A ray of light flashed, and Su Qing appeared.
What came into his sight was a huge planet.
It was actually several times larger than the unnamed planet it had transited through before, and its overall surface was light green.
Looking from space, there are four satellites floating outside the planet and a sun-like star in the distance.
Su Qing calculated with his fingers and found that this place was 120 million light years away from the earth.
He turned the live camera to the planet below and said to the group members in the live broadcast room:
"Everyone, this is the first civilized galaxy outside the Milky Way, which is what I just called the Blazing Galaxy."
Pointing at the planet, Su Qing introduced: "It is called the Border Star, which means the border star of the 8,000 planets in the Blazing Universe."
The atmosphere of the planet is very peculiar. With the naked eye, one can clearly see the slowly flowing air masses of various colors, making the entire planet look extremely gorgeous from the outside.
This atmosphere is not only used to protect the planet, but also serves as the spaceship port of the border star. All foreign spaceships must be inspected here.
"I just checked. This Blazing Universe Nation is a technological civilization. Its technological level is much higher than that of Earth. It can travel around the galaxy and has reached the level of a third-order civilization."
"Well, do you guys want to see it?"
"If you want, I'll take you around and buy some local specialties."
"If no one is interested, then I won't stay."
If Su Qing had not wanted to take the group members to see what alien civilizations look like, he would not have bothered to stay in various civilized galaxies and would have gone straight to the depths of the universe.
"Just go and have a look. You already said it, you have nothing to do anyway."
"Haha, yes, we are all immortals now, so cultivation is not that important, let's have some fun first."
"After becoming an immortal, you will have an infinite lifespan. You can take a closer look at the alien civilization."
"Yeah, I have nothing to do anyway, so it's worth a look."
The group members talked about it a lot, and all agreed that Su Qing should take a careful look around.
"Okay, I'll just wander around this planet and not go to the hinterland. I'm too lazy to run."
Su Qing obeyed the order, added an invisibility buff to himself, and entered the border star.
The area of Border Star is very large, thirty times the total area of the Earth.
But it does not have many cities, and the environment is well protected, with green mountains, clear waters and dense forests everywhere.
Moreover, there are no various factories, the sky is blue, and the river water is clear.
There are not many tall buildings in the city. Most of the houses are seven-story buildings, but they occupy a larger area.
If you think about it carefully, it makes sense. The Blazing Universe Nation has eight thousand planets under its jurisdiction and is not short of space, so why build houses so high?
Su Qing casually entered a city, walked on the street, and looked around the city.
The pedestrians on the road, well, let’s call them people for now, they look similar to humans, but they are still very different from humans on Earth.
According to the name given by the natives, they call themselves the Blazing Tribe, humanoid creatures.
The lifespan of each Fire Clan creature is between 500 and 800 years, which is several times longer than the lifespan of humans on Earth.
However, their average height is around 1.4-1.5 meters, they have four hands, three legs, and they also have male and female genders.
He looks skinny, with protruding eyes, reddish skin and a small head. He looks weird no matter how you look at him.
Little did they know that the natives of the Blazing Fire Tribe looked at Su Qing in an even stranger way:
"That person is so tall?"
"He only has two hands and two legs. Were they amputated? How pitiful!"
"He must have mutated. He is a third-level cripple."
The Blazing People were whispering to each other, looking at Su Qing with a particularly different look.
They spoke a language that was incomprehensible and I didn't know what language it was.
"Haha, poor Su Qing, he was actually considered a cripple!"
"I can laugh at this joke for a year!"
"The Creator is so amazing that there are creatures with four hands and three legs."
All the group members in the live broadcast room are beings above the true fairyland.
Although it was the first time I heard the natives' language, I quickly understood what they meant.
When they heard the natives say that Su Qing was disabled, the group members could no longer hold back and burst into laughter.
“Ahem.”
Su Qing coughed lightly, his expression unchanged, and walked towards a bank in front.
With just a glance, he understood what the natives said and read the common language of the Blazing Universe.
"Dear guest from afar, welcome to Blazing Universe. Do you need any help?"
When Su Qing walked into the bank, a 1.2-meter-tall robot quickly flew in front of him and greeted him respectfully.
"I need to exchange some currency of the Blazing Universe."
Su Qing opened his mouth and spoke fluent native language to the robot.
