Floating amidst the starry void were endless corpses of insects, stretching beyond sight.
All of them were at the peak of the World Lord level!
“So many insect corpses—billions upon billions of World Lord-level insect corpses,” Luo Feng murmured, his mind conjuring the image of an insect sea formed by billions of ‘World Lord insect warriors’ on an extraterrestrial battlefield. Even a combined strike from them could unleash an explosion so powerful that even a Cosmic-level existence would perish instantly if caught in its wake.
A quantitative change would inevitably lead to a qualitative transformation!
A million World Lords could force even an Eternal King-Level immortal to dodge.
Billions of World Lords could make even a Cosmic Sovereign wary.
Of course, a single insect hive could never breed such an unimaginable number of World Lord insect warriors within its long lifespan. This was beyond the capability of one hive alone—it required the combined efforts of countless insect hives to create such a terrifying insect swarm army!
An endless insect sea, unmatched!
“Master Luo Feng, this small cluster of insect corpse debris gathered here can be counted as ten thousand intact insect corpses. It is one of the two hundred units corresponding to your two hundred metal plates,” said the tall man in a white robe.
“Oh?”
Luo Feng’s eyes lit up, and his mental power immediately swept outward.
Although the insect corpse debris was infinite, it was not all piled together. Instead, each unit was scattered apart, with more than ten kilometers between each. A single unit’s mass of insect corpse debris was roughly the size of a sphere a few kilometers in diameter.
“Three types of mantis insects, eighteen types of beetle insects, two types of larval insects…” Luo Feng’s mental power scanned the massive sphere of World Lord-level insect corpses. Using both his inheritance memories and detailed information retrieved from the virtual universe network, he quickly assessed its value.
Thankfully, Luo Feng had extensive knowledge, allowing him to make a swift judgment.
“Good. Top-tier insects make up more than half. This single unit could breed about twenty thousand World Lord-level tiger beetle insects,” Luo Feng thought joyfully. “That Longque King truly favors me. If all the other units of insect corpses meet this standard, then one hundred units could produce two million tiger beetle insects!”
It was worth it!
Spending one million Primordial Units to cultivate two armies of a million World Lord-level insect warriors—these tiger beetles were even strong in defense!
“Let’s keep going!”
…
Luo Feng moved on to inspect the next unit.
Of the two hundred units, he examined them one by one. As he observed more and more, he realized that the first unit he had seen was actually of high quality.
Based on the data Luo Feng gathered after examining half of them:
Units capable of cultivating 20,000 to 30,000 World Lord-level tiger beetle insects accounted for 2%.
Units capable of cultivating 15,000 to 20,000 tiger beetles accounted for 26%.
Units capable of cultivating 10,000 to 15,000 tiger beetles accounted for 32%.
Units producing fewer than 10,000 tiger beetles accounted for 40%.
This was the conclusion Luo Feng reached after observing exactly one hundred units. Overall, he was quite satisfied.
Because if he were to cultivate one million tiger beetle insects through company acquisitions, it would cost about 2.5 million Primordial Units. Now, spending less than half of that—only one million Primordial Units—he could cultivate over one million tiger beetle warriors, possibly even exceeding 1.5 million!
“Master Luo Feng, you can see that the other units of insect corpses around you are clearly inferior to yours,” said the short man in the white robe with a smile. “The two hundred insect units arranged for you by Longque King are definitely top-grade!”
“Haha,” Luo Feng chuckled, nodding. “Longque King has indeed been generous to me.”
Of course, selecting insect corpses also tested one’s discernment.
Because most of the insect corpses frozen in space were broken. If one only relied on the information obtained from the virtual universe network, it would be extremely difficult to distinguish them clearly. Fortunately, Luo Feng had inherited memories, which contained very detailed and extensive descriptions of insects—far more detailed than the publicly available information from the virtual universe company.
That was how Luo Feng could identify over 90% of the insect warrior corpses and accurately assess the value of each insect unit.
“Calculate the value ranking of the two hundred units.”
“Then select the top one hundred units.” Luo Feng was far from foolish.
“Master Luo Feng, look over there,” the tall white-robed man pointed into the distance.
Luo Feng turned his head and saw a massive pile of dark, chaotic debris in the far distance. Even with the naked eye, one could faintly sense the ancient aura left by the passage of time. The tall white-robed man smiled, “That is the Junkyard! The Junkyard is scattered throughout the Mulong Starfield. Master Luo Feng, would you like to go treasure hunting there?”
“Treasure hunting?” Luo Feng looked toward the distant Junkyard floating in space, his heart filled with anticipation. He smiled and said, “No rush. I’ll choose the insect units first, then I can leisurely go treasure hunting at the Junkyard later.”
“Right, right,” the tall white-robed man nodded. “We should finish the main task first.”
…
Clad in a standard white battle robe, the lean man No. 6 was streaking through space like a beam of light, swiftly flying through the endless debris-filled starry void.
He had already been treasure hunting in some of the Junkyards within the Mulong Starfield for nine days. These nine days of treasure hunting were no different from how normal internal members did it—treasure hunting in one Junkyard, then flying to another, sometimes even using a spaceship to traverse the cosmos to more distant Junkyards.
“About time I should go find No. 3,” thought No. 6, Korsel.
