Cosmic Army

Dark Universe, Black Dragon Ship

Time passed, and ten days flew by in the blink of an eye.

Over those ten days, Li Ze had been using the Anonymous Virtual Universe Login Device Luo Feng gave him to play games in the Virtual Universe. The last time he had played games was back when he was in school, queuing with his roommates to play League of Legends.

As for Luo Feng, he was like a cultivation maniac. He was either fighting Reincarnation Battles or cultivating various secret techniques.

That day, Luo Feng called Li Ze out of the lounge.

"Brother Ze, we'll undergo Cosmic Travel in ten minutes and arrive at Qiulong Star," Luo Feng said.

Li Ze withdrew his consciousness from the Virtual Universe and nodded.

He followed Luo Feng to the spaceship Control Room.

"Initiating Ship Deceleration. The ship is expected to come to a complete stop and return to the Original Universe in thirty seconds," Babata said.

The spaceship gradually decelerated, dropping from 1.2 times the speed of light until it was—motionless!

The ship beneath their feet trembled slightly. The vibrations lasted around ten seconds before everything calmed down.

"Cosmic Travel complete. We have returned to the Original Universe," Babata said.

"Activate 100% External Scenery Simulation." Before Luo Feng could give the order, Babata had already activated it.

Immediately, the surrounding environment appeared inside the spaceship. Li Ze saw the vast starry sky around them. Most striking of all... he spotted a distant planet seemingly covered in colorful light at a glance, with two satellites faintly visible around it.

"Brother Ze, that planet ahead is Qiulong Star. It's a prosperous and powerful planet 320,000 light-years from Earth, a super planet hundreds or even thousands of times more prosperous than the Imperial Capital Planet of the Silver Blue Empire. Experts gather there, of course. With your current Universe level strength, you can also be considered an expert on this planet," Luo Feng said with a smile.

As they spoke,

the spaceship had already accelerated toward the planet ahead.

Li Ze stood in the Control Room of the Black Dragon Spaceship. Before him was the External Scenery Simulation, clearly showing the ship closing in on Qiulong Star. It was about to touch the atmosphere. Qiulong Star's atmosphere was extremely unusual; even with the naked eye, he could clearly see... masses of multicolored air slowly flowing, making the entire planet incomparably dazzling from the outside.

"Beep!"

"Tractor Signal received," Babata said. "The spaceship will follow the Tractor Signal to the planet's Docking Port."

"Brother Ze, when arriving at a planet, you absolutely can't let your spaceship fly around freely. The owner of Qiulong Star is a Domain Lord. On Qiulong Star, it's best to abide by the rules he set," Luo Feng explained to Li Ze.

"It's fine. The Strongest Reign Supreme, right? It's only proper to give the Domain Lord some face." Li Ze nodded indifferently.

He might not necessarily fear a Domain Lord, but he had not come here to start a war. Following someone else's rules was perfectly normal.

The Black Dragon Spaceship passed through the atmosphere. Li Ze saw an enormous silver city below. It was a vast Docking Port, filled densely with countless spaceships. Some were large, some small; the smallest were only several dozen meters long, or even just over ten meters.

Following the guidance, the spaceship landed in Area C of the Docking Port.

The spaceship landed, and the hatch opened.

Li Ze and Luo Feng stepped out of the spaceship.

"This planet's gravity is a little more than three times that of Earth," Luo Feng introduced.

Li Ze could also feel the change in gravity around him.

After getting off the spaceship, Luo Feng paid the docking fee to a Green-skinned Strongman in a Gray Uniform with two Curved Horns atop his head.

Then the two of them rose into the air and flew toward the distant city.

Qiulong Star, Qiulong City

After flying for around twenty minutes,

Li Ze saw an incomparably enormous city. The city walls were as black as ink, stretching continuously to the end of his vision, with no end in sight! On top of the walls, transparent, glass-like Glazed Giant Dragons of exquisite beauty coiled along the ramparts.

