simulated stellar halo.

In the corner was a Fully Automatic Daily Supplies Synthesizer.

In the center of the living room was only a futon, next to which was a Smart Brain Terminal connected to the school's internal network.

Lin Yuan did not touch that smart brain, nor did he check the bedroom and bathroom.

He walked straight to the futon in the center of the living room and sat cross-legged.

Closing his eyes, his Mental Energy sank into his mind.

What he needed to do now was to thoroughly comprehend the forbidden Divine Godhead Fragment integrated into his Divine Fire.

[End and Origin].

Lin Yuan's consciousness floated in his boundless mental Sea of Consciousness.

Right in front of him, the Divine Fire that was originally dark gold now clearly carried a layer of grayish-black ghostly light.

As the Divine Fire flickered, Lin Yuan could clearly feel two completely opposite yet perfectly closed-loop powers.

On the left was the ultimate dead silence.

Depriving vitality, annihilating matter, returning everything to nothingness.

On the right was the revival of the Origin.

Reshaping in the ashes, bursting forth in destruction, endless and ceaseless.

With a thought, Lin Yuan began to actively guide this Law power to circulate through his body.

*Hiss—*

Fine blood scars cracked open on the surface of his body, a sign that his Physical Body could not withstand the erosion of the Law of [End].

But in the next second, the power of [Origin] surged, and those wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The newly grown skin and flesh gleamed with a dark blue luster like divine iron.

Destruction.

Reshaping.

Destruction again.

Reshaping again.

Lin Yuan's body switched back and forth between decay and prosperity.

He was using his own Physical Body to forcibly simulate the life-and-death struggle that his worshipers were experiencing in the Wasteland Divine Domain.

He carved this forbidden Law, bit by bit, into his bones and blood, and into the deepest depths of his Soul.