Flying continuously along the wide starry debris tunnel at a speed of 100,000 kilometers per second, Korsel occasionally glanced at the screen on his wrist device. The screen displayed the ‘Mulong Starfield Monitoring Map,’ which had been specially zoomed in to show the area surrounding his current location.
“Three light points!”
“They’re not far from me now. We’re all flying along the same starry tunnel. They’re heading this way, and I’m heading toward them. Unless something unexpected happens, we should meet soon,” Korsel calculated quickly.
“Alright!”
“Just at the monitoring point ‘B2446–56453–13202–96216,’ eliminate No. 3.” Korsel’s emerald-green eyes flashed coldly.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Korsel was flying toward Luo Feng’s group, while Luo Feng and his three companions were flying toward Korsel, all moving along the same starry debris tunnel.
…
Luo Feng and his three companions were flying when they suddenly stopped.
“Master Luo Feng, this is one of the two hundred insect corpse units you can choose from. It’s the one right in front of you,” said the tall white-robed man, glancing at his wrist device before pointing ahead at a cluster of countless shattered insect warrior corpses, completely encased in a thin layer of ice, spanning several kilometers in diameter.
“Mm.” Luo Feng spread his mental power, carefully inspecting the unit.
“Ah?” The tall white-robed man, watching his wrist device, was surprised. “There’s one of our people not far from us.”
“Ah, so coincidental?” The short white-robed man also looked at the wrist device, quickly zooming in on the surrounding area of the monitoring map. Soon, he spotted a white dot not far along the same starry debris tunnel.
“What’s going on?” Luo Feng turned to look.
“It’s one of our people,” the short white-robed man said in a slightly high-pitched voice, smiling. “Our grassroots personnel conducting monitoring and service within the Mulong Starfield have the privilege of treasure hunting. Every ten thousand years, we get a chance to go treasure hunting at the Junkyard for free, albeit with a small-world ring that can only store limited items. So within the Mulong Starfield, we occasionally encounter some of our internal members who come treasure hunting. After all, it’s quite dull here. And due to strict monitoring requirements, we’re forbidden from playing virtual games for long periods or engaging in prolonged cultivation. We can only relax occasionally. So… treasure hunting is one of the favorite things our internal personnel do. If one actually finds a priceless treasure, they won’t have to do this dull work anymore.”
Luo Feng nodded in understanding.
…
Korsel was flying rapidly through the hundreds-of-kilometers-wide debris tunnel, constantly watching the monitoring map on his wrist device.
“Hm, they’ve stopped?”
“I need to slightly control my speed. Perhaps I should also change the location where I eliminate No. 3.”
Korsel No. 6 murmured silently.
…
Moments later, Luo Feng and his group resumed their journey. The two groups continued approaching each other, the distance narrowing by tens of thousands of kilometers every second.
“Here, at monitoring point ‘B2446–56453–13202–96233’,” Korsel’s emerald-green eyes remained calm and indifferent. He swiftly flew to a floating spherical device just a few kilometers away from the starry tunnel. It was a black spherical device about 3.9 meters in diameter.
This was the most basic small monitoring point in the Mulong Starfield surveillance system.
This black spherical device could monitor a spherical area with a radius of 3 million kilometers (10 light-seconds) centered on itself.
“Pop.” As Korsel flew past the black spherical device, he casually stuck a transparent patch on it.
After applying the patch, Korsel quickly flew back to the starry debris tunnel.
…
Flying along the tunnel for about tens of thousands of kilometers, Korsel stopped and waited silently.
Only three minutes later, three lightning-like figures appeared far down the starry debris tunnel. Soon, the three figures sharply decelerated and came to a halt.
“Korsel, it’s you. I was just discussing with Wof about who it might be,” the tall white-robed man smiled. “Meeting here in the Mulong Starfield is quite rare.”
“I noticed three signal points, so I didn’t rush to that Junkyard but stayed here to see who it was. Haha, it’s you two. Ah, and who is this…” Korsel’s gaze fell on Luo Feng, and he immediately became more respectful. The tall white-robed man also showed slight reverence: “This is Master Luo Feng. Longque King personally arranged for my brother and me to guide and receive him.”
“Oh, so this is Master Luo Feng.” Korsel respectfully bowed.
“Hm.” Luo Feng looked at the man before him, also clad in a standard white battle robe. “How was your treasure hunting?”
“Not much success yet,” Korsel shook his head.
Boom!
The black spherical device tens of thousands of kilometers away suddenly exploded. Simultaneously, a very tiny area on the entire Mulong Starfield monitoring map instantly turned blank. The area was too small for the human eye to detect on the monitoring map, but the alert system immediately noticed it.
“The monitoring point device has been destroyed. The Mulong Starfield has countless monitoring points. Occasionally, malfunctions are normal and will not cause a Cosmic Sovereign-level existence to personally come investigate,” Korsel thought. “According to the standard response protocol, the nearest spaceship will be dispatched to perform repairs. It will take at least 90 seconds at the fastest.”
“Within 90 seconds, eliminate No. 3.”
…
At the same moment, the Mulong Starfield alert system issued a direct order: “Monitoring point B2446–56453–13202–96233 device malfunction detected. Unit B2446–56 to proceed immediately for repairs.”
“Unit B2446–56 spaceship has launched. Estimated arrival at monitoring point in 98 seconds.”
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