Wrecked spacecraft were worthless things—not just in the universe, but even on Earth.
Anything valuable within those wrecks had long since been stripped away. All that remained was the unusual material itself.
With Earth's current technology, those materials were completely unusable. They were nothing more than pieces of hard garbage.
When Hong helped Jiang Ming assemble a battered spaceship, he had used relatively intact wreckage along with parts from other spacecraft.
Yet even such relatively intact wreckage had not been offered up by any power or major nation, despite Jiang Ming's awe-inspiring feat of killing two Beast Emperors.
Only Huaxia Country had mentioned it in passing, but they had not pursued the matter.
Naturally, word of Luo Feng trading two Muya Crystals for several thousand tons of junk had reached Jiang Ming's ears as well.
Though Jiang Ming had not figured it out from that. He had used his Heavenly Eye.
Still, there was nothing wrong with using it as an excuse.
After all, some things only needed to appear reasonable.
The weak needed to reason. Experts made the rules.
"Damn it! So that was it."
Babata emerged from the Personal Light Brain, fuming.
She knew it. She should never have let Luo Feng trade two Muya Crystals for that pile of junk.
"Not entirely, but none of that matters. Get ready for tomorrow's journey into the stars."
At Jiang Ming's words, Luo Feng nodded. The four of them knew far too little about the starry sky, and only Babata was relatively familiar with it.
Yet she had also been cut off from the wider universe for an exceedingly long time.
Who could say what awaited them beyond the stars?
The next day.
Above the headquarters of the Limitless Martial Arts School, the Black Dragon Mountain, in stealth flight mode, hovered motionlessly in the sky.
Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor arrived together.
The spacecraft tore through the air and headed for the stars.
"The most important thing when integrating into the universe is opening an account on the Virtual Universe Network. Only after opening an account can you communicate with the outside world."
Babata explained this to everyone present. Originally, she had planned to hide within the virtual space.
But Jiang Ming had dragged her out directly, leaving Babata with a dark expression.
"That is the situation. Babata has already explained it clearly, and the planet we are heading to next is Qiu Long Star.
That planet is over a hundred times more prosperous than the imperial capital of the Silver Blue Empire. It is a planet controlled by a Domain Lord."
Jiang Ming then began laying out his arrangements.
"The four of us will open accounts together. Since the spacecraft we're riding is fairly high-end, we'd better put on some disguises.
From now on, I am the descendant of a major power. Luo Feng is my younger clansman, while the Hall Master and Thor will play my guards."
After hearing Jiang Ming out, everyone nodded. Concealing their identities was indeed necessary.
The four of them were all elites, so there was nothing that needed further instruction. Once Jiang Ming had explained the arrangements, he said no more.
Instead, they chatted casually while looking at the simulated starry sky outside.
The external-view simulation could recreate the starry environment outside the spacecraft. Low-grade spacecraft could only achieve a fifty-percent simulation, while slightly higher-end ones could achieve a hundred-percent simulation.
After chatting for a while, the spacecraft accelerated to light speed, and its simulation of the outside world became streaks of light spots.
Until everything turned completely dark.
The Black Dragon Mountain vanished into the vast starry sky.
"Turn off the external simulation."
Babata gave the order, then began explaining things to everyone.
"We have entered the Dark Universe. The Dark Universe corresponds to the coordinates of the Original Universe where we live.
However, the ratio between the Dark Universe and the Original Universe is 1 to 10.081 million.
In the Original Universe, speed cannot exceed the speed of light. Once it does, you enter the Dark Universe. But in the Dark Universe, faster-than-light travel is possible.
We are currently moving at 1.2 times the speed of light. We should reach Qiu Long Star in about ten days."
After hearing Babata's explanation, everyone nodded in understanding.
Traveling through the Dark Universe was extremely dull, but such boredom meant nothing to the four aboard the ship.
In the blink of an eye, nine days passed.
The Black Dragon Mountain began gradually decelerating from 1.2 times the speed of light.
"To enter the Dark Universe, you must accelerate past light speed. To return from the Dark Universe to the Original Universe, you must slow to a complete stop. Once you stop, you can return to the Original Universe. Nothing can remain stationary in the Dark Universe."
Babata's explanation sounded beside them. At this moment, the Black Dragon Mountain had already come to a complete stop.
A tremor ran through the spacecraft, and only after more than ten seconds did it fade away.
Amid the vast starry sky around them, a planet surrounded by what seemed to be a rainbow halo appeared. Two satellites orbited around it.
"We've received a tractor signal."
Babata reminded them.
"Good. Then we'll enter Qiu Long Star according to the original plan."
As Jiang Ming spoke, he tossed several dozen Ganwu Coins to Hong, Thor, and Luo Feng.
In truth, besides Luo Feng, Hong and Thor also possessed some Silver Blue Coins. They had found those in Earth's ruins.
However, Silver Blue Coins did not suit the identities they were supposed to be playing, so using Ganwu Coins was a necessary part of the act.
The Black Dragon Mountain gradually arrived at Qiu Long Star's port, and its hatch opened.
Jiang Ming stepped out of the spacecraft first, a faint Stellar level aura emanating from his body.
Sensing that aura, the port administrator immediately bent at the waist, his expression respectful as he approached Jiang Ming.
But after only a few steps, Thor stopped him.
"Honored gentlemen, welcome to Qiu Long Star. The Black Dragon Mountain—X81 costs 600 Black Dragon Coins per year to dock. Any period under a year is charged as a full year. Here is your docking card."
Seeing Thor block his way, the administrator stopped. After finishing his speech, he handed Thor a docking card.
"Keep the change."
Thor took the docking card and tossed the man a Ganwu Coin.
Jiang Ming and the other three flew into the sky. Following the map information Qiu Long Star had provided upon their arrival, they did not lose their way.
"Quite a few rats around."
Jiang Ming's Universe level soul could easily detect every movement nearby.
"Forget it. No reason to turn down money delivered to our door."
Jiang Ming's genetic energy surged, and three men at the second and third Stellar levels were instantly dragged before him.
Crimson flames continuously scorched the three men, burning them inch by inch into nothingness.
"Three poor bastards."
Jiang Ming inspected the spatial equipment on the three men, then tossed it to Luo Feng.
"Brother Feng, you need to be more careful when traveling outside in the future. These rats love targeting descendants of major powers like us, because we have money."
Hearing Jiang Ming's words, Luo Feng nodded. Jiang Ming's sudden attack had startled him, but he quickly understood what had happened.
Qiu Long City, the main city of Qiu Long Star, was still six hundred kilometers away. Those six hundred kilometers were entirely wilderness—an unregulated region.
They had just encountered robbers.
Those men had still been watching and waiting when Jiang Ming dragged them out.
Yet even after understanding, Luo Feng remained somewhat dazed. The three men Jiang Ming had burned to death inch by inch had all been Stellar level Experts.
Three Stellar level Experts who could have been invincible on Earth had died so easily.
They had died like ants crushed by the roadside.
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