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Chapter 572 - 442: Prodigies and Commoners · Oct 13, 2026

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551 Chapter 551 - 421: The Mastermind 2026-10-13
552 Chapter 552 - 422: Crashing In 2026-10-13
553 Chapter 553 - 423: Greed Without Limit 2026-10-13
554 Chapter 554 - 424: Docking 2026-10-13
555 Chapter 555 - 425: Initiation 2026-10-13
556 Chapter 556 - 426: Sequence 2026-10-13
557 Chapter 557 - 427: Gradi 2026-10-13
558 Chapter 558 - 428: Switching 2026-10-13
559 Chapter 559 - 429: The Assassin’s Shock 2026-10-13
560 Chapter 560 - 430: Respecting Professionalism 2026-10-13
561 Chapter 561 - 431: Still Waters Run Deep 2026-10-13
562 Chapter 562 - 432: Disintegration 2026-10-13
563 Chapter 563 - 433: Renovation 2026-10-13
564 Chapter 564 - 434: Rallying Under a Banner 2026-10-13
565 Chapter 565 - 435: Unbreakable Defense 2026-10-13
566 Chapter 566 - 436: Crushing Victory 2026-10-13
567 Chapter 567 - 437: Remarkable 2026-10-13
568 Chapter 568 - 438: Unfriendly 2026-10-13
569 Chapter 569 - 439: Someone You Can’t Afford to Mess With 2026-10-13
570 Chapter 570 - 440: One After Another 2026-10-13
571 Chapter 571 - 441: Mutual Inspections 2026-10-13
572 Chapter 572 - 442: Prodigies and Commoners 2026-10-13
573 Chapter 573 - 443: Companion 2026-10-13
574 Chapter 574 - 444: Fell Into a Pit 2026-10-13
575 Chapter 575 - 445: The Plan Worked Too Well 2026-10-13
576 Chapter 576 - 446: Willfulness 2026-10-13
577 Chapter 577 - 447: Leave It to Me 2026-10-13
578 Chapter 578 - 448: To Kill or Not to Kill 2026-10-13
579 Chapter 579 - 449: Truth or Falsehood Doesn’t Matter 2026-10-13
580 Chapter 580 - 450: Figured Life Out 2026-10-13
581 Chapter 581 - 451: Sudden Upheaval 2026-10-13
582 Chapter 582 - 452: Swaggering Attitude 2026-10-13
583 Chapter 583 - 453: Not Durable (Second Update) 2026-10-13
584 Chapter 584 - 454: Major Trouble 2026-10-13
585 Chapter 585 - 455: The Waters Are Too Murky 2026-10-13
586 Chapter 586 - 456: Half Willing, Half Reluctant 2026-10-13
587 Chapter 587 - 457: Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place 2026-10-13
588 Chapter 588 - 458: On Edge 2026-10-13
589 Chapter 589 - 459: Relentless Pursuit 2026-10-13
590 Chapter 590 - 460: Persona 2026-10-13
591 Chapter 591 - 461: Brilliant Fireworks 2026-10-13
592 Chapter 592 - 462: What About the Sixth One? 2026-10-13
593 Chapter 593 - 463: Stacking 2026-10-13
594 Chapter 594 - 464: Hit the Jackpot 2026-10-13
595 Chapter 595 - 465: Can’t Bring Himself to Do It 2026-10-13
596 Chapter 596 - 466: Extreme Cultivation Room 2026-10-13
597 Chapter 597 - 467: Fishing in Troubled Waters 2026-10-13
598 Chapter 598 - 468: Restriction Order 2026-10-13
599 Chapter 599 - 469: Red List 2026-10-13
600 Chapter 600 - 470: The One Who Pays Attention 2026-10-13

Conwell has awakened the Spiritual Attribute for nearly twenty years, yet has not seen an opportunity to advance to B-level.

The Third War Zone is not too worried about this, as advancing to B-level before the age of forty with a Mutated Attribute is still considered promising.

Moreover, the advancement of the Spiritual Attribute is particularly challenging.

In fact, a C-level Spiritual Attribute can already help handle many things, and he’s quite busy in the Third War Zone.

Besides occasionally dealing with essential tasks, he spends a lot of time attending various concentrated training sessions for the Spiritual Attribute.

This time, the War Zone sent him here to exchange, to broaden his horizons and increase his knowledge.

In this exchange delegation, he has a good relationship with Koplin.

It’s not because of any attraction between the sexes, but because both have extremely rare attributes—Koplin has the Light Attribute.

