"To be honest, from the perspective of the entire human race, having you Earthlings hand over Earth so that other factions can nurture more elite descendants would better serve our interests and intentions..." Chaos City Lord's words made Chen Daolin's heart slowly sink.
Giant Axe Founder and Chaos City Lord exchanged another glance, then smiled. "However, I can give you Earthlings a chance."
Giant Axe Founder said in a deep voice, "As long as one of you Earthlings can produce a true super expert within one million years—a Venerable-level existence—we will permanently grant ownership of Earth to you Earthlings. No one else will be able to interfere! During this time, information about Earth will be kept confidential! We will also send experts to station themselves in the Milky Way Galaxy and prevent others from approaching Earth."
Giant Axe Founder's tone shifted. "But if you Earthlings cannot produce a Venerable-level existence within one million years... that is, one hundred eras, then we will take Earth away. Of course, we will leave you Earthlings with half of your living space and give you one trillion mixed-element units as compensation. However... ownership of Earth will no longer belong entirely to you. Instead, Giant Axe Dojo, Virtual Universe Company, and you Earthlings will each hold half."
Elsewhere, at Rain Mountain in Virtual Universe Company's headquarters plane, Hong gathered Ji Xuan, Thunder God, and Golden-Horned Beast.
"What?"
When Ji Xuan and the others learned the full story from Hong, they were all utterly shocked.
"Our home, Earth..." Thunder God was dumbfounded.
"It was actually created by a great expert from another race..." Ji Xuan was equally stunned.
"Worth one trillion mixed-element units?" Golden-Horned Beast's eyes lit up, and she nearly started drooling.
"Then what are we waiting for? Sell it already! Then we can