Exchange Quota

Within this treasury, many items could be purchased with money alone, some could be bought with a mix of military merit and money, and others could only be obtained using military merit! What's more, certain items not only required military merit but were also strictly for personal purchase, with an absolute prohibition on resale to others afterward!

For example, the top item under the "Special" category: the Initial Universe Enlightenment Quota!

Yes, within the Outer Battlefield, one could exchange military merit for an Initial Universe Enlightenment Quota!

Every era, the Military System internally released a portion of quotas, divided into World Lord Rank and Immortal Rank!

This quota was one of the most strictly restricted items within the Military System, requiring not only the use of one's own massive military merit for exchange, but also that only a member of the Human Race could personally redeem it, and additionally, one needed sufficient combat years on the Outer Battlefield!

And Ye Muxuan's goal was precisely this!

He, or rather Muxuan, hailed from a Universe Secret Region. Even though he had reached the peak of the World Lord stage for over a hundred thousand years, he still saw no hope of stepping into Immortality! So, after learning through a series of messages and means that he could exchange for this quota, he began preparations.

He had prepared for this for a full fifty thousand years!

Ye Muxuan's gaze fell on the screen before him. On the expanded list, the Initial Universe (World Lord Rank) Enlightenment Quota (17/100) was clearly listed!

This era, out of 100 quotas, only 17 remained!

On the Outer Battlefield, the number of World Lords absolutely exceeded hundreds of millions, and Muxuan was not the only one eyeing this! World Lords who could afford to exchange for this quota were not limited to him either! But those truly able to make up their minds and take action were indeed few. Even so, by this point in the era, only 17 quotas remained!

After all, exchanging for a World Lord Rank quota required a full 2 billion military merit, which converted to money amounted to a full 20,000 Hunyuan Units! And here on the Outer Battlefield, an alien World Lord General of equal strength and status was worth 10 million military merit! That meant he needed to engage in life-or-death battles with 200 alien World Lord Generals of equal strength, surviving 200 times, just to have a chance at obtaining one enlightenment quota!

Meanwhile, an ordinary Immortal within a Universe Kingdom had a total net worth of only around 10,000 Hunyuan Units! And even if one obtained the quota and entered the Initial Universe, there was no guarantee of achieving Immortality! It merely provided an opportunity to increase the probability of breaking through to Immortality!

Now, there were still a hundred years left before the next era's quota refresh.

Ye Muxuan looked at the screen before him, then tapped his finger on the top line.

"Beep! Warrior Muxuan, are you willing to spend 2 billion military merit to exchange for one 'Initial Universe (World Lord Rank) Enlightenment Quota'? Please confirm!"

"Confirm exchange!"

"Beep! Confirmed! Warrior Muxuan, exchange for one 'Initial Universe (World Lord Rank) Enlightenment Quota' confirmed! Beginning verification of Warrior Muxuan's exchange eligibility..."

"Verifying, please wait..."

"Verification complete! The 2 billion military merit was earned by Warrior Muxuan himself. Warrior Muxuan meets the exchange eligibility. Exchange information recorded. Military merit deducted. Remaining military merit: 183,550,000."

"The spacecraft to the Initial Universe will arrive at Longyan Planet at the designated time. Please be mindful of the Virtual Universe notifications and arrive at Longyan Planet within the specified time!"

Ye Muxuan closed the screen before him, his gaze falling to the side, where it showed he still had nearly 200 million military merit remaining. This was everything he had accumulated over fifty thousand years, plus the past month spent processing most of his spoils of war. This remaining military merit was not insignificant; even simply converted to money, it was close to 2,000 Hunyuan Units!

And an ordinary Immortal, even with a net worth of over ten thousand, might not be able to produce 1,000 Hunyuan Units in liquid cash! After all, cash and net worth were not the same thing!

For a strong individual, cash made up only a very small portion of their net worth. Unless they specifically raised funds, most of their assets would be converted into Secret Techniques, spacecraft, battle armor, weapons, Auxiliary Plant Lifeforms, and so on. Few strong individuals were foolish enough to keep large amounts of cash lying around.

Cash that couldn't increase one's strength was of little use!

And Muxuan's current net worth absolutely surpassed that of an ordinary Immortal!

Ye Muxuan opened another list and began to search carefully.

The Military Treasury was mainly divided into "Weapons," "Battle Armor," "Spacecraft," "Detectors," "Auxiliary Lifeforms," "Materials," and "Special Items."

Items like weapons, battle armor, and spacecraft were further subdivided into various types and grades. Just the Weapons category alone included long weapons, short weapons, Spirit Reader weapons, shields... common ones like Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5 Force Weapons, as well as the Nine Great Controller Godly Weapons, and so on. Spacecraft ranged from C Rank to F Rank, from pure metal to alloys, from standard models to bizarre shapes, from Human Race to Machine Race spacecraft, along with various grades of biological spacecraft. Almost every strong individual, from Universe Rank to Immortal, could buy suitable gear as long as they had enough military merit and money!

Muxuan's current weapon was a Grade 5 Wind-type Force Weapon, the Wind Shadow Blade. The battle armor he originally wore had been damaged in his final battle against the Sky Wolf Race World Lord, and he was now using a different set.

If he truly stepped into Immortality, these items would naturally be insufficient, but that was a matter for later. Moreover, entering the Initial Universe only provided a chance to increase the probability of breaking through to Immortality. Ye Muxuan's main goal now was Auxiliary Lifeforms, especially upgrading his plant-type Auxiliary Lifeform, which had already reached the World Lord peak!

Plant lifeforms were major consumers of resources, but of course, when they truly grew, they were worth the resources spent, providing a significant boost to combat power!

Among plant lifeforms, the most popular among the majority of strong individuals was the "Cloud-Touching Vine," a plant lifeform leaning toward defensive in nature, with a small amount of offensive capability. The Moyun Battle Armor formed by the Cloud-Touching Vine provided even better defensive protection than a Force Armor of the same grade!

Within the treasury, the exchange price for a Cloud-Touching Vine seedling was not high, only 10,000 military merit, which converted to money was 100 billion Universe Coins, merely one-tenth of a Hunyuan Unit, equivalent to the life of a Domain Lord Rank 9!

The plant lifeform Ye Muxuan currently had was a Cloud-Touching Vine, and it had been cultivated to World Lord Rank 9 with 108 main vines! Back then, to raise the Cloud-Touching Vine from Domain Lord Rank to World Lord Rank, he had spent a full 52,000 Hunyuan Units worth of precious materials! That was almost the entirety of his harvest from over sixty thousand years of campaigning!

Because of this, his defensive and survival capabilities had been greatly enhanced, granting him the qualification to face alien Immortals head-on!

But to evolve a World Lord Rank Cloud-Touching Vine to the Immortal level, even if not using the optimal method, would require millions of Hunyuan Units, which was far beyond his current financial means.