Resolving Earth's Crisis

Ming Yu nodded in satisfaction, then showed them the rules for becoming an external member of the Virtual Universe Company and directly approved their applications online.

He asked for the bank card numbers of Hong and the other two, transferring one hundred million Ganwu Coins to each.

Finally, he said to Yin Congyang, "The Elite Training Camp requires an application, and of course, you'll have no problem. But you still need to report according to the camp's scheduled time—the next session is about three months from now. I'll give you two months to handle your affairs and prepare. This time, you'll be leaving your home for at least hundreds or thousands of years... Give me a real-world address, and I'll arrange a ship to pick you up in two months."

Then he said to Luo Feng and the other two, "I'll arrange for someone to deliver the Bloodline Evolution Agents to you. The payment will be deducted automatically, so you need to leave a real-world address as well."

The three gave Ming Yu their address on Bailan Planet, and Yin Congyang would board the ship Ming Yu arranged at Bailan Planet in two months.

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"Congyang, don't worry, I'll pay back that three hundred million Ganwu Coins soon," Luo Feng said with a smile. Once his Earthling body evolved to Planetary Level Seven, he could go retrieve Hu Yanbo's first inheritance, which he believed would be quite substantial. With the Green Wave Marrow and the Bloodline Evolution Agent on the way, Luo Feng was confident he could complete the evolution in the shortest time possible.

"No rush. Didn't Ming Yu say we have a hundred years to pay it back, and it's interest-free?" Yin Congyang replied with a faint smile. "In two months, I'll be off to enjoy the good life..."

Everyone laughed.

"I'll push hard these next few days and break through to Planetary Level Nine as soon as possible," Hong said. "Once the Bloodline Evolution Agent arrives, let's see if we can break through directly to Star Level. Then we can take the Universe Trainee Mercenary exam."

"Right, I've been wanting to go adventuring in the universe for a long time," Thunder God said excitedly. "This is the life I really want!"

"Let's work hard together." Luo Feng shouted with a hint of youthful bravado.

A few days later, they received the Bloodline Evolution Agents that Ming Yu had arranged to be delivered on Bailan Planet. As for Yin Congyang's, it would only be issued after he entered the Elite Training Camp—after all, it was an SS-Type, and Ming Yu didn't have one on hand.

After using the Bloodline Evolution Agents, the three indeed advanced one rank each as hoped. Hong and Thunder God both broke through to Star Level One, Luo Feng's Earthling body reached Planetary Level Seven, and his Spiritual Force reached Star Level One.

Luo Feng couldn't wait and went alone to Biyan Planet, which was relatively close to Earth, to retrieve Hu Yanbo's first inheritance—ten billion Ganwu Coins.

He directly transferred five hundred million Ganwu Coins each to Hong and Thunder God, and one billion to Yin Congyang. After receiving the funds, Yin Congyang wasn't in a hurry to repay Ming Yu—after all, just a few days ago you said you had no money and borrowed from me, and now you suddenly pay it back? That would raise anyone's suspicions.

Then the group returned directly to Earth. Hong and Thunder God had just broken through to Star Level and needed to stabilize their realms and get used to Star Level power.

Time quickly passed to November 23rd.

Under Yin Congyang's organization, the four met up at Luo Feng's castle in Yangzhou City.

At 7:30 in the morning.

"Beep—beep—beep—"

Suddenly, the Planet Defense System let out a piercing alarm. Babata's urgent voice rang in Luo Feng's mind. "Luo Feng, the Planet Defense System has detected a spaceship entering the Solar System. It's heading toward Earth..."

Luo Feng was shocked and immediately called his brothers. "Brother Hong, Brother Lei, Congyang, come quick—something's wrong!"

The four gathered quickly, staring at the spaceship invading the Solar System displayed by the Planet Defense System. Hong asked calmly, "How long until it reaches Earth?"

Babata answered swiftly, "Estimated arrival in two hours."

Yin Congyang asked, "Can you detect their strength?"

