Time swiftly passed by for five years.

In five years, the Lucky Rabbit Squad grew significantly, with everyone reaching the Extraordinary Level, and He Yun even reaching the Peak of the Extraordinary Level.

Thanks to He Yun's capabilities, they could always choose the most suitable and profitable missions.

During this process, their reputation also rose to rank among the top five hundred thousand on Xirang.

Meanwhile, they recruited two newcomers, named Kali and Aixiu.

Kali is a humanist and also possesses telekinetic abilities; he looks like a blue octopus with a notably large head, typically floating in the air.

Aixiu is a silicon-based lifeform; his core is only as large as a fist, usually appearing as a morphable, two-meter-diameter nano-metal sphere with strong abilities across the board.

At this moment, in the base, He Yun was wiping his Light Beam Gun, looking very solemn.

According to the information he received, the war between the Chatong Civilization and Bo Yu Civilization had reached a climax.

The area around Origin Star had already become a hunting zone and was completely locked down.

He had originally thought that even if he couldn't become a Transcendent Level powerhouse, he could build a spaceship to immigrate the people from Origin Star to live elsewhere.

But now, this alternative plan has also been aborted.

The Chatong Civilization doesn't accept their negotiations.

Weak ones have absolutely no qualification to communicate with them.

The entire star realm over there is sealed off, and with their strength, they absolutely can't get in.

Unless a true Transcendent Level powerhouse is willing to help, the Chatong Civilization might give them a bit of favor.

But they don't have the connections, nor can they afford to ask such a person for help.

He put down the weapon in his hand and touched the Lucky Rabbit on his chest.

For years, he went wherever the dead lay most.

In the cosmos, those with high fortune, the death of Extraordinary Level wise beings, could at least provide yellow fortune, with some offering even more due to identity or status.

Currently, he accumulated over a thousand units of orange fortune, yet achieving Transcendent Level through such fortune seems distant.

A direct and safe opportunity for promotion, even now, requires more than forty-six thousand units of orange fortune.

He wants to take a gamble.

Relying on fortune to bring the opportunity over, the risk doesn't matter.

Having the chance in hand is what counts.

As for whether it can be grasped, that's another matter.

With a turn of mind, the thousand two hundred and thirty-one units of orange fortune he accumulated consumed entirely.

Then, he began waiting for the result to come.

Time passed.

Three days later, an item appeared in the Lucky Rabbit Mercenary Squad's base.

A stone cone full of strange patterns that Kali picked up.

Everyone gathered to study it.

"Such a grand energy response, where did it come from?" You Xi'er looked at Kali curiously and asked.

"Found it within a pile of drone debris," Kali said, "Could not analyze what it is for the time being."

Nearby, Aixiu swiftly approached, projecting various rays on the sphere's surface to scan it, then voiced, "Material can't be analyzed; energy level reached Transcendent Level, with unique radiation fluctuations, preliminarily judged, could be a Cosmic Treasure."

"Cosmic Treasure? How did it end up here? Those drones' civilization identified?" Zhang Peishan asked.

"Just common flying box drones; can't determine which civilization they belong to," Jiang Yu said.

"Lin, do you have any opinions?" Kali looked at Lin Qianxuan and asked.

Although Lin Qianxuan was a plant researcher logistics officer, his academic level was actually silently acknowledged as the most superior in the team.

The biological symbiotic armor he and Zhang Peishan developed was more useful than ordinary Extraordinary Level Battle Armor.

The defense and attribute enhancements were unreasonably high, and it could self-repair, with extremely low maintenance costs.

Currently, the team's most profitable project is this technology.

It allows them to sit back and collect money.

"I feel like it's a rule creation," Lin Qianxuan certainly knows its origin, but he must role-play immersively and cannot reveal the answer, looking to Ling'Er he asked, "Ling'Er, what do you think?"

Ling'Er appeared to ponder and then said, "It's the Qilin's Horn."

"Qilin's Horn?" He Yun, wondering what exactly it was, looked towards Ling'Er and asked.

"News."

Ling'Er, with a thought, projected a piece of news information from a projector.

Where it turned out, this was discovered by a second-level civilization named Hade on a planet of an indigenous civilization.

The indigenous civilization had a large population, worshipping a naturally formed gigantic stone Qilin as their belief.

Through countless years of worship, that stone Qilin truly evolved into a Transcendent Level deity.

Then came the arrival of the Hade Civilization, using technological products to massacre the natives and mining from the planet.

This act activated the Qilin deity.

The Qilin deity battled the Hade Civilization, eventually protecting the natives yet was shattered by a battleship's particle cannon, leaving a native already integrated into the interstellar society fleeing with the Qilin's Horn.

Currently, the Hade Civilization is searching for the Qilin's Horn everywhere.

"So that's how it is."

Everyone suddenly realized.

But then it became a bit silent.

"Hade Civilization is an established secondary civilization; we should be able to trade it for some benefits with them," said Kali.

