Qiu Long Planet. After some time away—not really all that long—Luo Feng had returned to the planet.
Unlike before, this time Hen Ren and Xu Ai had come along as well.
"Come on, let's register our accounts under our real names."
Luo Feng led the way. After verifying their accounts at the Virtual Universe Company branch on Qiu Long Planet, he also picked up the World Ring he had left there.
That's right. The reason they had come this time was naturally to collect the investment Man Luo had prepared for them!
Not long after Hen Ren received Man Luo's investment, Xu Ai had visited as well.
Although Xu Ai was only at the Planetary Level, her Nine-Fold Domain and her having reached the Threshold of Lower Laws of Fire had still caught Man Luo's attention.
Xu Ai had only demonstrated a threshold-level understanding of the Law of Fire, nowhere near as astonishing as Hen Ren's. Naturally, Man Luo hadn't invested in her the way he had in Hen Ren.
He judged that Xu Ai probably wouldn't stand out in this Genius Tournament. There simply wasn't enough time.
So he went straight to recruiting her, offering her the choice between joining the Virtual Universe Company as an internal member or an external member, just as in the original story.
In the end, Xu Ai chose to be an external member. She received an S-Type Bloodline Evolution Agent and a Nutrient Chamber that could take her all the way to Stellar Level Nine.
The reason she had received a Stellar Level Nutrient Chamber was that Xu Ai had asked for one herself. She wanted to compete in the Genius Tournament.
On top of that, Hen Ren had vouched for her, promising that Xu Ai would make the top thousand in the