Chapter 244 The Empire Without a Name

"Princess..." Yu Cang paused, "From now on, how should I address you?"

"Just call me Stardust." The princess was very well-behaved.

"Okay, Xingchen." Yu Cang said, "How do you need to accumulate [Spirit Particles] on a daily basis? I can help."

"This... is not necessary for now." The princess whispered, "I still have a lot of spirit particles, but I haven't been able to restart yet..."

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"Spirit particles need to be sent to the Starry Sky Vision for recharge after each use. Ten thousand years ago, when I was in deep sleep, I sent all the spirit particles to the Starry Sky Vision for standby. Now that it's been a while, some of the spirit particles seem to have some problems... but it's not serious. I can slowly adjust it and get all the original spirit particles back."

"After you get all the spirit particles back, would you mind revealing your strength?"

"Hmm..." The princess thought for a moment and said, "According to your current classification method... my strength should be around level seven or eight. If..."

The princess lowered her head, took a look at her current state, bit her lip, and said, "If it's a soul card... maybe it's a super-level inheritance?... To be honest, although this system can transform my power into yours, this soul card can't fully utilize my strength at the moment. In my prime, I had more than these four abilities, so I should only be a high-level inheritance."

Apart from anything else, as the princess of the soul card, her control over the flow of spirit particles is greatly restricted.

Before it becomes a soul card, the princess can dispatch spirit particles from the Starry Sky Vision at any time during the battle, or send the used spirit particles back to the Starry Sky Vision. When the battle is not fierce, the flow of spirit particles can be regarded as endless.

But now, that was no longer possible. The princess's three abilities related to the Spirit Flow all took effect after activation, and the number of Spirits she could mobilize during a single activation was determined the moment the Soul Card activated. Once used up, she could only enter a death cooldown and then replenish it from the Starry Sky Vision.

For example, if the princess's Soul Card is of rare quality and has a corresponding amount of Spirit Particles, then after activating her rare card, she can only use these Spirit Particles. If she wants to mobilize more, she can only improve the quality of the Soul Card when activating it.

"Don't worry about that." Yu Cang smiled, "Soul Cards can also be upgraded. I will find a Soul Card that can fully utilize your abilities."

Night is a good example.

The Dawnbreaker, Ye Lai, only has one legendary attribute. Even if there are various opportunities when it appears on the field that allow this card's abilities to be exceeded, it is still far from being able to bring out the strength of Ye Lai itself.

The Dragon of the Final Dawn that followed was formed when Yu Cang took advantage of the opportunity of mastering the fusion to summon a certain memory of Ye Lai, and thereby reflected some of his power to a certain extent.

It is conceivable that Yu Cang will definitely be able to create more "disguises" for Ye Lai until all of Ye Lai's abilities are perfectly displayed.

The Princess's limit was no match for Ye Lai's, so reaching that point would definitely be easier. Perhaps, in the future, the Princess Soul Card Yu Cang created would be even stronger than her best ever.

"...I understand." The princess sighed.

It’s over... Judging from Yu Cang’s tone, he obviously has no intention of letting me go... I’m afraid I won’t be able to escape the fate of being a "Soul Card" in the future.

I can only hope that Yu Cang will complete the mission of Emperor Star...

The princess raised her hand, looked at her current small body, sighed, and silently accepted her fate of having an extra master inexplicably.

Yu Cang nodded with satisfaction.

That's right... The princess's race was also a consciousness. This was the third consciousness soul card he had seen. From what he could see now, the racial characteristics of the consciousness were indeed as he had guessed.

They all have mechanisms that can change their own quality and can enter other soul cards!

However, the princess interpreted these two mechanisms differently. Her own qualities were determined by her spirit particles, which made them somewhat inflexible. For example, right now, with insufficient spirit particles, she couldn't even switch back to her legendary state.

Even the princess's ability to enter other soul cards is actually only possessed by the legendary level... There is no need to worry about this ability in the short term.