He was not surprised when the other party recognized that he was not a native, because the technology of the third-level civilization was much more advanced than that of the Earth.
"Okay, what kind of exchange do you plan to use? We support the exchange of energy crystals and universal coins."
The robot replied in a serious tone.
"Energy crystals? Okay, how many Blazing Coins can it be exchanged for?"
Su Qing's mind moved, and he condensed a stream of magic power into a crystal stone and handed it over.
“Ding ding ding”
The robot took the crystal to test it and issued a powerful alarm.
"Dear guest, your energy crystal is too high-level, I am not authorized to handle it."
The robot respectfully returned the crystal to Su Qing.
"good."
Su Qing had no objection.
After a while, a male Blazing Man from the Blazing Universe Kingdom walked over quickly.
Judging from his appearance, he should be a bank employee, and a small leader at that.
"Hello, distinguished guest. I am Hakob, the president of the Frontier Star branch of the Blazing Universe Bank. Welcome to the Frontier Star."
The male Blazing Fire Man bowed and nodded to Su Qing. He had already learned from the bank's internal system that this distinguished guest had brought an energy crystal of more than level nine to exchange for Blazing Fire Coins, so how could he dare to neglect him?
"Well, stop talking nonsense. I'm in a hurry. Please help me exchange some Blazing Coins."
Su Qing waved his hand and handed the crystal over.
"Hello, distinguished guest. Your crystal is too valuable. We can't find it."
Hakob didn't answer, he said with some embarrassment.
Calculated according to the universal currency of the universe, one level 3 civilization coin can be exchanged for 100 level 2 civilization coins, or 10,000 level 1 civilization coins, or 0.01 level 4 civilization coins.
A level 3 energy crystal can be exchanged for 10,000 level 3 civilization coins, and so on.
The crystal stone that Su Qing took out was beyond the ninth level and was most likely the legendary fairy-level crystal stone.
The Blazing Universe is only a third-level civilization. Based on this calculation, this crystal is worth at least 1 million trillion Blazing Coins.
It is a bit exaggerated to say that this many Chihuo coins can be used to buy the entire Chihuo Universe. However, if these 1 million trillion Chihuo coins are exchanged for Su Qing and then used for shopping, the economy of the entire Chihuo Universe will collapse.
Hakob is just a small branch manager and cannot bear such a heavy responsibility.
"That's right."
Su Qing thought about it and quickly understood the other party's concerns.
"Well, I just wanted to buy some local specialties when I passed by Blazing Universe this time."
"No matter how much I spend, I'll give you this crystal. How about that?"
He didn't care about a wisp of magic power. He could condense one in a breath without any effort.
As for the price difference, he didn't care even more.
"I need to report this to His Majesty, the Lord. Please make the decision. Please wait a moment, my dear guest."
Hakob thought about it, apologized, and immediately contacted the leader of the Blazing Universe Kingdom.
Live broadcast room.
"Why is a mana crystal so valuable?"
The group members were a little puzzled. They didn't understand why they had to ask the head of a country for permission for such a small matter.
"It's like this, the Blazing Universe is only a third-level civilization, their money is worthless"
"And the energy crystal I condensed is at least at the fairyland level, seven levels higher than their civilization."
"If converted, one crystal is worth at least 1 million trillion Blazing Fire Coins."
Faced with the confusion of the group members, Su Qing took the opportunity when Hakob contacted the king to clear up the confusion for everyone.
"So that's how it is? The levels of civilization in this universe are so strict?"
"Hiss, so one dollar of the ninth-level civilization can be exchanged for one trillion dollars of the first-level civilization? That's terrifying!"
"If a high-level civilization goes to war with a low-level civilization, it would be horrible, and the consequences are simply unimaginable!"
"I really learned a lot this time!"
"By the way, have you noticed that this cosmic civilization looks familiar? I seem to have seen it before!"
"You are talking about "Swallowed Star", right? It seems that there are also civilization levels in it."
"Yes, yes, it's Swallowed Star written by Master Tomato."
"Hey, you know what, they are indeed somewhat similar."
When the group members heard this, they felt that they had learned a lot and at the same time, they had a sense of déjà vu.
The setting is extremely similar to that of an online novel I once read called "Devouring the Starry Sky", which also includes all kinds of races and civilizations in the universe.
