I'm Watching the Scenery

Chen Qing borrowed the thrust of his domain, his speed no less than that of a Cosmic Level Seven. In a moment, he spotted two spaceships facing off on a dirt slope by the lakeshore in the distance.

"Damn! Some have too much, and some have nothing—time to spread the wealth!"

Seeing the C-grade spaceship in the distance, Chen Qing's eyes lit up. A spaceship meant space equipment—he'd run into some good people!

As he got closer, he noticed two groups of people below and in front of the ship, separated by two green pythons.

The scales on the pythons shimmered like crystals, reflecting light—exactly the Green Crystal Pythons needed for the mission.

But the arrival of someone else seemed to ease the tension between the two sides. Watching the young men and women standing at the front, poised for battle, Chen Qing felt a faint twinge of melancholy.

"Don't mind me—I'm just enjoying the view!"

He wasn't some peace angel. If they didn't fight, how could he meddle? And if he didn't meddle, how could he snatch the goods?

Besides, having one faction bear the consequences would save him a lot of trouble!

"Who might you be? Perhaps you have ties with our Klin Family."

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Mori felt a bit annoyed but held back. He'd heard people discussing this guy in the Virtual Universe a few days ago—plenty of rumors, but he might just be a native.

"Don't act like everyone has ties with you slavers."

A crisp voice cut off Mori's probing, continuing with a sneer:

"Standing with you slavers is a disgrace to the Black Dragon Clan!"

This girl knew the right path. Chen Qing narrowed his eyes. The Black Dragon Mountain had sixteen great clans, all World Lord-level forces—he couldn't offend them all.

Information spread fast in the Virtual Universe, but not as fast as what you could offer.

Besides, his domain caused some interference—just based on a silhouette, they wouldn't find him!

He glanced discreetly at the other group. The woman standing at the front had a nice voice and a curvy figure, but he couldn't tell what her face looked like under the armor.

"Oh, the Field Family is so noble—why not go tell the big shots of the higher cosmic nations about it?"

Chen Qing's mind stirred. His Creation Domain enveloped the Klin Family members.

He pulled the spaceship into his Origin Core and activated the Quake Seal ability. The air instantly grew thick.

"..."

Before Morin and the others could react, they had already fallen unconscious.

Seeing the sudden collapse of the Klin Family, the Field Family members quickly turned and braced themselves. The woman planted her shield in front of her.

"Don't rush. What's your name?"

"Red Rock!"

Seeing that Chen Qing made no further move, the woman thought for a moment and slowly relaxed. Ignoring the movements of the people behind her, Chen Qing spread his hands.

"He openly slandered the high-ranking Human Race—I couldn't stand it, so I dealt with him!"

Red Rock felt something was off about that, but she didn't dare object.

The Klin Family used slave trading to curry favor with the powerful, putting immense pressure on her own family.

"Dragging the high-ups through the mud like that! If I sent this footage to those big shots to show my loyalty, do you think your situation might improve?"

"..."

"No objections, right? Remember to edit out my side. You know the consequences!"

Seeing that Red Rock didn't object, Chen Qing continued arranging things.

"Come on, one each. If you don't fight, how will the big shots believe your story!"

In the Virtual Universe, at Field City on Black Dragon Mountain Island, Red Rock reported the day's events to the World Lord elders of her clan, then stood quietly to the side.

"You were right to act. Otherwise, it's hard to say if you'd still be standing here."

One of the elders looked at Red Rock and spoke gently.

Red Rock nodded. She had already been leaning that way, so naturally she wouldn't miss the chance.

"So... should we do as he said?"

"Why not? Even if it doesn't work, having an excuse to connect with the higher-ups isn't bad.

Having top-tier space items and acting so arrogantly and ruthlessly—he might have an extraordinary background. Pity we didn't get his Virtual Universe account."

Red Rock blushed slightly and asked quietly, "Should we investigate?"

"Forget it. Even if he's a native, you won't force anything out of him—you'll only make an enemy.

Besides, he just helped us. Leave the rest alone and focus on the assessment."

"Yes!"

As for the Field Family's discussions, Chen Qing couldn't care less. Even if they investigated, the worst they'd find was that he was a clansman of Luo Feng. On Black Dragon Mountain, Luo Feng had enough standing for that.

The spatial ring stored a ring, over 512 meters long, 240 meters wide, and 100 meters high. It held quite a bit of stuff, but most of it he didn't recognize.

And the auxiliary AI couldn't be bound to him; Chen Qing had no data on hand, so he had to destroy the personal items.

In the end, he cleared out over a dozen sets of second-tier equipment and four sets of third-tier. The rest would have to wait until he cashed them in and bought an AI to help.

Luckily, the ship was a standard C9 model, equipped with an auxiliary optical computer, and had no nasty self-destruct program.

All these things combined, even with depreciation, came to over two hundred billion Black Dragon Coins. His short-term goal was achieved!

Thinking of this, Chen Qing felt much lighter. Now that Venom Fang was in hand, he'd also tested the power of his domain and talent.

Ordinary Universe-level nine should be no problem. What remained was the Diamond Flag Fish.

At this moment, in a cove of the lake, the water surface rippled slightly. Chen Qing wrapped himself tightly in his domain, not letting a single trace of aura leak out, quietly hiding beneath the water plants, watching the Green Crystal Python broken into several pieces in the distance.

He'd known before that Diamond Flag Fish were fast, but he hadn't expected their speed to reach Universe-level, and they were especially cunning in the water. Their bodies were like diamond-shaped blades, slicing the python's flesh into fragments in just two moves.

Getting too close wouldn't work either. The thing wasn't big, and Chen Qing even suspected it had no guts!

He pressed the domain close to his body and retreated a few kilometers before it felt better.

Slowly, he watched the fish approach. Having often fished at sea, Chen Qing wasn't in a hurry.

When the flesh fragments were scattered enough and quite a few small fish appeared, he suddenly expanded his domain, combined with the Quake Seal talent. Even from a distance, he caught over a dozen directly.

"Too bad the assessment doesn't allow cheating, or I could've earned some hard-earned money!"

In a private lounge on Black Dragon Island in the Virtual Universe, Chen Qing looked at Yao Rao strangely.

He knew from the training camp that the two of them had a good relationship, but with him, they were only acquaintances. Why were they together now?

"Youngster, what's with that look? Want us to make some space for you?"

"Sister Demon, you're joking. It's absolutely a look of surprise!"

"Oh really? Do you have thoughts about me?"

Chen Qing was stumped now. Thoughts or not, with her coming on so strong like this, he didn't have the guts to respond. He could only look to Sister Fang for help.

"Alright, Yao Rao, put that aside for now. Where are you now? How come you suddenly have time?"

Jiang Fang knew Yao Rao liked to stir up trouble, but she also didn't want Earth to have few familiar faces left after a thousand years.

Seeing Xu Xin last time had left a deep impression on her. Though she had survived blood and fire, she couldn't withstand the grind of time.

Yao Rao was much the same, having little interest in mundane matters.

Staying at the Limit Dojo was just her last bit of stubbornness after slow progress. After all, Dojo Master Hong's travels started at ten thousand years.

Chen Qing needed an obsession, and didn't she and Yao Rao as well? Good sisters were sisters for life, but she wouldn't say it. They were all over a hundred years old; those who understood, understood.