Chapter 638 363: I am the Star Lord

"We're finally here!"

"Oh my god, this planet is huge!"

"So beautiful..."

Seeing the vast and beautiful Zexing, the people on the ship were even more excited than Su Ze.

In truth, although Zexing was dozens of times larger than Blue Star, it wasn't particularly big by cosmic standards. Planets much larger than Zexing were commonplace.

Before landing on Zexing, Su Ze used the Magic Cube's detection system to scan the surrounding Star Realm. As expected, he found no signs of life.

Besides Zexing, there wasn't a single habitable planet in the vicinity. It was a desolate and remote area.

But this was a good thing. It meant they were less likely to be discovered.

Zexing looked like an ordinary, habitable planet. External scans showed that it had not awakened its evolutionary power.

A planet that was habitable but hadn't awakened its evolutionary power, located in a remote area with no prosperous star realms nearby—no race with any real power in the universe would give such a planet a second glance.

Even the Bag Race would likely find Zexing too remote and sparsely traveled, making it unsuitable for their roadside robberies.

However, Su Ze knew that the planets Mr. Ao had previously smelted and combined to form Zexing had all already awakened their evolutionary power.

Therefore, Zexing did, in fact, possess evolutionary power. It was just that Mr. Ao had gathered and compressed it within the planet's core.

Only Su Ze, the Star Lord, had the authority to unseal the evolutionary power within the core and allow all life on Zexing to begin evolving. But Su Ze had no plans to do so in the short term.

'Unsealing the evolutionary power would be like lighting a lamp in the dead of night. It would attract attention from all quarters.'

'Their current strength was clearly not yet at a level where they could afford to expose themselves.'

Of course, there were downsides to not unsealing the evolutionary power. Namely, Zexing would be unable to produce new evolutionary resources.

This "evolutionary power" wasn't like the Spiritual Qi in cultivation novels. Evolvers didn't need to absorb it for their daily training or anything of the sort.

For an evolver, evolutionary power was an energy they produced themselves. No matter what environment they lived in, an evolver was still an evolver.

Living on a planet that hadn't awakened its evolutionary power wouldn't affect their evolution, nor would it hinder their training and combat.

But if a planet didn't awaken its evolutionary power, it couldn't produce evolutionary resources. There would be no Evolution Ore, no Exotic Beasts, and no Spiritual Plants.

Even the descendants of these thirty thousand humans from Blue Star would be unable to evolve.

The role of evolutionary power was to subtly transform the life and resources, like minerals, on the planet, setting them on the path of evolution.

In short, what already existed would be unaffected, but nothing new would emerge.

Whether it was Exotic Beasts, Spiritual Plants, or humans, those who had already evolved could continue to do so. But those who had not been baptized and transformed by the evolutionary power could not set foot on the path of evolution.

'However, these aren't immediate problems. Or rather, they can all be overcome.'

'In terms of resources, Senior Mr. Ao was said to have left behind some reserves. Plus, although Zexing won't produce new resources, it surely still has plenty of old ones. After all, it was formed from the fusion of multiple Evolutionary Planets. A starved camel is still bigger than a horse. The resources might even be richer than Blue Star's.'

Su Ze and the others had also brought a considerable amount of evolutionary resources from Blue Star, so they wouldn't have to worry in the short term.

'As for their descendants being unable to evolve, that's even less of an urgent matter.'

'Humans on Blue Star all began their path to evolution by absorbing their first vial of extractant during their adolescence. Any earlier, and their bodies wouldn't be mature enough, making it unsuitable.'

'Even if these thirty thousand people from Blue Star start having children the moment they land, this issue won't need to be addressed for another decade or so.'

'Perhaps in a decade or so, I'll be confident enough to have already unsealed Zexing's evolutionary power long before then.'

Su Ze didn't rush to land. Instead, he circled Zexing several times to get a general understanding of the planet.

Overall, it wasn't much different from Blue Star. It had oceans and continents, mountains and lakes, deserts and forests... the geography was much the same.

It just had a larger surface area and was more primitive, with untouched, primordial landscapes everywhere.

During this process, Su Ze's sharp eyes spotted a few building complexes. He understood these must have been built by the powerful experts who had come from Blue Star.

Additionally, Zexing's vegetation was lush and its animal population was enormous. However, when Su Ze scanned with the Magic Cube, he found that while he could occasionally detect one or two Spiritual Plants, there wasn't a single Exotic Beast.

It wasn't hard to understand with a little thought. Mr. Ao had been dead for a thousand years, so the planet must have been constructed over a millennium ago. With no new evolved life having been born for over a thousand years, any Exotic Beasts left over from that time would have long since died out.

Spiritual Plants, on the other hand, had managed to survive to this day, as some species had extremely long lifespans.

However, resources like underground minerals wouldn't disappear with the passage of time.

Also, there were surely many materials left behind from the bodies of dead Exotic Beasts and Spiritual Plants. Many of these materials were incorruptible and could be preserved for many years.

Su Ze even suspected that there might be many buried "wondrous items" on Zexing. After an Exotic Beast or Spiritual Plant died, its Evolutionary Material could combine with a part of its body, creating a chance for a "wondrous item" to be produced.

These were all resources waiting to be developed, and it would be the job of the thirty thousand people Su Ze brought with him for a long time to come.

After completing a full circle, Su Ze began to control the Magic Cube's descent.

As they approached the surface, the Inheritance Crystal in Su Ze's dantian reappeared. This object was proof of his ownership of the planet.

The moment the Inheritance Crystal appeared, Su Ze established a connection with a location somewhere beneath the surface.

'That must be the underground base Mr. Ao built.'

Following this connection, he had the Magic Cube descend toward the location of the underground base.