Chapter 58: Checking In at Ruin No. 12

Time raced by, and before long, the period during which Wang Kun could remain in this alternate world was drawing to a close. Over the years, even Su Quan, the weakest among his beautiful female warriors, had recently broken through to the second tier of the planetary level. The earliest practitioners, Xia Tian and Zhang Yijun, had each surpassed the fourth tier of the planetary level. As for Wang Kun himself, he still lingered at planetary level three, finding that, with his talent, advancing further became increasingly difficult. Unlike his female warriors, who could gradually accumulate strength and break through to new levels, Wang Kun’s progress was harder won.

He wasn’t sure what the ultimate potential of these women would be, but judging by their current trajectory, reaching the star and cosmic levels seemed merely a matter of time. His Mo Yun Vine remained at the planetary level, but appeared close to breaking through to the stellar level as well.

Collecting his thoughts, Wang Kun prepared briefly, then departed this world with his cadre of beautiful warriors. The nation he had established, Shen Zhou, he left in the hands of A Ke, Shuang’er, Mu Jianping, Fang Yi, and Zeng Rou. Wang Kun felt little affection for these plot-driven heroines, but since they had shared intimate experiences with him in this world, he naturally wished to leave them a legacy upon his departure.

To ensure they could defend this heritage, Wang Kun spent the past ten years training them all to the planetary level. He also entrusted them with the secret techniques of the Yin Mo Star lineage. Their ultimate progress would depend on their own innate abilities.

Returning to the world of Swallowing the Starry Sky, Wang Kun was immediately greeted by a system notification.

“Hmm, this world actually yielded another 2,000 attribute points. It seems the most effective way to harvest gains in an alternate world is to dominate it entirely!”

Delighted by the bounty, Wang Kun wasted no time, allocating all points to his talent stat. Once his talent reached 1,000, he discovered he could not add any more points. Only after maxing out both comprehension and bloodline would further increases be possible.

Faced with this result, Wang Kun acted decisively, raising his comprehension to 1,000 as well, and bloodline to 800. Perhaps due to these enhancements, he broke through to planetary level four on the very day he returned to the Swallowing the Starry Sky world. A few days later, his Mo Yun Vine showed signs of breaking through, prompting Wang Kun to teleport to a deserted wilderness, where his Mo Yun Vine advanced to the stellar level.

“Now that Mo Yun Vine has reached the stellar level, I can finally explore the No. 12 Ruins, one of Earth’s three great forbidden zones.”

With his current strength and the protection of Mo Yun Vine, even formidable figures like Hong and Thunder God would have no choice but to submit if they encountered him. The No. 12 Ruins had once been accessible to Luo Feng at merely planetary level; with Wang Kun’s stellar-level Mo Yun Vine, entry posed no difficulty.

About an hour later, clad in blood-red battle armor, Wang Kun plunged into the depths of the Pacific Ocean, infiltrating the interior of the No. 12 Ruins. The ruins themselves lay within an interstellar spacecraft; anything removable had long since been stripped away by humanity’s strongest. The true treasure was a sealed chamber containing a pristine antique Black Dragon spaceship.

Wang Kun passed unimpeded into this sealed chamber. Gazing at the obsidian disc-shaped vessel before him, he entered the passageway within the Black Dragon ship. The moment he stepped inside, his system prompted him:

Beep! Special location check-in: (Activated. Current special location detected: Earth’s No. 12 Ruins, Black Dragon Mountain X81-class adventure ship.)

Delighted by the system’s sweet notification, Wang Kun mentally recited the system’s activation command.

“Deep Blue, I want to check in!”

Beep! Check-in successful!

Beep! Host check-in successful—congratulations, host has received: the latest B9-class ship from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, citizenship in the Empire, and a system-exclusive auxiliary light brain.

Hearing these notifications, Wang Kun’s eyes shone with excitement.

“The system truly delivers. With these rewards, there’s no need to venture deeper into the Black Dragon ship. After all, the ship’s intelligence is still functioning. Luo Feng managed to control the vessel thanks to Babata, the intelligence of the Yin Mo Star, but I lack such means.”

Shaking his head, Wang Kun decisively exited the ship’s passageway. Because he didn’t go further, he avoided any attacks within the passage. With the system’s generous rewards, there was no need to bother with the largely obsolete Black Dragon ship. If he truly needed a vessel, he could, once stronger, simply acquire the mechanical clan’s ship in Bermuda—a far superior E-class vessel compared to the Black Dragon Mountain ship.

Teleporting away, Wang Kun left the depths of the Pacific’s No. 12 Ruins. Arriving at a random deserted island, he proceeded to claim his system rewards.

His new ship was a disc-shaped, jet-black vessel, 110 meters in diameter—the latest B9-class model from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, boasting superior technology and defenses compared to the ship within the No. 12 Ruins. The old ship’s high price was due mostly to its solid metallic construction.

After a cursory inspection, Wang Kun turned his attention to the other two system rewards.