"This is the situation of the Flying Star Sector. The bigger planets all have harsh environments. They are either endless deserts or surging oceans. Otherwise, all the continents are rugged mountains more than five thousand meters above sea level.
"For such planets, even if they have air, it contains a lot of impurities. It is very difficult for ordinary people and low-level Cultivators to survive there. Occasionally, some ordinary people live on such planets, but they often mutate and become neither human nor ghost. They are known as barbarians by the space residents.
"Only the high-level Cultivators, in order to collect rare materials or hunt demon beasts, occasionally land on the planets.
"Most people prefer to live in the sea of stars.
"Take our town for example. It is located at the edge of the Flying Star Sector and is based on this small world fragment. Although the resources are not abundant, there are still a lot of remnants of ancient battlefields that can be excavated. Every now and then, we can trade for some food in other towns in space. Life is tough, but it's still bearable.
"The Cultivation sects, on the other hand, prefer to live in starships. It is often the case that the headquarters of a sect is an enormous mothership. There are also a lot of cruisers and destroyers of lower levels that serve as' branches'. They can be quite intimidating."
"And those are the sects that are relatively small in scale. For the top ten sects of the Flying Star Sector, their headquarters are often a super enormous star fortress!
"Such star fortresses were the ultimate weapons of the Star Ocean Imperium. After the sects acquired them, they spent thousands of years collecting the remnants and materials of new starships and attaching them to the star fortresses and expanding them. In the end, the star fortresses were transformed into magnificent cities in space that could accommodate tens of millions of people, if not more!
"Some of the super sects, on the other hand, simply emptied some of the satellites and asteroids. Enormous power rune arrays more than hundreds of kilometers in diameter have been carved on the surface of the planet. They considered the satellites and asteroids to be their headquarters, and all the members of the sect live inside. "
Mu Ping smiled and said, "Master Li Yao. Your extraordinary combat skills don't seem to be the result of an unorthodox training. Chances are that you were a disciple of a big sect who ran into trouble. Maybe you were attacked by space pirates. That's why I managed to escape. "
"Why don't you stay in Black Iron Town for the time being? While you cultivate, you can slowly recover your memories. If we have the chance, we can also go out and ask around to see if there is a transport team from a cultivation sect that has recently passed by a nearby star area. It is most likely to be the sect you belong to."
Li Yao nodded, not giving a reply. Then, he caught a keyword in Mu Ping's words. "What are space pirates? Are you a rogue from the universe? "
Mu Ping did not doubt Li Yao at all. In his opinion, Li Yao was much stronger than him. There was no need to deceive these country bumpkins.
"Space pirates are one of the three scourges of the Flying Star Sector.
"The Flying Star Sector was a critical battlefield ten thousand years ago. Therefore, the entire space zone is filled with war debris.
"These corpses are an inexhaustible treasure trove."
"Also, most people live in world fragments, starships, and space fortresses. It's like everybody lives on tiny islands that are scattered in a boundless ocean.
"Naturally, the trade in the sea of stars will be of great importance."
"Some space fortresses cannot produce food on their own. Some world fragments are in need of certain Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. The air circulation system of some starships needs to be changed regularly. All these requirements lead to a very developed space trade. There are too many trade routes.
"Take Black Iron Town for example. Although it is in a remote area, we have to trade all the time. We have to go out and trade for daily necessities.
"When there is a lot of trade, naturally, some experts have ill intentions and resort to killing and robbing.
"Perhaps, they are forced to do so at first. For example, a starship of a sect is caught in a meteorite shower and a cosmic storm and is almost wrecked. They are in dire need of certain assets, but they don't have suitable resources to trade with. Since they are in peril, they might as well do whatever they can in their desperation.
"But as time went by, those people became professional space pirates instead of casual robbers. After all, the environment of the Flying Star Sector was as complicated as it could be. After all, they could simply hide in the stone belts after robbing. Even the deities of the universe wouldn't be able to find them!
"Today, the space pirates are getting stronger and stronger. They have expanded to more than ten major pirate gangs from the small ones in the beginning.
"As for the small pirate gangs or the lone wolves, they are as numerous as carps in a river!"
"Even some of the trade caravans seem to be legal merchants and behave themselves in the trading points where the experts are stationed. But when they encounter a merchant ship that is much weaker than them in the desolate space, it is not unusual for them to cut off the communication with the merchant ship and rob it in secret."
Mu Ping's words made Li Yao's face turn weird.
Even Cultivation sects can degenerate to make a living by robbing?
In the Tian Yuan world, this was an absolutely impossible matter.
Even the most shameless Cultivators might attack other Cultivators for their own interests. But to ask them to rob ordinary people?
