I Have a Virtual Universe
Chapter 23

New Attempt

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Gorol Star, Ninth Main City.

Su Li's figure gradually solidified, and a moment later, he sat down with a look of melancholy.

Su Li felt he had been very careful on Primal Star, but he still ended up capsizing.

Three minutes ago, he had been happily hunting for prey on Primal Star when, perhaps because his luck had run out, he encountered a python out foraging. Its rank was E-. Without a doubt, this snake was not something Su Li could handle!

Although Su Li immediately tried to leave Primal Star, he ultimately couldn't outrun that snake and died at its hands!

And not only did he die, but he also dropped his One-handed Sword and Speedy Food Processor on Primal Star.

Whether he could retrieve those two items the next time he went was completely uncertain!

Thinking about it, it was all tears!

"A snake again, a snake again. Am I just naturally cursed with snakes?" Su Li held his head, thinking helplessly.

So far, he had died three times on Primal Star: the first time to a little yellow snake, the second to a Cloud-Devouring Python, and this third time was this one!

Three times in total, without exception, he had been killed by snakes.

"Damn that unlucky stinking snake!" Cursing again, Su Li gradually calmed down.

Getting angry was useless. The urgent matter was to figure out what to do next!

After a moment, Su Li opened the blue screen and looked at it—

Name: Su Li

Location: Virtual Universe - Gorol Star - Ninth Main City

Rank: F+ (5%)

Talent: Eat (Everything you see is your food)

Shop: Open

Resource Points: 58

PS: Population, land, wealth—everything you possess can be converted into Resource Points.

Quests:

"Grolar Chapter"—Become a superpowered being, continuously advance on the Path of Superpowers, and gain some Resource Points at each stage of the quest.

"Primal Chapter"—Slaughter. The meaning of life lies in slaughter. Through endless slaughter, you will continuously gain Resource Points.

Staring at the F+ rank progress, Su Li sighed again.

In fact, before being killed, he had spent five hours on Primal Star, hunting nonstop without a moment's pause. And because he had already advanced to F+, his hunting efficiency was even higher than before. But what was the result?

The F+ rank progress had only increased by four percent...

Su Li roughly estimated that the energy required to increase F+ rank progress was at least ten times that of F-rank.

With so much energy needed, it was fortunate Su Li had the Talent: Eat. Otherwise, relying on slowly absorbing energy from the cosmic void on his own, advancing would definitely take until the end of time!

"Primal Star is on cooldown again, but I still have some Resource Points. I can try getting some energy-containing things from Gorol Star to taste!"

After pondering for a moment, Su Li made up his mind.

Earlier, Su Li had looked up some information on Gorol Star and vaguely knew that the Gorol Civilization's energy no longer came from natural minerals like coal or oil.

Stellar energy, controlled nuclear energy, even dark matter energy...

These were the main energy sources of Gorol Star.

Because of this, energy was not a scarce thing on Gorol Star; it was shockingly cheap.

If all converted to the same energy unit, one unit of energy on Gorol Star was far cheaper than one unit of energy on Earth.

The reason Su Li hadn't obtained energy on Gorol Star before was that without Resource Points, even if he gained energy here, it would be completely useless. The rank progress gained here required Resource Points to be taken out.

But now, with Primal Star on cooldown and Su Li having some Resource Points, he could try the taste of Gorol's energy!

As a Third-Class Citizen of Gorol, Su Li could receive three thousand Credit Points every month.

However, last time he spent three hundred on the Speedy Food Processor, one thousand on the One-handed Sword, and another one thousand on the Wristband Terminal. Now he had less than seven hundred Credit Points left.

"Sigh, no matter where you are, you only realize how little money you have when you need it!" Su Li sighed and walked out of his apartment.

In truth, Su Li had thought about working a job on Gorol Star to earn some wages, but unfortunately, he had no skills. His only advantage was being a superpowered being.

However, F-class superpowered beings were just weaklings. Anything he could do, some robots could also do, and even do better.

So, Su Li couldn't find a job on Gorol Star.

At least, not for now!

Of course, in reality, Su Li was busy grinding levels all day, so he didn't have much time to work and earn money.

With his remaining seven hundred Credit Points, Su Li arrived at a nearby department store.

A moment later, a robot moving on wheels rolled up to him. "Sir, do you need assistance?"

"I need a large amount of Compressed Electric Energy. How much can you provide?" Su Li was no longer surprised by robotic beings; he stated his purpose directly.

Compressed Electric Energy was a general term for a type of energy. Its essence was still electricity, but at the same storage volume, the energy levels of the two were incomparable.

In Gorol, Compressed Electric Energy was a common energy source, but because it was so durable, ordinary merchants couldn't stock too much of it.

After all, when a normal person bought an Energy Crystal containing Compressed Electric Energy, using it up was measured in years!

Su Li had learned this through Gorol's network before coming here!

"Sir, our store is the best department store in the Ninth Main City. We can meet all your needs!" the robot said confidently.

"Alright then, give me seventy No. 7 Energy Crystals first," Su Li said calmly. The market price for a No. 7 Energy Crystal was ten Credit Points, and seventy of them would cost exactly seven hundred Credit Points.

Hearing Su Li's words, the robot paused for a moment, presumably checking its inventory.

After a short while, it spoke without changing its expression. "Apologies, sir. Our store doesn't have that many No. 7 Energy Crystals in stock right now."

The robot showed no shame at having boasted earlier only to be proven wrong, though as a machine, whether it even possessed such an emotion was debatable.

"How many are left? Give me all of them, no problem?"

"Of course, please wait a moment..."

A moment later, Su Li paid three hundred Resource Points and received thirty No. 7 Energy Crystals.

Then, without lingering, he took the thirty Energy Crystals straight back to his apartment.

He planned to test whether this high-civilization energy was as powerful as he imagined!

PS: A new sprout, give it some support!

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