Only upon approaching did he discover that the ink-black city walls were also covered in intricate carvings—carvings of Unicorn Dragons.

The black walls alone were around 120 meters tall. Including the height formed by the Glazed Giant Dragon carvings above them, they reached several hundred meters. Moreover... the massive city stretched all the way to the horizon, with no end in sight. Its vast and ancient aura was shocking.

"Qiulong City is nearly 6,000 kilometers long and wide. This city has a history of over three million years," Luo Feng introduced to Li Ze.

The enormous city gate was nearly a kilometer wide.

People flowed in and out like a weaving stream.

Li Ze and Luo Feng entered through the city gate together.

"Brother Ze, your communicator should have received a communication number. You can take a look," Luo Feng said to Li Ze.

When they were still on Earth, Luo Feng had given Li Ze a set of universal communication equipment.

A communication number was similar to a telephone number.

No matter how advanced a communicator was, it could not make a call across countless light-years. Some civilized planets would automatically send codes to the Auxiliary Light Brains, communicators, and other devices of lifeforms arriving on their planet. Within that planet, they could use their communicators to chat with one another.

Between different planets, there was only one way to communicate—enter the Virtual Universe Network. They could chat in the Virtual Universe.

Hearing Luo Feng's words, Li Ze glanced at his Smartwatch and saw the number displayed in an email. "Qiulong City communication number: 21364239272."

"I received it." Li Ze nodded.

"Next, let's go to the Administrative Building of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire stationed on this planet. You can join the Black Dragon Mountain Empire there and obtain Citizen Identity, which will make the things you need to do afterward more convenient. It's about two hundred kilometers from here," Luo Feng explained skillfully to Li Ze.

"Sure," Li Ze replied simply.

The two of them rose into the air and flew one hundred meters above the ground.

Everyone who flew traveled at that altitude.

Two Flowing Silver Guard Strongmen with bronze-colored skin, each nearly six meters tall, stood outside the entrance to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire Administrative Building.

The street before the building was crowded with pedestrians.

From time to time, people walked toward the Administrative Building.

At that moment, two flying figures descended before the Administrative Building.

They were Li Ze, who had come to join the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and Luo Feng, who had accompanied him.

The two giant guards stood straight, smiling. When the two arrived at the entrance, they even warmly took the initiative to open the door. "Please come in, gentlemen."

After entering, Luo Feng directly led Li Ze to sit on a Round Sofa in the hall and said, "Thirty-two!"

Beep!

The tray beneath the Round Sofa emitted a white glow.

Whoosh!

It shot straight into the air without the slightest wobble. When it stopped, they had already reached the thirty-second floor.

"Hello, sir." A beautiful woman with a pair of Rabbit Ears, as lovely as an elf from myth, flew over. She bowed with a smile. "How may I serve you?"

"I want to join the Black Dragon Mountain Empire," Li Ze said with a smile.

"Please go to the left, sir. The second-to-last room at the very end." A trace of surprise flashed across the receptionist's face before she spoke.

Li Ze thanked the receptionist and walked toward the room.

Luo Feng did not follow him. He sat on a sofa by the entrance and waited.

Li Ze arrived outside the Household Registration Office.

"Knock, knock, knock." He knocked on the door.

"Come in," a young voice called from inside.

Pushing open the door, he entered a spacious room with two staff members. Both were Black-skinned Extremely Lean Men with Blood Red eyes. One of the young men looked up. Upon seeing Li Ze, a standardized smile appeared on his face. "Sir, how may I serve you?"

"I wish to join the Black Dragon Mountain Empire," Li Ze said with a smile.

Joining the Black Dragon Mountain Empire had been Luo Feng's suggestion, but Li Ze had his own plans as well.

Since he had decided to head to the Outer Domain Battlefield, it made a difference where he departed from to participate in the war.

Generally, within a Cosmic Nation, only medium-level Universe Nations and above had the right to transport soldiers to the Outer Domain Battlefield.

