Chapter 174: Liu Rongrong’s Conjecture

He Xu and the others came from ordinary families. They had gotten into Red Cloud Academy based solely on their own talent.

Liu Rongrong’s family was fairly wealthy. She rented a two-bedroom apartment outside of campus for studying and relaxing, but she still spent most of her time living at the school.

…

“Huang, this is the bathroom and washroom. It’s where you go to the toilet and take a shower. Come on, I’ll teach you how to use everything… He Xu and the others will be back with your personal supplies in a little while…”

Liu Rongrong led Li Ye around, demonstrating how to use various modern household items. Her words treated him like a complete savage.

“Rongrong, I can read. My master taught me,” Li Ye said. He picked up a bottle of shampoo, glanced at the instructions, and put it back down.

The instructions were written in traditional characters, which he could read perfectly.

Traditional characters were a required subject for every Time Traveler, a mandatory part of their training.

“Ahaha!” Liu Rongrong laughed awkwardly. “I forgot again. I keep thinking of you as a native-born savage.”

Li Ye smiled. “Do you have any books? I’d like to learn about the Federation from them.”

“Who reads books besides for class!” Liu Rongrong said. “We all use internet terminals. The internet has everything. Come on, I’ll teach you how to get online.”

“Okay.” Li Ye nodded.

Liu Rongrong led Li Ye to her bedroom. Seeing the personal items she had casually tossed on the bed, she quickly gathered them up, stuffed them under the covers, and looked at Li Ye shyly. “Sorry, it’s a little messy.”

As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Li Ye.

In truth, her room wasn’t messy at all; it even smelled faintly fragrant. The little trick of quickly hiding her underwear and socks was something she’d learned from a manga.

‘Adolescent boys are full of curiosity about girls’ bodies and have all sorts of strange fantasies. A move like this always piques their curiosity and desire to explore…’

‘Li Ye is handsome, powerful, and cool, with a mysterious background and a kind of heart-wrenching innocence. He even has a name that’s only a single word…’

‘Compared to him, guys like He Xu are just chumps, completely outclassed.’

‘Li Ye descended like a god from heaven to save them from the Black-winged Bats, then deadpanned that his name was Huang while offering them a pile of top-quality Star Beads to choose from…’

She had only known Li Ye for a few hours, but these scenes were already deeply etched into her mind.

Her heart and mind were completely filled with thoughts of this boy.

‘I have to seize this fate that belongs to me! I’ll be the first girl to enter Li Ye’s heart. I don’t even mind being his first teacher in these matters!’

Unfortunately, her whole performance was wasted on a blind man.

Upon entering her bedroom, Li Ye’s expression didn’t change in the slightest—it was no different from when he’d entered the bathroom. He scanned the room once before his gaze locked onto her terminal screen.

‘What a clueless little boy. He probably doesn’t even distinguish between men and women in his mind!’

‘Hmph!’

‘Just wait until you get lost in the internet. Then you’ll see how great I am!’

Liu Rongrong muttered to herself and pushed Li Ye down into the chair. Then, she leaned over, her hair naturally brushing against Li Ye’s face as she said gently, “Come on, I’ll teach you how to use it. You can find anything on the internet…”

Li Ye raised a hand to stop Liu Rongrong’s head from pressing against his, pushing her to the side. He frowned and said, “Rongrong, don’t get so close to me. I’m afraid I won’t be able to control myself and might snap your neck.”

Of course he knew what Liu Rongrong was trying to do.

‘I’ve been through three worlds, and in every one, I stood at the very peak. The women who flocked to my side were all supreme beauties. With looks like Liu Rongrong’s, she wouldn’t even qualify to be my pet…’

‘If I didn’t need to use her to cover my identity and learn about this world, I would have left as soon as we entered West River City. Who has the patience to play house with a few kids?’

Besides, Li Ye didn’t believe for a second that He Xu and the others could actually get him an ID.

…

‘Snap my neck?’

‘My boobs were practically pressed against the back of your head, and all you could think about was snapping my neck? You really are a barbarian!’

Liu Rongrong was left speechless.

However, when she remembered the environment Li Ye had grown up in, she took a deep breath and couldn’t help but chuckle.

‘Alright!’

‘I was too hasty.’

‘The wilderness is full of Mutant Beasts. Li Ye probably has to sleep with one eye open. It’s only normal for him to be on guard after being suddenly thrust into civilized society.’

‘Living among so many people all of a sudden… who knows how insecure he must feel!’

‘Can’t rush things. Take it slow!’

Liu Rongrong let out a soft breath. “Huang, don’t be nervous. There are no Mutant Beasts in the Federation. No one is going to hurt you. You’re very safe.”

“Mm, I’ll try to adapt,” Li Ye nodded and asked, “How do you use this?”

“I’ll teach you. The personal terminal requires a login, so you can use my account for now. Once we figure out how to get you an ID, you can apply for your own account,” Liu Rongrong said. “The terminal is very simple to operate. If you want to look something up, just use a search engine. The writing pad on the desk is the input device…”

The smart devices in every world were designed to be user-friendly; they were all very simple to control.

After Liu Rongrong gave a brief explanation, Li Ye understood how to use it.

But Li Ye was committed to his role. The first thing he typed into the terminal was the two words “Wanxiang City.” As expected, the search came up with nothing.

Seeing Li Ye’s grim expression, Liu Rongrong said, “I told you, your master lied to you. He’s a fraud.”

“Mm.” Li Ye responded faintly and continued browsing the web. This time, he searched for Star Power.

