Trading Cosmic Battleship From The Start
Chapter 178 - 129: I Have Never Lost the Legacy_2

Chapter 178: Chapter 129: I Have Never Lost the Legacy_2

This is a future that makes you tremble with excitement just by thinking about it!

But unfortunately, Shen Shi is acutely aware of how difficult it really is.

The difficulty is not about transforming the Mother Star, nor about voyaging with it.

In the cosmos, there are countless immigrant warships, with entire races and civilizations voyaging together.

Yet, how many civilizations are there like the Gus?

If you can’t shield your existence like them, inviting only those you want, you’ll be easily caught up by interstellar pirates or even the legions of other civilizations, just like humans pursuing the Worren reconnaissance forces for a direct attack.

There are also Masters of Primordial Energy, with countless powerful races.

And such vast Curvature Bubble spaces, where colossal defensive fortresses can be easily set up.

And all kinds of unimaginable technologies, equipment...

Just thinking about these things, Shen Shi’s mood gradually calms down.

In the end, such a civilization didn’t become powerful by choosing this way; it’s because they were powerful enough that they could choose this way of living.

"They all say the cost of living in Gus Land is exorbitant." Shen Shi roughly guessed why the Collector returned to the black market once more, "With your foundation, can you settle down there?"

"You are Gong Chu’s superior; in front of you, I have nothing to hide." The Collector said darkly, "Even if I sell everything I’ve accumulated over these centuries, it would only allow me to survive there for a mere twenty-three years."

"..."

Shen Shi was also stunned by this number.

Twenty-three years?

This time is merely a short voyage in the interstellar realm!

Shen Shi doesn’t know exactly how much the Collector’s resources amount to, but this Collector is someone who has lived through several historical changes!

At the very beginning, he could easily bring out the Wogte, which is considered among the most top-notch and extremely expensive warships in the D-level civilizations!

It’s clear that his resources would not be small; if they were, he wouldn’t be an antique collector—Collectors don’t collect treasures to sell them!

But twenty-three years?

Even though Shen Shi had already raised his expectations significantly, it still seemed too outrageous!

"The biggest problem is that I have no way of obtaining residency rights and can only gain stay privileges. Thus, once the stay exceeds a certain time, the price to pay for the stay surges massively," the Collector explained, "This is actually to expel people like me—to make us conduct quick transactions and then leave swiftly; that’s the kind of treatment people like me face."

Shen Shi keenly noticed that the Collector mentioned "people like me" twice in one breath.

This caused him to furrow his brow again.

He actually almost understood that this rule is to make people like "the Collector" empty their wallets quickly, deplete their value, and then leave.

But what sort of person is the Collector?

A top-tier collector within nearly a C-level civilization is this humble?

This made Shen Shi feel somewhat uncomfortable, after all, the Collector is also human, and a Future Person who became stronger after he changed the future multiple times!

If the Collector has to face this kind of treatment, then even if he finds this Gus Land, it would only be worse.

"People like you? What does that mean?" Shen Shi couldn’t resist asking in a deep voice, "What other requirements are there?"

"People like me..." The Collector took a few steps forward, staring closely at Shen Shi before finally speaking the most important words to him today, "It means people like me who have lost their cultural heritage and historical lineage!"

"..." Shen Shi was momentarily stunned.

"I only realized this after arriving here," the Collector said slowly, "The Gus People believe that races who have even lost their own culture and heritage don’t qualify for long-term stay in Gus Land. So I can’t obtain stay permissions; after five years at most, I have to pay a significantly high amount of wealth to continue staying, but even if I do nothing, twenty-three years is the limit."

"..." Shen Shi understood.

No wonder the Collector sought him out! He even disclosed his presence in Gus Land, and even from the beginning, told him about his relationship with Gong Chu and his pursuits.

In the end, for people of the Future World, his greatest value to them would be those pieces of culture and heritage lost in the future, right?

Gong Chu thinks this way, and the Collector does too.

Shen Shi had no opinion about it; he originally came to trade anyway.

However, he still couldn’t quite understand this answer.

"But culture and heritage only pertain to crossing the final threshold to become a Master of Primordial Energy, don’t they?" Shen Shi asked, "Do the Gus People expect every foreigner who stays to become a Master of Primordial Energy?"

This is what he couldn’t comprehend.

After all, according to what he knows, even in civilizations with complete heritages, not everyone can become a Master of Primordial Energy.

History and cultural heritage are necessary, but they are not the only requirements.

Although Shen Shi still doesn’t know what reaching such a level in Primordial Energy mastery requires, he knows Masters of Primordial Energy aren’t cheap in the interstellar realm.

But after Shen Shi asked this question, the emotion conveyed by the Collector changed once again.

It became despondent, even with a hint of disappointment.

"Perhaps it’s a prejudice from the Gus, or maybe there are reasons unknown to us, after all, their exploration of the Primordial Energy Domain is beyond our understanding. However—" the Collector’s tone also became somber, "History, culture, and heritage are not just about stepping into that final level to become a Master of Primordial Energy, it is the spiritual force of a race, the greatest distinction between us, birthed in the cosmos, and artificial life; moreover, it’s the most important link for every race to unite, develop, and grow stronger. So I understand why the Gus do what they do, because individuals like us, without history and heritage, are just driven by individual desires once away from our race, like living corpses, unable to create any value."

Shen Shi could hear the intense importance the Collector placed on the transmission of history and culture from his words.

Indeed, he didn’t complain about the Gus.

He only blamed himself for losing everything, blamed the Daike People who took everything away, and even blamed the Human Civilization for failing to protect all the brilliance.

That’s why he chose to leave during humanity’s crisis; in his heart, treasures from the past perhaps outweighed everything else.

In Shen Shi’s view, this obviously seemed a bit extreme.

If Human Civilization were to eventually perish, then even with all historical records, all cultures, and all heritages, they would merely serve as the tombstone of humanity.

However, Shen Shi did not try to say anything.

The same words still hold.

The Collector’s mastery of Primordial Energy is stronger than his own; there’s nothing he needs to change because he knows exactly what he wants.

Thus, in response to the Collector’s displayed disappointment, Shen Shi merely said blandly, "I indeed cannot understand your feelings because I have never lost our human culture and heritage. The history of humanity in the Earth Star Era has always been engraved in my mind, so I can’t empathize with your feelings of losing everything."

After saying this, the Collector suddenly looked at Shen Shi, and a powerful light burst from within his jade-like body.

This indicated his excitement at this moment.

"As I suspected... Mr. Shen, you are a descendant of the great heroes! The Yuan Clan you belong to is the Shen Clan that disappeared over 2,600 years ago! I knew it... Humanity’s greatest heroes could never allow the Daike Civilization to destroy everything we hold dear!"

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