“Eh, there are quite a lot.” Luo Feng smiled. This fifteen man team actually had nearly 8,000 units of universe crystals. He threw the two space rings he had just obtained to Hong. “Big Brother, you keep these.”
Hong reached out to catch them and smiled. “The more teams like this we encounter, the better.”
“Mm!”
Luo Feng smiled and nodded. “With enough universe crystals, we can even buy Universe-level slaves later! That way, the foundation of our Earth in the universe will become a little more stable.” The current Earth, as a native planet, was simply too fragile. Even a slightly large storm could cause it to collapse.
Therefore, the three of them had to fight!
“Adding the 8,000 units we just obtained, we have a total of…” Thunder God counted on his fingers and muttered, “During the first eight days, we mined 96,000 units of universe crystals. During the nearly seven days of travelling, we collected nearly 26,000 units of universe crystals along the way. Previously, we swallowed six robbery teams and obtained nearly 52,000 units of universe crystals. Adding today’s 8,000 units, the total is… haha, more than 180,000 units!”
“With just a thought, you could know the answer. Why are you deliberately counting with your fingers here?” Luo Feng teased with a smile. “Second Brother, look at yourself. Do you still look like the Chief of the Thunder Martial Arts School? I think you are just a tofu seller counting how much money you made in a day.”
“I am just enjoying it, so what?” Thunder God blinked, rubbed his bald head, and said, “Haven’t you ever seen this much money before?”
More than 180,000 units of universe crystals!
This was an enormous fortune. Even for the Nuolan Shan family, it was an astronomical number!
An ordinary life planet could be sold for tens of trillions of Black Dragon coins, which was already considered quite good. Tens of trillions of Black Dragon coins equalled only 700 million Ganwu coins. One thousand life planets were worth 700 billion Ganwu coins. The value of 180,000 units of universe crystals was not far from 700 billion Ganwu coins.
“The Realm Within a Realm is truly a great treasure.” Hong could not help but sigh.
“Creating a Realm Within a Realm is ten times more difficult than creating a normal world.” Luo Feng smiled. “It needs to be more stable, so naturally it requires more universe crystals! To create a Realm Within a Realm, even a peak World Lord expert would have to pay a huge price. For a World Lord, simply joining an empire would allow them to obtain a galaxy territory. Some galaxies have hundreds of thousands of life planets, while some even have millions of life planets.”
“The wealth of one Realm Within a Realm is not inferior to a galaxy.”
“What we have obtained now is only a tiny fraction. It is merely equivalent to a few hundred planets.” Luo Feng spoke casually, but he was very happy inside.
The assets of the Nuolan Shan family were only worth more than one thousand life planets.
Therefore…
When a new world was discovered, Universe-level experts would slaughter each other and countless powerful experts would fall. This was because wealth could move people’s hearts. If not for Qiniya forcefully stopping the many experts, how could these treasures have ended up in the hands of these Stellar-level youngsters?
“Only 180,000 units of universe crystals! In the tiny corner of the universe known as the Milky Way Galaxy, we would count as super rich. But our wealth is probably only around one third of the Nuolan Shan family’s assets.” Luo Feng smiled. “Compared with a Domain Lord, we are still far behind! So everyone still needs to continue working hard!”
“Haha, right, it is still not enough.” Thunder God laughed.
“The opportunities in the Realm Within a Realm only appear once every ten thousand years. If we do not make a huge profit this time, how can we justify ourselves?” Hong also teased with a smile.
“Set off!” Luo Feng waved the alloy battle knife in his hand and pointed towards the direction of the core area.
Under the sunlight, the alloy battle knife reflected a dazzling light.
“Third Brother, this pose of yours really has some style.”
“Can’t I enjoy myself for a moment?”
“Haha…”
Luo Feng’s team laughed and joked happily for a while before continuing forward quietly towards the core area.
When night fell, Luo Feng and the others finally reached the core area. By this time, their wealth had already exceeded 190,000 units of universe crystals. Such gains were partly due to Babata’s detection and warning ability, and partly due to the powerful combination of Ao Gu and the Crimson Chaos Copper Mother fragment.
……
The core area of the Realm Within a Realm was a beautiful plain. Strange low flowers and grass grew across the ground. These plants were about ten centimetres tall and extremely even, as if someone had trimmed them.
The terrain was flat, with very little variation.
“My heavens.”
“Just how many people have died here?”
Luo Feng and the other four were extremely shocked on the dark plain.
At night, faint white rays of light occasionally drifted down from the sky, allowing Luo Feng to barely see several hundred metres around him. Looking around, within just that few hundred metre range, there were more than thirty corpses lying on the ground. There were both men and women, some with beast like appearances and some resembling humans from Earth. However, every one of them was dead, and some corpses were even broken apart.
“Crack!”
Luo Feng’s alloy combat boots, made entirely from hardened alloy, stepped on a section of white bone, producing a sound.
“This…” Luo Feng slightly frowned.
“Third Brother, what you said before was right. The fighting in the core area is indeed extremely brutal.” Thunder God’s voice was low. “We have only just entered the core area, yet the corpses we have seen alone already exceed a hundred. The entire core area is so large, just how many people have died here?”
“The core area contains 99 percent of the universe crystals in the entire Realm Within a Realm. Naturally, the killing here is the craziest.” Luo Feng sighed.
“We are here too. I am afraid we will also have to kill.” Hong sighed.
