All In

The bridge of the starship Black Dragon Mountain X4396.

The main control center is located on the upper deck of the ship, with a massive arched porthole occupying the entire wall. Against the ink-black backdrop of the dark universe, dark energy clouds drift by like ribbons from time to time.

Tang Ping leans back in the floating chair beside the main console, his fingertips tracing the holographic star map on the surface unconsciously. In the map, the five planets of the BX10081 Star System flicker with pale blue light, labeled with data such as "Star Pattern Steel Mother Ore reserves" and "extraction difficulty coefficient."

He stares at the dark universe outside the porthole for a moment, his brows furrowing slightly.

The appearance of planets in the dark universe is bizarre: some look like shattered glass spheres with irregular crystal protrusions covering their surfaces, while others resemble swirling masses of black mist that can even swallow starlight.

Moreover, the spatial scale ratio between the dark universe and the real world is 100,810,000:1. While the star-filled sky is usually vast and empty, one frequently encounters grotesque planets here.

However, this only makes one feel bored.

I should focus on the real business. Tang Ping pulls back his gaze, lifts his hand to tap the main console, and pulls up the investment panel on his personal terminal.

In this universe where strength is supreme, he does not want to waste time on tedious financial management. As long as he can break through to the Star Rank, the salary and resources provided by the Luo family will double. Once he becomes stronger, there will be plenty of factions lining up to offer him benefits.

Therefore, he wants a "passive income" model: he will focus on his cultivation, while leaving star system management and capital appreciation to others.

With his mind made up, he slides his finger across the screen to open the starship's built-in Interstellar Mission Platform interface.

The holographic projection of the main console expands instantly. A logo for "59 Same Star System" pops up on the pale blue interface; this is a well-known intermediary platform in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, specializing in interstellar resource hosting, mining outsourcing, and other services.

Tang Ping clicks on the "Post Mission" option. Just as he inputs the title "BX10081 Star System Mining Hosting," the interface pops up a string of fee notifications: "Registering a hosting company costs 100 Black Dragon Coins, posting a mission costs 20 Black Dragon Coins, and real-time communication is billed by the minute (0.1 Black Dragon Coin/minute)."

"They really do fleece everyone who passes by." Tang Ping complains helplessly, but he understands the value of this platform.

It conducts qualification audits on contractors and provides "employer security guarantees." After all, in the interstellar space, many alien factions will turn against their employers for resources. There have been cases where mines were occupied by the Bone-Eroding Race and the employers were devoured.

He grits his teeth, not only paying the basic fees as required but also adding an extra 1,000 Black Dragon Coins (equivalent to 1 million Silver Blue Coins) as a "screening fee." In the mission requirements, he specifies: "The contractor must have at least 10 years of interstellar mining experience, a reputation rating ≥ A, and must be equipped with a Star Core Rank security shield to ensure the safety of the miners."

After submitting the mission, Tang Ping leans back in his chair and stretches, his gaze falling back on the remaining 2 billion Silver Blue Coins.

He pulls up the currency conversion interface and sighs as he looks at the numbers on the screen: 2 billion Silver Blue Coins converted into the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's Black Dragon Coins is only 2 million. This amount of money isn't even enough to buy a single particle main cannon for a Universe Level starship. If he wants to make major investments in interstellar energy or rare mineral veins, it is simply not enough.

I was even thinking about hoarding property on Earth before. Tang Ping rubs his temples and opens Earth's interstellar file.

He had originally planned to buy a large amount of real estate before Earth received significant attention from the Virtual Universe Company, then rent them out at high prices once the ancestor Luo Feng drove up Earth's value.

But the data in the file slaps him in the face: the Luo family's development of the Milky Way Galaxy is accelerating, and core family members have all moved to extraterrestrial bases. Earth's housing prices have been falling for nearly a hundred years.

Only after Luo Feng breaks through to the Domain Lord level and serves as the special inspector for the Ganwu Universe will housing prices potentially see a surge, and that will take at least a hundred years.

"A hundred years? By then I should be at the Star Rank; would I still be short on this bit of rent money?" Tang Ping laughs at himself, casually closes the Earth real estate interface, and clicks on the Luo family's internal wealth management platform.

The line graph on the interface clearly shows the returns of many projects. Although there are small fluctuations, the overall trend is a steady rise, with a return rate of 62% over the last hundred years, significantly higher than similar wealth management products outside.

He clicks into the details page and finds that the Luo Family Financial Department has diversified the investment funds into multiple fields: stocks of their own subsidiaries, interstellar real estate, dark energy extraction, and other "sunshine industries," keeping the risk very low.

Just as Tang Ping is about to buy the wealth management product directly, the "Related Stocks" list at the bottom of the interface suddenly catches his attention. The names of two stocks, "Galaxy Liquor" and "Galaxy Tea," are particularly eye-catching, with the words "Endorsed by Luo Feng" marked next to them.

He clicks on the stock trends and finds that these two stocks had been rising steadily for the past ten years, but have suddenly stagnated in the last few years, even showing a slight decline.

It's because ancestor Luo Feng's progress in Chaos City has slowed down. Tang Ping realizes instantly.

According to his timeline, he remembers that ancestor Luo Feng recently encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation in Chaos City, which is why many market makers dare not continue holding positions, and even many people within the Luo family have chosen to sell.

But according to the original trajectory, Luo Feng should be executing a "Desperate Level" trial mission right now, and his progress speed will only get faster and faster. Tang Ping's eyes light up.

He knows Luo Feng's potential too well. This genius from Earth has never been trapped by a bottleneck for too long.

Besides, one of the six giants of humanity, the geniuses of the Virtual Universe Company's Primordial Secret Realm, all drink this tea—it's said to increase comprehension; would you not give it to your children? The geniuses of the Primordial Secret Realm all drink this liquor; would you not drink it during celebrations or banquets?

Therefore, the business volume of Galaxy Tea and Galaxy Liquor is not a concern at all.

Even if the stock price doesn't rise in the short term, the sales of these two companies will only get higher and higher, and the dividends will definitely not be lacking. The more Tang Ping thinks about it, the more feasible it seems. He immediately logs into the Black Dragon Mountain Empire household registration system using his family account.

As a son-in-law recognized by the Luo family and a Planetary Rank clansman, the issue of his statelessness is quickly resolved, and he successfully obtains Black Dragon Mountain Empire citizenship. Then, he logs into the Black Dragon Mountain Empire Bank, opens a securities account, and through the Luo family's special channels, converts 2 billion Silver Blue Coins into 2 million Black Dragon Coins, taking less than ten minutes in total.

"That's it, all in!" Tang Ping looks at the 2 million Black Dragon Coins in his securities account and, without the slightest hesitation, splits the funds in half and buys the stocks of "Galaxy Tea" and "Galaxy Liquor" respectively.

The current stock price for both is 100 Black Dragon Coins per share, so he buys 10,000 shares of each. The numbers on the holding interface refresh instantly.

He closes the interface, leans back in the floating chair, and watches the indicator lights flashing beside the main console, his mouth curling upward.

Done!

All in!

Don't talk to me about technical analysis, trends, or the market; going all in is the real art!