Citizenship Secured

Following the guidance signal, the Black Dragon Mountain X81 began approaching Qiulong Star, passing through the atmosphere before heading to and arriving at the planetary docking port.

Through the 100% exterior simulation, the planetary docking port looked like a massive silver city at a glance, densely packed with docked Universe Spaceships. Since the Black Dragon Mountain X81 was a C5-class spacecraft, it slowly descended into an area marked "C."

The hatch opened, and Vinina stepped out.

"Greetings, esteemed lady."

A respectful voice immediately sounded beside her. Turning her head, she saw a burly man in uniform with two curved horns atop his head. He stood before Vinina with a broad smile. "Welcome to Qiulong Star. The docking fee for your Black Dragon Mountain X81 spacecraft is 600 Black Dragon Coins per year. For periods under a year, the fee is still charged at 600 Black Dragon Coins. Here is your docking card."

As he spoke, he presented a silver, translucent card to Vinina with both hands. A C symbol was printed on the card.

"Alright."

Vinina nodded slightly, accepted the card, then tossed out a Ganwu Coin. "Keep the change."

With that, she rose directly into the air, with the black-robed Flowing Silver Guards following close behind.

The clean, decisive exchange left the uniformed burly man momentarily stunned.

That was a Ganwu Coin! According to the official exchange rate of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, one Ganwu Coin could be exchanged for 1,000 Black Dragon Coins. But it was a one-way exchange—Black Dragon Coins could not be exchanged back for Ganwu Coins. To make such an exchange, one had to go through the black market, where a single Ganwu Coin could fetch nearly 2,000 Black Dragon Coins!

And she had simply told him to keep the change.

That meant he had earned over a thousand Black Dragon Coins in pure profit from this one transaction!

How much did a Planetary level ninth-rank Martial Artist like him earn each month working at the planetary docking port?

This alone was worth nearly half a year of his salary!

But when he turned and looked at the Black Dragon Mountain spacecraft, then at Vinina's already distant figure, his heart filled with envy.

Traveling in a luxury vessel like the X81 model, forged from pure Wuyi metal, and casually spending Ganwu Coins... just how powerful was her background?

The rules on Qiulong Star were rather strange.

Only within the cities were people protected by the laws and regulations of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. Outside the cities, no one cared what happened. Naturally, numerous bandit groups had sprung up beyond the city limits, and the planetary docking port was thousands of kilometers away from Qiulong City.

During this journey, Vinina naturally caught their attention.

But the final result was naturally a brutal beating.

There were three Flowing Silver Guards standing beside her. Even Universe level experts would have to shake their heads and flee, let alone those bandit groups. After all, whether a Universe level expert would become a bandit was another matter, but Qiulong Star would never allow one to remain a bandit. Either turn over a new leaf and go legitimate, or face the iron fist!

After entering Qiulong City, Vinina's first priority was to settle her citizenship.

Creating a Virtual Universe account, selling those metal materials, buying slaves to temper her fighting spirit—everything required citizenship as a prerequisite.

Following Babata's navigation, she proceeded straight ahead.

Soon, a massive carved structure depicting a black dragon coiled around a mountain came into view. Two guards stood at the entrance, both burly men nearly six meters tall with bronze-colored skin.

"Flowing Silver Guards?!"

"Three of them!"

The two guards immediately recognized the three black-robed Flowing Silver Guards behind Vinina. They instantly straightened up and enthusiastically stepped forward to open the door for her. "Please come in, madam."

"Thank you."

Vinina smiled and nodded, then entered the hall and headed straight for one of the circular sofas. The three guards stood beside her as she said, "Thirty-two."

Ding!

With a soft sound, the platform beneath the circular sofa emitted a faint white glow, then shot upward with Vinina and the three Flowing Silver Guards. When it came to a stop, they had already reached the thirty-second floor.

"Hello, madam. How may I assist you?"

A woman with two rabbit ears came forward. Seeing the three Flowing Silver Guards behind Vinina, her attitude became even more respectful.

"I wish to acquire citizenship in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire."

Vinina got straight to the point and stated her request directly.

"Citizenship?"

The rabbit-eared woman was slightly taken aback, but she quickly responded. "Madam, please head left. The second-to-last room at the very end is where citizenship applications are handled."

"Alright."

Vinina nodded slightly, then rose and walked in the direction indicated by the rabbit-eared woman.

"So gentle and poised, with three Flowing Silver Guards by her side... she must be a Direct Descendant of some great family, right?"

Watching Vinina's slender back, the rabbit-eared woman made her guess, her eyes filled with envy.

Knock, knock, knock!

After reaching the room the rabbit-eared woman had indicated, Vinina raised her hand and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

A casual voice sounded from within the room.

Pushing the door open, she saw two uniformed staff members. Their expressions had initially been casual, but upon seeing the three Flowing Silver Guards behind Vinina, they immediately put on standard warm smiles. "Madam, how may we assist you?"

"I wish to acquire citizenship in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire."

There was no other choice. Near Earth, there were only two Universe Nations she could join. One was the Silver Blue Empire, a low-level civilization nation, while the other was the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, a mid-level civilization nation. Of the two, the Silver Blue Empire had the lowest entry cost, but as a low-level civilization nation, it was also among the worst. Thus, she could only choose citizenship in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

In any case, it was merely something to tide her over while she was still weak.

"Oh? May I ask what citizenship you previously held, and whether you have documentation releasing you from your original citizenship?"

"None."

The two staff members were immediately taken aback.

There were still people without citizenship these days?

Someone without citizenship could have three Flowing Silver Guards as bodyguards?

Though they were curious, after checking, Vinina's record in the Virtual Universe system indeed came up as "No such person found." The staff could only come up with their own explanations before smiling at Vinina. "Since you have not previously joined any other nationality, you only need to pay the processing fee."

"The processing fee is 50 Black Dragon Coins."

"Fine."

Vinina nodded slightly, then flicked out a Ganwu Coin.

A Ganwu Coin!

The two staff members' eyes immediately lit up. They hurriedly took a stack of paper-thin banknotes from their pockets, selected one with a denomination of fifty and placed it into the machine, then handed the rest to Vinina. "Madam, here are 950 Black Dragon Coins."

"Please follow me for the rest. I'll handle the procedures."

Everything had suddenly become much more attentive.

But that was only natural. Anyone who earned a legitimate bit of extra income equivalent to one or two months of salary during their normal work would act the same way.

Vinina did not pay it any mind.

It was only a small difference in exchange value. She only had Ganwu Coins on hand. She could not possibly go to the black market specifically to exchange money just for a few hundred Black Dragon Coins.