Now, the princess's ability to use the Spirit Flow to condense her body is actually a utilization of her first ability, [Spirit Flow·Recharge] - this ability is passive and can be used without activating a Soul Card.

After figuring out how to use this Soul Card, Yu Cang looked at the slightly lost Xingchen. Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he asked, "By the way... I've been hearing you mention the 'Empire' ever since. Is this your country?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Why don't you say your full name?"

"Full name?" The princess was a little confused. "The full name of the empire is Emperor... Wait!"

She suddenly realized something and her whole body froze in place.

Empire, Empire... How could there be a country whose name is simply "Empire"?

My own country naturally has a name... But, what is this name... is...

The princess's eyes became panicked.

I can’t remember! I can’t remember at all!

Does the Empire have a name? Of course it does... but she has no recollection of it. She is certain that her memory is flawless. Some scenes are blurry, but they are natural, not like they've been altered... But every time she tries to recall the Empire's name, she can only think of two words: Empire.

"I... I forgot..." The princess stayed where she was.

Yu Cang frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

"I forgot the name of the empire... No, it's not that I forgot, it's that something erased the name of the empire... But who would do that..."

The princess, a body made of spirit particles, dragged the soul card in front of Yu Cang and flew back and forth. Her tone was full of panic, "Who could it be... Huang? Does Huang have such ability? But why has it never been recorded in the literature..."

Yu Cang also fell silent.

He was about to say something when the princess suddenly moved.

She rushed out quickly dragging the soul card. A hidden door on the wall opened automatically, and the princess rushed into it and rushed towards somewhere.

Behind him, Yu Cang and Gu Jieshuang looked at each other, said nothing, and hurriedly followed.

"Hey, wait for me!" Zhong Qi jumped up and followed Yu Cang closely.

Step, step, step...

The group walked through the corridor, passing through cabin after cabin. Although the princess had become a soul card, she still retained her authority, so all the doors along the way opened automatically. Occasionally, a few malfunctioned due to being in the open for too long, but the princess would quickly find another way.

Soon after, several people followed the princess into a room.

The door opened, and the princess rushed towards the big screen in front of her with her soul card. Behind her, Yu Cang walked in and slowly scanned the surroundings.

There are many unfamiliar instruments in this room, but I can tell by feeling that this should be a control room.

Screens of all sizes were arranged around, and many tubular crystals were embedded in the walls and the ground. Most of these crystals had dimmed, but a few of them were now filled with flowing light. If you looked closely, you could see that it was the flow of leptons that was flowing inside.

The princess came to the big screen. She didn't know what she did, but countless data streams began to flow on it. She floated in the air, her eyes constantly scanning, but as time passed, she still fell slowly and powerlessly onto the console, lowered her head, and even the body made of spirit particles became much dimmer.

"elder brother……"

The princess's faint call was heard in the air.

Seeing this, Yu Cang sighed softly.

He walked forward.

"What's wrong?"

“…” The princess trembled, she was silent for a moment, and then raised her head.

A body made of spirit particles cannot shed tears, but for some reason, Yu Cang felt that the princess was probably shedding tears.

"Yu Cang...my country...may have already..."

Halfway through his words, his throat was blocked by sobs.

Yu Cang looked at her like this, his eyes fluctuated slightly, but he didn't know how to comfort her.

"Tell me what happened."

“…” The princess’ body trembled more and more violently. She sobbed but did not respond.

Faced with this situation, Yu Cang was a little at a loss.

He understood the princess's feelings, but he couldn't empathize with her after all.

Gu Jieshuang quietly walked to Yu Cang's side, took Yu Cang's arm, and did not say anything. She just silently stayed with Yu Cang by the princess' side.

Behind him, Zhong Qi put his hands in his pockets and then took them out. He seemed to want to go forward, but there was no room in front of the control console, so he could only look around awkwardly.