The minimum standard for soldiers on the Outer Domain Battlefield was Universe level.

A low-level civilized Universe Nation might not be able to gather ten Universe-level lifeforms even if it pooled everything it had, let alone send troops to the Outer Domain Battlefield.

Usually, only Universe Nations with the strength of a medium-level civilization or above would have Ganwu Cosmic Nation's large Troop Transport Ships arrive, once every two months.

Therefore, joining the Black Dragon Mountain Empire would also make it easier for him to head to the Outer Domain Battlefield later.

"Oh? May I ask what nationality you held before, sir? Do you have the Original Nationality Release Procedures?" the Black Man with Red Eyes asked with a smile.

"Stateless," Li Ze said.

"Stateless?" The Black Man with Red Eyes did not ask further.

Ordinary people on a planet could not obtain Citizen Identity unless they reached Planet Level. The prerequisite for obtaining Citizen Identity was—reaching Planet Level.

Non-citizens were not protected by the empire when entering certain planets.

If ordinary people reached Planet Level, they could join a nationality!

He guessed that this person might be someone from a Life Planet who had just broken through to Planet Level.

"Please stand here and do not move, sir," the Black Man with Red Eyes said with a smile.

"Alright." Li Ze knew what the other party was about to do.

The Black Man with Red Eyes pressed the device on his arm, and Dreamlike Light enveloped Li Ze.

Beep beep!

The device made a sound. The Black Man with Red Eyes lowered his head to look at its screen, where Universal Language words were displayed—"No Such Person Found!"

"Since you have never joined any nationality before, sir, many procedures can be skipped directly." The Black Man with Red Eyes smiled. "You only need to pay a Processing Fee of fifty Black Dragon Coins."

After hearing the Black Man with Red Eyes, Li Ze took out the Black Dragon Coins Luo Feng had prepared for him and handed them over.

The Black Man with Red Eyes accepted the Black Dragon Coins and began handling Li Ze's procedures.

After around twenty minutes, Li Ze received his Identification Document. From then on, Li Ze had a record in the citizen system of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

After placing the Identification Document into his Spatial Ring, Li Ze did not leave immediately.

"May I ask where the Qiulong Star Registration Office for the Cosmic Army of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's Outer Domain Battlefield is? I want to register to go to the Outer Domain Battlefield!" Li Ze said with a smile to the staff member before him.

"What! You want to register for the Outer Domain Battlefield?" The Black Man with Red Eyes was greatly shocked and jumped straight out of his chair.

The other staff member, who had been doing something else, heard this and also looked at Li Ze in shock!

"M-my lord, registration for the Outer Domain Battlefield requires one to reach Universe level. May I ask whether you wish to register, or someone else?" the Black Man with Red Eyes stammered.

It was not that he lacked experience. This was simply too shocking. The Planet Level lifeform he had just assumed Li Ze to be had suddenly become a Universe-level expert among the upper ranks of Qiulong Star. How could he not be astonished?

At the same time, he was puzzled. Why had a Universe-level expert never joined any nationality?

"Don't be nervous. For certain reasons, I have been cultivating all this time. Only after encountering a bottleneck recently did I decide to visit the Outer Domain Battlefield," Li Ze said, unsurprised by the Black Man with Red Eyes' shock.

Qiulong Star was not the Emperor Star of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. The strongest person on the planet was only a Domain Lord. It might be many years before even one Universe-level expert registered to head to the Outer Domain Battlefield.

After a while, the Black Man with Red Eyes forced himself to calm down and said to Li Ze with a trace of humility, "My lord, the Qiulong Star Registration Office for the Cosmic Army of the Dragon Mountain Empire's Outer Domain Battlefield is also in this Administrative Building. Please wait a moment, my lord. I will contact the Registration Office staff immediately and have them come over."

After saying that, and seeing that Li Ze did not object, he immediately used his communication device to dial a communication number.

To be continued

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