Chapter 508: An Unexpected Delight

In the misty clouds.

Just after switching back to his physical body, the space ring that had held four corpses had already been transferred.

“Chunyutao and Shi Fengxiong—they were the highest authorities in Yangan City,” Luo Feng muttered, taking out their space storage devices and inspecting them carefully. Unlike Shi Fengzhan, who had deliberately hidden things, both Chunyutao and Shi Fengxiong’s storage devices contained ‘Blood-Net Crystals’. In fact, Shi Fengxiong’s had already been scanned before.

“One, two!”

With a flick of his hand, Luo Feng now held three ‘triangular prism-shaped blood-red crystals’. These breathtakingly beautiful crystals were none other than Blood-Net Crystals.

“Instantly obtaining three Blood-Net Crystals!” Luo Feng smiled slightly. “If I successfully fuse them, I only need two more to become a ‘Blood Warrior’. And there’s still one left… perfect for completing the first mission.”

There were two dangerous-level missions.

One offered a reward of 10,000 points, and the other 100,000 points.

At this moment, as long as everything went smoothly and all fusions succeeded, he could gain a total of 110,000 points.

“The premise is successful fusion,” Luo Feng recalled the sensation of his first fusion, his confidence wavering.

It seemed so easy to obtain these crystals, yet the Virtual Universe Company had classified this as a dangerous-level mission. Of course, this was a dangerous-level mission for ‘Galactic Core Members’. If Luo Feng were truly only a Galactic Level 9 warrior without any clones, obtaining the Blood-Net Crystals would indeed be extremely perilous.

“Right.”

“There are still two temple envoys,” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. “I wonder if those two envoys have Blood-Net Crystals on them. It’s really hard to say!”

He already knew that Chunyutao and Shi Fengxiong had them.

As for the temple envoys, it was hard to predict.

“This Envoy You’s space bracer had a surprisingly large storage space,” Luo Feng thought, searching carefully with a hint of anticipation. Suddenly, his face showed shock, disbelief, and astonishment. “No way… Could I possibly be this lucky?”

Whoosh!

With a flick of his hand, Luo Feng produced a black, uniquely crafted wooden box. He held his breath and carefully opened the lid.

Snap, the lid opened.

Inside the box were neatly stacked Blood-Net Crystals, layer upon layer, nearly filling the entire box. Luo Feng’s eyes lit up as he began counting them one by one.

“Ten?”

“Ten Blood-Net Crystals?” Luo Feng couldn’t believe it. “Even if this envoy wanted to become the legendary ‘Black Warrior’ by fusing Blood-Net Crystals, he would only need ten. And someone with such ambitions… surely wouldn’t have failed to fuse even one. He was already a Domain Lord Level 9 expert.”

Indeed, Envoy You had fused some Blood-Net Crystals.

“Bringing ten Blood-Net Crystals—what a lucky break for me,” Luo Feng suddenly had a thought. “Earlier, when I scanned this box with my mind, it seemed like there was a piece of paper beneath the Blood-Net Crystals.”

Underneath the neatly stacked Blood-Net Crystals, there indeed lay a piece of paper, its material a dark golden hue.

It bore complex writing, yet the content was surprisingly simple—

“Si Yong, these ten Blood-Net Crystals are for you. They should suffice for your short-term needs. Remember, you promised me something. I trust you’re smart enough not to double-cross me.”

Just this short paragraph.

Instantly, Luo Feng understood and couldn’t help but laugh. “So these ten Blood-Net Crystals weren’t even the envoy’s—they belonged to ‘Si Yong’. Si Yong, isn’t he the ‘World Lord’ of this world? For a World Lord to obtain ten Blood-Net Crystals would be effortless.”

If Domain Lords could obtain several, then it was only natural for a World Lord to easily acquire ten.

“Si Yong, Si Yong, these Blood-Net Crystals are mine now,” Luo Feng thought, immediately storing the ten Blood-Net Crystals into his space ring.

“Now I already have thirteen Blood-Net Crystals… I wonder what surprises the other temple envoy might bring me.” Luo Feng flipped his hand again, revealing a semi-transparent ring—the space storage device of that other envoy, Mo. Instantly, his mental energy surged into it to begin searching.

And what a search it was!

“My god!” Luo Feng’s eyes widened.

“Impossible! What the hell!” Luo Feng was stunned.

“Barbara! Barbara!” Luo Feng mentally contacted Barbara.

Barbara lazily replied, “What’s wrong, Luo Feng? In this Blood-Net World with no technology, what do you need me for?”

“Just wait!” With a thought, Luo Feng directly extracted the incredible item from Mo’s space ring. Whoosh! In the misty clouds appeared a massive object nearly 100 meters in diameter—a deep gray, entire spaceship!

Yes, a spaceship!

“Barbara, store this spaceship in your storage space and study it carefully. Find out how long this spaceship has existed,” Luo Feng quickly instructed.

“A spaceship?” Barbara was also surprised, then immediately pulled the spaceship beside him into storage. “Wait a moment while I study it thoroughly.”

Nighttime.

Luo Feng stood alone in the misty clouds, still deeply shocked.

