Traveler of the River of Time and Space-Chapter 530 - 14: The Prosperous Milky Way Galaxy

"Star Realm Merchant?" Su Ziyu’s expression was slightly surprised.

Jian carefully recalled and said softly, "I think that’s what they’re called, right? Occasionally, we can connect to the merchant ships passing near this planet through signals, but their names are varied. Some call themselves interstellar merchants, some traveling merchants, and others call themselves trade guilds."

"The one who sold us the game pod called themselves Star Realm Merchants."

"They also sold us a batch of statues, allegedly for calming the mind."

So that’s where those statues came from.

Su Ziyu nodded slightly and asked, "What do they sell?"

Jian thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, it’s all sorts of strange things. There’s also the Mind Staff, but because the price is too expensive, the Rebel Army eventually gave it up."

"Their civilization seems to have developed a technology called ’Magic’."

"These merchants are tracking and collecting information related to Chaos Demons. If you have specific information, you can exchange for quite a few good things from them."

They truly are merchants from the Magic Side.

No wonder the statues have the glow of enchantment, Su Ziyu said softly, "Tell me more."

"I’m not very clear on the specifics," Jian said, apparently having a general memory. She carefully recalled, "A signal from interstellar merchants can only be connected once every one or two years. They won’t land on this planet, but rather deliver goods directly through air drop pods."

"It’s easier to encounter trade guilds. They will come once every year."

"About demons."

"I’m not very clear either."

"No one here has seen them; there are only some old rumors, which say they’re from a place called the Chaotic Void."

"Before the Empire decided to ascend, there were still some alien species appearing on this planet."

"Later, they all disappeared."

This Crystal Wall Element is even bigger than Su Ziyu imagined. It’s not just civilizations from the technology side and spiritual energy side, but today he heard from Jian about civilizations from the magic side that have already entered the interstellar era.

The Star Realm Merchants are the name used by interstellar merchants from the Magic Side.

Jian seemed to have opened up, seeing Su Ziyu interested in this information, and started talking about news she either experienced or heard.

In this part of the universe.

Humans are not the only advanced intelligent civilization. Besides the ancient empire established by humans, which is the legendary ’Lost Empire,’ there were also some advanced civilizations established by other races in ancient times. A lot of information in this area was lost after the Empire’s spiritual ascension failed, possibly because the threat of alien species was eliminated by the early powerful Empire, leaving ordinary people with little knowledge of it all.

Jian shared some information she knew, like a race called Spirit Race, an almost human race born with strong spiritual energy, which once established an empire across many star systems but was later directly destroyed.

Thousands of years ago, there were traces of Spirit Race activities on this planet, but later they all disappeared.

Additionally, Spirit Race merchants sometimes call themselves Star Realm Merchants.

Then there are Beastmen, a race that likes to shout ’Ook Ook,’ extremely frenzied, known as green-skinned butchers. They have strong breeding and survival capabilities, encountered among interstellar plunderers, but are rare on this planet.

The early Empire fought with them, and after repelling them once, they did not appear again.

Perhaps they also dislike this planet.

Alien species only were active thousands of years ago, but after the Mind Whisper outbreak, it turned into a restricted area here, making it almost difficult to encounter these alien species again.

Demons are only in legends.

It is said that the first Emperor of the Empire once captured a powerful demon, but now thousands of years have passed, and no one can confirm the truth of this message.

"Tell me about the Lost Empire," Su Ziyu asked curiously.

"The Lost Empire?" Jian showed a hint of longing on her face and said slowly, "Legend has it that it was a very great and glorious civilization, a truly advanced civilization."

"The Lost Empire was once the ruler of the entire Milky Way Galaxy."

"The Empire’s footprints covered all planets, and they even had colonies outside the Milky Way Galaxy."

"But later, the Empire suddenly collapsed."

"No one knows the reason; people can only find some clues by excavating ancient ruins. We humans are basically the remnants of the Ancient Lost Empire."

"It’s said there are heirs of the Lost Empire in some distant star systems."

"But we will definitely not encounter them."

It’s already late.

Jian checked the clock outside and smiled: "There are some new dishes tonight, you should like them."

"Want to have a bite together?"

Su Ziyu checked the time and nodded, "Sure."

Living underground gives no sense of time; little did he realize just looping around the game would lead to dinner time.

The number of people in the restaurant increased.

There are actually less than a thousand combat members in the Rebel Army, with over ten thousand people in the entire underground base providing them logistical support. Those qualified to enter the restaurant should be regular members, mostly looking like soldiers, showing fierce expressions, having scars, having received bionic and mechanical modifications.

Besides those, some technical personnel can enter the restaurant for meals. Two people next to Su Ziyu were discussing whether indoor cultivation should grow potatoes or something else while eating.

Many have expressed they are sick of eating potatoes.

Tonight’s main food is still potatoes, but with more variety—mashed potatoes with chickpeas alongside fried meat sticks, and something resembling tomato sauce.

After eating.

Jian took Su Ziyu for a tour around the entire base. The underground base’s energy core is a nuclear fusion core, a type of controlled nuclear fusion technology, more advanced than the Wasteland World’s, but due to technological gaps, they seem to use it just for energy supply. Many of the Rebel Army’s technologies were stolen from the Empire, there are very few researchers in the entire underground base, and even their medical beds bear the Empire’s emblem.

The planting area is large, occupying a third of the base.

It seems they had tough days before, the first thing they thought of was ensuring sufficient food, resulting in potatoes aplenty.

Some guarded areas appeared more confidential, and Jian didn’t take Su Ziyu there.

After wandering around briefly.

Jian gave Su Ziyu a personal identification card and said softly, "With this, you can use the virtual pod anytime."

"Since you are a Spiritualist."

"Belonging to a special combat squad, temporarily acting with me."

"You can move freely within the underground base if there are no special missions."

Spiritualists are quite valued here.

Within the entire Rebel Army, besides Jian, there are eleven Spiritualists capable of fighting on the front lines, and Su Ziyu has the highest Spiritual Ability Level among them.

Definitely not sleeping.

Su Ziyu went to his room, sat for a while, and simply continued gaming.

Just infiltrated within the Rebel Army, it’s better to stay a bit low-key. He already felt someone watching him this afternoon.

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