99 percent of the universe crystals were in the core area.
Because the core area was the foundation of the entire Realm Within a Realm. Naturally, the most central universe crystals were protected and could not be mined. Once they were mined, the entire Realm Within a Realm would collapse. When a world was created, the core universe crystals would form a circulation system and naturally absorb the external universe origin energy. This caused large amounts of universe crystals to be distributed around the core universe crystals.
As for the distant outer areas where Luo Feng and the others had mined before…
Those were scattered universe crystals, with a smaller quantity.
“Birds die for food, humans die for wealth. It is human nature!” Luo Feng sighed. “Let’s go.”
The five of them carefully moved towards the very centre of the core area. Along the way, they occasionally saw large pits on the plains, clearly dug out for mining universe crystals. Around these pits, they often saw corpses of Stellar-level adventurers. The blood stains had long since dried.
One hour later.
“Get down!”
“Move forward.”
Luo Feng’s five man team crawled forward and arrived at the top of a slightly raised hill. They looked into the distance.
Far away, there were faint lights and many figures.
“That is…” Luo Feng flipped his hand and took out a pair of binoculars. Before entering, the five of them had not purchased this equipment. However, later, after killing some teams, they discovered some special equipment inside their space rings. Luo Feng naturally kept them.
“There are so many people.” Through the astronomical observation equipment used for universe adventures, Luo Feng clearly saw figures hundreds of kilometres away.
“Damn.” Thunder God beside him also held binoculars and muttered, “There must be over a thousand people.”
“Quite a lot.” Hong nodded.
“There is sound.” Tie Nanhe suddenly said. “Yes, there is sound.” Ao Gu also said.
Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God all looked at Tie Nanhe and Ao Gu. These two bodyguards were Stellar-level ninth rank experts, and their hearing and eyesight were far stronger than Luo Feng’s group.
“What are they saying?” Luo Feng immediately asked.
“Master, if we move forward another one or two hundred kilometres, we will be able to hear clearly.” Ao Gu explained.
“Alright.” Luo Feng nodded.
After all, they were nearly 600 kilometres away from the large group of people. Advancing another one or two hundred kilometres would still keep them within a safe range.
“Move forward!”
The five carefully advanced quickly. As they continued approaching, they indeed began hearing the repeated shouts.
“All adventurers! A single world is enough to make Universe-level experts and Domain Lords envious. This Realm Within a Realm is ten times rarer and ten times more valuable than an ordinary world! Therefore, on Canglan Star, at the exit of the Thunder World, there are already countless Universe-level experts, Domain Lords, and even great World Lords present!”
“The two holy lands, four major organisations, and sixteen great families of our Black Dragon Mountain Star Region have all sent experts here!”
“The treasures of the Realm Within a Realm are destined to belong to our Black Dragon Mountain Star Region.”
“Therefore, all major organisations and forces have already reached an agreement. If adventurers are not from the two holy lands, four major organisations, or sixteen great families, then once they leave the Thunder World, they will immediately be captured and arrested.”
……
The voice from the distance was extremely loud and spread hundreds of kilometres. Luo Feng and the others could hear it clearly. Clearly, it was deliberately shouted at high volume.
Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God looked at each other. They had already learned these things from Domain Lord Ming Yu.
Then, Luo Feng and the others continued listening.
……
“No matter how many universe crystals you obtain, or even if you obtain some special treasures, it is useless! As long as you are not from our two holy lands, four major organisations, or sixteen families, you will all be captured. You have simply worked for nothing!”
“But now, you have an opportunity.”
“As long as you join our Beilong City and temporarily become an external member of Beilong City, our Beilong City guarantees with its reputation that when you leave the Thunder World and return to Canglan Star, you will receive our protection. You will not be captured! As for the universe crystals you obtained before, nobody will take them. All you need to do is join us and help Beilong City obtain the treasures!”
……
“As long as you join Baihu Tower temporarily, you will no longer have to worry about your safety!”
“Nobody will touch the universe crystals you obtained. What you need to do is obey Baihu Tower’s orders, join us, and help Baihu Tower obtain the treasures.”
……
One after another, deep and powerful voices in the universal language spread across the vast plain.
The five members of Luo Feng’s group looked at each other.
Indeed!
Baihu Tower, Beilong City, Black Cloud Association, the holy land Black Dragon Mountain, and the holy land Ice Sea Divine Nation were all desperately recruiting some unaffiliated adventurers. They were all using their organisation’s reputation as a guarantee that they would absolutely not plunder the adventurers’ universe crystals.
“That is right, universe crystals? Even all the universe crystals in the Realm Within a Realm would not make the four organisations and two holy lands care too much.” Luo Feng nodded slightly. “What they care about are some of World Lord Kabu’s important treasures. Those are the true rare treasures!”
“Now they are recruiting unaffiliated adventurers.” Hong smiled. “That makes sense. The ones from the four organisations and two holy lands who came here for the trainee mercenary examination are all elites. Since they are elites, there cannot be too many of them. Each organisation probably only has a few hundred or a thousand people. The ones who truly have the advantage in numbers are the tens of thousands of unaffiliated adventurers!”
They came from different vassal states, different galaxies, and different races.
A large number of adventurers without powerful backgrounds or strong backing!
They were weak.
But they had numbers. Combined together, they far exceeded the number of the four organisations and two holy lands.
“What should we do?” Hong frowned.