Oh no, it seems like there's someone superfluous here.

Let's guess who it is.

Intermittent crying sounds gradually began to sound, making the air nearby increasingly quiet.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Suddenly, a soul card opened on the side, and Ye Lai slowly flew out of it and landed on the console.

He came before the princess and looked at Xingchen like this, with a look of disappointment in his eyes.

He began, "Princess of a foreign land...you are not the only one who has lost her homeland."

Hearing this, the princess's body was still trembling, but she raised her head and looked at Ye Lai with shining eyes.

This dragon...she knew it.

Although he looked very different, he could be identified from his aura. This was the guy who had just chopped him back to the Starry Sky Vision with a sword and couldn't even resurrect.

It seems that he also has Yu Cang's soul card... Is it the same as mine?

"I am similar to you." Ye Lai folded his wings and said slowly, "The difference is that I witnessed the destruction of my homeland with my own eyes... But at least, Princess, we are not alone now."

Stardust's eyes trembled suddenly.

Ye Lai continued, "Huang has brought endless hatred to the starry sky. It is the enemy of me, the master of this body, and all of us. Therefore, regardless of whether the outcome is destined or not, the master of this body and I will respond together with you. Until then, please don't lose your mind for too long. Just remember that you are not alone."

The princess was stunned.

After a long moment, she lowered her head, bit her lip, and said, "Thank you, Ye Lai... Yu Cang, what should I do?"

Yu Cang breathed a sigh of relief, and then he said, "Don't think too much, just take it one step at a time."

"...Hmm." The princess took a deep breath and seemed to calm down.

She stood up and looked away.

There, a soul card was being wrapped in its own spirit particle and was parked on the operating table.

This soul card is about the same size as her current body. After she controlled the spirit particles to come out of it, the card surface has now become blank, but through the mirror-like smooth card surface, the princess can still see her appearance clearly.

She raised her head and looked at Yu Cang: "When I woke up, I sent a stream of communication spirit particles into the Xingtian visual field."

Yu Cang's expression changed. "Is that the rainbow light? Are you trying to contact your empire?"

The princess shook her head. "No... The current state of the empire's war is unknown. If I rashly contact them, I might attract non-friendly forces. I know this. The communication lepton stream I launched is used to gather information from the nearby starry sky field of view, and then infer the general situation appearing in the starry sky."

"Because the Starry Sky Vision is the intersection of the stars' gazes, with just a little astrological knowledge, we can expand the communication range to cover most of the starry sky... When the Empire was still around, they used this principle to set up communication base points at various locations in the Starry Sky Vision.

"I contacted the nearest communication base half a month ago, but I discovered that it hadn't been repaired for thousands of years. I didn't think much of it at first, but after hearing what you said... I carefully checked the information in the communication base again, but found... there was no information related to the Empire there either.

"Even the time of its construction and the creator are completely untraceable... All information related to the Empire has been erased from it. It's now like a 'wild' communication base. But how is this possible?"

The princess sighed, "It seems... the entire starry sky has forgotten the existence of the Empire. I've actually seen this method... in the Empire's documents. In the last era, there was an extremely powerful civilization that ruled the entire starry sky. If a civilization attempted to resist, they would physically destroy it and then use a weapon to erase all information about it, completely preventing the emergence of avengers."

The princess looked at Yu Cang and said, "The Empire once tried to master this technology, but failed. Even a powerful existence like the former civilization could only barely resist Huang's invasion with the help of the Emperor Star, and ultimately perished at the end of the era. The reason was most likely Huang... I worry that Huang has mastered the power of the former civilization and used it against the Empire..."

Yu Cang was silent for a while.

There is actually such a method.

If it were true... then Huang's threat would probably be an outrageous level.

It sounds like the civilization of Huang and Blue Star are several generations apart... That doesn't make sense. If Huang is really so powerful, why can Blue Star still survive until now?

