Rain Tree Mountain, Public Area, ninth floor of the Myriad Language Pavilion.
Sitting beside the railing, one could see the mountains, rocks, springs and streams in the distance at a glance.
“So then Virtual Universe Company saw that Ping Hai Company had good assets, rapid growth, and a sufficiently large scale, so they came to acquire it. At the time, they planned to buy it at six times the value…” Xu Xin sat opposite Luo Feng and told him how she had become a core member of Virtual Universe Company.
“Our company’s assets increased tenfold all at once…”
“That time was extremely dangerous. Fortunately, my younger brother Luo Hua used his connections to help with the funds.”
“…Finally, before you left Chaos City, our net assets reached…”
Luo Feng sat there, listening to his wife speak. His emotions were extremely complicated, and something deep within him was touched. Truly, he had never imagined that his wife, who was so passionate about her career and always so full of energy, had worked so hard simply so that she could stand alongside him and be closer to him.
“Geniuses put pressure on other people,” Babata’s voice entered Luo Feng’s mind. “When people are with a genius, all they see is themselves getting farther and farther away from that genius. No matter how hard they work, the gap keeps getting larger. Therefore… most friends of geniuses are also geniuses!”
Luo Feng trembled.
That was true!
How many of the friends he had made during junior and senior high school were still in contact with him? Even ‘Wei Wen’, whom he had grown up with wearing open-crotch trousers and who was as close to him as a biological brother, could only occasionally meet him in the Virtual Universe after many years. Even meeting his own family happened only after long intervals. In contrast, he had more opportunities to meet Rong Jun, Wu Ka and the others.
“Watching her husband venture through the universe, watching his status grow higher and higher, your wife would naturally feel happy and proud. But at the same time, you were getting farther and farther away from her, to the point where she might only see you once every ten years! What kind of impact would that have on a wife?”
“So!”
“Your wife wanted to get closer to you, to be able to stand beside you without being left behind!” Babata sighed emotionally.
…
Babata’s words echoed in Luo Feng’s mind as he looked at his wife. Xu Xin was still speaking.
“And that’s how I became a core member of Virtual Universe Company. Impressive, right?” Xu Xin wrinkled her nose and proudly raised her head slightly. Then she looked somewhat awkwardly at Luo Feng. “The company agreed to the acquisition and everything else, but I never asked for your opinion. You won’t be angry, will you? Back then, you gave me full authority to handle the company and said that you had to comprehend and cultivate quietly in Chaos City, so you simply didn’t have the time…”
Silence.
Luo Feng reached out and held Xu Xin’s hand.
“Xu Xin.” Luo Feng looked at his wife before him.
“Hmm?” Xu Xin was stunned.
“I’m sorry.” Luo Feng spoke softly, his words filled with the guilt in his heart.
Xu Xin’s eyes instantly became moist.
Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters in the entire universe was a vast continent floating in the starry sky. Compared with it, even a star was as tiny as a sesame seed.
“Bolan and Long Yun from the Original District will be going to the Original Secret Region. You will depart together with the Venerable, so stay here for now and wait for the Venerable.”
“Members of the Primal Beginning District, go that way and board the rock-grey spaceship that looks like a meteorite.”
“Members of the Heaven and Earth District, board the second spaceship beside it, the purple-red one.”
“Members of the Doomsday District, board the largest of the three spaceships, the pitch-black one.” The silver-robed woman standing at the front of the conference hall spoke loudly while pointing towards the three spaceships that had already landed outside the transparent glass. “Now, you may depart.”
Rumble, rumble, rumble…
The 816 young people all stood up with a rustle.
“The four great secret regions aren’t even in the same place. From now on, if we brothers want to meet, we can only do so in the Virtual Universe.”
“We’ll be leaving first.”
“Goodbye.”
The friends said their farewells to one another. Bolan and Long Yun remained in the conference hall, while the other large group headed outside through the exit. Once outside, they naturally split into three groups and walked towards different spaceships.
“Your Highness Rong Jun, Your Highness Luo Feng, Your Highness Qianshui…” At the hatch of the spaceship that looked like a meteorite, a handsome, refined and courteous man with blood-red hair smiled as he welcomed the eight members of the Primal Beginning District.
As he boarded the spaceship, Luo Feng looked back towards the conference hall.
Unfortunately, the people inside the conference hall could see the outside, but those outside could not see through the interior. Still, Luo Feng could sense that… someone inside the conference hall was watching him.
“Bolan, you are only my opponent at this stage.” Luo Feng thought to himself before entering the cabin.
…
A moment later.
The three F-class spaceships successively took off with a thunderous roar.
Inside the conference hall, Bolan and Long Yun, who were waiting to depart with Nine Sword Venerable, also looked through the glass as the three spaceships took off.
“Luo Feng! Rong Jun!” Long Yun silently watched them leave, the desire to win burning fiercely within him. “I will surpass you. I definitely will!”
The three F-class spaceships quickly accelerated to the speed of light and began travelling through the universe. Since the Primal Beginning Secret Region, Heaven and Earth Secret Region, and Doomsday Secret Region were located in different directions, the three spaceships soon separated and headed towards their respective destinations.
Dark Universe.
A ‘meteorite’ was flying at high speed, accelerating continuously, twenty times the speed of light… twenty-one times the speed of light…
Inside this meteorite was a banquet hall.
“Welcome to the Primal Beginning Secret Region.” Nine Undyings and eight young Universe-level geniuses sat around a long dining table. The speaker, seated at the head, was a burly giant whose face was covered in scales and whose head had eighteen sharp horns. He faintly emanated a fierce and savage aura. “I am Meteorite King, and I will be protecting you on your journey to the Primal Beginning Secret Region.”