They would rather slit their own throats and commit suicide than to be humiliated.
The Flying Star Sector was indeed a world of chaos!
"You mentioned that there are 'three major threats' just now. What are the other two threats other than space pirates?" Li Yao asked calmly.
Although the spiritual energy in the Flying Star Sector was more abundant than that in the Tian Yuan Realm, and the situation was more chaotic, it was better for him to know more about the place so that he could be prepared.
Mu Ping counted with his fingers and said,
"The second threat is the demon beasts!
"There are no demon forces that are too powerful in the Flying Star Sector. There are only a few demon beasts here and there. But those demon beasts are all the descendants of the coalition army of the demon race and the Demonic Cultivators. Therefore, they have some secret arts that allow them to meld their fleshly body with the magical equipment of the Demonic Cultivators!
"The giant crab that you hunted was one of those demon beasts.
"As for how they melded with the magical equipment, we don't know. We only know that the animals lurk inside the meteoroids and drift in the sea of stars, searching for the scent of human beings.
"Black Iron Town was unlucky enough to be caught by the beast when we were collecting the debris of the starships and tailed us all the way here. Thankfully, Master Li Yao took action in time. Otherwise, the entire town would have been slaughtered."
Li Yao was dazed for a moment. He didn't know that the weird crystal railgun was made by the Demonic Cultivators. No wonder the model condensed by spiritual energy was entirely different from the magical equipment refined by the Cultivators. It was much more brutal and evil.
He had to study it carefully when he had time.
Mu Ping continued.
"The third threat is, of course, the Demonic Cultivators!
"The Flying Star Sector was one of the main battlefields of the 'Armageddon Rebellion'. The corpses of countless Demonic Cultivators were left here. Maybe that's why this Sector attracts Demonic Cultivators very easily.
"Besides, the environment here is too chaotic. Many Cultivators are not resolute enough. They are easily attracted by the extraterrestrial devils and transformed into Demonic Cultivators.
"There are even cases where all the Cultivators on a starship were transformed into Demonic Cultivators, and the starship turned into a 'devilish warship', too.
"For the ordinary people and the low-level Cultivators, if they run into such a tragedy of 'arrival of extraterrestrial devils', they will have no choice but to close their eyes and wait for death.
"But the good thing is that both the demon beasts and the Demonic Cultivators are rare occurrences. Ordinary people can barely run into them. Speaking of which, space pirates are much more likely to appear. That's why space pirates are listed as the biggest threat of the Flying Star Sector!"
Li Yao nodded his head, deep in thought. Excitement beamed out of his eyes.
Demonic Cultivators …
They were brand-new enemies.
In the Tian Yuan Realm, the threat was mainly from the Blood Demon Sector. There was barely any news about Demonic Cultivators. Li Yao had run into a half-baked Demonic Cultivator named Zheng Dongming, too. But he had to behave himself and didn't dare to act recklessly.
He didn't know that the Demonic Cultivators were one of the main enemies of the Flying Star Sector. Interesting.
After pondering for a moment, Li Yao asked again.
"How did the government deal with the Three Great Scourges when they made such a big fuss?"
Mu Ping was dazed for a moment.
He blurted out, "The government? What government? "
Li Yao was dazed, too. He scratched his head and frowned.
"The government. The army. Are there any measures to strike the three major threats?"
Mu Ping stared at him for a long time, as if he had said something weird. After a long time, he shook his head and said, "There hasn't been a country in the Flying Star Sector for thousands of years! A starship represents a Cultivation sect, which is scattered in every corner of the space zone and relies on the remnants of ancient battlefields and world fragments for supplies. Why would we need a country? "
Li Yao raised his eyebrow.
He had read in a textbook that before the Xing Yao Federation was born, the Tian Yuan Realm had been in a situation where there was no country and the major Cultivation sects were independent.
He didn't know that the Flying Star Sector was the same.
On second thought, it was not strange at all.
After all, most of the spiritual energy and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the Tian Yuan Realm were concentrated on the Heaven's Origin Sector, which had only one main continent.
Therefore, under the threat of a strong enemy, the major Cultivation sects were more likely to unite and eventually form a country.
But in the Flying Star Sector, all the Cultivation sects were scattered in every corner of the sea of stars, and they could get supplies from the remnants of ancient battlefields. It was only natural that there was no unified government.
After Mu Ping's explanation, Li Yao learned that most of the people living in the Flying Star Sector today were under the protection of various Cultivation sects. They paid taxes to the Cultivation sects regularly. Of course, if they ran into the 'three major threats' such as space pirates, they could ask for help from the Cultivation sects, too.
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