In a modest house on the Black Dragon Island of the Virtual Universe…
The captain turned off the communication device and leisurely walked over to grab a bottle of wine, pouring himself a glass.
“Beep, beep, beep.”
“Captain, the family fleet is requesting a call,” called Atuka, the ‘little sprite’ perched on the captain’s shoulder.
“Not yet,” the captain replied with a smile, leisurely settling onto the sofa with his glass in hand, gently swirling the golden liquid within the transparent glass. “We must let them wait, and make them understand… who holds the upper hand in this negotiation! Hmph! A bunch of foolish fellows!”
“Captain, the family fleet is requesting a second call.”
“A third call…”
…
Time passed, second by second.
The captain lay on the sofa, sipping his wine with his eyes half-closed, listening to the ninth call request from the family fleet. He murmured, “Pula, this time I’ll make sure everyone knows… I, Bro Norranshan, am the most outstanding of this generation in our family. You? Just a flower raised in a greenhouse!”
“Beep!”
“Captain, there’s an unknown ID requesting a call. The caller has revealed their identity—it’s a Cosmic-level expert!” Atuka shouted urgently from his shoulder.
“Spit!”
Bro Norranshan spat out the mouthful of wine in shock, leaping to his feet with wide eyes: “Cosmic-level?”
When connecting to the ‘Virtual Universe Network’ through an auxiliary or intelligent brain, one could request a power scan. The Virtual Universe Network would use devices on the intelligent or auxiliary brain to scan the body and detect one’s strength. Normally, in the Virtual Universe, no one displayed their power level.
However, in special circumstances, such as in certain places with entry requirements, one would need to reveal their power level.
“Connect the call!” Bro Norranshan shouted, then quickly added, “Wait a moment!”
Bro Norranshan took a deep breath, wiped his face, and calmed himself before saying, “Connect the communication.”
“Yes, Captain,” the boy Atuka replied.
Beep!
A screen materialized on the living room wall, displaying a middle-aged man with pointed ears, slightly red eyes, and an extremely handsome face—resembling Bro Norranshan somewhat.
“Old Patriarch,” Bro Norranshan respectfully bowed.
The Norranshan family, as a newly rising powerful clan, had had three patriarchs in total, including the current one.
The first patriarch founded the Norranshan family.
Each of the three patriarchs had reached the ‘Cosmic-level’ before assuming the position of patriarch! The old patriarch in front of them was the second patriarch. When he first took the position of patriarch, he was at the first stage of the Cosmic-level. Now, after tens of thousands of years, he had advanced to the sixth stage of the Cosmic-level.
The current patriarch was Bro Norranshan’s grandfather.
Yet the second patriarch was over ten generations senior to Bro Norranshan!
“Bro!” the old patriarch smiled at Bro Norranshan. “I know very few of our younger generations. Today should be our first conversation, right?”
“Yes, Old Patriarch,” Bro replied, his face flushed with excitement and deep respect.
He had never had the chance to speak with the old patriarch directly before—only catching distant glimpses of him since childhood. This was their first real conversation!
“Those nurtured under the family’s protection remain fragile. Only those who wander and adventure in the cosmos can forge the sharpness of true strength,” the old patriarch praised. “Our Norranshan family has always judged its members by merit and power! This planet, once ruled by an Immortal, holds special significance…”
Ordinary life-bearing planets were of little importance to the entire Norranshan family.
Only planets with unique characteristics were considered valuable.
“The family will award you one hundred billion Black Dragon coins and grant you the position of ‘Eternal Elder’ in the Elder Council,” the old patriarch declared directly.
“Eternal Elder?”
Bro’s eyes widened in shock.
The position of Elder in the family was extremely high, even surpassing the status of the most favored disciples! However… even an Elder could be removed if they committed a grave offense, after a joint decision by the Patriarch and Elder Council. But the ‘Eternal Elder’ position could never be revoked, even in the case of serious misconduct—only certain privileges might be reduced.
Only those who made great contributions were eligible for such a position!
“The glory of our Norranshan family is built by the efforts of generation after generation of disciples,” the old patriarch said.
“Rest assured, Old Patriarch! I, Bro Norranshan, as a disciple of the Norranshan family, am willing to fight for the family’s glory!” Bro stood tall and proud.
“You are truly excellent.”
The old patriarch nodded with a smile. “You will lead the vanguard in the conquest and exploration of this planet. The family fleet will arrive in three months.”
“Understood, Patriarch! The highest power on this planet is only around the ninth stage of the Star-level. My adventurer team alone can conquer the entire planet! I will surely prepare everything and wait for the family fleet to take over,” Bro declared proudly, and the old patriarch nodded in satisfaction: “Upon your return, I will personally bestow the title of Eternal Elder upon you!”
Click!
The communication ended.
“Haha!” Captain Bro Norranshan’s eyes gleamed with excitement. “The Earth may be valuable, but I am merely a Star-level expert. I could never manage such a massive benefit on my own! But now… hahaha, I will become a revered ‘Eternal Elder’ in the family!”
“Earth?”
Bro Norranshan’s eyes shone brighter than ever.
Swoosh!
His entire figure vanished from the Virtual Universe in an instant.
…
Above the Atlantic Ocean on Earth.
A silver-gray spaceship hovered in place.
“Proceed with Plan No. 3!”