Yu Cang felt that things might not be that simple.

Now, the people of Blue Star just can’t be infected. If Huang really controls the entire starry sky, then not to mention being unable to be infected, even if everyone on Blue Star passes down their heritage, they will not be able to resist Huang’s invasion!

With so many wild beasts, the blue star would be drowned with just a spit from each of them.

"...Xingchen, I don't think there's any need to panic just yet." Yu Cang said, "Right now, the battle between Blue Star and Huang is still going on. If Huang truly possessed that kind of technology that transcends his time, then the battlefield would definitely not be like this. There must be something else behind the Empire's problems. Be optimistic."

Hearing this, the princess was stunned, and then her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Is this true?"

"I can't guarantee it, but it should be good." Yu Cang said, "Don't worry, I will fight Huang sooner or later. When the time comes, the truth will come out."

The princess stared into Yu Cang's eyes for a long time. Finally, she didn't know what she was thinking of, but a smile appeared on her face. It was very light, and on her petite body made of spirit particles, it seemed particularly fragile.

"I understand... Thank you, Yu Cang."

"You're welcome." Yu Cang also smiled. "Okay, how about taking me around here?"

"Well...actually there's nothing to turn around. There aren't many things here that can be used anymore."

The princess recovered. She floated into the air with the soul card and guided Yu Cang forward.

"This is the training room." The princess flew into a room. "This is where we train spiritual particle flow techniques. Do you see those devices? When activated, they emit a special frequency band that can keep the person inside awake and help adjust their body state, so that you are always full of energy... But now, that part is no longer usable. The only function left here is to adjust gravity."

"Is that so?" Yu Cang looked around.

It looks like there is no difference between this place and the training area outside.

Behind him, Zhong Qi's face darkened.

He had spent the previous month in a room like this!

"And this side." The princess led everyone through the corridor and came to the other side. "This is the food cabin. It can automatically collect organic and inorganic matter from the surrounding environment and synthesize some ointment..."

"Oh? How does it taste?" Yu Cang rubbed his chin.

"I think it's just average... but it seems to suit your taste, Blue Star people..."

"That's not the case!" Zhong Qi said seriously, "I think it's just average too!"

"Huh?" The princess' eyes widened. "Is that so... Then why didn't you tell me? Actually, the flavor parameters can be adjusted..."

Zhong Qi: “…”

…

It is indeed as the princess said, there is not much that can be used here.

Ten thousand years have passed, and the functions here are no longer complete - at least, even if it is restarted, this aircraft will not be able to take off again.

While strolling around, Yu Cang roughly understood the working principles here.

Lingzi, everything is inseparable from Lingzi.

The crystal-like pipes embedded in the ground are a kind of synthetic material called "soft crystals", through which spirit particles can flow without loss.

However, the spirit particles flowing in the soft crystals are different from the spirit particles controlled by the princess.

These leptons are "industrial leptons" with a more single function. They cannot be captured by intuition at all and cannot be used directly by humans. They can only be used in this kind of equipment.

"Speaking of which." The princess looked at Zhong Qi beside her, "What abilities does your spirit child possess?"

"My Lingzi?" Zhong Qi scratched his head, "I don't know... How should I look at this?"

"Once captured by human intuition, spirit particles develop specificity. Depending on each person's constitution, the rhythms they absorb within the Starry Sky Vision field vary, and the abilities they can generate are naturally different," the princess explained. "Feel it carefully, and you should be able to discover it."

"Oh, I'll try..." Zhong Qi's eyes moved slightly, and his attention was focused on the one hundred spirit particles in his sight. "My ability is... huh?"

"What is it?" Yu Cang was a little curious.

"I can't say for sure, but." Zhong Qi thought for a moment, "I seem to be able to... directly change the state of the soul card now?"

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"That's right, I can consume a certain amount of spirit particles and directly turn a soul card from unactivated to dead cooldown, or vice versa..."

