Chapter 571: Chapter 566: Ji Ning Side Story (Part 6)
One week later——
"Chief Designer Ji, please give your acceptance speech..."
"Hahaha..."
Bai Xiaotang and Ye Tong were almost laughing to tears, while Huang Ying, sitting opposite them, couldn’t help but chuckle, "If she finds out, you two not only recorded the award ceremony video but also replayed it over and over, watch out or she might make you run laps."
Bai Xiaotang rubbed her stiffened cheeks and replied, "It’s rare to see Sister Ning praising herself so earnestly, we definitely have to record it."
"The person who submitted her name is quite a talent."
"But the Huazhou Alliance actually approved it?"
Watching their discussion, Huang Ying calmly responded, "It wasn’t the Huazhou Alliance that approved it, it was herself."
"Why?" Bai Xiaotang and Ye Tong both found it unbelievable.
Who would want to receive an award named after themselves?
Isn’t this splitting from one’s former identity?
A hint of complexity in Huang Ying’s eyes as she sighed, "Maybe she really wants to say goodbye to the past and live as a brand new self."
Bai Xiaotang and Ye Tong were momentarily stunned, once again looking at the woman on the Smart Brain screen.
"The establishment of the Ji Ning Award represents the liberation of thought, a symbol of the era’s progress, and a reflection of the rise of women’s social status..."
"I hope more and more outstanding female friends can win this award, letting everyone see that women are the backbone of changing the times!"
"The words I most want to say now are: thank you to the three generals who established this award, thank you for making the name Ji Ning a household name! Thank you for letting more outstanding women see a broader sky and achieve this best era. I am very happy to receive this special award in a time of peace!"
***
years later——
An interstellar route has been established outside the Superpower Star, with more and more humans taking to the skies to explore other planets.
The mysterious alien signal intercepted hundreds of years ago never came to fruition.
But Ji Ning has never relaxed, actively enhancing her power through the Trial Ring, exploring more secrets of the Trial Ring.
She discovered that the Trial Ring is not only a holy place for enhancing personal strength but also allows her to travel across different galaxies, witnessing the technological development of other civilizations.
Thus, over these 200 years, she has brought much advanced technology and resources to Superpower Star through [interstellar travel].
Raising Superpower Star’s technological level from a 1.5-level civilization that couldn’t launch into space to a 2.5-level civilization capable of exploring star systems.
She gradually became the Star Lord of Superpower Star, ruling the development of the entire planet.
"Report to the Star Lord, the third fleet discovered a strange cosmic signal from Gamma Star during patrol."
The voice of [Zero] suddenly came to Ji Ning’s ear.
"Let’s go take a look."
A strange cosmic signal appearing in the star system is not good news.
Gamma Star is another planet within the star system where Superpower Star is located, 3.6 light years away from Superpower Star.
It would take at least 20 years for a Superpower Star spaceship to get there, but Ji Ning had already used the Trial Ring to bind one-third of the planets and satellites within the star system where Superpower Star is located.
Gamma Star happens to be among the bound planets, which is why [Zero] was able to quickly receive the anomaly on Gamma Star.
However, with Ji Ning’s current strength, she’s still unable to teleport to a bound planet more than 1 light year away, she can only rapidly reach the vicinity of Gamma Star through [interstellar travel] within the Trial Ring.
There, outside the Gamma Star’s gravity band, hovered a giant spacecraft with a cold metallic sheen.
A dozen strangely shaped high-energy beings were using some kind of unknown instrument to scan Gamma Star.
She recalled the Cosmic Law obtained when she contacted Mu Nanqiao through the Trial Ring recently.
Her expression tightened, instantly instructing [Zero] to relay the activation of the highest-level space defense to Superpower Star.
Meanwhile, she activated an Invisibility Device obtained from a Fourth-level Civilization, concealed herself, and slowly approached these alien high-energy beings.
The interstellar language translator, which she once spent a great deal of money on, finally allowed her to understand what these high-energy beings were saying.
"Zero, this dwarf planet bears no life forms, the environment is harsh, but it is rich in second-level cosmic energy, an untapped resource star."
"Great, finally have a new resource star, quickly mark the planet’s coordinates and report back to the home star."
"Zero, we encountered a black hole storm during interstellar travel and are currently lost from our designated route."
"First, attempt to make contact."
Immediately, one of the alien high-energy beings flew towards the spacecraft.
Ji Ning followed him, trying to board the spacecraft, but the spacecraft didn’t have a door, it simply emitted a beam of light towards that high-energy being, making him disappear into thin air.
This indicated that these high-energy beings were not carbon-based life forms as she commonly knew, but life forms composed of a peculiar kind of material.
If this is true, doesn’t it mean that the weapons on Superpower Star are unable to harm them at all?
With a steely gaze, Ji Ning had a thought and returned to the Training Space, pushing open one of the doors to stand before a special device.
"Immediately contact Universe Merchant No. 15679."
Soon, a connection-like screen appeared on the special device in front of her. After a long while, a familiar face appeared on the other side.
"What’s up again?" The person on the other side seemed to have been sleeping and was disturbed by her.
"Sorry for bothering your rest. Currently, a peculiar high-energy being appeared in my star system. They can transmit body information through light waves. They aren’t common carbon-based life forms."
The person on the other side paused in the middle of a yawn as if thinking of something, furrowed his brows slightly, "Avoid them for now, with your current capabilities, you cannot match them."
"They plan to exploit my star’s resources."
The person on the other side thought for a moment and said, "They are light-based beings, almost without weaknesses. But they are sparse in number and naturally cautious, if you don’t provoke them, they usually won’t bother higher life forms from other star systems."
Ji Ning was unwilling, "They want to establish coordinates in my star system."
But the person on the other end said, "Haven’t you already gained the Power of Space-Time? You could return to before their arrival and alter their route."
Ji Ning was shocked, "How did you know?"
The person suddenly laughed, "Now there’s an extra confirmation step required to traverse to your star system. Those two Space-Time Stones must have been absorbed by you."
Ji Ning felt a surge of joy; she had been worried that the invader would come back to take her life, but she hadn’t expected absorbing the Space-Time Stones to have such benefits.
Even looking at the grey traversal button on the screen, her mood lifted significantly.
"Once I accumulate enough energy, I’m heading to your universe."
The person opposite her indifferently smiled, "Sure, as long as you have the courage, you’re always welcome!"
***
Many years later——
Ji Ning suddenly received notification from Universe Merchant No. 15679.
"According to intelligence, the Son of God’s assassin appeared in Universe No. 56732. Want to go take revenge together?"
"Go, I’ll be there!"
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[Ji Ning’s Extra Story Ends]