"Based on the Planet Defense System's scan, the ship is C3-class, but we can't detect the strength of the people inside. The minimum estimate is Star Level," Babata replied, looking at the system. "What now, Luo Feng?"

"We can't let them reach Earth," Luo Feng said coldly. "We'll take the ship to intercept them. Bring all the Star Level slaves. As long as they don't have a Universe Level, we still have hope."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Thunder God urged. "Call the Star Level slaves and let's go now."

Luo Feng immediately summoned all the Star Level slaves, quickly boarded the Black Dragon Spaceship, and lifted off from Earth.

In the starry void, the Black Dragon Spaceship sped forward. In just over half an hour, they detected the other ship, and the other ship detected them as well.

The two ships flew toward each other, rapidly closing the distance.

Yin Congyang had an idea. He had Babata slow the Black Dragon Spaceship to a stop, then said to the others, "I'll go out first. When they see I'm only Planetary Level, they should stop and try to capture me alive to find out what's going on. Once their ship stops, Luo Feng, you send out the Star Level slaves. That's the only way to catch them all."

"Good, let's do it," Luo Feng and the others agreed.

At the same time, aboard Buluo Nolan Mountain's ship, the Optical Computer Atuka was reporting, "Captain, the ship ahead has stopped. One human has exited. The Optical Computer detects them as Planetary Level Two."

"Oh, just a Planetary Level Two dares to intercept us?" He cautiously instructed the Optical Computer, "What class is their ship? Can you detect if there are other humans inside? Can we bypass this ship?"

"Reporting, Captain. Their ship is an old-model Black Dragon Mountain—X81 type. It has interference devices, so we cannot detect if there are other lifeforms inside. At our current speed and distance from their ship, to bypass it, we would need to decelerate and make a sharp maneuver, and we could easily be intercepted."

"Then decelerate. We'll stop too and see what they have to say."

"Yes, Captain."

The Nolan Mountain Family ship slowly stopped ten kilometers from the Black Dragon Spaceship. In space, ten kilometers is an extremely short distance.

Yin Congyang vibrated his force and shouted in Universe Common Language, "Who are you? How dare you trespass on a life planet under the jurisdiction of my Three Axe Mountain?"

Ming Yu had a high opinion of Yin Congyang. In later communications, he had told Yin Congyang that he was one of the high-ranking members of the Three Axe Mountain organization, and that he could invoke Three Axe Mountain's name if needed.

"Three Axe Mountain?" Buluo Nolan Mountain was uncertain. "Isn't this the void region of the Milky Way? Could Three Axe Mountain have already obtained the coordinates of this wormhole? Then why isn't it on the star charts? Let's test the waters first. If it really were Three Axe Mountain, why would they send a Planetary Level Two to drive us away?"

He flew out of the hatch and said to Yin Congyang with a smile, "We're an adventurer team. We stumbled into an unrecorded wormhole and ended up in this void region. Based on old star charts, we detected two life planets in this void region. Discovering life planets in the universe means enormous wealth, so we were heading toward the closer one... May I ask how you address yourself? Under which lord of Three Axe Mountain do you serve?"

Yin Congyang said coldly, "You don't need to know who I am. We serve under Lord Ming Yu of Three Axe Mountain..." At the same time, he sent a telepathic message to Luo Feng, "Now!"

"Boom!"

Over a dozen Star Level fighters flew out of the Black Dragon Mountain Spaceship, led by three Star Level Seven Spiritual Masters, charging straight at Buluo Nolan Mountain.

Buluo Nolan Mountain was shocked and hurriedly tried to return to his ship, but ten kilometers in space was far too short. He had originally planned to capture the Planetary Level Two Yin Congyang alive, so he had the Optical Computer stop the ship ten kilometers from the Black Dragon Spaceship. That way, he could close in on Yin Congyang quickly, while still having time to react if Yin Congyang had any powerful weapons. Now, his plan had backfired.

At the explosive speed of a seventh-level Star-level Spiritual Master, with minimal resistance in space, he instantly charged into the spaceship.

Yin Congyang called out, "Try to take them alive. Kill anyone who resists!"

