Sweeping through the iron city beneath the surface of Mars and leaving it completely empty, Luo Feng flew toward the city gate.
“Wait a second, Luo Feng!” called Babata.
“What’s wrong, Babata?” Luo Feng asked in confusion. “Could there still be treasures in this iron city?”
“Fool! The most valuable thing in the entire iron city isn’t the Black Iron Mother or the Black Iron Essence! It’s… the entire city itself, which is almost entirely constructed from Black Iron!” Babata exclaimed.
Luo Feng was momentarily stunned.
“Didn’t you realize, Luo Feng, that you’re actually very poor right now?” Babata laughed mischievously.
“Poor?”
“Do you have any money? I’m talking about currency that can be used throughout the universe, not Earth currency. Do you have any?” Babata pressed.
Luo Feng slightly furrowed his brow.
On Earth, money had already lost all meaning for him, but in the vast universe, he was indeed extremely poor—his cash balance was zero, and his interstellar bank account was also empty.
“Your teacher set up three bank accounts for you, but they are for when you reach the Star-Level, Cosmic-Level, and Domain-Lord levels,” Babata explained. “Before your teacher perished, he set up these three accounts for you through the Virtual Universe Network. They can only be accessed once you personally reach the required power level.”
“You have already reached the Star-Level with your Golden-Horned Giant Beast body, but would you dare to go to a bank in that form?” Babata questioned.
Reaching the Star-Level was the requirement to access the first bank account, but Luo Feng couldn’t reveal his Golden-Horned Giant Beast form. His human body had not yet reached that level.
“So, Luo Feng, your current cash balance is zero, and your bank accounts might as well not exist.”
“You truly possess many treasures—your Yimo Star vessel is beyond price! The Black Dragon starship is likewise of immense value! Yet should you reveal the Yimo Star ship, without a doubt, even Sovereigns would descend to claim it! That would be courting death! As for the Black Dragon starship, you must wield it yourself.”
“The Moyun Vine has already bonded with you.”
“The Duntian Shuttle and the Hu Dao Plate are also in use.”
“The only things that can be sold are the Silver Stream Guards, and the Mu Ya Crystals and Energy Crystals I have,” Babata continued. “But the Mu Ya Crystals are needed for the Moyun Vine’s growth! As for the Energy Crystals, the Black Dragon spaceship consumes energy constantly. If you keep using it for a long time, the Energy Crystals I have might not even be enough, and we might need to buy more in the future!”
Luo Feng was stunned.
As the heir of Yimo Star, he now had not a single coin to his name! All his assets—Black Dragon spaceship, psychic weapons, Mu Ya Crystals, and Energy Crystals—were necessities.
“So, Luo Feng, you’re still very poor until your human body reaches the Star-Level,” Babata sighed helplessly.
“What about the spaceship wreckage?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but ask.
“That’s just debris—junk. It’s not even worth melting down again,” Babata replied. “How much can you get from it? A single Mu Ya Crystal could fetch countless pieces of wreckage.”
Luo Feng frowned.
He understood the saying: “If you don’t plan ahead, troubles will come.” He knew very well that he would inevitably have to enter the universe in the future. For instance, certain metal combinations needed for the cultivation of “Original Body Heaven and Earth,” he would have to buy them. It would take forever to search for them himself across the vast universe. Even Immortal-level experts valued money and currency in the cosmos.
Of course, it was interstellar currency—not the kind issued by individual planets like Earth.
How could he manage without money?
Without money, he couldn’t even open an account on the “Virtual Universe Network.”
“Luo Feng, let me tell you the truth,” Babata said. “The Energy Crystals in my storage space—if you frequently use the Black Dragon spaceship—they’ll probably last a few decades.”
“The Mu Ya Crystals I have are enough to elevate you to Star-Level One, and allow the Moyun Vine to grow to around Star-Level Five or Six,” Babata continued. “That’s it. How you use the Energy Crystals and Mu Ya Crystals is up to you.”
Luo Feng began to think carefully.
His wealth could be divided into three tiers.
The highest tier: the Yimo Star spaceship, the corpses of Immortal-level experts—these were treasures of immense value! Unfortunately, if he ever revealed such treasures, it would be tantamount to suicide!
The second tier: the three bank accounts left by his teacher, which he could access only after reaching the required power level.
The third tier: the Black Dragon spaceship, Duntian Shuttle, Hu Dao Plate, Silver Stream Guards, and so on, which he currently used, along with the Mu Ya Crystals and Energy Crystals stored with Babata.
“I can’t bear to part with any of them,” Luo Feng shook his head.
“So, your biggest source of wealth right now is all this Black Iron!” Babata shouted excitedly. “These are raw materials of Black Iron—not alloy debris! Spaceship alloy debris is practically worthless, while raw materials can be used to manufacture tools, weapons, and more. They’re quite valuable.”
Luo Feng nodded slightly.
It was just like how raw materials like iron ore were valuable on Earth. In the universe, although there might be many places to mine for metal raw materials, the mining itself required costs.
“Black Iron is an A8-grade metal, quite cheap. But it’s the sheer quantity that matters!” Babata exclaimed. “Back then, interstellar transport ships were specially used to bring in millions of miners to dig for it.”