"Well, now that you mention it, it does look a bit like it."
Su Qing also nodded in agreement and said, "Who knows, maybe the Tomato God is an alien?"
"Ha ha!"
The group members all laughed.
Upon hearing this, the ruler of the Blazing Universe was very excited and ordered Hakob to receive the distinguished guest well.
The rest is easy.
With the king's order, Hakob took Su Qing to shop.
Spaceships of all levels, such as small exploration spaceships, escort spaceships, combat spaceships, and transport spaceships. Various weapons, such as star destroyers, interstellar orbital cannons, and planetary annihilation cannons . Various genetic potions. Various technologies. Various specialties . Anyway, buy whatever you see. Su Qing also bought a lot of what the group members were interested in.
Upload all to the group mall, priced at 1 point, buy whatever you want.
Su Qing stopped only after almost clearing out the entire border star's inventory.
After throwing the crystal to Hakob, he flew into the sky and left the place.
"Haha, our next stop is the Xianwu Galaxy."
This time, Su Qing did not take the teleportation array again, because there was no teleportation array, so he could only rely on flying to travel.
Fortunately, he has now entered the realm of the tenth-level True Immortal. With one step, he can cross hundreds of light years.
In just a stick of incense, Su Qing left the Blazing Galaxy and came to an unfamiliar galaxy.
"This is the Xianwu Galaxy, a seventh-level civilization that focuses on cultivation, called the Xianwu Empire."
Standing in the starry sky, Su Qing pointed to a continent in front of him and said to the group members.
The universe is not entirely made up of planets, such as the supercontinent that appeared before the group members.
Why is it called a supercontinent? Have you ever seen a continent that is one light year long from east to west and 0.8 light years long from north to south?
Anyway, it was the first time for the group members to see it, and it was really eye-opening.
Such a large piece of land, suspended in the starry sky, was simply blinding the group members' 24k titanium alloy eyes.
There are approximately 129,600 other planets in the entire Xianwu galaxy, all of which are its satellites.
These satellites form a large array that revolves around the supercontinent, concentrating the energy of the entire galaxy onto the continent.
"The entire galaxy is called the Xianwu Galaxy, this continent is called the Xianwu Continent, and the civilization on it is called the Xianwu Empire."
"Doesn't it sound like a child playing house? Too childish?"
"But this is the truth, and I don't know how it got to this point."
Su Qing spread his hands, a little confused, but he was too lazy to care.
Just like eating eggs, who cares which chicken laid it?
"The people of this galaxy are finally like us, they also look like ancient people, so everyone should feel familiar with them."
After saying that, Su Qing stepped into the Xianwu Continent and entered a city at random.
"Ah, we humans are still more pleasing to the eye, haha!"
"Indeed, although that fiery creature meets the characteristics of an alien, it is definitely not my cup of tea."
"We have different aesthetic standards. Maybe they look beautiful, but we feel like vomiting."
Sure enough, the ancient city and the people in ancient costumes made the group members' eyes light up.
The fiery creature I saw before had four arms and three legs, and it looked weird no matter how you looked at it.
It’s still the same human beings that look more comfortable, and the group members instantly found a sense of familiarity and identity.
Seven days later.
After Su Qing traveled to more than a dozen cosmic civilizations and led the group members to appreciate the characteristics of each civilization, he rushed to his destination.
Most of the galaxies in the universe are dead and unable to give birth to life. Only a handful of thousands of galaxies have civilization.
Among these civilizations, most are dominated by humans, but some are dominated by human-like creatures, some are dominated by intelligent life, and some are dominated by animal life.
All I can say is that the universe is so huge, the Creator is so magical, and the thousands of species are truly an eye-opener for the group members.
The majority of civilizations are first-order civilizations. They cannot leave their planet and can only be trapped inside stars like the Earth, fighting fiercely for resources.
The third-level civilization, like the Blazing Universe Kingdom, has occupied most of the galaxies and can move freely within the galaxies.
The fourth-level civilization is an intermediate civilization. Only the cultivation civilization can reach the fourth-level civilization, and technology cannot reach the fourth level.
Technology is a way to bring people together. Perhaps it is because the lifespan of living beings cannot break through their innate limitations, so technology cannot explode.
Dimensional weapons such as the "two-dimensional foil", a product of high technology in the earth's science fiction works, can only be imagined but cannot be realized.
