Having Black Dragon Mountain Empire citizenship made opening an account very easy.
After paying 17 Dry Witch Coins, all the procedures were completed.
“Sir, the 10 anonymous accounts have already been bound to these 10 consciousness sensing helmets. Here is your change. Thank you for your patronage.” The receptionist smiled.
Luo Feng casually stored the 10 sensing helmets into his spatial ring. According to Babata’s previous instructions, on Qiu Long Star, he could reveal that he had a spatial ring!
However, he had to make sure that others believed his spatial ring was only 10 metres in length, width, and height. He absolutely could not store anything that exceeded this volume inside.
After all…
Storage devices were divided into different grades. For someone who could ride a Black Dragon spaceship and had Flowing Silver Guards as bodyguards, possessing a small storage space item was perfectly normal. However, a spatial ring like Luo Feng’s, which was over 600 metres long, over 500 metres wide, and over 100 metres high, was absolutely a luxury item. If others found out about it, he would very likely lose his life.
The items on Luo Feng included the Meteorite Starship, the corpse of an Undying expert, and his weapons, all of which were priceless treasures. The Red Mixed Copper Mother fragment and spatial ring were also incredibly valuable.
A single hair pulled from the leg of the Meteorite Starship Master, such a powerful figure, was worth more than a Domain Lord from the Qiu Long Star Region!
It was easy to imagine how terrifying the consequences would be if Luo Feng, the “successor of the Meteorite Star”, dared to reveal his true treasures.
……
Inside a leisure restaurant in Qiu Long City.
Although the restaurant had a unique and modern style, many things were quite similar to those on Earth.
Even on different planets, humans still shared many common traits, such as “valuing privacy” and “wanting to be respected”. Ancient Earth restaurants had private rooms, and modern Earth restaurants still had private rooms. Likewise, on the extremely advanced Qiu Long Star, restaurants also had highly private rooms.
Of course, the prices were naturally much higher.
“Alright, you can leave.” Luo Feng ordered a strange fruit juice, then asked the waiter to leave.
“Sir, if you need anything, please press this button.” The staff member smiled, walked away, and closed the door.
Click.
Luo Feng personally locked the private room door from the inside and ordered the two Flowing Silver Guards to protect him.
“Babata, enter the Virtual Universe.” Luo Feng instructed.
“Haha, I have been looking forward to this day for a long time.” Babata was extremely excited. After opening the account, he had wanted to enter the Virtual Universe immediately, but once someone entered the Virtual Universe, their consciousness had to leave their body. Although Luo Feng could multitask, he still lacked the ability to split his consciousness. Therefore, he needed to find a safe place first.
“Connecting to the Virtual Universe…”
A deep and vast voice echoed within Luo Feng’s consciousness.
Luo Feng’s consciousness was surrounded by darkness.
……
This was an ancient city.
The streets were paved with large, neatly cut stone blocks. Although the pedestrians on the street had strange appearances, different heights, and different races, most of them wore simple grey clothes, and every person had a small elf sitting on their shoulder.
Shua!
Among the crowd on the street, a person suddenly appeared.
It was Luo Feng.
Luo Feng wore simple grey clothes, and sitting on his shoulder was a tiny “demon Babata” only the size of a fist. Babata also wore the standard green clothing, looking extremely cute, just like a little elf.
“This, this is the Virtual Universe Network?”
Luo Feng stood on the street, looking at the crowds around him with astonishment.
“Of course.” Babata’s voice sounded in Luo Feng’s mind. “We are currently on a Black Dragon Mountain Island located at the edge of the Dry Witch Continent in the Virtual Universe.”
“Island?” Luo Feng blinked.
“All those within the territory of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire who connect to the Virtual Universe Network will directly appear on Black Dragon Mountain Island.” Babata explained. “Although it is called an island, countless humans from the thousands of star systems and countless planets within the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region use the internet. Therefore, the area of this island is larger than any planet in the real universe.”
Luo Feng was amazed.
“Everyone who enters the Virtual Universe has a virtual assistant.” Babata said. “It is the little elf on everyone’s shoulder.”
“The intelligence level of the virtual assistant depends on whether the person uses a sensing helmet, auxiliary optical computer, intelligent optical computer, or intelligent lifeform to connect. For example, the little elf created by a sensing helmet cannot think at all. It can only give simple responses. It only acts after receiving commands.”
Luo Feng nodded slightly.
“In the Virtual Universe, you can chat with friends remotely. You can also spend money to teleport and meet people within the Virtual Universe.” Babata explained. “Things similar to securities and futures can also be operated in the Virtual Universe.”
“You can bind it with your bank account.”
“You can learn martial techniques here!”
“You can conduct trading and purchases here.”
“You can play virtual games. These are 100% simulated virtual games, exactly the same as reality. Virtual games are divided into many types. You can say that there is nothing game providers cannot create, only things you cannot imagine.”
“Games, food, beauties, finance, trading, battles, learning, everything exists!” Babata said. “The Virtual Universe is a market far larger than any planet. It gathers all the human elites in the universe. Things that cannot be achieved in reality can be achieved here.”
“Some people treat virtual games as reality, playing for hundreds or even thousands of years. They marry and have children inside the game. Of course, the prerequisite is that you have money to play. After all, most virtual game players pay money, while those who make money from them are extremely rare.”
Luo Feng was filled with amazement.