"We surrender." Inside the spaceship, aside from Buluo Nolan Mountain, the highest was only second-level Star-level, so they all chose to surrender, and eventually Buluo did too.

But before surrendering, he sent an email through the Virtual Universe to the family patriarch, stating that he had been captured by someone under Ming Yu of Three Axe Mountain.

Yin Congyang gave him a cold glance. He had deliberately invoked Ming Yu of Three Axe Mountain's name so that Buluo would send that message out, ensuring that when he later contacted Ming Yu, there would be no loose ends.

He ordered the slaves to destroy their arm guards and directly performed a soul search on them. Meanwhile, Luo Feng, through Babata, cracked the spaceship's AI system, but the information they obtained left them all stunned.

"You're saying there are two more warships coming? With dozens of ninth-level Star-level fighters?" Luo Feng's face turned ashen. "They'll reach Earth in three months? The Nolan Mountain Family!"

The group exchanged glances, all knowing they were in deep trouble.

After thinking for a moment, Yin Congyang said to Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng, "There are two ways to handle this. First, Luo Feng uses the star charts collected by this ship's AI to go to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and buy Earth, becoming its lord. That way, no one will dare act openly. Second, I use Ming Yu's promise, ask him to step in, and directly contact the Nolan Mountain Family to force them to recall their warships."

All three nodded in agreement. Luo Feng boarded the Black Dragon Spaceship and sped off toward the nearest Biyan Planet in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Yin Congyang thought for a moment, logged into the Virtual Universe, and initiated a call request to Ming Yu.

Soon, the request was accepted.

"Lord Ming Yu." Yin Congyang bowed respectfully.

"Yin Congyang, there are still a few days before the two-month deadline. Can't you wait?" Ming Yu said with a chuckle. "The spaceship is ready. If you want to leave early, that's fine too."

"Lord Ming Yu, I'm contacting you today about an urgent matter," Yin Congyang said with a bitter smile. "I might need to use the promise you gave me..."

"Oh?" Ming Yu sounded puzzled. "What happened?"

Yin Congyang recounted the whole story to Ming Yu. "This morning, the Planet Defense System we bought earlier triggered an alarm. A spaceship entered my home star system. We immediately flew over to intercept it and found out they were from the Nolan Mountain Family. After capturing and interrogating them, we learned that the Nolan Mountain Family has two more warships behind them, with hundreds of Star-level fighters and tens of thousands of Planetary-level fighters, coming to invade our planet. I already invoked your name, Lord Ming Yu, but the Nolan Mountain people didn't believe it... Now Luo Feng is about to become the lord of our planet. I beg you to step in and make the Nolan Mountain Family withdraw..."

Ming Yu pondered for a moment, looking at Yin Congyang. "Are you sure you want to use the promise I gave you for this? As long as Luo Feng becomes the lord of your planet, I believe the Nolan Mountain people won't dare act recklessly..."

Yin Congyang was resolute. "I'm sure! What you say makes sense, Lord, but there are billions of my people on that planet. I can't afford to gamble!"

Ming Yu gave him a long, hard look and nodded. "Alright. I'll contact the Hundred Tiger Tower now to get the Nolan Mountain Family's contact info. I'll call him myself. Wait for my reply!"

Yin Congyang said gratefully, "Thank you, Lord!"

Ten minutes later, Ming Yu sent a call request. Yin Congyang answered immediately.

"Congyang," Ming Yu said cheerfully, "I've already contacted the Nolan Mountain Family directly. I warned him that your planet is under my Three Axe Mountain's banner. If he dares send anyone else, I'll go straight to his doorstep... Hahaha, he was so scared he immediately ordered those two warships to turn back, right in front of me. As for the few little ones you captured, do with them as you please. How about that? Satisfied?"

"Satisfied, very satisfied," Yin Congyang let out a long breath and bowed again. "Thank you, Lord."

"Mm, good that you're satisfied," Ming Yu said with a smile. "Then I've fulfilled my promise. Don't forget yours!"

"Lord Ming Yu, rest assured!"