However, the path of cultivation is different. The cultivation techniques brought by the monks on Earth countless years ago have spread throughout the universe, causing most of the cosmic civilizations to embark on the path of cultivation.
Like the previous Xianwu Empire, it was originally a spiritual practice sect on Earth. After coming to the Xianwu Galaxy, it led the natives step by step towards today's civilization.
There are many cultivation civilizations like the Xianwu Empire in the universe.
The highest civilization is the ninth-order civilization, whose scope extends to eighteen galaxies. It has a vast territory and 129,000 stars. It is the dominant existence in the universe.
The most powerful one has reached the peak of the ninth level and is only one step away from becoming an immortal.
Of course, the path of cultivation is not the path to immortality, but a path of cultivation called "original energy", and there is no such thing as overcoming tribulations and becoming an immortal.
But no matter what path you take, the realm is actually the same. Levels 1-9 are the mundane realm, and levels 10 and above are called fairyland or divine realm.
It is extremely difficult to advance from level nine to level ten.
Su Qing even observed this unknown ninth-order energy practitioner closely, but the other party was unable to detect his arrival.
The chance of this ninth-rank warrior being promoted is no more than one in ten thousand, and he is afraid that he will not be able to be promoted in his lifetime.
Not every practitioner is as lucky as Su Qing, who joined the chat group of travelers and had the honor of listening to the teachings of Taoist Taiqing from the ancient world.
"Hey, I thought there really were Trisolarans and water droplets in the universe, but I didn't expect the upper limit of technology to be so low, only a third-level civilization."
In the live broadcast room, Xie Lin couldn't help but sigh: "The cultivation civilization in this universe came from Earth. It's really unexpected."
“I can’t imagine how brilliant and glorious the Earth civilization was countless years ago.”
Xie Yuanshan took over the conversation and said, "No wonder the Earth was able to give birth to consciousness. It turns out there is such a secret."
"What exactly is the reason that caused the decline of the cultivation world on Earth?"
Xu Huaping was very curious about this.
“Is it possible that the earth’s resources have become less?”
Xiao Yichen said: "After all, cultivation depends on resources and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This thing is a non-renewable resource, just like coal."
“That makes sense!”
Qin Xiaoxian nodded in agreement.
"I remember reading a novel before, which said that practitioners are like locusts, eating up all the resources in the world, which is harmful to the world itself."
Zhu Quan said: "Now that you mention it, it does look a bit like it."
"Is there no way to solve this problem? Resources will eventually run out!"
Zhao Xiangyun asked.
"Yes, just like when we practice to become immortals, we absorb a lot of energy from the universe. If more people become immortals, the energy in the universe will be consumed!"
"This is really a problem. I was planning to pass down the immortal way and make the Tang Dynasty a Tang Dynasty of immortal way."
The other group members were also shocked. What Zhu Quan said did make sense.
Just look at the earth and you will know that coal resources are the same as the resources in the spiritual world. Once used up, they are gone and extremely difficult to recover.
In modern society, people enjoy the convenience brought about by the rapid development of industrialization, but in the long run, this is like eating up the food for the next year in advance, and eating up the benefits of future generations.
Once the resources of the earth are exhausted, what will happen to us in the future? What will happen to our descendants? The same is true for the spiritual world. The resources of the world are limited. Once they are exhausted, spiritual practice will inevitably come to an end.
"Well, I've learned about this when I was writing novels before, so let me talk about it."
On the way, Su Qing saw the group members discussing this topic. He thought about it for a while and said:
"I regard the world as living beings. They also have the instinct to evolve and hope to improve their own level."
“It is both right and wrong to regard practitioners as pests in the world.”
"If they are pests, then why do practitioners still exist? Right?"
"Everything has two sides. If there is a harmful side, there will naturally be a beneficial side."
"Although the practitioners' practice consumes the energy of the world, they have the possibility of ascending to the upper realms. In the process of their ascension, can the world benefit from it?"
"I guess there must be something, but I don't know what it is."
"What is needed for the world to advance? I guess it is the origin of the world such as laws, luck, and merit."
"Let's look at it again. In the fairy tale novels, when a cultivator reaches a certain level, he needs to survive the heavenly tribulation before he can continue to practice."
"What is a heavenly calamity, and why does it exist?"