Because the Virtual Universe Company’s records had clearly stated: never bring out any technological items. If discovered, it would almost certainly result in death. Yet now, from a temple envoy’s space ring, he had found a spaceship. This was just too…

The so-called Ancient God Ruins were something from tens of trillions of years ago. Back then, spaceships couldn’t possibly remain intact until now unless they were E or F-class. But even those shouldn’t have ended up in the hands of a temple envoy—a Domain Lord. Luo Feng felt that this spaceship was quite ordinary.

“Barbara, I’ve analyzed it,” Barbara called out.

Luo Feng had maintained a mental link with Barbara all along. Upon hearing this, he quickly asked, “What’s the result?”

“I can confirm that the Blood-Net Continent does have some achievements in technology. This spaceship was built less than 500,000 years ago, and it’s of very poor quality. In the universe, it would be classified as an A-level spaceship. Accelerating to light speed would take a very, very long time,” Barbara explained.

“Oh?” Luo Feng frowned.

“Where did you find it?” Barbara asked curiously.

“In a temple envoy’s space ring,” Luo Feng replied. “By the way, the envoy’s battle armor… it’s an Origin Battle Suit.”

“Temple envoy? Right, Luo Feng… you should know that when one breaks through from Domain Lord to Immortal, the soul undergoes a transformation. An Immortal soul’s processing speed is no slower than an intelligent computer’s. If these native Immortals of the Blood-Net Continent obtained some remnants left behind by experts from the Virtual Universe Company—like intelligent computers, spaceships, or other things—they could very likely have developed quite a bit,” Barbara explained.

Luo Feng was stunned.

Right, his own consciousness was terrifyingly fast. An Immortal soul’s processing speed was definitely no slower than an intelligent computer’s. Perhaps in the Blood-Net World, many materials were missing, making it impossible to manufacture special machines. Otherwise, with the research capabilities of Immortals, creating a flourishing technological civilization wouldn’t be difficult.

Or perhaps, the Immortal Temple didn’t want the Blood-Net Continent to get involved in technological civilization.

Or maybe the Virtual Universe Company had secretly intervened.

In any case, Luo Feng didn’t feel like thinking too much about it.

“This time I really hit the jackpot,” Luo Feng directly handed over the four dead bodies and their space storage devices to Barbara for processing. “Barbara, these four space rings contain all sorts of so-called treasures and valuables. I don’t understand the treasures of the Blood-Net Continent at all. Help me sort through them and check. There might be some unexpected gains.”

“Alright, leave it to me.”

Barbara was an artificial lifeform, with processing speed surpassing even intelligent computers. Even some Immortals might not be able to match Barbara’s problem-solving speed.

“Thanks. I’ll contact you later. How long will it take to sort everything out?” Luo Feng asked.

“Five minutes will suffice,” Barbara replied.

“Great.” Luo Feng immediately dove from midair toward the ground below.

…

Under the cover of night, in the endless wilderness, Luo Feng was practicing in the wild, striving to sense the effects of the Blood-Net Crystals.

When he fused the first Blood-Net Crystal, it was surprisingly delightful. The Blood-Net Crystal’s magic… especially in its resonance with the essence of the universe and the enhanced power of law attacks, was amazing. Moreover, when he unleashed his power, a blood-red secret pattern would appear on his chest, very similar to the secret patterns on the scales of the Golden-Horned Giant Beast.

But it was more simplified and weaker in effect.

“Why do I feel that the Blood-Net Crystal’s magic, besides its resonance with the universe’s essence, has some other special properties?” Luo Feng frowned.

There must be another magical aspect to the Blood-Net Crystal!

That was…

Physical transformation!

“When I fused it initially, I sometimes felt like I was turning into an ape-man, sometimes a scaled beastman, sometimes even a robot-like being. That mutation was fierce, but after it ended… I couldn’t do it again,” Luo Feng frowned. “But I can feel that the Blood-Net Crystal should have this peculiar effect.”

“Yeah, fusing the second and third Blood-Net Crystals should reveal more,” Luo Feng thought, connecting his mind to Barbara, preparing to discuss with him before starting the fusion.

“Barbara, how’s the treasure allocation from the four space storage devices? Any treasures?” Luo Feng asked mentally.

“No treasures, but there’s one item you should see,” Barbara said seriously.

“What item?” Luo Feng was puzzled.

Snap!

An object was thrown out by Barbara. It looked like a gemstone.

“This is a communication device containing a basic ‘computer intelligence’,” Barbara explained. “It’s similar to the communication watch you used on Earth.”

“Communication? In such a vast Blood-Net Continent, signals travel at the speed of light—300,000 kilometers per second. But a world’s diameter spans hundreds of millions of kilometers. How can there be instant communication?” Luo Feng shook his head. “They don’t even have the Virtual Universe Network.”

“This communication device isn’t for instant communication; it’s for long-distance messaging. After all, signal transmission speed… is always faster than flying,” Barbara said. “And it’s quite tragic—when you killed that rather handsome-looking temple envoy, another envoy recorded it and sent the message to someone named ‘Si Yong’.”

Luo Feng’s face immediately changed.

Damn!

This was exactly the downside of technological tools.