It was too vast!
Compared with the real universe, the Virtual Universe was even more prosperous and attractive!
“However, virtual is still virtual.” Babata said seriously. “No matter how long you stay in the Virtual Universe, it cannot help your body cultivate. For powerful people, the Virtual Universe is only a convenient channel. Through it, you can meet and communicate with many like-minded experts.”
“You can buy many things that cannot be purchased locally.”
“But if you spend all day in the Virtual Universe, or even play virtual games constantly, unless you have no pressure, no ambition, and endless money to waste, most people will end up miserable.” Babata said seriously.
He understood the temptation of virtual games very well, so he had to remind Luo Feng.
“Of course, if you play interactive cultivation games or single-player cultivation games, similar to Earth’s Trial Tower, then that is acceptable.” Babata added.
“Trial Tower?” Luo Feng was speechless.
Was that even a game?
It was purely for training.
“Babata, check the metal combinations required by the Golden Horned Beast and the metal combinations required to cultivate 《The World of the True Self》.” Luo Feng asked through his thoughts.
Communicating with Babata through thoughts in the Virtual Universe was very safe. The Virtual Universe Company claimed that it absolutely did not monitor anyone’s information and absolutely did not leak anyone’s data.
These two absolutes were the foundation that allowed the Virtual Universe Company to stand.
“Luo Feng, for a Star-level Golden Horned Beast, the best metal combination for devouring is a combination of 325 types of B-grade pure metals. It can increase the growth speed of the internal world by 89 times. Hmm, I have already gathered information on these 325 metals. They are all available for sale in the universe!” Babata quickly collected the information.
“How much would it roughly cost?” Luo Feng immediately asked.
89 times!
From Star-level one to Universe-level one, the slowest would take 100 years. Once he used this metal combination, with only one year of devouring, he could enter the Universe level.
Universe-level experts were already major figures on a planet like Qiu Long Star.
In the Milky Way, they were even rulers whose words carried absolute authority.
“An amount for one year requires more than 60 billion Black Dragon Coins.” Babata said.
“Why so much? One ton of B-grade metal Black Iron Essence only costs 9 Black Dragon Coins. Although a metal combination is more effective when consumed, it would only require hundreds of thousands of tons per year at most. How could it cost over 60 billion?” Luo Feng could not help asking.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of Black Iron Essence would only cost several million Black Dragon Coins.
“Luo Feng, your understanding is wrong!”
“Although A-grade metals are cheaper than B-grade metals, B-grade metals are cheaper than C-grade metals, and C-grade metals are cheaper than D-grade metals, this is the normal situation. However, there are some extremely special metals.” Babata explained. “For example, the C-grade metal Flowing Silver, the same Flowing Silver used to create Flowing Silver Guards.”
“A single Flowing Silver Guard consumes roughly one ton of Flowing Silver.”
“One ton of C-grade Wu Yi Metal only costs a little over 3,000 Black Dragon Coins.”
“But do you know how much a Flowing Silver Guard costs?” Babata asked.
Luo Feng was stunned.
That was true. Gao Sheng and those official personnel’s reactions when they saw the Flowing Silver Guard clearly showed that Flowing Silver Guards were extremely expensive. Otherwise, they would not have cared so much.
“A single Flowing Silver Guard is priced at 280 million Black Dragon Coins! One ton of Flowing Silver Metal costs 160 million Black Dragon Coins. Compared with the C-grade Wu Yi Metal, it is far more expensive.” Babata said. “It is precisely because Flowing Silver Metal is special and rare that its price is unbelievably high. It is even more expensive than many D-grade metals.”
“And among the 325 types of B-grade metals required for the growth of your internal world, three of them possess spatial attributes. They are the main materials used to create spatial items. Therefore, they are relatively expensive, and your required quantity is enormous.” Babata explained.
Luo Feng could only smile bitterly.
Those were the main materials used to create spatial rings and similar items. How could they possibly be cheap?
And he needed to devour hundreds of tons every day. Over an entire year?
More than 60 billion Black Dragon Coins was actually not expensive!
But he had no money!
900 Dry Witch Coins were only equivalent to 90,000 Black Dragon Coins. Compared with more than 60 billion, that enormous number was simply too far away.
“Of course, there are other metal combinations that are much cheaper. However, you still cannot afford them.” Babata said. “For example, there is a metal combination that costs just over 10 billion Black Dragon Coins per year and increases cultivation speed by 39 times. Another costs over 3 billion Black Dragon Coins per year and increases cultivation speed by 20 times. There is even one costing over 100 million per year that increases cultivation speed by five times.”
The Golden Horned Beast had trouble finding metals.
But as a human, finding metals was much easier. In the Virtual Universe, what could not be bought?
However…
It required money!
“The Golden Horned Beast eats far too much. Every day it consumes tonnes and tonnes of metal.” Luo Feng felt extremely pained.
“As for the metal combination required for 《The World of the True Self》, it is even more expensive. For now, you should not think about it.” Babata directly said.
Luo Feng put all of this aside and asked the second important question.
“Babata, if I want to register Earth under my name and become Earth’s lord, what conditions are required?”
The best way to prevent people from other planets from selling Earth and turning Earth humans into slaves was for him to become Earth’s lord!
Once recognised by imperial law, no one could seize a planet that already had an owner.
“Become Earth’s lord? Let me check…” Babata blinked.