"The world is befalling the world because the world consciousness is intentionally selecting monks and controlling their quantity and quality? This is also very possible!"
"You see, in the fairy tales, whenever the word 'heavenly tribulation' is mentioned, all the cultivators turn pale. The chance of surviving the heavenly tribulation is only one in a hundred."
"The world uses heavenly tribulations to kill 99% of the cultivators. Does the energy in the cultivators' bodies return to the world? It's an internal circulation of energy."
"In addition to the heavenly tribulations of these cultivators, the world also has its own tribulations, such as the quantitative tribulations of the prehistoric world."
"If we launch a catastrophe and cleanse 99% of the creatures and cultivators in the world, will the energy consumed be returned?"
“If the world is compared to a pasture, and world consciousness is compared to a herdsman, then the monks are the cattle and sheep in the pasture.”
“Whether it is a natural disaster or a quantitative disaster, it is just a means for herders to harvest cattle and sheep in the pasture.”
"Now that I say this, will everyone understand?"
After all, Su Qing had been an online writer for two and a half years, so he was quite familiar with these things.
The world, like a living being, also desires to evolve.
To this end, they launched catastrophes to destroy the world again and again.
The purpose is to select creatures from all things in the world that can lead the world to advancement.
At the same time, it is also to harvest the origin of heaven and earth.
The world is like a pasture and all things are like crops.
Every once in a while, the world will have a harvest, and what it harvests is the origin of heaven and earth.
This is a vital energy source that keeps the world running.
It is said that the world is full of disasters. At the end of each disaster, the world may be destroyed by a meteorite falling from the sky, a flood, or an ice age... and so on.
When the origin accumulates enough, the world can be promoted to a higher level.
"What Lao Cao said is right. I have written fairy tales before, and this saying does exist."
Xie Lin took over the conversation and said, "However, for the author, the heavenly tribulation and the quantitative tribulation are just a means to develop the plot."
He didn't expect that there was such a statement as Su Qing just now, and it could be explained, it was outrageous! "666, this is outrageous!"
"It seems that Master Xie Lin was also confused by what Su Qing said."
"Ha ha!"
After listening to Su Qing's story, everyone was also shocked.
But when I thought about it carefully, I found that what he said actually made sense, at least it made sense.
"Haha, Sigui, I'm not as good as you when it comes to writing books, but when it comes to imagination, you're not as good as me."
Su Qing couldn't help but smile and said, "I also have an explanation for the origins of time travelers and reborn people. Do you want to listen to it?"
He had read Sigui's novels, which were written in a traditional style, which was different from his own.
Most of the novels written by Su Qing are fast-paced, brainless novels, and their main feature is their unique imagination.
"Oh? Lao Cao, you actually know this. Tell me about it."
Xie Lin instantly became interested and asked.
"Sophisticated!"
The group members were also very curious.
"Didn't we say before that the world is like a living being, and it also desires to evolve?"
Su Qing did not keep the secret and explained straightforwardly: "But the probability of the world evolving is very low."
"I've said before that even if the world relies on disasters to promote world advancement, it's not 100% successful."
"Every time a disaster strikes, it is like rebirth for the world. If we are not careful, it will be like a soap bubble. With a bang, the world will be destroyed and reduced to ruins."
"Among billions of small worlds, not even one can be promoted to a small thousand world. And among billions of small thousand worlds, not even one can be promoted to a middle thousand world. This is even more true for a middle thousand world to be promoted to a great thousand world."
"However, in addition to the path of harvesting the origin, there is another way to advance in the world. That is, to communicate with different worlds, learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and absorb nutrients for advancement."
"After hearing this, I think everyone should understand. This is the origin of the time traveler."
"In essence, since there is no hope for the world to advance, it is thinking about absorbing the strengths of other worlds, which means that it is easier to get help from outsiders."
"A world that desires advancement introduces outsiders from other worlds, such as time travelers, reborn people, adventers, summoners... and so on."
"So, why are all time travelers the sons of luck and the protagonists of luck? Because they are high-level talents hired from outside, so naturally they should be given higher treatment."
"Think about our planet. Do some units treat the talents they recruit better than their own employees?"
"To put it bluntly, we have finally brought in a high-level talent, so we must treat him well. We can't let the effort go to waste!"
Sometimes, things that look high-end are actually worthless.