“It seems this will be my first major gain,” Luo Feng looked at the iron city with gleaming eyes.
“You handle the dismantling, and I’ll handle storing it in my space!” Babata shouted.
“Alright!”
…
Boom! Boom!
The iron city occasionally emitted thunderous sounds. With Luo Feng’s dismantling and Babata’s storage space working in tandem, the efficiency was extremely high. The entire city, about ten kilometers in length and width, had its massive chunks of raw Black Iron collected by Babata, including even those cast into pillars.
After more than eight hours, the entire iron city vanished, leaving behind only some decayed ruins.
“Luo Feng, after discarding some of the decayed parts, we’ve collected a total of 9.28 billion tons of raw Black Iron,” Babata said excitedly. “Haha, with this raw material alone, Luo Feng, you’ve now secured your first capital!”
Luo Feng flew out to the surface.
Looking down from above, he gazed at the Martian surface.
“Pity there are still many Black Iron veins underground, but they’re very difficult to mine,” Babata sighed helplessly. “Even with great power, one person can’t mine an entire ore vein unless it’s a pure metal vein.”
“Don’t be too greedy,” Luo Feng understood clearly.
This was the result of the labor of over three million miners working with machinery.
…
On Earth, in Yangzhou City, Jiangnan Base City, the Republic of China.
At dusk, the red sun hung in the west. A giant black disc-shaped spaceship hovered thousands of meters above Yangzhou City, yet no country on Earth detected its presence. The outer hatch of the ship opened, and a young man wearing a simple casual shirt flew out.
The spaceship suddenly vanished.
The young man dove downward.
“I’m back! Amazing, I went to Mars in the morning and returned to Earth in the evening,” Luo Feng couldn’t help but praise. “And I even made a fortune!”
Millions of miners had worked hard to extract the ore.
The 9.28 billion tons of Black Iron was far more valuable than just a few tons of Black Iron Mother. After all, the quantity was immense!
“Dad! Daddy!”
In the courtyard, two children were playing. One of them shouted excitedly while running. The other child also looked up.
Sure enough, their father, Luo Feng, was diving down from the sky.
“Pingping, Xiaohai, come here, give me a kiss,” Luo Feng squatted down, hugging his two sons with a smile.
“Beep, beep—”
The sound of a car horn rang out.
Luo Feng turned his head and saw Xu Xin driving a car toward the garage, deliberately honking the horn, which made the two children shout, “Mom! Mom!”
“Dinner is almost ready, Xiao Feng. You and Xu Xin came back just in time. What a coincidence,” Gong Xinlan said cheerfully.
…
Luo Feng’s life was quite comfortable.
The Golden-Horned Beast was immersed in cultivating “Absolute Space” within the “Inner World,” absorbing nearly a hundred tons of refined Black Iron daily.
Dividing his attention was simple for Luo Feng!
Even Immortal-level experts had souls capable of computations rivaling artificial intelligences, processing trillions of operations per second! Luo Feng’s soul had already reached the “Star-Level Three” stage. If he focused on controlling objects, manipulating hundreds or even thousands of objects along different trajectories was effortless.
Even if each was controlled with full concentration, a Star-Level Three consciousness could control 32 streams of ultimate psychic power!
In other words, Luo Feng could multitask 32 times simultaneously, each with maximum efficiency!
…
Yes!
32!
When Luo Feng was at the Planet-Level Three stage, his consciousness could control 19 streams of psychic power! Now, with a Star-Level Three soul, he could control 32 streams!
…
Luo Feng often traveled in his spaceship to other planets in the solar system.
No one noticed, since Luo Feng always returned quickly. Even the farthest planets in the solar system could be reached and returned from within two days using the Black Dragon spaceship.
…
Earth remained peaceful.
…
Hongning Base City.
In the spring of 2062, within the headquarters of the Limit Martial Arts Association—a giant spaceship—there was a spacious room containing two beds. Next to them were numerous pieces of medical equipment, all designed to sustain the lives of the two powerful individuals.
On the left bed lay Thunder God, dressed in a white robe. On the right bed lay Hong, dressed in black.
“Master.”
Outside the room, two people stood behind a glass window, gazing inside with sorrowful eyes.
“Ice Mountain, when will the master wake up?” the seductive woman whispered softly.
“I don’t know. But I will wait, forever,” the icy man beside her said.
“Mm,” the woman nodded slightly.
Suddenly, an ear-piercing alarm rang out from outside.
Boom!
A group of doctors rushed in immediately. The two personal guards, Yaorao and Bingshan, stared wide-eyed at the scene inside. The door opened instantly, and two elderly doctors hurried in, while everyone else was kept outside.
“Brainwaves! We’ve detected brainwaves!” an elderly doctor shouted excitedly.
“Both masters have brainwaves, and they’re getting stronger!” another doctor added, equally excited.
The brainwave monitors displayed the signals.
The brainwaves of the two masters fluctuated, seemingly competing with each other, growing stronger and stronger!
Suddenly, Hong in black slightly trembled his eyelids, then slowly opened his eyes.
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