Both are key protection targets, and it’s not easy for them to contact the outside world, so most of the time, they just communicate with each other.

Koplin is about ten years younger than Conwell, just barely touching the top of C-level, of course, when she will advance is hard to say.

But even so, her aptitude is better, there is absolutely no doubt about it, and the age difference between the two is quite significant.

So it’s almost impossible between the two; both are young prodigies, who would compromise themselves?

Koplin is still young, and it’s her first time on Star No. 4.

As a young woman, liking good food is natural, right? The food on Star No. 4 is quite famous.

So on the very first night they arrived, she discussed with Conwell, ”Shall we go out and have some fun tomorrow?”

Conwell was accustomed to her temperament and knew he couldn’t refuse.

”There’s a meeting in the morning, it’s not suitable. How about the evening… we’ll need to take the Inner Guard.”

He referred to the military’s Inner Guard, used to protect important military figures, and both of them were protected.

Going out in the evening to eat all kinds of delicious snacks, there’s no problem.

”Let’s do the afternoon,” Koplin was a bit impatient, ”there’s nothing after the briefing in the afternoon.”

In fact, besides liking food, she also likes shiny things, ”I want to buy Rouge Jade.”

Conwell was startled by her words, ”Rouge Jade is very expensive, and I’ve heard there are many fakes.”

The average Awakened does not have poor family conditions, but Conwell’s family truly was somewhat poorer.

It was just that he was born with strong Spiritual Power, as reflected in the test data, and no one dared to stand in his way.

A Spiritual Attribute Awakened is worth a hundred ordinary Awakened... possibly even more.

So his Awakening process did not face much obstruction, though the early investments were slightly inadequate.

Now, his family situation is much improved, but influenced by his original family, he still developed a habit of cautious spending.

So he suggested, ”It’s not a matter of a couple of days anyway, after this period, there might be a centralized purchasing later.”

Koplin was different, her family was indeed well-off, and more people were willing to invest after she awakened the Light Attribute.

So she insisted, ”Let’s go take a look, Star No. 4 is so big, isn’t playing a few more times good?”

Both are genuine young prodigies, but it is precisely because of this that they’ve been too well-protected after Awakening.

The military’s cultivation can’t be called a greenhouse, and they do experience some harsh battles, but the restrictions in various aspects are too many.

For example, others can go to bars for fun and relaxation, they can’t really go either, except when on a mission.

Just like big stars on Blue Star, they don’t often enjoy normal life.

Koplin is at the age of loving to have fun, and Conwell is also vigorous and energetic, the two are in sync.

The Inner Guard couldn’t resist the two of them, so they sent a B-level, a C-level, and a Modified Warrior to accompany them.

In the late afternoon the next day, the group went out for a play.

However, it wasn’t long before they were shocked to discover that the gap between Star No. 4 and Star No. 3 was not just minor.

Star No. 3 was built not long ago and is still the training base for new recruits in the Hope Star Realm.

But the order on Star No. 4 is really too chaotic, and aside from the big malls, there are people idling around everywhere.

Even in the big malls, some shops don’t seem that regular, they can’t even manage clearly marked prices.

Fortunately, this group was dressed in military uniforms and accompanied by several officers from the Fourth War Zone.

The accompaniment from the Fourth War Zone also depends on acquaintances, ordinary people do not have this treatment.

But the Spiritual Attribute and Light Attribute in this group are pillars of the future, and their importance is far above common B-levels.

So, making a good relationship in advance is necessary, and there were unexpectedly two B-levels accompanying.

Most people still do not want to provoke soldiers, especially in this group with three B-levels.

But there are exceptions; they often encounter individuals showing malicious glances.

The soldiers from the Fourth War Zone completely ignored such provocations, and some even explained a couple of sentences.

”They are guys who depend on the War Zone to make a living, feeling their relationships are something, but as long as they don’t cause trouble, there’s no need for us to care.”

The escorts came to earn favor but would not actively offend their colleagues in the military—who knows who might be backing them?

Koplin couldn’t help but ask, ”How can it be so chaotic? Fengrao City is supposed to be the central city of Star No. 4!”

To be honest, there are areas on Star No. 3 where security isn’t good, but the Central City represents the planet’s facade!

A B-level smiled and replied, ”It’s mainly because there have been a few major cases recently, leading to more people with bad intentions.”

”If you had come six months earlier, Fengrao City’s security was quite good. The government is currently rectifying things, and it will soon improve.”

By evening, however, an incident still occurred. Koplin took a liking to a piece of Rouge Jade and wanted to acquire it.