"We must keep it," He Yun said solemnly.

He had already determined that this was the key to his advancement to the Transcendent Level.

Of course, it couldn't be given away.

"Really, captain, they're not exactly the kind-hearted type. If they find out the Qilin Horn is in our hands, it won't end well!" Jiang Yu exclaimed, wide-eyed.

"My intuition tells me it can help me ascend to the Transcendent Level," He Yun said simply.

The moment he said this, everyone paused momentarily before becoming excited.

Once He Yun ascends to the Transcendent Level, just by himself alone would be enough to have an entire secondary civilization treat them like royalty, and a tertiary civilization would also have to give face.

When an individual's power reaches a certain level, their deterrent force can even surpass that of an entire civilization.

"If this works out, wouldn't we achieve a top ten honored status on Xirang?" Kali said.

"Captain, do you know how to use it?"

Aixiu asked the key question.

"I don't know," He Yun shook his head and replied.

"Grind it into powder and eat it?" Kali suggested.

"I don't think it's such a crude method of use. Given our current means, it's clearly impossible to grind something intact even under the bombardment of a main ship-level particle cannon into powder," Jiang Yu raised an eyebrow.

"I was just trying to lighten the mood," Kali said with an awkward smile.

"I have read related records, and it seems that such things often require long-term wear, play, creating a certain bond, and establishing a quantum connection with it before one can harness its power..." Zhang Peishan said, "If necessary, you can even apply bodily fluids like blood to it. Within a few months at the fastest, you'll succeed in acquiring its energy and rules."

"We don't have that much time; Hade Civilization has already sent us a notification letter!"

Aixiu played a projection screen.

In it, a member of Hade Civilization, a creature with eight eyes and six limbs, was issuing a warning to Lucky Rabbit Squad, demanding the return of the Qilin Horn.

"Xirang Star can protect us, right...?" Kali asked uncertainly.

"Clearly not," You Xi'er said with a serious expression, "The observer from Xirang never involves themselves in disputes; this platform is just a platform, with each management having their own thoughts. And facing the pressure and inducements from a secondary civilization, we are only an honorable 5 millionth level Extraordinary Level mercenary squad, anyone can easily make a decision."

Everyone's expressions became subtle.

"Let's vote, to hand it over or keep it, if there are more than three votes, I'll hand it to the Hade Civilization," He Yun said.

Although he wants to advance to the Extraordinary Level and save his own homeland, this is also a matter for their entire team.

"Captain, what do you think?" You Xi'er asked.

"I want to keep it, I need greater strength to negotiate with Chatong Civilization; our civilization is already on the brink of extinction..." He Yun said straightly, "This is my selfish wish."

"If we had a captain at the Extraordinary Level protecting us, wouldn't we walk sideways on Xirang?" Kali squeezed out a somewhat comical smile on its octopus head and said, "Let's keep it!"

"The benefits far outweigh the risks, I also suggest keeping it," Aixiu said.

He Yun looked towards Jiang Yu and Lin Qianxuan.

"We're all people from Origin Star, do we even need to vote?" Jiang Yu said as he slung an arm around Zhang Peishan's shoulders.

The two had gone through life and death in an incident, and their friendship had already become a bit more than that.

Lin Qianxuan smiled as he held Ling'Er's hand and said, "We also want to witness the birth of an Extraordinary Level firsthand."

He Yun was touched, nodding and declared, "I will surely not let you down..."

.....

"I have let you down!"

In the universe, there was a spaceship with a huge Lucky Rabbit icon flying swiftly.

They were on the run.

The day after the notification from Hade Civilization, they were chased out of Xirang.

What followed was being pursued by Hade Civilization.

After losing several frigates, they barely managed to escape.

However, the main ship also took two hits, likely unable to fly far.

During this process, He Yun tried various methods, but still couldn't establish a connection with the Qilin Horn.

He smeared his own blood and saliva on it, even slept with it for two nights, calling it 'baby' numerous times.

Yet, clearly, these superficial methods held little to no meaning.

"Captain, it was a decision we made together; naturally we also bear the risk together. Now isn't the time for self-pity, you must pull yourself together!" Kali said.

"I understand, I understand!!"

He Yun took a deep breath, looked at the star map, pondering the next move, and soon made a decision.

"We're heading to the Bamo Star Realm!"

"What?" Kali said confusedly, "That's a forbidden zone, captain. It's an ancient battlefield, countless Transcendent Level masters have died there, even Observation Level ones have perished. If we approach, the massive spiritual magnetic field will disable our ship's systems, and once in, there's no coming out..."

"Hade Civilization's systems will also fail. If we don't go there, we'll be caught in at most one more day," He Yun said with deep eyes, "Moreover, I want to know if there's any lingering chance left by those who died tens of thousands of years ago!"

Kali didn't quite understand what He Yun meant by lingering chance, but still followed He Yun's instructions and adjusted the course towards the forbidden zone.

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