"Oh my god, what you said does make sense, Lao Cao."
Xie Lin thought about it and found that what Su Qing said was actually very logical and without any loopholes.
If the world itself is like a fish pond, then the time traveler is like a catfish, which can make the calm fish pond chaotic.
I believe everyone understands that it is easy to fish in troubled waters.
"That's not right. I came here as just a slave, and I haven't received any special treatment."
Xu Huaping thought for a moment and retorted, "If it weren't for the arrival of the Zhutian Chat Group, I would have been tortured to death long ago."
"Yeah, I don't have a golden finger, and I haven't been treated well by the world."
Xiao Yichen also agreed and said, "Could it be that what I learned in my previous life was the golden finger? This is too ridiculous, right?"
"Yeah, I don't have a golden finger either."
Li Mingda, Zhu Quan, Zhao Xiangyun, Wang Xiaobao and other group members also echoed.
According to Su Qing, all time travelers can enjoy preferential treatment in the world. They have never met anyone like the Son of Fortune or the Protagonist of Fortune.
"I just talked about regular time travel, but there are irregular time travel as well."
Su Qing was not panicked at all, and continued: "It's just like going abroad. There are people who go abroad normally, and there are also people who go abroad illegally. Am I right?"
"Most of the time travelers are high-level talents brought by the world, so they naturally receive corresponding high-level treatment, such as blessings in times of trouble, treasure hunting when going out, etc."
"And a small number of time travelers only traveled through time accidentally. It is possible that the two worlds are too close and they accidentally traveled through them."
"It's just like illegal immigration. You can't expect to be protected by the law like people who leave the country normally. You'd be lucky if they don't deport you."
"Besides, how do you know whether you traveled through time normally or accidentally?"
"Who told you that the chat group of all-world travelers is not your golden finger?"
"At the beginning, the Earth Consciousness of the Universe told me that the purpose of establishing a chat group was to help fellow Earth travelers who were not doing well."
"You know, even though ordinary time travelers have golden fingers or preferential treatment, they usually don't do well in the early stages."
“Even if a time traveler wants to be awesome, he still has to go through all kinds of hardships and reach the top step by step.”
"You can't just go invincible and use your ultimate skill right from the start, right?"
"Just like playing Landlord, you have a pair of threes and you can't play, but you start with a Royal Bomb?"
"I've never seen anyone play cards like this!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the group immediately fell silent.
"Indeed, invincible articles are generally difficult to write well."
After a while, Xie Lin sighed: "The protagonists of the novels I write usually have a very low starting point, and then they upgrade step by step to reach the highest level."
Traditional writing is different from amateur writing. Authors of traditional writing like to add various hardships to the protagonist to make the plot and character setting more exciting.
As for Xiaobaiwen, the main focus is on the emotional flow, that is, the excitement, and the character design and plot are relatively weak! In traditional literature, the protagonist is rarely invincible from the beginning, while the protagonist of Xiaobaiwen is mostly semi-invincible.
"Is this possible? I've learned something new!"
"So we are here for world promotion?"
"I think about it carefully. If we spread the immortal way now, won't we bring changes to the world?"
"Yes, the Great Song Dynasty where I live was originally a small parallel world in history. Now that I have passed down the immortal way, it should be able to be promoted to a small thousand or medium thousand world, right?"
"It seems that what Su Qing said does make sense."
"I admire you so much, you are indeed a novelist. Now I understand everything."
"Hey, we are high-level talents imported from all over the world, so we can enjoy high-level treatment!"
"Ha ha!"
After thinking about it carefully, the group members realized that this was indeed the truth.
Coming back to their senses, everyone couldn't help but speak excitedly.
"Well, we have finally arrived at our destination."
Seeing the group members talking excitedly, Su Qing shook his head.
Taking one step forward, I finally reached my destination.
Deep in the universe, there is a galaxy called Silence.
“Hoohoo.”
It can be seen that deep in the starry sky of the Silent Galaxy, a huge planet is absorbing and spewing out endless cosmic energy.
There is only one huge planet like this in the entire galaxy. All other planets, including all the planets in the surrounding 10,000 galaxies, have been completely absorbed and annihilated by it.
"It is an honor for you to come from afar!"
A rumbling sound rang out in the starry sky, carrying a hint of joy.
(End of this chapter)