“Thank you, Meteorite King!”
Luo Feng, Rong Jun and the other six all bowed slightly.
“Haha…” Meteorite King laughed heartily. The small scales on his face formed wrinkles, making the others’ hearts tremble. “Let me first tell you something. The four great secret regions are located in different places, and some are even in different universe countries.”
“Oh?” Luo Feng, Rong Jun and the other six were somewhat astonished.
The territories of universe countries were extremely vast.
“The Original Secret Region is the closest to headquarters, and it is in the same universe country as headquarters! Next is the Primal Beginning Secret Region, followed by the Heaven and Earth Secret Region. The Doomsday Secret Region is the farthest from headquarters.” Meteorite King’s voice carried a metallic quality. “The Primal Beginning Secret Region you are heading to is approximately 120 million light years from headquarters.”
“120 million light years?”
Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Qianshui and the others were all shocked. What an astonishing distance that was. Even light itself would need 120 million years to travel that far!
“The spaceship has now accelerated to fifty times the speed of light. It will need to fly in the Dark Universe for nearly three months before reaching the Primal Beginning Secret Region.” Meteorite King smiled. “Let me first introduce the Primal Beginning Secret Region to you, so that you can have some understanding of it!”
The eight people listened carefully.
“The Primal Beginning Secret Region is actually a type of universe secret region. It was simply given the name ‘Primal Beginning’.” Meteorite King sighed emotionally. “Our Original Universe is the oldest, largest, and most incredible universe. It has given birth to all kinds of life forms, countless races, and innumerable powerful beings.”
“During the evolution of the Original Universe, most regions evolved into stars, planets and so on. Galaxies are the most common structures in the universe.”
“However, for some special and unknown reason, during the evolution of the Original Universe, some ‘special regions’ that did not conform to the norm also emerged.” Meteorite King sighed emotionally. “These special regions completely challenge your imagination. The life forms, strange creatures and treasures within these special regions likewise challenge your imagination.”
The eyes of Luo Feng and the other seven lit up.
“These special regions are known as ‘universe secret regions’.”
“Every universe secret region is different.” Meteorite King sighed emotionally. “Different universe secret regions also give birth to many treasures that people cannot comprehend, and some even give rise to terrifying disasters.”
“Universe secret regions have different levels of danger.”
“In the safest ones, only a few World Lords die upon entering. Instead, most deaths are caused by people fighting each other over treasures.”
“In the most dangerous universe secret regions, it is said that even if a ‘Universe Country Lord’ enters, there is little hope of surviving.” Meteorite King looked at Luo Feng and the other seven, whose faces were filled with shock, and smiled. “What, surprised?”
The eight of them were completely stunned.
Good heavens.
A Universe Country Lord was an incredibly powerful existence who could establish a universe country and guard it for billions of years. Yet even they had an extremely slim chance of surviving after entering the most dangerous universe secret regions.
“No one can imagine what is inside a newly discovered universe secret region.” Meteorite King sighed emotionally. “Perhaps entering it will lead to a disaster, or perhaps it will be an unprecedented great opportunity!”
“Universe secret regions come in all sizes.”
“Large universe secret regions can rival the territory of an entire universe country!” Meteorite King said solemnly. “Even small universe secret regions can cover an area comparable to a galaxy.”
Silence.
Luo Feng and the others held their breaths completely. A universe secret region that huge? One that could rival the territory of an entire universe country?
“The ‘Original Secret Region’, ‘Primal Beginning Secret Region’, ‘Heaven and Earth Secret Region’, and ‘Doomsday Secret Region’ controlled by our Virtual Universe Company all belong to secret regions that have already been developed, explored and transformed, so they are no longer dangerous.” Meteorite King smiled. “Because universe secret regions contain incomparably dense universe origin energy, they are extremely suitable for cultivation.”
“Universe origin energy?” Luo Feng’s heart stirred.
When universe origin energy condenses and crystallises, it becomes universe crystals!
The reason a World Lord could create a world was precisely because they could condense a huge amount of universe energy.
“The Primal Beginning Secret Region you are going to is comparable in size to an entire star region.” Meteorite King said. “The most useful thing for those living and cultivating in the Primal Beginning Secret Region is points! Within the company, points are more effective than money.”
…
Meteorite King’s words had indeed filled the eight young people with longing for the legendary ‘universe secret regions’. However, it was obvious that among those undeveloped universe secret regions, even the safest required a World Lord to enter. The only exception was a place like the Primal Beginning Secret Region, which had already been developed, explored and transformed.
Time passed.
Day after day went by, and in the blink of an eye, twenty-six days had passed.
“We’re about to reach the Primal Beginning Secret Region. During my thirty years in Chaos City, I passed five levels of the Heavenly Bridge. The rewards were multiplied tenfold, so my total points reached 30,360.” Luo Feng calculated in his own resting room. “Fortunately, I earned quite a few extra points in Chaos City. Otherwise, earning points later would be difficult.”
Without the tenfold reward, passing the first five levels would originally have given only 3,100 points. It was the tenfold reward that increased it to 31,000 points.
Now, he had already left Chaos City.
There would be no tenfold reward for challenging the Heavenly Bridge again.
“Everyone, come out.” Meteorite King’s voice echoed throughout the entire spaceship. “We have arrived at the Primal Beginning Secret Region. We will soon begin universe travel!”
Whoosh!
Luo Feng stood up, his eyes filled with excitement.
They had arrived. The Primal Beginning Secret Region had finally arrived!