In the crowd, Luo Feng looked up at the screen formed by the gathered beams of light above the distant castle. The 68 incredibly valuable treasures displayed on the screen caused a strong desire for possession to grow within Luo Feng’s heart. He believed that among the more than ten thousand adventurers present, there was probably not a single person who did not want them. They simply lacked the ability to obtain them.
“Unfortunately, no one dares to compete with the Ninth Prince. If the situation does not become chaotic, I can only obediently watch.” Luo Feng’s gaze swept towards the Ninth Prince surrounded by his people at the front.
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“Do you want to obtain these treasures?”
The white-bearded old man laughed loudly. “You only need to exchange Thunder Stones for them! Every treasure here can be exchanged with Thunder Stones. Look, every treasure has a detailed price!”
The list on the screen beside him immediately changed slightly.
“No.1: The bank account containing the complete Space Secret Technique inheritance crystal sphere, three-layer account. Each account requires 10 million Thunder Stones. After combining the three accounts, the inheritance crystal sphere stored in the Universe First Bank can be withdrawn.
No.2: My master’s bank account, requiring 8 million Thunder Stones.
No.3: Domain Lord-level bloodline medicine, one portion, each portion requires 3 million Thunder Stones.
No.4: ……
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No.9: Life Fruits, three pieces, each piece requires 800,000 Thunder Stones.
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No.32: D6-grade orbital cannon, three units, each unit requires 210,000 Thunder Stones.
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No.68: Fifth-order Origin Force weapon, Heavenly Fire Wheel, one piece, each requiring 100,000 Thunder Stones.”
The entire list immediately drove everyone below into a frenzy.
“What are Thunder Stones?”
“I have never heard of this thing called Thunder Stones.”
“They can actually be exchanged for these treasures. Thunder Stones must be extremely valuable.”
Discussions continued endlessly.
“Are you wondering what Thunder Stones are?” The white-bearded old man formed from the gathered light above the castle smiled. “Thunder Stones are a name I gave them. This kind of stone is unique to the Realm Within the Realm. Speaking of which, they are not actually valuable. However, they only exist here.”
“Look carefully, this is what a Thunder Stone looks like!” A picture of a Thunder Stone appeared on the screen, along with a large amount of detailed information.
Silence.
The more than ten thousand adventurers quietened down.
They carefully observed the appearance of the Thunder Stones, or used their auxiliary optical computers and intelligent optical computers to quickly record the information.
“However, Thunder Stones are different from Universe Crystals. The energy contained within Thunder Stones is very low, so your energy detectors will have difficulty detecting them. To make things easier for you……”
“This is the distribution map of Thunder Stones.” The white-bearded old man waved his hand again, and a map appeared beside the screen. “This is a simplified map of the Realm Within the Realm. The entire Realm Within the Realm can be divided into 26 regions according to mountain ranges, swamps, deserts, and other terrains. Thunder Stones are scattered throughout some locations in these 26 regions. The simplified map shows the distribution of Thunder Stones.”
“Go!”
“Go and excavate Thunder Stones! You can kill each other and fight over Thunder Stones, I will not interfere. As long as you have enough Thunder Stones, you can exchange with me for any treasure you desire.” A trace of madness appeared in the white-bearded old man’s eyes. “If you want treasures, then fight for them. I will wait for you inside the castle!”
“Obtain Thunder Stones, come to the castle and exchange them for treasures!”
“Go!”
The light image of the white-bearded old man disappeared. Above the castle, only the huge screen remained.
The more than ten thousand people were silent. Soon, discussions gradually became louder.
Among the crowd.
“This is great.” Thunder God lowered his voice, excitement appearing on his face.
Luo Feng was also excited and delighted.
“Using Thunder Stones to exchange, and these are Thunder Stones unique to the Realm Within the Realm. What exactly is this intelligent life, the ‘white-bearded old man’, planning?” Babata’s voice sounded. “Judging from his expression and manner of speaking, this guy has definitely evolved into an intelligent life. Lonely for ten million years…… intelligent lives also possess emotions such as ‘being moved, attachment, hatred, and loneliness’. After ten million years of loneliness, this white-bearded old man has definitely become abnormal.”
“Babata, whether he is abnormal or not, as long as he can exchange treasures for us, that is enough.” Luo Feng thought.
“Understood. I am just surprised because it is rare for me to encounter an intelligent life.” Babata replied.
Intelligent lives were extremely rare.
Because evolving into an intelligent life was extremely difficult. First, it had to already be an extremely advanced intelligence. Then, after experiencing countless events and a long passage of time, there was only occasionally a possibility of evolution.
If it did not evolve.
Intelligence was merely a tool.
But once it broke through, it became a special form of life. For example, one of the peak races in the vast universe, the Mechanical Race, was essentially a race of intelligent lives. They were simply intelligent lives that possessed mechanical bodies and other forms.
“Move quickly.”
“Quick, quick.”
“The 17th, 18th, and 19th formations will form one team. Head to the nearest swamp region on the map and excavate Thunder Stones.” The people from North Dragon City shouted and quickly organised teams. “All adventurers, if you want to leave the Thunder World and still leave Canglan Star alive, please help us.”
“Quick, everyone move.”
“This way, this way.”
Below the castle, the five factions quickly began moving. Groups of two or three hundred people rapidly flew in different directions. They began competing for Thunder Stones.
Everyone understood.
The earlier they went to excavate, the greater their chances of obtaining them.
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The five members of Luo Feng’s group belonged to the 18th formation of North Dragon City. At this moment, they had already gathered into a team of nearly 300 people and were quickly heading towards a swamp region.
