Chapter 588: Chapter 462: Contempt
The star of the stellar system where the Spiritual Energy Star is located is a red dwarf star.
This red dwarf is about half the size of the Sun.
It is surrounded by five planets.
This stellar system is somewhat similar to the solar system.
Within the gravitational range, there is also a massive wall of fire.
And a spherical nebula enveloping the stellar system.
It is precisely because this Fixed Star Realm gave birth to the intelligent race called the Spiritual Race.
Therefore, the star is also named the Spiritual Ability Star.
The Spiritual Ability Star has existed for eleven billion Earth years, more than twice the age of the Sun.
In some sense, the Spiritual Ability Star is still a "teenager," while the Sun is already "middle-aged."
According to detection by the Spiritual Race’s researchers, the Spiritual Ability Star can exist for about a trillion Earth years because it is an M-type red dwarf.
M-type stars take a long time to cool down, shrink to their main sequence star size, radiate light and heat, hence, they have a relatively long lifespan.
The Spiritual Ability Star is considered a metal-poor star.
For astronomers, any element heavier than hydrogen and helium is classified as "metal."
Despite being a metal-poor star, the Spiritual Ability Star still possesses a multi-planetary system.
A total of five planets orbit the Spiritual Ability Star, of which two are gas giant planets.
The outermost gas giant has a mass nearly twice that of Jupiter.
The middle gas giant is about half the size of Jupiter.
Then there is the Spiritual Ability Star and the other two terrestrial planets.
At first glance, the entire planetary system of the Spiritual Ability Star looks like a smaller version of the solar system.
The star is small.
The orbits are also small.
The innermost planet is the smallest.
It just so happens, like in our solar system, that the smallest planet runs inside the giant planets.
As a star realm not abundant in resources, the Spiritual Race was able to develop a powerful civilization, leaping to become one of the most formidable cosmic civilizations in the Orion Arm, thanks to the race members’ long lifespan and astonishing wisdom.
Moreover, this is a very ferocious race.
Prior to the emergence of the Orion Interstellar Alliance, the Spiritual Race frequently plundered and ravaged other lower civilizations.
Therefore, when the Spiritual Ability King announced the impending invasion of powerful cosmic entities, intending to obliterate the Spiritual Ability Star Realm across the world, not a single person on the Spiritual Planet chose to leave the mother star for other colonized planets; instead, the entire planet was enraged!
"War!"
"We want war!"
"Kill the invaders!"
"Great Spiritual Ability King, please lead us to launch a holy war and mercilessly kill the invaders!"
Over a million members of the Spiritual Race gathered at the Exia Sacred Land Plaza in the Northern Hemisphere of the Spiritual Planet, shouting passionately.
Angry roars reverberated between heaven and earth.
The Spiritual Ability King, draped in green high-tech armor, a black cloak, and a crown, slowly walked out from the Holy Hall.
In his hand, he held a gemstone scepter representing his supreme status as the Spiritual Ability King.
The moment the Spiritual Ability King appeared, the entire plaza fell silent.
The Spiritual Ability King expressionlessly scanned the tribesmen below, then loudly and eloquently declared, "Today, we stand here! On the Spiritual Race’s planet! On Exia, this land our ancestors irrigated with blood and dignity! Behind me stands the statue of the first Spiritual Ability King! He was the pioneer and warrior of our Spiritual Race, who once carved out our interstellar civilization and led the Spiritual Race onto a path of strength!"
Using a high-tech loudspeaker, his voice reached the ears of over a million members of the Spiritual Race.
Furthermore, various signal towers transmitted this situation into images and recordings across the entire biologically habitable Northern Hemisphere, allowing all tribesmen on the Spiritual Race’s mother star to witness the Spiritual Ability King’s provocative speech.
Everyone gazed fervently at their great king.
The Spiritual Ability King was delivering a pre-war mobilization, "In front of me stands a race, a race that is about to groan in humiliation! If we lose this war, then the pride of our race will be lost! That cosmic entity and its protected lower civilization will ride on our necks to rule over us, trampling our dignity at will. The dignity of the most noble race in the Orion Arm will be lost! Tell me, will you choose to be a forever unyielding warrior like the first Spiritual Ability King, or a slave!?"
"Warrior!"
"Warrior!"
"Warrior!"
The over a million members of the Spiritual Race responded fanatically.
The Spiritual Ability King gestured for calm.
The crowd gradually quieted down.
He continued his pre-war mobilization, "You might say: King, I need a job, some food. Yes, what you say is right, life is indeed too important. But I must tell you, there is something in this world more important than life: that is freedom! That is dignity!"
Upon saying this, the Spiritual Ability King was nearly frenzied, becoming hoarse and desperate, "As long as that lower civilization race is not eliminated, as long as that peculiar cosmic entity is not killed by us, our dignity does not exist! We cannot let that lower civilization race run rampant over us, and we cannot be scared into hiding on colonized planets by that peculiar cosmic entity; otherwise, our dignity shall be no more! No one in other civilizations of the Orion Arm, the entire Milky Way Galaxy, or all the cosmic entities in the entire cosmos will respect the Spiritual Race!"
The Spiritual Ability King’s voice became lamenting, "While clinging to life is possible through, living with degradation, other intelligent cosmic species will emit a scornful laugh when mentioning the term Spiritual Race in conversation because our dignity has ceased to exist."