The shopkeeper’s asking price was 460,000, but she bargained down to 330,000.

At this moment, someone sent a communication request to a B-level from the Fourth War Zone.

He exchanged a few words through his wristwatch and, after hanging up, walked to Koplin’s side, ”It’s getting late, let’s come back another day to buy it.”

Koplin, being well protected, was no fool. She was slightly taken aback, ”This... aren’t we buying it?”

”If you come back another day, it might not be here,” the shopkeeper, a middle-aged woman, remarked nonchalantly, ”My goods never worry about being unsold.”

Koplin showed a hesitant look. She genuinely liked this piece of Rouge Jade and felt she would regret missing out on it.

One has to admit that women have a bit of a weak resistance to exquisite jewelry.

This B-level Warrior snorted, ”Koplin, aren’t you hungry? I have a good place to recommend.”

Conwell gave Koplin a push. If he didn’t understand such repeated hints, he would indeed waste his Spiritual Attribute.

”Alright, I’m hungry too, let’s go.”

Koplin was merely captivated, not foolish. Hearing her companion say this, she turned to leave.

”Hold on,” a middle-aged man standing nearby with his arms crossed, spoke up.

”You’ve bargained for so long, wasting the shopkeeper’s time... and now you’re leaving without a word?”

This man was a C-level with Earth Attribute, not seeing much future ahead.

Yet a mere C-level looking to challenge at least three B-levels, that’s not ordinary bravery.

”None of your business!” the B-level who hinted earlier snorted, ”Let’s go.”

”Blunt Knife, don’t blame me for not warning you,” the middle-aged man sneered, ”Do you know whose business this is?”

Conwell’s face darkened, and a wave of Spiritual Power enveloped him, ”Whose business?”

He couldn’t believe someone would dare to target a prodigy from the Third War Zone; who in the Fourth War Zone could protect them!

”Don’t!” The B-level referred to as Blunt Knife quickly spoke out, shaking his head at Conwell, ”Don’t ask.”

Then he turned to the middle-aged man, stating coldly, ”Do you know who I’m with?”

”How would I know?” the middle-aged man, arms crossed, shook his head, answering calmly.

”No matter who it is, it’s unreasonable to disturb the shopkeeper for such a long time without some gesture.”

This person was obviously confident, but sensing Blunt Knife’s firmness, he backed down slightly—”a gesture.”

However, if the other party truly backed down, he could press further.

The other side didn’t even recognize Rouge Jade, nor did they bring an expert, clearly not from Star No. 4.

With such a fool willing to spend, not taking advantage would feel like a missed opportunity.

Blunt Knife’s face darkened, ”If this mutual inspection doesn’t pass for the Fourth War Zone, can the one backing you handle it?”

The middle-aged man, upon hearing this, finally retracted his arrogance—was he from the Third War Zone?

If someone from the Third War Zone indeed had trouble on Star No. 4, it would be a big issue.

Yet, ultimately, they were just three B-levels, without any A-levels.

He steadied himself, dismissively smiling, ”Whoever you’re accompanying can’t be anyone significant!”

”I’ve said what I had to!” Blunt Knife squinted, raising his hand to touch his wristwatch, ”Looks like I need to give you a reminder.”

”Enough,” the middle-aged female shopkeeper waved her hand, speaking calmly, ”You all can go.”

The middle-aged man glanced at the shopkeeper without another word. Since the owner had let them go, he had no reason to cause trouble.

Once they left, he looked at the woman with a cold gaze, ”I need a reason from you!”

The shopkeeper, not even a Modified Warrior, replied cautiously, ”That Blunt Knife was very respectful to that young girl.”

Without strong combat power, surviving in such a mixed environment requires at least sharp insight.

The man glanced at her, speaking coldly, ”I’ll be gathering information, and if you’ve misjudged, you know the consequences.”

The woman remained silent.

In the distance, Qu Jianlei stood with Xiang Xue and Aunt Liu, watching the scene unfold with composed interest.

Today’s events were indeed a coincidence. Qu Jianlei initially intended to go out to purchase some Array materials.

The experimental process consumed far more Array materials compared to normal use, the difference was significant.

Upon hearing that he was going out, Xiang Xue, who had no afternoon classes, offered to accompany him.

The rightful guardian, Aunt Liu, would have usually prevented this, considering she’d faced two assassination attempts, making it riskier to leave the academy.

However, the archaeology enthusiast organization had sent information: Jettel would no longer appear.

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