The boundless and majestic divine kingdom loomed high above, within its towering temple halls.
Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!
A green-skinned man with a single black horn rapidly strode across a crystalline floor. His footsteps echoed through the corridors, his form flickering like a phantom. Within mere seconds, he had traversed hundreds of kilometers and arrived before a golden gate exuding a chilling, ominous aura.
“Boom~~” The green-skinned man pushed the gates open with a mighty force, and they groaned as they swung inward.
He stepped into the grand hall beyond.
The hall stretched a hundred kilometers in each direction. Within the vast chamber, aside from the green-skinned man, only one other figure remained—a lone silhouette cloaked entirely in golden robes, seated in solitude in deep meditation.
“Hmm?” The golden-robed figure lifted his head. His piercing gaze, like twin blades, fell upon the green-skinned man.
“Master!”
The green-skinned man immediately knelt in reverence.
“Speak.” The golden-robed figure said indifferently.
“According to intelligence reports, the name ‘No.3’ has appeared in the detailed records of transactions within the ‘Mulong Star Region’—one of humanity’s nine garbage star regions.” The green-skinned man said with utmost respect.
“No.3?” The golden-robed figure murmured softly. “Luo Feng?”
“Yes, Master. According to the transaction records, No.3 recently spent one million Chaos Units to purchase one hundred units of Overlord-level Zerg corpses. Based on estimates, he should now be entering the Mulong Star Region to select the corpses. He will remain there for the next ten to thirty days.”
“Master,” the green-skinned man continued, “the region within the Mulong Star Region where the endless wreckage is stored is forbidden to Immortal-level beings. This means No.3 Luo Feng cannot bring his Immortal guardian, Dylan, with him. He will have to enter alone with only a guide!”
He lifted his head, his eyes gleaming. “Master, this is our perfect opportunity!”
Among the covert operations of the organization infiltrating human territories, one of the most critical duties is the elimination of extremely dangerous prodigies before they rise to power.
If such prodigies are not eliminated before they ascend to Immortal status, they often become Marquis-level or even King-level Immortals in a short time, and their presence on the battlefield would bring catastrophic losses to us.
Thus, a ranking system was established based on threat levels.
This ranking assesses all the prodigies (those not yet Immortal) across the five major human factions, including the Virtual Universe Company and the Axe-Battle Arena. Since Sovereign-level beings are the fastest at comprehending laws and progress rapidly, their prodigies are ranked highly.
Yet Luo Feng’s threat level is ranked at No.3!
Clearly, the Zerg infiltration faction regards Luo Feng as a far more formidable threat than countless Sovereign-level prodigies. Although these geniuses may have cultivated for longer periods and currently possess greater strength than Luo Feng, his combat prowess demonstrated on the Golden-Horned Race’s Las Ao World battlefield speaks volumes.
Luo Feng’s progress is astonishing.
Prodigies like him, appearing only once every ten thousand epochs, naturally command a high threat ranking. In human history, some of the most brilliant prodigies, like Kedi, were already ranked as ‘No.1’ at the Cosmic level.
“No.3 is entering the Mulong Star Region?” The golden-robed figure issued an order. “Send word. Order No.6, who is already embedded in the Mulong Star Region, to eliminate No.3!”
“Yes, Master!”
The green-skinned man bowed respectfully.
No.3 represents a threat level, and this ranking determines how much the Zerg are willing to sacrifice. The higher the rank, the greater the cost the Zerg are willing to pay. Embedding agents in the Mulong Star Region is an extremely difficult task, and each agent is invaluable.
No.6 is already the top assassin among the embedded agents in the Mulong Star Region.
…
Mulong Star Region.
A meteor floated motionless in the void of space. Though it appeared to be a simple rock, its interior had long been transformed into an ‘observation point.’
Inside the meteor.
“The Axe-Battle Arena is hosting a Domain-level life-and-death battle. Brothers, let’s all log into the Virtual Universe. Hurry up, or the battle will be over!” A tall, muscular man clad in armor shouted excitedly. Life at the observation point was indeed dull.
Watching life-or-death battles and placing bets were common ways to pass the time.
“Coming.”
“Haha! I’ve been on a lucky streak lately, winning three matches in a row. I’m sure I’ll win this one too.”
The members of the observation point howled in excitement, each sending a thread of consciousness into the Virtual Universe network. As for the observation duties… the entire Mulong Star Region was already equipped with a highly advanced surveillance system. It was purely technological, and the observers were mainly there to monitor whether the system had been compromised.
After all, there was still a difference between an AI system and a living person.
In one of the rest chambers inside the observation point, built deep within the meteor, a thin man with black-scaled skin and glowing green eyes sat up abruptly on his metal bed.
“Breath,” he exhaled, his emerald eyes fixed on the metallic wall ahead.
“The mission… has arrived.”
After thousands, even tens of thousands of years of waiting, this was the moment he had trained for.
Once he struck, whether he succeeded or failed, survival would be unlikely. Even if he succeeded in killing Luo Feng, he would likely be hunted down and killed by the powerful human forces stationed in the Mulong Star Region.
…
At this moment.
