“Sir, please go to the left. It is the second room from the end.” The receptionist said.
“Thank you!”
Luo Feng smiled, then walked towards the left with the two Flowing Silver Guards following behind him. The receptionist’s eyes lit up as she thought to herself, “He actually said ‘thank you’ to a receptionist like me. Wow, this is the true bearing of a properly educated member of a great family. Although he has two Flowing Silver Guards with him, he does not have the slightest bit of arrogance!”
……
Luo Feng looked at the door. There was a sign written on it.
Knock, knock, knock.
Luo Feng knocked on the door.
“Please come in.” A strong and powerful voice came from inside.
Luo Feng pushed the door open and entered. Inside was a spacious room with two staff members. Both were thin, dark-skinned men with blood-red eyes. One of them casually raised his head for a glance, but when he saw the two Flowing Silver Guards behind Luo Feng, a standard enthusiastic smile immediately appeared on his face.
“Sir, how may we assist you?”
“I would like to obtain Black Dragon Mountain Empire citizenship.” Luo Feng smiled.
The citizenship of low-level cosmic civilisations was the worst.
As for the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, a medium-level cosmic civilisation, its citizenship was considered quite good. At least while his strength was still weak, Luo Feng had no intention of leaving the territory of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. Once he became a Cosmic-level expert or stronger, at that level, citizenship would no longer make much difference.
“Oh, may I ask what your previous citizenship was? Do you have the procedures for renouncing your original citizenship?” The red-eyed black man smiled.
“I have no citizenship.” Luo Feng replied.
“No citizenship?”
The red-eyed black man was slightly surprised. He could not help but carefully examine Luo Feng twice, then looked at the two Flowing Silver Guards behind him.
Normally, ordinary people on a planet who had not reached the Planetary level could not obtain citizen status. The prerequisite for obtaining citizenship was reaching the Planetary level. This was also why, during Earth’s catastrophe, Luo Feng had said that even if he left Earth, his wife and children would have to remain on the spaceship for decades and grow to the Planetary level before they could enter other planets.
Non-citizens entering certain planets would not be protected by the empire.
When ordinary people reached the Planetary level, they would join a nation for the first time.
However…
The person in front of him had two Flowing Silver Guards as bodyguards. Could he really be an ordinary person?
“He is probably an elite cultivated by some powerful faction, only entering society for the first time.” The red-eyed black man thought.
“Sir, please stand here and do not move.” The red-eyed black man smiled.
“Alright.” Luo Feng already knew what the other party wanted to do.
The red-eyed black man activated the device on his arm.
Beep.
A dreamy light enveloped Luo Feng.
“Beep beep!”
The device made a sound. The red-eyed black man lowered his head and looked at the screen. Displayed on it were Universal Language characters.
“Person not found!”
“Since Sir has never joined any citizenship system before, many procedures can be skipped.” The red-eyed black man smiled. “Sir only needs to pay the processing fee of 50 Black Dragon Coins, and everything will be completed.”
“On Qiu Long Star, many places require Black Dragon Coins.” Luo Feng flipped his hand and tossed out a Dry Witch Coin. “Help me exchange it.”
“A Dry Witch Coin.”
The red-eyed black man was secretly delighted. He quickly took out a stack of special banknotes as thin as cicada wings from his chest pocket and handed them to Luo Feng.
“Sir, here are 950 Black Dragon Coins.”
At the same time, he placed the Dry Witch Coin into his own pocket, took out fifty Black Dragon Coins, and inserted them into the payment slot of the machine beside him. The machine immediately swallowed them.
“Haha, big brother, you are treating us tonight.” The other slightly big-eyed black man shouted.
“Sure.” The red-eyed black man was extremely happy. He gave Luo Feng an enthusiastic smile. “Sir, follow me. I will complete all the procedures for you. It will be very quick.”
People like them who worked in official departments had extensive connections.
Exchanging a Dry Witch Coin for Black Dragon Coins could easily get 1,000 to 1,500 Black Dragon Coins. In other words, just by giving change, he earned several hundred Black Dragon Coins, which was equivalent to hundreds of thousands of Silver Blue Coins. Even with his good job, this was worth one or two months of his salary.
After around 20 minutes, Luo Feng received his identity documents. From this moment onward, Luo Feng had left a record in the citizen system of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
“This banknote is quite interesting.” Luo Feng praised.
“The toughness and hardness of this banknote are both excellent. On Earth, even an Advanced God of War would need to use their full strength to tear one apart. This type of banknote can generally be used for two or three thousand years. After that, it will gradually decay.” Babata explained.
“Oh.” Luo Feng nodded slightly.
Luo Feng was in a good mood.
With Black Dragon Mountain Empire citizenship, many things could now be done. As the saying went, without an identity, every step was difficult.
“Babata, where can I open a Virtual Universe Network account?” Luo Feng asked expectantly.
The Virtual Universe!
Just from the name alone, one could tell that in the Virtual Universe Network, people from all human nations throughout the entire universe, including the Dry Witch Universe Nation and countless other universe nations, frequently entered the Virtual Universe. If one talked about population, it could truly be described as countless. Far too many people existed there.
“It is over a hundred kilometres away from here.” Babata began giving detailed directions.
Luo Feng soared into the sky.