The massive group flew rapidly through the sky.
“Crazy.” Thunder God shook his head. “This battle for Thunder Stones will make everyone go crazy. Just now, I saw that even the Ninth Prince at the front had his expression become extremely ugly.”
“How could he not?” Luo Feng smiled. “The Ninth Prince originally planned to monopolise this treasure. He never expected something like this to happen. It is true, after a truly powerful expert dies, they will always make arrangements for their inheritance.” The former owner of Meteor Ink Star was like this, and this Kabu World Master was the same.
“Luo Feng.”
“When we came here earlier and investigated along the way, I discovered two Thunder Stone regions. At that time, I thought they were worthless, so I ignored them.” Babata’s voice sounded.
“Two Thunder Stone regions?” Luo Feng’s heart instantly surged with excitement.
The Thunder Stone distribution map on the simplified map was extremely rough.
One had to know that the entire Realm Within the Realm stretched across millions of kilometres. That distribution map could only tell people that Thunder Stones existed somewhere within a certain area. As for the exact locations, they still needed to search carefully.
“The energy reaction of Thunder Stones is very weak, much weaker than Universe Crystals. Therefore, finding Thunder Stones is very difficult for other adventurers. At least in the early stages, we have the advantage.”
“However, once that two-million-strong army arrives!”
“I believe that army will definitely bring many valuable detection instruments. At that time, our advantage will disappear.” Babata said.
Luo Feng nodded. He understood. This treasure had already attracted the attention of the largest forces in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. How could the incoming army not have made detailed preparations?
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The nearly 300-person team flew through the sky of the Realm Within the Realm. Along the way, members would occasionally leave.
“Thunder Stones are the real treasures. We should dig for Thunder Stones ourselves. Even if we use Thunder Stones to join other organisations like the Black Cloud Association, Hundred Tiger Tower, Black Dragon Mountain, and others, those organisations will definitely be willing to pay a high price for Thunder Stones. Then we can safely leave Canglan Star.”
“If we are lucky, we might even exchange for a treasure. Then we will become rich.”
Many adventurers held such thoughts.
After seeing the treasures, those with greater ambitions wanted to exchange for treasures, like Luo Feng and the others.
Those with smaller ambitions also wanted to obtain Thunder Stones and sell them at a high price by joining other organisations. Because of this, people continuously left the nearly 300-person team during the flight, and the people from North Dragon City could not restrain them.
Realm Within the Realm, the sky was completely dark.
Five streaks of light rapidly flew through the sky. They were Luo Feng and the others who had escaped from the team.
“Babata, how much longer?” Luo Feng was currently in an invisible state.
“At this speed, we will reach that Thunder Stone region after 3 hours and 29 minutes.” Babata replied.
“Good!” Luo Feng felt his blood boiling.
68 treasures!
Every single one of them was worth thousands or even tens of thousands of times more than Luo Feng’s current wealth! Even one treasure was enough to make Domain Lord-level experts go crazy with desire. From this, one could imagine how precious these treasures were.
“If I do not fight for such an opportunity, even the heavens would punish me!” Luo Feng thought.
“Gods block my path, I kill gods. Buddhas block my path, I kill Buddhas!” Thunder God shouted strangely in Chinese.
Crazy.
Humans could become crazy!
A 300% profit was enough to make merchants go insane. Ten times the profit was enough to make financial investors like Luo Hua become excited and enter a frenzy. The treasures Luo Feng and the others had encountered now…… even Universe-level experts would fight desperately for them, and Domain Lords would slaughter each other over them! As for these Stellar-level experts?
How many of them would not go crazy?
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They encountered another adventurer team along the way and slightly changed their route. After 3 hours and 40 minutes, they arrived at their destination. The sky was still completely dark.
This was a grassland area, within the dense weeds.
Five people were crouching there, Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, Tie Nanhe, and Ao Gu.
“Thunder Stones begin appearing at a depth of around 800 metres underground. Within a radius of 20 kilometres, there are a total of 128,926 Thunder Stones.” Babata’s voice sounded in Luo Feng’s mind. “There may be more nearby, but careful investigation is needed. Right now, I can only detect within a range of 20 kilometres.”
“128,926?” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up, and his eyes became slightly bloodshot.
He still clearly remembered the exchange prices of the 68 treasures on the screen.
Among them, the fifth-order Origin Force weapon, the Heavenly Fire Wheel, only required 100,000 Thunder Stones to exchange for. In other words, the Thunder Stones discovered within this 20-kilometre range were already enough to exchange for one treasure.
“Luo Feng, how many Thunder Stones are there?” Hong and Thunder God looked at Luo Feng.
“128,926.” Luo Feng whispered.
Hong’s face instantly turned red.
Hong widened his eyes, almost unable to believe it, and only managed to shout one word.
“Damn!”
“We are truly rich now.” Hong could not help but say.
“We will become even richer. This is a heaven-defying opportunity. If we do not seize it, we will regret it for the rest of our lives.” Luo Feng was extremely excited. “Hurry down. Start collecting the Thunder Stones. Nanhe, you are responsible for covering up the surroundings.”
“Yes, Master.” Tie Nanhe respectfully replied.
Whoosh!
Luo Feng led the way and immediately drilled into the ground. Hong, Thunder God, Ao Gu, and Tie Nanhe followed one after another.
“Go, Moyun!” Luo Feng thought.
Immediately, countless slender vines extended from his arm, like dozens of arms. They rapidly stretched out and began grabbing the Thunder Stones.