“Directly capture the three strongest beings on Earth—Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God. Once these three peak warriors are captured, Earth will have no courage to resist! And through them, we can easily uncover many secrets of this planet!” Bro declared confidently inside the ship’s control room.
“Yes, Captain.”
The eight crew members behind him responded in unison.
“Atuka, locate Luo Feng and the other two,” Captain Bro ordered.
“After infiltrating Earth’s satellite network, we’ve confirmed their locations. Hong and Thunder God are both flying toward Luo Feng’s residence—the Yangzhou City of the Jiangnan Base in the Chinese Huaxia Nation,” the child-like avatar on the control panel screen shouted loudly.
“Departure, destination—Yangzhou City!”
Bro pointed toward the Huaxia Nation in China.
Swoosh!
The silver-gray spaceship instantly transformed into a streak of light, crossing the ocean and heading straight for the Huaxia continent in Asia.
…
Yangzhou City, one of the eight satellite cities of the Jiangnan Base in Huaxia, China.
The castle at the West Lake Estate had become synonymous with ‘Luo Feng.’
Hong’s spaceship-shaped building, Thunder God’s Seven-Star Tower, and Luo Feng’s castle—these were the residences of Earth’s three peak warriors.
On the rooftop terrace of the castle.
Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God sat cross-legged, their minds as calm as still water.
“Luofeng, Luofeng! A spaceship has entered the alert zone!!!” the anxious voice of Babata shouted.
“What!”
Luo Feng’s eyes flew open in shock, his whole body trembling, sweat breaking out on his forehead. A spaceship? Other than his own spaceship, who else could be piloting a spaceship on Earth? Could it be… that adventurers from other planets in the vast cosmos had finally discovered Earth? But logically, the coordinates of this star region corresponding to the dark universe had long been hidden by his master using spatial techniques.
“It’s a spaceship, and it’s a Class C spaceship!” Babata shouted anxiously.
“How can there be a spaceship?” Luo Feng was both angry and worried.
“I don’t know, but the spaceship is already above the castle,” Babata said.
Hong and Thunder God, sitting beside him, clearly sensed the disturbance of the originally tranquil atmosphere and opened their eyes simultaneously, looking at Luo Feng in confusion.
Luo Feng’s face turned ashen, sweat pouring down.
Babata’s alert zone extended outward in a radius of 20,000 meters from its center. Back when they were in the Fog Island underground, Babata had used this alert zone to detect the strength of nearby humans. Normally, Babata always maintained this alert zone… which is why it detected the arrival of the spaceship.
…
The spaceship hovered about 3,000 meters above the castle.
“What a primitive civilization. We can just hover here and they don’t even notice us,” a green-skinned woman said smugly.
“Look, the three strongest beings on this planet are sitting on the rooftop of that castle.”
“The strongest three? Hmph, even among the cosmos, they’re barely scraping by,” a gorilla-like man sneered. He was one of the three Star-level experts in the expedition team.
Captain Bro Norranshan, watching through the external view, said with a flourish: “Everyone, after this Earth mission, we won’t have to keep adventuring anymore. Let’s go… greet these top three natives. Let them understand what true cosmic power is!”
“Hahahaha…”
“Let’s have some fun with these natives.”
The crew laughed with confidence.
When facing planets whose inhabitants had not yet integrated into the cosmic civilization, they naturally felt a sense of ‘superiority’. They considered themselves civilized beings, while the locals were nothing but primitive natives.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The spaceship hatch opened.
Led by Captain Bro Norranshan, a group of space adventurers descended, except for the two maintenance crew members, all flying downward.
…
“They’re coming.”
Luo Feng looked up. Seven figures suddenly descended from the sky—some like gorilla-like giants, some handsome and refined, some with green skin… These seven space adventurers were clearly different from Earth’s humans. On their faces were expressions of arrogance, their eyes filled with the superiority of those who believed they ruled over primitive beings.
“Three natives!”
“Poor natives.”
Bro Norranshan looked down at the three Earth humans with a pleased expression. To him, these Earthlings were amusing… this planet would bring him immense wealth and a lofty status! It was a primitive race ripe for the taking!
On the rooftop, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God glanced at the screens on their arms.
“One at Star-level 6, one at Star-level 2, one at Star-level 1. Four at Planet-level 9.”
The three exchanged glances.
“We’re in big trouble,” the three thought grimly.
These seven space adventurers were nothing to them, but their arrival meant… Earth was no longer safe!
“Earthlings!”
Bro Norranshan slowly descended and spoke, his voice translated into Earth’s language by the intelligent brain. “From this moment on, you are my slaves—slaves of Bro Norranshan, a cosmic warrior from beyond the stars.” The translation echoed across the entire castle grounds in the common Earth dialect, causing many people in the streets below to look up in shock.
In midair, Bro Norranshan floated, slightly lifting his chin, appearing high and mighty, his gaze filled with pity as he looked down at the three natives on the rooftop terrace.
On the rooftop.
Luo Feng and the others wore grim expressions.
“Call them in,” Luo Feng ordered coldly.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Figures shot up like lightning from every corridor, window, and balcony of the castle, rising rapidly into the sky like countless arrows aimed at the heavens. In an instant, the sky was filled with a dense swarm of figures, surrounding the seven arrogant space adventurers who had just arrived!
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