Yu Cang's eyes widened slightly: "Is it so useful?"

Zhong Qi shook his head: "...Doing this consumes a lot of spirit particles. The spirit particles I have now can't even change an ordinary card... Moreover, this kind of spirit particles seems to have a certain conflict with the soul energy well, so I can't use it all the time."

"That's quite powerful too." Yu Cang said with a sigh, "This will greatly enhance your Dragon Rush Sword."

Without consuming soul energy, you can directly and accurately pull out a dragon soul from the deck... the strength is maximized!

As for the conflict with the Soul Energy Well... it is understandable. After all, these are different systems, and perfect compatibility is a rare thing.

The princess wanted to find someone to learn the Spirit Flow, not to impart this ability to Blue Star, but simply to find someone to unlock the Star Armory permissions - even if the Spirit Flow is now a far more powerful system than the Soul Card, it may not be the most suitable system for Blue Star.

However, even if there is a conflict, just treat it as a skill with a cooldown. No matter what, it is a huge enhancement.

"Huh?" Zhong Qi was a little surprised. "How did you know my deck is called Dragon Striker?"

He had only had this deck for a little over a month, so it should have been created not long ago...

"Well, you'll know when you get out." Yu Cang just smiled, "Okay, there's only one room left, let's go there..."

"Wait!" The princess suddenly panicked. "There's no need to go to that room, right? It's been abandoned for a long time now..."

"Hmm?" Yu Cang looked at the princess's face with some suspicion, "Why...what secret is there?"

The princess' eyes shifted quietly to the side: "No! Absolutely not!"

"...Xingchen, has anyone told you that you are not good at lying?" Yu Cang rubbed his chin.

Is this princess hiding something from me?

Could it be that she still has some hidden plans for Blue Star?

Yu Cang snorted: "Xingchen, open the door, I want to go to that room."

"No, really not..." The princess waved her hands frantically. Yu Cang didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that her face, which was made up of spirit particles, was actually turning red.

Um?

Yu Cang ignored her request. As a soul card, the princess couldn't resist him at all. Although she said no, her body still honestly controlled the spirit particles and opened the door before her.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Gu Jieshuang nodded. At this moment, she was closer to the door, so she turned around and arrived at the door.

"No!!" the princess shouted, her voice seemed to carry great shame.

Seeing her like this, a hint of curiosity appeared on Zhong Qi's face.

Is there really some secret that cannot be told?

At this time, Gu Jieshuang, who had come to the door, had already seen clearly what was inside the house. She seemed stunned for a moment, her mouth opened subconsciously, and the next moment, her face turned visibly red.

"Xie Shuang, what's inside..."

"Don't look!" Gu Jieshuang blushed and pushed back Yu Cang, who had half of his head sticking out, and covered his eyes tightly with her hands.

"What's going on? Why's the fuss going on?" Zhong Qi walked over curiously. Just as he was about to pass the two of them, he saw Gu Jieshuang's eyes suddenly locked on him.

"Didn't you hear me?"

Turning his gaze to Zhong Qi, Gu Jieshuang's expression visibly changed from bewildered to cold.

Zhong Qi was still moving forward subconsciously, and before he could react, he saw Gu Jieshuang kicking him hard in the chest.

The next second, he felt as if he was hit head-on by a heavy truck. The huge force poured into his body, causing him to roll uncontrollably on the ground for several times, and then stuck directly to the wall.

Good... great strength...

Zhong Qi saw stars.

"Um... okay, I won't watch it anymore..." Yu Cang, with his eyes covered, raised his hands and said embarrassedly.

Just now, although Gu Jieshuang moved quickly, he still saw...

In the center of the room, in a huge glass jar, a naked body was immersed in culture medium.

Judging from her appearance... isn't she the princess?

"Thank you! Thank you!" In the air, the princess kept bowing to Gu Jieshuang, looking extremely humble.

(End of this chapter)