Star Power was a Cultivation Technique that everyone in the Federation was required to practice, starting from the age of six. The cultivation method involved drawing starlight from the sky into one’s body.

At the age of twelve, they would sense the stars in the sky, channel Star Power, and illuminate the corresponding acupoints in their bodies. The star whose power they channeled would become their Life Star.

“The first Life Star a person awakens is their Main Star,” Liu Rongrong explained from the side. “The strength of one’s Main Star determines their future accomplishments. The strongest Main Star is the Lunar Star, because the Lunar Star is closest to us, and the Star Power it casts is the most concentrated.”

“Next are the five planets: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. They belong to the same star system as us…”

“After that come Celestial King, Neptune, and Pluto…”

“And then there’s the Big Dipper, the Twenty-Eight Constellations…”

Li Ye stared at the Star Map on the screen, stunned. The Star Map he was looking at was extremely similar to Earth’s, almost like a one-to-one replica.

He had been through three different worlds, and the starry sky he saw when he looked up had been different in each one…

‘What does this mean?’

‘A twin to the Solar System?’

‘Or a true Parallel Universe?’

Li Ye’s instincts told him something was wrong. He continued to look through the Star Map, and the more he looked, the more familiar it became.

He not only saw the Twenty-Eight Constellations, but also Big Horn, Celestial Eagle, Celestial Swallow, Wenchang, and Fate…

“My awakened Life Star is Phecda. It’s a support star, focused on healing. The Star Skills I awakened are Blessing and Healing,” Liu Rongrong said. “On the battlefield, I can replenish my teammates’ Life Energy and help them recover from injuries.”

“He Xu’s Main Life Star is Po Jun, which specializes in offense and killing. The Star Skill he awakened is Thrust, which allows him to unleash three hundred percent of his power and speed for a short time…”

“Who has awakened the Lunar Star?” Li Ye asked.

“The Federal War God, Qin Tian. His first awakened Life Star was the Lunar Star.” Speaking of Qin Tian, Liu Rongrong’s face filled with reverence. “He became a Tier-Nine master in his thirties. After awakening his Life Star, he never lost a single battle.”

As she spoke, she pulled up Qin Tian’s profile.

At twelve, awakened the Life Star Taiyin. In the same year, broke through to Tier Two, subsequently awakening auxiliary stars such as Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

At thirteen, awakened thirty Life Stars, broke through to Tier Three, and successfully awakened the Star Skill Frost…

At fourteen, awakened eighty Life Stars, broke through to Tier Four, awakened the Star Skill Flash Freeze, and was admitted early to Qingmu University…

…

At thirty-one, successfully awakened 365 Life Stars and was granted the title of Federal War God.

…

“Besides Qin Tian, the previous Federal War God, Wang Feng, also awakened the Lunar Star,” Liu Rongrong said. “Anyone who awakens the Lunar Star will, without exception, become a Tier-Nine master, as long as they don’t die prematurely.”

“No, I should say they become the top masters. They all have the ability to fight opponents of a higher tier.”

“Qin Tian was born into an ordinary family, but now, the Qin Family is the number one family in the Federation, spanning the three realms of military, politics, and business, with countless masters in their ranks.”

“It’s said that Qin Tian has more than forty wives, all of them the cherished daughters of other prominent families. His eldest son, Qin Haichuan, also awakened the Life Star Taiyin…”

‘Qin Tian?’

‘That’s clearly a Long Aotian!’

Li Ye glanced at Qin Tian’s profile, scoffed, and asked, “Hasn’t anyone ever awakened the Sun Star?”

“Huang, everyone who has ever tried to introduce Sun Star Power into their body has been burned to death,” Liu Rongrong said. “The Sun Star is the ultimate in yang and rigidity; no one can withstand the Sun Star’s Star Power. You absolutely must not get any ideas…”

“Eight hundred years ago, there was a prodigy named Yu Chen whose first awakened star was also Taiyin. He tried to use Taiyin’s Ice Cold Power to counteract the Sun Star’s scorching heat,”

“Even though he tried to introduce Sun Star Power into his body at sunrise, when its Star Power is at its weakest, he was still burned to death. After that, people just accepted that Sun Star Power was impossible to absorb.”

“Huang, I know you want to cultivate Star Power, but don’t do anything stupid!”

“Even the Ice Cold Power of the Lunar Star is something most people can’t withstand. But the good thing about the Lunar Star, compared to the Sun Star, is that you can stop at any time before you freeze solid if you decide you don’t want to absorb it.”

“Oh!” Li Ye nodded. “Rongrong, is there a Cultivation Technique for Introducing Star Force into the Body available online?”

“Yes,” Liu Rongrong nodded. “The Cultivation Technique for Introducing Star Force into the Body is public knowledge. If you want to absorb Star Power, I can be your Protector tonight. You can defeat a Tier-Seven master without even using Star Power for Body Refining, so I think you could definitely try absorbing Taiyin Star Power directly.”

Suddenly, her eyes widened. “Your master left you in the Ruins to train… don’t tell me his plan was to have you build up a strong physique so you could directly absorb Taiyin Star Power!”

“I remember there was a theory about this in the Federation a long time ago. Using external forces for Body Refining, then channeling Star Power after the body was strong enough. But didn’t they say that experiment failed?”

“The speed of Body Refining through external forces couldn’t compare to Body Refining with Star Power from the start. Could it be… they didn’t stop the experiment, but instead placed the test subjects in Ruins where starlight never reaches…”

“Maybe their target wasn’t the Lunar Star, but the Sun Star…”