Luo Feng, Dylan, and King Longjue Tianhuan were aboard a spaceship traveling through dark space.
“We’re heading to a central point deep within the Mulong Star Region,” King Longjue Tianhuan said with a smile. “The Mulong Star Region is simply too vast. If we were to fly through it slowly, even after ten thousand years, we’d barely cover a fraction of it.”
A typical star system has a diameter of about ten thousand light-years.
A star region usually contains ten thousand star systems, so a diameter of millions of light-years is normal.
The continent of Lasao spanned a mere 2.1 light-years in diameter—utterly insignificant when measured against the boundless celestial expanse. One could scarcely fathom how the infinite wreckage and cosmic detritus contained within the Mulong Star Sector might effortlessly engulf the entirety of Lasao’s realm.
“So we must perform a space fold to reach a specific point,” King Longjue Tianhuan said solemnly. “I must warn you—only certain fixed points within the Mulong Star Region are authorized for space folding. Other regions are filled with endless cargo and wreckage. Any ship that dares to appear there will be immediately attacked. Even a King-level Immortal would not escape unscathed.”
Luo Feng was startled.
So dangerous?
“The nine garbage star regions are true treasures,” King Longjue Tianhuan said with a faint smile. “I and the other four are considered the highest level, but we’re only in charge of trade. Throughout the entire Mulong Star Region, there are also those responsible for surveillance and extermination—there are even Venerable-level existences stationed here!”
“We have no choice,” he continued. “Each of the nine garbage star regions, including the Mulong Star Region, is so valuable that even a small theft could result in losses of hundreds of millions of Chaos Units. Therefore, we must station extremely powerful forces here.” He chuckled. “Even I don’t know the full extent of the elite forces in the Mulong Star Region. I’m only in charge of trade.”
Luo Feng nodded.
…
After flying for over two hours.
The spaceship performed a space fold, returning to normal space. An invisible surveillance signal scanned over them.
“Boom~~” From a floating palace nearly ten thousand kilometers in diameter in the distance, figures shot out like arrows.
The spaceship came to a halt, and the hatch opened.
King Longjue, Luo Feng, and Dylan disembarked.
“Longjue King.” The group of welcoming figures bowed respectfully.
“Hmm.” King Longjue nodded.
“This is Luo Feng. He will be entering shortly to select goods. Assign two guides to accompany him.” King Longjue Tianhuan ordered directly. The group responded in unison: “Yes!”
Luo Feng and Dylan turned to look around, stunned.
Heaven!
As far as the eye could see…
The endless starry void was completely choked with cargo and wreckage—an infinite expanse!
“I imagined it would be like this,” Luo Feng said, looking upward. The same endless cargo stretched above. In space, there was no true concept of up or down, so as Luo Feng looked around, he realized…
Only a small portion of the surrounding area was clear enough for light-speed space folding. The rest was entirely filled with cargo.
“Don’t be surprised,” King Longjue said, turning toward Luo Feng with a smile. “What is a species war? It’s when the great peak species wage war against each other, or form alliances to fight other species. These wars are truly cosmic in scale, producing wreckage so vast it’s terrifying. Even entire divine kingdoms are insufficient to store all the debris, so entire star regions were created just for storage! The Mulong Star Region is merely one of these garbage regions.”
Luo Feng nodded slightly.
“There’s more.”
“Because the cargo inside is unimaginably valuable, Immortal-level beings are forbidden from entering to select goods,” King Longjue continued. “Because an Immortal could steal vast quantities and then escape instantly through their divine kingdom teleportation! Thus, purchasing goods is strictly forbidden to Immortals.”
Luo Feng understood.
Indeed, if an Immortal went on a massive theft spree and then vanished through divine kingdom teleportation, the loss could be in the hundreds of millions of Chaos Units. Even a Marquis-level Immortal wouldn’t possess such wealth. There would definitely be Immortals willing to take the risk.
“Even if it’s not an Immortal,” King Longjue added, “one must still possess extremely high clearance. Ordinary Sovereigns and Domain Lords are not allowed in. You, Luo Feng, are a member of the Primordial Secret Realm, so your clearance is high enough to enter. Ordinary Sovereigns might be controlled by others, or even secretly hide an Immortal inside their personal world, or carry an Immortal in a world ring.”
“Longjue King, aren’t you worried that I might be hiding an Immortal inside my world ring?” Luo Feng asked with a smile.
“You?”
“Your clearance is so high. If you were to steal, you’d be hunted by all of humanity. You’d never be able to return. Would you really be willing to risk it?” King Longjue looked at Luo Feng.
“What if I were being mind-controlled?” Luo Feng asked.
“Mind-controlling a prodigy of such high clearance? No organization is foolish enough to waste such a valuable spy on stealing some cargo. While these goods may be valuable to an individual, to an entire species, they’re practically insignificant.” King Longjue shook his head.
At that moment, two figures in white robes flew in from the distance.
“Those are your two guides,” King Longjue pointed. “Go with them. Tell them your metal badge number, and they will lead you to the exact locations of the Zerg corpses. As for Dylan, he must remain here. It’s the rule. Immortals are forbidden from entering the cargo storage area, and even I cannot break it.”
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