Hard to Say

"Lin Xi—requesting access."

Ye Chuan heard the voice and said casually, "Come in."

The moment the doorbell rang, the butler robot 073 had already glided to the door, scanned to confirm her identity, and opened it.

Lin Xi stood at the door holding two large shopping bags. Her hair was a bit messy, clearly having just rushed over from the branch office.

Seeing Ye Chuan sitting on the living room sofa, she quickly bowed respectfully:

"Mr. Ye, sorry to disturb you. I took the liberty of bringing some groceries and daily necessities."

"Come in," Ye Chuan lifted his eyelids and pointed to the sofa next to him. "No need to be so formal, have a seat anywhere."

"Beep beep boop boop." 073 took the shopping bags from Lin Xi's hands and glided into the kitchen to sort and store them.

Lin Xi sat carefully on the edge of the sofa, hands resting on her knees, like a student waiting to be scolded by a teacher.

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She secretly observed the villa, clicking her tongue in awe inwardly.

This mountaintop villa was originally prepared by the Federation for visiting leaders. The decoration and facilities were top-tier, but now it had become the temporary residence of this mysterious powerhouse.

Well, let him stay. It was better than having him dismantle District 7 entirely.

The man in front of her definitely had the power to do so.

"Mr. Ye, if there is anything you are not used to, or if you need anything, please tell me anytime."

Lin Xi offered proactively,

"The branch office has already made arrangements. From now on, I will be your exclusive liaison, on standby 24 hours a day. If you don't mind, I can come over every day to clean and cook for you."

"No need for the trouble," Ye Chuan waved his hand and said lightly. "073 can handle all that. But if you're free, it just so happens I have a lot of things I want to ask you."

"Okay!" Lin Xi nodded immediately, a hint of joy flashing in her eyes.

"I was just looking at the terminal, and it says there are many cultivation civilizations in the Infinite Star Domain?" Ye Chuan cut straight to the chase.

"Yes." Lin Xi quickly picked up her own terminal and opened the star map section.

A pale blue holographic star map unfolded in front of the two of them. Countless flashing dots covered the entire screen, with each dot representing a planet.

"According to the Federation's latest statistics, among the explored planets in the entire Infinite Star Domain, there are about 67 million that possess cultivation civilizations." Lin Xi zoomed in on a specific area.

"The nearest cultivation planet is 327 light-years away from here. Taking the fastest warp ship, it would only take seven days to arrive."

"Sixty-seven million..." Ye Chuan muttered to himself.

Wait, that many?

The Profound Sky Continent originally allowed for ascension. Countless cultivators exhausted their entire lives just to shatter the void and ascend to the Immortal Realm.

But for some unknown reason, no one had successfully ascended recently.

Even Ye Chuan, who had directly broken through and been struck by heavenly lightning, couldn't do it.

Ye Chuan even suspected that after ascending, one might just end up in this Infinite Star Domain, but perhaps due to some special reasons, the passageway had been cut off?

Maybe there was a Profound Sky Continent planet right here in this star domain.

"Is there any way to learn about the situations on these cultivation planets?" Ye Chuan asked.

He couldn't possibly search them one by one. If he did that, he wouldn't find traces of the Profound Sky Continent's ascenders in a million years.

Moreover, he still needed to find a way to locate the coordinates of parallel worlds.

Busy, he was very busy.

"Of course there is!" Lin Xi smiled and tapped on a colorful musical note icon.

"Use this. It's called Star Domain TikTok. This is a short video app used throughout the entire Infinite Star Domain, covering more than fifty percent of the known planets."

"Whether it's a cultivation planet, a technological planet, or a beastman planet, people post videos on it. Not only can you watch, but you can also turn on the immersive experience, which makes you feel like you're actually there."

Ye Chuan raised an eyebrow, his interest piqued.

Following Lin Xi's instructions, he opened the app on his terminal.

The interface looked very much like the TikTok in his memory, except the IP display at the top was no longer a country and region, but "Star Domain Federation B231 District 7."

The first recommended video on the homepage was a tiger-tribe girl from a beastman star domain dancing.

"Tap this immersive button," Lin Xi guided from the side.

Ye Chuan did as he was told.

The next second, a faint scent of vanilla rushed at his face, and cheerful beastman folk music rang in his ears.

"Follow Meow Meow, follow Meow Meow, thank you, meow." A blonde girl with furry tiger ears and a tail seemed to be dancing right in front of him. Her fluffy tail brushed across his arm, bringing a soft sensation.

"It's this realistic?" Ye Chuan was surprised.

"This is the latest neural connection technology. It can simulate sight, hearing, touch, and even smell," Lin Xi explained.

"However, it can only simulate harmless sensory stimulation. If there is dangerous content in the video, the system will automatically block it."

Ye Chuan started scrolling with great interest.

"Hey guys, today I'm going to show you all how to fly on a sword across a sea of clouds, hit that follow button!"

He saw a sword cultivator from a cultivation star domain shuttling through a sea of clouds on a flying sword. The camera dove down with him, and one could feel the biting wind scraping past their cheeks.

"Mechas, the immortal star soul! Hit follow to activate immediately!"

He saw a mecha pilot from a technological star domain driving a hundred-meter-tall mecha, slaughtering on an interstellar battlefield, the roar of artillery fire deafening.

There were even people posting videos of exploring the edges of space-time rifts. The distorted space and hideous mutants in the footage were enough to make one feel nauseous.

"This app is quite convenient." Ye Chuan turned off the immersive experience, feeling a bit left wanting more.

"Yes, nowadays everyone uses this to learn about the cultures of other planets," Lin Xi said with a smile. "Many people from different star domains meet through this app and eventually travel across galaxies to meet in person and get married."

Ye Chuan nodded.

Interesting.

Quite interesting.

"Do you have tools for cross-space-time travel here?"

"Space-time—"

The smile on Lin Xi's face instantly froze, and she shook her head awkwardly.

"No, space-time teleportation technology is a top-level secret of the Federation and only exists in the core star domains. In a border D-class star domain like our District 7, we only have a few warp ships, let alone a space-time teleporter."

So that was how it was. Then Ke Ning's level was indeed very high, considering he could build one by hand.

Ye Chuan nodded thoughtfully.

Then he could enjoy the local customs here for a while before setting off to check out other higher-level star domains. However, Ye Chuan also had something he was curious about. "What level do you think my strength would be at if I went to other higher-level star domains?"

"Strength..." Lin Xi explained, "Your strength is very high, almost invincible in our low-level star domains. But if you go to higher-dimensional star domains..."

"You would still be strong, just not that strong," Lin Xi said. "Probably mid-tier..."

As she spoke, she also observed Ye Chuan's reaction, terrified that he would get angry.

Ye Chuan curled the corners of his lips. "I wouldn't be so sure about that."