The sky above Qiu Long City was spacious, so the density of flying people was not very high. Luo Feng could maintain a relatively fast speed.
“Babata, what kind of technology does the Virtual Universe Network use? How can people scattered anywhere in the universe communicate instantly through the network?” Luo Feng was extremely shocked and curious. The universe was unimaginably vast. Even when using cosmic travel, some extremely distant places required hundreds or thousands of years of dark universe flight.
Yet the Virtual Universe Network could allow people to meet and communicate.
What kind of technology was this?
What technology did this network use?
“I do not know what technology it is either.” Babata said. “Even the Dry Witch Universe Nation has not mastered this technology. Only the Virtual Universe Company possesses it. Every major universe nation has branches of the Virtual Universe Company.”
“This company must be incredibly powerful.” Luo Feng exclaimed.
His teacher, the owner of Planet Meteor, Hu Yanbo, could receive respectful treatment from the Dry Witch Universe Nation, but when facing such an enormous high-level civilisation like a universe nation, Hu Yanbo still would not dare to provoke it easily. Yet the technology that even the various universe nations could not master was controlled by the Virtual Universe Company.
And this company was still thriving.
“Of course!”
“Luo Feng, although the Dry Witch Universe Nation and the other universe nations are all high-level cosmic civilisations with extremely powerful strength, in the universe, the truly powerful forces are not actually the nations.” Babata said. “They are some seemingly scattered organisations that are actually incredibly powerful.”
“What organisations?” Luo Feng asked curiously.
“The Universe Galaxy Bank, the First Universe Bank, the Giant Axe Battle Arena, the Universe Mercenary Alliance, and the Virtual Universe Company. These five are the five supreme giants of the universe!” Babata said. “They possess absolute monopoly positions.”
“These two banks deal with the business of the wealthy. Even undying existences usually store their money and treasures in these two banks.” Babata said. “Your teacher’s wealth was kept in the Universe Galaxy Bank. The three accounts he left for you are all accounts with the Universe Galaxy Bank.”
Luo Feng nodded slightly.
“The Giant Axe Battle Arena is the fairest battle arena. As for its strength, you will understand in the future.”
“The Universe Mercenary Alliance is a loose organisation. More than 99% of martial artists and spirit readers join the Universe Mercenary Alliance. Your teacher was also a member back then.” These words shocked Luo Feng. More than 99% of martial artists and spirit readers joined? This, this, who could possibly surpass it?
Fortunately, it was only a loose organisation.
“The Virtual Universe Company’s Virtual Universe can be called humanity’s second world. The company that controls it cannot be shaken even by the various universe nations. How powerful do you think it is?” Babata sighed.
Luo Feng understood.
In this universe, it seemed that the Dry Witch Universe Nation and other universe nations were already the strongest nations.
However, the organisations that had spread into every nation were the truly powerful ones.
“Below the five supreme giants are the universe nations. Of course, there are also some hidden forces that are not much weaker than universe nations.” Babata said. “However, within the territory of the Dry Witch Universe Nation, the Dry Witch Universe Nation is still very dominant. At most, it gives some face to the five supreme giants.”
Luo Feng nodded slightly.
The vast universe. Now it seemed that although his teacher had once been powerful, he clearly could not provoke even the Dry Witch Universe Nation, let alone the five supreme giants.
……
Qiu Long City, Virtual Universe Company.
“Sir, how may I assist you?” A beautiful woman with a pleasant appearance, wearing a red uniform and possessing a fluffy tail, slightly bowed and smiled.
“Open an account.” Luo Feng directly replied.
“For opening an account, how many years of Virtual Universe Network usage would you like to pay for in advance? We offer three options: 100 years, 1,000 years, and 10,000 years. The annual network fee is 10 Black Dragon Coins or 0.008 Dry Witch Coins.” The receptionist explained fluently.
Luo Feng was stunned when he heard this.
They really charge a lot!
10 Black Dragon Coins? That was equivalent to over ten thousand Silver Blue Coins. Very few ordinary people on a planet could afford it. Most users were Planetary-level humans.
“Do you have consciousness sensing helmets here?” Luo Feng asked.
On Earth, the helmets made by Earth humans themselves could not connect to the Virtual Universe Network. However, intelligent lifeforms like Babata had methods to connect easily.
“A consciousness sensing helmet costs 10 Black Dragon Coins each.” A trace of surprise flashed through the receptionist’s eyes. Nowadays, anyone with some status used auxiliary optical computers, or even higher-level intelligent optical computers. Who would still use the primitive consciousness sensing helmet?
“What about anonymous accounts?” Luo Feng asked further.
In the universe, some planetary lords purchased consciousness sensing helmets for their own planetary citizens to use. These were usually anonymous accounts. However, anonymous accounts generally had a fixed validity period of 100 years. After expiration, a new account had to be purchased.
These anonymous accounts could not be bound to specific users.
In other words, anyone could use them, but only for a maximum of 100 years.
“Anonymous accounts have a fixed validity period of 100 years. Each account costs 2,000 Black Dragon Coins, or 1.6 Dry Witch Coins.” The receptionist smiled.
“Very good.”
Luo Feng nodded slightly. “I need 10 anonymous accounts, 10 consciousness sensing helmets. Open the account, and pay for 100 years of usage.”